Liu Xian left some of the goods to sell in Liwu County.

This is the plain palace in Liwu County, in addition to the palace, there are other industries, there are many street shops.

Liu Xian immediately asked people to clear out a shop as a store specializing in selling cloth and clothes. This is also Liu Xian's consideration that Liwu County did not suffer much damage in the Yellow Turban Riots, and there are more rich people in this city, even the ordinary people are not the kind of people who have reached the point of running out of food, and the people still have surplus food and money.

Therefore, Liwu County is more suitable than Yangshi County to open some shops first.

Not only these, but even taverns and inns can be opened as soon as possible.

These, Liu Xian left a certain amount of goods and manpower, just leave them to do it, and Liu Xian does not need to do it himself.

Anyway, Liu Xian is not short of money, nor will he be short of people, as long as it is suitable, he can immediately carry out various actions and prepare for himself to seize more power territory in the future.

And these shops, inns, etc., in addition to continuously increasing their own income, mainly play the role of collecting intelligence. In the future, Liu Xianyao always knew the situation of some county towns around Yangshi County.

For those county seats, what is needed for the time being is to understand, understand some actual situations in various places, and understand the movements of those county orders in each county. Then slowly adopt some methods of wooing and subduing, let them serve themselves, if they can't be wooed, they have to think of another way to seize control of those counties.

Like this Liwu County, at first glance, it is the kind of person who has a certain ambition in itself, and it is a little difficult to win it over. Therefore, there is no need to waste too much energy and time, and when the time comes, you can directly use the name of the Plains Mansion to remove him from the post of county commander and replace him with someone who obeys his orders to be the county commander.

When necessary, when the time is ripe, Liu Xian can directly seize control of Liwu County by force.

These are all afterwords, and Liu Xian is not in a hurry.

The Liu Fu caravan continued to march north.

Quyang is in the west of Liwu County, and the Liufu caravan does not need to make a detour to Quyang. Therefore, Liu Xian didn't go to Quyang to see Zhang Ning anymore, but he still asked someone to send a letter to Zhang Ning, telling her the destination of her trip, so that she didn't have to return to Yangshi County in a hurry, and stayed in Quyang with peace of mind, and when she came back, she would pick her up again.

From Liwu County to the north, you don't need to go through Changshan, and Liu Xian didn't let the caravan detour, but Liu Xian himself took a detour to Changshan.

Liu Xian did not let Huang Zhong follow, but let Huang Zhong guard the caravan.

Liu Xian just took Huang Wudie and fifty people from the secret camp to the Changshan area to find Zhao Yun's hometown Zhaojia Village.

It is impossible to find someone directly, at this time, Zhao Yun's reputation is not obvious, who knows where such a person is? Therefore, Liu Xian directly looked for Zhaojia Village.

Soon, Liu Xian's group arrived in Zhending County.

Zhending County has been recovered by the imperial court officers and soldiers, and the government has long been rebuilt. However, these areas are actually equivalent to being in the eastern part of the Taihang Mountains, so from time to time, the remnants of the Yellow Turban will jump out and plunder.

Anyway, it seems to be a little chaotic, even the officers and soldiers of the imperial court have no way to stop the attack of those Yellow Turban thieves who have entered the mountains. The officers and soldiers of the imperial court were only stationed in the county seat and guarded the county seat.

Those villages and towns in the mountainous areas are guarded by no officers and soldiers. Not to mention that there are not so many officers and soldiers stationed to guard them, and even if there are soldiers and horses, it is impossible for the government to send officers and soldiers to those villages and towns alone.

Some poor people are just some people, and it is impossible for officers and soldiers to send officers and soldiers to protect them for their safety.

Therefore, those villages and towns basically rely on the villagers themselves to protect themselves.

In fact, the folk customs in this area are also extremely strong, and there is no way, even before the Yellow Turban Riot, there are often some mountain bandits and thieves in these areas close to the mountains. If all villages and towns do not have a certain ability to protect themselves, they will have to be plundered by those mountain bandits and thieves sooner or later.

Sometimes, those mountain bandits and thieves will slaughter villages.

Because there was a clear destination, Liu Xian also quickly found out where Zhaojia Village was.

Of course, even in the same county, there are two or three local villages called Zhaojia Village. And they are also distributed in all directions of Zhending County, if you want to go through them all, it will take two or three days more.

