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Chapter 229: A Thought Across the Mountains - Starting with a Mountain Village

Wu country, Wu capital!

Outside Sun Shilang's residence

"Young Master, are we still following?"

Wang Dahu looked at Zhao Ji and a group of Liudaotang cavalrymen entering the mansion of Minister Sun, and asked Wang Yue with some uncertainty.

In this world, Wang Yue was originally the young master of a mountain stronghold. Their stronghold was active on the borders of the three countries of Wu, An and others, and made a living by smuggling through the mountain trails.

The nine countries in the Central Plains have been at war for years, and the people living on the borders of each country have nowhere to make a living. However, Wangjiazhai has no worries about food and clothing because it is familiar with the terrain. From time to time, people come to seek refuge with their families.

All the men in the mountains are from poor families and do not know how to make a living. If they take in too many people, life in the mountain village will become very hard.

But Old Man Wang was unwilling to be ordinary. He knew the importance of population and had never rejected any refugees who came to him for help.

Five years ago, Old Man Wang passed away, and Wang Yue happened to come here at this time. Relying on his own strength, he intimidated several leaders who were ready to make moves in the village and took full control of the village.

He asked someone to inquire about the situation outside and heard that Empress An Guo Zhaojie had just passed away. He knew that it was still early for the plot to begin and if he took action now, he would not have the advantage of foresight, so he planned to build up his own power first.

Wang Yue saw that the people in the mountains lived in extreme poverty, so he started businesses of soaps, perfumes and mirrors, which changed the life in Wangjiazhai.

The people in the village could eat meat every day and became stronger. Wang Yue also began to feel lonely and continued to absorb refugees while annexing nearby villages.

The people in other villages knew that Wangjiazhai had more people and more power, so when they saw the people from Wangjiazhai taking it away, they surrendered decisively.

Even if some leaders were unwilling, they were afraid of being killed by their subordinates, so they had to surrender to Wangjiazhai.

As the number of people increased, in order to survive in this chaotic world, Wang Yue not only divided the village into four villages, but also began to train them.

The four villages are Wangjia Village, Ping'an Village, Wutong Village and Yezhu Village.

Among them, Ping'an Village is located in the territory of Anguo, Wutong Village is located in the territory of Wuguo, and Yezhu Village corresponds to various countries, absorbing refugees from the three countries respectively.

Wang Yue selected the most loyal people from these three villages and secretly transferred them to Wangjiazhai, making them the main force of Wangjiazhai.

Fortunately, the nearby mountains are large enough and there are many places with money and food to hide people. After many refugees arrived, they felt that they did not have to work and trained every day, so they were unwilling to leave.

Gradually, Wangjiazhai's sphere of influence has slowly infiltrated into the other nine countries, and has become a large gang among the green forest heroes.

However, the main force is still in Wangjiazhai, and other mountain villages are still attractive places for turnover.

The people who came to the mountain village were all from poor backgrounds. They had enough food to eat every day, so they never felt tired no matter how hard the training was, and their fighting power improved a lot.

It was just very troublesome at the beginning. It took more than two years for Wang Yue to train less than three thousand young and strong men. Even so, there was still a lack of weapons. Many people used wood, and their fighting effectiveness was really not very high.

So, starting three years ago, Wang Yue sent people to look for iron ore while also sending people to other countries to purchase weapons.

With the help of money, Wang Yue got to know Minister Zhou of the Ministry of War of Wu State and bought two batches of weapons from him, which greatly alleviated the problem of insufficient weapons here.

After two years of development, Wangjiazhai's elite troops have grown to more than 30,000 people, which is considered a strong force. Wang Yue's men couldn't help but want to take action.

Looking at several big money-making businesses, the Shanzhai people were making more and more money. Wang Yue realized a problem, that is, except for their Shanzhai, it was very difficult for other businessmen to turn over funds in this chaotic world.

So, he started a business similar to that of a bank. By charging a handling fee, he could collect money from businessmen, give them a note, and allow them to exchange it for silver notes in other countries.

