Li Jie did not use troops again throughout the winter, and recuperation became a top priority. The people finally felt the difference in the world. The dividends received by the gentry from the chamber of commerce were much greater than the income from the fields, and the tenants also had surplus grain because of the small rent they paid, and then they developed the ability to spend, and in disguise handed over the money to the gentry.

Under Li Jie's rule, there were no beggars and homeless people, and the government began to recruit migrant workers to renovate the roads in the entire area, and the peasants had nothing to do, and in two months, the roads were reinforced. Along the way, the chamber of commerce built a carriage and horse shop, which greatly promoted the transportation of materials.

Lu Longjiedu made Li Keju a rude person, and he began to do this after being elected by the soldiers as a jiedu envoy, but in the last year or two, he began to love money like his life, which has gradually aroused the dissatisfaction of the officers and soldiers. Han Wen's poisonous plan wiped out the families of Chengde and Wei Bo and other places, and it was half a month later when Lu Long got the news, and Wang Jingchong had already reorganized his army and was ready to go on the expedition.

Li Quanzhong, who got the news on this day, came to Li Keju with many generals, and everyone said everything they wanted, and they also wanted to take this opportunity to make a fortune. But Li Keju was afraid of the family's reluctance. Hatred gradually appeared on everyone's faces!

At this time, a young general stepped forward and said, "Dashuai, we can catch cicadas with praying mantis in this matter, and the yellow finch is behind!" Everyone was stunned. It turned out to be Li Quanzhong's son Li Congwei. Li Quanzhong has two sons, the eldest son Li Congwei and the younger son Li Kuangchou.

Li Congwei said, "Dashuai, we can issue a proclamation to provoke a bloody fight between the local heroes and the family, and when one side is destroyed or both sides are defeated, we can send troops in the name of suppressing bandits to eliminate all the families and local heroes." Then the fields and the gold and silver will be all ours! ”

The generals below were overjoyed when they heard this, and this was a sure deal. At this time, Li Congwei spoke again: "Dashuai, after the proclamation is issued, we can send people to pretend to be robbers and slaughter several families, and then we will wait for the troops to move, and the local heroes will naturally move when they hear the wind!" I'll just wait and see! ”

Li Keju was moved, and the officers and soldiers of Bi Jing Li Congwei's plan were the ultimate winners. Li Keju thought for a while and said, "Then you will do this proclamation!" Li Congwei arched his hand and said: "The last general will take the order!" "All the generals also gave their hands together" There is Captain Lao Li! Li Congwei arched his hand and said, "Don't dare!" Can't! ”

Li Quanzhong's father and son returned to the house, and the father and son came to the study to discuss, "Father, if this matter is successful, the festival envoy will be yours!" Li Quanzhong nodded: "What are you going to do!" ”

"The child issued a statement the day after tomorrow, taking advantage of the fact that it was still early today, he sent people who were extremely close to the palace out of Youzhou, and issued a warning to the families near Youzhou, so that they could be prepared. In this way, we will also settle down in front of the family, and as for those heroes, I will also write a letter. And as for the officers and soldiers! If you want to eat and drink for nothing, there is no door! ”

Li Quanzhong was stunned, "What does Wei'er mean by this?" Li Congwei said with a gloomy face, "These generals are all extremely arrogant, if my father and son become the envoys of the festival, they will be restrained by them." Today's God-given opportunity is just right to use the family and Haoqiang to weaken their power! Li Congwei let out a cold laugh: "We are the ultimate victors!" ”

Li Quanzhong called several of his own sons, and Li Congwei personally handed over the letter he had written to them, and then instructed him, "You borrow to go to the village in the countryside to check the accounts and go out of the city, one person goes to collect rent, and the rest of the people go to deliver the letter, after sending the letter, all gather in the village, and then come back together, there must be no mistake, otherwise you will be executed!" Do you understand! Several of the sons of the family arched their hands and replied, "Oh! ”

Letters were delivered to their respective masters. Most of the families scoffed, and only a few began to take precautions. And the local heroes are ready to rectify. All of a sudden, Lu Long's atmosphere became weird!

A proclamation was sent from Youzhou to the prefecture and county to which it belongs. The content of the proclamation was that because there was a war between Weibo and Chengde, Lu Long's official army was assembled and on standby. Prevent the war from burning to Youzhou, but some robbers in Youzhou took the opportunity to make trouble and cause trouble for the place. Please prepare early!

As soon as the proclamation came out, the family panicked. However, Bi Jing is a big family and has a profound heritage. Moreover, almost all of the heads of the Shandong family were in Lulong, so a group of people were quickly gathered.

A few days later, one dark night, thousands of people dressed in people's clothes lay outside a manor. "General Wang, I have inquired clearly, this is the Lu family, and there are nearly 4,000 Zhuang Ding. There are tens of thousands of tenants in the village. "Good fellow, a big fish! It's just a bit of a mouthbite! ”

General Wang thought about it and gritted his teeth, "Send someone to send a message to General Yang in the back, ask him to bring his people over, and everyone will get rich together!" A dark shadow stood up and ran backwards, and in a moment a horse in the distance ran backwards.

An hour later, the sky was slightly bright. In the distance came another team, numbering thousands. A man ran to General Wang and kicked him, "Lao Wang, what's the matter, it's just thousands of Zhuang Ding, what kind of combat power do you have!" You want me to come up! ”

General Wang stood up and said, "Damn, you think Lao Tzu is willing, but Bi Jing is four thousand Zhuang Ding, and you see! Pointing to the outer wall of the manor, "It's too high, the ladder can only be tied to one piece!" "General Yang followed his finger and looked over, I'll go! The courtyard wall is actually four feet high.

