In Binhai Town, Li Yu and his party have hundreds of people, and it is impossible not to attract attention.

Those who have status and status have long known who this group of people is, but everyone is still and secretly observing.

At this time, a sentry of about 30 horsemen rushed to the town with iron hooves and stopped in front of the inn.

Looking at the outfit of this group of people, it was obvious that it was the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and the people nearby were in a commotion.

Surrounded by a lieutenant among the soldiers, he turned over and dismounted, his whip lightly tapped in his palm, looked up at the sign of the inn, and strode in.

Chen Feiyang, who was guarding there at the door, immediately arched his hand and said, "But Captain Lei? ”

Lieutenant Guo Yi stopped, looked him up and down, and said, "It's Lei Luo, are you Lord Li's disciple?" ”

The dog head smiled and said, "Exactly! Precisely! My little fairy is waiting in the room......"

Captain Lei frowned, little immortal? What the heck?

Chen Feiyang kicked the dog's head back, stopped his big mouth, and said with a smile: "My lord knew that Captain Lei was coming, and he had already prepared fragrant tea to wait." ”

When Lei Luo heard this, he said with a smile: "The lord is too polite, it should be the last general to ask for a meeting." Please lead the way. ”

Chen Feiyang hurriedly restrained his hands and led Lei Luo to Li Yu's residence.

Lei Luo is a subordinate of Sugan Chengji, and after Sugan Chengji got the news of Li Yu, he had already sent someone to tell him.

Speaking of Sugan Chengji, he was already a general under Li Xiaochang when he was in Lizhou many years ago, and there was no problem in leading the army. The most obedient in the army is the real fierce general, not to mention that there is no shortage of means for Su Gan Chengji, and several lieutenants and generals under him have been obedient to him.

Therefore, Lei Luojian is a good friend of his boss, and he is a man from the founding county, so he doesn't dare to be reckless with Li Yu.

The two rooms are narrated, in fact, if you want to talk about handover, there is nothing to hand over. Because the emperor didn't send a few soldiers to Li Yu, Lei Luo only needed to hand over the local township soldiers and people to Li Yu, and then he could lead the troops away.

And those township soldiers and people are all natives of their own townships, each dependent on their villages and towns, and subject to the jurisdiction of the local squire, could they listen to Li Yu, an outsider? Li Yu really wanted to control them, so he could only use indirect means, that is, to entrap those wealthy gentry and big families for his own use, and then mobilize these township soldiers and people through them.

In Lei Luo's opinion, this is the only path that Li Yu can choose, so he spares no effort to introduce to him the situation of the big households in Ji County that he knows, Li Yu listened patiently, smiled and nodded, and seemed to agree very much.

But Li Yu knew very well in his heart that he was different from Lei Luo, Lei Luo was a guest soldier, a person who helped to maintain local law and order and left, so he and the local tycoons had the same interests and the same purpose, there was no competition and conflict, and he wanted to come here to take root.

The more influential and authoritative he is, the more he squeezes the original soil emperors.

Imagine, when the world is in chaos and the princes from all walks of life are vying for hegemony, who wants one of them to be the emperor and begin to dominate the world, so that they can bow down to him?

A truth!

Therefore, Li Yu knew very clearly that the method that Lei Luo told him was applicable to Lei Luo, but not to him.

If he does it according to Lei Luo's method, unless he is willing to be a mascot and is at the mercy of the wealthy gentry, he can be harmonious, but this ...... Is it possible?

However, this did not affect him to learn more about the situation of these wealthy gentry from Lei Luo.

There were hundreds more people in the town at once, and those who were buying, drinking, and playing money dispersed one after another. After practicing Jiujutsu, several ladies were not willing to be lonely and took to the street one after another.

On the street, a burly man wearing a Tubo-style Chu-colored robe, with a green scarf on his head and a beard, was walking on the road carrying a few fresh fish, and saw four beauties walking with a smile accompanied by several generals, one of whom had long legs and was the tallest.

The burly man was taken aback, hurriedly flashed into the group of vendors on the side, lowered his head, and waited for the group of people to pass, and then quietly raised his head.

