Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 356 Dengzhou Heroes
However, after Zhao Zhen set a price for the silverfish, he took all the silverfish back to Baishi Manor.

This silverfish is different from other fishes, it has no scales and its whole body is pure white in water, transparent as jade. But when it comes out of water, it turns white, like jade and snow, pure white as silver. It is amazing and will die in no time.

After collecting all the silverfish caught by everyone today, the total weight was less than two kilograms, which was very little.

After asking around, he learned that there was no fixed number for catching these fish. Sometimes one net could catch three or five fish, but sometimes one might not catch a single fish in half a month. It all depended on luck. Zhao Zhen then gave up the idea of ​​fishing specifically.

Zhao Zhen returned to Baishi Manor. He had just given instructions on how to collect the fish and was about to go back to his house on the mountain to rest when he saw Zhong Lin come in and say, "Sir, Master Luan Tingyu and Shi Yong are here with a group of people to see you outside the manor."

"Please come in." He said, then stood up and walked out.

When they arrived at the parade ground, they saw Luan Tingyu and Shi Yong leading six men and women standing in the front, with more than thirty followers and more than ten carriages behind them.

After drinking the wine, Shi Yong said, "Sir, these six heroes are old acquaintances of brothers Zou Run and Zou Yuan. When we passed by Dulonggang, these brothers asked Zhu Gui about the way to Liangshan County in his store. After some inquiries, they found out that they were indeed here to seek refuge with you. They are also acquaintances of brothers Zou Run and Zou Yuan. I have been free these days, so I volunteered to lead them here."

"Because the hotel is crowded and not a good place to talk, we invited these brothers to the house behind to talk. After a long conversation, we found out that this brother is actually Brother Luan Tingyu's junior apprentice. So we invited Brother Luan Tingyu to meet us. After a day's rest, we two will lead the way to see the great official."

Luan Tingyu pointed at the big man in the lead and said, "Sir, this brother is my junior fellow apprentice. He is good at shooting with a hard bow, riding a bad horse, and wielding a long spear. He has a tiger-eye bamboo whip hanging on his wrist. He has become the military commander of Dengzhou, and is known as Sun Li, the 'Sick Wei Chi'."

When Zhao Zhen looked at him, he saw a big man with a pale yellow complexion, a full beard, and a height of over eight feet.

Sun Li heard this and stepped forward to greet him, saying, "We are fugitives who have abandoned our families. We heard that you are recruiting heroes here. We are so shameless that we ask for your protection. From now on, we will obey your orders."

Zhao Zhen quickly helped Sun Li up and said, "Sun Tixia, don't worry. This place is different from other places. Dengzhou's affairs have no influence on Liangshan County. I don't know why you say that I am a deserter."

Sun Li said, "Hey, these two brothers are indeed my cousins. This one is the elder brother, named Jie Zhen, also known as the "Two-Headed Snake". This one is the younger brother, named Jie Bao, also has a nickname in the martial arts world, the "Double-Tailed Scorpion". Both of them are good at using iron-pointed steel forks, and both have amazing martial arts. The hunters in Dengzhou Prefecture all regard them as the best."

Having said that, he asked the two men to come forward and greet each other.

I only heard the elder brother Jie Zhen say: "It was because of my brother and I that the whole family risked their lives to save us. My brother and I are both honest hunters. We shot a big insect that accidentally rolled into the backyard of a wealthy man in our village, Mao Taigong."

"My two brothers went forward to ask for it, but he accused us of being 'a scoundrel who robbed property.' Together with his son-in-law, Wang Zheng, the clerk of Dengzhou, he slandered us in front of the prefect, tortured us and forced us to confess, and then put us on death row."

"Fortunately, Uncle Lehe tipped us off and paid for it. My cousin, Sister Gu, and my brother-in-law, Sun Xin, planned to rob the prison together with my brother Sun Li. We were so angry that we killed Wang Kongmu in the prison and went to Mao Taigong's house to kill his whole family. That's how we escaped from Dengzhou."

After that, [Little Weichi] Sun Xin, [Female Tiger] Gu Dasao, and [Iron Jiaozi] Le He also stepped forward to greet them.

