The appearance of Yang Tianshou made half of the stone in Hu Shibiao's heart finally fall, on a cold day, his underwear was already soaked, the cold wind swept by, and the spirit shivered. If Ximen Xiao Ye really got on the bar with the magistrate, he would be difficult to behave.

Seeing Yang Tianshou ask Sun Dezhang, Hu Shibiao hurriedly stepped forward and haha, "Mr. Yang, Sun Zhenfu, it's really cold outside, let's sit inside and talk, if you have something to say, let's talk slowly,"

Since his father-in-law came, Xiao Yezi would not block the hospital door and not let him in, so he stepped forward and let Yang Tianshou into the hall, and then he went in; Sun Dezhang and Hu Shibiao in the back, he was not interested in taking a look.

"You, look, look, a hundred households dare to put on a face for the magistrate, it's really a bun, there is no charter," Sun Dezhang spat out thick phlegm resentfully, and shook his chin at Hu Shibiao, "Let's go, let's go in, this is already the property of a thousand households,"

The two of them went in, but Xiao Ye's personal guards, who were standing on both sides of the courtyard gate, blocked the people behind in an uproar, pulled out the pistol on his waist, and rushed forward with the muzzle of the gun, "Outsiders are not allowed to enter, retreat, retreat,"

Compared with the guards who had fought against the Tartars, where did the sergeants brought by Sun Dezhang have the momentum of Xiao killing, not to mention, they also found that the fire/guns on the fortress wall seemed to be pointed at their heads, so let's be honest.

I didn't put their fire/guns down, but I already gave enough face, I know.

Under the coercion of the guards, more than a dozen sergeants held the fire/gun in their arms, gathered together from a distance, looked at Xiao Ye's courtyard of the hundred households, and did not dare to warn Sun Dezhang loudly.

After the stone battlements of the fort wall, Xiao Liuzi stood in the corner, looked at the movement below, and asked the guards next to him softly, "Knife, how much time can you use to kill them?" ”

The short and stout young man who was a head lower than him, looked at the dozen or so sergeants, slapped the two pistols on his waist, and laughed in a low voice, "Six sons, twelve people don't need three breaths, and the remaining two can only use flying knives, and they shouldn't be more than ten breaths,"

"Well, then you keep an eye on it, and when it starts, I'll give you a supplementary gun," Xiao Liuzi held the rifle wrapped in white burlap in his arms, and obvious evil flashed in his eyes, "Guys who dare to reach out to Baihu should be damned,"

"Hehe," the knife was a little wooden in his words, but he smiled lowly, raised his eyebrows, threw off the cotton sleeves, pressed his hands on the handle of the gun, narrowed his eyes into a line, let the cold wind swish next to his ears, stunned in a figure-eight step, and stood by the stone stack and stopped moving.

The distance from him to the sergeants below was only sixty or seventy paces, and with his marksmanship, it was a matter of hand to kill these fellows who had no will to fight.

In the hall of the hundred households, Xiao Ye sat on the chair, looked at Sun Dezhang on the right, and then looked at Yang Tianshou who was sitting at the other end of the table, his head couldn't help but rise, this matter, in his opinion, there is no room for maneuver, but his father-in-law seems to be in good spirits, for the time being, then it is up to him to say.

"The Shiguantun Hundred Households were built by the Ximen Hundred Households with the military households, one stone at a time, and the Thousand Households took it with a piece of land deed?"

"Shiguantun is under the jurisdiction of the Thousand Households of the Gravel Fort, how can it be a borderless land, not to mention that the money and grain will definitely be replenished next year, and the hundred households in Ximen will not lose much," Sun Dezhang does not know when it will be next year.

"Buy two stone castles on credit, you Sun Dezhang can go to other places to try, but as long as there is such an example, my old Yang family has nothing to say,"

Sun Dezhang sat leisurely on the chair on the left-hand side, fighting with Yang Tianshou from afar, and the evil fire in Xiao Ye's stomach gradually became vigorous again; I hadn't seen shameless before, but now it's an eye-opener.

