Water Margin official

Chapter 141 Acting for Heaven

Zhang Zhengdao made a decision and planned to go to Cangzhou. First, he would visit Chai Jin and solve the immediate needs of the village. Second, he would recruit some heroes along the way to expand Liangshan's influence.

Ruan Xiaoer saw that Zhang Zhengdao had made up his mind and stopped trying to persuade him. He just asked: "Which of the confidants should the leader of the village take with him on his trip to Cangzhou?"

Zhang Zhengdao looked around at the four people. Ruan Xiaoer was currently in charge of the construction of the village. In addition, he also had to integrate the naval forces, so he couldn't get away.

Ruan Xiaowu also wants to stay in the village to help Ruan Xiaoer and cannot leave Liangshan.

As for Ruan Xiaoqi, you can take him with you, but this man is impatient, reckless, and not very steady, and you are afraid that he will do something uncontrollable on the road.

Looking at Zhu Gui again, he was completely excluded. This man had to take care of the hotel and couldn't escape.

"We are still short of major generals!" Zhang Zhengdao suddenly sighed.

Ruan Xiaoqi smiled "hehe" and shouted: "I will accompany my brother, the leader of the village, for a walk."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled bitterly and nodded: "Then thank you Seventh Brother and come with me to Cangzhou."

After deciding on this matter, everyone relaxed and chatted while eating.

Zhang Zhengdao looked at the white rice in the bowl and suddenly remembered that the price of food in the Song Dynasty would skyrocket in the future, from one guan per stone to three or four guan per stone. When the Jurchens went south, this food price would skyrocket.

, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it.

"Second brother, we need to build more granaries in the village. When we have money, we must store more grain." Zhang Zhengdao ordered.

Ruan Xiaoer naturally knows the importance of food. Only when the village has food can it stabilize people's hearts.

"Don't worry, owner of the village, I have already built ten granaries in a dry and ventilated place at the back of the village, which can store tens of thousands of stones of grain." Ruan Xiaoer replied.

Zhang Zhengdao nodded and said: "When I come back, I will buy a dozen large fast ships so that I can go to the Jiangnan area to buy grain."

After talking about the food, Zhang Zhengdao thought of the two apricot-yellow flags again, and said: "In a moment, we will call the brothers from the village, as well as the family members, to the Juyi Hall to hang up the two big flags of Liangshan.

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Ruan Xiaoqi put down his rice bowl, stood up and said, "I'll make arrangements now."

When Zhang Zhengdao saw that everyone had almost eaten, he also stood up and said with a smile: "Let's go together."

After everyone left the house, Zhang Zhengdao saw the scenery of Liangshan for the first time. This house specially built for him was located on a high ground in the front mountain. He could overlook Liangshan Dazhai. Looking further into the distance, he could actually see

See the spring scenery of the water at the golden beach.

It’s actually a lake view room!

"Master of the village, this house was carefully selected by my second brother. Standing here, you can not only see clearly everything in the village, but also the eight hundred miles of water." Ruan Xiao

Wu introduced.

"It's good, but every time I come here, I have to climb a mountain, which is very tiring." Ruan Xiaoqi complained.

Ruan Xiaoer scolded: "You are not that woman. How can I tire you after walking a few steps on the mountain road?"

Zhang Zhengdao glanced at the temporarily opened mountain road and said with a smile: "In the future, when the village becomes rich, we will build some stone steps to make walking easier."

Ruan Xiaoer remembered it in his heart, nodded and said: "In the future, I will ask people to prepare some bluestone slabs to pave this mountain road."

Everyone descended from the high ground and came to the square in front of the Juyi Hall. Ruan Xiaoer ordered a few men to go to the back mountain and cut down two straight trees to make flagpoles and erect them outside the Juyi Hall.<

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Ruan Xiaoqi took Zhu Gui to call all the leaders in the village, as well as their family members.

After waiting for another half an hour, except for the men patrolling the water, more than 700 people stood outside the Juyi Hall, waiting for the leader of the village to give orders.

