"The general spares his life", hearing Liu Xi's loud voice, the old and weak of Bailongzhai who were gathered up suddenly burst into a commotion.

Without waiting for Mu Jingnan and others to be suppressed, a few "plops" came from the crowd, and several gray-bearded old men rushed to the edge of the crowd and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Liu Ximing and others to beg for mercy.

"The general has not even killed these bandits, it can be seen that he is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and my small people have been captured by thieves to this point, which is already miserable, but if it falls into the hands of the cool officials in the county, I am afraid that the days are better than in this cottage, and I ask the general to wait for me to wait for a way to live."

"Please give the general a way to live!"

Hearing the cries of these old men, the crowd immediately knelt down in a large area and kowtowed to Liu Ximing and the others.

"What's that?" , Liu Ximing wanted to step forward and ask carefully, but was blocked by Li Biao's dodge, so he had to ask directly.

Several white-haired old men looked at each other, and one of them, who looked quite prestigious, knelt down and arched his hand:

"Dare to let the general know, it seems that people like us who are trapped in the thief camp are just doing some coolies in this cottage, but if it falls into the hands of the cool officials in the county, I am afraid that if I turn my head, I will be sold to the big households in the county as a person from Yongli. Although Bailongzhai is wanton with the outside world, there are still some rules in the village, but these big households in the county will not take us as people, and then whether they live or die depends on their words, and it is only because we want to ask the general to give a way to live. ”

"Woo woo"

Liu Ximing began to cry when he saw this group of people, and he was a little overwhelmed all of a sudden, don't make this Nima look like a white-haired girl.

The soldiers who were originally shouting loudly in the Longxiang battalion also quieted down a lot all of a sudden, because of the military and civilian education in Liujia Village, many people saw these tragic situations and were also concerned, and they looked at Liu Ximing one by one.

"Hmm", Liu Ximing suddenly made some difficulties, he didn't have no idea about these people, but firstly, he took into account that most of the people here are old and weak, women and children, and the quality is uneven, and secondly, during this time, Yu Qiaoman, this little girl, has not been less muttering in his ear what "living within your means", "diligence and thrift" and other bitter water, recruiting these people is not to increase expenses in vain.

Besides, the previous mole case has only passed for a long time, and Liu Ximing is still a little apprehensive.

"Second brother", Mu Jing couldn't see Liu Ximing fall into silence, and immediately turned around and came up.

When Liu Ximing finished talking about his concerns, he smiled and said: "This is easy to say, if the second brother is really kind and wants to give them a way to live, you can put them in Hexi Town first, now Hexi Town is about to be revitalized by us, just let them go to do chores." ”

"Hahaha, damn it, how did I forget this", Liu Ximing was awakened by his words, Liujiacun is his core base and cannot be lost, and Hexi Town is indeed suitable as a sub-base to build.

If there is really any situation in Shunqing Mansion, there will be room for turning around if the upstream and downstream ends are controlled at that time.

"Let's do it", Liu Ximing beckoned and called the other generals over.

"Tie up the thieves, bring the other old and weak women and children with them, let's go back to Hexi Town first, and if there are conditions there, we will place them there."

Hearing Liu Ximing's arrangement, a group of old and weak people kneeling on the ground were overjoyed, and they kept kowtowing one by one to thank him: "General Xie's great kindness, General Xie's great kindness." ”

The people of the Longxiang camp also breathed a sigh of relief, so that the escort pressure was also much less, and the top and bottom of Bailongzhai immediately began to make noise again, with firelight and figures constantly flashing, a busy scene.

The Longxiang camp not only had to tie up the thieves one by one, but also took out some people to count the useful materials in the cottage and take them away.

As for Bailongzhai itself, to be honest, Lao Liu had the idea of keeping it as another stronghold, but now it was in the critical period of the county test, and it would not be beautiful if something happened, so he gritted his teeth and simply ordered the Longxiang battalion to prepare firewood and oil to burn it.

Seeing that the things in the cottage were properly arranged, Liu Ximing took Li Biao and others to the dock to continue the inventory, and in the middle of the night, the cottage was noisy again, and the sound of shouting and killing came down from the mountain.

"Someone ran away!"

After a while, Mu Jingnan took people down the mountain with a red face to report, it turned out that the Long Xiang camp was caught in the process of tying up the thieves, allowing a group of thieves to escape.

Mu Jingnan also led people to chase him, but after all, these thieves were familiar with the way, and in the end they still escaped from hundreds of people.

Liu Ximing's face was pale, this was really a slap in the face, his mother's duck could fly.

"Has anyone been hurt?"

