On the second day after Zhang Xutuo arrived in Zhangqiu, he sent people to invite the famous and powerful landlords of the county to come to discuss important matters. Anyone who has more than 300 acres of land in his family, and who has a wealth of more than 1,000 yuan, and who has a clan population of more than 100 households, are all invited.

These people are listed in the upper and middle households, upper and lower households, and upper and fourth class households of the upper and lower households of the ninth class households on the grain distribution list of Yicang Grain in Zhangqiu County every year.

The upper fourth-class households are not only the big households in the county, but also the big taxpayers in the county. It's just that in recent years, the tax has become higher and higher, so these powerful landlords in Zhangqiu County have also begun to default. It's not that they can't afford to pay, but they can't pay enough, so just drag it out.

The inviter is Zhang Xutuo, the county prince, who came with 800 county soldiers, if not, few heroes are willing to have a meeting at this time.

The smell of blood at the East City Gate has not yet dissipated, and the thousand-step human head pile is even more eerie and terrifying.

The yamen sent people to greet them in front of the city gate, and everyone came to greet them, and then asked for their names, checked the posters, and registered them.

The snakes in line to register greeted each other.

Someone muttered in a low voice, "Killing God Luo Cheng ·······"

"Some people say that this Luo Cheng is the reincarnation of the White Tiger."

There was a person behind him immediately, "At the beginning, it was said that Luo Cheng was a madman, and then he became a killing god, and now he has become the reincarnation of a white tiger." ”

"Luo Cheng has a lot of legends now, all the way to the county, but twenty miles away, I have heard no less than ten different legends."

"Yes, some people say that he is a heavenly soldier, and some say that he is the reincarnation of a white tiger, and some say that he is a broken military star, in short, this kid has been really crazy recently."

"Crazy is crazy, but people have the ability to be crazy. I heard that this is only sixteen, sixteen, it's already so ruthless, capturing the blue-faced ghost, breaking Qingyangzhuang, capturing the king and defeating Wang Yong, and turning this Zhangqiu County Ya upside down, but the more you toss, the thicker the cost, I heard that the county Cheng intends to let Luo Cheng be the captain of our Zhangqiu County, officially in charge of the 500 people in the county barracks of Zhangqiu County, and also in charge of the township barracks of the five townships below 1,000 township soldiers. ”

"But I heard that the county Cheng made a statement to the imperial court and wanted to recommend Luo Cheng as the county lieutenant."

"It is possible for the lieutenant, but it is unlikely for the county lieutenant, you see that since the succession of the Son of Heaven to the throne, the county lieutenants everywhere have basically been appointed by the Jinshi and Ming Classics who were born in the imperial examination, and even the grades have been promoted from the ninth in the past to the eighth grade. Ordinary people, but they can't be county lieutenants, they have to be born in the imperial examination. Although Luo Cheng is crazy and fierce, he is from a mud-legged background, how can he be qualified? ”

The person who spoke couldn't hide his disdain for Luo Cheng.

"That is, how is he qualified to do it?" Some people echoed indignantly, "Ignorant puppeteers, once they gain power, they are very rampant, and they bloody the third class of the county government, killing how many people." ”

"It's not just murder, I heard that he is going to use a knife on us next, it is said that he will personally bring someone to collect the debt from us next, if he doesn't pay the debt, then it is estimated that the end will be the same as Fan Catcher."

"How dare he?" Someone said angrily, "He is a little head catcher, he really thinks he is in heaven?" ”

A middle-aged man said, "Everyone, please be quiet, this Luo Cheng is gaining power now, not only the county commander trusts him, but even the county Cheng admires him very much." With the county order and the county as backers, in this Zhangqiu County, he can really do whatever he wants. We are jade, we can't touch the tile, it's not worth it. ”

"But Luo Cheng is messing around like this, are we just watching like this? Who is not in arrears, and if you really want to pay it off at once, do you know how much you have to pay? "A landlord is dissatisfied.

The middle-aged man just smiled, "I said, dude, it's useless for you to be angry at me." Luo Cheng now has a backer, hundreds of brothers, a spear and a knife in his hand, he knocked on the door and asked you to pay it, do you dare to say no? ”

Immediately caused a burst of public anger.

The landlord's money is not blown by the wind, not to mention that if the arrears are paid all at once, this is not a small amount, this is not cutting meat, this is directly cutting the thigh.

"Gotta figure figure it out!"

At this time, the middle-aged man continued, "Think about it, what did Luo Cheng start with? ”

"Bandits!" Humane, and then his mind turned, "Yes, we can secretly go to the mountains to find someone." ”

"You can do this if you're not afraid of death, but I suggest you don't. When is it now, if you still play this trick, you will burn yourself, Fan Hu and Liu Shouyi, but their heads are still stuck in the stump over there. ”

"If not, what then?"

The middle-aged man smiled slightly, "You can change your thinking, didn't Luo Cheng start by suppressing bandits, he is also asking for money and money now, just right, Wang Bo Wang Yong and other thieves who invaded our Zhangqiu County last time are still in Changbai Mountain, for such bandits, of course, they have to be eliminated as soon as possible." As a powerful landlord in this county, we have the responsibility to contribute to protect the peace of the water and soil. ”

"I propose that when we meet the county, we should donate a sum of money and food together as funds for the suppression of bandits. Please ask Luo Cheng, the hero of the county's bandits, to lead the township to go out bravely, go into the mountains to exterminate the bandits, and return us to peace. ”

Someone said, "What? also has to raise money for Luo Cheng to suppress bandits, wouldn't this help him make meritorious contributions, and if this kid succeeds, he will not be even more arrogant and arrogant. ”

Middle-aged men are not in a hurry.

"Everyone, don't worry, think about it, the two kings are so easy to suppress, not to mention that there are more than two kings' men and horses in this mountain. If it was really so easy to suppress, how could Luo Cheng let them leave safely that night? Even Jun Cheng went out in person last time, but he failed to kill the two kings, which shows the courage of these two. ”

"So, what does Brother Duan mean is that we are called inviting you into the urn?"

"No, borrow a knife to kill!" The middle-aged man surnamed Duan smiled at the harmless appearance of humans and animals.

"Oh!"

A group of people nodded in response, all of them were landlords and strong, and none of them were really stupid.

At this time, buying through the bandits to kill Luo Cheng is self-defeating. But if everyone pooled money to let Luo Cheng go to suppress the bandits, then if Luo Cheng was killed by the bandits by mistake, then he could only blame himself for his incompetence, and he really couldn't blame them.

They're also well-intentioned.

"Gao, Brother Duan is really smart."

"Average." The surname Duan is still the appearance of the vice cloud.

The crowd began to discuss how much money to donate.

"If you want to donate, donate more, and you have to show our sincerity."

"Is it necessary to donate more?"

"Anyway, everyone will share it together, and it won't be much, as long as Luo Cheng dies, the county will have to pay off the arrears, but I'm afraid it will have to stop. How much is that? ”

"I've got to get some money."

Everyone suddenly agreed.