Guo Dalu glanced at Xiong Chumei, who was walking and jumping like a cute doll, and said with a wry smile: "Chumei, what do you want to toss? Even the sentence that the side of the couch should not allow others to snore has been moved?

Xiong Chumei made a grimace, put away the appearance of the little girl, put her hands behind her back, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "I didn't instigate the stupid big man, he is nicknamed stupid, but he is not stupid in his heart, in fact, the two of us have the same calculation in our hearts." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Brother Guo, after the rise of the cotton spinning industry in the northwest, it has become a wild land and a treasure land, I don't know how many people are greedy, not only those powerful military leaders will fight the idea that they shouldn't have, and even some goblins and ghosts will come to the door. Of course, my science sect is naturally not afraid of them, but I used to listen to Brother Guo's lectures in Yixue, and the development of the economy needs a stable environment, if we fight with cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods every day, then do we still want to weave clothes and refine oil?

Guo Dalu smiled bitterly, this Xiong Chumei really deserves to be a black bear spirit, and he likes violence to solve problems the most, but although violence is not the best way, it is an effective way.

Guo Dalu scratched his head: "Silly big man, Xiong Chumei, by the way, and you, Lou Dalang, don't hide aside and pretend that you don't know what to do, I don't believe it, without the guidance of you, the goblin, the stupid big man will have these cranky thoughts." Come on, you all open up and say, what big things do you want to do in the northwest?"

The stupid big man, Xiong Chumei, and Lou Dalang glanced at each other a few times, and the stupid big man spoke first: "Brother Guo, although the northwest land belongs to the Great Li Dynasty, in fact, the imperial court has never effectively controlled the local area. There are many large and small tribes and military leaders, and they only give orders to the court in name, but in fact, they do not pay a grain of grain or a penny of tax to the court at all. Even if it is the decree of the Holy Decree today, they are only a piece of toilet paper. But because the northwest is desolate and impoverished, and the imperial court has to rely on the military strength of those military leaders to resist the barbarians from outside the territory, so it has always turned one eye to them and closed one eye, as long as they don't raise the anti-flag in the open. ”

Guo Dalu was noncommittal, before he came to the northwest, he also asked Huang Xueheng to inquire about the local situation, and he had long known that the northwest could be described as a foreign land, and there were many barbarians outside the Tianshan Mountains, although they were not as often infested as the Hu people on the grassland, but they would occasionally cross the Tianshan Mountains, cross the border, and kill and burn, which was also a headache.

The military strength of the Great Li Dynasty was mainly aimed at the Hu cavalry in the north, and it was a little powerless outside the Tianshan Mountains, so the military leaders in the northwest were used to deal with the barbarians, which was regarded as razing and razing, and even allocated money and food to the military leaders in the name of rewards every year for this purpose.

Brother Hao was surprised to hear the stupid big man's methodical words just now, which really made Shibei three days impressed. The stupid big man used to be in Houlong Village, following behind Brother Guo and his ass, and he couldn't beat a fart with three sticks, which was very wooden, but it was only a few months in the northwest, and this was a set of words.

Obviously, the stupid big man is not born stupid, but he has shrunk behind people in the past and is unwilling to come out, this trip to the northwest, let him let go of his actions, no one is beside him, even Xiong Chumei and Lou Dalang obey his orders, let him grow up quickly, and can be independent.

Brother Hao secretly wondered in his heart, if he could also be in charge of the party, would he be able to achieve higher achievements like a stupid big man - he quickly shook his head, no, I will always stay by Brother Guo's side! What fame and achievements are all false, he and Brother Guo live and die together, and now they have become a family, breaking bones and connecting tendons, the kind of thing that makes a name for themselves outside can be done by any student in Yixue, but the only one who can stay by Guo Dalu's side and regard his life as his own life is me, Brother Hao, Li Hao!

At this time, Lou Dalang interjected next to him: "This land in the northwest, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the head of the army is equal to the emperor of the soil. ”

Guo Dalu remained silent: "Let's toss such a big move in the northwest, will the imperial court let it go?" Hey, in the past, the northwest was still full of large and small military leaders, fighting with each other, although the court was observant of the yang, but after all, it was nominally under the imperial court system, but if the entire northwest was occupied by us, would the court ignore it?"

