Zhu Yuanzhang led the troops back to the village, only to see that the desperate San Lang had been waiting in front of the mountain gate early, and when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang coming back, he was a little happy, and he rushed up with an arrow step: "Brother Zhu, can you come back...... As soon as it rained, I began to look forward to your return, and fortunately you came back so quickly. ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly asked, "What is the situation in the village?" ”

Desperate Saburo replied: "When the rain first came, the villagers were very emotionally fluctuating, especially the villagers who had not been on the mountain for a long time, they gathered together to kowtow to the sky, and I didn't know what they were talking about, I felt that the situation was different, so I quickly closed the main village with my henchmen, and then ordered everyone to stay in the cave and not go out, so that the soldiers sealed the entire village tightly. ”

"What about the recruits?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"The recruits are also quite hesitant, and they don't seem to be able to make up their minds." Desperately Saburo sank his face, I asked all the recruits to stop training, and asked them to return their weapons to Li Chujiu to take back the warehouse, they had not held a knife or gun for several days.

"Good!" Zhu Yuanzhang felt relieved: "How many people are clamoring to go down the mountain?" ”

"It's quite a lot, at least there are thousands of ......" Desperate Saburo's brows were tightly wrinkled together: "All of them have just come up the mountain, and none of our old brothers said they wanted to leave, especially the first two groups of villagers who followed us into Huanglong Mountain, none of them said they wanted to leave, and it was they who calmed down the emotions in the crowd that did not cause a relatively large chaos." ”

"Good!" Zhu Yuanzhang's face finally showed a smile, after several years of hard work, the first group of villagers who followed them into the mountain have now become his most staunch supporters, it is no exaggeration to say that if Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor in this mountain, these people will also follow him to become the first batch of people in the new country, and will not be willing to return to the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.

Such a change is by no means a fluke, but Zhu Yuanzhang's solidity, step by step, supporting them step by step, after surviving this drought year, they gave the best reward.

As for the new ones who want to leave, that's normal, because they've been here for too short a time and don't understand how much benefit they can get in this cottage. Although there are not many materials here, there are no bright lights, but everyone here can live with a straight back, which is not something that can be seen in just a few days.

Desperate Saburo continued: "I didn't dare to let those who want to go down the mountain go without permission, they are all gathered in the cave now, waiting for you to come back and get an idea." ”

At this point, Desperate Saburo's consciousness is obviously not as good as Xu Renjie, Xu Renjie generously let the soldiers who wanted to go, while Desperate Saburo was stingy and detained all the people who wanted to go. This is determined by the background and knowledge of the two, desperately Saburo was born recklessly, and he doesn't know two big characters, although he learned some simple words with Zhang Yingxian, but it is still not atmospheric enough. Xu Renjie is a big businessman, he has read many books, and he has seen big scenes, and the Xu family waved his hand to post thousands of taels of silver...... Different levels of the spirit have different ways of handling things, and this cannot be forced.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Let them go!" ”

He took a group of dignified-looking leaders back to the hall of the cottage and instructed: "Li Chujiu, you use the fastest speed to recount the population for me, after this rain, how many people can be left in our village, I want to report it accurately to a single digit." ”

"Yes!"

"Desperate Saburo, you are responsible for the defense and vigilance of the cottage, if the villagers are a little muttering, it's fine, but if the soldiers are emotionally unstable, report it immediately!"

"Yes!"

"Poodle, you go and talk to the villagers and soldiers, ask them what they think of this rain, and try to convey to me what they think."

"Yes!"

"Wang Er, you ...... Well...... Forget it......"

"Huh? Brother Zhu, why don't you have anything to do with me? Wang Er shouted.

"At this moment, your brute force can't be used, give me martial arts!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.

Wang Er: "......"

"Xu Renjie......" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Your burden is the heaviest!" ”

"I knew ......" Xu Renjie smiled bitterly: "Are you responsible for finding out the outside intelligence?" ”

"That's right!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded at him and expressed his approval: "You guessed the task I want to give you, tell me, what do you think!" ”

Xu Renjie coughed and said seriously: "Our cottage, after years of construction, the villagers live and work here in peace and contentment, such a happy life, their emotions will actually be unstable, so...... The gods of the West Road Righteous Army, and Wang Jiayin of the East Road Righteous Army, the military spirit is even more unstable, their situation must be worse than ours, assuming that 2,000 of the 10,000 people in our cottage will go down the mountain. Then 3,000 to 5,000 of their 10,000 people will leave......"

