The rebel army's foremost master craftsman forged a million iron pylons!

Having learned the general situation, Li Tian smiled and said, "Old man, thank you for sending people to deliver supplies. Otherwise, I'll have someone take you back."

The old man quickly stood up. "No, no, sir, just give me a little silver!"

"Without iron tools at home, we can't even farm."

Li Tian's eyes lit up. "Does our Yu Family Village have a blacksmith shop?"

The old man paused for a moment, "Why is the general asking this?"

"To be honest, I was a blacksmith before I joined the army. If your village lacks blacksmiths, I can make some items for you."

The old man was immediately moved. He had always thought that the soldiers were fierce and menacing, but he never expected that this soldier would be so polite.

"Yes! Yes!" the old man laughed loudly. "There's a blacksmith shop at the east end of our village, but the old man who forges the blacksmith is too old to swing the hammer anymore, so if villagers want to buy ironware, they have to go to a place far away."

Li Tian nodded without saying anything, pondering when he could go to Yu Family Village and move the blacksmith shop to the military camp.

This is a desolate, wild place.

Aside from keeping watch and watching birds, there was a blacksmith shop, which helped pass the time.

After chatting with the old man for a while, Li Tian gave him a sum of silver and sent him away.

The entire camp fell silent.

With nothing to do, Li Tian went to a bamboo forest on the back mountain and started cutting bamboo strips to weave bamboo baskets, since he had nothing better to do anyway.

Zhao Erbao, Wu Tian, ​​Chen Jing, Sun Sanqiang, and Wu Laoliu were also busy.

Wu Laoliu used to be a carpenter, and he brought his tools with him this time.

A group of people went into the mountains to cut down trees, planed them clean, nailed them in place with wooden wedges, and began to make tables and chairs.

As for the two women in the military camp, they stayed indoors the whole time, except for occasionally going out to pick some wild vegetables.

Life went on like this, neither exciting nor dull.

Keep watch, grow vegetables, watch birds, and make furniture.

More than ten days passed in a row.

That day, Li Tian went up the mountain to cut bamboo again. When he returned to the camp, he suddenly heard a woman's cries for help: "Help! Help! Someone come quick!"

"Get out of here, you scoundrel! If General Li finds out, he'll chop off your head!"

……

What happened?!

With a bang,

Li Tian kicked open the courtyard gate.

In the courtyard, on a haystack, Chuncan Niang lay disheveled, her clothes rumpled. Wu Tian was on top of her, tearing at her clothes. Chuncan Niang screamed at the top of her lungs, "Help! Help!"

With a whoosh,

Li Tian drew his waist knife.

It was placed on Wu Tian's neck.

"Let him go! Otherwise, I'll chop him up for you!" Li Tian said coldly.

A chill ran down Wu Tian's neck. He turned around and saw Li Tian. He wasn't alarmed. He calmly stood up from the ground and said with a grin.

"Sergeant, why get so angry? I was just joking with her."

"How should we deal with harassing women according to military regulations?" Li Tian asked coldly.

Wu Tian's expression changed. "Sergeant, you're not really going to chop me up for something this trivial, are you?!"

Just then, Zhao Erbao, Wu Laoliu, and Sun Sanqiang walked in through the door, each carrying a log on their shoulder, chatting and laughing.

"Huh?! Sergeant, what happened?"

Upon seeing the scene in the courtyard, Wu Laoliu's expression changed, and he threw the log on the ground, as did the other two.

Li Tian recounted what had just happened, which enraged Wu Laoliu, who kicked Wu Tian to the ground.

"You son of a bitch! Our righteous army belongs to the people! How dare you bully the women of the people? Do you even want your head?"

Zhao Erbao and Wu Tian were from the same hometown. After a moment of hesitation, he pleaded, "Squad Leader, although Wu Tian made a mistake, fortunately he didn't commit a serious one. Please, Squad Leader, show him mercy."