Those who can do cross-border business are all from big business families, and the money Wang Yue makes is actually more profitable than that of Xiangzhao Fragrance Glass.

Everything was originally developing in a good direction, but it was a bit regrettable that for some unknown reason, Minister Zhou was captured by the Liudaotang of Wu State half a year ago, which also destroyed Wang Yue's channel for purchasing military equipment.

This was nothing. After all, the people in the village discovered iron ore in the mountains and were no longer in such an urgent need to purchase weapons.

But Wang Yue was worried that Minister Zhou would reveal the fact that their village was buying weapons, which would attract the attention of the imperial court.

It happened that at this time, Wuguo and Anguo were fighting in Tianmen Pass, and the people in their stronghold did not dare to show up for the time being. Wang Yue had nothing to do there, so he personally led people to the capital of Wuguo to carefully find out the news.

It’s a shame to say, but there are not many refugees who come to the mountains who can be trained as spies. It’s good enough if we can select some of them to help run the business.

In order to keep the secret, Wang Yue did not dare to ask business people to help him get the news, for fear that the Zhuyi Guards of Anguo, the Liudaotang of Wuguo, and the Imperial City Departments of various countries might get wind of the news.

Therefore, most of the mountain spies stayed in nearby towns and did not come to the imperial city.

However, Wang Yue's investigation was not important. He unexpectedly discovered that Minister Zhou had already died in the prison cell of Liudao Hall, and all his property had been confiscated.

When Wang Yue heard the news, he became nervous. If the people from Liudaotang found out anything during the interrogation, they might be in great danger.

Fortunately, there is good news. The former head of the Six Paths Hall, Ning Yuanzhou, was dismissed from his position for some unknown reason. The new head of the Six Paths Hall, Zhao Ji, is a man who only cares about money.

Wang Yue didn't dare to cooperate with such a person, but he still felt that it was time to find Zhao Ji to see if he could get anything related to their Wangjiazhai from Minister Zhou.

They watched for a few days and finally found an opportunity. Zhao Ji went out with only twenty or so Six Paths Hall riders. This was a good opportunity for them to catch him.

Originally they wanted to follow him to a deserted place and catch him, but they never expected that they would end up following him to the doorstep of Minister Sun's home.

Speaking of which, Minister Sun took over after Minister Zhou died. Today is his birthday and he is hosting a banquet at home. Wang Yue thinks it would be a good idea to get to know Minister Sun. Although he doesn't necessarily need to buy salt and iron supplies, it would be good to have some inside information.

Wang Yue frowned and said, "We will wait outside for now. After the banquet is over, we will go visit Minister Sun."

Wang Dahu nodded without saying anything more. He signaled the others to find a place to hide, and then he sat down at the tea stall with Wang Yue.

Just as they were waiting, they suddenly heard several bells ringing from the direction of the palace.

Wang Dahu glanced in the direction of the imperial city and wondered, "Master, what happened? Why did the bell suddenly ring?"

Wang Yue frowned and said uncertainly, "It should be the Danyang King who is currently supervising the country who urgently summoned all officials. Could it be that Zuiwu Country has been defeated?"

Wang Dahu was surprised to hear the news and said, "So can we take action again? There are so many soldiers there these days, and the brothers are so suffocated in the mountains."

Wang Yue was a little amused and said unhappily, "Why do you only think about bringing the brothers out to do activities? You should know that the Emperor of Wu was defeated at the border, and Liudao Hall must be blamed. I guess Zhao Ji will definitely be scolded by the superiors. Let's prepare to wait at the door of Zhao's house. As for Minister Sun, if you come again later, he will definitely go to court."

Wang Dahu nodded quickly. He felt that it made perfect sense. It seemed that they had finally found the opportunity.

At this moment, he suddenly pointed to the distance and said, "Master, those two women have climbed over the wall. Do you want to go over and take a look?"

Wang Yue looked at the two women. Although they were wearing dancers' clothes, they had agile figures, which reminded him of the legendary Zhuyi Guards.

