Jiang De and the others went east, not a few days, came to the vicinity of Liangshan to eat and rest, the two men had heard of Liangshan's power, and were discussing whether to persuade Jiang De to leave here quickly, Li Zhong walked to the two of them, handed over two pots of wine and said, "Xiao Langjun said that you have worked hard this time, let you drink for a while, drink quickly." ”

The two hesitated, and Li Zhong said angrily, "Let you drink it, what are you hesitating about?" Could it be that you can't trust our little Langjun? ”

The two hurriedly took it, and in order to show their sincerity, they hurriedly opened it and drank it, only one sip, their eyes were fixed, and they praised, "Good wine, is this Qiong wine?" ”

Li Zhong crossed his arms and smiled, "I didn't expect it to be quite knowledgeable, this is the real Qiong wine, and it belongs to the top class in the Qiong Building." ”

The two were overjoyed and hurriedly thanked them, Li Zhong looked at the two of them and said, "Since you said yes, take a few more sips, and I'll go back and talk back." ”

The two of them took a sip, I took a few sips, Li Zhong nodded and left, the two saw Li Zhong leaving, and couldn't help whispering, feeling that although they came out a little controlled by others this time, it was not bad, after all, there was wine and meat, and seeing Jiang De so generous, maybe there were some benefits, and before they could say it for a while, the two felt dizzy and dizzy, and they threw themselves to the ground one after another.

"Xiao Langjun, both of them have been put down." Li Zhong reported back to Jiang Dehui, who was eating.

"Send a few men to take care of them, and feed them some drunken wine every three hours, so that they may not wake up."

"Yes!" Li Zhong responded.

Jiang De looked at Lu Junyi and said, "Senior brother, let's go up the mountain." ”

Lu Junyi got up with a smile and said, "Okay, I have also longed for your Liangshan for a long time, junior brother." ”

- Liang Shan

"I've seen the owner of the village!"

As soon as he got off the boat, Ruan Xiaowu greeted him and said, "The brothers are waiting for the owner of the village to come back in the Juyi Hall." ”

Jiang De took out the mask, waved his hand and put it on, Neihuang Xiaolangjun Jiang Zijun was gone, Jiang Xinzhi, the owner of Liangshan Cottage, came back, he laughed and said, "Okay, the brothers have worked hard, come, let me introduce first, this is my senior brother, known as the Jade Qilin Lu Junyi." ”

Ruan Xiaowu looked at Lu Junyi, and saw that although he was wearing a prison uniform, he was full of spirit, and knew that he was not a mortal, so he arched his hand and said, "I have seen Lu Yuanwai, and the brothers who are coming to Lu Yuanwai know about it, and everyone is looking forward to it." ”

"Okay, then let's hurry up the mountain." Jiang De waved his hand and said, and walked to the righteous hall with everyone.

- Juyi Hall

"The owner of the village has arrived! Xu Junshi has arrived! Water Army Ruan Xiaowu has arrived! Guards Regiment Li Zhong arrived!! ”

With the shouting, Jiang De strode into the Juyi Hall, looked at the familiar generals on both sides, smiled, came to the upper seat and sat down, next to Xu Guanzhong sat on the side seat, Lu Junyi was taken by Li Zhong to a new side seat next to him to sit down, Jiang De looked at the people below and said, "Brothers, I have worked hard during this time, I am not on the mountain for this time, the master of Chao Village and several gentlemen have bothered a lot." ”

Chao Gai arched his hand and smiled, "The owner of the village is polite, now the cottage has rules, and all the brothers are dedicated to their duties and do not bother." ”

Jiang De asked, "How has my Liangshan developed these days, and how many sergeants are there?" ”

Zhu Wu came out and said, "Back to the village, my Liangshan's reputation in the rivers and lakes is getting louder and louder, and there are constantly heroes who are like-minded, coupled with the recent mistakes of the imperial court, the construction of a large number of people, so that the people are displaced, and many people have heard the news and come to my Liangshan to take refuge."

At present, most of the various departments have recruited soldiers and horses, and are in the process of training, and there are more than 16,000 soldiers and horses of the three armies of the Shuibu Cavalry, of which more than 14,000 are in the cottages, which can be mobilized at any time. ”

Jiang De knew that there were still 2,000 stationed on Withered Leaf Island, Ciyang Mountain and other places, and the so-called large-scale construction was probably the repair of the Yellow River that caused a storm in the city some time ago.

After Wang Anshi's reform of the labor service system in the Song Dynasty, the exemption law was implemented, which was a reform of the errand service law set at the beginning of the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the people were divided into nine classes, and the general light labor and fat shortage were borne by the upper three households, that is, those such as Lizheng, the head of the household, the Charge Lu, Cao Si, Confucius and other officials, and those heavy labor, that is, transportation, road repair, etc., were all borne by the middle households, as for the lower five households, they were exempt from these servitudes, not because of others, but because these inferior households were all difficult households such as single households, female households, and unsettled households, and generally could not even pay the most basic taxes, and to serve again was to force people to death. At the same time, the transportation work is often due to the weather or the wear and tear during the transportation so that the materials after arriving at the destination are inconsistent with the materials at the departure time, these are to those who are responsible for compensation, only the compensation is not borne by the inferior households, even if it is so, even if it is a medium or upper class household, because such compensation is not a few people who end up bankrupt.

