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Chapter 133 Everything is under the control of Lord Ou

Chen Shan returned to the county government office and had just sat down, without even having time to take a sip of tea, when three white-haired country gentlemen leaning on crutches stood at the door, looking at him with smirks.

"Please come in!" Chen Shan looked helpless. He couldn't afford to offend these three elderly people in their seventies.

The three old men happily entered the hall. After they sat down, one of them couldn't wait to ask, "Master Chen, the three of us just want to ask, what did Master Ou say?"

"Mr. Ou means that the officers and soldiers are short of manpower and firepower now, so we have to wait until next month to suppress the bandits." Chen Shan forced a smile and repeated Ou Zanghua's words.

Another person immediately said dissatisfiedly: "Last month they said they were short of manpower, so they found 4,000 civilians and trained them every day. Now they say they will suppress the bandits next month. Two months have passed since then."

The third person also spoke up: "I see, Lord Ou was frightened by the Yao Yuan bandit! If I were 20 years younger, I would definitely lead the troops to wipe out the bandits!"

Chen Shan said calmly, "Why don't you three just talk to Lord Ou? It would be better to urge him in person!"

The three old men looked embarrassed because when they first met, Ou Zanghua enthusiastically inquired about the details of their three families, even knowing exactly how many sons and grandchildren they had.

How happy they were then, how sad they are now.

If they dare to urge Ou Zanghua like this, the other party might force their sons and grandsons to go to the front line. Wouldn't that be shooting themselves in the foot? !

The three old men stayed in the county government office for a while, but when they saw that Chen Shan was going to send troops one month later, they had no choice but to leave.

Although I know this information is unreliable, I still feel a little comforted.

A few days later, Wang Haoba led his brothers on patrol with a confused look on his face.

He himself had not expected that for such an important task as patrolling, Ou Zanghua would actually assign them, who had just surrendered less than ten days ago.

When Wang Haoba led the team out of the parade ground and followed the general flag into the mountains, he was a little slow to react.

This trust made him feel ashamed.

It took nearly two hours for the patrol team to reach the border between Anren County and Yaoyuan County.

Then, Wang Haoba saw an even more shocking scene. A small market had appeared in this place without him noticing.

When the rebels saw the patrolling soldiers coming, they immediately came up to them and sold all kinds of food picked from the mountains or made at home.

"All soldiers, take a half-hour break! Remember, you are not allowed to bully the people or drink alcohol! Anyone who violates this rule will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane."

General Deng Bagong turned around and looked at the crowd. After he finished shouting, he took out some copper coins and bought a basket of pears from a young rebel. Then he said, "I'll treat you to pears. Be quiet, all of you."

"Thank you, General Deng!" The other patrolling soldiers responded with a smile.

Then they walked over naturally, each taking one, and then went to other stalls to buy some cakes or other fruits while chewing on the pear.

If someone sold cooked meat, it would definitely be snatched up by these patrolling soldiers.

The young man selling pears took the money, looked at the basket of pears sold out, and asked with a look of joy, "Uncle Deng, do you want me to send you pears tomorrow?"

Deng Bagong said casually, "If there are any more, you can send them over. But I won't take this route tomorrow. This is tomorrow's money. Just give the pears to the general flag."

"Okay, thank you Uncle Deng!" The pear-selling boy took the copper coins and ran away happily.

Wang Haoba watched all this with a dull face. As the second in command of the rebel army, he didn't even know that some of his subordinates had started doing business with the officers and soldiers, and it seemed that they had been doing it for some time.

He took a bite of the pear and saw Deng Bagong sitting at a noodle stall drinking tea and eating, so he walked over.

Deng Bagong's eyes fixed on him, but when he saw that it was Wang Haoba, he relaxed his vigilance and asked, "Why don't you go buy something to eat? I'll tell you, there's a small shop a little to the west. The fish soup there is the most delicious."

"I'm not hungry, so I want to chat with the general."

Wang Haoba smiled, sat opposite Deng Bagong, and asked happily, "It seems that General Deng often takes care of their business?"

"Isn't that what Lord Ou said? It's not easy for everyone, and no one wants to fight. It's better to be peaceful. Let me tell you, they didn't believe us at first, and they raised their guns and knives when they saw us. So, I went to ask Lord Ou what to do?"

"Lord Ou gave me an idea. He told me to just throw a handful of copper coins next time and say I want to collect the pears and come get them tomorrow. The first person to give me pears was the young man today."

"As we traded back and forth more and more, others followed suit. Look, in less than 20 days, we had reached this scale."

Deng Bagong finished his pear in two or three bites and shouted to the boss not far away: "Old man Li, what's going on today? Can't my bald face come out?"

Old man Li glanced at Wang Haoba and replied with a wry smile, "General Deng, please wait a moment. The noodles are a little mushy."

Wang Haoba naturally recognized Old Man Li as one of the elders of the rebel army. He didn't expect that he was also here and had opened a shop.