Lou Dalang said with a smile: "What is there to ask about the imperial court, the affairs of the cultivation sect, the imperial court will never interfere, let's be polite, allow the imperial court to send local officials to manage some civil affairs, if you are not polite, directly send your own disciples to manage the people, and the imperial court will not dare to let go of half a fart." ”

Guo Dalu nodded, indeed, in Yin County, Science Gate occupies the land and forests of eleven townships and towns, and the imperial power is not lower than that of the county, and the affairs of these eleven townships can be decided by Guo Dalu alone.

changed to the northwest, but the territory was a little bigger, and for the imperial court, there was actually nothing really good to lose. Having said that, he was also canonized by the imperial court, and recovering the northwest is also a great benefit to the imperial court. Under its own management, the northwest will surely become a base for cotton textile and chemical industry, from a chaotic place where no one in the court bigwigs was eyed, to a hen that lays golden eggs.

Guo Dalu was a little tempted, he scratched his head: "The northwest can be completely controlled by me, that is naturally excellent, but you just considered the military leaders and tribes in various places, but you didn't expect that the cultivation sect, we dominate the northwest, will it cause the displeasure of other cultivation sects? This is not in Yin County, we have a chance to make friends with Tianyi Pavilion, so that we can develop steadily." If we toss too much in the northwest and provoke the interests of other cultivator sects, hey, I don't need to go into details, you should also know what kind of opponents we will face, right? Although I have some epoch-making weapons in my hands, I am still not sure about a full-scale war with cultivators. ”

The stupid big man and Lou Dalang glanced at each other, they knew that Brother Guo had come to the northwest this time, and there were some strange boxes on the car, but they had never opened them, could it be that in addition to nitrification explosives, Brother Guo had invented an extremely powerful weapon?

At this time, Xiong Chumei said: "Brother Guo is worried about the cultivators in the northwest? There is no need to worry, the aura in the northwest is extremely weak, and the land cannot be planted with kudzu grass and other things, so the northwest has always been an abandoned place for the cultivation sect, and only a very small number of mountain and wild spirits survive here." Therefore, Brother Guo didn't need to worry about monopolizing the northwest to the detriment of the interests of other cultivation sects. ”

Guo Dalu looked at the stupid big man, Lou Dalang, and then at Xiong Chumei, and then turned to Brother Hao, from their eyes, they all saw the light of eagerness, he smiled: "You say this, this northwest land, for my science gate, is not taken by God, but to blame." However, after we arrived in the northwest, the military leaders and tribes of all sizes were still more polite to us on the surface, after all, I am the head of the Science Sect who has been canonized by the saints today, and if we raise troops for no reason and levy against them, we will lose the name of righteousness, and once a war breaks out and the lives are destroyed, we will lose the support of the people, which is a great disadvantage to the long-term stability of the northwest in the future. ”

Lou Dalang laughed and said: "It turns out that Immortal Master Guo is worried about this, it doesn't matter, as far as I know, those leaders of the head clan, although they are obedient to our science sect on the surface, have long hidden evil intentions, but they can't see any benefits for the time being, so they don't do it." However, now it is different, Master Guo has hit the sweet water of the karez, and there are cotton and divine beans, and this northwest is about to become the south of the Yangtze River, where can those military leaders and tribal leaders sit still, they must have thoughts that they shouldn't have. As soon as they do it, then we have the name of righteousness--"

Guo Dalu laughed: "I understand, I understand, we don't shoot the first shot, but if you dare to shoot the first shot, then you will never be given the opportunity to shoot the second shot!"

Lou Dalang didn't understand what "shooting" was, but the meaning of this sentence was clear, and he nodded again and again: "Not bad, let's um, the guy who is waiting for those blind guys in the northwest to shoot the first shot!"

In a certain military camp in the northwest, several fast horses were galloping, and when they arrived in front of the central tent, they dismounted, stood firmly on the ground, and strode towards the tent.

