Zhang Ming knows that the word "prestige" is still needed in this era.

He was born as a military commander and is not famous.

So he's going to start running his fame.

"Zhuzi, find out all the big and small thieves in Liaodong, and Lao Tzu will destroy them all."

Zhang Ming began to vigorously exterminate the bandits.

Although Liaodong has no Taishou, there is no Wuhuan either, and the order has slowly stabilized.

While training his troops, Zhang Ming sent people to exterminate the bandits.

He has enough horses in his hands to come and go very quickly.

In the next few days, Zhang Ming led the army to attack everywhere.

No matter how big or small, the bandits were all wiped out by him.

Within ten days, Zhang Ming swept through several counties, exterminated seven groups of bandits, and exterminated a large number of materials, which could feed the army for more than three months.

At the same time, his army expanded to two thousand three hundred men.

The strength expanded, Zhang Ming swept over, and many thieves directly looked at the wind and descended.

After all, bandits are just bandits, and many of them are not even equipped with weapons and equipment without training.

exterminated a large number of bandits, and Zhang Ming spread the news little by little, which made Zhang Ming's reputation worse.

Zhang Ming went out for ten days and returned to Erlong Mountain with his troops, at this time Erlong Mountain was more lively, and at the same time, the army was trained, and its spiritual outlook was very different.

Zhang Ming went out for ten days and came back, and the army training also made great progress, and the soldiers who stayed in the mountains trained the queue in the morning and the weapons in the afternoon.

Zhang Ming came back this time to change a group of troops to go out to suppress bandits.

After ten days of fighting, Zhang Ming's army did not decrease, but increased, and at this time it was already two thousand five hundred troops.

Zhang Ming had to be repaired for three days first.

"Report, report to the instructor, there are some people coming down the mountain, and they have to pay protection money." Just two days after he came back, the pillar came back and reported.

"Protection money?"

"Bring people up, let the soldiers go to the room first, and suspend the training." Zhang Ming didn't want people to know about the situation of the cottage, so he still needed to hide it now.

Soon the pillar brought a man over.

The man was in his thirties, had a mustache, and was quite shrewd.

Zhang Ming was waiting for him in the Juyi Hall.

"The king, the villain greets the king."

And when the man went over, he bowed his head and bowed.

Zhang Ming was a little strange, but he still asked patiently, "Who are you?" What's the matter with me? ”

"King, our family wants to transport a batch of materials through the mountain, and we have come to worship the mountain, and when the time comes, we will be grateful." The man said.

Zhang Ming nodded, and then said: "Yes, say hello in advance when you want to transport, so as not to be injured by mistake, as for filial piety, it is essential, and my Erlongshan is also famous." ”

The man was also very happy when he saw Zhang Ming talking so well, and then left.

"What kind of person, just a bandit, and he has a reputation." The man was smiling on the surface, but in his heart...

It's just that Zhang Ming doesn't know all this.

Zhang Ming thought that it was appropriate to occupy the mountain and collect some protection fees, after all, he helped exterminate so many bandits, and it could be regarded as ensuring the safety of one party.

A day later, the news came again, yesterday the man passed the word that this morning a batch of goods passed through Erlong Mountain and entered Xiangping City.

Zhang Ming ignored it and let his subordinates let him go.

An hour later, the pillar returned.

He held a bag in his hand and said, "Instructor, this is the reward from the other party." ”

Zhang Ming took a look, it was very light, and then poured out all the money in the money bag.

After a little counting, it was about two hundred copper coins.

"How many cars does the other party have? How many people? Zhang Ming's face changed and asked.

"Instructor, the other party has about 30 cars, full of goods, and there are more than 300 people." The pillar replied.

"Find out whose goods it is immediately, Lao Tzu is going to chop them up, give Lao Tzu two hundred copper coins, and send it to Huazi, we won't be mixed up in the future." Zhang Ming said angrily.

"Yes, instructor, my subordinates will do it." When the pillar saw Zhang Ming angry, he was startled, and immediately went to arrange it.

Zhang Ming's face was very bad, this was simply an insult to him.

The 2,500 army helped exterminate most of the bandits in Liaodong, but the other party came to worship the mountain, but humiliated himself with 200 copper coins.

The pillar arranged for some soldiers to wear the clothes of the common people and sneak into the city to investigate.

Now although Xiangping City is no longer guarded, there are no Wuhuan people, so they dare to open the city gate.

The pillar sent someone to sneak in, and then began to inquire.

It didn't take much effort to inquire this time, because their team is very large.

On Erlong Mountain, Zhang Ming figured out the identity of the other party.

"The Xu family, it's easy to be fooled."

Zhang Ming said to the pillar again: "You send someone to inform the Xu family and ask him to prepare 50,000 copper coins and send them to Erlong Mountain, otherwise Lao Tzu will not be polite to him." ”

"In addition, blocking the road under Erlong Mountain, people can pass freely, and goods need to pay a tax of 10%, and Lao Tzu can't do it in vain."

Zhang Ming was angry, there was such a bully, transporting a truckload of goods to two hundred copper coins, Zhang Ming didn't care, transporting so many goods, it was insulting.

The news was quickly sent to Xu's house.

Xu Chao, the head of the Xu family, sneered when he received the news and said: "A group of thieves also want my Xu family to make offerings, and giving two hundred copper coins is considered to be a face." ”

The head of the Xu family ignored it and didn't even bother to respond.

Zhang Ming waited on Erlong Mountain, and there was no news after two days.

"The Xu family, you are looking for death by yourself, is Lao Tzu so easy to fool."

"Pillar, arrange for ten brothers to come into the city with me."