Thief Emperor

Chapter 54 Who Sued This City Head?
After planning the subsequent development of the mountain stronghold, the head of the village, Li Dazhai, took a sip of wine and asked, "How many fields are there in Lijia Village at the foot of the mountain?"

Li Zheng scratched his head and replied, "Lijia Village is not big, with less than a hundred households in total. In addition, it is at the foot of the mountain, so there are not many fields. It may only have a few hundred acres of land in total, and about half of it is occupied by a landlord in the village."

He looked at Li Yun, blinked his eyes, and said, "Second brother, what do you want to do? Our Li family originated from Lijia Village. When the old man was still alive, he told you that you must not go to work in Lijia Village even if you starve to death..."

"Who's going to work?"

Li Yun glanced at him, then rolled his eyes and said, "We have to find a way to get the land from that landlord. Lao Jiu, you go and do it. If you can buy it, buy it. If you can't, bring people to scare him."

As a bandit, Liu Bo had no concept of good and evil. He patted his chest without hesitation and said, "Don't worry, second brother. Leave this to me!"

Li Yun reminded: "Remember, talk to them nicely. We have money, so we will buy it at the market price."

"The skinny monkey now has a legitimate identity. When the time comes, the land will be registered under the skinny monkey's name. It can be considered as a return to his roots."

Li Zheng was somewhat delighted and pointed to his nose.

"Second brother, can you let me buy it?"

Li Yun said, "This matter is too troublesome. It is not convenient for me to come forward. You can do it."

Li's initial idea was to slowly expand his sphere of influence outward with Cangshan as the center.

Buying land is undoubtedly a shortcut.

After arranging this matter, Li Yun asked, "Who is the best fighter in our village?"

After asking this question, seeing that Li Zheng and Liu Bo had strange expressions, Chief Li added a sentence.

"Except me."

Liu Bo then smiled and said, "Second brother, how could you forget this? Among the younger generation, Hu Zi is the best fighter, and among the older generation, it's Third Uncle."

Li Zheng also nodded and said, "Third Uncle is quite powerful. He seems to be from some sect. I don't know how he ended up in our village."

"When Second Brother was young, Third Uncle taught you some boxing and kicking."

Li Zheng also knew that his second brother had lost a lot of memory after his head injury last time, so he reminded him. He smiled and said, "When the second brother was thirteen or fourteen years old, the third uncle suffered a loss when fighting with you. Since then, he has never taught us to practice boxing again."

Village Chief Li smiled in silence and said, "Then I'll go find him later."

Liu Bo reacted immediately and said, "Second brother, do you want Third uncle to teach those kids?"

"Ah."

Chief Li nodded and said, "He has nothing to do anyway."

The three brothers drank some wine together and finalized the subsequent development plan of the village. In the afternoon, Li Yun took a pot of wine, walked around the village, and then came to a small courtyard.

In the yard, a woman was washing clothes with a child of about ten years old next to her.

Li Yun stepped forward and said with a smile: "Aunt San, is Uncle San at home?"

The woman looked up and saw that it was Li Yun. She quickly stood up, wiped the water off her hands with her clothes, and forced a smile: "The second son is here. My head of the family is taking a nap. I'll go wake him up."

While she was asking Li Yun to sit down, she went into the house to call for help. Not long after, the third in command Zhou Liang came out of the room. Seeing Li Yun in the yard talking and amusing his son, his expression changed slightly. He walked forward silently, bowed his head, clasped his fists, and said, "Village Master."

After saying this, he looked at his son again and said in a deep voice, "Go play somewhere else."

The little guy was obviously afraid of his father and ran away.

Li Yun stood up and said with a smile: "If there are no outsiders, Third Uncle should still call me Second Son. It sounds better."

Zhou Liang smiled and didn't respond.

"The village chief wants to see me about something?"

Li Yun put the wine jar in the yard, then said with a smile: "I found this in my father's cellar. Bring it here for Uncle San to taste."

