Chapter 44: The Heroic Village (I)
Tonghu only used a hammer to knock one of Zhang Lu's generals off the horse, and the corpse could no longer be seen after it landed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Yang Aruo let out a loud shout, and also slashed several soldiers in front of him to the ground, his ring head knife was full of flesh and blood.
When Hu Che'er and Zhang Xian arrived with a group of mountain bandits, the battle had already ended, and they both burst out laughing.
Yang Aruo saw Hu Che'er arrive, so he came to Tonghu's side, and then patted Tonghu's shoulder and said to Hu Che'er: "A copper hammer in our four masters is really unparalleled in the world. ”
Tonghu smiled, his face darkened in an instant, and he continued: "It's this dog official who killed the fourth brother, and he killed him quickly, but the position of the fourth brother is still the fourth master, and I don't want to take this away." ”
Yang Aruo's expression was also dark, and he sighed: "Tonghu, I know your intentions, although the position of the fourth child is given to you, his treatment remains the same, and his family will also pay the food and salary of the fourth master." ”
Hu Che'er drove his horse a few steps closer, also patted Tonghu's shoulder, and then said with a smile: "The third brother means that you will take over the hands of the fourth brother, and those who kill people will not be able to have a leader." ”
When Tonghu heard this, he smiled and agreed, and the subordinates behind him who were originally the four masters suddenly burst into cheers, and they were also very happy.
After all, Tonghu has an excellent reputation in the cottage, and he always distributes good things to his subordinates first, and he is always at the forefront when charging, plus he has always been the smartest person in the cottage, so he is naturally happy to follow such a leader.
Before the development of the cottage to the bottleneck, Tonghu proposed that a perfect hierarchy must be built, anyone can be upgraded with military exploits, different levels have different treatment, such an environment immediately stimulated the development of the cottage, everyone's enthusiasm has also swelled unprecedentedly, this is what we have today's situation.
Not only that, Tonghu also transformed the blacksmith workshop in the cottage, and now the output has increased very much, before there were people with hoes, and now everyone has a good knife in their hands.
Therefore, Tonghu became the fourth master, which is completely deserved, and no one objected.
A group of mountain bandits quickly cleaned up the scene, this time the harvest was quite rich, Zhang Lu was going to use a lot of cattle and sheep to sacrifice to the sky, and there were even three beauties, as for what Zhang Lu was used for, it was self-evident.
These mountain bandits are basically people who have been persecuted by Wudou Midao, and they are unwilling to believe, so their fate in the Hanzhong realm will naturally not be very good.
Later, it was rumored that there was a mountain bandit in Hanzhong who was against Zhang Lu of Wudou Midao all the year round, so these people began to concentrate on this cottage, and now it has a scale of tens of thousands of people.
The cottage is located between Hanzhong and Wancheng, and Chang'an to the north is blocked by a large mountain range, where the mountainous terrain allows the cottage to survive under Zhang Lu's sight.
Every time Zhang Lu sent a large army to encircle and suppress, Yang Aruo could always find a suitable way to lead a group of mountain bandits to take refuge, and took advantage of the convenience of the mountain road to counterattack.
Zhang Lu wanted to eliminate the gang of mountain bandits led by Yang Aruo, because they were directly blocking the main road to Wancheng and cutting off the road to the south to Shangyong, which was very unfavorable to the development of Hanzhong.
Nowadays, Zhang Lu's trade route can only go west, trading from Xiliang, and the southeast and north cannot be connected, although Hanzhong is a land rich in products, but many things are very scarce, such as salt.
Before Liu Yiyi opened the trade road here, under the care of the copper tiger, it seems that only Liu Yiyi's caravan can pass through here smoothly, which also makes Zhang Lu attach special importance to Liu Yiyi's caravan, because the monthly salt sales alone solve most of the needs of Hanzhong.
Liu Yiyi has not passed through the cottage in vain, and every time she must offer the materials needed by the cottage, whether it is food or money, or even some weapons and armor, they will be supplied to the cottage from time to time.
In addition to ensuring the safety of Liu Yiyi's caravan, the return of the cottage will also trade some looted goods to the caravan, including some gold and silver artifacts from Persia.
Of course, these are all the proceeds of Yang Aruo's plundering of Zhang Lu's caravan, which is considered a transaction without capital, since it can be exchanged for the cottage, it is natural to agree to the transaction between Tonghu and Liu Yiyi.