Xin Weilin and Wang Ziliang, who were sitting on the right-hand side, also had different expressions in the face of such a strange Sun Zhenfu official; Although Xin Weilin hated the sudden appearance of the title deed, he still kept the respect for the official family.

Wang Ziliang is different, he is similar to Xiao Liuzi, he can't see this kind of arrogant guy, a paper fan is knocked unhurriedly in the palm of his hand, but his eyes are cold.

Yang Tianshou, who was flushed by Sun Dezhang's anger, finally became angry, and the chess piece in his hand slapped on the table, and at the same time, with a heavy sound, Sun Dezhang was dumbfounded. Xiao Ye suddenly stood up, and pressed his big hand on the handle of the gun on his waist.

"You, what do you want to do?" As if he had been pricked in the buttocks, Sun Dezhang suddenly jumped up, pointed at Xiao Ye and shouted, "Do you want to do that illegal thing?" ”

Yang Tianshou, who came back to his senses, saw the shiny revolver / gun on his son-in-law's waist, sighed in his heart, and then stopped speaking, he had tried his best, but he met a master who was dazzled by silver, and he didn't forgive, this cold winter, I want to force people to death.

"Sun Dezhang," Xiao Ye snorted, his face darkened, "Give face to you Sun Zhenfu, don't give face, aren't you just an old thing, don't be ashamed to give face,"

Xiao Ye, who was angry, was about to grab a pistol, when the corner of his eye suddenly floated to his father-in-law's face, a trace of disappointment flashed, and he suddenly calmed down for half a minute, "Say, your bottom line, if you really can't talk about it, it's a big deal to break up,"

The fierce color in his eyes made Sun Dezhang really frightened, and then when he heard this, he thought about it carefully, and then put it back in his stomach. According to his understanding, Xiao Yetian was so bold that he didn't dare to lead the troops to mutiny, you know, if the matter is big, it is a big crime to copy the nine clans.

Of course, the hundreds of households that make trouble for military salaries are generally just making trouble, and as long as the food and salary are given, the vast majority of them will shrink their necks and continue to be military households.

"Okay, it's worthy of being a straightforward military man," he praised insincerely, Sun Dezhang slapped the title deed on the coffee table, "Shiguantun, Lao Yangkou, all the sergeants, hand over the fire/gun in their hands, and the thousands of households will be taken back at a discount,"

His words made the people in the hall suddenly gasp and look at this serious magistrate in disbelief.

"The fire/gun is quite powerful, it is easy to hurt people, for the sake of the military households' wealth and wealth, the command and envoy have to requisition and debug it, and there is no way to use the thousand households," Sun Dezhang had a straight face, and he looked very businesslike.

As for whether the Tartars will come after the beginning of spring, and how Shiguantun and Lao Yangkou will deal with it, that is not his business, and it has nothing to do with him.

"If Shiguantun pays 20 guns/guns every month, or 20 guns/guns in discounted silver, then this title deed can be brought back to the sales file," Finally, Sun Dezhang said the ultimate purpose of the trip, "To make new guns/guns, not old ones,"

It seems that the old fire/gun that Xiao Ye handed in and sold earlier was still discovered by someone with a heart.

"As for the projectile, if you can buy it in Fuguilou, you don't need to hand it over in Shiguantun," Sun Dezhang looked at Xiao Ye with confidence, "I don't know, did Ximen Baihu agree to this condition?" ”

Such an upright conspiracy, as long as Xiao Ye was reluctant to give up the stone castle worth tens of thousands of taels, he had to agree to this condition, of course, Hu Shibiao was the best supervisor.

I don't know how many people who can't find the source of the Persians' goods and are dazzled by the various goods in the rich building, Xiao Ye will encounter such a difficult situation sooner or later.

Twenty fires/guns, not twenty rifles, for Xiao Ye, is the amount of stone mill put into stone in a month, as long as you don't ask for projectiles, then it's not a big problem.

