A moving brigade of seven or eight hundred people suddenly ran to the bottom of the mountain village. It was quite bizarre. The soldiers in the mountain village were a little nervous. Many people tightened their weapons, some raised big stones, and several soldiers even worked together to push the rolling wood and planned to roll down the mountain at any time.

Wang Er, who was frowning in the school, learned to read and read, rushed out, ran to Zhu Yuanzhang, and shouted happily: "Okay, if there is an enemy attack, you don't need to study."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him angrily.

Wang Er quickly changed his words and said, "Where did the strange army come from the foot of the mountain? Could it be the trick of the officers and soldiers? Brother Zhu, give me two or three hundred troops. I will definitely command the enemy below the mountain this time."

"No, in my opinion, these people are not enemies." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "It's April now. Think about it, what happened just outside the mountain during this season?"

Wang Er tilted his head and thought for a long time, but he didn't think it out.

"It's Spring Fu!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "In March, the court collected Spring Fu and wanted to sit in the hall to compare grain. However, the drought last year was so severe that no one could pay the Autumn Fu. He forced the people from our village to rebel. How could they have money to pay the Spring Fu this year? The people who moved at the foot of the mountain should have sold money to pay the Autumn Fu in the autumn Fu last year, but this year they could not pay the Spring Fu, so they had to be forced to run into the mountain."

So that's it! Wang Er suddenly realized.

"Come some soldiers with loud voices, yell at the foot of the mountain, and ask them to send a few representatives up the mountain to speak." Zhu Yuanzhang ordered.

Soon, Wang Er pulled a few loud voices over. He was also a loud voice, and stood among the group of people. Zhu Yuanzhang asked them to shout at the foot of the mountain: "Listen, the people at the foot of the mountain are occupied by Zhu Ba. Why are you sneaking under the mountain? If you don't want to be beaten, send a few people who can speak up the mountain."

After these few roars, I saw the people at the foot of the mountain stirring for a while, and many people gathered together. After a while, it seemed that they had reached a consensus. Three men came out of the crowd, one of whom was older, and it seemed to be a bit virtuous. The other two were younger and bold, probably to protect him.

The two young men walked up the mountain road together, walking towards the mountain village.

When these three people walked halfway up the mountain, a soldier screamed: "Oh, I know all three people. These are people from our Baishui* County... The old man led by him is Mr. De from Leiya Township! The other two young people are lions from Shangwang Township and two brothers, namely lions and dogs, and they are very life-threatening when fighting."

"Liu Dog? This nickname..." Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't know whether to laugh or sigh, but he had heard of Mr. De of Leiya Township. It is said that this old man is respected in Leiya Township. Because he is fair in his work, he is convinced by the villagers.

The lion dog held Mr. De and slowly walked to the gate of the village. Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and signaled that the soldiers in charge of the village pushed open the gate of the village tied with tree trunks and put the three of them in.

Zhu Yuanzhang hugged Mr. De, which was considered a polite manner, and then said, "Mr. De, what wind has blown you to my little village?"

"Oh!" Mr. De sighed, replied with a trembling salute, and then said, "Are you the rumored Brother Zhu Ba in Baishui?"

An old man called his eldest brother, and it would feel uncomfortable if he changed to any young man, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't feel that way. He was a human being for hundreds of years and his mental age was already an old monster. Not to mention calling him eldest brother, even if he called him uncle, he wouldn't be strange: "Yes, I am Zhu Ba."

Mr. De looked at him in a daze. After a while, he sighed and said, "Brother Zhu Ba, please take in the 783 villagers at the foot of the mountain. Everyone is desperate, so they have to go to Huanglong Mountain to find you..."

"oh?"

When Uncle De saw him showing an inquiring expression, he quickly said, "Last autumn Fu, you revolted and entered Huanglong Mountain. We didn't follow us at that time... mainly because... I'm afraid..." He only said this, omitting it later, but everyone understood what he meant and did not go into it.

Mr. De continued: "But the news of your defeat of Yang Hong has spread, so everyone is not so afraid... This year, the newly appointed county magistrate of the government came to urge him again, which made the villagers miserable. When everyone thought of Brother Zhu Ba's majesty, they decided to go into the mountain to surrender to you..."

When he said this, Wang Er next to him suddenly shouted: "Brother Zhu, you guessed it again...wow, when did you guess wrong and show me."

Uncle De was interrupted by him, so he had to stop and pause before continuing: "Please be good to Brother Zhu Ba, please take all the villagers. Everyone has moved out all the things at home and can no longer go back."

After hearing his words, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded without hesitation: "Okay! I'll accept you!"

