Daze Mountain Range is located in the north of Pingdu, the mountain is winding and undulating, showing a high trend in the north and low in the south, there are more than 2,000 mountains, it is the birthplace of the river in Pingdu region, because "the mountains are surrounded by springs, and the confluence is Daze".

Huluyan is located in the southwest direction of Daze Mountain Range, the altitude is 654 meters, the mountain is high and precipitous, the southeast side of the peak is close to the peach blossom stream, the northeast side is close to the Daguding, the southwest side is close to the mill cone mountain, it is regarded as the surrounding steep peak.

There are many people in the village gathered in Huluyan, and the guard force is also strong, so it is called the four peaks in the southeast of Dazeshan with the bandit forces such as Daguding, Mocone Mountain, and Sow Ridge.

Coniferous vegetation such as black pine, red pine and larch mainly grows on Huluyan Mountain, and wild peach trees, pear trees, chestnut trees and tea trees are more common.

In spring, the deep valley stream in the mountains is murmuring, and the mountain streams meet together to form a larger stream, and the clear spring water collides with the mountain rocks in the stream, splashing pieces of small water from time to time, spraying beads and splashing jade, all the way into the deep valley pond.

Mountain rhododendrons, spring flowers compete to open, yellow spring flowers and purple azaleas bloom in the mountain woodland, or coiled in the dangerous rock cliffs, or stand on the top of the peaks and cliffs, some of them are like cranes, some of them are like dragons, they are in a variety of postures, they are extremely attractive, they are really fascinating.

Wild camellia, tiger tooth cabbage, and bracken are all over the mountains and forests, and hares, roe deer, pheasants, and wild ducks in mountain ponds are not uncommon in the deep mountains and forests.

The villagers on the mountain often say, "Ten years of drought, the people of Huluyan will not die of hunger." ”

In the autumn harvest season, all kinds of wild fruit trees are full of large and small fruits, which are very attractive, and the cottage farmers will go up the mountain to pick and eat them, and can also be used to make various fruit wines.

A variety of medicinal plants such as skullcap, bupleurum, reishi, ginseng, Polygonum multiflori, and panshansaurus can be found deep in the valley forests, and it can be said that the entire Daze Mountain Range is a natural treasure trove.

Feng Jian followed Hu Dadao and others into the Huluyan Zhaimen, only to see that a large area of hillsides around the Zhaimen had been reclaimed as fields.

At this time, the farmers in the fields were sowing winter wheat in the fields.

Feng Jian couldn't help but ask Hu Dadao, who was walking in front: "Brother Hu, almost all the surrounding areas are terraced fields, could it be that they are all cultivated by cottage households?" ”

Hu Dadao laughed: "Haha! Terraced fields, watching the reclaimed fields rise layer by layer, one by one, isn't it like a ladder! Brother Wang's words are apt! Yes, they are all reclaimed piece by piece by the Huluyan villagers. ”

The guards who followed behind him also coaxed: "Yes, in the future, the fields reclaimed by our Huluyan will be called terraces!" ”

Feng Jian touched his chin, and said in his heart that in later generations, the fields reclaimed on the slopes were called terraces, and thieves like Hu Dadao didn't know anything, so what was the fuss!

Hu Dadao said as he walked: "Feng Jian after you rescued the grinding cone tiger, the thief head doesn't seem to want to give up, if it weren't for the cottage to answer the guard brothers than the grinding cone thief, we people may be bad for the killer, now think about it is really a little afraid, if this thief knows that he will become a disabled person in the future, I am afraid that he will not let us go if he fights for his life." Ha ha! Thinking about Lao Tzu makes me happy. ”

Feng Jian said lightly: "It's still good to be physically disabled, although the grinding cone tiger is awake now, the poisoning incident is too long, and whether he can survive in the future is still to be said." ”

Hu Dadao moved his color: "Really! Haha, Feng Jian, why didn't you say it earlier, you deserve it! As soon as the scourge of the Grinding Cone Tiger dies, the Grinding Cone Bandits will be in chaos! ”

Everyone laughed and walked to the Huluyan Village, and it took about a quarter of an hour to arrive at the cottage where the Huluyan Village was inhabited.

