In the first month after the New Year, Guo Da, Wang Qing, Chu Yan, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong led more than 100 bandits to Kunyang in batches and joined Zhao Yu in Fengcun.

Seeing these bandits, the people of Fengcun Village, who did not dare to make any abnormal moves, did not dare to act rashly.

The Black Tiger Thief is back!

The Black Tiger Thief is really back!

In addition to being shocked, the village chief of Feng Village once again sternly warned the villagers, telling them to keep to themselves and not to have any conflicts with these bandits.

Surrender, in the face of these tough bandits, Fengcun can only protect the countryside and protect the villagers by surrendering.

To the relief of the people of Fengcun, these black tiger thieves are still willing to follow the previous way of 'coexistence in the village', although these black tiger thieves have changed to a new leader, a new leader who wears a tiger mask all day long and is slightly shorter.

Is it finally like this?

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, that is, on the day when Guo Da, Wang Qing and others arrived in Feng Village, when the rest of the thieves were drinking and eating in the big house in the village, Zhao Yu took Jingnu and Niu Heng and walked through the village with Guo Da.

During this period, when he saw a few Fengcun people whispering to him, Zhao Yu sighed secretly.

Unfortunately, Chu Yanyan said that in order to minimize the exposure of his true face, he wore a tiger mask all day long in front of outsiders, but in the end he couldn't escape being misunderstood as a dwarf with short stature.

Although this misunderstanding did make Zhao Yu feel quite embarrassed, compared to being known that the leader of the Black Tiger Thief was only a fourteen-year-old child, a dwarf is a dwarf, I hope this misunderstanding will not affect his physical development in the future.

“…… After discussing with Chu Jiao, I brought Wang Qing and Chu Yan this time......"

While Zhao Yu was sighing secretly, Guo Da continued to tell.

The black tiger thieves gathered in Feng Village today are not all the villagers, and there are about 100 people still in Luyang, including Chu Jiao, Chen Mo, and Liu Heimu, as well as the women and children in the village, who account for nearly half of them.

According to Zhao Yu's plan, the steps of the comeback of the Black Tiger Village this time are divided into two steps, the first step is to rebuild the Black Tiger Village, restore control of the intersection of the two official roads of 'Rukun' and 'Xiangkun', and regain control of the nearby villages and passing caravans.

Among them, Guo Da and Chu Yan were mainly responsible for rebuilding the cottage, while Wang Qing was responsible for looting the passing caravans and earning the first bucket of money for all Zhao Yu's next plans.

"Hurry up."

Zhao Yu said in a deep voice: "Attacking the caravan of the Luye Freemasonry again, it will inevitably cause the hostility of the Luye Freemasonry to the cottage again, although Liu and Ma can cover it up for us, but I don't think there is any need to expose the two of them for this matter, in other words, even if Kunyang participates in the attack on the cottage in the future, unless necessary, I will not let Liu and Ma interfere." ”

"I understand."

Guo Da nodded understandingly, he is not a fool, how can he not know the criticality of Liu Bi and Ma Gai?

At this time, Zhao Yu faced Guo Da and said: "It's just that in this way, the defense pressure of the cottage will be very great, and I'm afraid that Brother Guo Da will also work harder and harder...... It's hard work Brother Guo Da. ”

"Ah Hu, it's too much for you to say that." Guo Da waved his hand indifferently, and then said with a straight face: "Two months...... No, a month, I try to build a cottage in a month......"

"That's for the best." Zhao Yu nodded and said: "If you are short of manpower, you can requisition the villagers of nearby villages such as Feng Village and Xiang Village, these villagers have dealt with us for several years, as long as they are not too persecuted, they should not resist, so ......."

"I understand." Guo Da said knowingly: "I will restrain my brothers below and tell them to abide by the rules of the village, and prohibit them from doing anything provocative, teasing or even harming the nearby villagers." ”

"That's good."

Zhao Yu nodded, and said: "If my plan is implemented, neighboring villages such as Fengcun and Xiangcun will play a great role in the future, not just raising poultry for us......

"I understand."