Mu Jingnan touched the sweat on his forehead: "No, the captives don't have weapons, but they escaped." ”

Liu Ximing's face softened slightly, but he still scolded Mu Jingnan and the others: "Wang Ba Lamb, I really live more and more and go back, how are the combat regulations written, 'Where there is a war, you must think more', after you go back, you must self-examine, do you hear it." ”

"Whoa!" , Mu Jing's body straightened up, and he took the lead in beating his chest and yelling, which shocked a group of people on the edge of the water village to look at him in surprise.

However, the escape could only be regarded as a small episode in the whole battle, and as the Longxiang battalion increased its vigilance, the remaining supplies and personnel were loaded and set sail in an orderly manner.

Before departure, Liu Ximing brought 15 large and small ships from Hexi Town, but when he returned, there were nearly 40 ships, and the fleet was like a string of bright pearls in the Jialing River.

When the fleet arrived at Hexi Town, it was already close to the hour, Liu Ximing and others stood on the bow of the ship and looked from a distance, and the smoke of war left a deep imprint on Hexi Town.

A few abandoned boats on the river outside the town show that Hexi Town is the ultimate victor, and before you reach the pier, you can see the crowds of people at the port, the corpses that were originally scattered everywhere have been cleaned up, and the merchants who stayed in the town last night are constantly looking towards the inspection compound.

"Open up, open up, the second brother is back."

The soldiers of the Longxiang Battalion, who took the lead, kept shouting at the crowded crowd in front of them, and a group of personal soldiers divided the crowd into two sides, revealing a road.

The voices of the originally noisy crowd were suddenly much lowered, especially when they saw that most of the soldiers of the Longxiang Battalion who came back also had blood stains on their bodies, plus the Bailongzhai water bandits who were tied up in a large string, and the eyes of the people who looked at the Longxiang Battalion were all full of fear.

"Second brother."

Hearing the report, Yu Yongkai, who was wrapped into a zongzi, and Shao Derong, who came at night, all came out of the courtyard to greet them.

Liu Ximing hurriedly grabbed Yu Yongkai when he saw him, "Yongkai, is there any major problem with your injury?" ”

"Second brother, don't worry, you can't die, it's just, woo~~", Yu Yongkai said with a sour nose and thought of the brothers who died in battle.

Liu Ximing's mood also calmed down, he patted Yu Yongkai's left shoulder, turned his head and asked Shao Derong: "How are the brothers arranging, and what are these people doing around?" ”

"Second brother, rest assured, all of them have been settled, as for these people......"

Shao Derong was a little angry when he said, "A group of people came over and asked what to do with last night's losses, damn it, if it weren't for us, they would have been robbed by the bandits, and they came to ask what to do, phew." ”

Shao Derong said louder and louder, obviously deliberately saying it to the onlookers next to him, and many people did have a trace of embarrassment on their faces.

Liu Ximing suddenly realized, it turned out to be the case, he glanced around, rubbed his bare chin and pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Go in first, and then detain the prisoners separately from the old and weak." ”

At this time, the inspection compound is much better than last night, most of the wounded have been bandaged, Liang Jun took a few apprentices with a pair of red eyes to keep checking in the crowd, and Liu Ximing arched his hand to him when he passed by with people.

"Second brother, these bastards are ungrateful, you let me go out and clean them up."

Before Liu Ximing could sit down in the main hall, Li Biao shouted angrily.

"Come back", Liu Ximing shouted at Li Biao, "The world is bustling for profit, the world is bustling for profit, these businessmen are running around for profit, and now the goods are damaged, and many people are going bankrupt, are you willing to change it?" ”

After Liu Ximing finished speaking, he looked at Li Biao with a roll of eyes.

Mu Jingnan also held back all the way, "That's so, but we are also not a little damaged, and besides, we didn't do it, if we lose money, won't there be more and more people who come to touch the porcelain and fight the autumn breeze in the future?" ”

Liu Ximing ignored Mu Jingnan's complaints, turned his head and asked Yu Yongkai: "What do you think?" ”

"Second brother", Yu Yongkai got up with some difficulty, and then was signaled by Liu Ximing to be casual, "I think the second brother is right, I have been staying in Hexi for the past few months, and I have seen it prosper step by step, although there is the credit of our family, but it is also inseparable from the help of these large and small businesses, if we plan to run Hexi well in the future, this matter must be carefully considered." ”

Liu Ximing smiled and nodded, Yu Yongkai still had some overall view.

It is true that it is of course okay to ignore these businessmen, after all, these losses are indeed caused by Bailongzhai.

But after such a while, he has figured out the previous plan, now Liujiacun has passed the initial stage, and is about to enter the period of development and growth.