Qin Chuan went to the Shentai Peak Dazhai of Guandi Mountain to visit the gentlemen and sons who were taken captive by thieves.

Of course, he didn't show up in front of those people, and only hid in the dark to watch Luo Da Niu's performance.

Luo Da Niu covered his rugged face, turned into Wang Gang, the master of the three cliffs, and beat the cautious lords and sons who were taken captive, so as to show the fierceness of the three cliff kings.

Although everyone who was beaten could guess that he was from Mengjiazhuang, the surface work still had to be done.

Qin Chuan didn't let him do too much, these people were all living food.

The 30 members of the Du family are worth 2,000 stones, and the eldest prince Zhang, the fourth prince of Wu and the old man Hu are each worth 1,000 stones, adding up to 5,000 stones.

Today, Qinchuan has a total of 11,000 stone of grain, and if he can successfully receive the grain of those families, a total of 16,000 stone will be collected.

Now there are 1,800 people in the Black Mountain Mine, 2,200 hungry people taken in by Lou Fan villagers and Qinchuan, 1,000 Guan Emperor Army, plus 1,000 villagers in Jingyou Town, who were temporarily brought in to repair water conservancy, a total of 6,000 people, plus 1,500 war horses.

Six thousand people have to eat sixty stone of grain every day, and the Lou Fu horse and the Mongolian horse are both coarse-grain-tolerant breeds, but even if there is no war to eat two catties of concentrate a day, 1,500 war horses have to eat thirty stone of grain a day, and all the horses together cost ninety stone a day.

There is still half a year left before the winter wheat harvest, and based on the current number of men and horses, a total of 16,000 stone of grain is needed.

Qinchuan's existing grain is just enough to eat.

Moreover, Qin Chuan still has more than 17,000 taels of silver, and he can also buy 8,000 stone of grain, so there is basically no problem in terms of supply.

Qin Chuan's plan is that before the winter wheat harvest next year, the Black Mountain mine will maintain about 2,000 people, and produce 15,000 catties of iron per day, some of which will be used for his own use and some of which will be sold.

Lou Fan Town can recruit 3,000 villagers, and he wants to annex the fields of the Du family and the Ninghua Palace, together with the fields of the Meng family, a total of 18,000 mu, and it takes 3,000 laborers to plant them.

In addition, Qinchuan will also open up as much land as possible, along the banks of the Xiaojian River and downstream of several newly built reservoirs, and open up 3 to 5,000 acres of land before spring sowing next year.

Emperor Guan's army will not expand too quickly, it is enough to maintain between 1,000 and 1,500 people, and the resources in the early stage must be invested in production first, and after the development of agriculture is stabilized, it is not too late to expand the army and expand outward.

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Luo Da Niu beat him badly for a while, and when he saw that the time seemed to be almost up, he took out his knife and said, "The three-day deadline has arrived, and your death date has also arrived", which scared several sons and daughters of the Du family to pee.

Qin Chuan was afraid that Luo Da Niu would really cut people down, so he hurriedly coughed lightly in the back, Luo Da Niu made a few strokes on the neck of Du Yingguang's second son, and the boy fainted with a crooked head.

At this time, a subordinate hurriedly came in and whispered a few words in Qin Chuan's ear.

As soon as Qin Chuan heard the music, he called over to Luo Da Niu and gave a few orders.

The Du family's grain is already on the way.

Not long after, Qin Chuan only rushed back to Mengjiazhuang with a few dozen horsemen, while Luo Daniu led the masked first to the camp, escorting the tightly tied Du family of thirty people, waiting for news near Huangcong Mountain.

Qin Chuan didn't plan to kill Du Yingguang and the others, he felt that there was a way to pay attention to thieves in business, and he had to erect a lofty image for the vast number of gentlemen: Qin Daguan was a man of his word, as long as he handed over the grain, he would inevitably release people.

Only in this way, when the tickets are tied up in the future, those old men will obediently transport the grain over.

In addition, Qin Chuan also expressed his greatest sincerity, personally leading the three hundred Guan Emperor troops to the north twenty miles to meet the Du family's grain transportation team.

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After the grain transport team arrived in Jingyou Town, Du Youliang ordered to rest in place for a while, and he took a few cronies and hurried into Dujiazhuang accompanied by Fan Sanpao.

After passing through the empty doorway and seeing the scene inside, Du Youliang's body shook and almost fell off his horse.

His once glorious Du family is now in ruins.

"Brother Xian, this revenge will be avenged eventually."

Fan Sanpao on the side squinted slightly and said lightly.

Du Youliang took a deep breath, tried his best to calm down, gritted his teeth and said: "I, Du Youliang, swear to the sky, I will not tear the dog thief surnamed Qin with my hands, and swear not to be a man!" ”

"Eldest prince, it's no good, the dog thief surnamed Qin is here."

As soon as he finished his oath, a nurse rushed in and shouted.

Du Youliang's face changed: "The dog thief is here?" How many people came? ”

"Three...... About 300 people, lined up on the mountain beam in the south, the one surnamed Qin only brought twenty horsemen, and was coming towards us. ”

"What a daring dog thief, he dares to come and die!"

Du Youliang pulled out the sword at his waist with a "bang", and his face was hideous.

