Jiang De listened to what the farmer and the shopkeeper said, and was quite satisfied with Chao Gai and the others in his heart, Niu Gao touched his head and said, "Xiao Langjun, why are you a strong man in the mountains, there are so many differences between you here and me, and there was no saying that we were good near the mountain at that time." ”

Jiang De smiled: "You will know in the future." ”

At this time, a black-clothed warrior walked in, walked straight to Jiang De's table, and said to Jiang De, "My lord, there is a soldier and horse three miles away, it looks like it should be Liangshan's soldier and horse." ”

Xu Guanzhong whispered to Jiang De, "Lord, they should have come to greet us. ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "Forget it, I haven't seen them for more than half a year, and I don't know how they run Liangshan." ”

Saying that, Jiang De said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, settle the bill first, since you said that Liangshan soldiers and horses will not mess around, let's go and have a good time." ”

The shopkeeper didn't object, but just said, "Guest officer, you can go as you go, just watch from a distance, otherwise it will be a trouble to treat you as people from the government and arrest you." ”

After Jiang Dexie, he took a group of people and went to the direction of Liangshan.

Halfway through, he saw a soldier and horse coming from afar, Jiang De looked at it with a telescope in his hand, and saw that there were still some people coming and going near this soldier and horse, and there were even curious naughty boys looking not far away, as if this soldier and horse under the banner of a bandit didn't care.

"Lord, it seems that Chao Gai still did what the lord asked, otherwise the people would not care so much about the soldiers and horses of Liangshan, this is a manifestation of my Liangshan's popularity." Xu Guanzhong also had a telescope in his hand and said with a smile.

Zhu Wu shook his head and said, "There are good and bad things, and the rest is just that, if there are enemy spies in it, won't our army know all the truth and fiction by the enemy army?" ”

Jiang De snorted and said, "This is a problem, but between the people's will and the reality, I would rather choose the people's heart, and this is also near Liangshan, if you go out, it can't be like this." ”

Zhu Wu thought for a moment and nodded.

Jiang De stood up and said to Li Zhong next to him, "Brother Li Zhong, you take my sword, go to the Liangshan army to find Chao Gai Chao Heavenly King, and bring them here." ”

When Li Zhong heard this, he sighed, took the sword, picked up the steel spear and ran towards the Liangshan army.

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"The owner of the village doesn't know if it's there, military advisor, do you say that the owner of the village will be satisfied when he sees Liangshan today?" Chao Gai said with some concern.

Wu smiled bitterly in his heart, you are worried, I am more worried than you, saying that you are the deputy owner of the village, but which of the big and small affairs of Liangshan is not handled by me, this is really not satisfied, the lord will definitely not come to you, and I, Wu Yongke, will be unlucky.

Wu Yong comforted Chao Gai and comforted himself and said, "The owner of the village is benevolent and righteous, and it will be fine." ”

As he was talking, Qianjun suddenly listened to the two, and Chao Gai asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Soon, a sentry came running to report, "Report to the owner of the village, the military division, there is a person in front, holding a sword in his hand, saying that he wants to see the owner of the village and the military division." ”

Chao Gai sighed, looked at Wu Yong, and Wu Yong said, "Let him come here, is he only one person?" ”

"Yes, only one person rides alone!"

Wu Yong nodded and said, "Then please come quickly." ”

As he spoke, Wu Yong smiled at Chao Gai, "Baozheng." Let's get off the horse first, the person who comes should be the owner of the village. ”

Chao Gai sighed, a little surprised in his heart, and after a while, he saw a strong man walking forward with a sword in his hand and said, "Xiao Langjun has an order, let you go with me!" ”

Chao Gai saw that it was the sword that Jiang De was holding back then, and immediately arched his hand and said, "Chao Gai has taken the order!" ”

Jiang De, who was in the distance, put down the binoculars and nodded, he asked Li Zhong to go, and he also had a hint of temptation, after all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and many things have to be guarded against.

Chao Gai and others came to Tushan and saw Jiang De and his party, Chao Gai hurriedly stepped forward with a few leaders, and stepped forward to worship, "Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Liu Tang, Lei Heng, and Song Wan have seen the owner of the village!" ”

Jiang De smiled: "Brothers, how have you been doing in the past six months?" ”

Wu Yong got up and said, "Everything is fine, it's just that the brothers miss the owner of the village." ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "I have heard the name of benevolence and righteousness of our Liangshan along the way. The master of Chao Zhai and Wu Junshi have made great contributions, let's go up the mountain! ”

Saying that, the troops separated, Jiang De and others came all the way to the Chinese army, Jiang De looked at this unit closely, and found that the sergeants' faces were ruddy, and most of their bodies were strong, some of them were curious about Jiang De, some were excited, and some were fanatical.

