When the rooster crowed three times and the sky was white with fish belly, the people in Zhuangzi had already started to move. Baidu search)
It is far from the prosperity of the south of the Wu Dynasty. In the Dulonggang area, the whole life is not just life. There is not much entertainment. The villagers work in the fields, and the women in the village do knitting. During the slack of farming, they hang out with each other and gather in front of a certain house to enjoy the cool air. This is the daily life of the vast majority of farmers in the Wu Dynasty. Day after year, year after year. On the Dulonggang side, to say a little more, in order to protect Zhuangzi, it will organize the villagers to do battle training. Many times, the fierce folk customs are played out from these trainings.
The formation of places like Dulonggang and Wanjialing was originally similar to bandit villages. First, the gangs that ruled a place gathered, and then the number of people gradually increased, and the order was gradually established here. Collect protection fees and do some gray income business. Even if there will be wars with others, it is only because of the struggle for and protection of the territory. In Shandong, especially near Liangshan, these things can be avoided, and most villagers are still under the premise of a little peace. , back to farming.
The terrain of Dulonggang is unique, and there are many workshops in the three villages, which employ villagers to work. Although they are not as prosperous and professional as big cities, these small workshops can, on the one hand, satisfy the self-sufficiency of the lives of 20,000 to 30,000 people in Dulonggang, and on the other hand, they can also produce output and communicate with the outside world. Get huge profits. For example, some salt and iron businesses, which are strictly controlled by the government, can be hoarded and managed by themselves in Dulonggang.
normal farming life. Practicing martial arts to defend the village, coupled with various things to make money and do business, are three things that go hand in hand in Dulonggang. Of course, recently, due to Liangshan's growing momentum, Zhuangmin's training has become the most important thing. Dulonggang is already tense up and down, and when he wakes up in the morning. You can see that each villager starts to practice under the command of the coaches.
Hucheng walked across the bluestone road in front of him, and when he arrived at Deguchang, he saw his sister who was scolding Zhuang Min, she put one hand on her hips, raised her head with a smile, and said, "Come here and fight with me! "The one arguing with him was Liao Sibao, the son of Director Zhuangzhong. I have grown up with my sister and myself since childhood, and this kind of quarrel is not the first time.
The mouth was noisy, and of course the fight didn't start. This girl has been very good at martial arts since she was a child, and now she is taller than the average man, with two sun and moon swords behind her back, and her swordsmanship is fierce. There are not many people in Zhuangzi who are her opponents. Liao Sibao wouldn't fight her. In fact, Sibao was probably interested in his own girl, and Sanniang was pretty. It is somewhat interesting to her to beat a child who has grown up, but it is in vain to beat her.
In several villages, among the young people, Zhu Biaoneng from Zhujiazhuang slightly overwhelmed Sanniang. After Sanniang was betrothed to Zhu Biao, everyone had nothing to say.
"Okay. Bao Si, don't quarrel with her, take everyone to practice. Sanniang, you are too, you know how to quarrel early in the morning... "
As an elder brother, Hu Cheng persuaded him in the past, and Shuang Fang gave him face. In the village, bickering and quarrels are common occurrences. If after getting married, men and women will be jealous of all kinds of dirty words, and the girl has not been married yet. This is good, and everyone will not quarrel too much. After this little farce was over, the younger sister and elder brother walked aside, raised their chin and asked, "Who is that over there? That... the business man?"
Following her gaze, on the side of the valley, a few people were doing simple exercises, not from their own village. The young man in the middle, dressed in a dress so beautiful that it was almost showing off, was also looking over here, with his hands on his hips, his buttocks twisted, twisting his body like noodles, looking a little vicious, and then he waved his hand towards him. While saying hello, Hu Cheng then also bowed his hands.
"Yeah, the Lei Feng and Young Master Lei who came here the day before yesterday came to discuss business."
"What is he doing, strange? I heard that he knows martial arts?"
"He means that he can. The guards around him are not bad, but he seems to be just a guy who has been practicing with his master for a few years. He is a big family in the capital. What do you say... There is a nickname called Hunyuan Thunder Hands, I guess I have practiced a few palms... When he came over, he said that he was very interested in the war going on here, and he also said that he would follow along..."
