"Master Fan, you said that this Xu Xiang is a scholar? How do I feel that he is more ruthless than us warriors? Shi Hong looked at all this dumbfounded, and after a while, he turned his head and said to Fan Sheng.

Fan Sheng was also dumbfounded.

He didn't expect that he would want to come and contact this Xu Xiang in person, and he actually happened to see such a big scene. Before coming, he didn't inform anyone, only brought Shi Hong and two other guards, he didn't want Xu Xiang to know in advance that he would come to see him, so what he observed at random was the most real.

But he really didn't expect that Xu Xiang would be such a person.

In the conversation with Zhu Youzhen, Xu Xiang in Zhu Youzhen's mouth is an outstanding person who is suave, elegant, has a furrow in his chest, and has courage, so in Fan Sheng's mind, he has sketched the general appearance of a person like Xu Xiang.

This is a talented man who was forced to be helpless and had to go up the mountain to become a bandit.

Unexpectedly, what he saw now was a guy with a hideous face, the hem of his robe tucked up at his waist, the small knife in his hand waving bloodily, and a foul language in his mouth.

Where is this reading person?

Look at him scolding, straight like a splash on the street.

Seeing that his face did not change and his heart did not beat with a small knife to stab people, he was a bandit who was alive and well.

Oh, by the way, he did once be a bandit.

It didn't take long for the sound of horses' hooves like thunder in the distance, and a group of men and horses swept over, Shi Hong pulled Fan Sheng to the side of the road, and watched these knights roll in front of them like the wind, and the first one was the guy named Xu Ba who left here not long ago.

These people, wearing the costumes of catching fast and the clothes of county soldiers, were scolding and scolding in a mess, Fan Shengda didn't understand, only one sentence made him cry and laugh.

"That dog dared to bully our second master, Lao Tzu invited him to eat bandao noodles!"

Shi Hong sighed: "This is such a group of people who are governing Tai'an Mansion, and His Royal Highness actually said that Tai'an Mansion is very good now?" ”

Fan Shengdao: "Or maybe it is such a group of people who govern Tai'an Mansion that has made Tai'an what it is now." ”

The two saw that the group of people rushed to Zhou Hao's servants, and they didn't get off their horses, the horse whips in their hands, the iron lianzi danced like a windmill, and the crackling sound was accompanied by the wails of those servants, these people bullied the common people, but against these fierce professional bandits, they were beaten to the ground in an instant.

It was not until all the men had fallen that they dismounted, and with a shake of the chains, they locked up the servants who were wailing on the ground. Even Zhou Hao was no exception, seeing that they tied Zhou Hao and his people behind the horse's buttocks, intending to drag them back like this, Fan Sheng strode over.

"Xu Fujun!" Fan Sheng clenched his fists.

"Who are you?" Xu Xiang skillfully rubbed the knife under his feet a few times, wiped off the bloodstains, and retracted it into his waist.

"In Xia Fan Sheng."

Xu Xiang's movements immediately froze, and after a while, the originally vicious and hideous face immediately became white and snowy, and a smile naturally floated up, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he put down the corner of the robe tucked in his waist, clasped his fists with both hands, and shook it deeply: "It turned out that Master Fan was in charge, and he was disappointed, forgive the sin, forgive the sin!" ”

Looking at the other party's standard etiquette, Fan Sheng was speechless again. It seems that in the blink of an eye, the fierce Taishan bandit just now became a humble gentleman.

It seems that Xu Xiang knows who Fan Sheng is, and the official positions of the two are quite different, so Fan Sheng no longer returns the courtesy, but smiles: "Do you know who I am?" ”

"His Royal Highness once told me." Xu Xiang straightened up and said, "Like thunder, like thunder!" ”

"Your Royal Highness really trusts you, and even told you about me!" Fan Sheng said with a smile.

"Throw it in a peach, and repay it in return." Xu Xiang smiled and said: "The Third Highness is my Bole, treat me sincerely." This is also the reason why my Taishan bandit is willing to vote for His Royal Highness. It's not just because of someone's head. ”

"Can you take a step and talk about it?" Fan Sheng sent out an invitation.

"Why not?" Xu Xiang waved his hand to Xu Bayi and said, "Drag these lawless guys back to the mansion for me, and put them in a flail outside the mansion to show the public." ”

"Second master, are you here alone?" Xu Ba hesitated.

"With Master Fan here, who can touch my cold hair?" Xu Xiang laughed: "Go quickly, go quickly, a guy like Zhou Hao just took down and warned some guys, in Tai'an Mansion, people who don't abide by the rules and disciplines will end up like this." ”

"No!" Xu Ba turned over and got on his horse and wanted to leave.

"Xu Fujun, although Zhou Hao is guilty this time, he will not die, let Fan's guards give him some wound medicine, otherwise this blood will flow like this, I am afraid that when I reach the mansion, my life will go to seven or eight." Fan Sheng said with a smile.

