Chapter 178: Transforming the Cottage

Although the three masters are afraid of Lou Sanxiang and afraid of ghosts, they are very angry with their minions. He gathered his minions and said: "Now everyone has only one way to live, that is, to rush to the gate and take it back, otherwise they will retreat and be killed by me." This time, everyone remembered that there is only one way forward. ”

On the upper floor of the walled gate, looking at the bandits who were screaming and rushing over, Li Mao's heart moved, these are all strong men, one by one. It turned out that after Lou San took over the cottage, he dismissed the old, weak, sick and disabled on the mountain. Only the sturdy men he picked out, those who really had nowhere to go, he found a reason to kill them all. He will not be dragged down by these old, weak, sick and disabled people. couldn't help it, Li Mao said to Liu Chenghuang: "Don't kill them all, it's useful to leave some people." ”

Liu Chenghuang understood what Li Mao meant, and said: "This is easy to do, we will block them and prevent them from coming up." After a while, Li Jing succeeded, and everything would be easy to do. ”

So this time, Liu Chenghuang didn't wait for the bandits to rush to the bottom of the walled gate, so he ordered each person to vote for a **. This time, the position of the **landing is to rush in the front of the pile, with the experience of being bombed last time, the minions in front of them saw that ** fell in front of them, and they desperately scattered to dodge. So the killing effect of ** this time is not as good as the last time. But this round of ** was also enough to stop the momentum of the bandits' attack. Those bandits refused to come forward despite being beaten and scolded by the three masters. The three masters drove this side and the other side retreated. The angry three masters really want to kill this time. But a minion said: "The three masters, you are also the old man of our Taiyue Mountain, you see that the big masters are gone." Don't push us. ”

At this time, the three masters knew that when he was leading people to fight hard here, the big masters didn't know where to go.

This made the three masters a little embarrassed, and he couldn't be sure that the big masters had run away from the back mountain. If so, he will run with him. But he really couldn't command the attack here. He wanted to go back, but he was afraid that the big boss wouldn't leave, in that case, the big boss would really kill him. But he knew that the big boss killed people like a joke.

Just when the three masters hesitated whether to return or not, he didn't have to hesitate anymore. Their big boss appeared behind them again, but the dejected big boss was followed by a dozen people with a guy in their hands, and the guy in their hands was the same as the guy in the hands of the defender on the gate tower.

The third boss didn't know what to do, but the big boss over there shouted: "Brothers, all put down the blades in your hands, they are the people of the kiln, we can't beat them, let's all surrender." ”

As if they had been liberated, these minions all put down their swords one after another.

At this time, the big boss shouted again: "Squat down and hold your heads in your hands." ”

These minions are confused again, what is wrong with this big boss, how can he give such an order. But I had no choice but to do it. How did they know that this was all according to Li Jing's order.

It turns out that based on the experience of dealing with bandits in the past, the bandit leaders who have been in business for many years have some means of protecting themselves when they encounter danger. For example, the escape tunnel is the most common way.

Li Jing saw that her people had occupied the gate of the cottage, and the village was no longer in danger to defend, so there was no suspense in solving them. Now the biggest fear is that the bandit leaders will run away from behind when they see that they are defeated.

Therefore, after Liu Chenghuang and Yang Jing brought people up, Li Jing took his special forces and went around the mountain. When Li Jing and the others heard the direction of the walled gate, the sound of explosions and gunshots became one, so he led people and rushed from the mountain to the back of the stockade. At this time, there were no more people behind the stockade who could resist them, because most of the bandits who could fight were concentrated on the side of the walled gate.

Li Jing led people to catch a few bandits who were cooking rice in the stockade and asked them where the escape road was. But these bandits, no matter how they scare them, don't know. At this time, a bandit who was cooking said, "Uncle spares his life, we really don't know." Hey, you see that is our big boss, he knows where the secret passage is in the back. ”

It turned out that Lou San forced the three masters to rush forward with people, he also wanted to try to see if he could rush up to recapture the Zhaimen, he also knew that from the lethality of the other party last time, he was useless no matter how many people he had, he was not worried about the life and death of these minions, now there are hungry people everywhere, and there is no shortage of people who want to find people.

