Chapter 3 Folding Willows (3 Middle)

In any case, the jade-faced rakshasa that no one in Julu Ze could provoke suddenly became a little feminine, even if it was just a little bit of the size of an inch, which had already made the old and young masters of Zhang Jiajun hold their foreheads in amazement. According to the observations along the way, everyone quickly summed up a few experiences, Du Juan is not unfeminine, but she is only willing to scatter feminine anger in places where it is urgently needed, such as the village owner's wife Liu Er, Cheng Mingzhen for a small part of the time, and Cheng Mingzhen's mother's vicinity. Especially in the third place, from Guantao County to the arrival of the large group of people and horses into Juluze, wherever the carriage carrying Cheng Mu passed, the cuckoo was well-behaved like a kitten that had just come out of the nest. Not only did he no longer flick the whip at every turn, but he didn't even dare to speak loudly, ** Peach Blossom also lowered his head and took a small step, quieter than the owner on his back.

"Amitabha, this is the brine point tofu, one thing to one thing!" Seeing that the cuckoo finally had someone to clean up, the big boss Zhang Jin said that he also liked to recite the Buddha directly. In his heart, he gave most of the credit to Xinna's concubine Liu'er. The more I felt that it was a very smart decision to bring her to the ** pavilion at the beginning. And Liu Er's benefits are not only in terms of dealing with people, many trivial things in the village that Zhang Jin said were headaches, as long as she talked to her in private, she could always analyze the key points. The next day, Zhang Da Dangjia followed these key points downward, and there was a good chance that he could get twice the result with half the effort.

During the day, the chores were handled easily, and in the evening, Zhang Jincheng had much more energy than before. No matter what he wants, Liu Er is always willing to meet and obey. Gradually, this big boss became a little more nourished. Every time I look at each other under the lamp, I can't help but feel infinite emotion, "If only I had met you earlier, I wouldn't have been hiding in this broken puddle and finding it difficult to get out!" ”

At this time, Liu Er never took credit. Holding up the face of the melon seeds that had not faded from the residual tide, he squinted a pair of apricot eyes and said, "The concubine thinks this giant deer Ze is very good." No one is tyrannical, and there is no need to pay those harsh taxes. Just play ice cars on the water every day, and when you are tired of playing, you can also go to the ice cave to watch people fishing. You don't have to worry about money anymore, and you don't have to worry about not being promoted. This kind of carefree day, can the concubine ask for it before? Why does the big boss always say that it is broken! ”

"That's the short time you've been here, and you haven't been bored yet!" Although he heard that there was a deliberate taste of flattery in the other party's words, Zhang Da still felt a little proud in his heart. The women who were robbed in the past were either afraid of him to death, or hated him to death, and there was no one like Liu Er, who admired him wholeheartedly, praised him, and regarded him as a great hero who stood up to the sky. Even if it's just a hero in the eyes of a person, that gaze is full of vitality in the body. I always feel that no matter how many turmoil there is on the road ahead, I can walk on my back.

"This is all the foundation that the big boss has worked hard to build, how can the concubine be bored?" The words in my ears were like singing, and my breath was filled with a strong sense of wine.

Zhang Jin said that he was quickly intoxicated with his breathing like an orchid, held the woman tightly to his chest, and promised in a low voice, "It's good if you don't dislike it." Don't worry, I won't let you stay here forever! ”

If he doesn't let a woman stay in Juluze all the time, he must change his original lifestyle of living one day at a time. Liu Er only saw it, or she pretended to only see the pleasant side of Zedi. But Zhang Jin said that he knew in his heart that his foundation could hold up a few catties and a few taels. In terms of scale alone, there are tens of thousands of subordinates under his command. However, more than 70 percent of them are old, weak, sick and disabled who are unable to go to war. The remaining thirty percent is not something that he is willing to live and die with him at a casual order. There are still a large number of broken settlements in Zedi who only want to avoid the troubled times and do not want to make progress. Every time they go out with the army, these guys always charge behind and retreat in front. It's my turn to share the spoils, but I don't want to take less at all!

Even when it wasn't in wartime, several family members faced just as much trouble. They have all been reduced to being bandits, and the brothers naturally do not have much shame. So, it's not uncommon for people here to lose something. Sometimes when you go out to cook the vegetable patch in front of your house, you bend down to catch a worm, and when you straighten up again, the hoe next to you is gone. Maybe it was the neighbor who stole it, or maybe it was a fellow business partner who had a drink with us last night and patted him on the shoulder and called him a brother. If you can catch the "thief" in the first place, then you have the ability. But don't think that if you catch someone, you will be justified. In the field, stealing is not stealing, only borrowing. If you dare to say a few more words about the crowd, you are likely to turn your face immediately if you are caught, and fight with you "white knives in, red knives out!" ”

If there is an ordinary fight, even if it is to break a few ribs and tear off half of the ears, usually each village will deal with it by itself, and will not labor a few big bosses to come to arbitrate. But most brawls will not be limited to small injuries and pains. The minions have no ability to deal with the officers and soldiers, but they are very good at beating their own people, and they will easily let them lie on the couch for more than half a year, and sometimes even kill people. Even relatives and friends on both sides of the fight gathered together to have a large-scale fight, which is not uncommon in Zedi.

