The Golden Family, rising from the Western Regions

Chapter 106: Jinzhou's Most Powerful Family
As the deputy governor of Jinzhou, Li Xiao represents the general trend and the legality of the Liao Dynasty.

Under normal circumstances, confronting Li Xiao is actually confronting the entire Northern Frontier force.

Although Zhu Wanli had a high prestige in Yinshan Fort, he was still faced with the threat of cavalrymen who were several times larger than himself, and Li Xiao's righteous theory of extermination of the nine clans.

The soldiers of Yinshan Fort were shaken.

They slowly put down their weapons, and no one dared to act rashly.

"Someone come here." Seeing that the situation had been controlled, Li Xiao shouted.

"exist."

Li Xiao looked sharply at Zhu Wanli, whose face was already filled with panic, and said in a cold voice, "Behead him."

"As ordered!"

Upon hearing this, the personal guards rushed towards Zhu Wanli and dragged him out of the crowd.

The surrounding Yinshan Fort soldiers faced this situation, some remained indifferent, some looked struggling, but no one dared to act rashly.

He could only let Zhu Wanli be dragged away.

At this moment, Zhu Wanli was completely terrified.

He looked at the soldiers around him with angry eyes, as if he wanted to eat them.

He turned to look at Li Xiao and shouted loudly:
"Li Xiao, you can't kill me."

"I am a meritorious official of the Liao Dynasty, and I have done great service to Lord Xiao Simo."

"You can't kill me. I want to see Master Xiao Simo."

"I don't want to be a deputy captain anymore. I give up~"

However, in the face of Zhu Wanli's surrender, Li Xiao remained calm and said nothing.

After all, the strength of Yinshan Fort is comparable to that of Hexi Fort, and Zhu Wanli has always had a high opinion of himself, but he has no self-awareness.

Keeping him around will always be a hidden danger to Li Xiao's personal prestige and the unity among the Han tribe in Jinzhou.

So he must die.

As the blade of the personal soldier fell, Zhu Wanli's voice stopped abruptly.

Li Xiao looked at the other Yinshan soldiers and said loudly: "Zhu Wanli is guilty and has been beheaded. His family has been enslaved."

"You are not guilty."

As Li Xiao finished speaking, it was obvious that the atmosphere in the entire camp suddenly became less depressing.

Many soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if they had survived a disaster.

The next step is to formally reorganize Yinshan Fort.

Since Yinshan Fort has already jumped out, Li Xiao will definitely not be polite and will prepare to perform a major operation on Yinshan Fort.

All the original fort structures were demolished.

Soon, a list was freshly released.

"Zhao Wu, Zhu Gui, Liang Sisheng..."

"Ten of you come out."

Da Hu held up a register and shouted loudly.
Then, ten soldiers of different ages came out.

Then, with a confused look on his face, he heard the final judgment on himself and his family.

"Go back and pick up your family, pack up your belongings, and take them to Hexi Fort to settle down before the beginning of winter."

"From now on, you will be members of the Hexi Hundred Households Unit."

"You will receive an equal share of the farmland you originally had in Yinshan Fort when you move to Hexi Fort."

After Da Hu finished giving the instructions, he called out the names of ten more people and asked them to take their families to another village before the beginning of winter.

The reason why it is before the beginning of winter is because the grain is about to be harvested.

No one would leave their homeland at this moment.

Migration only occurs before the beginning of winter, when the roads are not blocked by heavy snow.

At the same time, Hexi Fort and other forts will each select ten households to move to Yinshan Fort to live.

The purpose is very simple, to completely dismantle Yinshan Fort.

After all, Yinshan Fort had a history of rebellion. Although the bandit leader Zhu Wanli had been beheaded, who knew how many of his confidants were still here?
If we leave Yinshan Fort alone, perhaps the next Zhu Wanli will appear.

Therefore, Li Xiao dispersed all the 300 households in Yinshan Fort into each fort, and even into different groups of households.

In this way, even if someone is unwilling, not many people can gather around him.

At most, it will just be a small fight and will never amount to anything big.

Listening to the soldiers being dispersed and deployed to other forts one by one, Li Xiao, riding on his horse, looked forward and asked Gu Zizhong beside him with a chuckle.

"Mr. Gu, do you think this arrangement is appropriate?"

Gu Zizhong also smiled slightly, twirled his beard, and said softly: "Commander Li's arrangements are very appropriate and very comprehensive."

"I believe that Lord Xiao will also have nothing but praise for Governor Li's arrangements."

With Gu Zizhong's intelligence and wisdom, he could naturally see through Li Xiao's intention.

It is clear that Li Xiao is taking the opportunity to expand his personal power.

Splitting up the herdsmen of Yinshan Fort and drawing herdsmen from various forts to form a new Yinshan Three Hundred Households was only the first step.

The focus is on the subsequent appointment of key personnel of the three centurions.

There is no doubt that the candidates for the three centurions will definitely be selected from the ten people who originally migrated from Hexi Fort.

For the next ten households, Li Xiao will also choose people he trusts.

After all, in this war, many people from Hexi Fort fought with Li Xiao, and made great contributions. Many of them were qualified to be promoted to centurions or ten-householders.

Li Xiao just went with the flow.

In this way, Li Xiao will be able to firmly control the three hundred households of Yinshan Fort and become another direct force after Hexi Fort.

