Living in a place like Luliang Mountain, everyone has a shadow of the past in their hearts. The situation in all aspects of itself is unstable, the Liao people and the border army are attacking in turn, and the resources themselves are scarce, and it is not for nothing that they want to farm the land in a down-to-earth manner, but it is the norm for food to be planted, people to be killed, and things to be robbed. No one would choose to rob others with a knife from the beginning, but they can't survive steadily, and those who survive are hungry and have no possibility of going the right way, so they can only go out with a knife.

Mountain villages and villages with a little strength can keep their own one-third of an acre of land and grow some grain to raise some livestock, but the land is not fertile in the first place. In the shadow of the Liao people and the border army, as well as the covetousness of the locals, there is not enough food around, a little better, the more people covet it, the more people covet it, the greater the amount of protection needed, the cost of survival is getting higher and higher, the higher the cost of survival, the more fierce people can be, leaving no room for it, and the last can only form a dead circle of getting worse and worse. Stomach, everyone is hungry.

Lu Hongti left tears at this time, everyone knew that she was gentle with her own people, but she would not think that it was weakness. Even though she didn't say anything cruel, in her eyes, the people around her could also hear her resoluteness at this time. Of course, such words can't impress the people who have already sat on the other side of the buttocks, so Lu San and the others just hesitated for a moment and gritted their teeth: "Say anything beautiful, you just can't go to the stack!" Lao Tzu is not a bad seed, since it is planted today, you have to do it......"

"But I'll let you live." On this side, Lu Hongti interrupted him, "You remember what I said, this time I will let you live, and only this time......"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar around, Lu Hongti lowered his eyes, and when he opened them again, his voice was forced to disappear with the internal force, and he was not in a hurry. In a moment. Almost suppressed all the hustle and bustle: "I don't know how many of you obey me and disobey me, this time I will let you live, not only that, but I will let you go!" You think what Lu San said makes sense, take your family and luggage, and go out of here with Lu San-"

She raised her head and stretched out her hand to point in the direction of the gate in the distance: "You think the market is good." Then follow them out to fight the world, and if you want to rob and kill, you will kill them cleanly, and according to your rules, don't pay attention to me as a woman! Those who left today, our grievances and grievances, we will start from the beginning. Left. It's my Lu Hongti's family, who abides by the rules here, and is willing to listen to me as a woman, and I'll take care of you...... To be alive, to have a bite to eat......" she smiled, "to be a ...... person"

"But if it's past tonight, there's still two sides left here. I'm a woman with limited abilities. But I'm going to kill. You can't hide to the ends of the earth, and I will kill you when the time comes. and kill all your family members, lest they remain in the world and suffer. I do what I say. ”

The night breeze blew the skirt of the sword-wielding woman in the square, and there was silence around it, and then there was a slight commotion. The things in front of me are really rare in this place of Luliang Mountain, after all, no matter which village they put in, Lu San and the others can be said to be dead, and now the other party actually gave other people in the village a chance to choose, isn't this their own wings.

But I have to say that at least some people in the crowd are excited. After all, Aoki Village used to unify and the surrounding villages, and it was only because of the simple "can eat", when people joined in, the situation of Aoki Village may not be completely clear, but after eating a full meal, their minds will come alive, and they will begin to think about whether they will be cool to be managed by a woman, whether the owner of the village is too soft, etc.

In the slight commotion around them, the rebel crowd, who had thought that they were going to die, were even more stunned, and began to discuss while wondering. In front of the crowd, the tall man standing beside Lu San looked at the surrounding situation after making sure that he would not be killed, and suddenly gritted his teeth and stood up: "You said well, why did we leave the village, and now the strength of Aoki Village is brought down by us, why not you ......"

"Brother Li!" Lu Hongti just interrupted him coldly, "If you say another half sentence today, I will kill you immediately, and then personally send my sister-in-law and niece on the road, do you believe me?" ”

She swept her gaze over the man surnamed Nali, and then over to a woman holding a baby in the crowd on the other side. After watching silently for a moment, Fang Fang stepped to the side and waved his hand: "That's it, send them away." Others who are leaving, too, will go tonight. Pack up your things and bring dry food. ”

The crowd was first suspicious, then noisy, some people ran over as if they wanted to change Lu Hongti's mind, and some people started to say other things. But in fact, some arrangements have been made before, and the most trusted people under Lu Hongti have already begun to be responsible for sending people away. Lu Hongti ignored the noise of the crowd, walked to a stone on the edge of the small square and sat down, the night breeze was blowing, the firelight and the starlight were waving together, half of her body was covered with blood, but she didn't mind, just put her feet together, pulled the skirt to cover her shoes, tilted her head, and looked at the village in the night.

