Seeing that the shopkeeper agreed to let Xiao Bei fly by himself, everyone cheered and celebrated.
Xiaoliu felt very happy when he saw the crowd cheering, but he had no time to indulge in it. He still remembered why he came to Tongfu Inn, so he quietly pulled and held up two bricks. Big mouth.
"Brother Big Mouth, can you go and help us make dinner?"
When Dazui heard this, he immediately threw down the two bricks in his hands. "Oh my God, I'm starving to death too. Okay! I'll take care of this."
Da Zui and the others have never had a peaceful life since they were forced to work as lackeys by the shopkeeper in the afternoon, and now they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Xiao Guo, Lao Bai and others also gathered over after hearing this. They haven't had dinner yet.
In this way, Xiaoliu and Lao Xing had another dinner at Tongfu Inn by accident.
During the dinner, shopkeeper Tong and others curiously asked Lao Xing what he had been doing today.
However, Lao Xing remained tight-lipped and kept eating and drinking, but he didn't talk much about official matters.
Shopkeeper Tong and others were just curious. Seeing that Lao Xing refused to talk, they knew Lao Xing's temper so they didn't ask any more questions.
After having enough wine and food, the master and the apprentice did not return directly to the county government office. But after patrolling the streets again, he returned to the county government office. After all, these are extraordinary times.
However, as soon as they returned to the county government office, they were told by the gatekeeper that Lou Zhixian asked them to go see him immediately after returning.
In this way, the master and the apprentice went to see Lou Zhixian without stopping and reported everything today to Lou Zhixian.
Then, together with the master, the four of them started a detailed discussion again, including the responses of the surrounding county governments to this matter.
Chen Zhixian of Zuojiazhuang and Lin Zhixian of Shibalipu have both agreed to the proposal to jointly deal with these bandits.
But as for how to join forces, the specific matters will be discussed in two days when Han Captou from Shibalipu and Chen Captou from Zuojiazhuang will personally come to Qixia Town to negotiate with Lao Xing.
In view of the fact that the three counties are about to join forces, Lou Zhixian believes that it is necessary to strengthen its own strength at this time, so that it can have more say in the negotiations two days later.
Therefore, Lou Zhixian plans to ask Lao Xing, Xiao Liu and the others to start recruiting people from tomorrow.
The burden of recruiting people naturally fell on Lao Xing.
After all, Lao Xing has been working in Qixia Town for many years and has a wide range of people. He knows who can be used and who cannot be used.
As for Xiaoliu, he continued to stay in the town and was responsible for patrolling and maintaining law and order.
Although Xiaoliu was concerned about Lao Xing's health and wanted to share some of his burdens.
But he also knew that Lao Xing was indeed more suitable than himself for this matter. As someone who was unfamiliar with the place, I would definitely not be as good at recruiting as Lao Xing.
After a final discussion, everyone went back to the house to rest at the third watch of the moon.
When Lao Xing returned to his room, he felt that he had a sore back and lay down on the bed. Then he heard the familiar sound of the door opening and closing again.
Lao Xing shook his head, ignored it, and fell asleep directly.
At night, the moonlight is like water. In the martial arts training ground of Qixia Town County, a dark figure is waving a steel knife under the clear moonlight. The silver-white knife light shines brightly, like a white snake flying in the sky, cold and high. Absolutely.
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Early the next morning, Lao Xing started recruiting people early.
Xiao Liu originally thought that Lao Xing would have a hard time recruiting people, but he didn't expect that he just asked the government officials to bring a table and chairs and put them at the gate of the county government office. He sat there, and then asked the government officials to recruit people based on what the master had written. Notices are posted on bulletin boards in various streets.
Seeing Lao Xing's leisurely look, Xiao Liu smiled slightly. It seemed that Lou Zhixian also cared about Lao Xing's health, so he arranged such a task for him that was not very strenuous but could bring out his own value. .
As for Xiao Liu, of course the young people should share more of the burden. The security of Qixia Town has been handed over to him these days.
Xiaoliu patrolled the streets in a cheerful mood. People were still coming and going on the streets.
Although the townspeople learned about the bandits in Cuiwei Mountain from the government, this still did not change their daily lives.
First, the bandit was too far away from them. Although they knew that the bandit was ferocious, they had never really seen its ferocity.
The second is that they have trust in the security of Qixia Town, Lao Xing, and Lou Zhixian, and this trust comes from many years of stable life.
The third is the pressure of real life, which is sometimes far heavier than the bandits I have never seen before.
This also led to Lao Xing's recruitment progress being extremely smooth. In less than a morning, dozens of people came to apply.
The enthusiastic enthusiasm startled Lao Xing, who was already ready to sit there all day.
Seeing a group of people swarming in, Lao Xing thought at first that it was bandits coming to attack the city.
Sure enough, people die for money and birds die for food. Sometimes it’s not that no one dares to be a catcher, but that you don’t give enough.
Seeing this large number of people swarming in, Lao Xing had another headache this time because he didn't have enough places.
Lou Zhi County said that it could recruit more than ninety people, but in fact, after careful discussion, it was discovered that there were not that many weapons and clothing in the treasury.
And if more than 90 people are recruited, then even if the bandits are defeated, the Lou magistrate will be dismissed from his post and investigated. After all, there are too many people recruited.
Although he said he wanted to be Hai Qingtian, who wants to do a good deed but ends up being dismissed and investigated?
Therefore, after everyone's final discussion, the number of people recruited this time was finally set at fifty.
Fifty people plus the original ten people in the county government, that’s a total of sixty people!
Sixty people, more or less, if combined with the manpower from the two surrounding counties, it would be enough to deter this group of bandits.
However, although there were fifty places, Lao Xing did not expect that the recruitment work would go so smoothly.
Yesterday, he not only persuaded all his younger brothers from ten villages and eight stores to join, but also asked them to help him persuade some powerful people in the village to join, so he only had about twenty spots left at most.
And considering what Xiaoliu said, the hunters and fishermen in the Ten Villages and Eight Stores would be more powerful in combat, then he would reserve about ten spots for the hunters in Heifeng Ridge and Beikou Village.
In this way, the number of places he can use now is actually less than a dozen.
Lao Xing looked at the more than thirty people gathered around the table, and for the first time he felt that sometimes things were done too smoothly, which was a headache.
The people in front of him have all been screened by him, and they are all people who know the basics. Ruffians like Hou San have been eliminated by him long ago.
Looking at these acquaintances, Lao Xing looked left and right, but none of them seemed suitable.
Xiao Liu, who happened to be returning from a tour at this time, saw Lao Xing's troubled look and quickly gave him an idea that was not his idea.
That is to let these people run and see who has good physical fitness and whoever will be selected.
Lao Xing, who had no better way, accepted it. Don't worry about anything else. Your body is the most basic asset. How can you do it if your physical strength is not up to par?
In this way, the first endurance long-distance running competition in Qixia Town has begun.
There are neither professional referees nor strict supervisors, and there is not even a finish line. All the contestants just keep running around the county government office. In the end, the ten people who persist the longest can successfully stay.
On this day, a group of young and middle-aged men appeared in front of the county government office, running with the wind. They chased their wives together under the setting sun. . . High-tech welfare benefits.
