Seven days later, Fang Ling took the first batch of Xiguo people out of the mountain, and the entire team was under his command, and at the same time, Xu Musheng was appointed as the chief soldier, and several soldiers were under his command.

The team had a total of 300 people, two-thirds of whom were from the Zhu department, and one-third of them were from the Zhou department and the Xu department.

These three hundred people were all drawn out by Fang Ling, and they were able to remove the poison gas in the first time, first of all, their physique was better than that of ordinary soldiers, and the military affairs were also newcomers carefully selected by Fang Ling, and all of Fang Ling's words were served as holy orders.

After coming out of the valley, there are occasional encounters with bandits, but almost all the people of the country go out to hunt for a living, everyone is armed with a bow and arrow on their backs, and almost everyone is a divine "archer", and they are extremely good at concealing their whereabouts, so they have not been discovered by the bandits along the way.

When they arrived in Feng County, it was already nightfall, and as soon as the soldiers guarding the city saw Fang Ling coming back, they immediately opened the city gate, and Fang Ling notified the hidden Xi people to enter the county seat.

Seeing so many soldiers pouring in at once, everyone was either wearing sackcloth or animal skins, dressed as a hunter in the mountains, the soldiers were secretly surprised.

Although it was night, the people of Xiguo were still full of novelty about the outside world, and after entering the city, they turned their heads one by one to look at the one in the city.

At night, there were no pedestrians in the city, so the team of 300 people entered the city completely silently, and after bringing people to the barracks, Dong Canghai, who had been notified, also came.

Fang Ling first told Xu Musheng and the others to rest for the night, and then returned to the house accompanied by Dong Canghai, and at this time, Chen Mou and the others who got the news had already gathered in the courtyard.

Seeing that Fang Ling was safe and sound, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as Fang Ling sat down, Chen Mou said first: "Your Highness brought out the spring breeze, it can be seen that this trip is worthwhile, I heard that a team of three hundred people has been brought here?"

Fang Ling smiled slightly: "These three hundred people are just the vanguard troops, after a while, the second group of people should arrive in a few days." ”

Prophet Meng sighed lightly, "So, that little Ling'er is really the little princess of the Xi Kingdom?"

Fang Ling nodded, and Dong Canghai waved his fist excitedly and said, "Your Highness, that's really good, the bandits have become more and more arrogant recently, and the soldiers can't hold it back." ”

"I can't hold it back, is it so serious?" Fang Ling asked lightly.

Dong Canghai said helplessly: "During the period when His Royal Highness left, in addition to the Tianzhai Village, there were three cottages that occupied the other three mines, each cottage had about 100 people, all of them were mining at night, although we strictly ordered the people in the city to go, but there were still some rumors and rumors, and everyone had speculations about this matter, so the psychological pressure on the soldiers was not small." ”

Fang Ling sneered and said, "It seems that there is more arrogance than just Tianzhai, Lord Chen, how is the situation on the black market?"

Although Chen Mou did not have a clear position, he was given the privilege by Fang Ling, that is, he could mobilize soldiers to act at will.

Chen Mou replied: "According to His Highness's order, our people have successfully infiltrated the black market, and just a few days ago, we have already obtained the distribution map of the cottage of the 'Misty' Fog Cottage. ”

After speaking, he took out a scroll of drawings, spread them out on the table, and said: "This topographic map of the 'misty' mountain is based on the county records of several decades ago, and then according to the situation of the black market, the cottages of the bandits are marked separately. ”

Everyone immediately gathered around, Fang Ling looked at it seriously, the Tianzhai was almost in the middle of the "misty" foggy mountain, the mountain was also the largest, the terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, in addition, there were more than a dozen cottages scattered sporadically, some large and some small.

