Gongsun Sheng came to Chao Gai, Chao Gai was very happy, that night in Lashan Temple to rest for a night, the next day set off back to Yuncheng, along the way Chao Gai and Gongsun Sheng talked to each other, between the words Gongsun Sheng expressed his dissatisfaction with the current court, and agreed with Chao Gai's various measures.

Looking at the carriages coming and going on the street, Gongsun Sheng said: "Brother, how did you think of selling horses on credit, selling good mares and cows to the people on credit, as long as you repay three young animals within five years, this can be described as a win-win method, first, the people who have no money can get horses and cattle, which are used to plough the land and pull carts, and develop production." Second, the large number of young animals returned by the people, the commercial bank also made a profit, but the initial investment was very large, and I don't know how my brother solved it. ”

Chao Gai lowered his voice and said: "I opened a 10,000-mu salt drying plant in Cangzhou and Chaijin, and it will only be put into operation next year, and the output is amazingly high, so why worry about having no money." ”

"My brother is really smart, it seems that I used to underestimate my brother and think that my brother was just a hero." Gongsun Shengdao.

Chao Gai pointed to the first luxurious restaurant in Yuncheng County and said: "This is Chao's family building, which is the restaurant where I greet my guests, why don't I wait and drink it?" ”

Gongsun Sheng held the reins of the four dissimilarities, and said with a smile, "Why do you need such a false courtesy, go back to the barracks directly, I have long wanted to see my brother's tiger and wolf army." ”

"Alright, go back to the barracks."

When I returned to Chaojia Village, before I arrived at the barracks, I heard three cannons in front of me, followed by the sound of horns, and twenty pairs of cavalry ran in front, with clear banners and clear swords and guns, standing on both sides of the road one by one. Liu Tang personally came out to greet the elite lancers. Behind are Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, Wang Jin, Bian Xiang, Niu Gao, Pang Wanchun, Li Kui, Hua Lei, Chao Zhang, Chao Ran, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, Shi Jin, Du Qian, Song Wan, Yang Chun, Chen Da, Qi Ye, Wen Zhongrong, in addition to the military dog team, carrier pigeon team did not come, the generals of the cavalry and infantry can be said to have come, and the generals were also very surprised, and such a large scale of greeting is also rare. When I looked closely, I saw a Taoist priest with fairy wind and Taoist bones beside Chao Gai, and he also looked strange with a whisk in his hand.

Liu Tang said: "I heard Mr. Gongsun's name earlier, but today I see that it is indeed worthy of his reputation." ”

Gongsun Sheng hurriedly replied, "You are Brother Chao Gai, Liu Tang who has the most powerful light cavalry under him." ”

"Exactly."

"Fortunately, fortunately."

Chao Gai introduced all the officers to Gongsun Sheng one by one, and when he introduced Wang Jin, Gongsun Sheng's eyes lit up, and said: "I heard that Wang Jin, the head of the Tokyo Forbidden Army, was squeezed out by Gao Yu and ran away, could it be." Speaking of this, Gongsun Sheng stopped talking and said with a smile, "Wang Jun is a good teacher, and he also loves martial arts and guns, so I will learn more from you in the future." ”

After the introduction, Gongsun Sheng was very surprised, and sighed to Chao Gai: "My brother's subordinates are really full of talents, both civil and military." Mr. Wu and Mr. Zhu are both great talents in the world, and they have talents who have passed through the heavens and latitudes. All the generals are fierce generals in the world, and no matter which one of them is quite outstanding. ”

Li Kui said: "Hehe, this is part of it, there are six officers in the navy, all of them are masterpieces in the world." ”

That night, a banquet was held in the military camp to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and Gongsun Sheng was appointed as the third army division, which was still his old profession, mainly using Taoism to serve the Yuncheng regimental training. Chao Gai ordered people to find a quiet hill, built a Yunlong Taoist Temple for Gongsun Sheng Qing Xiu, and then called Gongsun Sheng over when there was something, and let him cultivate in the Taoist Temple when he was fine.

