In the south of Liangzhou City, Zhaowu Gate was quickly renovated with the help of five to six thousand men.

Here, Yue Saonu met an unlucky guy who was similar to him, a small-headed man from the Wen family of Huangyang tribe named Wen Chongle.

Although they are called headmen, the Wen family only has a few hundred people in total. Let alone small-headed people, even real headmen are nothing.

Although Wen Chongle never said why he was thrown from a small-headed man to build the city wall, this did not prevent Yue Saonu from making him a confidant.

The two of them cheated and cheated together, and secretly snatched other Dingzhuang's white-flour steamed cakes and sesame-filled sesame cakes.

Because these two things are not available every day, nor are they unlimited. They are only available during the whole day, which is called lunch by Shazhou Han people, and there is one for each person. You can’t take more, and the rest is just corn.

Enough.

So in many places where the supervisors cannot see it, the law of the jungle where the big fish eats the small fish is still happening.

Many young people at the lowest level have never tasted steamed white flour cakes at all, unless they dare to risk a beating and eat it directly when the supervisor is serving food.

"Lunch has arrived! Lunch has arrived! All the young men lined up one by one. According to the old rules, everyone takes the food, and the steamed cakes and sesame cakes are received in order.

There is mutton stew today, and whoever dares to disturb the order will be seated together, with only corn to eat."

‘Gudong!’ Yue Saonu and Wen Chongle looked at each other and swallowed at the same time.

But they didn't dare to mess around. The Shazhou Han people did what they said. If everyone didn't stew mutton to eat, they would probably be torn apart by the angry crowd.

In the impression of ordinary people, it seems that the grassland peoples who have cattle and sheep never lack meat.

But in fact, it is completely wrong. Whether it is the Qingtang Plateau or the desert grassland, a sheep is extremely precious.

What the herdsmen eat all year round is just corn, wild vegetables, mushrooms, and dairy products. If they can eat some dried animal meat, it is considered good.

How can a good thing like sheep, which can be kept fresh automatically and does not take up space, be eaten at any time?

"It's still the same kind of stewed mutton, star anise, nutmeg, oh! It also smells of bay leaves.

It’s his mother’s. When I was still alive, my family couldn’t eat mutton with so many spices all year round. It must be fat, tender, delicious and not smelly!”

The time that Yuesaonu misses the most is when his father was still alive and their family was still the head of the Yue family in Dongdahe.

Among the young men building the city wall, he kept talking about his identity as a small-headed man and Ye Ye all the time, as if he could use this to show that he was different from other young men.

The meals were brought back, and steamed cakes and sesame cakes were received one by one. A large wooden basin was carried over by several officers. There were large chunks of mutton in it, and even the broth was oily.

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Yue Saonu kept swallowing his saliva. According to the usual rhythm, he and Wen Chongle should have suppressed everyone in their city with just one look.

Then you can easily choose the white flour steamed cakes and sesame cakes you like, and then have a full bowl of stewed mutton.

But this time he didn't dare, because a big man who was stronger than Wen Chongle sat among everyone.

This is the leader of their capital, a brave general who followed Dharma King Bodhisattva back from Tianzhu. It is said that he personally killed hundreds of people who carried Buddhas on their backs, and even bathed in Buddha's light at Lingjiu Mountain.

Wen Chongle was a bit sarcastic. Ten days ago, he challenged Du Tou at the instigation of Yue Saonu and others, but was defeated easily. Since then, no one has dared to stab him.

Lu Sanlang was even more depressed. He regretted very much that he had no control over his words and revealed the secret of Zhongzhenku, which made him so embarrassed now.

Although he made a decisive decision and stabbed Yu Supu to death at Kesai City, he only managed to save his life and never had the chance to integrate into Zhang Zhao's core. Even when they attacked Tianzhu, he was unable to follow him and was arranged to stay and guard Wen City.

This is not just as simple as not entering the core layer, not going to Cheng Tianzhu, Yin Qian, Hu Ji, and not getting any credit.

The descendants of the Anxi Army who were originally trained as Gulams by the Kara Khanate along with him, all stayed away from him, and some even made great achievements and their status was already above his.

These Ding Zhuang rumors spread rumors that he had gone to Tianzhu to kill hundreds of people who carried Buddhas on their backs, and had bathed in the Buddha's light. This was even more ironic to Lu Sanlang's ears.

