Northern Prefecture Rivers and Mountains

Chapter 105 Hero
A busy year has passed.

Overall, the harvest this year was acceptable. Eight buildings were erected, Lanling was stable, and the Cao family was obedient.

Eat your food one bite at a time and walk one step at a time.

Liu Daogui started from scratch, which is an extremely fast speed.

During the Chinese New Year, three liters of grain were distributed to the households so that they could have their fill.

As things were still in their infancy, many villagers wore straw clothes and rags, and the children were shivering with cold.

This made Liu Daogui realize that there was still a long way to go.

The five Hu Ben sent to Yan Du successfully joined the Tianshi Dao and gained a firm foothold. Liu Daogui asked Wu Yantong to exchange five more Hu Ben back to continue lurking.

The war in Langya County entered a stalemate phase. The enemy was unable to break through Kaiyang. Liu Guangzhi and Liu Muzhi held the two cities of Feixian and Yangdu.

Recalling the five Tiger Guards will not have much impact.

This confrontation lasted for half a month. Seeing that Liu Guangzhi and Liu Muzhi were not fooled, the bandits drove their troops north and entered Dongguan County.

However, Dongguan was originally an abandoned county, and the imperial court had always used it as a buffer zone. Like Lanling County, it was not managed much.

Piluhun, who occupied Qingzhou in the north, did not care about this place.

The thieves returned to Mount Tai from Dongguan, and the threat to Langya County was temporarily lifted.

After the first month of the year, Liu Guangzhi led his troops back and brought back a handwritten letter from Liu Muzhi, thanking Liu Daogui profusely and saying that he had persuaded Langya Internal History Jiang Hua to report to the court for merit.

It's enough to just listen to these words. Liu Daogui knows his own limitations.

Zhu Xu guarded the Sima family's ancestral tomb, but the emperor and Sima Daozi turned a deaf ear to it, not to mention that they just drove away a group of bandits...

If Liu Muzhi really had this ability, he would not be in his thirties and still be just a county clerk of the ninth rank.

The letter also praised the strict military discipline of the troops and their non-harm to the civilians, and praised Liu Daogui's ability to command the army.

To express his gratitude, he sent two hundred dan of grain and one thousand strings of money, and asked Liu Daogui to carefully identify the captives sent.

Liu Daogui was somewhat baffled, not understanding why he specifically mentioned the captives at the end, as if he had something to hide...

There are more than 500 prisoners in total. Does he want me to deal with these people?
While he was thinking, Liu Guangzhi came in and said, "The bandit threat has been quelled, there is no trouble in Lanling, I will go to Yandu."

He was a person who could not sit still by nature, and as soon as he came back he asked to go south.

"Don't you want to rest for a few days?" Liu Daogui closed the letter.

"Fighting and killing make life interesting. To be honest, I've worked myself to death in Qingguang Village."

"Yes." Liu Daogui had no choice.

Liu Guangzhi said, "There is one more thing. Two women in the village are pregnant with my child. If the baby is born, please give it a good name and take good care of it."

"So fast?" Liu Daogui was surprised.

"You are the slowest. Look, A-Pei's three women are about to give birth."

If he hadn't told Liu Daogui, he really wouldn't have known.

All I know is that they kept many women in Qingguang Village, especially Liu Zun, who kept seven or eight...

As soon as Liu Guang left, Liu Zhong arrived and asked, "Brother, what should we do with these prisoners?"

"Let's take a look at these people first." Liu Daogui felt that there must be something fishy among the captives.

The prisoners were all held in the back mountain, totaling more than 500 people.

They were all wearing tattered clothes and huddled together, shivering.

Most of them are people with honest faces and numb eyes, as if they don't care about their own life or death.

Nowadays, many people who can't survive will gather in the mountains.

"What do you think?" Liu Daogui asked Liu Zhong. If it were in the past, he would have killed them with a knife to establish his authority. However, his prestige is enough now, and these prisoners are all young and strong.

