Chapter Seventy-One: Lobbyist Wang Fu
Liu Gouwa was in the cottage, and the more he was touted by the mountain bandits, the faces of Wang Chang, Zhao Qiu, Sun Yiyi and others became more and more ugly, but fortunately, the officers and soldiers under the mountain had no patience, and soon evacuated Hutou Mountain. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
But it didn't take long for Wang Chang to frown again, because although the officers and soldiers under the mountain evacuated Hutou Mountain, they set up a checkpoint between Song City and Xiao Song City, prohibiting business travelers from passing through Hutou Mountain without permission, and only the days of official and military inspections were released, so that Hutou Mountain had no income, and the cottage still returned to the situation when it was besieged.
A few days later, the minions under the mountain reported that there was an officer under the mountain who claimed to be the deceased of Liu Gouwa, and he wanted to go up the mountain to meet the leaders of the cottage. Liu Gouwa wondered, she didn't have many acquaintances in the army, the only one was Lin Kun, but Lin Kun had already been killed in Songcheng, and now someone is looking for him by name, so who could it be?
Liu Gouwa came to the cottage main hall with a head full of questions, and saw Wang Chang and others being courteous, greeting a high-spirited officer, who was not wearing armor, only a wrinkled official uniform, obviously changed temporarily when he went up the mountain.
At this time, the officer sat on the lobby, crossed his legs, held the tea cup in his hand, plucked the tea foam, smiled and listened carefully to the polite words of Wang Chang and others, and replied casually from time to time.
When Liu Gouwa entered the lobby, the officer saw Liu Gouwa, hurriedly stood up, arched his hand to Liu Gouwa, and said with a smile: "Liu County Order, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you now?" ”
It turned out that the officer in the hall was Wang Fu who was an anti-bone boy, Liu Gouwa knew that this Wang Fu was a villain, thinking that when he was in Songcheng, he was planted on his greed, he always coveted his own wine shop, and took the opportunity of Shi Weiyi to clear out his dissidents, and took the lead in attacking his own wine shop, so that he had no time to arrange a back road, and the fool was in a hurry, and his identity was also exposed, so that he had a later escape.
But things have changed, Liu Gouwa can't do any more care, and can't help but smirk: "Who do I think it is, it turns out to be Wang Duwei, you see that this cottage has to eat or not, whether it wants to drink or not, what's so good or bad, but Wang Duwei has gained weight, and I am not a county order now, hehe." ”
"Also, you see what this cottage wants, even the tea is bitter and bitter, the poor jingle rings, if Brother Liu stayed and served the Shi Jiedu envoy, the elder brother would have been the Songcheng Qipin County Order, you see that I am now the Jiedu envoy Cao Sima, hehe." Wang Fu continued to smile triumphantly.
"Then congratulations to Wang Duwei for being voted for the Lord and being promoted to the throne, but I don't know what happened when Wang Sima came to look for him now?" Liu Gouwa despised Wang Fu's personality in her heart, and couldn't help but ask with a pun on congratulations.
Wang Fu didn't care about Liu Gouwa's sarcasm, and said with a smile: "Shi Jiedu greatly appreciates the intelligence of Brother Liu, and also highly admires the heroes and heroes on the mountain. Speaking of this, Wang Fu paused and pretended to take a sip of tea.
Then, Wang Fu glanced at everyone in the hall and said with a smile: "Master Shi said, as long as the heroes and heroes on Hutou Mountain promise to be loyal to him in the future and act in accordance with his orders, they will withdraw the checkpoint of Hutou Mountain, and let you collect any tolls and protection fees, the state government should not know, the matter of Xiao Song City, Lord Shi also intends to cover it up for you, and will not report it to the imperial court, and there will be various benefits for you to share in the future. ”
In ancient times, once a person became a bandit, he was extremely despised and hated by the court and other people in power, and once he was a bandit, he was branded as a thief for life, and he was forever removed from his fame and identity, much like a criminal in later generations, deprived of political rights for life, and never recognized by the court as an innocent identity, unless he took refuge in the court, made contributions to the country, and offset his merits and demerits, in order to restore his innocence.
Therefore, Shi Weiyi can't be a good person for Liu Gouwa, restore his former official status, and he can't promise other identities for the people in the cottage, so he can only have some interests in other aspects to win over and use them.
Wang Chang heard that Shi Weiyi not only allowed himself and others to collect tolls and protection fees on the official road, but he also wanted to give himself and others other benefits, so he couldn't help but smile and asked: "I don't know what benefits Master Shi can give us, will Master Shi still allocate money and food to our cottage?" ”
"Hehe, what Wang Touren said is that as long as you declare your allegiance to Lord Shi, you will become Lord Shi's person, and the money and food will naturally be no problem." Wang Fu also promised with a smile.
"That's right." Wang Chang narrowed his eyes, said with a slight hesitation, and then looked at the people in the hall.
Liu Gouwa knew that Shi Weiyi was very ambitious, in order to stay in Songcheng, occupy this rich land, and raise bandits in Crab Mountain, even villains like Wang Fu also took refuge under his command, and gathered people in groups with likes, presumably he was not a good class, for fear that Wang Chang would agree to Wang Fu's request on the spot, and hurriedly said: "Wang Sima is far away, he must be sleepy, so please go to the side room to rest, use some wine and food, as for whether to be loyal to Lord Shi, we will reply to you later." ”
When Wang Fu saw Liu Gouwa say this, he knew that he was going to wait outside, and they were going to discuss the matter of serving in the lobby, so he hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: "Then there will be work." ”
When Wang Fu walked out of the lobby, Wang Chang looked at the leaders in the hall and asked, "Tell me, what Wang Fu said is not credible, will Shi Weiyi really allocate money and food to us?" ”
Liu Gouwa didn't want to take refuge in Shi Weiyi, and then be with Wang Fu and others, so he stood up and said: "How can pie suddenly fall from the sky, this Wang Fu said it soundly, those officers and soldiers actually couldn't help us, so they withdrew from Hutou Mountain by themselves, he said that this is Shi Weiyi's sincerity, which is the biggest self-deception, and the matter of Xiao Song City has long been known to the world, how else can he cover it up, this is also deliberately deceiving us, besides, if we agree to them, the officials and bandits are not the same, In the future, under the pressure of the imperial court, they can trick us into going down the mountain at any time to exterminate us and ask the imperial court for credit, and then we will become a stepping stone for others. ”
In the lobby, everyone nodded secretly when they saw that Liu Gouwa was right, and said yes again and again, even Zhao Qiu, Sun Yiyi and others also agreed with Liu Gouwa's statement.
Wang Chang saw that in the cottage, everyone did not agree to take refuge in Shi Weiyi, so he had to refuse Wang Fu's kindness, and Wang Fu had no choice but to leave Hutou Mountain in disgrace.