Liu Xian didn't want to waste too much time, so he directly chose Zhaojia Village, which was basically in the mountains, and rushed over with Huang Wudie.

Zhending Changshan is the highest mountain in the northeast direction of the Taihang Mountain Range. In the distance, you can see the towering peaks.

Zhaojia Village is in a mountain range about twenty or thirty miles southwest of Changshan.

From Zhaojia Village to the west, it is really into the depths of Taihang Mountain, about dozens of miles away is Montenegro.

This Montenegro has now become the base camp of the Yellow Turban Army of Zhang Niujiao, Huang Long and others.

The so-called tens of miles here refers to the distance in a straight line, and if you really want to walk, I am afraid you have to walk one or two hundred miles.

But even if it is one or two hundred miles, it is indeed very close to Montenegro. It is estimated that the villages around Montenegro are not only Zhaojia Village, but others will also be patronized by the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro.

The largest den of thieves is there, gathering millions of Yellow Turban Army. Millions of Yellow Turban thieves, this radiation out, enough to control the area of thousands of miles with Montenegro as the center.

It is also conceivable from this that it is indeed a matter of time before Zhaojiacun is patronized by the Yellow Turban Army.

At this time, those villagers who have lived in the mountains for generations, if they still want to live, one is to flee before those Yellow Turban thieves have not done anything to them, leave the place where they live, and go to other places to make a living. The second is to quickly submit to the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro, and give them enough money and food, so that they can barely survive without being directly killed by those thieves, of course, being oppressed is certain.

Then the villagers spontaneously organized, built a soil village, and picked up weapons to fight against those yellow turban thieves. In this way, the general result is basically the end of being slaughtered in the village, and even the officials and soldiers of the government cannot save it.

The arms can't twist the thighs, if it is a small group of Yellow Turban Army, it can still resist, and it can hold out until the officers and soldiers come to help. However, in this way, it is equivalent to being targeted by the Yellow Turban Bandit Army, and even if the officers and soldiers of the government can save it once, they can't save it twice.

Therefore, what Liu Xian is trying to do is not to find Zhao Yun directly, but to find Zhaojia Village and persuade the people of Zhaojia Village to leave and stay away from this place of right and wrong.

It is certain that the homeland will not be able to leave, but in the face of the threat of death, if there is any other way, I believe that the average villager is willing to leave and avoid the limelight first. It's just the villagers in the mountains, where can they go if they leave the place where their ancestors lived? And how do you make a living?

Liu Xian can provide such a convenience for the villagers of Zhaojia Village.

In fact, if he could, Liu Xian didn't just want to persuade the people of Zhaojia Village to leave, and the people in other villages could persuade them to leave. But here, it's not Liu Xian who has the final say, he doesn't have the ability to make the people of so many villages move away for the time being.

Liu Xian found a person in Zhending County who knew how to go to Zhaojia Village and asked him to be a guide to take him there.

In this way, Liu Xian went straight to Zhaojia Village.

Along the way, I passed through many villages, which were basically depressed and dilapidated. However, most of the villages have built some earth and stone walls outside their villages, although they are not too tall, usually only two or three people high, but they can indeed play a certain role in protecting their villages.

These villagers are also more alert, and when they see someone coming, they will immediately report it, so that the young and strong people in the village will gather to guard the entrance of the village, or enter some dangerous places in their village.

The same is true for Zhaojia Village.

Zhaojia Village is located in a mountainous range, there is a small river in front of the village, and there is an earth and stone wall in the village, which encloses dozens of families in the village.

When Liu Xian and his party came from afar, there was a gong sound in the village, and you could see people walking around in the village.

Liu Xian saw the situation in Zhaojia Village and breathed a sigh of relief. Because Zhaojia Village should not have been attacked by the Yellow Turban Army, it should still be safe and sound.

When Liu Xian approached the entrance of Zhaojia Village, the villagers were already in full array, and the gate of the village was closed.

Huang Wudie didn't quite understand why Liu Xian deliberately looked for this Zhaojia Village, she asked Liu Xian, and Liu Xian didn't tell her.

