The hot dumplings were brought to the table, and the woman brought the soy sauce her son had brought back and put it on the table. At this time, the woman was busy on the floor, and the father was sitting on the kang, looking at the two hot plates on the table.

Seeing the steaming dumplings, I couldn't help but sigh: "I haven't seen such white dumplings in six or seven years."

After speaking, the father looked at his son in military uniform and said, "Come, eat."

After hearing this, the son looked at his mother who was working underground and said, "Mom, come and eat too."

After hearing this, my mother smiled and said: "It's Chinese New Year. How can a woman serve on the table? It's a joke. Okay, just leave me alone and eat quickly."

After hearing this, the son put down his chopsticks directly, looked at his mother and said: "Mom, come up and eat quickly. Our team leader said that men and women are equal. I specifically asked everyone that when we go home to eat dumplings this time, women must be on the table.

, he said he couldn’t control other days, but he had to listen to him during the New Year.”

After hearing this, the woman was stunned. At this time, although her father was a little surprised after hearing this, he also said: "Family, since the leader has spoken, we must listen. Come and get on the kang."

"Yes, mother, get on the kang."

At this time, the child also said to the side. After hearing this, the woman didn't know what to say. She hesitated for a long time and said: "Since the leader said it, then I will also listen."

As she spoke, the woman came to the edge of the kang and sat sideways on the edge of the kang without taking off her shoes. At this time, the son in military uniform picked up the little brother and put him on the kang. He took out a bowl and put some into the little brother's bowl.

Four dumplings.

After eating one, the little brother's face suddenly showed an indescribable satisfaction. It was delicious, so delicious. His mouth was full of oil. At this time, the father also started to eat with chopsticks. The family had fifty meat and egg dumplings.

Not full, but very satisfied.

The child ate one dumpling and wanted to dip the second dumpling in soy sauce, so he took the dumpling and prepared to dip it in soy sauce. Seeing this, the father immediately frowned and said, "Hey, this soy sauce is a rare thing, can you eat it like this?"

At this time, the man pulled off a small straw mat from his own kang, divided it into four, gave one to each member of the family, and then taught the child: "Look at the little brat, use this to dip the soy sauce into the bowl."

, and then just put it in your mouth and sip it, how much soy sauce can you take to dip it like that?"

The man's words made the child nod repeatedly, and then he followed suit, dipping the grass root in soy sauce and taking a sip. It was so salty and delicious.

Seeing the child like this, the family couldn't help laughing. During the New Year, meat and egg dumplings are the way to celebrate the New Year.

After finishing the meal, the child sneaked outside and took out a handful of fruit candies as if offering a treasure. The woman frowned and said, "Where did they come from?"

After hearing this, the child grinned and said: "This morning, I met the regiment leader's uncle on the road. I kowtowed and said Happy New Year, and the uncle gave me a lot of these candies. I couldn't bear to part with them."

Eat it, bring it all back to your parents, hee hee..."

After hearing this, the woman looked at her father, who smiled and said: "It's good if you have such a heart. Your brother also brought some candy when he came back this time. You can keep the candy for yourself."

"Um."

After hearing this, the child shouted in surprise, then he put the candy into his pocket with a smile, took out a piece, peeled off the skin and stuffed one for his father, then another for his mother, one for his brother, and finally for himself.

Stuff a piece, it's so sweet.

On New Year's Eve, the entire Tanggou Town was filled with a festive atmosphere. Everyone happily bowed to each other, held hands, and wished a happy New Year.

The Chinese New Year in Tanggou Town is very festive this year.

After the thirty-first day of the new year, the next day is the first day of the new year. Youdao is the first day of the new year. When you open the door, you bow to the dead. On the second day of the new year, you pay homage to the deceased. On the third and fourth day of the lunar month, you pay homage to your father-in-law.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, many people in Tanggou Town left the town with gifts and went to the surrounding towns to visit relatives and pay respects to their father-in-law. In the past, when everyone was very poor, the father-in-law did not like his son-in-law to visit his home. After all, at least

It doesn't matter if you have lunch, it costs a lot of food, but this year when the father-in-laws from several nearby villages and towns saw the son-in-law from Tanggou Town, their eyes turned into peach kernels with laughter.

The son-in-law in Tanggou Town was really generous this year. When he came to see his father-in-law, he actually brought five kilograms of grain and a small handful of sweet candies.