On the other side of the square, the old man she had gone to greet earlier turned around and left, leaning on crutches.

It was destined to be a very peaceful night, and the noise in the stockade continued, some were ready to leave, some were discussing, and some of those who participated in the rebellion began to repent and knelt on the side of the square and said that they would stay. Lu Hongti finally nodded. She left the small square and went to a house halfway up the mountain, outside which the old man was watching the situation in the village in the night breeze. Lu Hongti went over to help him: "Grandpa Liang, it's windy, let's go in." ”

"It's hot, I don't know if you're doing the right thing today, I'm afraid that a lot of people will leave."

"It's a hassle to stay."

"That's right, that Ning Gongzi, he has a point."

"Hmm."

"It's just...... With Tian Hu's subordinates doing this, I'm afraid it will scare away a lot of people, and I'm wondering if it will scare away too much......"

"If you really can't share the suffering, let them go."

She helped the old man into the house, the old man nodded and smiled, and patted her hands: "No matter what, you really look like the owner of the village today." Mu Li is naturally rebellious, it seems that he is loyal but cunning, in the past, he was the best at speaking, and you scared him with a word, which is very good. ”

"Learn from people."

"Oh?"

The old man looked at her, Lu Hongti lowered his eyes with a smile, the time she followed Ning Yi. Not much to say though. But for Ning Yi to do things, he tried hard to memorize and imitate, and later concluded that "killing the whole family" was the most terrifying word, and Lu Hongti had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his knowledge was not high, otherwise he would probably be tempted to take a notebook and write it down.

This change in the stockade. I have been prepared before, although it is not a last resort, but as long as something happens, how to do it in the future, many people still know in their hearts. When Lu Hongti encountered Cao Hong's trouble, the old man here had already controlled the overall situation. At this time, the two of them can make a sum here. Who will go, who will stay, and what will happen in the future. While speaking, the old man also took out the booklet given by Ning Yi from the bedside, and Lu Hongti sat on the stool on the side and talked with him.

In the booklet, there is a prediction that this will happen. Of course, Ning Yi can only deduce a rough idea through human nature. Lu Hongti is on this mountain. As a woman. There is no one to marry, and it is said that it is a trustworthy team. It's just the core of the people. Such a state can maintain a small cottage, which is destined to encounter various things in the process of growth, and it is also the reason why it is difficult for family businesses to grow bigger, and there are too few people to trust. Of course, these things can be made up by the system in the later stage, but they cannot be dealt with in the early stage.

Let them gather together, let them rebel, it is easier to let those who are two-faced and stabbed quickly exposed, and then simple killing can only be to vent anger, at this time, you might as well take the opportunity to give them a chance to choose, since there are already people who take the lead, simply let the village split once, eliminate these unreliable factors, and then leave behind the real own people.

Of course, Ning Yi didn't expect that Lu Hongti would consider Tian Hu's subordinates. It was also this Cao Hong who crashed into the muzzle of the gun. Luliang Mountain is full of cottages, everyone is not afraid of heaven and earth, Qingmu Village killed Tian Hu's people, this matter can be big or small, to say big, after all, the King of Jin in Hebei is huge, the scale of Qingmu Village is incomparable, but to say a little smaller, the two sides are still far apart, although occasionally deal with each other, do business, but to say that the conquest of Qingmu Village, this matter is completely thankless for Tian Hu, Cao Hong ran to Qingmu Village to make trouble, although dead, the two sides are not impossible to talk.

But offending Tian Hu, after all, will cause psychological pressure on the people in the village, and some people who originally rode the wall and hesitated may choose to leave at this time. This may also be because Lu Hongti herself is a woman, she values feelings, and she still attaches great importance to her subordinates if they are unreliable. And once this purge is over, the vast majority of those who remain do not have to worry about the problem of loyalty, and when Aoki Village expands again, these people can become the core, and they will no longer worry about finding a candidate for a "political commissar".

The two talked for a while about the aftermath of Tian Hu's side, and Lu Hongti suddenly remembered something and asked, "Grandpa Liang, 'there' hasn't been affected there, has it?" ”

"I don't think so, but let's go check it out."