Therefore, Li Xiao's purpose in launching a war against Yinshan Fort was actually to pave the way for himself.

Gu Zizhong saw this very clearly. Although he would not interfere with the arrangements of Yinshan Fort, he would definitely report it to Xiao Simo truthfully.

Let Xiao Simo judge whether it is true or not.

In response, Li Xiao just smiled faintly and didn't care at all.

Just report it. It was a tradition of the Liao Dynasty for generals to expand their own forces within an appropriate scope.

Not only Li Xiao would do this, Xiao Linta, as the governor, would do it more thoroughly.

Otherwise, without sufficient direct support, how can we intimidate other forces under our command?

So even if Xiao Simo knew about it, he would just turn a blind eye.

At the time when the work of registering and educating the people in Jinzhou was in full swing.

An order was delivered to Hexi Fort by fast horse.

"Appoint Li Erjiang, the deputy chief of Hexi Fort, as the commander of the Hexi Thousand Household of Jinzhou."

"Xiao Simo!"

This order was just a simple sentence, but it shocked the entire Li family and even the entire Hexi Fort.

Li Erjiang kept putting his right hand on his chest to salute, and just stood there in a daze.

"Wha, what?"

"I, I, I'm a thousand households?"

Li Erjiang's face was filled with shock and he looked at Chen Erqiang who came to deliver the message in disbelief.

Just a few days ago, Erhu returned home and brought the news that Li Xiao was appointed as the deputy governor of Jinzhou.

The Li family was naturally overjoyed, and they also understood the significance of Jinzhou's household registration system and the official positions of Qianhu and Baihu.

But Li Erjiang never thought that he was given the title of Qianhu even though he had done nothing.

Directly managing a thousand households is comparable to several Hexi Forts.

Li Erjiang subconsciously thought that this order was fake, or maybe Xiao Simo had written the name wrong?
"Brother Erjiang, don't just stand there like an idiot. Hurry and take this letter of appointment."

"It even has the signature of King Xiao himself."

"It's you, no doubt about it."

Chen Erqiang smiled and stuffed the order into Li Erjiang's hands.

A hint of envy flashed across his face.

No wonder people say that the Li family’s ancestral tomb has good feng shui.

The old man was a ruthless man back then. If Li Dahai hadn't died, he would definitely have been very successful in Jinzhou.

And in the next generation, there was a monster like Li Xiao.

Just look, after a war, a deputy governor, two thousand households, and several hundred households suddenly emerged.

From now on, the Li family will become the most powerful and wealthy family in Jinzhou.

But Chen Erqiang is doing well now.

He participated in all the major battles fought by Li Xiao and made many contributions.

Now he has been appointed as a centurion.

He is one of the three hundred households in Yinshan Fort.

This time he came back, in addition to delivering a letter to Li Erjiang, he also wanted to inform his family that they would move to Yinshan Fort after the wheat harvest.

There were a total of thirty households from Hexi Fort with him.

After all, the three centurions are all from Hexi Fort, and they must have enough manpower to control the people from other forts.

Ten households were not enough, so Li Xiao finally decided to move thirty households directly from Hexi Fort to Yinshan Fort.

Together with the dozens of households in Hedong Fort and Tazhai Fort, it was enough for Chen Erqiang and the other two to support Yinshan Fort.

"Hey, Erqiang, what's going on?"

"I didn't do anything. I just lay in bed for two months to recover from my injuries. How did I become a thousand households?"

Li Erjiang held the letter signed by Xiao Simo and looked completely confused.

The old man, Qin Dani and others beside them were also confused.

Only Erhu, who had just returned a few days ago, suddenly remembered something.

He laughed and said, "Second Uncle, this thousand households are yours, there is no doubt about it."

"When Lord Xiao conferred an official title on my brother, he first appointed him Deputy Commander-in-Chief and Commander-in-Chief of the Left, and then he also appointed him Commander-in-Chief of the Left."

"It means that a member of the clan can also become a thousand households."

"It's mainly because my brother's contributions at the time were great and numerous enough."

"Xiao Simo felt bad for not giving my brother the title of Governor of Jinzhou, so he added this official title."

Hearing this, everyone in the Li family understood instantly.

No wonder Li Erjiang was able to be appointed as a thousand households while lying in bed. It turned out that it was Li Xiao who got it.

Although the position of Qianhu can be conferred to any relative of Li Xiao, after thinking about it, Li Erjiang is the most suitable one.

After all, the old man is old and Erhu and the others are too young.

After all, Li Sanhe, Li Sishui and others are still a step further away.

Only Li Erjiang is worthy of this position of a thousand households.

Although he has been lying down for two months and has not achieved any achievement, Li Erjiang himself is also a tough guy.

After all, in the Battle of Beishan, it was he who, carrying Li Dahai's body, fought his way out of the encirclement of the Qarluk people.

So in terms of ability, Li Erjiang is definitely worthy of the position of a thousand households.

But Li Erjiang just felt a little uncomfortable.

After understanding the whole story, Li Erjiang felt that the letter of appointment was extremely hot.

"This, this is the reward that Dalong fought for with his life." Li Erjiang looked helpless.

He looked at the old man and said, "As the second uncle, I didn't do anything wrong. Even my life was saved by Dalong."

"I didn't follow Dalong during the battle, but now my name is on the list of rewards for merit."

"Dad, this is inappropriate."

"Otherwise, this thousand households will be yours."

(End of this chapter)