Li Kui said: "Hey, I underestimate you old army leader, this head is better than my iron bull, you talk about how to really suppress the bandits, if it makes sense, I will give you a jar of good wine I hid."

The old army leader Zhao is a fifty-year-old veteran, and there are really not many other hobbies, but he likes to come to two mouthfuls when he has nothing to do, and when he heard Li Kui send wine, he immediately came to the spirit, and said: "There are two kinds of bandits, one is the bandits who are poor and can't open the pot, and there is no way to be forced to rob the caravan. The second type of bandits is professional bandits, these bandits may have been amateur bandits, but they are addicted to robbery, and they are no longer just robbing for food, but pure robbery, killing people and robbing women, not only robbing caravans, but even local farmers. If you want to really suppress bandits, you must treat these two types of bandits differently, and give leniency to the first type of bandits, so that they can have a new way to support their families, so that they will not rob. For the second type of bandits, they must be ruthless, and they must not be merciful, and they will do everything to eliminate evil, otherwise few of these local government soldiers will dare to contribute. ”

Li Kui scratched his head and said: "It's really true, it seems that I think about suppressing bandits simply, and I'll discuss it with Su County Ling tomorrow." ”

The next day, after breakfast, Li Kui and Bao Xu sorted out their clothes and officially went to work in the yamen.

Su County Order is very casual, there are no three classes of officials, just two officials stand on duty, Su County Order directly called Li Kui and Bao Xu to the study, Su County Order said: "How about Li Dutou and Bao Dutou, are you still adapting?" ”

Li Kui said: "What is not adaptable, just get by, and besides, we are not here to enjoy, you can talk about it, how to suppress the bandits." ”

Su Xian Ling took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Ru Guo wants to learn poetry, and his kung fu is outside poetry." ”

Li Kui and Bao Xu glanced at each other, no one understood, Li Kui said: "Believe it or not, if you are saying something we don't understand, I will knock out your front teeth." ”

Su Xian Ling was taken aback, these two people are not just talking, they are obviously people with abnormal heads, there is no need to provoke them. Immediately, Su County ordered: "I mean, if you want to suppress bandits, you must first do peripheral things, and the most important thing to solve now is the problem of money and food." The soldiers and horses in the county have not been paid for half a year, and in this case, who is willing to contribute to command them? ”

"Then what do you say, can you conjure up food?" Bao Xu said.

Su County Commander said: "I definitely can't change it, I am a county magistrate from other places, I don't have much strength in my hands, and the big households in the county don't bird me, but it's different when you two come, I take the two of you to the big families who owe taxes to go around, and the two of you don't need to speak, just see the two of you, and they will pay the taxes obediently." ”

Li Kui touched his head and said: "Where is it so troublesome, the boots of each household are worn out, you send someone to invite all the big households in arrears of taxes to the restaurant for dinner, and then I and Bao Xu will bring troops to cheer you on, and see which one dares not to pay taxes." ”

Su Xian Ling said: "This is a good idea, but you two can be leisurely, just scare and scare, and you can't make any trouble." ”

Li Kui said: "Don't worry, I'm the head of the real brand, and I understand the law." ”

Su County Lingxin said, it's strange if you understand the law, I will knock out your teeth when I am a county order, and you still know the law.

The Su County Commander sent almost all the officials to take the letters written by the Su County Commander and deliver them door to door. Jingcheng County is a poor county, there are not many large households, there are more than 20 more than 500 acres of land, the most serious tax arrears are their 20 families, Su County makes a foreigner, and can not be cared for by officials, the big households are sensitive, all united to default on taxes, so that now Jingcheng County's economy is collapsing, and the yamen are about to run out of grain, this kind of thing is also strange in the Great Song Dynasty.

Su County ordered the restaurant to invite guests, and these big households still had to give face, and it didn't take long for these big families to arrive at the restaurant one by one with housekeepers and family members. Everyone greeted each other and greeted each other, almost ignoring the order of Su County, who was dressed in official robes.

Su Xianling coughed twice, cough cough.

Only then did everyone find out about Su County's order, and they came over one by one to give Su County's order a gift.

Su County ordered: "Everyone is here, there is no need to see the ceremony, this time I invite everyone to come over mainly to talk about your tax arrears, last autumn's taxes, this year's autumn is autumn again, do you have to pay off the taxes." ”

As soon as everyone heard Su County's order to pay taxes, they were unhappy one by one, and said: "The harvest in the past two years has been too poor, and it is a gangster and a beast, where is there any extra money and grain to pay taxes." ”

Su County Ling said: "The county understands the difficulties of each family, and is very sympathetic, the bandits must be exterminated, the beasts must be eliminated, the tax must still be paid, and if there is no tax, what will the county take to suppress the bandits?" ”

