At night, the generals completed their respective work and came to report to Zhang Shun.

Zhao Yutou told Zhang Shun that the recruitment had been completed and the original number of about 1,000 was basically restored. There were only two points to be explained: one was that Mengjin had a lot of hungry people and many people wanted to eat food with them; the other was that Mengjin granary still had three or four thousand stones of grain, and they could not take them all away, so they asked how to deal with it.

Zhang Shun asked everyone about his opinion, and everyone suggested recruiting more soldiers so that they could bring more food. Zhang Shun thought about it and decided to recruit another 500 soldiers, and reissue more surplus grain to the families of the soldiers. The remaining ones were distributed to the hungry people on the spot, and hired more ox carts for transportation. This matter was still left to Zhao Yutou.

Secondly, Chen Jindou reported that he found some books and submitted them to Zhang Shun in a thick stack. Zhang Shun looked at it briefly and found that it was mostly story books, lunar calendars, the Four Books and Five Classics, and it was not as good as a detailed look. He told Chen Jindou that this matter was completed and arranged for him to find some horses tomorrow to facilitate everyone to ride. In addition, he also found some oil cloth for tents. If there was no oil cloth, it would be fine to brush the ordinary cloth with oil.

Finally, Zhang Sanbai reported that he had found three blacksmiths and was working hard to build gun heads. He estimated that sixty or seventy would be delivered tomorrow. In addition, he also plundered the county government and the people to obtain more than 30 spears of various types, which means that he could equip more than 100 spearmen tomorrow. He also asked: "I have seen a lot of axes, machetes and other weapons in the farmer's yard. Should I recruit them to use them?"

Zhang Shun thought for a while and said to him: "It's better to have it than not, so please call us together." Then, he arranged for Zhang Sanbai to continue to be responsible for this matter. After the gun tip is finished, he would find some wooden handles to install the gun tip and axe.

When everyone finished reporting, Zhang Shun felt uneasy and called Zhao Lizi again, asking him to send a few people to Luoyang to watch the movements of the Henan garrison. Whenever something was wrong, he rushed back and reported in time. Everything was arranged, but fortunately, he had nothing to do the next day.

By the afternoon of the second day, everything was finished and everyone was ready to retreat. Zhang Shun ordered everyone to load grain in a cart, totaling about 800 stones. In addition, tents were collected and gold, silver and other items were collected from the homes of county magistrates and officials. A total of 80 to 90 trucks were loaded before the loading was completed.

Given that some coachmen were old and difficult to follow, Zhang Shun asked Zhao Yutou to distribute food, settle his wages, and bought all his ox carts, and then recruited young and strong drivers in the city to fill the coachmen. Then, everyone took advantage of the night to return to Wuling of Han Guang. The two sides met and asked each other about their separation, and they were both sighing. They didn't see each other for two days, and they felt like they had a long separation.

Zhang Shun asked about the matter of Taoist Ma staying behind. Taoist Ma said that except for some people who tried to steal food, nothing happened to him.

So everyone talked about future affairs. Unexpectedly, Zhang Shun laughed at this time and began to reward him on his merits and announced in public:

Zhao Lizi had the ability to break the door, Wukong had the ability to charge and storm the battle, Chen Jindou had the ability to kill the county magistrate, and each of these three was given 20 taels of silver. Taoist Ma had the ability to stay, Zhang Sanbai had the ability to follow the battle and recommend it, and Zhang Wuhao had the ability to follow the battle and offer advice, and also rewarded 5 taels of silver. Liu Yinggui had the ability to supervise the battle, rewarding 2 taels of silver. Everyone received the reward and smiled happily.

As for Zhao Yutou, he was rewarded with twenty taels of silver. When everyone heard this, they were dissatisfied.

Zhang Shun smiled and said, "I will tell you about his contributions, it will not be too late to have any objections."

