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Chapter 137 Copycat Creation

In the Juyi Hall, Zhang Zhengdao was sitting in the position of the leader of the village, looking at the three heroes of the Ruan family.

We haven’t seen each other for many days. These three men have become darker and thinner.

Ruan Xiaoqi stood up and shouted: "Brother Zhang, why did you come here?"

Ruan Xiaoer coughed and said, "Xiaoqi, I will call the village leader brother from now on."

When Zhang Zhengdao saw that there was no one else in the Juyi Hall, he took off his mask and laughed and said: "Second brother, fifth brother, seventh brother, we haven't seen each other for a long time, but I miss you brothers."

Ruan Xiaowu stood up and shouted: "Xian... Village Master, you are finally here."

Ruan Xiaoer also stood up to greet him, with some respect in his words. He only heard him say: "I have met my brother, the leader of the village."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "Second brother, you and I are brothers. It's a bit strange to call me this way. If there are no outsiders around in the future, just call me "virtuous brother."

Ruan Xiaoqi shouted: "Second brother is so embarrassed."

Ruan Xiaoer shook his head and said: "The etiquette cannot be discarded. Since we have gone up the mountain to gather for charity, we must arrange ourselves according to our seats."

"It was the village owner's idea to occupy this blessed land, and the money and food were also provided by the village owner. My brothers and I just tried our best, so we shouldn't be disrespectful."

Ruan Xiaoer said sternly to the two brothers: "Since the leader of the village uses a pseudonym to the outside world, we brothers cannot easily reveal any information about the leader of the village."

Ruan Xiaowu thought for a moment and suddenly thought clearly, cupped his fists and shouted: "Brother, village leader."

Ruan Xiaoqi saw that his two brothers were both like this, so he could only follow the trend: "The leader of the village...brother."

When Zhang Zhengdao saw that his three brothers were determined to do this, he said nothing more and just asked about the affairs of the village.

"Second brother, how many brothers are there in the village now?" Zhang Zhengdao asked.

Ruan Xiaoer thought for a while and replied: "Now there are more than 600 brothers who can be pulled out from the village to fight in battle, including 150 or 60 old and weak family members."

There were less than 800 people, Zhang Zhengdao couldn't help but smile and said: "Three brothers, you are really good at gathering so many good guys in a short period of time."

Ruan Xiaowu smiled and said: "The leader of the village didn't know anything. Our brothers just shouted in the village, and the villagers who couldn't survive followed them one after another. Along with several nearby villages, there were one to two hundred strong men coming to surrender.

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"Do you still have enough money and food?" Zhang Zhengdao asked quickly.

Ruan Xiaowu smiled bitterly and said: "There is enough food, which can last for a year and a half, but there is not much money. All of it is spent on buying food."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "As long as there is enough food, we can stabilize people's hearts. As for money, let's discuss it later."

Ruan Xiaoer replied: "There is a lot of open space on this island. I have asked the family members who went up the mountain to open up a few vegetable plots in the back mountain, and raised some chickens, ducks and geese, as well as some pigs and sheep.

It can support the cottage for some time."

Zhang Zhengdao couldn't help but take a high look at Ruan Xiaoer. This man was indeed rough but fine. Although he was not delicate enough, what he did was enough to make people happy.

Ruan Xiaoer introduced the construction of the cottage one by one. In addition to the second checkpoint that is still under construction, some houses have also been built in the back mountain for living.

Zhang Zhengdao nodded in approval and said: "It's really hard to start a copycat village, and I'm not in the village, so everything falls on the three brothers."

Ruan Xiaoer said: "It's just a little effort, nothing worth it."

Zhang Zhengdao suddenly remembered that he had spent a long time before finding a small boat to go up the mountain, and ordered: "Second brother, we need to select some more clever brothers to build a Xishan Hotel near Shouzhang County to the west of the water park."

, to attract the heroes who go up the mountain, build the Nanshan Hotel in the south of the lake in the direction of Jeju, and build a Beishan Hotel in the north in the direction of Yunzhou, so that heroes from all over the world can be attracted to the mountain from all four directions. "
Ruan Xiaoer hesitated for a moment and replied truthfully: "The village owner doesn't know, the store clerk is easy to choose, but the hotel manager couldn't choose for a while."

"Nowadays, there is a brother who is familiar with hotel affairs in charge of the Dongshan Hotel at the entrance of Lijia Road. His name is Zhu Gui, and he is nicknamed 'Handi Hulu'. He is from Yizhou and has opened a wine shop in his hometown before, so he knows a lot about it.

He knows how to run a business, so I asked him to be in charge of that hotel." Ruan Xiaoer replied.

Zhu Gui?

Zhang Zhengdao remembered that he had a brother named Zhu Fu, who also ran a hotel in his hometown of Yizhou, and said, "The second brother sent someone to call him back to the village. I want to see this brother."

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "As you say, I will ask someone to call Zhu Gui up the mountain."

When Ruan Xiaoqi stepped out of the Juyi Hall, Ruan Xiaoer continued: "Nowadays, when starting a cottage, money is needed everywhere. It's just that the money given by the village owner first was used to buy food, so it is inevitable that there will be some oversights in some places.

One or two."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "First of all, we need to build the three checkpoints of the mountain village. After the three checkpoints are completed, we will make detailed plans to build houses. As for money and food, we can go down the mountain to borrow them in the future."

"Go down the mountain to borrow food?" Ruan Xiaowu asked.

