"PS: I heard that it's better to have two in one? Is it divided into two chapters or one chapter?"

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As the so-called son of heaven and a courtier, since Zhao Yu replaced Yang Tong as the master of the Black Tiger Village, everyone in the village guessed that this kid would definitely find an opportunity to rectify the cottage and gather power, but this time Zhao Yu's efforts to rectify the cottage are still beyond everyone's imagination.

"It's really unheard of to use the official system of the official family to manage the cottage."

After returning to his residence, Chu Jiao said to his son Chu Yan with a smile.

It can be seen that Chu Jiao is very interested in some of the systems proposed by Zhao Yu, but for some reason, Chu Yan seems to be a little ...... Embarrassed.

Seeing this, Chu Jiao was puzzled and asked, "Ah Yan, what's wrong with you?" ”

Under the questioning of her father-in-law, Chu Yan explained the reason in a hurry.

I have to say that Chu Yan is also a keen person, and after listening to Zhao Yu's position today, he also guessed a few clues.

For example, the establishment of the big and small commanders, to a certain extent, is to integrate the villagers and weaken the influence of the original leaders, simply put, the bandits that originally belonged to the leaders will be concentrated in the hands of Chen Mo, Wang Qing and his Chu Yan in the future, including the original old subordinates of his father-in-law Chu Jiao, which made Chu Yan faintly feel a kind of panic that he had taken the position of his father.

After listening to Chu Yan's explanation, Chu Jiao was stunned, and then laughed.

He smiled and asked Chu Yan, "Ah Yan, what do you think?" …… According to what you said, Guo Da's rights in the future are not as good as Chen Mo? ”

"Isn't it?" Chu Yan replied puzzledly: "All the people are concentrated in the hands of the three of us." ”

Seeing this, Chu Jiao shook his head with a smile and said with a smile: "You think too simply. …… Chen Mo's position as the commander is like a general in the court, the generals in the past, there are indeed many soldiers under his hands, but have you ever heard of which general is in charge of the court? After that, he added with a smile: "Silly boy, the real power is on Guo Dahe's father's side!" ”

"How so?" Chu Yan was a little confused.

Seeing this, Chu Jiao tested Chu Yan and said, "Let me ask you, who is this rectification aimed at?" ”

Chu Yan can still see this matter: "It's Liu Heimu." ”

"Good." Chu Jiao nodded, and asked again: "Then why didn't Liu Heimu object?" Now in the village, forty percent of them are his subordinates, if Zhang Feng and Ma Hong are stupid and are co-opted by Liu Heimu, it will be even worse. But why did our new village owner not take Liu Heimu into account at all, and Liu Heimu did not dare to object? ”

"Isn't it because the brave are all on our side?" Chu Yan asked puzzled.

Chu Jiao shook his head with a smile, and then said with a straight face: "Wrong! …… Our new owner is not afraid, because he has confidence. ”

He knocked on the table in front of him and asked, "Does Liu Heimu dare to rebel?" In Luyang County, which he was not familiar with. If you think about Wang Qing, a while ago he took thirty or forty people down the mountain and wanted to loot a village, but he was captured alive by that village. That's not all, the village still secretly sends us food...... The father is not to take your words, and you don't have to reveal to me the true identity of our new village master, the father is to tell you that as long as you are not blind, everyone can see that our new village master has a very big face in Luyang. I even suspect that our new village owner may have even greeted the county government here in Luyang......"

He stroked his beard, frowned, and said, "It's too quiet." …… Wang Qing was arrested, his traces have been exposed, there are so many people in Zheng Township, there must be someone who reported to the local county government, how could the local county government not get the slightest rumor? But more than a month has passed, and the local county government is like a blind and deaf person, which must be ...... There is a problem. ”

『……』

Looking at his father-in-law who was caught in speculation, Chu Yan threw himself to the ground in admiration, if he hadn't promised Guo Da to keep Zhao Yu's secret, he couldn't wait to echo it at this moment.

And at this moment, Zhang Feng's voice came from outside the house: "Chu Jiao, are you resting?" If you don't stop, Ma Hong and I have something to discuss with you. ”

Chu Jiao was stunned for a moment, and then said to Chu Yan with a smile: "These two people are panicked. ”

Chu Yan smiled knowingly, opened the door of the house at the signal of her father-in-law, and invited Zhang Feng and Ma Hong to the house.

It can be seen that Zhang Feng and Ma Hong seem a little restrained and uneasy.

