Because things were busy in the village, Xu Ping didn't take the time to go back to the town, so he had to suppress the discovery of the secret of the medicine and silver first, and then tell Sang Yi the next day.

In the evening, after having dinner with Xiuxiu, Xu Ping went to inspect the livestock shed. After coming to this world for more than half a year, he has become more and more in the role of a small landlord, and when he walks after eating, sometimes he goes to the field to see the growth of crops, and sometimes he goes to see the livestock he raises.

As soon as he walked out of the village, he heard a sudden sound of horses riding.

Xu Ping was taken aback and stood in place. Listening to the sound, this is to beat the horse to the fastest speed, he has been a horse for a few months, and he has not ridden it like this.

In the blink of an eye, a man and a rider came around from behind Zhuangzi, and suddenly stopped not far from Xu Ping's side.

Li Wei rolled down from the horse, rushed to Xu Ping, and knelt on the ground: "Little village owner, the big thing is not good, there is a disaster in the village!" ”

Xu Ping saw that something was unusual, came up to help Li Wei up, and said softly: "Don't worry, get up and talk slowly." The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the sky will not fall! ”

Seeing Xu Ping's calm expression, Li Wei also calmed down a little, stood up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and a cold wind blew, and he couldn't help but shiver.

Seeing Xu Ping staring at him, Li Wei's face suddenly became bitter: "Since the last time I listened to the teachings of the little village owner, I have been paying attention to it, and I have been paying attention to the movements of Ke Wulang and his gang of thieves all the time. Who knows, who knows-"

Seeing that Li Wei had made another old mistake, Xu Ping's face became a little stern: "If you have something to say, even if you say it, what does it mean to stop talking?" ”

Li Wei sighed: "I haven't found them yet, but they have found me!" ”

Xu Ping's expression was solemn: "What do you mean?" Be clear! ”

Li Wei said: "At noon today, Ke Wulang suddenly came to my house with two people. We have met before, and he came uninvited this time, and I didn't dare to slack off, killing chickens and ducks to entertain him. ”

Xu Ping interrupted Li Wei: "There is no need to talk about these nonsense, only the most important ones." ”

Li Wei looked at Xu Ping and said in a low voice: "They are looking for me to inquire about the news, and they will come to the little owner's Zhuangzi in the evening." Ke Wulang heard from somewhere that the little farmer had thousands of taels of silver here, and he thought about it. ”

Where is Xu Ping willing to believe that this is not the Water Margin plane, and said to Li Wei: "This is the boundary of Kaifeng Mansion, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, surrounded by a large army, this group of people has eaten the heart of a bear and a leopard, and dares to rob with open fire!" ”

Li Wei just sighed: "I also asked him like this, Ke Wulang only said that they had been forced to the end of the road at this time, and they had to fight to the death, and if they succeeded, they would leave the country." ”

Robbery with knives and guns is a capital offense in any case. Although at this time, the four seas were peaceful, and Kaifeng Mansion had not yet implemented the thief heavy law, and the main leader still could not escape death. If in a few decades, the society will not be so peaceful, and the Kaifeng Prefecture area will be classified as a heavy law area against thieves, and if this kind of thing happens, it will be a death.

Xu Ping saw that Li Wei was serious, and he didn't dare to take this matter as child's play. The so-called outlaws, perhaps a thought will do irreparable things, and they can't be viewed with common sense. Let Li Wei sit down on the stone in front of the door and ask him in detail what he knows.

It turned out that Ke Wulang heard that there was a large amount of silver on Xu Pingzhuang, so he made the idea here. Since he was going to flee, copper coins were not easy to carry, and the first choice of robbery was gold and silver. And the surrounding rich people, if they want food, they will be piled up, and if they want gold and silver, it is rare, and Ke Wulang does not have many choices. It just so happened that Xu Ping had made a fortune and entered the treasure recently, and a large amount of silver had come in, and there was always news leaking out, so he was targeted.

Li Wei is a local elder and well-informed, and he used to be mixed in the road, so he was approached by Ke Wulang to find out the truth on Xu Pingzhuang.

Li Wei didn't dare not say anything, and he didn't dare to offend Xu Ping by saying anything, he only said that there were more than 30 Zhuang guests in the village, and there were no powerful people.

Ke Wulang actually knew that Sang Yi was here, and after asking about Sang Yi's general absence from the village now, he made up his mind to rob the village tonight. For his former colleague Li Wei, Ke Wulang didn't feel much trouble, but he was watched and didn't let him move, and waited until it was nearly evening to evacuate people.

After asking all this, Xu Ping took a deep breath. Look at the day, it's getting late, it's too late to go to the town to call Sang Yi back, if Li Wei is telling the truth, he has to rely on himself tonight.

Seeing that Li Wei's expression gradually calmed down, Xu Ping asked him: "That Ke Wulang, how many people are under his hands?" Are there any outstanding characters? How are you doing? ”

Li Wei's face was a little ugly: "The little farmer asked this, how did I know?" What I saw in front of me was that he had brought two people, and the other subordinates were somewhere else. I can't say Ke Goro's skills, but it's certain that he is far worse than the tall and big people in the village. Gao Daquan used to be a well-known tough guy in the army of the Qunmu Division, but he wouldn't please his boss, otherwise he would get an official position. ”

Xu Ping asked a few more words, but Li Wei didn't say in detail. He only knew Kegoro, and he didn't have a deep friendship, and he didn't know the specific situation.

