More than 100 captives were gathered at the foot of Shuangding Mountain, a treasure of feng shui, where Zou Run chose to bury Zhang Da in peace.

"Seal the coffin! Cover the earth! Erect a monument! ”

"Licheng! The crowd bowed three times, one bow, two bows, three bows......"

"The owner of the village stepped forward to pay tribute to the incense, the leader Yang stepped forward to pay the incense, and the leader Deng stepped forward to pay the incense."

"Rite over!"

The conditions are limited, a thin wooden coffin, a pile of small earthen bags, and even the tombstone are only made of wooden planks temporarily, but Rao is like this, this scene still gave Dengyun Mountain everyone and the captives an incomparable shock.

Since ancient times, the Han people regard death as life, and a person's funeral affairs will be handled properly will give great glory to the deceased and comfort to the living. A little minion who had just gone up the mountain in Zhangda District was able to get the owner of the village and the two leaders to preside over the funeral and pay tribute in person, which made everyone feel relieved and moved.

Not to mention that the owner of the village also personally explained that he would receive a pension of 100 yen (Note 1), and if his family was willing to go up the mountain, he could also move to the mountain to receive support. Compared with the above-mentioned face glory, this kind of real money on the inside is undoubtedly more heartfelt, and it can make people more grateful and have no regrets.

In fact, the pension system also existed in the Song Dynasty. During the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song court issued an edict: "Whoever dies in battle, commands 70,000; deputy commander 60,000; 50,000 military envoys, capital heads, deputy soldiers and horses, and deputy capital heads. In the first year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song court made adjustments again, making it clear that the amount of bereavement pensions would be given according to the results of the war, that is, "if you win, you will be thirty horses" and "if you don't win, you will be reduced by half". Of course, these are for middle and lower rank officers.

As for the ordinary soldiers, it is recorded in the annals as follows: In October of the first year of Jianlong in the Northern Song Dynasty (960), Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, issued an edict that "if someone dies in the arrow, he will give three horses of silk, and he will still return to his family for three years." It means that "each soldier who died in battle was given three horses of silk and his family was exempted from forced labor for three years." Although the later emperors of the Song Dynasty gained something on this basis, considering the factors of rising prices and the deductions of officers at all levels, it is not difficult to know that the death pension that ordinary soldiers really get can be described as extremely meager.

It is not difficult to explain why the Song Dynasty army has empty numbers and no actual combat effectiveness, at this level of pension, the gap between the general and the non-commissioned officer is so huge, which non-commissioned officer is willing to work hard? So in comparison, Zou Run won completely, and even the captives were eager to join Zou Run's command after knowing about it.

But this sincere wish, on this occasion, may be half in vain. Because after dealing with the funeral of his family, Zou Run is going to kill.

There is a cloud in "Zizhi Tongjian": "Yidi, afraid of power but not virtue", this sentence also applies to the pirates under Ma Shun. They have repeatedly fought against the officers and soldiers, won more than defeated, and in addition to selling illicit salt, they have not been less engaged in burning, killing and looting pirates, and they generally do not believe in justice and are only afraid of power. Zou Run knew that simple grace could not be subdued, and it must be accompanied by iron-blooded means.

Just in front of Zhang Da's tomb, Zou Run pulled out a list from his sleeve with a cold face, Yang Lin caught it, slowly spread it out in the sea breeze, and read word by word:

"Lai San, Zhenghe robbed coastal fishing villages with Mashun in the second year, killed three ordinary people, and robbed one woman......"

"Liu Xiao, Zhenghe stole his sister-in-law and killed his brother in the first year, hid in the green forest, and then defected to Mashun, one day on the way to sell salt, he forcibly entered a private house, raped two women, and set fire to ...... afterwards"

"Cao Dayan...... Killing old women, children and children for no reason...... The above people are extremely heinous, heinous, and they are beheaded to show the public by the master of Dengyun Cottage and the general Zou Run, the king of Xiaoqin! ”

The minions of Dengyun Mountain, who received the order, drew their swords and unsheathed them, the light of the snow swords shone on the faces of the captives, and those whose names were read struggled fiercely, scolding one by one, almost no one begged for mercy, and they all greeted Zou Run in the most vicious language.