"That's not ...... Is the dragon pretentious? How did she end up here? ”

The burly man is Luo Badao, he and his wife came to Ji County, and heard that Su Gan Chengji is in Minzhou Mansion, with the vastness of Ji County, how big the entire Minzhou Mansion area is. Su Gancheng basically wanted to go to Minzhou Mansion with his wife again, but at this time, Kuang Qi'er was pregnant.

Luo Badao, who was a father for the first time, was both happy and frightened, but he didn't dare to let his daughter-in-law go far anymore, so he simply stayed in this town. Luo Badao was originally the leader of the horse bandits, and the horse bandits robbed things, some for their own use, and some for selling the stolen goods, so they were half businessmen and half bandits.

Now that he is no longer a bandit, he has played the side of the businessman, and he is still very good here. Of course, this is also inseparable from his force value, for another person, if you want to make a living and make money here, you will first be tossed half to death by the hooligans.

Not only did Luo Badao not end up like this, but he also gathered a group of younger brothers, and he was barely a leading figure here.

Luo Badao hid into the crowd, found a little brother, and told him to inquire, and soon sent news that there was a baron who had been enshrined in Ji County, and he was here to take office. Those four beauties were his wives and concubines.

Luo Badao was stunned, never expecting to meet Li Yu here. Would you like to meet and say hello?

Luo Badao thought about it for a while, and dispelled the idea of asking for a please.

The relationship between him and Li Yu is really a little embarrassing, saying that enemies are not like enemies, and that friends are not like friends. Now that people are lords, they come here to be officials, Luo Badao can't give up his face, what is the difference between coming to the door and clinging to the powerful villain at this time?

"You take your Yangguan Road, I'll cross my single-plank bridge......"

Luo Badao smiled slightly, and suddenly became enlightened after thinking about it, and rushed to his house with the fat fish.

The former Jiangyang thief, Luo Yidao, who later wanted to make a contribution to the country, is already a little man with only his wife and children on the hot kang at this moment.

Luo Badao's home is in the west of the town, not newly built by himself, but bought from someone else's house. After the war disaster, there were only two families left in the family, and they were women and children, and they wanted to go elsewhere to join relatives and friends, so they sold it to him cheaply.

A small courtyard, three main houses, there is a sheepfold on the left, a thatched house on the right, a vegetable garden of one acre of land behind the house, and the well is on the edge of the vegetable garden, although it is in the town, it is a farmer's house.

Luo Badao's family now raises three sheep, and a nest of chickens, although Kuang Qi'er is pregnant, but he is a person who practices martial arts, and he can't be idle.

At this moment a hen had just laid an egg, and clucked, and fluttered triumphantly out of the nest, and with a small step of pride, the finch walked over with a smile and took back the egg that still had the body temperature of the hen.

There was a basket hanging under the eaves, and the sparrow tiptoed into it with the eggs. At this time, several people were passing by outside the low wall, and one of them, in his forties, was slightly obese, with two nasolabial folds on his cheeks, which looked quite majestic.

He turned his gaze and saw the slender figure in the courtyard, Kuang Qi'er was only two months pregnant at this time, and she was not pregnant at all. When she turned her face, the person's eyes lit up, when did there be such a beauty in Binhai Town? The posture is very sultry.

However, he was having something to do at this time, so he only snorted into the wall and said, "This little lady is very sweet, go back and ask the master!" ”

"Yes, no problem, Lord, wrapped in the little one, Lord~"

The two doglegs next to him understood, and immediately nodded and agreed.

This middle-aged man is Peng Feng, the first wealthy gentleman in Ji County, and the two doglegs who answered are both locals in Binhai Town, one is called Gao Chu and the other is Xu Haisheng. The one leading the way in front of him was Xu Haisheng's eldest brother, Xu Haijing, who ate with Master Peng.

This Peng Feng has always been self-respecting on the ground in Jixian, but now the baron suddenly descended from the sky and put a tight hoop on his head, how can he bear it?

