Li Guolou stepped into the front hall, more than a dozen women sat around the three eight immortal tables to drink porridge, Li Guolou touched his nose, nodded to them with a smile, Hei Zhuzhu, Yan Zi and several other cronies walked around, showing a smug expression, these released women, are the result of their persuasion, more than a dozen women were locked up overnight, did not eat or drink, and finally figured it out, drinking porridge and drinking sweetly.

Li Guolou approached and asked, "Hei Zhuzhu, is there anyone who still refuses to come out!" ”

Hei Zhuzhu smiled and said: "Captain Li, you gave us the task, it was successfully completed, and all of them came out to drink porridge, why should people have trouble with themselves, do you say it." After speaking, he threw a flattering look at Li Guolou, and it was up to the chief to see if he wanted it.

Li Guolou didn't see it, turned his head to look at the women who bowed his head, and said: "Well, that's right, this official forgives you for being unreasonable yesterday, and in the future, work hard, spin, weave, raise chickens and feed pigs, isn't it very good, you eat breakfast, wash the clothes for the officers and soldiers, and do what you can, here is Hei Zhuzhu as the women's captain, and she will report your performance to the deputy of the Ai team in the future, um······ Look at your lonely and miserable sake, each person will be rewarded with five taels of silver, which will be counted as settling-in expenses, and there will be wages for working these days, and the specific number will also be determined by Hei Zhuzhu, I have something to do, and then there are any specific difficulties, let Hei Zhuzhu report to the deputy of Team Ai! ”

Li Guolou thought that he had made it very clear, and was about to go inside, but Hei Zhuzhu hurriedly said: "Captain Li, please wait, there are five women here who are not from our Balizhuang, what do you think!" ”

"Hmm." Li Guolou looked in the direction of the black beads' fingers, obediently and rumbling to the hole, the Hokage has a harem to go out with him in such a short time, not much worse than Hong Xiuquan, he had a flash of inspiration, and said: "Holly, the five of them are not singles, let them take them home, get married in the line of fire, and the official will be the matchmaker for them, and the reward will be ten taels of silver and two pieces of silk!" ”

Ai Hai interjected: "Two pieces of silk, make up for it in two days, Captain Li is very busy, if there is anything in the future, come to me directly." Secretly annoyed, Li Guolou spoke without thinking, and gave away the "five flowers" for free, and many of the members of the civilian team were older young people, so they asked him to be a matchmaker.

"Yes." Hei Zhuzhu raised her eyes to look at Ai Hai, and randomly threw out a wink, if you have the opportunity, you have to try it, lonely men and widows are together all day long, ** ignited at one o'clock.

Ai Hai's throat moved, his heart and eyes were a little active, Li Guolou looked at his eyes, did not show his expression, still kept a straight face, did not give the charming girl a chance to remain, and said: "Oh······ This official almost forgot, which of you has a husband and children! ”

A woman choked up, "My husband was sent out by the Hokage a long time ago, and now I think he should be dead." After speaking, he couldn't help crying, wiped his eyes, and his body kept twitching.

Another woman whispered, "My husband has been taken to the capital, Captain Li, should I wait for him!" ”

The vast majority of the traitors will not be executed, but the sentence and the conscription of the army are inevitable, and at this time, the confiscation of the army and the distribution are the same as in ancient times, and the prisoner's face is still imprinted, and the shame of the thief and the army cannot be washed away for a lifetime.

Li Guolou replied: "As long as you are not the main culprit, you will not die, but you will be sent to the army and escorted to the border for hard labor, the official is whatever you want, if you can suffer, you will wait for him, if you can't bear the suffering, you will remarry!" ”

"Oh." The woman was a little disappointed, and her husband was still alive, making her choice difficult.

Two and three women and children were outside, saying that they wanted to find the children and asked Li Guolou to make the decision for them, and several women wept silently, and their children were killed by themselves.

Ai Hai glanced at him and said: "Hei Zhuzhu, don't you know how to do things, let those children come in, we are a team of ordinary people, and we pay attention to human ethics!" ”

Hei Zhuzhu was not afraid of Ai Hai, and did not hesitate to argue: "Deputy Ai Team, you didn't say it, how dare I make my own opinions, don't I listen to you." The code words have been issued, and in front of the public, they will seduce Ai Hai.

Li Guolou pulled his legs and walked in, not listening to flirting and scolding, Hei Zhuzhu can let go, dare to act with a pungent energy, do big things without formality, he disdains to do this kind of mother-in-law and mother's thing, he must learn to be a shopkeeper, otherwise things will float like snowflakes, and doing this kind of thing makes people feel depressed, no matter what they do, they will feel depressed.