The leaders who were listening next to him suddenly realized, and Wang Er shouted, "You mean that the rebel army will be in big trouble?" ”

"That's right!" Xu Renjie saw the admiring eyes of the leaders, and felt that he was a little fluttering, he really didn't learn in vain recently, since he studied with Zhu Bugs, this vision is really getting higher and higher, from the rain in the sky, you can calculate that the cottage army is unstable, and then from the instability of your own military heart to calculate that there will be problems with the righteous army in the world...... The higher you stand, the farther you can see.

Xu Renjie was anxious to perform, shook his head and said: "Our cottage can maintain the current state of peace when the military is unstable, it is caused by the convergence of many conditions, first of all, Zhu Bugs is well-managed, and then all the leaders are real heroes, and there is no one who is a bad seed...... In a word, the hearts of the people in our village are relatively united. But the Shen Yi Kui Department and the Wang Jiayin Department ...... It's not so much of a heart, if the two of them don't take precautions, they're just afraid...... Death is at hand. ”

"Isn't it, so serious?" Wang Er muttered.

"Of course, it's serious." Xu Renjie snorted: "I'll give you an example, if our cottage didn't get the weapons of the recruits at the first time, and there was no emergency martial law, these recruits took up their weapons, took advantage of the middle of the night to kill into your cave, cut off your head and go to the government to surrender, how many spears can you beat alone?" ”

"This ......" Wang Er was sweating profusely.

Xu Renjie saw that Wang Er was deflated, his face was full of color, he turned his head and asked Zhu Yuanzhang, "Brother Zhu, am I right?" ”

"Good, but I'll give you one more point!" Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his voice and said: "Your eyes are all on you, but you have forgotten that we still have a huge enemy, that is, the imperial court...... This rain falls, do you think that there is no wise person in the court who will calculate? ”

"Huh? What will the imperial court do at such a time? The crowd hurriedly asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "The outside is persecuted by the army, and the inside is annihilated, and then the emperor's holy decree is used to recruit peace...... Under the three controls, all the righteous armies in the world will collapse! ”

As soon as he said this, all the leaders were shocked.

That's right, when the rebel army was unstable internally, the soldiers of the imperial court were first pressed outside, so that the peasant army felt extremely pressured. At this time, you can buy the emotionally unstable guys in the rebel army as an internal response, so that they can make trouble within the rebel army. Finally, the Great Killing Weapon is sacrificed, that is, the Holy Decree.

At this time, although the people hated the court for being unkind, what they hated were corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the emperor was good, but he was deceived by the ministers. And there is an old Chinese saying "Jun has no jokes", although this sentence is actually bullshit, but in the hearts of the people, it is 10% believed. Therefore, as soon as the holy decree comes out, it is said that the imperial court is willing to recruit the righteous army...... There is no one who does not believe that! This is completely different from Yang Xing's use of "heart-attacking tactics" to deal with cottages.

What Yang Hong said, everyone will not believe it. But if Yang Hong holds the holy decree, then no one will not believe it. Even if someone leads them into a dead end with a holy decree with one hand, and with a wave of a big knife in the other hand, the head falls to the ground, and the dead person will think that the emperor really wants to appease him a moment before he dies, but the annihilator is mischievous in the middle......

Zhu Yuanzhang said these three moves, and the leaders naturally had to sweat.

Xu Renjie wiped his sweat and said: "Brother Zhu, fortunately, you are not an official in charge of suppressing bandits in the imperial court, otherwise we will all be finished!" ”

Wang Er also nodded: "I hope the court will not use these three tricks...... If we really want to use it, we may not be able to parry! ”

"Don't think so stupidly about the imperial court!" Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly: "There are countless capable people in the court, they will definitely think of these three tricks, Xu Renjie, I will let you inquire about the news, there are three key directions, you must send someone to inquire clearly, clearly." ”

"Please!" Xu Renjie hurriedly said.

"First, the movement of the West Road God Yi Kui Army. Second, the movements of Wang Jiayin's army on the East Road. Third...... This one is the most important. When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he frowned and said: "Make more money, and think of buying a document or master book in the officialdom of Xi'an Mansion...... Let's know the movements of the imperial court! ”

Xu Renjie nodded: "The first two are easy to do, my branches of Xujia Rice Bank are everywhere, and it is easy to find out the news of the two rebels." The third item is a little more troublesome, but as long as you spend a little more money, you should be able to get it done. ”

"Li Chujiu, you transfer silver from the treasury of the cottage to Xu Renjie to use!" Zhu Yuanzhang commanded.

"This ...... No, I can just use my own money. Xu Renjie said with a smile.

"No, to find out information for the cottage is the official business of the cottage, public funds are used for official affairs, and private funds are used for private affairs, which must not be confused." Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "If the rules are messed up, in the future, it will be enough to use private funds for official affairs, and public funds will be used for private affairs...... Hey! If this trend spreads, it will harm future generations! ”