On the 10th day of the eighth month of the solar calendar, Li Kun, the third master who has been responsible for listening to news and contacting the eyeliner for many years, came back from Changshan County, in addition to bringing back the new and old newspapers of this month, there is no letter to the county government to handle the identity record.

"You didn't quietly send money to the handler?" Master Lu's voice was very unhappy, and Wu Ming heard it as soon as he walked downstairs.

Li Kun helplessly explained: "Give it!" The three handlers sent fifty oceans each. ”

There was no sound upstairs, Wu Ming stepped into the door, glanced at it and said with a smile: "It is estimated that the money sent is not enough, who will do things for you if you don't send enough money this year?" Fifty oceans is a lot of money in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of officials, it is nothing, not to mention that in addition to our ninety-six people, we also have 800 acres of land registered. ”

Lu Zhengde bowed slightly: "It should be like this, I didn't give enough money." ”

Master Lu recognized Wu Ming's speculation, and Li Kun smiled at Wu Ming embarrassedly.

Wu Ming looked around, sat down and asked, "Why do you always love to come to my house?" Smoke and ash fell everywhere, and spitting, really, the big wooden building under the big camphor tree at the entrance of the village was repaired in vain? ”

The three of them already knew Wu Ming's good temper, so where did they pay attention to his complaints, one by one crooked buttocks crossed Erlang's legs, and sat indifferent.

Wu Ming shook his head and didn't care anymore: "Third brother, the caravan that just came back said that two ships were hired to transport the goods to the mouth of the Fangcun Chahe River in the south, and the boatmen didn't want to come up again?" ”

"But it's not, it's easy to say, a few boat bosses are still afraid of the plague, and asked me why I was with a few She men, I had no choice but to come back and ask the brothers to drive the horses to carry them, the road is crooked and not easy to walk, it is sixty miles back and forth, the horses are tired and half dead, just buy a boat as soon as possible, it is convenient to do anything with your own boat, and save yourself every time you get back guns and bullets, and you have to hide to death." Li Kun replied annoyedly.

Master Lu gave him a blank look: "Do you think you're in a hurry?" If you don't get your identity certificate down, you won't be able to take a single step out of the house. ”

Wu Ming stood up with the newspaper: "Look, everyone, there is a message in this newly issued "Quzhou Business Daily" that the new acting county magistrate of Kaihua is a high-achieving student of law who has returned from studying in Japan, named Wang Guangshao, who is only 28 years old, a native of civilization, and the newspaper praises him for his fairness, approachability, and conscientiousness since taking office, benefiting all the people, and has been respected by all walks of life in civilization. ”

Master Lu hurriedly grabbed it, and put down the newspaper after reading it: "Do you want to register with Kaihua?" ”

"Can't you? You transcribe the list, change the number of acres to 300 acres of mountainous land, and then change the declaration place to Shunshan Village in the west, and then send it to Kaihua County, it is estimated that there are not so many curves and curves in Kaihua, the third-class county town, and the emperor is far from being fooled, and besides, an acting county magistrate who has just returned from studying in Japan, no matter how highly knowledgeable he is, will not be an old bird in officialdom, at least he has the momentum and is eager to get things done, so he can't give it a try. Wu Ming replied lazily.

Li Kun hurriedly stood up: "Then the things that were handed over in the Changshan County Ya before are invalid?" ”

Wu Ming waved his hand: "It won't be invalidated, just wait patiently, it's necessary to get more identity certificates...... Otherwise, just do more than 30 brothers, all with fake names, anyway, the identity certificate issued is true, and there can be multiple covers at critical moments. ”

Master Lu raised his eyebrows: "This is a solution!" It doesn't cost a few dollars, and Shunshan is a big mountain nest that doesn't care about it, and it is estimated that no one will take a look at it for ten years. ”

"Then let's do it, but we only need to do a few of us, right?" Lu Zhengde suggested.

After everyone discussed, they agreed with Lu Zhengde's opinion, and the four people present plus Wu Ming's two apprentices, Lu Kuiyuan and Lei Peng, a total of six people, and added the nicknames of eight mothers-in-law who never went out, to form five families far away from the world in the mountains.

After the big event was decided, Master Lu frowned again: "Brother Wu, the big guy has been busy for more than forty days, and finally found coal at the foot of Dongwu Mountain in the west, but now it seems that there is no manpower to do this!" ”

"Yes! Although the coal there is not buried deeply, it is estimated that it will have to dig tunnels in less than a year, and there is a shortage of manpower! ”

Li Kun went to Changshan and Quzhou to inquire about the coal market during this time, and knew that most of the coal in Changshan and Quzhou was transported from Shangrao and Guangfeng areas in Jiangxi, and as long as he mined it here, he would make a lot of money.

Wu Ming really can't help it, the She brothers are used to leisure, it's okay to get up a house and hunt, dig coal, build roads and open tunnels, these jobs can't be counted on at all, and can only temporarily let a dozen brothers who have nothing to do dig dozens of loads every day and come back for their own use, although they have considered the surrounding limestone, clay, sand shale, and fluorite are available, whether to build a small cement plant to produce cement, now it seems that this idea is still too advanced, not two years of development, this place is really not necessary to produce cement, if you use it for your own use, it is enough to buy a few hundred tons back in Changshan, Maybe after the autumn harvest, everyone will settle down, and they will have to leave this place to try their luck.