Busy in the morning, take a little rest, wait for the meeting after the personnel arrive, Li Guolou stands on the top of the second floor of the watchtower overlooking the entire Balizhuang, the spring breeze is warm, blowing on Li Guolou's face, enjoying the joy of success, the dilapidated thatched house in the eyes is also a beautiful scene, there are children playing on the street, there are dogs wandering around, a team of patrol officers and soldiers, members of the civilian team are lined up and walking around on the street.

In the distance, the "Snow Mountain Lion Flag" at the entrance of the village floats in the air, the foggy Yunmeng Mountain is like a lady, people never get tired of seeing it, a stream flows from the foot of the mountain, the gurgling water converges into a river, through Balizhuang, women with wooden barrels in their hands walk out of the Yunmeng Tower, a row of women squatting by the river, using a mallet bluestone slab to beat clothes, seeing them working hard to wash clothes, Li Guolou showed a relieved smile, his dirty clothes were washed.

There are no farmers working in the green fields, in the scenery of Balizhuang, there is not a single cow, Li Guolou can't help but curse angrily, the rebels just want to have a full stomach, thousands of people sing and dance all day long to celebrate, eat and drink, locust-like traitors depict the future as a blueprint like a fairyland, the actual action is to leave a mess for the local people, after Balizhuang was occupied by the rebels, it became sparsely populated, and agriculture withered.

Nowadays, Shandong, Anhui and other places have been swept away by the army for more than ten years, and the population has withered, and the villages and small towns are dilapidated.

There is a popular saying among the people, "Break into Shandong!" ”

Unemployed homeless people have all settled in Shandong, and a wave of immigration is in the ascendant, sweeping across the entire north.

Li Guolou thought about it and muttered to himself: "Miao Fanlu, Ping'an, I wish you good luck." After speaking, Li Guolou walked down the watchtower, walked to the front yard, two guards stood at the entrance of the courtyard, Li Guolou nodded to them slightly, praising them for being able to stick to their posts, maintain the demeanor of the chief and be amiable and close to the people.

"Smack." The two guards raised their guns and saluted Li Guolou, and the shiny bayonet barrel emitted an eye-catching cold light.

Several old peasants in the living room cowered, sat on the stool with their waists bent, and did not say a word, for fear that the official would come to settle the account, drag them outside under the old locust tree, and shoot them.

Holly and several other Bali Zhuang pets listened to others, nodding their heads frequently in approval, and their eyes were flattering.

Hei Zhuzhu already has the style of a women's captain, standing at the threshold, with her left hand at her waist, and her right finger pointing around, letting a few women be running halls.

Ai Hai and several other people gathered around Wu Jinshui and several other members of the people's team, sighed bitterly, fought bravely for the country and the people, and bravely killed the enemy, but also bowed and shared the worries of the people, no matter how hard and tired they were, they had to be responsible.

The living room was lively, each looking for something of interest, Li Guolou heard the discordant voice, there were several members of the civilian team talking about the war, boasting of their superb martial arts and marksmanship, Li Guolou held a volume of manuscripts in his hand, walked into the living room, and took the lead in saying: "Don't get up, old man, sit down, sit down for me, I am younger than you, I should give you a salute!" ”

After a string of silver bell-like laughter, his face was ugly, and he reprimanded: "Wu Jinshui, close your beak, let me hear you talk about the war again in the future, and go back to Beijing, if you want to stay here, you must pretend to be the people of Balizhuang, coexist peacefully, promote each other, create a better future, and build Balizhuang into a model village of the Qing Empire, which is our purpose, so that we can be worthy of the trust of Lord Bao, do you understand!" ”

Seeing Li Guolou furious, his face elongated into a horse face, talking and laughing, and the members of the people's team stood up like a spear, "It's Captain Li, we understand!" ”

"Sit." Li Guolou casually threw the manuscript on the table of the Eight Immortals, and the action of lifting the official robe was like the official master ascending to the hall in the play, and sitting on the main seat like the golden characters of Malaysia.

