After everyone left, Jiang De asked Xu Guanzhong to take Song Jiang to the small meeting hall behind to talk, and Hua Rong was about to go out, but Jiang De stopped him and said, "General Hua knows a lot about Tao, so let's listen to see if there is anything wrong with our arrangements." ”

Hua Rong glanced at Song Jiang and said to Jiang De, "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Came to the conference hall, Xu Guanzhong let people serve tea and snacks, Zhu Wu and Wu Yong opened a map together, Song Jiang and Hua Rong saw this map, and their eyes immediately widened, because this is an extremely detailed map of Jingdong West Road, Jingdong Road is an administrative district established when the Northern Song Dynasty was founded, and it was not until the fifth year of Xining that it was divided into Jingdong East Road and Jingdong West Road, and this map is written on Jingdong West Road, which can be seen to be a relatively new thing.

Of course, the most important thing is that in this era, maps are extremely rare things, often symbolizing the right to rule a region, which can be seen from the history books, as long as the local government surrenders, often will be dedicated to the atlas, and this map refers to the map.

Zhu Wu said, "This is from the treasury of Qingzhou City, but it is cheaper for us." ”

Jiang De asked Zhu Wu and Wu Yong to put the map on the table, let everyone look around, and then brought a bamboo whip, pointed to the map and said, "This is our Liangshan." Then he drew a circle and said, "Although we have a water pool as a barrier in Liangshan, we are also surrounded by this water pool, and if we want to develop in the future, we must use the power of water!" ”

Xu Guanzhong then said, "The owner of the village is very reasonable, so in order to be able to show each other in the future, I suggested to the owner of the village that the cottage of the Song leader should choose the edge of the surrounding water system, and my Liangshan Bo is connected with four rivers, which are divided into Jishui, Wenshui, Wuzhang River, and Huangou. As he spoke, Xu Guanzhong took Jiang De's bamboo whip and drew a few pictures on the map, so that everyone could see these rivers clearly.

Song Jiang looked at the four rivers, nodded and said, "This is the best, once the official army comes to attack, you and I can use the river water to communicate with each other." ”

Xu Guanzhong continued, "There are plains near the Wuzhang River, not to mention, but on the Beiji River, there is a mountain in Yunzhou City, called Wu Mountain, the terrain here is treacherous, surrounded by mountains, known as eighty-one mountains, thirty-six mountain valleys, although there are not many people, but they can also settle down. ”

Song Jiang looked at the place, and saw that it was only a Yunzhou city separated from Liangshan, and he was a little suspicious in his heart, Xu Guanzhong smiled at Jiang De, and continued, "On the other side, between Wenshui and Huangou, there is also a place, called Ciyang Mountain, where the mountains are high and densely forested, the only problem is that if you don't get close to the river directly, I'm afraid you will be alone." ”

Although Song Jiang didn't want to be in the shadow of Jiang De, he also knew that his strength was still too weak, and if he was really placed in a place where Liangshan couldn't be rescued, it was likely to become the target of the official army, so he frowned and said nothing.

Xu Guanzhong finally said, "Finally, there is a place, just a little farther, Huangou to the south, is the former Han Gaozu hometown Pei County, there is a name here, is Daze, in the west of Pei County, there is a place, named Weishan, there is also a lake around, named Weishan Lake, the lake is not big, there are dozens of miles, here the south is Xuzhou, the west is Yingtianfu, the east is Yizhou, although it is far away from Liangshan, but it is also a good place to accumulate grain. ”

"This is it!" Song Jiang suddenly shouted, everyone looked at him, Song Jiang walked up to Jiang De and said, "Zhai master, although this Weishan is a little farther away from my Liangshan, it is near Yingtianfu and Xuzhou, you can listen to the movement of the soldiers and horses of the government, if there is any change in the south, I can know it as soon as possible, this is the first benefit!" Secondly, Weishan and Liangshan are connected by rivers, as long as we get through, we can deter Jeju, Shanzhou, Xuzhou and other places, so that the prestige of Liangshan can cover the four seas of Kyushu! When the time comes, if the official army does not come, if he dares to come, we will be able to attack everywhere in these states, and he will not be able to take care of the whole thing, and he will come in a panic and leave! ”

Jiang De sighed a good word to Song Jiang in his heart, and said in his mouth: "Brother Song Jiang is far away this time, and I am afraid that it will not be easy for you and my brother to meet in the future." ”

Song Jiangba had to meet Jiang De, this was almost a bad luck when he saw each other, and said with tears in his eyes, "Brother of the owner of the village, don't say this, as long as the brother of the owner of the village can be well in Liangshan, what do I have to complain about when I am outside?" ”

