Volume 2: The Quest for Progress

The flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year.

In the blink of an eye, in the bustle, the New Year left people again, leaving only the nostalgia and memories of the New Year.

All the heroes on Qingfeng Mountain, after the New Year, they are all in place. However, this year's Qingfeng Mountain is by no means a repeat of last year, but a continuation of last year, containing many additions and developments.

The winery should be expanded, and the sales of Wuliang pulp are particularly good, and most of them are priceless. The restaurants in Qingzhou and Qingfeng Town will not expand for the time being, and the gambling houses are not ready to be relocated.

That is, the meat canning factory should look at its influence, and it will take the leadership line in the future, and it would be good if it could become a supplier to the imperial army.

The farm is in good shape and continues to maintain this momentum. There may be less housing, Zheng Tianshou did it last year, and this year he is familiar with the road and builds more at a time.

During the Chinese New Year, Wang Ying brought Wang Tiezhu to see Song Jiang and begged for Wang Tiezhu to join the army, but Song Jiang did not agree.

He explained that Wang Tiezhu's work is very important, and refining high-quality steel can ensure that the soldiers of Qingfeng Mountain have high-quality weapons, especially artillery, so that there will be as few explosions as possible. No matter what kind of work, as long as you make a great contribution to the cottage, you will be rewarded for your merits, and promotion is indispensable.

Han Wu is back. Soon after he returned, his mother died of illness, and after he buried his mother, he took a dozen poor brothers to Qingfeng Mountain.

Song Jiang arranged for him to be the platoon commander, and the soldiers were carefully selected from the brothers and other teams he brought with him, and these people were all explosive, flexible, good at hand-to-hand combat, and had excellent eyesight, absolutely no night blindness.

This platoon is called a special forces platoon, and the soldiers train separately in isolation to prepare for some surprise attacks. Song Jiang also gave Han Wu a resounding name - Han Shizhong.

Zhang Gui has been going back and forth between Qingfeng Mountain and Yuncheng, and the correspondence between Song Jiang's father and son and brothers is very close. On this day, Zhang Gui came back with his head drooping, and knelt down when he saw Song Jiang, saying that he had lost Song Qing's reply, and he searched back and forth several times but did not find it.

Song Jiang had no choice, so he asked him to pay more attention to his hometown in Yuncheng in the future, and if there was any trouble, report it immediately. Song Jiang was really worried for a few days, but he didn't see anything going back and forth, so he faded away.

However, it is said that there is a pranky surnamed Niu in Yuncheng East Village, and his parents are dead. He often mingles with Zhang Chun, the brother-in-law of the new head Zhao De, and does some stealing and stealing things on weekdays, exchanging some money to get by.

In the past few days, I have been losing money in gambling, and I have not stolen any money, and I am indignant in my heart, and I suddenly became angry when I saw a stone blocking the way on the path, and I kicked it over, and my feet hurt so much that I screamed.

He was busy sitting in the grass by the roadside, taking off his shoes and checking his toes, when he suddenly saw something in the grass, and picked it up to see that it was a letter. He also said that there would be valuable things such as silver tickets, and he opened it to see that he was deflated, although he didn't know a liter of words, and it was estimated that it was an ordinary letter.

If it was in normal times, he would have thrown it away, but today I don't know which nerve is wrong, so he actually carried it in his arms, took it to the house, and threw it on the table.

After a few days, "Cowhide" and Zhang Chun stole two chickens in the village, and drank them at "Cowhide's" house in exchange for wine. Zhang Chun suddenly became anxious, and took the letter on the table as a handpaper. Zhang Chun knew a few words, and he was bored in the toilet, so he opened the letter and looked at the content casually, but who knew that it made him overjoyed.

He stood up excitedly, didn't even deal with his buttocks, lifted his pants and ran to "Cowhide" and shouted: "Creation is coming, creation is coming, this thing is worth a lot of silver!" ”

"Cowhide" took it over and looked at it a few times, and said disdainfully: "Do you want money and want to go crazy?" I picked it up and looked at it, this is not a silver ticket at all, I can't read anyone can see it, you literate person is a nerd! ”

Zhang Chun still looked elated, he snatched the letter from the cowhide and said: "Of course this is not a silver ticket, it is a letter, do you know who wrote it to whom?" ”

He also knew that Niu Hide would never understand, so he said to himself: "It's a handwritten letter from Song Qing to Song Jiang." When Song Jiang killed his outer house, Yan Po ran away, and when the county arrested his brother, Song Taigong and Song Qing said that they had already disowned Song Jiang, and took out the documents to break off the relationship, so the county had no way to take them. Now that I heard that Song Jiang was a bandit leader in Qingfeng Mountain, and they exchanged letters, it can be seen that they must have a close relationship, and what they handed over to my brother-in-law in exchange for white flowers and flowers. ”

When Niu Hide heard this, the two hurriedly ran to the county seat, thinking all the way about how to spend the silver.