Zhang Zhengdao looked at the faces full of expectation, beautiful and ugly, and his heart was up and down. These people were the capital for him to start a business.

"I am the owner of Liangshan Bodhisattva. My name is Zhang Tiandao, and I am known as the 'Nine Heavens Dragon' by people in the world." Zhang Zhengdao introduced himself.

"Brothers, this is the first time you see me." Zhang Zhengdao was afraid that the people behind him could not hear clearly, so he walked into the crowd.

But wherever he went, people would make a way for him.

"I know that everyone can't live any longer, so I have no choice but to join Liangshanbo." Zhang Zhengdao smiled and continued to shout loudly: "Although we are in Juxiaoshanlin, we have never done anything like this.

It’s a shameful thing like robbing homes and homes and killing innocent people indiscriminately.”

"So you have some doubts in your mind, then who are we?" Looking at these ordinary people who have not yet escaped from simplicity, and seeing the confusion in their eyes, Zhang Zhengdao asked: "Are we mountain bandits and grass bandits? Or are we under the rule of the Song Dynasty?

Good people?"

Everyone was silent.

Zhang Zhengdao laughed and said: "No, nowadays, corrupt officials are rampant, and today there is no justice, which has caused us to lose our livelihood and find it difficult to survive. That's why we want to hide in this pool of water to seek safety and escape."

The secular world."

"However, we must not forget that we are still human beings and we need to eat. So where does the money and food come from? Could it be that it falls from the sky? Naturally, such good things will not happen." Zhang Zhengdao stretched out his hands and shouted

Said: "Of course we still have to rely on our own hard work to obtain money and food."

"Master, do you want us to farm in this pond?" A man hidden in the crowd asked loudly.

"Of course not!" Zhang Zhengdao shook his head and said: "Although Liangshan is good, it can't support so many people. If there are too many people in the village in the future, every mouth will have to eat."

Zhang Zhengdao pointed his finger at the flagpole that had just been erected and shouted: "Therefore, we are going outside to borrow some food and grass."

"Master, if you say so, then aren't we still bandits and bandits?" The man who just spoke loudly asked again.

This time, Zhang Zhengdao recognized the person who spoke directly. He saw the man dressed in white, dressed as a scholar, hidden in the crowd, his eyes scrutinizing, waiting for the answer.

Zhang Zhengdao laughed and said: "I don't want to be a bandit or a grassroots bandit." Then he stared into the eyes of the man in white and continued: "What we have to do is to do justice for heaven, reward good and punish evil!"

"Brother Ruan, hoist my Liangshan flag!" Zhang Zhengdao suddenly turned around and ordered Ruan Xiaoer, who was preparing a rope under the flagpole.

After a moment, two large apricot-yellow flags slowly rose, and then fluttered in the wind, displaying the neatly embroidered handwriting in front of everyone.

"Do justice for heaven, reward the good and punish the evil!" The man in white stared at the apricot-yellow banner and murmured to himself. Then his eyes became more lively, and when he turned to look at Zhang Zhengdao, his eyes showed more complicated emotions.<

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"In this world, there are corrupt officials who oppress the people, and there are also evil people who do all kinds of bad things and bring harm to the countryside. We, the heroes of Liangshan, will uphold the law of heaven and kill these evil people.

After all, we will eliminate harm for the people." Zhang Zhengdao made a decisive decision.

"Yes, we, the heroes, will uphold justice for heaven and kill the evildoers in the world!" Ruan Xiaoqi shouted loudly.

Zhu Gui also shouted loudly: "Do justice for heaven, reward good and punish evil!"

Among the more than 700 people, excluding the 156 old and weak family members, the remaining 500 or so people are all strong-blooded men. They couldn't stand the foul smell outside the water park, so they joined Liangshan Bo.<

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At this moment, after listening to Zhang Zhengdao's words, my heart finally surged, my blood surged, and I shouted: "Do justice for heaven, reward good and punish evil!"

For a time, the Liangshan village was filled with shouts.

Zhang Zhengdao looked at the scholar in white with a somewhat astonished expression and smiled.