Zhending Mansion City is not big, but the thousand-year-old city, the city wall is heavy, all of them have been handed down for several generations of Qin bricks and Han tiles, very cultural connotation, Xu Guanzhong is very familiar with Zhending, and very knowledgeable and talkative, with Li Kui Pang Wanchun three people walked in front, watched around, chatted very happily.

Behind Chao Gai Wu walked slowly with Jiao Ting, Wu couldn't help sighing: "The land of Yan Zhao is really full of heroes, you look at the men on this street are all good materials for being soldiers." Why don't we train tens of thousands of people with strong men from Hebei and Shandong. ”

Wu Yong's voice was very low, and no one paid attention on either side, Chao Gai said: "Find a secluded place and say, there are too many people here." ”

There is a Hutuo River in Zhending City, the river is rippling, the river is wide, and both sides are dependent on the willows. Chao Gai said: "Brother Guanzhong, you take Wan Chun and Li Kui to take a look, if there is anything delicious and delicious, just buy it, just don't let Li Kui drink." ”

Xu Guanzhong said: "Okay, there is a snack street by the river here. ”

Although Li Kui is still strong-tempered, he has changed a lot, and the habit of drinking has gradually changed.

Chao Gai and Wu Yong found a stone by the river and sat down, Jiao Ting stood from the side, and there was no one else within a few dozen meters nearby.

Wu Yongdao: "Brother has thought about it, my brother is from a white background, one is not a general, and the other is not a member of the imperial court, and he will be promoted to Jeju Tuanlian within two years, Jeju is a small mansion, and he can have a maximum of 3,000 soldiers and horses, let's try to hide 3,000 in the nearby mountains, and there are only 6,000 soldiers and horses." Does my brother think that 6,000 soldiers and horses can dominate one side? ”

"If you don't want to develop, it's no problem to get rich. If you want to jump out of Jeju, it is obvious that 6,000 soldiers and horses are not enough. It's just how to train troops in large quantities without letting the officials be jealous. Is it possible to occupy a mountain and train people? Chao Gai said.

Wu Yong shook his head and said: "If you want to say that you occupy the mountain, which place is not as good as Shuibo Liangshan and occupy the mountain, but Zhanshan has no development prospect at all, so don't think about it." Doesn't my brother say that there are many big places overseas, just find a big island, train 30,000 or 50,000 horses, and when you need it, you can suddenly transfer them to China, and you can occupy a lot of places at once, so wouldn't it be very good? ”

Chao Gai nodded and said, "What a plan, when the ship is built, I will think about it and see where it is suitable." It's just that grain and grass are still a problem, and the consumption of tens of thousands of horses is very staggering. A soldier, from recruitment to training for one year, including settling-in allowance, military salary, food and drink, military uniforms, swords, guns, weapons, and all kinds of expenses required is not less than 100 yuan. 10,000 people is 1 million guan, and 50,000 people are 5 million guan. Once the grain and grass are transported in the war, the materials are consumed, and the people requisition are all money and grain. ”

Wu Yongshen thought so, and only felt it when he saw the strength of the men in this area of Hebei, but the financial and material resources needed for tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to be trained were very amazing.

"Without money and food, everything is empty talk, and we have to find a way to make money." Wu Yong said, "Since my brother said that it is difficult to have contiguous land, why not turn your eyes overseas." In the sea off Shandong, are there any islands nearby? Now there are many refugees everywhere, and if there is land to cultivate, why not call in hundreds of thousands of refugees. ”

"Let me think about it, the stakes are so high, let's go back and make a decision." Chao Gai said.

After discussing the matter, Chao Gai, Wu Yong, and Jiao Ting went to look for Li Kui and them, but unfortunately they didn't see them after walking all over the snack street, but these three people were not afraid of getting lost with Xu Guanzhong's living map, so they didn't worry.

Wu Yong pointed to the front and said, "There is a fight in front, isn't Li Kui causing trouble?" ”

Chao Gai looked, and sure enough, a group of people surrounded and were fighting. was also afraid that Li Kui was making trouble, so the three of them walked quickly, but it turned out that it was not Li Kui. This is a street market, which is also known as the market, and more than a dozen uniform-looking people are surrounding two men selling carbon and pushing each other. The two men who sold carbon were both in their twenties, with five big and three thick body on the door panel, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a yellow face and a square mouth, like a pair of brothers. More than a dozen family members are also fierce in their own way, with horizontal eyebrows, and they are not good people at first glance.

One of the leaders said: "Buying you a cart of charcoal actually dares to ask for two dollars, isn't it lard that blinds your heart?" ”

The man who sold carbon said: "The two of us sell charcoal here all the year round, and Tong Su does not deceive the price." This car of charcoal is more than 1,200 catties, all of which are charcoal burned from fine wood, why is it not worth two times. You want to buy it for 200 yuan, but there is no door. ”

There were a lot of people watching the excitement on the side, but no one dared to persuade him, Chao Gai found a vendor and asked, "Little brother, what's the situation." ”

The peddler lowered his voice and said: "You are a foreigner, the one who wears the clothes of the family is the family of the general judgment house in the city, and the purchase of things is always low, and if you are disobedient, you will be beaten." These two men who sell charcoal are not idle characters, they are people from Luquan Village in the west of Zhending City, the taller one is called Yuye, and the shorter one is called Wen Zhongrong. ”

It's actually these two, these two people are strong men, looking at the size, they are smaller than Li Kui, and the land of Hebei is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the contradiction between the two sides to intensify, and they started to move their fists and feet. More than a dozen family members fought around Yuye and Wen Zhongrong, and at the beginning, these two people didn't dare to make a move, you must know that they are just ordinary vendors, and if they offend the family members of the Tongju Mansion, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat. But none of these evil slaves in the Tongju Mansion were fuel-efficient lamps, they were beating with fists and feet, and the mud bodhisattva was also a little angry, and the two began to fight back.

