"Tsk tsk!" Xu Wuliang looked over at the multi-level dam map painted by Xu Huai on the cliff. He praised it and said, "Xu Wuliang is good at construction, but he will never think of this. Why do you pretend to be an idiot?
Telling others to look down upon——"
The Xu family has been based in Tongbai Mountain for more than a hundred years and has been able to withstand the local people's rejection of outsiders. It took eight or nine generations to develop the mountains and become one of the few surnames here. This cannot be achieved without a bit of pragmatism.
Xu Wuliang was good at smelting weapons. He worked as an apprentice in Beizhai blacksmith shop since he was a child. After that, he joined the Jingsheng Army and had the opportunity to learn the forging method in the army.
Regardless of Xu Wufu's sinister nature or his ingratiation, he was able to be recommended to the state government as an official, establish a foothold in Biyang City, and spread Xu's reputation and business to the entire Tangzhou, mainly because of him
He is good at managing world affairs and is relied upon by state officials.
Xu Wukun and Xu Wuqi followed Xu Wufu in the past. He was not just a martial artist, but actually helped manage Xu's various businesses in Biyang and Huaiyuan.
Xu Huai drew a schematic diagram of graded dams and explained it so thoroughly that Xu Wuliang and Xu Wukun could understand the beauty of it.
Xu Wukun couldn't help but shed tears in his eyes, and said: "If you tell these things, who in the village will dare to say that you are stupid? I don't think it will take long for your reputation to spread to Tongbai Mountain, and all the heroes in Huaishang will know you."
Father Xu Wuxuan gave birth to a heroic son..."
"..." Xu Huai smiled and said, "Others regard me as stupid. Being stupid is good. You can all see the great benefits in it. How can I abandon such a disguise? Again, I want these imaginary things.
What's the masterpiece? It's not enough for us to turn into bandits. We really have to raise the flag to do justice for heaven. We think we can't die fast enough!"
Xu Wujiang is secretly presiding over everything now, and Xu Wuliang and Xu Wukun have more or less opinions.
In their view, Xu Huaiwuyong was no longer inferior to Xu Wujiang.
It was Xu Huai who provided the money and food for everyone to establish a foothold in Shituoling. It was Xu Huai who had the most ideas when it came to getting a glimpse of hope from such a complicated life and death situation.
More importantly, the former soldiers of the Jingsheng Army who returned to Tongbai Mountain were not just the sixteen or seventeen members of the Xu family.
Xu Wuliang, Xu Wukun and others knew that Wang Xiaocheng recruited more than 300 bandits from Tongbai Mountain. After many years of fighting, a total of hundreds of generals returned to Tongbai Mountain after Wang Xiaocheng's death.
Xu Huai and his father Xu Wuxuan, as Wang Xiaocheng's personal guard commander, had the highest reputation among these people.
Most of these people are in their prime at this time, like Xu Wukun and Xu Wuliang, who are around forty years old. Some people live a stable life, but there are still a considerable number of people living in poverty. Maybe some people will be willing to take risks and embark on the old path.
In the view of Xu Wuliang and Xu Wukun, if more people are to be recruited in the future, pushing Xu Huai out will definitely be more effective than Xu Wujiang.
Xu Huai didn't care about these things.
On the one hand, all the soldiers and family members only followed Xu Wujiang. If Xu Wujiang had not come out to appease people and give orders, but instead listened to his instructions, people would have been dissatisfied.
On the other hand, Xu Wujiang has taken good care of him over the years. No matter what, he is Xu Wujiang's nephew and he should not fight for these things.
The most important thing is, what's the point of being a bandit in this world?
He doesn't want to be a bandit leader at all, okay?
It is said that people who commit murder and arson are waiting to be summoned. Even if Wang Xun escapes this disaster and can make a comeback, in this world where culture is respected and martial arts is respected, and culture is used to control military force, how much glory and wealth will he really have waiting for him in the future?
Looking at Deng Gui's life trajectory, he knows that there are many things in this world and he should not have delusions.
As for what he has in mind, he naturally hopes that this dispute will be over soon. When the time comes, he will leave Tongbai Mountain, ride a horse, take his sword and bow with him, and travel around the world first.
Maybe the world of martial arts is his destiny, or maybe a yearning has sprouted in his heart for no reason these days.
For this goal, he has to pretend to be an idiot and wait until the matter is resolved before he can escape.
Xu Huai erased the graded dam map on the cliff and said: "The graded dam construction seems feasible, but I have calculated in the past few days that it cannot be done without 10,000 to 20,000 yuan of money and food. At this time, I thought
Just thinking about it - if the situation calms down and Shituoling can compete with the clan, we can do this, but I won't worry about it."
Xu Wukun and Xu Wuliang were still confused about Xu Huai's choice, but Xu Huai insisted on it and they didn't say anything.