Su County Commander bitterly preached, everyone is very tempted, no one wants to really offend a county order, especially everyone has to live here, but the county's largest big cattle staff do not nod, Niu Yuan outside the big guy, Niu Guy is terrible, there is a nephew named Niu Er, in Tokyo City as the leader of the City Patrol Division, is Gao Yu's son of Gao Yu's cronies, originally Gao Yu's son Gao Feng in Tokyo City is a ball, but this is a rural place, it is terrible to pass over, Niu Yuan outside the street nose is facing the sky. Niu Yuanwai also followed by a big-shouldered waist and round descendants, and he spoke angrily, Niu Yuanwai said: "My family's grain has been destroyed by wild boars this year two-thirds, there are so many wild boars, how can I pay taxes." ”

If the cow staff doesn't hand it over, and everyone doesn't hand it over, the matter will be deadlocked. As soon as Su Xian Ling coughed, Li Kui and Bao Xu came in. The two of them came over and stared at the cow outside, and the cow man was also fat, and the cow man said: "What are you staring at, you two dolls scare others, scare me almost, my nephew is also very fierce, and the vendors who set up random stalls in Tokyo City peed their pants when they saw him." ”

Li Kui is a bull temper, and when he heard this, he forgot about the education he usually received, and said: "Old guy, let you pay taxes, you just pay taxes, where is there so much nonsense, only after paying taxes can you suppress bandits and govern beasts." ”

Li Kui's eyes were red when he was angry, and the murderous aura could indeed be felt, and the hairs on his body stood up when Li Kui saw it, and he felt very uncomfortable.

Niu Yuanwai flicked his sleeves and said, "My daughter-in-law is about to give birth, I want to go back first." ”

Other people also said: "Oh no, my goldfish jumped out of the tank, hurry back." ”

Everyone said that they were leaving, but they came back just after going out, for no other reason, a group of soldiers outside the restaurant were eyeing each other with board axes and big swords.

Li Kui poked his hand back, and a pair of thirty-pound plate axes were thrown on the dining table, and said, "I want to invite everyone to eat wild boar today, and Bao Xu brought the wild boar." ”

Bao Xu brought a very fat wild boar from the back kitchen, the wild boar has about a hundred catties, don't look at it is not particularly big, but the fangs have grown, and it looks strange and scary.

Others killed pigs were tied, and then bled and disemboweled, Li Kui was different, his left hand grabbed the thick neck of the wild boar, and the plate axe in his right hand was raised, and with a click of the axe, the wild boar's head fell to the ground, and the wild boar's blood sprayed several meters. The frightened and timid people peed their pants, and the smell of urine wafted in the restaurant.

Li Kui said: "If you don't pay taxes, it's a crime, are you really the Su County Commander who can't help you?" Be smart and hurry up to pay the tax, and then do what you should do after paying the tax, otherwise when Su County Ling loses his temper, he will escort you to the vegetable market one by one to ask for beheading, and then the head will fall to the ground will be a wild boar. ”

Everyone only felt that their necks were cold, and no one wanted to move their heads, not to mention that as the old saying goes, the county order that broke the family, the prefect who destroyed the door, and the county magistrate were not big, but they couldn't be easily offended.

The big black man who followed behind the cow man was still unconvinced, and snorted coldly: "Who are you scaring by killing a wild boar, when you are a three-year-old child?" ”

Li Kui walked over and said, "What's your name?" ”

"My name is Kuroko." Said the big black man.

Li Kui said: "Remember, my name is Li Kui." ”

Li Kui said that the fist the size of the oil hammer hit the sunspot's chin as a fist, and the sunspot didn't even snort, and lay straight on the ground like a burlap bag.

Seeing this, everyone said: "Is this year's harvest still very good, the wind and rain are smooth, my family still has a lot of surplus grain, Su County ordered you to let the master calculate how much my family's taxes are?" "It would be easy for someone to take the lead, and 20 large households, including cattle workers, have paid their taxes. I paid last year's tax and paid this year's tax by the way.

Just like that, when the tax was collected, Su County's waist straightened up, and Li Kui and Bao Xu were rewarded, and Su County's order said happily: "Li Dutou, you pig kill well, a pig's head fell to the ground, and the tax was collected." ”

Li Kui said: "Yes, that's what I want." ”

Bao Xu said: "The money and food are available, what should I do next?" ”

Su County Ling said: "With money and food, of course, it is time to train the army." ”

Li Kui and Bao Xu said: "Then practice, we will help you practice when you recruit soldiers." ”

The recruitment of soldiers in the county is actually a government service, divided into soap li, soap li is standing in the hall, when the old man is promoted to ask the case, soap li is holding a water and fire stick and shouting mighty, it is this group of people. It turned out that there were six soaps, and ten were recruited, and there were enough sixteen, so it was good to rotate.

There has been no one on the fast class to catch fast, so fifty people have to be recruited. As for the strong squad guarding the city gate and patrolling, there were not enough 50 people, and as soon as they said that they had money and food, they recruited people in two days.

Except for a few who left behind to guard the city gates, the rest of the three classes of officials were all gathered to take over new training before they could take up their posts.

On the school field, the recruits wore five or six people one by one, but they were actually nervous to death, and their palms were sweating with water and fire sticks. Li Kui coughed lightly, and the frightened recruits trembled.

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