Chapter 184: Recruiting Bandits

Li Mao and Li Jing were shocked when they heard the bandits' shouts, and said in their hearts that the capricious bandits had changed their minds and wanted to disadvantage the two of them. At this time, the two of them were already very close to the walled gate, and at this time, the two of them rushed out, and a few minions at the walled gate couldn't stop Li Jing and Li Mao at all. But Li Mao and Li Jing looked at each other for a while, but they didn't move, they wanted to see what these bandits were going to do?

After a while, I saw the owner of the big village and ran over with a group of people. Li Mao and Li Jing still didn't move, but their eyes already showed murderous aura.

The lord of the village came to the two of them, and Shi Li said, "Please stay, and you have to bother the two of you a little more." ”

Seeing the master of the village like this, Li Mao and Li Jing felt relieved, Li Mao said: "The master of the village doesn't need to be polite, please tell me something." ”

The lord of the village said: "See if you can do this, the two of you will go back to the Juyi Hall with us first, we do have something to discuss with you." Otherwise, we will put on a banquet and talk while drinking. ”

Li Mao and Li Jing were so happy in their hearts, thinking about what happened today, it would be cloudy for a while and sunny for a while.

Li Mao held the shelf and said: "The master of the village is not polite, please tell me if you have something." We have so much to do that we can't stay for long. ”

Although the owner of the big village was a little embarrassed, he still gave up his hand and said: "The two of you really don't hide it, we were originally officials and soldiers who were in the middle of the pass, and last time Xu Dingguo Xu General Army broke Qinshui, we were the officers and soldiers in those officers and soldiers. After the defeat of the army, there was nowhere to go, there was no food or drink, and we were unwilling to rob the people's houses, so as soon as we discussed, we robbed the bandits' cottage. This cottage was originally not big, that is, five or six hundred people, but we came with fifteen or six hundred people at once, and we have already eaten up the small amount of food. Now if you want to survive, you have no choice but to grab food. It just so happened that you were here, we all knew about the kiln, and we also knew that you destroyed Taiyue Mountain. Even if you didn't destroy Taiyue Mountain, we would never have the idea of embarrassing your kiln, and we all know what you did. ”

Speaking of this, the owner of the big village turned back to his ordinary brothers and said: "As soon as you leave, we will discuss it, we don't want to be the king of the cottage, we are all soldiers in our teens, and we have paid bandits all our lives, but in the end we have become bandits, and we are really unwilling." We want to ask if it's okay for us people to join your kiln. Don't dare to say anything else, these brothers are still unambiguous when they go into battle to kill the enemy, and they can't do anything else for decades, but the guys in their hands are good and skilled. ”

Li Jing heard this and said: "You people, you people broke up before you went into battle, and you still said that you can go into battle to kill the enemy?" ”

The lord of the village sighed and said, "You don't know anything. We are soldiers who go into battle to fight, there is nothing to be afraid of death, usually the court supports us, you have to go into battle when you need it, there is nothing to be afraid of death. This is our life as soldiers, and when it is time for you to die, you have to die. But you don't know that when we soldiers were in the middle of the pass, we didn't have enough to eat every day, and we had two meals a day. We think it's time to go into battle this time, so it's time for a full meal. But it's still like this, those old men who have lost their conscience know that drinking the blood of soldiers, we can't walk the road when we are tired and tired, and how can we go into battle to fight. If there is really no food in the army, it will be fine, but if there is food, those people will take advantage of the high price of food to exchange for silver, and we will go to war hungry, for whom do we fight? For those corrupt officials? ”

Li Mao said: "When the court is in crisis, can't everyone talk about it properly and wait until this battle is over?" ”

The lord of the village shook his head and said, "You don't know, we walked to Qinshui with shaking legs and feet, gritting our teeth. I know that after crossing the Qinshui, we are likely to encounter the thief army, so I ask that we have a full meal before crossing the river, otherwise we will not be able to fight when we cross the river and encounter the thief army. However, when the officials said that we had plotted a mutiny, they hung dozens of us and whipped them, and the brothers, in a fit of rage, rushed up to save these people, and they dispersed in a hurry. ”

Li Mao, who has not spoken much, has been thinking that the strategic location of Lishan in Shanxi is too important, and if you occupy this place, you can pass through Jinnan, and if you accept these people, you will be the first to deploy a pioneer here. Besides, these ready-made officers and soldiers have all been trained for many years, and if they can be incorporated and transformed over a period of time, they will soon be able to go into battle and become a new force.

