The Golden Family, rising from the Western Regions

Chapter 105: Talk to me about fairness? Are you worthy?
"Why?"

Outside Wuya Village, a man's loud shout was heard in a camp.

This is the leader of Yinshan Fort, named Zhu Wanli, who is in his thirties and looks very fierce.

There was some tension between him and Li Xiao, and he asked aggressively.

"We have three hundred households in Yinshan Fort, but they only appointed me as a centurion."

"Tangshan Fort only has 200 households, so why was he appointed as a deputy captain?"

"This is not fair!"

"I don't agree!"

Zhu Wanli looked indignant, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

Yinshan Fort is the largest fort among the nine forts and eighteen strongholds. It is considered to be the strongest among them, and even has a larger population than the original Hexi Fort.

This time, the people were registered and Yinshan Fort was divided into three hundred households, and Zhu Wanli himself only served as one of the hundred households.

The number of households and people under his management shrank by two-thirds.

It seriously infringed the interests of Zhu Wanli himself and his family.

The most important thing is that although Tangshan Fort, which is not far from Yinshan Fort, is also divided into two hundred households, its fort lord not only serves as a hundred households but also serves as a deputy thousand households.

In other words, the lord of Tangshan Fort became Zhu Wanli's boss.

How could Zhu Wanli, who had always been arrogant and self-proclaimed powerful, tolerate this?

Of course, Zhu Wanli’s anger was not directed only at Tangshan Fort.

In fact, it is a reference to Li Xiao.

Before this, Yinshan Fort was even stronger than Hexi Fort.

But because of this war, Li Xiao, a fifteen-year-old boy, suddenly emerged as a rising star.

He directly became the deputy governor of Jinzhou, the actual second in command.

This made Zhu Wanli feel very uncomfortable.

Subconsciously, I thought that I was just not as lucky as Li Xiao.

Li Xiao is just a fifteen-year-old boy. What else can he do besides getting into women's crotches?
Therefore, he felt very uncomfortable when he thought about having to listen to a young boy in the future.

So he took advantage of this opportunity and jumped out to attack Li Xiao.

As he listened to Zhu Wanli's words, Li Xiao's expression did not change at all.

But his eyes were looking at Gu Zizhong who was standing beside him.

This is Xiao Simo's trusted adviser. As a writer, he is most suitable for the complicated task of registering the people.

Therefore, when the Han people in Jinzhou were being registered, the opinions of Li Xiao and Gu Zizhong were mainly followed.

"Mr. Gu, what do you think?" Li Xiao asked indifferently.

Gu Zizhong was a smart man and naturally understood the root cause of the trouble in Yinshan Fort.

So he smiled lightly at Li Xiao and said, "Gu is just cooperating."

"On such an important matter, the opinion of Governor Li should prevail."

He is worthy of being the one who can trick that loser Zhaogu Yachi. He is indeed a slippery loach.

Knowing that the work of registering the people was not easy, he pushed all the difficult tasks to Li Xiao.

But the key is that this matter concerns Li Xiao's own dignity and interests, so he must take action.

So, he nodded gently at Gu Zizhong, then looked at Zhu Wanli and said in a faint voice, "What do you want?"

“What is fair?”

At this time, the process of registering the people had reached Yinshan Fort, which was the gathering place of more than 200 soldiers of Yinshan Fort.

Therefore, Zhu Wanli was full of confidence and shouted excitedly: "Even Tang Sancai can be a deputy captain, why can't I be one?"

Tang Sancai is the lord of Tangshan Fort.

Zhu Wanli did not mention the matter of Li Xiao, the deputy governor, at all, but instead kept using Tang Sancai as a target.

Li Xiao naturally knew that Zhu Wanli was a troublemaker, and it just so happened that Li Xiao also needed someone to help him establish his authority in the household registration and equalization matter.

He smiled coldly and said, "You want to be a deputy commander? Do you want me to give you my position as a commander, or even the position of deputy governor?"

Before Zhu Wanli could answer, Li Xiao directly picked up the whip in his hand and swung it at Zhu Wanli.

With a "bang" sound, he was hit in the face, and accompanied by Zhu Wanli's screams, a bloody scar appeared on his face.

"Just you? You want to talk to me about fairness? Are you qualified?" Li Xiao said in a cold voice.

"Ahhh~"

"You little bastard, how dare you hit me."

"I'll kill you."

Zhu Wanli, angered by Li Xiao's blunt words, shouted out what was in his heart.

The reason was that he didn't think Li Xiao was anything special from the bottom of his heart.

He was just lucky enough to win a few battles and climb into the bed of the Liao princess with his handsome face.

Not enough to be afraid of.

Looking at Zhu Wanli who was covering his face and screaming, Li Xiao sneered disdainfully: "Kill me? You can't!"

At this moment, the atmosphere between the two sides became tense.

Li Xiao's personal guards and the soldiers of Yinshan Fort all subconsciously placed their hands on the hilts of their swords.

