The most powerful emperor Liu Bang

Chapter 5 Surabaya Pavilion Chief
In ancient Pei County, there was a large Sishui River flowing through the north of the county seat, hence the name of Pei County.Pei means great water.

After Pei County was established, according to the system of setting up one pavilion for ten miles, the area around the county seat was set as Sishui Pavilion.Because it is close to the Sishui River, the population here is concentrated, the products are rich, and it is very lively.But at the same time, there were constant fighting here, and the peak of thieves made Cao De, the county magistrate at that time, a headache.

Xiao He, the entourage of the county magistrate, strongly recommended Liu Bang as the head of the Sishui Pavilion to the county magistrate, saying: "My lord, the one who can manage the Sishui Pavilion well is none other than Liu Bang."

"Liu Bang? Is he the one who got into a fight last time and almost got a lawsuit?" The county magistrate still had an impression of Liu Bang, "How can that be done? How can we ask a troublemaker to maintain peace in a place."

Xiao He said: "According to my observation, this person is not bad in nature. He doesn't steal or rob, he doesn't bully the weak, he bullies men and women, he just idles around and doesn't do his job properly. If there is a monkey on the leash, someone can restrain him, I think this person Might be able to do something."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." The county magistrate shook his head in denial.

After a period of time, many people came to the county government early in the morning to report the situation, saying that they were robbed by robbers last night, and that they lost food, clothing, utensils, etc. When they were chasing after them, the group took a boat along the Sishui River. Ran.

Xiao He took the opportunity to say: "Master, the head of the pavilion in Sishui must hurry up, otherwise there will be no one to guard the city, and we don't know what will happen in the future."

"How can there be a suitable candidate?" The county magistrate frowned.

"Then Liu Bang is good, but the master can't believe it." Xiao He said.

"It's not that I can't believe it. I'm really afraid that he will cause trouble and it will not end well." The county magistrate said worriedly.

"How can I prove to you that he won't. Besides, even a well-behaved person can't do this kind of thing." Xiao He said further.

"That's right." The county magistrate pondered, "If you recommend it repeatedly, then try it, but you have to tell him that if he doesn't do well, even you will be implicated."

In this way, after Xiao He's repeated recommendation, Liu Bang became the head of the Surabaya Pavilion.The duty of the pavilion chief is mainly to maintain the stability of the place, order the chaos and keep the people safe, and prevent them from being disturbed by bad people.

At the beginning of Liu Bang's tenure, he called together a group of his younger brothers and said: "After Mr. Xiao's recommendation, the county magistrate asked me to be the head of the pavilion of Sishui Pavilion. There are always accidents in our county. Whether we can do it well depends on With everyone's help, I wonder if you want to do it with me?"

"Of course I want to, but I don't know how to do it?" Everyone chattered.

"That is to punish unruly people and prevent thieves and theft." Liu Bang imagined.

"It's easy to handle. Let's listen to Brother Three." One of them raised the head and said.

Liu Bang was very happy to see a group of brothers cheering so much, and he was full of confidence in being a good pavilion leader.Not long after he took office, he decided to gather a group of young brothers and recruited a few people from the society to form a security team of 20 people.

These people were not paid, they went home to eat during the day, and went to the Wucheng Hotel for dinner at night.Unexpectedly, after a period of time, some people could not hold on anymore.Although they often hang out together in the past, sometimes they also help the family with some work. Now they are busy outside all day, but they still have to eat at home, and the adults will not let them do it.There is also a big debt at Wu Cheng's restaurant. Although Wu Cheng didn't say quit, the food was getting worse and worse.Liu Bang realized that this is not a common law.

Seeing that his team couldn't pull the bolt, at this moment, the gang of robbers in the Sishui River came to commit crimes again, robbing more than 20 people in a row, injuring many people, and even snatched away a yellow-flowered girl from Wang Tian's family who gave birth to bean sprouts. up.Now Peixian City was crying and howling for a while, panicking.

Cao De, the magistrate of the county, called Liu Bang over and reprimanded him, "I heard that you are capable, so I asked you to be the head of the pavilion of Sishui. How did you become the head of the pavilion?"

"How long will I be able to work? No one has no money. At first, I relied on the help of my friends, but they didn't want to do it anymore." Liu Bang said a little dissatisfied.

"Someone has money, even a fool can do it, and you still need to do it? If you can't do it, then don't do it!" The county magistrate shouted angrily.

"Think of a way, think of a way, he just did it, give him another chance." Xiao He heard the shouting in the lobby, knew that Liu Bang was being scolded, and hurried over to smooth things over.

There was a silence.The county magistrate suddenly shouted again: "What are you still standing here for? Why don't you hurry up and catch the thief, wait for me to treat you to dinner?"

Liu Bang hurriedly withdrew "Yes, yes".

The thieves had already disappeared without a trace, and even the government could do nothing.Liu Bang was scolded severely and felt very humiliated.He thought hard and came up with a way: to work, there is no one, and if you want people, you have to have money. The wool comes from the sheep, and the money has to come from the people.

He made a calculation: he only has more than 20 people, and each of them eats two catties of grain every day, which is more than 1 catties a year.There are tens of thousands of people in Pei County, and each of them gives him a catty of grain every year, and all the expenses in his kiosk are covered.