When Chu Jiao invited them to sit down, Zhang Feng said with a bit of pleading: "Chu Jiao, what we said at the beginning was the same thing, but now you want to pull the brothers." ”

Chu Jiao pressed his hand, signaling the two of them to be calm, and immediately, he asked: "Let me ask you two first, has Liu Heimu looked for you two?" ”

Zhang Feng and Ma Hong glanced at each other, and immediately, Zhang Feng nodded and said, "He sent someone to invite us over for dinner and wine in private, but we didn't dare to go." ”

Chu Jiao nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Zhang Feng and Ma Hong and said, "It seems that you two are not confused, and you can understand the situation." ”

"So what?" Ma Hong said with a little dissatisfaction: "Zhang Feng and I have the heart to defect to the master of Zhou Zhai, but he doesn't want to treat us as his own people." ”

Chu Jiao smiled when he heard this: "Chen Zu is not in a hurry, what are you two anxious about?" ”

"What's going on with Chen Zu?"

Zhang Feng and Ma Hong looked at each other and said puzzledly: "What do you say...... I don't really understand. ”

Seeing this, Chu Jiao asked the two of them: "Don't mention Niu Heng who lacks roots and tendons, Chen Zu, is he a henchman of the master of Zhou Zhai?" ”

This......

Zhang Feng and Ma Hong are really unsure.

"Confused."

Chu Jiao shook his head secretly.

In his opinion, Chen Zu was of course Zhao Yu's confidant, you must know that on the night of Yang Tong's death, it happened that Zhao Yu released Chen Zu from the dungeon, and according to his attention at the time, even Guo Da didn't know about this matter.

That's interesting.

Just when Yang Tong and his entourage were chased and killed by Ishihara's group of officers and soldiers near Xiangcun, their new owner of the village released Chen Zu, who hated Yang Tong the most, from the dungeon......

Thinking back to the time when the officers and soldiers appeared outside the Black Tiger Village with Yang Tong's head, Chen Zu didn't even regret that Yang Tong died at the hands of others......

But not many people seem to notice this.

Coughing, Chu Jiao Zhengse said: "Chen Zu, of course he is the confidant of the master of Zhou Zhai, with his ability, it is impossible for the master of Zhou Zhai not to reuse him, but you two look at Chen Zu today, he has only won an empty title of the master of the village...... But do you see that Chen Zu is in a hurry? Divide the village, divide the village, Chen Zu will definitely not be in the village in the future, the master of Zhou Zhai has other arrangements for him, and the same is true for the two of you. ”

Speaking of this, he said with a smile: "So, you two came to me to find the wrong person, you should go to Chen Zu, in the future, the two of you will be with him, both of them are from other villages and separate villages." …… For the rest, you go to Chen Zu, he is the only one on his side, and he is short of manpower, so he will not treat you two badly. As for your two former subordinates, you can mention it to Chen Zu, he is also short of people, and he will speak for you. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Feng and Ma Hongmao suddenly opened up and left with a thousand thanks.

Looking at the backs of Zhang Feng and Ma Hong leaving, Chu Yan asked Chu Jiao curiously: "Father-in-law, is the owner of the village really ready to arrange Chen Zu like this?" ”

"You think I'm talking nonsense?"

Chu Jiao scolded with a smile, and then stroked his beard and said: "Regarding Chen Zu's appointment, I don't know exactly who is my father, but I guess that Chen Zu should be a very important move for our village master...... Forget it, it doesn't matter to us anyway. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and patted Chu Yan on the shoulder, and admonished: "The position of the right commander is also quite remarkable, no one is robbing you at the moment, but in the future, the cottage will be big, then maybe, take advantage of the fact that there are still few capable people in the village, and hold it firmly." ”

Chu Yan said with a smile: "My father-in-law also looks down on the child, even if there are more capable people in the future and someone competes with me, I am not afraid." ”

"Okay, backbone!"

Chu Jiao smiled and nodded, looking relieved.

The next day, Chu Yan got up early in the morning and reported to Chen Mo's house as agreed.

The two waited for a long time before seeing Wang Qing come to Chen Mo's house with a lazy face.

Seeing this, Chen Mo said unhappily: "Didn't I say it yesterday, we will meet in my house today." ”

As soon as he heard this, Wang Qing said in a strange manner: "Ouch, Great Commander, Great Commander Chen, we are bandits, do you want to ask a group of bandits to order every day like soldiers?" ”

"It's time in the army."

