(Recommended reading: Mangdang Mountain, not only the place where Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, started, it is said that even Confucius took refuge from the rain here, and also left the famous 'Master's Career', which is a famous national tourist attraction in later generations, famous for a while, looking at the rolling mountains in front of him, Xiao Yi couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Brother is back again!" ”

In his previous life, when Xiao Yi was a poor student, he traveled here, and the deepest impression he had at that time was that it was ...... 'expensive', a ticket of 100 yuan, a bottle of mineral water for 10 yuan, a boxed lunch for 40 yuan, and some special attractions in it had to be charged separately.

At that time, Xiao Yi swore depressedly that one day, he would command thousands of troops and horses to step on the toll points here, and then spread the soil and plant cabbage......

"No, I have to leave a mark, so that they don't have to charge me for tickets in the future!" Thinking of this, Xiao Yi took out the sword on his waist, brushed it, and wrote on the stone wall of the mountain pass, "In the future, if my children surnamed Xiao come here to play, they will come and go at will, and they will not charge any money!" ”

Dahan - Shanyang County Taishou - Xiao Yi question!

After writing the payment, Xiao Yi couldn't help laughing, even if he couldn't use it, at least he could save future generations, and they would definitely be grateful for having a wise, martial and intelligent ancestor.

(voiceover...... A few years later, there is an unwritten rule in the tourist attractions of Mangdang Mountain, where tourists surnamed Xiao come here to watch the 'Xiao Lang Stone Wall', they are all free, as for other attractions, how much should be charged or how much, hehe......"

"Xiao Lang, I don't know when the army will enter the mountains to suppress the thieves?" It was Ma Liu who spoke, and this time he led the troops to follow him when he went south, and as for the newlywed Yan'er's big cow, he was left in the base camp to concentrate on making villains!

"Into the mountains? No, we won't go in, give orders, set up camp, and let the brethren rest for a few days! Xiao Yi waved his hand, drilling into the ravine in winter, he didn't want to suffer that crime!

"What about the bandits in there?"

"Hehe, look at this rolling mountains, full of cliffs, there is no way at all, our thousands of men rushed into it like a handful of salt thrown into the sea, and immediately melted away without a trace, and in the end I am afraid that there will not even be any slag left; Since ancient times, it has been 'easy to break the enemy on the battlefield, but it is difficult to enter the mountains to suppress thieves,' if you want to pacify this place, you have to think of another countermeasure! ”

Xiao Yi watched a very classic bandit drama when he was a child, which clearly explained the difficulties of suppressing bandits in the deep mountains, and gave him valuable theoretical experience, so the bandits can only outwit, not attack!

"That's just as well!" Ma Liu has lived on Crouching Tiger Mountain for so long, he naturally knows how difficult it is to find people in the mountains, there are mountains and rocks everywhere, even if they are a few steps away, it is difficult to find each other, plus they must always beware of traps and cold arrows, it is indeed enough to make people headaches, the Xuanjia army is a hero on horseback, and the plains are naturally invincible in the world, but when it comes to this ghost place, I am afraid that even the bears in the mountains are not comparable, and they will fight away and suffer losses!

"Let's go, go to the surrounding villages; Get acquainted with the local people! ”

There is no guide to lead the way, but this is difficult for Xiao Yi; He lived for several years on Crouching Tiger Mountain, where the slopes were sunny and there would be springs, which was clear at a glance; In the mountains, where there is a water source, there are basically people, this is common sense!

Sure enough, they soon found the local mountain people's residential area in a ravine, all the houses built with mountain stones, scattered on the hillside in the form of steps, simple and simple, some people still put two logs at the door to block it, some simply did not even have a door, although this is very close to the thief's den, but the people are simple, and they will never steal from each other, therefore, there is no need for a gate!

A broken iron pot, half a bag of grains, some dried fruits picked from the mountains, and occasionally a few pieces of smoked bacon hanging on the wall, this is all the property of the mountain people!

As for the clothes, the adults are wrapped in animal skins, the children are simply naked, and there is no one wearing shoes.

The people's livelihood is suffering!

Seeing a group of officers and soldiers with distinct armor and swords coming, the mountain people looked at them with fear, fearing officials is the habit of the Chinese for thousands of years, even if the grass is falling, but in their bones they are still afraid of the government, this is the inherent thinking of the farming nation; In the same way, being an official and a soldier in their minds is also a profession a thousand times more noble than being a bandit!