Wu Yong said: "Brother, why don't you let Brother Jiao Ting help." ”

Chao Gai smiled slightly: "If you can't even pack a dozen family members, why should I look for the two of them?" ”

Sure enough, the battle situation changed rapidly, and Wen Zhongrong, who was still at a disadvantage, quickly beat more than a dozen family members to the ground after making a move, grinning in pain one by one.

Yuye pressed the leader of the family like a horse below, raised a big fist and hit it very much, and when he punched down, he became a panda eye. When he raised his fist again to fight, he was tightly grasped by Chao Gai's big hand. Urging Ye looked up, Chao Gai was also tight, but it didn't seem to be malicious, but he was not convinced, the two sides competed, Chao Gai pulled up, and urged Ye to fight down. He couldn't move even a single inch with all his strength.

Chao Gai said: "Just hit it a few times, just his body can't withstand a few punches from you, and if you really die, it's troublesome." ”

The leader of this family got up and summoned the remnants of the defeated army, and said, "If you have a kind, just wait, wait for me to go back and move the troops." "Then he left with a dozen people.

Wu Yong came forward to disperse the crowd, and Jiao Ting helped pull the cart and found a secluded place.

Chao Gai said: "In Chao Gai, Xiayun City, I came thousands of miles to find two strong men, and I didn't want to meet them here." ”

Wen Zhongrong said: "But that Tota Heavenly King Chao Gai? ”

"This can still be fake, it's down there." Chao Gai said.

Yuye was a little confused and asked, "Do you need two charcoal burners in your house?" ”

Chao Gai said: "Both of them are strong men and brave people, how can they burn charcoal forever?" For example, just now, if I didn't stop Brother Xuan, and you hit that person with a few punches, I'm afraid you would have to have to eat a lawsuit, and if you don't want to eat a lawsuit, you have to fall into the grass. It just so happens that your calf village is also steep, suitable for falling grass. ”

Urging Ye was shocked, and looked at Chao Gai in surprise and said: "You are not a fairy, the two of us have been touching the government for the past few days and not giving the people a life, and the life is aggrieved, it is better to gather the young and middle-aged people in the village to occupy the calf village and be a strong man." ”

Wu Yong said: "Are the dozen or so family members bad just now?" ”

Yuye said: "Bad, bad pus, two dollars of charcoal want to buy it for 200 yuan?" ”

"Isn't that right, after the two of you fall into the grass, you will definitely rob the caravan in the past, and you will definitely not give money to the merchant when you rob, so for the merchant, are you also worse? It's not as good as the house slaves of these corrupt officials? ”

Yuye was ashamed and said: "Both of us are mountain village husbands, and we almost made a big mistake. It's just that we don't want to live this kind of aggrieved life anymore, so what should we do? ”

Chao Gai said: "Change the market, sell the charcoal first, and let's go back to your village to talk." ”

Chao Gai was worried that the domestic slaves would find trouble, so he didn't dare to let the two stay here, so they changed to a market to sell charcoal. Wu Yong went back to the inn to find Xu Guanzhong and the other three, retreated from the guest room and waited outside the west gate for Yu Ye, Wen Zhongrong and others. It didn't take long to see the two of them driving the donkey out, and Li Kui, who was far away, said: "Shout, these two guys are not small, and they are also black, and they have an appetite for me Li Kui, and they will fight for a while." ”

Luquan Village is still very far away from Zhending, there is a distance of more than 30 miles, fortunately it is a flat road, all the way to Luquan Village, there is a high mountain in the northwest of this village called Baoqi Village, it is very precipitous, there is only one road up the mountain, no wonder these two people plan to fall into the grass here.

These two people have no family, and neither of them has married a daughter-in-law, and they live in a charcoal farm at the foot of the mountain.

Wen Zhongrong said: "I heard that my brother's name is very loud in the rivers and lakes, saying that it is the people in difficulty who send money and food, and also see a doctor for free, is this true?" ”

Jiao Ting was a little unhappy and said: "I don't know why you always suspect this matter, just before we came out, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, my brother took out hundreds of fat chickens and distributed them to the poor people in Yuncheng, and even the displaced people from other places also ate a hearty meal and had a good Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

Wu Yong said: "Brother Jiao Ting, don't worry, now it's good that the officials of the Great Song Dynasty don't scavenge the people's fat and people's ointment, where is there anything to dig out, so it's rare for a talent like my brother." The two brothers, Urging and Wen, did not see each other in person, and their suspicions were also justified. We came here this time to invite the two of us to go out of the mountain and serve in our Yuncheng regiment training army, to organize and strengthen the army, and to protect the family and defend the country. ”

"I'm an uneducated person, I can't know a few big characters, and we are not ambiguous about eating food and fighting as a soldier, but who we are protecting, who is the country, whether it is a greedy county order, or a fierce tax collector, or a family member of the general judgment family." ”