(Recommended reading: Jin Hengguang's reception banquet is not rich, everything is based on simplicity, everyone hastily eats a meal, and then Jin Hengguang excitedly takes Chen Liang back to his room, first, to express closeness, and secondly, to report in detail the process of the development of the cottage, please ask the teacher for the next step.

Chen Che, the actual second-in-command of the cottage, didn't drink much, walked back to his room with a heavy heart, lit the oil lamp, opened the bookcase, and began to continue to count the materials in the cottage. Tomorrow is the time for the cottage to distribute money and food, so be sure to be careful.

The cottage has a population of tens of thousands, relying on the original method of eating a big pot of rice has been difficult to manage, that not only is not enthusiastic, but also caused a huge waste, Chen Che defected to the cottage after being entrusted with a heavy task by Jin Hengguang, the first thing is to improve this method, in addition to the soldiers, with the distribution system instead of the big pot rice system, so not only reduce the cost of making expenses, but also mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.

Originally, to feed an old man in the cottage, he needed 40 catties of food, but some old people had to starve, but 30 catties of grain were sent to the old man, and they would arrange their own food, for example, today they need to go up the mountain to serve the buckwheat that has just been planted, so he can eat dry rice in the morning, and when he is serving the land, he can pull some wild vegetables home by the way, so that he can cook porridge with wild vegetables at night, and he can eat very well.

In this way, the expenditure of the cottage was greatly reduced, and the food saved was vigorously invested in the training and conquest of the soldiers, so that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the cottage was unprecedentedly improved.

But today, I was always restless when I looked through the grain and grass, and finally had to close the account book irritably, rubbing my swollen temples and sighing.

Today's events are indeed greatly unexpected by their own expectations, their own village owner Jin Hengguang, suddenly came to Xuzhou, such a shock has made himself unacceptable, and the next one is which Chen Liang, asking everyone to attack and rob Shanxi grain merchants.

According to the original Jin Hengguang and his own steps, protecting the trade route and intercepting a steady stream of financial resources is the foundation of the cottage, which has a lot of income, accounting for almost fifty percent of the current income of the entire cottage, especially, only in this way can we slowly bleach everyone's identity, which is very critical and important.

Among these businessmen who collect protection fees, the largest one is the commercial houses in Shanxi, their transportation volume is large, and the profits are huge, so the protection fees paid are also more, becoming the top priority of the cottage income, not because of an inexplicable decision of Lord Lu, the income of the cottage is strangled, more than 10,000 old and young, this is 10,000 mouths, at this time has been delayed spring planting, only by replanting buckwheat, can have a little harvest, but it is just a drop in the bucket.

"This is killing chickens and taking eggs." Chen Chechang sighed: "If you wait until next spring, survive the summer, and then autumn, maybe you can live without relying on the taxes of the merchants, but it seems that Lord Lu's envoy is in a hurry, why is this?" ”

At this moment, there was a gentle knock on the door, and a person outside the door asked, "Has Second Brother Chen ever slept?" ”

As soon as he heard the voice, he knew that it was Zhao Quan, the captain of the first brigade of his team, so Chen Che cheered up and said with a smile: "They are all my own brothers, and they knocked on the door, and the door was not closed, just come in." ”

With a laugh outside, the door was pushed open, and it was Zhao Quan who came in, but he was followed by the other two captains, Wang Liang and Zhao Dong. This time, the three captains are all together.

Chen Che couldn't help frowning, the three captains of the third watch gathered in their rooms in the middle of the night, so it was easy to make the owner of Jinzhai careless, but everyone came, and it was not a matter to blast out again, so he stood up, and while giving up his seat to the three brothers, he said with a smile: "Why are you so together today?" Could it be that last month's military salary was all spent, and you want to withdraw it in advance? We don't have that rule. Besides, wasn't it not long ago when the Southern Mountain Thieves were exterminated, and the big boss gave everyone dividends? That's not a lot. ”

This military salary system is clearly stipulated in Lu Hanqiang's training manual, and the dividends captured in the war are Jin Hengguang and Chen Che combined, each battle captured or sold military merits, the cottage reserved six reserves, the remaining four, two for the payment of pensions, the remaining two according to the military merits, for a time let the cottage soldiers seek to fight, and each battle each one is brave and brave, so that there is a strong army that is almost invincible in eastern Shanxi today.

Zhao Quan, who took the lead, laughed when he heard this: "I didn't spend the military salary and rewards, they were all handed over to my wife for safekeeping, in case I died in battle one day, their mothers also have a little bit of the capital to support their lives, and I came here today to see my brother You are sullen at the banquet, so the brothers came to take a look."

