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But even if you look at the yellow calendar, you may not be able to meet good luck.

Zhu Hu rode a horse from the back door of Zhujiazhuang and fled quickly down the mountain, looking back at the village where the killing sound shook the sky, he was ashamed and happy, fortunately he escaped quickly.

The war horse had just arrived at the foot of the mountain and was about to speed up, when suddenly the road ahead was blocked by a cavalryman.

These cavalrymen carried a large banner embroidered with a golden leopard with teeth and claws. Some of the cavalrymen also wore a leopard-patterned back flag behind their backs, holding spears in their hands, and staring at Zhu Hu who came down the mountain with blazing eyes.

As the first general, the raw leopard head and ringed eyes, swallow jaw and tiger whiskers, eight-foot long and short figure, thirty-four or five years old, wearing iron armor, wearing a single green Luo Tuanhua robe, a frost flower horse under the crotch, and eight spears in the palm. It was the leopard head Lin Chong.

Lin Chong turned his gun across and sneered: "Lin Chong has been waiting here for a long time!" ”

As soon as Zhu Hu heard Lin Chong's name, he was so frightened that he fled, how could the martial arts of the head of the 800,000 forbidden army be blown out!

Lin Chong and Yang Zhi were in charge of patrolling around the mountain, and finally caught a fish that slipped through the net, how could they let him escape, the speed of the frost flower horse under the crotch was fast, caught up with Zhu Hu, and picked Zhu Hu off the horse in several consecutive moves, and said to the cavalry chasing behind him: "Tie up." ”

Soon, Chao Yang and Lu Fang, who were patrolling in other places, also rushed over, and seeing that it was Zhu Hu, the second child of Zhujiazhuang, Lu Fang pouted: "Brother Lin, why don't you kill him, it's a hundred!" ”

Lin Chong shook his head and said: "Beware of the generals without distractions, and put the battle first!" The general will naturally consider how to deal with the prisoners, and we only need to follow the order, and we cannot make decisions on our own. ”

Lu Fang spread his hands and said, "The general may hope that all the children of the Zhu family will die......

Lin Chong raised his hand to stop him from continuing, and said, "It is taboo to speculate on the mind of the sovereign!" The literati still know how to be restrained, not to mention the martial artists of our generation. Military orders are the rules for us to act, don't think about anything else, understand? ”

Lu Fang stuck out his tongue, looked at Chao Yang, who had been silent, and said, "Brother Chao, do you understand?" ”

Chao Yang nodded and said, "The military order is like a mountain, that's it." ”

Lu Fang sighed indifferently: "Okay, count me too much." ”

After Zhujiazhuang broke through, Chao Chong took stock of the harvest. The gold, silver, jewelry, copper coins and other types in the treasury are worth about 150,000 yuan. The autumn rental grain has not yet been collected, but the old grain in the warehouse is about 100,000 stones.

According to the calculation that one stone of grain can be eaten by one person for a month, 100,000 stone of grain is almost enough for 10,000 people to eat for a year. If these grains are transported back to Liangshan, based on the amount of 2,000 people on the mountain, there will be no worries about eating and drinking within five years.

There were 1,500 knives found in the village, and 1,500 knives were collected from the homes of the people in the village.

Five hundred spears with iron heads.

300 hunting bows and 50,000 arrows.

One hundred collars of leather armor and five collars of iron armor.

100 cans of oil and 400 rolls of smoking mats.

More than a thousand people were captured. (including the total number of captives captured in several major battles and the final breach of the city).

After receiving so many benefits, the joy in Chao Chong's heart is incomprehensible. If you have food in your hand, you can expand your army; If you have money in your hands, you can upgrade your equipment; If you have someone in your hand, you can get stronger and stronger.

This place of Zhujiazhuang is only seventy miles away from the shore of Liangshan Shuibo, and it is a one-day journey to the rapid march, and it can be reached by riding a horse for a few hours.

