The person who came let his companion stay put, and walked forward as he spoke: "Approaching the end of the year, the county is worried that the bandits will go down the mountain to plunder, so he specially asked me to wait and inspect everywhere. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoLankouju is a place under the jurisdiction of Ruoxian, and we also need to go here. ”

Wei Bo shot an arrow at the other party's feet: "Dangyang Chang reported to the Nanjun Taishou for approval, and the Taishou Mansion issued a document to inform Ruo County that in addition to collecting taxes, Dangyang County is responsible for the rest of the Lankouju here, which includes guarding against and dealing with bandits." ”

The visitor stopped, took off the bronze medal on his waist, and threw it to Wei Bo: "Under is the errand of Ruoxian, this is the token under it." It was only because Dangyang County had set up a warehouse in Lankouju to store money and grain, and the county was afraid that something would happen here, so he asked me to come and check it out. ”

Wei Zhong heard this and shouted angrily: "Doesn't Ruoxian close the city gate early every day, and strengthen the city wall if there is anything to do." Why are you so bold this year that you dare to send someone out to inspect the township? Wei Zhong pointed to the people who were unloading, "You go and ask them how they are doing?" Constantly harassed by bandits, they had to abandon their fields across the river and come here to earn a living. The people had asked Ruoxian to send troops to exterminate the bandits, but unfortunately there was no news. Now that hundreds of us are standing in the way, those people have one more way to live. Do you dare to come? ”

Uncle Wei stopped Wei Zhong: "Nanjun Taishou is only a quasi-Wang family kid to borrow this place for a year, and it will be returned to Ruoxian County in the autumn of next year, for the sake of these people, my brother should bear with it." ”

The person who came saluted the three Wei brothers: "It's not that Ruoxian doesn't want to take care of it, it's just that those bandits run away when they see that there are many officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers come to extort the people when they leave, and if there are fewer officers and soldiers, they are not useful, and those bandits are not afraid at all." The cost of garrisoning was huge, and the Taishou government was unwilling to bear it, and the county could not afford it, so the people suffered. Fortunately, Dangyang County has hired a lot of people here, giving the people another way to live. The county is also afraid that something will happen to you, so he sent us over to inspect it, anyway, it is safe and sound, and you don't want to let us in, which saves us a lot of work as errands, and we can go home and rest early. ”

Wei Bo tossed the man's token back to him: "Please go back and express your gratitude to Ruoxian Ling on behalf of Dangyang Chang and me, thank you for remembering that Lankouju is his jurisdiction." ”

The person who came caught the token with both hands, and then saluted and said, "I will definitely bring it in the next place." ”

Watching these people leave, Wei Bo rubbed his arm: "From tonight, various warehouses will be on increased alert. Take the dog with you when you're on patrol. ”

"Is there something wrong with those people? A thief's spy? I think this officer is a man of knowledge. Uncle Wei was skeptical.

Wei Zhongdao: "It is because he is knowledgeable that I suspect that the people who helped us open the gate of Chenliu County back then were all knowledgeable, and as a result, they killed people more ruthlessly than us, and killed the people of the Taishou Mansion from top to bottom, which made the court angry, and everyone had no way to retreat." ”

Wei Bo interrupted the argument between the two: "Be careful, the chief officials of all counties have been summoned to Jiangling these days, and those who remain are not masters. If the thief comes at this time, we will have to rely on ourselves. The boy of the Wang family has put his net worth here, which is not only a test for the three of us old guys, but also a trust in us. After living with him for so long, it's time to move your muscles. ”

Leaving Lankouju, several errand officers from Ruoxian County did not go north to return to the county seat of Ruoxian, but walked east to a small village, where a few people sat at the entrance of the village, and when they saw these errand officers riding over, they did not get up and run away, but got up and pointed them in the direction: "Several kings are waiting for Mr. Liu there." Looking at these bandits sitting at the entrance of the village pretending to be old farmers, Mr. Liu felt uncomfortable, since he was going to cooperate with the bandits.

Mr. Liu rode to an abandoned mansion, turned over and dismounted, and the entourage led the horse to the back, Mr. Liu stepped directly into the lobby, and several big men sitting in the hall got up to greet each other, only the big man who was doing it in the east was indifferent, and waited until Mr. Liu came to him before saying: "How is Mr. Liu's matter, this king has brought a lot of brothers down the mountain, they have been waiting a little impatient, shouting to leave Mr. Liu and do it himself, this king finally pressed them down." ”

Mr. Liu said with a smile on his face: "If this situation happens, Liu Mou must not kill people and calm the anger of the people, or Wang Dawang has great prestige, and one sentence can make the brothers obey, and Liu is beyond his reach." Then he said to the others who came up: "The warehouse in Lankouju in Dangyang County has been investigated. ”

Mr. Liu took a map from his entourage and spread it on the desk: "In order to sit firmly in the position of Dangyang Chief, in order to buy the hearts of the people, and let the people of Dangyang have hope for a good year, Wang An borrowed a lot of money and grain from the Kong family, the Li family and the Yin family, and now they are all stacked in the three warehouses of Lankouju, and there are hundreds of people guarding them. Mr. Liu clicked a few times on the map, "The three warehouses are built on flat ground, in the shape of a zigzag, and the three are horns of each other. Since the Confucian family specialized in making weapons for the imperial court, the guards there were well-equipped, and everyone was equipped with strong bows and crossbows. If it is a strong attack, I am afraid that before I rush to the fence, I will already suffer heavy casualties, and I will not have the strength to fight again. ”

Wang Dawang interrupted Mr. Liu: "How much are the goods in these three warehouses worth?" ”

"These three warehouses not only put Wang An's goods, because of Wang An's support, the Kong family, the Li family and the Yuan family, a salt seller in Chang'an, also put a lot of goods there, ready to be transported to Jiangling through Dangyang. According to the descriptions of those people, it should be no less than four or five million dollars, and I think everyone who has money in the mountains can't buy salt, but there are 10,000 catties of salt here. Mr. Liu threw out something very tempting. A pound of salt costs 100 yuan, but even if you have money in the mountains, you can't buy salt, so you can only spend a lot of money to buy it from the smuggler of salt, and you can only accept the offer of the smuggler in a reluctant, and you don't dare to act out of the ordinary.

Even King Wang, who had been sitting, stood up suddenly, grabbed Mr. Liu's shirt and asked, "Is this serious?" ”

"Of course it's true," Mr. Liu's disgusted Wang Dawang's hand was taken away, "A few days ago, when I moved salt, Lankouju gave each of the people a pound of salt to pay for their wages, and this matter has spread." Regarding Mr. Liu's actions, for the sake of salt, King Wang didn't care, he patted the case: "This king has decided, in order to avoid extraneous branches, he will attack Lankouju tonight, what do you think?" ”

Several other mountain kings nodded in agreement, but only Mr. Liu objected: "It's not proper, there are many strong bows and crossbows in Lankouju, and they are defending by the village, I am afraid that a few kings will also suffer heavy casualties if they are captured, giving others a chance to take advantage of." ”

"Listen to the meaning of Mr. Liu's words, is there a way to deal with a strong bow and a hard crossbow?" A mountain king.

"Wang An won a battle a few months ago with a strong bow and crossbow, and now he wants to repeat his old tricks, but unfortunately I already have a way to deal with him."