At this time, it seemed that there was movement outside on the courtyard wall, and several people were looking at it. Hundreds of ladders were tied together, and the people outside were preparing, and at this time the sky was also bright, and a few Zhuang Ding on the tall courtyard wall suddenly found that there were many people outside, and immediately the gong mountain sounded, and after a while, a team of people appeared on the courtyard wall. Flags were unfurled on the tall courtyard wall, and many people were pointing out with bows and arrows.

The Lu family compound has been continuously expanded and improved over the past few hundred years. It's a real city.

The perimeter of the courtyard wall is nearly five miles long. The height of the city reached four zhang. The city is one foot wide. Under the female wall, there are dense piles of fortification equipment, which can really be described as an iron wall. The Lu family also has their own blacksmith shop in their own courtyard. Nominally, it was to build farm tools for the estate, etc. In fact, the main thing is to make knives, guns, bows and arrows, and armor.

The Lu family has been a century-old family, and after Lu Zhi became a high-ranking official in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there were people in the imperial court who became high-ranking officials in all dynasties. It can really be said that people are prosperous, and there are 5,000 mouths in the near branches of this clan alone. There are also nearly 4,000 conscripted Zhuang Ding, and nearly 10,000 tenants rely on the Lu family to live. Perennial caretaker of the home, the manor not only piled up hundreds of years of savings and money, but also countless savings of grain and grass.

Seeing that they had been discovered, the two also led people to stand a stone's throw away from the courtyard wall, and shouted, "Open the courtyard door quickly and send 200,000 taels of silver." Otherwise, I won't leave the chickens and dogs until I kill them! ”

A person who looked like a manager on the wall said arrogantly, "The thieves who don't know whether they are alive or dead from there, and they don't inquire, where is my Lu family, and they dare to come here to make trouble!" Hurry up and retreat, otherwise don't blame me for the Lu family's rudeness! ”

When they heard this, they were furious, "Brothers, attack and kill him, and don't leave a chicken or a dog!" Dozens of ladders were carried by the soldiers to the courtyard wall.

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! ”

Hundreds of sharp arrows went straight under the wall, and dozens of people were shot to the ground. "Shoot again! Shoot again! "Arrows rained down on the charging soldiers, and many fell to the ground, while others lay on the ground groaning undead.

"Release! Shoot the arrows! General Wang shouted, and countless sharp arrows flew up the courtyard wall, and dozens of people fell to the ground. Looking at the familiar arrows, the steward shouted, "They are officers and soldiers in disguise!" Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Shoot them! More bows and arrows were fired, and many officers and soldiers fell to the ground with several arrows in their bodies.

The shouts in the city attracted the attention of the two, their identities were exposed, and they must not be left alive! General Wang immediately ordered to break the village with all his might, and after breaking the village, not one of them was left to kill!

Hundreds of arrows shot up the courtyard wall, and dozens of people fell to the ground. At this time, the chief steward of the village loudly announced the reward that the patriarch had just issued: "Brothers, there are rebels outside under the banner of the government, and we want to eliminate harm for the government and the court, so the patriarch issued a reward, whoever kills a rebel will be rewarded with two taels of silver after the war, and those who kill five will be rewarded with fifteen taels of silver, and ten will be killed, and the whole family will be exempted from tax and servitude." ”

As soon as this reward came out, countless Zhuang Ding and tenants grabbed their bows and arrows and stood on the wall, and shot down the wall with their bows and arrows, and the locust-like arrows flew down the wall with the roar of death, and immediately shot to death the officers and soldiers who were charging under the city.

The two generals under the city were furious, and General Wang shouted loudly, "Rush up, kill in, and leave no one behind!" The property is divided equally among everyone! Then he turned to General Yang and said, "The two of us must transfer the troops and horses!" Otherwise, once the news leaks, you and I will be pointed out by thousands of people, if the above gives up you and me, the two of us and my family will die and have no place to be buried! ”

General Yang nodded, thinking that he was a fat sheep, but he didn't expect it to be so prickly. The two immediately ordered someone to go and transfer their soldiers and horses. The steward, who was standing on the courtyard wall, saw two fast horses galloping away in the distance. Knowing that something was wrong, he immediately ordered the leader of Zhuang Ding to lead people to guard, and shouted, "You must hold it, I will go to see the head of the family and send reinforcements!" "I took someone to turn around and go straight to the inner house.

Don't look at him as the general manager, you can be arrogant in the village. But he couldn't even enter the gate of the inner house. When he came to the door of the inner mansion, the chief steward bowed forward and said, "Please let the little brother know, the little Lu Sheng has 100,000 urgent things to tell the head of the family." The porter stretched lazily and said, "Such an adult, there are no rules at all, is the master of the house you want to see!" Hurry back to do things, or the head of the house will blame me, don't blame me for not reminding you! ”

The rules of the big family are sometimes stricter than the emperor's family, the emperor wants to do something out of the ordinary, and those upright ministers Hong Yushi look at it, and the big family doesn't even have this rule, what is really that he is the sky.

The manager was in a hurry, pushed away the person blocking his door, and broke in. The man chased after him, shouting, "Come on, beat this guy who doesn't know the rules!" A few small men ran out of the side room to chase the manager, and after catching up, several people pushed out.