"Bandits? There are a few bandits in the place where the bird doesn't in Jingcheng County, it's not enough for me to kill." Li Kui muttered.

Chao Gai said: "So you don't want to go, Sun An just joined, and he was thinking about making meritorious contributions, so I let him go." ”

"Slowly, slowly, my brother is so biased, I'm just talking, I'll go, I'll go." Li Kui said, "How many soldiers should I bring?" ”

"Just you and Bao Xu, you don't need to transfer the soldiers from Yuncheng to here, just these soldiers you have now, thirty or so soldiers are not enough for you, there are still more than fifty infantry in the county, when the time comes, you will see the situation, whether it will be at your disposal." Chao Gai said.

Li Kui said: "Okay, brother, don't worry, I promise to complete the task." ”

Li Kui went back and told Bao Xu that the two goods were very happy, and immediately gathered thirty soldiers and rode horses to open Jingcheng County.

There was nothing to say all the way, and the group arrived in Jingcheng County on the same day, although they had been mentally prepared, but looking at the dilapidated city walls and gates, Li Kui immediately took off his hat and sighed: "I Di Niang, I thought I had arrived in Yishui County, but I didn't expect that there would be poorer places than Yishui County." ”

Bao Xu said: "Be content, this is already very good, I haven't lived in a house for several years when I was a river worker, and I lived in a tent." ”

"Let's go, let's go into town." Li Kui waved his horsewhip, the horse was in pain, and rushed forward quickly, the two old soldiers at the city gate were idle and bored, in the past, when the sun was west, there were basically no people, everyone chatted, bragging and bragging, it was time to close the city gate, there were many bandits in the mountains, and they couldn't be careless.

Although there were only a few thirty-two horsemen, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and the soldier guarding the gate said, "Look, the cavalry is coming." ”

"I see, I'm not blind." Another soldier said.

As he was talking, the horse team led by Li Kui and Bao Xu arrived, and the duty of the gatekeeper was to stretch out his spear to stop: "Stop, stop." ”

"What are you doing?" Li Kui asked.

"Master Jun, we are the gatekeepers guarding the door, what do you do." Soldier A said.

Li Kui had nothing to do, and teased Menjun: "You see what we do." ”

Soldier A is a lot old, he has been a soldier for 30 years, although he has not fought in the last 20 years, but he has experienced battles before, and the elite soldiers of the Great Liao Kingdom have done it with real guns. By the afterglow of the setting sun, carefully look at the two leading men, each with a tall and burly figure, a long beard, a fierce face that can scare crying children, and then look at the weapon, one is holding a long-handled battle axe, and there are two plate axes hanging on the horse's buttocks. The other had a great sword in his hand, the blade of which was wider than a palm, and a saber with a handle hanging from his waist. Look at the soldiers in the back, half of them are holding short-handled plate axes, and the other half are holding large swords.

"You guys are with that Chao Tuan practice a few days ago." Soldier A said.

"Why do you say that?" Li Kui asked.

"The breath is the same, they are all strong troops, but they are not domineering, and they are not bullying." Soldier A said.

Li Kui scolded: "I Li Kui hates the wicked who bullies the weak the most in his life, where is there a wicked person, tell me, let him taste my board axe." ”

"Look at your clothes. Are you here to work or are you passing through? Soldier A asked.

"If you come here to serve, you will all be under my control in the future, and the two of you will tell you later, don't leave after work, I will treat you to drink wine and eat meat, one will count as one, and all of them will be fed."

The soldiers smiled, they didn't take it seriously, and when the officials came to take office in the new year, they were all invited as small soldiers, where were the officials paying for the treats.

Li Kui and Bao Xu led the troops inside, and went straight to the county office, and the Su county commander still attached great importance to this borrowed capital, and personally greeted him at the door.

Li Kui has learned a lot of etiquette recently, jumped off the horse, and said, "But Su County Order, Master Su." ”

Li Kui's voice was loud enough, like a thunder in the clear sky, Su Xian Ling was startled, and when he saw Li Kui like a bandit, fortunately he met it in the city, if he was in the wild, he would definitely be a bandit robbing the road.

"Exactly, it's Li Dutou who came?" Su County Ling said.

"Yes, I am Li Kui, this is Bao Xu, the deputy capital, the two of us are ordered by my brother to come to assist you in suppressing the bandits, you are not allowed to make things difficult for us." Li Kui said.

Su Xian Ling secretly said, how dare I make things difficult for you with the appearance of two fierce gods.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, let's work together to do a good job in the suppression of bandits in Jingcheng County." Su County Ling said, "It's getting late today, so I've arranged a place for you to live and rest first. ”

Li Kui said: "My brother said, you are a poor starving rat in the county, and you will be exempted from the wind and dust, and we have food and drink by ourselves, if you are willing, you can come and eat together." ”

Li Kui didn't go through his brain when he spoke, Su Xian Ling was said that Li Kui's face was red, and when he saw that Li Kui was that kind of person, he was not easy to attack, so he immediately said: "Okay, you go to rest today first, and come back to work tomorrow." ”

The accommodation arranged for Li Kui and them is in the barracks of the infantry army in Jingcheng County, the barracks are dilapidated, but it is obvious that it has just been repaired, and the Su County Order is also dedicated, and Li Kui and Bao Xu are not people who talk about conditions, so they settled in with the team. The soldiers began to prepare horse feed, meals, and so on. There were still thirty gatekeepers living in the camp, ten of whom were on duty at night, and the other twenty had already returned.