Hu Dadao pointed to the rows of wooden houses covered with the gentle hillside and said: "These wooden houses are where the cottage households live, and the most important thing on the mountain is wood, and you new people who go to the mountain will also build wooden houses to live in the future." ”

He turned his hand and pointed to a reading courtyard on the gentle slope to the east and said: "This courtyard is the office and residence of Commander Xu of Huluyan, and I will lead you to meet Commander Xu when I become a brother later." ”

Feng Jian nodded hurriedly.

In front of the house is a huge square, and the ground on the east side of the square is paved with neat bluestone slabs, which occupies about one-third of the entire square area.

There are some stone locks and other exercise things scattered on the ground, and there is a weapon rack not far away, and only some wooden sticks are placed on the shelf, which seems to be a place where the cottage guards practice martial arts.

Sure enough, Hu Dadao pointed here and introduced: "This seems to be the place where the cottage guards practice martial arts, the cottage lacks weapons and blades, and the cottage guards can only practice with wooden sticks, and the stone locks on the ground are used to exercise physical strength." ”

Feng Jian couldn't help nodding, he pointed to the west and south sides of the square and said: "Look at the square is full of wheat and millet, the cottage has a good harvest this year!" Look at a few donkeys over there pulling and grinding noodles without stopping, and the women who collected the flour are almost becoming noodle people! ”

Hu Dadao laughed and said: "You kid really know how to say, a few people really look like people from a distance, Huluyan is also a relatively large force, the villagers in the village have reclaimed a lot of wasteland, this year's summer harvest is good, and the wheat and millet in the square are all cottage grains paid by the villagers in the village." ”

The old and young who arrived at Huluyan in advance were temporarily placed in the southeast corner of the square, and Hu Dadao ordered the guards around him to go back to rest, and he and Feng Jian came to the place where the old and young stayed.

Hu Dadao walked to the crowd and said loudly: "The neighbors have just arrived in the cottage, and they are not familiar with the rules of the cottage, so don't walk around for the time being, so as not to cause trouble. ”

These people are all honest villagers, who have just experienced the terrifying scene of the Twin Peaks Valley, and they are all trembling, and they will honestly stop without Hu Dadao's orders.

After telling the villagers, Hu Dadao pointed to the courtyard and said: "Feng Jian, you follow me to meet Commander Xu, you don't have to be restrained when you see Commander, we can return to the cottage smoothly thanks to you, and when I wait for a while, I will report to Commander Xu truthfully, and Commander Xu will not treat you badly." ”

Feng Jian couldn't stop nodding as he followed Hu Dadao, feeling that Hu Dadao was treating himself sincerely.

Hu Dadao introduced some people and things to Feng Jian as he walked, and from time to time instructed some precautions after meeting Commander Xu, and instructed Feng Jian to have a general understanding of Huluyan along the way.

When the two came to the gate of the courtyard, Hu Dadao smiled and stepped forward to greet the guard in front of the door: "Brother Xu, please report it, Lao Hu took Brother Feng Jian to ask to see the commander." ”

The gatekeeper surnamed Xu nodded to Hu Dadao, glanced at Feng Jian lightly, and was just about to go in to report, when he heard a thick voice coming from the courtyard: "Xu Yannian, please Lao Hu and them come in, what do the Zhuang people do to make those rules." ”

Hu Dadao hurriedly agreed, winked at the guards and smiled: "Trouble Brother Xu!" Only then did he lead Feng Jian into the house.

Feng Jian did the same, and bowed his hand to the personal entourage of the commander of Xu: "Disturb Brother Xu." ”

The entourage surnamed Xu did not speak, and waved his hand to signal Feng Jian to hurry in.

Soon, Hu Dadao led Feng Jian through the courtyard and into the office room of the Great Commander of Huluyan, the room was very large, and could accommodate dozens of people almost at the same time.

In the middle of the room is a desk case, on which the red-faced Guan Gong with a big knife in his hand is enshrined, the smoke of Gao Xiang's burning wafts in the room, on the left side of the room is a table of eight immortals, there is a Taishi chair on each side, and on the right side there are more than a dozen wooden chairs without armrests.

