Ten miles away.

Songshan Ridge, in the cottage.

"After Ma Chao led his troops into Tongguan, he single-handedly came to Cao Jun to call for battle, and suddenly a member of the ground beat the horse and killed it, and it was Xu Chu ......"

In the hall, Shi Bao and Niu Yu and other leaders listened attentively to Mr. Zhang's story while eating and drinking.

The profession of storyteller began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the tea shop Goulan tile market, they can often be seen.

After years of development, the storyteller has enriched the content of the storyteller, at first only telling some folk ranger stories, and slowly began to talk about all kinds of scripts.

Among them, the most popular is naturally "Three Kingdoms".

Li Shangyin said in "Proud Poems": "Or laugh at Zhang Feihu, or laugh at Deng Ai to eat." ”

It can be seen from this that there were already people who told the story of the Three Kingdoms in the Tang Dynasty.

Taoyuan Three Ties, Tiger Prison Pass Three Ying Battle Lu Bu, Burning Chibi, Zhuge Liang Seven Capture Meng Won ...... These familiar passages in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" have been supplemented and perfected many times by storytellers during the Northern Song Dynasty, providing sufficient material for Luo Guanzhong to write "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in later generations.

"Report!"

Just then, a bandit stepped into the hall and interrupted the story.

was disturbed, Shi Bao didn't like it, and frowned: "What's the matter?" ”

The thief replied: "Big boss, then Han Er has found it." ”

Hearing this, Shi Bao waved his hand impatiently and said: "If you find it, kill it, remember to bring the head back." ”

It's just a splash, and it's worth bothering him to listen to books?

"Big boss, that Han Er is not in the mountains, but hiding in Xiaowang Village."

"Xiaowang Village?"

Shi Bao asked, "Tell me more." ”

The bandit got the order and said truthfully: "When a brother was searching in the mountains, he met a group of escapees, and according to them, many people from Xiaowang Village have come to the mountains to win over the escapees. It is said that Wang Yuanwai was killed, and Xiaowang Village is now under the control of Han Er, and as long as the fugitive households settle in Xiaowang Village, they will be given two acres of barren land and five buckets of rice grain. ”

After he finished speaking, Niu Yu couldn't help laughing out loud: "Hahaha, this ploppy Mo is not crazy, he actually gave rice grain to the fleeing fields." ”

Shi Bao also felt a little funny.

There are fugitives all over the mountains, and they are directly robbed, where can they still give rice and grain to any fields.

Seeing Mr. Zhang's thoughtful look, Shi Bao asked curiously, "What's wrong with Mr.?" ”

Mr. Zhang shook his head and said: "Kill people and release grain, collect the fleeing households, and appease the people." The big boss, this person should not be underestimated, and he may be a hero in the future. ”

He actually didn't understand, but he just felt that what Han Er did was a bit like a character in the script.

Shi Bao said in a dissatisfied tone: "Mr. has said it, how can he be called a hero." ”

often listens to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and he thinks that only people like Liu Xuande and Cao Cao can be called heroes in the world.

"The big boss, since the people are in Xiaowang Village, it is better to kill the generals and loot by the way. Wang Yuan's family has a big business, and he must have accumulated a lot of money over the years. ”

Niu Yu's words made Shi Bao's eyes light up, because he thought so too.

So he ordered: "The second brother will lead the two hundred brothers, set off after dark, and enter Xiaowang Village at night." ”

"Order!"

Niu Yu laughed and replied loudly.

Although there were three or four hundred people in Xiaowang Village, he didn't care about it at all.

He has been a bandit in the mountains for five or six years, and he has robbed more houses than he can count, so he can be called experienced.

In his opinion, those villagers are not even as good as a dog, and when they encounter bad people, the dog at least dares to bark twice, but those villagers can only hold their heads and run away.

In many cases, leading a hundred and ten people can plunder a large village of seven or eight hundred people.

……

……

All day today, Zhang and them cut down another 50 trees.

The trees cut down will not be wasted and will be used to build a military camp.

As the sun set, Han Zhen led eleven exhausted soldiers down the mountain.

Dinner was wheat rice, but there was a big pot of tofu soup compared to yesterday.

Large chunks of tofu are served with Chinese cabbage, and a layer of oil flowers floats on the soup noodles, which makes you very appetizing when you look at it.

Soldiers have a lot of physical exertion, and it is far from enough to eat rice and grains, otherwise they will only become thinner and weaker the more they practice.

In the case of meat is not popular, tofu is particularly important.

Han Zhen has always felt that tofu is a great invention that is not weaker than gunpowder.

It is precisely because of tofu that the thirst for protein of the poor people is filled.

This is also the reason why he does not reject Taoism.

It is really the Taoist priest who has made a great contribution to the promotion of civilization.

Tofu, gunpowder, printing, astronomy, medicine...... In this way, Taoist priests are simply a group of scientists with crooked science and technology.

After eating, the soldiers got up and went home.

Han Zhen returned to the courtyard, and after inquiring about the progress of the lime kiln and the cottage as usual, he came to the study to continue the unfinished work.

……

The stars are shining brightly tonight, and even if there is no moon, you can see things clearly.

Two hundred people marched along the rugged loess mountain road, smearing, towards Xiaowang Village.

When passing by the rocky mountain, the leading cow feather suddenly stumbled and almost fell into a.

Standing up straight, he whispered, "What the hell? ”

"The second master, they seem to be repairing the village."

One of the leaders had a better eye, and by the faint light of the stars, he could see clearly the foundation grooves dug in the ground and the neatly stacked timber.

In ancient times, night blindness was divided into seasons, and because they were so poor, there was a great demand for wild vegetables among the people in the countryside.

Often in a pot of wheat rice, wild vegetables account for eighty percent, and miscellaneous grains account for only two percent.

Wild vegetables such as purslane and camelina are rich in vitamin A, which effectively prevents night blindness.

Well, barely a blessing in disguise......

However, in winter, there are no wild vegetables to eat, and many people will develop night blindness.

"Repair the stockade?"

Niu Yu was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but smile: "It seems that Han Er is really damned, even God is helping us." ”

If this stockade is repaired, with the help of the geographical advantage, let alone 200 of them, even a few hundred more will be in vain.

The others laughed too.

For them, every plunder is a good harvest.

Money, food, women!

Over the hill, a few hundred meters further is Xiaowang Village.

Niu Yu raised his hand, and everyone immediately stopped.

Not all of the 200 were bandits, and more than half of them were fugitives from the stockade.

Their main role was to hold torches high, shout and raise the bandits' strength, and secondly, to act as coolies, using the baskets behind them to transport the looted money and food.

There were only 60 bandits who actually fought.

Niu Yu and other bandits half-squatted on the ground, took out the Pu knife on their waists, and connected the long pole.

The fugitives took out torches from the baskets behind their backs and lit them with fire breakers.

For a time, two hundred torches were connected like a long dragon.

Holding the Pu knife in his hand, Niu Yu commanded with great skill: "The old rule, the sixth son, you take twenty brothers to set fire, and the rest of the brothers will follow me into the king's house." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the fugitives and said sharply: "Wait for the meeting to shout to grandpa, and use the strength of the milk, understand?" ”

"Understood."

The fugitives nodded their heads.

"Brothers, go in with me!"

Niu Yu shouted and rushed into the village with a Pu knife in his hand.

"Kill, !!"

Others chanted.

Two hundred people shouted together, and the momentum was amazing.