Li Mao glanced at Li Jing and said, "Since the master of Dazhai has such an idea, let's stay a little longer." Take a look at your opinions, and we'll report back to our hosts. ”

Seeing that Dazhai persuaded Li Mao a little, he hurriedly said: "Let's go back to the Juyi Hall and sit down for a while!" ”

Li Jing also understood what Li Mao meant, nodded and followed him to the Juyi Hall.

There are still more than 2,000 people in this cottage, and there are some gold and silver, but the food is about to run out.

Li Mao said to the owner of Dazhai: "You know that our Yaogang is a small place, and we can't afford to support the army, and our people are all working to earn money to support themselves, and at the same time fighting with guns. ”

The owner of the village said: "Our people are also strong and not afraid to work. ”

Li Mao thought for a moment and said: "I can report your thoughts to Zhang Dongjia, but you must know our rules, every time we build a cottage, the first thing we have to do is to check if we have killed an innocent person?" and those who have committed adultery with women. Can you do that? ”

The owner of the village looked back at his other village owners, and only one objected: "If you want us to be obedient, you must treat us equally, and the past can no longer be investigated." ”

The lord of the village walked in front of this man and suddenly pulled out his knife, and at the same time he pulled out the knife, the blade of the knife slashed through the throat of this person, and the sharp knife cut off half of the man's neck. Blood spurted out at once. The speed of this big village master's knife made experts like Li Mao and Li Jing can't help but praise: "Good knife technique!" ”

The big boss ignored Li Mao and Li Jing's praise for his knife skills, and explained: "This person is the original second master of the cottage, and I left him when I saw that this person was quite attentive." I didn't expect this person to be so ignorant of current affairs. However, this person and the original boss have occupied this cottage for many years, and they have killed countless people, even if he pays for his life today. ”

Li Mao told the person who dragged the body out: "The corpse should be properly kept. After turning around, he said to the big boss: "I think the big boss is dedicated to goodness, I know that you are forced to be helpless here, if you can do what I ask, I will do my best to fulfill you." ”

The big boss saw Li Mao spit out, and hurriedly said, "Please give orders to Mr. Li!" ”

Li Mao said: "I will bring my people up the mountain, and I will screen the original bandits for you, and see if they have any lives, and those who have killed and committed adultery will be singled out, and then I will show you a way out." ”

The big boss hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, this mountain is not a day for people, and there is no day when you can't see the future." I'll just leave it to the two of you. ”

After Liu Yun said goodbye to the people on the mountain, he came down the mountain to tell Liu Chenghuang and Yang Wei about the matter.

Liu Chenghuang said: "This is a good thing, we will go up the mountain to help them straighten out, and then send some people to take the lead, and the little leaders among them will be pulled to the kiln to study, and then let them come back after studying, so that these people can be controlled." ”

Yang Wei felt that if this place could have its own team, it would be too easy to do anything in the future, and said: "This team of people echoes Taiyue Mountain, and we can stretch out one leg in Jinnan." ”

When Li Mao led more than 100 musketeers up the mountain, he was welcomed by the sandwich road on the mountain. Those bandits had long heard that the musket of the kiln gang was an artifact, and it was more powerful than the musket of the Ming army's artifact battalion. Today they saw the musketeers of the kiln gang carrying muskets to the mountain, and they all wanted to see the muskets up close. However, seeing that the soldiers in the kiln gang were neat and disciplined, they did not dare to get too close.