Guo Da nodded in agreement, and immediately, he seemed to think of something, and said to Zhao Yu: "By the way, Ah Hu, why did you ask me to bring Zhang Feng and Ma Hong?" ”

Zhao Yu did not hide it, and said truthfully: "I intend to let Chen Zu build a righteous house in Kunyang County, which can be used as our stronghold, and can also be used to buy people's hearts, Chen Zu has no one who can take charge alone, so I intend to let Zhang Feng and Ma Hong assist him, by the way, Chen Cai, lend me for a while, I want to let him assist Chen Zu first, sharpen it, and when it is appropriate, I will hand over other affairs to him." ”

Hearing this, Guo Da said with a smile: "The big leader speaks, how dare I disobey?" Ha! …… Chen Cai, this kid, is not outstanding, but he is loyal and trustworthy. That being said, you still have to sharpen and sharpen before you reuse him, lest this kid spoil a big deal. ”

Zhao Yu smiled and nodded.

That night, in a room in Fengcun, Zhao Yu first called Guo Da, Wang Qing, and Chu Yan to have a meeting.

In the meeting, Zhao Yu first assigned their respective tasks to the three in detail, and at the same time instructed Wang Qing and Chu Yan to obey Guo Da's orders.

Although in the meeting, Wang Qing crossed his arms and looked arrogant, but he did not raise any objections, perhaps he gradually accepted Zhao Yu as the new leader.

After instructing the three of them, Zhao Yu asked Niu Heng to call Zhang Feng and Ma Hong.

Once upon a time, Zhang Feng and Ma Hong were not in Zhao Yu's 'team list', and it is not difficult to see from the time when Zhao Yu asked the two to assist Yang Tong to go to Daxiang Village that Zhao Yu actually didn't care about the life or death of these two.

But it is undeniable that Zhang Feng and Ma Hong are very familiar with current affairs, and under the persuasion of Chu Jiao twice, they switched to Zhao Yu's command, even if they were overtaken by Zhao Yu, the people under them were also taken over by Chen Mo, and the two did not fall to Liu Heimu's side, which made Zhao Yu have the idea of 'might as well use it'.

After all, there are very few talents in Black Tiger Village, like Zhang Feng, Ma Hong and other former masters of a village, if they are idle, Zhao Yu feels that it is a pity.

Therefore, he specially asked Guo Da to bring the two of them this time, preparing for the two to assist Chen Zu.

That night, when Zhao Yu finished telling Zhang Feng and Ma Hong about his intentions, Zhang Feng and Ma Hong glanced at each other, both a little excited.

Both of them used to be the owners of a village, but now, they have been reduced to marginal characters in the cottage, and it is naturally impossible to say that there is no resentment in their hearts.

But Zhang Feng and Ma Hong listened to Chu Jiao's advice, even if their power was deprived and their brothers were taken over by Chen Mo, they did not show any complaints, let alone fall to Liu Heimu, they believed Chu Jiao's words and thought that Zhao Yu was testing them.

And now, their patience has finally paid off, and they, the new Grand Chief, are finally ready to reuse them......

Although this is a good start, it can help Chen Zu build a righteous house, which is not a big use, right?

By the way, what is a righteous house?

After glancing at each other, Zhang Feng asked Zhao Yu in confusion: "Big Chief, forgive me for being stupid, I don't know what the Great Leader said about the righteous house, but what is it?" ”

Zhao Yu explained with a smile: "The so-called righteous house is a mansion that provides food and shelter to the poor free of charge. ”

Hearing this explanation, Zhang Feng and Ma Hong looked at each other.

They have also heard that some wealthy people with good hearts will set up similar houses to provide food and shelter for the poor...... But they're bandits! Thieves who rob homes and houses, kill people and steal goods!

Why does it sound so strange to kill people and buy goods and do businessless business while providing free food and shelter to the poor?

But after thinking about it carefully, Zhang Feng and Ma Hong also figured out something.