Zhou Liang glanced at the wine jar and smiled: "Mm... the old village chief's wine is not easy to get. Thank you, village chief."

The two of them walked out of the yard, one in front of the other. After they walked outside, Li Yun spoke up, "There is something I need to trouble Uncle San."

Zhou Liang was not stupid. He had roughly guessed something and said, "You want me to teach those new kids in the mountain martial arts?"

"almost."

Li Yun said, "The main thing is to regulate their bodies so that they can be stronger."

"In a few years, when you can grow up to be strong and agile, and not afraid of anything, that will be fine." Zhou Liang nodded and said, "As long as you eat enough, there will be no problem, but..."

He looked at Li Yun and whispered, "I have a question I want to ask the village chief."

Li Yun smiled and said, "Uncle San just ask."

"I want to ask about the origins of those children."

He looked at Li Yun and took a deep breath: "I have been wanting to ask this question these days. A dozen young people..."

Li Yun said calmly: "There are many people in our village, and I can't tell my uncle about their origins, but I can tell him that they all volunteered to go up the mountain with me, and they no longer have a home."

"Not only these people, but there will be more people coming up the mountain in the future, and they will all be handed over to Uncle San to train."

He looked at Zhou Liang and said, "I won't let Third Uncle work in vain."

"I know that Third Uncle's thoughts are always on his son. If his son wants to stay in the village when he grows up, he will be my brother, Li Er."

"If he doesn't want to stay in the mountains, I can arrange a respectable job for him in the county town so that he doesn't have to be a bandit anymore and can be a normal person who can walk under the bright sky."

Zhou Liang was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "The village chief has been away for a while, and his speech has become much more elegant."

"no way."

Li Yun waved his hand and said with a smile: "When you are living in Qingyang County, you can't keep cursing. That's not appropriate."

Zhou Liang stopped and bowed his head deeply: "I agree to this matter."

"Ah."

Li Yun turned around and looked at Zhou Liang, and said in a deep voice: "This is a top-notch event in our village. Tomorrow I will take Uncle San to see those children. If we take good care of them, Uncle San will be a great contributor to our village."

Zhou Liang shook his head slightly: "At my age, I don't want any credit. I just want the village chief to not remember my mistake last time."

"Besides that, I have one more thing I want to ask the village chief."

Li Yun's face was calm: "Uncle San wants to ask me what I am going to do?"

Zhou Liang nodded.

Li Yun looked up at the sky and said, "Uncle San hasn't come down the mountain for a long time. He probably doesn't know that there has been a rebellion in Shidai, Lin County. I'm afraid there will be many rebellions in various parts of the country in the future."

"The troubled times are coming, and we have to make some preparations, at least to have the ability to protect ourselves."

Zhou Liang looked up at Li Yun, then lowered his head.

"I am willing to follow the village master!"

...............

In the following half a month, Li Yun was often not in the mountains. Instead, he took a group of brothers in the village to the villages near Cangshan Village to inquire about the situation. After he had a general understanding of the situation in the nearby mountain villages, Li finally returned to Qingyang with Li Zheng and Zhang Hu.

After arriving in Qingyang, he had just reported to the county government office, and before he had time to meet County Magistrate Xue, he was grabbed by the clothes by a middle-aged fat man.

"Is it Li Dutou? Is it Li Dutou?"

Li Yun stopped and looked at the man.
"We know each other?"

"I don't know him."

The middle-aged man waved his hand and said, "But the county magistrate, let me find you."

He looked terrified and cried, "Someone near our village is colluding with the bandits!"

Li Yun was stunned and asked, "Which village?"

"At the foot of Cangshan Mountain, Lijia Village!"

The middle-aged man gnashed his teeth and said, "There is a group of villains who, relying on the support of bandits, want to seize the fields of the common people!"

Only then did Captain Li stop and turn his head to take a look at the middle-aged man.

His expression became strange.

(End of this chapter)