"These sons in the city, do you think this place is fun? I'll give him a hand." The young woman named Hu Sanniang squinted and looked over there, "However, at this time, will it be the Liangshan faction? Come? How did you put him in the village... "
"That shouldn't be the case." Hu Cheng shook his head, "I confirmed with the people from the government yesterday that the young master of the Lei family has a background. The day before yesterday, I spent more than 6,000 taels at the Zhu family's side, all for shopping. , place an order. His family asked him to run business, but what he is most interested in is fighting, but although this kid is not good at martial arts, he is a bit confused when it comes to fighting, but his family background, he is very good in business. Yesterday morning When talking in Lijiazhuang, Li Shishu was full of praise."
The three villagers in Dulonggang are headed by Zhujiazhuang, because Zhu Chaofeng has the most overall view, but when it comes to doing business, Li Ying, the owner of Lijiazhuang, is quite powerful. This coming Lei Feng, Young Master Lei, has convinced Zhu Chaofeng and Li Ying successively in business. Yesterday afternoon, he was invited to Hujiazhuang again, and Hu Taigong asked him how to improve several workshops. Everywhere has used methods, this young man is indeed quite convincing when it comes to business matters.
"It's just that when he talks about business, he will talk about martial arts and war, and talk about what should we do when Liangshan comes over. It's really bad, and it's a mess, I really want to beat him, because Uncle Li Shi Said he was a genius in business, let us learn from it, I held back. I don't know how that kid Zhu Biao saved his hands when he was at Zhujiazhuang."
Among the three brothers of Zhujiazhuang, Zhu Biao has the highest kung fu. Although he is his future brother-in-law, Hu Cheng and others all know that he is arrogant and hot-tempered.
Having said a few words about this, Zhuangzhong's armed forces and business operations are two separate forces. Hu Sanniang didn't care much about this after all, and changed the subject. Then he talked about Liangshan. Although the atmosphere was a little tense at the moment, to say that they would really call, at least for young people like Hucheng and Hu Sanniang, it seemed a bit far away. They have grown up here since they were young, and they have also participated in the firefight of hundreds of people, but Liangshan clearly rebelled, with the strength of tens of thousands of people. Fight as hard as you can, it's really a fight.
"Instructor Luan Tingyu Luan from Zhu's family came back these days, and I heard that he thought there might be a war."
"Our Zhuangzi's terrain is good and there are a lot of people. These bandits really dare to call. Let's see if I don't cut dozens of their heads with the sun and the moon!"
"Just be careful. Zengtou City was beaten really badly last year, but we in Dulonggang are not vegetarians. If he really wants to fight, they will know the stakes."
The brothers and sisters said this, but they ignored the rich son and others over there. And over there. Ning Yi, Wang Shanyue, Su Wenyu, Qi brothers and others are also talking while stretching their muscles.
"Brother Lei, you said... If you are interested in a girl, that is Hu Sanniang? She looks really tall..."
Ning Yi is starting to play Tai Chi slowly: "I'm also a little disappointed, she's pretty pretty, but she looks like a village girl..."
The plain-faced Wang Shanyue sat on a wooden stake on the side. He actually looked a bit prettier than Hu Sanniang, watching him boxing: "This girl Hu is highly skilled in martial arts, and she is the number one in Dulonggang, she has already betrothed to the third son of Zhujiazhuang, Zhu Biao. The day before yesterday, you almost got into a fight... I want to remind you that this young master Zhu has the true biography of the teacher Luan. In the hands of the teacher, you can go through hundreds of moves without defeat. If you are interested in this girl Hu , but think twice."
Scholars and scribes often boasted of their romance, and Wang Shanyue's family background was seen a lot, and it was at this time that he opened his mouth to warn. Ning Yi nodded while punching: "I know, it is estimated that the martial arts of Lin Chong's group are not too different, that is... about the level of Fang Shuchang and the others, the three Qi brothers, can they beat them? "
Qi Yi said: "Between the brothers... If Fang Shuchang is the case, we may be even worse... In short, it's hard to win, maybe we can hold on to undefeated."
