No one expected to open the door of the thieves' cottage so easily.

He Huan, who arrived at Zuihou, even wondered if the horse bandits had set a trap.

Cheng Ze looked at the ground for a while, and saw that there were no abnormal traces, so he was sure that he had not been fooled.

"Thanks to Brother Fan and Gunty Bak." Jianglong Road.

Fan Ren bowed slightly, "General He and I are good friends. With that, he looked at Gunty Buck with admiration.

Gunty Barker just nodded lightly at Fan Ren and didn't speak.

He is Jiang Long's personal guard, and he will do whatever Jiang Long tells him to do.

The credit is all added to Jiang Long's body.

He Huan has been here more than once to suppress bandits, and he is too familiar with this place.

Because I didn't expect to be able to open the gate so easily, it was not appropriate to discuss haodejihua at this time.

The two renegotiated.

At this time, Jiang Long suddenly interjected, "If you can capture these horse bandits alive, this official is willing to spend money to buy them." ”

Jiang Long has many ideas, and if he really wants to do it, he needs a large number of people.

Requisition, spending money to hire people, manpower is far from enough.

And there were six or seven hundred people in this den of bandits.

If they were all captured alive and tied up with ropes and chains, they would be able to do a lot in the future.

The reason why it was purchased with money was because after the bandits, the heads of the horse bandits were cut off, and the sergeant could exchange the heads for a silver reward.

Jiang Long can't leave in vain.

Otherwise, the sergeants will inevitably be unwilling and resentful.

The credit that has been received is like a boiled duck, and anyone will feel unfair.

He Huan was stunned when he heard this, "What do you want so many horse bandits for?" ”

"Open the river, level the field, repair the city wall, etc." Jiang Long didn't elaborate, just a general introduction.

"There are so many people, can you raise them?" He Huan said again.

The price of grain in northern Xinjiang is higher than in other places, and it definitely costs a lot to feed six or seven hundred people.

"If you don't feed them, you will have to spend money to hire people for what you have to do then, and you will have to spend money to hire people, and then it will be different, will you still have to spend money?" Jiang Long laughed softly: "I only hope that General He can help, and this official will naturally remember this favor in his heart." ”

"Lord Jing is polite!"

He Huan hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, then try to catch it alive." ”

Then he discussed it with Cheng Ze.

Naturally, it was more difficult to catch alive, but fortunately, the border army had already entered the cottage, but the horse bandits still did not notice it.

Fan Ren came to Jiang Long's side at this time and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to develop agriculture in Lingtong County?" ”

"Hmm."

"Where does the water come from?"

"Hunhe."

Fan Ren frowned and thought for a while, he is a chivalrous man who has traveled to the end of the world, he has walked a lot, and he has naturally seen a lot, and he has seen some places in the lower reaches of the Hunhe River to dig rivers and open fields.

The results are not bad.

The only drawback is that every few years, when there is heavy rain from the sky, the Hunhe River floods, and there will be a big flood, and when the flood passes, the layer of silt on the soil that is fertilized by the field must be removed.

But in the north, he really didn't see any place where he would dig rivers and open fields.

The land here is vast and sparsely populated, and digging the river is a big project.

How can you succeed without a certain amount of manpower?

As for the border, there is no precedent here.

Because even if you open the field and plant grain, it will be difficult to receive your own granary.

Alien armies and horse bandits will come and raid like mad dogs.

Therefore, if there is more grain and fertile fields, it must be a good thing in this place.

However, Fan Ren did not say these words.

He has been to the farm in Jingfu to see it, and Jiang Long is indeed very haode.

Raising cattle, pigs, sheep, fish, and chickens, and making farm manure, although it was not yet harvest time when he went to see it, he was sure that it would be a good harvest in winter.

The tenant farmers in the farm can eat and wear without worry about food and clothing for a year.

By the second year, you will be able to save some spare money.

If Jianglong can also make Lingtong County rich, so that the people can live a good life with enough food and clothing,...... Fan Ren just thought that even if he threw himself into Jiang Long's tent at that time, it would not be considered an insult to his good skills.

Many things have to be seen with the eyes and see how the other person does it.

It's just asking questions, playing tricks, that's just talking on paper, it's useless.

Fan Ren has traveled all over the world, and he can be said to be well-informed and knows this truth well.

The sergeants went into action.

First find dry firewood, do not alarm the sleeping horse bandits, carefully set up a pyre.

Light up together.

Then, taking advantage of the large number of people, he rushed into the caves one by one, and used a knife to put a knife on the neck of the horse bandits to wake them up.

If anyone dares to shout, cut it down.

The archers stood a dozen paces away from the cave, and if a horse bandit heard the noise and rushed out, he first told him to surrender, and if he did not comply, he shot him on the spot.

Although they tried their best to catch them alive, there were many hard-boned, ferocious and fierce people among the horse bandits.

In a short period of time, more than 20 horse bandits had been shot and hacked to death.

Once the action is confirmed, there will be a commotion, so one by one the horse bandits are awakened from their dreams.

But when they ran out of the cave, the bandits were dumbfounded.

Did these border troops fall from the sky?

How did you unknowingly break into the cottage camp?

Jiang Long couldn't help frowning as he watched the horse bandits die one by one.

Call He Huan and ask He Huan to send someone to shout, surrender and don't kill!