After Li Mao introduced Liu Chenghuang, Yang Wei and others to several people on the mountain, these people on the mountain knew that the last time he went up the mountain with Li Mao was Li Jing, who was known as the "Divine Ape" on the rivers and lakes, and Yang Wei was the young master of the Huwei Dart Bureau, so they knew it a long time ago.

The lord of the village said: "Yaogang is really a place where the dragon and the tiger are hidden, if our brothers can follow Yaogang, it is also our creation." Now the affairs of the mountain will be completely left to you, and we will leave it all to you. ”

Li Mao said: "The owner of Dazhai is so sincere, but we are disrespectful. After saying that, Li Mao ordered to divide the original bandits on the mountain into several groups, or use the old method, first to scare them with death, and then use their hearts to live, let them expose each other, and as a result, more than 200 people were killed, and more than 100 women were raped.

After cleaning up the personnel, Li Mao also led the owner of the village to count the property on the cottage.

After dealing with all this, Li Mao and several owners of the cottage said: "I have an idea to tell you, I don't know if you agree or not." ”

The lord of Dazhai clasped his fists and said: "Everything is decided by Li Gongzi." ”

Li Mao said: "Tomorrow we will escort these more than 300 bandits who have committed murder and adultery down the mountain and hand them over to the government for handling." To the outside world, Lishan has been completely wiped out by us. In the future, you will say that it is a lumber yard built in the mountains of Yaogang. In the future, we will send you some machinery to process wood, and when you have nothing to do, you can cut wood and earn silver. We will provide you with your food. Those who have families can also be sent to the kiln, and the children can go to school and study in the kiln. ”

The lord of the village said: "This method is good, so that we will no longer be bandits." ”

Li Mao also said: "When we go back to Yaogang, you will select a group of officials to go back to Yaogang with us to participate in study and training, so that you can know what is different between Yaogang and people outside." We will also send some cadres to you to strengthen the leadership here. ”

The big boss said: "We still have 17,800 people in the cottage, is it too much, I want to dismiss some." ”

Li Mao shook his head and said: "It is not easy for the brothers to get together, there has been a famine outside for many years, and if you send them out, they will starve to death if they don't become bandits, won't you harm them?" Otherwise, you pick out 500 people and arrange them to go to Taiyue Mountain, and there will be fewer people there, so that the number of people on both sides of you will be about the same. There are more than 1,000 people on one side, and it's easy to manage. ”

Several village owners on the mountain were very satisfied with Li Mao's arrangement, and the big village owner said: "Now we can see the way out." ”

Li Mao said: "You have to arrange for someone to build an inn next to the road under the mountain, our Yaogang transportation company will soon develop here, here is one of our sites, this site is in charge of you, what to do, you and Yang Wei discussed." ”

Yang Wei took over and said: "I think, tomorrow you will hang a sign and write it on the Lishan Lumber Yard of the Yaogang Corporation." What do you think? ”

The owners of the village on the mountain applauded.

Li Mao said: "In the future, you are not allowed to call the owner of the village anymore." Let's call the field manager and deputy field director. ”

These village owners were also very curious about their new positions, and said: "This official title that I have never heard of before, it sounds very good, and we will be the field director and deputy field director from now on." ”

"This matter is approved by the head office, and your treatment is quite high." Then Li Mao told them about the regulations of the kiln, the current situation of the kiln, and the goals of the future development of the kiln. When these people heard this, they all felt a little stupid. They used to think that the reputation of the kiln was very loud, and they must not worry about eating with the mix, but they didn't know what the kiln gang was like. After listening to Li Mao's introduction, the lord of Dazhai asked eagerly: "When will you go back to the kiln, we will send people to study with you, and I will also follow to see what the kiln is like." ”

In the midst of everyone's laughter, Li Mao said: "Come on, let's go back as soon as we get to Yuncheng, you have arranged the things on the mountain in the past few days, and you can go with us as soon as we arrive." ”

When Li Mao and the others went down the mountain, they sent someone back to Yaogang to deliver a letter, saying that they had exterminated two more bandit cottages.

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