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Jiang Han's statement is really not credible.

But she had to talk about him left and right, and the Yun Niang sisters and brothers had no way to take her.

Self-defense is indeed a very important thing for them, although the two things on the table may not seem to be of much use, but if they are used well at a critical moment, they can also give the enemy a surprise attack, and maybe they can win them a glimmer of life.

The dagger is easy to say, but the sweat medicine and quicklime wrapped in the two paper packets are not easy to operate. Once the operation is not careful, the enemy is not knocked down, and if you are still hit first, it will be over.

Jiang Han divided the two paper bags into two parts, asked the sisters and brothers to find special purses and put them in and hide them, carefully explained the usage and precautions to the two, and then said some self-defense knowledge, and by the way, taught Xiao An a few self-defense techniques, and told him to take time to practice every day.

She should have prepared for these things a long time ago, but she always had a laziness in her bones, and she often chose to get by when things were imminent.

In the conversation with Lord Shen that day, although the building was too crooked, she intuitively felt that the situation in the town had indeed become more severe. After returning home, she saw the sister and brother who were easier to recruit than her, and thought that although there were beggars guarding in secret, their own defenses were blank, so they hurriedly wanted to make up for it.

The situation in the town is indeed getting more and more serious.

It's just that these dark tides are surging, and the townspeople don't feel it too deeply, but they feel that there are more archers patrolling the town.

And because of the lack of manpower, the inspection department posted a recruitment notice to increase the number of troops in the county by another 50, increasing the total number of archers to about 200.

This is already the fourth increase in troops.

Everyone was a little strange, why Lord Shen didn't recruit all of them last time, so that a batch of them would be recruited every once in a while, which not only delayed training, but also gave those bandits the opportunity to infiltrate the inspection department.

This problem is that even the little flag commanders of the Inspection Department can't figure it out, and only a few people close to the core know the reason - it's not that Lord Shen doesn't want to recruit, it's just that he doesn't have the money to support so many people!

The soldiers of the inspection department are paid by the county government, but Qinghe County can only barely pay half of it every year, and it is still the salary of 100 standard soldiers, and the excess has to be paid out of their own pockets.

Although Lord Shen is the son of a family, how can he be rich as an unfavored concubine, if he hadn't copied a gambling house of the Huang Gang and recovered the dock, even the other half of the silver of a hundred soldiers was borrowed from Lu Tong.

Thanks to the blessing of recovering the management of the wharf, he was able to recruit fifty more soldiers, and now he is recruiting again because the above has made a statement to exterminate the bandits in Luoxia Mountain as soon as possible, and finally put the special money down.

This so-called earmarked amount of money is actually pitiful. But if it weren't for the fact that he had the Lu family behind him, coupled with the matter of the cross-provincial disappearance, Chen Xianling was walking on thin ice and did not dare to act rashly, he would definitely not even be able to get this pitiful amount of silver.

When Lu Tong knew that Lord Shen had brought back the silver from the county government and decided to recruit another fifty people, he asked puzzledly, "Why don't you just recruit a hundred?" Didn't he give five hundred taels of silver? ”

This is also what the people in the study want to ask.

"Five hundred taels of silver, is it a lot? The original 100 people, the remaining half of the salary, has not been cashed so far, and the 500 taels also include the cost of weapons...... In addition, the pension of the last bandit suppression has not yet been accounted for. Lord Shen's voice was a little low.

After hearing this, everyone was embarrassed.

The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the amount allocated above is definitely more than this amount, but layers of exploitation are the unspoken rules of the Ming officialdom with a long history, and it seems that it can never be eradicated, and no one cares what the real use of the money is.

"Of course, more people are good, but more is not as good as fine. And in addition to people, we still lack weapons, if we want to do a good job, we must first have sharp weapons, we need sharp weapons. ”

"If you want a sharp weapon, this bit of silver is far from enough!" Lu Tong poured cold water without hesitation.

"So, we need to find a way."

"What can you do?" Lu Tong looked puzzled.

He swept through the others present and muttered, "What do you mean...... Let's get another Yellow Gang? But they don't seem to be able to squeeze any oil and water now, didn't you say you can't rush it? ”

Lord Shen glared at him with black lines on his head: "Nonsense, what this official means is that everyone should find a way to find a weapon with good quality and low price." ”

Since he said that he can't be in a hurry, how can he fight the idea of the Yellow Gang again?!