This is a rare thing, and my father-in-law agreed to it after eating it. They all smiled happily, looked at their son-in-law and couldn't help but like it, and said that their daughter did not marry the wrong person.

They completely forgot that two years ago they were scolding Tanggou Town for being a place where rabbits didn't even poop. I have to say that this person has changed very quickly.

Moreover, seeing his son-in-law living such a good life, and then looking at the ruined state of his own son, the father-in-law can't help but ask why Tanggou Town is so prosperous now.

When asked this question, everyone would talk about the treatment of the Security Army. Suddenly, the enthusiasm of other villages and towns to join the Security Army increased rapidly. They asked if there was any way to join the Security Army. They also wanted to earn military rations and eat meat.

Egg dumplings, and I also want to eat candies.

After a year like this, the Tanggou Town Security Army has gained a reputation in nearby villages and towns. Everyone is trying to find ways to use their connections to join the Security Army, and some lively people with daughters at home are also thinking about whether they can marry their daughters off.

In Tanggou Town, it would be better if you could marry a young man like the security army.

Li Chaosheng has also heard reports about this. He has no choice but to do it even if he doesn't want to. Just this morning, Li Chaosheng was approached by several people including Li Chaolong, Gu Zi, and Li Debao, asking if our security force is still recruiting people. Now in the villages and towns outside.

People from all walks of life came here through relatives and wanted to enter the security forces through the back door. They were really tired of being questioned.

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng directly gave the letter of approval, and we will recruit people after the Chinese New Year. As soon as this news came out, half of Lantian County was excited.

The atmosphere of the New Year quickly dissipated. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the year would be completely over. Li Chaosheng thought about it and recruited troops.

This time, the Security Army plans to recruit 600 people, and the existing 400 people will be expanded to 1,000 people. In this way, the Security Army will also have a team of 1,000 people. Together with the Qingyu soldiers, Li Chaosheng will have 2,000 people.

, In this way, his group leader can be considered practical.

As soon as the news of the recruitment came out, half of Lantian went crazy. Although this year has been dealt with, the family is really running out of food. It is definitely a good idea to let family members join the army at this time. Firstly, they can earn food, and secondly

The second soldier is in charge of food, so he will not starve to death.

So Wuyang Wuyang rushed to Tanggou Town, and three to four thousand young men came all of a sudden. Li Chaosheng originally planned to recruit only 600 people, but after layers of screening, more than a thousand people finally met the requirement.

Conditions, there was really no way to get rid of these people, so Li Chaosheng thought about it and recruited them all.

As a result, Li Chaosheng's security force suddenly expanded to a team of 1,500 people, which was already the strength of a standard regiment. In this way, Li Chaolong could be the leader of the regiment.

However, Li Chaosheng was not ready to promote Li Chaolong for the time being. After all, there was going to be a war soon. It would not be too late to be promoted after the war, so he began to expand the grassroots teams, such as the shield company. Logically, there should only be 120 people, but now it has expanded.

There were 380 people, more than three entire companies.

Li Debao's kamikaze company has now expanded to 400 people, 400 sharpshooters. It has to be said that the combat effectiveness is amazing. What is exaggerated is that the gunner company now has more than 600 people.

As the trump card among trump cards, the cavalry platoon has also been officially promoted to a cavalry company, with a full strength of 120 people. It's not that Wang Guixiang doesn't want to expand, but the main reason is that there are not enough horses. Now, in addition to the communication horses needed by the regiment,

, the rest of the horses, including the horses that captured the Xiaoyangyu pursuers last time, together amount to only one hundred and two.

In addition, the selection of soldiers for the cavalry platoon is too strict, and due to various restrictions, the current cavalry company cannot continue to expand. But even so, Wang Guixiang confidently said that as long as he trains for a month or two, he can ensure that these 120

Ten men dare to fight against thousands of infantry on the plains. Even if they are cavalry, they dare to face twice or even three times the enemy.

And this confidence is entirely given by the compound bow. Coupled with the cavalry's riding and shooting capabilities, without the suppression of heavy weapons, the long-range kiting of the compound bow is really unsolvable.

When the army expands, officers must also be promoted, and officers must be promoted from their own clansmen and members of the Wang family. It can be said that with this expansion, a large number of family members have been promoted to the lowest position of squad leader, and in the future, their own

The clansmen can climb higher, but Li Chaosheng will not let them expand disorderly.

