Thief Emperor

Chapter 63 Recruiting Envoys

The Ten Kings Village was originally just an obstacle to Li Yun's career, but now, it has developed into a personal vendetta!
As the setting sun shone, Li Yun turned his head to look at Liu Bo behind him.

Even if it wasn't for Heizi, for Laojiu's swollen face, the great leader Li would one day raze the entire Ten Kings Village to the ground!
The three brothers had just finished burying Heizi. Not far away, a middle-aged man with a straight figure strode over. He first looked at the mound next to Li Yun, then looked at Li Yun, then bowed his head and clasped his fists and said, "Village leader, Heizi..."

"Uncle Three."

Li Yun lowered his voice, but his tone was firm: "I will take care of this matter."

The man who came was none other than the Third Chief Zhou Liang. He looked up at Li Yun and said in a deep voice, "Village Master, we old guys have already discussed this matter. If there is anything you can do to help us, just let us know."

"Kuroko..."

He looked at the mound again, and said with some sadness in his tone: "We watched him grow up."

Chief Li narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "Third Uncle, since we are in the outlaws, our heads are hanging on the belt. There is no need to worry. I will avenge Heizi."

After saying that, he strode away and headed towards his own yard.

Li Zheng looked up at Zhou Liang, wanting to say something, then lowered his head and sighed, then followed Li Yun.

Liu Bo didn't even look at Zhou Liang and left quietly.

Zhou Liang half squatted down, added a handful of soil on Heizi's mound, then looked back in the direction where Li Yun was leaving, as if thinking about something.

If it were the second son of the past, he would have led his men to Lingyang Mountain long ago.

But for some reason, in Zhou Liang's view, the second son, who was as calm as water and acted as if nothing had happened, seemed even more terrifying.

………………

In the Qingyang County Office, Li Yun, who had just returned from Cangshan, stood silently in front of Magistrate Xue. Master Xue looked up at him and asked, "Where have you been these days?"

"I went to take care of some personal matters."

Li Yun smiled and continued, "Also, I went to investigate the news of the Ten Kings Village in Lingyang Mountain."

He looked at Master Xue and continued, "County Master, the Ten Kings Camp is very large. There are more than a hundred bandits alone. If you count their families, there are hundreds of people in the entire camp. They are entrenched in Lingyang Mountain and doing evil everywhere."

"If it is not eliminated, it will become the greatest disaster for Qingyang."

Magistrate Xue raised his head and looked at Li Yun, shook his head slightly and said, "You also said that there are more than a hundred bandits alone, and they are entrenched in Lingyang Mountain and occupy a position. If they want to capture the Ten Kings Village, I'm afraid it will be impossible without four or five hundred people."

"This matter needs to be considered in the long term."

"correct."

Master Xue looked up at Li Yun and said, "I went to the state these days. Governor Tian said that the court seems to be very concerned about suppressing bandits. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already written to the court, requesting that the court send a group of imperial envoys to serve as recruiting envoys in various places."

When Li Yun heard about this official position, his eyelids twitched.

It’s very easy to understand the term “recruiting and conquering envoy”, it means to recruit and conquer.

Generally speaking, it should be used to deal with the increasingly rampant bandits in the area.

If there really was a levy of troops arriving in Xuanzhou, it would be better to surrender to a stronghold of the size of Cangshan Stronghold, and a stronghold of the size of Shiwang Stronghold would most likely be surrendered...

By then, those people in the Ten Kings Village might be able to get some official position, which would really disgust the leader Li!

He looked up at Magistrate Xue and asked, "Your Excellency, when will the recruiting envoy come down?"

"do not know."

Master Xue shook his head and said, "Even if His Majesty agrees to this, the candidates for the various recruiting envoys still need to be decided. In addition, the court is a bit complicated now, and the capital is not close to here. This old man speculates."

"It will take until next spring or even summer for the Recruiting Envoy to take up his post."

At this point, he looked at Li Yun and said, "The court has no soldiers to send. When these recruiting envoys arrive at the local area, they can only use the local manpower. In the entire Xuanzhou, you are the most famous in suppressing bandits. When the recruiting envoys arrive, they will most likely ask you to serve under their command."

Li Yun narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

He didn't bother to pay attention to that bullshit recruiting envoy. All he wanted now was to attack the Ten Kings Camp and vent his anger!
Fortunately, he still has quite a lot of time.

