Had a simple meal.
Luo Laowai left by boat happily.
This trip to Junshan Island was a great harvest for him, at least he got the promise of shopkeeper Chen.
Along the way, he was already thinking about whether to take this opportunity to recruit a group of people to expand his armed strength. Anyway, the most valuable thing these days is people.
As long as the news is released, there will be food to eat and military pay.
I'm afraid all the followers will be like clouds.
The problem is.
Chishan Island is only that big.
Moreover, just to fight a group of water bandits, the elite of the pistol battalion is enough. When the time comes to actually capture Dongting Lake, it seems that it will be too late to recruit a group of people to patrol the lake.
Two guys were in charge of punting the boat.
The adjutant stood behind him with his hands hanging down.
Seeing that his expression finally calmed down, he carefully opened a pack of cigarettes and handed it over, then lit a match and said, "Shuai Luo, you look in a good mood?"
"You kid, don't try to sidetrack me."
Luo Laowai leaned against the side of the ship, holding a cigarette in his mouth, taking a deep breath, glanced at the adjutant and laughed and cursed.
"I might as well tell you something."
"Our brothers are about to make a fortune."
"This..."
Hearing this, the adjutant's heart skipped a beat.
A bold idea also emerged.
"Luo Shuai, is it possible?"
"Shh!"
Before he finished speaking, Luo Laowai blew out a long line of white smoke and shook his head at him.
"Just guess it."
"Wait a minute, send me back to the island. You can go directly back to Etou Mountain and call all the brothers from the pistol battalion. In addition, select some young and strong men from the engineer battalion who dare to fight with bloody soldiers and bring them with you."
After all, the adjutant had been with him for many years.
I understood the meaning immediately.
Luo Shuai's visit to the island was clearly a request for an imperial edict, and he was going to have a big fight next.
Grandma's.
It’s been a long time coming.
A wandering water ghost accumulated countless gold and silver on the lake in a few years.
If Dongting Lake was conquered, he would not dare to imagine how big a golden mountain it would be.
"That's right."
"Pick 50%, no, 70%, of the gold and silver jewelry from the lair of the Water Ghost in Langli, and send them to me at Chenjiazhuang."
After saying that, Luo Laowai thought of something else and gritted his teeth.
It was supposed to be delivered today.
However, there are many people on the island, and he is worried that they may do bad things with good intentions.
Now with Chen Baotou's promise, the twenty or thirty water bandits, large and small, on the lake are enough for him to eat a big piece of fat, let alone 70%, even if they are all delivered to his door, he is willing to do so.
"Yes, Luo Shuai."
The adjutant opened his mouth, obviously feeling some pain.
He had also gone into the cellar at the back of Chishan Island and saw with his own eyes the mountains of gold and silver treasures. According to his idea, even if they were all buried in ink, no one would know about it.
You've already eaten this in your stomach, why do you have to vomit it out?
Shopkeeper Chen is very capable, but he can't predict the unknown. Wouldn't that mean he becomes a god?
But...
Since Luo Shuai said so.
He didn't dare to refuse.
I could only respond in silence.
"You kid, take a closer look at the outside world. Don't guard your one-third of an acre of land all day long. You must know that there are people outside the world and there is a sky outside the world."
Luo Laowai rarely sat down and talked to him calmly.
The adjutant looked thoughtful.
"Let me tell you this."
"Do you think we have any chance of winning if we really have to confront Shopkeeper Chen?"
He raised his head and glanced at the lake. He could not see the shadow of Chishan Island in the vast white water. He knew that there was still a long way to go.
In addition, in the past six months and a year, the brothers under my command have also been holding back their anger, so they just took advantage of today's opportunity to talk about it.
Hear the words.
The adjutant's face suddenly turned ugly.
I hesitated for a long time, not daring to speak.
"Just say it."
Seeing this, Mr. Luo immediately glared and cursed, "Can I still eat you?"
"Then I said, Luo Shuai, don't be angry."
"Stop talking nonsense and just say what you think."
"Yes!" With Luo Shuai's words, the adjutant's heart dropped to his stomach and he said seriously, "If you really want to say it, I don't think there is even a 10% chance of winning."
Hear this.
Luo Laowai instantly became silent.
Although I understood that the adjutant was telling the truth, it still sounded a bit harsh.
"Since you know everything."
"You're not being honest, are you still thinking about it?"
"It's not..."
The adjutant smiled helplessly, "It's not because I think it's necessary. Shopkeeper Chen is so rich that he shouldn't care about that little money, right?"
"It's one thing whether you care or not."
"How to do it is another matter."
After flicking the ashes from his cigarette, Luo Laowai sneered and shook his head, "Everyone in this world is knowledgeable, but I'm still not convinced that you have shallow eye sockets."
"Shopkeeper Chen is..."
Speaking of this, he seemed to have thought of something, and his voice stopped suddenly.
The remaining adjutant was confused and didn't know what was going on. He wanted to ask but didn't dare.
Luo Laowai, who was silent for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you will know when you have the opportunity in the future."
