Chapter 151: Take Control of the Place
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It was getting late, and the charcoal fire was burning brighter in the wooden house. Zhou Shuban, Gong Cao, and they all had their hands tied, and then stood beside Li Chongjiu with their heads down.
The man named Su Dingfang bowed three times to the patriarch Zhao and his nephew and elders, and the patriarch Zhao was subjected to this and returned the bow. Dou Xianniang said intentionally on the side: "My brother is brave and brave in the three armies, and he is extremely courageous, and whenever he fights in the official army, he must be the first to enter the battle." ”
Patriarch Zhao pinched his beard and smiled: "It's really Zhao Wuyang." ”
The man surnamed Gao, seeing this, smiled happily: "You two don't want to put gold on my face. Speaking of this, the man surnamed Gao turned his head and said to Li Chongjiu: "Brother Zhao, how about slaughtering them first, breaking their livers and digging out their stomachs, and then drinking with you to catch up with the old days?" ”
Listening to the plain tone of the man surnamed Gao, the secretary, Gong Cao and the others all trembled. Gong Cao preemptively said: "Don't kill me, I am the Xicao of this county, if you kill me, you will be in big trouble." ”
All the big men in the room looked at each other, then looked up at each other and laughed. The man surnamed Gao said lightly: "Gao killed corrupt officials in Gaojibo, not eighty but also one hundred, what is a mere Xicao, Lao Tzu still thinks your official position is too low." ”
"Dead, dead." Everyone screamed, and many people secretly looked at Li Chongjiu, hoping that he could have some way to turn defeat into victory.
"Slow down, Uncle Gao," Dou Xianniang looked at Li Chongjiu, and pulled out a horizontal knife to say, "This little guy just took advantage of my unpreparedness and captured me, and I will definitely kill this person first." ”
Li Chongjiu's eyes narrowed, and he said in his heart that the other party didn't eat a trench and grew wise, he was not his opponent, and he came to die, so he took the opportunity to capture her alive, and then rushed out of the door. Li Chongjiu broke out of the encirclement by himself, but he was a few sures, but if he took a book with him, it would not be easy for Gongcao to be such a burden.
"Line girl, you are not this person's opponent." Just as Dou Xianniang looked eager to try, the man surnamed Gao stepped forward to stop Dou Xianniang behind him.
Dou Xianniang couldn't help but say: "Uncle Gao, how can you grow up with other people's ambition to destroy your own prestige, the other party is just a little guy." ”
"Little guy? The informant came out to walk, and the trick should be brighter," the man surnamed Gao smiled slightly when he heard this.
"Why?" Dou Xianniang was not convinced at the moment.
The man surnamed Gao glanced at Li Chongjiu and said with a smile: "You have forgotten what Uncle Gao did before the incident. Speaking of this, he paused and pointed to Li Chongjiu and said: "When he entered the house, these people all gathered around this kid, this is normal for accomplices, but they all keep a distance of three feet from this person, why do you say this?" ”
Li Chongjiu's heart was suddenly shocked, and he said in his heart that this man with a high surname really had a powerful look in his eyes.
"Why?" Dou Xianniang asked puzzled.
"It shows that this person has a very high status and is different, otherwise everyone will not keep a distance from him, you see the man who calls himself Gong Cao, although everyone also respects him, but compared to this person, it is much inferior, indicating that this person's position is still above Gong Cao."
Speaking of this, everyone suddenly realized, and the people in the room pressed the knife together. Dou Xianniang was even more annoyed and said angrily: "Okay, you are pretending to be stupid and deceiving me so hard." ”
The man surnamed Gao hugged his fist to Li Chongjiu and said, "Under Gao Yaxian, he is the life and death brother of the Dou family, I don't know what to call this person?" ”
It turned out to be this person, no wonder it was Su Dingfang's father-in-law, Li Chongjiu heard that this person was Dou Jiande's fellow villager, and when Sun Anzu got into trouble, he took refuge in Gaojibo. Gao Yaxian inquired, Li Chongjiu saw that there was a bow beside the other party, and asked, "Can you use this bow?" ”
Gao Yaxian was not surprised, and immediately threw the bow to Li Chongjiu. Li Chongjiu touched the bow and glanced at it, and said with a smile: "A good bow is a three-stone bow made by the imperial court." ”
After that, Li Chongjiu stretched his long arms, picked up the three-stone bow in his hand, and pulled the bow like a full moon in the posture of opening the bow and leading the arrow. Everyone in the room was shocked when they saw it, and they all took a step back, not knowing what Li Chongjiu was going to do. Li Chongjiu's arms pulled forward and backward, the bowstring of the bow arm rattled, and finally with a bang, the bowstring was overwhelmed and was pulled in two. Seeing the scene, everyone's faces changed, you must know that you can afford to open the three-stone bow, although you can be regarded as a warrior, but there is nothing surprising, you may break the three-stone bow entirely, I am afraid that there are few people in the world who can have this divine power.
And Li Chongjiu's remarks are quite like a show, but now that he is in the wolf's den, if he doesn't show his means and deter Xiaoxiao, he will really be in trouble after a while.
Gao Yaxian hugged his fists at the moment and said: "I heard that the champion Hou shot and injured Shibi Khan with a six-stone strong bow, Gao didn't believe it, but today he was convinced. When everyone present heard the name of the champion Hou, they all showed that it was really like this, and at the same time, they pressed the handle of the knife tightly in their hands, and they didn't dare to relax at all. Even when Su Dingfang saw the broken bow on the ground, he looked at Li Chongjiu with admiration.
