Wang An had just left Jiangling City, and the news related to Dangyang was sent out, and before Wang An returned to Dangyang, Mr. Liu had already received the news: "There are people in the court who are good officials, so there is no need to borrow 500 soldiers from the Wang family." www.biquge.info It seems that this third camp will not be able to be defeated. After these days of contact, Mr. Liu no longer has hope for the heroes of the green forest. These heroes can only be lured by profit, and there is no need to talk about righteousness. For the sake of convenience in the future, he can't just leave, but also help these heroes deal with the aftermath.

"What, Gangneung sent five hundred soldiers?" Several mountain kings were quite surprised to hear the news, "Didn't Mr. say that we have three days?" Why retreat today? ”

Mr. Liu apologized to several mountain kings and apologized: "The news I got was wrong, I originally thought that someone would make trouble in Jiangling, so that Wu Jianglong could not send reinforcements, but there has been no movement in Jiangling City so far. ”

"Don't talk about these useless things," said the humane, "now everyone has to decide who goes first and who breaks off." There are few people in this king, and there are not many things to get, so this king will go first. "It's about their own interests, since someone has taken the lead, several mountain kings have fought with each other and refused to give in. Mr. Liu walked to the side of the mountain king surnamed Wang, and saluted: "King, why don't you leave the broken queen?" ”

"Why did this king do this?"

Mr. Liu whispered: "Does the king want to become the co-leader of the heroes of the green forest?" ”

King Wang stood up: "It's too noisy here, how about Sir, please go to the house with this king?" ”

After the two sat down, Mr. Liu took out the map: "Mencius said: The time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people." There are many green forests and dense mountains, and there are only a few mountain roads for entry and exit, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack; Located at the junction of Nanyang County, Nanjun and Jiangxia County, unless the three counties work together, it will be in vain; The king has taken advantage of the territory, and now it is time for the king to gain the man. ”

"Sir, I mean that I want this king to break off, but what is the use of this king getting the favor and support of these people? It's nothing more than being the king and hegemon in this green forest mountain, can you take over the world, and this world belongs to your Liu family. ”

Mr. Liu said: "Since Emperor Gao founded the country, for more than 200 years, the Liu clan has no less than 100,000 people, and Liu is now a Qi Min, no matter what, he can't sit in the seat of Chang'an, and he has to be cautious in the face of the Wang family of nine marquis." The king is a large number of people, and what he lacks is reputation, if the king himself leads people to break off, he can naturally dispel the doubts of those people outside. The reason why they want to go first is to beware that the king will annex them and seize their territory. ”

The king of the mountain looked disdainful: "If you want to occupy their territory, the people and horses left by this king on the mountain are enough, why wait until now." ”

Mr. Liu saluted: "It seems that the king also has the intention to fight for peace, since this is the case, why doesn't the king stand up?"

"The time and place are favorable, according to what Mr. said, the king has the right place and people, but what about this day, is it difficult to wait for the king to die?"

Mr. Liu scolded a few times in his heart, you just want to overthrow our Liu family like this? But he said: "When Chen Sheng said that the bird's ambition to know the bird, did he ever think of when he would become the king? ”

The King of the Mountain thought for a moment: "Just listen to what Mr. said." ”

Although it was back in Dangyang in the middle of the night, Wang An only took a nap, and after dawn, Wang An called Kong Xun to discuss things, and Li Mao, who had been in charge of river improvement, came to ask for a meeting. Li Mao saw Wang An, and did not beat around the bush: "The New Year is coming, the people want to go home early to buy New Year's goods, plus the bandits in Lankou gathered there, the county has lost a lot of money and grain, the people are a little worried, afraid that they will not get their wages, today they asked the three elders to come forward, find their subordinates, and hope to settle the wages and go home for the New Year." ”

Wang An patted the accounts on the desk: "The New Year is approaching, the people's minds have flown home, the progress of river improvement has slowed down a lot these days, but the cost has increased, and the official also intends to end the first phase of the project in advance, let them go back, and wait until the twentieth day of the first month to resume work, so that you can also save some expenses." Wang An took out an account book and handed it to Li Mao: "You don't have to worry about money, there are still dozens of money officials." The official will ask Shi Duan to send literate soldiers to pay the wages, and Mr. Li and the three elders will supervise it in case someone is greedy for ink, what does Mr. Li think? ”

"Thank you for your understanding, my subordinates will notify me." Although Wang An respectfully called Li Mao Mr., Li Mao still regarded himself as a subordinate.

"There is one more thing," Li Mao was about to leave, Wang An stopped him, "This official once said that he would reward the people who performed well, and it has been a month since the river was renovated, and the gentleman can discuss with the three elders and select ten people who have performed well this month to report to the official, and the official will have another reward." Li Mao took the order.

After Li Mao left, Wang An said to Kong Xun: "Send the messenger down, whoever makes trouble during this time will be punished as a gangster." It is necessary to keep an eye on the five wealthy families, if they have the behavior of bullying and dominating the market, they will be severely punished. Now stability comes first, whoever takes the lead in making trouble, the official will not let him go. Also, spread the news of the arrival of the Gangneung soldiers, and the more people know about it, the better. ”

Kong Xun was a little worried: "The Jiangling soldiers are not under the jurisdiction of the county, what if they do anything wrong?" Does the county dare to dispose of it? How to dispose of it? ”

Wang An also had a headache: "At that time, I only cared about the soldiers and forgot about this stubble." Feng Sima used to be a thief and was harsh, and he had a very good reputation in Jiangling City, and I hope he can maintain this reputation. But we can't do things that only let the horses run and don't let the horses graze, and we can't pin all our hopes on Feng Sima, and the soldiers below must also take care of it. After the Jiangling soldiers arrived, we went to **** and made our words clear, which was good for each other. ”

"How much money does the master have?"

Wang An recited the Bodhisattva's blessing several times in his heart, and said: "The thieves should be ready to retreat, I am already very satisfied with the three camps to keep one, and there should be no problem with the money and grain in it for a month, I want to go back to Nanyang in the first month, visit my father and your family, as well as the Li family, and discuss the problem of money and grain." ”