Chapter 3 East Gate (Eight Tops)

In an instant, almost all the big and small leaders present were stunned. They didn't expect Cheng Mingzhen, who came to negotiate with Tao County, the representative pavilion, to put forward such a ridiculous proposal. Don't enter the city, don't put forward a request beyond the capacity of Guantao County, in that case, what will everyone do when they mobilize people to attack the county seat? It's better to tie a few meat tickets firmly and sit on the ground to collect the ransom!

However, in recent times, the benefits of looting have become less and less, and it is also an indisputable fact that resistance has become more and more fierce everywhere. In the past, no one had the heart to think carefully about the reason, but today it was put forward by the young man with the metaphor of "burning the forest and hunting", which immediately made many people feel something. Robbed all the counties around that could be captured, where will everyone find a way to survive in the future? Put down your sword and lift the hoe again? Will the government allow it? Will the other strands around be allowed?!

Finding that the movement around him was abnormal, Cheng Mingzhen couldn't help but feel a feeling of weakness. He knew that his last few words were to the point, and in order to survive, he had to continue with his head no matter whether Zhang Jin said it or not. "If I were Zhang Da in charge, the most appropriate way would be to reach an agreement with the Guantao County Order. The rest of the materials will not be taken away at one time, but let Guantao County pay a share of money and grain to the imperial court in the future, and pay a share to the big boss here. Such a big boss has received supplies, Guantao County is safe, and both sides have nothing to lose! ”

When the words fell, the whispers around them became louder. Most of the rogues struggled at the bottom of society before they fell into the grass, and the long-term suffering invisibly left an inferiority complex on their bodies. After becoming a bandit, he is completely desperate for the future. He did not hesitate to bully the people who were more pitiful than himself, to kill for the sake of killing, to rob for the sake of robbery, and never thought about where the future would end. And learning from the government to collect money and grain from the surrounding counties and counties, this proposal that everyone could not have imagined in any way suddenly opened a window in front of everyone's eyes. Let them see another way of living after becoming a bandit. Collect money and food like an official government, maintain local order like an official government, and then you can even slowly become an official government......

Yang Xuangan rebelled in Jijun, not far away, and led his brothers to attack Luoyang. South Korea gathered 100,000 people, and no one could stop them from sweeping Henan. Now it is an out-and-out troubled era, and in the troubled times, the prince will have a kind of Xiangning?

"I should have killed you sooner!" In the chaos and noise, Zhang Jincheng said word by word. Mr. Cheng's offer looked like a trap, but it was almost impossible for him to refuse. "I'm going to see what's on this list tomorrow. You burn the pillar high incense, and let the person surnamed Lin don't try to fool me! Otherwise, tomorrow I will not blame Lao Zhang for not being emotional! ”

was able to successfully say that the other party was tempted, and Cheng Mingzhen was overjoyed. He didn't dare to ask for more, so he smiled again and said calmly: "Master Xie raised his noble hand. Cheng Moudai, the people of the county, thank you for being in charge! ”

"When am I going to let Guantao County go?" Zhang Jincheng shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "Whether you can enter the city or not depends on whether your county commander knows whether it is interesting." Juanzi, you arrange a small tent for the two of them. Send more men to protect them. This kid is insidious and cunning, and he must have some kind of idea! ”

The first half of the sentence is aimed at Cheng Mingzhen, but the second half of the sentence is directed to the jade-faced Rakshasa cuckoo. The third master, Du Laodao, was very dissatisfied with this arrangement, but he was unwilling to dismantle the stage of Jin Cheng in front of outsiders, so he frowned and looked up, his eyes full of vigilance. His daughter, the seven-master cuckoo, ignored her father's hints, hugged her fists at the handsome case, and then proudly greeted the two teenagers: "Come with me, don't be sluggish." It's a pity that you don't set up a stall to tell fortunes, the dead can make you come back to life! ”

"After arranging the two of them, return to the Chinese army earlier. We still have something to discuss! Du Scara thought about it and was still not at ease, so he chased after his daughter and admonished.

"Got it! Discuss it first, and I'll listen to it when I come back! His father's eventful affairs made Du Juan feel very uncomfortable, and while walking, he poked Wang Ermao's back with a leather whip, and in an instant, the person had walked out of the big tent.