After everything was understood, Xu Ping asked the two Zhuang guests to take Li Wei away, saying that they were taking good care of him, but in fact he was under house arrest. I can't do anything I can say about it, and I have to wait until tomorrow morning.

Seeing that it was already dark, Xu Ping first asked Xu Chang to call Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang to his small courtyard. Xiuxiu was cleaning up the dishes, and Xu Ping asked her to go back to her room, and don't come out tonight no matter what happens. This kind of thing is not for a little girl to worry about.

Xiuxiu saw Xu Ping's serious expression, knowing that there was something important, no matter how she asked, she obediently went back to the room.

Called people to his study, Xu Chang poured tea, and Xu Ping told the news brought by Li Wei.

Xu Chang was careful and asked, "How credible do you think this Li Wei's words are?" ”

Xu Ping said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that eighty percent is true." ”

Xu Chang's face also sank: "It's a pity that Sang Xiucai is not in the village, I heard that he has an iron sword, and ten or eight thieves have also cleaned it up." ”

Sun Qilang didn't care: "Don't be discouraged!" This is the place of Kaifeng Mansion, the best area in the world, where there is room for thieves to gather! Anyway, there aren't many people who think about it, otherwise where can they be allowed to get away. We have also practiced knives and guns in the village, and the thieves are here, just to use them to offer officials! ”

Xu Ping didn't dare to be so optimistic, outlaws and ordinary people are not the same concept, one side really dares to kill people with a knife, but the other side just musters up the courage to barely defend himself, and his combat effectiveness is one level lower.

Seeing that Gao Daquan didn't speak, Xu Ping asked him, "What do you think?" Anyway, he has been in the Xiangjun for many years, and there should always be a charter when encountering this kind of thing. ”

Gao Daquan smiled bitterly: "The officials joked, I either transported grain or herded horses in the Xiang Army, and I didn't take a knife and gun a few times, so I know something." However, in my opinion, if this gang of thieves dares to attack Zhuangzi, the number of them must not be too small. However, Shichiro was also right just now, there are many people, and it is impossible for them to gather around without rumors. All told, there are always one or twenty people. Such a group of people, if they are accustomed to swords, also have the confidence to deal with twenty or thirty villagers. I don't know what the officials think? ”

Xu Ping said: "The number of them is about twenty at most, and no matter how much they have the temperament of thieves, they won't be able to play." It's not how many people they have, it's how they're going to attack, how we're going to defend. ”

Xu Ping remembered that Song Jiang was said in history, and he used two steel knives in his hands and led 36 people to traverse several states. If the number of this Ke Wulang group is up to one hundred and eighty, it will be a joke, and it is enough for the imperial court to send a large army to encircle and suppress it, which is obviously impossible.

The most important thing is how to defend the bank.

This is Zhuang Ke guarding the property of the Xu family, but it is not a battle between the two armies on the battle array, which can be simply converted into combat effectiveness. This kind of battle, maintaining the morale of their own side is very important, as long as there is a careless, Zhuang Ke will faint when he sees the blood, anyway, it is not related to his own net worth and property, he will scatter in a hurry.

In his previous life, Xu Ping was familiar with the "Militia Military Training Manual" as a novel, and there was no big problem with arranging troops, but it was a difficult problem to ensure the subjective initiative of Zhuang Ke.

After listening to Xu Ping's words, everyone thought for a while, and said tallly: "This kind of thief is just a rabble, and it all depends on the leader's ability to gather people." The so-called capture of the thief first captures the king, as long as we see the right time to catch Ke Wulang, they will naturally be defeated. ”

Xu Ping smiled bitterly: "I naturally understand this truth, but the question is how to capture this king?" If Sang Xiucai is here, it's okay, he is agile, and he can win Ke Wulang in the crowd, we don't have this ability. ”

After listening to Xu Ping's words, several people lowered their heads again.

In the past six months, not only Xu Ping, but also Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang have often followed Sang Yi to practice martial arts, and even Zhao Zi sometimes came to teach everyone a few swords and guns. Although Zhao Zi and Xu Ping don't have eye to eye to eye, the relationship with Gao Daquan is not bad, plus the good wine on the greedy village, they have to come to that once or twice a month.

But for such a thing as fighting, one is to look at learning and training, and the other is to look at talent. Sang Yi is not a master and a high apprentice, and his physical condition is average, but he is calm and easy when he fights, and the more he sees blood, the calmer he is, and he is almost a natural general.

Gao Daquan's physical condition is excellent, but his talent is not. Although he didn't panic when fighting, he didn't have the natural decisiveness of Sang Yi, and he lacked huge lethality when he was in battle. If he had been training in the battle formation for two years, Gao Daquan would have been a fierce general, but now he can't.

The two are facing each other to the death, and if you make a knife, you must hesitate about the consequences of this knife, and this battle will not be fought. And this is precisely the instinct of ordinary people, the instinct of a peaceful society, without which the social order will be a mess.

Although Gao Daquan has been in the Xiang Army for many years, he is still just an ordinary person.

Seeing that the discussion could not come up with a result, Xu Ping sighed secretly, it seems that he has to rely on the set of militia tactics he learned in his previous life, and he doesn't know the spirit.