"It is imperative that we first find out the surrounding situation, so that on the one hand, calculate the number of confiscations, and another point is that although we are under the banner of General Huangfu, but we do not have a certain strength, and the surrounding people will not buy it, after all, when we first come to Chadao to build a new cottage, people will not easily accept it for a while" Gao Shun has been in the Assassin's Mansion for many years, and he has a deep understanding of these, so he naturally understands the method, and now he is the first to put forward his own views.

In addition to Gao Shun in the hall, the rest of the people can be said to be not good at this, especially Shan Yi and Ying's uncle and nephew have no idea at all, Bai Cang has been nurtured by Ding Yuan for several years, but he is still young and has not entered the WTO deeply, at this time, he listened to Gao Shun explain and nodded and responded, "The head of Gao Jiao is reasonable, then let's start with the surrounding people, and you and I will go out to investigate early tomorrow morning."

Everyone discussed for a while, and finally decided that Gao Shun Shanyi and the two were responsible for the surrounding survey.

Early the next morning, Gao Shun Shan Yi took ten guards respectively, and set off from the east and west roads to the surrounding villages and towns.

Kailongzhai is located in the mountainous area, a radius of 100 miles can be regarded as the jurisdiction, because Yanmen County is the special existence of the city pass, so it is generally not included in the Zhou Mansion, has always been directly provided by the county guard to the Huangfu family to provide military supplies, but after the Huangfu Song came, in the name of inconvenience, the official position of the Yanmen County Guard, concurrently served by himself. Although this matter caused dissatisfaction among the people in the court, he still made a decree to be approved, and then Huangfu Song naturally placed his henchmen to collect taxes.

This Kailong Village is within a radius of 100 miles is the jurisdiction of Bai Cang, because it is located in a remote area, villages and towns are scarce, oil and water are not big, so no one under Huangfu Song loves to come, Bai Cang first arrived under the account, and was arranged to hone here first.

"I've been walking for more than an hour, and it's all barren mountains and mountains, where do the villages and towns come from? Did General Huangfu really tell me to wait in this place where the birds don't? It seems that I have to say to the eldest brother when I go back, I don't have anything to deal with" Shanyi muttered and rode forward, except for the bald mountains and rocks along the way, it didn't look like a human living environment at all, but I was afraid that there would not be a few villages and towns within a radius of a hundred miles.

As he was walking forward, he suddenly saw green smoke rising not far ahead, and he said in good spirits, "I finally saw people, as long as there are people, it will be easy to do" with a wave of his big hand and shouted, "Follow me, see how big the village at the front door is", and then he ran over first.

When I came to the front of the mountain, I was a little dumbfounded, and I saw a small fence yard between a few dead trees not far away, and there were only three dilapidated thatched houses in the yard.

Shan Yi pursed his lips and sighed, "It's so shabby, not to mention collecting taxes, it's good to have someone alive, let's go, go over and have a look."

When he came to the front of the mountain, he turned over and dismounted, and looked through the fence, where an old woman in the courtyard was carrying a pile of hay and adding it to a large stove in front of the house, and a large pot was on the stove, from which light smoke came out.

Seeing this scene, Shanyi exclaimed, "Old man, are you the only one here?" After shouting, the old woman didn't have any reaction at all, so she had to shout twice, and the old woman slowly turned around and found Shan Yi and the others.

"Oh~~~ This military master, what did you talk to me just now?" The old woman staggered up and opened the fence door and said to the mountain wing.

"But isn't it, you're the only one here, who else can you talk to if you don't tell you, are you the only one living here?" Yamachi knew that the old woman had bad ears, and her voice was a little higher.

"Mmmm~~ No, there are two sons, and now they have not come back after going up the mountain to chop wood, the military master will come in first to sit, I don't know what happened to this military master in this barren mountain and wilderness?" The old woman asked.

Shan Yi ordered people to wait outside the courtyard, and he entered the courtyard, there was nothing else around except a few piles of hay, there was a broken well not far away, and I didn't know if I could get water, the old woman took a bowl of hot water, and Shan Yi took it and asked, "It is indeed official business, I want to ask the old man, I don't know if there are villages and towns in this hundred miles away?" Why don't you leave here and find another place for your family? ”。

"Hey~~~~ You don't know, although this place is poor, but it is passed down from my ancestors, my family has lived here for hundreds of years, how can I leave easily, this was not the case before, it was also a big village twenty years ago, but after a plague, people died a lot, and those who survived afterwards really had no way to live and moved away, and now my family is left to barely survive, and it is good to survive."

Listening to the old woman's grievances, Shan Yi couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, and immediately asked, "Are there any villages and towns in other places?" ”。

"Huh? There are two towns more than forty miles away from here, if you go there, you just need to go all the way east, but it's useless to go, we are very poor in a hundred miles away, if the military master wants to collect some food, he may be able to barely make up some of it, and if he wants to pay taxes, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult" The old woman pointed to the east and sighed.

