I don’t know from which day, Gu Tianya seemed to have changed into a different person.

He no longer had that alarming spirit, but instead looked like an extremely ordinary folk boy. He was cheerful every day and always had a warm smile on his face.

He lived his own little life as if everything was satisfied.

For example, although he is the postmaster of the Gujia Village Post Station, no one has ever seen him wearing official uniform. He always gets up early every morning, walks slowly around the village twice, and then goes to the post station to do his rounds and sit on the door frame to read.

Drill with the postmen.

By the time the postmen finished their training, the cook had already prepared the food, and he happily served it to the table, holding a big bowl and eating and drinking to his heart's content.

After eating, he wiped his mouth, slowly put his hands behind his back, and left lazily.

Before leaving, he did not forget to wave his hand and leave some words of encouragement to the postmen. It was the same sentence every time: "Brothers, don't be tired..."

The postmen have many errands.

Get up in the morning and practice first.

After training, we have a full meal, usually a big pot of thick porridge with two big baskets of pancakes, which we eat casually and open.

In addition to thick porridge and pancakes, each postman will also be rationed a piece of meat, weighing enough to ensure that there is no shortage of fat and water in the stomach.

After eating this meal, the postmen began their day's work.

Twenty-nine people stayed at the post station, responsible for maintaining the security of the entire Gujia Village. The remaining thirty-five people went out on patrol on horseback. They were going to the surrounding patrol stations to replace the thirty-five comrades who were on duty last night...

Every time at this time, Gu Tianya would suddenly appear again, riding a white donkey and lazily following him around.

But his tour was very strange. It seemed like he was traveling without any purpose. He didn't care where he went.

For example, sometimes he would only stop at the first patrol station after walking three to five miles, and sometimes he would only stop at the farthest station after walking thirty miles.

The Gujia Village Post Station has special rules. During inspections, the post guards need to go to people's homes to eat. After each meal, they have to help the people with some farm work. Gu Tianya also eats with him, but he never helps others with work.

He seems to be lazy, he seems to have learned to enjoy happiness.

He just hangs around and never helps.

It's like this every day, it seems like a waste of time.

When evening came, the postmen would be on duty at the patrol station, while he rode his donkey slowly home and went to the village primary school to teach the children.

He seemed to have become lazy when he was giving lectures. Most of the time he would talk wherever he thought. Maybe one day he was talking about the study of things, and the next day it suddenly became astronomy and geography. Before he finished teaching astronomy and geography, he suddenly became

To teach poetry and poetry.

He mostly tells stories to children.

For example, Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a required subject.

For example, "Journey to the West" can be regarded as interspersed with jokes.

Occasionally, he would talk about the content of "The Road to Beauty in the Tang Dynasty" or the inside story of "The Most Cruel Man in the Tang Dynasty". These two stories are indeed extremely exciting, but he secretly misrepresented the era and the protagonist.

Even so, the children were still happy to hear it.

He is so lazy, so lazy that it makes people worry. For example, the three princesses who came here as guests reminded Zhao Ning several times almost every day. The words of the three princesses were full of worry, and they all hoped that Zhao Ning could persuade him.

own husband.

"Brother-in-law is less than twenty years old, why is he as sluggish as an old man? Sister Xiuning, you have to talk about him..." These were the words of Princess Changsun.

"Where did my brother-in-law's spirit in confronting the aristocratic family go? A man must not lose his spirit of swallowing up a tiger thousands of miles away! Sister Xiuning, you have to talk about him..." These were the words of the Princess of Qi.

In addition, there is Li Jiancheng's crown prince Zheng Guanyin, who is most worried about Gu Tianya's transformation. She places all her hopes on Gu Tianya, but she cannot tell anyone in order to keep it secret.

So she could only make insinuations, nagging in Zhao Ning's ears every day, constantly hinting: "Xiu Ning, I heard that you are eager to own an iron cavalry, right? Now that the war horses are available, Gujiacun can make iron by itself. You

Why not let your brother-in-law learn military training and let him help you build cavalry... The cavalry is very powerful, and the cavalry is even more amazing. I once heard your elder brother say that three thousand cavalry can disperse a hundred thousand infantry, so this

You can't delay things, you have to get your brother-in-law to change his lazy temperament."

Whenever this happens, Zhao Ning always looks helpless.

She seemed to hate iron, and always followed the words of the three royal family members, saying angrily: "You don't know at all, he is originally such a coward, and he is still eighteen years old.

For years, I have been living like this without any progress."

"That's not right!"

Yang would raise questions every time, and said with gleaming eyes: "Brother-in-law, he once fought against aristocratic families and even killed officials in front of the county government. This is such a bloody and brave man. Ordinarily, he should not be soft-tempered."

Zhao Ning seemed to be even more angry and beat his chest and said: "I forced him to do that. Unfortunately, I only succeeded once. After that killing of an official, his stable nature was fully exposed. Alas, I have been screwed in this life.