He had spent a lot of effort over the years to guard against the Liudaotang of Wu, the Zhuyiwei of An, and the Imperial City Division of various countries, so as to prevent them from finding out the details of the mountain stronghold.

He originally didn't want to provoke the Zhuyi Guards, but he saw that not only were these two people covered in blood, but one of them was actually the heroine.

It suddenly dawned on him that it had been more than five years and he had almost forgotten the plot, but he hadn't expected that the plot had already begun quietly.

Moreover, you can ignore other Zhuyi Guards, but Ren Ruyi has already left Zhuyi Guards, so you can contact him.

With Ren Ruyi's help, the assassins and spies in the mountain village can be trained quickly.

When he thought of this, he said to Da Hu, "Let's go, let's follow them!"

However, they didn't go far before they found that the two women went their separate ways. Looking at the alleys in two different directions, Da Hu asked uncertainly, "Master, which one should we go with?"

Wang Yue rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Of course I'll follow the prettiest one!"

Seeing Wang Yue say this, Wang Dahu smiled foolishly and said, "The young master wants to find the young mistress!"

Wang Yue patted Wang Dahu and said depressedly, "My parents died a long time ago, why are you still calling me Master! I am the master now!"

Wang Dahu continued to giggle and said happily, "What did the young master want me to call you?"

Wang Yue suddenly felt stupid. Why should he correct this with such an honest and straightforward man like Wang Dahu?

He quickly followed Ren Ruyi into an alley, urging her, "Hurry up, don't lose her!"

But sometimes what you say comes true. While they were talking, they found that the alley that Ren Ruyi turned into was empty!

Wang Dahu looked around and didn't see anyone, so he said in confusion, "Master, I clearly saw the young lady walk in?"

At this moment, a cold voice said, "You two are looking for me?!"

Chapter 230: Food and grass layout map!

Ren Ruyi originally wanted to kill him, but when she heard Dahu's foolish search for the young lady, she thought that he was a young man who was attracted by beauty, so she stopped killing him.

She thought she could use Wang Yue to leave Wudu, so she took the initiative to appear behind the two of them.

When Wang Dahu turned around and saw Ren Ruyi, he said to Wang Yue happily, "Master, the young mistress is still here, she didn't lose us!"

Wang Yue's forehead was filled with black lines. He didn't even know the girl, but he called her "Young Madam". Was that okay?

He quickly bowed to Ren Ruyi and said with a smile, "Don't be surprised, young lady. I am the leader of Ping'an Village. I saw that you might be from Anguo and thought you might be a fellow villager, so I came to say hello first."

Ren Ruyi originally wanted to use Wang Yue, and now Wang Yue took the initiative to come over to establish a relationship. She knew that she had climbed over the wall and there was blood on her body, so she couldn't hide it from others, so she pretended to be pitiful and said, "To be honest, I was living a good life at home, but I was kidnapped and made a dancer. I want to escape from this sea of ​​suffering. I wonder if Village Master Wang is willing to take me out of the city?"

Wang Yue saw that Ren Ruyi was willing to act, so he smiled and said, "Of course, no problem. As long as the girl is willing, just follow me. I wonder if the girl wants to change her clothes. The clothes you are wearing are too conspicuous!"

Ren Ruyi raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "You also have women's clothes with you?"

Wang Yue certainly couldn't expose the counterfeit business, so he raised the small package in his hand and pretended to be a little embarrassed and said, "Just now I saw the girl in a hurry, with blood stains on her clothes, so I bought a set of clothes when I passed by a clothing store.

If the girl doesn't mind, you can change into it in the alley. Da Hu and I will guard the entrance of the alley for you so that no one else can see you."

Ren Ruyi thought Wang Yue was after her beauty, but it was rare for him to be so attentive, so she took the clothes Wang Yue handed over and said innocently, "Thank you very much, sir!"

Seeing that Ren Ruyi did not refuse, Wang Yue turned around and walked to the alley entrance with Wang Dahu without looking in the direction of the alley again.

