Zhang Yuan and Qian Tong stood on the corner of the street and whispered, what Qian Tong said about Lu Shi was so terrifying, and they were vigilant in their hearts.

"How does the gentleman know so much?"

"I am unwilling to be defeated, but I can't help him, I always pay attention to Lu Shi of Black Tiger Village, and a few days ago I learned that he began to implement the method of reducing rent and interest and collecting protection fees for buying people in his sphere of influence, which is a big stroke that has never been done before or since, and it is also a very smooth administrative policy, which is the most terrible thing about this thief."

"What's scary?" Zhang Yuan has never been in politics, so of course he doesn't know anything about this.

"Rent reduction, interest reduction and protection fees, for those landlords are just a drop in the bucket, will not arouse everyone's determination to resist, but for those small people is a great thing, where can the people's hearts not be attached? If he reined in the homeless people to strengthen himself like other poles, then sooner or later he would be dragged down by these homeless people who were not engaged in production, but now it is different, not only is he not dragged down by the homeless, but also has a large number of small people who are sincerely supported, and he also takes out a part of the money and grain and those local poles, so that the official army is surrounded and suppressed, and there are his ears, eyes and supporters everywhere, and those peripheral cottage poles are in the same breath as him, so what else can the official army do? I heard that now the decree of Fuxian County is not out of the county gate, and there is also a letter from Suide County Zun Zhouji, saying that now, his captured signatories have sneaked back and taken their homes, saying that in the gourd valley of the thieves, the system of dividing the fields is implemented, is this still done by the thieves? Isn't it scary, you say? ”

"Since the thief has such ambitions, as if he wants to be an enemy of the court, why doesn't the gentleman tell the governor about this? So that the imperial court can make arrangements as soon as possible," Zhang Yuan said eagerly.

Qian Zanhua looked at Zhang Yuan, who was like an idiot, I really don't know what this profiteer's head is for, he is really an idiot in officialdom, chickens have to be raised to have eggs to eat, don't you understand this little truth? If there is no such trouble as non-sticky mud and Lu Shi, where would he still have become an official from white cloth? Then you have a lowly businessman to become a dignified official? Qian Zhongjun is now a marrow eater. Seeing that Qian Zhongjun didn't say anything, Zhang Yuan also diverted the topic with interest,

"Sir's resistance to the squire's rent and interest reduction is underestimated, so isn't the Zhao family an example? It is better to destroy the clan than to obey the thief, such righteous people still abound. Zhang Yuan said with an unconvinced face.

Qian Zanhua looked at Zhang Yuan for a long time, and saw that Zhang Yuan really didn't think of the key in it, so he said word by word; "Then the Zhao family is a good calculation, and the Zhao patriarch is a bitter plan, he originally wanted to use the life and blood of his own clan in exchange for the future of the outstanding sons of the Zhao family who came to Fucheng to defect, this Zhao patriarch is ruthless and courageous enough."

Zhang Yuan is also the master of the eight-sided exquisite, but he didn't think about it before, and as soon as Qian Zan drew a little, he immediately understood the trick, and was shocked by this crazy move in a cold sweat.

Does the prosperity of the family require the bones of those women and children to be piled up? Is he doing the same now?

Standing on the corner of the street, Qian Tong looked at the confused Zhang Yuan, and continued; "Qian Mou also fought with that Lu Shi, there are only 2,000 remnants of soldiers, and they defeated my 2,000 Shengli Xiangyong in less than half an hour, if it weren't for the fact that people didn't want to kill and injure too many people and make a big deal about it, where would you and I still talk here?"

Zhang Yuan's face turned pale when he heard this.

"Let me ask you, you also went to those two guards, and the soldiers there were better than your three thousand signs?"

"It's a far cry."

"The 3,000 signatories you recruited are also homeless people, are they stronger than the border army that has been bloodied in a hundred battles?"

"It's a far cry." Zhang Yuan knew that these signatories were actually the young and strong among the homeless people, all of them were skinny, but they had just recovered some physical strength under the feeding of their own blood, and they had never seen blood killing, where was it comparable to a hundred border troops?

"Your soldiers are not better than others, this defeat." Qian Zan said with a finger on the board. "Your soldiers are only 3,000, plus the soldiers of the two guards are only 4,005, and the 1,000 soldiers who led the deputy general soldiers this time are only 5,500, and I know that the thieves now have 5,000 soldiers, and there are countless untouchables who support them, and countless other cottage poles around them as Olympic aid, so your soldiers are not more than others, and this two defeats."

looked at Zhang Yuan, who was already in a cold sweat, and continued unrelentingly; "Your strategy is not as good as that Lu Shi, your subordinates are not in battle, and where are the opponents of those pole leaders who lick blood all day long? This three defeats. ”

"Isn't there still General Li sent down by Shangfeng? After all, he was born as a general, so he should be able to use it. Zhang Yuan muttered without confidence.

"That Li Yuanhao lost a good name, but he is a pickled goods with developed limbs and a simple mind, or he would not be in the world of general soldiers everywhere, or a deputy general soldier who echoed his voice, if he was left in previous years, he was just a small garrison guerrilla material, and now it is Liao Hua, a general in Shuzhong, who is a pioneer, do you still make him real? Don't you think you can't live long? At this point, his eyes were already full of contempt.

