In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 23 Stupid Manager Liu
The next day, after confirming that there were no Tatars nearby, Lin Rui ordered the battlefield to be cleaned, and asked Mrs. Niu to bring a substitute to bring Zhang Xiuying and Xiao Cui back from the valley.

Compared with the last time, the seizures this time were much richer. In addition to leather armor and protective gear, there were more than fifty horn bows, more than five hundred feather arrows, and more than fifty scimitars.

Then there are the shields and wooden ladders discarded by the Tatars. In the Ming Dynasty, these pieces of wood were not valuable, but on the grasslands, they were equally good things.

Excluding the three people who died in the battle, there were still 78 people in the entire camp, almost enough for each person to have a scimitar, a pair of crossbows, and a shield.

However, Lin Rui has no plans to transform these bows into crossbows. After all, bows also have the advantage of fast shooting speed.

After some thought, Lin Rui decided that from now on, the ordinary prisoners would each be equipped with a spear and a bow, while the remaining nineteen small flag prisoners would each be equipped with a long knife and a shield.

At that time, a three-person combat team can be formed to cooperate with each other in close combat. After all, infantry combat with spears, swords, and shields has much greater advantages than horse combat.

The equipment of the five general flag women and the women of the small flags will remain unchanged. From now on, Sister Niu and the twelve women will be mainly responsible for shooting arrows for cover and carrying out assassination and sneak attacks, and try to avoid close combat.

However, although their respective combat missions will be different in the future, while training their main skills, everyone must also practice crossbows and equestrian skills. Spear assassination and long knife slashing must not be left behind.

Various leather armors are also modified to be thicker and closer to the body.

All the extra machetes were remelted into hoes and shovels, and together with the ones reforged last time, they were basically a handy tool for everyone.

This greatly improves work efficiency.

So in the following days, under the leadership of Lin Rui, everyone trained in the morning and dug trenches and built walls in the afternoon. They were very busy.

Zhang Xiuying and Mrs. Niu took the remaining women and were responsible for herding horses and sentry duty, cooking and washing for everyone, and it was a prosperous scene.

In the evening, everyone lit a bonfire and sat together, listening to Lin Rui tell various classic war cases and stories of ancient Han heroes. The day was quite fulfilling.

After the show ended, everyone else was envious as they watched Lin Rui and the five old men from the general banner hugging each other into the tent.

They all hope to get their own woman as soon as possible. After two great victories, the prisoners no longer doubt Lin Rui's words.

"Brother Lin, let me teach you how to read!"

"Sister Niu, if you want to learn, I can also teach you."

Xiaocui had been sent to a small tent. After the three of them arrived at the big tent, Zhang Xiuying said to them.

In fact, after she seized the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, she had the idea of ​​teaching Brother Lin to read, but she suppressed the idea when the Tatars attacked.

"I'll forget it, you should teach Brother Lin!"

Mrs. Niu quickly smiled and waved her hands, but she still strongly agreed with Zhang Xiuying's intention to teach Brother Lin how to read and digit. She secretly said that women born into rich families were different, and she had never thought about this.

"That sister Xiuying, I can actually read."

"what!"

"Brother Lin, when did you know how to read? I've never heard of you learning it before?"

Mrs. Niu was surprised and said, obviously she knew Lin Rui's background. In the past, everyone didn't have enough to eat. How could the Lin family have enough money for Lin Rui to study and become literate?
Zhang Xiuying looked at Lin Rui with the same confusion.

"I used to go to a private school in the town to study secretly. The gentleman saw that I had a quick mind, so he taught me a lot in private."

Lin Rui had no choice but to make up a reason.

"No wonder, that's how it is."

Mrs. Niu was still a little doubtful, but Zhang Xiuying nodded and suddenly realized, she said that Lin Geer's speech, behavior and knowledge were not comparable to those of ignorant civilians and military households. It turned out that he had read books and gained wisdom.

"So Sister Xiuying, you should take the time to teach Sister Niu, Xiaocui and the others!" Lin Rui said with a smile.

"Well, okay then!" Zhang Xiuying didn't refuse.

"Brother Lin, do you really want to learn?" Aunt Niu had a grimace on her face, but she actually really wanted to learn.

"Of course, in the future, if conditions are met, everyone will have to learn." "Okay, sister Xiuying, if I can't learn well, you can't hit my palm."

Sister-in-law Niu said with some anxiety. She had seen her husband hit the palms of schoolchildren before, making them cry, and she was still deeply impressed by him.

Zhang Xiuying just smiled.

"Okay, let's sleep together from now on!"

After Xiaocui was driven away, Lin Rui didn't bother to let Sister Niu go to lay the floor anymore, so he held one in each arm and walked towards the couch.

Both of them lowered their heads in shame, but didn't say anything. Mrs. Niu was even a little happy in her heart.

……

The next day, at noon, Lin Rui had just finished training with everyone and was about to have lunch, when Mrs. Niu escorted the three people back to the station.

"Sir, we just caught these three people nearby. This man claimed to be the steward of the Fan family and asked to see you!"

"Oh?"

"Are you that Manager Liu?"

Lin Rui glanced at the three people who were tied up, and finally focused on the middle-aged man in the middle.

"Yes, that's right. This young master must be the leader here. May I ask your name?"

Manager Liu answered directly.

He was also looking at Lin Rui and the surrounding situation, and found that most of the people here were actually the former coachmen and grooms of the Fan family, and he was also moved in his heart.

"It's okay to tell you. My name is Lin Rui, but you are so brave that you dare to come and ask for a meeting. You must have been the cause of the previous two Tatar attacks, right?" Lin Rui said calmly.

"You robbed my Fan family's caravan, and I asked people to come and ask for it. It's only natural, why not? Besides, you didn't suffer any loss. I came here this time to discuss with Mr. Lin about redeeming my third son. Son."

Manager Liu was straightforward, but he had no choice. If he couldn't save the third son, not only would he be in trouble, but the whole family would also suffer.

So after staying with the Kashgar tribe for a few days and seeing no movement from them, I decided to come to negotiate in person.

When he thought about it, neither the Chake tribe nor the unidentified Han people had any grudges against the Fan family in the past or recently. As long as the price was right, it should not be difficult to redeem the third son.

"You are loyal to the Fan family, but it's a pity that the third young master has long been reduced to a pile of meat. At this time, I am afraid that all the bones have been picked up by wolves and gone."

Lin Rui sneered.

"Impossible, why did you want to kill the third young master? Didn't you arrest the third young master just to blackmail my Fan family?"

Manager Liu's expression changed greatly, and then he said excitedly.

He did not believe that the Third Young Master would not identify himself after being caught in order to protect himself.

According to normal people's thinking, this is indeed the case. Only the living third son of the Fan family is valuable. Unfortunately, Lin Rui is not from this era.

"Hmph, you still have the nerve to tell me why I killed him? Your Fan family is a traitor to the country. You are no better than a pig or a dog. Everyone can kill him. If I don't kill that little traitor, why should I keep him for the New Year?"

"..."

Manager Liu never expected that Lin Rui could say such upright words, and he was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer.

The two Fan family guards on the side were much more miserable.

When they heard that the Third Young Master had been killed and no bones were left, both of them looked ashen and collapsed on the ground, muttering, "It's over, it's over."

(I beg you to read the new book regularly, but don’t keep books. I beg you on your knees, thank you!)
(End of this chapter)