"Is this," just as Xiao Yeyi moved, Xin Weilin opened his mouth, "Sun Zhenfuguan, Xiaomin is a friend of Ximen Baihu in Xinsan Province, and he is also a military household who has settled down, I don't know if I can say a few words?" ”

Glancing at Xin Weilin, who was sitting in a wheelchair, Sun Dezhang did not hide the contempt in his eyes, such a comfortable feeling of fighting with the crowd has never been before, "Well, you can,"

When he came, Sun Zhenfu also saw the residual snow on the road, and the road was difficult to walk in winter, and it must be even worse on the grassland. If the delivery of goods to the grassland is delayed, isn't it a joke to hand over the goods in January? Xin Weilin, who was sitting quietly in a wheelchair, didn't care about Sun Dezhang's eyes, but just held the fingertips of the armrests, and began to turn white slightly.

"Besides, the selling price of fire/guns in Fuguilou, that is a minimum of fifty taels per piece, you will have to rely on a title deed, you will have to pay a thousand taels of silver per month, the abacus is good, Sun Zhenfu, the water flows for a long time,"

"This year is a fire/gun, I'm afraid the price will rise after the New Year, and then a pocket watch, a dozen silk coats, a hundred vanity mirrors, etc., the lion opens his mouth, Sun Zhen Fuguan, why don't you go to find Fuguilou, you want to come to this wilderness to find us bitter military households?"

"Ximen Baihu is just looking for a stutter for the big guys, you have to pull out a layer of skin, or scrape oil endlessly, it's really a good business, those military households in the mill are willing to do it, probably two hundred households don't know,"

The series of doubts not only made Xiao Ye and Yang Tianshou stunned, but even Wang Ziliang was secretly stunned, and his eyes became more and more unkind.

"This, this, this official is not so greedy, absolutely not," Sun Dezhang was stunned for a moment, patted his chest and assured, before leaving, Wang Chongli explained that there were not so many plans.

"Yes, Sun Zhenfu is a trustworthy person, but in the new year, another person will come," Xin Weilin's faint rhetorical question completely blocked Sun Dezhang's mouth.

"In this way, I gave the fire/gun this time, twenty guns, and in the future, Shiguantun and Lao Yangkou, two tunbao, each paid the money and tax of Xiatun every year, three hundred per family, a total of six hundred taels, and twelve fire/guns," Xiao Ye thought for a while, and said, "There are really no more, if Sun Zhenfu is aggressive, it's okay, these six hundred taels will be lost,"

"Shiguantun and Laoyangkou two tunbao, thousands of households want to collect the deed, yes, take the silver, the hundred households can hand over the stone fort, but no silver will be back, credit can not be, 20,000 taels can not be less,"

It's a big deal, dispatch all the people to carry the stone mill to the grassland, Xiao Ye was secretly ruthless in his heart.

"Naturally, you can also buy other goods in Fuguilou, which has nothing to do with the two tunzi, Hu Baihu, what do you say," Xiao Ye, who was full of pain on his face, said ruthlessly. Hu Shibiao naturally nodded in cooperation and agreed with Xiao Ye's proposal.

Twenty thousand taels? What a big tone, for Xiao Ye's offer, Sun Dezhang sneered in his heart, how can there be thousands of households to buy real estate from hundreds of households, it is like words.

Sun Dezhang was naturally reluctant to say his words, didn't he say it before, but he said it again, then he would run away in vain this time.

Seeing Sun Dezhang shaking his head with a dark face, Xiao Ye was ruthless, gritted his teeth and said, "Two tunzi, a total of 1,000 taels of taxes and silver a year, more, hum, it's a big deal that we will move back to Laoyangkou Jiutun, which one is willing to stay here, give it to him, there is not a single fire/gun, "What saves his life, he never wants to hand it over again."

Looking at Xiao Ye's appearance, Sun Dezhang knew that this was probably the bottom line, although it was not far from Wang Chongli's estimate, it could also be different. 1,000 taels of silver a year, beating rabbits with grass, and relying on the annual tax of two high-grade tunzi, it is so much to say that the sky is broken.

