The rankings were determined, and Zou Run immediately arranged the prepared incense table for offerings.
After the heaven and earth statues were properly placed, the lamps, candles, and incense burners were lit. Zou Run took the lead, followed closely by the ten leaders who walked to the open space outside the hall. In the midst of a large circle of onlookers, they presented the four animal offerings and faced the The earthen memorial tablet of the Emperor and Queen holds the incense and swears an oath in his heart.
"Although we all have different names, our hearts are the same. Today we share the same loyalty and pledge to sworn sworn allies. From now on, we will live and die together, share wealth and honor, and never give up in times of adversity. The emperor, the queen, and the earth will serve as a lesson. If anyone breaks the oath, he will be punished by heaven and earth, and humans and gods will be destroyed." Let’s abandon it together!”
After reciting, everyone bowed three times, then turned around, and the ten leaders bowed to Zou Run again. Zou Run repeatedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare." This was considered a formal sworn success.
Zou Run asked all the leaders to sit down on two rows of chairs in the hall, and ordered all the leaders in the mountain to come and pay homage.
According to the regulations set by Zou Run from the beginning, ten people constitute a small team, and the leader is called the chief and can be regarded as the small leader. Further up there are ministerial leaders like Chen Xuan who are responsible for specific affairs, which can be regarded as the big boss. When Zou Run came down the mountain, there were only seven or eight hundred people in the mountain, and all the leaders combined were only fifty or sixty.
At present, Dengyun Mountain has grown to a size of nearly 1,500 people, and the number of big and small bosses has reached hundreds. After Zou Run ordered it, except those who were sent out or on duty, nearly a hundred people came in in a short time. , the huge Juyi Hall was packed to the brim.
Under the leadership of Chen Xuan, these people first paid homage to the leader of the village, and then met with a group of new and old leaders. The momentum was extremely large.
Seeing that many troops and five leaders had been added, plus yesterday's great victory, Zou Run announced on the spot that he would hold a big banquet to celebrate. At the same time, he ordered Chen Xuan to quickly make a book of the rewards from yesterday's battle, and wait for him to review it. It was sent immediately.
As soon as these words came out, everyone was happy. The big and small bosses thanked him and left. They went back to convey the orders and prepare the banquet.
In the Juyi Hall, the ten leaders took their seats again. According to common sense, after the seats have been decided, the ministries must be assigned next. This is a common practice in the world. Zou Run also thought this in his mind, but before that he still needed to listen to a report in order to grasp the latest situation in the village, and at the same time, he also needed to give the new leaders an in-depth understanding of today's Dengyun.
Since Zou Yuan had been in charge of the affairs of the village while Zou Run was away from the mountain, Zou Yuan coughed lightly and stood up to report first.
"Since the leader of the village came down from the mountain, we have been working hard. During this period, we went down to the mountain twice to borrow food, and both were great successes. The village has gained five or six hundred people. In addition to yesterday's great victory, nearly a hundred people came to join us. At present, we There are nearly 1,500 people in Dingkou in Dengyun Mountain. Several leaders and I selected young men from the village and trained a thousand men. We also selected more than 300 households and settled them on Tuoji Island. The remaining one Hundreds of people are put in the village to work as various handymen."
When they heard that their village had grown to include a thousand strong men, the new leaders on the mountain became energetic.
You know, once this number is leaked, the officials in the entire Dengzhou officialdom will not even be able to sleep peacefully. Although the Jingdong area has been a hard-hit area with violent folk customs and frequent banditry since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, local officials have long been accustomed to bandits and bandits. Since Emperor Daojun came to the throne, there have been even more small groups of bandits on the ground in Jingdong, but on the Bandits with more than a thousand people are rare.
Zou Yuan continued to spit out numbers,
"In terms of money and food, not only the gold, silver and copper coins seized yesterday, but also the total stockpile of gold, silver and copper coins in the cottage totals more than 100,000 guan, and the various types of food stocks have 20,000 shi..."
