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When the last bluestone slab was built by the stonemason, the salt storage pond of more than 2,000 acres on the shore of Jinghai was completed, and in the end, only those mountain bandit laborers were digging the embankment with their farm tools......

When the sea water of Jinghai gradually flowed into the salt storage tank, Liu Ce knew that he was halfway there, and then he waited for a series of technical operations after the sea water was dried......

"Hey ......" When a mountain bandit saw that the dam had finally been dug up, he couldn't help but sit on the side, and kept wiping his sweaty face with a towel......

"What? Tired? It's bitter?" At that moment, a deep voice rang out beside the laborer. Vertex Says X 23 U OM

"Can you not be bitter or tired? I...... Belch...... Not tired, not tired. He instinctively raised his head and said, but he never expected that it was Liu Ce who spoke, and Wu Zhenying, who was still standing next to him in armor, immediately spoke incoherently and was at a loss.

Liu Ce snorted coldly when he heard this, looked at the gradually floating sea water in the salt storage pond and said, "Why do you want to be a mountain bandit and harm the people of a good family?" Now that you know that you are bitter and tired? ”

When the mountain bandit coolie heard this, he lowered his head and said slowly: "If you return to your lordship, I am also forced to do it......"

"As a last resort? Hehe. Liu Ce sneered disdainfully, "Every time I encounter a mountain bandit like you begging for mercy, it's this set of rhetoric, and you can cancel out all the sins and sins you have committed with one sentence?" A sentence that you have no choice but to be a thief and a bandit with peace of mind? Do you know how many good people have been harmed by what you have done? How many girls have been spoiled by you and have been spurned and committed suicide, and how many of the top boys in the family have been tragically killed by you and others, leaving the old and the young with nothing to rely on? And how many people are starving and freezing because you took away that life-saving ration? With such a hectic accumulation of crimes, you are trying to expose them as a last resort? It's just a brute act, it's despicable! It seems that you still have no repentance?"

When the coolie heard this, he lowered his head in shame, and then suddenly cried loudly: "What the adults said, I Luo San didn't commit anything, I am a miscellaneous person in the village on weekdays, I have never killed anyone or raped women and children, I want to find my wife, is this also wrong?" Last year, I went to Yuanzhou City to find work, just saved some silver that Hulan people suddenly came, I was desperate to rush home, just want to take my old father, mother and a pair of children to the city for refuge, but I am still a step late! When I arrived in Wulai Town, there were dead bodies everywhere, and there was no one alive, and my old father and Ban'er were all killed alive by the Hulan people! My second girl also starved to death, and Xiu'er was also taken away by them, I just want to get my Xiu'er back......"

Speaking of this, Luo San couldn't cry anymore, but seeing that Liu Ce was expressionless, he was still staring at the water in the salt pond and slowly filling up, but the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Luo San wiped away his tears and said: "Later, I wanted to go to Jizhou to find my wife, but I met the leader of the Hu people mountain bandits and kidnapped me, and the Hu leader promised me that as long as I was willing to serve him and join them, I would definitely take me across Jizhou to find my wife in the Saiwai grassland!" Isn't it wrong that I just want to see my Xiu'er side again? My lord! ”

"Finished?" Liu Ce's face was cold at this time, and he said without any emotion: "It is precisely because you have not done that hurtful thing that I spared your life, let you work instead of punishment, and repay the sins you committed, don't think that you feel at ease without killing people and setting fires, you are wrong!" From the moment you become a mountain bandit, you are aiding and abetting the abuse, and you are already committing a lot of crimes, as for the reasons you said, why did so many family members in the Far East who were harmed by Hu Nu not follow the bandits? But just people like you and others are willing to go into the bandits' nest and harm the people of good families? You said that you want to save your mother, why don't the wives and children who were kidnapped by Hu Nu want to find their relatives back? ”

Luo San could only bow his head and stop saying no more, and Liu Ce said again: "So, pay for the sins you have committed here, I hope that one day you can really reform and be a new person, so that I will not regret your decision to open the net." After speaking, Liu Ce and Wu Zhenying left in great strides, leaving only Luo San, who was sitting on the ground, carefully recalling Liu Ce's words......

Half of the water in the salt tanks is already half as high, and it will fill all the separate salt tanks in another hour at most.

