After walking all the way south along the mountainside path, Luo Cang and others arrived at the village at the foot of the mountain in Leopard Tail Village after two or three days. The current villagers fled from nearby areas after Luan Qingshan established Baowei Village. Although the discipline of the troops in Baowei Village is not good, they do not collect taxes and do not treat the people harshly, so they can still live and work in peace and contentment.
It is the spring sowing season, and everyone is busy. People go out early and come back late. Many canals were repaired and various crops were planted in the fields.
Arriving at a restaurant, Luo Cang said to Luo Fu, "This is the property of the village. It is used to provide food and wine to people returning to the village, and it also serves as the village's spy."
After that, he walked into the restaurant.
When the boy saw it, he hurriedly ran up and said, "Brother Luo is back? Did you do good business while you were out?"
Luo Cang said: "I was ordered by the leader of the village to pick up people in Yueyang County. What business do I do? What good wine and meat are there? I'm hungry after leaving!"
The boy said hello and hurried to the back. Not long after, a plate of meat and a jug of wine came out.
Putting the food and wine on the table, the waiter said, "Brother, what else do you want?"
Luo Cang said: "I'm hungry. Besides meat, what else can I eat?"
The boy smiled and said: "Brother Haojiao learned that a Central Plains man came to the village recently and taught everyone how to make dumplings. Now the store has made dumplings every day, I don't know how convenient it is! I heard people say that it is like places in Luoyang , there is a special dumpling restaurant that sells dumplings!”
Luo Cang said: "I've also heard people say that dumplings are similar to wontons. Since you have them wrapped, please give us five portions."
After saying that, he said to his companion: "After you finish eating the dumplings, go up the mountain first and put down my luggage. I will take these three brothers to see the village leader first."
I agree.
After visiting Yueyang County, Luo Cang was certainly not empty-handed. The three tiger brothers had been magistrates of the county for a few days, and they robbed Cai Yuan's wife's family, so they had quite a lot of money in their hands. He gave Luo Cang a generous gift as a thank you. Although it was official business, Luo Cang would not hand over the money, of course he would keep it.
After several people drank two bowls of wine, the waiter came out with dumplings and put them on the table.
After eating a dumpling, Luo Cang said: "This thing is bigger than wontons and has enough filling. It tastes really good! With this thing, who wants to eat dumplings! Have another plate!"
Bandang ate a plate of dumplings and hurriedly returned to the village with a bow. The four of them, Luo Cang, were having a great time drinking and eating meat there.
After having had enough wine and food, Luo Cang said to the three of them: "When we arrive at the village, let's go see the village leader first. In this village, unless something happens, the leaders will act independently every day, and the village master will not interfere. We go out to do business. When you come back, you have to pay half of it to the village owner to use it for the affairs of the village. There is nothing else to pay attention to. "
Luo Fu said yes.
Leopard Tail Village was very lively, with people coming and going and many livestock being raised. The places where people gather, apart from casinos, are a few pubs. The tavern here is not like the outside, where female prostitutes openly come and go and solicit customers. If you like peace and quiet, go to the restaurant at the foot of the mountain. There is no quiet place on the mountain.
The soldiers reported it, and Luo Cang took the Yueyang Three Tigers into the village hall.
Luan Qingshan sat in the middle, beside him were Xue Lei, Ma Tang and other important generals.
Luo Cang stepped forward, pointed to the three brothers behind him and said: "In accordance with the order of the leader of the village, I went to Yueyang County and picked up these three people. They have the same surname as me, also Luo, and their names are Fu, Lu, and Shou. Their names are as follows: Although they are festive, they are very famous and are known as the Three Tigers of Yueyang."
Luo Fu and the others stepped forward and bowed their hands to Luan Qingshan: "The three brothers have met the leader of the village."
Luan Qingshan said: "Seeing that you are all tall and powerful, you are indeed three good men. Everything in my village is simple and the brothers are at ease. However, the mountains are full of good men who kill people and set fires, not law-abiding people. If you want to live in peace, One day, I went down to the mountain, where there was a village.”
Luo Fu said with a smile: "The village leader underestimated us three brothers. When we were in Yueyang County, we even killed the county magistrate and took the official position ourselves. I heard from the village leader that this mountain is so comfortable, who would want to go to the village? Go. However, it shouldn’t be easy to join such a copycat.”