Lord Shen set his eyes on Lu Qisan: "Brother Lu, do you have a good way?" ”

Lu Qi and Lu Wujin and the other four people have been following Lu Yanshi for some years, and their knowledge is also extraordinary, and the weapons in the army are not so neat, there are always some ways that others don't know.

Lu Qi thought for a while, shook his head and said, "There is no way to do this, it is better to ask Master Lu for advice." ”

"It must be asked." Lord Shen looked at Lu Tong, "Yuan Yi, why don't you go back to Fucheng these days, and then come back after the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

"As for the recruitment, it is the same as last time, Qingfeng and Dongshan are in charge, and Brother Lu assists."

The matter should have ended here, but Xiaozhu, who didn't want to see him for a long time, spoke.

"My lord, the villain has an idea."

"You say."

"That Ma Huaide tried his best to pluck He Leopard's head, integrated the small forces on the mountain, and sent his men down the mountain, but we didn't catch any trace of them contacting the old people, and I was thinking that those people who came down the mountain may not have come to contact the old people, but went elsewhere and directly carried out his orders."

Lu Tong was confused when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Young master, what the villain means is that they have worked hard to integrate people, and there must be some schemes, so if you want to strengthen the team, you need resources, food, weapons, etc., these need money, and you also need to buy a place, so I think about it, Ma Huaide sent people down the mountain but did not appear in Luoxia Town or the county seat, will he have these resources in his hands, and the people who went down the mountain this time went straight there."

As soon as Xiaozhu's voice fell, everyone looked at Lord Shen in unison.

This is very possible, but even if Ma Huaide has resources, they don't know who his resources are, and now they can't even find any trace of his subordinates, and they can't do it.

"It's possible, but it's just a guess, we can't act, that guy is very guarded, Lu Wujin is there, and he still hasn't trusted him."

At this time, Lu Qi spoke.

"It's been more than half a month since Brother Lu came back from the message, if our guess is correct, then a large number of materials will definitely not be able to be transported into the mountains quietly, right? We might as well quietly set up a secret sentry near the road they enter and exit, and I believe that we will find out the clues in a month at most. ”

This opinion was shared by others.

It's a bit of a hassle, but now we can't know the whereabouts of those people, and that's a good way to do it.

But Lord Shen was silent and did not nod.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and continue to think of other countermeasures.

After a long time, Lord Shen suddenly spoke: "Add one more item, let this guess go out and let everyone on the mountain know." ”

"My lord's method is wonderful, if there is a real thing, in this way, we can not only monitor them, but also reap the benefits of the fishermen."

Lord Shen looked at Lu Qisan and the three of them, hugged his fists, and said, "The matter of setting up a secret whistle will trouble the three of them." He looked at Zhao Qingfeng again, "As for how to release the wind, Qingfeng, you are responsible." ”

……

When the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the day is fine, and the moon hanging high in the sky at night is full of day by day, so that everyone is right, and the Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing a few days later is full of expectations.

But some people only feel frustrated and lonely in the face of this moonlight.

The night is the most lively time in the Manchun Courtyard, but Niu Ergen, who is on guard in the backyard duty room, is looking at the moonlight outside the window with a chill.

Suddenly, Weizi, the right-hand man, pushed the door and entered.

His face was a little complicated and excited, and as soon as he came in, he approached him and whispered: "Brother Niu, the guests over there are very interesting." ”

Niu Ergen looked at him inexplicably and motioned for him to speak clearly.

"The four masters and servants spoke in foreign languages, but Xiao Taohong said that she heard them mention the girl in the Jiang family's stall on Washi Street, which seemed to mean that they were going to do a big thing."

Niu Ergen pulled the corners of his lips and sneered: "Oh, Luoxia Town is going to be lively again." Do you want to use them to help us implement our plans? - Yes, the ghost who sent it to the door ...... for the dead."

Weizi cut off his words excitedly: "No, Brother Niu, the Jiang family's stall!" - The Jiang family kid is in that stall on Washi Street! ”

Niu Ergen's face turned pale, and he stared at Weizi seriously: "Jiang Xiaoer's spicy skewer stall?" ”

"That's right! The girl on the stall that the four masters and servants said was Jiang Xiaoer's cousin! ”

Niu Ergen frowned slightly: "Jiang Xiaoer's cousin, didn't he say that he was from Zhucheng Mansion, and his parents died, so he came to join his relatives...... he paused and asked, "Those four people are human traffickers?" ”

If you are a human trafficker, now is a sensitive time, and it is not easy to operate.