Liu Ce summoned those craftsmen to his side and said, "From today onwards, this Jinghai Fort is your temporary residence, I will send troops to guard this place, and help you take care of these laborers by the way, remember that no one can approach the salt pond without my instructions!" ”

The craftsmen nodded yes, but they still asked in doubt: "My lord, although the amount of salt refined from this sea is large, it is very bitter and has many impurities, far less clean than the water refined from the well salt and the salt lake, do you really have a way to make the sea salt the same as them?" ”

When Liu Ce heard this, he smiled mysteriously: "Don't ask, you will know when the time comes, and now your task is to watch the sea water of these salt storage ponds dry!" One hundred and eighteen ...... No, in short, you just wait for the coarse salt particles to be scraped off after they are all scraped, and then come to me, you can find Li Sen for the specific operation steps, and the general still has some important things to deal with, so he will go back to the fort first. ”

After speaking, Liu Ce turned around and walked towards the fort, and at the same time said to Wu Zhenying beside him: "You go and arrange three hundred soldiers to guard this place, one hundred to guard these mountain bandits, and the other two hundred to guard this place firmly for me, even if he Jiang Xun comes and wants to break in, you have to stop me, if you can't hold it, then your battalion flag envoy should let Xian." ”

Wu Zhenying clasped his fists and said: "Please rest assured, general, as long as I, Wu Zhenying, am in Jinghai Fort for a day, I won't even think of flying a fly into the salt pond!" ”

Liu Ce nodded, he still trusted this veteran from his Zhengqi battalion very much, then stopped, tightened his somewhat loose iron armor tie and said: "Zhenying, you have been wronged first these days, and when the population under my rule increases in the future, I will make up the difference between your battalions, and then let your battalion be promoted to a combat battalion, and you will pay more attention to the candidates for training recruits." ”

Wu Zhenying was very grateful, and when he saw that Liu Ce helped him tie up the iron armor, he immediately gave a military salute and said, "Thank you, general, the last general will never give up." ”

"What can't die, you all have to live well, the good days haven't come yet!" Liu Ce punched him on the left shoulder, only to hear a shaking sound of the nail leaf.

Liu Ce saw that the nail leaf was shaking, and frowned and secretly said that although the defense of this composite armor is acceptable, it is still too time-consuming to manufacture, and no matter how it is sewn, there will always be gaps that will be broken, I hope that the old man Gao will solve the forging problem as soon as possible.

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In the Yuanzhou Governor's Mansion, Jiang Xun was listening to the subordinate officers reporting on the military affairs in their respective districts, and couldn't help but shake his head again and again, secretly saying in his heart that it was really a group of rubbish, and a few bandits couldn't clean it up, how could they be expected to stop the Hulan people from going south?

After a long time, after the generals of the subordinate districts left, Jiang Xun got up and walked outside the door, stretching his sore back, but saw Qin Mo and Ye Bin walking slowly towards him.

"Hmph, I must have interceded for that Liu Ce again." As soon as Jiang Xun saw the two of them, he thought of the birthday banquet of his beloved daughter the day before yesterday, this may be the most memorable birthday banquet Jiang Xun has ever seen, which really impressed him, but this impression was negative.

Qin Mo and Ye Bin came to Jiang Xun and saluted, "I've seen Lord Governor." ”

Jiang Xun snubbed the two of them a lot because of Liu Ce's matter, but said lightly: "No courtesy, don't you two go back?" ”

Qin Mo said: "I came to bid farewell to the Lord and return to the Han Tomb today, and I have been disturbed a lot in the past few days." After speaking, he and Ye Bin clasped their fists and bowed.

Jiang Xun suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile: "Two, you said before that the Jingwei battalion fought bravely, is this true?"

Qin Mo said: "Don't dare to deceive adults, every sentence is true." ”

Jiang Xun nodded and said, "Okay!" Since this is the case, I will immediately issue an order, and the two of you will hand it over to Liu Ce, and order him to sweep away the bandits in the territory within a month, otherwise he will come to see him! ”

Qin Mo and Ye Bin were dumbfounded when they heard this, the emotional general, he really didn't report the news that the bandits had been pacified to Jiang Xun at all! It seems that he really doesn't take this boss with a huge background in his eyes at all, and blames himself for his negligence and how he forgot about it......

