Dong Ce handed over the errand of training these new family members to him, and he knew that Dong Ce trusted him very much. After all, for many generals, these elite families around them are the foundation of their lives, so they attach far more importance to their families than ordinary soldiers.

And being able to train family members for these generals also represents the great trust of the chief officer in him.

Dong Ce and he haven't seen each other for a long time, and as soon as they met, they said this, which is to show their closeness to him.

The two said a few more words, and Ma Lin stretched out his hand and said, "My lord, let's go inside and talk, my subordinates have prepared wine and food, and we are waiting for you to come." ”

Dong Ce waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, let's go directly to the pier, I have to see how these boys are practicing first." ”

"Yes."

Ma Lin answered, and the group rode into the Jiading training ground, and then went directly to the pier.

The pier platform is as high as five zhang, and the hill where the pier platform is located is also much higher than other places, so it adds up, standing on this pier platform, it is almost 20 meters higher than the surrounding area, it is the commanding height near here, at a glance, it is unobstructed, and the radius of more than ten miles is clearly seen.

Dong Ce climbed onto the pier platform and looked out with his hand on the battlement.

The wind on the pier also seems to be stronger than below. He let out a long breath of turbidity, only to feel much more relaxed in his heart.

When he was in Anxiangdun, his favorite thing was to climb the pier. And how long has it been since you've been here?

Seeing that Dong Ce was very emotional, the others stood aside and didn't dare to go up to disturb him.

After a long while, Dong Ce pointed below and said, "These good men below are all my family!" ”

Marin smiled, "That's right, it's all." Among the outcasts who have come to our Rock Fort, the strongest and bravest men have been sent here, and I will train them myself. Teach them the art of killing and horseback riding so that they can serve the adults better. ”

Dong Ce was very comfortable when he said this, and Dong Ce smiled slightly: "This is an envoy, thanks to you for taking care of it." ”

When Dong Ce was leaving, he explained to everyone that after the homeless people arrived, they would select the strongest men from among them to join the Rock Fort Infantry Army, and select a group of the most elite and brave among these strong men, let them join their own family team, and hand them over to Marin, so that Marin could train them here.

Now that I think about it, these people have been practicing for quite some time.

Dong Ce looked down from the pier, and on the small training ground, which was about seven or eight in total, there were hundreds of people doing various training at this time. Most of them were training on horses, and when Dong Ce saw this scene from afar, he knew that they had basically been training here for a while. Those most basic things have been trained and qualified, and what they are doing now is actually relatively late, that is to say, it will not be long before they can become their own masters.

It's just that there is a problem here, Dong Ce can see it at a glance: the number of war horses here is still very limited, and many people take turns to practice on war horses, and a group of people practice on it, and then everyone else is waiting below.

"How many people are there?"

Dong Ce turned to Marin and asked.

Ma Lin hurriedly said: "If you go back to your lordship, there are a total of four hundred and thirty-seven people. ”

"Yo?"

Dong Ce raised his eyebrows: "So many? ”

This amount was indeed quite surprising to him, to be honest, what he had guessed before, the number could reach three hundred, which was not bad.

But I didn't expect that this was already more than 400 people.

He smiled slightly: "Thanks to the many war horses brought back this time, otherwise it would not be enough for them." ”

Ma Lin smiled: "I don't know how many war horses the adults brought back this time?" ”

Dong Ce stretched out his finger and gestured, "Bring back a total of eight hundred horses." ”

"That's good."

Ma Lin smiled, rubbed his hands, and said a little embarrassed: "I don't know if you can transfer it to your subordinates, but you can also see that the number of war horses under your subordinates is too small, and it is not enough to use it at all!" ”

Dong Ce nodded: "This is no problem, your proposal is very reasonable." I also saw that there were indeed too few war horses here, and several people took turns to train with one horse, which was also a little too shabby, and some war horses should be supplemented. ”

Dong Ce brought back 800 war horses this time, but this does not mean that he only has these 800 war horses.

With the return of the Chahar Department to the Ming Dynasty and the relocation to the vicinity of the Xiashui Sea, his territory is actually very close to the Xiaxue Sea at that time, and it can be said that it can be reached in half a day by horse. And in the meantime, there is this relationship with the Empress Dowager Sutai, and at that time, he will be able to obtain a steady stream of war horses from the Chahar Department.

Therefore, he is not particularly stingy with war horses now, and some war horses will be divided into places where he should be used, and there will be future anyway.

Dong Ce pondered for a moment and said, "This time there are a total of eight hundred war horses, so don't there be four hundred and thirty-seven people here?" The official will give you 500 war horses, and when the official returns, he will order someone to send 500 war horses to this place, and then let these families start to choose. After they choose these war horses, they can directly use those war horses to practice, and when the time comes to officially become the official family, they will bring their war horses over, one person in a batch, and the rest of them, you will stay here! If that's not enough, I'll give you another one when the time comes. ”

'Good!'

Marin nodded and said, "Thank you, sir." ”

Dong Ce waved his hand and said with a smile: "You are doing things for this official, what is there to thank you for?" If you really want to talk about it, you have to thank you. ”

He really felt that he should thank Marin, Marin was so old, but he was still doing his best for him, although Marin did this, he was also selfish, and he also wanted to have a higher status and make his children and grandchildren live a better life. But if people do their best, they should be grateful.

Dong Ce asked, "What progress have these people made in their training now?" How long will it take to qualify? ”

Ma Lin pondered for a moment and said, "Among these more than 400 people, there are about 300 people, and they will be able to leave the school in another month." The rest of the people may have taken a little longer because they came late. ”

Dong Ce nodded, in more than a month, he would be able to have more than 300 new families, and the team would grow stronger and stronger. This time is also waiting for time.

His family team now has more than 300 people, and if you add the following more than 400 people, and then add some more, it will be able to reach 1,000 in a short time. And a thousand elite cavalry, that's already a very powerful force. In Dong Ce's future plans, he will rely heavily on this extremely mobile elite cavalry.

After staying on the pier platform for a while, Marin smiled and said, "My lord, why don't we go down, my subordinates have gathered these boys, can you say a few words to them?" ”

Dong Ce nodded and said yes.

The group came down from the platform, and then Marin gave an order and gathered everyone over.

In front of the hill was a large square, large enough to accommodate the men. And on the north side of the square, on the sunny side of the hill, there are rows of barracks, which are their dwellings. At the front of these barracks, there is a point platform, about one zhang high, which is just a platform made of soil tamping, which is quite simple.

But no matter how humble it is, it's also a status symbol.

Dong Ce strode onto the platform, facing the future family members below, and suddenly, hundreds of pairs of eyes and hundreds of eyes in the field fell on him.

Everyone was originally practicing, but they were suddenly summoned, and the one who ascended to the stage was such a tall and handsome young man, and this young man was very noble in terms of bearing and dress, obviously a young nobleman.

Seeing this person, many people's hearts were full of excitement, and the doubts in their eyes turned into eagerness and anticipation.

Since they came to Rock Fort and became Dong Ce's family members, they have been here for a long time, so it is naturally impossible that they have not heard of the name Dong Ce.

In fact, all the officials in the Rock Fort will consciously instill something to the soldiers and civilians below: how powerful and wise Dong Ce is, and the good life he has now is given by Lord Dong...... And so on, this philosophy.