Thief Emperor

Chapter 80: The First Village in Xuanzhou! (Subscribe please!!)

In the gathering hall of Shiwangzhai.

Li Yun sat in the main seat, Li Zheng and Liu Bo sat on his right, and the third in command Zhou Liang sat on his left.

Liu Bo said, "We have roughly counted the items in the Ten Kings Camp. There are about 20,000 copper coins alone."

Li Yun lowered his head to drink tea and said with a smile: "It's really rich, it's worthy of being the largest village in Xuanzhou."

Liu Bo continued, "In addition to cash, there are also a lot of gold and silver, and the most is food."

"They would regularly transport large quantities of food to the mountains, even if the old food was piled up to rot."

Li Yun was curious and asked, "How much food do they have stored?"

Liu Bo scratched his head and said, "There must be several thousand stones. There are too many to count."

Village Chief Li frowned and said, "It's not easy to transport food up the mountain. They only have more than 200 people. What are they going to do with so much food?"

Li Zheng grinned and said, "No matter why they stored so much food, it's all ours now."

Liu Bo picked up a box from the ground, placed it in front of Li Yun, and said, "Second brother, there are these."

Li Yun took a look and saw that the box was full of letters.

He asked, "Is it the communication between Shiwangzhai and those wealthy families in Xuanzhou?"

"Correct."

Liu Bo smiled and said, "This Boss Tong is also very cunning. In his room, we found a lot of letters and some accounts that he deliberately kept in order to hold those big households accountable and prevent them from giving up on him easily."

"Among them, there are several letters and documents that were found on him."

"Now, the soldiers from Xuanzhou are so anxious to come to rescue the Ten Kings Village, probably because of these things."

Liu Bo looked at the letters and laughed, "It's a pity that the bigwigs in the state didn't expect that there would be such a serious internal conflict in the Ten Kings Camp. Before they could arrive at the scene, the Ten Kings Camp was taken down by the second brother."

Li Yun took the letters and after looking at them for a few times, he was suddenly attracted by one of the letters. He took it and saw the word "Gu" written on the envelope.

After opening the envelope and reading the contents, Li Yun set his eyes on the signature, which was "Gu Mou".

He sneered.

It seems that not only the wealthy families in Xuanzhou City are in collusion with Shiwangzhai, but even the Gu family in Shidai also has some "business dealings" with Shiwangzhai!
The Shidai Gu family is a family of officials! Although their official positions are not high, they have been officials for several generations, and they actually have some connections with bandits!
It is conceivable to what extent the world has become corrupt!

Thinking of the mountains of food in Shiwangzhai, Li Yun took a deep breath.

The current situation was such that he was not the only one who could see clearly that the food in the Ten Kings Village was either kept by Boss Tong in preparation for an emergency, or someone had stored it on the Ten Kings Peak.

While he was lost in thought, Zhou Liang, who had been silent, asked, "Village leader, what are you going to do with the property of the Ten Kings Village?"

Li Yun came back to his senses, looked at the three people, and said, "I called you here to discuss this matter."

"The soldiers and horses of Xuanzhou are still at the foot of the mountain and have not withdrawn yet. We don't have time to calmly transport the things of Shiwangzhai back."

"There are only 40 or 50 of us. Even if we all carry gold and silver, we can't carry much. It's even more impossible to take away copper coins and food. In other words, if we retreat from the mountain now, the things we can take away are very limited."

“So, the question we need to consider now is.”

Chief Li looked at the three people in front of him and said, "Should we stay in the Ten Kings Village and occupy Lingyang Mountain from now on, or should we take some valuables and retreat back to Cangshan?"

"It will definitely be safer if we withdraw to Cangshan. After all, there is no Cangshan stronghold in Qingyang's account book. As long as we don't work, no government troops will go to Cangshan to cause trouble for us."

"Although we can get all the property of the Ten Kings Camp if we stay in the Ten Kings Camp, the Xuanzhou government troops are still there at the foot of the mountain. The brigade commander leading the Xuanzhou soldiers has already discovered us. This is not the original Ten Kings Camp."

"Although he doesn't dare to go up the mountain, he must have gone back to report to Xuanzhou Sima Cao Rong. If the people in the state are worried about us, they might send troops over. By then, it won't be a hundred people, but likely hundreds."

"If we choose to stay in the Ten Kings Village, we must be able to defend it."

Zhou Liang stroked his beard and remained silent.

Li Zheng and Liu Bo looked at each other, then looked at Li Yun: "Second brother, you are the backbone, you make the decision."

Zhou Liang also nodded and said, "The village chief makes the decision, and we just have to obey."

Chief Li sat in the main seat, frowning and silent.

