The country sends a daughter-in-law? Come and take a dozen, take them all

"Uncle De, I've been waiting here for half an hour. Please arrange something for me first if you have any good errands to come."

"Xiao Fan, do you remember me? I am the daughter of your aunt's second cousin and your third uncle. If you have any job, you must consider me first."

"Xiao Fan, if you have any good errands, please tell us first."

After waiting for a while, Liu Shishi came back with a group of people who went up the mountain to collect vanilla, and everyone in the village was finally here.

"Cough cough."

Li Zheng cleared his throat, and at the same time, everyone on the court was quieted down:

"I'm here this time to tell you something very important. There have been rogue bandits causing trouble again recently."

After hearing this, everyone didn't look too nervous.

There had been a riot by rogue bandits before, but they were all looting inside the city and did not affect the village.

So everyone thinks, what does this have to do with them?

Seeing this, Li Zheng emphasized the seriousness of the matter to everyone.

"This time is different from last time. The bandits' target is the village. A few days ago, a village was robbed, and several lives were lost."

After hearing this, everyone suddenly became uneasy.

"Rogue bandits still kill people?"

"And they also robbed the village of food."

"What will happen to that village next year?"

"What else can I do? I can only pray that next year will also be a good harvest year."

"Does the court not care? Does the Yamen not care?"

"The war in the country is tense, and the imperial court will definitely not be able to send troops. With just the few people in the yamen, how can we deal with the bandits?"

"Then what will we do if the bandits rob us?"

"Uncle De, please think of a solution quickly."

"Yes, Uncle De, you are the only one who knows a lot about us. You can think of a way."

For a moment, everyone looked at Li Zheng.

The government couldn't count on them, and the yamen couldn't count on them. They could only count on Li Zheng and Lin Xiaofan.

Seeing that everyone realized the seriousness of the problem, Li Zheng continued:

"Lin Xiaofan has thought of a way, but I don't know if you are willing to do it."

When their own lives were at stake, the villagers were already panicking.

Hearing that Lin Xiaofan had a way to deal with the bandits, it was like grabbing a life-saving straw and hurriedly asked Li Zheng.

"Uncle De, tell me what you can do."

"Uncle De, please stop showing off."

"As long as it's not too much, we can accept it."

Li Zheng saw that everyone had completely fallen into the trap and continued:

"Our village has set up a security team, consisting of twenty men and twenty women. Lin Xiaofan will provide the equipment and funds, but the security team must completely obey Lin Xiaofan's arrangements."

Everyone thought for a while and began to discuss in low voices.

"I think this method will work. There will be a forty-strong escort with equipment, so the bandits won't dare to mess around."

"That is, if I were a bandit, I would not dare to mess with such a village as long as I could still afford food."

"I don't know what the equipment of the escort is like."

"Didn't Li Zheng say that? The equipment of the escort team is provided by Xiaofan. Xiaofan treats the villagers so well, so the equipment will definitely not be any worse."

"But there is still a question, who will join this convoy?"

"This is a life-threatening mission."

Thinking of this, everyone was silent.

Joining the escort team requires daily training, which delays work time. Moreover, this task is life-threatening, so no one is willing to do it.

Seeing that none of the villagers wanted to do it, Lin Xiaofan and Li Zheng shook their heads in disappointment and prepared to discuss the rewards with everyone.

"I would like to join the escort team."

A hearty voice spread throughout the village, and everyone looked towards the voice. It was a boy who was only sixteen or seventeen years old.

The boy has a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He is about [-] meters tall and has some muscles on his arms.

"Li Hu?"

"Hu Zi joins the escort team?"

"Li Hu is born with great strength. He is indeed suitable for this job."

"But he alone can't set up a guard team."

After a long time, three more people signed up. All three of them were retired soldiers and had some skills.

Seeing that no one signed up again, Li Zheng opened his mouth and was about to speak, but Li Hu took a step forward and stood in front of everyone. His strong body was very oppressive. He looked at the crowd with sharp eyes and snorted coldly, He said angrily:

"The rogues are causing trouble. If they come to our village, will they care who you are? When they kill people, will they care about all of us?" "I didn't say that. I'm just asking you, can you guarantee that when the rogues come? , will you be safe and sound?"

"To take a step back, even if they didn't kill anyone, they just stole our food. It's going to be winter soon, so I'd like to ask, your family is composed of more than ten or twenty people, how will you survive this winter? Open your mouth and drink the northwest wind?"

"Who is Xiaofan doing this for? For himself? He is doing it for everyone. Xiaofan has already contributed money and effort, and you are still hesitating. Do you want to starve to death this winter?"

Li Hu asked loudly, causing most of the people present to hang their heads. Yes, Lin Xiaofan is doing it for everyone, but they are still hesitating and calculating. When the bandits really come, will the bandits give them time to hesitate? When the bandits really take away all their money and food, will they drink the northwest wind?

Or maybe the bandits killed people, and they could have a good discussion with the bandits? At this time, someone in the village finally came forward, what else do they care about?

Li Zheng saw that everyone was silent, and then spoke:

"Men in the escort team earn 15 cents a day, and women earn [-] cents a day. This money is also paid by Xiaofan."

After hearing the treatment, the scene was completely silent.

After a long time, someone interrupted the situation.

"Uncle De, I want to sign up to join the escort team!"

"Count me in."

"I want to join too."

"I am willing to join the escort team and contribute to protecting the village."

Suddenly, many people started to join.

In order to protect the village, Lin Xiaofan provided ideas, funds, and efforts. What reason did they have not to participate?

"Xiao Fan, I also want to join the escort team, is it possible?"

Sister-in-law Li asked anxiously.

"Xiaofan, I want to try it too."

Sister-in-law Li also chased after her.

They also want to join the guard and protect the village.

But if she loses her grass-gathering job, I'm afraid her husband will beat him to death when he returns.

Now that she knew the escorts were also paid, she wanted to fight for it.

"Everyone can participate in the selection. Even if they are not selected, their original job will not be lost."

Lin Xiaofan nodded in agreement.

After the words fell, many women behind Liu Shishi also started to sign up.

There were many applicants in the crowd, and many who cherished their lives and left silently.

Although the escorts make money, their lives are more important to them.

As for protecting the village, as long as the knife hasn't fallen on their heads, it's none of their business.

More than a hundred people signed up, and Lin Xiaofan and Li Zheng finally selected more than sixty able-bodied candidates.

This time, the two were not divided according to family. The selection criteria were only physical fitness.

Tomorrow, Lin Xiaofan will give everyone another assessment, and the top [-] people in the assessment will join the escort team.

"Li Hu!"

Lin Xiaofan shouted, and Li Hu stood up from the queue.

The young man in front of him was strong, sensible, and courageous. Lin Xiaofan was quite satisfied.

"From today on, you are the captain of the escort team, and your salary is twenty-five cents a day. You can stay for a while and I will tell you something."