When Xu Wukun and Xu Wuliang walked further away, Liu Qiong'er stared at Xu Huai and asked: "Xu Wujiang actually has no expectations for Wang Zhen's comeback. Don't you have any idea?"
"Uncle Seventeen is pragmatic, so what about expectations?" Xu Huai said with a smile, "Everyone has his own destiny. Mr. Wang Xun takes his own destiny very lightly. Why don't we just wait and see how the situation passes?"
"You really think so? How old are you, why do you say these old-fashioned words?" Liu Qiong'er said angrily.
"What does this have to do with how old you are?" Xu Huai said, "Don't worry too much. I am pretending to be a fool at the moment, and it will be convenient for me to escape when trouble comes. When the time comes, I will take you away from this place of right and wrong, and you won't
I will make you a bandit woman in the mountains for the rest of your life!"
"Really?" Liu Qiong'er asked in surprise.
She really didn't have any expectations for becoming a bandit, but she also knew that if she really wanted to go out, the best outcome would be to be abducted and sold to a wealthy family as a concubine. The more likely outcome would be to be charged with colluding with the bandits and sentenced to officialdom.
prostitute.
Of course, it would be completely different if Xu Huai took her out of Tongbai Mountain.
With Xu Huai's skills and the two of them's cleverness, if they forge an identity, where in the world can they go?
Just thinking about it, all the worries of the past few days disappeared and I felt relaxed.
As for Wang Zhen's life, death and fate, it seems that she has never met Wang Zhen.
People really do think more about themselves!
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When the sun was setting, in the Drum Tower in the center of Lutai Bei Village, the big bronze bell rang loudly. "What happened?"
Xu Huai's view was blocked by a corner of the cliff. He saw Xu Wukun and Xu Wuliang standing in the distance, looking towards the direction of Lu Taibei Village, his brows furrowed.
"There is a group of people coming from Beizhai."
Xu Wuliang turned back and said.
"How is that possible? I've been sitting here for a long time and I haven't seen anyone coming from the north!" Xu Huai asked in surprise.
Xu Huai's view was blocked by a cliff, and he could not see the situation around the Qingliu River Bridge in the north of Lutai Village. However, further north, the dirt road from Huaiyuan Town was within his sight.
He sat here in the afternoon thinking about graded dams, completely unaware of the approaching people.
"They came from the upper reaches of Qingliu River! They may be people from Xiema Mountain!" Xu Wukun said.
Xiema Mountain is located to the south of Jinshagou and southwest of Yuhuang Ridge. The straight-line distance is only eleven or twelve miles, but there is no direct valley road from Xiema Mountain to the north slope of Yuhuang Ridge. From Xiema Mountain, Yuhuang Ridge
The valley road to the east of Huangling detours for more than 20 miles, and there is a dirt road from the upper reaches of Qingliu River to the front of Lutai Village. This is the shortcut for the Xiema Bandits to invade Lutai Village.
Of course, if you go upstream from Qingliu River, you may also find Jinjiazhai, about thirty miles away from Yuhuangling, where the Jin Longquan clan, the head of the inspection department, lives.
Xu Huai and Liu Qiong'er walked to Xu Wukun and Xu Wuliang. Looking from a distance, they saw dozens of horse soldiers with swords and bows gathered around the Qingliu River Bridge in the north of the village gate.
Although the faces of these people could not be clearly seen from such a distance, if the bandits from Xiemashan had not come over, it is hard to imagine what the Jin family would have done to Lutai Village by sending clan soldiers without even saying hello.
"Let's take the horses over and have a look!" Xu Huai said, "Counting the time, the men and horses from Xiema Mountain should also come to the door..."
Xu Huai initially thought that if Xu Wujiang and the others were established in Jinshagou, as long as they did not extort anything from the nearby villages, they would not attract the attention of the Xiema Mountain bandits in a short period of time.
However, plans are not as fast as changes.
A few days ago, they heard the news that Xu Wujiang led his people to Hutou Village and left after being rejected. Xu Huai was thinking that at this time, Deng Gui had more trouble than less. This news should be from Zheng Zheng.
Hui and others intentionally spread it.
This kind of news cannot be made public, but its hidden influence cannot be underestimated.
In addition to the impact on the government, which made state and county officials and local Tang and Jin clan gentry increasingly believe that Xu Wujiang and others had defected to the bandits, on the other hand, the spread of these news among the Xu clan would inevitably weaken the Xu clan's trust in Xu Wujiang.
Waiting for people’s sympathy and support.
The next time some officials really come to arrest the young soldiers, who among the Xu clan will stand up to stop them?
Of course, there is another layer of influence, that is, what will the Xiema Mountain bandits think after hearing the news?
The Xu clan failed to surrender to Hutou Village, but they settled in Jinshagou in the north of Xiemashan Mountain. The key point is that Lutai Village, where the Xu family lived together, was also nearby. Did the Xu family have some conspiracy against Xiemashan Mountain?
Zheng Hui is killing someone with a borrowed knife!
