Sun Lizheng and several village guards arrived quickly.
After examining the bodies and the injured bandits, Sun Lizheng's old face turned into a smile.
"Hey Sanlang, this is a great achievement, hahaha." Patting Jiang Sanlang on the shoulder, he said, "I have already sent someone to deliver the message to the county town. I estimate that someone will come to take over these bandits in the afternoon."
Jiang Sanlang nodded and said, "We were able to capture so many bandits this time. In addition to the villagers of our village who fought hard to meet the enemy, many villagers from the West Village also participated, and dozens of craftsmen from the neighboring villages also helped. When the village chief writes the letter, please write their names. I have already drawn up the list, and please ask the village chief to attach it to the manor."
"Okay, okay." They are all villagers from Chuanhe Town. Their achievements are the same as his own. How could Sun Lizheng not respond
In the afternoon, a team of more than 200 cavalrymen came in the dust, led by a young general.
Led by Sun Lizheng, they came down to the south slope.
Yingbao, Dani, Erni and Sister Wen were kept in the house by their grandmother and not allowed to go out, so she lay on the window and peeked out.
But there were too many people outside, and it was crowded.
There were the clan leader grandfather, Sun Lizheng, father Jiang Sanlang, several clan elders, as well as Xicun Village Chief Chen Changsheng, and Chen Yinshu and others, who surrounded the two generals and several soldiers in the middle.
A group of people went to the hut to bring out the bandit leader, and then left the yard.
Yingbao wanted to see who the general was, so she slipped out of the house when her grandmother wasn't paying attention and climbed up the wall along the stairs.
Standing on the wall and looking down from above, one could only see the tops of the heads of the soldiers and generals.
The soldiers tied up the bandits one by one and strung them into a long gourd string, and then the bandits were put into a prison van.
The leading general said something to Sun Lizheng, who kept nodding his head.
Suddenly, the young general raised his head and looked towards the wall, his eyes meeting Yingbao's.
Yingbao blinked and finally saw the man's appearance clearly.
He was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. If he had three strands of beard, he would look exactly like the governor a dozen years later.
I didn't expect this guy to look like this when he was young. Tsk tsk, he looks better without a beard.
"Baoer, come down quickly!" Chunniang called her from the yard.
Yingbao responded and slowly swallowed the wall.
Go back to the house and continue reading with Sister Wen.
Even though the bandit leader was taken away, the people of Dongchen Village did not feel relieved.
On the contrary, they became more vigilant.
Because the bandits don't have just one leader, there must be accomplices.
The patriarch and several elders discussed and decided to build a house on the south slope as well.
At least there is the Jiang family here, which is like an iron barrel. If thieves come, everyone can run to his house to hide.
As a result, Nanpo became more lively. All the people in Dongchen Village chose residential plots on Nanpo and started hiring people to build houses in a hurry.
Even several households from Xichen Village came to Nanpo and asked to build houses there, but were rejected by Jiang Sanlang.
This is because this area is entirely farmland from Dongchen Village, so people from Xichen Village will inevitably occupy Dongchen Village's land if they come here to build houses.
Even if they occupy wasteland, it will not work. If the two villages are mixed together, it will be a mess and inconvenient to manage.
Moreover, if the two villages were to merge, Chen Changsheng, the village chief of Xicun, would not agree. What was the point of having him as the village chief if the villagers under his jurisdiction were to build houses in the neighboring village
Ten days later, Jiang Dalang came back from Pingjiang County after buying grain and told his father and third brother about what he had seen and heard on the road.
"The post stations along the way have added a lot of manpower, patrolling the official road from time to time. If they see anyone in rags, they will take him away for questioning. If they encounter a group of refugees without a pass, they will be killed directly."
Old Man Jiang was dumbfounded: "What if they are really fleeing?"
"They can only blame themselves for their bad luck. They couldn't produce a pass, so even if they came from an illegal way, they couldn't complain if they were killed. Bandits have been making a lot of noise lately, and people in all counties are in a panic. I encountered two waves of refugees on this trip and they were killed on the spot."
Jiang Dalang sighed, "Judging from their accent, the refugees seem to be from Zhouhe County. It's their bad luck that they happened to catch up with the imperial court's suppression of bandits."
Old man Jiang shook his head. “If it wasn’t for the fact that life was really hard, who would want to leave their homeland and run away from the fields?”
But then again, when refugees gather together to cause chaos, they are considered bandits. Although their previous situation was pitiful, it is indeed hateful that they are doing evil everywhere.
When they got together, they not only burned, killed, and looted everywhere, but also kidnapped other people's wives and daughters.
The craftsmen who were building the house said that several people in their village had died, all killed by bandits.
The bandits also captured a number of women, abused them and then tortured and killed them. They were worse than animals.
It seems that those refugees are not innocent either.
A month passed in a flash.
Yingbao has gradually put out all the items in the house, and each time she quietly leads her second cousin to discover them, and then uses him to carry them back home.
Except for Jiang Sanlang, everyone in the Jiang family found it magical.
"Isn't that strange? I've searched the bamboo forest countless times and found nothing, but I found a lot of things when I went to Erquan, and they were all from Sanlang's family."
Old Man Jiang has said this countless times, and Old Lady Jiang's ears are callused from hearing it.
"Do you want to say that our Erquan is a fox fairy?" Jiang Liu said unhappily.
Old man Jiang coughed lightly. "What's the matter with the fox fairy? I'm just curious. Erquan, tell me what's going on. Why can you find things from your third uncle's house as soon as you go to the bamboo forest?"
Jiang Quan: "How should I know?" He was also puzzled.
But the feeling of discovering treasure was so good that he was almost obsessed with it.
Tomorrow, no, today he wanted to go to the bamboo forest again to see if he could find something, even a piece of furniture.
However, you must bring Sakura with you when you go.
Jiang Quan tried several times and found that as long as he took Yingbao with him, he could find the big treasure.
If you go alone or with others, you will definitely return empty-handed.
Could it be that Yingbao is actually her lucky star
"Yingbao, can your brother take you to the bamboo forest to dig winter bamboo shoots later?" Jiang Quan looked at his little cousin with a flattering face.
Yingbao: "No, I have to do my homework with Sister Wen."
Now Mrs. Wen and her daughter live in Jiang Sanlang's house and start daily lessons.
So Yingbao has classes in the morning and studies in the afternoon, so she rarely has time to go to the bamboo forest.
Jiang Sanlang also hired someone to build a school on the south slope to make it easier for children in the village to go to school, but the school has not been completed yet.
Jiang Quan was a little disappointed when he saw that his little cousin refused, so he had to carry a chisel and go to the bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots by himself.
In fact, it is a bit difficult to dig bamboo shoots at this time, but it is not impossible.
As long as you find the right place, the winter bamboo shoots you dig out are more tender than spring bamboo shoots.
Jiang Quan came to the edge of the bamboo forest, looked around, found a place with thick fallen leaves and started digging.
As I was digging, I suddenly heard light footsteps behind me, getting closer and closer.
Jiang Quan suddenly turned around and saw two ragged men standing not far behind him.
"What are you doing?" They walked up behind me so quietly. Are they planning to launch a sneak attack or something