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Chapter 152
The sky was gradually getting late, and the charcoal fire was burning more vigorously in the wooden house.Zhou Shuban, Gongcao and the others were all tied with their hands, and then stood beside Li Chongjiu dejectedly.

The man named Su Dingfang made three big bows to Patriarch Zhao, seeing his elder as his nephew. Patriarch Zhao was receiving this bow and returned a bow.Dou Xianniang said intentionally from the side: "My brother is the champion of the three armies. He is extremely courageous. Whenever he fights with the official army, he must be the first to fall into the battle."

Patriarch Zhao pinched his beard and smiled, "It's really Zhao Wuyang."

The man surnamed Gao, seeing this son, smiled happily: "You two don't want to put money on my face." Having said that, the man surnamed Gao turned his head and said to Li Chongjiu and the others: "Brother Zhao, How about slaughtering them first, digging out their livers, and drinking with you to reminisce about the old days?"

Hearing the flat tone of the man surnamed Gao, the Shuban, Gongcao and others all trembled.Gongcao said first: "Don't kill me, I am Xicao of this county, if you kill me, you will be in big trouble."

All the big men in the room looked at each other, then raised their heads and laughed.The man surnamed Gao said indifferently: "Gao killed corrupt officials in Gaojibo. If there were not eighty, there would be a hundred. What is a mere Xi Cao? I think your official position is too low."

"Dead, dead." Everyone yelled secretly, and many people secretly looked at Li Chongjiu, hoping that he could find some way to turn defeat into victory.

"Wait, Uncle Gao," Dou Xianniang looked at Li Chongjiu, and pulled out a horizontal knife and said, "This boy took me off guard and captured me, I will definitely cut him off first to vent his anger. "

Li Chongjiu narrowed his eyes, and thought that the other party did not take a chance to gain wisdom, he was not his opponent, and he came to die, and he took the opportunity to capture her alive, and then rushed out the door.Li Chongjiu broke through the encirclement by himself, and he was quite sure, but if he took the book office with him, it would not be easy for Li Chongjiu to be such a burden.

"Xianniang, you are not this person's match." Just as Dou Xianniang looked eager to try, the man surnamed Gao stepped forward and stopped Dou Xianniang behind him.

Dou Xianniang couldn't help but said: "Uncle Gao, how can you spoil your prestige with others, the other party is just a servant."

"Little boy? The lady of the line is out for a walk, and the tricks should be brighter." The man surnamed Gao smiled slightly when he heard this.

"Why?" Dou Xianniang was not convinced at the moment.

The man surnamed Gao glanced at Li Chongjiu, and said with a smile, "You forgot what Uncle Gao was doing before he started the incident. He was so hard-spoken, and he did it to ask someone to make a living." At this point, he paused and pointed to Li Chongjiu. : "When we entered the house just now, these people all gathered around this kid. This is very normal for an accomplice, but they all keep a distance of three feet from him. Why do you think this is?"

Li Chongjiu was stunned, thinking that this man surnamed Gao really had a sharp wink.

"Why?" Dou Xianniang asked puzzled.

"It means that this person has a very high status and is different from others. Otherwise, everyone will not keep a distance from him. You see, although everyone respects the man who claims to be a hero, he is far inferior to this person. The position is still above the meritorious Cao."

Speaking of this, everyone suddenly realized that everyone in the room pressed their knives together.Dou Xianniang was even more annoyed and said angrily: "Okay, you are pretending to be a fool to deceive me so hard."

However, the man surnamed Gao cupped his fists and said to Li Chongjiu, "Gao Yaxian is the life-and-death brother of Master Dou's family. I don't know what to call this man?"

It turned out to be this person, no wonder it was Su Dingfang's adoptive father, Li Chongjiu had heard that this person was Dou Jiande's fellow villager, and when Sun Anzu had an incident, he joined Gaojibo together.Gao Yaxian inquired, Li Chongjiu saw a bow beside the other party, and asked, "Can I use this bow?"

Gao Yaxian was not surprised, and immediately threw the bow to Li Chongjiu.Li Chongjiu took a look at the bow and said with a smile: "A good bow is a three-stone bow made by the imperial court."

After saying that, Li Chongjiu stretched his long arms, took the three stone bows in his hands, and stretched the bows to lead the arrows, pulling the bows like a full moon.Everyone in the room was shocked when they saw it, Qiqi took a step back, not knowing what Li Chongjiu was going to do.Li Chongjiu pulled his arms forwards and backwards, the bowstring rattled, and finally with a bang, the bowstring could not withstand the tremendous force and was pulled into two pieces.Seeing the scene, everyone's expressions changed. You must know that even though you can be regarded as a warrior if you can open the three-stone bow, it is not surprising. It is possible to break the three-stone bow. I am afraid that few people in the world can have this supernatural power .

And Li Chongjiu's words seem to be showing off, but right now he is in the wolf's lair, if he doesn't show his skills and intimidate Xiaoxiao, he will really be in trouble soon.

Gao Yaxian clasped his fists solemnly and said: "I heard that the champion Hou used a six-stone strong bow to shoot Shibi Khan. Gao didn't believe it at first, but he was convinced when he saw him today." When everyone present heard the name of the champion Hou, they all revealed their faces. It really looked like this, and at the same time, he pressed the handle of the knife tightly, not daring to relax at all.Even Su Dingfang looked at Li Chongjiu with admiration when he saw the broken bow on the ground.

Not long after, the wind blew up outside, a member of the Zhao family village ran into the house and said: "Patriarch, there are many torches lit outside, the officers and soldiers must have come to kill them at night."