Yang Aruo only knew that the other party was a trading firm surnamed Liu, and he didn't know anything else, otherwise he would have been furious if he knew that Liu Yiyi was Yuan Yun's concubine.
Today, the brothers of the cottage came out a little far, they directly bypassed Hanzhong City, and then looted a caravan sent by Zhang Lu to the Western Regions in the Wudu area, and they gained a lot, which made everyone very happy.
Yang Aruo's team is dominated by cavalry, and it really comes and goes like electricity, even if Zhang Lu knows that the caravan has been robbed, he can only call out, because by the time he sends troops to come, the robbers have long since disappeared.
Hu Che'er looked at the gold and silver artifacts hanging on each knight's body, and he grinned, even if his brain was not fast enough, but looking at so much gold and silver, he could estimate the value.
After running out of more than ten zhang, Hu Che'er said to Yang Aruo on his side: "Third brother, we have looted so much this time, we can exchange some swords with the Liu family, and our new batch of young men should also be armed." ”
Before Yang Aruo could speak, Zhang Xian had already replied: "There are many babies born in the cottage now, and all the money earned this time is exchanged with the Liu family caravan for medicinal materials and supplements, and the newborns in the village are what we should pay attention to." ”
At this time, Yang Aruo interjected: "Of course, we must change the spirits, otherwise our eldest brother will quit, haha." ”
Hu Che'er smiled and said, "Spirits must be available, and children must also be taken care of, anyway, if it's not enough, let's go to Zhang Lu to ask for it, he will definitely not be stingy, haha." ”
After Hu Che'er finished speaking, everyone laughed.
After laughing, Tonghu pointed to the clothes of several mountain bandits behind him, and continued: "This time I also need to change some hemp materials, there are many fifteen or sixteen-year-old guys in the village, and they are still running around bare-chested, which is really a bit unusual." ”
Zhang Xian nodded and said: "The young man is okay, some big girls can't go out, this is difficult, how to marry in the future, by the way, say this, Tonghu, why don't you pick a big butt, and then marry home to pass on the ancestry, you have been dragging on this matter for two years, you don't like that bite, right?" ”
Tonghu smiled bitterly, shook his hand and said: "I naturally like my mother, just spend the night, it's better to marry a wife, I think it's troublesome to raise a mother-in-law." ”
Zhang Xian didn't care, nodded and said: "That's true, use it when you need it, and get out of here if you don't need it, Tonghu, you are really a smart person." ”
Yang Aruo glanced at the copper tiger, and casually pointed to a big lane behind him: "This time, in addition to looting a batch of gold and silverware, I also got a few beauties back, you can take the copper tiger, and don't let you marry someone, but there must always be someone to take care of at home, you look at your clothes, every time it is a disgusting smell, Lao Tzu has to stay away from you when eating." ”
Tonghu then smiled bitterly, and just wanted to refuse, but was robbed by Hu Che'er: "There are three little ladies, they all look very good, Lao Tzu originally wanted to accept one, but Lao Tzu has four in the house, this time I will let you with mine, don't refuse, otherwise my brother and I will definitely be angry." ”
Tonghu knew that he couldn't refuse, so he could only nod and agree, but he was embarrassed to death, the person he liked was still in Xudu Yuanfu, if he put a woman by his side now, would he be disliked by the other party when he saw him in the future?
But at this moment, I can't help myself, Yuan Hou also said, everything is focused on the overall situation, small sacrifices are inevitable, as long as you save your life, then nothing is more important than this, not to mention Lao Tzu's sacrifice of a little hue.
After Tonghu accepted the three robbed beauties, the four brothers continued to laugh and pat their horses and hurry, and after the smoke and dust along the way, only a mess was left on the road between the mountains and forests, and the corpses of Zhang Lu's soldiers.
The cottage is built on the top of a big mountain, with cliffs on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is a small path leading to the foot of the mountain in the mountain, which is really a good place to defend and retreat.
Although the cottage stands on the top of the mountain, it is already full of people from the halfway point of the mountain, and there are many fields at the foot of the mountain, during which the crops are growing very well, and a group of farmer-like people are working in these fields.
Because Yang Aruo is very fascinated by Ren Xia, so the name of the cottage is Xia Village, in addition to the main village on the top of the mountain, there are twelve rudders below, each rudder has a small rudder to take care of, and their four brothers, each leading three helmsmen.