This time, Zhang Zhao transferred a large number of low-level officers and warriors from the Guiyi Army to serve as officers in the city-building team, just to train a group of qualified officers. They seemed to be here to supervise the work, but in fact they were also assessed.

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In this assessment, Lu Sanlang was undoubtedly the one at the bottom.

This is not because he is incompetent, but in Gulam, the strong bully the weak and respect for strength is completely qualified.

But this did not work in the Guiyi Army. This was because the bullying within Dingzhuang was the most serious, and the evaluated officer corps had always considered him unqualified.

Large chunks of stewed mutton, under the watchful eye of Lu Sanlang, were divided for the first time starting from the thinnest and strongest ones, and the weakest ones were divided into the largest chunks. These timid guys were so scared that they dared not even eat and trembled.

At a loss what to do.

As for Yue Saonu and Wen Chongle, the two thornheads only got a little bit of meat residue, but fortunately there was still a lot of broth. Ding Zhuang, who had the meat divided, scooped all of it into their rice.

Lu Sanlang waited until everyone had finished eating before he stood up and left. He looked around at the hundreds of men, especially Yue Saonu and Wen Chongle.

"You were new here a few days ago and were not familiar with it, but from today on, a certain family wants you to remember that we have the rules of returning to the rebel army.

When we get here, we are all colleagues. No one is strong or weak, only ability. Everyone must be friendly and help each other. It is about fairness.

Some people think that other people do not deserve the same treatment as them, but a certain family wants to say, either you don’t eat from the same pot with him. Since we eat from the same pot and we are colleagues, we must be friendly and help each other.

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Those who are bullied to death and don’t dare to say a word, I will tell you that they all have one head and two hands, and if they can’t beat them, they will just fight back. But if you don’t even dare to fight with him, you are not a man!”

It is different from Lu Sanlang who practiced the law of the jungle and only started to look for compensation after being judged as unqualified.

Yang Shouli and Guo Guangsheng's side had long been a harmonious and friendly scene.

All the men under his command work together. If anyone is sick, his tasks for the day will be shared by all his colleagues. Whoever is weak will eat the delicious food first.

Yang Shouli set a task, and everyone screamed that they had to complete it even if they risked their lives.

This actually has a lot to do with the situation and the environment in which the three of them grew up. When Lu Sanlang was young, the Luo Family Mountain City was destroyed, and what he saw later was the law of the jungle.

You must know that the elimination rate of Tianfang Jiao Gulam’s method is very high.

There were hundreds of young men from Luo Family Mountain City who were captured with them, but only about twenty of them survived to become Gulam.

No one knows where the rest of them went. Anyway, Lu Sanlang has never seen them since they disappeared from the military camp.

These encounters have led to Lu Sanlang's current character, which is vicious, selfish, and good at completing tasks independently.

But Guo Guangcheng and Yang Shouyi were different. When Guo Guangcheng was born, the Guo family's strategy of using Nestorianism to wrap up the clan had already been formed.

Although there are still some challenges outside, it is no longer possible to completely destroy the Guo family. In addition, there are not many children in the clan, so the Guo family attaches great importance to the unity of brothers within the clan.

Yang Shouli grew up in a worse environment than Guo Guangcheng. Ever since they chose to leave the Ningyuan Basin, they have been expelled and attacked by other forces.

Yang, Xue, Zheng and others must stick together to survive in this harsh environment.

Zhang Zhao proposed to adhere to the idea of ​​​​friendship and mutual assistance in the Guiyi Army. The descendants of the Anxi Army in New Kucha have been doing this for decades. Yang Shouli would do the same if Zhang Zhao did not give orders.

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Not far from the south gate, in the Shen family mansion, Zhang Zhao was summoning Shen Zhihai, the leader of Yangfei Valley, and his son Shen Nianban.

After witnessing Zhang Zhao's powerful military power and strong Han style outside the Mingwei Fortress, Shen Zhihai and Shen Nianban immediately became active promoters of Zhang Zhao's transformation of Hu Guihan and the return of the Liugu tribe at the end of the Ming Dynasty to their homeland.

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"Military envoy, here is the picture album of the Liugu tribe who claims to be the Momo people."

Shen Nianban spread out a slightly rough map and a thick account book in front of Zhang Zhao, while Shen Zhihai explained everything to Zhang Zhao one by one.