"Spring plowing is about to begin, and we are in need of manpower. We will distribute them to the various tribes as slaves, and they will become tribe residents after ten years." Liu Zhong had obviously already had an idea.

There was no shortage of land these days, but there was a shortage of people. Five hundred strong men were not a small number, and it would be a shame to kill them. The eight tribes were both farmers and soldiers, so there was no need to worry about them escaping.

Slaves were widespread in this era, and even Shi Le, the great Hu king, was a slave.

"Okay, it's up to you."

"Brother, don't worry."

Just as Liu Daogui was about to leave, a man suddenly stood up and shouted, "I'm not a bandit. I'm Wang Rui from Qi County, Taiyuan. I wanted to surrender to the imperial court, but was held hostage by these bandits!"

The surrounding soldiers surrounded him with swords drawn.

"Stop!" Liu Daogui shouted quickly.

"General, please understand. I am a native of Jin. My brother Wang Yi and I led a righteous army to attack Murong Chui, but were defeated. After our defeat, Zhai Liao retained us and appointed us generals. Unwilling to submit to the barbarians, we fled to Mount Tai."

This man had a loud voice and a strong appearance, and didn't look like a bandit.

Liu Zun cursed, "You are so arrogant! You even want to attack Murong Chui."

"My father, Wang Miao, was the prefect of Wei County in the Qin State. Everything can be verified!" Wang Rui pulled up a strong man beside him. The two looked similar.

"Bah, you're nothing but a Hu people's dog!" Liu Zun spat.

Wang Rui and Wang Yi's faces flushed. "A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated. If you don't believe me, General, you can kill us two brothers, but we will never be your slaves!"

"Do you really think I dare not kill you?" Liu Zun stepped forward with his sword, raised the long sword, his face full of murderous intent.

The two brothers remained motionless and their expressions remained unchanged.

Liu Zun was so embarrassed that he looked at Liu Daogui.

"Stop." Liu Daogui basically believed what they said.

"General, if you allow us to go south and seek refuge with our fellow Wang family members in Taiyuan, I will reward you handsomely in the future." Wang Rui bowed.

Wang Gong also came from the Wang family of Taiyuan.

Maybe they are relatives of these two people, so Liu Daogui cannot kill them.

No wonder Liu Muzhi sent these people here. He must have known their identities.

Liu Muzhi was Jiang Hua's man, Jiang Hua was Sima Daozi's man, and he was at odds with Wang Gong. These two people were hot potatoes in their hands.

The Wang family of Taiyuan was at its peak. In addition to Wang Gong, there were also brothers Wang Guobao and Wang Yu.

Not to mention that he couldn't afford to offend Liu Muzhi, even Jiang Hua didn't dare to offend him.

I don't know if Liu Muzhi wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife, but on second thought, if he really had this intention, he wouldn't have specifically reminded me...

"Since you are rebelling against Murong Chui and Zhai Liao, you are a true man. Come, prepare some decent clothes and some money and food to send you two south."

The dilapidated temple in Qingguang Village is a bit small. Anyway, judging from the attitude of the two of them, if they can't even keep Zhai Liao, they certainly can't keep this small temple either.

Since we can't keep him or kill him, we might as well do him a favor. Qingguang Village doesn't need two slaves anyway.

Even if what the two said was false, Liu Daogui would suffer little loss. If they really succeeded, the profits in the future would be huge, and he might even have more opportunities in the future.

The most important thing is that Liu Daogui admired the integrity of the two brothers, so there was no need to kill them.

The two of them had such strong tempers that they dared to rebel against Murong Chui. Although they were defeated, they were still honored. Zhai Liao entrusted them with the task of being generals, but neither of them was tempted. They can be considered heroes.

"May I ask your name, General?"

The two brothers are so poor, yet still so polite.

"I don't deserve it. I'm Liu Daogui, and I'm honored to be a soldier in the army."

"The grace of saving my life will never be forgotten!"

The two of them are truly in love.

(End of this chapter)