Facing this tense scene, Li Xiao slowly walked up to Zhu Wanli and spoke calmly, "During the Three Karluk Rebellion, Tangshan Fort sternly rejected the Karluk's attempts to recruit them, even raising an army to resist."

"Yunshan Fort, however, has been entangled with the Qarluk tribe and its attitude is unclear."

"When the Dongdu army attacked and annihilated the Qalulu tribe, they didn't take down your Yinshan Fort along with it. This was already a sign of Lord Xiao Simo's magnanimity."

"But you refused to repent. Later, during the Battle of Jinshan, Tangshan Fort was the first to attack, fearless of the enemy, while you, Zhu Wanli, were afraid to fight and refused to advance."

"After more than 20 days, we haven't made any progress."

"After that, it will be the decisive battle with the Sun Khan..."

"Do I need to explain each of these things in detail?"

Li Xiao shouted with a murderous look on his face.

He kicked Zhu Wanli directly in the stomach, and with another scream, Zhu Wanli was kicked to the ground.

This time he was completely furious.

His eyes were bloodshot. He stood up, drew the straight knife from his waist, pointed it at Li Xiao angrily and said, "You are slandering me."

"You made this up out of nothing. It's obvious that you made it up."

After the Battle of Beishan, the Karluk people became powerful, and when Yinshan Fort faced the threat of the Karluk troops, it was inevitable that it would have some other thoughts.

Not only Yinshan Fort, but even other forts and nomadic tribes have never wavered?
It was just the news that Li Xiao had eliminated the Aslan tribe that gave them a shot in the arm.

Otherwise, not only Yinshan Fort might surrender to the Karluks, but other forts might as well.

Therefore, in Zhu Wanli's view, this is just an instinctive choice made by human nature when facing danger.

What Li Xiao used to attack him was really far-fetched.

Thinking of this, Zhu Wanli became quite angry and shouted to the people around Yinshan Fort, "What are you waiting for?"

"Go ahead and tie them up for me."

"As long as we make this matter bigger, we can unite with the people from other forts to explain the situation to Lord Xiao."

"Lord Xiao will definitely clear our name and will not listen to this brat's one-sided story."

Zhu Wanli still had some means. He knew how to take advantage of Xiao Simo's mentality of not wanting to cause any more trouble and urgently needing to stabilize the situation in Jinzhou and then return to Dongdu.

Prepare to involve more forts and make things bigger.

Faced with this surging public sentiment, Xiao Simo must have had to take it into consideration and use some conciliatory measures to appease the people.

In addition, Zhu Wanli has been the lord of the fort for so many years and has accumulated great prestige in Yinshan Fort. Under his call, some soldiers of Yinshan Fort are still ready to go and take action.

Li Xiao's personal soldiers and the people brought by Gu Zizhong tightly protected them in the middle.

Li Xiao's expression never calmed down. He just looked down at Zhu Wanli with a cold gaze and said indifferently, "I have already given you a chance. You are seeking death yourself. Don't blame me for being merciless."

As soon as he finished speaking, a personal soldier behind Li Xiao took out a bullhorn and blew a low horn.

"Woooooooo~"

In just a few breaths, a low roar sounded on the earth.

The soldiers of Yinshan Fort, who had lived on horseback all year round, could naturally tell what the sound was.

Then, panic expressions began to appear on the faces of these soldiers, and they looked around with fear.

Sure enough, all I saw was a mass of cavalry galloping madly across the land.

In a short time, the Yinshan Fort camp was surrounded.

At a rough glance, there were about five or six hundred cavalrymen, all holding bows and arrows, aiming at the soldiers of Yinshan Fort.

The scene suddenly became tense, and the soldiers of Yinshan Fort began to panic.

But Zhu Wanli's face became even paler.

Obviously he has realized the seriousness of the matter.

Li Xiao was actually well prepared.

"I already know your plan."

"I will not let go of any of your accomplices, including you." Li Xiao said in a light voice.

This reform has affected the interests of many people.

Like Zhu Wanli, some of the original castle lords and village chiefs had their power weakened in this reform.

Some people accepted their fate, but people like Zhu Wanli were unwilling to accept it.

They secretly planned to incite others to cause trouble and take advantage of the situation.

Li Xiao naturally could not tolerate this.

Prepare to catch Zhu Wanli and his gang in one fell swoop.

As he spoke, Li Xiao looked at the soldiers of Yinshan Fort and shouted loudly: "I know that you have all been bewitched by Zhu Wanli."

"Lay down your weapons and surrender, and I promise to forgive you."

"If anyone dares to follow Zhu Wanli's path to the end, you alone will not see the sun tomorrow."

"Even your family members will not have a good ending."

"Zhu Wanli misled the army, gathered people to cause riots, and disobeyed his superiors. His crimes are extremely serious."

"If he rebels, will you all be executed along with him?"

After hearing Li Xiao's words, the fighting spirit of the Yinshan Fort soldiers was instantly shattered, and some people began to put down their weapons.

The reason for this is not only because Li Xiao understands human nature, but also because he knows how to take advantage of the general trend.

(End of this chapter)