Therefore, on weekdays, the internal conflicts between the minions alone consume most of the energy of several village owners. The rest of the energy was taken up by the power struggle between the village owners, and the rest was left for Zhang Jin to think about the growth of the team, which was very little.

If it was before the capture of Guantao County, if it was a day of chaos like this, everyone felt that it didn't matter. But the two battles of Guantao not only made Zhang Jin say that the fighting ability of the minions under his command was really pitiful. The other village owners also had doubts about the original sheep-like management and management in the Zedi. A half-sized son, Cheng Mingzhen, with a thousand village bravery, can block the onslaught of tens of thousands of minions. Wang Shichong, a two-and-a-half hanged general, led 5,000 Jianghuai soldiers who hurried over, and he could beat tens of thousands of minions all over the ground to find teeth. This is not the most humiliating two battles, the most humiliating is the scene before everyone withdraws from the pavilion, tens of thousands of well-fed and well-fed brothers heard that thousands of officers and soldiers are coming, and they are all sad and ready to fight to the death. From the big boss Zhang Jin to the little minions waving the flag and shouting, no one has the courage to think about whether they can wave their numerical advantage and annihilate the officials and troops in the future!

The name of the offender was sent back by Hosaku who was ambushed in the castle of Pavilion Tao the day after the team withdrew into Juluze. The military general who led the team is called Yang Yichen, who is said to be the imperial court's servant and a big official. It is said that he once led troops to defeat the invasion of the Turks, and is known as a prestige.

It is rare that this man understands the minds of the people. After entering the pavilion, he did not rush to cross the canal immediately, and followed and killed Zhang Jiajun to avenge the smoke. Instead, he organized the people to go out with the soldiers and extinguish all the remaining sparks in the wilderness, so that they would not cause any more unforeseen disasters. Subsequently, this person rejected the complaints of several distant relatives of the Zhou family who appeared out of nowhere, and refused to recollect the property and grain that had been distributed to the people and return them to the "bitter master".

Not only is he not guilty of the people who have anything to do with the thieves in Guantao County, but according to a detailed report, this Yang Yichen also used his authority to post pacifying proclamations in various parts of Hebei, announcing that within three months, he would not be guilty of going down the mountain to go home to farm, whether he was carried into a thief or took the initiative to follow the thief. No matter which prefecture you go down to, you can re-register your household. No matter how much stolen goods he carries, it can also be counted as family property earned on the right path, and the government will not confiscate it. If someone is willing to change their past wrongs, they will kill their relatives in righteousness. As long as you pay the head of an accomplice, the government can even give you two dollars to settle in.

After the content of the proclamation spread, it was no less effective than tens of thousands of troops. In the past half a month after the year and the New Year, there are a few small locks distributed between Qinghe, Xindu, and Wu'an counties, and they have always had news exchanges with Juluze. The main villagers either secretly rolled up the bed and returned home, or they were cut off by their brothers who were eager to make meritorious contributions. There are also a few small cottages with thousands of people, which are also crumbling. Yang Jishan, the warden of Qinghe County, and Wei Zheng, the chief of Wuyang County, saw that it was cheap, and regardless of the cold weather, they took the opportunity to lead the township of the county into the mountains to suppress. actually took advantage of Yang Yichen's prestige, and in a few days, he picked out all the villages near the county town!

There is a saying, "Smoke a mule and kill a horse!" Seeing that the heroes of the green forest in Hebei were killed one by one, Gao Shida, the chief scoop of the green forest in Hebei who had been in a hurry to clean up Juluze, couldn't sit still. Just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he deigned to write a letter to Zhang Jin, asking him to send troops to harass the surrounding counties after the spring warm, so as to contain Yang Yichen's troops. At the same time, Gao Shida also stated in the letter that in order to survive the green forest road, he also invited Wang Xuba and Wei Dao'er, who were in the border between northern Hebei and Shanxi, to go south to fight against the government.

"That's not going to work!" For any requirements of Gao Shida, Wang Mazi, the fourth master, does not hide his precautionary heart. "We are the closest to Yang Laohu's camp here, once he is in a hurry, he will definitely chase after him and beat him hard! When the time comes, it will be us who will suffer, and it will be all others who pick up the cheap! ”

"It's a bit of a hassle!" Without waiting for someone to speak for Gao Shida, the second leader Xue Song also stood up from his chair, "With last year's harvest, we have just been able to spare some energy to clean up our nest." If there is really a war, it will be many months after everyone leaves. This decree and rules, which were re-promulgated after the New Year, no one is responsible for them! ”

"Don't you know about these bunnies under our command? As long as a few village owners are not there, they must have herded the sheep. It stands to reason that the tall master wrote a letter, so we should give some face. But we sent troops to save other people's urgency, no matter whether we succeed or fail, our own affairs have to be delayed! The gains outweigh the losses, the gains outweigh the losses! After being mixed with his son-in-law Cheng Mingzhen who had not passed through the door for a long time, the third master, Du Scar, was also infected with a bit of svenileness, pouted his teeth, and shook his head one after another.

