Water Margin Survival

Breeding pigeons was a relatively common thing in the previous life.But in the era in which Wang Lun lived, it was still relatively rare and new.Otherwise, the prime minister of a country would not be surprised when he first heard the pigeon's order, and behaved like never before.

Although Liu Bang saved his family's life by relying on the "Flying Slave Biography" as early as when the Chu and Han dynasties were fighting for hegemony, the development of the military pigeon system was limited by technical reasons, and because people did not pay enough attention to him. , Therefore, in the long river of history, the development of this "instant messaging" means is still intermittent, and it has not formed a line from the dots, nor has it been fully rolled out on a large scale.

Qu Duan can use pigeons for military purposes, which shows that he is extremely alert.This time Han Shizhong rescued his family up the mountain by mistake, and he would never let it go, which may be an opportunity to change the disadvantages of communication in this era.

After a long talk with Huangfu Duan, the world's leading veterinarian also realized the importance of pigeons to the village, and immediately promised to learn how to train pigeons with Qu San, and Wang Lun solemnly entrusted this important task to him. He rewarded Qu San again, telling him to teach this unique skill willingly.

"Scholar, is this flying pigeon passing the letter really as suspenseful as you said?" After coming out of Huangfu Duan, Han Shizhong was still a little puzzled, and asked.

"No matter how strong a horse's hoof is, it can't catch up with the wings of a dove!" Wang Lun chuckled, and said, "As the saying goes, an old horse knows its way, and so does a dove. It doesn't matter if it's hundreds or thousands of miles away. Don’t underestimate this bird, you may rely on it for many things in the cottage in the future!” Of course, carrier pigeons are not omnipotent, and you may encounter natural enemies like eagles on the way to deliver letters, and you may also lose your way, but these The flaws are nothing compared to the prospect of large-scale use of homing pigeons.

Han Shizhong opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, but when he looked at Wang Lun again, there were too many things in his eyes.

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In the next half month, Wang Lun took care of the cottage affairs in an orderly manner.

Zhu Gui has let out the wind, and the cottage needs to buy a lot of commodities such as wood, porcelain, silk, and tea.Because Liangshan Park has a good reputation of not disturbing the people first, after that, various merchants gathered at Lijiadaokou, wanting to do business with Liangshan and build relationships.Pei Xuan's two uncles, Meng Da and Meng Er, stayed in the hotel every day, bargaining with the merchants, very busy.These two people have officially assigned Dao Hu to be his subordinates, and now they are resuming their old profession, which can be regarded as the best of their talents.

The field battalions of the Shanzhai Horse, Infantry, Water, and the Fourth Defense Army are still practicing vigorously under the leadership of their respective commanders and lieutenants.Especially the Sixth Battalion of the Navy, moved by the huge prospect Wang Lun described, no longer complained that they were useless, and stepped up their efforts to train the navy.The three heroes of the Ruan family worked even harder. Wang Lun had expanded their three battalions to 2000 people each. When the three brothers were free, they went to Wang Dingliu to borrow a big boat for training, so as to train more qualified sailors for going to sea in the future. .

On this day, after dealing with urgent matters in the Juyi Hall, Wang Lun brought Xiao Jiasui to Mengkang's shipyard.

Because of the wood, there are only three [-]-material sea boats being built by the lake at this time, but the progress is different, and the fastest is only halfway through the project. Seeing Wang Lun and Xiao Jiasui coming over, Meng Kang's dark face showed a trace Suffering, he "complained" as soon as he came up: "Brother, military advisor, you have to press me for me! Brother Tang Long has been delaying me for several days, and the batch of five hundred catties of iron nails that was agreed has never been delivered. !"

Wang Lun and Xiao Jiasui looked at each other and smiled, Xiao Jiasui said: "You are suing him here, but you don't know that he is also complaining about it! This time the additional captives are all beginners, so the production in his place will not increase but decrease. Now one The master has at least three or five apprentices with him, but the speed is not as fast as before. Just wait! When the newcomers become familiar, everything will be easy to talk about!"