In the past, the border army suppressed bandits, and almost did not leave a living mouth.

Because they know this, so the horse bandits will resist desperately without fear of death, and even if they surrender, they will eventually be unable to escape death, and now it is better to fight, even if they die for a lifetime, there is always a glimmer of hope for survival.

He Huan found a few high-pitched soldiers and asked them to shout.

In the night, the loud voice of surrender and non-killing sounded in unison.

And He Huan also changed slightly, shouting that even if he committed a capital crime in the past, he would not cut off his head.

Running to be a horse bandit is naturally a crime.

And most of the sins committed are not small!

The words shouted, at first there were still many horse bandits who resisted, but as the horse bandits died one by one, seeing that there was no hope of escaping, the remaining horse bandits surrendered more.

The border army had a large number of people and strong combat effectiveness, and the horse bandits were caught off guard.

In addition, there are arrows and arrows, and they don't fight hard with horse bandits at all, so this time to encircle and suppress horse bandits, except for a few border soldiers who accidentally twisted their feet because it was dark, there were no casualties.

The results of the battle were counted, and 520 horse bandits were captured alive.

More than 800 horses were delivered.

Several leaders of the horse bandits all resisted, and were shot by the border army with bows and arrows, and their heads were cut off, which were taken by the border army to receive the reward.

He Huan couldn't close his mouth with a big smile.

This crackdown on bandits really went too well.

Not a single soldier is broken!

Jiang Long sent someone to arrest the horse bandits for questioning, and found the robbed silver taels and salt in the warehouse of the thieves' den.

Count as the goal achieved.

In the gathering hall of the horse bandits, everyone sat down to discuss.

"According to the usual practice, the head of a different race is worth five strings of money, the head of a horse bandit, and the head of a horse bandit is only a string of money, this time 520 horse bandits were captured alive, if Lord Jing really wants to buy it, Lingtong County will also send people and horses to participate this time, so it will be deducted 120 people.

Four hundred, four hundred strings of money, that is, forty taels of silver. "He Huan is very face-saving, and he wants to deduct one hundred and twenty people.

You must know that although Lingtong County has sent people this time, except for Jiang Long's guard Gunty Bak, the rest of the people have not done it at all.

Why don't you take people to guard the back mountain, and in the end not a single horse bandit will have a chance to run there.

It's all the border troops who are contributing.

"General He, this official still wants to buy some more horses." Jiang Long did not bargain, and he accepted He Huan's favor.

However, Jiang Long already planned to write an article about the suppression of bandits and send it to the capital to publish it in the Dingsheng newspaper.

At that time, He Huan is going to write down his kindness.

A total of more than 800 horses were seized.

Horses can be set in carts, can be ridden, and if they dig rivers to open fields, they can also help pull soil and plow fields.

A horse can carry at least five middle-aged laborers.

The grassland area in northern Xinjiang is large, and the silver consumption for raising horses is not much, so the price is naturally cheaper than other places.

An ordinary horse in another place costs forty or fifty taels of silver.

And here, a horse costs only twenty taels.

It is precisely because the difference is so large that many people smuggle horses from foreign races to Daqi to make huge profits.

Daqi does not sell iron, salt and other goods to other races.

The alien race is not allowed to sell horses into the Great Qi.

To compete with the Great Qi, the biggest reliance of the alien races in northern Xinjiang is the excellent horses, fast speed, and good endurance.

The alien sergeants in Northern Xinjiang are all excellent at riding and shooting.

In addition to animal husbandry, they also hunted often and practiced haode archery.

At least half of these more than 800 horses had to be handed over to the imperial court, which attached great importance to horses and was very strict in controlling them, and few people dared to violate them.

If it falls into the hands and can be concealed and disposed of privately, there can be roughly two hundred horses.

He Huan lowered the price again, fifteen taels of silver for a horse.

In the end, Jianglong bought half of it.

In northern Xinjiang, horses are still very common and relatively easy to buy.

Now Jiang Long is relatively tight, and he can only have a large amount of silver in his hands when the black-clothed guard replies.

Now he only had a few thousand taels of silver on hand, and he had other things to do, and he couldn't eat so many horses at once.

came out to carry out the mission, and naturally did not bring any money with him.

Because hundreds of horse bandits were caught, the sergeants of the border army naturally had to escort them to Lingtong County.

When I arrived in Lingtong County, I gave the money to the subordinates sent by He Huan.

After resting overnight in the thieves' den, He Huan returned to the barracks with dozens of cavalry early the next morning.

Before leaving, he told Jiang Long that if he had time, he could go to the camp to find him.

If you encounter difficulties, don't be polite, just send someone to send a message.

Fan Ren and He Huan are close friends, and before saying goodbye, they naturally had a conversation.

Because of the long distance, the sun had just risen over the horizon, and the team immediately set off in the direction of Lingtong County.

Nothing happened all the way, and I returned to the county seat in the evening.

When many people heard that the bandits had been successfully suppressed and that hundreds of horse bandits had been captured alive, they all flocked to the streets to watch.

Hundreds of horse bandits were tied behind their backs and strung with a long rope, which was still spectacular.

Many people pointed fingers.

There are also some who hate the horse bandits so much that they actually throw stones at the horse bandits.

Jiang Long hurriedly sent someone to take care of it, otherwise some horse bandits would be stoned to death.

Even so, some of the horse bandits are already bleeding!