The next morning, Li Cheng got up and walked out, and saw two teams of minions training on the flat ground under the hillside. Li Cheng was from Xiongzhou, located on the border of Song and Liao. In the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, he began to set up bow and archery clubs in Hebei, and the northwest border were in charge of militia. The martial arts style of these prefectures and counties was extremely popular. Li Cheng, as one of the best among them, naturally had a wink. After watching for a while, he nodded secretly. These minions have been trained in a well-organized manner, and are far superior to ordinary officials. No wonder this group of bandits can roam the prefectures and counties, but tens of thousands of officials have no choice but to deal with them.

"Brother Li Cheng got up so early!" A voice came from behind. Li Cheng turned around and saw that it was the black-faced man who had conflicted with Song Jiang yesterday, who seemed to be Xiaoqi. Li Cheng bowed and smiled and said, "I am born to work hard, and I feel itchy all over when the time comes. I have to get up!"

"It seems that brothers Li Cheng are also suffering!" The black-faced man bowed and smiled, "When Ruan Xiaoqi, he has been fishing in this Liangshan Pond since he was a child. The government has to pay taxes for fishing in the lake. The villain couldn't stand this anger, so he brought a few brothers to kill the tax collector and surrendered to Brother Song!"

"So that's it!" Li Cheng's eyes swept across Ruan Xiaoqi's shoulders, and saw that the above was wet with dew. He knew that the other party must have been waiting outside for a long time and that he must have something important to find. So he pretended to be ignorant and asked, "Brother Ruan, I wonder what Brother Song has to make today?"

"Brother Li Cheng is just here and I don't know the terrain of Liangshan Lake. I am a local, so I come to take Brother Li Cheng around to see!" Ruan Xiaoqi smiled, intentionally or unintentionally put aside the three words "Brother Song".

"It's a labor!"

Li Cheng got on the boat, and the two minions behind him were rowing the oars. Ruan Xiaoqi took out a small table in the cabin and placed a jar of wine, two large pieces of cooked meat, some cooked broad beans, and smiled and said, "I'm a greedy man. I'll drink on the boat later and give me some advice?"

"Thank you for your arrangement with Brother Ruan!" Li Cheng sat down with a smile. Ruan Xiaoqi pulled out the wrist-removing knife from his waist, chopped the piece of cooked meat, and explained while eating and drinking: "This Liangshan Pond is originally part of the Dayeze. During the Renzong period, the Yellow River flooded many times. When the flood rushed to the foot of Liangshan, there was this Liangshan Pond, which was more than 800 miles in radius and countless ports. Even if there were 100,000 official troops coming, what could I do to me?"

Li Cheng looked around and found that as Ruan Xiaoqi said, the water surface was vast and endless. Under the faint water vapor, you could see reed marshes everywhere, and you could not see the paths clearly. A small boat was traveling through the harbor. If it weren't for the locals, you would be lost by accident. If Song Jiang and others were hiding in this Liangshan River, there would be no way for the number of officials to be there.

"It's indeed a blessed land made by heaven and earth!" Li Cheng said with a smile.

"It would be nice to say it was made of heaven and earth!" Ruan Xiaoqi smiled and said, "If it weren't for the treacherous ministers of the Zhao official family in Tokyo who had made the Kuotian Site and forced the people near Liangshanpo to live in poverty, how could we be so happy?" Speaking of this, Ruan Xiaoqi smiled and said, "The people nearby hate the people in the government to the core. As long as strangers appear, someone will report to the mountain immediately. Otherwise, what can we do with hundreds of us?"

When Li Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but nodded secretly. If the government army wanted to enter Liangshanpo, he would definitely send a detailed plan to collect information and hire locals as guides. However, the locals hated the government so much that they just pointed to the wrong place when leading the way, and the government army would be dead. Hearing this, Li Cheng couldn't help but secretly glad that Zhou Ping did not rush to send troops and sent himself first.

"Brother Li Cheng, why are you so unfair to come to Liangshan to become a bandit?" Ruan Xiaoqi suddenly asked, staring at Li Cheng's eyes tightly, without a moment.

Li Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and immediately felt that it was the other party taking the exam. Ruan Xiaoqi was a fisherman and must have a very good water quality. He was from a northern country and could only let the other party fish on this small boat. Obviously, the other party was asking him this question on the boat. He laughed: "I didn't say that I had heard from you yesterday, so I'll tell you again!" So he went to Xiangzhou to visit his relatives and happened to learn that Xuejiazhuang was recruiting heroes and went to join alone, but he had a conflict with the Xue brothers. In anger, he robbed the government's death row prison and rescued Bai Sheng from the Liangshanpo and explained the matter of going to Liangshanpo. Finally, Li Cheng smiled and said, "How about it, Brother Ruan has anything else to ask?"

"I didn't expect that Brother Li Cheng is so reckless!" Ruan Xiaoqi laughed: "If you hold back your breath, wouldn't you be the master of the government now? Why do you need to come to Liangshanpo to get into the grass?"

"If you can bear that anger, it's not me, Li Cheng!" Li Cheng took a big sip of wine: "Besides, I'm so humble in the yamen and killed a good man with such evil spirits. How could I have the pleasure of drinking and eating meat on Liangshan!"

