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Qingfeng Zhai Beizhai, these big bullies who are attached to the people in the countryside to suck blood and do evil, are also the most basic level of the Great Song Dynasty, all the corrupt and stubborn tumors have been cleared, and the floating wealth has been looted, and the harvest has been roughly summarized, and the harvest has surprised and satisfied Song Jiang, and he also felt Hua Rong's deep affection for him, and Song Jiang's mood has also improved a lot.

In fact, not all of these big households were killed by the robbers of Qingfeng Village in the past, and a large part of them were raised by large households to protect their families and deceive the slaves.

These thugs tried to resist at first in the face of the robbers who killed them, and they had to fight for their own escape, if not the owner.

But in Qingfeng Village, the big families do not have high-walled compounds, and there is no Zhuangbao to defend, so they can only resist directly in front of the house in the face of robber invasion, and they suffer heavy casualties, and they are immediately frightened.

These people are all vicious and selfish scum who follow the master of a big family to commit murder and mischief, how many of them can be loyal to the Lord? Seeing that they could not resist the crazy and numerous robbers, some people were so frightened that they shouted to surrender, and actually got the permission of the robbers to take them in, and immediately surrendered piece by piece, in order to show the sincerity of submission, they handed in the petition of their names, and consciously waved their knives at the master's house and their former partners who refused to surrender without the robbers' persecution request, which was more ferocious than the robbers, and relied on their familiarity with the master's house, the efficiency of killing and robbing was extremely high, which greatly accelerated the speed of the robbers' robbery.

One bully after another hated and angrily scolded the anti-master slaves before they died, and they were ungrateful and could not die well, and the result was naturally that they could only provoke these slaves to kill their masters more and more ferocious and rampant. Big families are naturally not stupid if they can become big families, which family doesn't know that the thugs they raise are a group of dangerous poisonous snakes?

But in the past, when I used it easily, I naturally didn't feel that these people were dangerous scourges around me, and I was proud that I could control these poisonous snakes, and I had a sense of accomplishment in life. They didn't think that this could only be done under the premise that the government ruled in an orderly manner, the legal constraints were effective, and their interests were protected by the government first.

There are more ruffians in Beizhai, but not many deaths.

Except for a few bullies with a lot of property, who did not give up their money and howled and wanted to take the brothers who followed the gangsters to resist the robbers and loot, but were killed by the robbers or the anti-water raids of the gangsters, everyone else surrendered one by one and became the help of the robbers to slaughter the big families and those who took the lead.

After the end of the massacre, the weapons of these people were confiscated and controlled centrally, so that these people could not resist, and then forcibly stamped all the tattoo-like seals on their faces and backs marking the identity of the thief, and formed a separate army, more strictly controlled the whole training, and every time there was a vicious battle that required the use of human lives to charge through the formation or need to pile up human lives to attack the city, etc., it was the opportunity for these people to show their skills and show their main uses.

Which of these scum is not lacking in humanity and is full of crimes, he should have died a long time ago, leaving his life and having the opportunity to make meritorious service to atone for his sins, this is already compassion, how many people die, Chao Gai is not distressed.

The tattoo-like seal can't be washed off, and it can't be removed by the Song people with potions. The Great Song Palace also did not have such technical means.

Otherwise, Di Qing became a general from a thief to a general, and with the status of an important minister, he would not have a lifetime of shame on his face.

If you want to remove the anti-thief mark and escape to continue to mix with the good people, these scumbags can only strip the mark to the deep flesh, but there are marks on the forehead and back of the face in many places, even if these people can endure the pain of cutting the flesh and dare to risk bleeding and dying of infection, but they can't see their faces.

The government already knew the details of the mark from the special propaganda of Erlong Mountain, not to mention the people in the public gate, even the people knew that this person was a robber when they saw the ugly face formed by the flesh.

In this way, the retreat of these cannon fodder who were forcibly harvested was completely cut off.

No matter how unwilling these people are to take risks as robbers, and if they want to continue to mix with society and be ruffians at ease, they can only rely on Erlong Mountain, and they will work harder than other robbers to survive.

Speaking of which, this kind of control and utilization method was first created by the uncle and nephew of the Zhu family in Taohuashan.

They were determined to be robbers in order to strengthen their minions, and they were inspired by the golden seal issued by the imperial court to prisoners and immediately put it into practice, but they failed to do it in their faces to avoid mass resistance and rebellion. When Qin Ming led the army to encircle and suppress Peach Blossom Mountain, thousands of robbers who had no hope for Peach Blossom Mountain or were unwilling to follow the Zhu family and defected all went to Erlong Mountain. And Erlong Mountain originally had tens of thousands of robbers as the foundation, and there were conditions to mark the face, and mark the newly received damn ones separately, and the original robbers supported the cottage and had cannon fodder to take risks on their own, and the few people and the newly recruited cannon fodder could only honestly recognize the mark.