"Baozheng, I see that there are a lot of newcomers among the sergeants, it seems that we have not been idle in Liangshan for half a year." Jiang De said to Chao Gai.

Chao Gai said with a smile, "Since we broke Yuncheng County, our reputation has risen greatly, and we have only beaten the bad gentry and bullies according to the instructions of the owner of the village, not the good gentry of the people, and the money and grain that we have grabbed are all divided into a part to the people. Some of the displaced people from outside have come to our Liangshan, and now there are more than 3,000 soldiers and horses in Liangshan. ”

"More than three thousand?" Jiang De was a little surprised, of course, this number cannot be compared with the heyday of Liangshan, but now Liangshan has not annexed so many green forest mountains and imperial court surrenders.

Wu Yong arched his hand and said, "The owner of the village can rest assured, these more than 3,000 people are all really willing to defect to our Liangshan, and they are all selected strong people, otherwise there will be more, and dozens of people will come to us every day." ”

Jiang De sighed: "If the imperial court is Shengrui, where will so many people be willing to go up the mountain?" Have you asked where most of these people are from? ”

Wu Yong said, "There are all over the place, the nearest ones are in Yunzhou, Jeju and other places, and the far ones are from Laizhou and Hebei, but if you want to say that the most from other places, I am afraid it is Yanzhou." ”

Jiang De narrowed his eyes and said, "Is it because of Xianyuan?" ”

Wu Yong hummed and said, "The sage kills without blood..."

Jiang De nodded and said, "Let's go up the mountain and talk about it." I also brought a few new brothers, and when the time comes, we will all get to know each other together. ”

When he arrived at the hotel in front of Liangshan, Jiang De saw twenty or thirty people standing on the side of the road, Zhu Gui stood up and said to Jiang De, "Zhu Gui has seen the owner of the village!" ”

Jiang De laughed, turned over and dismounted, and said to Zhu Gui, "Brother Zhu Gui, I haven't seen you for a long time, I didn't expect you to be quite lively here." ”

Zhu Gui smiled and said, "Thanks to the blessing of the owner of the village, heroes from all over the world have recently come to Liangshan to vote for me, so I can't be idle here." ”

Jiang De nodded, looked at the twenty or thirty people, these twenty or thirty people heard that the one with the mask was the real Liangshan cottage owner, and couldn't help but look at Jiang De curiously and excitedly, Jiang De said, "Brothers, thank you for looking up to our Liangshan, come from thousands of miles to vote, I hope you can all stand the test, and in the future, you can also abide by my Liangshan cottage rules and military regulations in Liangshan, gather righteousness to protect the people, and do the right thing for heaven!" ”

After speaking, Jiang De returned to the army and went up the mountain together under the reception of the Ruan brothers.

In the crowd, the discussion of Jiang De just now has just begun, some say that Jiang De is young, some say that Jiang De set up the Liangshan military regulations, and some say that Liangshan has eliminated the bullies in recent days, and Zhu Gui smiled and said, "Everyone, you are also blessed today, you can actually meet our village owner, but just like our village owner said, we Liangshan has its own rules, if you can stand these rules, you can stay and participate in the most basic physical fitness and talent test, if you can't, please take the travel fee we give, Let's go home. ”

"Shopkeeper Zhu, this is a bit contemptuous of people, I am from a bitter background, I haven't suffered anything, how can I be afraid?"

"That's it, who of you doesn't know that the Liangshan Army has strict military regulations, and we are all mentally prepared, and please don't worry about the shopkeeper Zhu."

Zhu Gui nodded and said, "That's fine, then please eat and drink first, and someone will take you up the mountain later." ”

Not to mention that Zhu Gui arranged for the young man who had just defected to Liangshan to go up the mountain, Jiang De came to the Juyi Hall, sat on the right seat, looked at the leader below and said with a smile, "Finally back, are you all healthy during this time?" I seem to have a few more faces, but the new heroes? ”

Wu Yong came out and said, "Go back to the village master, wait for me to introduce one or two." ”

Saying that, Wu Yong took a person out of the ranks, only to see this person smiling, slightly fat, looking like a good gentleman, Wu Yong said, "This is Zhu Gui's brother, smiling tiger Zhu Fu, was invited to the mountain by Zhu Gui's letter, and temporarily listened to the head of the North Road Hotel." ”

Zhu Fu stepped forward and said, "Zhu Fu has seen the owner of the village!" ”

Jiang De was also happy to see that Zhu Fu was really pulled up the mountain by Zhu Gui, so he said, "Okay, you two brothers can work together, if I want to take advantage of people in the future, I will be unfavorable, intelligence is very important, you must carefully explore the news of the rivers and lakes, second, you must pay attention to the mobilization of soldiers and horses in the Sifang Prefecture, and third, you must accept the heroes of the Quartet, I think this temporary word can be removed, let it go, and if you have merit in the future, you will be rewarded!" ”

Zhu Fu hurriedly thanked him, after all, the original position was given by Chao Gai, and since Jiang De was not there, it could only be a temporary word, and now it has been removed, which also means that Jiang De has officially accepted him as a member of Liangshan.

