Liu Boxian took the palace maid and a few servants and went north to Gangneung.

The reason why it is the palace maid who is not a eunuch is because the small court does not have this technology, and a casual knife will probably kill people. In addition, the emperor is currently a family of three with the queen and the prince, and the palace maid is enough to serve, and the only eunuch Qin Zhong can also support the emperor by following him.

The few people who set off with Liu Boxian secretly called themselves unlucky and followed this madman to do something to death.

Previously, Liu Boxian hosted a banquet for Wang Yuanhua and other wealthy businessmen in Yuzhang City, which made Wang Yuanhua and others feel that the imperial court's attitude towards them had changed for the better. Liu Boxian's left family has contributed to the country for 300 years, and a large businessman on the right has flattered tens of millions of people.

Not long ago, the Yugoslav Navy guarded them like thieves, monitored them everywhere, and set many rules to restrict them from oppressing the common people. But Liu Cheng, who returned from saving people, abolished these rules immediately, and asked the wealthy merchants to send their children to his door to learn the etiquette of the family.

Although Li Xiaofei said that he was unhappy in his heart, he was afraid of Liu Mingge's name and martial arts, and it was not easy to oppose it openly. And this time, Liu Mingge also brought a 500-person willow folding battalion.

Cai Guishan, Deng Liang, Chen Jingyi and others felt that this atmosphere was too wrong, so they came to Li Xiaofei: "Lord Li, we in the South China Sea have contributed people and money to fight the world, is it to let these people enjoy their success?" ”

"This Prime Minister Liu Cheng has great merit, and his martial arts are unfathomable, but he is destroying our foundation. What are we fighting so hard for, isn't it just so that the common people of the world can live like individuals? ”

"Yes, today these big and wealthy businessmen are treated preferentially, and tomorrow, those old men and gentlemen who have fled abroad will ask the common people for land, forests, and houses. Isn't everything we've done so far in vain? ”

Li Xiaofei fell into deep thought, and after a long while, he raised his head: "Brothers, maybe Prime Minister Liu Cheng is just trying to win people's hearts and don't want us to have tension with the local big families, not to mention that the combat power of our Southern Navy is not comparable to other armed forces. By the way, what you said also makes sense, aren't we going to expand the army? We have given the local common people weapons to train them into a reserve army, sent some capable brothers as commanders and captains, and allocated land to the tuntian, what else is there to be afraid of? ”

Chen Jingyi smiled, "It turns out that Master Li has already had a countermeasure, and he wants to use our set in the South China Sea to lay a foundation." It's a good idea. ”

Cai Guishan is still a little worried, "We are not very rich now, the battle line is too long, and the fathers and elders on the other side of the South China Sea are already a little unbearable." We really need to save some ordnance supplies. ”

Several people looked at Cai Guishan, "No, it's all come to this point, we haven't crossed the river to the north yet, and we will run out of money?" ”

"I don't know how expensive firewood and rice are at home, I checked our consumption in the past six months, from the good armor of rhinoceros leather to the bamboo armor used now, from a stainless steel knife to the current spear more and more, only this is more and more materials for bows and arrows, and the rest are not as good as before." Cai Guishan listed a number of treasures, and everyone was speechless.

"I am rich in the South China Sea, and my soldiers are stronger than the four seas, why did I become so unbearable in the mouth of Third Brother Cai!" Chen Jingyi couldn't accept this reality, especially his White Horse Battalion was in full swing, how could it be a weak brigade in Cai Guishan Pass.

"Second Brother Chen, in your White Horse Camp, the forage that each horse has to eat has to cost money! It's called forage, but it's corn! From the South China Sea all the way to Yuzhang, thousands of horses ate more than 5,000 people! That's not a small amount! Cai Guishan raised his fingers to calculate these expenses

Chen Jingyi and the others also raised their fingers for a while to calculate the expenses of each battalion, and only after this calculation did they know that they had long been unable to make ends meet. It is so extraordinary that even the reward cannot be fulfilled now.

"Master Li, the brothers have been on the battlefield for so long, can't they pay the money in the end? This is not good, if this continues, the team will disperse sooner or later! ”

"The South China Sea is already beyond its means, Lord Li, if you don't want to find a way, the brothers can only go back to the South China Sea!"

No food, no troops, everyone got to the point, no matter how strong the Southern Navy is, it is also a team that needs money and rewards. No matter how beautiful the empty vernacular is, it can't be compared to a string of money and silver ingots and cloth.

Li Xiaofei glanced at everyone, "Cai Guishan is right, if you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, now our army is indeed unable to get in and out!" It is all up to the local wealthy businessmen to contribute money to maintain it to this day! This is the truth, and if we can't find a way to get them to pay for it for a long time, we won't be able to survive. It is indeed too far from the South China Sea to the Central Plains, and it takes five people to bring in food that one person eats! ”

When Li Xiaofei said this, everyone stopped talking, and Yuan Xin, who had been listening to it for a long time by the door, said, "Didn't Master Li say it before?" You can tuntian, you can save military rations when you come down to tuntian, and you can collect linen silk! Herbs can be collected, and if you have time, you have all the supplies! ”

"My brother from the White Horse Camp is not here to farm! Shall we not know what you are talking about? It's just that this cavalry is already delicate, and if you treat them like a villager, you will definitely not be able to! Chen Jingyi was the first to oppose his subordinates' participation in Tuntian.