"It doesn't matter, whether it's successful or not, I'll go and see if it's going to be difficult, how can I be strong, but the old man's life here is really difficult, it's better to find another place, even if it's handed down from the ancestors, look at what's left around here? Except for weeds and hard rocks, you can't continue to live in such a lot," Yamachi looked at Dongfang and nodded and persuaded again.

At this time, the two were chatting, and suddenly heard someone shouting in the distance, "Who are you, why are you standing in front of my house, are you an official or a bandit?" I don't have anything you want here, so let's get out."

When Shan Yi heard that he knew that it might be the old woman's two sons who had returned, he quickly got up and came out and shouted, "You guys stand down first, I'll go and ask" and walked forward, only to see two young people, older than himself, but much thinner, and the two of them took two steps back in horror when they saw the big black man of Shan Yi coming forward.

"You don't have to be afraid, I'm a newcomer to the official family around here, and today's visit is to investigate the situation in the neighborhood, are you two the sons of the old man here?" Seeing that the two were scared, Shan Yi smiled and comforted.

Emboldened, a slightly older man nodded and said, "That's right, this is our home, where are you from the official family?" We poor people can't even eat, and we can't get anything to hand in."

"Don't worry, I'm not here to collect it, what's your name? How old are you? "Our brothers are only one year apart, my name is Lu Kuang, he is my brother Lu Xiang, I am sixteen this year, he is fifteen, since the general is not here to collect taxes, please sit inside" Lu Kuang saw that Shan Yisheng was tall, and thought that he was above himself, and he had no malice, so he immediately invited him home.

Shan Yi smiled and said, "Your two brothers walk in the mountains and forests, and their bodies are vigorous, and their ability is also rare, but it is not worth it to endure hardships all day here, so it is better to throw yourself under my eldest brother's account, and you can eat well in the army, why not."

"The general is willing to take him in, we are naturally willing, I won't tell you, my brothers and I also like to play with sticks since childhood, but there is no famous teacher, and they are not good at learning, so they have the opportunity to eat in the army, but there is still an old mother at home who is reluctant to build these few acres of foundation, and if the two of us leave, who will take care of her old man."

Shanyi nodded, "I also know your difficulties, just now I explained to your mother, this place is no longer suitable for long-term residence, it is better to leave as soon as possible, you two can persuade yourself, if you want, go to the west twenty miles away to open Longzhai, just mention my Shanyi, and someone will guide you."

"Thank you, general, the two of us will discuss it with my mother, if you persuade you, we will definitely go to meet each other," Lu Kuang gratefully hugged his fists and saluted.

"Hehe, okay, I still have important things to stay for a long time, so don't leave it today" said a fist and returned the salute, and took ten guards in the direction pointed by the old woman.

Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang watched the mountain wing leave for a long time, and Lu Xiang asked in a low voice, "Brother, let's not suffer here, this general has said that it is better to take in our brother and make a decision as soon as possible."

"I also want to agree to this, but you don't know your mother's temper, it's not useless for us to persuade for so long, otherwise I would have left two years ago, and I'm still using it until today, but this opportunity must be seized for anything, and I have to argue with my mother" Lu Kuang knew that such an opportunity was only difficult to find, and if he couldn't catch it, he was afraid that he would suffer again for the rest of his life, and he made up his mind that he would say anything this time to move his mother.

How did Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang persuade the old woman not to mention it, Shan Yi and the others walked in the direction pointed by the old woman for a while, and the terrain gradually opened up, and people gradually appeared on the flat ground, although they were scarce, they were not as cold as in the mountains.

After asking the two of them, they finally came to a town, and a group of people and horses lined up and stood in the mountain wing, only to see that this town was not small, and it seemed that there were three or four hundred households, and I secretly rejoiced in my heart, "How can such a big town have no spare grain to collect, and when the time comes, compared with the head of higher education, my side is full of loads, isn't it majestic."

I was happy in my heart, but I saw that the flow of people at the entrance of the village suddenly dispersed, and a team of people rushed out of the town and came straight to the mountain wing and others, and the first person held a spear and shouted, "I just went the day before yesterday and came again today, I have to fight with you and other husbands to say anything, come and come, let you know that my Fengjia Town is not easy to mess with" After that, a shot went straight to the mountain wing and stabbed.

Shan Yi was taken aback, and hurriedly dodged to the side, and the ten guards behind him saw the opportunity quickly, and pounced on the young man and surrounded him, and the dozen or so villagers who came out next to him were all defeated after a while and a half.

The young man was surrounded by hands and feet trembling slightly, he didn't expect that he wanted to be majestic, and the thief also told the old father to know that he was not a bad breed, but he was surrounded before he met anyone, and he was really embarrassed at the door of his house - embarrassed to go home.