There are also many levels below the helmsman, and these ranks can be obtained through combat exploits, as long as the accumulated combat merits are enough, then this person can open the helm, become the helmsman himself, and then Yang Aruo will assign it to several brothers.
And once you become the helmsman, then the treatment will also keep up, for example, every month the helmsman can get an extra jar of wine, as well as two more pork legs, and even the swords and armor are better than ordinary soldiers, which represents glory.
These arrangements were made at the suggestion of Tonghu, and after their implementation, the whole cottage was completely renovated and became more vibrant.
Yang Aruo felt that he had hit a big luck by being able to pick up the treasure of the copper tiger.
Twelve rudders, after everyone follows the owner of the village Yang Aruo to go out to rob and come back, they will return to the farm, each family has a field property, and the cottage is completely laissez-faire for food, all owned by individuals.
It's like a paradise where everyone has something to do, clothes to wear, and even wine and meat.
The beginning of these changes was because of the caravan of the Liu family, before they came, this cottage was simply a mess, and now the fairyland-like existence is naturally indispensable to the credit of the Liu family, so Yang Aruo is more grateful than anyone else.
The bronze tiger handed over his mount to the groom, and he took the three beauties who had just gotten out of the car into his house.
On weekdays, when he came back by himself, he wouldn't think there was anything wrong with this room, but now that he was followed by three beauties, he immediately felt that this was a kennel.
originally wanted to stop the three women outside the house, so that he could clean it up, but who knew that the three women were very conscious, and when they saw such a house, they immediately took the initiative to clean it up.
They don't seem to be repulsed by the new master at present, but they feel that Tonghu is more realistic, and since they follow him, they seem to have accepted their fate.
Tonghu looked at the three women cleaning up there, his face was a little red, and he looked very embarrassed, after all, it was too messy, and there was a smell of stock.
Why can't you smell it? Tonghu muttered and decided to give this place to the three women completely.
Walking out of the small courtyard of the house, Tonghu went straight to Zhang Ergou's house next door, and did not greet him when he entered the house, and sat directly on the big threshold.
Although Zhang Ergou's name is ugly, he is a middle-aged scholar, because he was chased by two dogs in the village when he came to run, and even if this name is decided, people have long forgotten his real name.
However, Zhang Ergou didn't mind, his name was also fake, his existence was Tonghu's informant, and Xu Du's information was transmitted through him.
"Is the news that the lord is in the four northern states true?" Tonghu took a closer look around and found that there was no one, so he asked Zhang Ergou in the house with concern.
Zhang Ergou nodded and said, "This is indeed true, but the lord is a person with great ability, I heard that he has a big plan in the north, and this will be estimated to be successful." ”
Tonghu happily continued: "That is, after all, the lord is a child of the fairy family, and any problem will be solved to him, what I taught me before, this cottage will be revitalized at once, and now this place is like a fairyland on earth." ”
Zhang Ergou was stunned and reminded: "Don't be emotional, although the lord didn't say how to arrange this cottage in the future, but the big boss Yang Aruo, strictly speaking, has an enmity with our lord." ”
Tonghu shook his hand disappreciatively and said, "It's just a misunderstanding, I don't think it will happen." ”
Speaking of this, Tonghu coughed, and then said hello to the patrol guards passing by, and only then did he answer when he saw the guards walking away: "Liu Zhang sent someone to prepare to unite with us, saying that we should help them burn Zhang Lu's grain and grass, can the lord have an answer to this matter?" ”
Zhang Ergou sighed lightly and said: "The lord is in the north at this time, and it is very difficult to get in touch, but last time there was news back, it is estimated that he will be able to return to Xudu soon, so you have to continue to let Yang Aruo drag this matter." ”
Tonghu nodded and said: "This is easy, let the messenger go back and prepare, he will come and go for a month, we will let them continue to wait." ”
Zhang Ergou was very satisfied with Tonghu's answer, at this moment he walked from the inner hall to the door, he was limping, and only when he got close did he stuff an envelope to Tonghu, and then said with a smile: "Your family's letter, return it to me quickly after reading it, I will burn it immediately." ”
The bronze tiger was immediately overjoyed, took it, and then read it carefully, as if he had seen gold and silver.
Seeing half of it, Tonghu suddenly shouted: "What?!" She's coming? ”