"Well said, well said!" Ruan Xiaoqi suddenly laughed. Perhaps it was an illusion. Li Cheng felt that the discomfort that was lit from the beginning of boarding the boat disappeared. Ruan Xiaoqi laughed for a while, then suddenly slapped the wine glass on the table, and said hatefully: "But some people in the village have a good and happy life, but they have been thinking about throwing it into the yamen and being a dog that wags its tail and begs for mercy!"

Li Cheng was stunned when he heard this. Although he felt that there was a rift in the clan from the incident at the Jinting Pavilion yesterday, he never expected that it had developed to this point. Ruan Xiaoqi said these words in front of him, which was obviously dissatisfied with Song Jiang's desire to accept the invitation. But he said these words from sincerity or deliberately acted in front of him. If he wanted to test the truth, it would be unclear. So Li Cheng just lowered his head and didn't say anything. Ruan Xiaoqi didn't say much, just drank himself with cups of drinks.

After a while, he had already had a pound of old white wine. Although he had a good alcohol tolerance, his black face turned red. Li Cheng was about to persuade him to eat some food, Ruan Xiaoqi suddenly stood up, picked up the jar and walked to the bow of the ship, and sang loudly: "The master was born in Shijie Village. He was born to kill people. He was killed first. The head of corrupt officials and the capital presented him with King Zhao!" The words that Ruan Xiaoqi sang were very vulgar and did not conform to any rhythm. It was just that the sound broke the stone and penetrated the clouds, which naturally had a special infectiousness.

After Ruan Xiaoqi finished singing, he raised the wine jar and drank it hard. After drinking six or seven sips of wine, he threw the wine jar into the water and jumped into the water. There was no one at all. Seeing this, Li Cheng was shocked and hurriedly stood up and said to the rowing minions: "Captain Ruan fell into the water drunk, why don't you save people?"

The minion smiled and said, "Everyone in Liangshanbo knows that the three Ruan brothers are all good at water. Even if they tie their hands and feet and throw them into the water, they will not be able to drown them. What's more, after drinking a few glasses of old wine? Leader Li, don't worry, you will come up after a moment!"

Li Chengzheng was shocked and suspicious. Suddenly, he heard the sound of water on the right side of the ship, and a person came out. It was Ruan Xiaoqi. The water only drowned between his chest and abdomen, as if he was stepping on an invisible step. He touched the water splash on his face and smiled: "I just drank a few glasses of old wine. Brother Li laughed at the loss of composure!" As he spoke, he helped the ship to the side.

"Brother Xiaoqi is so good, I admire you so much, so how can I laugh!" Li Chengruan Xiaoqi and the others looked at each other and smiled, their intentions were all indifferent.

Jeju, schoolyard.

Hundreds of soldiers were wearing armor and styling the flags on the stage, and the sound of serious orders, golden drums, and killing sounds formed a group. All this was a very strange thing for the people of Jeju City. Since the Song Dynasty formed the Tanyuan alliance with the Liao Kingdom, the two countries had been stationed for more than a hundred years. In the vast territory of the Song Dynasty, the only place where wars lasted for a long time were Shaanxi Five Routes. In this way, Taizu and Emperor Taizong, the Hebei Road, where the world's elite soldiers gathered, naturally became an empty shell.

The imperial guards stationed in the moors may not be able to train once every three days, even a month may not be able to train them. The soldiers have become slaves driven by the generals and officers. They build houses and traffic in order to make money on weekdays. Especially Jeju is located above the canal, with convenient transportation and merchants from all directions gathering. This situation is particularly serious. Therefore, Xue Liangchen and Zhou Ping spent a lot of effort, only more than 300 people were selected from the army of 3,000 soldiers and 600 horses, and spent a lot of money to recruit more than 100 people, gathered 500 people, and practiced on the school ground.

"A Ping!" Xue Liangchen's face on the stage was very serious: "Look at how good are these soldiers practicing?"

"It will take at least one month to go into battle!" Zhou Ping observed carefully for a while and replied in a low voice: "After the command, the formation will begin to be scattered. If you see the bandits, you will definitely be scattered. Unfortunately, we are waiting for the new arrival and have no kindness, otherwise the time will be shorter!"

"Yes!" Xue Liangchen nodded and sighed: "I didn't expect that the soldiers of the Emperor's Guards were even less than those of Zhuang Ding in our village."

"Your husband, you don't know anything!" Zhou Ping smiled bitterly, "The Zhuangzi Zhuangzi is all from your clan. They are all kind and kind, like a brother and a heart. If you go to the formation, you will naturally command the order. But these imperial guards are working hard on weekdays, just to fill their own family and have a small salary. If you ask them to go to the battlefield and kill the thieves now, how can this work?"

"That's right, Mr. Han is really confused. He usually deducts half of the wheat and a few liters of millet, and makes grudges from the soldiers. When fighting, Cheng Guancheng Guan's money will be used to recruit some functions. This will only cause rift between the soldiers and the utility. How can we work together in battle?" Weber looked at the collection today, and then looked at the recommendations arranged. He couldn't help but feel quite ashamed. The editor arranged so many recommendations for me, but his grades were average. I really feel quite ashamed! I hope the collection will grow faster and it is worthy of the recommendations arranged by the editor.
Chapter completed!