At the same time, the iron law of the number of bandits can turn a blind eye, but the iron law of weapon development is by no means ambiguous, and all the forces in the city understand that the only thing that is strictly controlled by the military camp is weapons and equipment, and their various battles and conquests must always be maintained in the cold weapon stage without long-range weapons.

As long as this iron law is not broken, the empire's rule over the colony will be unbreakable, and no matter how big the bandit power expands, it will be as weak as ants in front of the imperial army.

To the east of the eastern district of Likou County, through the courtyards of residents, when you reach the edge of almost the county seat, you can see a group of obviously designed houses, a large house is surrounded by hundreds of small houses like a spider web in the middle, this house is Gong Jian's home in Likou County. There is a small group of about five to ten bandits in each group, vigilantly observing everyone who comes and goes to ensure the safety of Gong Jian and his family.

In the eyes of outsiders, this area is just ordinary residents.

From the outskirts of this residential area, along the path between the houses, due to the well-designed distribution of houses, it takes many turns to reach the central location, that is, the residence of Gong Jian's family, during this journey, it will be noticed by the bandits on duty arranged in the houses of each house that passes, and if they find anything suspicious, they will immediately block the road and arrest and torture.

For Gong Jian, his family's low-key residence near the barracks, and comprehensive security protection, allowed him to lead thousands of bandits to burn, kill, loot, and kill outside without any worries.

Inside the huge mansion where Gong Jian's family lives, you can see a lot of independent huts, in which there are guards and servants, and the middle independent house is four floors, where Gong Jian's wife and children live, and the huge building is surrounded by several large trees around it, and it is not clear from the outside to see the situation inside. Outside these huge trees is a fence wall made of fist-thick bamboo pipes, and on each side of the gate is a five-meter-high lookout that two guards can see from the outside. Between the fence wall and the giant tree, several huge wolfhounds are chained to the ground, barking at the slightest movement.

In the evening, on the grass in front of the big house where Gong Jian lived, the light emitted by the Yuan Qiu was much dimmer than in the daytime, and it was even darker due to the obstruction of the surrounding trees, but the grease candles were lit around the grass, making the front of the big house look very bright.

A little boy with a round face was playing on the grass, and a young man and a beautiful woman were sitting on a chair drinking tea while watching the little boy turn his head, and the woman was still holding a little girl on her lap, who looked like she was only two years old, waving her little hands and smiling at the little boy playing.

The young man was not tall, with a mustache, and looked strong, with a few shallow scars on his slightly dark olive-shaped face, which looked like the marks left by the blade, and his eyes looked slightly smiling, but from time to time they revealed a fierce domineering.

The young woman looks like a beautiful girl, wearing a pink gauze skirt, her skin is snow-white and delicate, her lips are pink, and when she smiles, she reveals two rows of snow-white teeth, which is very bright and moving.

This young man is the bandit Gong Jian who terrifies the surrounding villages, the young woman is his wife Zhao Chunxiang, their son Gong Xueliang is playing on the grass, and Zhao Chunxiang is the youngest daughter Gong Xuefang on her lap.

A delicate-looking little girl ran out of the big house and stood next to Gong Jian, looking six or seven years old, this is Gong Jian's eldest daughter Gong Xueqing.

Gong Jian smiled and pinched his daughter's face and said, "Xueqing, you go and help your brother do a handstand." ”

Xueqing sweetly agreed, walked to Gong Xueliang's side, and said, "Brother, stand upside down." ”

Gong Xueliang looked at Gong Jian and Zhao Chunxiang, grinned, supported his two little hands on the ground, supported his body, turned his legs up, and gently put them on Gong Xueqing's shoulders, it seemed that the two cooperated very tacitly.

Gong Jian said: "Learn brightly, insist on more than two minutes, there is a reward." ”

Gong Xueliang's smiling face was slightly red, and his small mouth trembled slightly and said, "Dad, what reward?"

Gong Jian smiled and said, "You can do whatever you want, the premise is that you stand upside down for two minutes." ”

Gong Xueliang's little arm was already trembling slightly on the grass, and after a while, his arm was weak, and his body slipped on the grass, he sat up and said, "Dad, if I exceed it next time, will you give me a sword?"

Zhao Chunxiang raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Silly son, don't want any reward, what do you want to do with the sword." ”

Gong Jian laughed and said: "The boy likes to play with swords, and it's also very good, wife, you don't have to worry, I'll give him a wooden sword to play with." ”

When Gong Xueliang heard this, he hurriedly got up, ran to Gong Jian and said happily: "Dad, you agreed, then give it to me tomorrow, I will learn swordsmanship." ”

Zhao Chunxiang shook his head and said, "It's better for you to take a good look at the book, dancing with a knife and a sword, how can you look like a child." ”

Gong Jian gently grabbed Gong Xueliang's little shoulder and said, "In this way, after you finish reading according to your mother's requirements every day, you can learn swordsmanship, and I will find a swordsman to teach you, okay." ”

Gong Xueliang hurriedly cheered and agreed.

Gong Xueqing stood aside and said, "Dad, I'm also with my brother, okay?"

Gong Jian hurriedly looked at Zhao Chunxiang, and said with a smile: "Xueqing, you are a girl, I don't dare to agree casually, ask your mother." ”、

Zhao Chunxiang smiled slightly and said: "Xueqing, I think it's okay, girls learn swordsmanship, and they can defend themselves in the future." ”

Gong Jian laughed and said, "What my wife said is good, then it's decided." You two study hard and learn swords. ”

Gong Xueliang hugged his sister with a smile and said, "Sister, then let's compete in the future to see who is better." ”

Zhao Chunxiang hurriedly said: "Xueliang, you are not allowed to compare this with your sister, the weapon does not have long eyes, none of you can mess around, after learning the sword, you can't continue to play with the sword." ”

Gong Jian smiled and said, "Xueqing Xueliang, you have to listen to your mother." ”

Zhao Chunxiang's beautiful eyes turned, glanced at Gong Jian and said, "Can't you still listen to you, Xueliang can't become the second you in the future." ”

Gong Jian laughed and said, "Yes, yes, you can't learn from me in the future." ”

Zhao Chunxiang instructed her mother-in-law to take her three children back to the house to wash and rest, she got up and walked to Gong Jian, Gong Jian put his arms on his arms and sat on her lap.

The two were intimate for a while, and Zhao Chunxiang said, "Husband, why do you seem to be a little thoughtful these days? Who are you thinking about?"

Gong Jian smiled slightly and said, "I didn't think about anything, I was just planning how to attack Shuikou Village." ”

Zhao Chunxiang said: "Isn't this very good now? Why do you have to attack a village so far away? It's still a big village. ”

Although Gong Jian was reluctant to take the initiative to mention what he had done to Zhao Chunxiang, but because there were too few people he absolutely trusted, sometimes Zhao Chunxiang asked, he would tell Zhao Chunxiang what he thought in his heart, and sometimes, Zhao Chunxiang might be able to make good suggestions from the perspective of a bystander.