"Among the Liugu tribe, in addition to the Shen family of Yangfei Valley, there is also the Zhao family of Xiyinghe, which still retains a large amount of Han family culture.

My ancestor of the Shen family was once the governor of Lintao Army in Longyou, and my ancestor of the Zhao family was the general of the town guard in Wucheng, Liangzhou.

Yangfei Valley and Xiying River live next to each other. General Zhao Zhen of the Zhao family came to see me the day before yesterday, saying that he wanted to visit the military envoy.

I dare to ask the military envoy to meet with me. If I can bring the Zhao family back, the entire Six Mo tribes will be greatly shaken, and the Hongyuan Valley tribe, who are already willing to join the Zhebu family, will also come closer."

Zhang Zhao looked at the map and smiled, "The Zhao family was still evasive a few days ago, why are they so active now?"

Shen Zhihai also laughed along with him, and he bowed his hand to Zhang Zhao in admiration.

"This must be a good trick of the military envoy! Taking advantage of the opportunity of repairs inside and outside Liangzhou, a large number of Zhao family members were recruited.

Not only were these young men unharmed in Liangzhou City, they were able to eat three meals a day, and they were all fat and strong. In just a few days, the military envoys' benevolence and righteousness spread throughout the Xiying River.

The Zhao family has always wanted to return to their homeland, but they just suffered from the lack of reliable people to recruit them. Today, with the arrival of military envoys, it is just a matter of course."

Hearing what Shen Zhihai said, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but feel a little proud. Recruiting all the tribes of Fumo and the Han people from Liangzhou to repair Liangzhou was a great idea. It was better than buying off the six tribes of Fumo and the Han leaders of Liangzhou.

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Within ten days, Zhang Zhao's reputation for benevolence and righteousness had spread to Shanzhou, Lanzhou and other places.

Moreover, there is a strange phenomenon. Many young people who were not recruited to build the city wall, and even the residents of Liangzhou City actually asked to come and serve as corvees in order to get this treatment.

In this era, it is really extremely rare. Generally speaking, when you hear about doing corvee service, it is as if you are parting from life or death.

When Zhang Zhao arrived, he originally planned to recruit only about 5,000 people for the repair of Liangzhou City, but now the number had suddenly increased to 15,000.

A project as big as the south gate and west gate of Liangzhou was almost completed in just 20 days.

"Military envoy, please take a look. The entire Fumo Liugu area south of Liangzhou should include Lanzhou Guangwucheng and Guzang Nanshan as well as Zhangye and Wucheng. There are about 33,000 households and 19 mouths.

Seventy-four thousand.

And our Yangfei Valley, Xiying River and Hongyuan Valleys have more than 19,000 households and more than 110,000 people. As long as these three valleys are willing to follow the military envoys and return the six valleys to the Han Dynasty, it will be done!"

Shen Zhihai was very excited, but it was obvious that his son Shen Nianban had a different view. He curled his lips and hesitated to speak, but in the end he didn't say anything.

But Zhang Zhao saw it and nodded to Shen Nianban, "If Nianban has anything to say, just say it, no need to worry."

Seeing that Zhang Zhao agreed, Shen Nian ignored his father's eyes, raised his hands to Zhang Zhao and said.

"In fact, the military envoy no longer needs to worry about who joins or not in the Liugu tribe, because the military envoy has five thousand heavenly soldiers, and now he has 50,000 strong men in hand. They have all been organized according to the military organization. They are given swords and guns to form a powerful force.

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Most of them are locals. The strong ones are promised high officials and generous salaries, while the ordinary people are given gold and silver, and they are ordered to be the vanguard. Who dares to be the leader of the Liugu tribe? It's too late to abandon their weapons and surrender!"

"Hahaha! He is indeed a young hero!" Zhang Zhao laughed loudly. He could see where Zhang Zhao's killer move was, which was quite interesting.

But he can see it, and others believe that as long as they are not blind, they can also see it.

"Weng Shen, Mr. X is definitely not a thing in the pond. Why don't you go to Mr. X and set up a small school? You can also pass the letter to all the departments in the six valleys.

As long as the brave and intelligent young athletes from all departments are willing, they can serve in Hexi Jiedu Yamen and Guiyi Army."
To be continued...