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Su Qing stood still, panting, with an unbearable look of excitement on his face.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the front. The first battle was a great victory. A total of 633 enemy troops were killed, and our army suffered 18 casualties."

When Li Shimin first heard the casualty ratio, he thought the other party was joking with him.

There are only 18 people!

He rubbed his ears: "How many casualties do you think we suffered?"

"18 people!"

Su Qing answered very loudly: "0 deaths, 0 serious injuries, and 18 minor injuries."

"it is good!"

Li Shimin held the handles of the chair with both hands, and was so excited that he couldn't help himself: "Tell me more about it."

"It was dark that day, and Duke Chen led his troops into the territory of Daya City. After resting, they approached the enemy army."

"The army's Sharpshooter Battalion made the greatest contribution this time. They fired their long spears in succession, and the enemy couldn't even figure out the trajectory of the ammunition. They lost nearly 10% of their soldiers without even realizing it."

"When the enemy saw this, they panicked. How could they continue to fight? If they continued to fight, their entire army would be wiped out."

Su Qing said with great excitement: "So Qu Naxu ordered a retreat, and Duke Chen ordered everyone to pursue the victory, and finally captured everyone in one fell swoop."

"The logistics troops are now transporting prisoners to Beijing."

After hearing this, Li Shimin had a deeper understanding of the power of guns and cannons.

"Are the injuries of the eighteen soldiers serious?" Li Shimin said, "They are all heroes of our Tang Dynasty, and they deserve a reward!"

"..."

Su Qing looked conflicted: "Your Majesty, there is something I don't know whether I should say it or not."

We can't really ask His Majesty to reward the 'Eighteen Heroes of the Right Guard'.

"Just say it."

"Your Majesty, their injuries are not serious. They will recover after a short rest. Now they are continuing to fight with the army."

"It's just... among the 'Eighteen Heroes', three fell off their horses, one fell on the ground, six sprained their ankles, two were accidentally injured by their brothers, two were retaliated by the people they accidentally injured, and four were injured in a fight within the team..."

"..."

The ministers were speechless, their faces distorted.

Li Shimin's face turned red. He tried to make amends: "Tell them to be careful next time and never let this happen again."

As for rewards, don’t even think about it!

……

Li Xiu followed the students all the way south.

The roadside trees cast mottled shadows, and honey bees flapped their wings and flew overhead.

"Everyone, I have arrived at my destination and will stop here." Li Xiu bowed and said to the students in front of him.

They left Beijing in a mighty group, each with a different destination. When they arrived here, only Li Xiu and two other colleagues were left from the original team of 10 to 20 people.

"Take care, Brother Li."

"Take care of yourself."

The three of them said goodbye to each other, and Li Xiu turned and left.

After walking for about another half an hour, he arrived at the end of his journey - Zhangjia Village.

The exchange meeting was established that day, and a group of poor students were selected from more than 1,500 county towns in an effort to disperse them all.

This is Jiannan Road, Daozhou, and there is a large county called Tangxing nearby.

Li Xiu carried his luggage and walked towards his destination step by step with the identification card issued by the government.

The entrance of Zhangjia Village.

Zhang Liujin was distributing fruits to the children playing at the village entrance. This morning he went into the mountains to find some good goods, and when he had time he would go to the county to sell them.

Last year, all the farm tools at home were replaced with new ones, so we don’t have to worry about sharpening the tools.

"This young man!"

Li Xiu called out to the man from a distance: "Excuse me, is this Zhangjia Village?"

"who are you?"

Zhang Liujin turned his head and looked at Li Xiu, who looked like a scholar, curiously: "This is indeed Zhangjia Village. Who are you looking for?"

"I am Li Xiu." He clasped his fists and bowed, "I am a member of the Tang Dynasty Pinyin Exchange Association."

"I came here this time to teach you the pinyin of Chinese characters."

He had to obtain the consent of the village head before he could report to the government.

If the village doesn't want you to teach at all, it will be useless no matter how much you report to the government.

"Pinyin for the text?!"

Zhang Liujin knows about this thing.

Since last year, these people have started to pay attention to the affairs of Nuzhuang, and naturally they know about the pinyin of the characters introduced by the village.

It’s just that we were far away from the capital, and we couldn’t learn such things.

I heard that after learning pinyin, they will be able to read in the future!

"Oh! Master, wait a moment, let me call someone." Zhang Liujin turned around and ran. After running twenty or thirty meters, he became worried again, so he turned around and told Li Xiu to stay where he was and not move. He would be back soon.

Zhang family.

Zhang Liujin hurried over, first scooped a bucket of water from the jar and drank it, then looked at his father and said, "Father, there is a teacher at the entrance of the village, he said he would come to teach us Chinese pinyin."

"Really?" Zhang Dayou didn't believe it, but he still stood up: "What's his name? Why does he come to teach? Does he charge money?"

Zhang Liujin was confused by the questions. How could he know that he had to ask these questions?

"Then have you told Muramasa?" Zhang Da continued to ask.

"No, not yet!" Zhang Liujin finally had an answer.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, he was slapped on the head by his own father.

"You idiot, did you get kicked in the head by a donkey?" No matter whether it was true or not, he had to go to the village entrance to keep people there first.

"For such a big matter, why don't you look for Muramasa first instead of coming to your father!"

Zhang Da ran towards the door, and Zhang Liujin followed closely behind.

"Why are you following me?" Zhang Da ran two steps, and when he saw Zhang Liujin behind him, he was immediately furious: "Go tell Muramasa!"

“Ah? Oh, oh!”

Zhang Liujin touched his dizzy head, changed direction and ran towards Muramasa's house.

That end.

When Zhang Da ran to the village entrance, he saw the village chief standing there, talking to the teacher with a smile on his face.

When the other party saw Zhang Da running over, he introduced him: "Master Li, this is a villager from my village, his name is Zhang Da."

"Zhang Da, this is Master Li Xiu who will be teaching Chinese Pinyin in our village."

Muramasa was so happy: "From now on, all the children in the village can read and write!"

Zhang Dahan greeted everyone present with a smile, and everyone exchanged pleasantries.

Li Xiu was arranged to stay at Muramasa's house, where there happened to be an empty east wing.

Everyone was about to go to the village chief's house to discuss the matter in detail when Zhang Liujin finally arrived. He ran very fast, shouting, "Aye, I can't find the village chief!"

"We can't find him anywhere. The village head is missing!"

"..."Everyone present looked at the head of the village, then looked at Zhang Liujin, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Guawazi!"

Zhang was so angry: "You stupid idiot!"

"Where are you looking at? Isn't Muramasa right next to your father?"

At this moment, he finally gave up the idea of ​​asking Zhang Liujin to study.

Zhang Liujin was scolded severely and felt very depressed.

He belatedly noticed the village head in the crowd, and he was also looking at him with a smile in his eyes...

That's it, this is really embarrassing.

A group of people followed to the village head's residence, first arranged a house and daily necessities for Li Xiu, and then drove the only two ox carts in the village to take people to report to the government.

But they heard that Master Li did not have to teach in Zhangjia Village, but could also teach in the neighboring village.

How can this be done?

I must keep the person here to feel at ease.