The Richest Man in the Heavens Starts from Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 9 One Arrow

After Du Yu, Zhu Wu and others ventilated, the people in Shaohua Mountain began to prepare for the battle.

When he returned to Shijia Village the next day, he ordered people to knock on the clapper to gather the surrounding people. He could pay the money, but he also needed the reputation.

Fifty guan is nothing to me, but if it is added to the people, it is not a small amount. Even a large village like Shijia Village requires hundreds of coins per household.

It may not seem like much, but don't forget that the usual taxes have not been reduced.This is because he is not short of money, and if some officials are replaced, they will not be able to take the opportunity to apportion it to the common people to earn a vote.

Soon, people from the surrounding villages gathered at the threshing ground of Shi Jin Manor.

"Fellow folks, yesterday the official came to inform that Mr. Wang, the magistrate of the county, wanted to go to Shaohua Mountain to suppress the bandits, and asked our Shijia Village to pay fifty pennies," Du Yu said.

After hearing this, everyone started talking about it. Most of them were complaining about how long it took to pay the tax after harvesting the wheat and then planting the winter wheat after removing the food and clothing costs.

But if you don't pay, how can you face those wolf-like yamen servants? Many people scolded the court for not giving them a way out on the spot.

Du Yu listened to their complaints for a while, and then said: "Everyone, listen to me, my historian has settled here for generations and has never treated the folks badly. This time, I, Shi Jin, paid the money for everyone."

"Thank you Dalang."

"Thank you, Master."

"..."

There was a voice of thanks from below.

Du Yu stopped them with a wave of his hand, and said, "Fellow folks, if you have difficulties today, I, Shi Jin, extend my hand to help. If I need something in the future, I hope the folks can help me too."

"It's natural. Dalang and I rely on you for food, so there is no reason why we don't listen to you." A clan elder said.

"Nowadays, the world is not prosperous and corrupt officials are rampant. There are countless people who have been forced to fall into the grass in recent years. I want to protect my ancestral property so I have to take up swords and guns. You live in Shijia Village, and you are in the same boat as me. If one day Bandits are everywhere, I hope you will fight against the enemy with me." Du Yu said.

The villagers started talking again, but they didn't object to his statement. They also knew that the world was bad now, and if there were any changes, the owner of the village, Shi Jin, could be counted on.

In fact, many young people in the village are envious of Zhuang Ding of the Shijia, and at least they can have a full meal by following him, so there are not many people who oppose it.

Hearing what Shi Jin said, it seemed that he wanted to set up a village protection team, and they were even a little excited.

However, Du Yu only spoke to this point. After all, it is unknown how things will develop. His purpose today is to win the hearts of the villagers and prepare them psychologically by the way.

This guy beeped and talked for a while, mainly bragging about being bold and generous for the sake of the villagers, etc., and then dismissing the villagers after a lot of fooling around.

In the afternoon, Du Yu took a few farmers and rode donkeys to Huayin County to pay taxes. The reason why he didn't ride a horse was because he was afraid that Mr. Wang or the county captain would take a fancy to his mount.

There was nothing to say on the road, and they rushed to the Huayin county government office in less than an hour.

As expected, Du Yu saw many people coming in and out. In Shi Jin's memory, they were Baozheng and Lizheng around the county.

Huayin County has more than a hundred villages and towns under its jurisdiction. There are not many tycoons like Shi Jin, but there are [-] or [-] of them. Counting some small villages, just this time the "bandit suppression tax" magistrate Wang can harvest three to four thousand guan.

It may not sound like much, but it is actually quite a lot.You must know that in the Northern Song Dynasty, the salary of officials at the county magistrate level was only more than 200 guan a year, and it would not exceed [-] guan if the salary and various subsidies were included.

Even if you can't put all the salary in your pocket for a "suppression of bandits" for ten years, you can still get [-]% to [-]%.

Du Yu sneered in his heart, as expected, he was an official for thousands of miles only for money, and nine times out of ten, Mr. Wang felt that earning salary was too slow, so he came up with an excuse to grab land.

Seeing him bring the money, the yamen servants went in with smiles on their faces.

After a while, the county magistrate Wang let him in to speak.

Du Yu saluted according to Shi Jin's memory. Fortunately, this is the Song Dynasty and he is not in the mood to kneel down to salute, otherwise he would be disgusted to death.

Perhaps today he was a boy who gave away money, and County Magistrate Wang exchanged pleasantries with him with a friendly face, but the guy kept his words on suppressing bandits, and acted like he was thinking of the people.

Du Yu hit the snake with the stick and praised a few words, which made the Huayin County Venerable laugh heartily.