"Well, then I'm sorry for you." Xu Xiang glanced at Zhou Hao in disgust, and arched his hand at Shi Hong.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Shi Hong to give Zhou Hao medicine, Xu Xiang turned his head again and said to the peasants: "These lands are yours, this is filed in the government office, whoever dares to rob the damn will go to me to complain." ”

"Thank you, Lord Qingtian!" A group of farmers are grateful.

"Please, Master Fan, let's walk slowly, and while walking, say okay?" Xu Xiang said to Fan Sheng.

The two walked slowly along the road.

"Does Xu Fujun bring so many people every time he comes out?"

"Yes." Xu Xiang said: "I slaughtered a lot of people in Tai'an, but those bastards are always killed, and there are always people who jump out to find trouble with me, and a few times they almost took my life, so I have to be careful." ”

"Do all the people you killed deserve to die?" Fan Sheng glanced at Xu Xiang and said.

Xu Xiang laughed: "Some people don't die for their crimes. ”

"Then why kill them?" Fan Sheng's face changed slightly: "Didn't you just say that you were talking about the law?" ”

"Although it is not to death, but for the great cause of the Third Highness, it has to be killed. Anyway, all these people are wronged when they are killed, but if they kill one by one, there will definitely be those who slip through the net. Xu Xiang said lightly. Is Master Fan here to ask about the crime? ”

Fan Sheng shook his head: "Of course not, I'm just curious." ”

"With Master Fan's intelligence, what's so strange about this." Xu Xiang smiled and said: "The Third Highness said that a large number of people will be migrated from Qingzhou, and these people must have food to eat, work to do, and let them settle down." What will settle them down? Land, of course. But the land in Tai'an is in the hands of these gentry landlords. They say they support the Three Highnesses, but if they really want them to give up these lands, are they willing? Of course, it was slaughtered with a knife. After receiving their land, it can be distributed to these immigrants, and their family wealth can be handed over, so that the military funds of the army of the Three Highnesses can be temporarily settled, Master Fan, otherwise how do you think the Three Highnesses can form an army of tens of thousands of people at such a fast speed in Tai'an? If you don't have money, can you do this? ”

Fan Sheng was speechless.

That's really what it's all about.

"These local tyrants and inferior gentry, no matter how much benefit you give them, they will take it for granted. But these Shengdou small people are different, if you give them a little bit, they will remember you for a lifetime. Look, next year, it will be absolutely easy to collect these things from our Tai'an's taxes and military rations, because these people all know that their land is given by the Third Highness! Xu Xiang continued.

"Are you so sure?"

"Of course, because I'm also a Shengdou min." Xu Xiang said seriously: "No one knows better than me what the little people of Shengdou are thinking. ”

Fan Sheng nodded, maybe he had a point. From Zhu Youzhen's point of view, a person like Xu Xiang is indeed a capable guy.

"Is it necessary to offend the Zhou family?"

"It's necessary!" Xu Xiang said: "Actually, they don't come to me for trouble, and I'm ready to go for their trouble. ”

"You are not afraid of offending Sun Tonglin, that is the most useful person in front of the Third Highness!" Fan Sheng said with a smile.

Xu Xiang smiled.

"What are you laughing at? Isn't it? ”

"When I was still in Qingzhou, Sun Tonglin was indeed the most useful person for His Royal Highness, but now he is not necessarily better than me." Xu Xiang said with a grin.

Fan Sheng was dumbfounded, looking at Xu Xiang for a long time, this person is too smart. When he was in Qingzhou, His Royal Highness wanted to use Sun Tonglin's strength to successfully complete the relocation, and now that the relocation has been completed, and Xu Xiang's work in resettlement has been much better than expected, Sun Tonglin's importance has been greatly reduced.

"Then do you know that many people in the Sun family will enter the shogunate of the Three Highnesses and become the generals of the Three Highnesses, and the Three Highnesses even handed over his fiefdom in Guanzhong to Sun Tonglin to take care of, and Sun Tonglin's granddaughter will soon become the side concubine of the Three Highnesses!"

"I, Xu Xiang, am not alone, and I also have helpers. And in the future, I think my accomplices are much more capable than Sun. As for the side concubine? Ha, if the Third Highness is a person who can be blown over by the pillow wind, it will be my Xu Xiang blind, great, I will be a bandit again! ”

Fan Sheng smiled bitterly.

"Actually, sometimes, you can be reasonable. You don't read a lot of books, and you're extremely smart, so there's no need to be so hard. Fan Sheng persuaded.

"Master Fan, some people, when you reason with him, he plays hooligan with you!" Xu Xiang spread his hands, "So, when dealing with some people, you can only play hooligan with him, and he will reason with you!" I thought about this thing for a long time to figure it out, of course, this must also be built on a certain foundation, but now, I have this capital! If you can get things done cleanly, why drag the mud and water? His Royal Highness can't afford to wait. ”