"Oh, then the king should be very powerful, right?" The leader of the wolf thieves, Wuyi Gaoqiang, came and went like a rumor. Ning Yi had heard of it. No matter what, it seemed that he would be on a par with Lin Chongzhan, but he asked. Afterwards, Wang Shanyue said, "My martial arts skills are not high, you misunderstood." He paused, "Since I was young, I was weak in martial arts. Long, Hucheng and the others, I may not be an opponent..."
"Ah?" Ning Yi was stunned for a while, and then shrugged his shoulders, "But it's okay, I'm just curious. After reading it, it's nothing."
"Why are you curious?"
"Secret." Ning Yi laughed. Although he didn't know much about the affairs of Liangshan of the Water Margin, of course he had heard of the name Hu Sanniang. It is said that she is skilled in martial arts, beautiful and tragic. When he saw Zhujiazhuang, he wanted to come and have a look. It's just that I've seen it at this time, but I think it's just the daughter of an ordinary village chief. She looks good, she is more confident than ordinary women, and she is not too rude. But really speaking, it is like a taller Guo Fu.
It seems that Hu Sanniang, who has not been raped by that wretched dwarf and whose whole family is still alive, is a little less charming...
This is just a small pastime on the way to business, and Ning Yi will not take it too seriously. In his opinion, the timing of this visit is not bad. Information from the government, underworld, etc. shows that Liangshan has made preparations for Dingshuibo at the end of the first battle, and the war may break out at the end of this month. .
After staying in Dulonggang for two days, Ning Yi also went to Wanjialing, and also met the owner of Wanjialing Ji's family on the grounds of "talking about business". Compared with Dulonggang, it is probably only about 60% of the strength of Dulonggang. After this simple meeting, Ning Yi returned to Dulonggang and asked Qi Han to follow Su Wenyu to Jeju City to contact the government to spread some simple rumors.
Wang Shanyue followed all the way, but she didn't quite understand what Ning Yi was going to do. The rumors he let the government release were simply "Song Jiang wants to negotiate with the government to recruit security", and there are not too many operations and arrangements. The rumors released in this way have extremely low credibility. Compared with the Secret Investigation Division, The efficiency of the government in this area of Liangshan is astonishingly poor. Even if the whole world spreads rumors, it is impossible to shake it into Liangshan.
On the other hand, the means and plans of Ning Yi, Dulonggang and Wanjialing to negotiate business are extremely reliable. Ning Yi basically came up with a smuggling plan that runs through the Shandong area. Dulonggang and Wanjialing are an important part of it. If they can ensure the smooth flow of the road, and then combine with the capital merchants, they can get a lot of profits. Even some commodities can be processed in Dulonggang and Wanjialing. This plan can even be vaguely extended to the north. If the Luliang Mountain is opened up, it can also cross the border into and out of the Liao Kingdom. To make huge profits from the operation of salt, iron, tea and other things.
Wang Shanyue's family background, whether some things are feasible or not, can be seen after a little thought. A few days later, he had some doubts whether Ning Yi really came here to do business. When staying in an inn in Dulonggang. He also asked directly.
"If you have the heart to deal with Liangshan, you should gather all the forces around, Dulonggang, Wanjialing, and even the large and small stockades around, you can unite now. You have prepared your official identity certificate. Why are you only talking about business these days? Let's not talk about dealing with Liangshan? When we really fight, we won't have this chance..."
In the past few days, in addition to walking around Dulonggang and Wanjialing, Wang Shanyue basically talked about the information of various heroes on Liangshan for Ning Yi to summarize. Speaking of this doubt that night, Ning Yi, who was eating peanuts and sorting information in the light, clapped his hands.
"It's not time yet. Brother Wang also knows that Dulonggang is here. Although they are a bit whiter, they don't like the government. It was a shame to lose in the battle. Consort Kang and Prime Minister Qin both told me when they came over that it was not impossible to force them to send troops, but at most it was to gather 20,000 people and fight once. It is the best state, 20,000 people in Wu Rui Camp, plus 15,000 or 60 in Dulonggang and Wanjialing... Even if there are 40,000 people in total, it's meaningless if you don't want to contribute."