"He may escape the death penalty, but he can't escape punishment. Tie him to a pillar outside and whip him thirty times to teach him a lesson."

Upon hearing this resolution, Wu Laoliu and the others breathed a long sigh of relief. Clearly, they did not want Wu Tian to die either.

After all, there are six people in a squad.

Every death reduces our strength.

"Are you willing?" Li Tian looked up and asked Wu Tian.

"I risked my life to come to this godforsaken place with you to fight the imperial army, what a piece of crap this is! You fucking..." Wu Tian began to curse.

"He is unrepentant and deserves to be executed. Take him away and behead him," Li Tian said in a deep voice.

"Corporal!"

"Section Chief Li!"

Wu Laoliu, Zhao Erbao, and the others were in a great hurry.

"Chop it up!"

Li Tian shouted loudly, his expression turning serious.

"Li Tian, ​​you're not human! I came with you to fight the imperial army, and you hit me over such a trivial matter? Are you even human?!" Wu Tian cursed angrily.

"That's the military order!"

Li Tian grabbed Wu Tian by the neck with his large palm-leaf fan and dragged him outside the courtyard gate, handing the steel knife to Wu Laoliu.

"Sixth Brother, you take care of this."

Wu Laoliu looked at Li Tian, ​​then at Wu Tian on the ground, and then at Zhao Erbao and the others in the distance. He gritted his teeth and raised the steel knife in his hand.

With a snap, Wu Laoliu was knocked down on the spot.

A chill instantly ran through Zhao Erbao and the others.

This is the first time I've learned what military law is!

At the same time, I gained a deeper understanding of Li Tian.

This Li Wuzhang really dares to chop people up.

"Dig a hole and bury him!"

Li Tian waved his arm irritably, walked into the courtyard, and poured himself a cup of cold tea.

Zhao Erbao and the others exchanged glances, then silently began digging a pit and threw Wu Tian in.

……

"Sergeant, it's done."

After burying Wu Tian, ​​Wu Laoliu and the others returned to Li Tian's side and whispered.

"From now on, anyone who dares to bully women will suffer the same fate as Wu Tian!"

"Did you all understand?"

Li Tian shouted.

He didn't want to kill Wu Tian, ​​but from the moment Wu Tian became unrepentant and dared to defy him, he became an extremely unstable factor and had to die.

"Understood!" Wu Laoliu and the others immediately straightened up.

After following the military regulations, Li Tian pondered for a moment, then went back into the house and took out a small bundle. He placed it on the table in front of everyone, and when he opened it, there were more than a dozen gleaming gold bars inside.

"Here are nineteen taels of gold, our shared property as brothers. We will share both good times and bad."

As he spoke, Li Tian handed the bundle directly to Wu Laoliu.

"Old Wu, the gold is temporarily entrusted to you for safekeeping. If everyone fights bravely against the enemy in the future, it will be used as a reward."

Upon hearing this, Wu Laoliu's face lit up with joy as he accepted the gold with both hands, and the other guards also smiled.

Seeing the excited expressions on everyone's faces, Li Tian finally felt relieved. A combination of carrot and stick was the best approach.

Unbridled demonstrations will only have the opposite effect.

Looking at the gold, everyone's faces showed genuine smiles, and any remaining unhappiness vanished.

After all, soldiers fight to make money, and Wu Tian's death is not a pity.

Nineteen taels of gold were put into a wooden box, which belonged to Wu Laoliu. The box was secured with a large lock, and only Wu Laoliu had the key.

After arranging this matter, Li Tian planned to take a trip to Yujia Village.

As a blacksmith, he felt uneasy if he didn't work on iron for a day.

Forging iron can both pass the time and improve one's skills.

Excellent!

"Wu Laoliu, you and the brothers keep watch on the outpost. I'm going to Yujia Village." After figuring this out, Li Tian called Wu Laoliu over and gave him instructions.

"Sergeant, what are you doing in Yu Family Village? Do you want me to come with you?"

"Forklift! Craft some decent weapons for the brothers!"