Lu Ming

Chapter 28
More than an hour later, Zhou Tong finally came back: "The corpse was thrown into the back mountain, and the village has been cleaned up a little. Sir, take a look and see how the blood is inside?"

Cao Chuan gave a pretentious glance, nodded, started to leave, and asked as he walked, "It looks like a big victory?"

Zhou Tong looked excited: "It's a big victory. The brothers died and wounded 12 people. Mr. Quan Zhan's armor is sharp, and the leader is invulnerable. Originally, there were some white guys who planned to fight to the death. scattered."

Speaking of which, Uncle Zhou, who has always been on the air, couldn't hold back his agitated mood any longer, hehe laughed.

Walking to the entrance of Baizhuang, dozens of villagers in Hengtang were carrying bricks and stones to block the door. It could be seen that a house in the village had been torn down, and many people were carrying stones and wood to the door.Zhou Tong walked inside with Cao Chuan, and explained: "Block up the gate of Zhuang before it gets dark, and make a new gate tomorrow."

Cao Chuan wondered: "The enemy has already been wiped out, why are you still in a hurry to block the door?"

Zhou Tong sneered: "The big worm is gone, and the wild dog is going to eat people. You might as well watch, it doesn't take two days, the Hu family will come, and the door is blocked, and the person who comes is the smiling face, if the block is not tight, the five Seven hundred Dingzhuang came to act for the heaven if he was not sure."

After saying this, Cao Chuan understood. He was a little ashamed. He felt that his strategic vision was still close. This ancient man was not stupid at all?
Baijiazhuang is obviously much higher than Pingfengzhai Village, which can be clearly seen from the quality of the houses.Most of them are masonry structures, with neatly tiled roofs. The Bai Family Courtyard in the center is even more imposing, with white walls and gray tiles, and hanging cornices. It is similar to the landlord's house he saw in the studio.

After entering, there were large bloodstains along the way, and broken knives and guns were still everywhere.

There are three entrances in the Baijia Zhaizi, the innermost is the inner courtyard, the one in the middle is more important, and the warehouse is here.When they came in, they saw a lot of people in the yard, the doors of the wing rooms on both sides were wide open, and Chu Jianli was taking someone to count the goods.

Cao Chuan looked at it and felt nothing interesting, just some porcelain, cloth and salt goods.Seeing that Mr. Likan was not very interested, Chu took him to the door of the smallest wing in the courtyard, opened the door and walked in.

This time, Mr. Cao came to the spirit. There were more than a dozen boxes of various sizes in the room. The lids were all lifted. The big boxes were full of silver nuggets and copper coins. There was only one small box, which contained a box of gold bars.

Picking up a gold bar and looking at it, it doesn't have the feeling of jewels in the gold shop, the color is dark, and the purity is probably not high.Seeing that Cao Chuan was interested in this thing, Chu Jianli quickly introduced: "The total is 680 taels, which is about the batch of gold that Hu San mentioned, and some of Baizhuang's own savings. If it is useful, sir, you can take it together. You are welcome. "

Cao Chuan nodded with a smile: "This gold is also useful. If you send it back, you can buy some things. Kunlun has no shortage of silver. I will send a batch back later. It is always worth more than this box of gold, so it won't make it difficult for you to do it."

Zhou Tong listened in great urgency, and hurriedly said: "To break the village today, it is all thanks to the sharp tools of the master. Even according to the rules of the Tao, the master should also have a big share, and no one in the village is dissatisfied. What's more, those swords and armors, It's all inexhaustible, sir, don't make it difficult for me to wait."

Hearing this, Cao Chuan pushed the boat along with the flow. He laughed and took away the gold box. He would not disturb others to count the spoils. After choosing a side room, he would go around alone, leaving Zhao Si to clean up.

I started eating when I was holding the lantern, and it was a lot richer today. Anyway, it was a generosity for others.The rice in the Baijia barn, the bacon-style chicken on the eaves, are mixed in a large pot, and even the villagers who follow Hengtang are not limited. Half of the people can drink wildly, and the other half, including the night shifters, are also given a bowl. .

More than a dozen candles illuminated the lobby brightly. Cao Chuan could hear faint shouts and noises from time to time, but his attention was focused on the battle summary of Erye Chen in front of him.

Most of the people in Baizhuang were either killed or captured, and the one from Taihu Lake didn't escape, mainly because they were not familiar with the terrain.More than a dozen of the old people in the village ran away from the back mountain, and five or six were killed, and more than 100 survived.Seven or eight meat tickets were rescued, most of them were traveling merchants, and they were all in charge of food at the moment.