It is still summer now, and there is still half a year left until the end of the year. He has nearly a year to pacify the Ten Kings Camp!
So, Mr. Li bowed slightly and said, "Your Excellency, I don't have to go to any recruiting envoy to serve."

He lowered his head and said, "I have to go take care of the anti-theft team's business. I'll take my leave now."

Magistrate Xue seemed to sense that something was wrong with Li Yun's mood, so he didn't keep him for long. He just hummed and nodded, saying, "You can go now."

"You can handle the anti-theft team's affairs yourself."…………

In the blink of an eye, it was two months later.

It was late autumn of the third year of Xian De, approaching early winter.

In Li Yun's small courtyard, Zheng Yuanwai, with a smile on his face, put down several boxes of copper coins and said with a smile: "Captain Li, this is the money donated by our families this month to suppress the bandits."

Li Yun frowned and said, "Mr. Zheng, this money should be sent to the county government office for recordation. Why send it to my house?"

"Same, same."

Zheng Yuanwai's face was full of smiles, and he said, "In the past six months, the mountain bandits in Qingyang have almost disappeared. Captain Li has made a great contribution. There is no difference between sending them to the county government and sending them to Captain Li."

Mr. Li glanced at the box and said, "Okay, I'll send it to the county government office later. On behalf of the people of Qingyang, I would like to thank Mr. Zheng."

"You're welcome, you're welcome."

Zheng Yuanwai bowed and said goodbye, with a smile on his face: "Captain Li, you are the savior of Qingyang. Now many people want to move to Qingyang because Qingyang is peaceful."

After the two men exchanged a few polite words, Mr. Zheng said goodbye and left.

Li Yun, without even looking at the boxes, turned to look at Li Zheng, who had just returned from Cangshan, and asked, "How is the preparation going?"

Li Zheng was also watching Zheng Yuanwai leave, and then he said, "The manor has already recruited a hundred people, and each person is paid one string of silver per month."

He looked at Li Yun and whispered, "That's right, that's right... We haven't told them clearly what we are going to do yet. They only know that we hired them to protect the fields."

"Also, the manor hasn't been built yet. The bricklayer said it won't be finished until next spring."

Li Zheng was worried and said, "Second brother, it seems inappropriate to rely on these farmhands to attack the Ten Kings Village. Most of these people have never seen blood..."

"We'll go at midnight."

Li Yun said slowly: "I and the anti-bandit team are in the front, the people in the village are following behind, and those people are following at the end. Tell them clearly in advance that this trip is to help the government suppress bandits."

"We don't need them to fight the bandits. We just need them to guarantee that we won't be besieged by the people from the Ten Kings Village."

Mr. Li said in a low voice: "Now, the most important issue is how to get past the dense defenses of the Ten Kings Village and enter the Ten Kings Village."

"As long as we can get in, we will fight head-on."

Mr. Li said slowly: "We have official status here, at least a dozen people can wear armor, I am sure I can beat them."

Li Zheng was about to speak when someone knocked on the gate again.

Li Yun strode to the gate of the courtyard, opened the door and saw the person coming. He nodded and smiled, "Seventh Master is here."

It was Chen Qi who taught him the art of spearmanship.

Master Chen Qi held a long spear about ten feet long in his hands. He handed it to Li Yun with both hands and said with a smile, "I know you have a heavy hand, so I spent more than two months searching for such a long piece of oiled beef tendon wood, and I also equipped you with a heavy spear head."

"It weighs about 7 or 8 kilograms. Try it."

Li Yun stretched out his hand to take it, only to find it was quite heavy in his hand. The handle of the gun was tough, and the tip of the gun was thick and sharp.

Master Chen Qi was full of pride: "You are very strong. This big spear can be used to smash people and break their armor in addition to stabbing them."

"Only in Xuanzhou can we find ox-tendon wood of this length."

Li Yun bowed his head to thank him, then held the gun in both hands and shook it violently. Because the gun barrel was very tough, he felt that the spear in his hand had turned into an uncontrollable dragon and was about to slip out of his hand!

He held his breath, concentrated, and thrust the spear straight forward, with an almost audible sound of it breaking through the air.

"it is good!"

Chief Li shouted with great heroism.

"Seventh Master really helped a lot."

He put away his gun and thanked him, with some excitement in his voice.

"I... am in need of a handy weapon right now!"

(End of this chapter)