Hua Rong has now become a celebrity in front of the prefect of Murong, in Murong's eyes, Hua Rong is a model among young generals, the irascible temper and arrogance of the generals on his body have disappeared without a trace, on the contrary, he understands the world very well.

The last time he exterminated the bandits of Black Pine Mountain, Hua Rong's battle report was full of Murong Prefect's strategizing and designing an ingenious plan to exterminate the war, and the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou did not move at all, and the Black Pine Mountain bandits were wiped out with only the people of Qingfeng Village. When he came to Qingzhou, he brought many treasures, saying that they were the trophies of the Battle of Black Pine Mountain.

Murong Le's heart is full of joy, such a brave and resourceful talent, and he understands human feelings and sophistication, he does not deserve to be punished by God for his henchmen. So he promoted Hua Rong to the commander of the soldiers and horses, but he did not transfer, and he was still a magistrate in Qingfeng Village, guarding the throat of Qingzhou for him.

Zhao De was overjoyed when he saw the letter, and hurriedly asked his brother Zhao Neng to discuss countermeasures. Seeing that his brother-in-law didn't mention the reward, Zhang Chun hurriedly said, "Brother-in-law, you see that we have been busy for most of the day...... This ......"

Zhao De understood, and threw ten taels of silver casually, and the two ran away happily.

Zhao came up with the idea of arresting Song Qing and his father and sending them to prison to settle the people's grievances.

Zhao Neng glanced at him and said, "You have no brains, so you have become a capital leader who makes decisions for the people?" If you don't make money with white flowers, you can't ask for a useless name, it can't be said that Song Jiang is annoyed, and you will come to Yuncheng with a brain, won't we suffer? ”

When Zhao De heard that there was money to be earned, his eyes were shining, and he hurriedly asked Zhao how to make it.

Zhao Neng said confidently: "Song Qing will definitely not admit it, we asked him to write a receipt, and compared the handwriting so that he had nothing to say, we blackmailed him." Then find a way to send him to prison and blackmail him again. The brothers smiled.

Song Qing was very impatient today, and he wanted to get angry when he couldn't help it. Seeing a villager running over in a hurry, he scolded: "Panicked, are you in a hurry to go to the funeral?" ”

The Zhuang Ke stammered and didn't explain it yet, so he saw Zhao Neng and Zhao De come in with the officials. Zhao Neng arched his hand and said: "Disturb the fourth brother, according to the villagers' report, Qingfeng Mountain anti-thief Song Jiang is now hiding your house, I will come to arrest you on the order of the county minister, please take care of the offense!" ”

Song Qing hurriedly distinguished: "The one who chews his tongue is spraying people with blood? We have already broken off with Song Jiang and have no contact. If he comes, I don't have to arrest him, I will kidnap him and send him to the county government to receive the crime. Both of you sit down with your heads in the first place, and I'll take the paperwork and look at you. ”

Zhao Neng didn't force the search, crossed Erlang's legs, sat on the chair and enjoyed the tea made by the next person, looking leisurely.

Shaoqing Song Qing handed over Song Jiang's resignation document and Song Jiang's letter of renunciation to the two, Zhao Neng picked it up and looked at it casually and said: "It's routine, otherwise how dare you come to disturb the fourth brother." Even so, my brothers chose to believe the fourth brother, and they didn't search inside and out. As long as the fourth brother writes a receipt, he will say that you have nothing to do with Song Jiang, and he will definitely not be at your house, so that the two of us can also make a difference in front of the county magistrate. ”

After Song Qing wrote his signature, Zhao Neng took out the letter and shouted after comparing the handwriting: "Bold Song Qing, colluding with Song Jiang, the thief of Qingfeng Mountain, come here, take it for me!" ”

Song Qing was not convinced, and Zhao Nengyang raised the letter in his hand and said: "There is your handwritten letter here, and I want to deny it, and you can't take it to the county office." ”

After speaking, he couldn't help but say that he wanted to take Song Qing away.

Song Taigong heard the movement and came out, stopped Zhao Neng and Zhao De and said, "Both of you have worked hard, please talk in the house." ”

Zhao Neng's eyes swept towards the sergeant and said, "Is this ......?"

The Tai Guild understood and instructed his subordinates: "Your lords are tired for a long time, go and kill chickens and sheep, and serve good wine." ”

Zhao Neng pretended to say: "It's okay, the prince has good intentions, everyone will rest and leave." After speaking, he followed the prince into the back room.

The prince gave each of them two hundred taels of silver, and the brothers put them in their pockets after pretending to excuse themselves. Zhao Neng said with a sad face: "What the county minister ordered, we can't deal with it if we don't take the fourth brother back." The plan for today is to go to the county office, the fourth brother does not admit that this letter was written by him, and the county is helpless! ”

After speaking, he tore the receipt written by Song Qing to shreds. Taigong also said that it was a good idea, but he didn't expect to fall into Zhao Neng's set, and this time Song Qing was more auspicious.