In order to strengthen the credit of breaking Qingfeng Village, Song Jiang did not let go of the money of the surrenderers in Beizhai.

He didn't care that these people had lost their money and were resentful.

If you make a mark, you can only obediently be a bandit in Erlongshan to live more safely, you can only accept your fate, dare to be a thorn in the trouble, and give priority to consuming it in the war in the future.

For the Nanzhai men, Song Jiang also ordered all of them to forcibly cover the anti-Song mark to cut off the retreat of these cheap bones.

These plague men in Nanzhai are afraid that the robbers will kill their heads, so they all honestly admit it.

After successfully searching and remediating Qingfeng Village, Song Jiang's anger and murderous intent in his heart were reduced a lot, but he did not lead the team to leave, but it was late and he was stationed in Qingfeng Village, so he rested in the more luxurious Liu Gao Mansion to strengthen friendship with the leaders, and the next day he ordered the leaders to arrange for the robbers to carry out the collective summer harvest of the newly collected Qingfeng Zhai people.

The main purpose of detention is not to prevent escape, but to supervise the work.

Harvesting wheat this work, rows of wheat evenly distributed to the Qingfeng village men, cut together, who works hard, who is crooked and does not want to contribute, at a glance.

The Nanzhai man and the few remaining women who did not follow Hua Rong were used to farming, and under the supervision of the robbers, they were unwilling to contribute to the work that was not their own harvest, but they did not dare not work hard, and they did not feel anything.

The thugs and ruffians in Beizhai complained bitterly.

They are accustomed to a comfortable life, and they used to live by means of oppression or cheating people, but now they have the sin of cutting wheat under the scorching sun, but if they don't work hard, they will be beaten or even killed, so they have to endure the ferocity and resistance to work hard. There are bold or consciously smart and clever people waiting for an opportunity to escape, and they are detected and caught a natural dead end, and those who successfully escape, the armored robbers also sneer and don't care, don't be lucky and happy too early. Escaping is also asking for a dead end in advance.

After those people escaped, they had marks on their faces, and in order to continue to mix with the good people or play clever tricks and want to get a reward, they all went to the government to report the Qingfeng Village incident and vindicate their innocence, and scolded the robbers for destroying their homes and robbing them of their money to show that they were not at odds with the robbers, hoping that the government would grant them mercy and pardon them from being arrested and killed as robbers. As a result, the government is worried about the fiasco of the bandits and the lack of gain from the above, and the robbers are also resentful and angry to the extreme, and there is no one to show their merits and no robbers can kill the anger, at this moment, the Qingfeng Village that blocked the front line to contain the three mountains was actually lost, not to mention the counties, even the capital city is also directly facing the threat of the three mountain bandits, and the bureaucrats are even more frightened and angry, hey, these people actually dare to take the initiative to send them to the door with the face of anti-thieves, just as a scapegoat to kill, the head is hung at the gate of the city to show the public, and the people's hearts are also warned by the bandits.

If these people who died are not wronged, how can the official take care of them at this moment.

Not to mention that these people are evil, but you know that there is no good thing, in the past, they were either ruffians or people, or serious people, in order to vent their anger, the officials didn't care about killing them.

If you don't kill and clean up, do you still want to keep these people wandering around and live freely in society?

This is not conducive to the stability of the people, to the rule, to the image and achievements of the government in governing the people's livelihood, and not to the identification of robbers. What if the robbers take advantage of the loophole?

That's a valid reason.

Even the Qing officials who love the people will not be soft on these people, and if they are not killed, they will be forcibly escorted to a remote and closed mine or other place to work as prisoners and coolies, and it is impossible for them to mix freely in society.

The terrible fate of the escape soon came, scaring all the captives of Qingfeng Village.

I'm dead. The bad guys in Beizhai and the muddy people in Nanzhai are all working hard and making meritorious contributions, striving to be a qualified robber.

Where there's pressure, there's motivation. In this case, collective labor also showed high efficiency, which was not as effective as the effect of the field to the household.

The summer harvest in Breeze Town was soon over.

The harvested wheat was not threshed from the stem, but Erlongshan was notified to send people to pull it away directly in batches by horse-drawn carts. Of course, all the money and materials of Qingfeng Village were also transported.

Erlongshan has no intention of setting up a stronghold in Qingfeng Village. It is necessary to save the summer harvest time and leave Qingfeng Village early.

After all, Qingzhou Mansion was defeated by bandits, losing 8,000 officers and soldiers, but there are still tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, and there is no shortage of generals, so it may not be necessary to send troops to recapture Qingfeng Village, which is strategically located.