Out of the tent, the fresh air immediately lifted people's spirits. The two teenagers didn't dare to breathe too loudly, twitching their noses, and smiling bitterly. Du Juan, the seventh master, saw their small movements seriously, shook his head, and said with a smile: "The smell inside is terrible, isn't it?" The last thing I like is so many people getting together and yelling. Things that could have been solved in a few words, but people were stinking, and the words hadn't been said together! ”

"It's fine. In the barracks of Guantao County, this is also the taste! "Cheng Mingzhen is unwilling to regenerate right and wrong, and responds cautiously." As for the, the government is even more talking, some things start to be talked about at the beginning of the year, and there may not be a conclusion at the end of the year! ”

"What else can be accomplished?" The cuckoo's smiling face was full of disbelief.

"It's also fun for them!" Wang Ermao interjected loudly. "The more they pull the skin, the less crooked they think. For us little people, we don't have to live in fear all day long! ”

"You're still a little commoner?" Du Juan disagrees with Wang Ermao's self-reported identity.

"Of course. Didn't I tell you, the two of us were on the docks twenty days ago? The reason why he is brave in the countryside is to be full. Zhang Da didn't go to us to recruit troops, otherwise, maybe I would have followed Zhang Da Da and mixed up! Wang Ermao straightened his chest and swore to confess. The woman named Du Juan in front of him looked very much appreciated by Zhang Jincheng. So no matter what, you have to get close to her, the closer the relationship, the more likely it is to leave alive.

"You'll say it!" The cuckoo raised his whip at him, "We don't recruit flamboyants here!" People who are too flamboyant are unreliable! ”

"It's not oily!" Wang Ermao wiped his lips vigorously. "I haven't eaten meat in days, where did I get the oil!"

"Less poverty!" The cuckoo shook a whip neatly, which frightened Wang Ermao and shrank his neck. It's rare for someone to tell her so many jokes, and threats are threats, and she doesn't think Ermao hates it in her heart. On the contrary, Cheng Mingzhen, who is cautious everywhere, always feels awkward in his eyes. It's as if there's an invisible wall between them, and they want to pass through, but they can't push it.

"It's not poverty, it's the truth, it's really hard for me to eat meat at home!" Wang Ermao was encouraged by the other party's smile, and became more and more open-mouthed. "My mother always said that she wanted to save the money for me to marry her daughter-in-law, but she was always reluctant to take the money to hire a matchmaker outside!"

"Then you go grab one and go home. Just like Hao Laodao and them! The cuckoo laughed as he gave the other his ideas out loud. After two years, I will give birth to a fat son, and I will become willing if I don't want to! After finishing speaking, he suddenly realized that he was also a daughter, and a red cloud jumped on his face.

Fortunately, Wang Ermao is a natural Ma Daha and will not notice the girl's sudden mood swings. And Cheng Mingzhen's mind at the moment was hanging on the details of the future negotiations, and he didn't look at her at all. So the cuckoo's trick easily succeeded, and the topic turned to other miscellaneous things in a blink of an eye.

It's just that after successfully avoiding the embarrassing topic, she faintly felt a wave of unwillingness in her heart. If the slip of the tongue just happened between the young leaders in the other cottages, and the other party had already come over with a salivating face, how could he ignore it like Cheng Mingzhen. Thinking of this, she glared at Cheng Mingzhen with some resentment, and suddenly found that the other party was born very white, with a sharp forehead and face, compared to those peers she saw every day, she looked much more heroic and calm.

A calm man is more reliable. Although she likes to socialize with lively and active teenagers, when girls of the same age communicate in private, she always takes calmness as an important criterion for choosing a husband. Under the setting sun, the face of the cuckoo became more and more ruddy, like a mountain flower in spring, blooming brilliantly.

It is not the character of a thief's daughter to open and fall in loneliness, she doesn't want to continue to be ignored by Cheng Mingzhen, she nodded with a smile, and said to herself: "Cheng Xiaojiu, you talked to Zhang Erbo today, it's not a lie, right?" ”

"Ah, what a sentence, how is it possible!" Cheng Mingzhen was stunned by the question, and quickly withdrew his mind from elsewhere, and raised his spirit. He didn't dare to think of the cuckoo, who looked like he was the same age, as the girl next door. Legend has it that hundreds of men have died at the hands of this smiling woman, all of whom died horribly and with incomplete bones.

