Jia Cong nodded approvingly, unexpectedly he was still a man who re-promised.

It was much better than the other two hunters, and he even forgot what he was doing for the sake of silver, so he easily abandoned his employer and chose silver.

Jia Cong said: "You are very good, you have not forgotten your duties, I appreciate you, if you are willing, you can come to work under me." ”

Li Orion looked at Jia Cong in surprise and asked, "Third Master, what are you doing?" The little ones don't even know where you come from. ”

Jia Cong was a little stunned, this Wu Jinxiao didn't tell them his identity, this old boy is really okay.

Li Biao beside him said: "Our third master is the master of Ningguo Mansion in Shenjing City, Heishan Village and the surrounding fields are all our third master's, and the Wu family is just doing things for our third master, managing this field for our Ningguo Mansion." ”

It turned out to be a big man from the capital, and I thought it was the young master of which family, but I didn't expect that the real owner of Black Mountain Village came.

It's a good thing to be looked at by such a big man, but he can't do anything but hunt.

Li Orion said: "Third master, the little one is a hunter, he can't do anything except hunting, what's the use of following you, I can't hunt with you every day, right?" ”

Jia Cong smiled: "I will join the army in Liaodong, I need some locals in Liaodong to do things for me, but there will be dangers, you can think about it and then reply to me." ”

Turning his head to the guards behind him, he said: "You don't have to follow me, just spread out and move your hands and feet, just take it as a warning, just don't stay too far away." ”

"Yes, Third Master, we will be on guard on the perimeter."

Jia Cong looked at the special combat team members who were still behind him, and waved his hand reluctantly: "Let's go, let's continue to go up the mountain and go to the depths of the mountain to see and see." ”

A group of more than a dozen people, under the leadership of Li Lihu, continued to walk deep into the mountains.

Seeing this, the guards on the periphery also followed them in an arc.

Li Orion said: "Third master, I heard that there are black blind people in the old forest inside, do we really want to go?" ”

Jia Cong said: "Let's go and see, it's not easy to come here, are so many of us still afraid of the black blind?" It should be afraid of us. ”

Li Orion said with a smile: "What the third master said is also true, so many of us are not even afraid of tigers, are we still afraid of bears and blind people?" ”

When passing through a depression, I found a group of wild boars, two large and five or six and a half large, which should be a family.

Wild boars have rough skin and thick flesh, and people with little strength really can't shoot to death unless they hit the vital parts.

The crowd gathered around, and in a volley, three were shot, and a few were left, and they rushed towards several people with arrows hanging on their bodies.

Jia Cong drew his bow and arrows, aimed at the front leg of the big boar in the front, and shot at it.

Shot directly through the joint of the boar's front legs, the boar's front legs bent, and fell to the ground with a "poof".

Qingwen also drew her bow and arrow, shooting another wild boar to death.

The rest of them, before they could get to them, were all shot in the middle of the road.

The crowd had to go up the mountain to carry them, so they dragged them to the side of the road, put them here for the time being, and took them with them when they returned.

As you go deeper and deeper, you will hit more and more prey, including roe deer, red deer, sika deer, and ·····.

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Just when Jia Cong led people into the mountains to hunt, Wangcai and the others who stayed at home were not idle.

All the remaining special combat team members were scattered and went to the surrounding villages to inquire about the yield of the fields here.

"Uncle, the harvest in the Zhuangzi in the past few years is okay, right?"

"It's okay, after paying the rent, you can still eat enough, it's already very good."

"I see that the fields here are very fertile, and this acre of land can produce more than two stones of grain a year, right?"

"Not so much, if this is a good year, you can hit more than one stone a year, and when the year is bad, it will be a stone of food"

"I heard that you pay 30% of the rent here, which is already very good, and many places pay 40% of the rent."

"Yes, we pay 30% of the rent here, and it is all the mercy of the Lord's family."

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"Auntie, how was last year's harvest in our Zhuangzi? It's stronger than in previous years, right? ”

"Last year's harvest was good, about the same as in previous years."

"Last year, in our Zhuangzi, this acre of land can make two stones of grain, right?"

"If you can't hit it, you will hit more than one stone per acre of land, and our side is good, and some land can't even hit one stone."