What Qian Zan said is indeed the truth, although he is a businessman and does not understand the military, but he is still very accurate in reading people, so Li Yuanhao is really not the material for leading troops to fight, but he is just trying to use some means to eat and take cards.

Seeing that Zhang Yuan didn't speak, Qian Zanhua raised his finger again and said; "Black Tiger Village has a cottage danger to defend, but you are working on an expedition, and people have the convenience of geographical advantages, and this fourth defeat is also. I think that Li Yuanhao's fool led the army independently for the first time, he must be a high-spirited and reckless light enemy, and if he wants to take the lead, he may let the treacherous Lu Shi take the opportunity to break through each other, and this fifth defeat is also "Looking at Zhang Yuan, who was trembling and sweating, he sneered; "With these five defeats, I don't see where you win. Isn't it? Lord Zhang? “

Zhang Yuan came back to his senses at this time, pounced on Qian Zanhua, knelt down and said in a trembling voice; "Since Mr. knows that I am defeated, there must be a way to crack it, please save me." After that, he stuffed the five pieces of gold into Qian Zanhua's hand.

Qian Zanhua hurriedly helped Zhang Yuan up and weighed the gold, but this time he put it into his arms with peace of mind, and after thinking for a while, he said to Zhang Yuan, who was looking forward to it; "For Master Zhang, in fact, winning is not necessarily good, but defeat is not necessarily bad.

"What does that mean?" Zhang Yuan immediately asked.

Qian Zan said with a smile; "This can't be said, Master Zhang will experience it himself. But if you want to send troops this time, Lord Zhang must surround the children of his family around him, which is the capital of a comeback. When you return from the defeat, you will find a certain family, and I will give you a way to turn it over. ”

"Why don't you say it now, sir?" Zhang Yuan said urgently.

"Say it now, then you won't have your future future, and there will be no corresponding effect, so for the sake of Lord Zhang's gold, it's better not to say it." Ignoring the stunned Zhang Yuan, he strode towards the commander's warehouse.

In fact, Zhang Yuan also had thoughts about this crackdown, and his father-in-law discussed with him last night and made a decision in the middle of the night, everyone tacitly agreed, but they just didn't expect that they would be completely defeated.

After a depressed look in the warehouse, he got the part of the armor equipment that he should have, escorted it back to his training place, and after arming all the villagers, he stored most of the excess for later use. Once again, he took a few close children to Li Yuanhao's deputy commander-in-chief's mansion to discuss the dispatch of troops.

This Li Yuanhao has the name of a big hero, but he is a man who can only fight with brute force, this time he was assigned to lead the soldiers of the two guards, and three thousand villagers to exterminate the cottage of what kind of thief, he was overjoyed, he had wronged this deputy general soldier for many years, and the heaven-sent opportunity finally had a chance to show his face. It was also the salted fish that turned over.

What can a bandit do? Not a bunch of ragged, hungry and dying outcasts? Where is there any combat power, their own thousand recuperated Qi army soldiers can be leveled with a charge, if it weren't for the governor and commander to make the adults press, you have to wait for those pickled guards and what townsmen to advance and retreat together, Lao Tzu would have led the soldiers to kill the Black Tiger Village, and the leader of the thieves was rewarded, why bother waiting for such anxiety? Do you want to share the credit for the victory?

To tell the truth, Li Yuanhao looked down on Zhang Yuan, who was born as a businessman, didn't he just rely on his family's money to get a sesame mung bean official who was calmed down? Where are the officials who have come from a real bloody battle like me? If you pay back five people and six people a day, you don't care if you ask for a silver coin or push back and push.

Therefore, Li Yuanhao never called Zhang Yuan with an official title, but called him Boss Zhang, so that he could know some of his duties.

is in the courtyard of the house to greet a group of pro-soldiers to drink, in fact, the mouth has long faded out of a bird, the winter had to take a jar of wine to drink, not even a snack, in Zhang Yuan played most of the silver in the autumn and winter to pay off the gambling debts, there is a group of pro-soldiers cubs need to feed, this is a team of their own brothers who can't be treated badly, that is, the wife and children don't eat or drink, and they can't treat these brothers slowly, when they are desperate a few times, they are all on the side to help them, so they have the title of their ten thousand enemies, and they are rude and unliterate, but this distant relatives are still clear, and they are thinking about how to scrape out some oil and water in the hands of Zhang Yuan, who is wronged, and give his wife and children a little drop, so that he will not die of cold and starvation in case of a good one, and a pro-soldier came to report, saying that Zhang Yuan came to see him, and he didn't even raise his ass at that time. "Go and let him come in and talk to our guys."

Zhang Yuan came in to give Li Yuanhao a salute, but Li Yuanhao still didn't even give a straight eye, just holding a big bowl with his cronies and soldiers and taking a sip of dry liquor.

Zhang Yuan had no choice but to speak first; "Deputy Chief Li, the lower officer has already prepared the grain and grass and the village bravery, let's see when the general will raise troops to suppress the thieves?"

When Li Yuanhao heard this, he was interested, slammed the wine bowl on the table, and shouted loudly, "Boss Zhang is ready?" So what are you waiting for, we'll send troops right away. As he spoke, he put the bowl on the table.