Thief Emperor

Chapter 33 Benefit the fellow villagers!
"There is a second thing, and it is the most important thing."

Li Yun looked at his brothers and asked, "Which mountain in Qingyang has the greatest power?"

Liu Bo lowered his head and thought for a while, then replied, "It's probably the village on Wuziling Mountain on Lingyang Mountain. I heard from the elders that it was called Shiwangzhai."

"There are about a hundred people."

"Ouch."

Chief Li raised his head and drank a sip of water, then said with a smile: "Shiwangzhai, you are so arrogant, with more than a hundred people..."

He asked, "Is it more than a hundred people in total, or more than a hundred people who can lift a knife?"

Liu Bo shook his head: "I'm not sure, but I heard from the elders that there were more than a hundred people. It was called Shiwangzhai because the main peak of Lingyang Mountain is called Shiwang Peak."

"That place...is close to the state capital."

Liu Bo looked at Li Yun and continued, "I heard that the Ten Kings Village is connected to a big family in the state, but I'm not sure what the specific relationship is."

Li Yun nodded, then stretched his muscles: "I understand."

Liu Bo asked, "Why do you suddenly ask this, second brother?"

"Just ask."

Chief Li smiled and said, "How many villages are there in the fifty-li area of ​​Cangshan Mountain?"

Liu Bo thought for a moment and replied, "Four or five. Erlongzhai was originally near us, but it's gone now."

"Um…"

The village chief Li said slowly: "Old Nine, you should be smarter. When I am not in the village, the village affairs and the warehouse will be handed over to you to take care of, and..."

"Send some people to inquire about the situation in the nearby villages. I can be of use to you."

Liu Bo was the smartest one among the few people. He didn't think too much about it. When he heard what Li Yun said, Liu Bo suddenly remembered that Li Yun seemed to have said the word "anti-theft team" just now. He looked up at Li Yun and blinked: "Second brother, you want to..."

Li Yun looked at him and said softly, "That's what I mean."

"There are too few people in our village who can fight."

Li touched his chin and said, "Although there are more than 30 people, more than a dozen of them are over 40. Apart from us, there are only about a dozen real young people left."

"My idea is to eat up a few villages."

Chief Li said softly: "It would be best if we expand the village..."

He did not continue.

But he already had some preliminary ideas in his mind.

According to the current thinking of Village Chief Li, the combat effectiveness of Cangshan Village is still too weak. If a real fight breaks out, not many people will be able to fight with others.

There are only about 10 to 20 people, and none of them have received systematic training.

This number...would be best if it could be up to a hundred.

And it requires training.

This kind of training does not mean that they must be as brave as Master Li, but at least it should enable them to launch attacks in an organized and rhythmic manner when encountering an enemy.

As for courage...

There is no need to worry about this. Comparatively speaking, the bandits are much braver than the government troops in the county. Chen Da and Huang Yong trembled when they saw the bandits. Even the few people from Erlongzhai dared to rush forward and fight to the death when they saw the government troops.

Bandits are people whose heads are tied to their belts, and they are the most likely to risk their lives.

After discussing with three brothers of the same generation about the candidates for entering the city, the chief of the Li Clan finally made up his mind and said, "Okay, it's settled."

"Old Eight, and Skinny Monkey, the two of you will go to Qingyang with me, and Old Nine will take care of the affairs in the village."

"I still say the same thing."

Li Yun patted the shoulder of the ninth brother Liu Bo and said in a deep voice: "Remember, there are many people watching us down the mountain now. Without my arrangement, no one can go down the mountain to work. I will lead the brothers to do the big work after I have made the arrangements in a few days."

Liu Bo smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, second brother."

"Second brother..."

He looked at Li Yun and whispered, "In fact, as long as there is food and drink, no one wants to go down the mountain and risk their life."

Li Yun was stunned.

This was actually his wrong idea.

He subconsciously felt that the bandits were all brutal by nature, and he would not feel happy unless he went down the mountain and killed a few people.

