Chapter 423 Before the Gambling Table

The common people in Liaodong County responded positively to the government's conscription. Almost all the children of the right age who were not the only sons in the family applied for the conscription.

I heard that those who became soldiers could be given winter vests, which was the same level as the village chief.

With more people applying, the officers in charge of conscription could select the best.

In this way, some people were not selected. The young men who were not selected were very disappointed.

However, the conscription officers encouraged them not to give up. They were not selected because the number of soldiers in Liaodong County and even Pingzhou was limited. Let them join the militia organized by the township next year, and there would be hope.

As soon as the recruits entered the barracks, their winter vests were issued.

They were very happy and trained hard.

Liaodong County, government office

Early in the morning, Alice escorted Lu Songli to the government office.

At the door, he met Xue Xu.

"Hello, Sixth Madam."

"Good morning, Mr. Xue."

Lu Songli greeted and went in.

"Second - Mr. Xue." Alice behind Lu Songli was so nervous that she almost called the wrong name.

Xue Xu glanced at Alice. Alice had grown a little taller, probably because she had eaten enough during this period.

"Protect the Sixth Madam well, okay?" Xue Xu told her. Qin Liuye went to Xuantu County and couldn't pick up and drop off Qin Liumao, so Alice completely took over the job of guarding.

Alice nodded seriously and agreed.

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"Qin Liumao, we are doing this, which seems to be a favor to the people." Xue Xu had to remind Lu Songli.

Lu Songli smiled and said, "Mr. Xue, you worry too much. My father is the ambassador of the frontier, and it is his duty to benefit the people."

She knew he was talking about the fact that they had distributed so many winter vests at once. More than 46,000 pieces, almost all of them were distributed.

Now, whether it is the soldiers in the barracks or the common people, they are grateful to her father, the governor, and her father's prestige is unprecedentedly high.

"I'm afraid of people with ulterior motives--" Xue Xu was mixed with joy and worry about the rapid development of Liaodong County.

"With so many soldiers, we can't just watch them starve and freeze, right?"

"Lord Lu is righteous, and the Sixth Madam is righteous."

Of course, Lu Songli knew what Xue Xu was worried about. If she had to choose between developing herself and hiding her ambitions, she would choose to develop herself.

As for the people with ulterior motives that Xue Xu mentioned, Lu Songli was not worried.

Xie Zhan was a smart man. They all coveted the Song Dynasty of Dali. This was the golden period for them to try to extract nutrients from all sides and strengthen themselves. You can see that he was busy running around and recruiting talents during this period.

Once both of them took action to expose and denounce each other's ambitions in front of Song Mo, it would be the time for them and all the heroes who were qualified to compete for this piece of land to take chips to the table and gamble.

Before that, no matter who said that they were doing favors to the people, they would not admit it. In short, don't feel guilty.

A new military camp was built in Jintai Village, northeast of Houcheng, next to Xuantu County.

A group of new recruits in military uniforms were running in the snow.

Among them, a small group of people were running and cursing.

"Chen Jinlong, don't run, you traitor!"

"Chen Jinlong, I told you not to run, did you hear me? How could you make peace with the government and deceive us? Where is your conscience?"

"That's right, we trusted you so much!"

"Beep--"

With the sound of a sharp whistle, everyone stopped, some sat directly on the snow, some leaned on tree trunks, and so on.

Chen Jinlong was far away from Meng Jingfeng and others, but they still glared at him.

Chen Jinlong panted and moved away, "Don't blame me all the time. You are in this situation because you are not honest."

They are not honest? Hearing Chen Jinlong's words, Meng Jingfeng and others' hearts sank, but they still had a hard mouth, so they asked back, "Why do you say that?"

"You don't think the things you buried in the mountain village are still there, right?" Chen Jinlong decided to reveal the secret to them, so that they would not always think that they still had money in their hands.

"How do you know--"I buried something in the mountain village?

"Wait, you buried it?"

"You buried it too?"

Meng Jingfeng and Feng Shuo looked at each other in bewilderment. All the treasures they buried were gone?