But when he saw that the second charge was blocked again, how did the three masters drive these minions, and the minions just didn't come forward, he knew that he couldn't go back. Taking advantage of the fact that the three masters were in front of him, he thought it was better to run.

What he never expected was that he was betrayed to Li Jing by a few rice cooks.

When Li Jing and the others suddenly came out to surround him, he had to make a gesture. It is said that Lou San's martial arts are still good, but he has to compare with whom. In front of Li Jing, he even competed for three rounds, and was kicked over by Li Jing.

After Lou San was kicked, he knew that his martial arts were too bad according to others, not to mention that other people's firearms had not been used. This Lou San thought it would be better to try for his life. So he lay on the ground and kept kowtowing, begging for mercy.

Of course, when he got to the back of those bandits, Li Jing ordered him to say whatever he wanted.

Li Mao and the others were on the top of the walled gate, and they knew what was going on at a glance, Liu Chenghuang left ten people to guard the walled gate, and the rest of the people came down.

The first time Li Mao brought people out, he solved such a large cottage with zero casualties, and he couldn't close his mouth happily.

The next thing happened, Li Jing and Liu Chenghuang were familiar with the road, and one of them locked up the captives in one place and took care of them. Li Jing began to interrogate the big boss and the three bosses, and asked them where the vaults on the mountain were and where they were the vaults. Soon the vaults were all found.

This is an old bandit's nest with a history of more than 100 years, Li Mao, Li Jing and others, following the big boss, entered a secret room made of large stones, and they were all stunned by the gold, silver and jewelry inside.

Lou San, who was dejected, said, "These are all yours." ”

Li Mao asked a question that Zhang Zhimu had never figured out: "You got the cottage, with so much gold and silver, why do you still want to rob?" ”

In fact, Lou San couldn't answer this question clearly, he said: "We are people in the green forest that occupies the mountains, why don't we do this?" ”

Later, when Zhang Zhimu heard Li Mao say this to him, Zhang Zhimu was thinking, if Lou San would use the words of his previous life, it should be: This is the professional ethics of our bandits.

Li Jing led people to search the residences of several masters, and found a lot of gold, silver and jewelry.

Li Mao and Yang Jing have been watching Li Jing and Liu Chenghuang command everyone to check the bandits, and they are familiar with all this.

Li Mao said to them: "The location of this cottage is very important, these bandits have to fight for some, and keep them to defend the cottage for us." ”

Li Jing said: "Li Gongzi, you can leave this matter to us." What happened next really opened the eyes of Li Mao and Yang Jing.

Li Jing and Liu Chenghuang, after dividing the bandits according to their original organization, began to educate them, and then told them that they were all guilty or even dead, but give them a chance to live, let them expose others, and see who has killed people and who has raped women.

These murders and rape of ** women are the capital that the bandits usually show off, and now it is interesting, the bandits are desperately exposing other people's crimes, in order to survive themselves. It also lets the bandits know that they have to pay their debts. As a result, more than 300 of the 900 bandits had killed people, and more than 100 had raped women.

Li Jing told Li Mao and Yang Jing: "According to the rules of our kiln, those who kill will pay for their lives. Those who raped ** women will be brought back to the smelter to work in the future. Those who want to submit to us will be slain by the bandits who have their lives. ”

It took two days to complete the work, and everyone was still in a hurry.

In the past two days, Li Mao suddenly came up with a good idea, he found that this Taiyue Mountain is full of old woods, it is better to let Li Yunhe get a steam saw, let these surrendered bandits go up the mountain to cut wood, and then use the steam circular saw to see all kinds of wood, and then go out to sell or use the kiln for their own use, so as to not only feed these bandits themselves, but also reserve soldiers for the future.

As soon as Li Mao's idea came out, it was unanimously approved by everyone.