Two tunzi without half a bit of land can pay a thousand taels of silver tax, which is also a bonus for thousands of households, half of which is handed over to the guard, and there are five hundred taels in the gravel fort.

The two tunbao levied taxes on the military households, which angered the people, not to mention, in order to make up enough for the thousand taels of silver tax, all the military households had to work, and the lack of labor in the two workshop districts should be solved; And Xiao Ye's licking of blood on the grassland can also get a piece of the pie.

Wang Qianhu's clever plan to kill three birds with one stone is really powerful.

Seeing that Hu Shibiao, who was silent on the side, also nodded, obviously agreeing with Xiao Ye's statement, Sun Dezhang laughed, completely forgetting that this hundred households should be in charge of Hu Shibiao's business, "Okay, write down the calligraphy and painting, and the official can go back to pay the order,"

The triumphant Sun Dezhang received a silver tax of five hundred taels each for this year and next year from Xiao Ye and Hu Shibiao, as well as twenty brand-new rear-loading guns, and returned to the Gravel Fort with his men on the same day.

Before leaving, Sun Dezhang approached Hu Shibiao and said in a low voice, "Hu Baihu, you have to take care of this injury, hehe,"

A trace of worry flashed in Hu Shibiao's single eye, and he answered vaguely, and put the injured hand wrapped in a coarse cloth into the big curtain without a trace.

The men of Gravel Castle descended the stone mountain, stepped on the remnants of snow on the ground and turned due north. Compared with the blizzard on the grassland, the heavy snow falling here is not thick, and it is still possible to walk in a carriage for more than ten days.

Standing outside the tunzi, Xiao Ye looked straight at the people and horses who went down the mountain, his face sinking like water.

Xiao Liuzi and Wang Ziliang were both looking at Xiao Ye, looking at his right hand hidden behind him; As long as Xiao Ye made a gesture, the thief-eyed calmer would not be able to walk through the old sheep's mouth at all.

However, the expressionless Baihu was just at the gate of the fort, stunned to watch Sun Dezhang who took the silver money and left go down the mountain, and then returned to the Baihu Office.

If he doesn't say anything, the people below can't move, some people are extremely disappointed, but Yang Tianshou stroked his beard, lowered his head and strolled back to the private school; In the hall, Xin Lilin looked at the stone house opposite the small courtyard and thought thoughtfully.

Back at the Baihu Office, Xiao Ye sat on the chair, slowly picked up the teacup, drank the herbal tea, let out a long breath of turbidity, and sighed lightly.

Raising his eyes and looking at Xin Weilin fixedly for a while, Xiao Ye pulled out the pistol on his waist, took a piece of coarse cloth, withdrew the projectile, wiped the gun carefully, and swept the scholar from time to time with the corner of his eye.

His meaning is obvious, you, a scholar, have been here for a long time, and it's just a matter of occasionally beating the side drum, and now it's a big deal, and you don't have an idea, but you can't say it, you can't watch Ben Baihu lead the troops to mutiny.

If you are in a hurry, Xiao Ye will not let herself be too aggrieved, it is a big deal to go out of the grassland with a bad reputation, everyone will scatter in two, just look at the winter on the grassland, can you stay alive as a scholar.

Xin Weilin smiled bitterly and shook his head, during this period of contact, he probably understood Xiao Ye's temperament, this young and vigorous Baihu, diligent in military training, not good at pleasure, but also like ordinary young people, easy to be impulsive, it is difficult to calm down in urgent matters, and he really has to knock on the side from time to time, so as not to go wrong.

The prerequisite is that the eating appearance of the gravel fort is not too ugly. However, in the near future, there will definitely be Gansu Town and other people, and if they take a few more bites, if the loss of interests is too large, I am afraid that the hundred households in Ximen will not retreat.