Zhang Feng cautiously asked, "Is the big leader planning to absorb the villagers in this way?" ”

Since it has been decided to use Zhang Feng and Ma Hong, Zhao Yu naturally will not hide anything, nodded and said truthfully: "Yes, the purpose of my Yishe is indeed to consider recruiting new villagers in this way, as for another reason, that is, to win the hearts of the people...... This matter, Chen Zu will explain it to the two of you in the future, I won't say more, as long as the two of you know one thing, that is, this righteous house is very important to the cottage, and you two must remember not to take it lightly! ”

“……”

Zhang Feng and Ma Hong were stunned, and then their faces showed joy, and they hurriedly hugged their fists and agreed: "Great leader, please rest assured, the two of us will definitely do our best to assist Chen Zu." ”

"Good."

Zhao Yu nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "Considering that there are still wanted notices for the two of you posted in the county seat of Kunyang, you don't need to join Chen Zu for the time being, and you will live here in Fengcun and Xiangcun for a while to assist Guo Da in building the cottage." During this period, eat a little if you can, shave your beard, take care of your spirits, change your image, and after a while, when Kunyang County gradually forgets the two of you, you will go to meet Chen Zu, and when the time comes, Chen Zu's side should have made preliminary preparations, and the two of you will be with him at that time. ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Feng and Ma Hong nodded excitedly.

ordered to kill the leader, and the next day Zhao Yu took Jingnu and Niu Heng to return to Kunyang County again.

Although the people of Black Tiger Village have returned to Kunyang one after another at this time, Kunyang County has not been fully martial law, and with the forged road guide, Zhao Yu and his party entered the city in a carriage without hindrance.

After entering the city, Zhao Yu and his entourage walked through the more prosperous and lively streets and headed to the south of the city.

Most of the cities and counties in the world are the most prosperous along the streets near the center, and the further you go, the more dilapidated they become, and Kunyang is no exception.

After crossing an alley, Zhao Yu's carriage and his party stopped in front of an old house.

After getting out of the carriage, Zhao Yu looked at the secluded and dilapidated streets and houses around him.

This old house is not the old house he coerced Liu Bi a while ago, the old house is more remote, there are almost no people around, and this old house, it is located on a secondary street in the south of the city, passing through an alley on the main street of South Street, you can find this old house along the second street, not too remote, but not so eye-catching.

At this time, in front of this old house, Chen Cai and other bandits were standing idle, and saw Zhao Yu, Jingnu, and Niu Heng walking towards this side from a distance, Chen Cai immediately stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Great leader......"

Zhao Yu raised his hand and reminded: "This is outside." ”

Chen Cai immediately understood, and immediately changed his words: "Childe." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded, and then asked, "The old couple, have you moved away?" ”

The old couple he was talking about, the original owners of the old house, probably because of the repeated summons of their son, who was out of town, wanted to sell the old house they had used for business and leave Kunyang to join their son.

It happened that a while ago, Zhao Yu and others were looking for a suitable place to use it as a righteous house in the county, and seeing that the location was good, Zhao Yu asked Chen Zu and Chen Cai to come forward to negotiate with the old couple, and after paying a sum of money, this old house became the property of their Black Tiger Village.

"I moved out a few days ago, and I came to say goodbye to us before leaving."

Facing Zhao Yu's inquiry, Chen Cai said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I haven't traded with people for money for some years, and I'm really a little unaccustomed to it. ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "Then you have to get used to it as soon as possible, and I will hand over relevant important affairs to you in the future." …… For, I have said hello to Brother Guo Da, and you will follow me in the future. ”

Hearing this, Chen Cai was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you...... Son. ”

From the side, the rest of the bandits looked at Chen Cai with envious eyes.

Zhao Yu smiled and pressed Chen Cai's hand, signaling that he didn't have to be so restrained, and then he asked jokingly: "By the way, what about our 'rich man Chen'?" ”

Hearing the title of 'Chen Da Rich Lord', Chen Cai and the nearby bandits couldn't help but laugh.

Immediately, Chen Cai said with a smile: "Back to Gongzi, the rich man went out with his two brothers, why don't Gongzi wait for him in the house?" ”

"Okay."

Nodding, Zhao Yu took Jingnu and Niu Heng to the old house.

This old thing was originally used by the old couple to do business, and not only in the hall, but also in the room is quite spacious.

