In the blink of an eye, six or seven days have passed.

In the past six or seven days, the entire Anxiangdun has fallen into a busy atmosphere.

Every morning, the Dun soldiers practiced archery, and on the second day, they began to practice holding guns under the supervision of Wang Tong. This end is three days, Wang Tong is really ruthless enough, relying on Dong Ce's support behind him, the fox is fake and mighty, and he shows no mercy, and he specially borrowed Dong Ce's pony whip, and the one in his hand screamed.

And Shi Jin and the other five people spent every day in a cycle of archery, stabbing, archery, and stabbing.

The amount of training is large, and their appetite has also increased greatly, but fortunately, Dong Ce brought a lot of corn, which is enough to eat.

After the training was on the right track, and he didn't have to stare at it all the time, Dong Ce hid in the room every day to study the gun.

During this period, he also learned about another family business of this Anxiangdun - field property.

Anxiang Duntian is divided into two parts: public land and private land, and the public land is naturally subordinate to Anxiang Dun Gongzhong, and the private land is the personal property of the Dunjun. The wilderness around Anxiangdun is vast, and there is a small river three miles to the north - this is the source of life in this era! The cultivated land is basically concentrated in the north of the pier and even on both sides of the river, so the land here is considered fertile compared to other places.

When it was first built here during the Wanli period, Anxiangdun had 400 acres of public land and 30 acres of private land. The grain produced in the public land is to be handed over to the state, and part of the private land is kept for oneself and part is handed over to the state. Decades have passed, and the original 400 acres of public land have been almost embezzled by officers at all levels, and even part of it belongs to the name of Lord Xu Rujie Xu of Shilipu. Not to mention public land, private land has now been embezzled a lot. At present, there are still 100 acres of public land left, and less than 15 acres of private land are left in every household, and some even have no land at all -- such as Zhang Qisi's family, who moved from other places and are now tenants of Xu Ruji.

In fact, the public land belongs to the first chief - whoever takes office belongs to the public field, and the output in it is also owned by the first chief, which is almost an unwritten rule. Of course, when you leave office, you don't belong to you. Another unspoken rule is that the dun army has to work for the first captain for free, and as for the first chief, just take care of a meal.

The more than half a month before Dong Ce took office was the best time to plant millet when the farm was busy. At that time, Xia Dongrun urged the Dun soldiers to plant the public land first, and even delayed some of the farmers in the private fields of the Dun Army, and everyone was also very dissatisfied with this. Xia Dongrun would not be unpredictable, but he didn't expect that after working for so long, he ended up cheapening Dong Ce.

On June 15, the weather was fine and the sun was shining.

After a few days of high-intensity training, their movements are already in shape, the center of gravity under their feet is very stable, the strength of their hands is very strong, the spear is stabbed out with the wind, and the spear shaft is also slightly trembling. They shouted in a low voice, stabbing, receiving, stabbing, receiving, repeating monotonous movements repeatedly, meticulously. Since they have eaten a lot in the past few days, Nutrition Zong Hai can keep up, so the training in the past few days has not only not made their bodies collapse, but has become stronger.

Dong Ce stood on the high platform, he saw clearly, he nodded secretly, if he continued to train like this, he would be able to achieve initial results in more than a month.

At this time, suddenly smoke and dust rose in the distance, and several fast horses came this way.

After a while, the knights came closer, and when they saw the face of one of them clearly, Dong Ce couldn't help but be stunned, and quickly turned around and got off the pier platform and walked briskly towards the gate.

At the gate of Anxiangdun, Dong Ce bowed and saluted: "I have seen my lord. ”

Several knights had already turned over and dismounted, but he had seen the one in front - Zhang Han, a staff member beside Xu Ruji. And those people are no strangers, they are all Xu Ruji's family members.

Dong Ce is not familiar with Zhang Han, but as long as he has stayed in Shilipu, there is no one who does not know this Lord Zhang, he is Xu Ruji's staff and has a great influence on Xu Ruji, it can be said that most of Xu Ruji's decisions are from his hands. Zhang Han is also a powerful figure in Shilipu, Dong Ce is a little confused, and he doesn't know what he has to do when he comes here.

He was puzzled and wary in his heart, but there was a respectful look on his face.

The military regulations of the Ming Dynasty are strict and meticulous, for example, in terms of etiquette, the sentry officer must kowtow two heads when he sees the team officer, and the team officer must kowtow two heads plus a bow or something when he sees the battalion officer. Counting it, Dong Ce, the captain of the side pier, is probably a sentry officer, and in the face of Zhang Han, a team officer with no rank, it is not rude to bow down.

