Chapter 23 Dark Piles and Spring Ploughing
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Lin Shuangwen asked, Zhao Ranmao suddenly opened, and finally knew where his doubts were. The two thieves were so frightened that they kowtowed like garlic, begging to distinguish, saying that the strongman who occupied their cottage had pointed out a way to live, and that the area of Jundu Mountain in Guyang County, Long'an Prefecture was sparsely populated, and the government did not control it, so they could gain a foothold here.
Therefore, Luo Wenhai had no choice but to bring his brothers over to see the limelight, and there was no delay on the way, so he was able to arrive at Cointreau Mountain in less than half a month. After arriving here, I found that there were really no officials here, but there were still a few villages that could be slaughtered by others, so I prepared to set up a village in the mountains.
It turned out that this gang of thieves also came to "open up the wasteland", Zhao Ran looked at Jin Jiu and the others helplessly, and his heart collided. It seems that there are pros and cons to everything, there is no government control in the Junshan area, and it is convenient for oneself to be convenient, but it is also easy to cause a small watch, I am afraid that this kind of thing will be indispensable in the future.
There was nothing to say that night, and at dawn the next day, Zhao Ran asked Jin Jiu to take people to carry back the corpses and blades of the thieves, and then dug a big pit at the pass of Cointreau Mountain to bury it, set up a wooden plaque, and wrote "Cointreau Mountain Strike Hard Monument" in a few big characters, and the following annotation "Luo Wenhai and other fierce bandits are buried here", thinking that it would be a lesson for those who came after.
As for Jiang Zhuzi and Zhang Wu, Zhao Ran originally planned to behead them on the spot to set an example, but later Jin Jiu came up with an idea, saying that he didn't need to kill them for the time being, but put these two people in Cointreau Mountain, disguised as mountain thieves, and if anything happens in the future, he can be used as an eyeliner to report to Junshan Temple in time. This is the usual practice used by the yamen to deal with local thieves and murderers, and the effect is very good.
Lin Shuangwen asked. What if these two thieves run away?
The Jin family is a family of officials in Guyang County, especially the criminal name, which is very profound. He found two thieves and gave them two ways. One is for the two of them to go after Luo Wenhai underground, and the other is to stay in the middle of Cointreau Mountain, but they must obey the orders of Junshan Temple. The two thieves understood as soon as they heard it, this was to make a secret pile for the two of them, and there were many mountain bandits in the rivers and lakes who were hidden piles for the government, and the two thieves were quite clear, so they agreed on the spot.
Jin Jiu hinted that if the two thieves did the right thing, they could be filed in Junshan Temple. Once you have done it for five years, Junshan Temple can report to the Guyang County Ya and Wuji Courtyard to remove the "thief name" for them. This is tantamount to whitewashing their identities, the two of them promised to be forced to be helpless, and at the same time they also had the intention of looking at the wind, and they listened to this condition at the moment. It can be regarded as a sincere return to the heart.
Of course, Zhao Ran inevitably went out to deter in person. With him, the "immortal", sitting in Junshan Temple, where do the two thieves dare to have different intentions. Zhao Ran was not afraid of them escaping, with the foot strength of the old donkey, let the two thieves run for a day first, and he was sure to catch them back.
The humble small village built by Jin Jiu on the hill in the Cointreau Pass was left to Jiang Zhuzi and Zhang Wu. It is their "den of thieves", and at the same time promised them that they can recruit a few outlaws to make a strong reputation.
After the arrangement was completed, Zhao Ran led the people back to the village. This time, Zhao Ran moved the idea of "training". Of course, it is not really necessary to build an army in Junshan, but to strengthen the training of young and strong villagers, so that they can have a certain degree of self-defense ability when things happen.
Zhao Ran handed over this matter to Guan Er and Lu Jin, and asked them to recruit 100 young men in each of the three villages, and when they were busy, they would do farm work at home, and when they were slack, they would pull them out to practice and practice, and during the exercises, Junshan Temple would provide food. Zhao Ran predicted that in about three months, a regiment of 300 people would be able to be pulled up at any time to train villagers, and in six months, this team would have the strength to suppress a small group of murderers and bandits.