"First, we offer suggestions to recruit hungry people, take Mengjin, and cross the Yellow River. This is the solution to our current urgent needs. Second, we are the grandson Zhao Lizi and the hero Zhang Sanbai, who are recommended by him. Third, we are going to plan for the future, but this person has already been prepared for the future."

"Who dares ask?" everyone asked.

"Mengjin has no danger to defend, and is close to Luoyang, so it is not a place to stay for a long time. Zhao Yutou has already suggested that I cross the Yellow River and take the steep mountains in Shanxi as a base for development. These three strategies are all their achievements, because they are not good at attacking the granary, which is their fault. If you consider the three achievements and one mistake, you will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver. What's wrong?"

After hearing this, everyone thought for a while, they had to admit that Zhang Shun had a clear distinction between rewards and punishments. Previously, Master Ma and Chen Jindou had also discussed it privately, and they also believed that Mengjin could not be guarded, and that there were only three places where everyone could go: one was Songshan, the second was Funiushan, and the third was Taihangshan.

There are people in Songshan who are worried about Shaolin Temple. Shaolin is the clan of martial monks. Shaolin monks are famous all over the world. They often recruit elite soldiers for the Ming Dynasty. They once fought against Japanese pirates and were recruited. If everyone goes here, they will mostly fall into the trap.

The Funiu Mountain has the danger of fur gourds. Since the end of the Yuan Dynasty, "Fur gourds" have been famous all over the world for a long time, and their reputation is still above Shaolin monks. They are soldiers, wrapping their feet and heads, long spears and big arrows, and killing people. They are just because they use animal skins as arrows, so they are called "Fur gourds" army. They are based here, and they have half of the benefits. They have both the benefits of recruiting soldiers and the risks of being surrounded and suppressing. The mountain is not high enough, and the valley is not deep enough. It has never been known to be successful in guarding this place since ancient times.

Only the Taihang area has high mountains and lush forests, and the government army is out of reach. Since ancient times, most people who launched an army have taken this as the foundation. During the Jiajing period, some people revolted in Lu'an Prefecture. It took three years before the court pacified it, which shows the danger of the land.

Ma and Chen thought that this strategy was enough to suppress Zhao Yutou, but they didn't expect that when this guy offered the strategy last time, he had already proposed it. Fortunately, there were some flaws in this strategy, and I don't know how he would deal with it.

At this time, everyone asked one after another: "But the flood is rolling and there are no boats, how can I cross the river?"

Everyone was wondering, but suddenly heard a song coming from the river. Everyone turned their heads and saw stars on the water, and it turned out to be lights from the boat.

Everyone was shocked. It was the time of flooding, and the water situation was different from usual. At this time, few boatmen dared to go into the water to cross the river, let alone at night? Besides, a few floods broke out a few days ago, and many boats and boats were covered. How could there be someone who was safe? He couldn't help but ask, "Who is this? How bold is it? How can you cross the river?"

"The lord is a real dragon. I have never heard of dragons trapped by water since ancient times. This is the river god who comes to help. I heard that the lord is in trouble, so I come to help." Zhao Yutou replied confidently, "I wonder if you have heard of Huang Shoucai, the 'river god'? I have sent someone to call him, and now I have arrived."

"It turned out to be him, no wonder this is so!" Zhang Shun, Taoist Ma, Chen Jindou, Liu Yinggui, and Zhang Wuhao were not locals, so he didn't know this person, but Zhao Lizi and Zhang Sanbai suddenly realized it.

It turned out that Huang Shoucai, whose courtesy name was Yingjie and also his courtesy name was Twinquan, was from Yanshi, Henan Province. He lost his father since he was a child and had a difficult family background. When he was young, he took the role of boating. He was extremely intelligent and knew very well about the water nature of the Yellow River. He was also familiar with the principles of rivers and was very good at dispersing water and guiding rivers to eliminate floods. Therefore, he was called the "River God".

During such a flood, no one else dared to cross the Yellow River except this person to lead the way. After Zhao Yutou offered his advice, he had already sent someone familiar with the water to swim through the flood and go to Yanshi to find this person. Unexpectedly, he happened to come back today.

