Chapter 028: The Fooled Guardian of Shijie Village!
In the Song Dynasty, every ten households in the countryside were guaranteed to have a chief.
Every 50 households set up a big guarantee, set up a big guarantee long.
Every 10 big guarantees (that is, 500 households) set up a capital guarantee, and the leader of the capital guarantee was called the capital guarantee.
Because the Song Dynasty had a large population of about five people, each guardian had an average of 2,500 people under their jurisdiction.
The population of Shijie Village was about 2,500. The guardian of Shijie Village, Ruan Jiang, was considered the true ruler of Shijie Village. As the ruler and the big landlord of the village, he owned about 500 mu of fertile land.
Most of the villagers in Shijie Village were his tenant farmers.
Some people had power and money, and their lives were very carefree.
This morning, he had just come out of the room where he had just married a new concubine when a servant came to report that the three Ruan brothers had requested an audience.
Ruan Jiang couldn't help but frown.
In Shijie Village, most of the villagers had the surname Ruan, but if one were to talk about the three Ruan brothers, then there were only those three who lived by Shijie Lake.
The three of them were blood brothers, called Ruan Second, Ruan Fifth, and Ruan Seventh.
Why didn't he call her Ruan Xiaoda, Ruan Xiaosi, or Ruan Xiaosan?
This was because the ancients did not name people based on their family, but based on their clan. The three brothers of the Ruan family and the other brothers of the clan were ranked according to their clan, so they were called Ruan Second, Ruan Fifth, and Ruan Seventh!
However, Second Ruan, Fifth Ruan, and Seventh Ruan were restless.
Not only were they not like the other clan brothers, who worked for him as a tenant farmer, but they also offended him time and time again.
However, these three Ruan brothers were very capable. Whether it was in the water or on land, their martial arts were very high. Ruan Jiang had the advantage in numbers, but he could not do anything to the three of them.
He could only keep a distance from the three of them and not invade each other.
However, he didn't have a good impression of the three of them.
"What are the three of them doing here?”
"Just say that I'm not at home and send them away.”
The servant accepted the order but quickly returned. He said,"Old Master, those three brothers said that they have a heaven-shaking fortune to give to Old Master. They were extremely respectful.”
"Oh?"
"Extremely respectful?" Ruan Jiang was surprised.”
Ruan Jiang didn't care much about the wealth that the three Ruan brothers were talking about. What wealth could three fishermen have?
However, his attitude was extremely respectful, which made Ruan Jiang very pleased.
These three brothers usually treated him coldly. Their noses were not their noses, and their eyes were not their eyes. Yet, their attitudes were actually very respectful?
Then he wanted to see how respectful he was.
"Let the three of them in."”
"Yes, Master."
A moment later, the three Ruan brothers walked in with fawning smiles on their faces. Moreover, these three brothers did not come empty-handed. Each of them was carrying a total of eight golden carps in their hands.
These golden carps were not small. One look and one could tell that they weighed 20 to 30 pounds.
This was also worth some money.
Moreover, it was not easy to get such a big goldfish.
The three Ruan brothers immediately nodded and bowed.
"Master Ruan, this is a little golden carp that we caught for you to taste.”
"Master, this golden carp is not easy to get. It was not easy for us to get it, so we thought of you at the first moment.”
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Ruan Jiang drank her tea and listened to the compliments of the three of them. She was indescribably pleased.
However, he still said coldly,"Yo, today is really rare. Did the sun rise from the west?" What brings you three brothers here?”
Ruan Xiaoqi couldn't help but get angry at his sarcasm, but when she thought of her plan to live a good life in the future, she stopped herself.
The second son of the Ruan Family was the most mature, so he quickly smiled and said,""Old Master, don't tease us anymore. In the past, we were insensible, please don't take offense.”
"That's right, that's right. This little one's heart was blinded by oil. She actually couldn't make things difficult for the old master.”Ruan Xiaowu added.
Ruan Xiaoqi said,"Master, we know we were wrong. We're here to apologize."”
Ruan Jiang felt a surge of joy in his heart.
After the villagers went against him, there were many cases where they were pressured to apologize. However, Ruan Second, Ruan Fifth, and Ruan Little Seven, these three capable and tough people, came to apologize. This sense of accomplishment was simply amazing.
After accepting the flattery, he said,"Alright, seeing that the three of you are still considerate, I, the master, will forgive you.”
"In the future, as long as you obediently listen to Old Master, Old Master can also reward you with half a meal.”
The three Ruan brothers quickly apologized.
After rubbing Ruan Jiang's stinky feet for a long time, Second Ruan saw that the time was about right and said,""Master, have you heard of the bandits of Liangshan?”
"Yes, I heard that they had a conflict with the Kong family and sent people to attack the Kong family. I don't know what happened after that.”"Could it be that this has something to do with the wealth you're talking about?" Ruan Jiang asked.”
"Not bad." " Master, after the Liangshan bandits attacked Kong Village, the news spread to Yuncheng County," Ruan the Second said." The magistrate was furious and sent an army to collect the money."”
"He also told the villagers that there would be rewards for those who cooperated.”
"I just came back from Yuncheng County, so I know about this news.”
"Oh?" Ruan Jiang was instantly moved. If she could use this opportunity to build a relationship with the magistrate of Yun City, it would be a great thing. She said,"This is a good thing. Although we can't afford to offend the Liangshan bandits, if the government beat them up, they will be killed.”
"It's not bad for us to follow behind and take advantage of the autumn wind.”
As Ruan Jiang said this, he did not doubt the information provided by the three Ruan brothers.
The Liangshan bandits had caused such a huge commotion, Yuncheng County would definitely not sit idly by.
As for the three Ruan brothers, they looked at each other with unconcealable joy in their eyes.
They didn't expect Ruan Jiang to be so tactful. They didn't even need to use the words they had planned and Ruan Jiang took the bait.
Thus, Second Ruan, Fifth Ruan and Seventh Ruan knelt down and said,""I'm willing to serve Master and go through fire and water to fight Liangshan!”
"Good, good, good!" Ruan Jiang was overjoyed and quickly helped the three of them up.
His attitude towards the three of them had also become closer.
Although there were soldiers in the manor, no one was a match for the three Ruan brothers in terms of martial arts.
The three Ruan brothers had made him much stronger.
Immediately arrange for three people to be in charge of training soldiers and prepare to attack Liangshan.
However, as soon as he gave the order, he saw Ruan the Second take out a flag.
There was a line of words written on it.
"Attack Liangshan!"
Ruan Jiang was a little surprised. The second son was so fast. It felt like he had prepared everything beforehand. However, he didn't doubt it. Instead, he thought that since the three brothers were so tactful, he would give them a taste of the sweetness after they attacked Liangshan.
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