"No, what Little Peach means is that the master seems to be the girl's uncle, and he should have come to take the family property."

Niu Ergen was silent for a moment, a strange smile appeared on his face, and said, "It's just drowsy and someone sends a pillow, hahaha!" He slapped the table and stood up, "Go, let Little Peach do something, and you can find a chance to get people to the back, and you will meet them." ”

……

Xie Yuenlong felt that someone was slapping his face.

It was so annoying, he hated it the most when people disturbed him to sleep.

He waved his hand indiscriminately and scolded: "Get out, disturb the master again, the master will break your legs!" ”

But I heard a chuckle in my ear: "Whose leg are you going to break?" Look, your legs don't want anymore. As he spoke, he was kicked in the calf.

This kick and the coldness in Fang Cai's laughter aroused Xie Yuanlong, who was in a daze, and opened his eyes suddenly.

The eye-catching scenery is not the previous coquettish red, but the simple and simple furnishings, and there is no taste of fat powder in the nose, only the crisp aroma of wine lingers on the tip of the nose.

Just as he was about to turn over, he realized that he was not lying down, but lying on the table.

He sat upright with his heavy head in his hands, but inadvertently met the dark eyes of a rough-faced man.

"You, who are you?!" He gasped and slumped off his stool to the ground, no longer drunk.

Just now, he was obviously drinking flower wine in the Manchun Courtyard, a famous fireworks place in Luoxia Town, how could he come here, and besides, who is this person in front of him who is smiling incomprehensibly?

He turned his head, and did not see his three servants, but saw a tall man with a strong body and a cold face, standing beside him, and he guessed that this was the one who had slapped and kicked him earlier.

He hurriedly got up from the ground, climbed back onto the stool, and asked in a trembling voice, "Master, how can you be here, your servant?" ”

"Brother Xie, why did you wake up and forget to be a brother?"

Hearing this, Xie Yuanlang frowned and looked at the person opposite him seriously.

"Master, do you know you?"

"Hahaha, before you went to sleep, you drank two pots with me." As he spoke, the man picked up the flask and shook it.

Xie Yuanlang was a little unsure: "But, Keye clearly remembered that it was in the Manchun Courtyard at first. ”

"That's right, we met in the Manchun Courtyard, how did you forget. You're worried about something, and you're begging your brother to help you! ”

Xie Yuanlang's eyes widened suddenly, and his expression was a little flustered, but he immediately calmed down and opened his eyes coldly: "No, I don't know you, you want to use this method to trick you, don't think about it!" ”

The person on the other side laughed twice, then picked up another flask on the side, poured the wine, handed him a glass, and poured another one for himself.

"Brother Xie, you are worried about a woman, who is setting up a stall on Washi Street and lives in Zhupai Lane in the north of the town, and happens to be surnamed Xie, yes or no?"

Xie Yuanlang subconsciously turned his head to look, and immediately pretended to be calm and restrained his expression, but his mind was completely confused.

He really didn't have an impression of the person in front of him, he was clearly not drunk before, but why did this person know about him?

"Brother Xie, I came from afar, I am not familiar with Luoxia Town, and it is not very convenient to act, so I have been delayed here for a while, right?"

A crack appeared in Xie Yuenlong's feigned composure.

"Brother Xie, but I'm waiting for an answer, but the other party released your pigeon, and now you are in a dilemma, is it right for my brother?"

“……”

"How would I know if you didn't tell me about this?"

Yes, I really haven't said these words to anyone else, at least not in this Luoxia Town.

If I hadn't been in a panic, I wouldn't have come to this fireworks land today.

But why didn't he have an impression of him?

He raised his hand and beat his head, and smiled a little stiffly: "I'm sorry, this brother must be too drunk below......"

The person on the other side raised his hand to cut off his words: "It's okay, you just need to know that your brother didn't lie to you." The man paused and smiled apologetically, "I forgot, Brother Xie didn't know who his brother was when he woke up, so let's introduce myself again." ”

"My brother's surname is Zeng, my name is Qi, and he is a person from Dongyue in Linxian County, but my brother has a business in Luoxia Town, and he often comes and goes, so he is very familiar with this place, and he can be regarded as half of Luoxia Town. If the virtuous brother needs help in a difficult situation, he may be able to mention a few things. ”