The door of the big tent opened, and a wave of heat and noise poured out inside, but it turned out that the big tent was already crowded with generals, some were chewing according to the case, and some were hugging ****** and were hugging the sky, and when they saw the newcomer entering, a bearded general at the head of the case shouted: "Thirteenth brother, you are late, quickly punish three bowls of wine!"

At that moment, there was a delicate little lady who brought a bowl of wine up, smelled the strong aroma of wine, it was the high liquor fairy drunk produced in Houlong Village, this wine is rare in the northwest, the price of a small jar is worth 100 gold, a smell of wine in the big tent, several empty jars are thrown in the corner, only these wine money, it is enough for a brigade of soldiers to eat horses and chew for several months.

The thirteenth brother quietly pushed away the beautiful woman who was drinking, and said to the bearded man above: "Big brother, you know that I have always been a drinker, this cold winter and heavy snow close the road, and the eldest brother did not hesitate to use magic weapons to transmit sound for thousands of miles, just to call everyone to drink?"

The bearded general laughed and said: "Thirteenth brother, your temperament of not drinking and not playing with women is really bad, if you didn't know that you were a good man on the battlefield, big brother, I would have thought you were a rabbit master." ”

The generals next to him burst into laughter, and one of the tall men shouted: "If you want me to say, if our thirteenth brother wears women's clothes, he will play the Zhu Yingtai in "Liang Zhu"! My starling brother is not like that Liang Shanbo stupid goose, regardless of whether he is a man or a woman, hug him and leave, throw it on the bed, take off his pants, where can he not go, the so-called three flats are not as good as a round--"

The thirteenth brother saw that the starling was unbearable, his face turned red all of a sudden, his fingers flicked, a featherless stone flew full of swearing, the thief's eyes stared at his starling, the starling was drunk messily, where could he dodge, seeing that the featherless stone was about to hit his left eye, he could be blinded on the spot, and a silver disc suddenly flew next to him, and the bell rang to block the featherless stone.

In the midst of the crisis, the one who threw the silver plate was a big bald head, he sat with his chest bare, and there were several empty wine jars thrown next to him, but his eyes were bright and not drunk, he waved his hand: "Thirteenth brother, your starling brother has always been cheap, why should you be as knowledgeable as him, you didn't have to spoil the brother's righteousness." ”

The starling glanced at the featherless stone firmly embedded in the silver plate, the silver disc had been deformed under the huge impact, and he was so frightened that he touched his left eye, if he was hit by the feather stone, he would lose half his life if he didn't die, and he was so angry that he shouted: "Little Thirteen, others are afraid of your wolf ride, but Lao Tzu is not afraid! There is a kind of fight with my fire crow army!" I wanted to stand up after drawing the knife, but I was so drunk that I didn't pull out the knife for a long time.

The bald man glared at the starling brother: "Eighth brother, you don't even listen to my sixth brother's words, you insulted the thirteenth brother first, why don't you hurry up and apologize?"

The starling brother was a little afraid of the bald sixth brother, and shrunk his neck: "Lao Tzu just said a few words of meat, but the old thirteen wants my life! Hmph, don't think I don't know, there are a few **** in the old thirteen women's camp, and he has been **** by my subordinates, and he has always wanted to find this field!

The thirteenth brother roared angrily: "The sister of my women's camp was really killed by your dog thief's men! I wrote to ask you, but you still pushed back and pretended to be deaf and dumb!"

Starling rolled his eyes: "Lao Tzu is illiterate, I can't read the letter you wrote, so I used it to wipe my ass a long time ago." Besides, what kind of bullshit women's camp are yours, it's either a widow or a ****, what's wrong with my brothers? Didn't they throw a few copper coins as a prostitution afterwards? Didn't they sell meat in the Qinglou before, what kind of lady did they pretend?"

The thirteenth brother was furious, drew his knife and rushed towards the starling, and several generals next to him hurriedly stopped and hugged him, but the starling also had a few good brothers, and they were gossiping there, but it was a strange old thirteen to make a fuss, this playing with a few women was nothing to the big-headed soldiers. In fact, because of the bitter cold in the northwest, the major armies did not pay enough food, and they all acquiesced in the fact that the big-headed soldiers were robbing grain, money, and women in the countryside.

