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Chapter 214 Hidden stakes and spring plowing

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    Lin Shuangwen asked a question, and Zhao Ran suddenly understood and finally knew what his doubts were.  The two thieves were so frightened that they kowtowed and begged for help. They said that the strongman who occupied their village had shown them a way to survive. They said that the Jundu Mountain area in Guyang County, Long'an Prefecture was sparsely populated and the government did not control them, so they could stay here.  Get a foothold.

    Therefore, Luo Wenhai had no choice but to bring his brothers over to have a look at the limelight. There was no delay at all on the way, so he was able to arrive at Jundu Mountain in less than half a month.  After arriving here, I found that there were indeed no official officials here, but there were several villages that could be slaughtered by others, so I prepared to set up a stronghold in the mountains.

    It turns out that this group of thieves also came to "open up wasteland". Zhao Ran looked helplessly at Jin Jiu and others, and his thoughts collided.  It seems that everything has its pros and cons. There is no government control in the Junshan area. It is convenient for you to do it for your own convenience, but it is also easy to attract Xiaoxiao's prying eyes. I am afraid that this kind of thing will be inevitable in the future.

    There was no talk that night. At dawn the next day, Zhao Ran asked Jin Jiu to lead people to carry back the bodies and weapons of the thieves. Then he dug a big pit at the pass of Jundu Mountain to bury them, put up a wooden sign, and wrote "Jun Du".  The words "Dushan Severe Attack Monument" are written in large characters, with the annotation "Luo Wenhai and other murderous bandits were buried here" below, as a lesson to those who come after.

    As for Jiang Zhuzi and Zhang Wu, Zhao Ran originally planned to behead them on the spot as a warning to others. Later, Jin Jiu came up with an idea, saying that instead of killing them for the time being, he would put these two people in Jundu Mountain and disguise themselves as Zhanshan.  If something happens in the future, they can act as spies and report the news to Junshan Temple in a timely manner.  This is a common practice used by yamen to deal with local thieves and thugs, and the effect is very good.

    Lin Shuangwen asked, what if these two thieves ran away?

    The Jin family is a family of officials in Guyang County, and they are particularly knowledgeable about criminal names. Jin's long-term experience has made him familiar with it, and he has already mastered it.  He found two thieves and gave him two options. One was to let them pursue Luo Wenhai underground, and the other was to set up a stronghold in Jundu Mountain, but they had to obey the orders of Junshan Temple.  The two thieves understood immediately upon hearing this that they were being asked to serve as hidden stakes. There were many bandits and thieves in the rivers and lakes who were working as secret stakes for the government. The two thieves were quite well-connected, so they agreed on the spot.

    Jin Jiu hinted that if the two thieves do their job properly, they can register with Junshan Temple, and Junshan Temple will provide them with one meal per month and two dans of salary. Once they have done this for five years, Junshan Temple can report to Guyang County Yamen  Wujiyuan reported it and removed the "thief name" for them.  This is tantamount to whitewashing their identities. The two agreed before because they were forced to do so, and at the same time they wanted to see the beauty of the situation. Now that they heard this condition, they truly agreed.

    Of course, Zhao Ran couldn't help but personally act as a threat. With him as a "god" sitting in Junshan Temple, the two thieves would not dare to have different intentions.  Zhao Ran was not afraid of them escaping. With the strength of the old donkey's legs, he was sure to catch the two thieves if they let them run away for a day.

    The simple small village built by Jin Jiu on the hill inside Jundu Pass was left to Jiang Zhuzi and Zhang Wu as their "den of thieves". At the same time, he promised them that he could recruit a few desperadoes to make their appearance stronger.

    After the arrangement was completed, Zhao Ran led the people back to the village.  After this incident, Zhao Ran came up with the idea of ????"training troops". Of course, he did not really want to build an army in Junshan, but to strengthen the training of the young villagers so that they would have a certain ability to defend themselves if something unexpected happened.

    Zhao Ran handed over this matter to Guan Er and Lu Jin, asking them to recruit a hundred young men from each of the three villages. They would do farm work at home when the farming was busy, and they would be pulled out to practice during the slack.  Junshan Temple provides food.  Zhao Ran predicted that in about three months, he would be able to pull together a group of 300 villagers at any time, and in six months, this team would have the strength to suppress small groups of thugs and bandits.

