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Far away from the prosperity of the south of Wu Dynasty, life in Dulonggang area is all about life. There is not much entertainment. Farmers work in the fields, and the women in the village do knitting. During the slack time, they visit each other's houses.
The villagers gathered in front of a certain house to enjoy the cool weather. This was the daily life of most farmers in the Wu Dynasty, day after day, year after year. Here in Dulonggang, if it were more, it was to protect Zhuangzi, and the villagers would be organized.
The people do war training, and many times, the fierce folk customs are developed from these trainings.
The formation of places like Dulonggang and Wanjialing was originally similar to bandit villages. First, the gangs who ruled the area gathered, and then the number of people gradually increased, and the area was close to the business roads, and order was gradually established, and there was no longer the need for robbery.
Instead of making money by plundering and killing people and attracting the attention of the government, they began to collect protection fees and do some gray income businesses. Even if they would go to war with others, it was only because of fighting for and protecting the territory. Shandong Province
In the land, especially near Liangshan, these things can be avoided, and most of the villagers returned to farming under the premise that the situation was slightly peaceful.
Dulonggang is blessed with a unique terrain, and there are many workshops in the three villages that employ villagers. Although they are not as prosperous and professional as big cities, these small workshops can satisfy the needs of 20,000 to 30,000 people in Dulonggang.
Life needs to be self-sufficient. On the other hand, you can also produce something, communicate with the outside world, and make huge profits. For example, some salt and iron businesses that are strictly controlled by the government can be hoarded and operated by yourself in Dulonggang.
, as long as you don’t do it too much, your life can be considered smooth.
Daily farming life, practicing martial arts to defend the village, plus various things to make money and do business, are the three things that go hand in hand in Dulonggang. Of course, in recent times, due to the growing momentum in Liangshan, the training of villagers has become the most important thing.
Everyone in Dulonggang was already nervous about important matters. When they got up in the morning, they could see villagers starting to practice under the command of the coaches.
Hu Cheng walked through the bluestone road in front, and when he arrived at the threshing floor, he saw his sister who was arguing with the villagers. She put her hands on her hips, looked up with a smile and said: "Brother, come here and fight with me!"
"The person he was quarreling with was Liao Sibao, the son of the manager of the village. He, his sister, and he had grown up together, so this was not the first time they had had a similar quarrel.
There was a quarrel, but of course there was no fight. She was a girl who had been good at martial arts since she was a child, and now she is taller than the average man. She has two sun and moon swords behind her, and her sword skills are fierce. There are few people in Zhuangzi who can rival her.
Liao Sibao would not fight her. In fact, Sibao was probably interested in a girl like him, and Sanniang was pretty. The child who grew up with her was somewhat interested in her, but it would be in vain if he couldn't beat her.
Among the young people in the village, Zhu Biao from Zhujiazhuang was slightly ahead of Sanniang. After Sanniang was betrothed to Zhu Biao, everyone had nothing to say.
"Okay. Baosi, please stop arguing with her and take everyone to practice. Sanniang, you are the same, you know how to quarrel early in the morning..."
As the elder brother, Hu Cheng went over to persuade him, and both parties gave him face. It was common for people in the village to bicker and quarrel. After getting married, men and women would be afraid of all kinds of dirty talk, and the girl had not yet gotten married, so this was still a good thing.
, everyone didn’t argue too much. After this little farce was over, the younger sister and older brother walked to the side, raised their chins and asked: "Who is that over there? That... businessman?
"
Following her gaze, several people were doing simple exercises on the side of the barn. They were not from her village. The young man in the middle was wearing a suit of clothes that was so beautiful that it was almost showing off, and he was also looking here.
He came over, put his hands on his hips, and twisted his buttocks, twisting his body like noodles, looking a little evil, and then waved his hand to say hello, and Hu Chengbian also bowed his hand.
"Yes, that Lei Feng and Mr. Lei who came here the day before yesterday came here to discuss business."
"What is he doing, so weird? I heard he knows martial arts?"
"He said he knew how to do it. The few guards around him were pretty good, but he looked like he was just a showman who had been training with his master for a few years. He belonged to a wealthy family in the capital. What can I say... There is a guy nicknamed Hunyuan
The thunderbolt hand must have practiced a few palm techniques... When he came over, he said he was very interested in the battle going on here, and he also said he wanted to follow him to see..."