Chao Chong was unwilling to give up easily, and decided to send troops to stay here, as an important stronghold, and Liangshan Shuibo was in a position.

If the enemy is not strong, they can support each other and destroy the enemy outside the hill.

If the enemy is too strong, you can retreat into the water.

Advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended.

Although the terrain of Liangshan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are also great shortcomings, that is, there is no land, no financial resources, and no fixed increase in population.

Just like the steep Jinggang Mountain back then, if Taizu was trapped on the mountain, with no money, no food, and no one, he only relied on robbery, at most he would be a mountain king.

But on the one hand, he built Jinggangshan into an impenetrable fortress, and on the other hand, he opened up base areas everywhere. Use the money, grain, and people in the base area to feed back the Jinggang Mountain.

The larger the base area, the more money and food, the more people, and the stronger the mountain; Conversely, the stronger the troops and horses on the mountain, the larger the base area that can be seized.

A virtuous circle has been achieved.

Since the government only pays attention to the city and does not pay attention to the villages and towns, then I will leave the cities and occupy only the villages and towns. Take the money, take the food, take the people!

This is Chao Chong's plan after "armed resistance to taxes" --- "armed secession".

But that's a bit of a long way off.

If Chao Chong wants to gain a firm foothold here in Zhujiazhuang, he needs to stabilize the hearts of the people here. Zhujiazhuang is connected with the fields of Hujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang on both sides, with a total population of nearly 10,000. It is a rare and good place, but it also requires a lot of effort to stabilize the people's hearts.

Shi Qian, who has been accustomed to walking in the dark and being invisible for a period of time from time to time, appeared in front of Chao Chong again, and reported to Chao Chong the results of his propaganda work, the people's hearts and minds of Zhujiazhuang, Hujiazhuang, and Lijiazhuang, as well as the movements of the officials and troops of Jiaxiang County and Jeju Prefecture.

After listening to the report, Chao Chong decided to convene a public trial meeting as soon as possible to stabilize the people's minds as soon as possible and transport the harvested materials back to Liangshan for storage.

Chao Chong gave an order, and the soldiers began to get busy, and a platform five zhang long, three zhang wide, and one zhang high was built in the middle of the village.

And by breaking the prestige of Zhujiazhuang, he sent invitations to Hujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang to let them come to watch the ceremony.

Hu Cheng of Hujiazhuang didn't dare not come, and personally brought some melons, fruits and drinks to condole.

Li Ying, the owner of Lijiazhuang, was worried in his heart, and he didn't dare to come in person, but he didn't dare not come, so he had to send his cronie Du Xing to see Chao Chong with a generous gift.

Du Xing was also very uneasy in his heart, for fear that Liang Shan would be unhappy and embarrass himself. When Zhujiazhuang entered to see Chao Chong, he found that one of the Liangshan generals standing on both sides was a little familiar. If you look closely, it turned out to be an acquaintance of yours.

This Du Xingsheng has a wide face and square cheeks, bright eyes and big ears, and a strange and ugly appearance, wearing a brown shirt with a collar, a headscarf of 10,000 characters, and a pair of oiled boots under a white silk arm.

Du Xing once killed his partner who was doing business in Jizhou and went to prison, he was familiar with boxing and had the same interests as Yang Xiong, so Yang Xiong rescued him. After he was released from prison, he met the wealthy Li Ying, won Li Ying's trust, and became the director of Li Jiazhuang.

When Du Xing saw Yang Xiong, he hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, telling the scene after a farewell in Jizhou. With Yang Xiong's help, Du Xing was not so cringe, and his words also showed the appearance of a good man.

Name: Duchenne (grimace)

Health: 2500/2500

Commander-in-Chief: 43

Force: 74

Intelligence: 71

Politics: 64

Glamour: 24

Affinity: Fear

Trait:Kindness (Despised because of his ugliness.,So cherish and treat your benefactor.。 ）

Soon, Hu Cheng also arrived with gifts.

