At noon, they ate at the blacksmith's workshop. The two doctors, Wu and He, finally saw the dry rice and vegetables. But they were all doctors, and they knew that they couldn't eat more after a long time of hunger, so they all restrained themselves from eating a bowl of noodles and stopped eating.

In the afternoon, Li Yan called Master Fan and the four of them from the bow and arrow workshop, brought their tools with them, and loaded two carts and went out of the city.

At this time, Yang Shoubei, who was standing on the tower of the city gate, saw Li Yan's team out of the city, and said to himself: "This guy, his family background is quite thick!" ”

After that, he instructed one of his own soldiers: "Go and check and see what is the origin of this Li Commander?" If there is no big man to support us, we will get some more benefits from him. ”

The soldiers agreed, and Mali went down to the city tower to run errands. The other school ran up in a hurry.

"Oh, brother-in-law, but I found you." The Colonel said breathlessly.

Yang Shoubei frowned and scolded: "Don't scream! Your hapless brother-in-law is dead! ”

"Isn't this the same, if he doesn't die, how can you have a chance?" The little school said with a hippie smile. They didn't deliberately avoid saying these things to others, and it was obviously not a secret.

Yang Shoubei waved his hand impatiently and said, "Just say something!" Don't always say it's useless. ”

The little school finally said: "I looked outside the city, and there was a village in the east where people did not run, and there were more than a dozen families planting 300 acres of land. The land is good, there is a small river, and vegetables are planted in the field, all ready-made. ”

Yang Shoubei looked at the little colonel and asked, "Then what do they mean?" ”

"Hey! Don't mention it," the colonel said in frustration, "I told them, and they didn't want to." It is said that the county has exempted them from their previous debts, as long as the later ones are paid. They don't want to pay us rent. ”

"Toast and don't eat and drink!" Yang Shoubei said coldly. He got Su Jing's promise, and if he planted wasteland, he didn't have to pay the labor money, and the taxes were only half paid. But he didn't want to go to the wasteland, so he went to fight the fields that had not yet been abandoned. And not only will he receive into his hands all the part that has been exempted, but he will also collect another twenty percent of the rent. This made the peasants a heavier burden than paying taxes to the imperial court, and who would want to pay him this inexplicable 'rent'?

The Colonel asked, "Then what do you say you should do?" ”

Yang Shoubei stood up, took two steps, and then said viciously: "They are thieves!" Kill them! ”

Xiao Xiao was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and kindly reminded: "But, if we kill them, then who will farm for us?" ”

Yang Shoubei didn't tell his subordinates at all that he could let his family members go outside the city to reclaim wasteland. He just wanted to use this income as his own money bag, and he didn't want to share it with others at all, so he sent his cheap brother-in-law to do it.

"There are so many homeless people in the city, just choose twenty or thirty at random, and you will be able to serve the crops well." Yang Shoubei said smugly.

"The general is wise!" The Colonel immediately praised.

Yang Shoubei thought for a moment and asked solemnly, "How many people are there?" Can you guys get things done?! ”

"It's just seven or eight of us, I'm afraid we won't be able to do it." Xiao Xiao said with a sad face.

"Rubbish!" Yang Shoubei scolded angrily with a dark face.

Xiao Xiao quickly lowered his head and began to think of a way. He can't fall out of favor, and if he doesn't do something good, even if he has a relationship with his sister, it's useless. There are many women in this garrison, and there is no shortage of widows who are widowed by his sister.

He pondered for a long time, and finally let him come up with a solution. So he hurriedly said: "General, there is, there is." ”

"Say!"

The little colonel hurriedly said, "Let's go at night, light a few fires, and force them all out." General, you are going to patrol with people to exterminate these thieves who want to attack the county seat. What do you think of this idea? ”

Yang Shoubei thought about it for a while and felt that it was not bad. So he nodded and said, "Go and prepare, do it tonight!" ”

"Order!" The little colonel immediately clenched his fists and took the order and went to do his errand.

At night, Yang Shoubei took his team out of the city to inspect for the first time.

On the outskirts of the eastern part of the city, a fire broke out in a distant village, and twenty or thirty villagers fled in the direction of the county seat. They were followed by seven or eight men with knives in hats, and these men with knives pursued them from behind, and all those who caught up were cut to the ground, whether they were old or weak, or children.

"Help! Help me! ”

"There are thieves, thieves are coming!"

"Help, military master! Help me! ”

……

When the villagers saw the officers and soldiers appearing in front of them, they shouted loudly and fled towards Yang's garrison.

The soldiers of the Yang garrison witnessed the killing, and some of the soldiers were frightened, and pleaded in a trembling voice: "Lord Garrison, let's go back quickly!" Before the thieves came, it would be too late if it was too late. ”

"yes, maybe the bandit brigade is nearby. Let's go back to the city first. ”

Yang Shoubei seemed to be a different person, and scolded loudly: "Shut up! Don't you see just a few thieves?! There are 200 of us, what are we afraid of?! ”

After the villagers approached the official army, the seven or eight men in the hats who were chasing and killing the villagers retreated backwards, and disappeared into the night after a while.

"Master Xie, Master Xie." The villagers sat down on the ground tired. They didn't have time to grieve for their lost loved ones, and they had to rejoice that they had escaped with their lives.

At this time, a military academy asked: "General, now that the thieves have also run away, let's go back." Don't be caught off the beaten track by thieves from afar. ”

Yang Shoubei sat on his horse and shouted: "Behead these thieves!" Take it back and repay it! ”

At this time the soldiers were blindfolded, not knowing what their garrison meant. The villagers sitting on the ground were also stunned, wondering if the general had lost his mind.

"What are you doing?! Don't want the credit in front of you?! Yang Shoubei asked loudly again.

At this point, the soldiers finally reacted, and they all looked at the villagers sitting on the ground, and then slowly surrounded them. I don't know who made the first move, but after a while, these villagers who had just escaped the pursuit basically gave their lives at the hands of the officials and soldiers.

At this time, there were still a few young women who were left behind, presumably because several military schools wanted to have a good time.

Yang Shoubei got off the horse, pulled out his waist knife, and stabbed the women to death one by one. In the resentful eyes of several military schools and soldiers, he glared back with sharp eyes and shouted angrily: "Do you want to see that at some point in the future, there are a few people who will come out to denounce you?!" Well?! ”

The military academies and soldiers all bowed their heads in shame, not daring to show any more dissatisfaction.

"The man's head is cut off! The others are all buried in the ground! Remember! We're going to kill a thief tonight! Give me a door! Yang Shoubei returned to his horse and ordered loudly.