In the battle of Pimple Mountain, the power pattern of Cangzhou's territory has quietly changed. First of all, the number of bandits has decreased, from nearly 8,000 to more than 4,000. The remaining bandits, except for some scattered small rogues, are only a few stockades in Haixing County.

In terms of state soldiers, after several battles, the team with outstanding achievements is being promoted to battalion commander, crowned captain, and other meritorious generals are also rewarded a lot. Hundreds of recruits were recruited, and the army in Xu Qing's hands was officially formed: Qi Tai, the king of cattle eating grass, and Chu Jiang, the new battalion commander, each led 750 people, just 3,000 people. Xu Qing also sent a gang commander to the three counties of Haixing, Nanpi, and Huanghua, leading 200 recruits, and stationed them in the county seat for training. In the end, Xu Qing still had a hundred cavalry in his hand!

Nearly 4,000 people, even if they do it with the whole Cangzhou family, they will not fall behind. Not to mention that Xu Qing also has a dark river worth a thousand gold in his hand, assassination and espionage, he can do anything. This time, the whole anti-bandit war Dark River contributed a lot, and nearly 3,000 taels of silver were seized, and Xu Qing directly gave Dark River 1,000 taels for the purchase of weapons and equipment and rewards. Finally, I was sure to move the so-called family.

Speaking of the family, their power pattern has also changed greatly.

The Xia family earned face, and Xu Qing asked them for a plaque from Liu Zan, although it was not the emperor's fief, but it was also sent by the feudal officials, right? And Xia Hao was also awarded the rank of Captain of the Broken Prisoner. has earned enough face, but Lizi has lost a lot, and it is not wrong to say that his vitality is greatly damaged. First of all, there are more and more complaints about Xia Hao in the family, just because of his bad things, the family is collecting money everywhere, and he can still get a lieutenant when he is done, who is comfortable? Secondly, because of the money, the Xia family had to sell some properties. There is no money to earn, but if you abandon the industry, you are killing chickens and eggs, and you will break your muscles and bones, right?

The Huang family lost face, the Wild Boar Gang entered the Huang family's manor, and they killed and set fire to it, the Huang family's face was greatly damaged, and they had to be ridiculed wherever they went. The house can be rebuilt after it burns, and people can't be resurrected after death, but the family is the most lacking in people, so it can be said that the Li Zi of the Huang family has not suffered a great impact. As for the Shao family, one of the three major families, they suffered the least damage in this Cangzhou campaign to suppress bandits. Therefore, now the ranking of the Cangzhou family has changed, becoming the first in the Shao family, the second in the Huang family, and the third in the Xia family.

"The Shao family? Hehe......" Xu Qing stared at the Shao family's information with a pair of thief eyes, and a smile appeared on his mouth.

"Lord Assassin, Miss Huang asks to see ......," said one of the guards as he entered the door. Xu Qing smiled faintly when he heard this, and returned: "Let her in." As soon as the words fell, Huang Shimei hurriedly ran in and said:

"Thorn History...... Brother Xu, my brother, my brother is lost! ”

"What? My brother is lost, is there a clue? Xu Qing wouldn't have thought that her brother had lost it, but that there must be something else hidden.

"I don't know, the wild boar gang came that day, and I asked my younger brother to hide in Cangzhou City, but I asked all the Huang family shops in Cangzhou, and I didn't see any ......" Huang Shimei looked like she was about to cry, she struggled to support the Huang family, hoping that one day her younger brother could grow up and take over her in charge of the Huang family, this is the only belief that supports her, and now ......

"Then, who did your brother come to Cangzhou City with? He wouldn't come alone, would he? Xu Qing asked.

"A little maid of mine......" Huang Shimei returned in a daze.

"She's gone, too?"

"It's gone...... Huang Shimei squatted on the ground, buried her head in her arms, and cried. Xu Qing got up and patted Huang Shimei with his hand, and said, "Okay, don't cry, it's useless to cry...... I'll help you find ......."

"Wow...... Woo woo woo woo ...... "Huang Shimei listened to Xu Qing's words, but rushed over to hug Xu Qing, and the pear blossoms crying in Xu Qing's arms brought rain.

Xu Qing comforted her for a while, and then asked her to think about it, wanting to find some clues. Huang Shimei thought about it and had no clues, and became even more desperate, Xu Qing asked her:

"Could it be the Xia family again?"

"No, I don't feel like it's the Xia family, except for Xia Hao, who is crazy, no one else will ...... like this"

"Alas, the two of them were lost in Cangzhou City, shall I ask Shao Deng?"

"Brother Xu, I'm afraid, it's the Shao family's ......" Huang Shimei cautiously said a conjecture.

"Why?"

"The Shao family is the only family in Cangzhou that has had dark forces...... Huang Shimei said with her red eyes open.

"Ever there? Hmmm......"

Of course, Xu Qing would not be stupid enough to ask why he had "had", but said in his heart that this Shao family is really hidden. The only role of the dark forces is to prepare for war, and the Shao family can still participate in the war before...... Maybe after the war, the Shao family is the one who doesn't make money and can't afford to raise dark forces, or maybe the Shao family is hiding their own power.

Yang Duoyan was summoned by Xu Qing and talked in a pavilion outside Cangzhou City:

"The Shao family has a dark force, do you know?" Xu Qing wore a mask, and his tone was flat and cold.

"Dark forces, the Shao family is not a dark force, the lord ......" Yang Duoyan said with a smile.

"Oh? How to say ......"