"Hmm."

Lu Hongti nodded, lit the torch, and went out with the old man with the booklet, turning around a small path in the forest behind him, and in the clearing between the forests, there was a building that seemed to be half-built. The old man opened the pamphlet and looked at the drawings as he had done in the past. Lu Hongti frowned: "It's also that I'm too anxious, I knew that Lu Dao should be built later, these days, it may not be looked at by people with a heart......"

The old man shook his head: "It's okay, such a simple thing, can they know what the Dao is for?" I just don't know what to do...... Is this thing useful......

"He said it should be useful......" Lu Hongti looked at the building and reached out to touch the stones on it, "He didn't know what he said, and we don't have enough things here now, but I want to ...... Let's build it first......"

Time back to more than two months ago, a few days before she said goodbye to Ning Yi, Ning Yi came to her one day and said something: "I have a thing, it is not difficult to make it, and I don't know how useful it is, but I might as well try it." The ingredients you can find right now may be a little lacking, but you can make one as it is, and then try it when you have the chance, eh...... Here's what it looks like......"

Ning Yi handed her a few drawings to see: "You still have to be cautious about this, try not to fall into the hands of others." ”

The sound of the wind in the woods shook the light on the torches, and in the flickering of the firelight, the handwriting and patterns on the pamphlet were lit up in a flicker and lighter, and because the paper was not large, it was also densely written, and it was only for the purpose of statement. In the corner of the old man's finger, there are four words as the beginning, that is: soil method steelmaking.

A faint glow stretched out in front of him. The clearing, black with only outlines. It was unfinished, made of stones......

…… Half a blast furnace!

The mountain wind stirred through the woods, and blew through the old men and women in the clearing, and walked through the mountains, gradually, like thunder......

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When the wind rises, speckled light.

The crowd that dispersed from the Aoki village was divided into different groups. They scattered among the mountains. This is the biggest group that Lu San and Li Li have carried, and looking back, the torch light of Aoki Village is hidden in the mountains and forests over there, like another world.

After coming out of the stockade, it was not only Lu San and Li Li who gathered in front of the team. When I wanted to start a rebellion, it wasn't something that two people could organize, and there were a few other people who also participated in it, or they were good at martial arts, or they had flexible brains and could speak, so they stood up at this time. At this time, they looked at the firelight of Aoki Village. There is unwillingness. But I can't go back.

"What now?"

"In the mountains near here, the terrain over there in Aoki Village is the best! If you win the ...... today"

"What's the use of talking about this now! I'm going to go to Chen Daxing. Over there, eat meat and drink wine in a big bowl, not like this woman's mother-in-law......"

"I can't swallow this breath! Everyone has a share in the stockade, and now that we have been driven away, forget it? ”

"If you're still alive, worship it! Have you beaten the woman of the Lu family? You can beat her, and now that we're out, there's a husband over there, can you beat Aoki Village? ”

"I thought it would be more ......"

Among the several people who are the leaders, they have their own opinions, but after all, most of them can't swallow this breath. Lu San's son had been killed in this accident, and the team behind him was dragging the young man's body, his eyes were red, and his expression was a little dazed: "I won't stop there, I'm going to Tian Hu's side and tell them that General Cao was killed......"

"How about telling Tian Hu! Lu San, Tian Hu can't take care of the affairs here at all, what can he do if he lays down Aoki Village! You won't get much benefit from losing your troops and losing your generals! ”

"Are you unlucky for us today?" On that side, Li Li looked around with a cold face and said, "Liang Bingfu and Lu Hongti, the old man, had a premeditated plan for a long time, didn't you think of it?" As soon as we attacked, they immediately killed us, and they wanted to drive us away! ”

His words made everyone stunned, and then they suddenly realized: "Liang Bingfu planned it...... This old thing, really scheming......"

"It's not Liang Bingfu, he's not so powerful......" Li Li shook his head.

"Lu Hongti? No way. ”

"Where is Lu Hongti, what can that woman do except for the high point of martial arts, when the old village owner passed the throne to her, she felt that she was kind and couldn't leave the people in this village...... You haven't found out yet? When did the stockade start to change? Since Lu Hongti went south to take revenge and came back, he has made so many messy things, set rules, and do business with people, haven't everyone been talking about it for a long time......"

"yes, I think I've heard of ...... What kind of master did she know......