Of course, there are many people like him who come to give money, and the county magistrate will not catch him and talk endlessly.

After paying the money, the registration is considered complete, and the county magistrate Wang didn't even prepare a bowl of water for them.

Du Yu bid farewell and left the county office, but he didn't go home directly, but went to Liji Jade Store and Dongji Pharmacy to have a look.

The treasurer of the jade shop still didn't get him any good goods, but he got another 30-year-old ginseng plant from Dongji Pharmacy, which was a worthwhile trip.

Back in Shijia Village, Du Yu began to wait for the news of the bandit suppression in Huayin County, but he didn't expect that it would take half a month.

It turned out that the county lieutenant was also of the same virtue as the county magistrate Wang. They just used the excuse of suppressing bandits to collect money, and the money was divided up as soon as they got it.

It's just that seeing that the people's emotions were mobilized, they had no choice but to put on a show, planning to take the soldiers from the county town to the foot of Shaohua Mountain for a tour.

Even so, they dawdled until three days ago before opening the treasury, taking out the guard of honor, and practicing a formation before heading towards Shaohua Mountain.

Du Yu couldn't help but smile wryly after hearing the news. It seems that Shi Jin was really unlucky to be denounced in Water Margin, which caught him by surprise.

Knowing that the government launched an operation, Shi Jin asked his old servant Shi Huai to inform the villagers in the village to get ready.

Of course, he didn't want to help the government, nor did he bring people to help Shaohua Mountain. He was afraid that the officers and soldiers would crash into Shijia Village after they were dispersed.

After the villagers were ready, the guy secretly rode a horse and took a shortcut to the Shaohua Mountain Village.

By the time Du Yu arrived, Chen Da, Yang Chun, and Han Bolong had already put on their helmets and armor, and were ready for battle. Even Zhu Wu, who was not good at fighting, was fully armed and attached great importance to this battle.

After Du Yu went up the mountain, as planned, he disguised himself and mixed with the minion soldiers.

It was nearly six hours before they saw the ranks of the officers and soldiers in the distance.

Du Yu took out a high-powered telescope to observe, and found that the number of people led by the county captain was three or four times more than when Shi Jin was captured in the novel, at least 400 people.

It seems that not only all the defenders from the county were brought along, but the government servants and the local Xiang army were also fooled.

It's just that although there were a lot of people, Du Yu didn't see the appearance of a regular army at all. The marching team was so loose that it didn't look like marching and fighting, but it looked like a Hong Kong comprehensive society showing horses.

All the way to the foot of Shaohua Mountain, the county lieutenant waved the whole army to stop advancing, and unexpectedly set up an army formation there.

Du Yu shook his head as he watched, and said to his heart that big brother, you are just playing games and playing house, who is waiting for you to line up when you are serious about fighting, so he immediately sent someone to inform Zhu Wu of the news.

Zhu Wu is nicknamed the military division of Shenji. He is proficient in formations and strategies. In the novel, he has always been Lu Junyi's military division and assisted him in defeating the enemy many times. He is one of the last surviving fifteen generals in Liang Shanbo.

In the end, he was named Wu Yilang and the commander of all roads. Of course, he didn't go there but went to Gongsun Sheng with Fan Rui to learn Taoism.

Although Zhu Wu didn't see the situation at the foot of the mountain, he firmly believed in what 'Shi Jin' said, and led the minions from the cottage to rush down.

After a while, the distance between the two armies met was less than 200 meters.

The officers and soldiers originally planned to put up a formation under the command of the county lieutenant and then return to the city. When they thought that the thieves from Shaohua Mountain had actually come down to fight, they suddenly panicked.

The county lieutenant shouted anxiously, and managed to hold his ground.

But he didn't know that among the crowd opposite, Du Yu had already taken out the compound bow from the system space, put on a hunting arrow and aimed it at his throat.

"Buzz!"

The bowstring vibrated, and the arrow shot straight to the county lieutenant's throat in an instant.

The poor man was shot dead by Du Yu without even leaving his name, becoming the first person he killed in the Water Margin world.

As soon as the county lieutenant died, the army formation that had just stabilized became chaotic.

Two men in the official uniforms of the capital also tried to save the situation, yelling for the soldiers to stabilize.

At this time, Han Bolong and Chen Da couldn't hold back for a long time, they rushed over with their horses and shot each of them, killing the dogs with heads.

Then the minion soldiers rushed over shouting, the officers and soldiers still had the guts to fight again, and turned around and ran away one by one, hating their parents for losing two legs.

The minions of Shaohua Mountain chased for three to five miles, until they completely killed the officers and soldiers, and then returned in triumph with six or seven hundred prisoners.

(End of this chapter)