Seeing that Wu Ming had been pondering for a long time and hadn't spoken, Master Lu couldn't help but urge: "You say something, what should I do?" ”

Wu Ming thought for a while: "That's it, tomorrow I will go to Changshan City, take Kui Yuan and Lei Peng out of the city to open my eyes, and by the way, go to the county government civil affairs department to see if I can do it quickly." ”

Several people looked at each other, how could they not expect Wu Ming to suddenly have this idea, but think about it, you can't let the young Wu Ming squat in this remote place for the rest of his life, right? Again, although it has not been long since the wanted warrants of the three provinces have passed, Changshan is not Shangrao, few people have seen Wu Ming, there will be no danger, take a step back and say, even if there is danger, with the ability of Wu Ming and Lu Kuiyuan, it is more than enough to escape.

Without waiting for the three of them to think clearly, Wu Ming turned to Li Kun and asked, "Third brother, you went to Changshan County to do business, did they give you a receipt for acceptance?" ”

Li Kun asked puzzledly: "Receipt?" What receipt? Nope! ”

"No, no, no, I'll go and report the names of Mao Liangwu and Village Chief Lu Da, but you have to bring me some money, in addition to running errands, I also want to buy some things." Wu Ming turned to look at his master.

"How much? Is a thousand oceans enough? "Master is very refreshing this time.

Wu Ming waved his hand: "It doesn't take so much, five hundred oceans is enough." ”

Lu Zhengde hurriedly persuaded: "Let's bring more, didn't you say you want to buy a watch?" By the way, I bought the watch. ”

Wu Ming stood up and smiled: "Don't you need to, don't look at who I am?" Famous all over the country, the bandit leader 'lone wolf' who has been on the "Central Daily"! If you really don't have any money, I'll rob it, and whoever the hell dares not to give it, haha! ”

Wu Ming smiled and walked out, leaving the three bosses You look at me, I look at you, knowing that Lu Dao is angry, the three of them still can't hide their worries in their eyes.

Before dawn the next day, Lei Peng, who was so excited that he hadn't slept all night, got up early, guarded at the door of Wu Ming's bedroom, looked at the green rice waves that began to tassel in the east, looked at the hazy sky from time to time, and then looked at whether the morning glow was shining on the black mountain tip in the east, and felt that time had never passed so slowly in his life.

He is not the only one who is anxious, Lu Kuiyuan, the eldest son of the leader of Lu Da, is more anxious than him, he got up early and put on the best clothes, and finished going in and out to see the sky, his old lady was tossed by the little sister who had just been born for two and a half months last night, and he was tired and tired and just fell asleep not long ago, he was woken up by the hurried footsteps of the eldest son, and he was so angry that he sat in the mosquito net and scolded: "Little beast, do you learn how to get off the horse or what?" In and out again, the old lady breaks your legs! ”

Lu Kuiyuan was so frightened that he rushed out of the door, quickly turned a few corners and rushed up to Wu Ming's wooden building, and when he saw Lei Peng leaning against the railing, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, and as a result, Wu Ming was woken up again.

Wu Ming put on his practice clothes and went out to look at the sky, and immediately taught him a hard lesson: "It's half past five o'clock at most now, you two guys, it's okay!" Don't pretend to be pitiful, follow me down for a lap, and then go halfway up the slope to practice boxing, grandma's, it's not like words. ”

The two apprentices did not dare to disobey the order, and at the same time took off their new clothes and hung them on the railing, followed Wu Ming around the village with their bare arms, and then climbed the wide flat ground sorted out by Banpo to practice boxing.

Wu Ming finished his morning exercise, went down the mountain to the south of the river, took off his clothes and pants and plunged into the water, and went back and forth on the river more than 60 meters wide before going ashore to dry himself and put on his clothes and go home, and found that Lu Kuiyuan and Lei Peng had already brought gruel and two pickles from the master's house.

The three of them sat together for breakfast, Lu Zhengde and the master, Li Kun and others arrived soon, Wu Ming drank half a bowl of porridge in two sips, put down the bowl and went into the house to change into youth clothes and cloth shoes, took the cloth blanket containing a hundred oceans and ten taels of small gold bars from the nagging master, and threw it to Lu Kuiyuan behind him, nodded and walked a few steps, took the reins from a brother, and led Ma Youya out of the village. The two little ones followed in the same way, each leading a horse and following behind, ignoring the worried eyes of a group of elders.

Two hours later, the three masters and apprentices and the three brothers who followed rushed to the wharf at the mouth of the Chahekou in Fangcun, the passenger boat that departs at a fixed time every day has not yet left, and the people on the wharf are very surprised to see Wu Ming, who stands out from the crowd, and the two young men behind him boarded the boat together, and they are very surprised. Several young ladies stared at Wu Ming directly, as if their souls had been taken away.

"Two Horns and Silverquill!"

The rickety passenger ship left the shore amid the shouts of the ship's boss, and Wu Ming suddenly found the two brothers sitting at the stern of the boat with their heads shrunk, so they had to shake their heads and stop talking.

The sharp-eyed Lei Peng had already noticed that when he saw the helpless smile on Wu Ming's face, he quietly leaned up and whispered: "Uncle Ming, I knew early that they were going to follow." ”

"Oh? How do you know about the Dao? Wu Ming asked with a smile.

Lei Peng replied quietly: "When I came out, I heard the second uncle quietly instruct them to keep an eye on us, and if something happens, they will clean them up when they go back." ”

Wu Ming listened interestingly: "Not bad, very clever!" Keep it up in the future. ”

Lu Kuiyuan also came over: "Big brother, after going to Changshan City to do something, are you going to Quzhou City?" I heard that Quzhou City is a hundred times more lively than Changshan. ”

Wu Ming was in a good mood: "No problem, we'll go to Quzhou City after finishing our errands, and we have to go to the big city anyway, right?" ”