At this time, Chen Mou took out another stack of papers and said: "This is the detailed situation of each cottage I inquired about, and the number of people, configuration, and scope of activities are listed. ”

Fang Ling couldn't help but praise: "Lord Chen's work is really reassuring, in this way, the situation of the bandits is well understood." ”

Chen Mou said modestly: "Everything is the work of His Royal Highness's strategy, and the minister is just borrowing flowers to offer Buddha." ”

Fang Ling smiled faintly, he was not arrogant, Chen Mou did have the style of being the prime minister, he read it carefully, the thieves in the "Mystery" Foggy Mountain were the largest in the Tianzhai Village, with more than 300 people, and there were only thirty or forty people in the cottage with a small number, however, the cottage locations chosen by these thieves were all steep places, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they would pay a lot of price if they wanted to break through one by one.

He thought for a moment, and when his eyes fell on Moshui Village, his heart moved, so he put down the matter and said to Huang Jian: "Uncle Huang, how is the current situation of the smelter?"

Huang Jian replied: "Every day, nearly 200 people dig the mine, and more than 100 people process it. ”

Fang Ling glanced at Meng Zhiyuan, and Meng Zhiyuan immediately replied: "Gukou County is now lively, and the county orders are now called brothers and sisters to me, in addition to a large number of merchants settled here, our business of selling iron tools is getting better and better, the number of fixed wholesalers has reached dozens, and the sale of iron tools has reached as far as the mainland." ”

Fang Ling nodded with satisfaction, and said to Dong Canghai: "Master, please go and prepare three hundred, three hundred pieces of soldiers' clothes, and all kinds of equipment for soldiers, if the inventory is not enough, think of a way to get it as soon as possible." ”

Dong Canghai said: "This number is available in the warehouse, but if there are several other groups of people to come, it may be a little insufficient." ”

Huang Jian immediately said: "In terms of weapons, I will step up the production." ”

Fang Ling thought for a while, and then said: "By the way, Uncle Huang, you have to forge a thousand iron-tired bows, and the soldiers of the Xi Kingdom are better at using bows and arrows." ”

Huang Jian patted his chest and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, everything is on the minister." ”

Chen Mou asked cautiously at this time: "Your Highness, can we fully believe these people?"

Fang Ling knew his concerns, and said with a light smile: "At this point, Lord Chen can be completely assured, treat them as our compatriots, if you want to quell the 'chaos' of the fiefdom, their strength is indispensable!"

When Chen Mou saw him say this, he nodded, and at the same time secretly admired, just sending the little princess back to Xiguo does not mean that he will be able to borrow troops successfully, even if he succeeds in borrowing troops, it does not mean that he can be 100% relieved of these, but Fang Ling is full of confidence in this, which shows that he has already regained the hearts of the people in Xiguo.

Dong Canghai couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, when are we going to deal with the bandits?"

Fang Ling smiled slightly, flicked his fingers and said, "You can put the matter of dealing with the bandits first, and solve the matter of the two counties of Xihe first." ”

Chen Mou smiled and said: "What His Highness said is very true, if you want to quell the 'chaos' of the bandits without any worries, it is the premise to take the two counties of Xihe into your pocket first." ”

Dong Canghai speculated: "Then His Highness already has an idea?"

Fang Ling said with a smile: "Tomorrow, I will send invitations to the county orders and various wang clans in Xihe County, saying that this king will set up a banquet in Feng County to entertain them in order to repay the banquet of the day." ”

Chen Mou's eyes lit up and said, "Your Highness, this is going to ...... Please enter the urn. ”

Dong Canghai said: "But Your Highness, will they come?"

Fang Ling said calmly: "Of course they will come, although they don't take me seriously, but nominally I am still the king of the fiefdom, if they don't come, then the matter will spread out, and they will not obey the order." So, they'll definitely come, but they'll probably take my intentions with them, so they'll definitely bring their nurses and the like. ”

Dong Canghai laughed heartily: "In this way, it saves our energy." ”

On the second day, the weather was very good, and I stayed at the bottom of the valley for more than ten days, and returned to Fengxian again, only to feel that everything seemed to have changed, and now the market is full of people, although the shops are not lined up, but there are more than a dozen on a street, and the signboard banners such as wine shops and inns have all been replaced with new ones, and many locals have also started to make a living.