The exemption law is to divide the people according to the amount of property, and then collect the exemption money respectively, this exemption money has no fixed amount, generally according to the actual situation, this money is then used to hire those who are willing to serve, in theory can be described as killing two birds with one stone, on the one hand, the rich can no longer consume time in these conscriptions, on the other hand, the poor can serve to earn some money.

But it is said that the money paid is used to hire conscription, but after all, the imperial court has to invite people, which consumes manpower and material resources, so it adds two percent of the surplus money for exemption from service, as I said before, the next five households do not need to serve, in fact, not only them, but also those officials and Taoist monks do not need to serve, but under the exemption law, these people have to pay money, but in order to show the care of the court, they only need to pay half, this is the so-called auxiliary money, only the lowest households, those who will starve to death if they pay the money can not pay.

In ancient times, there was no announcement of the State Administration of Taxation to show you, saying how much to pay, and when the household was compiled, all kinds of cows, horses, snakes and gods came out, and the superior became inferior, and the inferior became superior, anyway, how cost-effective and how to come. Anyway, it's employment, and you can be a Confucius if you're an inferior household, it's not a contradiction.

Therefore, chaos continues to occur in various places, and in Lizhou, Sichuan, there is a case where more than 96,000 yuan of military recruitment expenses are used every year, but more than 330,000 yuan are collected from the people, and there are many places where they are forced to demolish and sell their houses in order to pay this money.

Therefore, if Cai Jing and others calculate that repairing the Yellow River will cost one million guan in forced labor and taxes, and the people below who receive two million guan can be said to be doing things with their conscience, of course, how much of these two million guan has become the income of the dynasty is another matter.

"I have also heard about the Yellow River, Hebei is turbulent, I am afraid that there will be heroes roaring, and the confidential battalion will have to investigate more." Jiang De said to Dai Zong, Dai Zong responded, and Jiang De asked again, "Are the soldiers and horses I mentioned in my previous letter ready?" ”

Zhu Wudao: "The two thousand five hundred soldiers and horses have been prepared, and the corresponding money, grain, and baggage have been sent to transport them, and they can go out at any time." ”

Jiang De smiled and said, "Okay, everyone, Brother Duan has laid the first stop for us overseas, and the Yellow Sky Sun and Moon Flag of our Liangshan has been planted on Withered Leaf Island, this is just the beginning, the people are poor, the court is incompetent, it is the time for us to make contributions, you must forge ahead, and wait for the coming day, it is good to leave a name in history, and let it be in vain!" ”

Everyone laughed, their eyes were full of passionate flames, originally going up the mountain, most of them just wanted to live happily, but today they didn't expect to be able to really expand their territory, and when they came to the future, they didn't know if they would be sealed immediately.

Jiang De said again, "You brothers should have seen it just now, let me introduce it, this is Lu Yuanwai, who is known as the Jade Qilin Lu Junyi, is my senior brother, Hebei Wushuang with a stick in one hand, because the domestic slave betrayed the master, he killed him in anger, and was sentenced to Salmon Island, Brother Duan sent a letter, saying that there are 100,000 natives on the dry leaf island, and they urgently need soldiers and horses to fight money, I pre-dispatched soldiers and horses to fight, and my senior brother is the commander of this battle, do you have any questions? ”

Everyone looked at each other, and one of them came out and said, "The owner of the village, overseas battles, the risk is extremely high, and you can't do it if you are not handsome. I'm afraid that the soldiers have doubts. ”

Jiang De saw that it was Gongsun Sheng, nodded and said, "What Mr. said is extremely true, so I pre-appointed Brother Dong Ping as the deputy marshal, Brother Dong Ping has experience in leading troops, which is enough to make up for it, and our army is well-trained, I think as long as you are careful to deal with the battle, it will be fine." ”

Gongsun Sheng's words are actually said for everyone in Liangshan, after all, Liangshan military regulations, no merit can not be promoted, many leaders in the past when they first arrived in Liangshan, they were all white, and they had to have merit to lead an army alone, and now a Lu Junyi is parachuted, it is impossible to say that everyone has no idea.

Jiang De thought for a while, and said to Lu Junyi, "Senior brother, I have rules on the mountain, this time you go on the expedition, but you are white, you can't have a military position, you can only temporarily take the position of the governor of the soldiers and horses, there is nothing to do, please understand." ”

Lu Junyi smiled and said, "It makes sense that you brothers don't believe me, please rest assured, I, Lu, have also led people to fight cottages in Hebei, understand some military affairs, and your brothers will give me their lives, I must be careful to deal with the battle, and I dare not be sloppy."