Li Mao, Li Jing, Yang Jing, and Liu Chenghuang discussed and decided to leave a few people to lead these surrendered bandits, and to change them into self-reliant people. Liu Chenghuang recommended Lin Feng and Wei Xiang to stay. This Lin Feng and Wei Xiang both came to Yaogang from Lingshui Wharf, and it was they who escorted a group of captured and intercepted silver carts of the eight merchants of Zhangjiakou back to Yaogang, and this time they followed Liu Chenghuang down to Jinnan.

Li Mao felt that these two people were suitable candidates, but relying only on these two people, he was bound to be alone, he said: "Leave ten more people for the two of them, so that they can control this cottage well." ”

Li Mao personally spoke to the captives who were willing to stay in the cottage and work with the kiln, telling them the benefits of following the kiln. Most of these bandits had no food to eat and were forced to fall into the grass, and when they heard that there were still these benefits of following the kiln, they were determined to follow the kiln. Li Mao said: "In the future, everyone does not have to worry about the problem of eating, and the grain kiln will ensure that the supply will not be cut off." Now give everyone a chance to earn their own money and support themselves. When the weather is warm, we have to install a set of steam-driven circular saws on Mount Taiyue, so that everyone can go up the mountain to cut down trees and process them into boards, and then they can be sold for a good price. I promise you that you will earn no less money than you will get by robbing it. ”

After Li Mao and others inspected the cottage, they found that the way in and out of the cottage was too difficult to walk, and even if there was timber in the future, it would not be able to transport it out. Li Mao told Lin Feng and Wei Xiang: "After you take over the cottage, you must hold their hearts together. Then the first thing is to build roads, in the past, bandits were afraid that someone would attack the cottage, so they deliberately did not build roads, but we can't, we want to set up a timber processing factory here, and we can't do it without good roads. ”

Lin Feng and Wei Xiang received this task, although they were not very willing, because they knew that there would be a lot of battles to fight in the south, and they were more willing to follow the team of Yaogang to fight, but they also knew that the location of this Taiyue Mountain was very important, and leaving them was also a great trust in them. So the two accepted the task. After hearing Li Mao's instructions, Lin Feng said, "Don't worry, Li Gongzi." We still have a certain amount of experience in co-opting bandits, and doing ideological work is a compulsory course for us, and we all understand the principle of attacking the heart. As for road construction, you don't have to worry, I see that there are all kinds of tools on the mountain, which means that there are all kinds of talents on the mountain. We will organize them and fix the roads. ”

This time, in addition to the more than 900 male prisoners, there were also nearly 200 women on the mountain. Some of these people are the families of the bandits, and some are women who were robbed up the mountain by them. Li Mao told them that if they were willing to go down the mountain, they could give them some silver and go down the mountain themselves; Those who do not want to go down the mountain can also work in the mountain if they have a job in the future, which can provide them with an opportunity to support themselves.

After interrogating the captives, I knew that the inn under the mountain was indeed the eyeliner of Taiyue Mountain, needless to say, this inn was handed over to Yang Jing, which happened to be a stop.

For the silver treasury on the mountain, after a simple inventory, Li Maohe, Li Jing, Yang Jing, and Liu Chenghuang wrote a seal and sealed it, which had to wait for the kiln gang to send someone to transport it away.

When Li Mao and the others went down the mountain, they escorted more than a dozen important criminals, including Lou San and the three masters of Taiyue Mountain, and prepared to send them to the government for processing. Li Mao's intentions are twofold, one is to tell people from all walks of life in Shanxi that the people on Taiyue Mountain will not be bandits in the future; The other is also to make some noise, scare the other bandits, and let them know that bandits like Taiyue Mountain are not the opponents of Yaogang, so you should be honest.

When Li Mao and the others came to the inn at the foot of the mountain, the innkeeper who greeted them saw that Lou San was escorted by a big stick, and he was almost frightened and fainted. When the innkeeper came to his senses, he immediately kowtowed to the ground and begged for mercy. He kept saying, "I've never done anything hurtful." ”

Yang Jing felt that the innkeeper was familiar with the surrounding situation and wanted to use him. So they told him all the things that were on the mountain, and asked him if he would like to do it with him. This innkeeper, how can there be no reason to be unwilling. But Yang Jing is also a very scheming person, he dismissed all the guys who were in charge of the original inn, leaving only the owner of this inn, and then sent two of his own people to stay and run the inn, and the guys are ready to be re-recruited.