Liu Bang thought about it this way, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible. The next morning, he consulted with the big households and patriarchs in each pass. Because of the robbery in the county, everyone agreed.Liu Bang quickly put this measure into practice, not only had more than enough daily expenses, but also had money to pay tribute to the county magistrate and drink.The county magistrate was very happy about this, and said in an official tone: "As long as you use your brain, there is always a way."

Liu Bang's guys usually have no money and still hang around, but now they are paid a bit, and they will arrive as soon as they are greeted. Strict control and heavy punishment were carried out, and the social atmosphere improved greatly for a while.

For a long time, the gang of robbers in the Sishui River did not go ashore to harass the people, and Liu Bangting's little life was relatively pastime.One day, when I was about to invite some friends to visit the countryside, a patrol team came from outside to report: "Two households in Xiguan got into a fight because of building a house, and the one surnamed Cao called someone to beat the one surnamed Zhu to death." Seriously injured." And asked: "Should I hand it over to the county government or should we handle it?"

Liu Bang said: "We should deal with this kind of thing, or the county master will say that we are lazy. Let me go and have a look." As he said, he took five or six people including Lu Wan, Guan Ying, and Wang Ling to Xiguan.

When Liu Bang arrived, he saw a person scolding the street in a high-pitched voice, and uttered wild words: "I can cover up whatever I want. Who can do anything to me? I'm not afraid of where you sue. If you provoke me again, I will be beaten to death." .”

A woman over there responded, "You're too much of a bully, and you'll be punished."

Liu Bang saw that there were so many people gathered at the scene, and immediately went to the middle and said loudly: "We are from the pavilion, you two come with me!"

"Who are you at the booth, don't act like a wolf with a big tail in front of me, and go to rest!" The man who scolded the street didn't take Liu Bang and the others seriously.

"You're quite tough." Liu Bang waved his hand, "Take me away." Several people went up and pushed and shoved the man away.

When he arrived at the pavilion, Liu Bang asked about the situation. The man's name was Cao Wushang, and the woman's husband was Zhu Kang. He had been injured by Cao's family and could not come.The reason was that the Cao family built a house and raised the homestead too high, causing the Zhu family to become a pit. The Zhu family stepped forward to dissuade them, and a dispute arose between the two parties.

Liu Bang asked Cao Wushang: "Is what she said true?"

"So what if it's true?" Cao Wushang asked arrogantly.

"It's true that the main responsibility lies with you, and you will be punished!"

"How dare you, I am the magistrate of Cao County, Mr. Cao." Cao Wushang said with gritted teeth.

Liu Bang has been to the county magistrate Cao several times, but he has never seen this person before. Seeing that this man is so arrogant, he felt disgusted in his heart, and said loudly: "Bold, you dare to pretend to be Mr. Cao's person. You are like you in Mr. Cao's family!" Mr. Cao asked the people to be friendly to neighbors, but you deliberately raised the homestead, beggars to neighbors, and even fought and injured people. It was clearly to blackmail the master. If you don’t teach me a lesson, you won’t have a long memory. You will be fined one thousand dollars and beaten with fifty sticks.”

"I really am." Cao Wushang still insisted.

"He is still stubborn, brothers, fight!" Liu Bang shouted.

A group of brothers went up and beat Cao Wushang down.

Afterwards Liu Bang mentioned this matter to the county magistrate, and Cao Wushang was really a handyman hired by the county magistrate's family. Liu Bang smiled inwardly, and immediately apologized: "Forgive me for being blind."

The county magistrate replied: "It's nothing, it's a good fight. I didn't expect such a person to act mischievously in my name. I should teach him a lesson."

After this incident got out, people in the county praised Liu Bang for his stern and selfless face, even the magistrate of the county dared to beat him up, and some people who usually talk and do things without being particular about things didn't dare to make trouble easily.It's just that since then Liu Bang and Cao Wushang have developed hatred, and Cao Wushang was almost hurt several times in the future.

During the years when Liu Bang was the head of the pavilion, ever since he was severely reprimanded by the county magistrate, he dared not slack off every day.Probably in the winter of the third year, Boss He, who was ferrying on the Sishui River, reported to Liu Bang's patrol team one day: "Recently, there are two boats haunting the river. They are sneaky. Could it be that the robbers are coming again?"

The patrol was very alert when he heard it, and immediately reported it to Liu Bang.Liu Bang felt that it was very possible, so he immediately summoned Lu Wan, Guan Ying, Wang Ling, Fan Kui and others to discuss and plan an ambush.

The people in Pei County have been victimized by the robbers in the Sishui River for many years, and they both hate and fear the word robber.Liu Bang asked his brothers to contact two or three young and middle-aged men to join the ambush, forming a team of six to seventy people.

Liu Bang led his team to wait for two nights in a row, but found no movement.In the middle of the night on the third day, seven or eight boats came secretly.Liu Bang's people didn't disturb them first, and when most people got ashore and walked into the city, the ambushing people captured all the people left on the boat and pulled the boat far away.After half an hour, the robbers who went to the city to rob came back with big bags and small bags.Liu Bang led the crowd to quickly surround them.Those robbers are also people with high martial arts skills, but there are so many people here, and the boat was pulled away again. This group of robbers couldn't run away, and some of them were chased back after running not far away. dawn.Poor eighteen thieves, who have harmed Pei County for many years, were wiped out by Liu Bang.

Tianming Liu Bang escorted all the robbers to the county government, and the county magistrate was overjoyed.After such a few things, Cao De trusted Liu Bang more and more.

(End of this chapter)