Meng Kang sighed, and said: "Actually, my place is also average. Although there are [-] more new troops, their craftsmanship is really unspeakable, and my younger brother dare not rush to work. I just ask the experienced hands to take care of them. It's just that Brother Li Jun has a look. If you want to come back, I'm afraid this batch of sea ships will not be able to catch up!"

Wang Lun waved his hand and said, "Just do what you want, don't hurry! This ship is traveling on the sea, don't dare to make any omissions, or you will be making fun of the lives of the brothers in the navy!" After finishing speaking, Wang Lun emphasized again: "Slow work and meticulous work, you only follow your progress!"

Seeing Wang Lun so considerate of his difficulties, Meng Kang thanked him with great satisfaction. Wang Lun asked him how he was learning the craft of supervising shipbuilding. Compared with the boat, the difference is a bit big, and the younger brother is still learning from the masters he invited!"

"It's been hard work for you these days! It's the same sentence, nothing can't be rushed! Settle down a lot, and we must make our cottage able to read and build sea-going ships!" Wang Lun nodded and said.

Seeing this, Meng Kang nodded his head and said, "In no more than three months, my little brother will be able to master the skills of supervising the construction of ships with less than [-] materials!"

It takes half a year for even a veteran like Meng Kang to learn how to build a sea-going ship, and it seems that he can't be too demanding on other people.But as far as the current situation of the Shanzhai is concerned, there are only five medium-to-small sea-going ships that can go to sea.It seems that after the financial situation of the Shanzhai is better, it is better to send people to the south to buy some sea-going ships.

Accompanied by Meng Kang, Wang Lun and Xiao Jiasui inspected the shipyard again. Wang Lun felt that the prisoners were in good spirits.At that time, when Mengkang, Tang Long, and Tao Zongwang were selecting prisoners, Wang Lun announced that all prisoners selected by the Shanzhai would not only have enough food every day, but also decide whether to be recruited as full-fledged members of the Shanzhai based on their future performance.

And once you become an official member of the cottage, all the treatment of each person will be the same as that of the members of the village.For these prisoners whose lives were hanging by a thread, this policy undoubtedly aroused their desire to survive.Except for the last handful of lazy people, most of the captives were digested by these three large employers who urgently needed manpower.

After turning around, Wang Lun and Xiao Jiasui didn't stay for too long, they talked to Meng Kang again, and then they were ready to leave.Suddenly, at this time, Zhu Fu came in a hurry with a sad face.Seeing that he seemed to be in a hurry, Wang Lun stopped and asked him why.

Zhu Fu cried: "My brother's mentor, Li Yun, the blue-eyed tiger, and my brother knows him too! At this moment, I am trapped in the dungeon of a big family in Mengyin County, and my life is dying. I hope my brother will take care of my brother and send troops to rescue him." !"

Wang Lun was taken aback when he heard the words, and said: "He is not the head of Yishui County, why is he imprisoned in Mengyin County? Tell me in detail!"

Zhu Fu let out a breath of foul air, and said in detail: "Although this village is in Mengyin territory, it is not far from Yishui River. My master has a distant relative whose house is next to this village. The owner of this village has a The housekeeper of Jinzhuang wants to take the daughter of my master's Qi family as a concubine. That family is also a wealthy family, so they are not willing to let their daughter be a concubine, and they really don't want to have any entanglements with this family, so they refuse. Knowing that Jin Zhuang wants to use force, the family has no choice but to ask my master to come forward." Speaking of this, Zhu Fu's eyes were slightly red, and he said angrily:

"I don't think that the village owner is so strong that he protects his weaknesses. He actually arrested my master when he disagreed with him. The master sent someone to the county government for emergency treatment, but who knows that the village owner is very powerful. Not only is he very familiar with the officials in Mengyin County , Even the new county magistrate from Yishui County asked them to bribe them! This guy even asked people to let out the word that he wanted to destroy my master's prestige and imprison him for a year or so. When he gave birth to a baby, see How did he get ahead!"