"You said that you can reach an agreement with the county order and collect money and food on time!" When the cuckoo saw that his trick had succeeded, he was secretly happy in his heart, and pretended to ask solemnly.

"Of course. This is the way it is good for both you and me at the moment. Cheng Mingzhen responded without hesitation. He was also forced by Zhang Jincheng and others to think of such a crooked idea just now. Originally, it was just to protect yourself and get out safely. In retrospect, I find that this path was a good choice for both the enemy and the enemy. "At least the two families don't have to continue to fight and kill, after all, fighting will kill people!"

Wang Ermao saw that Du Juan seemed to be thoughtful, and hurriedly supplemented Cheng Mingzhen on the side. "Then Brother Jiu and I can come and play with you at any time. If you have injuries on the cottage, you can also secretly send them to the museum for placement! ”

"Then how much grain can you hand over to the imperial court every year?" The cuckoo frowned and thought about it, and continued to ask. She found that Wang Ermao's words were very tempting to her, and since she followed her father to the grass, the family has indeed had no worries about food and clothing. But every time she entered the city, she had to be careful. She doesn't dare to look closely at many things that girls like, and she never dares to stop and taste a lot of fresh food.

Cheng Mingzhen has just entered the officialdom, and he is not very clear about how much tax Guantao County has to pay. However, when Lin Xianling and others were discussing the matter in the morning, they had clearly said that 45,000 stone meters and 1,000 hanging money were not a large amount. In line with the principle of less than more, he hesitated and said, "I can pay about 20,000 stone rice and 300 yuan a year." It's not a big number, but it's going on every year! ”

"That's just that, isn't it enough for a brother to eat for a month?" Du Juan was very unimpressed by the figures reported by Cheng Mingzhen, raised his eyebrows, and said with wide eyes.

"But King Zhang can find a few more such counties!" Cheng Mingzhen had already thought about this problem and reminded him very simply. "There is not only one county around Juluze, but one county is in charge for a month, and the same covenant has been made between the twelve county seats, and the brothers will no longer have to go around robbing houses and houses. With time, maybe you can train a hundred elite soldiers with this! ”

"What kind of soldier is a hundred battles?" The cuckoo continued to ask. In her impression, her own brothers are already very powerful at present, if it wasn't for Wang Dangren who wanted to take the lead yesterday, and her own brothers rushed up, maybe the army would have entered the city early in the morning.

"If the commander has no order, he will not retreat before the thousands of troops. When advancing, a hundred deaths do not spin their heels, retreating in an orderly manner, do not compete with the robe, and do not abandon the weapon banner on the road. Cheng Mingzhen explained according to the records in the book. This is the image of the military in his mind, whether it is the current Xiang Yong and Zhang Jin's minions, in his eyes, they are a group of farmers who have just put down their hoes, and they are really not on the table.

"I dropped my bag again." The cuckoo listened in a daze and snorted angrily. Vaguely, she also felt that what Cheng Mingzhen said seemed to make sense. If you really have such an army in your hands, I'm afraid you will no longer be afraid of being surrounded and suppressed by officers and soldiers, right? The grandparents and aunts in Julu Zezhong can also have a happier life, and they don't need to hear the slightest wind and grass to take their children to drill into the reeds.

It's just that who can train such an army? Looking at the entire cottage, there are only a handful of people who have read the book, and they can tell the story of marching and fighting in a straightforward way, which is even rarer than the dog's head gold in the sand. Thinking of this, she glanced at Cheng Mingzhen again, and found that the other party's body bones were extremely even, and his arms and thighs were slender and powerful!

knows martial arts, has read a lot of books, and is the only one who can train Xiang Yong to surpass the combat effectiveness of Wang Dangren's minions within half a month. "Then can you stay and help Zhang Erbo train such an elite army?" The ghost makes the god send a god, and the words of invitation blurt out.

"Ahh Cheng Mingzhen's smile immediately froze on his face with fright, and he shouted with his mouth wide open.

"Forget it, I didn't say it!" The cuckoo's face was hot again, and he said stupidly. He is still an official, and he is a den of bandits. For the first time in her life, she felt embarrassed about her identity, and her heart was sullen and indescribably depressed.