Chao Gai told everyone about the establishment of the Shandong Championship, which is mainly divided into two projects, a fist and a weapon. The top three players in the boxing and foot ring will become the champion of boxing, and will be rewarded with a gold cup of five taels, a gold belt of two taels, and a bonus according to the ranking.

After listening to Chao Gai's narration, Zhu Wu said: "This method is very good, don't worry that the heroes of the world will not come to our Yuncheng, and when the time comes, we will have both ability and political integrity to choose." Fists and kicks are nothing, and they generally don't kill people. But I feel that the weapon is still canceled by the gun stick and the big knife, and the ash rod is used instead, and the top three are named the gun king, and the boxing champion is generally rewarded. Then there is the addition of a bow and arrow, and the winner will be named a sharpshooter. ”

"That's great, it's just that it's fitting who is in charge of this matter." Chao Gai asked.

Zhu Wudao: "It is very appropriate for Mr. Gongsun to preside over this matter. ”

Gongsun Sheng said: "Otherwise, Poor Dao is a monk, and it is not suitable to preside over the ring, I think it is better for Mr. Wu to preside over this matter, and then choose two or three generals to control the ring." ”

Chao Gai nodded yes, and then said to Wu Yong: "You are responsible for handling this matter, the first session must be grand, and the publicity must be in place." I went back and informed Shi Wenbin of the county order, and asked him to issue an official document to be held in the name of the county, and the first session was arranged to start on February 2 next year, and last for 15 days, and then held every six months. Just hold it in the open space of our trade city, so that it can gather popularity for the newly built trade city. ”

Wu Yong said: "Brother, don't worry, it will be done." ”

Wu Yong is in charge of handling this matter, and there are still three months until February 2 next year, and all he has to do during this period is to set up the ring, set the rules, and arrange publicity. Wu Yong's head is also easy to use, and it is easy to get on the road, and soon it was called a very popular name, called the Liangshan Boxing Championship. The propaganda poster was also painted, showing two strong men boxing, and deliberately focused on the trophy made of gold and the belt made of gold. Ten thousand copies of this poster were printed and distributed to the fleets and caravans passing through Yuncheng, and at the same time, a team of hundreds of people was sent to publicize it.

How to prepare aside, just say that the unlucky Yuan County Ling was robbed of 60,000 yuan of money by Yan Shun and Wang Ying of Qingfeng Mountain in Dongping Mansion, and later there was no way to get a report from Qingzhou and ask for the pacification of Qingfeng Mountain. However, the prefect of Qingzhou relied on someone in the court, and did not take Yuan County's order in his eyes at all, but only responded to the general order Huang Xin and Hua Rong to attack the mountain several times, but only killed a few minions, and did not make any other achievements.

It's already winter, Yuan Xianling feels that there is no point in living in Qingzhou, his nephew said: "The silver was lost on the ground in Dongping Mansion, and it should be the responsibility of Dongping Mansion, there is a Dong Ping in Dongping Mansion, known as a merry double gun general, and he is also a powerful person, why don't we go to Dongping Mansion to find Lord Cheng, and let Lord Cheng order Dong Ping to send troops to exterminate Qingfeng Mountain." ”

Yuan County Ling also had no choice, there was no silver, there was no way to be promoted, so he could only go back to his hometown to farm.

"Okay, let's go back to Dongping Mansion again."

Yuan Xianling returned to Dongping Mansion with his family, found Lord Cheng, and asked Lord Cheng to send troops to attack Qingfeng Mountain.

