The next day, Li Xin went to find his second brother Li Zhong and told Li Zhong the news that Li Mu had come.

"Little brother, do you want to join the gang?" Li Zhong asked with some concern. Even though it was in the inner room where there were only the two of them, and at his aunt's house when they were being hunted down by the government, he kept his voice down.

Li Xin shook his head and explained, "It's not decided yet. I just want to see their quality first, if it is really what Li Mou said, they are all Yansui's border soldiers, then it is worth putting them away. If it's all those homeless people, you'll have to think again. ”

"Do you really think the Ming Dynasty is going to fall?" Li Zhong was silent for a while, then asked solemnly. Although he was dismissed from the post of instructor and his fame was gone, he still did not feel that the Ming Dynasty was coming to an end, nor did he want to overthrow it with his own hands.

Li Xin said casually: "Second brother, although we are not guilty of a major crime, but after we have made a meritorious name, even if the new emperor ascends the throne and amnesties the world, there is no precedent for restoring our reputation." This is not the main thing, you look at the current situation, there are thieves inside, there are Tartars outside, and the thieves can't be destroyed, and they can't be appeased; The Tartars cannot be defended, and the battle cannot be won. Natural disasters continue, salaries and salaries are apportioned on the heads of the small people, the official eunuchs and relatives are not even in the fields and have no taxes, the small people abandon their fields and become displaced people, the taxes and salaries are gone, and the border soldiers are in arrears and have no fighting spirit, this link is linked to one link, and the situation can only get worse and worse! I don't believe that the second brother can't see it. ”

Li Zhong was silent for a long time before he sighed faintly: "The world is alive, how bitter it is. ”

Li Xin smiled: "So, did the second brother agree to do it with his younger brother?" ”

"Why don't we find the most powerful one?" Li Zhong suddenly proposed: "With our praise paintings, it should be able to calm the world earlier, and it can be regarded as a great thing for the people of the world." ”

Li Xin immediately objected: "Not to mention that the current civilian army has either been exterminated or recruited. Even the strongest ones are running around, never thinking of finding a long-term place to stay. The food here is exhausted, and they move to other places, and they bring soldiers and people, often tens of thousands, where can they withstand their food? Everywhere they passed, thousands of miles away, they could only starve more people to death. ”

"The strength is not good, the officials and troops are encircled and suppressed, and they have to wander around." Li Zhong explained for the People's Army.

Li Xin said disdainfully: "What kind of military strength did Gao Yingxiang have back then, there were tens of thousands of armored iron horses, aren't they the same wandering around?" ”

"So, you already have an idea?"

Li Xin said casually: "It's just a moment of boredom, where do you have any ideas?" If Li Mu didn't come, he wouldn't dare to talk nonsense in front of the second brother. ”

"Okay, I'll go with you thirty." Li Zhong finally agreed. Then he suddenly said, "It's time for you to grow a beard!" Before, you were unsettled and just did something out of the ordinary, but now that you are fine, you can no longer be as frivolous as a young man. ”

Li Xin touched his shaved lips and chin, and explained to himself: "Now we are not evading the investigation of the government, our appearance has changed a little, isn't it safer." Second brother, you should also pick it up, be safer. After finishing speaking, without waiting for Li Zhong to speak, he left quickly.

After that, he began to prepare grain, wine and meat, grain and wine are easy to say, fine white grain is available, Li Xin then used grain and silver to find someone to buy some pork and mutton, now grain is more useful than gold and silver. Now he is in charge of the grain shop here in Qixian County, and the grain store in Kaifeng is still in charge of his heir Li Chunyu, his wife and concubines Chen and Kong are in Kaifeng, and his son Yuanbin is also in Kaifeng.

The preparation of these grains, rice, wine and meat was all done by the guys in the store, and these things were loaded into two carts and prepared to be sent out to Li Mu when he was thirty years old.

Early in the morning of the thirtieth child, Li Xin and Li Zhong each set off in a carriage. Others can't believe it, so they have to go in person. In order to prevent accidents, Li Zhong brought a spear, while Li Xin brought a pair of bows and arrows, as well as a waist knife.

When you go out of the city, you naturally have to stuff the soldiers guarding the gate with silver, otherwise it will not be easy to get out with so many things. If it is found to be grain, rice, wine and meat, it will be even more impossible to get out. These soldiers owe a lot of money, that is, they are only allowed to stay in the city now, and if they are to be transferred to other places, there is no money owed, and there is no money to be paid, and there is no money to be paid, and no one can pull it out. If it had been strong, a mutiny would have been almost certain.

After successfully exiting the west gate, the two of them set up a cart and headed west along the main road. After walking a short distance, I saw Li Mu and them. Seven or eight tattered-clad guys crouched on the side of the road, with their hands in their hands, no different from homeless people.

"Second brother, fourth brother." Li Mu stepped forward to say hello.

Li Zhong nodded, then pointed to the homeless people on the side of the road and asked, "This is your subordinate?" ”

"Yes, a few were left in the stockade, and the others were brought." Li Mu replied respectfully.

Li Xin frowned and asked, "This is the border soldier of Yansui Town?" ”

"Fourth brother, we escaped all the way, if it weren't for this appearance, we would have been caught and beheaded by the township soldiers and the official army." Li Mu immediately explained: "Whether it is an elite soldier or not, it is not good to look at the appearance." When they arrived at the village, I asked them to rehearse for the second and fourth brothers. ”

Li Xin thought about it, so he pointed to the two big lanes: "This is to get you food, wine, meat, and some vegetables." ”

Li Mu bowed his hand and thanked with a smile: "Thank you second brother, thank you fourth brother." After that, he beckoned to his subordinates who were still squatting on the side of the road: "Come and drive!" Waiting to be delivered to your mouth?! ”

The Yansui border soldiers stood up lazily, and after two of them came, they took the horsewhip, skillfully picked up the wheel, and after the whip sounded, they shouted at the old horse to move forward slowly. The other soldiers consciously followed the sides of the car.

The three brothers, Li Zhong, Li Xin, and Li Mou, followed the back of the convoy and walked. In this winter, it can be warmer when walking, sitting in the car, the cold wind blowing, but I can't stand it.

"Do they have weapons?" Li Xin was the first to ask.

Li Mu shook his head and said gloomily: "It's all thrown away, armor, war horses, weapons, all thrown away." There were also two three-eyed guns, which were also lost in the mountains. Just a few daggers left. ”

"People just come out, weapons are not important." Li Zhong didn't care much about weapons.

Li Mu immediately adjusted his mood again, and said nonchalantly: "That is, when the brothers are full, they can defeat those officials and soldiers who are defending the city with a wooden stick, and they will have all the equipment." ”

"General," said them, when a thin black man came running up and reported, "there are forty or fifty men in front of them, only two mules and horses, and the others are foot soldiers. ”