While Zhao Zhen asked everyone to sit in the hall, he sent a pigeon to invite Yang Lin, Zou Run and Zou Yuan to meet him at the farm.

Zhao Zhen said, "In every prefecture, there are corrupt officials colluding with local tyrants and evil gentry to harm people and extort money. Now that we have arrived in Liangshan County, brothers, just stay here with peace of mind."

"I have often heard of you, brothers Yang Lin, Zou Run, and Zou Yuan. It is heaven's arrangement that we can gather together today. I have many positions here. If you brothers don't mind, how about you take a position in Liangshan County after you get familiar with it?"

After hearing this, several people quickly stood up and expressed their gratitude.

Zhao Zhen said, "I have heard Brother Luan Tingyu talk about Sun Tixia's ability many times. How about asking him to lead a cavalry army and become a cavalry commander? If he makes contributions in the future, I will reward him." Sun Li said, "I have just arrived and have not made any contributions, but I am ashamed to accept the official position."

Zhao Zhen said, "Brother Sun Li, you don't need to do this. Liangshan County has assigned people according to their abilities. Although I am the commander of the cavalry when I first arrived, I still need to train all the soldiers and horses myself. There are no extra war horses in the county now. I will only be able to build a cavalry when the brothers who bought horses in the north come back. These days, I can only train the soldiers with the help of mounted horses."

Sun Li said: "Don't worry, sir. Training the soldiers and horses is my daily routine."

Zhao Zhen nodded and asked the others, "Mrs. Gu and Brother Sun Xin originally opened a hotel. Do you have any ideas about what you want to do in the future?"

Mrs. Gu said, "My second brother and I don't have the ability of my elder brother, so we should choose a place and open a hotel."

Zhao Zhen saw that Sun Xin had the same idea, so he said, "There is a town called Jingyang about 40 to 50 miles from here, with 1,000 to 2,000 soldiers stationed there, and it is also under my jurisdiction. There are many merchants passing through the town, so I have someone buy a restaurant, and you two can run it there, so that you can get information from them on a daily basis. How about appointing you two as deputy captains of the scout team?"

Sun Xin and Gu Dasao laughed and said, "I never thought I could become a deputy captain. Fortunately, I didn't go to Qingzhou."

Shi Yong said: "Qingzhou is not peaceful right now. Song Gongming and his gang are fighting with the government troops."

Sun Xin said: "We have heard about this as well. After discussing it on the way, we still think that the official's place is better. That's why we headed straight to Liangshan County."

Luan Tingyu said: "That's right. Although Song Gongming has a great reputation, he is still inferior to the great official."

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said to Jie Zhen and Jie Bao, "What do you two brothers think?"

Jie Zhen and Jie Bao said, "We are just hunters. We are good at running in the mountains and forests and hunting animals. We don't know anything else."

"That's fine. If you two are interested, why don't you become deputy captains of the infantry army, like Zou Run and Zou Yuan, and train a whole army of soldiers."

After hearing this, Jie Zhen and Jie Bao also hurriedly expressed their gratitude.

Zhao Zhen looked at Le He at the end. Le He was thin and small. He was not as tall as the two brothers Sun Li and Sun Xin who were over eight feet tall. He was also inferior to Jie Zhen and Jie Bao who were over seven feet tall. He looked to be only six feet five or six feet tall.

Without waiting for Zhao Zhen to speak, Le He said, "My Lord, I am not boasting, I can learn all kinds of music, I know the beginning and the end of things, and I love spear and stick martial arts like honey. My brother-in-law Sun Li saw that I like spears and sticks, so he also taught me a few ways of spears and sticks."

Zhao Zhen said, "There are many restaurants in Liangshan County. In addition to daily business, we also need to gather information from various places. Now we are still lacking a leader to report secrets and integrate the information from various places. What do you think, brother?"

Le He said: "Thank you for the promotion, sir. I am willing to be the leader of the secret message. I can also teach Kabuki in the restaurant every day."

Zhao Zhen said: "That's the best. When you have news, you can let me know."

"Brothers, you are tired from traveling today. Let's go and take a rest. I will welcome you tonight."

After hearing this, everyone said goodbye and went downstairs to rest.

(End of this chapter)