Wang Lunjian said that he looked at Xiao Jiasui in surprise, and felt that this sounds really unbelievable. It is often said that Taoists do not fight with officials, and this village owner is just a local tyrant, yet he dared to imprison the capital of Lin County!Even the mighty Chao Gai in Yuncheng, or the arrogant Zhujiazhuang, never did such a move.Besides, Li Yun is not someone to wait for, he possesses martial arts that can't be approached by three or fifty people, how can ordinary wealthy people be able to catch him?

"What's the village owner's surname? What's his origin? What kind of fight?" Xiao Jiasui asked.

"This person is rich and powerful in the local area. Although I have never heard of any special relationship with the officials, the husband and wife are very skilled in martial arts. The owner's surname is Zhao, and his name is Xin. He was in the Jianghu when he was young, and he has learned a lot. Ability. When I came back, I would tell everyone that I met some kind of immortal, and that he would have some achievements in the future. This man has a wife named Gao Liang, and it is said that his martial arts are even better than his man, and this woman does not use ordinary knives and guns. , usually only wears sixteen throwing knives. It is rumored that when she throws the knives, blood will be spattered!"

"This husband and wife are violent, but they have disputes. When they meet Zhao Xin, a beating is light. But when they meet Gao Liang, their lives are in danger! If they get involved in a life lawsuit, the two will frame each other as a criminal. Strong man, anyway, the county officials told them to bribe them, and they didn't come to embarrass them, so they raised them very arrogantly! Who in the nearby villages has not suffered from them? That’s why everyone in the county is afraid of them! Even if the Ming matchmaker is getting married and hired as the main wife, my master’s relatives will not marry them!”

Zhu Fu was clearly prepared. Although he was angry, he did not forget to investigate the matter thoroughly, and finally said angrily: "My master didn't know the details, so he bumped into their knife! Fortunately, they were worried that my master was an official. body, that’s why he didn’t ask for his life!”

It turned out to be this wicked couple! ?After listening to Zhu Fu's words, Wang Lun finally understood that the one who captured Li Yun was the Zhaojia Village in Yizhou. It seemed that the couple were destined to have a bad relationship with Liangshan.

"Ask all the leaders to gather in the hall for discussion!" Wang Lun said suddenly.

Zhu Fujian said that his gratitude was beyond words. Originally, he wanted to bring his elder brother along to beg Wang Lun to send troops to rescue Master, but he didn't want Zhu Gui to ask him to come here by himself after hearing the details.Sure enough, my brother was right as I expected, my brother is not someone who would do anything to help.

When Zhu Fu was feeling emotional, he suddenly heard a person beside him shout: "Wait a minute!" When Zhu Fu hurriedly looked towards the place where the sound came from, he saw Xiao Jiasui persuade Wang Lun: "Brother, is he planning to go in person again this time? Brother Li Jun, why don't you say goodbye?" I am about to return, the matter of going to sea is related to the survival of the cottage, it is better for my brother to sit in the cottage at this time!"

Seeing Wang Lun's thoughtful expression, Xiao Jiasui said again: "My brother is not talented, this time I would like to take my brother's place, to meet this Zhaojia Village!"

Wang Lun lowered his head and thought for a while, thinking that Li Jun would be back soon, and he really couldn't leave.This official Xiao is by no means Song Jiang's surname, and this move is undoubtedly for the sake of the overall situation.Wang Lun's heart moved slightly, Xiao Jiasui was indeed a suitable leader.

To be honest, when it comes to military matters, this military adviser is definitely stronger than himself.The only thing Wang Lun is worried about now is that he will use the road to attack the Qing Mansion, and the Zhao family couple are not kind people, who should be sent with Xiao Jiasui? (To be continued.)