Chen Mo glanced at Wang Qing and said lightly: "Like you, it is estimated that you have already been killed with a rod because of repeated teachings." …… Also, pay attention to your attitude, is this the attitude towards the savior? ”

“……”

Wang Qing opened his mouth and pointed at Chen Mo so angry that he couldn't speak.

From the side, Chu Yan, as a junior character, did not dare to get involved in the quarrel between the two, so he saw the opportunity to play a round and said: "Great Commander, what are we going to do?" ”

Seeing Chu Yan asking about business, Chen Mo didn't bother to quarrel with Wang Qing anymore, and said: "The owner of the village means that he hopes that the three of us will integrate the people in the village and train them......" He glanced at Wang Qing and deliberately added: "Train them like an army!" ”

"Ha ......"

Wang Qing spread his hands and rolled his eyes.

"Isn't it ridiculous?"

Chen Mo glanced at Wang Qing and said lightly: "If you and my subordinates could be as strong as soldiers, there would not have been so many sacrifices when that 'general' led the people up the mountain. ”

Hearing this, Wang Qing's face changed suddenly, and he immediately stopped speaking with a calm face.

With Wang Qing not stirring up, things have sped up a lot.

Immediately, Chen Mo summoned his subordinate Liu Tu and ordered: "Liu Tu, immediately gather all the people in the village and ask everyone to gather in the open space in the village." Remind them to wait before the second hour of the hour! ”

After listening to Chen Mo's request, Liu Tu asked in surprise, "Is it everyone?" Guo Da, Niu Heng, Liu Heimu, they ......"

"All the people!" Chen Mo emphasized in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Liu Tu nodded hurriedly and sent people to various houses in Changshan Village to call people to gather.

To his surprise, the people under Guo Da and Niu Heng's hands were unusually cooperative, and after hearing the gathering, they immediately gathered in the open space in the mountain village under the leadership of Chen Cai, and Liu Tu felt a little unbelievable in the cooperation.

In addition, Zhang Feng and Ma Hong's subordinates were also very cooperative, plus Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Chu Jiao, Chu Yan's father and son's subordinates, about three-fifths of the villagers in Black Tiger Village quickly gathered in the open space in the mountain village.

"There are only Liu Heimu's people left......"

Wang Qing crossed his arms and said to Chen Mo, "I guess, they won't be so obedient." ”

"Exactly."

Chen Mo sneered.

Seeing the bandits gathered in the open space in the village, the villagers of Changshan Village were very surprised, and they stood at the door of the house or stood at the window to peep, wanting to see what the hell these bandits were doing.

After a while, the hour arrived at the second quarter, and the thieves under Liu Heimu came out of their respective houses in twos and threes, wanting to blend in with the team in the clearing.

However, Chen Mo refused to let them join the team, the reason was very simple, the hour had passed.

I saw him say in a deep voice to Liu Heimu's subordinates: "The lord of the village appointed Chen as the commander yesterday to govern the training of all the villagers, I ordered you to wait for the hour to gather, but you are too late, since you disobey, when there is a punishment, you will be punished for not eating all day long!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Heimu's subordinates immediately became anxious and shouted and cursed one after another.

Seeing this, Chen Mo took the spear from Liu Tu's hand, Wang Qing also gloated and operated the double knife, and the two of them stood in front of a group of Liu Heimu's men.

"What, do you want to rebel?"

Chen Mo said with a cold face.

From the side, Wang Qing raised his right hand to raise the knife, knocked his shoulder with the back of the knife, licked his lips and said: "Lao Tzu has been very depressed these days, and it is not bad to move his muscles and bones......

"So tough?"

Chu Yan was stunned for a moment, slowed down for half a beat, and hurriedly stepped forward to stand in a column with Chen Mo and Wang Qing, staring at the opposite side vigilantly while pressing the scabbard to draw the knife.

Looking at the attitudes of Chen Mo, Wang Qing, and Chu Yan, and then looking at the cadres behind the three of them, Liu Heimu's subordinates suddenly felt empty-hearted, and they drooped their heads one by one and didn't dare to speak.

It's no wonder, after all, Zhao Yu's side has a large number of people and a lot of fierce generals, and when it comes to fighting, Liu Heimu's subordinates have no chance of winning at all.

Speaking of which, how big can a mountain village be?

When Chen Mo, Wang Qing, and Chu Yan confronted Liu Heimu's men, Chen Zu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong leaned not far away to watch the show.

Thanks to Chu Jiao's suggestion, Zhang Feng and Ma Hong finally found Chen Zu, the backbone, and Chen Zu also accepted Zhang Feng and Ma Hong as Chu Jiao said, and now the three of them have become a small group.

