With the existence of Li Yi, a warlock, Liu Wei naturally would not do anything crazy to the villagers, of course, when Wangcai completely returned, Liu Wei himself did not want to pursue these poor people.

After Li Zheng knew the identity of Liu Bian's Han Hongnong King, he tried his best to keep Liu Bian and his party, regardless of whether Liu Bian had power or not in the hearts of these villagers, in their eyes it was always the most noble identity.

Guocun ancestral hall, the ancestral hall is generally used to worship the ancestors and sages, in addition, because the ancestral hall is wide, it is also used as a meeting place for entertaining VIPs or for discussing important affairs within the clan.

As the king of Hongnong of the Han Dynasty, Liu Wei naturally belonged to the ranks of VIPs and was entertained by the enthusiastic villagers in the ancestral hall.

Of course, Guo Village is not rich, the so-called banquet is that each family produces some home-grown vegetables, and Orion's family takes some bacon, plus some grains, and it makes up a dinner, and there is naturally no wine.

Although there was no wine at the banquet, this was the most delicious meal that Liu Wei had eaten since he crossed over.

"The wilderness people disturbed His Highness, and the old man made amends to His Highness with tea instead of wine." Li Zheng picked up the tea bowl that was missing a corner, and said to Liu Wei with a face full of shame.

"This is not the fault of righteousness, but the sin of loneliness." Liu Wei picked up the tea bowl, looked at Li Zheng, who had gray hair and a face full of shame, shook his head and said: "You are all Han people, but you are forced to hide in the deep mountains and lack food and clothing, which is the crime of the imperial court." ”

Since the second emperor of Huan Ling, the government of the Eastern Han Dynasty has rotted to the roots, harsh government is fiercer than the tiger, coupled with the flock to one of them, there are more bandits than cattle hair, many people like Guo Cun, in order to avoid the turmoil, had no choice but to hide in this deep mountain and old forest.

In fact, the people hiding in the mountains, whether it is the people themselves or for the imperial court, are not lucky, the people who hide in the mountains have no land to cultivate, no medicine to treat, but also to bear the extortion of bandits and bandits.

For the imperial court, it is equivalent to the loss of a large number of people, what is the most important thing in feudal society? Population is the most important, only with population can farm, collect taxes, and recruit soldiers, and any strong empire is backed by a huge population base.

Villages like Guocun, which are hidden deep in the mountains, are simply too numerous in this era, and conservatively estimated to account for at least one-tenth of the current population.

If Liu Wei wanted to build a huge empire in the future, these people who hid in the mountains had to migrate to the plains and reclaim wasteland.

Suddenly, Liu Wei frowned, and asked Li Zheng in a deep voice: "As far as Gu knows, the frost has passed, the hunting season has passed, and I am afraid that there will be few harvests when I enter the mountain at this time, why do you go up the mountain?" ”

"Your Highness doesn't know anything, it's hard to say this." Li Zheng shook his head, took a sip of tea, sorted out his thoughts, and talked eloquently.

Most of the people of Guocun are from Xiangling, Hedong, but since the Southern Xiongnu occupied the northeast of Hedong in the late period of Emperor Ling, they not only enslaved the Han people, but also wantonly slaughtered and plundered, and had to migrate south in order to flee for their lives.

In the end, although the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down, in fact, the government became more corrupt, and finally a few years ago, Guo Cun was helpless, and took the villagers all the way into the mountains to settle down.

It's a pity that Lady Luck also doesn't favor them, and not long after settling down, a group of bandits nearby came down to grab food, and even made it clear that they would join the cottage, but the villagers were unwilling.

The bandits were angry, so they stipulated that they must pay enough rations every month, otherwise they sent people down the mountain to slaughter the villagers.

"Alas~" Liu Wei shook his head with a sigh, later generations said that the Jin Ge Iron Horse was in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but who knew the worries of the people's survival in this era.

While the two were talking, Xu Sheng suddenly hurriedly walked over and defended with his ear.

"Huh!?" Liu Wei's face sank, turned his head and glanced at Li Zheng, and then said, "Is this true?" ”

Xu Sheng hugged his fists and said: "The last general will not dare to have half a lie, it is indeed true." ”

"Pass the order, don't hurt his life for the time being, and arrest them all." Liu Wei looked at Li Zheng with a gloomy face, and said in a deep voice: "Li Zheng, is there a hunter named Li Hu in the village?" ”

"Uh....." Li Zheng was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Liu Wei, who had been talking happily just now, suddenly turned gloomy, but he still nodded and said, "There is indeed a hunter named Li Hu in the village. ”

"Hmph...."Liu Wei snorted coldly, suddenly got up and walked out, and said coldly: "Li Hu is so bold, he dares to steal a lone war horse?" ”

"What?" Li Zheng was taken aback, and quickly stood up and followed Liu Wei out, shouting loudly to the villagers who were eating and drinking: "Lao Li, Lao Zhang, go out and take a look, Li Hu, the rabbit cub, is stealing His Royal Highness's war horse." ”

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At the entrance of the village, there was already a mess at this time, and several young Orions could be the opponents of the Xiliang soldiers who had experienced a hundred battles, and one by one they were beaten with blue noses and swollen faces lying on the ground wailing, fortunately Xu Sheng did not let his life be hurt, otherwise these young Orions would have already become corpses.

Liu Wei looked at the wailing Orion on the ground with a gloomy expression, and suddenly a figure rushed into the field, raised his hand and threw it on the face of a young Orion, and said angrily while slapping him: "Lao Tzu asked you to steal His Highness's war horse, Lao Tzu asked you to steal...."

"Stop, Your Highness has something to ask." Yan Xing grabbed Guo Da Niu, Guo Da Niu didn't dare to disobey, but he still stared at the bull's eyes and scolded Guo Niu angrily: "Vertical son, what does Your Highness ask you, tell me honestly, otherwise Lao Tzu will kill you." ”

Liu Wei looked at Guo Niu with a gloomy face, and asked coldly, "Where is Li Hu?" Who gave you the courage to steal a lonely horse? ”

Guo Niutian is not afraid of the earth, but he is afraid of Lao Tzu like a tiger, at this time, seeing Guo Daniu glaring at him angrily, he didn't dare to hide it, covered his face and choked up: "Back to Your Highness, it was Li Hu who asked me to steal His Highness's war horse, saying that it was to serve the bandits." ”

"What?" Li Zheng looked at Guo Niu in disbelief, and pointed at Guo Niu and the others tremblingly: "Serve the bandits? You said that Li Hu asked you to steal His Highness's war horse as a thing to serve the bandits? ”

Guo Niu and the others seemed to be collapsing when they saw it, and they didn't dare to speak one by one.

"Bandits?" Liu Wei smiled coldly, his father hated the bandits, but the juniors planned to serve the bandits, which really has to be said to be the biggest irony.

"Where is Li Hu?"

"Li Hu was afraid that we wouldn't be able to get it, so he went to contact the bandits."

"It's really promising." Liu Wei looked at Guo Niu coldly, and said coldly: "Tie them all up......"

"Your Highness." Guo Niu suddenly knelt at Liu Bian's feet, kowtowed, and said: "Unfilial son is guilty of deserving death for this evil thing!" Nai I only have this son, begging His Royal Highness for mercy and forgiveness, and I am willing to resist my life. ”

Liu Wei said coldly: "Guo Niu, have you seen it?" Who will die for you? Bandits? Amusing... Arrest it, wait for the lonely thief, and come to ask for the crime."

"No!"