Gao Yaxian and Dou Xianniang both looked at each other, and for some reason they leaked the news, but Li Chongjiu's meritorious service, the book office, showed their color together.

"Fight it!" The group of tyrants said loudly together.Patriarch Zhao's face darkened, his family and children are all here, how can he let go freely.

Li Chongjiu said: "Party Leader Zhao, if you are willing to pay the autumn grain and join Zhuang Ding in Xiangyong, how can I not blame the past for what happened today?"

At that moment Li Chongjiu looked at Gao Yaxian again, and Dou Xianniang said: "Besides, Li has always admired Mr. Dou, and I really can't bear to see you as a thief. If one day, Mr. Dou accepts my offer, Mr. Li will definitely recommend him Captain Dou, you can go back and tell Master Dou."

Patriarch Zhao, Gao Yaxian, and Dou Xianniang exchanged glances.Dou Xianniang immediately said: "You said that the Zhao family will not be held accountable, and that you recommended my father as Captain Cavalry. Is it true? Do you dare to swear?"

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "I, Li, have a lot of promises, but I never swear. You just believe it. If you don't believe it, let's see who of you can win and deal with the officers and soldiers in the outer circle."

The three chiefs of the Zhao family nodded to each other, Gao Yaxian clasped his fists and said: "The champion is as good as his word, Gao can trust it, we will go back and report to Master Dou."

After finishing speaking, Gao Yaxian and the three left together with a dozen members of Dou's family. Patriarch Zhao saw Li Chongjiu and said, "Zhao Wansan deserves to die for his crimes. Please forgive me, Lord Hou."

Li Chongjiu helped the other party up, and said: "I, Li, is the shepherd of the imperial court. I want to seek blessings from the common people and recruit good talents. Right now, there is a lack of a master in the county. How about I ask the patriarch Zhao to take over?"

Hearing what Li Chongjiu said, Zhao Wansan couldn't help being shocked immediately. In the official system of the Sui Dynasty, in a county, the county magistrate, county magistrate, county lieutenant, and master Bo are in order, which is determined by the official department. Orders and head arrests are collected by the county magistrate himself.Li Chongjiu is the governor of the next county. Although the appointment of the county magistrate and the county magistrate cannot be finalized, it is definitely a certainty that a boss will be taken.

Zhao Wansan had another idea. Although the Zhao family was very powerful in the local area, they were considered powerful, but no one spoke up, and they were always looked down upon by petty officials.Now that I am in charge, I have an official amulet in my hand for the place.In the future, Zhao's family is not a small official secretary office, so it can be provoked.

Of course, for Li Chongjiu, winning over local wealthy families is extremely important for him to gain a firm foothold in Feihu County.Master Dou's subordinates have traveled thousands of miles to invite this person to join his team, obviously he values ​​him very much and can help him in the future.It's just a pity that, after recruiting and recruiting, his subordinates still don't have the best talents in history.

Zhao Wansan immediately said with emotion: "Thank you, Lord Hou, Zhao will definitely do his best."

At the side, Gongcao, the book office and others were all envious when they saw it.It can be said that he has gained power once in a while. Gongcao has been peeping at the position of master Bo for a long time. He was originally the confidant of the previous county magistrate. .

But Zhao Wansan shouted to the door tremblingly: "Open the door wide, let the officers and soldiers come in, let's kill pigs and sheep, and hold a banquet."

A few days later, under the abbot of the new director Bo Zhao Wansan, the autumn grain and autumn tax of each village and fort were all collected.Li Chongjiu had money and food in his hands, so he immediately recruited troops.He recruited a total of 600 township soldiers from each village, organized the previous two regiments of county soldiers into five regiments of [-] county soldiers, and handed them over to Gao Chu for training.

Li Chongjiu also recommended Gao Chu as the county lieutenant of Feihu County, who is in charge of military affairs in Feihu County, while Bo Zhao Wansan is temporarily in charge of Liucao, handling large and small civil affairs.But Li Chongjiu believed that even if the court suddenly parachuted a county magistrate, it would not be able to shake his control over Feihu County for the time being.

And the winter snow is coming, not to mention Huaihuang Town, even Feihu County, because of this, the traffic is interrupted, and this situation will last at least until February next year.Li Chongjiu is not idle in the city.

Li Chongjiu immediately called Jin Cao and more than a dozen ordnance craftsmen in the county to look at the ballista seized from the bandits and ask them if there was a way to imitate it.

Jin Cao and several craftsmen shook their heads when they saw it, saying that it is not easy to imitate the winch crossbow, except for the workshops directly under the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court, I am afraid that it is impossible to imitate. Five or six years of work.Hearing this, Li Chongjiu had no choice but to give up, and couldn't help feeling sorry for the two winch crossbows that were destroyed outside the city that day.

At present, after Li Chongjiu asked Jin Cao again, he learned that there were two large iron mines in Feihu County. Due to the lack of government manpower, most of them had been idle and mining was slow.After hearing this, Li Chongjiu was overjoyed. With iron ore, it meant that he no longer had to let Li Hu's Li Family Escort Bureau to transport iron products all the way from the inland to the grassland.The price of such ironware is five or six times the cost.

Li Chongjiu can directly mine iron ore in Feihu County, and then export ironware continuously to Huaihuang Town and Yuyi Town. It seems that Feihu County is really worth it.

PS: Feihu County is now Laiyuan County, and it is still a major iron ore county in Hebei today.

(End of this chapter)