Everyone looked at Dong Ce's gaze, with anticipation and excitement, but of course they couldn't hide a little nervousness. Dong Ce assigned tasks to each of them before leaving, and now that Dong Ce is back, I am afraid that I will have to ask them how they are doing. But nervousness is nervousness, and there is not much to be afraid of, because each of them has completed the task at hand quite well.

Dong Ce's eyes turned around on everyone's faces, and then he sighed, and said angrily: "Ladies and gentlemen, this time this official followed the soldiers to Lord Liu, trekked thousands of miles through mountains and rivers, and went to the big grass beach outside Gansu Town. This time and again, more than half a year has passed, these days, the rock castle depends on your management, here, Dong Ce thanked you! ”

As he spoke, he stood up and arched his hand to everyone, and everyone didn't even dare to say it, so they stood up and saluted back.

Then they sat down,

Dong Ce said with a smile: "This time I have been away from home for more than half a year, it has been very hard, I have suffered a lot of hardships and many crimes, and I have survived several near-deaths. ”

As he said this, he suddenly sighed deeply again. It turned out that at this time, Dong Ce remembered that Bai Tianfu was here, and the scene of setting off with Bai Tianfu and others with Liu Ruozai seemed to be still in front of him, but at this time, he had successfully returned to the house, sat comfortably in his own hall, and Bai Tianfu, who set off with him, went to Suzhou Wei with Liu Ruozai, but he could never come back.

After Bai Tianfu was killed in battle in Chengcheng County, his body had been put into a coffin and stopped in Chengcheng County, guarded by several of his surviving family members. Dong Ce originally planned to pass through Chengcheng County in the middle of the way when he returned to Datong Town from Dacaotan and took his coffin with him, but he didn't expect that after returning to Chengcheng County, he learned from Li Keshou that Bai Tianfu's family had come over, and he had already transported his coffin back to his hometown with those few family members.

This time was about three months after they left Chengcheng County.

Li Ke said that after the army retreated, a caravan from Chengcheng County to Datong Town brought the news of Bai Tianfu's death in battle to his wife Xu. After hearing this, Xu Shi disregarded the danger and brought more than a dozen elite family members to Chengcheng County with the caravan. Then, at her insistence, she helped the coffin to return home.

As an officer who died in the battle in Chengcheng County, Li Keshou was also involved in this matter at that time, and Xu also visited him to thank him for taking care of Bai Tianfu's aftermath during this time, and asked him to convey his gratitude to Dong Ce and others.

Li Keshou didn't know what happened next, and he didn't know if Xu's party came back smoothly, or if something happened on the way. Dong Ce plans to ask in a few days, although Bai Tianfu is not a close friend with him, but after all, they have fought side by side together, and he died without yielding strength, Dong Ce is also very impressed, since he died in battle, if there is anything he can take care of in the future, he still has to take care of one or two.

Dong Ce cleaned up his mood and continued: "Although it is quite thrilling, in the end, there is still some reward. ”

He smiled slightly and said: "This time, under the auspices of Lord Liu, the Chahar Department has already submitted to my Ming Dynasty, and this official has also made some contributions in it, but I am afraid that in a short time, this official will be promoted to so many levels." ”

He paused, looked at everyone and said, "Since this official has been promoted, you will naturally not be left behind." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and their expressions were very excited.

As the adults said, if the adults are promoted, how can we be left behind? Naturally, it also rises with the rising tide!

They all thought that Dong Ce was going out this time was hard work, but he didn't expect the rewards to be so rich. The Lord is so sure, and he said that he is going up a few levels instead of a level, which means that the credit he has made this time is very large, enough for him to be promoted several levels in a row. And if the adults were not very sure, they would certainly not be so full of words.

This shows that the matter of how many levels an adult has been promoted in a row is basically a certainty.

As soon as Dong Ce came back, he could bring them such good news, how could they not be happy when they thought that they could also be promoted?

Zhang Han and Liu Daku reacted the fastest, and the two of them quickly stood up and arched their hands: "Congratulations to my subordinates." ”

The others also came to their senses and quickly got up one after another, congratulating them with their mouths.

Dong Ce laughed and pressed down with both hands: "Sit down, sit down." ”

Everyone's reaction was also what he expected, in fact, this was the effect Dong Ce wanted. It has been more than half a year since he left Rock Castle, and he generally knows a little about what has happened in these six months, but he can't be sure of everything, let alone what has changed during the time he left, and what kind of difference everyone's minds have had from half a year ago.

He was worried about whether his grip on Rock Castle would wane.

But he didn't need to grasp everyone's minds, nor did he need to figure out what they were thinking and what their purpose was. He only needs to be sure of one thing: you can only be used by me, and you must be used by me. Because I can give you everything you want!

So as soon as he came back, he threw a fragrant bait at everyone, telling them that every step and everything that the official did was not done in vain, there was a reward, and there were corresponding benefits, either to get rich, or to be promoted, or to grow in power! As long as you follow me, I will never leave you behind if I have a chance to be promoted.

No matter what they thought before or what they had in their hearts, but when Dong Ce's words came out and the prospects were depicted, they would only do things for Dong Ce honestly and convincingly.

And even if there were some dissenting people who felt that he did not have enough control over Rock Fort because Dong Ce was absent for most of the year, and thus might not respect him so much, they would regain their awe of him because of this remark.

In short, Dong Ce's words directly calmed everyone.

With such an opening statement, it becomes much easier to say anything next.

Dong Ce looked at Zhang Han first and joked: "Zhang Han, I just took a look, everyone is a little fatter, why are you getting thinner and thinner, is it possible that the food in our Rock Fort is not your appetite?" Or are you doing too much work these days and overworked? ”

"What did you say?"

Zhang Han hurriedly smiled: "The food in Rock Fort is very good, everyone is responsible for their own stalls, and there is not a lot of work in hand, and the subordinates are not overworked." It's just that his subordinates are born with this kind of physique, and they can't get fat no matter how they eat, and they have been like this since they were children. ”

Dong Ce nodded at him: "You, you still have to eat more." ”

He looked at Huo Qingtong again: "And you, you too." How old is this year? It's going to be seventeen or eighteen, it's all from the big girl's family, and she's as thin as a bamboo pole. You can fight so much on the battlefield, although you are a woman, you are on top of seven or eight adult men, but your body has to be repaired. Look at how thin you are now......"

Dong Ce stopped when he said this, in fact, he still didn't say a word, and swallowed it back into his stomach. The sentence is: How can you get married in the future? It's just that this sentence came out at this time, which was a bit too frivolous, but fortunately he endured it. Because, speaking of this, Huo Qingtong's face was already red, and he lowered his head, just snorting twice like a mosquito, and he didn't dare to look up at him.

Originally, it stands to reason that Huo Qingtong is not very in charge now. She was originally in charge of organizing the women to use privately minted copper coins to make frog beetles during their leisure time, but now this errand has been handed over. Because the Rock Fort is not as tight as it was at the beginning, and the manpower of craftsmen is not as short as it was at the beginning, a considerable number of blacksmiths can be freed up to specialize in making iron leaf armor. At this time, Rock Fort is no longer making frog armor, and all the energy and financial resources are transferred to making iron leaf armor.

Of course, the frog beetles that were created at the beginning are still in use. However, Huo Qingtong has nothing to do. If she insists on an errand, she may be working under Wang Yu's hands, taking the families of those soldiers down to catch fish in the river, and adding another source to the meat supply of Rock Fort.