Zhou Tong also sighed when he heard this: "How many days have we not tied a meat ticket? We all asked about the details. I will send someone to take it to the official road tomorrow. If a merchant passes by, I will send it away."

Seeing Chen Huoding nodding, Zhou Tong continued: "The rest are closed. If you don't feed them, give them some water. Don't the Hu family want human heads, and exchange them for money."

When Zhou Tong said this, he looked at Cao Chuan, coughed and added: "Sir, this time it's a lot of money. When the Hu family comes, if you can ask for gold, you don't want silver. You have to make up for the deficit for your husband."

When Cao Chuan heard this, he opened his mouth and asked, "Is the reward for these robbers not low?"

Chu Jianli explained: "Sir, I don't know, the uncle and the second master were arrested by the government in the past, and it is not easy for us to take action on these people. Even if they are sent to the official, they will not be able to get a few rewards after [-]% off. The difference is that rewarding silver is a trivial matter. It is a great achievement to capture so many big thieves at one time. There are people in the Hu family who can share the credit on the official side, and they can also form a good relationship with the officials of Taihu Lake. This benefit is much greater than rewarding silver. of."

Seeing Cao Chuan nod, Chu Jianli then began to report, how much rice grain, how much official silver, how much copper coins, and how much groceries. There were so many things for a long time, Zhou Tong listened with relish, and Chen Huoding and Chen Huoding were drowsy.

After finally finishing the report, everyone began to discuss the last issue, how to deal with this Baijiazhuang.

Cao Chuan didn't say a word. It didn't matter what Zhuangzi did with the person he was going to leave soon. Zhou Tong and the others began to discuss heatedly.

This time, Pingfengzhai has mobilized all the people who can fight in the mountain, and will soon send a group of people back. The remaining manpower is not enough to split the base.

The mountain fields near Baizhuang have long been destroyed by the flood, and they have been damaged for many years, and they cannot support farmers.The terrain is dangerous, and it is definitely not good to leave it to others. In the end, the result of everyone's negotiation can only be demolished.

The bricks, tiles and wood in the village are all good things, and they have to be removed.Throw down all the remaining earth and stones, and fill in the gap between the stone path at the entrance and the gable wall, so as to avoid future troubles, and no one will think about it again in the future.

Chu Maosheng calculated that the amount of work was not small, but fortunately, this time, the harvest was more, and it was considered a cheap Hengtang Village. The materials were pulled back to renovate the village, and the rice was used to recruit the sons to work.

After discussing here, the major issues are basically resolved. For the first time, Zhou Tong took the initiative to ask Cao someone after the meeting and asked him if he had any comments. Cao Chuan said that everyone was tired today, and it would not be too late to discuss things tomorrow. Say hello and go back to sleep. .

Lying on the bed, someone's mind is very confused, the blood on his hands, the future plans, the strange visionary bandit, these things are intertwined in his mind, and he can't sleep.

He didn't wake up until three poles in the sun, and when he came to the lobby, Zhou Tong had been busy all morning.The first group of elderly mountain bandits who returned to their hometowns have already set off, and the large and small bags are shipped back and forth. When they reach the field, these people have to carry part of the food and money up the mountain on their shoulders, which is also quite hard.

After that, there was a long transfer process. Minzhuang and the mountain bandits had to work hard until the Baizhuang was emptied and demolished.Zhou Tong is also in high spirits. According to him, the current situation of Pingfeng Village is very good. In the future, everyone can go to Lin'an County to have fun in batches. This happiness comes too suddenly.

Just as Cao Chuan wanted to criticize Uncle Zhou's mentality of being rich and safe, the reporter came: Butler Hu Sanhu and two companions had already arrived at the gate of Zhuang.

Butler Hu was still full of energy, and before he crossed the second door, a long laughter came over: "You have done a great job. I only went down the mountain yesterday, and today I am having tea in the lobby of Bai's house. My master is now all over the place. I don’t believe it yet, if Hu San didn’t come here in person, I’m afraid he wouldn’t believe it, hehe, hehe.”

Zhou Tong also got up and laughed, and greeted Butler Hu to sit down.Hu San didn't say a few words after sitting down, and then he began to ask everyone how to lay down Baizhuang. Everyone present was old Jianghu. Hu San didn't ask anything, and could only formally explain his intention.

(End of this chapter)