Before the banquet began, Chen Xuan opened a large table, opened the roster, shouted the names one by one, and distributed silver coins according to the size of the merit for each person who came up.

"Qi Da Niu, this time from the master of the village, the reward is ten times, plus the opening of the door is meritorious, and the additional reward is five times!" Chen Xuanxian sang a few official places, and then his voice fell, and he changed his sincere smile, "Hehe, Brother Qi, a total of fifteen yuan in reward, let's do it." ”

Qi Daniu, who was named, stepped forward with an expression of disbelief, and when a large handful of copper coins were stuffed into his arms, he still thought that he was still in a dream, after all, this was the largest sum of money he had gotten in the past year since he went up the mountain.

In the past, when Zou Yuan was the owner of the village, he relied on robbing the caravans passing by under the mountain to survive, but how much oil and water could those caravans have? In addition, Zou Run is not a generous lord, so although he dared to fight and dare to rush before, he only received the most reward money three times, and even so, the copper coins in his hands were all big coins or poor quality iron coins.

What is it like now? The coins in his arms are shining with a warm yellow light, this is a good copper coin with full copper content, if it can meet this kind of beautiful thing in the next three or two months, it would be great.

Qi Daniu wiped his tears vigorously and kept bowing to Chen Xuan.

This frightened Chen Xuan, he had skimmed a few books, and knew that the reason for grace was from above, and it was a clear taboo to accept this gift in public. So he hurriedly walked over the table and helped Qi Da Niu up, anxious and angry. "Brother Qi, what are you doing? Isn't it going to harm me? This is the kindness of the owner of the village, if you want to be grateful and go to the owner of the village to salute, don't bother the little brother. ”

Qi Daniu woke up like a dream, wiped a handful of tears, and planned to kowtow to Zou Run, but Chen Xuan stopped him again.

"Brother Qi, Brother Qi Erniu is still sick in bed, his reward has a total of twenty-five yuan, just sign and draw here. Oh yes, the owner of the village ordered, in the future, all brothers who are injured in the line of duty, the cost of medical care and injury care is all included! ”

Qi Da Niu is the first, there will be a second soon, and the third, including more than 30 people who just went up the mountain this time, all of them have a share, and the heavy reward is held in their arms, everyone's heart is warm, and their eyes are teary.

This can make Zou Run suffer a lot, at the banquet, he was surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, even Yang Lin and Deng Fei were difficult to squeeze in, almost everyone was in tears, wanting to toast a glass of water and wine, expressing their inner gratitude and death.

Surrounded by more than 100 wine bowls held high above his head, Zou Run finally collapsed with a smile and was drunk.

The sky is getting brighter, the mountain wind blows away the misty mist in the mountains, the birds in the treetops begin to sing, and the lively noise outside clearly enters Zou Run's yard through the thin window paper.

It may be that the crossing has brought some mysterious and inexplicable changes to this body, Zou Run is obviously recovering from a major injury, and he was drunk again last night, but after only a night's rest, Zou Run no longer has the slightest discomfort, and even feels full of physical strength and high spirits.

The noise outside the window was Zou Yuan, Yang Lin, and Deng Fei beckoning more than 30 young men who had just gone up the mountain to join the team, which was also the strategy that Zou Run had agreed with everyone yesterday.

Before the start of last night's banquet, Zou Run called a group of leaders to his small courtyard to explain the relationship behind Huang Zeli, and Zou Yuan and the three of them knew that they would fight sooner or later, so they unanimously agreed to Zou Run's reorganization plan.

So before the official start of the banquet last night, Zou Run informed the whole village, first promoted a group of brave and brave small leaders such as Qi Daniu and Wang Si, and then divided the more than 80 minions who could carry knives into battle in the whole village into eight teams, each team set up a chief, and the leader of the cottage was filled.

Pick out the best team of horsemanship, led by the fiery and fierce Deng Fei, to train horse fighting and riding. Then pick out the two teams that are relatively tall and strong, and the burly ones are led by Zou Yuan, the dragon of the forest, and this team is used as the sword and shield bearers wearing armor.

Although there are not five pairs of cottage armor at present, and there are only five horses that can be used as war horses, these can be solved in the future, but the training must be done in advance. It's a pity that the archers didn't even have a team, and now there are no people who are proficient in archery in the cottage, so Zou Run has to be cheeky and take the drill first.

The remaining five teams are all organized into pikemen, and Yang Lin, the golden leopard, is responsible for teaching these five teams marksmanship and Pu Dao, and at the same time, he also has to take on the important task of running the three hotels under the mountain and listening to the news. After these teams have trained some famous people, Zou Run will carefully select twenty or thirty people to serve as his own personal team.

There was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the courtyard, from far to near, gradually clear, Zou Run retracted his thoughts of flying, the person he was waiting for had arrived.

