The villagers naturally believed what the county magistrate said, but the conditions were so good that they wanted to confirm it.

Nowadays, strong laborers only earn 20 cents a day, but these ladies can also earn 20 cents a day. They are really surprised.

Zhao Guoliang rushed over quickly and saw that there were three or four hundred people. He felt that they needed to be separated, otherwise they would all be crowded together and unable to work.

Zhao Guoliang pulled Zhang Hulan aside and said, "Hulan, what do you think about this? Take some of the people who were digging the fish pond and have them lead these people to work. Each person can lead 20 to 30 people to work separately."

"Uncle Village Chief, do you mean to divide the wasteland into pieces and then work on which piece?"

Zhao Guoliang nodded. "Yes, that's it. By dividing the land in this way, we can tell at a glance who is working and who is not."

Zhang Hulan smiled and nodded. "Okay, I'll follow your instructions."

"Okay, I'll register them first. I don't know any of them, otherwise I won't know who's coming later. I'll register them and divide them into groups, and from now on, their group leaders will be responsible for counting the number of people every day."

Even though people with education do things differently, they arrange everything in an orderly manner.

Zhao Guoliang fetched paper and pen to register names. Before he began, Zhang Hulan loudly addressed the villagers, "I welcome you to come and work. But I have to be frank: you must work diligently and not slack off. Those of you who are just here to get by, please go back. I don't need you here."

Many villagers said, "Don't worry, Madam Zhang, we will definitely not be lazy."

Zhao Guoliang began to register the villagers. There were dozens of people in Daping Village who needed to work, so Zhao Guoliang registered their names as well.

But in the end, there were still more than thirty people who had not registered.

Among these more than 30 people, some are almost 70 years old; some have poor legs and feet, and some have only one arm.

An old man walked up to Zhang Hulan and bowed, saying, "Mrs. Zhang, we may be a little older, but we're still good at work and have plenty of energy."

The old man then pointed to the people with broken legs and missing arms and said, "Although they are disabled, they can still work. We can ask for less wages. Do you think you can take us in?"

Just as Zhang Hulan was about to speak, Old Man Zhang suddenly addressed the disabled people, "Were you soldiers before?"

One of them looked at Old Man Zhang and asked, "You too?"

Old man Zhang nodded. "I was a soldier too, but I never went to the battlefield. We won the battle halfway and then came back. What year did you join the army?"

The man replied, "The third year of Yongsheng."

Old Man Zhang said, "I was a soldier in the eleventh year of Yongsheng."

The man said, "I was shot in the thigh and retired in the eighth year of Yongsheng. The others were also injured and retired between the eighth and tenth years of Yongsheng."

Old Man Zhang said, "The eighth year of Yongsheng was the worst period of fighting, and many people died. You are lucky to have survived the battlefield."

The man sighed, "Alas, there are only a few veterans in our county who retired at that time who are still alive."

A few veterans started chatting like this, and Zhang Hulan did not disturb them.

The Yongning Kingdom was founded less than a hundred years ago. The young Emperor Yongsheng ascended the throne. The people of the northern grasslands took advantage of the old emperor's death to go south and harass the Yongning territory.

Although Emperor Yongsheng was young, he was a man of great talent and strategy, and he fought the grassland people for more than ten years. The men of Yongning State suffered countless casualties, but in the end, they won the battle.

Because too many men of Yongning State were killed or wounded, after driving away the grassland people, Emperor Yongsheng ordered all soldiers under the age of 20 to retire, return home to marry and have children, and cultivate talents for Yongning State at home.

After several decades of recuperation, the Yongning Kingdom regained its vitality. Now the Yongsheng Emperor has abdicated, and it is now the fifteenth year of Yongxing.

During the fifteen years since Emperor Yongxing ascended the throne, he has worked hard to govern the country, making Yongning Kingdom prosperous and its people strong.

Zhang Lao Han was sixteen when he joined the army. He trained for three months before going to the battlefield, but he returned halfway. This is why Zhang Lao Han named his two sons Tiger Infantrymen, hoping that they would have the opportunity to go to the battlefield.

As a result, there was peace for decades, and the grassland people never invaded the border again. Then Old Man Zhang placed his hopes on his two grandsons.

After chatting with a few veterans for a while, Old Man Zhang turned to Zhang Hulan. Before Old Man Zhang could speak, Zhang Hulan said, "Dad, you take care of the arrangements for these uncles."

Old man Zhang nodded, "Okay, okay..."

Old man Zhang said to the veterans, "Let's go home first. This is my daughter. You can treat her like your own daughter from now on."

Even though Old Man Zhang and those veterans were not soldiers of the same period, nor were they comrades who had fought on the battlefield together, there was still a sense of intimacy between them.

Zhang Hulan also has a deep respect for veterans. Regardless of the dynasty, without these soldiers who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, there would be no stable life for future generations.

There were five old soldiers, three of whom were lame and two were missing arms.

Old man Zhang took the five people home, and Zhang Hulan asked the other older people to stay as well. She also asked Zhao Guoliang to arrange some lighter work for them.

Afterwards, Zhang Hulan picked out a few women who looked clean and decent, and asked them to go to their homes to bring pots, steamers and flour to Shanzi's house to steam buns.

She definitely had no place for them to stay, so she could only let them go to Shanzi's house.

When Zhang Hulan finished arranging all these and returned home, Old Man Zhang waved at her, "Hulan, come here."

Zhang Hulan stepped forward, and Old Man Zhang introduced them one by one, "This is Uncle Huang Zhong..."

"This is Uncle Xu Hu..."

"This is Uncle Luo Changqi..."

"This is Uncle Yuan Gang..."

"This is Uncle Dong Jianyong..."

Whenever Old Man Zhang introduced someone, Zhang Hulan would call out "Hello, Uncle."

Luo Changqi and Yuan Gang were missing an arm, and the other three had leg injuries and walked with a limp.

After the introduction, Old Man Zhang looked at Zhang Hulan and asked in a negotiating tone, "Dani'er, can I ask you for a favor?"

"Dad, what are you talking about? I'm your daughter, and you can tell me what I want to do."

Old man Zhang smiled and nodded, "That's right, your uncles were injured and came back from the battlefield. Because they are all disabled, they haven't started families yet, and they don't have any relatives or younger generations.

Dad wants to ask you if you can let your uncles stay here for a long time. Dad is asking this because he sees that you have the ability now..."

"Okay." Zhang Hulan agreed without any hesitation.

Not to mention that she was willing to help these veterans. These veterans were precious. Despite their age and disabilities, even though they hadn't been on the battlefield for decades, these five men still carried a murderous aura. Zhang Hulan's business was going to grow, and she needed people like them.

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