But in fact, the people in Cangshan Village are all bandits, and many of them have government registered permanent residence. As long as they can live a peaceful life, they don't want to pick up knives and fight with others.

After all, that would kill people. Because of this, most of the bandits who look extremely vicious are just pretending, because in this world, if you are not vicious, no one will be afraid of you.

Now, Cangshan Dazhai has several thousand strings of money. If they spend it frugally, it will not be a problem to spend it for a few years. With expenses, the bandits in Cangshan Dazhai naturally want to live a peaceful life.

In fact, from the day when Zhang Hu and others brought back thousands of strings of money from outside, the older generation in the village, such as Yuan Zhengming and Zhou Liang, had consciously withdrawn from the management of the village and handed over matters to Liu Bo and others.

Li Yun was stunned for a long time before he nodded silently and patted Liu Bo on the shoulder: "Be careful when you go out to buy food, Shidai Gu family..."

Liu Bo nodded and patted his chest.

"Don't worry, brother. I understand."

……

Chief Li stayed in the Cangshan stronghold for four or five days before he went down the mountain with his two brothers.

After arriving at Lijia Village at the foot of the mountain, the three brothers first went to the village chief's house to take the horse, and left thirty strings of money for the village chief. Then they led the horse away from Lijia Village.

Before leaving, Li Yun asked the old village chief if there were any suitable young people in the village who could go to the county to work.

After all, Lijia Village is actually the "hometown" of Li Yun and Li Zheng. It will be easier for Li Yun to make arrangements if people from the same hometown and clan and with registered household registration go to the county town together.

The old village chief shook his head very firmly, indicating that there were not many young people in the village who could go out to work.

Village leader Li also knew what the old man was thinking, so he didn't make things difficult for him. He took his two brothers and set off for Qingyang.

The old village chief, for the sake of money, escorted the three people out of the village and watched them leave.

At this moment, the old man certainly wouldn't think of this.

One day, he will regret not letting his children and grandchildren go out today to follow this bandit leader to work in the county town.

………………

Qingyang County.

Li Yun entered the city early in the morning. Instead of going back to the county government office directly, he found Chen Da in the city and asked Chen Da, the local tyrant, to help him rent a medium-sized yard in Qingyang County.

The annual rent is only five strings of cash.

Apart from anything else, there would be absolutely no problem accommodating the three of them.

After completing the rental formalities and paying the money, Chief Li left Lao Ba Zhang Hu and Shou Hou in the yard and asked them to clean up the yard. He himself went to the county government office to ask to see Mr. Xue.

Normally, it would be difficult for him, a clerk who was not even a second-rate official, to meet the county magistrate without special circumstances. However, Li was the "benefactor" of Mr. Xue, and the two had a special relationship. He still met Mr. Xue in the study smoothly.

At this moment, Mr. Xue was handling official business. Li Yun stood beside his desk and told him what happened.

"what?"

After listening to what Li Yun said, Mr. Xue suddenly looked up and looked at Li Yun.

"What kind of team did you say you wanted to form?"

"Theft Squad."

Li Yun said with a serious expression: "You may not know this, County Master. I have made a round of investigations these days and found that there are more than a dozen mountain strongholds, big and small, in Qingyang County alone!"

"These mountain bandits are the cancer growing on the people of Qingyang!"

Mr. Li patted his chest and said in a deep voice: "I am not talented, but I have practiced martial arts since I was a child. Now that I have returned to my hometown, I will naturally eliminate the disaster for the elders of my hometown!"

Master Xue frowned and asked, "How many people do you want?"

"I will only select ten people from the yamen runners."

Li Yun grinned and said, "For the rest, I will organize the militia myself."

Mr. Xue was silent for a while before he let out a long sigh.

"The government office... doesn't have much money left. How much do you want..."

"I don't want money."

Chief Li smiled brightly and continued to pat his chest.

"Since I personally want to do good things for my hometown folks, I will naturally be responsible for all the expenses."

Mr. Xue looked at Li Yun with suspicion.

After a long while, he nodded slowly: "Okay, you..."

"Go ahead and do it."

(End of this chapter)