"According to Brother Ning's calculation, Wu Ruiying will definitely take his life. Dulonggang and Wanjialing may be beaten to the extreme, but it doesn't make much sense. , even if you try your best, you can't take Liangshan. Instead of letting them be defeated by each other, wouldn't it be better if you can build your momentum and maintain the current situation?"
"I don't want to be deadlocked, I want to break up Liangshan." Ning Yi shook his head, looked at Wang Shanyue, and then clicked on a small map next to him, "Wanjialing and Dulonggang are not destroyed immediately. That’s alright, these two places are their own homes, and they will definitely help in defense, as long as they come and go, I can keep them for ten days or half a month.”
"Ten days... half a month?" Wang Shanyue frowned, "Can the situation be reversed?"
"Maybe it can destroy Liangshan." Ning Yi smiled, "There are no other big forces around, it is definitely necessary to take advantage of the situation, I don't have time to wait for them to attack Jeju, so for now, this should be the only chance. Of course... I'm not too sure about it, let's see the walk."
Wang Shanyue thought for a while over there, Wanjialing and Dulonggang were the places where Zhuangmin lived, so he would definitely be able to keep it for a while. But... Liangshan has now swelled to more than 50,000 people to 60,000 people. With a dozen or forty people at most, it will take ten days and a half months to reverse the situation and destroy Liangshan? What the hell is this guy thinking...
"Then... what are we going to do next?"
"Actually it's nothing." Ning Yi closed his eyes and thought for a while, then shook his head, "The rumors over Wen Yu's side have been released, and your people should also come over, now... that is, waiting for the fight, and the only thing to guarantee is It's…”
He smiled: "When the fight starts, we have to be in Zhuangzi..."
Wang Shanyue thought for a while: "Then I'll wait and see."
After getting up and going out, he shook his head. The wolf thieves roamed this place, and the good and the bad were afraid, but for Liangshan, he was helpless. And this matter and this person in front of him really made him feel a kind of strange and inexplicable incomprehensible.
In just six or seven days, it's hard to tell exactly how this person feels. When facing outsiders, he looked a bit chaotic, but he did calm down the scene in a certain way, and when everyone was alone, he kept sorting out the Liangshan information that he said on his side and compared it with the information he had before. and revisions, arrange what others should do, race against time and be meticulous. He seems to be younger than himself, but the impression he gave at that time was an indescribable sense of oppression. He had seen such an aura in his grandfather and teacher. On my side... I can see that he is doing things seriously, but I can't see what he is thinking.
When the information from the capital came, saying that someone would be in charge of Liangshan affairs in the future, he once thought about how the other party would deal with the matter. For example, mobilizing the power of the government and the army, and connecting the forces near Shuibo, the matter is bound to be trivial and difficult, and the situation is huge, but it still needs to be resolved, and it will definitely last a long time. But what happened at the moment had never appeared in any of his speculations.
He did arrange things that required the cooperation of the government and the army, and he used the people around him, because after staying here for a while, it was possible to really make the army and the government move, and even arranged the follow-up if things couldn't be done. . But these are not the center of his plan, and he does not seem to want to force the army and the government to deal with Liangshan excessively. But in just seven days, only forty people could be used, and he was ready to face Liangshan directly.
After the war, if he stayed in Zhuangzi and Liangshan broke Dulonggang, he would not have the chance to escape.
It is estimated that it will only be three or five days, and there may be a war to start. Next, it seems that there is only waiting. For a time, Wang Shanyue was a little suspicious, whether she should make a decision at this time that might accompany her life here, although the letter from the teacher did make herself fully cooperate with this person's actions...
He thought about this and was slightly puzzled, but he didn't know that not long after he left the room, a shadow walked in the darkness outside, and then knocked on the door of Ning Yi's room.
On May 23, the night was as black as ink. Looking from the back to the front, it is only five days away from the battle that is not difficult to guess and seems to have no suspense...