    Uncle Zhong also got his wish and sent his Sanlang to Junshan Temple to be a layman of firework. Zhong Sanlang's status has been improved to a higher level, and he can get a monthly salary. The people in the entire Junshan area are very envious, saying that the Zhong family gets two  A life is saved and a family is turned around. One word - worth it!

    After Zhao Ran returned to Junshan Temple, intense spring plowing began in the Junshan area. In order not to delay the farming season, Zhao Ran used a few barbecues as bait, which really made Master Wuse work hard for a while, plowing soil and removing insects.  , I am really tired.  After all the land was cleared, Master Wuse thought he could finally take a rest, but who knew that Zhao Ran took out a simple blueprint and handed it over.

    "Little Taoist priest, what kind of talisman are you doing?"

    "you guess?"

    Master Wuse stared at the lines on the paper and thought hard for a moment, then asked: "Is this Yunzhuan? But when I went to Huayun Library to borrow a bookhow can I call it stealing? I put it back after reading itthe borrowed book  In those few books, I have never seen such cloud seal script The seal script is too simple and too loose What are these two circles? Are they square or round These three vertical lines seem to be water seal script?  This sidewaysWhat about Dao seal script?  And these squares seem to be ghost-repelling charms?  "

    Zhao Ran rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "Master, what does this have to do with Yunzhuan? It's obviously a construction drawing!"

    "ah?"

    "The one on the left is Xiaojun Mountain, and the one on the right is Jundu Mountain. What is square or round? Is it so difficult to recognize? Master, it is terrible to be uneducated The horizontal one is Chongma River, and the three vertical lines are canals.  , these grids are fields Well, three canals separate the fields, so that the fields can be irrigated"

    The Master of Five Colors chuckled twice: "You little Taoist priest, you are inexplicably imitating other people's painting, and what nonsense you are painting, I am laughing so hard"

    Zhao Ran said angrily: "Master, please smile slowly, let me tell you first Jin Jiu has mobilized the people to dig a canal along the south bank of Chongma River, but only dug a hundred feet or so, which is marked on the map.  The solid lines and the dotted lines of the three canals are what will be excavated in the plan The solid lines and dotted lines mean virtual and real, don¡¯t you understand?¡±

    "Well, that's it, little Taoist priest, why are you showing me this?"

    "Master, now the people are busy with spring plowing, and they really can't spare the manpower to dig canals. But it's too hard to carry water and irrigate the fields like this. Could you please stretch your hands and feet? You've been bored all day long.  How tired are you in the cave? Oh, by the way, I heard that the common people have renovated the master's cave. When will I invite Pindao to visit?"

    The Master of Five Colors was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "You just dug up the ground and got rid of the insects, and you want to make me work again? Are you going to let me practice?"

    "Master, digging the ground is also a kind of practice. Your claws what, aren't they getting harder and harder like iron? As for those bugs, haven't they all entered the master's stomach? The master said last time that they taste good  Besides, the common people were brought out of Changchong Mountain by the master. If you don¡¯t think about them, who else will think about them?¡±

    Master Wuse was unhappy: "That's nonsense. They still don't know I'm here. All the credit goes to your Junshan Temple. They say you are Zhao Shenxian"

    Zhao Ran said righteously: "Master, if you have done good deeds, do you still have to talk about it everywhere so that others can appreciate you, praise you, and praise you? Is this what a practitioner should do?"

    Master Five Colors said in frustration: "I didn't ask them to be grateful to me"

    Zhao Ran said: "Master, I admire you for your integrity. Master, do you think we should start digging tonight?"

    "Giggles little Taoist priest, how did you make that sauce you put on the barbecue last time? It's sweet and tastes good"

    "Master, you don't have any sense of superiority at all. Do you have to negotiate terms before you work?"

    "Gurglinglisten, my stomach is growling with hunger"

    "Obviously 'cluck', not 'gugu', it's you who is calling it. Master, please learn to be more like it next time?"

    ¡°¡­Anyway, I want to eat tonight, and then I¡¯ll work after eating!¡±

    "Okay, I'll grill you a barbecue, but you have to promise to work hard and not be lazy."

    "What kind of sauce do you want to put on it?"

    "That's called honey. There's a lot of it in Mount Cointreau. I'll get some for you later."

    "Honey?"

    "Yes, have you ever seen a wild bee's nest? There is this thing inside. Let's go into the mountain now and I will tell you how to get it."

    "Giggle, this is the best, go quickly, go quickly!"

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