Yanbei, Tianwang Village.

It has been a few months since the last time the envoy arrived to discuss the conditions for recruitment. Recently, an imperial envoy from the court finally arrived and the representative of the government formally asked everyone about the intentions of Tianwang Village.

Lu Longchuan and the commander on the mountain went out to welcome several imperial envoys from the imperial envoys and invited imperial envoys at the Zhongyi Hall.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of dishes.

The imperial envoy put down his wine glass, looked at Lu Longchuan, and bowed: "Lord Lu Village, leaders, Qin Xiang knew that Tianwang Village had the intention of serving the country, so he specially made good words to the saints to mediate for you and others. Now the court has the intention of formal recruitment. As long as he is willing to help the court pacify Yanbei and Taidong bandits, this matter will be mostly done. I wonder what you think?"

Lu Longchuan clasped his fists solemnly: "The Lord surrenders the grace, and we will serve the country with all our hearts. In these two places, our Tianwang Village will be pacified."

The imperial envoy smiled and nodded: "It's so good."

Lu Longchuan paused and asked, "I don't know how the court will deal with my Tianwang Village after the recruitment?"

"Haha, let's relax and calm down. If you try to quell the bandits, the leader of Lu's village can be appointed as the commander of the military commander, commanding the troops of several states, or pacifying envoys in one place. The leaders also have their own official positions and rewards. If the court can see your sincere desire to serve the country, it is not impossible to be appointed as the governor in the future. After all, there have been precedents in this matter, and the Prime Minister of Qin will naturally say good things to you."

The imperial envoy smiled.

The founding of the Kingdom of Daxia for nearly 180 years has caused many bandits. The method of recruiting the country has been used too many times. Many prominent Green Forests were recruited by the imperial court and made achievements everywhere. Finally, they were granted official positions and even became governors. Some people had a good ending, which was passed down as a good story.

So in this regard, the court set a precedent, otherwise the people in the Green Forest would not think that recruiting peace would be a good way.

Lu Longchuan stood up, bent his body down, and said gratefully: "Sir, please thank me for your kindness and love on my behalf. When I come to Beijing in the future, I will come to thank you in person."

"It's easy to say, I'll go back to report to the Prime Minister Qin. The emperor is currently on a southern tour and is not in the capital for the time being, so this matter will take several months. It will probably take until the beginning of spring next year that the emperor will issue an order to invite people, give rewards, pardon past crimes, and wait for a clean person. At that time, you will also come to the capital to pay homage."

"Thank you, sir." Lu Longchuan thanked again,

After the agreement was made, everyone would eat and drink, and the guests would have fun.

After staying for three days, the imperial envoy went down the mountain and left. Lu Longchuan and others sent them twenty miles before returning to the village.

On the way, the straight-minded leader said depressedly:

"What a person, brother, I'm so frustrated with those imperial envoys so much. Why should I be so polite to such a bird?"

Lu Longchuan shook his head and said, "It's a big deal to recruit Anzi. Since I am looking for a way out for my brothers, what if I lower my posture?"

"Brother, then Prime Minister Qin is one of the seven thieves in the dynasty. But we want to cling to this person. Wouldn't we be ridiculed by the heroes in the world?"

"Brothers say this, but now the treacherous ministers are in power, no one can do anything about it. Even if we have the will to serve the country, how can we be invited by the court if we do not follow the path of powerful ministers? Alas, a real man should endure humiliation and bear the burden, and this is the only way for us now."

Lu Longchuan sighed and explained.

Most leaders agreed and expressed their understanding.

Now with the efforts of the camp leader, the matter of recruitment has advanced to the last step. Everyone is about to get the benefits of recruitment, and they have changed from a bandit to a regular army. Naturally, there is no reason to go back on their word at this time.

Someone said, "Since dealing with the court, he has been so unhappy and not as comfortable as before. I think Chen Feng from the south will do his best to kill him, wouldn't he be at ease?"

Chen Feng's behavior was spread among the green forests all over the world. Many leaders in Tianwang Village admired Chen Feng quite much.

If it weren't for joining the Tianwang Village and being a brother for many years, many people would have wished to have wings and fly to the south, follow Chen Feng to walk on the road for heaven, and wander around the world.

Lu Longchuan touched his beard and pondered: "Then Chen Feng is indeed the number one person who eliminates evil and seeks evil. He is heartbroken and has the style of my youth. But... this person acts too unscrupulous and violently, repeatedly provokes the court and cuts off his way out, and most likely he will not be able to be recruited."

Everyone was speechless.

At this time, Xiang Tianjie coughed, moved away from the topic and asked:

"The court wants us to pacify Yanbei and Taidong bandits. Can my brother and all the military advisors have a decision?"

Hearing this, a middle-aged man dressed in a scholar beside him spoke: "Although my Tianwang Village is the leader of the green forest in the north, there are many big villages in the north, so it is not easy to pacify it. However, once my Tianwang Village is recruited and there are great justice in the court, it may be said that some of the villages with good relations are surrendered, and some other stubborn people will have to do a few games."

"Yes, to pacify Yanbei and Taidong, we need to combine hardness and softness. As long as the bandits in the two places are eliminated, the north will be mostly stable."

Lu Longchuan nodded.