Li Kui called them over and said, "Bendu has just arrived today, please eat, don't be idle, find some wood, I will invite you to eat well." ”

"What's good to eat?" Some of the men asked.

Li Kui glared: "Do whatever you want, ask more." ”

The soldier was startled and didn't dare to ask more.

There was still a lot of firewood, and the soldiers lit two bonfires and set up large iron pots on the camp's small school yard. Li Kui asked Huotoujun to bring the table over, and on it were two big fat sheep that had been killed. This sheep is really fat, and it will cost fifty or sixty pounds after killing. Huotoujun first put the peppercorns, ingredients, dried ginger, cinnamon, etc. into the pot to boil the soup, and then cut the mutton into pieces and put it in the pot to stew.

Taking advantage of the stew, Li Kui chatted and bragged with the veterans guarding the door. Li Kui said: "My name is Li Kui, I am a native of Yishui County, Jingdong, nicknamed Tie Niu, and now I have a mixed position, the head of the infantry army in Yuncheng County, and this time I was ordered to come over to assist Su County to suppress bandits." ”

It just so happened that the old army who met Li Kui in the afternoon was also there, and the old army was still a military leader, in charge of more than a dozen soldiers.

"Old Army, what's your name? Looks older than my uncle. Bao Xu asked.

The old soldier arrived: "My surname is Zhao, and my name is Zhao Da." It's not been a year or two since there have been bandits in Jingcheng County, so why do you suddenly want to suppress bandits now? ”

Li Kui said: "Zhao Juntou, don't you know this? There are a few factories to be set up in Jingcheng County, and there are many commercial houses to be built, so it is necessary to suppress bandits. ”

"What, what, what's the factory?" Zhao Da asked in surprise.

Li Kui pouted: "The factory doesn't know, the factory is the place where things are produced, much bigger than the workshop, and hundreds of people work together." There are a lot of workers to be recruited, and if you have relatives and friends, you should pay attention recently, and when the time comes, you can go to the factory to find a job, which is much better than farming, and you can spend a few dollars a year as a small worker or something. ”

Zhao has a son in his twenties, and he has nothing to do, and he is idle all day long, Zhao Da is worried that this kid will learn badly, and when he heard Li Kui say this, he was a little moved.

"Li Dutou, when will this factory be opened?" Zhao Da asked.

Li Kui said: "The factory was set up very quickly, hundreds of people came, and the factory came out after a few hundred clicks. ”

"Then, that Li Dutou, are you familiar with the people in the factory, I have a son who is not angry, he is tall and strong, and he wants to work in the factory, can you see if you can do it?"

"No problem, this matter is on me, as long as you work hard, I will definitely introduce it to you." Li Kui said.

It didn't take long for the fragrant mutton soup to boil, and the soldiers each served a big bowl, regardless of the heat, and ate it one by one while it was hot, Li Kui and Bao Xu took a few jars of wine, and everyone who loves to drink a little, but after all, they are all veterans, and they all have scores, and no one dares to drink high. Zhao Da held a cake in one hand and mutton soup in the other, Li Kui looked at it carefully, and found that this guy only drank soup and didn't eat meat.

"Zhao Da, why don't you just drink soup and not eat meat." Li Kui said.

Zhao Da was broken by Li Kui, and said embarrassedly: "No, no." Eat meat for a while. ”

Li Kui said: "I understand, you are thinking of the old lady at home, and you want to bring the meat to the old lady to eat when you go home for a while, right." ”

Zhao Da saw that Li Kui said it, and he didn't hide it, and said: "That's right, the county has been in a recession in the past few years, and there has been no time in the salary, and the family has relied on me to support them with some wages, and I don't know the taste of meat for a long time." ”

Li Kui said: "There's nothing to be ashamed of, and before my brother, I can't eat or drink." There is still meat left in the kitchen, and I will bring you two catties back. ”

Zhao Da hurriedly shook his head: "I don't dare to take the things of the government, and I will be beaten for violating military regulations." ”

"What kind of public things, this is a sheep that I Li Kui bought out of his own pocket. I'm just giving it to you, and no one else can say anything. Li Kui said.

Zhao Da was very grateful, and Li Kui said: "The bandits in Jingcheng County, you should be familiar with it." ”

"I'm not familiar with bandits, how dare I deal with bandits." Zhao Da said in surprise.

"I'm not saying that you have dealings with bandits, but, like you, a gate army in his fifties, sees countless people every day, and you know the situation in Jingcheng County better than the county master." Li Kui said.

Zhao Da looked left and right, everyone was eating meat and drinking, and no one cared about Li Kui and Zhao Da.

Zhao Da said: "Does Li Dutou really want to suppress the bandits, or do you go through the motions?" If you go through the motions, it's easy to say, I'll tell you a few bandit nests, catch a bandit of thirty or twenty, it's no problem, if you want to really suppress the bandits, you have to find another way. ”

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