Li Mao told Yang Jing that it was best to bring the guys from Yaogang as well, and there was no shortage of people in Yaogang now. Yang Jing also felt that it made sense.

Li Mao led people to escort a cadre of prisoners from Taiyue Mountain to Huozhou and handed over the prisoners to Huozhou Yamen. For a time, the entire Huozhou was shaken.

Speaking of Taiyue Mountain, many people don't know, but if Taiyue Mountain is also called Huo Mountain, maybe many people will know. Because after Tang Taizong ascended the throne, he clarified the titles of Wuyue and Wuzhen. The five mountains are Mount Tai in the east, Mount Hua in the west, Mount Heng in the south, Mount Heng in the north, and Mount Song in the middle; The five towns are Yishan in the east town, Wushan in the west town, Huiji Mountain in the south town, Yiwulu Mountain in the north town, and Huoshan in the middle town.

The historic city of Huozhou also got its name from this. For a period of time, Huozhou has been tossed by Lou San and has been uneasy, and people are panicking. In the past, the bandits in Taiyue Mountain understood the truth that rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, and rarely troubled Huozhou, but Lou San didn't care about these when he came, and the people of Huozhou were harassed by them a lot.

Li Mao and others were also warmly received by the magistrate of Huozhou, and praised Li Mao and others for removing great harm to Huozhou.

On the same day, after Li Mao and the others stayed, Li Mao wrote a letter to Zhang Zhimu, reporting the matter of Taiyue Mountain to Zhang Zhimu, and asked Zhang Zhimu to send someone to transport the gold, silver and jewelry of Taiyue Mountain back to Yaogang. The letter was sent back by a special horse.

After Zhang Zhimu received Li Mao's letter, he immediately gathered Chen Yufeng and other leaders at home together and informed Li Mao of their happy victory in Taiyue Mountain.

Liu Yun also wanted to go to Taiyue Mountain to have a look, he had heard about the bandits in Taiyue Mountain before, but this time he didn't expect Taiyue Mountain to become his own, he said: "I'll go to the matter of transporting silver." ”

Lu Chengxiang continued: "This matter, I'll go and run with it." Some of them had to be shipped back, but I saw that some were kept, so they were shipped back. We all have some silver deposit for those ticket numbers in Jinnan, so we will transport them directly from there. ”

Zhang Zhimu also agreed with Lu Chengxiang's opinion.

What made Zhang Zhimu even happier was that Li Mao and the others handled things in a very orderly manner. It can almost be described as impeccable. This is someone who can do great things.

It just so happened that Fan Jinfu, the editor-in-chief of the "Yaogang Weekly", came to discuss the main content of the second issue of the newspaper, and Zhang Zhimu told them about Li Mao and their outwitting of Taiyue Mountain. Tell them to tell them more about what happened. Zhang Zhimu knows that the current information is passed on by word of mouth, and it is often distorted when it is passed on. Now with newspapers, that's the standard of things. This is where the tools of public opinion come in.

Zhang Zhimu also told them to keep track of the details of Lou San's public trial and execution. This is very attractive and will greatly increase the visibility of our newspaper.

As soon as Fan Jinfu heard about it: "Yes, this is a good subject, which can attract and educate people, so that everyone knows that if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself." ”

Zhang Zhimu saw that Fan Jinfu was slowly entering the state, and he already had a sense of news, and said: "After the detailed report, the comments in the back will be played by you." Whether it is to praise the wisdom and courage of our kiln gang people, or to whip the crimes of the bandits, there is a lot of space. The main thing is that this kind of thing can be followed and reported all the time. Therefore, our newspaper must be impartial and impartial, so that everyone can fully trust our newspaper. ”

Fan Jinfu led their people away happily. Zhang Zhimu saw that the steps of several of them were very relaxed, and they found a job, a job they never dreamed of, a crazy good job that they loved. These people are in a state of euphoria every day.

