mesbooks Chapter 125 Uncle 9's Wedding
Chapter 125 Uncle 9's Wedding
After looking at it for a while, Jiang Li had an idea in his mind and put the matter aside for the time being. After all, this matter would take more than ten days, and he would need to discuss it with everyone then.
As for now, all he had to do was go to Lawn Hill to see how its blood mushrooms were growing.
That’s right. In order to keep the Blood Evil Mushroom secret, Jiang Li decided to call it Blood Qi Mushroom from now on. He would have to tell Uncle Jiu about it when the time comes to do so as to avoid letting the secret slip.
Then he brought two Taoist soldiers to the lawn mountain where the blood mushrooms were grown. Hundreds of sheep were grazing leisurely on the mountain. Most of the donkeys, horses, mules and cows were used for work. Only a few old, weak and disabled ones were kept here to draw blood.
Upon inquiry, we learned that without affecting the growth of livestock, 20 kilograms of blood can be taken every day, and about 120 to 130 blood mushrooms can be cultivated in a month.
After Jiang Li learned about the situation, he told them to pay close attention to the mood and condition of the livestock and not to take the blood of sick or irritable livestock. Then he took a bag of blood mushroom powder and started a new experiment.
That's right, Jiang Li plans to use the blood mushroom powder to cultivate more livestock, and use the blood of these livestock to cultivate high-quality blood mushrooms alone.
If it works, then by repeating the process, maybe the maximum medicinal effect can be achieved.
The subjects of this experiment were four black dogs, ten roosters, two sheep and a cow. After they were isolated, a small amount of blood mushroom powder was added to their food.
The effects became apparent after a short while. Everyone became more energetic and their appetite increased greatly.
Jiang Li had known this would happen and simply provided them with enough food but did not let them go out to have fun.
For several days in a row, Jiang Li came to check on their condition every day. After seeing that they had obviously grown larger in size, Jiang Li stopped asking about them and instead asked someone to take special care of these livestock.
After thinking about the fact that he did not have enough management talents, he decided to set up an officer training class.
After some systematic training in the future, he can be sent out directly as a grassroots officer with an adjutant to manage a town. There should be no problem.
Having made up his mind, Jiang Li immediately began to plan the training and learning direction for these officers. First, they had to learn to read and write, and second, they had to learn to command battles.
As for the personnel, they will be selected directly from the existing soldiers. After all, Lu Xun once said that a soldier who does not want to become a general is not a good soldier. As long as he is motivated, he can be trained.
Even if they fail to learn, at least they can become a squad leader or something. So Jiang Li waved his hand and recruited eighty soldiers from the army who were unwilling to be ordinary.
They have new recruits and old soldiers, soldiers and grassroots cadres. Overall, the personnel are complicated, but Jiang Li doesn't care about that. He doesn't expect all of these people to become successful.
As long as he can command a squad after learning, it will be fine. By the way, Jiang Li’s army adopts the modern military system, with an organization of squads, platoons, companies, battalions and regiments. Now he has more than 800 people under his command, and he can barely be considered a regiment commander.
After Jiang Li organized the teaching materials, he began to teach. In fact, he was just a novice, but he was able to explain some basic tactical dodging moves and shooting techniques in a very professional manner.
As for the troop command, he did not talk about it. After all, he was not familiar with it. It would be better to wait until later to invite a professional person from the provincial capital to come back and teach him.
After waiting for a few days, the person returning from the provincial capital finally brought back what he wanted, a professionally trained officer and ten light machine guns.
Seeing this square-faced middle-aged man, Jiang Li immediately stepped forward to shake his hand and said with a smile, "I have been looking forward to seeing you for a long time, and finally you are here."
"Let me introduce myself first. I am the mayor of this town and the head of the security guards. I asked you to come here to help me train a group of grassroots officers. Please do me this favor."
The middle-aged man said solemnly, "I have also heard about the mayor's deeds. I know that you are not like other warlords who bring disaster to the area. Otherwise, I would not have come."
"But I, Wang Zhi, am a pure soldier. I am honest and I won't flatter. If the mayor can't stand my honesty, just tell him. I will turn around and leave without getting involved."
Jiang Li was even happier when he heard that. "Brother Wang, that's not right. I'm the same way. I don't like beating around the bush. I'll just say it straight. I invited you here to train grassroots officers and enjoy the treatment of a company commander."
"If you're willing, you can start teaching me now. I haven't received any formal military education, so it would be good for me to learn a little bit."
Wang Zhi heard this and said seriously, "I understand what the mayor said. I have also heard a lot about you, such as suppressing bandits and fighting warlords, trying local tyrants and evil gentry, and reducing taxes to return land to the people. I wonder if this is true?"
Jiang Li smiled and said, "It is true. It is just a piece of cake. It is not worth mentioning."
Wang Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, I will accept the mayor's appointment, but I have to say this beforehand. If I see you not doing what you said, I will definitely leave. Please don't stop me then."
Jiang Li smiled and said, "Brother Wang, please rest assured. I will definitely not let you down."
Then he brought him to the front of the stage and said, "This is the instructor I invited back from the provincial capital. He is here to teach you serious military knowledge. You must study hard in the future. Do you hear me?"
Everyone answered in unison, "Yes, mayor."
After Wang Zhi finished introducing himself, he began to check the basic knowledge of these people. As a result, he found out that these people were basically laymen who knew nothing. Except for a few who had fought against bandits, the others had basically never been to the battlefield.
So he had to start from the most basic, and Jiang Li also sat down and listened to the class.
It has to be said that Wang Zhi is indeed capable. As soon as you listen to him you will know that he has received formal military education. What he says is progressive and all of it is what middle and lower-level officers need to learn.
"It seems that he is really unpopular because of his personality. This is perfect for me." Jiang Li thought with a smile as he listened.
After the theoretical class was over, Wang Zhi led everyone to the training ground to train firearms and tactical movements, but Jiang Li did not follow him and let him do it on his own.
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Time flies and it is already the eighth day of the first lunar month. Jiang Li actually arrived at Qingyun Temple two days ago to help set up the venue. For this wedding, Uncle Jiu even sent a letter back to Maoshan and invited Li Lin to officiate the wedding for the two.
After receiving the guests and presenting gifts, the wedding officially began.
After a complete set of procedures including worshiping heaven and earth, ancestors, gods, as well as the bride and groom visiting the hall, exchanging vows, and giving each other gold and silver wreaths, Uncle Jiu and Aunt Zhe were officially married.
What followed was the usual procedure of entertaining the guests with good food and drinks, while Jiang Li and his disciples followed Uncle Jiu and helped pour and serve wine.
After being busy all day, Uncle Jiu and Aunt Zhe finally entered the bridal chamber.
But Li Lin found Jiang Li and said, "I have looked at your master's disciples and you are the only capable one. You must help Ah Jiu and make our Maoshan flourish!"