Cheng Wanli is a real person, and he can't quibble, so he has to say: "Dongping Mansion must be responsible for this matter, but Qingfeng Mountain is located in Qingzhou, and the officers and soldiers of Dongping Mansion are not allowed to enter without permission, not to mention that Dongping Mansion is only 2,000 soldiers and horses, and it is impossible to transfer all the bandits, at most 500 people can be transferred." ”

Yuan County ordered: "The prefect of Murong also wants to exterminate the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain, but this group of bandits is very cunning. If we converge and exterminate Dongping Mansion together, it will naturally be foolproof. ”

Cheng Wanli nodded and said, "Okay, I'll send an official document to the prefect of Murong to see what he thinks." ”

Cheng Wanli sent an official document to the Murong Governor of Qingzhou, Murong was still very polite to the Cheng Governor's Mansion, and said euphemistically, although Qingzhou Mansion has more soldiers, but there are many places to defend, even if Dongping Mansion sends 600 troops to help, it will not help, if you want to take Qingfeng Mountain steadily, you also need Jeju Mansion to send troops.

Cheng Wanli took the palindrome and said to Yuan County Ling, Yuan County Ling smiled bitterly, when he was the Yuncheng County Order, he had a little relationship with Cai Jing and the prefect Xu Lin was not good, and now they have left office, Xu Lin is estimated not to buy it, there are dates and no dates to play three poles, Yuan County Ling ran to Jeju Mansion with the letter written by Cheng Zhifu, Xu Lin originally did not intend to agree, but the master said: "Yuncheng has been practicing and organizing for more than half a year, why don't you let them go out and try, if Chao Gai can make meritorious contributions, it is easy to promote." ”

Xu Lin nodded in agreement, arranged for Yuan County to return to the post station, and immediately asked people to ask Chao Gai.

Chao Gai came with Wu Yong, Xu Lindao told the matter again, worried that Chao Gai would not agree, and said: "Qingfeng Mountain is only a few hundred people, but the bandits are too cunning, and the Qingzhou Mansion is unwilling to send troops independently, so this is why Qingzhou, Dongping, and Jeju jointly sent troops, in order to exterminate the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain." ”

Chao Gai was originally reluctant to take care of this matter, but considering that he had to have a good relationship with Governor Xu, he agreed.

Chao Gai said: "Lord Xu, it is early winter now, and you need to use troops as soon as possible, and you can't wait until the cold winter, when it is very inconvenient to march and fight." ”

"Three days later, Dong Ping of Dongping Mansion rushed to Qingzhou to assist Huang Xin in suppressing bandits." Xu Lin said.

Chao Gai nodded and promised, "Then how many soldiers and horses are appropriate for our regiment to train?" ”

"Considering that the Yuncheng regiment is newly formed and the soldiers are weak in combat, it is better to bring more people out, and we can't let others look down on our Jeju Mansion, let's bring six hundred people, one hundred more than Dongpyeong Mansion." Xu Lin said.

"Okay, then we'll go back and prepare." Chao Gai said.

On the way, Wu Yong said: "This is a white envoy to call people, and the matter of sending 600 troops and not giving us military salaries." This Lord Xu is really generous. ”

Chao Gai sighed: "It's good that we can have a reputation for eight hundred, you still want military salaries, where is the military salary in the imperial court for our group training." ”

"Since we have sent troops to Qingzhou, we must play a majestic role, and we must start the name of our Yuncheng regimental training. I'm just afraid that Huang Xin and Dong Ping may not be willing to cooperate with us to suppress the bandits. Wu Yong said.

"To exterminate Qingfeng Mountain, it takes three states to send troops, all of whom are people who don't contribute to work, and no one wants to really suppress bandits. Let's go over and act on the opportunity. Chao Gai said.

Back in Yuncheng, Chao Gai made detailed arrangements and immediately began to dispatch troops.

On this expedition, Chao Gai was the main general, and Wu Yong was the military advisor. Liu Tang had 100 elite lancers, and Hua Lei and Li Kui had 300 infantry. In addition, Ruan Xiaoer and Chao Xiong were sent to lead a hundred sailors and a hundred craftsmen, a total of 600 people. Both sides of the water and the road march together to reach Qingzhou.