In the early morning, Bao Yiyi led more than 300 troops back to the capital, escorting more than 100 rebels. Li Guolou led a "working group" of less than 100 people to stay at Balizhuang. Li Guolou rode to see off the commander and sent him ten miles away.
outside.
Li Guolou and Lin Qingxie walked side by side. The two marched at the front, walking too fast and far away from the large army. They talked in low voices and kept whispering along the way.
Lin Qingxie turned around and looked at the crowd behind him. He stopped speaking high-sounding official language and changed the subject. He said, "Xiao Lizi, I have another important responsibility this time. I've left my job to you. You should know how to behave."
Li Guolou waved his riding crop and said with a smile: "Mr. Lin, just ask for any house you like. I want the house near the west of the village. Don't poach me."
"Oh!" Lin Qingxie pondered for a moment, filtering through the dozens of decent houses in Bali Village in his mind, and asked doubtfully: "Xiao Lizi, why do you want that house in the west of the village? It is the most unfavorable house in Bali Village.
The places and good houses are all in the south of the village."
"Oh, Mr. Lin, you don't understand. Since you treat this place as a villa, you can go out of the city to relax. When you open the window, you can see Yunmeng Mountain. The mountain is shrouded in mist. It's so beautiful to travel in a fairyland. You can also go hunting in the mountain."
The house owned by Li Guolou was not among the top ten in Balizhuang. It was a rich farmer's tile-roofed house.
"Oh, Xiao Lizi, you are not greedy." Lin Qingxie, who originally wanted to ask for two houses, did not dare to take the matter to an extreme. At the beginning of the cooperation, he still had to leave room for the other party, and said: "I want the one in the south of the village.
There is a big house with turrets everywhere, let Xiao Yanzi live in it first, I will come to see her in a few days."
"Mr. Lin, what's wrong with you! That's the village office." Li Guolou rolled his eyes. He had never seen such a stupid person. He was good at calculating, but he had never seen the world.
"Hey hey hey!" Lin Qingxie laughed three times, feeling a little embarrassed. He was too busy sitting in the hall and forgot that there was a village hall in Balizhuang. He looked fascinated and said: "Then let Xiao Yanzi choose which house she likes.
, just stay in whichever room.”
Li Guolou glanced at him and said, "I didn't realize it, but Mr. Lin is actually a passionate young man. He even lives in the room. He is much better than Lord Wu."
Lin Qingxie, who was on the mount, proudly held up his chest and said: "A real man will keep his word. When I rode on Xiao Yanzi, I promised her that I would not give up. You have to wait until I come before leaving, otherwise I will
worried."
Li Guolou burst into laughter and said with a bright smile: "Mr. Lin, don't worry. I am their boss now. With me here, Miss Yanzi will be well taken care of. When you come, I will take care of everything in the future."
No matter what, don’t come to my house to file a lawsuit."
"The detective saw through it again, life is so tiring." Lin Qingxie grinned in embarrassment. The hard days were over, and when fame and wealth came, it was time to dig out the Sutra. He was not too late, he was three years younger than Bao Yiyi, and he had a lot of money.
Ambition still comes in handy.
Li Guolou said in a low voice: "Mr. Lin, if the family members can just open up the fence and let go, if you are the first to take the lead now, have you thought about the future? The people below are silent now. When Mr. Bao leaves in the future, if you still
In the Ministry of Punishment, the ending of life is the same as that one."
Lin Qingxie was shocked. He glanced at Li Guolou. He was a ruthless man who killed people without blinking an eye. He also threatened him. He hesitated and said: "Little Lizi, this is my surrender certificate. I can let it go."
I will definitely let him go. What do you want me to do with the work assigned by the people above? Mr. Bao has changed his mind about the house confiscation and asked Yao Cuo to do it instead. He should be able to do it, and it won't be too ugly."
"Oh!" Li Guolou felt relieved. After all, Bao Yiyi had not been cruel and let Wu Defu's family go. Yao Cuo would definitely do a good job on the scene, and the love between Jianghu and brotherhood would be wiped out by "righteousness."
" Yao Cuo occupied. It seems that yesterday he deliberately said, "It is difficult for a rich family to raise children." Bao Yiyi listened to it, and in order to accumulate good virtue for future generations, he will no longer make it difficult for Wu Defu's children.
