Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

The seven of them grinned and said, "Hey, guys, let's follow."

Now that we are here, we can’t make a wasted trip.

So, as expected, a fight broke out between the regular army full of righteousness and the street thugs full of ruffians.

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It was not yet the beginning of summer and the night wind was a little chilly. In the farm outside Yongzhou City, Lin Xiaoyue and the others couldn't help but burst out laughing when they saw Wu Qianhu and the others being invited in by the servants, "Hahahahahahaha"

The seven pig-headed gourd kids with bruised and purple faces were so upset that they gritted their teeth and glared at the unscrupulous people in front of them who were laughing at them and said angrily, "What are you laughing at? I came all the way here to show my concern for you, and you, a heartless girl, are actually making fun of me. You have no conscience."

“No, how did you become like this? This... this is too... puchi... hahahaha…” Lin Xiaoyue pointed at Sun Wanjin’s pair of extremely symmetrical panda eyes. His face was swollen and his nose was bleeding. The other six were equally miserable, but his pair of national treasure eyes really... ruined the show.

Wu Wuhu, who was standing by, didn't expect that Lin Xiaoyue actually knew these ruffians and hooligans. He clenched his hand behind his back, pinched his nose embarrassedly, and gave a slightly apologetic look to Sun Wanjin and others.

"Alright, alright, don't feel wronged. I know you are all here to comfort me. Come on, go wash your face first, change into clean clothes and come out to have dinner together."

Lin Xiaoyue asked the Zeng family who were arranged to stay in the farm here to take the seven gourd brothers to wash up first. It happened that she had the urge to have hotpot today, and these people happened to be in a good mood to enjoy the meal.

Xiao Cao received the order and immediately went down to make preparations.

While Sun Wanjin and the other seven gourd brothers were changing clothes, Lin Xiaoyue took Wu Qianhu to meet the guards she had currently recruited.

Most of these people were wounded soldiers who had retreated from his garrison. Even if he didn't remember all of their names, he could still recognize their faces.

In theory, a prince's mansion can have 40 guards and 20 personal bodyguards; a county prince's mansion can have 30 guards and 15 personal bodyguards.

Now, she, a mere village head, has more than 200 guards, which should have exceeded the regulations. But those who know the inside story know that these 200 guards are all disabled soldiers who have been injured and retired from the front line, not soldiers with healthy limbs who can fly over rooftops and walls, fight ten enemies at a time.

Regarding this point, in fact, when Di Qing returned to the imperial city, he should have reported to his seventh uncle about Lin Xiaoyue's recruitment of wounded soldiers.

Although the 37 people at that time had exceeded the regulations, not to mention that there were now more than 200 guards in her village mansion.

If you tell it to others, it is indeed a shocking number.

Any person in a high position certainly does not like to see a potentially dangerous situation.

How could Lin Xiaoyue allow others to talk about her before she did anything?

After she decided to recruit 200 guards, she immediately informed the governor of Yongzhou and the governor of Huihui. At the same time, she wrote two secret letters and sent them to the imperial city through the channel revealed to her by Di Qing before he left.

One letter was sent to the Seventh Uncle, and the other was asked to be presented to the Emperor by the Seventh Uncle.

The contents of the two letters were basically the same, basically stating that she had accepted 200 retired wounded soldiers as guards for her mansion.

At the same time, they organized training for the wounded soldiers and prepared to create a snack production chain to help these wounded soldiers get out of the shadow of their injuries, return to society, realize their life value, and make a contribution to the development of the Dayuan Dynasty.

Of course, the letter did not forget to express from the side that as the village chief personally appointed by the emperor, she felt deeply grateful and could not repay the wise and brave emperor and the seventh uncle for their kindness. She was willing to use her humble strength to provide a place for the wounded soldiers who guarded our Dayuan Dynasty to live. She also hoped that the emperor and the seventh uncle would not blame her for keeping so many wounded soldiers in captivity.

Of course, it's all nice talk, but Lin Xiaoyue feels that if she were in a higher position, it would definitely be a good thing if there was a loyal and patriotic person below who was willing to keep the wounded soldiers.

After all, after these people retired due to injuries, the dynasty could not provide them with more living and employment conditions except for pensions.

As a result, many soldiers who retired due to injuries could only feel sad and hide in some corner waiting to rot and stink.

This is undoubtedly revealing to the world that the dynasty is unable to keep the soldiers who once defended the borders, which is also a manifestation of the incompetence of those in power.

Now, this newly appointed village chief is willing to take the initiative to step forward and take charge of this matter that has caused headaches for both the current emperor and the seventh uncle.

To the superior, whether she recruited 200 or 2,000 wounded soldiers, it was not only no threat to him, but was a good thing.

After all, which of the rebellious officials and traitors in history would bring a group of wounded soldiers with missing limbs to fight? That would be crazy.

Therefore, instead of waiting for others to expose the matter, Lin Xiaoyue took the initiative to report the matter to her superiors.

The reason why Captain Wu brought two soldiers to look for her was probably because his superiors had asked him to find out the situation.

At the same time, of course, he also had to show some humanitarian concern for the wounded soldiers who had retired from his garrison. After all, as a former leader, he should show some humanitarian concern.

Even if we cannot provide material comfort (financially), we can still provide spiritual comfort.

The wounded soldiers, oh no, the guards in the village head's mansion, saw Wu Qianhu who came to investigate:...

After these people arrived at the village chief's residence, they quickly integrated into the new environment under the influence of the first wave of thirty-seven guards and became loyal supporters of the village chief.

Former boss or something, thank you for coming to express your condolences with nothing. Oh no, to be precise, I brought a cold duck. How can you be so embarrassed? More than 200 people eat one duck...? This is the rhythm of each person tearing a piece of duck meat, and then tearing it a few more times! But thank you, let's go quickly.

Captain Wu: ...

They are really a group of realistic, rude and reckless people.

In Wu Qianhu's eyes, these wounded soldiers were just stubborn and rough men, and of course, he himself was also. But for Lin Xiaoyue, this was a huge treasure.

Today, the number of her craftsmen who pick up bargains has expanded from the original 8 to as many as .

Among them, 13 people were carpenters, 7 people were blacksmiths, 4 people were good at making pottery and tiles, 7 people were cooks, 2 people were good at detectives, and 2 people had studied for 3 years and were literate.

After Lin Xiaoyue found out, she almost went crazy with joy.

In addition to arranging about 20 guards in each mansion, the others can choose to learn a skill on their own.

With the old bringing up the new, the masters are thirty-six people ready-made, which is enough.

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