No, this Liu Xian can't say clearly, he just told her that he was looking for talents. Because I have heard some things talk about, I know that there were hidden masters in the Changshan area, and I have also heard that those hidden masters have recruited disciples in Zhaojia Village.

When Liu Xian said this to Huang Wudie, he also deliberately told her not to spread it, just know it.

"Come, stop! Who are you? What is the matter with coming to our Zhaojia Village? ”

On the low earth and stone wall of the village, several villagers jumped up, one of whom was tall and healthy, with a cold face.

Liu Xian looked at him and estimated that he was about thirty years old, and standing there, he had an aura that was different from that of ordinary villagers.

Liu Xian asked Huang Wudie and the others to stop, and he stepped forward by himself and walked straight to a place more than ten steps away from the gate of the village.

He raised his head and hugged his fist at the cold young man and said: "This brother, I am a businessman, who specializes in buying some furs from the villagers in the mountains. Of course, if you have a wolf household in your village, and you have animal skins and furs at home, you can buy them at a high price. ”

"Merchant? Buying animal skins? ”

The cold young man looked suspicious.

"That's right, it's not a secret, my surname is Liu Mingxian, I am from Liulin Village, Xiatao County, Julu County, and I have formed a caravan, so I need a lot of animal skins. In addition, when you come to this area to buy animal skins, you want to find someone by the way. After Liu Xian finished speaking, he asked, "Excuse me, what is your surname for this eldest brother?" ”

"This is Zhaojia Village, and my surname is Zhao, Zhao Jun."

Liu Xian had never seen Zhao Yun, so naturally he couldn't tell from his appearance whether this Zhao Jun was Zhao Yun's brother. However, Liu Xian felt that he should not have come to the wrong place, this Zhao Jun is most likely Zhao Yun's brother.

"It turned out to be Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao, you see it's windy outside, can you let me wait for the advanced village to talk about it?"

"This ......" Zhao Jun looked at Liu Xian and dozens of people behind him vigilantly.

"Don't worry, we're really serious merchants, if you don't believe me, I can show you the official road guide issued by the official government of our caravan. This can prove the identity of our businessman. ”

"Okay, then show me." As soon as Zhao Jun raised his hand, a villager brought a hanging basket.

He said on the other hand: "There are a few hunters in Zhaojia Village, and I often go to the mountains to hunt, and there are still some animal furs. However, it is not safe in the mountains during this time, you ...... How dare you go into the mountains to collect leather goods? ”

Liu Xian stepped forward, took out the official road guide, placed it in the basket, and raised his head and said: "Wealth and danger are sought, besides, we also have dozens of people, if it is a small share of thieves, we are not afraid, if it is a large share of thieves, we will run." ”

Zhao Jun took Liu Xian's official road guide and looked at it, in fact, he hadn't seen what the official road guide was, but he was literate and could understand the official seal on the official road guide.

In this way, Zhao Jun no longer doubts Liu Xian's identity.

He seemed to think for a moment and said, "It's not impossible to let you into the village, but your people are not allowed to wander around the village, and can only be in the house we have arranged for you." In addition, you have to hand over your weapons first, and after we have negotiated a deal, the deal is complete, and you are leaving, and we will give it back to you. ”

Usually there will be some foreign businessmen to buy some mountain goods, but rarely, generally will not meet once a year, this year is in chaos, there will definitely be no businessmen into the mountain. They generally bring mountain goods to the county seat to exchange money.

But then again, the villagers in the mountains are generally self-sufficient, and they rarely use money, usually to buy salt, clothing, and the like.

Now, it has been closed in recent years. Therefore, they have accumulated some mountain goods at home, and now someone has come to collect them, which is naturally the best.

Liu Xian happily agreed.

After a while, the village gate opened, and Liu Xian went to the village first, giving out the weapons on his body, and at the same time asked the people who came in behind to put down their weapons.

But Huang Wudie's weapon was not taken out, Liu Xian didn't bother to say it, and they didn't notice that Huang Wudie had weapons hidden around him, and no villager would dare to search Huang Wudie's body.

Liu Xian knew that they were doing it for safety.

found a place, Liu Xian was not in a hurry, and listened to the arrangements of Zhao Jun and other villagers, and first let his people enter some vacant houses and let them light fires to keep warm.

After settling them, Liu Xiancai followed Zhao Jun to a larger house in the village.