The cook said, "Wait a minute. He shouted back: "Two bowls of mutton soup." ”

The so-called equality of officers and soldiers is not absolute, there is no absolute equality in this world, not to mention that Zhang San is engaged in the imperial system, so there will be a special dish for officers at every meal, and there will be a special restaurant for officers.

However, the other dishes are the same, and if you want to eat the small stove, you need to pay for it. Zhu Wu made a braised pork, a green pepper shredded pork, two seasonal vegetables, and said to Chao Gai after finishing: "Feel free to eat whatever you want." ”

Chao Gai looked at one or twenty dishes and didn't know what to say for a while, if he ate like this every meal every day, it would indeed cost two hundred Wen, but this food was too good, even if he was the owner of Liangshan Cottage, he didn't eat like this for a while!

However, looking at the attitude and accustomed appearance of these soldiers, it should not be pretend, Chao Gai calculated in his heart that it would cost more than 3,000 yuan to raise such a 10,000-strong army just to eat a day, and his entire property was not enough for the soldiers to eat for a month.

Although the dishes in the cafeteria were varied, Chaogai did not have the confidence to taste them, and Chaogai somewhat understood why the Ryukyu army was invincible.

With strict discipline, abundant food, and generous pensions, how could such an army not take the lead. It's just that it's not a happy thing to be an enemy of such a force.

In fact, the reason why the Ryukyu Army is strong is far more than these, this is the army that Zhang San has built step by step on the shoulders of giants, not to mention the strongest part of such a strong army.

Chao Gai even had an intuition that such a force wanted to destroy Liangshan's 1,000 men, which made Chao Gai, who wanted to use his thousands of troops to increase his bargaining chips at the beginning, at a loss.

Chao Gai didn't know how he finished eating, and he didn't remember what he ate, but when Zhu Wu mentioned compensation, he smiled bitterly, and he couldn't afford to lose the whole Liangshan.

It's just that he still held on to a glimmer of hope and said: "General Zhu, I am also an old acquaintance with the king of your country, and the king of your country has lived in the contemptible Zhuangzi for a period of time, can you give us a chance in the relationship between me and the king of your country in the past?" ”

Zhu Wu looked at him and shook his head and said: "To be honest, I'm just a colonel, I'm not qualified to decide such a thing, if you don't have the money to compensate, then not only Wu Yong and other leaders you can't redeem, but even the three thousand soldiers outside you can't take away." ”

Chao Gai said angrily: "I still have 5,000 brothers outside, if you force people too much, be careful that we will die and the net will be broken!" ”

Zhu Wu looked at him and smiled, laughed a few times and said, "Let me tell you the truth, if it weren't for the love between you and our king, the camp outside you would have long since ceased to exist, so what if you were in a hurry?" The fish will surely die, but the net will not break! ”

Chao Gai was furious when he heard this: "You ......! ”

Chao Gai was helpless and didn't dare to say what was in his heart, Chao Gai wanted to say, then let's try, but he really didn't dare, although Zhu Wu's words were not good, but it was indeed a fact, this fish died and the net may not be broken.

Chao Gai said helplessly: "Why don't you let go of these brothers under me first, I am willing to go to Tamsui City to meet your king in person." ”

Zhu Wu was moved by Chao Gai's words, not that Zhu Wu wanted to do anything, but Chao Gai's words reminded him of the days when he was a bandit, and remembered whether he would be willing to exchange himself for the lives of the cottage people if he faced such a situation at that time.

This Chao Gai is really a real chivalrous man, this kind of righteousness makes Zhu Wu admire, but Zhu Wu will not open his head because of admiration, seeing that Chao Gai did not say anything, he shook his head.

Then he said: "It's impossible to let it go

But I have a way ...... it. ”

Chao Gai hurriedly asked, "What way?" ”

Zhu Wu squinted his eyes and said, "Why don't you let the people outside the city surrender, you go to see our king, if our king agrees, I'll let your men out, how about it?" ”

Chao Gai listened to Zhu Wu's words, but did not get angry but thought about it, since there is no way out, this is not a good way, Chao Gai is not particularly concerned about his life and death, in Chao Gai's heart, righteousness is more important than life.

Chao Gai thought for a while and asked, "Then you must ensure their safety, and you must not abuse them." ”

Zhu Wu didn't rush to answer him, but asked, "Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to come back again?" Or the king in his anger cut off your head? ”

Chao Gai was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Actually, I have always been forced to be helpless when I robbed the Shengchengang to Shangliangshan, not that I Chao Gai has to be the owner of this Liangshan cottage, but that I am not the owner of this village, and the brothers have no way to live." ”

Chao Gai sighed and said: "Actually, you don't believe it, don't look at me as the owner of this village and manage tens of thousands of people, in fact, I haven't been a Baozheng happy in Dongxi Village." ”

Zhu Wu nodded and said, "I believe it!" ”

Chao Gai was stunned and asked, "Oh? Why do you believe it? ”

Zhu Wu said with a smile: "I won't tell you, I was also a bandit leader at the beginning, and I pulled a team of hundreds of people in Shaohua Mountain. ”

Zhu Wu recalled: "At that time, I was a cottage owner, and others thought that we drank wine and ate meat all day long, but we knew the bitterness in our hearts when we slept!"

If you rob everyone and feel sorry for your conscience, you will be frightened every day, for fear that your head will be taken to reward you in the middle of the night. ”

Chao Gai nodded and felt empathetic: "Yes, if it weren't for hunger today, who would ......, then why did you take refuge in Ryukyu later?" ”

Chao Gai wiped his sweat and almost told the truth, if he said that he only came to fight Dulonggang to grab food, would Zhu Wu look down on himself.

Zhu Wu also pretended not to hear and said: "I am lucky, His Majesty the King's Weiyuan Dart Bureau knew me when he arrived in the northwest, and later invited me to create a great cause together, and we fought together to this day." ”

Chao Gai said enviously: "Yes, His Majesty the King of the Ryukyus is really eloquent, when he visited me in my Zhuangzi, he had the intention of recruiting me, but unfortunately my brother was reluctant to give up the one acre and three points of land, otherwise we might be the same now." ”

Zhu Wu said with a smile: "My Ryukyu is developing with each passing day, the king is eloquent, thirsty for talent, and accepts heroes from all over the world, and it is not too late for Brother Chao Gai to take refuge now!" ”

Chao Gai sighed and said: "If it weren't for this incident, I'm afraid it's still easy to say, but after this time, I am taking refuge in shameless, I just hope that Your Majesty will let my brothers go regardless of the past suspicions, as for the two acres of thin land I have to live this life." ”

Zhu Wu laughed: "In this way, the master of Chao Village will deal with your brothers as soon as possible, and see our king as soon as possible." ”