Seeing the confrontation in front of him, Chen Zu leaned against the wall of a room with his hands folded, and joked with a smile: "Hey, there is infighting in Black Tiger Village, if this really fights, it will be lively." ”

Hearing this, Ma Hong said, "It's not appropriate to say this, right? ”

"Why can't you even understand a joke?"

Chen Zu glanced at Ma Hong, then looked at the confrontation in the distance and chuckled: "Don't worry, you can't fight." …… Although there are a lot of people on Liu Heimu's side, most of the brave ones are on our side, if it really fights, just Chen Mo, Wang Qing, and Chu Yan can kill half of them, do you think Liu Heimu has a guts? At best, he just wanted to try, to see if Zhou Hu and Chen Mo dared to do it......"

Speaking of this, Chen Zu shook his head slightly.

Whether Chen Mo dared to make a move or not, Chen Zu didn't know, but Zhao Yu would definitely dare to do it, don't forget, in order to get rid of Yang Tong, Zhao Yu gave up attacking the three or four hundred bandits in Xiangcun.

Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hongneng fled back to the cottage with their remaining men, all because of good luck.

At the beginning, Zhao Yu did not hesitate to give up three or four hundred thieves in order to get rid of Yang Tong, and today he is in charge of the cottage, do you dare to attack Liu Heimu, who is pretending to be obedient?

In this regard, Chen Zu could only say that the age of their new village owner was too deceptive, if Liu Heimu knew the truth like him, he would dare to test it like this?

"Liu Heimu is almost about to come forward, and if he doesn't come forward, he won't be able to be the boss. …… It's a pity that even if he comes forward, it won't help. ”

Chen Zu said lightly.

Sure enough, after Chen Zu finished speaking, Liu Heimu came forward over there, only to see him walk quickly in front of Chen Mo, Wang Qing, and Chu Yan, and pretended to be unaware and asked, "Three, I don't know what happened?" ”

Seeing Liu Heimu pretending, Wang Qing smiled and bluntly debunked: "Liu Heimu, can we not pretend to be garlic?" I don't believe you really don't know. ”

His words made Liu Hei's face very embarrassed.

In contrast, it was Chen Mo who was kind, hugged his fist towards Liu Heimu, and then explained casually: "That's the case, Lord Liu Zhai also knows that yesterday Chen was fortunate to be promoted to the commander of the village by the lord of the village, responsible for the training of the villagers, this morning I ordered the villagers to gather in the open space in the village before the second quarter of the hour, and the rest of the people were very punctual, but the subordinates of the master of Liu Zhai did not come until after the second quarter of the hour." …… Yesterday, the owner of the village said that the state has national laws, and we must naturally have village rules, otherwise, there are no rules and no square circle, since these people disobey Chen's order, Chen, as the commander, naturally has the right to punish them. Thinking of the first offense, I punish them for not eating for a day, this punishment is not heavy, right? ”

In all fairness, Chen Mo's punishment is indeed not heavy, but the problem is that his punishment is essentially weakening Liu Heimu's binding force on his subordinates, if Liu Heimu admits Chen Mo's punishment, then his subordinates will undoubtedly recognize a reality: that is, Liu Heimu's words are not as effective as Chen Mo's words.

In other words, Liu Heimu will slowly lose his prestige, and his subordinates will gradually defect to Chen Mo and Zhao Yu's side.

Therefore, Liu Heimu had no choice but to bite the bullet and force Chen Mo to take back his life.

"This ......" he sneered a few times and said: "The owner of the big village wants to train the villagers, and his intention is clear to Liu, that is, he hopes that the villagers will sacrifice less in the future, but ...... We are bandits after all, isn't it a bit too much to ask the people of the village like a pawn in the army? ”

"Why does that sound so familiar?"

Chen Mo turned his head and glanced at Wang Qing.

Of course, Wang Qing understood what Chen Mo meant when he turned his head to look at him, and he immediately became angry, and scolded Liu Heimu with a black face: "What soldiers, bandits, soldiers are people, we are not people?" Why can't we do what the soldiers can do? You're quibbling! ”

"What the Left Commander said is extremely true!"

Chu Yan held back a smile and praised with her fists.

