Early in the morning, Xiao Jiu stood in the middle of the open space in the middle of the cottage, inspecting everyone.

At this time, the cottage bandits, physical fitness and equipment are very different from before, they can't even match the most basic knives, and many people just take a sharpened wooden stick and use it as a weapon.

Those mountain bandits who are lucky enough to have a piece of knife, most of the blades in their hands are the kind of broken pig iron with teeth and mouths, and if they really want to cut people, maybe they will break the knife first.

Now with the money and food provided by Xiao Jiu, the weapons of the entire cottage are basically unified and re-forged, although limited by the technical level at this time, the quality is worrying, but the original batch of "antiques" has also been eliminated.

In addition, the biggest change is their spiritual outlook, the whole cottage has lost that loose and languishing atmosphere, replaced by a vitality full of hope for life.

Some of them want to save money and buy land, some want to marry a wife and have children, in short, no matter what, they all have an extraordinary desire for tomorrow, and they also believe that Xiao Jiu can lead them to "realize their dreams".

Xiao Jiu looked at the high-spirited people, counted the number of people, and left Lao Ma with more than a dozen mountain bandits to guard the cottage, while he got up and got on his horse and went down the mountain with Jinzi, Zhang Ben, and more than 30 bandits from the cottage.

About an hour, Xiao Jiu arrived at Jar Village, and the men in the village also gathered at the entrance of the village, just like the scene when he first went down the mountain to Lijia Town.

Without waiting for everyone in Hare Mountain to step forward, a middle-aged man with a short figure walked out of the crowd at the entrance of the village, trotting in a wide robe, looking very obscene.

Xiao Jiu knew this person, the rich man Sun.

Seeing this person getting closer, a trace of disgust flashed in Xiao Jiu's eyes, and he rode on his horse, looking down at him from above.

"I haven't seen Lord Xiao Zhai for many days, but I think about it very much in my heart, old brother." , The rich man walked up to Xiao Jiu and pulled him with a smile on his face, but when he looked up and saw Xiao Jiu's cold face, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.

And Zhang Ben, who was behind Xiao Jiu, heard this, pulled out the machete from his waist with a brush, and said, "Whose brother are you, believe it or not, I cut off your tongue." ”

The rich man Sun was so frightened by Zhang Ben that his legs were weak, he trembled, and began to apologize continuously, with an embarrassed smile on his face.

Xiao Jiu just glanced at Rich Master Sun, and then turned his head to look at the crowd gathered at the entrance of the village.

This rich man Sun was humiliated by Zhang Ben, but the people of the same village all looked at the deflated rich man Sun with a blank look, and only a few people were looking at the weapons in their hands, but when Xiao Jiu's eyes swept over, he quickly lowered his head.

Xiao Jiu clamped his legs between the horse's belly and slowly moved forward, and the bandits behind him also followed in unison.

Walking closer, Xiao Jiu looked around at the crowd, and the people at the entrance of the village bowed their heads one after another.

At this time, Xiao Jiu suddenly roared: "Raise your head." ”

The people in front of him were all shocked, and they looked up at Xiao Jiu timidly, not daring to move, for fear that they would be pulled out and cut off their hands and feet to use to establish their authority.

Looking at the obedient people in front of him, Xiao Jiu continued: "Folks, I came to the village today to do only three things. ”

"Levy grain, levy grain, or levy grain."

The villagers of Jar Village listened to Xiao Jiu's loud declaration, and they still had that numb expression, probably only hearing the word "requisition of grain", but they had long been accustomed to paying the New Year's grain many times before.

And the rich man Sun, who had been standing behind Xiao Jiu, listened to Xiao Jiu's words, and thought of the cold expression on Xiao Jiu's face just now, and suddenly had an ominous premonition.

Without waiting for Rich Master Sun to think about it, Xiao Jiu's voice came into his ears again.

"We went down the mountain this time, mainly to collect grain, but this time the grain collection is slightly different from the past."

"First, this time I only collect more grain, whoever has more than five acres of land, I will pump 10% of his grain per acre."

"Second, I want to distribute grain to those who have little land, and whoever has less than five acres of land, I will give him five buckets of grain per household."

As soon as these words came out, the people of Jar Village turned their heads left and right and whispered, Xiao Jiu did not stop them, they still sat on horseback, looking at everyone with a cold face.

Only the rich man Sun showed a bitter gourd color on his greasy face, which clearly showed that he wanted to rob him of his food.

About ten minutes passed, and the voices of the people gradually became smaller, these people may usually be honest and wooden, but as long as they talk about food, they are more refined than anyone else.

Xiao Jiu looked at their eager eyes and knew that the time was almost up.

"Folks, we're done talking, now we're going to start collecting grain."

"I have a very good relationship with Brother Sun, so let's start with Brother Sun's house."

After Xiao Jiu finished speaking, he turned his head, looked at the rich man, and said, "Old brother, lead the way." ”

As soon as the words fell, the rich man Sun pounced, knelt down in front of Xiao Jiu, and said with a crying voice: "Master, Grandpa Xiao, please spare me." ”

Immediately afterwards, there were several solid bangs of bang bang.

But Xiao Jiu was still unmoved, frowned slightly, leaned over and said, "Brother Sun wants me to go to your house by myself?" ”

The rich man who knelt down and kowtowed heard Xiao Jiu's gloomy voice, and instantly stopped his movements, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, knowing that Xiao Jiu was threatening himself, so he could only raise his head helplessly and meet that cold face.

Subsequently, the two minions of the cottage stepped forward to help the fat rich man Sun, and the people and horses drove into the jar village together.

In fact, you don't need to lead the way to Rich Sun's house, as long as you enter the village, the largest and most generous house must be Rich Sun's.

The people and horses of Hare Mountain were walking in front, the villagers of Jar Village spontaneously followed behind, plus the people who came one after another, there were forty or fifty men, if they were organized, Xiao Jiu would not be able to enter the village at all.

But Xiao Jiu first announced the conditions for requisitioning grain, and the rich man Sun was unpopular, so the people couldn't afford to resist at all.

There are less than 20 households in the whole village with more than five acres of land, and the rest are poor peasants and hired farmers, and Xiao Jiu just said that he would distribute grain to the poor.

This group of people has only heard some stories of chivalrous robbing the rich and helping the poor, and it is the first time they have seen them after living for so long.

In a short time, a group of people arrived at the house of the rich man.

Looking at this big mansion, Xiao Jiu didn't talk nonsense, his eyes gestured to Zhang Ben, Zhang Ben dismounted and walked directly to the door, kicked the door open, and scared the rich man Sun.

Xiao Jiu also immediately dismounted and followed everyone into the house.

As soon as he entered the gate, he saw two chubby young men holding a stick, looking at the crowd with horror on their faces.

Zhang Ben, who kicked open the door and went in first, saw two men holding weapons, and instantly showed his fierce face, raised a knife and said sharply: "What, do you still want to compare?" ”

Without waiting for the two men with sticks to speak, the rich man Sun who came with him cried out from behind: "Grandpa Xiao, you raise your noble hand and spare my family, I will give you as much food as you want." ”