However, when Zhao Yu came a few days ago, the house was full of sundries, but today, those sundries have been sorted out, and the inside and outside look quite spacious.

At this time, Chen Cai introduced to Zhao Yu on the side: "According to the meaning of our rich man Chen, the hall on the first floor is used as a canteen, although it is still vacant at the moment, some low tables will be purchased in a few days, so that those people can sit here and eat; The back room is used as a kitchen and a storehouse for grain and rice, and the upper floor can be used for those accommodations......"

"How many people can live?" Zhao Yu asked casually, "Is there a hundred?" ”

Chen Cai shook his head and said, "Forty or fifty people died." ”

"That's ......" Zhao Yu frowned and thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Go back and ask Chen Zu to negotiate with the owners of the next few houses, if the other party is willing to sell, as long as the conditions are not too excessive, they can buy it, even if it is vacant first, it doesn't matter, sooner or later this righteous house will be expanded." ”

"Yes." Chen Cai hugged his fists, then licked his lips and asked, "What if the other party refuses to sell?" Or what about making harsh demands? ”

Seeing Chen Cai's impatient appearance, Zhao Yu couldn't guess his thoughts, shook his head and said, "Then find another way." …… Problems that can be solved with money, then use money to solve them, Chen Cai, you are Guo Da's confidant, I have high expectations for you, don't always think about fighting and killing, you must learn to solve problems in various ways. ”

"Uh...... Be. ”

With a little embarrassment, Chen Cai nodded flatteredly.

At this time, someone in the house suddenly smiled and said, "The rich man Chen is back." ”

Zhao Yu, Jing Nu, and Niu Heng turned their heads to look, and even saw Chen Zu walking in from outside the house.

I saw Chen Zu at this moment, wearing a gorgeous dress embroidered with patterns, at a glance, he knew that it was worth a lot, and he was wearing a jade crown, the funniest thing was that he walked into the house with his hands behind his back and his head held high, and the whole person looked like a rich child.

"Hahahaha-"

Niu Heng laughed on the spot, pointed at Chen Zu and laughed: "Chen Zu, you are dressed ...... Hahahaha. ”

"Laughing at what?"

Chen Cai frowned and glanced at Niu Heng, and then said to Zhao Yu: "Big leader, how is Chen's body?" ”

After that, he walked back and forth twice in front of Zhao Yu with his hands behind his back and his head held high.

"How can I say it......"

Zhao Yu smacked his lips and commented: "I asked you to pretend to be a rich man with a good heart, but what I saw was a stupid son of a nouveau riche who suddenly became rich. ”

From the side, Jingnu also covered her mouth and smiled.

"Really?"

Chen Zu looked suspicious, frowning at his dress.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu shook his head and said, "Chen Zu, let's not say that your dress is not right, no rich man with brains would be so swaggering...... Ah Jing, you go upstairs, pick one for Chen Zu, and I'll teach him. ”

"Yes." Jingnu nodded and ran upstairs.

At this time, Zhao Yu walked up to Chen Zu and said, "Look, the right hand is in front, and the left hand is in the back......"

As he spoke, he took a few steps in front of Chen Cai, low-key and calm.

Chen Zu suddenly realized.

After studying for a while, Jingnu came down from upstairs and said, "The clothes you have picked are all on the couch." ”

At Zhao Yu's suggestion, Chen Cai went upstairs to change his body.

I saw Chen Zu at this time, wearing an earth-colored lining, a brown belt around his waist, and a loose brown coat on the outside, and the jade crown that was the most inconsistent with his identity was replaced by a cloth belt for binding his hair, and the whole person looked much more pleasing to the eye.

"That's it?"

Chen Zu looked at Zhao Yu and Jing Nu with some suspicion: "This can show that I am very rich?" ”

"At least it doesn't look like you're stupid."

Zhao Yu replied with a smile, and immediately looked Chen Zu up and down.

Not to mention, Jing Nu had met many businessmen from Yexian and Luyang with him, so naturally there would be no problems in choosing clothes, but Zhao Yu still felt out of place.