"The so-called dark forces of the Shao family can only be regarded as an intelligence agency, it is just a little finger from Li Mi's subordinates."

"Investigate them, find out the Huang family's sons-in-law, and destroy them." Xu Qing commanded coldly, looking unquestionable. Yang Duoyan listened and nodded:

"......"

Bo Weiping has risen again and again, this kind of life is indeed quite exciting, but Xu Qing also wants to take a break, just leave the Huang family's affairs to Dark River. And what Xu Qing wants to do is to see his career in Cangzhou!

According to the specifications of the Tang Dynasty, Xu Qing, as a four-grade thorn history, owned 700 acres of vocational land. The tax on these 700 acres of vocational land was completely set by Xu Qing, and he set as much as he wanted, and he could plant whatever he wanted. 700 acres of land, not to mention more than a dozen families, right?

Xu Qing and Xun Xue'er rode a jujube red horse together, and they bumped up and down regularly. The buttocks rubbed in front of Xu Qing, and Xu Qing couldn't wait to come to the horse on the spot. Shake. Holding Xun Xue'er, Xu Qing said:

"Cher, I've been suffering you for the past few days when I went out to fight......"

"Brother Xu, do you hurt me?"

"Of course, I don't care about you, who do you hurt?"

"That'...... Brother Xu, let me go to the carriage, right? ”

"Why? Isn't it good to ride with me, I'll hold you ......"

"Cher...... Xue'er ...... hurt there" Xun Xue'er said and looked back at Xu Qing resentfully, pouting and pointing at her big murder weapon.

"Oh, I understand, you go down......" Xu Qing forgot that there was no kind of small clothes that specifically held the murder weapon in this era, and Xun Xue'er hadn't wrapped her chest for a long time, so naturally she couldn't stand the bumps up and down. As for the bumps in the carriage, it was one left and one right, and it wouldn't hurt, and Xu Qing seemed to see that Xun Xue'er's pain was one of the reasons, and shame was the real reason.

Speaking of chest wrapping, Xu Qing found that Xiao Yue's things seemed to have improved, I don't know if Xun Xue'er told Xiao Yue about the benefits of "freedom".

Listening to the creaking of the carriage, a prosperous Zhuangzi appeared in front of Xu Qing. The melon and bean seedlings turned the roads green, and through the gaps, you could see many people working in the fields. Since the land here is Xu Qing's vocational field, the work in the field is done by everyone and collectively. Xu Qing came at this time, also because the summer grain had just been harvested at this time, and it was time to plant autumn grain. Seeing the farmers working in the fields with their backs hunched, Xu Qing was curious about what they would plant again.

This time he went to the countryside, Xu Qing brought thirty cavalry guards, there was no way, who called Xun Xue'er to come too? More than 30 tall horses shuttled through the strange roads in the countryside, so frightened that some farmers who were working in the fields quickly slipped away, and Xu Qing couldn't find someone to ask for directions. Xu Qing took the lead, drove the horse away, caught a half-sized boy, pretended to be bad and said: "Boy, quickly catch your leader, otherwise I will eat you......"

"Wow Wow Wow ......"

"Don't cry, okay, there's maltose here, can you eat it?"

"Okay, I'll help you call the steward......"

The half-grown boy took the candy, stopped crying instantly, and ran away quickly. After a while, a large muscular man walked out with his upper body exposed:

"Who the hell, this is the place of the official family, not everyone can come!"

"You're in charge?"

"Say something quickly, let it go if you have a fart!"

Holding back his anger, Xu Qing said: "I was sent by Lord Thorn Shi to collect the summer grain, can you take out half of the summer grain you collected?" ”

"Tut-tut, bluff me? Don't see your car when you collect grain? The big man is not easy to settle, and replied to Xu Qing disdainfully.

"The food should have been delivered to the Thorn Mansion, and I couldn't pick it up if I had to come to the car!" Xu Qing asked rhetorically.

"Hey, that's the reason, but it's a pity that the summer grain doesn't ......"

"Even if the history of thorns is not there, there are people cultivating the official field, three points of wheat, three points of beans and four points of rice, why not?"

"I'm the steward, you're the steward? I said no, there is no ......"

"If there is no food, then your steward will be considered dereliction of duty, and you will be punished with eighty rods!" Xu Qing took out his official authority and said loudly.

"Just you?" The man shook the large piece of flesh on his body and looked at Xu Qing on the horse with disdain and asked.

"Could it be that I'm still afraid of you as an official slave!?" Most of the people who planted official fields were official slaves, and this group of people farmed for the official family almost free of charge, and the power of life and death was in the hands of the officials.

"Fuck your shit, what do you call me? Uncle, I'm Shao Benwu, a member of the Shao family, your family's assassin Shi still has to salute when he sees the Shao family, what are you! Shao Benwu heard someone call him an official slave, and couldn't help but be furious. When Xu Qing heard this, he laughed: "Hahahaha, the Shao family invaded Guantian, what a boldness." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, how could my Shao family encroach on Guantian? It is to help manage the ...... of the official field"

"What about the grain?"

"No ......"

Seeing that the big man looked like he didn't admit it, Xu Qing knew that there was a ghost, and said:

"Then I can search ......"

"Just you?"

"No, it's not up to me, you see ......" Xu Qing pointed to the horse team that appeared with "Oh Oooo", one by one with clean cuirass and kind helmets, and neatly aligned guards on both sides of the carriage, slowly walking. Looking at the big man again, his face was pale, and he was trembling on a sunny day.