"Their fields, there shouldn't be our fields, right?"

"The young man is right, the land here is all high-quality land, which is better than the land of many people."

"I heard that it rained here last year, is it true that it is the size of a bowl?"

"Hehe, young man, who are you listening to? The big hailstones at the mouth of the bowl didn't kill everyone, and there was no hail last year, so someone must have deliberately bluffed you. ”

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"Big brother, you have been busy in this year, do you have any food in stock at the end of the year?"

"After paying the rent, it would be good to be able to feed the family, where is there still food? There's no comparison to you businessmen. ”

"We are also caravan work, and we spend most of the year on the road, and it is not much easier than you farming, and besides, the road is quite dangerous."

"Brother, how much silver can you earn a year when you work in a caravan?"

"It's only a dozen or two, big brother, I heard that it rained here last year, and it didn't stop much, isn't it true?"

"Ten taels of silver can buy twenty stones of grain, which is equivalent to the yield of fifteen acres of land, which is much stronger than our farming, brother, although it also rains on our side, it is not as much as you said."

Inquiries like this continue to appear in all places, villages, farms, and groups of people, all over a radius of forty or fifty miles.

After a busy day, Wangcai and these special combat team members also have a general understanding of the situation in Liaodong.

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Seeing that at noon, the hunting party also stopped to prepare for dinner.

Everyone roasted two robes and two sika deer for lunch, and everyone gathered around to eat barbecue while chatting about today's harvest.

It's time to go back after eating, and if it's too late, you won't be home until dark.

Although there are many people who are not very afraid, in case of encountering wolves, the black light really does not guarantee that there will be no casualties.

This time, I didn't see the black blind man I expected, and I was still a little disappointed.

After everyone finished eating, they began to pack up their prey and descend the mountain.

When they came to the place where the wild boar was hunted, they found that the wild boar was missing, and the three hunters went forward and carefully checked the surroundings.

Chen Orion opened his mouth and said: "Third Master, looking at the footprints on the ground, it should be a black blind man who dragged away a wild boar, it shouldn't be far, can we chase it?" ”

Jia Cong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Since you can't go far, let's catch up and take a look, if you are lucky, you may be able to carry the black blind man back." ”

The three of them nodded and followed the trail forward, and Jia Cong also led someone to follow.

After walking less than a mile, I saw a black blind man, under a big tree, biting wild boars.

The appearance of the crowd disturbed the black blind man, who was eating, raised his head and looked at the crowd vigilantly, and let out a demonstrative roar.

Seeing that everyone was not frightened and continued to walk forward, the black blind man turned around quickly, abandoned his prey and ran up the mountain.

This guy is actually quite smart, and he knows that there are too many people to do it, and he is very lucky.

Li Orion shouted: "It's not good, the black blind man is going to run." ”

Jia Cong quickly ran a few steps forward, pulled his bow and arrows, directly drew the bow to the full, and aimed at the black blind man's retreating joint and shot over.

Hearing a "whoosh", a black light flashed, and the running black bear lost its balance in an instant with a crutch on its hind legs, and fell to the ground with a "poof", and at the same time let out a roar.

The black blind man stood up again, but only on three legs.

With another demonstrative roar at the crowd, Jia Cong took the opportunity to aim at its open mouth and shot an arrow into it, piercing directly through the back of the head.

The black blind man's roar stopped abruptly, and he fell to the ground with a "poof", and after a few convulsions, he stopped moving.

The crowd gathered around and found that the black blind man had lost his breath.

Liu Orion said: "Third Master, your arrow passed through the brain of the black blind man, the timing is too good, and the strength is also very large, even if we are old hunters, it is difficult to do this." ”

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Well, this harvest is good, the three of you have a lot of credit, and each of you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver." ”

The three of them were overjoyed when they heard this, and said together: "Thank you for the reward." ”

Jia Cong waved his hand, and Zhang Hu and Li Biao led people to lift the black blind man up and walked back and forth.

This black blind man weighs more than 200 pounds, and the most valuable thing on his body is bear skin, bear bile, and bear paw.

The group took the wild boars with them, stopped and stopped along the way, and finally returned to the Black Mountain Village before dark.