Zou Run listened quietly to Zou Yuan's explanation of the three important data of people, money, and food. At the same time, he quietly made quick calculations and made a rough estimate. Judging from the current number of people in the village, the existing stock of money and food is enough to support more than half a year. It's barely within the safety line.
Since the money and food can be guaranteed for half a year, he will have material guarantees for his next plans. Zou Run smiled and stood up to ask Zou Yuan to sit down.
"It's all down to my uncle's hard work. The situation in the village is unique. Please sit down, rest, and drink some tea."
Zou Yuan seemed to be very impressed by his nephew's praise, and a few smiles appeared on his face. It was not easy for him to work hard in the past few months to maintain the village, so he was not too modest. After sitting down, he picked up his tea bowl and drank tea to soothe his throat.
Immediately afterwards, Yang Lin, who was third in line, stood up to speak.
"I reported to the village owner that while I was away at the village, I persuaded brother Zou Yuan to open three more hotels in addition to the three existing hotels at the foot of the mountain. They were opened in the county towns of Wendeng, Mouping and Penglai counties. ." When he said this, Yang Lin quietly raised his head and looked at Zou Run's face, fearing that Zou Run would blame him for spending money indiscriminately.
After all, three hotels opened in the county town, especially Penglai County or Fuguo County of Dengzhou. It is said to be a county town but actually a state town. The total expenses add up to at least a thousand guan, which is not a small sum.
Unexpectedly, Zou Run was not angry but happy after hearing this. He has always paid attention to intelligence work, and his subordinates can give full play to their subjective initiative and do their work first. Not only can this not be criticized, but it should be praised. However, considering that intelligence work is different, So Zou Run still emphasized its confidentiality.
"Brother Yang Lin has done a great job! There are four counties under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou. Each county must have at least one of our copycat hotels as an intelligence base. This is exactly what I want to explain later. Brother did it before I was told. , It can be said that I have won my heart. But since the store is for exploring information, it must not be exposed easily." At this point, Zou Run knew that some major events in the village had been reported, so he followed the words and started to assign errands.
He first turned around and said to Mrs. Gu and Lehe below:
"When it comes to hotel management, my sister-in-law is an expert. How about I ask my sister-in-law to assist Leader Yang Lin in running the copycat hotel?"
Sister-in-law Gu, who was sitting and listening to the lecture, never expected that she would be the first among the new leaders to be assigned by the village leader, and she was stunned for a moment.
Sun Xin reacted quickly and quickly pulled his wife to stand up together, bowing to Zou Run:
"Thanks to the village master's trust, I will definitely serve you with all my strength!"
After receiving Zou Run's instructions, the couple sat down happily, smiling.
You must know that they used to run a hotel as a couple, and now they help manage six hotels as soon as they come to the mountain. Isn't this reuse? And everyone with a discerning eye knows that Yang Lin, as the third veteran, will definitely focus on leading troops and catching the boss in the future, so the specific management of the hotel will definitely be left to Mrs. Gu.
So everyone present sent congratulations to the couple. Xie Zhen Jie Bao was even more happy when they saw that their sister got a good job, as if they were the ones who got the good job.
But this matter was not that simple. Zou Run smiled slightly and his eyes met Lehe who was aware of it.
"Tie Mingzi Lehe is cooperating with the hotel management, but the focus is on learning to operate the hotel and collecting intelligence. At the same time, Lehe can spend the intelligence funds separately. He only needs to report to me or leader Zou Yuan for approval afterwards. .”
Everyone looked surprised at this order.
Zou Run's emphasis on intelligence was well understood by several old leaders, but they did not expect that such an important matter would be handed over to Le He, who was almost in the last seat.
Yang Lin, who had been in charge of the village's intelligence work before, pondered for a moment and looked meaningfully at Tie Mingzi, who had outstanding appearance but mediocre martial arts. He did not expect that among the new people who came to the mountain, the village leader valued him the most. It's this person.