Lu Dayou looked at this and then at that, and he sneered twice, with a bit of gloating. Among all the people, he was the most honest and just found a place to hide some gold! These people, one by one, found several places to store money.

"How did it disappear? Did the Liaodong Army dig it out after digging three feet into the ground?" He remembered that he hid it very secretly. Meng Jingfeng asked his question.

"You will know later." When Chen Jinlong said this, his expression was a bit unfathomable.

Too much, digging their property and not telling them!

"Give you half a cup of tea to prepare for the next training. After crossing these obstacles, crawl forward for two kilometers!" Qin Sheng announced expressionlessly.

Meng Jingfeng, Lu Dayou, Chen Jinlong, Gao Lei, Ding Han and others looked at the various obstacles in front of them and looked at each other.

"He is so young, how can he have so many ideas to make people tired?"

Weighted running, crawling in the snow, obstacle practice, moving target archery, horseback archery, etc., each one is very tiring.

Zhu Dazhuang on the side rolled his eyes, "What are you complaining about? Is the rice not fragrant or the meat not delicious?"

Everyone was silent. Although it was tiring, their food was really good now, ten times better than the original Houcheng military camp.

In addition, Master Jiang, who is currently cooking for their camp, is very good at cooking. Even if it is a big pot of rice, it is also delicious.

When it comes to food, everyone's discussion becomes more lively.

"Nonsense, this Master Jiang is Master Chen's apprentice. He has already become an apprentice. He is a seventy-eight percent true disciple."

"I see that Master Jiang is quite young, and Master Chen is quite nice, allowing his disciples to learn skills so easily."

As the saying goes, the law is not taught lightly and the Tao is not sold cheaply. It is not easy for everyone to raise a family. It is difficult for everyone to find a special skill to guard the family. If it is easily spread to others, it may cause the disciples of the church to starve to death. Therefore, many times, after apprenticeship, three years of apprenticeship and two years of service. The first two years are all spent serving the master, and it is only in the third year that you can learn something. But I only learned a little bit about it, and the master who knows the skills at the bottom of the box will not teach it easily.

"Nonsense, of course Master Chen has a better skill." Zhu Dazhuang muttered.

"Dazhuang, what do you know? Tell me, and my brothers will also listen."

Zhu Dazhuang is from Tianshui Village and a soldier of the Qin family.

He knew some inside information. Master Chen was hired by their sixth wife and held three positions. He would only take charge of three places. The previous county governor's house, Liaodong Restaurant and traveling with the army.

Master Chen spends most of his time cooking at Liaodong Restaurant. Only when the Sixth Lady wanted to eat something new, he would go to the Sheriff's Mansion to try out the new dish. Occasionally, he would come to the military camp and cook one or two meals for them to improve their food. That was also when Mr. Liu was there.

"No need to ask around, you just need to know that Liaodong Restaurant is going to release new dishes." The Sixth Madam ate good new dishes, which are usually launched in Liaodong Restaurant.

Liaodong Restaurant is also opened by the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce.

"Liaodong Restaurant." Chen Jinlong and others smacked their lips.

Since the opening of Liaodong Restaurant, many new dishes have been unheard of.

Everyone who has tried it said that they wanted to try it themselves when they were still the owners of the cottage. But Liaodong Restaurant was open in Houcheng, so they didn't dare to go there. They only dared to ask their subordinates to pack it up quietly and bring it back. It was indeed delicious. After eating it, they wanted to try it themselves. After all, the taste of the packaged ones is definitely one or two points worse than the fresh ones, and I don’t know how delicious the fresh ones are.

"After the holiday, let's go to Liaodong Restaurant for a meal together?" Chen Jinlong suggested.

"Stop dreaming. Do you have money? The food at Liaodong Restaurant is expensive." Meng Jingfeng poured cold water on him.

Chen Jinlong:......

"Chen Jinlong, does this look like retribution? If we still have our gold, silver and jewelry, and the rich and famous can bring you one, it will be no problem at all. Now it's better, everyone is pauper!"