No one wants to be a thief for the rest of his life, even if he is born in a den of thieves, just like a plant that grows out of the darkness is born to choose the sun, and if there is an opportunity to bleach himself, these people will do it with their lives.

In addition, Xiao Yi also saw a little from the eyes of these mountain people - vigilance, no need to ask to know, there must be hidden eyes and ears of bandits among these people, and even many people may be bandits themselves, because of the poor living environment, farming during the day and being thieves at night, this is a traditional way of life for the people in the mountainous areas!

It's not about good or evil, it's just about living!

"Summon, summon the 'three elders' in the surrounding mountains to come to the camp to see me!" Touching his chin, Xiao Yi felt that he had found a breakthrough.

Since ancient times, the imperial power does not go to the countryside, and the laws of the imperial court do not shine on these remote mountain villages, so the affairs between the mountain people and the common people are to find the 'three elders' to adjudicate, they have their own set of rules for generations, for those who violate the clan rules, the 'three elders' can even be directly sentenced to death, and no one will object.

When Xiao Yi returned to the camp, more than a dozen old men in ragged clothes also came, they were the local 'three elders', but unlike the benevolent-looking and brightly dressed elders in other places, there were all hateful-looking old guys dressed in animal skins, and several of them were still missing arms and short legs, and they were limping.

It can be seen from the thick hand joints of these old men and the looming scars on their bodies that they must have been the ones who dominated the mountains and forests when they were young, and they were even likely to be old bandits who had retired from the army!

It is not a new thing to go home and continue farming, and people and thieves can change their identities at will here.

"Xiaomin, see the general!" A dozen veteran thieves were also nervous, there had been a large army crossing the border before, either to rob food or women, what good thing could be done by calling them this time; When they entered the camp just now, they observed that this army was well-equipped and murderous, and it was by no means something that they mountain people could resist.

What's more, the chief general of this army is the famous 'ghost-faced Xiao Lang', if there is anyone who has the most famous reputation in Shanyang County in recent times, it must be Xiao Yi, bloodbathing Huayang-Jia's family, slaughtering Shuangshui-Xiong's family, countless rolling heads cast his 'butcher, killing god' name, so this time in the barracks, the old men came with the determination to die.

But if you don't come, you can't do it, what if you anger this killing god and directly wave your army to slaughter the village? If you want to die, let them die, old guys, anyway, they will live enough!

"Come, please sit down, serve wine and meat!" Xiao Yi waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down.

At this time, a dozen old men raised their heads and glanced at the main seat, and then they were collectively frozen......

Before they came, they had fantasized about the appearance of 'ghost-faced Xiao Lang' countless times, and as for the various legends outside, they had heard countless legends, so Xiao Yi in their impression should be two feet tall, with big shoulders and a round waist, eyes and copper bells, a bloody mouth, and a ...... of eating people, just like the legendary mountain spirits and ghosts.

But I never expected that sitting in front of them was a very ordinary young man, with a slender figure, slightly thin, and two deep dimples when he laughed, except for a small face with black spots, it was no different from ordinary people!

"Come, eat well, drink well!" At the banquet, Xiao Yi didn't say much, just kept persuading wine and meat, and his attitude was amiable.

"Dare to ask the general what instructions he has to summon us, as long as he can, the small people will definitely serve!" In the end, this group of old men couldn't hold on, and if they didn't ask the reason, they couldn't eat even the best wine and meat!

"Haha! General Ben has no other intentions, he just wants to learn about the local people, you don't need to worry! Xiao Yi said while drinking, "In addition, I see that the local people are suffering from the people's livelihood, and I can't bear it in my heart, so let's go back and tell the mountain people that you can come to my camp tomorrow to receive a bag of rice and two catties of salt from each household, and as for everyone sitting there, there is another one, which is a little meeting gift from the general!" ”

After speaking, a team of soldiers came up like piles of grain, cloth, salt, and ......, all of which were good things that were in short supply in the mountains.

"Wow! Under what circumstances, if a soldier doesn't grab things, he still has to give gifts? More than a dozen old men looked at each other, and secretly pinched their thighs, not a dream, could it be said that the sun came out of the west?

Xiao Yi didn't explain much, but after he was full of wine and food, he ordered someone to send them out of the camp, and he also gave them an ox cart for pulling things, which was full of favors.

"Huh! Salute first and then soldiers, seven points of politics, three points of military, I don't believe that you can't solve the trouble here! ”

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