Uncle Zhong also got his wish, and sent his own San Lang to Junshan Temple to be a fireworker, Zhong Sanlang's identity has gone up a notch, and he can get a monthly salary, and the people in the entire Junshan area are very envious, saying that the Zhong family took two lives to fight out of a family and turn over, one word - value!
After Zhao Ran returned to Junshan Temple, the Junshan area began a tense spring ploughing, in order not to delay the farming time, Zhao Ran used a few meals of barbecue as bait, which really made the five-color master sell his life, and it was turning over the soil and removing insects, and he was really tired. After the land was cleaned up, the five-color master thought that he could finally take a rest, but who knew that Zhao Ran took out a simple drawing and handed it over.
"Little Taoist, what kind of ghost painting talisman are you?"
"Guess?"
The five-color master stared at the lines on the paper and pondered for a moment, and asked, "Is this the cloud seal?" But when I went to Huayun Pavilion to borrow a book...... How can it be called stealing? I'll put it back after reading it...... In the few books I borrowed, I have never seen such a cloud seal...... The seal script is too simple and too loose...... What are these two circles......? These three vertical ones seem to be water seals, but what about the horizontal ones? And these squares, which seem to be exorcisms?"
Zhao Ran rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "Master, what does this have to do with Yun Seal?
"Huh?"
"The one on the left is Xiaojun Mountain, and the one on the right is Cointreau Mountain, what is not square and round? Is it so difficult to recognize? Master, it's terrible to be uneducated...... The horizontal line is the Chongma River, the three vertical lines are the canals, and these grids are fields...... Three canals separate the fields, so that the fields can be irrigated to ......"
The five-color master "giggled" twice: "You little Taoist, you somehow learn to draw, what kind of broken things you paint, laugh at me......"
Zhao Ran said angrily: "Master, you laugh slowly, I'll tell you first...... Jin Jiu has mobilized the people to dig the canal along the south bank of the Chongma River, but only dug a hundred zhang away, which is the solid part of the three canals marked on the map, and the dotted line is the one to be excavated in the plan...... Solid line, dotted line, the meaning of virtual reality, don't you understand?"
"Well, I see, little Taoist, why are you showing me this?"
"Master, at the moment the people are busy with spring ploughing, and they really can't spare the manpower to dig ditches, but it's too hard to carry water and water the ground like this, do you old people see if they are active and active? How tired are you bored in the cave all day long? Oh, by the way, I heard that the people have renovated the master's cave, when will you ask the poor road to visit?"
The five-color master was stunned, and said angrily: "Just turned over the ground, except for the worms, and you want to pull me to work?"
"Master, turning the ground is also a kind of cultivation, your claws...... Isn't that getting harder and harder as iron? As for those bugs, haven't they all entered the master's stomach? The master said last time that they tasted good. Besides, the common people were brought out of the Long Worm Mountain by the masters, if you don't think about them, who else will think about them?"
The five-color master was unhappy: "Nonsense, they still don't know that I am here, all the credit is credited to your Junshan Temple, and they all say that you are Zhao Shenxian ......"
Zhao Ran said righteously: "Master, if you have done a good deed, do you still have to go around saying that you have to let others appreciate you, praise you, and praise you? Is this what a person in cultivation should do?"
The five-color master said in frustration: "I didn't say that they would appreciate me......"
Zhao Ran said: "Master Gao Feng Liang Festival, poor Dao deeply admired, master, do you think you will dig tonight?"
"Giggle...... Little Taoist, how did you get that sauce that you put on the barbecue last time? It's sweet and tastes good......
"Master, you don't have any superior demeanor, do you have to negotiate conditions before working?"
"Giggle...... Listen, my stomach growls with hunger......"
"It's obviously 'clucking', it's not 'cooing', it's you yourself calling, master, please learn like a little bit next time?"
“...... Anyway, I'm going to eat tonight, and I'll work after eating!"
"Okay, I'll give you a barbecue, but you have to promise to work hard and don't be lazy. ”
"What kind of sauce are you going to put on that?"
"That's called honey, there are a lot of them in Cointreau, I'll get you some when I get back." ”
"Honey?"
"Yes, have you seen the wild bee's nest? There's this thing in it, so let's go into the mountains now, and I'll tell you how to get it." ”
"Giggles, that's the best, go, go!" (To be continued......)