"Do these young men in the city think this is fun? I'll give him a hand." The young woman named Hu Sanniang looked over there with squinting eyes, "But if you come at this time, will it be the Liangshan sect?"
Here? Why did you put him in the village..."
"That's probably not the case." Hu Cheng shook his head, "Yesterday I confirmed with the people from the government that the young master of the Lei family has a good background. The day before yesterday, I spent more than 6,000 taels of silver at the Zhu family, all for buying things.
, place an order. His family asked him to run business, but what he is most interested in is fighting. However, although this kid is not good at martial arts and is a bit confused when it comes to fighting, he has a good family background and is very good at business. Yesterday morning
When we talked in Lijiazhuang, Li Shishu was full of praise."
Among the three villages in Dulonggang, Zhujiazhuang is the leader, because Zhu Chaofeng has the best view of the overall situation, but when it comes to doing business, Li Ying, the owner of Lijiazhuang, "Puntian Diao" is quite powerful. This is Lei Feng, Mr. Lei.
He impressed Zhu Chaofeng and Li Ying successively in business, and yesterday afternoon he was invited to Hujiazhuang again. Taigong Hu asked him for advice on how to improve several workshops. It is said that big places like the capital have used this method.
Young people are indeed quite convincing when talking about business matters.
"It's just that when we talk about business, he will talk about martial arts and fighting, and talk about what we should do when Liangshan comes. It's really unlucky, and what he said is a complete mess. I really want to beat him up, because Li Shishu
He said he was a genius in business and wanted us to learn from him, so I couldn't hold back. I don't know how that kid Zhu Biao saved his time when we were at Zhujiazhuang."
Among the three brothers in Zhujiazhuang, Zhu Biao has the highest kung fu. Although he is his future brother-in-law, Hu Cheng and others all know that he has an arrogant personality and a hot temper. This young man is so incompetent that it is difficult not to be beaten by him.
After saying a few words, Hu Sanniang said that the armed forces and business in Zhuangzhong were two separate forces. After all, Hu Sanniang didn't care much about this and changed the subject. Then he talked about Liangshan Mountain. Although the atmosphere was a bit tense at the moment, to say that they really
Will fight over, at least for young people like Hu Cheng and Hu Sanniang, it seems a bit far away. They grew up here and have participated in hundreds of people's fights, but Liangshan has made it clear that tens of thousands of people are rebelling.
Human strength. When fighting with all your strength, it is really a war.
"Coach Luan Ting and Yu Luan from the Zhu family have been back in the past few days. I heard that they think there may be a war."
"Our Zhuangzi has a good terrain and a lot of people. These bandits really dare to attack. I can't kill dozens of their heads with my sword under the sun and the moon!"
"Just be careful. They were beaten badly last year in Zengtou City, but we in Dulonggang are not vegetarians. If he really wants to fight, he will definitely let them know the dangers."
The two brothers and sisters said this and stopped paying attention to the rich young master and others over there. At the other end, Ning Yi, Wang Shanyue, Su Wenyu, the Qi brothers and others were also stretching and talking.
"Brother Lei, you said... you are interested in a girl, Hu Sanniang? She is really tall..."
Ning Yi was starting to practice Tai Chi slowly: "I'm also a little disappointed. She's pretty, but she looks like a village girl..."
The plain-faced Wang Shanyue sat on a wooden post on the side. He actually looked a bit prettier than Hu Sanniang. She watched him boxing: "This girl Hu is very skilled in martial arts and is ranked among the best in Dulonggang. She
I have been betrothed to Zhu Biao, the third young master of Zhujiazhuang. You almost got into a fight the day before yesterday... I would like to remind you that this young master Zhu has the true inheritance of that coach Luan. He can walk on the road in the hands of coach Luan.
He is undefeated with a hundred moves. If you are interested in this girl Hu, you should think twice."
Scholars and scribes often claim to be romantic, and Wang Shanyue knows a lot about his family's academic background. At this time, he warned. Ning Yi nodded while punching: "I know, I guess the martial arts skills of Lin Chong's group are not too different.
That is... almost at the level of people like Fang Shuchang of Ba Daozhuang, can the three Qi brothers beat them?"
Qi Yidao: "Between brothers... If it were Fang Shuchang, we might be a little worse... In short, it's difficult to win. Maybe we can stay undefeated."