Fang Ling went to the barracks first, and all the soldiers of the Xi Kingdom had changed into new uniforms, and the ones in their hands were Huo Liang and Huo Liang's, and they were all excited, and they had obviously made friends with the soldiers in Feng County, and they chatted happily.

Near noon, the west gate was wide open, and soon the people of the two counties were ushered in.

As Fang Ling expected, there were a lot of people from the Wang clan, like Old Man Luo and his party, carrying three large sedan chairs, there were more than a dozen in the nursing courtyard alone, plus more than a dozen family members, and those who didn't know thought it was a state official who went out.

The same is true for the old man Lin in Maling County, the number of nursing homes is only a lot more, most of these nursing homes are martial arts people invited from other places, and it is said that the fists and feet are very powerful, especially the heads of the nursing homes, they are all famous teachers and the number one people with a good reputation.

The people are from the Hao Hao "Dang" and "Dang", the total number of people has reached more than 150 people, compared to the people of the Wang clan, the two counties and counties order Luo and Yu Zhengqi to be more restrained, one of the two is a child of the Luo family, and the status is not as good as that of the old man Luo in terms of generation, one is an outsider, and he relies on the support of the local wang clan to do things, plus as an official family, he must not bring fast soldiers to participate in the banquet, only to bring the scribe with him.

The place where the banquet was held was in the mansion where Fang Ling temporarily lived, this mansion had a wide courtyard and was quite atmospheric, Fang Ling himself stood in front of the door, in addition, Chen Mou, Dong Canghai and Cao Jingyuan, the county commander of Fengxian County, were also by his side.

Seeing the mighty "dang" and "dang" people coming, when they came to the avenue in front of the door, everyone's sedan chair stopped, and Luo Zhi and Yu Zhengqi took the lead to come over to pay their respects.

Then, Old Man Luo and the others walked out of the sedan chair slowly, these patriarchs of the wang clan were all well-bred and idle, and they had lived a rich life for most of their lives, their faces were full of red light, and their skin was whiter than that of a girl.

Old Man Luo walked with steps, looked left and right at the avenue, and said with a long smile: "Your Highness is young, but you have a hand in governing the town, I heard that this Feng County is a poor place, but I didn't expect it to look decent." ”

Old Man Luo said casually as if the elders were praising the younger generations, originally in terms of age, Old Man Luo was indeed much older than Fang Ling, but the etiquette was not based on age, but according to identity.

Even if he is the patriarch of a local noble clan, he is only a commoner in terms of identity, and although Fang Ling is young, he is the dignified King of Shicheng, so when Old Man Luo says this, it makes people feel full of arrogance and rudeness.

Fang Ling was not angry, but just smiled and said: "Old Man Luo has won the award, Feng County is only a little 'colorful', in terms of governance, where can it compare to the two Luo County Orders and Yu County Orders?"

Luo Zhi and the others were praised like this, and they thought that they were really valued by Fang Ling, and they couldn't help but feel a little proud, and they didn't forget to be modest.

Fang Ling said slowly: "This king has already set up a banquet in the mansion, but it seems that there are more people with you, and I am afraid that this small mansion will not be able to squeeze in." ”

Old Man Luo smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, these people are all here to see the freshness, Your Highness don't take it to heart, just let them stay outside later." ”

Cao Jingyuan snorted quietly when he heard this: "This is here to see the freshness, it is clearly here to get off the horse, they think that in this way, His Royal Highness will have to obey!"

Fang Ling listened to it, and there was no expression on his face, just a faint smile and a gesture of invitation.

So, each of the wang clans brought five or six courtyards and walked in together. While walking, the nurses were still very vigilant in scanning the courtyard inside and outside, and saw that there was indeed no one, so they were relieved.

As a result, there were fifty or sixty people in the entire house, and outside the house, the rest of the men and horses surrounded the place like iron buckets.