At the same time, Erlongshan is also harvesting wheat that no one has harvested in Liugongzhuang and the seaside.

Tens of thousands of soldiers were dispatched to take advantage of the inability of the officers and soldiers to crusade and control the ground in Qingzhou and quickly harvest.

Everything went well, there was money, living materials, and food, Chao Gai was happy, and his heart was very steady.

Song Jiang also had a smile on his face, and returned to the previous image of filial piety and timely rain, but his heart was not steady, and after finishing Qingfeng Village, he led the team back to Erlong Mountain to be warmly welcomed and entertained by Chao Gai and other leaders.

Song Jiang learned that Qin Ming had become Chao Gai's cavalry guard general, and Huang Xin had also become Chao Gai's infantry guard general and deputy head of the cottage training army and Ren Sen's deputy, and he felt even more uncomfortable.

Looking at Erlong Mountain, there are many leaders and younger brothers who favor him, but none of them are satisfied with him and can rest assured, Song Jiang became more and more depressed in his heart, and found an excuse to admire the divine calculation to visit the lake and mountain god Xu Huai, and chatted privately. Song Jiang was already suspicious of Xu Huai's so-called divine arithmetic ability, and he no longer dared to fully trust this shrewd old man. Xu Huai's old spiciness, only above Song Jiang, although Song Jiang covered it up very well, he still keenly judged that Song Jiang had no confidence in taking the road of being a robber and being recruited, and he lacked trust in his ability.

In order to avoid the embarrassment of Qin Ming and Huang Xin, and to entertain the irrepressive restraint caused by the identity of not being a master or guest in Erlong Mountain, Song Jiang wanted to go home to visit his father.

Xu Huai saw Song Jiang's retreat and evasion mentality.

He didn't explain why he had the ability to calculate but was forced to Erlong Mountain by the officers and soldiers, and restored the image of a god in the world, and treated Song Jiang calmly, and reminded Song Jiang when he left after Song Jiang's visit: "There will be a catastrophe when he returns to his hometown in time for rain, and there will be a disaster of death." After this calamity, you will fall into the grass and become the second leader of Erlongshan. Komeito take care. ”

Song Jiang disagreed.

He is a fugitive who killed people and escaped, not counting collusion with robbers, he will encounter danger when he returns to his hometown, and it is inevitable that there will be a robbery, so do you need to count? But it's safe to hide and go home, and it's not too dangerous.

After all, he has been away from home for a few years. Time has passed, and the sensation caused by his murder and absconding has dissipated, who can keep paying attention to him if he is idle?

But there was a look of admiration on his face that he believed in Xu Huai's divine calculation, and he hugged his fists and said goodbye solemnly: "The military advisor also take care." There will be a period later. ”

After only living in the cottage for more than a day, Song Jiang was leaving. Chao Gai was very reluctant and persuaded Song Jiang to stay as the second-in-command of the cottage, but Song Jiang refused again, and he couldn't force Song Jiang not to go home to visit his father, who he hadn't seen for a long time, so he had to let him go, personally send him down the mountain, and send him away.

Parting, Song Jiang said to Chao Gai, who was full of reluctance: "Brother, the younger brother has been absconding for many years. Previously, I was sheltered by the Chai officials, and my father knew where I was staying, and he could also write to each other to report his safety, so he was not too worried. It has been a long time since I left Chai Daguan. My father doesn't know where I am, and he can't get in touch, so he's worried about me. My whereabouts are uncertain, and I am entangled in all kinds of things, and I only secretly wrote a few letters to greet my father, I don't know how my father is at home, and I can't let go of my worries. Song Jiang is not filial, now he has to be idle, even if there are thousands of difficulties and dangers, he must go home to visit his father, he can't accompany his brother and the brothers in the cottage to be happy, please forgive my brother and brothers. ”

Chao Gai respected Song Jiang's filial piety, nodded wordlessly, and only told the virtuous brother to take care of himself all the way, and if there was any trouble, he must be notified to deal with it in time.

"Take care, brother. The younger brother goes too. ”

Song Jiang said goodbye to Chao Gai, did not ride back to his hometown, dismounted and got on a small river boat leading to Liangshanbo with Wang Si from the Xianlong Lake on the side of Erlong Mountain, and quietly walked away from the waterway with a confused and uneasy heart about the future.

He is indeed a dutiful son, determined to go home, worrying about his father who has not seen him for a long time is a reason, going home to find the warm and reliable comfort that home can provide, calming the loneliness, helplessness and loss caused by a series of setbacks and failures in Qingzhou, and the heart is a strong spiritual motivation to rush home.

What's more, he wanted to discuss with his old and mature father how to go ahead, and consult the most reliable and knowledgeable father, whether the robber Zhao'an Road he wanted to take was appropriate, and whether this extremely difficult and dangerous road could be successful.