"Mr. Lin, if you can show mercy outside the law, I am a person who knows how to repay kindness. We will join hands to advance and retreat together." Li Guolou bribed Lin Qingxie. It would be best if he could leave more family wealth to Wu Defu's widow, so as to avoid a bunch of widows coming to his house to cry for poverty.
, beat the autumn wind.
"Hey!" Lin Qingxie was filled with sorrow and joy, and he was in a complicated and hesitant mood. It is not a good thing to step on other people's corpses to get to the position. He was so talented and brave, but he used it for dirty things.
"Oh, I almost forgot about business. Little Lizi, I understand that there is something fishy about the number of acres in Balizhuang. If you give me an extra 100 acres of land, I will keep silent." Lin Qingxie looked at Li with a smile.
Guolou, chop it up with a sharp knife.
"Mr. Lin, it's half of the hillside. You always want me to leave some room. You are not the only one who wants to eat me, and there is a back-up. You should understand this." Li Guolou finally came up with a two-part plan.
Quanmei's idea is to give Lin Qingxie fifty acres of hillside land so that Xiao Yanzi can have a place to chop firewood every day.
Lin Qingxie, who was not very sophisticated in the world, did not hear what was behind the words. He nodded and said, "Well, I accept this compromise plan. One hundred and fifty acres of high-quality farmland and fifty acres of hillside land are in Xiao Yanzi's name.
No matter what, let Xiao Yanzi have something to rely on in the future."
"Well, Mr. Lin is the master of the game. I admire you so much and I'm willing to be the loser. Hahahaha!" Li Guolou held the riding whip in his hand and said goodbye after a long distance. There are no tigers or monkeys in the mountains to dominate, and his good days are coming soon.
Bao Yiyi poked his head out of the carriage and said with a smile: "I accept Captain Li's wishes. Come back quickly."
"Master Bao, you saved the villagers of Balizhuang. The villagers are very grateful to you. You still have to drink a glass of thin wine." Li Guolou waved his hand, and two female villagers from Balizhuang came up with trays, followed by dozens of people behind him.
The Balizhuang villagers who followed him knelt on the ground and howled loudly.
"Bao Qingtian, you saved us and have given us a new life. There is nothing to repay. Bao Qingtian, you are just like our parents. The villagers of Balizhuang are grateful and have decided to build a shrine for you. Please leave your clothes and clothes."
, let us worship for eternity." Holly kneeled on the ground and confessed boldly, with tears hanging on her face without wiping them away.
"Hey, it's rare for you to be so brave and loyal that I, the official, can't bear it. I feel ashamed and can't bear it." Bao glanced at Li Guolou, and the highest level of flattery was actually used.
Building a "shengshi" is the greatest compliment that ordinary people can give to local officials. The action planned by Li Guolou was to praise Bao Yiyi and push him to the highest level of integrity and love for the people in the Qing Empire. Bao Yiyi couldn't help but sigh at Li Guolou's boldness.
Careful, a feat that is different from ordinary people. Let others see that there is no fraud. Hundreds of pairs of eyes are looking at it. The group of people kneeling on the ground are all villagers of Balizhuang.
Li Guolou bowed down and said, "Mr. Bao, this is the heart of the people of Balizhuang. You must not chill the hearts of all the people in the world."
"Master Bao, please agree to our request." The villagers kneeling on the road shouted like a mountain and a tsunami.
Three wishes, three shirks, a touching scene that made everyone shed sincere tears.
After several refusals, Bao Yitong solemnly took out an inkstone, pen and ink and a set of old official uniforms from the carriage, and sighed: "I have nothing else to offer, so I just left these things in Balizhuang."
This was a political achievement that allowed the people in the court to see the irrefutable support of the people. Bao Yiyi secretly lamented that Li Guolou was a self-taught person and his ability to flatter and flatter others was unparalleled. The temple of the Ministry of Justice was too small to accommodate this great god.
This child is definitely not a thing in the pond, it will definitely soar into the sky.
Over a glass of sake, we talked about our inner feelings, and the words of officialdom drifted past our ears. A large group of four to five hundred people beat the victory drum and marched towards the capital.
Bao Yiyi sat alone in the carriage, thinking about what had just happened, and couldn't help covering his mouth and snickering. Good things came one after another. He laid a solid foundation for his career and entered the cabinet at his fingertips. As the old saying goes: misfortune and good fortune come together.