After a while, the wind whistled outside, and a Zhaojiazhuang Ding ran into the house and said: "Patriarch, there are a lot of torches lit outside, and the officers and soldiers must be killing them at night." ”
Gao Yaxian and Dou Xianniang both glanced at each other, and for some reason they still leaked the news, but Li Chongjiu's Gong Cao and the two of them showed their colors together.
"Fight!" The heroes said so loudly together. Patriarch Zhao is face sank, his family business and children are all here, how to let go freely.
Li Chongjiu said: "Party Chief Zhao, if you are willing to pay the autumn grain, and Zhuang Ding is merged into Xiangyong, then what can I do today?" ”
At that moment, Li Chongjiu looked at Gao Yaxian again, and Dou Xianniang said: "In addition, Li has always admired Dou Dangjia, and he can't bear to be a thief. ”
Patriarch Zhao, Gao Yaxian, and Dou Xianniang exchanged glances. Dou Xianniang said immediately: "You said that you will not pursue the Zhao family, and you will also promote my father as the captain of the cavalry, can it be true, dare to swear?" ”
Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "I, Li, have a word, but I will never swear, if you believe it, you can just believe it, and if you don't believe it, let's see who of you can win and deal with the officers and soldiers in the outer periphery." ”
The three of them nodded to each other, and Gao Yaxian hugged his fists and said: "Champion Hou is a promise, Gao is trustworthy, let's go back and report to Dou Tou." ”
After saying that, Gao Yaxian and the three of them left with more than a dozen members of the Dou family, and the Zhao patriarch saw Li Chongjiu and said: "Zhao Wansan deserves to die, and I ask Lord Hou to forgive me." ”
Li Chongjiu helped the other party up and said: "I, Li, am the shepherd of the imperial court, and I will seek the welfare of the people and recruit good talents. At present, there is a lack of a master in the county, how about I ask Patriarch Zhao to take the position? ”
Zhao Wansan heard Li Chongjiu say this, and immediately couldn't help but be shocked, in the county of the Great Sui official system, the county is the county head, the county cheng, the county lieutenant, and the main Bo are in order, which is determined by the officials, and as for the six Cao, the city order, and the head catcher are all recruited by the county government itself. Li Chongjiu is now guarding the next county, although the appointment of the county is not finalized, but it is absolutely certain that a master will be taken.
Zhao Wansan had another idea, although the Zhao family was quite powerful in the local area, and it was considered a strong man, but no one spoke at the top, and he was always looked down upon by petty officials and officials. Now that he is the master, he has a small talisman in his hand. In the future, the Zhao family will not be a small official secretary, and they can be provoked.
Of course, for Li Chongjiu, winning over local wealthy families is extremely important for him to gain a firm foothold in Feihu County. Dou Dangjia's subordinates traveled thousands of miles to invite this person to join the gang, obviously they value the other party very much, and they can help themselves in the future. It's just a pity that there are still no good talents in history under him.
Zhao Wansan said angrily at the moment: "Thank you Master Hou, Zhao will definitely do his best." ”
Gong Cao on the side, the secretary and others were all red-eyed when they saw it. It can be said that once he gained power, Gong Cao has been peeping at this position for a long time, he was originally the confidant of the previous county commander, and he thought that he would stay up for a few more years, and he was expected to be promoted to the main thin, but now he has lost the opportunity.
Zhao Wansan was trembling and shouted outside the door: "Open the gate wide, welcome the officers and soldiers in, kill pigs and sheep, and hold a banquet." ”
A few days later, under the abbot of the new lord Bo Zhao Wansan, the autumn grain and autumn taxes of each village and fort were collected. Li Chongjiu had money and food in his hands, so he recruited troops immediately. He recruited the village warriors from various villages, a total of 600 people, and handed over the previous two regiments of county soldiers to five regiments of 1,000 county soldiers to Gao Chu for training.
Li Chongjiu also recommended Gao Chu as the county lieutenant of Feihu County, specifically responsible for the military affairs of Feihu County, while the lord Bo Zhao Wansan was temporarily in charge of Liucao and dealt with large and small clerical affairs. However, Li Chongjiu believed that even if the imperial court suddenly parachuted a county official, it would not be able to shake his control of Feihu County for the time being.
And the winter snow is coming, not to mention Huaihuang Town, even Feihu County is also interrupted because of this, so the situation will continue at least until February next year. Li Chongjiu is in the city, but he is not idle.
Li Chongjiu immediately called Jin Cao and more than a dozen ordnance craftsmen in the county, and asked them if they had a way to imitate the ballista seized from the thieves.
Jin Cao and several craftsmen shook their heads when they saw it, claiming that it was not easy to imitate this winch crossbow, except for the workshop directly under the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court, I am afraid that it could not be imitated, even if it was really imitated, with the progress of the process, it would take five or six years of work. When Li Chongjiu heard this, he could only give up, and he couldn't help but pity the two-bed winch crossbow that was destroyed outside the city that day.
At that moment, after Li Chongjiu asked Jin Cao again, he learned that there were two large iron mines in Feihu County, but because the government did not have enough manpower, they had been mostly idle and mining was slow. Li Chongjiu was overjoyed after hearing this, and he had an iron mine, which meant that he no longer had to let Li Hu's Li family dart bureau and Fei Dao travel all the way from the mainland to transport iron products to the grassland. The price of such iron tools is five or six times the cost under the recourse.
Li Chongjiu can directly mine iron ore in Feihu County, and then export iron tools to Huaihuang Town and Yuyi Town, it seems that this Feihu County is really worth it.