Shentai Peak Dazhai finally descended.

To be precise, it was a run.

That night, there were sporadic bandits who sneaked down Shentai Peak and slipped quietly under the cover of night.

Luo Daniu and Li Dingliang ambushed people and horses at several nearby exits, and those who fled with light steps and sporadically were all spared, and only those who rode horses, carried large bags and small bags, and had heavy steps, and found a lot of money and food from these people.

Nearly 200 people ran all night, most of whom died on the way.

Luo Daniu didn't have the patience to wait for them to run one by one, and hung more than 100 people's heads on a big tree not far from Shentai Peak Dazhai overnight.

Early the next morning, those who were still lucky, who were quietly holding on to the silver and preparing to run away, saw the big tree full of human heads, and obediently walked down the mountain, knelt on the ground and begged.

Luo Da Niu made a rough screening, cut down the big and small bosses and those who were full of evil, and all the rest were staked to the mine for mining.

Now, the mine has also organized a 200-person mine protection team, divided into two groups, one group for mining, and the other for patrol and vigilance to prevent prisoners from getting into trouble.

Compared with the Huangcong Mountain of Bashan Tiger, the money and grain of Shentai Peak Dazhai are not much, only 1,300 stone of grain, and the silver is only more than 500 taels.

After Luo Daniu cut down a few bandits in a row, those who surrendered hurriedly took Emperor Guan's army to dig up silver, and almost cut Shentai Peak to the bottom, and dug out more than 4,000 taels of silver, more than 100 taels of gold, and a bunch of gold, silver, jewelry, and jade pendants.

In addition to money and grain, there are hundreds of women in Shentai Peak Dazhai, as well as 200 war horses, more than 100 cattle, sheep, donkeys, mules and other livestock, more than 300 catties of salt, hundreds of cotton, linen and satin, more than 300 catties of cotton, countless knives, guns and sticks, and countless miscellaneous things.

These things are the family funds that Guo Yan has saved in six years.

Qin Chuan not only retained the Shentai Peak Dazhai, but also strengthened the fortifications, dug several cisterns, and did not move the money and grain in the cottage, only sent the hundred or so women and livestock back to Mengjiazhuang.

This Dazhai is the second nest, an attack on Fangshan Fort, a bridgehead to block the western gateway of Loufu, and also a pincer, and Mengjiazhuang one east and one west clamp three cliffs and East Hulu River.

This place is also a way out, in case Mengjiazhuang is unfortunately targeted by a certain bigwig, and he really can't hold it, Qin Chuan can also take people to hide in Xiaowen Mountain Shentai Peak to preserve his strength.

As for the Huangcong Mountain Dazhai...... Qin Chuan planned to raze it to the ground because he didn't have that many troops to garrison so many places.

Nearly 1,000 villagers who were repairing water conservancy were transferred, and all ox carts, donkey carts, chicken carts, and bus carts were also transferred to Huangcong Mountain, and all the money, grain, and everything else were transported back to Mengjiazhuang.

All the wooden houses, wooden walls, horses, and other things made of wood, including the wooden houses inside and outside the cottage, were also demolished, and all the timber was transported back to build houses.

There is no shortage of trees in this vicinity, the area from Huangcong Mountain to Guandi Mountain is full of towering spruce, and the dense forest is continuous, but Qinchuan is too lazy to cut wood, and it is much easier to use ready-made wood than to cut it down and dry it and then saw, and almost all the houses in Huangcong Mountain Village are built of spruce wood, and the materials are very good.

The women in the two big villages of Shentai Peak and Huangcong Mountain were all sent back to Mengjiazhuang.

Qin Chuan allowed them to leave freely, but less than a tenth of the nearly 200 women eventually left, most of these women were homeless, and their families either starved to death, or died at the hands of the Liukou, or followed the Liukou to fight and kill everywhere, and they didn't know where to go back.

Most of those who still have family members are also reluctant to go back, they have been captive by bandits for so long, and when they return home, they will only be pointed at by their neighbors, and they will not be able to raise their heads and be human beings for the rest of their lives.

In the end, there were more than 170 women left, and Qin Chuan specially allocated two courtyards for them to live in, and let them weave and sew clothes in Mengjiazhuang.

In Qinchuan's planning, agriculture was put in the first place, followed by iron smelting and animal husbandry, followed by the textile industry, Yongning Prefecture not far from the southwest is rich in cotton, and there are also many people planting in Lou Fu Jing Lelan County, which is very suitable for the development of textile industry.

In addition to weaving cloth, these women also had another great use: to marry the old bandits of Jiuji Mountain or the Guan Emperor Army to start a family, and reproduce future meritorious children.

He wants his subordinates to marry wives and have children, and starting a family will make them feel more at home, more willing to spare their lives, and will pay more to protect their homeland.

Liu Youzhu is a typical case, this guy used both soft and hard to get Meng Guiming's niece in his hands, and treated the arrogant lady obediently.

After that, the man seemed to be a different man, and he no longer gambled with his brothers, and drank less, but went back to his little courtyard in the evening, closed the doors and windows tightly, and only rushed out from time to time with a knife in his hand, and screamed at the stunned goods who were hiding under the windows and eavesdropping.

Qin Chuan felt that this was a good thing.