He didn't want to fight and suppress bandits blindly. If he fought all his family, even if he was recruited, it would be of little use. He might be killed by the imperial court.

In his opinion, only by maintaining the armed forces and making the government govern it is very tiring, and not violating the court's taboos, the court is willing to give real rewards to continue to win over their Tianwang Village, and indirectly become a territorial official entrenched in one area. His status is no longer limited to the green forest, but on the right path.

...

After sailing on a boat for many days, Zhou Jing and his group finally arrived at the Huyang territory.

The folk style here is very different from Jiangchun and Luhe. It is far less prosperous than those two places. The unclothed refugees can be seen everywhere. The rural villager is more skinny, pale and thin, and his living conditions are worse.

Looking around, there is a withering scene.

"Brother, where are we now? Should we go to the county town to eliminate evil, or visit experts, or visit fellow Green Forest?"

Everyone looked at Zhou Jing and waited for his decision.

Zhou Jing touched his chin and pondered: "The master's business is not urgent. I want to meet the powerful people in the Green Forest of Huyang first, so I will go to Yueshan Lake. This is a matter of eliminating evil and seeking evil. It's just right to do it again."

"But listen to my brother's instructions."

Everyone had no objection.

The water network in Huyang was densely populated. After only two days of hard work, a large lake blocked the way.

There is a fishing village pier by the lake, with rows of small boats parked, and there are many fishermen and boatmen who make a living here.

Fang Zhen went to inquire about the situation and came back soon to report the news.

"Second brother, the village man here said that this lake is called Xiaofeng Lake. If you walk through the dry road, you should go around it very far. It is best to take a boat to cross it."

Zhou Jing looked at this big lake, which was dotted with sandbanks and reed marshes everywhere. There were many harbors and complex waterways, but it was a dangerous place to go.

He thought for a while and asked, "The water level of this lake is complicated, is there any strong people appearing?"

"I asked, and the villagers said there was no, but I don't know whether it was true or false. However, according to my observation, this fishing village might be a little tricky."

Fang Zhen is also a traveler and will not believe the locals' words.

Guo Haishen interrupted: "Huyang water bandits are rampant. Basically, the slightly more dangerous lakes are surrounded by water bandits, and they are usually connected with surrounding fishing villages. I think this place is not simple."

Zhou Jing narrowed his eyes: "So that's it... I'm just trying the quality. I'll find some boatmen to take us across the lake, and everyone will act according to the opportunity."

When everyone heard this, they responded, and went to rent a boat, and soon hired dozens of boat owners.

Soon, dozens of small boats carried Zhou Jing and a group of hundreds of people out of the boat, sailing slowly on the lake.

Many experts from the Green Forest separated and each stood in a boat to protect the poor people who followed him.

As the fleet sailed, the surrounding reed marshes became denser and denser, obstructing their sight.

The water surface also appears turbid green.

At this moment, the shipboard suddenly threw away the oars and jumped into the water one after another, like a fish tail, very flexible.

Crazy

Waves appeared on the water.

The next moment, the boats that Zhou Jing and his group were sitting shaking violently, as if someone was shaking the boat vigorously under the water, which scared many people to exclaim.

"Hey, there's a problem."

Zhou Jing remained motionless and stretched his hand out, as if he was catching a fish, grabbed the shipman directly from the water, threw him on the deck, and stepped on his chest, making him unable to move.

Most of the companions on the other ships responded in time, such as Guo Haishen, Duan Yunfeng, Hong Dingxian, Fang Zhen, Zhang Lei and others, who also took out the shipkeeper from the water and easily subdued the other party.

Only a few people with average martial arts were swearing by the ship, and some were even dragged into the water by others, choking on the water with big mouthfuls and embarrassing.

Gudu

At this time, water suddenly leaked from the decks of small boats.

The boat had already been tampering with it, and the boatman started the trap as soon as he dived and dug the bottom of these small boats.

At the same time, small boats spun out from the reed marsh and surrounded it.

These ambushers were all water bandits, and at a rough glance there were about three or four hundred people.

"Little ones, a big fish came!"

"Hahaha, it's finally opened!"

The water bandits shouted excitedly, and many people were naked, rushed into the water with sharp knives in their hands, eager to touch Zhou Jing and his group of people's boats. They were all very water-like people.

Zhou Jing's face did not change, but instead laughed:

"The water bandits from other places at least ask people what noodles to eat. I didn't expect that the water bandits in the local area were so rude that they didn't even let us choose."

The robbers who arrived saw this and looked at the burly and curiously at the fearless man.

In front of everyone, Zhou Jing suddenly pulled his clothes and jumped out of the water.

The next moment, the water surface suddenly surged violently, and it seemed like the sea was overturning.

Peng Peng Peng!!

Suddenly, splashes of water bloomed, and bandits were thrown out of the water, and the scene was like a fried fish!

With a rumbling sound, the huge waves were emptied, like a bomb exploded underwater, directly rushing away all the enemy boats in the field and making a mess.

The rising water splashed like a pouring rain, and it drew everyone present into a chicken.

At this time, Zhou Jing suddenly jumped out of the water and landed on a water bandit's boat, smashing the boat so hard that the water bandits on the boat fell to the ground.

"how?"
To be continued...