Jiang De hummed and said, "Okay, since that's the case, it's settled on this micro mountain, Wu Junshi, on this micro mountain, can there be people in the green forest?" ”

Wu Yong said with a smile, "Since the current official family is in power, there are not many people in the mountains in the world, but this micro mountain is one of them, and it really hasn't been occupied by heroes." ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "That's fine, Brother Song Jiang's soldiers also need a period of time to repair... In this way, when you recruit troops in the future, Brother Song Jiang can also ask if anyone is willing to go with you, and if you do, you can recruit 1,500 people, so you can gain a foothold there. ”

Song Jiang was overjoyed, and took Hua Rong to thank Jiang De again, Jiang De nodded, and let Song Jiang and Hua Rong leave, after Song Jiang left, Xu Guanzhong snorted and said, "This son is really a wolf ambition!" Weishan is the most distant, I'm afraid what he wants is to get out of the grasp of our Liangshan. ”

Jiang De smiled: "Isn't this bad?" Song Jiang is very famous in the green forest, and in the green forest, there are heroes like Chao Gai, and there are scum like Wang Ying, my Liangshan Army takes military discipline as the first, we can't accept these scum, but if we reject them directly, and we are afraid that they will be spread out and damage the name of our love talents, now with a garbage can like Song Jiang, don't these people have a place to go? ”

Xu Guanzhong squinted his eyes and said, "What does the lord mean, we will send those stubborn people who can't obey our military discipline to Song Jiang?" ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "Stubborn people may also have talents, but my Liangshan Army has to rely on the strength of the collective, these people are talented, I don't want to, change the order, go to the administrative review, and then conduct training, I promised Song Jiang 1,500 troops before, but if there are enough people who don't meet our requirements, they can be given to him, even if he has 3,000 people, I don't worry." ”

Wu Yong sighed, "The lord has a good heart, Song Jiang is just a clown, what is the way?" ”

Jiang De sighed and said, "Don't bring me a top hat, in addition, in this Qingzhou City Battle, the ballista and gunpowder shells we experimented with will continue to be experimented, I estimate that at this time next year, the government will definitely conduct a conquest against us, otherwise the Taishi will not be able to get by." ”

Xu Guanzhong asked, "The lord and the master also have some special relationship, why not turn around from it?" ”

Jiang De shook his head and said, "The army can't just train, those people should be our whetstones." Rest assured, with me here, there will be no enemies we can't deal with.

Wu Yong, Zhu Wu. ”

The two of them bowed their hands to Jiang De together, Jiang De said, "The matter of reorganizing the troops and expanding the training will be handed over to the two of you, Mr. Wu, there is also the matter of the indoctrination battalion, you have to focus on it, how much combat effectiveness this army can have, the weekday training is one-third, the ability of the generals is one-third, and the indoctrination battalion is the other one-third. ”

Jiang De is still very confident in Wu Yong's talent in this area, as can be seen from the original book, Wu Yong actually has an excellent grasp of people's hearts, he knows the dark side of people's hearts very well, and with a little tricks, he can make Haoqiang fall into the grass.

Wu Yong asked, "The lord arranged it like this, could it be that he is leaving again?" ”

Jiang De snorted and said, "It's almost, before leaving, I'll go to Yuncheng County to have a look, I don't know how Mr. Chen is doing, and how much our cotton land has been cultivated." ”

——Yuncheng County

Yuncheng County has been completely controlled by Liangshan at this time, not to mention the county order Shi Wenbin, the head of Zhu Tong, that is, the following villages, most of them are under the leadership of Liangshan, and there has been a criticism meeting, the old squires in the village, although there are still many people who hate Liangshan in their hearts, but no one dares to say it or show it, no way, those mud legs stare at it every day, just look forward to the squire showing his dissatisfaction with Liangshan, so that he can give him a division of land and land.

"This is the cotton field? yes, how many are that? Jiang De looked at the cotton field that was weeding and asked curiously.

Chen Yang sighed, "It's not much, the florist you sent from Tokyo didn't bring many seeds, only forty or fifty acres, but this is also beneficial, I can take care of it, and save mistakes." ”

Jiang De looked at his skin that was obviously much darker than when he saw him in Liangshan, and sighed, "Old Chen has worked hard, cotton has really made a difference, I will set up a statue and engrave a monument for you to commemorate!" ”

Chen Yang suddenly blushed a little and said, "How does this make... Where can I erect a monument for this kind of merit? ”

Jiang De smiled and said, "I think it's just to make, I Zhu Tong said, you have to go to the fields everywhere almost every day to see, even Shi Wenbin's guy was dragged around by you." ”

Zhu Tong said in the back, "Xiao Langjun, this is true, you are in a hurry today, and I didn't notify you, Lord Shi was sent by Mr. Chen to the west to see the water conservancy, and Lord Shi has lost a lot of weight now!" ”