As the Great Commander of Huluyan, the Xu Ma Gang was sitting at the Eight Immortals table at this time, staring at the two people who walked into the room, and there was not much expression on his dark face.

Hu Dadao and Feng Jian took a few steps forward and knelt down: "I've seen the Great Commander." Feng Jian followed and said: "The villain Feng Jian is the Great Commander!" ”

After the two met and gave a salute, Xu Mabang slowly spoke: "Lao Hu, don't be polite to the two of you, get up!" This young man is Feng Jian, not bad! ”

Without waiting for Feng Jian to answer, Xu Mabang's eyes turned to Hu Dadao again: "This time, he led the villagers under the mountain up the mountain, and was raided by the thieves of the grinding cone mountain, resulting in many casualties. Look at the blood stains on your body, are you also injured, it doesn't matter, right? ”

Hu Dadao hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter, the skin of the subordinates is rough and thick, and a little skin and flesh injury will recover soon." Hehe, this time he was able to bring more than 400 villagers back to the cottage, thanks to the Feng Jian brothers, he led the grinding cone tiger to fight with it, took the opportunity to shoot the grinding cone tiger with a hidden weapon, and used the treatment of the grinding cone tiger as a threat, so that more than 400 old and young people got out of danger and arrived at Huluyan, the first credit this time should be the Feng Jian brothers. ”

"Oh, that's what happened." Xu Ma Gang's dark and gloomy face was a little more curious, he turned his face to look at Feng Jian carefully, and saw that although Feng Jian's face was young, he was very calm, and in the face of his somewhat oppressive gaze, there was no cramped and shy of an ordinary peasant boy.

Xu Mabang suddenly had a little affection for this young man who dared to look directly at him, and he said in a direct tone: "Not bad! Boy, your name is Feng Jian, right, tell me that you are from there. ”

Feng Jian hurriedly bowed down, and said in a voice that was not in a hurry: "Back to the Great Commander, the villain Feng Jian is a member of the Guanxi Zhuang clan thirty miles southwest of Pingdu City, and he and his mother defected to Huluyan. ”

Xu Mabang nodded and said: "Guanxi Zhuang is a big Zhuangzi, this great commander used a wheelbarrow to push the dung water in the Zhuangzi when he was young, how many people did you Zhuangzi go up the mountain this time?" ”

Feng Jian replied with a deep groan: "There are more than twenty people, the villain doesn't know the specific number." ”

Xu Mabang nodded and said, "Tell me about your battle with the grinding cone tiger." ”

Feng Jian swallowed, thinking about the battle that had taken place in the valley in his mind, and described the battlefield to the Xu Ma Gang in detail.

Xu Mabang heard that from now on, the grinding cone tiger was likely to be bedridden, and even died, and the dark and heavy face at the bottom of the pot finally had color.

He laughed: "Okay, good, the grinding cone tiger has fallen, and the grinding cone mountain will have no leader, this is a good opportunity for my gourd rock, well, this time is indeed Feng Jian's first achievement." As he spoke, he glanced at Feng Jian approvingly.

Immediately turned his gaze to Hu Dadao again, and said: "Old Hu, you not only brought back a lot of people this time, but also found a heroic boy like Feng Jian for me in Huluyan, which has a huge credit. ”

After a little thought, Hu Dadao understood that Commander Xu was going to turn Feng Jian's newly settled people into a new outpost, his own outpost, and hand it over to his own jurisdiction together with his original subordinate Wu outpost, so that he would be on an equal footing with the other four leaders of the cottage. Hurriedly knelt down and saluted, thanking the Grand Commander for his promotion.

Xu Mabang waved his hand to let Hu Dadao not be polite, his eyes turned to Feng Jian again, and said, "Feng Jian, are you willing to join my Huluyan?" ”

Feng Jian was a little apprehensive in his heart, and hurriedly said, "The villain is willing." ”

Xu Mabang said directly: "Okay, since you are willing to join Huluyan, then it is easy to say, the commander of this country has decided to organize your group of more than 400 Zhuanghu people into a new outpost of Huluyan - Jisen, and you Feng Jian will serve as the small banner of Jishan." ”

Feng Jian rolled his eyelids, his brows furrowed like bitter melons, this is too! What is this gourd rock doing, it is a small flag and a leader, just like the furnishings of this house.