"Oh, then Brother Wang should be very powerful, right?" Ning Yi has heard of the wolf bandit leader's martial arts skills, which scares those who hear about them. No matter what, it seems that he can tie with Lin Chong, but he asked
After that, Wang Shanyue said: "My martial arts is not high, you misunderstood." He paused, "I have been weak since I was young, and practicing martial arts is always half the result with twice the result. If we really fight, let alone Zhu Biao, Hu Sanniang, even Zhu
Dragon, if you conquer them, I may not be your opponent..."
"Ah?" Ning Yi was stunned, and then shrugged, "But it's okay, I'm just curious. After seeing it, it's nothing."
"Why are you curious?"
"Secret." Ning Yi laughed. Although he didn't know much about the Water Margin in Liangshan, he had certainly heard of the name Hu Sanniang. It was said that she was highly skilled in martial arts, beautiful and tragic. When she saw Zhujiazhuang, she wanted to come and take a look. That's all.
I've seen her before, but I think she's just an ordinary village chief's daughter. She looks pretty good, is more confident than ordinary women, and isn't too rude. But really speaking, she looks like a taller Guo Fu.
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It seems that Hu Sanniang, who has not been raped by that wretched dwarf and whose whole family is still alive, is a bit unattractive...
This is just a small diversion on the way to doing business, and Ning Yi won't take it too seriously. In his opinion, the timing of coming here is not bad. Information from the government, the underworld, etc. show that Liangshan has already done a good job
With the preparations around Dingshuibo at the end of World War I, the war may break out at the end of this month.
After staying in Dulonggang for two days, Ning Yi also went to Wanjialing. He also met with the head of the Ji family in Wanjialing on the grounds of "talking about business." But speaking of it, the scale of Wanjialing was not as big as
Compared with Dulonggang, it only has about 60% of Dulonggang's strength. After this simple meeting, Ning Yi returned to Dulonggang and asked Qi Han to follow Su Wenyu to Jeju City and contact the government to spread some simple rumors.
Wang Shanyue followed him all the way, but he didn't quite understand what Ning Yi wanted to do. The rumor he asked the government to spread was simply "Song Jiang wants to negotiate with the government for recruitment", and there was not much operation and arrangement.
, the credibility of such rumors is extremely low. Compared with the Secret Investigation Department, the efficiency of the government in Liangshan is astonishingly poor. Even if rumors are spread all over the world, it is impossible to sway them inside Liangshan.
On the other hand, the methods and plans of Ning Yi, Dulonggang and Wanjialing in negotiating business were extremely reliable. Ning Yi basically came up with a smuggling plan that ran through Shandong. Dulonggang and Wanjialing
Ling is an important part of it. If they can ensure smooth roads and then integrate with merchants in the capital, they can make huge profits, and even some products can be processed in Dulonggang and Wanjialing. This plan can even be vague
Expanding to the north, if the Luliang Mountains are opened, one can also cross the border into and out of the Liao Kingdom to make huge profits from the operation of salt, iron, tea and other products.
Wang Shanyue's family background means that he can tell whether something is feasible by just thinking about it. After a few days, he had some doubts as to whether Ning Yi really came over to do business. He lived in Dulonggang.
When they were in the inn, he asked directly.
"If you want to deal with Liangshan, you should gather all the forces around you. Dulonggang, Wanjialing, and even the surrounding villages can all unite now. You have prepared your official identity certificate. Why are you only talking about business these days?
.Don’t talk about dealing with Liangshan? When the fight actually breaks out, there will be no chance..."
In a few days, in addition to walking around Dulonggang and Wanjialing, Wang Shanyue basically told Ning Yi about the information about the heroes on Liangshan Mountain. That night, he spoke out his doubts, and under the light,
Ning Yi, who was sorting out information while eating peanuts, clapped his hands.
"It's not yet time. Brother Wang also knows that although they are a little whiter in Dulonggang, they don't have a good impression of the government. In other words, everyone knows what kind of virtue the government is. Wu Ruiying has fought with Liangshan before
I was defeated in a very humiliating battle. When I came here, Prince Consort Kang and Prime Minister Qin both told me that forcing them to send troops was not impossible, but at most it would only be to gather 20,000 people and fight once. When everyone cherishes their lives, even if
It’s the best situation. Wurui camp has 20,000 people, plus Dulonggang and Wanjialing make up 15,600... Even if there are 40,000 people in total, there is still no point in trying to make an effort."
