Chapter 415 The Light of Righteousness (Subscription Request)
Zhang Jingbie led the cleanup of Dongting Lake bandits, which really helped Jia Huan a lot.
His previous actions against Niutou Village in northern Hunan were, to be honest, a bit over the line.
The area where Niutou Village is located is no longer under the jurisdiction of Huarong Xiangtang.
He led the brothers of Xiangtang to do things, and he seemed to be a little bit indifferent.
More likely, it would cause dissatisfaction among the local beggars' brothers and make them feel that he was showing signs of slapping their faces.
In particular, Jia Huan used this opportunity to become famous in the world, although it was only a small fame, it was easy to be criticized, or make others think that he had bad intentions.
This is not a good thing!
Now, Zhang Jingbie, the helmsman of the Yuezhou branch, took the initiative to jump out and attracted most of the attention from the outside world.
Naturally, not many people paid attention to Jia Huan's previous actions to wipe out Niutou Village.
Not only that, he can continue to be a chivalrous hero in the world.
After all, the boss did it, so it's okay for the younger brother to imitate and learn, right?
In this way, after participating in the Dongting Lake bandit suppression war, Jia Huan returned to Huarong Xiangtang with the spoils and dozens of poor ladies, causing a huge shock.
The funniest thing was that a local brothel came to buy people, but he slapped them away.
Damn, who did they think he was? Did they think he was the dead ghost Wu Xiangzhu before?
After careful questioning, in his eyes, almost all of these ladies were talents.
Those who could be favored by the bandits were naturally good-looking, at least they were all pretty and charming, and some were even quite beautiful. Just looking at their temperament, you can tell that their backgrounds are not simple.
Of course, when asking about their origins, they all kept silent.
Jia Huan knew their thoughts, but he didn't mean to force them to speak.
However, when asking about their own specialties, he gave him a lot of surprises.
Among the young ladies who followed, at least half of them were literate!
The cultural literacy of several of them was not low!
According to the standards of scholars in the Daqian Dynasty in the world of the Red Mansion, they are all qualified to become Tongsheng.
Then what else is there to say? Xiangtang directly opened a school in the mountain temple stronghold outside the city, so that the children and teenagers in Xiangtang can learn to read and write, and it is compulsory.
According to him, no one knows whether these Xiangtang disciples will have talent in martial arts in the future, and whether they can reach the strength to mix in the rivers and lakes or protect the territory?
Besides, not every Xiangtang disciple yearns for the life of the rivers and lakes. There are also many Xiangtang disciples who yearn for a stable and secure ordinary life.
At that time, you can't ask Xiangtang to support them all the time. That is absolutely impossible!
According to Jia Huan's idea, Xiangtang disciples can be trained up to the age of fifteen at most. How to survive and what kind of survival mode to choose after that will be up to the disciples to choose.
If there are ambitious people who are willing to fight in the rivers and lakes, Xiangtang will naturally continue to provide resources for them.
As for those who want to live a simple life, Xiangtang can only guarantee that they can make a living outside and will not be bullied. It is already quite good. The rest have to rely on themselves.
At this time, the advantage of being educated and knowing how to read and write is reflected. At least it is easy to find a job, and it is a relatively decent job!
Jia Huan felt that he and Xiangtang had done their best to achieve this step.
It was not that he did not have ideas before, but it was not easy to find a cheap teacher.
Now, with these poor young ladies, the trouble of teachers has been solved.
Among these poor young ladies, not only are nearly half of them able to read and write, but there are also many who are good at embroidery, and can take care of flowers and plants, and have good cooking skills, and can make some things like rice wine and candied fruits by hand.
These are naturally talents in Jia Huan's eyes.
In addition, these poor young ladies are not old, and can be regarded as adults and strong, which can liberate most of the old, weak, women and children in Xiangtang.
Under Jia Huan's guidance, there are still many things that these old, weak, women and children can do.
Farming, breeding, picking wild fruits, vegetables and herbs, catching various snakes, wild animals, etc. In short, there are many things that can be done, but they are the most convenient.
After the poor young ladies were settled, the internal elementary school of Xiangtang was opened, and all other things were on track, more than a month had passed.
At this time, Jia Huan began to focus on the outside again, ready to do justice.
Relying on the powerful information collection ability of the Beggar Gang, Jia Huan led the brothers of Xiangtang to sweep across the mountains and rivers of Huarong, leaving no opportunity for the thieves and the green forest heroes.
Anyone who was targeted was directly cleared by Jia Huan and his men.
Of course, in this process, the help of the yamen constables was inevitable. Everyone had formed a tacit understanding and shared the benefits.
Jia Huan didn't care whether it involved the so-called interests of landlords and gentry.
Thieves are thieves, robbers are robbers, they are not allowed to see the light of day, and were cleared out by Jia Huan and his men. In addition, with the endorsement of the government constables, no one dared to say a word of dissent.
To be frank, if you offend the government, there is still room for maneuver, but if you offend the underworld gangs, the consequences are not something that ordinary landlords and gentry can bear.
The power of their entire class, or the collective power of landlords and gentry in a province or even a prefecture, is quite amazing.
But for a specific family, unless they are big landlords and gentry who have considerable influence in the court or provincial government, how can ordinary landlords and gentry be the opponents of the Beggars' Gang?
Even against Huarong Xiangtang, it is difficult!
Maybe the top leaders of the Beggars' Gang at this time are not very clear about the official methods and local rules, and do not understand the operating rules, but Jia Huan is familiar with them.
After all, he has been in a high position since his rise in the world of Red Mansions, and he is very familiar with the general rules between the court and the local areas.
In addition, he has a real handle in his hand. To put it bluntly, if he wants to mess with people, whichever family he targets will be completely unlucky.
After carefully cleaning up his own territory, he took the brothers of Xiangtang and ran to the surface of the Yangtze River to deal with those famous pirates.
In short, Jia Huan's chivalrous and righteous effect is very obvious!
The restless Jianghu forces and existence in Huarong area were almost cleared out, even on the river surface, and the already good security environment was further improved.
Let’s not talk about the fact that doors are not locked at night and lost items are not picked up on the road, at least it is much better than the public security situation in other places.
In fact, the good public security environment has attracted many merchants from the surrounding prefectures and counties to settle down here, and they need such a stable living environment.
Of course, there are many people who say strange things!
Most of them think that Jia Huan eats too much and has nothing to do and meddles in other people’s business. Why does a beggar gang leader do so much?
Those who don’t know think that if he wants to be the light of the righteous path, he has to ask the Hengshan Sect next door for permission?