"Wow!" The two lions and dogs yelled together: "Is it so easy to agree?" These two young men, who claimed to be desperate for fighting, have actually been holding back their energy since they came up the mountain, thinking: If Zhu Ba does not agree to let them join, he will fight for this life.

Their worries are not unreasonable. Most bandits and bandits are selfish and do not like to recruit people casually. For example, in the "Water Margin" by Mr. Storyteller, there is a Wang Lun who Lin Chong went up the mountain to enter his gang. He insisted that others submit a letter of fame to make things difficult for him.

The Lion Dog thinks that they are heroes like Lin Chong, and the little village may not dare to accept people like them. Moreover, Mr. De is respected and has countless people support him wherever he goes. Zhu Ba may make things difficult for them, let them trade a letter of fame, or simply refuse to accept them.

By then, they had to learn from Lin Chong and have a story about Wang Lun. So the two of them were nervous and planned to fight at any time.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Ba agreed without thinking... The lion dog was holding it and exploded with a burst of force, almost unable to find a place to vent his catharsis, which made him feel like an internal injury.

"Why don't you agree?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled kindly: "All the villagers are all from the villages and the land. If you are in trouble, how can I sit down and watch? Come up the mountain quickly..."

While smiling at Uncle De and the Lion Dog, he turned to Wang Er, Ma Xiaotian and others and ordered: "Call out all the soldiers and fellow villagers in our village, and set up a team to welcome the new fellow villagers."

"Welcome?" Wang Er didn't understand what this meant, but he always obeyed Zhu Yuanzhang and did not ask why, so he quickly sent an order to go there.

After a while, the eight groups of soldiers in the mountain village gathered together and stood in two rows, and welcomed them on the road up the mountain. Everyone was dressed in neatly, holding weapons in their hands, and stood in two rows and one stop majestic, which was quite imposing. Behind them were their families, the elderly, weak, women and children in the mountains.

The "sand welcome" of such a large scale is quite unique.

Uncle De and the Lion Dog went down the mountain to greet the villagers at the foot of the mountain. Everyone carried cabinets and tables on their backs and walked up the mountain. The first thing they caught their eye were two rows of soldiers in the middle of the road. These two rows of soldiers were all wearing the mandarin duck battle jackets in the Ming Dynasty, with neat military appearance and extraordinary momentum.

The Lion Dog couldn't help but gasp: "Is this... officers and soldiers? Why are the officers and soldiers also help Zhu Ba guard the mountain village?"

"Not an officer or a soldier!" Mr. De whispered: "The officer or a soldier's mandarin duck battle jacket is bright red, and theirs is black and purple... This is made by re-dyeing after snatching it from the officer or a soldier."

The Lion Dog then suddenly realized: "What a powerful Zhu Ba, he dared to steal things from the officers and soldiers. It seems that it is rumored that he defeated Yang Hong, but it is not a joke."

They continued to walk forward, and the soldiers on both sides of the road were no longer wearing mandarin duck battle jackets, but everyone was carrying spears with serious expressions and murderous aura. Walking among two rows of people, a man like a lion and dog who was desperate also felt cold in his vest, let alone ordinary people. Everyone was shocked by the momentum of Zhu Bajun, and they didn't dare to speak out and walked silently.

Mr. De sighed again: "No wonder Zhu Ba wanted to 'welcome' us. He was actually deliberately showing the strength of the copycat to show us, and told us to be obedient after joining the gang and not to make trouble."

After they passed through the welcome team composed of soldiers, the momentum in front suddenly slowed down, and a large number of elderly, weak and weak women and children appeared in front of them. These were the most ordinary villagers, some were so old that they could not walk on the road, some were so small that they could only climb on the ground, some were so weak that they could not move stones, and some were pitiful people with disabilities... These people appeared at the bottom of the welcome team, which immediately made the villagers who had just gone up the mountain warm: "There are not all bandits on this mountain, but there are also ordinary people like us."

The Lion Dog was a little confused and asked Mr. De in a low voice: "Isn't he going to demonstrate to us? Why did he get such a group of people at the end?"

Mr. De's face showed a smile: "This is to calm our hearts. He first demonstrated, telling us not to make trouble and listen to his arrangements. Next, he used these old, weak, women and children to tell us that the village does not dislike us. As long as he is in the same heart as them, everyone can take root in this mountain like these people."

The Lion Dog sweated: "I have so much knowledge in it to welcome? We really don't understand this!"

Mr. De shook his head and said, "Young people are so terrifying. I didn't know these things when I was at your age! I finally became a little smarter after living a lifetime, but Zhu Bacai was so old that he could do such things so easily... This person is not simple! We are here to come to this copycat! He is definitely not comparable to ordinary bandits."
Chapter completed!