Chapter 9 Heiyunzhai Partners
After Meng Baoqing arrived in Fulong Town, he was dumbfounded when he saw all this in front of him, the huge Fulong Town was planted with the "black" banner of Heiyun Village, wearing cloth clothes and armor, and the standard soldiers holding spears and knives neatly lined the streets.
Meng Baoqing had spent his whole life in the depths of the mountains, and the bandits under his command were either dressed in tatters or armed with wooden sticks and hoes, and there were soldiers who fantasized about such equipment.
Listening to Zhang Jujin's report again, the original more than 200 soldiers in Fulong Town took refuge in Heiyun Village, plus the original people and horses in Heiyun Village, there were more than 300 soldiers in Fulong Town.
"Oh my God, it's really a big deal!" Meng Baoqing was very excited, and said to Zhang Zhujin: "Brother Jijin, I really didn't mistake you at the beginning, you broke through Taiping Village, repelled the official army, and now occupy Fulong Town, Admiral Heiyunzhai deserves it!" ”
After some greetings, Zhang Jujin expressed his worries: "Fulong Town is occupied by us, the imperial court will not sit idly by, I guess they will soon send a large army to conquest, although our Heiyun Village has some forces, but resisting the imperial army still belongs to the mantis arm as a car, so we still have to plan as soon as possible." ”
Meng Baoqing nodded: "Well, what Brother Jijin said is very true, do you have any suggestions?" ”
Zhang Jijin continued: "I think we still have to use Heiyun Village as the base camp for development, and transport all the food, money, knives, swords, bows and arrows and other weapons and armor of Fulong Town back to Heiyun Village, and be ready to withdraw to Heiyun Village at any time!" ”
"Well, your suggestion is quite good, relying on us people, Fulong Town will not be able to hold it sooner or later, but Fulong Town was finally taken, it's a pity!"
"It's not a pity!" Zhang Jujin continued: "I have already arranged for men and horses to strengthen the defense, and if the imperial court wants to take back Fulong Town, it will also need to pay a price, and besides, the materials of Fulong Town, I will arrange for them to hurry up and transport them back to Heiyun Village in batches." ”
"Well, that's good, just do as you say!"
As soon as Meng Baoqing finished speaking, he heard someone report that someone was looking for him outside.
"I'm not familiar with Fulong Town, why is someone looking for me?"
Meng Baoqing walked out of the hall with doubts, only to see a charming and moving woman leaning against the pillar and saying in a sultry voice: "Aqing, don't you know me?" ”
"Cui?" When Meng Baoqing saw the visitor, his eyes lit up: "Why are you here?" ”
That Xiaocui pounced, grabbed Meng Baoqing's arm, and complained: "I haven't heard from me for so many years, and I came to Fulong Town today, and I didn't come to find anyone, Aqing, I'm afraid you have forgotten me, the sea oath and mountain alliance back then were all fake!" ”
Looking at Xiao Cui's crying and crying, Meng Baoqing felt that his heart was about to break, and he hugged Xiao Cui: "Where are you, I am a bandit, you are a big name and the top brand in Fulong Town, am I not afraid of affecting you." ”
Xiaocui was obviously dissatisfied with Meng Baoqing's answer, and the two snuggled together and began to flirt.
Zhang Jujin and the others returned to the hall with interest, and he quickly arranged: "Li Tiezhu, strengthen the defense of Fulong Town; Wang Hezi led the men and horses to start transporting grain, grass, weapons, etc.; The dog was left, and he took people to various shops in Fulong Town to raise donations for military supplies. ”
Li Tiezhu and Wang Haozi quickly led people to start the implementation, only the dog was left, and they didn't understand what it meant to collect military supplies.
"You don't understand, in this way, I'll take you to a family, and you'll understand!"
Zhang Zhujin pondered: "Which one to start with?" By the way, let's start with the Fulong Inn. ”
Not long after, Zhang Zhujin appeared in front of the Fulong Inn with Gou Yu and others, and Zhang Zhujin, as a bandit of Heiyunzhai, defeated the defenders of Fulong Town and took over Fulong Town, which is already well known.
When Zhang Jujin appeared in front of the Fulong Inn with the dog leftovers, the extremely arrogant boss in the past changed his normal behavior and nodded out to greet him.
"I don't know how many uncles have arrived, and I have lost my welcome, so a few uncles are invited."
Zhang Jujin walked into the inn, looked at the innkeeper's humble appearance, and said to him: "I still like your unruly appearance, you recover, otherwise I will be embarrassed to do the next thing." ”
After the group sat down, Zhang Jujin smiled and began to speak: "I, the army of Heiyunzhai, in order to save you Li people who have been ruthlessly oppressed by the imperial court, and to save you people who have been ruthlessly oppressed by places like Fang Wanquan, not far away, ran out from the depths of the mountains to rescue you, not to mention the fatigue of the journey, and the battle with the official army is quite lossy, as the owner of the Fulong Inn in Fulong Town, how much do you donate some grain and grass for military expenses, what do you think?" ”
The innkeeper looked at the two rows of bright long knives, his eyes turned, and he immediately had a countermeasure, he ran into the back hall, took out a money bag and handed it to the dog, and said to Zhang Zhujin: "The small inn shop is Xiaoliwei, there are five hundred copper coins here, and the right is to honor the masters." ”
Hearing that there were only five hundred copper coins, Zhang Zhujin's face changed, and he said in a low voice: "Sure enough, it is a small shop, there is not much money, so I won't embarrass you, I see that your lady is also quite standard, although she is older, but the charm still exists, there are still 100 brothers in my camp who have no wives and concubines, let her go to condole, do you think there is no problem!" ”
"I can't help it, I can't help it", the innkeeper knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhang Zhengjin.