"According to Brother Ning's calculations, Wurui Camp will definitely spare their lives. If Dulonggang and Wanjialing are pushed to the extreme, they may fight, but in that case, it won't make much sense. If they are beaten until there are only a few thousand left,
, even if we try our best, we still can't win Liangshan. Instead of letting them be defeated one by one, wouldn't it be better if we can build up our momentum and maintain the current situation?"
"I don't want a stalemate, I want to break up Liangshan." Ning Yi shook his head, looked at Wang Shanyue, and then clicked on a small map next to him, "Wanjialing and Dulonggang will not be defeated immediately.
That's fine. These two places are their own homes. They will definitely contribute to the defense. I only need them to come and go and guard for ten days or half a month."
"Ten days...half a month?" Wang Shanyue frowned, "Can the situation be reversed?"
"Perhaps we can destroy Liangshan." Ning Yi smiled, "There are no other big forces around, so we must take advantage of the situation. I don't have time to wait until they attack Jeju, so for now, this should be the only chance.
. Of course... I'm not very sure, so I'll just wait and see."
Wang Shanyue thought there for a long time. Places such as Wanjialing and Dulonggang are where the villagers' wealth and lives are, and they can definitely be defended for a while. But... Liangshan has now expanded to more than 50,000 people.
Wan Wan has gone. With a dozen or at most forty people, they can reverse the situation and destroy Liangshan in ten days and a half? What on earth is this guy thinking...
"Then...what else should we prepare next?"
"Actually, it's nothing." Ning Yi closed his eyes and thought for a while, then shook his head, "The rumors about Wen Yu have been released, and your people should also come over. Now... we are just waiting for the fight to start, and the only thing we need to do is wait for the fight to begin.
What’s guaranteed is…”
He smiled: "When the fight breaks out, we have to be in Zhuangzi..."
Wang Shanyue thought for a while: "Then I'll wait and see."
After getting up and going out, he shook his head. Wolf thieves were running rampant here, and both good and bad people were frightened by the news. However, he was helpless about Liangshan. And the incident in front of him, this person, really made him feel indescribably strange and difficult.
untie.
After only six or seven days, it’s hard to say clearly what I think of this person. When facing outsiders, he seems a bit chaotic, but he does calm down the situation in a certain way, and when everyone is alone, he is always
He was sorting out the Liangshan information he had told him, comparing and revising it with the information he had before, arranging what others should do, racing against time, and being meticulous. He seemed younger than himself, but at that time, the impression he gave people
, but there is an indescribable sense of oppression. He has seen such momentum in his grandfather and teachers. From his side... I can see that he is doing things seriously, but I can't see what he really wants to do.
What is.
When news came from the capital that someone would be responsible for Liangshan affairs in the future, he once thought about how the other party would handle the matter. For example, mobilizing the power of the government and the army, and uniting the forces near Shuibo. Things would inevitably happen.
It is trivial and difficult, the situation is huge, but it still needs to be solved, and it will definitely last a long time. But the current matter has never appeared in any of his speculations.
He did arrange things that required the cooperation of the government and the army, and he used the people around him, because after staying here for a period of time, it was possible to really get the army and the government to take action, and even arranged the follow-up if things couldn't be done.
But these are not the center of his plan. He does not seem to want to overly force the army and government to deal with Liangshan. But in just seven days, he only has about forty people at hand, and he is ready to face it directly.
Liangshan.
After the war, if you stay in Zhuangzi and Liangshan conquers Dulonggang, you may not have a chance to escape.
It was estimated that in only three to five days, the war might start. Then, it seemed that all that was left was to wait. For a moment, Wang Shanyue was a little doubtful. Should he do it at this time, he might stay here with his life?
decision, although the letter written by the teacher indeed asked me to fully cooperate with this person's actions...
Thinking about this, he was slightly confused, but he didn't know that shortly after he left the room, a black shadow walked in the darkness outside, and then knocked on the door of Ning Yi's room.
On May 23rd, the night was as dark as ink. Looking from the back to the front, it was only five days before the battle that was not difficult to guess and there seemed to be no suspense...