Suddenly, a lion's roar sounded in the tent, and everyone's figures were shocked, their faces showed pain, and some generals even bleed from their ears, but their eardrums were shattered by this sudden roar!

It was the eldest brother who was at the head of the case who made that lion's roar, and I saw him roaring angrily: "What is the noise?! Lao Tzu has sent a message for thousands of miles, calling you from all over the country, there is a serious matter to be done, and the grievances and grievances between you are all put aside by Lao Tzu! When we formed an alliance in the 13th Taibao year, we swore to heaven that we must not use force against our brothers, otherwise our brothers will fight for it! Old man, those few under you can't control themselves**** Guy, go back and cut off your head later, and send it to the old thirteen, as for the old thirteen, you just did it to the starling, you shouldn't have done it to the starling, and you went outside to get ten whips!"

The eldest brother has quite prestige in the Thirteen Taibao - in fact, it is the strongest military force, everyone has to serve, the thirteenth brother does not say much, takes off his armor and robe, strides to the outside of the tent, and soon there is a whipping sound, and when he comes in again, the **** is a bloody whip mark on his back, the whip is actually with a barb, a whip down, it is a scar with open flesh.

The eldest brother seems to play fifty boards each, but in fact, he is very partial, the eighth is punished, but the big head soldiers under him, this kind of big head soldiers kill dozens of them, the old eight will not frown in pain, he can even pull a few beggars from the street to kill, take the head to pretend to be his own subordinates, this kind of killing good and risky things, these military leaders have not done less. But the thirteenth brother's ten lashes were punished in public, and he was greatly embarrassed in the thirty Taibao.

The eldest brother waved his hand and asked the thirteenth brother to get dressed and sit down, and then he said to everyone: "On this snowy day, I hurriedly called the brothers from everywhere, but there is something important to discuss. He said to the maid next to him, "Bring it to everyone." ”

A group of maids carried several jars and poured the empty bowls in front of the Thirteen Taibao one by one.

The starling couldn't wait, and took a sip, but he immediately spit it out: "Big brother, don't play with the brothers, this is not wine, it's water!"

When the thirteenth brother heard that it was water, he also took a sip of it, and as soon as the water fell into his stomach, he was stunned: "This is sweet well water." ”

Most of the water in the northwest is bitter and undrinkable, can only be fed to livestock, people are easy to get sick when they drink it, only a very small number of sweet well water can be drunk, these military leaders control sweet wells of different sizes, in fact, in the northwest, silver, grain, weapons, these are not the most important thing to raise soldiers, the most important thing is drinkable sweet water, water, is the real strategic resource!

The eldest brother looked at the thirteenth brother: "Old thirteen, you are not one of those rough people, you don't know the goods when you see the real baby, tell me, how is this water?"

The thirteenth brother was not polite: "Come on, bring a stove and a teapot." After a while, someone sent a hot coal stove and a teapot, and the thirteenth brother took out an oily paper bag from his arms and opened it, but it was a small bag of tea, which is the most fashionable tea in Jiangnan today.

The thirteenth brother took the water sent by the eldest brother, boiled it on the spot, took a little tea and put it in a bowl, and brewed a bowl of tea, only to see the root tea leaves standing upright and floating in the hot water, the thirteenth brother blew lightly and tasted it, "Good tea! Good water! I can't find good water that can make this clear tea in all parts of the northwest, only the new sweet well water here is excellent today! The thirteenth brother congratulates the eldest brother here, with this good sweet water well, and can recruit a few more brigades of soldiers and horses." ”

The other Taibao people don't know how to drink tea, watching the old thirteen toss, some are curious, some are disdainful, but when they heard his last sentence, everyone moved the color, yes, in the northwest, one more good sweet water well, you can recruit more soldiers and horses, recruit more farmers to farm, and even build a village and town because of this is not impossible. (To be continued.) )