"There were two criminals in the prison last night who escaped, and our army chased them for a long time and did not find them, some people said that those two criminals were hiding in your inn, and this harboring criminals is a crime of killing the head."
The innkeeper was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat: "Qi Yu is the third master, there is absolutely no harboring criminals here for the little one, how dare the little one!" ”
"Should you hand it over yourself, or will we search for it ourselves!"
Although Zhang Jujin did not say anything to ask him to hand over, the innkeeper knew very well in his heart that if he couldn't get the money that satisfied Zhang Jujin, he would inevitably be accused of harboring the rebels.
Half an hour later, Zhang Jujin looked at the things in the two carriages in front of him, nodded with satisfaction, and said loudly to the crowd of onlookers: "Fulong Inn actively responded to the call of Heiyun Village, actively raised a lot of money and materials, vigorously supported my army of Heiyun Village, and rewarded a plaque." ”
Subsequently, Gou Yu asked people to take off the plaque of "Fulong Inn" and hang the plaque of "Heiyunzhai Partner, Helping Store - Fulong Inn" prepared by Zhang Zhujin in advance.
The innkeeper saw all this, his face darkened, but he still forced a smile, he knew that in this way, the entire Fulong Town would know the fact that he had funded Heiyun Village, and the officials and troops of the imperial court would fight back sooner or later, and when the time came, he would definitely be charged with colluding with the rebels and funding the rebels.
After dealing with the Fulong Inn, Zhang Zhujin said to the dog left: "See it, our fundraising is mainly aimed at the rich big families and wealthy businessmen in Fulong Town, and the ordinary people must not move, for the rich businessmen who have a good attitude and take the initiative to raise donations, and the rich businessmen who have a good reputation on weekdays, you can buy food and materials." ”
Gou Yu immediately understood: "I understand that for the rich businessmen who are not active and do not take the initiative to raise donations, they can be strong, cheat, and sneak attack......"
Before the dog could finish speaking, Zhang Zhujin slapped him on the shoulder: "Everyone in the big family is an old man in his fifties and sixties, how can you come to be strong, to cheat, to sneak attack the old rich businessman!" ”
"What should I do then?"
"If you don't donate, you can take credit, owe or lend money to them."
"What about the stubborn rich merchants who are unwilling to take credit, owe or borrow?"
Faced with the question of the dog leftover, Zhang Jujin pointed to the owner of the Fulong Inn, but the owner of the Fulong Inn was startled.
"Then they must have harbored criminals, harbored criminals, and killed their heads, and they could raid their homes."
Gou Yu suddenly realized: "Oh, the subordinates understand, understand!" ”
Next, Gou Yu took his own people and threw himself into a vigorous fund-raising activity, using the methods taught to him by Zhang Zhujin, and after some intimidation, in line with the principle of dilapidated and disaster-freezing, the landlords and wealthy businessmen took the initiative to send a lot of food and money.
For a few families who were unwilling to take the initiative to cooperate, Gou Yu directly raided their homes in the name of harboring criminals, and put their family members in prison as criminals, and all their property was confiscated.
Looking at the carts of money, Meng Baoqing and Zhang Zhujin both grinned, revealing eight big teeth.
"I didn't expect that the rich businessmen in Fulong Town were not ordinary rich, and with a little donation, they would take out so much."
Zhang Jujin smiled and said: "Yes, the people of Fulong Town are really enthusiastic, when they heard that it was our people from Heiyun Village seeking fundraising, everyone responded, and some even poured their money into help." ”
Zhang Jijin arranged for Wang Hezi to lead people to transport carts of money and grain to Heiyun Village in carriages, and of course arranged a lot of guards, because there are many similar Heiyun Zhai in the depths of the mountains, and it is very likely to be robbed by fire.
Just when Zhang Jujin and they were in full swing to deliver supplies back, here in Tanshui County, Cao Hou finally waited for his reinforcements, General Duan, if Zhang Jujin was present, he would find out that it was a historical figure - Duan Xuan.
Duan Xuan took nearly a thousand Xiliang iron horsemen and appeared outside Tanshui County, and Cao Hou took Chen Wang and others out of the city to greet him.
For faint and incompetent magistrates like Cao Hou and Chen Wang, Duan Xuan didn't look at them directly.
"How many bandits are there?"
"General Duan, there are more than 200 bandits, all of them are bandits, and County Lieutenant Chen took more than 500 people to encircle and suppress them, but they were unsuccessful." Cao Hou responded.
"There are only more than 200 bandits, and there are more than 500 people stationed in Fulong Town, why are they lost?"
Chen Wang hurriedly replied: "General Duan, the bandits are insidious and cunning, they first sneaked into Fulong Town, and then used treacherous tricks to cooperate with the outside world, and then they broke through Fulong Town!" ”
"Hmph, I heard that the Black Cloud Village can fight no more than 100 bandits, and there is a bandit leader who plans to take refuge in you, he has sent you information several times, but you have failed to succeed in encircling and suppressing them, but have lost a lot of people!"
Listening to Duan Xuan's lecture, Cao Hou and Chen Wang lowered their heads and didn't dare to say a word.
Duan Xuan said again: "Of course, you don't have to worry, when I arrive in Fulong Town tomorrow, I will definitely eradicate this gang of bandits completely!" ”