A cold current hit the north, and the north wind kept whistling all night. Fortunately, the refugees had repaired their houses and brought back enough cotton coats in Jinan City.

These days, refugees can eat enough, so when the cold wave hit, there were not many deaths.

The next day, Zhaojia Village suddenly became lively.

People gathered together in the cold wind, and young and strong men rushed forward to undergo the test.

"If you become a member of the Zhao family, you can receive five dou of food and one or two dollars a month, and you won't have to pay tenant rent. In this way, the whole family will not have to worry about making a living in the future." The refugees were talking, and the young and strong were naturally moved.

Five dou of rice per month, and one tael of silver, plus no need to pay rent, if you are a bachelor, the Zhao family will also provide rice for the servants, so they will not use the five dou of rice and one tael of silver.

If there is a small family, it will not be a problem to support three or four people with a small family of rice and a tael of silver. If there is a small family of more, the family will be exempted from renting rent and can be self-sufficient.

As long as you become a servant, food and clothing will not be a problem, and it is not easy to get married and start a business. Most of these refugee families are fragmented and they are even more urgent about starting a family and starting a business.

Zhao Yan and more than a dozen servants stood in the field. A young and strong man stepped forward to undergo the test. He was struggling to hold the stone lock. After only five strokes, he could no longer lift it.

"No." Zhao Yan shouted loudly, "Next."

Immediately another young man jumped out to take the test. Zhao Yan had only one test project, which was the stone lifting lock. What he wanted was a strong young man. Even if he could lift twenty stone lifting locks, he would pass the stone lock. This stone lock weighed 30 kilograms.

If you have strong strength, you will generally have good physical fitness. Only with good physical fitness can you withstand harsh training and avoid any accidents.

The number of places to be expanded this time is 300, and half of the more than 7,000 refugees are young and strong, with a chance of choosing one in ten. If this number is exceeded, those with poor grades will be cut.

The young man who failed the test was laughed at and was so useless. He only picked up five times. But the young man did not walk into the crowd, but came to Zhao Yan.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Yan asked.

"Boss, I heard you want documents?" the young man asked, "This person is no one else, but the hesitant Zhang Buyun.

Zhao Yan's eyes lit up and he asked, "You can write?"

"Next Zhang Buyun, a student from Laizhou Prefecture, can write by himself." Zhang Buyun replied with his chest straight, but the voice was not loud, obviously because he was afraid that too many people would know that he had been a thief.

Scholar! Zhao Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed. These days, Zhao Quan also recruited some documents from outside, but most of the diplomas are not high. Many of them are born in childhood. They are competent in writing notes, but a few can shoulder heavy responsibilities.

"Can you know arithmetic?" Zhao Yan asked again. Most of the documents I have been in contact with these days know how to do arithmetic, but some of them don't understand that most of the literati who study arithmetic want to change careers and become shopkeepers, accounting, etc., so they naturally have to learn it.

But Zhao Yan was a little worried about his high diploma, and he said that some of the senior officials in the late Ming Dynasty did not understand arithmetic, but led the army to the wrong logistics.

"Yes." Zhang Buyun nodded.

"Okay, Brother Zhang will be the clerk of my Zhao family in the future. I will go to the butler to ask him to make arrangements for you." Zhao Yan was very happy and found another scholar.

Zhang Buyun bowed and stepped back, and went to find Zhao Quan.

What made Zhang Buyun decide to stay was because Zhao Yan led people to recruit servants today. Zhang Buyun was originally a little uncertain about his speculation.

After all, even if a landlord is training troops, there are only a few dozen people, which will definitely not be able to become a big deal. But today, he actually wants to recruit servants, which makes Zhang Buyun more sure that the Zhao family has a great ambition.

Zhang Buyun is a very arrogant literati. Although he only has the status of a scholar, he is very sure of the past. The reason why he left him in the Zhao family was his personal guess about the general trend of the world.

Zhang Buyun not only reads the Four Books and Five Classics, but also often reads some miscellaneous books, so his vision and knowledge are much higher than that of ordinary literati.

