My older brother said I'm invincible.

Chapter 108 Liu Xuan Wants to Go Up the Mountain

Li Xuanba agreed with Zhang Du's suggestion and decided to follow it.

But besides the local area, Li Xuanba had an even bigger problem to solve.

The followers of Qingzaozhai, and his own deployment in Yeniu Mountain.

The local people can be entrusted to the village headman to govern them well and treat them kindly, but the people in this mountain village cannot be entrusted to someone else, can they?

If Li Xuanba leaves, the stronghold will obviously be in a very dangerous situation. Not to mention anything else, if the new prefect arrives and launches an attack, and no one informs him, the stronghold will definitely be destroyed.

But no one could come up with a solution. They couldn't very well let the bandit gang go to Loufan with them, could they?
In their view, all they could do at the moment was to tell the people in the mountain stronghold to hide deeper and be more careful; there was nothing else they could do.

Li Xuanba didn't hesitate; he decided to go see Tian Xiangzheng first.

This Tian Xiangzheng had visited the farm before and met Li Xuanba. Since then, he often gave Li Xuanba gifts and treated Li Xuanba's subordinates with courtesy, frequently inviting them to his home, hoping not to miss out on this powerful patron.

When Tian Xiangzheng learned of Li Xuanba's arrival, he hurriedly changed his clothes and rushed out to greet him.

In order to better serve Li Xuanba, he even moved out of the city and came to live in Changwu Township. He had a mansion here, but he didn't come here often in the past. The only advantage of this place was that it was close enough to Li Xuanba's farm.

"My Lord!!!"

Tian Xiang rushed out of the courtyard gate, stumbled, and after a hard struggle to regain his balance, hurriedly bowed to greet them.

Li Xuanba stood outside his mansion, surveying the many residences around him.

This is the central area of ​​Changwu. Compared to other small villages with only a few dozen or even a dozen households, this place is quite lively. There are houses on both sides of the dirt road. Although they are not as tall and beautiful as the buildings in the city, they are not empty either. In the distance, you can see children playing together, and you can see smoke rising from the chimneys from time to time.

After the scourge of bandits and local militias was temporarily suppressed, the situation outside the city actually improved considerably.

Unfortunately, this stability may not last long.

Tian Xiangzheng was quite excited. Yesterday, news of the emperor's edict spread throughout the land. Tian Xiangzheng, who was most concerned about Li Xuanba, also received the news immediately. He was both happy and helpless.

During this period of time, although he had contact with Li Xuanba, he was unable to do anything for him. Their relationship had not progressed. Now that Li Xuanba had been granted a marquisate, his powerful backer was getting stronger and stronger, but he still couldn't get close to him!
But today, Lord Li actually came to his residence in person. Tian Xiang didn't know why he came, but it was a good thing that he came! As long as he could get on the Li family's ship, he would do anything!

Li Xuanba helped Tian Xiangzheng, who was bowing, to his feet, pointed around, and said, "After Xiangzheng returned to the countryside, the situation here has indeed changed greatly, and it even looks like a paradise."

"This is all because of Your Excellency's kindness! The people of Xingyang have received much kindness from Your Excellency, and so have we."

Tian Xiang was flattering him and hurriedly invited Li Xuanba into the mansion. His servants were extremely busy at the moment, some cleaning the roads and others preparing to slaughter livestock. Li Xuanba was thus invited into the inner room and sat in the seat of honor.

Li Xuanba was quite reserved in his interactions with others. If it were the second brother, he would probably have already grabbed Tian Xiangzheng's hand and started calling him brother.

Without exchanging many pleasantries, Li Xuanba went straight to the point about his purpose.

He didn't beat around the bush and spoke quite frankly.

"The people of Changwu have had a hard time. As I am about to leave, I only hope that the village head will take good care of the people under his jurisdiction and guard against thieves. You mentioned earlier that you had a child. You can write to him and ask him to come and follow me."

"From now on, if there is any injustice, you can contact me."

Li Xuanba spoke frankly, and Tian Xiangzheng naturally didn't mince words either.

Upon hearing that Li Xuanba wanted his child to follow him, Tian Xiangzheng was already filled with excitement. He was unusually solemn at this moment and said, "My lord, there is no need to worry!"