"Isn't General Deng afraid that the rebels will poison the pears?" Wang Haoba asked hesitantly.

Deng Bagong said disdainfully: "Heh, I've been in the underworld for more than ten years. What kind of poison have I not seen? And they are so poor, how can they afford to buy a colorless and odorless poison that can be injected into the pear without leaving any trace?"

"If you have the ability, why do you poison me, the general? Wouldn't it be better to poison Lord Ou?" Wang Haoba was speechless and could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

At this time, Old Man Li came over with two bowls of bald noodles. He placed one bowl in front of Deng Bagong, and when he handed the other bowl to Wang Haoba, he deliberately slipped his hand and poured the noodles on him.

"I'm sorry, sir,"

Old man Li was startled. While wiping Wang Haoba with a sweat towel, he said, "I have clean water inside. Why don't you ask the official to go in and wash it!"

"you!."

Wang Haoba looked at the old man Li who kept apologizing and said helplessly: "General Deng, I'll be back soon."

"Go ahead!" Deng Baguo glanced at the two of them and said casually.

The two walked to the back kitchen, and Old Man Li immediately bowed and said, "Second Master, we..."

"No need to say more, I know your difficulties."

Wang Haoba filled a gourd with some water and washed his clothes while saying, "You followed us brothers in the uprising because you couldn't survive. Now that life is better and you have hope for the future, I understand that you don't want to fight to your death."

"Second in command"

Old man Li was somewhat touched. He sighed and said, "I feel that Lord Ou is different from other officials. After Lord Ou came, the soldiers were also different... They did not bully us."

Wang Haoba was shocked. It turned out that Ou Zanghua had already begun to erode the rebel army?

But they didn't even receive any news!
Or is it that all this is under the control of Lord Ou?
Is there really someone in the world as wise as Prime Minister Zhuge Liang?

The more Wang Haoba thought about it, the more surprised he became. He looked at Old Man Li and said, "Go to Huangjiadun and tell the boss about the situation here."

"what?"

Old man Li was stunned, with rejection written all over his face.

If they tell the boss about the situation here, can they still do business and make money?

Wang Haoba saw through Old Man Li's thoughts at a glance, and had to add: "You talk to the big boss alone and tell him that I invited him to come and have a look. If you don't go, I will persuade the general flags to take another route in the future. You know, I know a lot of mountain roads."

Old man Li was shocked and had to agree: "Okay. I will go to Huangjiadun the day after tomorrow."

"We have to go today!"

Old man Li looked at Wang Haoba's determined eyes and had no choice but to nod in agreement.

When Wang Haoba came out, Deng Bagong had finished his noodles and was sitting under the shade of a tree leaning on a wooden stick, staring at his shadow in a daze.

As soon as he approached, he heard Deng Bagong say, "Don't block my shadow."

"Yes." Wang Haoba walked around to the side and also looked at the shadow on the ground, and asked curiously: "General Deng, what are you looking at?"

"Look at the time. Junior Brother Tianmen taught me." Deng Bagong and Wang Haoba also started to look at it. There seemed to be some changes.

After a moment, Deng Bagong took out his wooden whistle, blew it three times, and then shouted, "Assemble!"

The soldiers immediately ran back from all directions and quickly lined up.

Deng Bagong took a quick look and after confirming the number of people was correct, he shouted, "Let's go!"

"Yes!"

Wang Haoba followed the team. He looked back and saw that the people in the small market were packing up their stalls with smiles on their faces. It was obvious that they were satisfied with today's harvest.

He felt an inexplicable sigh in his heart. He was finding it increasingly difficult to understand Lord Ou.

There was no change in Ou Zanghua's daily schedule, except that the textbook for teaching Xiaoqi was changed from "Three Character Classic" to "The Great Ming Code".

There were more people in the county town who were interested in "The Great Ming Code". They had their meals early, then brought their families and stools to the outside of the parade ground to listen to Ou Zanghua's lecture.

In order to let more people hear his voice, Ou Zanghua always uses his inner strength to spread his voice further.

Fortunately, he was practicing the "Five Dragons Divine Art", and his internal strength was so profound that even Zuo Lengchan was quite surprised.

Lao Zuo just couldn't understand how a young man who was only in his twenties could have internal strength comparable to that of an old veteran who had practiced for forty years.
"Emperor Taizu Gao ruled the Great Ming Code, and the text of the code says: All laws, those who violate them shall have no escape. If a citizen violates a law, his crime shall be light or heavy. The light one shall be caned, the heavy one shall be exiled, and the extremely heavy one shall be put to death. The law shall be followed, and no partiality or injustice shall be allowed."

"What does this mean?" Ou Zanghua looked at the small flag below, then looked at the soldiers in the parade ground and the people surrounding the parade ground, and slowly said:

"Any criminal behavior will be investigated! Different punishments will be given to criminal behaviors according to their severity, ranging from caning for minor crimes to exile for serious crimes. The most serious crimes are subject to the death penalty. All crimes will be punished according to the law, without any partiality."

(End of this chapter)