"Brother Shidao, you should still plant the flag," after thinking about it, Xin Lilin hesitated again and again, and decided to help Xiao Ye, knocked on the armrest of the wheelchair for a long time, and then spat out.

"Planting a flag? Which flag? Xiao Ye looked at Xin Lilin blankly, he was expecting him to come up with a good idea so that he could keep the two stone forts in Shiguantun, but he really didn't understand the word sudden planting of flags.

"Hehe, this Shiguantun has been remembered, if you can't move it out, what's the matter if you hand it over, you still take your family members to Lao Yangkou, that's where you should stay, the real estate of Lao Yangkou Stone Fort, thousands of households will not let it go,"

"Here, there are Hu Baihu and Wang Si to take care of it, there will be no big problems, Lao Yangkou is there, I will go too,"

"Real estate is a small matter, your position is very important, if there is really that day, what does it matter to give it to them," Xin Weilin's slightly regretful persuasion could only make Xiao Ye smile bitterly and shake his head.

What Xiao Ye did before, Xin Weilin can see that Xiao Ye's young temperament, under the ambition of a small person, he can't help but act extremely, judging from his killing of Zhuchuan Mountain, he is extremely protective of his shortcomings, but it is also a big weakness.

At present, Shangguan pits subordinates, that is a matter of course, and it is where the official authority lies, but the subordinate officials resist their superiors, which is a big rebellion, and the difference between people and people lies in the robes and clothes under the buttocks.

Xin Weilin's eyes were vicious, he could see that Xiao Ye hated Shangguan on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was very vaguely eager to go further, so he did not hesitate to take the sergeant and dare to meet with the Tartar swords and guns, this kind of bloody officer is already very good, at least he can cherish his military households, and can give them the opportunity to be fed and clothed.

This kind of officer with hidden ambitions is the most dangerous variable.

Now, Xiao Ye, who has hundreds of sergeants under his command, is full of external worries and internal troubles, and if he is not careful, I am afraid that the two military households of Tunzi will have to accompany him to die, either at the hands of the Tartars, or by the officials of the Thousand Households and the Command Division.

The fire at the head of the city affected the fish pond, and for himself and the people of Lijia Village, Xin Weilin had to help Xiao Ye get through the difficulties in front of him.

"Whether it is Shiguantun or Lao Yangkou, where the Daming region is located, it is reasonable for the official family to take it," Seeing the resentment on Xiao Ye's face, Xin Weilin smiled, "Without strength, there is no reason to stand and speak, he Sun Dezhang is just a hungry dog, and the hungry wolf and tiger have not yet arrived,"

"Madao Stone Fort, as well as the Eagle Claw Fort, are within the Tartar forces, as long as they can stand their ground, they can use the name of the Galen tribe to make those people have nothing to say," Xin Weilin's words immediately made Xiao Ye's eyes light up.

That's what he's afraid of, after all, the paper can't contain the fire, and sooner or later the news will leak, and Xin Weilin's trick can be regarded as having the effect of cutting through the mess with a quick knife. Xiao Ye, who was quick-witted, knew what to do.

"Little Liuzi, come in," rushed outside, Xiao Ye shouted angrily, and Xiao Liuzi, who was circling in the yard, hurriedly trotted into the hall.

"Baihu, are you going to chase that old thing?" As soon as he entered the door, Xiao Liuzi's eyes widened, and he waited for Xiao Ye to speak.

"Chase a fart," Xiao Ye's face sank, "That Galen tribe, what is their banner?" ”

"Oh, the Galen tribe, their flag is a triangular black flag, with a white wolf head on it, a barbarian on the grassland, a wolf and an eagle who worship, Huang Hanxiang has already been burned by Huang Hanxiang," scratching his forehead, Xiao Liuzi replied puzzled.

