Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 54 Captive
  In three days, all the broken troops running on the mountain were gathered together, and the number of prisoners increased from 337 to 366. Zhao Zhen has seen that most of these people are first-level Liangshan grass bandits/water thieves. Compared with Zhuangshang Houbeipu's weapons, their attributes are weaker. Their skills have an additional robbery attribute. The few who are strong and brave are already second-level. Bandits from Liangshan Mountain.

After some rough statistics, Zhao Zhen discovered that in addition to bandits, there were three settlements in the entire Liangshan Mountain. One was just behind Wanzi City, surrounded by high mountains. There were more than 600 households in the entire village, but the population was less than 2000. people. There is about 8000 acres of land in the middle of the farm, which looks like a flat land. Every year, % of the harvest is paid to Scarface in exchange for Scarface's blessing and his promise not to harass the farmers.

One is in the back mountain near the waterfront, where people make a living by fishing. There are less than a hundred households in the village, and there is a lotus root field. Occasionally, three sections of nine-hole white jade lotus roots are produced. This place was originally protected by skinny monkeys. In addition to taxes, This village also provides ferries for bandits to travel to both sides of the lake every day.

world log
  Name: White jade lotus root with three sections and nine holes (spiritual plant)

The lotus root is divided into three sections and has nine holes inside. The middle hole is small and the surrounding eight holes are slightly larger. The meat is like white jade, crystal clear and sweet in taste.

Eat it, agility +1. (Effective for those with less than 40 agility when consuming it for the first time)
  Zhao Zhen searched out a section in Shouhou's warehouse. After reading it, he ate it that day and quickly gained 1 point.

The last one is in the northeast of Shuizhai. It is also a fishing village with less than 100 households. Paddy fields have been opened by the lake at the foot of the mountain. In addition to fishing, rice is also grown, and it is protected by mangy turtles.

Now that the three settlements heard that the army had killed the strongmen and grass bandits and reoccupied Liangshan, they all prepared their property, and cattle, sheep, fish and shrimp came to work for the army. Zhao Zhen was busy collecting and screening prisoners, so he had no time to visit three labor farmers. Send someone a message, leave the things behind, and go back first, and come back to see you in a few days.

Zhuang Ding went out to deliver a message, but came back to report and said: "Master, these villagers looked happy when they saw that they had received their property, but they still stayed in Wanzi City and refused to leave."

Zhao Zhen thought that it was always the people he governed, so he left the temporary office and met with these villagers.

When he came out of the gate, Zhao Zhen saw a team of more than thirty villagers, divided into three piles and surrounding the gate. Zhao Ji shouted: "The general is here, the man in charge came up to talk to him."

One person from each of the three piles came forward and knelt down in front of Zhao Zhen. One of the men in the middle said: "General, I call you Li Liang. Now Tian is the steward of Liangcun behind Wanzi City. Today I will reward the army with ten carts of grain, five pigs and one cow."

The person on the left continued: "Zhang Wang, the manager of Zhangzhuang, offers two carts of lotus roots and two carts of live fish."

Finally, the person kneeling on the right said: "Tian Dasheng, the steward of the farm, donated two carts of grain and two carts of fish."

Zhao Zhen helped the three of them up and said, "Fellow fellows, there is no need to be like this. The general is busy screening the prisoners and cannot care about you waiting. Please forgive me."

The three people waved their hands quickly and said: "I don't dare."

Seeing the hesitation of the three people, Zhao Zhen seemed to have something to say, and asked: "The general has accepted the gift for the army on behalf of the athletes. Do you have anything else to do?"

The three of them looked at each other, and Tian Dasheng, the manager of the farm, stepped forward and said, "I wonder when the general will return to the army. What will be done with the captured bandits?"

Zhao Zhen saw the man's expression of anxiety after he finished speaking. He thought about it for a moment before he understood. I am afraid that there is someone in the village who is a thief and has been captured by me. I have come here to find out the news.

He immediately said: "From now on, Shuibo Liangshan will be under my control, and the army will be stationed here permanently. I will definitely trouble you all in the future."

The three people listened and looked at each other. Zhao Zhen asked: "What, do you have anything to say?" Li Liang, the steward of Liangzhuang, knelt down again and said: "General, we have made a living by farming and fishing for generations. Our ancestors settled here when they came to the Han Dynasty. Village According to records, this place was originally called Liangshan. It was later renamed Liangshan because King Xiao of Liang died here. We are all descendants of the Liangshan hunting ground servants at that time. Due to the fog, this place has been occupied by bandits for five or six years. Many young people were forced into the team by these strong men, I wonder if they can be released?"

Zhao Zhen said: "If this is the case, those who have not made any mistakes can naturally be released. You should also pay your food on time and go to war in the future."

Seeing that the three people agreed quickly and with sincerity, Zhao Zhen took out the roster and asked several people to mark out the young people in the village.

After marking, Zhao Zhen said: "You three, please go back first. I will release you after I check."

The three of them said goodbye and left with many thanks.

Zhao Zhen looked at the roster and found that only 12 out of 10 were from three villages. Zhao Zhen immediately called Zhao Ji and ordered: "According to the roster, pick out the people on it, ask them separately, tell these people, and clarify the prisoners. Regardless of the relationship, regardless of the size of the crime, these people can be allowed to go home first."

Zhao Ji responded and took the roster to verify it himself. With the testimony of these villagers, the work of counting prisoners will be accelerated a lot.

After dinner, Zhao Ji hurried over and handed over the compiled roster. Zhao Zhen looked at it and Zhao Ji divided the thieves into three categories. The first category is extremely evil and has a twisted mind, taking pleasure in cannibalism and killing people; the second category has killed people and robbed people in the corridors, but has a normal mind and only uses robbery as a means; the third category is the Zhuang Ding who has been raped by force.

There are actually seven in the first category, all Scarface's confidants. Zhao Zhen asked: "Are all seven of them from Scarface's group?"

Zhao Jidao: "Back to the owner of the village, all of them are Scarface's confidants. After asking many people, the others fell into the bandits, mostly because of disasters, government persecution and other reasons. Scarface's group is different from the others. This person was originally He belonged to a wealthy family. He got into a fight with others and hurt his face. From then on, no one dared to look at him. He ran rampant in the countryside with an ugly and ferocious appearance. He killed and injured people due to disputes with officials' children, and abandoned his home and fled.

When people in the world saw scars on his face, they called him Scarface. He has a ferocious temperament, and even if he looks at him twice, he will fight with others. The rivers and lakes have been hanging out together for a long time, and I heard somewhere that all the heroes in the rivers and lakes cannibalize human flesh. Since then, they have been out of control. They treat people like two-legged sheep. Every time they plunder, they will steal people's hearts and drink them. Many of his subordinates were forced to eat human flesh. These seven people were originally members of Scarface's family. They followed Scarface and imitated Scarface in everything. Eating human flesh was also a common practice. "

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he was filled with righteous indignation and said: "There really are such beasts. If you keep them for anything, just chop them all down."

Zhao Ji said: "Yes, the owner of the village."

Zhao Zhen added: "The third category of captured young men will be released. Those who have families in Liangshan will be allowed to return home. Those who were not originally from Liangshan will be asked about their wishes and those who are willing to stay will be sent to Liangshan." They can be resettled in the dead trees, and those who don't want to farm can also be recruited into the village team."

"As for the second category, they will be punished as hard labor first and let Tao Zongwang supervise the work. The three passes in front of the mountain will be renovated in three months."

Zhao Ji agreed and went to make arrangements.

Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. After clarifying the prisoners, the only thing left was to build Liangshan and produce something as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)