, I chose a man who didn’t seek advancement. He thought of me as the majestic Princess Pingyang, and asked myself that a woman is as good as a man. The result, the result... oh oh oh, I just hope that the child in my belly will not be as unambitious as his father."

She began to wipe away tears from her eyes, sobbing and making people feel distressed.

So the three princesses sighed repeatedly and did not dare to continue persuading them. They could only choose some chat topics and accompany Zhao Ning to talk about family affairs.

But when sunset came, the three princesses returned to the inn to rest. At this time, Zhaoning suddenly became heroic and transformed into the majestic female commander again.

She put on her own robe, with a sparkle in her eyes. She and Xiaoqing Xiaorou left home quietly and waited silently beside the official road outside the village.

After about a short wait, Gu Tianya's figure emerged from the darkness. He had already finished his lectures at the night school, and his expression was no longer lazy at this time.

At this time, there will always be three war horses pulled out of the woods.

Gu Tianya and Xiaoqing Xiaorou each turned over.

As for Zhaoning, there was no need to ride a horse, because Chang'e would appear at this time and walk through the snow with her sister-in-law on her back.

Chang'e is really walking on the snow, like a legendary swordsman. She can climb on the ground and cross water, and she can walk on the snow without leaving a trace. She is carrying Zhao Ning on her back, and there is almost no bumps.

Even though Zhao Ning is pregnant, there is no need to worry about her pregnancy.

A family of five traveled at night, their horses galloping at great speed, Zhao Ning leaving no trace in the snow, running wildly for about half an hour, and entered an unusually secretive valley.

There is a military camp built in this valley.

But three thousand cavalrymen were already standing quietly. When a family of five arrived, all three thousand cavalrymen bent down on their horses and roared: "Greetings to the commander-in-chief."

Meet the commander-in-chief.

This is a military courtesy.

However, it was not Zhao Ning who answered, but Gu Tianya, the postmaster. He slowly rode forward, scanned the whole place, and then asked in a solemn voice, "Comrades, can you have a good meal?"

Boom!

Each of the three thousand cavalrymen held up their chests and loudly said: "In response to the commander's inquiry, we have all had a full meal. Half a catty of meat, a bowl of soup, a piece of grain cake, and a radish."

"Okay!" Gu Tianya nodded heavily.

He suddenly reached for his waist, and then he saw a flash of sword light. He pulled out a horizontal sword from his waist, raised the horizontal sword and slashed towards the sky with all his strength.

Then, he shouted loudly:

"Half a catty of meat is to ensure that everyone is not short of oil and water."

"A bowl of soup is for everyone to add salt."

"As for the refined grain cake, I have enough to eat, plus a radish, because there are no other fruits and vegetables in winter. When the spring, summer and autumn festivals come, I will definitely change the recipe for everyone, but I want to ask all of you colleagues.

Pao, do you know how much pressure I feel?"

Boom!

For three days, the cavalry all bent down, their armors banging against each other, but they heard the soldiers roaring together and replied loudly: "Half a catty of meat costs ten coins, a bowl of soup, all with salt, and you can eat as many refined grain pancakes as you like, every day

There are at least four or five soldiers, plus a carrot, which is expensive in winter, so our three thousand armors cost more than one hundred guan every day. How could we not know the heavy burden that the commander bears."

Gu Tianya took a deep breath, nodded slowly and said: "One hundred guan a day, three thousand guan a month. My colleagues, you should know that we in Hebei are very poor, but no matter how poor or miserable you are, you are eating meat every moment...

..." He paused slightly here, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Tell me, why can you eat meat all the time?"

"Roar!" The three thousand cavalry shouted together again, the voice was like roaring thunder, rumbled: "It is to let us practice hard, it is to train us to become an iron army. The day our three thousand cavalry are born, we will be powerful.

When the world is swept away."

"good!"

Gu Tianya shouted loudly and suddenly slashed hard with his horizontal sword and said: "I have also had a full meal of meat, and now I feel strong all over my body. I just ask all of you colleagues if you dare to practice with me."

After he asked this question, three thousand cavalry roared together, the sound was like a landslide and a tsunami, but there was only one word in answer to him.

"promise!"

Thus, the hour-long military formation drill officially began.

High intensity, high risk.

Everyone is wearing heavy armor, and the horses are also armored. As long as you can't practice to death, practice to death.

…

Gu Tianya leads the way. He is also wearing heavy armor. This armor weighs more than thirty kilograms and needs to be worn for an hour of continuous practice. As time goes by, the weight will feel heavier and heavier.

Gu Tianya's whole body was soaked with sweat, and the soldiers' bodies were also soaked with sweat.

After a full hour of riding and charging, everyone was exhausted. However, it was not the end at all, because there would be more intense training next.

High and low walls.
To be continued...