"The people in your White Horse Camp are delicate! Aren't our brothers in the Dead Battalion human? In addition to risking our lives for you to find the way, we must also sacrifice ourselves to protect you in times of danger! In that case, we shouldn't have come to Tuntian! ”

"Yes, you have a few horses, and they are expensive! Are we, brothers, going to make a spear and axe battalion? Riding a horse is a person, but a pig or dog who doesn't ride a horse might as well be it? ”

The other battalions were furious, Chen Jingyi had nothing to say for a while, Li Xiaofei suddenly remembered something, and slapped the table, "Hey! Dear brethren, We've all been fooled! We haven't talked about how to allocate food and grass and military funds! But because of this verbal treatment, he almost drew a knife against each other! If we are full of contradictions, are we not playing into the hands of the enemy? ”

Cai Guishan looked at the manor in front of him and his eyes widened, "That's according to what Master Li said!" Are we going to spend all our wealth as a military pay? ”

Everyone looked at Li Xiaofei, waiting for him to respond, and in their opinion, there was almost no solution.

"Grandpa's! Kill all the rich businessmen in Yuzhang and raid the house! It also saves a lot of trouble! Yu Tao, who had not spoken, spoke

"Great idea! I, Cai Guishan, have wanted to do this for a long time! Master Lee, make up your mind! Brothers, just wait for your order! ”

"yes, the knife chopped up that bunch of frustrated birds! How good it is to divide gold and silver in a large scale! ”

Li Xiaofei shook his head, "Brothers, our team of nearly 10,000 people, how many days can the money obtained from the house be used?" We have to think about the long term! There must be a steady supply of military salaries, food and grass! ”

Chen Jingyi nodded: "What Master Li said is also what I think!" Brothers, the momentary pleasure can never solve the problem! People sometimes need to compromise! Relying on tuntian to solve the grain and grass can only be effective after a year, and far water cannot quench the thirst of the near! For now, if we don't rely on the big and wealthy merchants to raise grain and grass, we can only go back to the South China Sea! ”

"But the grain and grass they provide can't be compared to what we came from the South China Sea! Not even dried fish! elder brother

Brothers, I'm already unhappy! "Deng Liang has long been tired of eating local food, so he has this to say.

"There are no dried fish in Yuzhang City yet, but there are rivers and lakes around Yuzhang, and there are a lot of fish here! Can't we teach them how to make dried fish? Li Xiaofei said

"However, it is not as delicious as the South China Sea! The sons of the South China Sea have not come here for thousands of miles to suffer! Cai Guishan continued to refute

Li Xiaofei was speechless, Cai Guishan was right, the Southern Navy didn't want to risk his life, he was not far away from the king, and in the end, eating and drinking became a problem, and it was not easy for anyone to think about this matter!

"Lord Li, I heard that there are still a lot of borderless lands outside the city, otherwise if these places are distributed to the brothers, and the tenants are added, there will be a harvest next year!" Deng Liang winked at Li Xiaofei

Deng Liang had already looked at the quagmire in the north of the city, and when he brought it up again this time, Li Xiaofei also knew that it was to give him steps, so he waved his hand, "All the borderless places outside the city will be the fields of my Southern Navy from today on!" ”

The generals gladly accepted, smiled and led their headquarters to reclaim the wasteland.

When Liu Boxian arrived in Jiangling, he told the soldiers defending the city that he was here to persuade him to surrender, and the soldiers defending the city wanted to reach out and touch Liu Boxian's forehead, but Liu Boxian chopped off his right hand with a sword.

The soldiers at the gate of the city immediately surrounded them and wanted to arrest Liu Boxian.

Liu Boxian didn't care, swung his sword and slashed indiscriminately, killed the soldiers guarding the city, and went straight to Cui Guangyuan.

Someone had already reported that Cui Guangyuan had broken into the city with a giant sword.

Cui Guangyuan was not afraid, and led the three of his henchmen to meet this madman.

"You thief! Kill my city guard for no reason, take your life! ”

Cui Guangyuan swung his sword and went straight to Liu Boxian, Liu Boxian resisted with a giant sword, Cui Guangyuan slashed with red eyes, and shook Liu Boxian a foot away.

"Good boy! This Huayang sword technique is well practiced! It seems that the Sword Tower is also very important to you! Ok, good, good! ”

As soon as Liu Boxian mentioned the sword tower, the sword in Cui Guangyuan's hand rushed faster and more ruthlessly, and Liu Boxian came.

"You kid play really! The old man is not powerful, what are you and me? ”

Cui Guangyuan didn't answer, the tip of the sword went straight to Liu Boxian's throat, and everyone watching the battle held their breath and didn't dare to make a sound.

Liu Boxian opened his mouth wide and swallowed the sword stabbed by Cui Guangyuan, and everyone was stunned, is this Mr. Liu a monster?

Cui Guangyuan knew that he was invincible, so he spread his hands, "You demon way!" If you want to kill, you will kill! Your grandfather, I won't surrender! Then close your eyes and wait to die.

Liu Boxian opened the bow left and right, and the two big-eared scrapers slapped on Cui Guangyuan's face: "Stupid! Qinghe Cui's three-hundred-year fame and family background, you just gave up? ”

Cui Guangyuan opened his eyes and looked at this Mr. Liu in surprise: "What did you say?" I, Qinghe Cui, would rather die! Neither slaves! ”

"You kid doesn't know how to lift! The emperor has already named you the general of Zhengxi and the Marquis of Yiyi, and the Qinghe Cui clan can protect the existing land and households! Are you still not satisfied? Do you really want the old man to kill you all before you are willing? ”

Cui Guangyuan couldn't believe it, after all, he was just the concubine of the Cui family, and the Cui family committed a major crime of rebellion, how could the court not pursue it?

Just as he was hesitating, Cui Jing, the elder of the Cui family, spoke, "No! Cui Guangyuan is just a concubine, and he can't be a marquis! Besides"

Before Cui Jing could say the rest of the story, Liu Mingge sent him back to the west with a sword.