Name: Hu Cheng (Flying Tiger)

Health: 2500/2500

Commander-in-Chief: 68

Force: 71

Intelligence: 73

Politics: 72

Glamour: 53

Affinity: Fear

Characteristics: mediocre (not praised by his parents since he was a child, and when he grows up, there are always a group of excellent people around him to compare, so that he is used to being ordinary.) ）

When the main characters arrived, Chao Chong ascended to the high platform, and thousands of Zhujiazhuang people who were driven by the soldiers had already gathered under the stage.

The public trial conference is divided into three contents. The first is to try the crimes of the Zhu family's father and son. The second is to divide the fields of the Zhu family. The third is to distribute goods and goods to the people to show grace.

In the first trial, Zhu Chaofeng and Zhu Hu were tied up and knelt on a high platform, facing the villagers in the audience.

The villagers all felt very novel, and secretly a little happy in their hearts, who would have thought that the once high-ranking owner would one day kneel in front of them?

Chao Chong first gave himself a high-sounding excuse for attacking Zhujiazhuang this time, that is, in order to "resist taxes with arms" and "help Zhu Chaoxing regain the ancestral industry of the Zhu family".

Chao Chong used the high taxes of the government to bring everyone pain, which resonated with everyone. Then he came up with evidence to prove that Zhu Chaofeng had been acting as a tiger, leviing high taxes on everyone, and being greedy for a lot of ink.

When the evidence came out, the villagers found out why they were forced to sell their sons and daughters to pay taxes, while the father and son of the Zhu family were dressed and fed every day, flying eagles and horses, and living happily, it turned out that they were all sucking blood from themselves and others! looked at Zhu Chaofeng and Zhu Hu who were kneeling on the stage, and there was a little more hatred.

Chao Chong went on to announce that from this day onwards, all land taxes would be levied at only 10% of the tax, and all exorbitant taxes would be abolished. caused a burst of applause from the villagers in the audience.

Chao Chong then recounted that Liangshan and his entourage attacked Zhujiazhuang, which was really a helpless move, on the one hand, Zhu Chaofeng's father and son continued to provoke and recruit militia to fight against Liangshan; On the one hand, Liang Shan was begged by Zhu Chaoxing, so he decided to administer justice for Zhu Chaoxing.

In several wars, the people of Liangshan and the people in the village have suffered casualties, but this is neither the fault of Liangshan nor the people, but the fault of the greed and arrogance of Zhu Chaofeng's father and son. Therefore, although Liangshan suffered heavy casualties, he would not investigate the faults of the people in the village, but would only investigate the sins of Zhu Chaofeng's father and son!

Those who have people in their families who have joined the Zhujia militia breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately, the people of Liangshan did not come to investigate, otherwise what would the children in the family do?

Chao Chong also said that the father and son of the Zhu family caused hundreds of casualties to Liangshan for their own selfish interests, and also killed hundreds of people in the village. Guilt must be taken! Nian was in Zhu Chaofeng Laomai, left him with his life, deprived him of the position of the owner of Zhujiazhuang, and drove him out of the village.

Zhu Hu is a heinous crime, and he corrects the law on the spot.

Yang Xiong took the ghost-headed big knife, worked as a part-time executioner again, and stabbed Zhu Hu with a knife, spraying blood all over the ground. The villagers in the audience were suddenly silent, and no one dared to pant loudly in the majesty of Liangshan.

Zhu Chaofeng lost two sons in one day and fainted from crying.

Chao Chong said again, because Liangshan's trip was to "resist taxes with arms" and "uphold justice for Zhu Chaoxing", Zhu Chaoxing, as the eldest son of the previous old owner, should inherit the family business. Therefore, Zhu Chaoxing was officially appointed as the owner of Zhujiazhuang.

Zhu Chaoxing looked like an old farmer, but he pretended to be the owner of the village, and he looked as ridiculous as a monkey. But everyone in the audience was shocked by Liang Shan's killing of Zhu Hu, and no one dared to say much. It was only under the leadership of the Liangshan soldiers that these villagers came to their senses, chanted the name of "Zhuang Owner", and congratulated Zhu Chaoxing on becoming the new Zhuang owner.