Luan Qingshan said: "It's hard to say, but it's easy to say. My rules here are that when you first enter the stronghold, you must submit yourself to a leader. After three months, you can officially enter the stronghold only if there are more than three leaders sponsoring it. You guys If you know Lu Hui, you might as well wait for him to come back and invest in his name."
Luo Fu said: "Master of the village, since brother Lu Hui is not here, let's surrender under Luo Cang's name first. The left and right are just a place to stay."
Luan Qingshan said: "It's up to you. Remember, if there are no three people to sponsor me after three months, I will have no choice but to be a slave."
Luo Fu said: "Remember. The leader of the village, put it down, there is no reason for the three of us brothers to be minions."
Luan Qingshan nodded and asked Luo Cang to take the three of them down. And told Luo Cang to come back as soon as possible after making arrangements
After a few people left, Luan Qingshan said: "I recently received news that three thousand gold troops came from Taiyuan Prefecture, saying that they would go south to attack Luoyang. Just looking at their appearance, they went to attack Li Songchen when they arrived at Lingshi. I heard that they were going to attack Luoyang." Shenshan County, don’t be in a hurry. It doesn’t look like you’re going to attack Luoyang, but it seems like you’re here to pacify the place. Although I haven’t heard of coming to suppress Leopard Tail Village, you still have to be careful.”
Xue Lei said: "Now we have seven or eight hundred troops. The golden soldiers are coming. Let's kill them first!"
Luan Qingshan said: "Brother, I have been a soldier and know how powerful we are. Although we heroes in the mountains are fierce, we are far from the army's opponents on the battlefield. The Jin army only needs two or three hundred people to defeat them." Level the village, let alone the three thousand. If the Jin army doesn’t come to attack us, don’t take the initiative to provoke us. When the Jin soldiers leave, this area will still be our world. You have to tell the brothers in the village this, everyone Know."
Xue Lei refused. However, seeing that Luan Qingshan looked very serious, he said no more.
Luan Qingshan specifically asked Peng Yuanwai about this matter, what should he do if the Jin army came? After all, this Leopard Tail Village was set up by Wang Xiaolie's people, and it was not really just a place to house strong men. The Jin army is coming, so you should fight against it. Who knows, Peng Yuanwai told Luan Qingshan not to provoke the Jin army. His mission was to build a relatively large mountain stronghold that could accommodate people other than Yuan Peng if necessary. To fight against the Jin army, there was Jiang Min from Shenshan County in the east.
Peng Yuwai's answer made Luan Qingshan very confused. If you don't fight against the Jin army, what is your role? Take in a group of desperadoes, feed them with meat and fish, and have fun every day? No matter how bored Wang Xiaolie was, he would never do such a thing. After thinking for a long time, Luan Qingshan vaguely realized that he was not in charge of those important national affairs. Wang Xiaolie set up this village to accommodate people like this.
There are all kinds of people in Wang Ruohai's intelligence agency. There are both formal intelligence personnel and a large number of peripheral personnel. It's easy to talk to regular personnel, but it's difficult to arrange for a large number of peripheral personnel to be assigned to the regular army if something happens. But here, the people are mixed, which is much more convenient. It's just that the time is short, and Yuan Yuan has not arranged anyone here. As time goes by, there will always be opportunities.
Ma Tang said: "Master, we are not going to provoke the Jin army. What if they come to provoke us?"
Luan Qingshan said: "When the army comes, we will hide in the mountains. Can the Jin army still stay here? If there are few people, why should we be afraid of them?"
Ma Tang said: "So, the Jin army went to suppress Shenshan County and was defeated. Should we take the opportunity to make a fortune?"
Luan Qingshan laughed after hearing this: "How many Song troops are there in Shenshan County? More than a thousand people. How to deal with three thousand Jin troops? I guess they are like us. When the Jin troops come, they first hide in the mountains and wait for the Jin troops to retreat on their own. Let’s just wait and see about this matter and don’t get involved.”
Ma Tang said bitterly: "This is the homeland of the Central Plains. How can anyone be willing to let the golden thief be so arrogant!"
Luan Qingshan sighed: "The army can't defeat others, what can we do? Three thousand gold troops are enough to cover thousands of miles, and this dynasty has no troops to stop it. This has been the case in the world since Jingkang, what can be done?
(End of chapter)
