The trees are lush and green, and the sunlight shines through the dappled shadows of the trees.

Because of its proximity to the sea, there is a sea breeze blowing from time to time, and the humid air is filled with natural sounds.

The carriage and horses moved forward, suddenly breaking the lonely atmosphere on the main road. Ruan Xiaowu accompanied Chao Gai, and his stomach was full of questions along the way, he couldn't figure it out, just digging a few pits like that, and he could produce salt?

Out of respect for Chao Gai, Ruan Xiaowu didn't say much. However, when Chao Gai proposed to leave one person to take care of the pool, Ruan Xiaowu quickly gave up this beauty to Ruan Xiaoer.

After all, for Ruan Xiaowu, nothing is more important than Chao Gai's safety, and even, he doesn't think that this pool has anything to take care of, is it possible that he is afraid of being stolen by others?

However, the next formation made Ruan Xiaowu a little bitter and couldn't speak. Chao Gai went to several more beaches, all of them in the prefecture and county near Liangshan, and they were all some remote places that were less crowded.

Ruan Xiaowu looked at the beach on the left and on the right, but in his eyes it was exactly the same, and he really didn't know what Chao Gai was looking at. Fortunately, Chao Gai didn't let him lead people to dig the pond again, otherwise, it would be his turn to guard it.

Guarding a splashing puddle all day long, not in front of the village or in the back of the shop, hungry and sleepy, and most importantly, not even a good brother who can drink and talk, wouldn't that kill him?

Alas, Ruan Xiaowu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he only felt that characters like Wu Xuexue were difficult for him to figure out, and he didn't want to find out by himself now, it was Wu Xuexue, who was nicknamed Zhiduoxing, Mr. Jia Liang, sometimes he didn't know what his brother was thinking.

It's not that Brother Tianwang's city is quite deep, but people's knowledge and eyes can always see what others can't see. The gloom of those appearances is difficult to confuse his discerning eyes.

Of course, this also led to some of the things that Brother Chao Gai did, and in the end, many of them were foggy in the clouds, and they couldn't touch the slightest bit of their heads.

"Brother, where are we going?" , Ruan Xiaowu looked at Chao Gai and asked as he walked.

Now he is a little numb, and even if he goes to the beach again, he has no emotions. Besides, seeing Chao Gai's full of interest, he didn't want to disturb Chao Gai's good interest anymore.

"Report ......"

Chao Gai heard Ruan Xiaowu's words, and was about to ask what remote beaches there were in the state and county in front of him, but he didn't want to hear a long announcement behind him.

Seeing this, Chao Gai and Ruan Xiaowu reined in their horses and waited for the messenger to come.

"Qin Le, why did you kid come here? Could it be that there is something going on in the cottage? ”

Chao Gai saw that it was Qin Le coming, so he couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly asked.

Chao Gai thought to himself: At present, it has only been five or six days since he left the cottage, and if Wu Yong has any news over there, he should not turn back so quickly. Could it be that Duan Jingzhu has returned to the mountain? Or is there something new in the cottage?

"Brother Tianwang", Qin Le saw Chao Gai's inquiry, and hurriedly said: "It's not that the head of the cottage forest sect taught me to come, it's just that on the road before, the villain inquired about a situation and came to report to my brother."

"What's the situation?" , Chao Gai saw that Liangshan was fine, and suddenly felt a little relieved.

"Brother, do you know where the boundary is ahead?" , Qin Le looked at Chao Gai and couldn't help but smile and said.

"Pick up the key points!"

Seeing Qin Le's expression in front of him, Chao Gai couldn't help but smile and scold. This Qin Le always has this giggling posture, but he doesn't have time to joke with him right now.

"Yes!"

Seeing Chao Gai say this, Qin Le immediately became more serious, and informed Chao Gai and Ruan Xiaowu in front of him of the news he had discovered.

It turns out that the boundary in front of me belongs to the intertwined boundary of Binzhou and Qingzhou. In front, there is a big family that has a lot to do with Song Jiang, an old enemy in Liangshan, and there is Kongjiazhuang located in Qingzhou.

Kong Taigong, the owner of Kongjiazhuang, has two sons: Maotouxing Kong Ming and Duxing Kong Liang, that is, the two main owners of the village before Baihu Mountain in Qingzhou.

But these days, I don't know why, this only Martian Kong Liang returned to his hometown, and within the scope of Kongjiazhuang, he increased the field endowment to the people who belonged to him.

In fact, the field endowment collected by this Confucian Village was not light, but thinking that there is a Confucian Village in this place, in fact, with the protection of Baihu Mountain, some hooligans and bandits did not dare to come to scatter. Moreover, the government is also happy to be idle, although every family is living a tight life, but it can still be settled.

However, Kong Liang didn't know what was crazy, and he quietly returned to the village more than half a month ago, and then Kong Jiazhuang announced that he would ask the people around him to hand over the peace money, otherwise, Kong Jiazhuang would no longer protect the safety of the other party.

Moreover, this peace money must still be a lot, if each household can't take it out at once, it can also be replaced with grain and rice. Even, the price of replacing it with grain and rice is higher than the market price.

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Chao Gai suddenly felt a little strange. What is this Kong Liang crazy about? As a big bully in the local area, he runs rampant in the countryside and eats the common people, which is not surprising to anyone.

But why did this guy ask for some "peace money" just at this time? Even, it seems that the exchange price of grain and rice has been raised in a "big way"?