"All in all."
"You are right to listen to me."
"There is a lot of knowledge here. You should study hard. If you have a chance in the future, you might be able to sit on the mountain."
The adjutant nodded in understanding.
Luo Laowai, on the other hand, was in low spirits and leaned against the side of the boat, smoking slowly.
He finally figured it out.
In the past, there was still some ambition.
But after personal experience, he knew that there was more to this world than what he could see with the naked eye. Just like the big lake at this moment, what emerged on the water was only the tip of the iceberg.
Not long after.
Chishan Island finally broke into sight.
When the ship approached the port, he jumped off, and then watched his adjutant board the ship until it disappeared over the vast Dongting Lake, and then he sighed heavily.
"It's not just you kid."
"Lao Luo, I realized it too late."
Shaking his head, Mr. Luo's face showed an indescribable dejection.
Guaizi, Kunlun, and Red Girl.
It’s very different from before.
Although we have only met him a few times, his temperament is like an antique patina. It is hard to explain, but it is there.
It was clearly a reward from Shopkeeper Chen, no, Master Chen.
I am afraid that he will become a land fairy in the future.
And he.
One wrong step, every wrong step.
Shopkeeper Chen was unhappy. No matter how he tried to remedy the situation, he could only make up for it. He couldn't make any more mistakes, otherwise... without the big tree of the Chen family, it would be difficult for him to even have a chance to survive.
In a blink of an eye.
Several days passed.
Within a few days.
The ancient temple on Chashan Island has been renovated.
View of the plaque dug out of the weeds.
The ancient temple was built during the Wanli period and was named Yunhu Temple. It was not a sect of the right way, and it had been destroyed for more than two hundred years and had been uninhabited for decades.
There are only tea workers who come to the island every year to pick tea.
Will take a short rest there.
However, Chen Yulou didn't care. For him, it was enough to have a place to stay and shelter from wind and rain.
Except.
Over there at Xianglu Mountain.
After passing through Yang Fangxuan's Yin Mansion, the Taoist's remains were finally buried. The group specially prepared a good coffin for him.
Two brothers, Partridge Sentinel Master.
It is to keep vigil on behalf of the deceased.
After all, inheriting the legacy of his predecessors, it is natural to keep vigil for a few days.
Hua Ling and Miss Hong lived at the Stalagmite Peak. In the past few days, except for appearing when eating, they spent most of their time practicing in seclusion.
But it was Yuan Hong who had never shown up.
Now it can be considered that the dragon has returned to the sea and the tiger has been released into the mountains and forests. It seems that I have returned to the time when I was in the White Ape Cave. There were originally two groups of wild monkeys on the island.
Part of it is in the Monkey Cave, and the other part is the stalagmite cliff across the mountain.
The two races seem to have a feud.
but.
In just a few days.
Yuan Hong reconciled the conflict and hatred between them.
Of course...
Naturally, force was used to suppress it.
Among birds and beasts, the strong is king. Even though Yuan Hong is still far away from the six-winged centipede in Pingshan, he is at least a great demon who can stand up to others.
I really want to go into the mountains and forests.
Release your own breath.
Even the tiger tiger trembles.
The tiger is the king of beasts, but Yuan Hong is now of the mandrill bloodline. The mandrill tears wild beasts with his hands and feeds on tigers and leopards.
Aren't we able to capture a few wild monkeys?
I thought that after being away from the mountains for a long time, I would never have the chance to go back. Unexpectedly, I could enjoy the life of the ape king again during this trip to the island.
Thirty or so wild monkeys.
Now, he is very docile under his command.
Once we meet, we will never fight each other like before.
Wandering in the woods.
Fishing and shrimp fishing, rock climbing across the stream.
More comfortable than ever before.
It's a pity that it's mid-spring. Otherwise, according to Yuan Hong's idea, he could brew a tree of monkey wine by hoarding a batch of wild fruits.
The owner seems to have mentioned it several times.
But so far I haven't been able to get him to drink it.
Yuan Hong didn't say anything, but he was always thinking about it in his heart.
I owe everything I have today to my master, otherwise, even if I was born a spiritual creature and couldn't awaken, I would eventually end up like these wild monkeys in the mountains.
Just a cave of monkey wine.
Not a good thing.
Moreover, after following its master for so long, it can also see that the master has a clear mind and has no desires or desires, so he can only take a sip of the contents of the cup.
but.
Due to seasonal restrictions, wild fruits cannot be found.
But the most indispensable thing on Junshan Island was all kinds of spiritual roots and herbs. The monkeys under his hands were idle, and they were all sent out.
certainly.
Before that.
It has already greeted its owner.
Originally, those monkeys only dared to move around in the forest in Monkey Cave, but now they are allowed to roam the entire Junshan Island, as long as they do not cause wanton destruction.
These monkeys are also extremely efficient.
In just a few days.
Countless herbs were collected.
Taking advantage of his free time while refining mandrill bones, Yuan Hong took water from the spiritual spring on the island and planned to brew a great elixir wine for his master.