Zhu Chaoxing's three sons, I wish Wansheng, Wannian, and Wancheng cheered, and they were full of longing for a happy life in the future.

Hu Cheng and Du Xing, who were watching the ceremony in the audience, pouted, but they were just Liangshan's puppet lackeys.

This concludes the first element of the trial.

The second content is to divide the Zhu family's land. Chao Chong took out the title deed of the Zhu family, except for leaving 100 acres of land, all the other parts were given to the tenants and the villagers with little land. It caused the crowd to cheer again.

Every villager who received the title deed had to kowtow a few times in front of Chao Chong to thank Liangshan for his favor.

Zhu Chaoxing's father and son only got 100 acres of land from the Zhu family, although they were dissatisfied, they didn't dare to say much. What's more, Chao Chong also made up a thousand yuan for them in money, which was enough for them to squander for a while.

The third element is the distribution of property. If the land is the foundation of a long-term life, then ready-made grain and yellow copper coins are the temptation to move people's hearts.

According to the standard of one stone of grain per person and a consistent copper coin, regardless of the family's men, women and children, they can be counted. Pick up according to the number of people.

Liangshan spent a total of 8,500 stone grain and 8,500 copper coins. Compared with the 100,000 stone of grain confiscated in the treasury of the Zhu family, 50,000 yuan of money is just a small amount.

Originally, there were only 1,000 people in the venue, and they went home to call people, and the men, women, and children in the whole village went into battle to come to the high platform to receive money and food, and the scene was spectacular. At the same time, it also doubled the pressure on the Liangshan army, so they had to work hard to maintain order.

Yangsan opened up ten lines to distribute money and grain and register them. But it was still busy until it was almost dark.

Chao Chong naturally couldn't have been waiting on the high platform for the distribution of money and food to end, in fact, after announcing the news, he left. He still has important matters to discuss with Hujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang.

In the past, I only heard that the father and son of the Chao family had robbed 100,000 Shengchengang and distributed all of them to the people of the surrounding six counties, but Hu Cheng and Du Xing still didn't believe it.

But seeing Chao Chong distribute 8,000 stone grain and 8,000 copper coins, Hu Cheng and Du Xing were completely shocked by Liang Shan's generosity, and they really deserved to be people who did great things.

Back in the camp tent, Chao Chong sat Hu Cheng and Du Xing, and then said: "Both of them have also seen that my Liangshan is not an unrighteous person. And walk the talk. I also have the strength to make my words come true. What do you two think? ”

Hu Cheng and Duchenne hurriedly nodded yes.

Chao Chong continued: "The two of you have a good temper with me, so I will say it directly. Since I Liangshan has captured this place at such a painful price, I am ready to garrison here, and the side of the couch allows others to sleep soundly, and Hujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang need to think about it carefully. Neither of you is a person who can call the shots, please bring back my words: I don't want your money, I don't want your grain and grass, and I don't want your population. But I have two demands: first, the armed tax resistance order must be enforced; The second is that I plan to form Sanzhuang into a Dulong Town, and invite the old lady Hu and Li Yingzhuang to take up positions in the town. I will give you two days to think about it, and if you agree, please come to my place to negotiate in person, if it is overdue, I will have to lead my troops over. ”

Hu Cheng and Du Xing looked at each other, and knew that they couldn't be the master, so they kept Chao Chong's words in mind and hurriedly left.