Wu Yong brought out another person, only to see this person with a wide face, broad lips and protruding eyes, slender and delicate talent, Jiang De couldn't help but be a little interested, Wu Yong said, "The owner of the village, this is my friend, who was originally imprisoned in Jiangzhou and the two courts, and is the fastest person in the rivers and lakes. ”

Dai Zong really went up the mountain, and when he saw that Dai Zong was said to be a friend by Wu Yong, his face twitched unnaturally, Jiang De knew that this Dai Zong went up the mountain not voluntarily from the beginning, and what kind of poisonous trick did this Wu Yong use, but this Jiang De didn't care, Jiang De asked first, "Dean Dai's name, I have also heard of it in the rivers and lakes, I want to ask, Dean Dai, can you really travel 800 miles a day?" A horse like this can't outrun you. ”

The marathon in later generations is about 42 kilometers, and the fastest record for men is about two hours, that is, even if the speed is not reduced, so that you can only run 250 kilometers a day, and it is not 800 miles, how did Dai Zong run?

Dai Zong scratched his head and said, "This is the lifting of friends on the rivers and lakes, my brother and I just run faster than others, and my endurance is longer than others. I also have horses, I can usually ride horses, and I still ride horses. ”

Dai Zong's words made everyone laugh, and Jiang De also nodded with a smile and said, "This is also reasonable, what position is Dean Dai in my village now?" ”

Wu Yong replied, "Because I wear Dean Dai's legs and feet, I am now a messenger. ”

Jiang De sighed and said, "Isn't this overkill." I still know some of Dean Dai's skills, in this way, we do not have a special intelligence agency in Liangshan, and the intelligence collected by the Zhu brothers is judged by a few gentlemen, which is extremely inconvenient in the future, so let's do it, Dean Dai will temporarily be the commander of my Liangshan Confidential Battalion, in charge of intelligence work, and in the future, intelligence from all over the country will be directly gathered to Dean Dai, and after Dean Dai makes a preliminary judgment, he will report to the military division and me to make a correct judgment. ”

Dai Zong was quite satisfied with this errand, so he hurriedly gave his hand and said, "Dai Zong has taken the order!" ”

Jiang De nodded, looked at Wu Yong, Wu Yong brought out another person, and said with a smile, "Lord, this is a native of Jeju Mansion, and he writes a hundred characters in one hand, and he is known as Xiao Rang, a scholar of the holy pen." ”

Jiang De sighed, looked at Xiao Rang, who was dressed in a long robe, and asked, "Mr. Xiao, I have also heard of it, and even the official family and the Taishi have praised it, why did you come to my Liangshan?" ”

Xiao Rang glanced at Wu Yong next to him with a wry smile, and said, "It's all because of the persecution of corrupt officials, and I asked the owner of the village to take it in." ”

Yes, needless to say, it must have been Wu Yongyu who went up the mountain, Jiang De smiled at Wu Yong, and said to Xiao Rang, "In my cottage, there are many martial artists and few scribes, and I naturally want to reuse such a great talent as Mr., I don't know that Mr. In addition to the Four Books and Five Classics, he can understand the military, agriculture and commerce, and the affairs of hundreds of industries?" ”

Xiao Rang suddenly said with some embarrassment: "The student has not studied the military, agriculture, commerce and the affairs of hundreds of industries. ”

Jiang De sighed and sighed, "I wanted Mr. to be the counselor of my military division, but since I don't know about military affairs, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you, so let's do it, I will arrange a literate person in each team of my Liangshan army, this person will teach our sergeants to learn literature and calligraphy, understand etiquette, and know loyalty, Mr. can be the commander of my Liangshan education battalion, in charge of my Liangshan sergeant's daily study and assessment, first select one person from each team to study with you during the day, and go back to teach the brothers at night." ”

Teach bandits to read? Xiao Rang was almost stupid, Ruan Xiaoer and the others were illiterate, and immediately asked, "Owner of the village, why do we still have to learn to read and write?" ”

Jiang De glared at him and said, "Could it be that if I pass on your secret order in the future, do you still have to find someone to help you read it?" I don't want you to take the imperial examination, and if the war breaks out in the future, there will be casualties among your brothers, shouldn't you let them leave a letter to their parents and brothers before going to war? ”

Hearing Jiang De say this, the others couldn't say anything anymore, and the matter was settled.