Nowadays, thieves are everywhere, natural disasters are constantly coming, and the court is retreating step by step in Liaodong. All of this shows the demise of a dynasty.

The thieves are a precursor to the demise of all dynasties. The demise of the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties are closely related to the thieves, while the thieves were destroyed by the barbarians in the Song Dynasty.

Nowadays, bandits are everywhere, and the official army is difficult to eliminate. There are already traces of following the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties. In addition, Jiannu is raging in Liaodong and has unified Mongolia, with great prosperity, and the Ming Dynasty is also traces of following the Song Dynasty.

Natural disasters have been continuous since the late Wanli period. In Zhang Buyun's view, it was a world that did not help the bright light, which was very similar to the late Southern Song Dynasty. In the late Southern Song Dynasty, the last two little emperors went to sea, one drowned in a storm, and the other was attacked by a meteorite. Fortunately, they were hit by a missed.

This time, Kong Youde rebelled in Denglai. Kong Youde went to sea to encounter a storm, and then surrendered to Jiannu. In Zhang Buyun's view, it was also done by God.

All signs indicate that the Ming Dynasty is about to die.

But Zhang Buyun was not sure about this speculation, it was just a guess. Therefore, he was swaying in whether to attend the imperial examination. If the Ming Dynasty was about to die, participating in the imperial examination would be no different from having any way out.

Now seeing Zhao Yan gathering refugees here and recruiting servants, he is not greedy for enjoyment, he is quite brave and understands the way to govern the army. I heard that he was a scholar and had financial resources in his family. He was simply a good leader in troubled times, which made Zhang Buyun feel that he should be a person who can assist him.

Zhang Buyun had already made up his mind that if Zhao Yan did not have the will of dominance, he could also slowly make a video on demand. If he could achieve hegemony in the future, he could also be named a marquis and an elephant.

Zhang Buyun is quite ambitious, but his ambition is limited to the highest achievement of a literati and does not have the ambition to wear a yellow robe. Zhao Yan is Zhang Buyun's best choice.

Although the barbarians are in great success, they are foreign tribes after all, and if they are not good, they will be killed in the underworld. At the same time, his past is just the icing on the cake and will not achieve any achievements.

If you choose first-class thieves to assist you, you may be wiped out by the official army at any time. Moreover, most thieves only know how to destroy and not produce, which will make the world worse.

Zhao Yan is different. He not only knows how to gather refugees and resume production, but also understands the way to govern the army. The Zhao family has more financial resources. If Zhao Yan had the ambition to dominate the world, he would definitely be more successful than the thief in the long run. What's more, the Zhao family was at the beginning of the casting industry, and now he has a chance to be reused. This is also the difference between adding icing on the cake and providing timely help.

But Zhang Buyun was naturally prepared for both ways. If Zhao Yan was a mud that could not be supported by the wall, he would definitely leave, either go to the imperial examination or find another good leader.

The list of selected servants was announced in the afternoon. Amid a burst of envy, the three hundred young and strong men were tall and tall.

Zhao Yan immediately announced a two-day break and arranged for the training of Zhao Yong, Lin Yi, Wang Wenyue and the others in two days.

Zhao Yan was busy training for more than half a month and devoted himself to training. Although his strong body could hold on, he was exhausted.

There is still a long way to go in training. Zhao Yong, Lin Yi, and Wang Wenyue can only share part of it, and Zhao Yan has to personally take on many things.

"You kid, you have lived in that tent for half a month, and you are so thin. It looks like you are dirty." Zhang pulled Zhao Yan with heartache and quickly said to Yuan'er: "Take Yan'er to take a shower and stew some soup for him to replenish it later."

Although Zhang felt distressed, his eyes were still very relieved. The Zhao family has not been ruined in the past few months, but has been managed by his son, so he is naturally happy.

"Yes, madam." Yuan'er responded.

As soon as he walked out of Zhang's sight, Zhao Yan hugged Yuan'er, hugged her soft body in his arms, and bowed his head to kiss Yuan'er's red lips.

"Yeah..." Yuan'er moaned and softened her directly in Zhao Yan's arms.

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Chapter completed!