As soon as the two left, Shi Qian flashed out and said to Chao Chong: "Lord, Zhu Chaofeng has woken up, and he is preparing for the funeral of the three brothers of the Zhu family with Luan Tingyu in the back hall." ”

Chao Chong nodded and said, "Pay close attention." ”

Shi Qian was a little puzzled: "Does the lord really want to let go of this court?" The old dog also has three teeth, so don't be bitten by him. It's better to wait for him to come down the mountain, and I'll kill him halfway. ”

Chao Chong waved his hand and said, "Not only can't you kill, but you also have to protect him all the way to prevent him from being killed by people with ulterior motives." Zhu Chaofeng has run out of oil and the lamp has dried up, and he will not live for half a year. But since I promised Luan Tingyu, I must do it. Zhu Chaofeng This person represents the credibility of my Liangshan, so he can't die! ”

As soon as Shi Qian heard that it was about Liangshan's honor, he no longer objected, and said, "I will send someone to follow all the way." ”

Chao Chong nodded and said, "Zhu Chaofeng is not a concern, but he still has the value of existence." What do you think of Zhu Chaoxing? ”

Shi Qian said contemptuously: "Shameless, ignorant, and incompetent." ”

Chao Chong smiled: "The evaluation is very good. But the more such people are, the more likely they are to commit the mistake of arrogance. When the land deed was distributed at the conference just now, Zhu Chaoxing's father and son had a very strong look of dissatisfaction on their faces. Such short-sighted people are the most likely to betray. Therefore, letting Zhu Chaofeng, the former owner, live, is a deterrent to them! The more they are afraid of Zhu Chaofeng's return, the more they will move closer to us. ”

Shi Qian suddenly realized: "The lord is high. ”

Chao Chong said to Shi Qian: "Although the Intelligence Department did not directly participate in the battle in this attack on Zhujiazhuang, the intelligence you collected in advance and pacified the people after going up the mountain are equally important. Your military exploits will also be paid on time. ”

Shi Qian arched his hand and said: "Thank you, lord!" ”

Chao Chong said solemnly: "The pacification of Zhujiazhuang is only a small step in our armed resistance to taxes, and if we want to achieve our goal, we must conquer Jeju Prefecture." Your Intelligence Division has to play a bigger role. What difficulties to bring up! ”

Shi Qian thought for a moment and said: "Funds need to be invested more in order to buy informants." There is also a shortage of manpower, and most importantly, I only have the manpower to listen to the information, but I have no manpower to fight. ”

Chao Chong thought for a while, the money is easy to say, and it can be allocated at any time. However, whether or not to equip the intelligence department with force has always been a hesitant place for Chao Chong.

The intelligence services without the armed forces have a very limited role and can only be used to listen to intelligence. It can be equipped with force, because of the lack of supervision, it is easy to get out of control, forming a shady secret service.

The Jin Yiwei of the Ming Dynasty is a good example.

After thinking about it for a long time, Chao Chong decided to equip him with force, and he couldn't abandon the knife because it could kill people. The most important thing is to look at the person holding the knife.

Chao Chong decided to divide the functions of the Intelligence Department and set up two bureaus, one is the Military Intelligence Bureau, which is responsible for training espionage personnel, bribing informants, and collecting intelligence; The second is the Secret Service Bureau, which carries out special combat missions.

From Shi Qian concurrently serving as the director of the two bureaus, and the personnel of the secret service bureau, Chao Chong also has a goal.

After dinner, Chao Chong and Shi Qian went down the mountain overnight, and when they arrived at the camp at the bottom of the mountain, Liu Tang, Lin Chong, and Yang Zhi came out to greet them.

The camp at the foot of the mountain held all the prisoners, and also housed the casualties of several major wars.

Minor injuries are treated by physicians. Chao Chong ordered people to arrange the seriously injured and dying disabled people with broken arms and legs to a separate area.

When the seriously injured were carried away, their hearts were filled with grief, knowing that they were hopeless. Those disabled people with broken arms and legs are also full of pessimism about their future lives, even if Liangshan has a good pension system, it is difficult to hide the sadness of becoming invalids.

Seriously injured and disabled people were gathered in one camp, no more, no less, exactly 100 people. They whispered to each other, not understanding what they were going to do. But there is a faint uneasiness in my heart, is this to be abandoned?