It is most appropriate for him. Bao Yiyi took out a letter, raised the corners of his mouth, and showed a ferocious smile. Wu Defuli was a member of the White Lotus Sect, and he held the evidence of rebellion in his hand.
Li Guolou bowed to bid farewell to the officer. He remained motionless and silently thought to himself, "Two hundred and fifty." He was surprisingly patient. He stood up straight and looked at the rising red dust. He pressed the saddle with one hand and jumped onto the maroon horse.
He raised his hand and said: "My sons, let's go!"
"Heroine!" Gao Yao Wuyun immediately corrected Li Guolou's slip of the tongue. A dozen war horses raised their iron hooves and headed towards Balizhuang, leaving the villagers of Balizhuang far behind.
"Boss, I'm going to be a landlord and a rich man!" Gao Yao Wuyun whipped his whip excitedly. His other-worldly spirit was spreading. He was chasing more than a dozen war horses, and dust was flying on the road.
The weather in the north was dry and windy and sandy. Li Guolou pulled up the red silk scarf around his neck to cover the dust. Others also covered their faces with flowered scarves. From a distance, the officers and soldiers covering their faces looked no different from horse thieves.
The ten-mile journey has arrived in a blink of an eye. The garbage around the south gate that was burned by artillery fire has been cleaned up, and the villagers and militia members are repairing the dilapidated stockade. If a village wants to be stable for a long time, it must have a safe place. The world has been in chaos for a long time.
There are rebels and bandits in the mountains and forests, and there are horse thieves running around.
The first important task Li Guolou presided over was to rebuild the village gate. The earth-carriers were seen carrying loads of black soil up the earth wall, and four strong men with bare arms lifted the stand next to the ramming machine.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Repair the damaged earth wall again.
Ramming earth is a laborious and technical job. The soil of the earth wall must be sticky, and a special kind of soil must be used. Mud made from plants must also be poured into the black soil to a certain proportion, so that it can
Let the black soil quickly bond into an earth wall. In the past, eggs and animal glue were added when grouting to bond the black soil. Since the foreign construction technology was introduced to the Qing Empire, these extravagant and wasteful items are no longer needed. A certain proportion is added to the grout.
The cement and earth walls built are extremely strong.
"Head, are the earthen walls covered with bricks?" Gao Yaowun climbed up the earthen wall and looked at the Li Guo Tower standing proudly in the wind.
"Facade work always needs to be done. The earthen walls on both sides of the north and south gates must be covered with blue bricks. This money cannot be saved." Li Guolou warned that his villa here could not be as shabby as a rural village.
"Boss, you are wasting a lot of money. It would be nice to give me this little money to decorate my house." Gao Yaowun said the thoughts of his subordinates. Behind their backs, they all said that Li Guolou's extravagance and lust were just like the First Emperor of Qin, who abused the wealth of the people.
"What do you know? Construction has to be a window-dressing thing. Otherwise, who will settle here? Just look at it. Next year, all the lost people here will be replaced. In two years, this place will become a tourist attraction. You can see the Great Wall and climb the beacon tower.
Wolf smoke rises in the distance. The princes hunt in Rehe, and the common people go to Yunmeng Mountain to hunt pheasants." Li Guolou pointed to the mountains and rivers, and talked as if he saw the flowery Yunmeng Mountain.
"Are there so many pheasants?" Gao Yao Wuyun couldn't believe it, and he scared all the pheasants in Yunmeng Mountain with a few shots.
Li Guolou glanced at him and said: "Gao Yao Tou, you are a Mongolian, how can you compare with the nine-headed bird from Hubei? Raising some chickens in the mountains and letting them grow freely in the wild, isn't it just pheasant?"
This is called returning to nature. Do you know Darwin’s theory of evolution? The chickens raised at home evolved from pheasants.”
"Boss, wouldn't it be better to raise some goats?" Ai Hai came up and asked.
"Hey! You guys, don't you feel bad about selling your farmland? How much does a goat cost? If people from the capital go out for fun once and spend the price of a goat, will they come again?"
"Captain Li, you have thought carefully. You even know the price of the chicken." Ai Haibi's eyebrows were stern, and there was something hidden in his words.
"Go to hell!" Li Guolou kicked Ai Hai off the earth wall with a flying kick. Here he is the earth emperor, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy.