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Chapter 143 Night Talk

After hearing Zhang Zhengdao's arrangements for Du Qian, Wang Lun was stunned for a moment. His feelings were in the heart of the village leader, and he was still wary of the two of them.

Du Qian immediately replied: "My little brother, I obey."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "Brother Du Qian knows the way to Cangzhou, so he can avoid taking the wrong path."

Everyone suddenly realized that the village leader wanted to bring someone who was familiar with the route so that he could get to Cangzhou as soon as possible.

At this time, Wang Lun said quickly: "My younger brother has an old relationship with Chai Daguan. You can write a letter and bring it with you to the leader of the village. If there is someone in the village who doesn't open your eyes, you can forward the letter in to prevent my brother from getting angry."<

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When Zhang Zhengdao saw Wang Lun taking such initiative, he did not refute his face and said with a smile: "Okay, brother Wang Lun can also write down the embarrassment of my Liangshan Dazhai in a letter one by one. Don't exaggerate. I can also do less by then."

Spend some time."

Wang Lun could understand the implication of Zhang Zhengdao's words. Since this trip was to Chai Jin to obtain gold and silver support, the village leader might not be able to save the dignity to tell the story for a while. With his letter here, naturally things would go smoothly.

It will be easier to handle.

Of course, the content in this letter cannot describe the situation in the village too well, nor can it describe it too poorly.

"Brother, write it now and show it to your brother for review." Wang Lun said immediately.

"Take pen, ink, paper and inkstone and bring them to leader Wang Lun." Zhang Zhengdao ordered.

After the boy found the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Wang Lun picked up the brush, thought about it for a moment, and then used it with one stroke. When the ink was dry, he held the written letter in both hands and handed it to Zhang Zhengdao respectfully.

After reading it only once, Zhang Zhengdao praised: "Brother Wang Lun, you are really good at writing."

I saw neat handwriting on the paper, and every line was full of respect for Chai Jin. It also detailed the events of Wang Lun and Du Qian joining the gang in Liangshan one by one.

Later, the conversation changed and he talked about the situation of Liangshan Dazhai, especially the two apricot-yellow flags. He really praised it, and even the leader of the village, "Nine Heavens Divine Dragon" Zhang Tiandao, was very complimentary.

The last one is to euphemistically point out that Liangshan Dazhai is prospering but lacks gold and silver to develop, and asks Chai Daguan for help.

Putting the letter away, Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "With this letter from Brother Wang Lun, this trip is safe."

Wang Lun waved his hand and shook his head: "You should not be praised by the leader of the village."

Afterwards, Zhang Zhengdao had some wine with the seven leaders, and then ended the banquet. Ruan Xiaoer arranged the accommodation for the three new leaders.

Fortunately, after occupying Liangshan, Ruan Xiaoer ordered his brothers who knew how to build houses to carry out construction work in the back mountain. They worked day and night and built many houses.

As night fell, Liang Shanbo fell into silence. In a courtyard assigned to the leader in the village, Du Qian walked in the dark to Wang Lun's residence next door, knocked on the door and called: "Brother, have you slept?"

Wang Lun was lying on the bed with his clothes on, but he was not asleep. Hearing Du Qian's voice, he turned over and without lighting a candle, he opened the door in the dark and welcomed Du Qian into the house under the moonlight.

"Brother, why don't you light the lights?" Du Qian asked in surprise.

Wang Lun closed the door, pressed on his memory, groped his way back to the bed and sat down, and said with a low and wry smile: "If I light a candle, I'm afraid that others will see it and mistakenly think that you and I are conspiring to do something. ”

Du Qian said, "Our brothers are upright and have never thought of seizing the village. What are you afraid of?"

Wang Lun sighed: "Today, I was a little hasty. I shouldn't have agreed to join the gang so easily."

Du Qian was a little puzzled. The man stretched out his arms and groped forward. When his right hand touched Wang Lun's body, he sat down.

Wang Lun continued: "Master Zhang seems to have doubts about me, but I could feel it at today's banquet."

"Brother is overly worried. The leader of the village has entrusted the village's money, grain, and warehouses to my brother. This is a fat job. Which leader can have such a good job." Du Qian persuaded.

Wang Lun sighed and said nothing.

Du Qian added: "If the leader of the village didn't trust his brother, how could he leave such an important matter in his hands?"

Wang Lun said: "Brother is a rough man, so naturally he doesn't understand the deep meaning. If there is a slight mistake in the warehouse, I can be killed."

Du Qian said: "My brother is looking down on the leader of the village. I don't think he is like this kind of person."

Wang Lun was silent again.

Du Qian continued: "Tomorrow morning, I will rush to Cangzhou with the village leader. My brother is in the village. Just work with peace of mind and don't think wildly."

"Of course I will be careful in everything, but you are outside. Don't try too hard. Your abilities are mediocre, so don't risk your life." Wang Lun patiently warned.

Du Qian smiled and said: "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely protect you."

These two people, in a dark room, talked about their brotherhood.

At the same time, the house where Zhang Zhengdao lived was brightly lit.

Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, and Zhu Gui all sat on chairs and followed Zhang Zhengdao's instructions.

"Second brother is looking down on me. Although Wang Lun is a bit ambitious, since he has joined me in Liangshan, he will naturally not be able to cause any trouble." Zhang Zhengdao paused for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "What's more, there are three of you. I feel relieved that my brothers are guarding the village."

Ruan Xiaowu said: "If Wang Lun dares to live in peace, I will definitely chop him up and throw him into a pond to feed the fish."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "As long as he works with peace of mind and takes care of the village's money and food, Fifth Brother can't be too rude to him."

"By the way, second brother, we cannot stop work on the remaining two checkpoints. We must work day and night to build them as soon as possible. These are the barriers to my cottage, so we can't be slow." Zhang Zhengdao thought for a while and ordered.

Ruan Xiaoer nodded and said: "Don't worry, village leader, the second level will be completed in less than three days."

Seeing that he had already given all the necessary instructions, Zhang Zhengdao pretended to be relaxed and said: "Second brother, fifth brother, Pinghai Navy, first of all, we can choose the good men who are proficient in water properties in the village. It is better to have a smaller number than to make up for it by making more mistakes."

Landlubbers who don't know how to swim can get in."

Ruan Xiaowu smiled and said: "The village leader doesn't know something. Most of our brothers on Liangshan are fish farmers in the villages near Shuibo. Everyone is familiar with the nature of water."

"Yes, it would be a bit difficult to find a landlubber who can't swim!" Ruan Xiaoer also laughed.

Zhang Zhengdao said seriously: "No matter what, this naval force must be organized into an army as soon as possible. If the imperial court sends officers and soldiers to conquer the mountain stronghold in the future, we can defeat them and protect our stronghold."

Ruan Xiaoer said: "Master, don't worry, I will hand over the construction of checkpoints to Brother Song Wan tomorrow, and I and Fifth Brother will concentrate on managing the Pinghai Navy."

Zhang Zhengdao looked at Zhu Gui again and reminded: "If the other three hotels cannot be built at the same time, the hotel near Shouzhang County will be built first."

Zhu Guifang was silent for a long time, thinking about things. When he saw Zhang Zhengdao's entrustment to the hotel, he hesitated for a moment and said truthfully: "Master, I want to recommend someone to the village. Is it okay?"

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "Brother, it doesn't matter if you say it."

Zhu Gui slowly said: "I have a direct brother named Zhu Fu who opened a wine shop in his hometown Yishui County. I wrote a letter to recruit him to come and take charge of the hotel in Shouzhang County."

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"It's just that my brother has become a disciple of the county chief. I don't know if he is willing to defect to Liangshan." Zhu Gui hesitated and said, "If he is unwilling to come, please don't blame the village leader."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "Brother Zhu Gui, please don't worry. If your brother is willing to come, let him take care of the hotel in Shouzhang County. If he is unwilling to come, it's okay. Let's choose a few in the cottage first."

A smart brother on top."

Zhu Guidao: "I'll do my best, little brother."

Seeing that everything had been arranged, Zhang Zhengdao signaled to the three of them that they could leave. He wanted to rest early in order to rush on the road tomorrow.

After the three of them left the house, Zhang Zhengdao remembered something again. It would take at least more than a month to go to Cangzhou, so he asked Ruan Xiaoer: "In Liujia Village, Shouzhang County, I also have a rogue horse left with Liu Dalang in that village.

Home, I’ll send a man to pick it up tomorrow.”