He originally thought that it would take a long time for the woman to change her clothes, but he didn't expect that it would only take a few breaths before he heard footsteps coming from behind him.

He didn't even turn around, and asked curiously, "Girl, have you changed so quickly?"

"Thank you very much, sir. Where are you staying? Can you take me with you?"

Ren Ruyi's voice came from behind Wang Yue, with a hint of gratitude in her tone.

Wang Yue then turned around and said seriously, "Girl, I have news for you. I just heard a bell ringing. I think Anguo won the war between the two countries. I'm afraid Liudaotang will be in trouble at this time. They need a reasonable explanation."

After hearing what Wang Yue said, Ren Ruyi's face changed. She asked solemnly, "Do you mean that Liudaotang will target Zhuyiwei?"

Wang Yue nodded and said seriously, "Of course, someone must take this responsibility, and they are the most suitable. So if they want to survive, they also need to atone for their sins."

After hearing what Wang Yue said, Ren Ruyi said cautiously, "I wonder why you reminded me of this, young master?"

Wang Yue explained with a smile, "We need to know something from Liudaotang, so if the girl is worried about the safety of another girl, please take me to your contact point.

We can fight back against the Six Paths Hall people there, you can save your sister, and I can capture the leader for interrogation."

Seeing Wang Yue's frank look, Ren Ruyi also knew that his identity as a Zhuyi Guard might not be concealed, so he smiled and said, "Of course, no problem, but I still have a mission to complete. Can you help me first?"

Wang Yue understood that Ren Ruyi was still testing his sincerity, so he smiled and nodded, saying, "Miss, please speak!"

Ren Ruyi looked into Wang Yue's eyes and said word by word, "Accompany me to the Han family! I want to get the food distribution map from there."

Wang Yue frowned when he saw Ren Ruyi saying this and said, "An Guo has already won, what's the point of this map?"

Ren Ruyi said firmly, "I am Ruyi, I don't owe anyone a favor. Since I promised, I must do it."

Wang Yue thought it was okay to go look for it. Anguo didn’t need it anymore, but their village did!

Generally, during a major war, the army would only bring a portion of the food and fodder, as most of the granaries were stored in distant towns.

If we could loot these grains and fodders, the people in the mountain stronghold would no longer have to worry about food.

So, he smiled and said, "No problem! We'll accompany you!"

……

Wuguo Imperial City, Chengde Hall

Prime Minister Zhang Song said solemnly, "The late emperor passed away, and the country cannot be without a ruler for a day. Before the late emperor left, he asked the Prince of Danyang to govern the country. I also ask the Prince of Danyang to succeed him and stabilize the government!"

The first thing he mentioned was the late emperor, which caused a lot of discussion among the ministers in the court. Although Zhang Song and his party knew what Zhang Song was thinking, they still agreed with him.

However, those who were loyal to the emperor could not help but refute, "How can we make a decision easily when it concerns the throne? Besides, the rumor that His Majesty has passed away is just a rumor, and there is no evidence. What are you up to?"

People on both sides were arguing endlessly, but King Danyang remained calm and did not say a word.

Zhang Song did not want the King of Danyang to stay out of the matter, so he looked at the King of Danyang and asked, "Your Highness, what do you think?"

The King of Danyang had not expected that the emperor who had won the battle with him would die just like that, so he said, "Since the late emperor has suffered..."

"Your Majesty is still safe, who dares to call himself the late emperor?"

A cold and majestic female voice was heard in the hall. Everyone turned around and found that it was Queen Xiao Yan who was dressed in gorgeous attire!

Zhang Song frowned and asked in confusion, "Why do you say that, Madam?"

The Queen held up a secret letter and said righteously, "My cousin also followed Your Majesty in the expedition. He wrote to me secretly, saying that although Your Majesty was defeated, his life is not in danger. He is just a guest in Anguo for the time being!"

After she finished speaking, she gave the letter to the palace maid and asked her to pass it on.

After reading the notes, two old officials said excitedly, "If your Majesty is still safe, there is no need to mention the matter of establishing a new monarch!"