Zhang Han waved his hand and said, "Lord Dong is exempt." ”

His eyes were on the soldiers who were sweating profusely on the martial arts arena, and he looked at them carefully, and said with some surprise: "Lord Dong, is this a military training?" ”

Dong Ce said on the side: "After all, it's a side pier, and I don't know when the war will be, and the soldiers are idle and idle, so they will practice and train them." ”

"Master Dong has a heart." Zhang Han nodded, looked at it again and lost interest, and didn't take it seriously. After all, he was born as a literati, and he couldn't understand the Tao in it, but he only felt that these soldiers shouted loudly in their mouths, and the spears stabbed out, and the sound was impressive, but it was also good-looking.

He was currently walking, accompanied by Dong Ce on the side, explaining his intention.

It turned out that Zhang Han came over this time to register the current dunding of Anxiangdun, and re-burn the stone tablet, and fill in the names of Dong Ce and others. In addition, there is a more important task, which is to pay the next month's military salary.

Dong Ce listened, and had some doubts in his heart, calculating the days, it was almost time to pay now, but in the past, such errands were either to go to Shilipu to receive them by himself, or to send a personal soldier to send them, but there was no reason to let important people like Zhang Han go.

While speaking, he had already entered the dun, and the inside of the Anxiang dun was empty, Dong Ce explained: "Half of the dunders go to plough the land, and half of them train outside. ”

Zhang Han nodded, instructed the soldiers and the stonemasons they brought to start picking up the stone tablet, and then said to Dong Ce with a smile: "Lord Dong, maybe take a step to speak?" ”

Dong Ce took him to his room.

The inside of his house is very clean and tidy, the items are neatly placed, and the green bricks on the ground are clean and dusty, and it can be seen that they have just been cleaned. On the edge of the window was a small table with pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and a large rough piece of paper full of words.

Zhang Han was already planning to take a deep breath and prepare the smell and dirtiness in the house, but he didn't expect Dong Ce's bedroom to be so clean, which really surprised him.

Since the early period of the Ming Dynasty, it was to govern the military with literature and control the military with literature, and in the last years, the noble and the cheap have reached the extreme. It is common for a general soldier of the second rank to be humiliated and scolded by the civil and county commanders of the seventh grade, and a local soldier of the fifth grade can make several general soldiers and generals embarrassed and driven like lackeys under the door. Zhang Han was born in a literati, so naturally he is not exempt from vulgarity, he looks down on these martial artists from the bottom of his heart, and the military household in his eyes is synonymous with recklessness, dirtiness and stupidity.

But he never thought that Dong Ce had repeatedly brought him surprises.

"Master Dong can also write?" Zhang Han paced to the table.

"The lowly and idle people have nothing to do and make random comparisons, which makes the adults laugh." Dong Ce smiled modestly.

This ink, paper, and inkstone was left by Sun Ruhu at home to fill the scene, but he didn't know what to write and ink, and he couldn't even read words. Dong Ce is well aware of the importance of literacy and hyphenation in this era - why do literati and even the people look down on military generals? This is not unrelated to their illiteracy, in this era, even many high-ranking generals have achieved the position of general generals, and they are illiterate in big words.

In an era when the literacy rate does not exceed 10 percent, and the literacy rate among border military households does not exceed 1 percent, it is still very necessary to be able to read and write. Dong Ce has been practicing calligraphy in the past few days, but fortunately, the difference between the characters of this era and the simplified characters of later generations is not very big.

Zhang Han glanced at it, the words were not good-looking, but they were neat and powerful.

"For a martial artist, that's pretty good."

Zhang Han secretly said in his heart, he was very glad that he had come this time.

Although this Dong Ce is from a military family, he can be called brave and resourceful, and he is very clever, he has trained soldiers in just a few days after taking office, and he can also read and write, which is really a rare talent.

He smiled slightly: "Master Dong, do you know why you came here in person." ”

Dong Ce shook his head and said, "I don't know about my humble position." ”

He waited for Zhang Han to explain, but he didn't expect Zhang Han to stop talking, just walked around the room, and suddenly pointed to a big wooden box and said, "What is this?" ”

Dong Ce was very dissatisfied with his attitude, but he naturally showed it, and he smiled: "I want to take the school entrance examination, do you know what this is?" ”

He stepped forward and opened the box, revealing the large lifting gun inside.

"This is ......" Zhang Han frowned, looked at it carefully for a long time, and looked at Dong Ce with some uncertainty: "This is, raise the gun?" ”

Dong Ce smiled: "My lord is really well-informed, but have you seen it before?" ”

"Well, in the East...... I've seen it before. Zhang Han said casually, suddenly paused when he said the word 'east', and then glanced at Dong Ce vigilantly, and then said the last few words in disguise.

Dong Ce didn't notice his abnormality, his heart moved slightly, and an idea came to him. In order to test the power and range of the gun these days, Dong Ce has secretly tested it several times, but the gunpowder is not lightly consumed......

He said, "My lord, this spear is very terrifying, and it is really a sharp weapon, why don't we go and take a look?" ”