It doesn't take far to walk out of the village, which is the place where the salt pole is practiced on weekdays, Li Meng looked at the bamboo pole and wooden stick placed on the side, and said with a smile:

"We don't need real weapons, you just choose something."

For the convenience of practice, in addition to bamboo guns and bamboo poles, there are also some wooden knives and iron rods with iron, which are all instruments used for practice, Ma Gang was very excited, checked the pile of things, took out a wooden knife, put it in his hand and waved it a few times, posed with confidence, and said with a smile:

"Come on, sir...... No, Ma Gang, I still have the ability? ”

Seeing Ma Gang's posture, Li Meng was a little disappointed, and when chatting with these people in the village, he knew that the weapons used by the Ming officials and soldiers were mainly spears, supplemented by sword and shield soldiers, Li Meng always wanted to see what the martial arts in the army looked like.

It's ridiculous to say, if you want to see a weapon and martial arts in the military household of the guard, you can't see it, there is a battalion of soldiers in Jiaozhou, but Li Meng doesn't want to go over, he is careful and subtle, he thought that since this Ma Gang was a personal soldier on the command side, he was also an elite man, and he should know some battle array skills.

Who would have thought that looking at this appearance, it seems to be the so-called martial arts skills, the style of the rivers and lakes, and it is often seen in Fengmeng Town that such people from the rivers and lakes set up stalls to perform their arts, although they are good-looking, but they are useless at all.

Li Meng picked up a short wooden stick on the ground, about four feet long, held it in his hand, made a preparatory move before the assassination, and said with a smile:

"Straight here!"

Ma Gang was young and vigorous, snatched a step forward, and the knife in his hand slashed straight down, this time there are some real skills in it, simple and direct, just a single knife round After all, it is an arc in mid-air, and it took a little more time, even if it is a little, it is a flaw in an instant.

Li Meng's arms swinged, his body rushed forward, the short stick in Li Meng's hand walked in a straight line, the distance was the shortest, Ma Gang's knife had not yet been chopped down, the short stick in Li Meng's hand had already poked in his chest, he didn't catch his breath under the severe pain, and he suddenly fell to the ground, just about to react, the front end of Li Meng's short stick was already on his throat, and said with a smile:

"If you were on the battlefield, you would have confessed a long time ago!"

Li Meng also ignored Ma Gang, who fell to the ground, and turned to Zhao Neng and said:

"Put him in the salt-boiling team and practice first, he won't know anything, he's just a stunned boy."

After walking a few steps, I heard the Ma Gang behind him shouting:

"Brother Li, I must have practiced it, just like Wang Hai and them, to be the salt pole of the salt transportation team."

Li Meng breathed a sigh of relief, he decided that he must go to Jiaozhou City to have a look recently, in this military village, people's horizons and ideas are a little narrow, and the pattern is too small.

After the seventh day of the first month of the sixth year of Chongzhen, there were no outsiders in Pingsuoli, and the west village of the Xue family suddenly became lively, but the first outsider was Zhang Tuhu, he brought quite a lot of gifts, accompanied by a smiling face to Li Meng to pay New Year's greetings, for this kind of villain, Li Meng can afford to look down on it is one thing, but he still maintains the basic politeness.

Sure enough, after a few polite words from this butcher, he said that he was willing to pay Li Meng some silver every month, and the person who only needed a salt pole regularly went to the dice shop to hang out, indicating that this was an industry under Li Meng's name. But what no one expected was that Li Meng thought about it and set a rule for Zhang Butcher not to force people to a dead end, so he agreed to the request.

Zhang Butcher left with a thousand thanks, and within a day, the news spread, Li Meng was also shocked, who knew that there were so many illegal activities in this Lingshan Guard, and there was not a private dice shop, and some brave people who trafficked tea also came here to report.

What's even more ridiculous is that there is actually a gambling house in the Lingshan Salt Farm, and there are two groups of people who sell illicit salt, asking for Li Meng's protection, the Lingshan Salt Farm is a government-run industry, and it is so messy, or it is so messy, it is really unexpected.

Casinos, tea sellers, small smugglers on the sea, and government-run smuggler salt dealers, etc., etc., or Fengmengzhen and Lingshan Guard, which are engaged in illegal business, seem to have found an organization overnight and have come to seek protection from Li Meng.

Zhao Neng, Chen Liuzi, and Wang Hai are also bold traffickers who traffick illicit salt, but they look down on these messy lawbreakers from the bottom of their hearts, and they don't understand Li Meng's thoughts.

After Li Mengjie set the rules for several industries, he didn't collect much money, but there was a request, if the salt poles wanted to know any news, then they must try their best to help inquire.

This requirement is really nothing to everyone, and by the time the Lantern Festival passes on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Meng's name of benevolence and chivalry has spread throughout the southern half of Jiaozhou. On the other hand, if there is a slight disturbance, any news will reach Li Meng's ears as quickly as possible.

For Li Meng, who comes from an information explosion society, this era is too closed, and Li Meng knows the importance of information and prompt and effective information, and the news of these lawbreakers is the most well-informed.

Although it is almost out of the New Year, the atmosphere of the New Year has not dissipated, especially near Jiaozhou City, which is relatively peaceful and has very good economic conditions, Li Meng still appears on the official road of the West Gate of Jiaozhou City.

Chen Liuzi and Wang Hai rarely entered the city once, they looked around happily, and Li Meng also looked around, but what he noticed was those beggars begging on the side of the road, and some people with grass marks on their heads, sitting there in a daze, these people were thin and haggard, looking like hungry people.

What shocked Li Meng even more was that there was no anger in the eyes of these people, just like dead people, when he first came to this era, Li Meng was already shocked by the poor life of the military households, but now it seems that although the military households are poor, compared to these people, they are not bad, at least they are still alive and happy.

Similar looks, Li Meng has only seen in the eyes of those African disaster victims in modern TV, hopeless, hopeless, and indifferent.

Chen Liuzi and Wang Hai didn't seem to notice those people, they still talked and laughed and walked forward, Li Meng was stunned for a moment and understood, they were already used to it, but Li Meng still asked:

"Where is this guy?"