A nurse hurriedly said: "Son, no, that will harm the master, not to mention, the surname Qin is riding a high-headed horse, we may not be able to kill him." ”

Du Youliang's face struggled, and after a while, he finally scolded unwillingly.

"Let's go, we'll meet him when we go out."

When the group came to the south of the town, they saw that the person surnamed Qin had already arrived a hundred steps away from the town, wearing the black mink coat that his father had newly purchased, and riding on a tall horse.

"Du Gongzi, don't come unharmed."

Seeing him come out, Qin Chuan arched his hand with a smile.

"Yo, Fan Gongzi is also here, the last time Fan Gongzi and Master Fan came, they donated a lot of horses and weapons to Mengjiazhuang, a real distinguished guest, what does Fan Gongzi plan to donate this time?"

When the words fell, Fan Sanpao's face alternated red and green, which was extremely ugly.

Du Youliang held back his anger and shouted: "The surname is Qin, my son has already transported the grain here, and quickly released the people of my Du family." ”

"Ahem." Qin Chuan cleared his throat, "The people of your Du family are not from Qin, what are you talking about, Qin came this time to be a middleman for Du Gongzi and the three cliff kings, Qin helped Gongzi transport the grain over, and then took the hostages back, but it was guaranteed that Lingzun and the others were unharmed, what did Du Gongzi think?" ”

Du Youliang snorted angrily: "Don't pretend to be garlic here, you are just a little thief, don't you be recognized by others when you put on official skin?" Hurry up and bring my family, hand over the other hand and the other food. ”

"Cough, Qin was kind-hearted, but he was splashed with dirty water by Du Gongzi, it's really ...... What a grievance. ”

"Since Du Gongzi can't believe Qin, it's okay if this middleman doesn't do it, so as not to be treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, but Qin has to advise Du Gongzi, the area south of Lou Fu is rampant, if there is no escort from Qin, Du Gongzi's two thousand stone grain may not be able to reach Tieshigou Mountain."

Qin Chuan said lightly, smiled meaningfully at Du Youliang, and then turned the horse's head and was about to leave.

Du Youliang gritted his teeth and looked at his back with hatred.

After a while, Du Youliang finally said hatefully: "Take the grain, within an hour, send my father and others here, if you dare to go back on your word, this son will set foot on your Mengjiazhuang." ”

Qin Chuan turned his head and said with a faint smile: "Gongzi Du, the grain is not for me, but I transported it to Tieshigou Mountain for you to redeem your family." ”

"Humph!"

Du Youliang snorted angrily, and then said to the side, "Let those hungry people bring food to him."

The subordinate took the order and left, and the surnamed Qin also arched his hand with a smile, and then turned and walked towards the mountain beam to the south.

Not long after, five hundred hungry people left Jingyou Town with two thousand stone of grain, and under the escort of Emperor Guan's army, they slowly left for Lou Fu.

Qin Chuan personally led the 100 Guan Emperor Army to delay, and it was not until the last donkey cart passed through that he waved goodbye to Du Youliang with a smile, and then slowly retreated with his subordinates.

Not far away, a sentry suddenly rode his horse and said urgently: "Big boss, a group of people came from the northwest, about two or three hundred people, it looks like a local bandit in Lan County." ”

"Oh?"

Qin Chuan frowned: "Liu Youzhu, take two hundred Wudang camp guards, and the rest of the horses continue to escort the grain back, and inform Luo Ba to bring one hundred Guan Emperor troops and five hundred villagers to come out to respond." ”

"Within five miles of Mengjiazhuang, no one is allowed to appear, let those hungry people hand over the grain to the villagers of Luo Ba in Shitanling, and then wait in Shitanling, and then go to Loufu to receive porridge after two hours."

"Yes."

Liu Youzhu took the order and left, and quickly gathered two hundred people to go to the camp first, and guarded on the northwest side.

Qin Chuan didn't leave, but stood in front of the first camp, looking at the northwest side fixedly.

Not long after, the roar of horses' hooves was suddenly heard in the distance, and a cavalry appeared on the mountain beam in the distance, rolling smoke and dust.

After seeing that this side was already on guard, the cavalry stopped, led by a long-bearded man, and led this thirteen or fourteen-year-old hairy boy out of the crowd, looking at Qin Chuan from afar.

Qin Chuan also looked at him coldly, only staring at each other from afar, and did not say anything to each other.

A Guan Dishan, who was very familiar with the surrounding area, said: "The chief steward is a member of the Feng family in Chijianling, on the surface, the Feng family has rules and regulations, but secretly he takes the people of Fengjia Village to act as horse bandits and loot everywhere. ”

"The leader is called Feng Yilong, the eldest brother of the Feng family, there are a total of thirteen younger brothers, four died young, three died while doing business, Feng Yilong and the remaining six brothers are called Feng Shan's seven sons, except for the hairy boy who is still young, the other six are very skilled, especially Feng Yilong, who is good at using an eyebrow knife, known as the wind knife walking dragon."

"Oh? It's kind of interesting. ”

An interesting smile appeared at the corner of Qin Chuan's mouth, then he waved his hand and said, "Let's go, the purpose of his coming here is not to grab food, but to see what my chief steward looks like." ”