As for his clansmen, as his strength expands, Li Chaosheng is willing to reuse capable clansmen, such as Li Chaolong, Li Chaoshui, and Li Debao, officers with outstanding troop leadership abilities. However, he will not let these people occupy their positions just because they are his clansmen.

, Li Chaosheng decided to activate the military merit system from now on, and firmly record everyone's military merit as the basis for promotion.

At the same time, Li Chaosheng would not treat these tribesmen poorly. Even if his ability was poor, Li Chaosheng would still be willing to serve as a platoon leader for them. After fighting for so many years, if he couldn't manage thirty people, then there was really nothing he could do.

At the same time, Li Chaosheng also decided to use more capable people with foreign surnames. Experts are among the people. Some people have outstanding military talents. Such people can be given important use, and they can even be allowed to lead the Li family.

Li Chaosheng will not allow incompetent people from the Li family to occupy high positions. If he wants to become bigger and stronger, he must get rid of the most primitive method of using relatives and find more capable fresh blood. This is talent selection.

Li Chaosheng attaches great importance to this.

After some integration and training, after two months, the soldiers of the security army have looked like soldiers. The veterans looked at these new recruits and couldn't help but think of themselves last year. Time flies so fast.

It was mid-March. At this time, the spring was cold and the entire Shaanxi was out of food. The people's food reserves were completely depleted. A large number of refugees appeared. The refugees began to flee everywhere. However, Shaanxi could not produce any extra food for disaster relief. The disaster situation became worse and worse.

It's getting more and more serious, and a catastrophe is about to brew.

Famine has also occurred in Lantian, but because Li Chaosheng recruited new soldiers in Tanggou Town, the situation in nearby villages and towns has been greatly slowed down. In addition, although food production decreased last year, there was still output, so there have been no large-scale disaster victims yet.

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After the small-scale disaster victims appeared, Li Chaosheng sent Li Chaohu to absorb them into Qingyu to open up wasteland. If the land in Qingyu was developed, it could easily support at least 20,000 people.

Qingyu is a bandit den, but it is not important to the victims. Whoever is a bandit or not is a living Bodhisattva who can take care of himself with a meal or a bowl of porridge. Therefore, the victims quickly flocked to Qingyu and began to fight in Qingyu.

Open up wasteland.

However, Xiaoyangyu, Daiyu, and Dongtangyu didn't say anything about this. They looked at them indifferently. They were bandits, not saints. What did the victims have to do with them?

The small-scale disaster victims in Lantian have been absorbed, resulting in the entire Lantian being harmonious. However, this harmony can no longer last long, because large-scale disaster victims have appeared in the Weinan area behind Lantian, and the victims have the momentum to move south, and they seem to be preparing to enter.

Lantian, Chang'an County escape famine.

Zhang Dezheng, the magistrate of Lantian County, was troubled by this. He was already secretly happy that there were no large-scale disaster victims in Lantian County. He also knew about Li Chaosheng. After all, he was recruiting thousands of people at once. How could he not know this?

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However, Li Chaosheng was very clever and claimed that he was recruiting villagers to help farm the land, and some were retained to guard the homes, so Zhang Dezheng turned a blind eye to this and pretended not to see it.

After all, he has less than a year left in his term, and he does not want any problems in his territory during this time. As for landlords carrying out personal armed forces, the court does not allow it, but there are many people who do this, such as the Fan family

I dare to support 600 swordsmen, and other wealthy families also have several hundred nursing homes.

He, Li Chaosheng, recruited thousands of people, which was a bit too much, but in the face of a major disaster in Shaanxi, this was nothing to worry about. He even wanted to thank Li Chaosheng. After all, Li Chaosheng solved part of the famine and reduced the number of people in Lantian.

Disaster victims.

For this reason, he was named and praised by his superiors. Zhang Dezheng was very happy about this. He didn't want to be too meddlesome. As long as he was allowed to finish his job as a county magistrate honestly for this year, and then he would be awarded a good one by the Ministry of Officials, he would find a way to move to

I found a rich county in Jiangnan to be a county magistrate, where would be the best way to make money.

The disaster became more and more severe. At the end of March, news came out that shocked the whole country. Someone in Fugu County was rebelling. The leader was Wang Jiayin. He had been a soldier in the past and now he organized a large number of hungry people to rebel.

It is said that the response was overwhelming, and soon there were six to seven thousand people, who are currently attacking the county government. Another big news is that Baishui Wang Er began to move towards Fugu after learning that Wang Jiayin had rebelled.
To be continued...