Jiang De snorted, "That's how it should be, if all the officials are white and fat, then the thin ones are the common people, but at this time, Wen Bin is still quite interesting, and I am worried that he will not listen to Chen Lao's words." ”

Zhu Tong smiled and said, "At first, he was indeed unwilling, but then Wu Junshi found out and went down the mountain to talk to him, and he cried the next day and asked Mr. Chen to take him down to the field." ”

Jiang De laughed and said, "This thing seems to have been done by Wu Yong, and among the four military advisors under me, he is the most poisonous." ”

Everyone snickered, Jiang De sighed to Chen Yang again, "After this cotton is ripe, try to make cotton clothes, this year is still less, next year there will be more, tell the villagers, don't be afraid of planting this loss, no matter how much you plant, we Liangshan will give him a bag!" ”

Chen Yang hurriedly thanked Jiang De and said, "The old man thanked the owner of the village on behalf of the people." ”

As he was talking, Xu Guanzhong walked over and said to Jiang De, "My lord, something happened to Liaoguo." ”

Jiang De's heart moved, and his first reaction was that Wanyan Aguda had already made trouble, but after calculating again, he felt that the time should not be enough, so he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xu Guanzhong took out a letter and handed it to Jiang De and said, "This is the news from the Di Listening Camp, there is a demon in Liao, named Li Hong, who is good at bewitching the public, and has now gathered people to rebel, it is said that there are 100,000 soldiers, and the Liao State is urgently sending troops to pacify it." ”

Jiang De squinted his eyes and said, "There is such a thing... In this way, I am afraid that some details of the Liao State will be exposed, and there will not be too much energy to meddle in the affairs of the northwest. ”

Xu Guanzhong nodded and said, "The lord's thoughts are the same as those of the students, and the war in the northwest is about to start." ”

Jiang De said, "We're going back to Tokyo." ”

- Tokyo after a month

"In this way, the current official family is so obsessed with Taoism that they don't want it?" In the Qiong Building, which was being renovated, Jiang De drank tea and listened to Yue He tell him about the changes in Tokyo during this time.

Yue He sighed, "Isn't it? Recently, there is also a Taoist who has lived in the Taishi's mansion. ”

"Oh? And such a thing? Jiang De was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who is it?" Isn't the Taishi afraid of other people's gossip? ”

Yue He shook his head and said, "It was the official family who asked him to live, this Taoist is called Wang Laozhi, it is said that he met Zhongli Zhenren, and Zhongli Zhenren taught him the key to Neidan, it is said that he is still a little famous, the best at divination and fortune for people, predicting good fortune and evil, it is said that Taishi Cai asked him several times, all right, so he recommended him to enter the palace, he still didn't go, just wrote a letter to the official family, but the official family looked at it, and didn't know what was written in it, but immediately invited him to enter the palace, and was named "Mr. Dongwei", also asked Cai Jing to let him live in a house, saying that Cai Jing is house is the best in Kaifeng City... Xiao Langjun, what do you say is all this? ”

Jiang De listened to this statement and guessed something in his heart, Xu Guanzhong said, "My lord, it seems that our Taishi is very concerned about the official family's belief in Taoism." ”

Jiang De took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "This is a good thing, most of the official's interest in Taoism should come from our book "Romance of the Gods", just right, we will go to see it in a few days, and the Taishi will definitely be very interested." Then, we went to the palace to meet the official's house. ”

When Xu Guanzhong heard that he entered the palace, he suddenly thought of that Qianying, and his heart hurt slightly, Jiang De saw that Xu Guanzhong was a little stupid, and asked, "Mr. Xu, what's wrong with you?" Feeling unwell? ”

Xu Guanzhong hurriedly shook his head and pretended, "It's okay, the student is just thinking, the Liao Kingdom is in civil strife because of the demons, will the official family think of anything?" ”

Jiang De hummed and said, "This is simple, it is said that it is a demon way, and now the Taishi is also joining in this fun, he must also have an idea, we will meet the Taishi at that time to see if our thoughts are the same." ”

As he spoke, Jiang De looked around and asked, "When will our Qionglou be renovated?" ”

Yue He said with a smile, "This is fast, it is expected to be within ten days." ”

Jiang De sighed, "It's not easy, when I was in Neihuang, I was complained by those gentlemen, saying that a lot of money was thrown into the Qionglou in Tokyo, Shopkeeper Yue, do you have confidence?" ”

Yue He arched his hand and said, "Xiao Langjun, don't worry, I have also been to Fanlou many times, and that's it, there is nothing new, and our Qionglou eats, drinks and has fun no worse than him... It's just a little bit..."

Jiang De asked, "Which point?" ”