A certain family dares to make a military order, and swears not to return to China if it does not break the dry leaf island! ”

"The order of the owner of the village is the will of our wait, who else wants to say that it is inappropriate, stand up and show Lao Tzu!" Cheng Min snorted and shouted loudly.

"Lu Yuanwai has said this, I still have some suspicions, but people underestimate me Liangshan, don't you say?" Hu Sanniang said with a smile, everyone responded with a smile, Lu Junyi looked at Hu Sanniang, and couldn't help but be curious, he didn't expect that in a place like Liangshan, there would be such a heroic female general, and if you take a serious look, there is more than one!

"Okay, without further ado, senior brother will accompany me out to review, and let you get acquainted with my Sergeant Liangshan." Jiang De waved his hand and said, everyone also knew that the soldiers were in a hurry, and they were no longer verbose.

——

On the martial arts arena of Liangshan, more than 2,500 people stood straight in the middle at this time, the distance between each person seemed to be measured with a ruler, no matter from any angle, it was a straight line, and 2,500 people were like 2,500 pillars, so that Jiang De stood on the platform and couldn't help nodding, the current Liangshan soldiers and horses, at least in the military posture, already have the demeanor of the army in later generations.

Jiang De asked Lu Junyi next to him, "According to Senior Brother Gao's opinion, can I use Liangshan soldiers and horses?" ”

Lu Junyi looked at the military array below, only to feel a murderous aura rushing to the sky, although there was no shout, but it was such a deathly silence, but it was more powerful than any shout.

"Sun Tzu said that it is as fast as the wind, Xu is like a forest, invades like fire, and does not move like a mountain, I used to read military books and also imagined, I didn't expect that there would really be such an army in the world, junior brother, in the past, Qi Huan Gong recruited 50,000 warriors, the Spring and Autumn Period was hegemonic, Jin Wen raised 40,000 soldiers, practiced the soil alliance, Qin Mu Gong had 30,000 into battle, Xirong bowed his head, Wu Qi practiced Wei Wu 70,000, and the war was 76 without a defeat, I think if there are 100,000 soldiers and horses like you, you can dominate the world and become a king." Lu Junyi shook his head and sighed, "I can't imagine how such an army is trained, junior brother, what I'm worried about now is that with my ability, I am not worthy of such a soldier." ”

Jiang Dehaha laughed and said, "It's just that the rules are done from the beginning, the soldiers below, if there is no difference in the troops, one-on-one, maybe not many army opponents, a hundred against a hundred, there are not many who can beat them, a thousand against a thousand, it is rare to meet an opponent in the world!"

Senior brother, after all, war is not a matter of one person, there are brave people in the army, but more of them are ordinary people, how to let these ordinary people exert their greatest strength is what our generals should do. ”

Lu Junyi nodded and praised, Jiang De waved his hand again, the soldiers next to him waved the flag, and the sergeants below began to move, only to see that more than 2,000 people only took less than twenty breaths to form a phalanx, the pikemen in front of them spears like a forest, and the archers behind were scattered like stars, under the leadership of the commander, the pikemen continued to advance and stab, and the archers covered the shooting, Lu Junyi fantasized about himself taking an army to fight against the army below, just fantasizing, he felt extremely tricky, and suddenly felt a lot of pressure on his shoulders, Such an army is about to go to the battlefield under his leadership, will he really not let down these thousands of soldiers?

But soon, Lu Junyi was full of self-confidence, the eldest husband should carry a three-foot sword, and make immortal achievements, since he has this opportunity now, his own ability will be brought into full play, breaking the country and making contributions, and showing his true heroic qualities.

A general walked up, and Jiang De introduced to Lu Junyi, "Senior brother, this is your deputy on this trip, he was originally the commander of the Yunzhou Soldiers and Horses, because he is good at using two guns, and he is known as Dong Ping, who is now the commander of my Liangshan infantry regiment." ”

Lu Junyi looked at the general in front of him, saw that he was handsome, dignified, his hands were slender, and his legs were slightly bent, he was happy in his heart, knowing that he was a general, and arched his hand, "I've seen General Dong." ”

Dong Ping replied, "I've seen Lu Yuanwai." ”

Jiang De said again, "Dong Ping's martial arts are superb, with two guns in hand, there are only a few people on the mountain who can pass fifty rounds, in my opinion, Senior Brother Lin's martial arts are only comparable to him, Senior Brother can give it a try when the time comes." ”

Lu Junyi is also a martial idiot, and he was overjoyed when he heard it, "When the time comes, I want General Dong to advise." ”

Dong Ping smiled and didn't speak, during the days when he went up the mountain, on the one hand, Liangshan's training method opened his eyes, making him concentrate on learning the mysteries, on the other hand, the life on the mountain was relatively simple, which also made him no longer think about the previous situation, compared to before, his temperament was much calmer.

After a few more jokes, Jiang De asked Dong Ping to collect his troops, and he and Lu Junyi prepared to eat and go down the mountain together.