Lu Fangyuan, the eighth master, originally wanted to fulfill his shoulder responsibilities. Seeing that there were already three weighty leaders who had expressed their opposition, he sighed and didn't talk nonsense.

Regarding the recent birth of Julu Zezhong, he has some plans in his heart. Since the second attack on Guantao and the return of a large amount of grain and grass, Juluze no longer needs to buy the face of Gao Shida, the chief scoop of Hebei Green Forest Road. First, there are Yang Yichen, Wei Zheng, and Yang Jishan in the middle, and Gao Shida's power has not extended to Juluze. Any one of these three people led the troops in a way that was no less than that of Gao Shida. If the Douzigang camp where the helm of Hebei Lvlin is located wants to interfere in the affairs of Julu Zezhong, I am afraid that before he reaches Julu, he will have to have a hard fight with the official army first.

Secondly, with a large amount of grain copied from Guantao Zhou's family, Zhang Jin said that even if the number of soldiers was expanded to 50,000, daily supplies would not be a problem in a short period of time. In other words, even if the officers and soldiers get out of the way between each other, the helmsman of Douzigang may not be able to eat Julu Ze Qunhao. And Zhang Jin said that the reason why he was willing to serve Gao Shida as the chief scoop and did not rush to expand his strength and compete with the former was because he suddenly became scheming and did not want to be this rafter.

Third, since marrying Mrs. Xinzhuozhai, Zhang Da's family has been reborn in terms of understanding many things. Lu Fangyuan felt through his personal observation that Zhang Jin said that many of the current practices are slowly sorting out the foundation in order to seek long-term development in the future. For example, the decrees and rules in the mouths of the second master Xue Song and the third master Du Scar just now. Before the second attack on Guantao, Juluze also had some mountain rules. But the provisions are very sloppy and the enforcement is very haphazard. After returning from Guantao County, not only all military regulations have been strengthened, but all the rules for the management of daily affairs have also been supplemented in detail with reference to the government decrees. Even the distribution of the loot has come up with some convincing schemes.

Under the repeated insistence of the big boss Zhang Jincheng, the second master Xue Song and the ninth master Cheng Mingzhen, in terms of the implementation of the rules, today's Julu Ze is also different from the Julu Ze half a year ago. The previous rule was that each village would deal with small matters on its own, and only major matters would be reported to the general village for adjudication after a human life. And now, the daily contradictions between the people of Zedi are resolved in each village with a master book designated by the general village. If you are dissatisfied with the judgment of the main book, you can also go to the general village to appeal and hand it over to the second master, Xue Song, for unified handling. As for all the major incidents that cause human life, no matter whose village they are born in, no matter which village owner protects them, the general village will arrest all the perpetrators of the incident. After a detailed trial, a judgment will be made based on the actual situation. It is often the case that murder must pay for life, gathering crowds must be punished, stealing, **, according to his attitude after being caught, or being stripped of his clothes in public and whipped with a leather whip, or being cut off a finger, is definitely a severe punishment.

Although these decrees and measures have been implemented for a short time, they have already produced considerable results. According to Lu Fangyuan's own observations, the current Juluze is more like an independent government than a base for the heroes of the green forest. In some cases, Xue Song, the second master, and Wang Mazi, the fourth master, who were responsible for handling them, were more fair than the government. At least, they don't have the courage to accept bribes and shield suspects under the noses of the big boss Zhang Jin.

Due to the timely implementation of the above measures, in the face of Yang Yichen's heart-attacking tactics, Zhang Jiajun, who should have been hit the hardest, suffered far less losses than other handkerchiefs. The abundant material reserves made the people of Zezhong unable to raise their interest in abandoning the dark and turning to the light, and the gradually standardized order made the subordinates feel at ease. And Cheng Mingzhen's personal experience after returning to the pavilion, after careful processing, successfully dispelled some hesitation and only a little yearning for the government.

"What the official master said, can you also take it seriously?" Regarding the news of the past that came from the rumors outside, the minions of Julu Zezhong scoffed one after another. "Our nine masters have saved the life of the county lord, what happened in the end, not after using it, we immediately found an excuse to go to prison. If it weren't for the big boss, he would have gone early......."

If it weren't for the big boss who went early, Cheng Mingzhen's family would have been ruined. Therefore, there are lessons from the past, so don't be fooled by the government!