Zou Run's face was iron, unmoved, and waved his hand down.

"Slash!"

More than 20 people, divided into two groups for execution, Zou Run specially ordered to let the minions who had not been stained with blood on their hands be executed. The captives were forced to their knees, their long knives raised above their heads, and then swung down with a fierce blow.

The sword light shone brightly, and the blood splashed everywhere, and many of them even splashed on the prisoners watching the execution, making them panic as if they had been struck by lightning, and they jumped back and did not hesitate, causing a riot in the captive team.

Deng Fei, who was responsible for leading the crowd to maintain order, immediately ordered his subordinates to take the scabbard and beat the generals without a head or face, which was shocking.

"Huang Si, Zhao Chengji, Ma Ling......"

Yang Lin read out the names of more than fifty people, he read one, and Deng Fei led someone to arrest one.

These more than 50 people, all of them pale, and some of them had poor psychological endurance, directly fainted in the crowd, causing a commotion. Deng Fei was not convinced, he didn't care whether he fainted or not, he was forcibly pulled out by the names of all the people who were named, and they were tied to the erected stakes in groups of ten.

"The above 50 people, all of them committed crimes, but the thought of their evil is not deep, there is still room to save and forgive the sins, the master of Dengyun Cottage, the king of Xiaoqin, Zou Run, will be ordered, each with thirty lashes, punished with hard labor for one year, and after the completion of the service, it will be dealt with according to the situation of their service transformation."

"Execution!"

With more than 20 landed heads as a lesson, this result made the more than 50 people almost moved to tears, no one opened their mouths to curse, all of them shed tears to thank Zou Run's great kindness, and vowed to change their minds and be a new person.

When the whip hit them, they all gritted their teeth and snorted at most. Yang Lin and Deng Fei saw this scene in their eyes, looked at each other for a moment, and their hearts went up to a new level of Zou Run's methods and admiration. If it weren't for the murder just now, how could this group of lawless splashes bow down and be willing to obey orders.

The remaining thirty or so people were all marginalized by Ma Shun, and they did not commit any crimes and had no chance to commit any crimes, Zou Run ordered them to be broken up on the spot, and they were assigned to various squads in Dengyun Mountain, and when they arrived in the team, they had their own leaders and old people to preach policies to them and teach them rules.

At this point, Zou Run officially included Dangji Island and all the characters on the island into his command, and the post-war income was counted.

This battle harvested a total of more than 40,000 gold, silver and copper coins, more than 10,000 stones of various grains, more than 5,000 stones of coarse salt, more than 10 horses, and other cloth and livestock.

"Brother Yang Lin is tired of running away, go back and tell Leader Zou the good news, and escort half of the money and grain and more than 5,000 stones of coarse salt back by the way."

After my brother returned, he and his uncle continued to train their men and horses, guarding the cottage, and if there was no urgency, they could send people to the island every five days to communicate the news. I have been operating on the island with Deng Fei's brother, by the way, I have to supervise the hotel after I go back, and report to me as soon as there is news. ”

His own cottage is a little stronger, Yang Lin is overjoyed, and in the face of Zou Run's kind words, he opened his mind and expressed his heart directly.

"Where is the owner of the village, the cottage is so hot and prosperous at the moment, it is the result of the owner's advice and hard work. We are all rough people, where can it be called hard to run errands and obey orders, but this island must be cold and biting after winter, the owner of the village must take care of his body, and hundreds of brothers and sisters in the cottage can point to you! ”

Yang Lin was sincere, he wanted to stay on the island instead of Zou Run, after all, the conditions on the island were difficult, and they couldn't compare to the land at all, but considering that Zou Run had a magic to expand the cottage to be used on the island, he could only press this plan and not express it, and could only tell Zou Run to pay attention to his body.

"Brother only cares about going, I am on the island to take care of the owner of the village, from today on, what is it for me to be a mother-in-law, so as to take care of the owner of the village!"

When Deng Fei heard that he could stay by Zou Run's side, he was overjoyed, and he was busy taking care of everything, comparing himself to his mother-in-law, saying that he would take care of Zou Run's diet and daily life, which made Zou Run and Yang Lin laugh and laugh.