After the defence of Jingnan, Zhu Pingan’s prestige was as high as the sky in Jingnan, winning the love of the people of the whole county, and even many of the people who survived the disaster quietly dedicated a life shrine to Zhu Pingan in their homes.
Thanks to Zhu Pingan’s good reputation, Liu Mu’s preparations went smoothly.
Jingnan is one’s own home, everyone has the responsibility to guard Jingnan, but Taiping County is not ah, galloping to Taiping and rescuing the neighbouring counties, this is not the immediate interest of the people of Jingnan County, but after the notice of the county government office to conscript the young and strong was posted, the people of Jingnan County enthusiastically signed up to participate in the conscription, the original plan was to conscript five hundred, but in no time the people who signed up for the conscription exceeded the planned quotas, and there are still more and more people who are excited to hear the news and come toto participate in the draft.
“The Grand Master of the County has saved the lives of tens of thousands of people in Jingnan, you, me, and my whole family are still alive thanks to the Grand Master of the County, and now the Grand Master of the County is recruiting young men to go to the rescue of Taiping County, if you don’t go to the conscription, I won’t have you as a son!”
A white-bearded old man on crutches listened to the content of the notice being read out, and couldn’t help but tap his crutches, shouting at his son, Er Dogzi.
“Father, of course I’m going, last time I signed up for the city watch, the governor’s grand master said I had an old man and a young man and wouldn’t let me participate, this time there’s no restriction on the notice, I’m going to participate in whatever I say.”The second dog son excitedly back, said this slight pause, then said in a resolute tone, “just, father, if son this time can’t come back, you old and my mother can take care of your body ……”
“Don’t worry! Your father my body plate is strong, no need for you to worry blindly, you hurry to go to enrolment it!”
The white-haired old man leaned on his walking stick and impatiently waved his hand forcefully, making a gesture of driving people away.
“Father, son is going.”
Er Dogzi kowtowed to the white-haired old man in place, got up and squeezed in towards the direction of the surging crowd.
There were many more scenes like this. Although Taiping County had little to do with them, just because this was a notice issued by Zhu Pingan, they actively supported it from the bottom of their hearts and enthusiastically signed up.
Of course, after all, it is to rescue the neighbouring counties which are not related to their personal interests, the number of applicants is much less than the number of applicants who signed up to defend the city when the Japanese invaders besieged Jingnan, but Liu Mu roughly counted that there are more than seven hundred, which is far more than the number of people who planned to be recruited, and he hurriedly terminated the recruitment.
For this reason, Liu Mu was also counted down by many people who came late.
Liu Dazhou’s recruitment was also very smooth, after taking out the paperwork of the county government office, there was no need for Liu Dazhou to say anything, people with carriages actively contributed their own carriages, not only that, when people contributed their own carriages, they also put a lot of food on the carriages such as grains, meat, eggs, fruits, etc., and there was not a single car that was empty.
Some people were happy and some people were sad, Liu Mu, Liu Dazhou and their preparations went smoothly, however, Liu Dagang’s work was no good, his work of inspecting the six rooms of the county government office and enlisting the six rooms of the Xuyun officials hit a brick wall at every turn.
In the morning, the xuxu officials who still came back to work with a thick skin and as if nothing had happened, after hearing Liu Dagang’s purpose, each of their faces turned white with fear, and after hearing the meaning of conscription, it was just like hearing the call of the God of Death.
“Ahem, suddenly remembered, my family still has a life-threatening urgent matter, I have to go back to deal with it, today is to ask for leave, oops, look at my brain, really, almost forgot, sorry, sorry, Xiao Ke excuse me, excuse me ……”After hearing the meaning of conscription conveyed by Liu Dagang, one of the Xuxu officials immediately turned pale, the whole person froze for a full three seconds, and later, like a burning arse, said a series of loophole excuses, and scurried away in a swift manner.
Originally got the letter, Jingnan guarded down, I just boldly back to the county office, did not think that Zhu Pingan this rash even death to aid Taiping! Joking, what is the difference between this and send to death, Zhu Pingan this rash young guard down Jingnan, swelling do not know their own surnames it, you can guard down Jingnan County, that is thanks to the blessing of the city wall, the wall blocked, condescending to smash the stone, splash the gold juice, and this, or the death of a wall of talent luckily guarded down the city of Jingnan County, to go to the field battle with the Japanese invaders, you’re crazy! The Japanese invaders are the demons that kill without blinking an eye and eat people without salt, killing people like chopping melons and cutting vegetables, without the city wall as a barrier from above, your stone and gold juice have no use, how can you fight with the Japanese invaders, with the young and strong people who haven’t touched a sword a few times, heh, even the regular army of the Guards have been killed by the Japanese invaders, and how many heads of those muddy legged people are enough to be chopped by the Japanese invaders! If you want to die, I won’t stop you, but don’t drag me along, I haven’t lived long enough, I’m not going to die! You want to draft me? I’m not going to die with you! I’m not going to die with you!
“Ahem, me too, I have an urgent matter of life and death at home, ah, what kind of urgent matter? I, I ……My mother-in-law is about to give birth, hey, you say coincidence, today is the expected date of birth ah, the stable woman has long said, today I must be outside the maternity ward to worship the ancestors, or else there will be a disaster of blood, excuse me, excuse me, I also excuse me ……”As soon as one of the next Xu Clerks looked at Liu Dagang, he too dropped a lame excuse and followed the first Xu Clerk, slipping away with the same agility.
When Liu Dagang rushed to the next public room, originally there were also two Xu Clerks coming to work in this public room, but when Liu rushed to this public room, his face was black, and the people had got the news and slipped away.
It is assumed that the first official gave these officials a greeting before he ran away. When these Xu Clerks heard the news that Zhu Ping An was going to conscript them to go to the aid of Taiping, they slipped away just like when they heard the news of the Japanese attacking the city!
Well, the six rooms of the county office were once again empty!
The few Sixth Chamber officials who had originally come back with a thick skin and a lot of guts had once again run away without a shadow.
Liu Dagang finished patrolling the last public room, unsurprisingly, it was empty again, clearly saw someone come in the morning, Liu Dagang clenched his fists angrily, itching to catch the person who sneaked away and popped back and whacked him.
“I’m sorry Gongzi, I messed up the errand ……”Liu Dagang with a guilty face reported back to Zhu Pingan truthfully, “Originally six xuxu officials came in the morning, but after hearing the news that they were drafted to rush to the aid of Taiping, they all found excuses to run away, running faster than a rabbit, not a single one of them was willing to respond to the draft.”
“Oh, Brother Da Gang, it’s fine, this was all expected. I didn’t include them in my plans originally.”After hearing Liu Dagang’s report, Zhu Pingan was not surprised at all and smiled as he relieved Liu Dagang, “To be honest, after hearing the news that they ran away, I was still relieved in my heart, and I can’t bear to share the credit with people like them.”