His subordinates had to first become normal people with families and families, and eventually become the founding feats of the descendants of the glorious ancestors.

Compared with Liu Youzhu, Luo Daniu is much more cowardly.

When escorting those women back to Mengjiazhuang, Luo Da Niu rode a horse around Miss Li when he had nothing to do, and after seeing the other party's three-inch golden lotus walking the mountain road and shaking it step by step, he also brought a well-behaved mare to Miss Li.

Who knew that Miss Li didn't shake him, her face was as cold as a piece of ice, and she just walked with her head bored with small steps.

Luo Da Niu was not discouraged, and walked beside him with a cheeky horse, no matter how he looked like a pug.

When an honest and honest villager drove the donkey cart to pull the grain from behind, Miss Li, with the help of the little maid, twisted her hips and got on the donkey cart, Luo Da Niu hurriedly chased after him, threw the villager out of the car, and then sat on the donkey cart himself as a handlebar, and the grieving and sad women around him laughed and trembled.

Miss Li's face was flushed with shame, she jumped out of the car, ran to the back and changed to an ox cart.

Luo Da Niu hurriedly followed, and kicked the handlebar of the ox cart out of the car, and before he could lift the bullwhip, Miss Li snatched the long knife from his waist in annoyance, and a petite and delicate chick dragged a five-foot long knife with great difficulty, and drove the five big and three who were as thick as cattle all over the mountain.

The people around laughed, and the road was filled with cheerful air.

Qin Chuan wanted to talk to Luo Da Niu about something, but when he saw this scene from afar, he pulled the reins of his horse and turned around and walked away.

He now feels that Luo Daniu's bite by Miss Li is not wronged, not wronged at all.

……

Jingshi, the Forbidden City's Huangji Gate, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen ignored the ministers standing outside the Huangji Gate, and only applauded at a letter of inscription.

After reading it several times in a row, Chongzhen asked Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, who was standing under the pier, "Have the four thousand heads ever been inspected?" ”

Zhang Fengyi bowed and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, it has been verified that men and women have been verified by Wei Chen's personal examination of speech and water throwing methods, and the four thousand three hundred and seventy-two heads are all men, and half of them are perennial drinkers and meat-eaters. ”

"Good, very good!"

Chongzhen's slightly pale face showed a hint of undisguised joy, and said: "Shanxi Song Tongyin used his troops properly, and he won this great victory, and he should be rewarded. ”

"Lou Fu's inspection makes Qin Chuan wise and brave, and he should be rewarded with 10,000 enemies with hundreds of people!"

"Tell me, how should I seal these three capable generals?"

As soon as the words fell, I heard a light cough, and Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, stood up.

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, these three people must not be appreciated."

Chongzhen frowned: "Why?" ”

Zhou Yanru lowered his head a few points and said: "Since the thieves entered Shanxi, they have been like a bamboo, like entering a no-man's land, Pingyang, Zezhou, Daning, etc. have fallen into the hands of thieves, or have been swept away by thieves, and now even Shouyang has fallen into the hands of thieves." ”

"Song Tongyin dispatched tens of thousands of battalions from all walks of life to supervise and fuss the standard, but he couldn't stop the enemy one step, and it was difficult to blame him for his failure to defend the territory."

"Not long ago, the minister got a secret report, Song Tongyin had ordered the soldiers in front, the thief was killed, and the thief was able to sweep all the way to the half of Shanxi, but now there is a good report of four thousand, which is diametrically opposite to the previous battle situation, contradictory, the minister thinks that there must be a demon when something goes wrong, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice."

Chongzhen's face changed: "You mean, Song Tongyin lied about his military exploits?" ”

Zhou Yanru bowed down again and said: "Song Tongyin is not able to defend the territory, and he has repeatedly lost the state capital, so he must know his own situation. ”

At this time, Wen Tiren, a scholar of Dongge University, also coughed lightly, first saluted Chongzhen, and then asked Zhou Yanru: "Lord Zhou, if it is as you said, where did the four thousand three hundred heads come from?" ”

Zhou Yanru smiled slightly: "The thieves are divided into thirty-six battalions and seventy-two families, and they are constantly attacking each other, and the land of Shanxi is full of corpses, what is the difficulty of collecting the heads of two or three thousand old bandits?" ”

Wen Tiren was speechless for a while, so he had to bow to Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, I think that Song Tongyin will definitely not do such a rebellious thing. ”

"Previously, Song Tongyin also reported on He Changbao of Jingle Zhixian County and Lou Fu Yishi Qin Chuan to break the thief Kou, and presented the heads of hundreds of thieves, His Majesty personally appointed Lou Fu Yishi Qin Chuan as the inspection envoy, it can be seen that Lou Fu does have Qin Chuan and his people, and he is also wise and brave, plus Shanxi General Hu Dawei is brave and brave, and he uses troops properly, and it is not impossible to break the enemy with hundreds of people and Hu Dawei 2,000 soldiers and horses."

"From this, the minister thought that Lou Fu's great victory was indeed a thing, and Song Tongyin categorically couldn't do such an act of deceiving the king."

After listening to Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren's words, Chongzhen, who had always been capricious, didn't speak for a long time, only looked at the two with a wrinkled brow.