He was also a little conflicted about this matter.

If he stayed in Shiwangzhai, there would be many benefits. Not only could he occupy this already huge mountain stronghold, but he could also inherit most of Shiwangzhai's property. But at the same time, the risks he had to bear were also huge.

Because he couldn't estimate the extent of the involvement between Cao Sima and the Ten Kings Camp. If it was deeply involved, Xuanzhou would send all its troops to the Ten Kings Camp to suppress the bandits...

After all, it is still a startup team and its risk tolerance is too weak.

After thinking for a while, Li Yun slowly said: "Then, let's wait for another two days to see how big the situation will be in Xuanzhou."

What he said actually meant that he wanted to stay in the Ten Kings Village.

Because the combat effectiveness of the Xuanzhou soldiers is really poor, if they hold on based on the geographical advantages, they still have a good chance of holding on.

However, what really made Li Yun decide to stay in Shiwangzhai was not the geographical advantage of Shiwang Peak, but because... although there were said to be a thousand Xuanzhou soldiers, Li Yun had never seen so many people!

In the past six months, even during the Shidai uprising some time ago, Sima Cao only brought two hundred soldiers with him!
It was a common practice for these local officials to draw military salaries without doing any work. Although Li Yun did not know exactly how much military salary Cao Sima had drawn, it was certain that the military strength in Xuanzhou must be less than a thousand men.

Even... maybe there are only 200, and the other 800 positions are just empty salaries!

If this is the case, Li Yun is fully confident that he can defend the Ten Kings Village. After all, there are not only these people from Cangshan in the Ten Kings Village, but also more than a hundred "indigenous bandits" who have surrendered.

After discussing whether to return to Cangshan, Li Yun coughed and asked, "Also, what should we do with the people from the original Ten Kings Village?"

Zhou Liang quickly gave his opinion on this issue. He looked at Li Yun and said with a smile, "Village leader, there are still more than a hundred people left in the Ten Kings Village. It is impossible to kill them all. Among these more than a hundred people, many are young and strong, and some are teenagers."

"The village chief wants to expand his power, and these are great helpers."

Li Yun stretched out his hand and knocked on the table: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to raise it well, and it will backfire on me."

"The village chief is overthinking."

Zhou Liang smiled and said, "They may not be that loyal and righteous. Moreover, in a village like Shiwangzhai, there won't be any loyalty or righteousness. I suggest that these people stay in Shiwangzhai. During this time, I will stay in Shiwang Peak and select some useful personnel from them."

"Moreover, most of them are injured now. As long as the village master heals their injuries and treats them well in the future, I guarantee that they will all behave themselves."

Chief Li took a deep breath, nodded slowly, and agreed with Zhou Liang's words.

In this era, the expansion of power often follows this process.

Sometimes when two armies were fighting, they would be fighting each other to the death the day before, but after surrendering the next day, they would start fighting side by side.

It’s just that the treatment of the surrendered soldiers will be a little worse. As Zhou Liang said, as long as they are not treated harshly, most people will not have any thoughts of revenge.

Even if there are one or two stubborn people occasionally, they won’t amount to anything.

"Then all the people from the Ten Kings Camp will stay."

At this point, Li Yun narrowed his eyes and said, "However, starting from Boss Tong, all the original Ten Kings of the Ten Kings Camp should be killed to avoid future troubles."

Zhou Liang stood up and walked out without saying a word.

"I'll take care of this matter on behalf of the village chief."

Li Yun looked at his back and smiled silently.

After drinking a sip of tea, he looked at Liu Bo again and said, "Old Nine, the Sun Shouli I brought up the mountain was originally the accountant of the Ten Kings Village. Take him with you these few days to count the things in the Ten Kings Village."

"All the bodies in the village have been sent to the back mountain for burial. Don't let any disease break out."

Liu Bo nodded repeatedly.

"Don't worry, brother. I've got it all down."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Yun and asked, "Second brother, are we going to move our village to Lingyang Mountain in the future?"

Li Yun looked outside, thought for a moment, and shook his head slightly: "For us now, Cangshan is still the foundation. The old people in the village should not move. Just bring some newcomers and young and strong people here."

While thinking, Chief Li said, "If the Ten Kings Village can prosper in the future, let the old men like Uncle Wu take care of Cangshan, and you guys can come to the Ten Kings Village."

Liu Bo chuckled, his eyes full of excitement: "If we can gain a foothold in the Ten Kings Village, not to mention Qingyang, even in the entire Xuanzhou, we will be the largest village!"

Li Yun smiled and did not respond. Instead, he looked outside, slightly absent-minded.

The imperial court's recruiting envoy.

It should be sent down after the New Year, right?

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