After Xiao Jin finished speaking, Butcher Zhu was still chattering there, and said impatiently, "Let's go, I'll count you ruthless, you can still say better than Tang Seng, I am promoted today, I am happy, I invite you to the canteen for a big meal, the meat buns and rice wine are enough, okay." ”

Without waiting for Butcher Zhu to respond, he pulled Zheng Banqiao and Ji Xiaolan away, and asked the two of them halfway, "Speaking of Jinnan, what about the others, I just saw that the team was all taken by the squad leaders, where did the others go?" “

"I heard that a distant relative from Fujian didn't come to the camp today, so he should have gone back to the city to accompany the relatives who came from afar."

Xiao Jin was puzzled, "From Fujian?" ”

Seeing that the cafeteria had arrived, Zheng Banqiao asked people to clean up a clean private room and beckoned everyone to sit down.

Butcher Zhu hasn't drunk alcohol for several days, and he is not allowed to drink alcohol in the army, after these big-headed soldiers are acquainted, they are prone to fights and brawls when they drink, Xiao Jin has no choice, he is simply not allowed to drink alcohol directly, and today it is rare for Xiao Jin to say that the rice wine is enough, how can there be a reason not to drink too much.

In the middle of the meal, Butcher Zhu smashed it and said, "My lord, this rice wine is not powerful, I remember the wine made by the adults last time, what is it called distilled wine, and it is a little bit, it is better to let Mr. Zheng take it, let me taste it again, I didn't taste it last time, it was gone." ”

"You think it's beautiful, I used this wine for sample comparison, and I drank it all for you, and I tried it again, you tasted it at once, and I lost a musket after tasting it."

"Ahem, my lord, let's eat, eat." Zheng Banqiao was also involved in this matter, a few days ago, I saw the adults in the back kitchen to make out a barrel of wine, let the two of them taste it, but that night, the two of them dried up this barrel of wine, the wine is really strong, and the elixir and jade liquid are nothing more than that, and now let them drink these rice wines, of course, they can't lift their energy.

Xiao Jin is thinking of engaging in some side hustles to ease his daily expenses. This distilled liquor is the high liquor of later generations, and some of it is made by distillation, and there is also a high degree of liquor in this era, that is, monkey wine, a gift from nature, which can be described as the same price as silver, Xiao Jin spent five or six hundred taels of silver in order to compare the difference between the wine he distilled and the monkey wine, and asked someone to get it from the north of Lingnan, which is not only expensive, but also priceless.

After Xiao Jin tasted it himself, he felt that the alcohol content was higher than that of monkey wine, and he was strong enough, but he was also afraid that someone would be greedy for wine and drink people's lives, so he had been thinking about how to maintain the taste under the premise of diluting the alcohol content, as long as he could improve the production speed and large-scale production, Xiao Jin was ready to let people sell it to various places, not only to bring a large amount of silver, but also to exchange for various scarce substances in various places in the name of caravans, such as gunpowder, iron, and the most difficult to get, that is, horses.

"My lord, Hu Xiancheng is here!" As soon as everyone finished eating, they heard his subordinates say that Hu Xiancheng was looking for Lord Xiao outside the camp, and no one in this camp could come in casually except for the people around Xiao Jin, so this Hu Xiancheng was naturally stopped at the door.

"Why don't you stay in the county seat and come here, Mr. Ji and I will go and take a look, you are busy with your business."

The two came to the door and saw Hu Xiancheng blowing his nose and glaring at the door with the big-headed soldier, if he wasn't afraid of the knife on the waist of the big-headed soldier, he probably rushed in.

Xiao Jin was a little amused when he saw his appearance, "Laughing, what's the matter, the wind that came from blew Master Hu here?" “

"My lord, you really can't hide from me this time, I'm not looking for you this time to avenge the merchants in the city, you let people stop me from doing something outside."

Xiao Jin saw that he thought that this big-headed soldier was stopping him because he was afraid of meeting him, and didn't think about other places, so he smiled. "You can come all the way to me, there must be something urgent, say it quickly."

Hu County Cheng Zhengse said, "I received an official letter from the Shun'an Mansion, the official letter said that the bandits in Dalongshan were infested and countless people were killed, saying that the adults were suspected of negligence, so let the adults quickly mobilize people and horses to go to Dalongshan to suppress the bandits, without further ado, ten days as the time limit." After speaking, he spread his hands and said, "I came in a hurry on this hot day, isn't it also for adults?" ”

"Bandits? Where did the bandits come from? Xiao Jin wondered, "What kind of bandit should I suppress?" ”

"I don't know about this lower official, but there is indeed a group of bandits in Dalong Mountain, and the number is no longer a minority."

Xiao Jin said curiously, "Didn't Yao Zhaonian send someone to suppress him before?" ”

"Yes, but they are all gone forever, Lord Yao later asked Shun'an Mansion to send troops when he saw that he couldn't do anything, but he didn't see soldiers until today."

Ji Xiaolan said on the side, "Dare to ask Master Hu, is there any trouble in this big dragon mountain bandit every year?" ”

"No, I went down the mountain to grab food a few years ago, but I haven't seen it down the mountain in the past two years."

After hearing this, Ji Xiaolan looked at Xiao Jin and nodded, Xiao Jin saw Ji Xiaolan nodding to him, took the official letter from Master Hu, read it again, and handed it to Ji Xiaolan.

"Thank you, Master Hu, when I get rid of my troops and horses, I will immediately go to Dalong Mountain."

After the others left, Xiao Jin looked at Lao Gao's Sun Dao, "I know this thing with my ass, it must be Wang Pingzhi who made the ghost, this blue sky and daylight, and the bandit who suppressed it." ”

"My lord, Lord Hu also said that there is a group of bandits in Dalongshan before, and it should be true to think about it, but just now, Lord Hu also said that it has been a few years, and he has not gone down the mountain to make trouble, and now he suddenly asks us to suppress the bandits, and he must not be happy."

"Needless to say, Wang Pingzhi must want me to be sent to death, this is to send our army, unless I can suppress all the bandits in Dalong Mountain within ten days."

Ji Xiaolan arched his hand and said, "My lord." ”

"What would happen if I didn't go?" Xiao Jin knows his current strength, the recruits have only been trained for more than half a month, not to mention the loss of soldiers and horses, it would be a joke if Xiao Ming really confessed.

"I'm afraid it's not okay if I don't go, my lord, this emperor's dictation has just come, my lord is now a righteous Qipin Zhi County, if he doesn't go, Wang Pingzhi will definitely give the court a dereliction of duty under the court, or the crime of failure to investigate."

Xiao Jin nodded after hearing this, "I also know, then let's suppress it, just use it to train new soldiers, so that these big-headed soldiers can see blood and hone and hone their skills." ”

After some discussion, Xiao Jin decided to bring all the men and horses, a total of 1,000 people, Chen Jinnan's team without guns was left at the bottom of the mountain, and the 600 people of the Zhu Butcher were also divided into half of the people to assist them in blocking the various mountain roads.

Since it was the first battle of the recruits, Xiao Jin himself would definitely be present, and Chen Jinnan's 100 musketeers and Zhu Butcher's 300 cold weapons would form a vanguard and go up the mountain to suppress the bandits.