Coming to the hall, Fang Ling sat on the upper seat, and then motioned to the subordinates to serve the food, Old Man Luo and the others were originally very interested, but as soon as they saw that the dishes on the table were all green vegetables, tofu, eggs, green onions, etc., all of them were clear soup and little water, and immediately "revealed" a displeased expression.

Fang Ling pretended to be sorry and said: "Feng County here is not as good as Xihe County, I really can't treat you, but last time I was treated by you, and I was embarrassed not to return the courtesy, I said that the courtesy is light and righteous, and I ask you to be considerate of your neighbors." ”

Old Man Luo thought about it, the displeasure on his face lightened, and he waved his hand open-mindedly and said: "It turns out that Fengxian is so poor, even His Royal Highness eats such food, I knew this, let's bring our own chef and dishes over, and let His Highness eat a delicious meal." ”

The patriarch of the Zhongwang clan nodded yes again and again, and Old Man Lin said, "It's not too late now, Your Highness, then you wait a minute, I will immediately send someone to call the chef over and let you taste the local flavor of horse meat feast!"

Chen Mou sneered when he saw it, these patriarchs really regarded themselves as superior goods, didn't they hear that His Highness was being sarcastic?

Fang Ling said with a smile: "Old Man Lin doesn't have to bother, but if you really have a heart, I would like to ask you patriarchs to donate some silver to help the development of Feng County, what do you think?"

Originally, the patriarchs were still a little worried about coming to Feng County to eat, so they brought a bunch of people to come, which could be regarded as giving Fang Ling a dismount, but now when he heard him say this, they suddenly realized that they were just asking for this meal to raise money.

Old Man Lin laughed and said: "Since His Royal Highness has spoken, this Feng County is originally our neighboring county with a strip of water, in fact, Cao County ordered you to open your mouth, and we are not without money." ”

Cao Jingyuan frowned slightly when he said this, how could an arrogant person like him ask for money?

Chen Mou smiled faintly, these people thought they were relieved, it seemed that no one expected that this was a Hongmen banquet with no return.

Old Man Luo waved his hand and said, "Your Highness, then I will donate 300 taels of silver on behalf of our Luo family!"

Fang Ling almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he heard it, and when he saw that he was doing a good job, he waved his big hand, as if he wanted to donate tens of thousands of taels of silver, but the thunder and rain were small, and it was only three hundred taels, so he was really stingy when he got home, so he shook his head and said: "This king heard that the Luo family has a great fortune, and you only donated 300 taels of old man Luo, and I am afraid that this amount will damage your reputation." ”

Hearing Fang Ling say this, Old Man Lin became happy, and laughed heartily: "Your Highness is right, Old Man Luo is indeed too stingy, our Lin family donated 600 taels!"

Old Man Luo snorted heavily: "You groom, you know how to raise the bar! Okay, since you pay 600 taels, then our Luo family will also pay 600 taels!"

"Then our Chen family will pay 500 taels. ”

"Our Xu family is out of 400 taels. ”

The patriarch of the Zhongwang clan said in a few words, Fang Ling suddenly laughed, as if he had heard a joke, everyone couldn't help but shut up, and looked at him suspiciously.

Fang Ling smiled, and then said to Old Man Luo: "The Luo family has more than 6,000 acres of land in Xihe County, and they can receive 3,600 taels of silver every year just for collecting rent, in addition, there are more than 60 shops including Qinglou and gambling houses, and they have a livelihood in other counties and counties, and it is roughly estimated that they can make a profit of tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. And your family employs a total of 20 nursing homes and 40 maids, of which the nursing home is 3 taels of silver per month, and the maids are 1 tael and 30 yuan per month, which is 112 taels of silver per month. The "medicine" materials of brocade silk and satin cloth purchased every month are at least 300 taels, in addition, there are also various expenses of family members, and the monthly expenditure is nearly 1,000 taels. And Mr. Luo, you only donated 600 taels, isn't this a joke?"

As soon as he said this, not only Old Man Luo was really stunned, but the other patriarchs were also stunned, no one expected that Fang Ling knew everything about the Luo family's assets.