"Bring back a cheatbook? I seem to have heard of it. ”

"What a master...... Scholar. Li Li said, "I once inquired, after all, Lu Hongti didn't be wary of the people around him, and his tone was not strict at the beginning, and some things can still be checked." Lu Hongti met a scholar, these things planned for her, that scholar has the same skills, just like Liang Bingfu...... Lu Hongti relied on these to expand the village, that cheat, I tried to find it several times, but Mrs. Liang Bing is so good, I can't do it......"

"So what do you want by saying this now?"

"Heh, how's it going...... Do you know the way? A few years earlier, Lu Hong wanted to find someone to marry in the mountains, if someone said kiss, she might hesitate, but she might not completely refuse...... Although the most reluctant ones were all refused. But since she came back from the south, she has refused to accept any proposals. Putting her mind on the village and not marrying, what does she want to do? Last year, when she went south for the second time, I overheard these things, Liang Bingfu hoped that Lu Hongti would simply find that person to marry, Lu Hongti said no, in fact, ...... I could see all of her expressions in the days before she left......"

Li Li snorted lightly: "Growing up in the mountains, she kills people all day long, although she looks good, but what does she really know?" Such a woman can't take her eyes off when she sees the world of flowers...... She fell in love with that scholar, but unfortunately people didn't want to accompany her to this kind of place, hey, I see, if that man is willing to marry her, it is estimated that she will stay in Jiangnan as a young grandmother, and if she doesn't come back, we will have so many things missing. But the scholarly family, who wants to marry a restless woman with such high martial arts skills to enter the door! ”

Li Li's tone was extremely disparaging, and after everyone thought about it, they couldn't help but nod: "So what?" ”

"How? Scold. Li Li laughed, and then flashed a trace of coldness, "Lu Hongti's temperament is already emotional, and she doesn't have any family now, so she has less worries around her." But that man, it seems that she likes it very much, do you know that the time she went south a year ago, she brought back a booklet. If you want to go to any village, or if you want to go to Tianhu's side to complain, I won't stop you...... I'm going to the capital. ”

"Huh?"

"I know the man's name, hey, I hear you. Ning Yi and Ning Liheng are the first talents in Jiangning, but he should be in the capital. Ha Lu Ha, I hear you. Lu Hongti I can't beat him, but that person is just a scholar who can talk rhetorically, or what kind of first talent, I know what kind of character Lu Dao is, but I don't deny that he has a lot of useful things in his head. There must be a way to do things, persimmons must be pinched soft, we can't do Lu Hongti, run to catch a scholar, naturally come to the hand, when the time comes, I will let him live as well as die, bring him back to Luliang, with Lu Hongti's character...... When the time comes, the stockade will be ours, and the booklet will be ours...... All I have to ask now is, which of you will work with me? Well? ”

In the midst of the wind, there was silence for a while, and then someone took a knife: "I'll participate." ”

There was a man next to him: "Lao Tzu counts as one!" ”

"It's done!"

"Ha Luha, I caught her concubine, see how arrogant she is!"

In the faint light, they raised their hands one after another, and for a moment, the atmosphere became warm. Coming out of Aoki Village, although there are so many people around, but the road is not easy to walk, now it is better, in winter, I am afraid that I will be hungry again, to build a new village, it is also a big problem to gain a foothold, the best way to do it, after all, is to recapture Aoki Village. At this time, because they saw the way they could go, everyone's emotions boiled like a gathering of righteousness.

It was still late at night, and a few people looked to the south in the night wind, and the wind was inspiring, with their determination and ambition that seemed to be unable to block even the mountains. Li Li clasped his hands in front of his chest and raised his head towards Lu Hong, they were indeed reckless, they should have been hostages a long time ago - at this moment, they finally went in the right direction.

Thousands of miles away, in the room in Bianliang City, Ning Yi turned over, hugged the body of Xiaochan who was only wearing a belly pocket beside him, and fell asleep, in his arms, Xiaochan opened her eyes, blinked, and looked at Ning Yi's sleeping face in a faint light, for a moment, laughed, pouted slightly, and gently "poofed" on Ning Yi's mouth, and then continued to blink and watch, and finally yawned slightly, curled up in Ning Yi's arms, and continued to fall asleep happily......

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More than 5,700 words, I really want to add 200...... But forget it, let's count the votes, No. 1, it seems to be good lately...... (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please read it on m.biquge.info. )