As he spoke, he pulled a chair and sat down, and said to the sleepy-eyed Chen Che herald: "I'll give you a tael of silver, go to the cottage store and buy some wine and meat, and our brothers will fill their stomachs again." ”

Chen Che frowned again: "Drinking in the middle of the night for no reason, if you let the big boss know, I'm afraid I think too much, or don't want it." ”

Zhao Quan laughed, stuffed a tael of silver into the hands of the little herald, and pushed him out of the door: "I am the brother brought out by the big boss in the commercial house, Wang Liang followed the big boss when the cottage was first established, as for Zhao Dong, he was recommended by Zhao Sihai's eldest brother, and he is not an outsider, we are all loyal to the big boss, this big boss knows, and it is not for nothing that a few of us have some supper together, isn't it that the big boss wants to talk with the big brother who suddenly appeared today, or he will be pulled here." ”

Compared with Zhao Quan, Chen Che is really not good at saying anything, Zhao Quan was originally a guy in the firm, grateful to Jin Hengguang for giving up a good future and devoting himself to the people, and he also resolutely took his family to trot up the mountain to help his idol, never abandon in the wind and rain, and he can be regarded as a good man. So it's hard to say anything.

The wine and meat were sold after a while, and they were piled up on the desk, Zhao Quan opened the wine jar and poured it for a few people, so the four of them chatted while drinking, and the topic naturally came to Chen Liang and the orders of Lu Hanqiang he brought.

Zhao Quan took a sip of wine, put down the wine bowl and said slowly: "To say, Lu Xieban has a great favor with our original post guards, otherwise we don't know where to beg for food at this time, especially his old man has sponsored our cottage money and food, so that we are now strong and strong, and it is smooth sailing in the eastern part of Shanxi, which we can never forget at any time." ”

The others nodded yes.

"But." Zhao Quan's words changed, and he said dissatisfiedly: "But this time I suddenly got us a Chen Liang, what is this for?" He Chen Liang is just a follower next to the co-organizer, I don't see him make any effort when our cottage is difficult, and I don't see him have any ability, he has to be the leader of the cottage when he comes to the cottage, why is he. ”

Chen Che's brows furrowed deeper, and he took a sip of wine gently, not wanting to speak, but when he saw that everyone was looking at him, he sighed helplessly: "Our foundation is given by Lord Lu, and this cottage is actually a strength of Lord Lu, everyone knows this, but it is just an official body who can't say it clearly, and Chen Liang is often with Lord Lu, of course he has the right to take over the cottage, besides, Chen Liang didn't agree."

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"Not agreeing doesn't mean not agreeing, just Brother Jin's temperament, how many times have I agreed, what is this? Could it be that there is something wrong with the brother of the Jin family, and the co-organizer is thinking about it? This is distrust, besides, he became the big leader, so Brother Jin can only be small, Brother Chen Che, what are you doing? What are we? Don't forget, once a son of heaven and a courtier, get a Chen Liang today, and a dog Liang tomorrow, I don't know how many people will come later, so what can we, the brothers who fought for the cottage, end up with? He fired so unscrupulously, and immediately got the satisfaction of the other two, three thousand people, in fact, in the hands of the three of them, this is equivalent to everyone's common thoughts.

Chen Che actually didn't want to see this happen, he groaned slightly, and said: "In fact, when we set up a cottage, the purpose was to wander away from the government, so that the people would not have a tax burden to breathe, but after all, the name is not right, if it weren't for the local officials to get the co-organizer to greet us, one day the government will not tolerate us like this, and we have no way out. Isn't it something we did to disgrace our ancestors?

This reason is said to everyone's heart, for the sake of righteousness, Jin Hengguang and himself and others, at the expense of the name of the cottage, just as the co-organizer Lu Hanqiang said, the government does not care about us, but in any case, everyone with this thief word, even Qingming did not dare to sweep the tomb of the ancestors and kowtow, this is a tangled heart disease of everyone.

Therefore, we cannot wear the name thief for too long, and we must one day stand in broad daylight. Then he looked at the brothers with his eyes, "If you want to take off this skin and still be able to do things for the people, then we still have to rely on co-organizing Lord Lu, and now Lord Lu has a new official position, that is, the Bandit Supervisor of Nansi Prefecture, only he can recruit us at the right time, at that time, everyone is an official army, and all brothers are generals, this is our ultimate goal." ”

was said by Chen Che, everyone's eyes immediately lit up, and their hearts were also eager.

At this time, Zhao Quan, who was originally full of complaints, leaned out and asked, "Brother Chen, then what do you mean that we still have to listen to this Chen Liang now?" Do you still have to follow the instructions of the co-organizer to rob the grain merchants in Shanxi? ”

Chen Che nodded silently: "Yes, at the beginning, I was against this order for the long-term of the cottage, but after thinking about it carefully, I have a new understanding, I don't know how the Shanxi grain merchants offended our adults, but I think the adults must have his deep meaning for us to rob them, then we must carry it out." ”

"Okay, let's all listen to you, we've done it."

Chen Che hurriedly corrected: "It's not to listen to me, it's to listen to the big boss Jin Hengguang." ”

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