The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 70
When Jiang Tao came to the lobby to ask, he knew the reason, and he comforted him: "Please hurry up, it is difficult for our army to recruit people, this is all the fault of this general, no matter where you go in the future, you are not allowed to bully the weak, that's all." , don’t take it to heart.”

"Thank you, General, for your generosity. A villain can't repay you for your kindness." Qi Datou said in shame.

"Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself. From now on, just focus on doing business with your heart. Lieutenant Qi is capable and meticulous. This general sees it in his eyes. Hehe, step back." Jiang Tao said with a smile on his face. He saw that Qi Datou was eager to learn. In his heart, he couldn't help mentioning a few words, and after finishing speaking, he summoned the document and others.

These documents are all harvested by the county seat. There are 13 people in total. After persuasion, he defected to Jiang Tao.

Jiang Tao attached great importance to them. They were busy all night last night before finishing counting the belongings in Luojiabao.

After Jiang Tao took the bill, he was shocked. Luojiabao actually had 8000 shi of grain, [-] taels of gold, more than [-] taels of silver, many antique calligraphy and paintings, and many other materials.

Jiang Tao was very puzzled, how could a landlord in a small county have so much wealth?

"Very good!" Jiang Tao waved his hand, let all the clerks go down to rest, and sat on a chair to meditate by himself: "Now the materials in the fort total no less than 400 million catties, and half of the materials in the county have not been moved, and now they have been seized again." There are so many, this is really terrible!"

If you can't remove all the materials in a short time, you've been working for nothing for so long.The more Jiang Tao thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he hurriedly called Luo Qian to ask him about it.

Luo Qian came over with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "General, the leader of the Luo family army on the mountain is actually Luo Feng, one of the leaders of the Nursing Academy, and he has a good relationship with his subordinates. We are waiting outside the door right now."

"Oh, hurry up!" Jiang Tao exclaimed in surprise.

As soon as the words were finished, a man in his thirties came in. He was wearing iron armor, with a thick back, thick eyebrows and big eyes. There was a birthmark the size of a broad bean above his left eye, and he looked extraordinary.

"Guilty, guilty, I am willing to die for the general in the future!" Luo Feng walked into the lobby calmly, knelt on the ground at once, looked straight at Jiang Tao, and said calmly.

"Hahaha, you are really a hero!" Jiang Tao laughed loudly, and hurried to help him, not thinking that the other party seemed to be sucked on the ground and weighed as much as a thousand catties. Commander Feng has a lot of strength, haha, from now on we will all be a family, Luo Feng will temporarily be the commander, and will take over Luo Qian’s Iron Spear Battalion, and Luo Qian will take over the remnants of Luo’s family and create the Iron Armored Guard!”

Standing in front of the black tiger, Luo Feng realized how weak he was. He immediately felt ashamed, clasped his fists and said, "My lord general has a large number of people. I don't blame him for probing him. I admire him. In the future, I will go up the mountain of knives and down into the sea of ​​fire. If Luo Feng winks One look is not a hero!"

"It's easy to say, in the future we will have the same blessings and share the same hardships, haha, command me to kill pigs and sheep, and serve Luo Feng as the leader." Jiang Tao was very happy when he saw that he was a real person, and he had a strong sense of the world, and asked again : "Where did the Luo family get so many armors and weapons?"

"Don't you know, the general?" Luo Qian asked suspiciously, but he was very grateful for Heihu's trust in him. After all, the remnants of the Luo family now have three to four hundred people, so he should avoid suspicion, but he knows Heihu's nature, and said Words are not easily changed.

"Haha." Jiang Tao laughed to cover up his expression, then patted his head and said, "Hehe, the general is not awake yet, please tell the commander in detail."

"Let me tell the general that the Luo family is not only the largest landlord in the county, but also secretly manages salt and iron and other things, making a lot of profits. Although Luojiabao is his foundation, there must be his lairs in other places. The subordinates also don't know, now that Luo Xiaotian has escaped from birth, the subordinates are extremely worried about his resurgence, and they suggest sending some people to hunt him down, after all, cutting grass and root is the right thing to do!" Luo Qian said coldly, even though he was betrayed Luo Xiaotian was still afraid of it in his heart.

"Well, that's all. Now that there is a shortage of troops, we should first learn about the cottage. Could it be that this Luojiabao is the concentration of salt and iron?" Jiang Tao asked after analyzing it, but he was still puzzled. , Then why didn't you see a lot of salt and iron?

"General, please forgive me. I was in a hurry yesterday and forgot to report to the general that there are secret warehouses and underground iron smelting divisions in the Luojiabao." Luo Qianmeng knelt on the ground and sighed.

"Well, it's not too late now, get up, go check it out quickly, and protect it properly. This general will pass right away." Jiang Tao said calmly, but he was already a little unhappy in his heart. Maybe Commander Luo also knew about that Secretly and honestly, but didn't tell himself early, otherwise the Black Tiger Guard wouldn't have hurt so many strong men, no matter what, this matter will not be pursued, and if there is a next time, he will never forgive him lightly.

Jiang Tao then took all the leaders to watch the secret warehouse, and saw that the warehouse was full of salt, all packed in sacks, and the underground warehouse was not only dry, but also ventilated. Jiang Tao was amazed at the Luo family's creation of such a large project. , The Black Tiger Army will not be short of salt in the short term.

When he came to the iron smelting department, he saw more than five hundred craftsmen either smelting iron or making weapons and armor. Pale, as if he had lost his vitality, Jiang Tao's heart ached for a while, and only then did he realize the power of the Luo family. It seemed that he was able to occupy the Luo family castle by pure luck. If these craftsmen were armed, it would be enough for the Black Tiger Army to drink a pot.

All kinds of weapons and armor are neatly arranged everywhere, exuding icy cold air, which makes people dare not breathe wantonly.

I also saw that the dense smoke from more than a dozen small blast furnaces with a height of [-] meters flows out through special pipes. The air in the underground ironworks is unimpeded, and the dense smoke cannot be detected above the Luojiabao. The design is really ingenious. Jiang Tao laughed, not talking about these pig iron, armor and weapons, the key is these craftsmen, with these craftsmen, it will no longer be a dream for all the Black Tiger Army to have flintlock guns in the future.

There are also these iron-making blast furnaces. As long as you find iron ore and coal mines in the future, you will not worry about steel. Jiang Tao thought of this, and then he felt that there was a shortage of troops. The lieutenant is very familiar with the surrounding situation, hurry up and recruit people."

Qi Datou was overjoyed when he heard the words, he thought that if he messed up his errand, the general would despise him in his heart, he didn't want the general to be so easy-going, so he responded loudly: "This subordinate must do his best!"

Jiang Tao nodded, hurriedly ordered all the craftsmen to stop, called them together, and said loudly: "The folks have worked hard."

The craftsmen looked at it in confusion, looked at Jiang Tao timidly, and lowered their heads again.

Jiang Tao was a little helpless. Obviously they still knew nothing about the changes in the outside world. He hurriedly ordered the leaders of the craftsmen to find them and ordered the craftsmen to dismantle the iron-making blast furnace. In any case, these craftsmen and iron-making equipment must be transported first. If we leave, food can continue to be robbed, but these craftsmen and equipment are hard to find.

(End of this chapter)