Don’t underestimate the nickname of “River God”, but it is powerful. Since ancient times, the land of China has sacrificed mountains, rivers and rivers, but only the “Five Mountains and Four Du”. The so-called “Five Mountains” are the forehead of Hengshan Mountain, the nose of Songshan Mountain, the nose of Hengshan Mountain, the beauty of Hengshan Mountain, the left cheek of Hengshan Mountain, the east cheek of Taishan Mountain, and the right cheek of Huashan Mountain; the so-called “Four Du” are the ears of Jiang, the mouth of Hua, the eyes of Hua, and the nose of Ji. These nine are described as human five senses, and they are all regular sacrifices, and the rest are just mountain gods, Hebo, all of them are lustful sacrifices.

In previous dynasties, there were many rewards for the "Five Mountains and Four Du Du" in history. By the Tang and Song dynasties, the Five Mountains and the Four Du Du Du Du Du Du Du. Since the founding of the Ming Taizu, mountains, rivers and rivers were removed and each returned to the original source. The Yellow River was named "the God of the Great River in Xidu", and most of them were simply called "River God" or "He Bo God". This person actually got the title of "River God" by his human body, which shows his talent.

When the boat was docked, everyone looked carefully at the person who came off the boat: he was in his thirties, wearing a torn headscarf, his upper body was bare, his lower body was shorts, his barefoot, his barefoot, and his heroic, smart and capable.

Zhang Shun hurriedly greeted: "I'm going to Zhang Wenyuan, thank you for your hard work, let your brothers come over and drink some hot soup before crossing the river."

Huang Shoucai said a few words of modestness and refused, so he took a dozen boatmen down to eat. Originally, because of this flood, everyone had no source of life. It was when they were hungry and difficult to bear, and Zhang Shun persuaded them a few words and they all started to eat and drink.

After eating and drinking, everyone crossed the river. Because of the large number of people and food, Huang Shoucai and others could only extradite them many times. Zhang Shun first arranged for Wukong and Zhang Sanbai to take his two hundred personal guards to cross the river, and then set up a warning. Secondly, he started to transport grain and Master Ma who was in charge of food. In this way, until everyone had crossed the river, Zhang Shuncai and Ma Yingniang and others were preparing to cross the river.

Zhang Shun and Ma Yingniang boarded Huang Shoucai's ship. The ship was not big, and the space was narrow in the tent. Zhang Shun and Ma Yingniang sat side by side, which was quite embarrassing. The two had misunderstandings before, but they didn't know where to resolve the relationship this time.

After thinking about it, Zhang Shun simply stood up, but unexpectedly the boat started to shake. Zhang Shun was originally from the northern country and did not often take the boat, so he almost fell down. Fortunately, Huang Shoucai saw that he was a rookie, so he quickly came over to support him. There was no bloody plot like Zhang Shun pounced on someone else's girl.

Zhang Shun came out of the tent and saw that it was pitch black outside. He could only hear the sound of water and the sound of wind. This time he took a boat this time, unlike the big ship that used to transport grain. Zhang Shun watched the waves rolling on the side of the boat, and felt both worried and novel in his heart, and felt very strange.

After watching for a while, Zhang Shun stood up carefully again. When he looked back, he saw lights on the boat following him, like a dragon. Zhang Shun was surprised, there was such a strong wind, was there glass in ancient times, and how could the lights remain undying?

He looked at the bow of the boat, but saw a lantern that was being picked up with a bamboo pole. Zhang Shun patted his forehead and thought to himself that he was stupid. What a simple way he didn't expect.

"Young man, be careful, don't stand at the bow of the boat. If it is unstable and falls into the water, I'm afraid my clothes will be wet." Huang Shouzhao reminded loudly at this time.

Zhang Shun laughed and found that the ship was small. He had nowhere to go. At this moment, a buzzing sound like a mosquito came from the tent: "My...Young master, it's windy outside, let's take advantage of the tent!"
Chapter completed!