"That's okay, you go to Uncle Wang, ask him to find a mother-in-law with tailoring skills, hurry up to make a few triangular black flags, paint the wolf's head with white cloth, and send someone to send it to Wang Meng, and plant the flag on the Madao Stone Fort first," Xiao Ye waved his hand neatly, "Go and do it immediately,"

"Let Wang Meng send someone to inform Huang Hanxiang that the black flag of the Galen tribe should still be fought,"

"Ah, yes," Xiao Liuzi was stunned when he heard this, and when he saw Xiao Ye's eyes widening, he hurriedly crossed his hands and saluted, retreated, and turned around to find Wang Dali.

"Hehe, you still have a way to do it, no wonder your two elder brothers praise you for being a ghost," Xiao Ye, who was slightly happier in his heart, got up and took the teapot wrapped in a cotton sleeve, poured hot tea for the scholar, and poured it for himself before sitting down.

"Brother, I don't read much, I was pitted by thousands of households, this time I recognized it, isn't it two, ah, plus Lao Yangkou Tunbao, it is three stone forts, if you lose it, you will lose it, you can't complain about others, blame yourself for not thinking it through," Xiao Ye's cheerful and peaceful attitude made Xin Weilin bow his head lightly, with a smile on his face.

Scholars, who are not the ones who pursue the glory of the face, or even look down on money, but the scholars who cherish the dignity of the face, nine and a half out of ten, this is the scholar of the Ming Dynasty, and pride has seeped into the bones.

It's like the so-called scholars of later generations, like the cocoons on their faces and heels, they can't wait to rub and throw them away every day, and then step on a few feet and scream excitedly.

lowered his figure, Xiao Ye was afraid that the scholar would say that half of it was hidden and half of it, so he couldn't do anything about it.

"The stone fort with the black flag of the Galen tribe, if you want to command the envoy, you don't dare to make up your mind easily, let alone a gravel fort," sipping tea, Xin Lilin looked at Xiao Ye, who was listening attentively, and couldn't help but say a few more words.

"Within the border army, the strength is the most, but the violation is related to reputation and even life and death, you must be cautious on the stone road, and the number of flag sergeants must not exceed the limit,"

"But those sergeants, you can play them to become the acting flag officer, the servants can be trained to become the sergeants, practice more, if there is an urgency, a sergeant can lead a team of soldiers to resist the Tartar invasion to protect themselves," to put it mildly, Xin Weilin just provided Xiao Ye with an obscure method.

Xin Weilin, who had never worried about firewood, rice, oil and salt, didn't know at all that the cost of Xiao Ye's flag team was the amount of shooting of the projectile ten rounds per person a day, plus the cost of food and clothing, and the other 100 households, so it would have been stopped a long time ago.

However, Xiao Ye suddenly opened up, his mouth opened as soon as he started, and he was not afraid to spend more money, but he was afraid that he would be attacked from both sides in the future, and he would not even be able to run away.

This flag officer system, he was originally secretly in the pro-guards, and the pro-guards pulled out one, and they could top the last flag officer, and most of them were still used in Bailong Lake secretly, but I didn't expect that it was taken out by Xinweilin and sorted out, and the power was not ordinarily powerful.

Two hundred households, more than 240 sergeants, not to mention all trained as acting flag officers, as long as there are half of the qualified acting flag officers, plus the number of servants is not limited, as long as Xiao Ye is willing to take out silver money and food, willing to consume fire/gun projectiles, it will not take a year, and the strength of a thousand households can be called at any time.

Of course, this can be used against the Tartars, if they blow up the thorns and run to the grassland, whether those servants are willing to follow, what their families will do, Xiao Ye is not sure.

If among these acting flag officials, there can be a percent of the acting general flag, hehe, Xiao Ye's eyes narrowed into a line, damn Tartar, Lao Tzu is going to the grassland to find your bad luck.

Of course, he can only enjoy these things in his heart first.

The system of acting flag officers, coupled with the monthly flag team competition of the hundred households, Xiao Ye is confident that he can pick out enough capable flag officers, raise their salaries, and set up a few hundred people.

Drawing on those two books to exercise, the attack power of the fire/gun team can exert an unexpected shock.

It was only at this time that Xiao Ye really realized why this scholar with disabled legs was called a ghost.