Chao Chong ordered Liu Tang to seal off the surrounding area of the camp and walked in with Shi Qian. The uneasiness in the hearts of the crowd immediately dissipated. As long as there is this general who leads them to victory, it seems that everything is not to worry.

Chao Chong looked at these warriors who had sacrificed in the battle, and gave a military salute.

The badly wounded and disabled soldiers could not salute, trembling and raising their hands to their chests, their lips trembling, and looking at Chao Chong with burning eyes.

Chao Chong replied to his excitement and said, "You are all warriors who fought bloodily for Liangshan, and every wound on your body is a supreme glory!" ”

If the battle takes their flesh and blood, as a general, at least bring them glory.

Some of the wounded had tears in their eyes, but it was a pity that they could no longer follow the general to fight.

After Chao Chong looked around at everyone, his movements were exaggerated, and some gods chattered, and said: "Warriors are always favored by God, and the glory of warriors is their passport to heaven. Therefore, I never worry about the war dead, and their souls with glory will not fall into hell, but will enter the kingdom of heaven and enjoy the rest of their happy lives, and then be reincarnated again. And you ......"

The wounded were shocked when they heard Chao Chong talk about the spirit of "God" and "Heaven", the Great Song Dynasty alchemy monks, Buddhist disciples, all kinds of gods and strange things spread widely, even the "Brief History of the Han Dynasty" that Liangshan often studied, there are also legends of Pangu opening the world and Nuwa creating people, so the Song people's ability to accept ghosts and gods is very natural.

Chao Chong continued, "And you, until you have accumulated enough glory, I will not let you go to heaven. I will use my divine power to restore you! ”

The wounded were stunned for a while, although there had been news that the general knew magic skills, but as ordinary soldiers, they had never seen it, let alone had the qualifications to experience it. I didn't expect it to be true! And the general still wants to use magic to heal himself? Can I not die? Will my severed limb grow back?

The wounded were full of anticipation.

Chao Chong did not disappoint them, came to a seriously injured and dying wounded, bit the tip of his finger, lightly tapped between the wounded's eyebrows, and said aloud:

"Share the blessings and share the difficulties."

"Treat each other with all sincerity, and be enthusiastic about the same frontier."

"Never leave, no illness or injury."

"Remember the oath, the sky is above."

Chao Chong's golden finger of "equivalent exchange" is now getting stronger and stronger, and by the time these words are finished, the seriously injured soldier who is dying has already returned to full health and has fully recovered.

The wounded man only felt warm all over his body, and after a while, he went from being seriously injured and dying frequently to the point of being free of illness and injury, and at the same time, he was even more enthusiastic about Chao Chong who used his "magic skills". A little of the blood spot on his forehead was left between his eyebrows and eyes, which was very conspicuous.

The other wounded witnessed this miracle and their hearts were filled with anticipation.

Every time Chao Chong rescued a person, he would pretend to point between the person's eyebrows and eyes, and read a line, and soon, more and more people followed him and chanted loudly:

"Share the blessings and share the difficulties."

"Treat each other with all sincerity, and be enthusiastic about the same frontier."

"Never leave, no illness or injury."

"Remember the oath, the sky is above."

Those disabled people with broken arms and legs also miraculously grew new limbs, which surprised everyone.

Until the rescue of all the 100 wounded was completed, there was a red blood mark in the middle of the eyebrows of everyone in the camp, and they all firmly remembered the lines recited by Chao Chong:

"Share the blessings and share the difficulties."

"Treat each other with all sincerity, and be enthusiastic about the same frontier."

"Never leave, no illness or injury."

"Remember the oath, the sky is above."

These four sentences are like a spell that will serve as the guidelines for their future actions.

The 100 wounded were completely restored, they had experienced life and death, their will to fight was stronger, and many of them were people with a few military merits in hand, and they were loyal to Chao Chong.

Chao Chong's request to them is to keep a low profile and join the Secret Service of the Times. They will be trained by the time to complete various special tasks.