What ulterior motives are hidden in such a violation of economic laws?

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, Chao Gai groaned slightly, and then thought of what he said to himself in the cottage before.

At present, before going down the mountain, although he did not get a reply to the news, but since Song Jiang went to Baihu Mountain and annexed Peach Blossom Mountain, then this Song Jiang is probably calculating something and wants to make some big moves.

Suddenly, Chao Gai seemed to understand something. This Kong Liang's current move is clearly to raise grain, which must be related to Song Jiang's annexation of Taohuashan.

Even, Chao Gai thought that in the original world of Water Margin, Qingzhou has three mountains that are the most famous. Now that Lu Zhishen has come to Liangshan, he has not gone to Erlong Mountain, so the owner of Erlong Mountain must still be the golden-eyed tiger Deng Long?

Thinking of this, Chao Gai suddenly sighed a little, if it was really at this time, then there was a chance that Song Jiang would definitely have a move on Erlong Mountain. The strength of Baihu Mountain is too thin, and Erlong Mountain is a piece of fat. Moreover, with Song Jiang's wrist, Deng Long was far from being an opponent.

I have to say that Chao Gai's guess almost instantly guessed the matter to eight or nine.

"Well, this matter needs to be taken care of", Chao Gai nodded towards Qin Le: "In that case, I might as well go to the vicinity of Kongjiazhuang to have a look."

Having made up his mind, Chao Gai became a little uneasy. Anyway, you just got here, so you might as well go and check it out.

"Well, two brothers, the villain will lead the way in front!"

Qin Le saw that Chao Gai affirmed himself, and immediately frowned. Before, he only happened to hear Chao Gai say that he wanted to beware of Song Jiang, and heard Lin Jiaotou and Chao Gai mention Kong Ming and Kong Liang, and he didn't want to be so concerned.

Qin Le naturally understands Chao Gai's temperament, and asked for the road to Kong Taigong Village before, and immediately volunteered to be the pioneer of the road.

After spending a long time together, they also feel it. He, the elder brother of the Heavenly King, does not have the frame of the Lord of Liangshan, but belongs to the pragmatic school. As long as he doesn't touch his principles, as long as he is above board, as long as he distinguishes the occasion clearly, Brother Tiantian Wang will not embarrass anyone. Even, even if it is a random little minion in Liangshan, King Chao will stand up for them.

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Qingzhou. Kongjiazhuang.

After placing most of the people on the periphery of Kongjiazhuang, Chao Gai, Ruan Xiaowu, and Qin Le sneaked into Kongjiazhuang leisurely, following the flow of people shuttling along the street, looking at them casually.

According to Chao Gai, the pedestrians around him seemed to be a little restrained, and they didn't even dare to speak loudly. Although there are some small vendors on the whole street, there are few voices shouting and selling.

Seeing this, Chao Gai couldn't help frowning, could it be because of the Kong Taigong and the Kong family brothers?

Suddenly, Chao Gai saw a noisy sound on a small liquor stall in front of him. Chao Gai followed the sound and looked, but after hearing a few sharp scoldings, the tables and chairs toppled over, and the tea bowls shattered.

"I'll let you go today, let's go!"

Then, a small but imposing figure burst out of the wine shop, kicked away the dilapidated wooden bench that had fallen in front of him, snorted coldly, glanced coldly at everyone's fearful gaze, and left first.

Then, he saw seven or eight servants behind him, also with sharp blades in their hands, shouting loudly, and hurried to follow the short man in front of him.

Chao Gai was a little curious, walked to the tea stall, and reached out to hold the table that he had poured in front of him. Seeing this, Qin Le and Ruan Xiaowu on the side also walked over and straightened the tables and chairs under their feet.

"Thank you for a few strong men", the shopkeeper was an old man with gray hair, followed by a somewhat uneasy descendant. Seeing that Chao Gai took the handle, he said with a slight gratitude: "If you don't dislike it, please sit down, there is still some freshly brewed tea."

After speaking, the old man first wiped the table in front of him, and then glanced at his son behind him: "Erniu, don't make a few bowls of tea for a few strong men."

When the latter heard this, he hurriedly answered, put the towel in his hand on his shoulder, and ran away.

Before he was ready, Hou Sheng came over with three bowls of steaming tea. When the old man saw it, he gave Chao Gai and the three of them one by one, and sighed slightly: "The three strong men have a sip of hot tea, and now the little old man is here, and there is only this thing." If you want to pad your stomach, you have to go to another house."

Chao Gai looked at the old man, took in the other party's helpless and lonely eyes, and looked at the mess in front of him, with toppled tables and chairs and broken tea bowls everywhere, and even wine, meat and food poured on the ground, and suddenly his heart was a little clearer.

"Uncle, who was that before, why was he so domineering?" , Ruan Xiaowu couldn't see it the most, and couldn't help asking.

Hearing this, the old man glanced at the three of Chao Gai again, and saw that there would be no outsiders coming back to his place, so he sighed again and said, "You three are not locals, right?" ”

"Don't hide it from the old man", Chao Gai nodded and said: "The three of us are from Jeju Prefecture, and this is the first time I have come to Qingzhou."

"No wonder", the old man couldn't help but muttered to himself when he heard this, and then glanced at Chao Gai and the three of them, and said helplessly: "You don't know each other."

"He is the famous King of Kong Xiaoyan in this Kongjiazhuang and even Qingzhou!"