Seeing the people returning with a full load, Wu Jinxiao greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Third master, you're back, if you don't come back, I'm going to send someone to find you, this time the harvest is good, right?"

Jia Cong smiled: "It's really good, there are a lot of prey in the mountains, and this time it's a bumper harvest." ”

Wu Jin Xiao saw that his master was happy, and his heart was even happier, his eyes swept to the prey behind, and suddenly he saw the black blind man carried by everyone, and his eyes shrank.

They actually met the black blind man, did they go to the old forest, these people really don't know the severity, if they are injured, it will be their own sin.

Turning his head to look at Jia Cong, he saw that he was fine, so he was relieved.

This is his own food and clothing, if something really happens to him, his life is estimated to be difficult to protect.

"Third master, you actually ran into a black blind man, I'm scared when I think about it, none of you are hurt, right?"

Jia Cong said: "Well, no one was injured, and we also met on the way back, which can be regarded as luck." ”

After handing over the prey to a special person, Jia Cong went back to freshen up before coming out for dinner.

The meal was as rich as ever, and the old boy Wu Jinxiao was quite attentive, and Jia Cong was embarrassed to check him again.

It's just that my heart immediately became firm, this is just their sugar-coated cannonball, and it should be investigated.

That night, Jia Cong summoned Wangcai and the captains of the two special combat teams in the front hall.

"Wangcai, have you learned some useful news this day?"

Wangcai arched his hand and said: "Third master, today the brothers have visited more than 100 households, and they have inquired about some within a radius of dozens of miles, and they have a general understanding of the situation here." ”

Jia Cong said in surprise: "Oh, I didn't expect you to be lucky enough to find out useful news so quickly, tell me carefully, what is the news." ”

Wangcai took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Jia Cong with both hands.

"Third master, the news is a bit messy, the three of us have summarized it and recorded it, you can take a look at it yourself."

Jia Cong took the booklet and flipped through it page by page.

As he turned back, his face slowly sank.

After some investigation by the special combat personnel, there was no hail at all last year, let alone a hailstorm the size of a bowl.

There is no Wu Jinxiao said, it rains at both ends for three days, and it has not stopped for almost a year.

Knowing that it is impossible for him to come to Liaodong to check, this old boy is all lying to himself.

According to the results of the survey, there should be at least 20,000 taels of silver every year, so that it is normal.

As for those wild meats, with their backs to Montenegro, do they still need to spend money?

Organize hunters to go up the mountain to hunt, go to more people, and you can get it together in two or three days.

This old guy is too black-hearted and too greedy, and he directly blackened more than half of his harvest.

The money he got was actually more than his master, which made him feel a little unhappy.

Speaking from the heart, Jia Cong didn't want to deal with the Wu family in his heart.

It's not that he is soft-hearted, but he will stay in Liaodong for many years, and he needs someone to take care of the Zhuangzi of Ning Rong's second mansion properly and use it as his backing.

I have also known what the army of Da Chu is like, and it is common for generals to eat empty salaries and deduct military salaries.

I am here to win military merits, not to make a fortune.

I don't care about that money, but I can't prevent others from getting rich, otherwise I will be targeted by everyone, and I won't be able to do anything.

But if the army under his command wants to fight, then he has to eat well, and the excess rations have to be solved by himself.

With these two Zhuangzi, it is not a problem to raise a few thousand people.

For the sake of their own plans, then give them another chance.

If you can't catch it again this time, then don't blame yourself for being ruthless, and you can only change people to manage it when the time comes.

"Wangcai, you bring more people tomorrow, continue to ask, make the noise bigger, don't let go of the Rongfu side, you must let Wu Jinxiao and his brother know that you are investigating them."

Wangcai said suspiciously: "Third master, if we do this, aren't you afraid that they will jump off the wall in a hurry, which is not good for us?" This is their territory, after all. ”

Jia Cong smiled proudly and said: "I'm afraid that they will jump off the wall in a hurry, then be ready to beat the dogs, I will give them one last chance, I will knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, and beat the grass and scare the snake."

We need to have a stable supply point in Liaodong, and we need reliable people to garrison, if they seize the opportunity this time, I will let them go, if they can't grasp it, then they can only be replaced. ”