"This matter of Changwu was originally my duty. After you go to Loufan, I will definitely take good care of the people under my jurisdiction, and I will never allow anyone to bully them or let thieves run rampant. I will also supervise the surrounding countryside in a timely manner. If anyone harms the people, I will not stand for it!"

Getting on Li Xuanba's good side was something Tian Xiangzheng had always dreamed of, and now that Li Xuanba had given him the opportunity, he would agree to anything!

Moreover, what Li Xuanba asked him to do wasn't anything bad; he just wanted him to be a good official and do what he was supposed to do.

Why wouldn't he agree? Even if it offended everyone inside and outside Guancheng, Tian Xiangzheng wasn't afraid. All of them combined didn't carry as much weight as Li Xuanba alone! Not to mention, behind Lord Li was Duke Li. Li Xuanba then gave him many instructions, which Tian Xiangzheng noted down one by one.

Li Yuan was leaving in a few days, and Li Xuanba still had many things to do. After giving instructions to Tian Xiangzheng, Li Xuanba hurriedly left.

Tian Xiangzheng escorted him all the way to the official road. Watching Li Xuanba lead the group away, Tian Xiangzheng finally burst into laughter.

All that hard work over the long term has finally paid off!
With his son by Li Xuanba's side, their family has truly risen to prominence!

His attendants, who had always known of Tianxiangzheng's wish, offered their congratulations.

Tian Xiang was gazing at the road in the distance when he couldn't help but sigh:

“Our lord is truly a benevolent and righteous gentleman! I have never seen such a person before. With my son following such a person, how could he not achieve great things in the future?”

Everyone said yes.

Tian Xiangzheng's expression grew increasingly solemn. He looked around and said very seriously, "Remember this: from now on, we must emulate Lord Jun. I will not pursue what you did in the past, but you must never do anything evil again!"

"We must be like a righteous and benevolent ruler, treat the people well, and do our work diligently. If anyone dares to disobey us and ruin my important affairs, I will never forgive them!"

"Do you understand?"

Everyone was startled and hurriedly agreed again.

In fact, this Mr. Tian was not a good official in the past. After becoming the head of the village, he did not do anything proper. He stayed in the city all year round and left the official business to his henchmen. If someone wanted to do something, they had to pay money first. He was just like the other village heads in other places.

But from today onwards, I, Tian, ​​will become an honest and good official!
He was irreconcilably opposed to the local traitors!
Just as Tian Xiang was thinking about how to produce some results as soon as possible and present them to Li Xuanba before he left, Li Xuanba had already returned to his own mansion.

Everyone in the mansion was quite busy, moving house.

Li Yuan was probably going to set off first, rushing to his destination, while his family followed behind him. Family members could be late, since it wasn't them who were taking office.

Regarding the upcoming Loufan, Lady Dou and Li Yuan had some disagreements. Li Yuan felt that Loufan was different from Xingyang and was not a good place. He suggested that Lady Dou take Li Jiancheng and the others back to their hometown in Guanzhong first, while he would take his second or third son with him.

However, Madam Dou felt that the current situation in Guanzhong was not good, with undercurrents surging, and that it was best to stay away.

The two discussed this for a long time, and Li Yuan finally 'magnanimously' adopted his wife's suggestion and prepared to bring his whole family along again. Although according to the system, it was unlikely that local officials would bring their families, but after all, they were nobles, and many of them did so. Some nobles even wanted to bring their families with them when they went to war.

At this time, Liu Xuan visited Li Xuanba again.

He mentioned something very important.

Li Xuanba was startled when Liu Xuan spoke.

"You go to Loufan first. I'll stay here and go with Cao Chi and the others to the mountain stronghold. I'll come back to find you in a few days."

"what?"

"Master, how can this be done? The mountain path is difficult to traverse, and there are ferocious beasts and poisonous insects in the mountains. You..."

“If you leave like this, these people won’t survive more than two months. Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing. Once I get there, I’ll teach them how to govern and how to survive. Once things are settled over there, I can come and find you.”

"I've already told your grandfather that I need to go home to prepare some things, and he agreed."

"That's how we'll handle this!"

Liu Xuan said it with absolute certainty.

(End of this chapter)