However, he didn't dare to be careless when people came to the court with the righteousness of the court, so today's "Weifu Private Visit" quietly brought a few subordinates who were familiar with the situation in Binhai Town to explore the bottom of this Lord Li. But he didn't want to, the deep mountains raised handsome birds, and the firewood house was beautiful, so he saw a lovely little lady.

Luo Badao came with the fish, passed opposite Peng Feng, and glanced at each other, but it was just passers-by, and no one paid attention to it.

Li Yu and Lei Luo had a long talk, and Lei Luo was relieved: "In this Ji County, the most powerful is the Peng family." The Peng family has been operating in this place for more than ten generations, sir, any family has lived in one place for ten generations, and the roots of that connection ......"

"I understand!"

"Speaking of this Peng family, there are still some legends. When the Peng family was passed down to four generations ago, one of them was only one male left, who was still a posthumous child, while the other branch was prosperous, and the orphans and widows were all excluded and oppressed.

As a result, I don't know if the other branch is too angry and resentful, since then, this orphan branch, the heirs are gradually increasing, and the descendants of the other branch either can't give birth, or only give birth to daughters, the older generation gradually died, and by the time of the previous generation, the original declining branch has regained control of the Peng family. Hey, the Heavenly Dao cycle, retribution is not happy! ”

Li Yu was not interested in this kind of eight seals, and interrupted him: "How is the power of the Peng family?" ”

"Great! Very remarkable! When I led the troops to suppress the bandits, I passed through the county seat, so let's just say that the county seat of Ji County is similar to this coastal town, and there is not even a city wall, it is just called a city, and it cannot be compared with the city in Guanzhong. But there is really a city in this county, and that is Pengjiazhuang. ”

Lei Luoyi said, his eyebrows fluttered, and he approached and said: "Pengjiazhuang deep-walled compound, like a strong city, there are military transportation roads, arrow trenches, and arrow towers on the wall, when the Tubo people came in, they plundered the entire Ji County, and those big families either broke their homes, or fled to Minzhou Mansion with their finances, and only came back when they settled here. How big is this force? ”

"I see......"

Li Yu groaned, and Lei Luo said: "Sir, you have to master the township soldiers and people here, but you have to deal with Peng Feng." This is going to Ji County, you ......"

Li Yutu interrupted him again and said, "Captain Lei, you must have arrested a lot of people in Ji County to sweep bandits and pacify the place, right?" Like what...... Those prisoners who had nowhere to escape to Longyou in the Central Plains, as well as robbers, horse bandits, outlaws, deserters, and the rebels who were defeated and captured in Tibet? ”

Lei Luo was stunned and said, "Yes! Those who eat white rice, I am about to ask for help from the upper peak, see how to deal with it, how? ”

Li Yu smiled slightly: "Li is here to build another new city, a real city." It takes labor! Can you give them to me? ”

"Uh...... If you take it, you will not be able to ask for it. It's just that, sir, these people are either cruel, unruly, or treacherous and treacherous, but they are all difficult to deal with. I am now putting them in prison, or going to do hard labor, and I dare not let them eat enough, for fear that they will ...... when they have the strength, sir, you ......"

"Hehe, it doesn't matter. That's the kind of person I need! As long as it falls into my hands, I will naturally femdom them. ”

Lei Luo's eyebrows fluttered when he heard it, this hot potato was actually willing to be accepted, this trip was really not in vain.

Lei Luo said happily: "The lord is prepared, that's good." There are nearly 20,000 such thieves in the hands of the last general, I don't know how many knights want? When I turned around, I called for someone to bring me. ”

Li Yu said: "Don't worry, send it back in ten days, I want all the thieves and prisoners!"

Lei Luo was surprised: "All of them?" Sir, do you want so many people? It's not a small expense to just raise them, not to mention anything else, just the food ......"

Li Yu smiled and waved his hand: "How is it possible, you also said that they are unruly, and they always have to be trained, I estimate that the last available person can have four or five thousand, and I will be satisfied." ”

Thunder Fall Spirits had a cold war, from twenty thousand to four or five thousand? This gentleman, looking at Sven Junlang, is really much more ruthless than me, no wonder he will be friends with Su Gan Chengji, the smell is the same, this is ......"