"Ma Bo, Zhao Da, Zhao Wu, I've seen the owner of the village!"

Looking at the three people who were dressed up as hotel shopkeepers, Zou Run couldn't help but be full of relief, and a smile appeared on his face, "Haha, okay, since you have to open a store at the foot of the mountain, you have to have the appearance of opening a store, you are doing a good job, this outfit is very good, and it has a little taste." ”

With that, he picked up the three people who gave the salute one by one, pressed them to sit down on a small stool, and prepared to get up and pour them tea.

Zhao Wu is a clever person, and hurriedly took the teapot from Zou Run's hand, and while carefully filling the tea bowl in Zou Run's hand with tea soup, he replied: "Don't dare to praise the owner of the village, the owner of the village let the little ones go to open a hotel, and the little ones will naturally do their best to do this errand well, so as to live up to the favor and value of the owner of the village." While speaking, he poured a bowl for Ma Bo and Zhao Da, and only then did he fall half of his ass on the stool, and the whole process was light-hearted, and his expression was very natural.

Ma Bo and Zhao Da, who were clumsy in words, were envious and hateful when they saw this, but they subconsciously echoed the words for a while, and kept saying, I am the same, I am the same.

Seeing this, Zou Run couldn't help but wonder, it seems that in addition to Zhao Wu, although Ma Bo and Zhao Da have changed their ways, they still haven't found the trick of being a hotel shopkeeper, how can they get information if they can't open their mouths? But this matter is not urgent, you can only take one step at a time, if it really doesn't work, you will find someone to replace you and go back to the mountain.

"Okay, today I will call you back to the mountain, one is to hear the situation of their respective hotels, and the other is to explain a few things to you, let's gossip less, today's cottage room is not counting your heads, let's hurry up and finish, you can go back to catch lunch."

In the face of Zou Run's obviously joking words, the three of them all laughed for a while, and then looked at each other, but it was the eldest Ma Bo who answered first.

"The owner of the village, the Shannan Hotel has been open for several days, the stir-fried vegetables taught by the old man are selling very well, the passing merchants and pedestrians, can't stop applauding after eating, and the pickled vegetables, selling short every day, I roughly estimated, if the momentum continues, the Shannan Hotel can make a profit of 30 yuan per month!"

After Ma Bo finished speaking, Zhao Da and Zhao Wu also explained the progress one after another, and the hotels in Shandong and Shanxi were also very similar, they all relied on stir-fried vegetables and braised vegetables to break through the fame, and even some peers secretly made people come to steal the teacher.

The number of profits of 30 yuan made Zou Run nod secretly, although the amount of money is not large, but it represents the healthy development of the hotel in the case of self-support, which means that the "new deal" he proposed is successful, I believe that over time, the number of profits will increase exponentially, and then not only will add another long-term income, but the intelligence work will definitely have significant progress, which can really be described as a multi-task.

Zou Run naturally praised his achievements in his work, and even announced that he would be rewarded accordingly according to the profit situation when the year-end settlement was made. As soon as the incentive policy came out, the enthusiasm of the three people burst out visibly, and they almost swore in front of Zou Run that they would work hard and double their performance.

There is a saying that after giving sweet dates, you have to hit a stick, and Zou Run immediately poured cold water when he saw this.

"Okay, I know the intention of you waiting, but don't forget, I asked you to wait to open a hotel not just for the small profits of dozens of dollars, but to make you the eyes and ears of hundreds of brothers in the cottage! Listening to the news and completing the intelligence mission is the root of what you are waiting for! This must always be kept in mind! ”

Zou Run made a rare face, reprimanded the three people who got carried away on the platform, let them remember it for a long time, and then solemnly issued three new tasks.

"There are three things that you should do as soon as you come down the mountain. The first thing is to immediately send additional personnel to the county seat of Huangxian County to keep an eye on the movements of the county government and see how the government reacts to Huang Zeli's death. ”

"Second, after I go back, I will immediately inquire about the whereabouts of Lin Chong, the leader of the 800,000 forbidden army in Tokyo. The first two things, as soon as there is relevant news, should be reported to me as soon as possible. ”

"The third thing, secretly spread the rumors, just say that Dengyun Mountain recruits troops and horses, sincerely invites the world's heroes to join the gang, and those who are willing to go up the mountain, regardless of men and women, old and young, will be fully accommodated, and depending on the situation, the settlement fee will be doubled!"

"These three major events are related to the survival and prosperity of the cottage, you must be careful and careful, and when you do it well, I will be rewarded!"

Ma Bo and the three of them looked resolute, left their seats one after another, bowed to the ground, and said, "I am willing to do my best for the cottage, and I am willing to die for the owner of the village!" ”