When he told Jing Nu about this confusion, Jing Nu thought about it, gestured to her lower abdomen and said, "It should be the body type." …… Most of the rich people are pampered, so most of them have thick necks and wide faces, and most of them have big bellies, but the owner of Chen Zhai looks too thin, so it looks a little strange......"

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded in agreement.

But it's not like it's like returning, and there's no way, after all, there are very few people in Black Tiger Village who can take charge of themselves and all of them hold important positions, so Zhao Yu can only hope that Chen Zu will eat more mellow in the future, and don't be like a thin bamboo pole anymore - there are a few rich people in the world who lack hearts and eyes will make themselves as thin as a bamboo pole?

After a playful review, Zhao Yu, Chen Zu, and Chen Cai sat down at a low table in the corner and began to discuss business.

When Zhao Yu asked how the preparations were, Chen Zuzhengse said: "The general preparation is almost complete, and the door will be opened in a day or two......

Zhao Yu nodded and said: "According to what I said before, you only need to supply rice and vegetarian dishes, for the time being, you can eat and vegetables in the city, and I will have people send the money." By the way, about buying rice and vegetables, Chen Cai, you go and talk about it, and learn how to negotiate. ”

“……”

Chen Zu glanced at Chen Cai thoughtfully, but didn't ask much.

"Yes."

Chen Cai nodded, and then hesitated and said, "Chief, do you only buy vegetables and grain, then let's ......?"

As if guessing Chen Cai's concerns, Zhao Yu said with a smile: "I only said that rice and vegetarian dishes are provided for free, as for your food, you can solve it yourself, do you still have to ask me about this kind of thing?" ”

Chen Cai suddenly realized this, and scratched his head with a shameful face.

From the side, Chen Zu seemed to ask meaningfully: "Then, when can you provide meat to outsiders?" I don't think it's a bad thing to recruit some people to help the village build the cottage as soon as possible......"

"Hmm......"

Zhao Yu pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Then you will weigh it, but remember, the main thing is to buy people's hearts, although the county government, Liu and Ma will not easily move you, but the general county guards may not, if you can make a good name in the city, then there is no need for Liu and Ma to come forward, and the people who get benefits in this righteous house will not sit back and watch you be arrested by the county guards." …… When that's done, you can think about serving meat. ”

"Understood."

Chen Zu nodded.

Two days later, the house opened.

Chen Cai placed a wooden sign at the door that read, 'Free Food' and 'Each Meal is limited to 300 people'.

Because the whole county was not informed in a big way, there was almost no one in the first two days, but Chen Cai and the others were not in a hurry, and they drank wine and ate meat in the house by themselves.

But soon, a rumor gradually spread in Kunyang City, saying that in an old house in the south of the city, vegetarian dishes and rice were provided free of charge, and each meal was served to 300 people.

Of course, it's just vegetarian dishes and rice, no meat or alcohol.

Many people in the county didn't believe it at first, but they just ran to the old house with the intention of trying, but they didn't expect it to be real, that the old house really provided rice and vegetarian dishes to anyone for free, without charging a single penny.

Who can't be tempted by the free rice and vegetarian dishes?

Only a few days later, Chen Zu and Chen Cai were in charge of the righteous house, from the door to the crowded, whether it was the ruffians in the city, or the poor people, they all ran to the righteous house on time to eat, and even a few days later, people began to line up in front of the righteous house.

Gradually, the news reached the county government in Kunyang and the ears of the county lieutenant Ma Gai.

Someone built a house in the city that provided free vegetarian food and rice to anyone?

Is there still such a fool in the world?

With wonder and puzzlement, Ma Gai led a team of county guards to the righteous house according to the guidance, and sure enough, he saw many people lined up in front of the righteous house.

Suddenly, the pupils in Ma Gai's eyes shrank suddenly.

Because he was shocked to see that above the door of the righteous house, there was a plaque with the words "Black Tiger Righteous House".

Hey, hey, hey, it's too arrogant......

In addition to thinking about it, Ma Gai suddenly felt an inexplicable nervousness and uneasiness.

Even if it was the internal response of the Black Tiger Village, he never expected that the group of Black Tiger thieves would dare to extend their power to his county seat in Kunyang.

Those bastards......

What the hell do you want to do?!