Immediately afterwards, Fang Ling smiled at Old Man Lin again: "The Lin family has the largest horse farm in Maling County, which has more than 800 horses, including more than 600 ordinary horses, each worth at least 100 taels, and more than 200 good horses, each worth three or four hundred taels. The profit from selling horses alone is no worse than that of the Luo family, not to mention, in addition to the horse farm, the Lin family also operates inns, wine shops, etc., and the annual profit is also tens of thousands of two hundred silver. ”

Old Man Lin frowned slightly, his face darkened, and he said with obvious displeasure: "I didn't expect that His Highness would not be here for a long time, but he was quite familiar with the situation of our Lin family!"

When he said this, he didn't say it to Fang Ling, but to Yu Zhengqi.

As soon as Yu Zhengqi's face changed, he knew that Old Man Lin thought that he had leaked out, so he hurriedly waved his hand, but it was not easy to distinguish anything on such an occasion.

Seeing that Yu Zheng was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, Fang Ling said lightly: "Master Lin doesn't have to blame Yu County Order, because I sent someone to investigate these situations." ”

Although Yu Zhengqi breathed a sigh of relief, he looked embarrassed, and couldn't help but glance at Luo Zhi.

Master Lin snorted coldly, raised his voice and said, "Your Highness, although this Maling County is also your fiefdom, however, you don't believe our Lin family in such a private investigation." ”

Fang Ling smiled and said: "Master Lin, forgive me, this king's investigation is just to investigate the economy of the two counties, and to make a little bit of a score for the development of Feng County." So, you see, since you are all such rich and big, isn't it too much to say that this donation is only a few hundred taels?"

Old Man Luo sneered and said, "Since His Royal Highness has said this, okay, then our Luo family will donate a thousand taels of silver!"

Fang Ling shook his head again, and slowly stretched out a finger and said, "There are not many more kings, the two Luo Lin families each give 10,000 taels of white taels, and the other families have 8,000 taels!"

As soon as he said this, everyone's "color" changed, and Luo Zhi and Yu Zhengqi looked at each other, but they didn't expect Fang Ling to open his mouth and directly shout the price to the point of tens of thousands of taels.

Old Man Lin stood up almost immediately, and shouted angrily: "10,000 taels of silver?

Fang Ling was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "Old Man Lin, don't be angry, your family has so much money, come out and do something good for the people of Feng County, everyone will be grateful to you." ”

Old Man Luo also sneered at this time: "Your Highness, I see that you have not figured out the situation, we call you Your Highness, it is to give you face, who doesn't know that you are a lonely person who came here, if you don't have our support, you don't want to be stable!"

The words were made clear to such a point, and the atmosphere immediately became tense, and Dong Canghai said with a sinking face: "Presumptuous, a little grass man dares to shout at His Highness!"

Old Man Luo glanced at him with disdain, crossed his hands on his hips, and laughed presumptuously: "I'm so presumptuous, how can you bear me?"

Fang Ling narrowed his eyes and said leisurely: "Old Man Luo, this king is the lord of the fief, you are guilty of bullying the king by doing this, and you are going to kill your head." ”

"Kill the head, the old man wants to see, who dares to kill my head!" Old Man Luo glared, and then pointed triumphantly to the people beside him, "The old man is not a vegetarian, this is a disciple of the Huashan faction, this is a disciple of the Dragon and Tiger Sect, this is a disciple of the Jiuhua Sect, all of them are famous martial arts masters, and they have the ability to fight one against ten, besides, as long as the old man gives an order, the people outside will rush in." ”

As he said this, the guards around him straightened their waists one by one, and they only felt that they had never been so angry in their lives, and under the leadership of the old man, the emperor's son could not take it seriously.

Old Man Lin hugged his arms at this time and said leisurely: "Your Highness, I heard that you only have a hundred recruits in your hands, if there is a conflict and your Highness is injured, it is really bad, if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your mother." ”

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