Li Guolou picked up the teacup, wanted to take a sip of tea, touched the teacup The water temperature was too high, he had no choice but to put down the teacup, and said casually: "The official will set a tone first, I will take the initiative to stay here, not to let the people of Balizhuang respect me, some of you are officials, and you have to rely on your own ability to get a copy of the government, you don't need to bribe me, Haixin and several other officials of Balizhuang who were originally Balizhuang, because of the traitors, also joined the rebel team to fight against the people's soldiers, and were arrested and put in the prison of the Criminal Department, waiting for them to be judged by justice, and the fields and houses here have been confiscated!" ”

Li Guolou glanced at the villagers of Balizhuang, making them shudder, they all lowered their heads, and only when their eyes swept to a few female compatriots, Li Guolou hurriedly slid over, not making eye contact with the female compatriots.

Li Guolou coughed and said: "Well, I first state here that no one is allowed to say to me, 'This piece was originally me, and I borrowed it from Zhou Daguan to evade taxes,' if you can't get the title deed, all the land will be confiscated, and this is the punishment for tax evasion and tax evasion." Secretly sneered, the turtle will make the cat tired of just a few tricks, so that you dumb people can't say anything about their suffering, but he can firmly grasp the right to speak, saving a lot of disputes and official affairs.

The sound of chirping sparrows has reached everyone's ears, the villagers of Balizhuang couldn't sit still, pushed back and forth to the villagers, and finally an old farmer was pushed to the cusp, encouraged by everyone, the old farmer stood up, took off his hat, and bowed respectfully to Li Guolou.

Zhou Jian, who had gray hair and a goatee, said with a bitter face: "Captain Li, what do you say, what do you say, since you have changed the master, there will always be people who will suffer, and we Balizhuang people also admit it, who told those young people to start thinking and believe in the White Lotus Sect's rhetoric, but there are so many people here who follow the White Lotus Sect to rebel, there is a little legitimate reason." Speaking of this, Zhou Jian didn't dare to continue, he was afraid to look at Li Guolou, and he was afraid that Li Guolou would say, "The remnants of the White Lotus Sect will be dragged out and fed to the dogs!" ”

"Uncle, the speaker is not guilty, I'll listen." Li Guolou picked up the teacup, cocked Erlang's legs, took a sip of tea in a chic manner, spit out the broken tea leaves in his mouth, and slandered the black beads in his stomach How could he not serve the chief, he didn't know how to drink tea, he wanted to drink good tea, where did he take the Huangshan Maofeng tea.

Zhou Jian stood trembling slightly, bowed his body, and said in a low voice: "Captain Li, our Balizhuang is located in the south of Yunmeng Mountain, and there is a stream passing through our village, which belongs to a place with sufficient water sources, but we have a bad neighbor Qilitun villagers, they have a bully village Zhengjiang is pulling out a tributary downstream, and the water in our village is used without paying a penny, so that the water in our fields is also insufficient. More than a dozen villagers died, and even the Zhou officials were kidnapped by the bully village Zhengjiangzheng, and then the Zhou officials signed an unequal treaty and sold the interests of our Balizhuang villagers, so we were bewitched by the Hokage, saying that they wanted to avenge us, and the villagers were full of anger and destroyed the Zhou Daguan family who betrayed the interests of our village, and was occupied by Qilitun with 500 acres of land, Captain Li, this land and water source, you must always be the master of our village! ”

"Yes, yes, Captain Li, you have to make the decision for us." "No, Master Bao, you can't be a hands-off shopkeeper." "Captain Li, you have a hundred guns!"

The kneeling villagers shouted a tsunami, and they couldn't let Li Guolou kill into Qilitun like he had entered Balizhuang, uphold justice for them, cut off the river flowing into Qilitun, and recapture 500 acres of land belonging to Balizhuang.

Li Guolou didn't expect that the villagers of Balizhuang would be so difficult, and they would have to solve the problem of land and water sources for the "thieves" when they went out of the city to suppress the bandits, and the grievances and hatreds between the villages and villages have existed for several generations, and the government could not solve the problems.

As for the question of water flow, it should be that it was originally a small stream, which was turned into a big river by the downstream villagers, and the 500 acres of land are connected between villages.

Li Guolou looked at the kneeling villagers, smiled and made a gesture of support, and said: "Everyone, please get up, this official is the master of the people, but you can't listen to the words of your village, right, this is good, in the past two days, the official will personally go to Qilitun, after understanding the ins and outs, he will definitely give you a satisfactory answer, this official will never sign a humiliation treaty, no matter how rich and powerful Qilitun is, as long as Bao Dasheng Ancestral Hall stays in Balizhuang, you will be a rich, safe and powerful village on the outskirts of Beijing!" ”

The villagers re-seated, looked at Li Guolou with a much cordial look in their eyes, and praised his conversation, which was also inspiring.