Zhang Zhengdao nodded and said: "We, Juyi, want to do justice for heaven. We can ask some clever brothers to go down the mountain to find out where the big dog owners are that are unkind and unjust and harm the people. We will go down the mountain to redress the grievances of the people and eliminate violence.

, and by the way, borrow some more money and food for the village."

"That's very good." Ruan Xiaowu shouted.

Ruan Xiaoer said at this time: "Master, sit down for a moment while I go get something."

After saying that, he stood up and left. After a moment, he returned to the hall, held the cloth in his hand, and handed it over.

After Zhang Zhengdao took it, he unfolded the cloth, and there were two large apricot-yellow flags. One side was embroidered with: Pray for Heaven, and the other side was embroidered with: Reward good and punish evil.

These two large apricot-yellow flags have neat handwriting and excellent handwork.

"These two big flags were embroidered by my wife and several brothers' wives. It took three days to embroider them," Ruan Xiaoer said with a smile.

Zhang Zhengdao praised: "The second brother is really a careful and good man."

Ruan Xiaowu also agreed: "Second brother is in charge of most of the affairs of the village. If it were Xiaoqi and I, we probably wouldn't even know which way the village door opens."

At this time, Ruan Xiaoqi came back and saw two large apricot-yellow flags displayed in Zhang Zhengdao's hands, and curiously asked: "Where did these flags come from?"

Seeing this careless man, Zhang Zhengdao didn't even notice this, so he smiled and said: "These two flags are the foundation of our Liangshan and our military morale."

"It's also the people's support!" Ruan Xiaoer added.

Zhang Zhengdao laughed, and then said: "Early tomorrow morning, all the village leaders, big and small, will be called to the Juyi Hall, and our Liangshan flag will be hoisted, spreading it to all corners of the world, and recruiting heroes from all over the world."

Ruan Xiaoqi shouted: "If there is a good man who can go up the mountain to drink with us, we will live a comfortable and unrestrained life."

Ruan Xiaowu also said: "That's what Qilang said."

"Second brother, fifth brother, seventh brother, sit down, sit down." Zhang Zhengdao waved his hand and ordered the three of them to sit down again, and continued: "With these two big flags, the heroes we recruit cannot have that treacherous villain hanging around.

Come in."

"So the first rule is that in the future, all brothers who come up to the mountain must be strictly questioned. If there are any heinous people who want to come here to take refuge, we cannot let them stay. All serious people will be killed.

Forgive those who have committed minor crimes and drive them down the mountain." Zhang Zhengdao said seriously.

It is very important to ensure the purity of the team, and Zhang Zhengdao understands this truth.

"Most of the brothers in the cottage today are simple people who have had their land seized by the government and have no livelihood. Therefore, this rule must not be broken." Zhang Zhengdao solemnly warned the three heroes of the Ruan family.

When Ruan Xiaoer heard this, he nodded in agreement and said: "What the village leader said is that our brothers went to the mountains and weeds because they lost their livelihood and were unable to survive. Of course, we can't recruit those evil people who ruin my brother's reputation.

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Ruan Xiaowu slapped the table and shouted: "If I encounter him, I will throw that evil man into a pond and feed him to the fish."

After saying the first rule, Zhang Zhengdao continued: "The second rule is that when my brothers from the mountain village go down to do justice for heaven in the future, they are not allowed to kill innocent people indiscriminately and harm the people. Anyone who violates this order will be killed.

Pardon."

If you want to win the hearts and minds of the people, you must start from scratch and build a good reputation so that you can win the support of the people and achieve hegemony in the future.

Although people's hearts are not omnipotent, they are the foundation for achieving great things and cannot be ignored.

Ruan Sanxiong nodded frequently to express his agreement.

They are poor people. If they couldn't live a better life, who would risk beheading and go up the mountain to weed the grass?

"The third rule is that when encountering important matters, you are not allowed to act without my permission." Zhang Zhengdao said sincerely: "Don't let the brothers' whims ruin the big things in the village."

Ruan Xiaoer quite understood Zhang Zhengdao's intentions. During this period, Liangshan could almost be built by him.

Needless to say, there were difficulties during this period. There were nearly 800 brothers and family members, and every one of them needed him to coordinate and command. If he met that stupid young man and refused to obey orders, it would give him a headache.

"Don't worry, village master. My brothers and I will all obey the village master's orders." Ruan Xiaoer was the first to express his stance.

Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi naturally have no objections.

"Brother, the leader of the village, just gives the orders. If we go and do it, we won't embarrass the brother of the leader." Ruan Xiaowu shouted.

Seeing that the three Ruan men regarded him as the backbone of the village, Zhang Zhengdao felt happy. He had indeed seen the right person. Friendship was the most important thing among these three Ruan men. To make friends with them, you don't need to use too much thought, just make friends with brotherly loyalty.<

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These three people are all straight-tempered people, and there is no need to beat around the bush in everything. Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "The success our village has achieved today is all due to the contribution of these three brothers. When the village becomes rich in the future, we will definitely reward them based on their merits."
Ruan Xiaoqi shouted: "The leader of the village is so shameful. How can our brothers care about this? I have already asked my brothers to prepare wine and food. I will hold a big banquet today and call all the big and small bosses to get to know the leader one by one.

, lest everyone who goes up the mountain for a long time still doesn’t know who the owner of Shuibo Liangshan Dazhai is!”

"Haha, okay, let's get drunk with my three brothers today." Zhang Zhengdao would not spoil the interest of the three men of the Ruan family, and he also took advantage of this banquet to get to know the core leaders in the village, so as to

Arrangements for the cottage will be made in the future.