The busy man Wu Nian once again left the Wu Mansion and came to the Fuhan General's Mansion. Upon entering the gate, he was ushered into a small living room by an official.

On the north side, two Taishi chairs are placed across the coffee table. On the guest seats on the left and right, there are four Taishi chairs.

Liu Zhixing and Li Yong sat on the left and right respectively.

The tea was all brewed, just waiting for him to come.

"General." Liu Zhixing and Li Yong's faces were very serious, they were talking in a whisper, and when they saw Wu Nian coming in, they immediately stood up and saluted.

"No need to be polite." Wu Nian came to the main seat and sat down, and asked in a deep voice, "What is the matter?" ”

Liu Zhixing and Li Yong glanced at each other, and they all sighed. Then Liu Zhixing looked ashamed, clasped his hands into fists, and told the matter one by one.

After Wu Nian heard this, he also showed a solemn expression.

It's a mountain people's problem.

Before that.

Wu Nian never forced the mountain people to pay grain and send out strong men, and the attitude he adopted was to ask for cooperation. There are many mountain villages, all of which are very cooperative with him.

The food is also given to the strong men.

In some mountain villages, it is not about themselves. Neither man nor food is produced. It is an iron rooster, and it does not pull out a hair.

There are advantages and disadvantages to doing this.

In this journey, Chen Jiagui arranged the intelligence network, and many spies and eyeliners came from villages that paid money and made strong men.

Those mountain villages that don't pay food and don't produce people, who is the bird of your Wu Nian? On the contrary, I feel that Wu Nian is weak and can be bullied, and there is no need to pay for food, there was a bumper harvest this year and last year, and the food that cannot be eaten is enough, how happy is it?

As for the Mengyuan people of the Anti-Japanese War, it's our business?

There are quite a few such mountain villages.

In the past, Wu Nian coexisted peacefully with this kind of mountain village in order not to make extraneous branches. But now that the steps are so big, we have to be tougher.

And thanks to Wu Nian's victory over 40,000 households, the blessing of the prestige of the tiger of Liaodong. In particular, Wu Nian's taxes are relatively low, and he is not forced to be a soldier, as long as a certain proportion of strong men are produced, bridges and roads are repaired, and water conservancy is built.

Most of this stubborn mountain village obediently softened. But there are also some nail households.

Among them, on the deep mountain about twenty-five miles southwest of Beishan Fort, there is a Niujia Village. There are more than 500 people, and the clan surnamed Niu is the only one.

There was a man named Niu Dingtian, who was very prestigious in the clan, so he incited the clan to refuse to pay the grain, and also contacted three nearby villages that had been married and befriended for generations.

Counting the population, there are two or three thousand people.

They guarded the mountain, holding rudimentary homemade weapons, bows and arrows, and they didn't say anything about resisting, anyway, your Beishan Fort is Beishan Fort.

If you want to resist the Mongolian Yuan, you must resist the Mongolian Yuan.

You just have to toss it yourself.

We are in the mountain village, and we are in charge of ourselves. If you don't pay for food, you won't be a strong man, and of course you won't be a soldier.

Speaking of this, Liu Zhixing said helplessly: "General." I sent three waves of officials to the city, but they were all detained. ”

In this anger, he wanted to send soldiers to attack. But as soon as they were entrenched in the mountain villages, the people were fierce. There will be damage to attacking yourself, and everyone is Han, and they are all ordinary people, so they give up again. Left pondering, right pondering, there is no solution. ”

It's easy to storm down.

But the enemy is easy to deal with, but the own people are not easy to deal with. He really couldn't bear to use knives and guns against these mountain villages.

"If there were only two or three thousand people, it would be fine. But let them do so is a great blow to the general's virtue. Those unwilling mountain villages, if they saw the sweetness, they would also follow suit and unite to resist. The general's plan to expand the army is afraid that it will be yellow. ”

Li Yong interjected beside him, and Liu Zhixing sighed and nodded helplessly.

Wu Nian also sighed, but quickly calmed down. He raised his head and said to Li Yong and Liu Zhixing with relief: "This is also something that can't be helped, don't be sad." Solve the problem. ”

"Who is Niu Dingtian? What is the situation of the three villages that have been married together with Niujia Village for generations? Who are the leaders? Tell me about it. ”

Wu Nian's expression became serious and serious.

"Yes." Liu Zhixing nodded and told Wu Nian the detailed information.

With the forces of the North Mountain Fort, it is extremely easy to figure out these things.

"I see." After listening to this, Wu Nian lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "It's too late today. Send someone to tell Tie Niu first. Let him prepare his baggage, grain, and soldiers of three hundred households. Come with me early tomorrow morning. ”

Same as Liu Zhixing and Li Yong's thoughts. Wu Nian also didn't want to raise a butcher's knife against ordinary Han people.

But the first evil must be killed.

You can't be merciful.

In this way, to solve this trouble, you have to use a little skill.

"Yes." Liu Zhixing responded.

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Niujia Village.

The village is located deep in the mountains and old forests, and the mountain roads are particularly difficult to walk. However, the village is located in a gentle mountain, so many fields have been cultivated.

Even better, there was a mountain stream that sped down from their village.

They repaired a reservoir on their own, and they were able to solve the problem of daily water supply on their own.

Such a self-sufficient village with the surname Niu for most people. It's exactly like an independent kingdom.

In the center of the village, there is a three-room blue brick house. There is a large yard in front of the tiled house, and three women are drying mountain goods, and there is a group of children playing noisily next to them.

Niu Dingtian sat under the eaves, looked at his women and children, and smiled with satisfaction.

This is the family business that I have worked hard for half my life.

Niu Dingtian is thirty-two years old Chinese New Year's Eve and has three brothers in his family. When I was a child, I was very naughty and mischievous, and when I grew up, I was idle, and I didn't have a daughter-in-law at the age of eighteen.

The people in the village said that he was an old bachelor.

As soon as he gritted his teeth, he went down the mountain with his three brothers to start a business selling illicit salt, and returned to the village with a fortune.

As the saying goes, don't bully young people into poverty.

With money, he immediately became the most beautiful cub in the village. not only married a daughter-in-law, but also accepted two concubines.

The four of them were outlaws. Be bold and bold. In the village, there are people who follow their buttocks.

Clans. Generally, it is senior, and the old man is in charge.

But in Niujia Village, he has the greatest power, of course, he is in charge. He also regards Niujia Village as his own territory.

It's like an old dog, stubbornly guarding the family business.

In the past, when the state of Chu was still there, officials came to collect grain. He still had some concerns, but now the state of Chu has retreated to the south.

Later, when the Mengyuan people came, he was also worried about the Mengyuan people.

Wu Nian rose, and he was also worried about Wu Nian.

But over time. And he didn't care.

Because Wu Nian is weak.

The officials who came to Beishan Fort to collect grain were all harmonious and kind, and their attitudes were extremely low.

He said he was here to collect grain, but in fact he was here to ask for food.

Of course he refused.

And this time, it is necessary to forcibly expropriate grain according to the population and fields of the villages?

It's ridiculous.

What do you do with food for such weak and deceitful people?

Isn't it delicious to leave it to yourself?