Jiang Xun saw that they were silent, and thought they were scared, so he couldn't help sneering in his heart, so he asked: "Why, isn't the Jingwei Battalion brave and good at fighting, and there is no fear among hundreds of thousands of thieves?" Why is it difficult for a few mountain bandits? Or does this Jingwei Battalion not have the ability that the two of them say, but is just made up? ”

After saying this, Jiang Xun thought in his heart: "There are dozens of mountain bandits and bullies of all sizes in the territory of the Han Tombs, especially the flying harrier, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers have returned many times, just how can your Shu army win?" Besides, mountain bandits have been gathering in various places for decades, and they have long been deeply rooted, is it so easy to win? Liu Ce, you made me lose face in front of everyone, I see how you beg for mercy in front of me when the time comes! I'm going to humiliate you in front of everyone. ”

After a long time, Qin Mo and Ye Bin sighed at the same time, and said to Jiang Xun embarrassedly: "Don't hide it from Lord Jiang, the Jingwei Camp has swept away all the bandits in the Hanling Territory half a month ago, and now, although the Hanling Territory cannot be said to be closed at night, the people in the past no longer have to worry about being robbed and killed by mountain bandits." ”

"What! You repeat! Jiang Xun was taken aback, afraid that he had heard it wrong, so he asked Ye Bin to repeat it again.

When Ye Bin said the truth again, Jiang Xun was completely stunned and speechless for a long time.

Qin Mo and Ye Bin saw that Jiang Xun didn't react, so they arched their hands and said, "My lord, if it's okay, we'll go back first." ”

Jiang Xun came back to his senses at this time, and immediately said: "Wait, please follow me to the house to talk, you two will tell me in detail about the bandits!" ”

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"What? In half a month, all the mountain bandits entrenched in all the mountain passes and strongholds of the Han Tomb will be exterminated?" After listening to Qin Mo's words that he had eliminated the troubles of the Hanling bandits who had been suffering for twenty years in such a short time, Jiang Xun was completely shocked, and secretly said that this Liu Ce was really extraordinary, in stark contrast to the generals who came to report the ravages of the mountain bandits before.

Of course, Qin Mo and Ye Bin didn't say a word about the armaments in the army and how to defeat the mountain bandits, just a passing mention, they knew that these weapons were now the foothold capital of the Jingwei Battalion, and the later they were discovered, the better.

"So, the Governor has underestimated him." Jiang Xun kept rubbing his beard, and at this time began to think about how to deal with this army. First of all, we must first determine whether they are the chess pieces planted by the royal family, if so, then we must find a way to pull them out, if not, and then try to win them over, after all, what is lacking under my hands now is an army that can fight, Liu Ce's Jingwei battalion is so brave Of course, he has to find a way to hold it firmly in his hands, but the only thing that makes him feel pity is that Liu Ce is a Shu clan, how should he treat it then?

After the three of them talked again in the hall, Jiang Xun personally sent Qin Mo and Ye Bin out of the door......

Seeing the two of them walking away, his eyes couldn't help but change, and he shouted loudly: "Someone!" Immediately send someone to the Hanling Territory to investigate, to see if the mountain bandits have really been annihilated as they said, and report to me truthfully. ”

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As soon as Qin Mo and Ye Bin stepped out of the inner courtyard of the Governor's Mansion, they saw Jiang Ruoyan and Wan'er walking slowly towards them.

"I've seen two gentlemen, Ruoyan is polite here." Jiang Ruoyan came to Qin Mo and Ye Bin and made a small salute, "After the enlightenment of the two gentlemen that day, the little woman is much better now, Ruoyan has thanked the two gentlemen here." ”

Qin Mo and Ye Bin saw that Jiang Ruoyan was really dressed in a snow-white light shirt like a fairy, and then thought of Liu Ce's evaluation of her, they couldn't help but shake their heads secretly, and then saluted back: "Miss doesn't need to be polite, this is what you should do." ”

Jiang Ruoyan got up and said, "I don't know where the two gentlemen want to go?"

Qin Mo said: "Miss's birthday banquet has passed, and we should go back to the Han Tomb to find the general to restore my life." ”

Jiang Ruoyan nodded when she heard the words and Wan'er beside her, only to see Wan'er take a piece of cold jade and hand it to Jiang Ruoyan, and then Jiang Ruoyan handed the cold jade to Qin Mo and said: "The congratulatory gift given to me by the general is extremely valuable, Ruoyan has nothing to reciprocate, so I can only give it away with this piece of ice spirit cold jade, I hope the general's wife can not dislike the mere gift." ”

"General's wife...... "Now it's Qin Mo and Ye Bin's turn to be embarrassed, where is Liu Ce's wife who hasn't married at all?"

Ye Bin just coughed twice, but he heard Jiang Ruoyan and said, "What's the matter, aren't the two of you afraid that this thin gift is too shabby and not worthy of the general's wife?" ”

Ye Bin said with a smile: "No, no, no, forgive me for taking the liberty of being presumptuous, where did you learn about my general's wife." ”

Jiang Ruoyan said: "I have never met, but the congratulatory gift given by the general is extraordinary, Ruoyan thinks that such an excellent man must have already started a family, so he specially prepared a thin gift to return to the general's wife." ”