Zhang Zhimu already clearly felt that the inaugural issue was printed too little. People from all over Shanxi asked Xiurong Zhixian for this "Yaogang Weekly", if it weren't for Zhang Zhimu's resolute retention of 5,000 copies for Li Mao, and 5,000 copies for Zhangjiakou and Tongguan. Newspapers are long gone.

In this second issue, Zhang Zhimu doesn't want to print more. This is to whet the appetite and let those readers scramble for the "Kiln Gang Weekly".

During this time, Li Yunhe's side continued to bring good news to Zhang Zhimu. The first batch of fire-pulling hands ** was completed, and the bow and crossbow mines triggered by the collision were also made.

During the test, Zhang Zhimu called Li Wei over.

Li Wei took a few of his men and helped Li Yunhe and them to carry the test weapons to the river.

The first test is the hand**. For the safety of the test, Li Yunhe first tied his hand to a small tree by the river, and tied it to the fire ring with a long rope. After everyone was hiding, Li Yunhe pulled the rope in his hand hard and began to count: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7." As soon as I counted to seven, my hand exploded with a "boom". Li Yunhe tried three in a row. Just when Li Yunhe was about to try, Li Wei was going to have one, he pulled the ring with his hand, and a puff of smoke came out of his hand, Li Wei waved his long arm and threw his hand ** out forty or fifty meters away, and the hand ** exploded with a sensation after landing for a while.

The people who came with Li Wei saw that Li Wei threw one, so they immediately surrounded Li Yunhe and began to grab the hand, and then they all learned from Li Wei, pulled the ring of fire, and threw the hand **, and the hand ** exploded one after another.

Li Yunhe watched everyone come over to grab his things, he was not angry at all, and he was very proud at this time. He said to Li Wei: "This is the soldier you brought out, how can you look like a bandit." They will also grab things. ”

Li Wei didn't answer his words, and asked: "Can all of our *** be changed to firefighters?" ”

Li Yunhe said: "Now the white ** is too limited, and when the white ** can be mass-produced in the future, those ** will be sold for money, and there is no need to change it." We're all using our hands. ”

Li Wei found a problem and said: "The power of this hand seems to be much smaller than **." ”

Zhang Zhimu admired Li Wei's observation very much, and took over and said: "Now the ** in the hand is the same black ** as **, and the charge is small." Naturally, it is much less powerful than **. But in the future, we will use smokeless**, which is three to four times more powerful than black**. In this case, the power of the hand ** is much greater than **. ”

Li Wei said: "Mr. Zhang, then hurry up and produce this thing, with this thing in the future, it will be much more convenient to start a war." ”

"Don't worry, I'm more anxious about this than you." Zhang Zhimu said.

This was followed by test-firing of crossbow and bow mines. The newly installed collision-triggered fuses are all sensitive. Li Wei and the others tried it and shouted that it was easy to use, because they deal with this thing every day, and they naturally know the benefits of this thing more clearly.

But Zhang Zhimu was still not satisfied with that kind of fuze. Because he wanted to make a mortar, and the other principles of the mortar were very simple. Just to be on the safe side, there should be a slight delay in unlocking the fuse. That is to say, when the **** is blown out of the barrel, the fuse is hit and starts to unlock, but there is a delay in this unlocking process. It's easy to say, but it's a bit of a struggle to do. Zhang Zhimu felt that this problem had to be solved by himself.

After returning from the test, Zhang Zhimu spread out the drawings and wanted to draw drawings of the mortar fuse. But before he could calm down, Yang Yulin pushed the door in and said, "Li Di and Yang Chang are here." ”

Zhang Zhimu reluctantly put down the pencil in his hand and said, "Let them come in." ”

Li Di and Yang Chang didn't sit down after they came in, Li Di said: "Mr. Zhang, our big motor has been assembled, please take a look." ”

When Zhang Zhimu heard this, he had the spirit again, and said, "Let's go, take a look." ”

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