Thinking of this, Ye Ling asked Wu Yong to arrange two people to go to Jiangzhou to inquire about Song Jiang's news, Chao Gai and the others all felt Ye Ling's righteousness, and even Song Jiang, who only had one side of knowledge, took care of it, so they praised it greatly.

But how did they know that Ye Ling actually treated Song Jiang as an important enemy, and it was basic military common sense to grasp every move of the "enemy" at any time.

Then Ye Ling ordered to go down again, continue to recruit troops and horses, expand the cottage, increase housing, reclaim land, build armaments, etc., this time he went down the mountain and bought more than 100,000 taels of silver, and the military expenses were naturally sufficient.

Ye Ling's attitude towards money has never changed - that is, these things are very important, but they are never hidden in the warehouse to give cubs, but they are transformed into strength as much as possible, so the huge amount of more than 100,000 taels of silver that he just bought was soon gone, but the strength of the cottage has improved in all aspects.

Lu Fang and Guo Sheng, who were newly on the mountain, also arranged them to be two deputy generals under Lin Chong, and Shi Xiu went to Chao Gai's side, but his martial arts are really outstanding, whether it is Chao Gai, Liu Tang or Lei Heng, they have competed with him, although everyone is not serious, but they are all experts, and they can see how many can not leave ten, they all know that Shi Xiu's martial arts are by no means under them, I am afraid that they really have to fight hard, they are not Shi Xiu's opponents, so Shi Xiu naturally directly became the general of the infantry army.

In the blink of an eye, another month has passed, this day Ye Ling is trying to move with Lin Chong, he knows the truth that the fist does not leave the hand, this martial arts will not be practiced for a day, although he is now more and more powerful in martial arts, but he must not be arrogant and neglect to practice, otherwise he will regress.

And now with his martial arts, even Shi Jin's level is far from being an opponent, so the most suitable opponent who can fight with him is naturally Lin Chong, the number one master of the cottage.

But even Lin Chong couldn't suppress Ye Ling at this time, after the two of them fought for a full hundred rounds in one go, Ye Ling was defeated by one move, and Lin Chong also praised Ye Ling's martial arts so quickly, saying that he had never seen anyone whose talent could reach even half of Ye Ling's.

This was still the result of Ye Ling not using the Jade Seal and Lu Bu's halberd, of course, Ye Ling also knew that Lin Chong didn't go all out, after all, the two sides were just trying to move, and those real killer tricks naturally couldn't be used.

Both of them were sweating profusely at this time, and there were already little minions who handed hot towels and herbal tea, and the two of them were resting while drinking tea and chatting, and at this time, someone suddenly rushed over to report, saying that Zhujiazhuang was coming, and 100,000 people were in a hurry to ask for help!

Zhujiazhuang?

Lin Chong and Ye Ling glanced at each other, and they both felt a little strange, they had a big battle with Zhujiazhuang a few months ago, and it ended with Zhujiazhuang's surrender, but although the two sides are no longer enemies, they are not good friends, why do they want to come here for help?

Ye Ling put on his coat and came to the hall with Lin Chong, and also asked the little colonel who reported the news to call the messenger from Zhujiazhuang over to hear what was going on.

The rest of the leaders also came to the Juyi Hall one after another at this time, and sat down in their own places, and now there are twenty-seven leaders on Liangshan, and they can be regarded as talented, and they are sitting there with a rainbow of momentum.

As soon as Zhujiazhuang's entourage entered the hall, he was shocked by this momentum, and as soon as he entered the door, he knelt down far away, and said in a trembling voice: "Villain blessings, please, meet the lord of Ye Dazhai and the leaders." ”

Everyone laughed, Zhujiazhuang had also paid enough price before, so they all thought that the matter was over, and they didn't have much hatred for the people of Zhujiazhuang, of course, there was no affection.

Seeing this person frightened like this, everyone was a little sympathetic, Ruan Xiaoqi laughed and said: "That man, we are not a big worm that eats people, what are you afraid of, just talk inside." ”

Shi Jin also smiled: "Come here, you can't hear you clearly when you're so far away, don't worry, we are all men who stand up to the sky, the previous matter is over, we won't do anything to you anymore." ”

The messenger breathed a sigh of relief, trotted into the hall, came to Ye Ling and knelt down again, and kowtowed respectfully.

Ye Ling also had a little emotion in his heart when he saw this person, he still remembered that a few months ago, when Zhujiazhuang sent a messenger named Zhu'an for the first time, how arrogant and arrogant he was at that time, he completely regarded Liang Shan as an opponent of a lower level, and as a result, he angered Liang Shan, and was directly killed by Shi Jin.

And now it is also Zhujiazhuang and Liangshan, but this messenger is so sincere and afraid, he has fallen to the ground before he enters the door, this is not that their cultivation has suddenly improved from "villain" to "gentleman", but the strength of the two sides has changed dramatically, and the world is unpredictable, nothing more than this.

Ye Ling raised his hand to let the messenger get up, and asked someone to move a stool for him, but last time Na Zhu'an didn't, he has always respected me by an inch, I respect people by a foot, people force me by an inch, and I press you by a foot.

The messenger sat down flattered, but because of the pressure, he was almost half a little butt leaning against him, and told him what had happened during this time.

It turned out that since the defeat of Zhujiazhuang last time, he honestly bowed his head and behaved, and he no longer dared to act arrogantly as a powerful man in the rivers and lakes.

But this is the rule of the rivers and lakes, the strong are respected, and the weak can only be bullied, so Zhujiazhuang was so domineering before, and others could only grovel, just because they had enough strength to back.

But now Zhujiazhuang wants to be a low-key person, but the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, but other forces do not agree, and they refuse to let them quit so comfortably.

And this force is not those underworld forces, but the only white power - the government.

It turns out that the strength of Zhujiazhuang in the past few decades even the government has to bow its head, a few years ago the Dengzhou government had sent troops to attack Zhujiazhuang, but the result was a big defeat, and even the regimental training envoys with troops were defeated by Zhu Biao and Luan Tingyu each, which is the result of the mercy of the Zhu family.

Therefore, after the two sides negotiated, they each made a concession, and Zhujiazhuang continued to recognize the dominance of the imperial court in this field, but the Zhu family not only did not have to bear any taxes and servitude, but also exempted even the surrounding ten miles and eight towns, to put it bluntly, the government could not get any actual benefits for them here, but only had an explanation to the above.