Chen Mo also felt quite funny, but he held back because of the inappropriate timing, he raised his hand and pointed at Wang Qing, nodded and affirmed: "Wang Qing's words, I think it's very right." I don't think it's appropriate for Lord Liu Zhai to use this defense. …… I have always said that one day is a thief, a lifetime is a thief, although we are hiding here, but hiding for a while, may not be able to hide for a lifetime, we will eventually encounter the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers in the future, just like Liu Zhai Lord said, today the Lord of Dazhai ordered me to train the villagers, just so that the brothers can make less sacrifices in the future, in this matter, Liu Zhai Lord should support Chen like the rest of the people. ”

"The rest of the people are with you, of course they support you!"

After scolding a few words in his heart, Liu Heimu sneered and said, "Yes, the Great Commander is right, but ...... Everything should be done gradually, and it may not be appropriate for the Grand Commander to demand everyone with the rules and regulations of the army all at once......"

"There's nothing wrong with that." Chen Mo calmly corrected Liu Heimu's words: "Be less lazy today and sweat more, so that you can save your life tomorrow, what's wrong with this?" ”

"Uh......"

Liu Hei's eyes were stopped, and after some hesitation, he pleaded: "I understand, but this time...... Can it be for Liu's sake to avoid everyone's punishment? Rest assured, the Grand Commander, I will definitely restrain them when I return. ”

While Wang Qing was sneering, Chen Mo shook his head and said, "No, the rules of the village are the rules of the village!" …… In order to maintain Chen's prestige, even Guo Zhaicheng asked his brothers to actively cooperate, and I can't smash this prestige that everyone has established for me here. After a pause, he said: "In addition, there is no need for Lord Liu Zhai to restrain his subordinates, as long as they are still from my Black Tiger Village and eat the food of my Black Tiger Village, then they must abide by the rules of the village!" ”

“……”

Liu Hei's face changed greatly.

He didn't expect Chen Mo to speak so bluntly and directly past him Liu Heimu.

If he swallows his anger, he will never be able to raise his head again......

But the question is, if he can't bear to swallow his anger at this moment, what can he do? As long as he dares to go down the mountain and loot the village, not to mention how the rest of the Black Tiger Village will deal with him, not to mention whether Luyang County will send officers and soldiers to hunt him down, whether he can grab food in the villages on the ground in Luyang, this is a problem.

Didn't you see that even Wang Qing was planted a while ago?

"Beautiful!"

At this time, in the distance, Chen Zu stroked his palms and smiled: "It's all at this time, then Liu Heimu still wants to invite people to buy people's hearts, but it's a pity that Chen Mo didn't give him this opportunity." Hehehe, my own family, it's a little interesting......"

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Zhang Feng and Ma Hong, and said with a bit of playfulness: "Fortunately, the two of you have made a wise decision this time, if you two are with Liu Heimu, then there are two of you who are difficult to ride a tiger at this moment." ”

Zhang Feng and Ma Hong nodded with palpitations.

Probably sensing that the two of them still had some concerns, Chen Zu patted Ma Hong's shoulder and said with relief: "Don't worry, the three of us are different from that guy." ”

"I hope ......"

Zhang Feng and Ma Hong nodded slightly.

Now, they can't resist anymore, so they can only listen to the arrangements in the village.

On the same day, Guo Da, who was in charge of money and food, unsurprisingly firmly supported Chen Mo, and punished Liu Heimu's subordinates for not being allowed to eat for a day.

Liu Heimu's subordinates were indignant and noisy, and they were immediately caught by Niu Heng and taught a few thorns a lesson, and were fined a day's rations.

Under such circumstances, Liu Heimu's subordinates indignantly asked Liu Heimu to take them down the mountain and part ways with the rest of them, but how could Liu Heimu have the courage to part ways? At the very least, we have to wait until we return to Kunyang.

He could only comfort his subordinates and make them endure for a while.

Seeing Liu Heimu so cowardly, his subordinates were angry and hateful, but they had nothing to do, so they could only honestly obey Chen Mo's orders.

Gradually, Liu Heimu and his group were disheartened, and by around December, there were very few of Liu Heimu's original subordinates who could still mobilize the ground.

During this period of time, the Black Tiger Village changed its separatist appearance of 'separating the heroes', and gradually condensed into an integrated force headed by Zhao Yu, Guo Da and Chu Jiao, and Chen Mo, Wang Qing, and Chu Yan.

Although this force is still very weak, it has undoubtedly laid a solid foundation for the future by following the system established by the government.

At the same time, in Feng Village in Kunyang, Xu Fen bid farewell to Ning Niang, Deng Bai, Deng Song and others, and crossed Yingshan alone, braving the frost and snow to the west to find the villagers of Black Tiger Village......