According to the military system of the Ming Dynasty, it is divided into military guards and military battalions, and the official positions of military guards are small flags, general flags, 100 households, 1000 households, guard commanders, and all commanders. The official positions of the battalion are chief, captain, sentry officer, general general, thousand general, garrison, capital division, guerrilla, staff general, deputy general soldier, general soldier, etc.

The Huluyan commander in front of him obviously confused the two military systems of the Ming army, even if they were mixed, it didn't matter, the barracks sentry officer was only right for the hundred households in the guard, but this one insisted on calling the sentry a small flag, which made people laugh and cry.

I was also so lucky, I was entrusted with a heavy task as soon as I went up the mountain!

Feng Jian thought about it, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to thank Xu Ma Gang for his promotion, and kept slandering in his heart, it seems that being a farmer must also be educated!

Xu Ma Bang and Hu Dadao glanced at each other, and laughed almost at the same time.

Xu Mabang first stopped and smiled, and helped Feng Jian with his hand: "It turns out that your kid's face will also change color, don't you think these settings of the cottage are nondescript." ”

Seeing Feng Jian scratching his head with a red face, he continued: "Our Zhuanghu people don't have the rules of the government, and they act according to their surnames. ”

Then he said to Hu Dadao: "Old Hu, you can explain to Feng Jian in detail later, and in addition, you will place your own post next to the Wu post, the two posts are next to each other, and you can take care of them if you have something, and help them build a residence first." ”

Hu Dadao said: "Don't worry, the commander, his subordinates will do their best to arrange." ”

Xu Mabang nodded, and said to Feng Jian: "This commander is a refreshing person, and he also likes to deal with refreshing people, everyone used to be a villager, and they settled in the cottage when they were desperate, and the rules outside the mountain are not all suitable for us, so Huluyan has formulated its own rules, and all those who join in must abide by the rules here." This is the gourd rock of our thousands of villagers, because it is not under the jurisdiction of the government, and it will not be exploited and bullied by the gentry, the commander hopes that your newly settled people will adapt to the life on the mountain as soon as possible, and dissolve into the whole gourd rock as soon as possible! ”

The meaning of Xu Mabang's words is very clear, the rules of this gourd rock are the rules of his great commander, and he establishes rules that others must follow and adapt.

Feng Jian hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Thank you for the great commander's point and love!" The villain must follow the rules of Huluyan and lead his whistle to completely integrate into the Huluyan group, but ......"

Xu Mabang saw that Feng Jian looked respectful and spoke appropriately, and knew that he was a person who understood the rules, so he looked at Feng Jian more and more kindly. "Well, the Great Commander just said that he is willing to associate with the refreshing people, what do you have to say?"

Feng Jian said to Xu Ma Gang: "It's just that the villain has just arrived on the mountain, and he is not familiar with everything, and he has been promoted by the great commander to his own small flag, and many of the rules of the cottage are not understood. ”

Xu Mabang laughed, looked at Feng Jian with kind eyes, and said: "What is this called, you kid has a lot of thoughts, don't worry, if there is anything that can't be solved on the mountain in the future, you can come directly to the commander of this country, or you can ask Leader Hu for help." In short, there is a big boss to support you, haha! ”

"Ah, that's great! Thank you Commander, thank you Leader Hu, your subordinates will definitely follow the rules of our cottage, obey the orders of the Commander and Leader Hu, and lead your own post to integrate into Huluyan as soon as possible. "Feng Jian made a sound of horses.

Xu Mabang nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, this great commander will see your performance in the future." ”

He said to Hu Dadao again: "Old Hu, lead Feng Jian to settle down first, clean up your own injuries seriously, and at night, the general of this will pick up the wind for you in the Cuifeng Pavilion on the top of the mountain." ”