Chapter 57: The New Functions of the Guards (Part 2)
Although the journey was quite difficult, it was nothing for Tunwei, which had been farming in the fields all year round. By the evening, the trip had been nearly halfway through, so it was naturally undesirable to travel on such a rugged mountain road. Luo Zongshan decided to find a place to support the camp, bury the pot and cook rice, and rest for a night before leaving.
He was about to ask someone to find a camping place, when the old man Xie, who was responsible for the road ahead, suddenly ran back and shouted: "Boss, I found a group of wolves in front."
A group of wolves! Luo Zongshan was startled when he heard this, but when he saw Lao Xie's expression, he didn't seem to be afraid, he couldn't help but wonder: "How many heads?"
Lao Xie replied excitedly: "About ten."
When Luo Zongshan heard this, he almost kicked it up. He said contemptly: "Why are you running back from a dozen people? Don't you have more than a hundred people under your command? You are still afraid of more than a dozen wolves. You are holding swords and guns, not fire sticks."
When Lao Xie heard this, he said awkwardly: "No, boss, there is a forest in front of him. I'm afraid that my brothers will not be able to save the wolves and let them run away."
When Luo Zongshan heard this, he couldn't help but wonder: "What do you mean? Did you find the wolves, but the wolves didn't find you?"
Lao Xie thought about it and hesitated: "Maybe he discovered it, but they were eating there, ignored us, and had no intention of running away."
So that's the case. Luo Zongshan couldn't help but burst into a huge vernacular saying: "You coward, you'll say it earlier."
After saying that, he turned around and shouted at the back: "Stop, stop, come over with weapons, hurry up, kill the wolf."
With his voice, the convoy quickly stopped. Hundreds of men in Chongzheng's uniform surrounded him and shouted, "Where, where are the wolf?"
Luo Zongshan frowned when he saw this posture. Now even he felt that his men were too lacking in training, messy and had no discipline at all. In particular, some people actually ran over with a gun head or a longbow. What can they do when they go up? Kill the wolf, don't be scratched by the wolf.
He couldn't help but shout, "Follow me with the knife, and the others stayed."
After saying that, he turned around and walked forward with Lao Xie.
Although these people were in a mess, no one dared to disobey his orders. Soon, three hundred men carrying swords followed behind the two and walked forward, while the others obediently ran back to the convoy.
A group of people walked along the road that was opened for about half a mile. A row of wide woods appeared in front of them. The woods were not very dense. Somehow, a large piece was missing in the middle. The path was from this piece that passed through the woods. The grass on both sides of the road had grown half a person tall. More than a hundred Tunwei with waist knives were standing in a semicircle, hiding behind the grass with his waist.
Luo Zongshan raised his hand and asked the people behind to stop, then followed Lao Xie and walked forward gently. He carefully stretched out his head and saw that there were indeed a group of wolves surrounding the middle of the path and eating something.
He looked at the woods on both sides, pulled Lao Xie again, and the two of them walked back together.
He directly divided the ten hundred households into two waves, and then ordered: "Old Xie, you will take half of the people to the left, Lao Zhang, you will take half of the people to the right, and surrounded the woods and form a big circle. I shouted, and everyone will go up together, don't let the group of wolves run away."
When the hundreds of households heard this, they nodded one after another, and led their people to drill into the woods on both sides. A huge encirclement quickly formed. The wolves in the middle seemed to have discovered something and looked up to the left and right frequently. However, they seemed to have no experience with humans and were not afraid. Besides, it was unlikely that they would let them leave half of their prey and run away. Therefore, they were still careful to eat there, without any intention of escaping.
Seeing that the encirclement was almost formed, Luo Zongshan immediately stood up and shouted: "Go."
Suddenly, four hundred people held their bright waist knife, pushed apart the grass, flashed out from behind the tree, and rushed up. Only then did the dozen wolves realize their fear and fled in all directions, but it was too late.
A sword flashed by, and by the woods, a "whimpering" sound immediately came to the side of the path. Soon, the howling disappeared, replaced by a group of people's lively discussions.
Luo Zongshan always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't remember it for a moment. While thinking, he walked into the middle. When he saw the wild wolves covered in holes that were cut, he finally remembered: a piece of whole wolf skin and a piece of broken wolf skin and a piece of silver!
Thinking of this, he immediately rushed up and checked more than ten wild wolves one by one. They were rotten and all of them were broken. He couldn't help but stand up and roared: "Don't you guys, don't you know how to cut your neck, don't you know how to cut your head, how to make clothes in this way, and make bellybands for your wife?"
When everyone heard this, they all lowered their heads in shame. Only Lao Xie plucked up the courage to comfort him: "Boss, forget it, we don't lack clothes. Isn't hunting so many wolves just to eat wolf meat? The skin will be cut and broken. At worst, peel it and throw it away."
When Luo Zongshan heard this, he couldn't help but yell at him: "You know a hammer, a piece of silver for a whole wolf skin, a piece of silver for a broken wolf skin, a piece of silver for a broken wolf skin, and a piece of silver for a hundred taels. Now it's more than ten taels. Just eat and eat, and you will know how to eat. Take 100 taels of silver to buy meat, which will make you all over to death."
After this painful lesson, Luo Zongshan decided to organize these people to practice when he arrived at the jurisdiction, at least he had to practice the hunting skills well. The most valuable thing about many prey here is skin. If you want to go up and chop it up like this, you will make a lot of money!
After sighing for a while with everyone, Luo Zongshan ordered people to look for water sources. Soon someone found a small river not far ahead. He simply asked him to go back and notify him that he would camp in the woods tonight, have enough to rest for a night, and then go on a journey tomorrow morning.
That night, the whole woods had a fragrance similar to dog meat floating. Everyone didn't know how to make wolf meat. So they simply added some spices to stew the dog meat, so they stewed dozens of pots so that everyone could drink a bowl of broth.
Everyone worked together to set up a camp, eat and drink, rest for one night, and continue moving forward the next day.
There were no wolves again, and all kinds of beasts didn't dare to come up when they saw such a large group of people. In addition, the cold here is always cold, and poisonous snakes and other reptiles are not very common, so they did not encounter any danger along the way. After rushing for a long time, at noon the next day, Luo Zongshan finally led a large group of people to the jurisdiction.
He carefully compared the map, and after he decided to find the right one, he ordered people to search in the central part of the jurisdiction for a while, and finally found a good place surrounded by mountains and rivers. Next, he set up a barracks, cut down trees, mined stones, fired bricks, prepared to build a brick-and-stone house, and officially settled down.
Through what he saw along the way, Luo Zongshan knew that it was not difficult to survive in this place. In such a large area, hunting, cutting some trees, and raising some livestock can bring enough food. However, this is not his pursuit. He has several children, and he needs to start a family and start a business, and he must make money.
What he didn't know was that it was because he had many children that he was promoted to Qianhou. If he wanted to find a single man to be a Qianhou, how could he lead his subordinates to try hard to find ways to make money!
Chapter completed!