Chen Yulou didn't know about this yet.
These days, he spends most of his time in Yunhu Temple.
Although I didn’t travel outside.
But there was plenty of time.
In addition to daily meditation and breathing, daily practice, reading, farming, carving, and teaching Bai Ze how to read and write, he also needs to take time to see the green thunder bamboo and the Taoist tea seedlings.
Originally, he planned to find a literate person among the guys.
result.
Asked around.
There are some who are literate, but most of them have only received the most basic elementary school education.
Not to mention reaching the level of him or Zhou Mingyue.
He is rich in knowledge and has four books and five classics at his fingertips.
Even those with kidnapping skills are rare.
In desperation, he had no choice but to do it himself. Anyway, Bai Ze lived with him on Chashan Island, spending half an hour every morning and evening teaching it to read and write.
It was in Chenjiazhuang.
Zhou Mingyue took Kunlun and Baiyuan to study, which aroused many people's surprise.
After all, the picture of an old ape reading in the mountains seems strange.
Nowadays, the style of painting is even more unique.
After all, the white ape is human-like. After putting on clothes, except for the strange sound, it is almost indistinguishable from humans. However, Bai Ze is a deer and is very different from humans.
So I take it with me to study every time.
He looked at Bai Lu, who was shaking his head and reading aloud.
Chen Yulou couldn't help but have an extremely weird year in his heart.
This scene is very similar to the anecdotal story of the city fox and the social mouse secretly studying the classics recorded in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio.
fine.
Bai Ze is truly a natural creature.
After enlightenment, his mind became even clearer. In addition, during this period of time following Chen Yulou, I saw them practicing Qi refining, breathing and other magical powers. They yearned for the practice even more and worked extremely hard.
From the beginning, you may not be able to recognize three or five words in half an hour.
By now, it has become more casual.
You can teach hundreds of words at a time.
The progress was even more amazing than that of the original White Ape.
Even Chen Yulou was a little incredible.
At this rate, the three-character classic of hundreds of family surnames plus a thousand-character essay, excluding repeated words, will be about 2,400 words, and it is estimated that it will be completed in one and a half months at most.
He thought he was already getting frighteningly fast.
But unexpectedly, Bai Ze was still a little disgusted. He wished he could spend twelve hours a day without eating, drinking or sleeping, trying to master the words as soon as possible, and then he could practice the Xuan Dao Convincing Qi Foundation Building Technique mentioned by his master.
To this.
Chen Yulou did not stop him.
You should have this kind of motivation when reading.
On the contrary, it is necessary to practice hard, and every drop of water will penetrate the stone. After all, studying will only consume your energy, but excessive practice will breed inner demons.
Once the Taoist heart is filled with demons.
By then, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make any further progress.
What's more, they shouldn't be on the island for too long. If they can guide Bai Ze into practice as soon as possible, he will be able to leave with peace of mind.
day to day.
In a blink of an eye.
Half a month passed by in a flash.
During this period, Chen Yulou received a letter from Uncle Yu from Zhuangzi. He heard that Luo Laowai sent an adjutant to secretly deliver a large amount of gold and silver to Zhuangzi.
Uncle Yu means to ask how to deal with it?
Chen Yulou only replied with two words.
Take it!
How could he not understand what Luo Laowai is thinking? Since he wants peace of mind, just give him a letter of nomination and let him go ahead and do it.
And on Dongting Lake during this period.
It was exactly what he thought.
With his support, Luo Laowai swept away water bandits large and small. Even if he didn't deliberately inquire about it, he could still get a glimpse of it from the chat among the guys on the island.
That kid himself is a master who wants money rather than his life.
In his eyes, the water bandits are like mountains of gold and silver. How can they not be crazy?
However, he is still sensible and does not dare to attack them all. Every time he captures a water stronghold and suppresses the bandits, he will separate a batch of gold and silver and send it to Chenjiazhuang.
Just a few days.
Dongting Lake has shown peace that has not been seen in decades.
Fishermen drafting by the lake.
I can't wait to set off firecrackers to celebrate.
Many people have even gained the courage to launch old boats that have been piled up at home for many years and start launching them into the water. In the past, the water bandits were overbearing and did not allow them to go fishing in the lake.
Now I heard that the commander named Luo did not stop this.
For a time, they celebrated each other and ran around to tell each other.
Fishing boats, ferry boats, and large water transport ships all entered the water one after another. After many years, the scene of thousands of sails passing by was once again reappeared on Dongting Lake.
Many fishermen even took the initiative to provide information to Luo Laowai.
Take them to the water bandit's hideout.
Luo Laowai, who had people killing the King of Hell in Xiangyin, knew for the first time what the people's heart was.
Heard these anecdotes.
Chen Yulou just shook his head and smiled, not paying attention.
He has more important things to do.
Half a month is up.
The thousand-year-old Polygonatum japonica plant on the cliff is about to mature!
Yes.
Early in the morning.
He took Bai Ze from the Yunhu Temple on Chashan Island and headed straight for that place! (End of chapter)