Chiyan Village is not far from Liu Macheng, only about ten miles away, but the mountain road is rugged and difficult, and ordinary people have to walk for two or three hours to reach their destination. However, for the three of Shaolan, it only takes about an hour to reach Chiyan Village.

Just as Shaolan, Mingyue, and Yixing were walking gracefully on the road to Chiyan Village, Shaolan, who was about to take office, did not notice that there was a team of bandits waiting for him on the hill in front of him.

"When has this been, why hasn't the young master of the Liu clan arrived yet." The bandit at the head scratched at his chicken-coop hair in great distress.

"Boss, let's wait, the news won't be wrong, it is estimated that it is the young master of the Shi clan, and his legs and feet are slow, so it has not arrived yet, but it is estimated that it is soon." A sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked bandit hurriedly persuaded on the side, wiped a freshly picked wild fruit on his clothes, and courteously handed it to the bandit leader.

The bandit leader turned out to be a wild fruit, and directly bit off half of the wild fruit, and the juice of the wild fruit splashed everywhere: "Then wait!" ”

"Boss, there's a situation!" At this moment, a bandit shouted excitedly.

The bandit leader immediately came to his senses, stepped forward to peek, and just saw the three of Shaolan who were walking on the mountain road, and their eyes suddenly lit up. As long as Shaolan is caught and Liu Shouye is asked for ransom, the rations of his group for three or five years will be solved.

"Hey, didn't you say that the young master of the Liu clan was on the road alone, why were there two people next to him." The bandit leader frowned, looking at the other party's outfit, it didn't look like a guard, and the three of them were holding iron swords in their hands, and then looking at the equipment of a dozen or so people on their side, they suddenly felt tricky.

"It seems that there was an accident, boss, can you catch it?"

It is indeed a difficult choice question to have a few years of food and drink without worrying about it on the one hand, and on the other hand. His newborn child flashed in his mind, even if it wasn't for himself, for him to survive this winter, he had to fight hard. What's more, ...... thought of the person who secretly supported them, if he wanted to continue to get their support, he had to act according to their orders, and he was rich and dangerous, so this deal still had to be done.

"Catch! It's just a noble young master who looks like a weapon, but he looks good, he really starts to coax one by one, what is there to be afraid of, copy guys, everyone prepare! The bandit leader clenched the knife in his hand.

"Yes, Boss!" More than a dozen bandits, either carrying knives, or holding sticks, or holding long bamboo poles with unremoved branches and leaves, they all squatted behind the bushes, through the gaps in the branches and leaves, staring at the three Shaolan who were slowly coming, and when they entered the ambush circle, they launched an attack.

These bandits thought that their whereabouts were secretive, but they didn't know that they were discovered by Mingyue and Yixing from afar, so in a bend in front of the ambush circle, Shaolan and the three walked in, but only saw Shaolan come out alone, but Mingyue and Yixing were nowhere to be seen, and the thieves who watched scratched their heads, not figuring out what was going on.

Just when the thieves were stupidly guessing and arguing whether Mingyue and Yixing should go to the tuba or the trumpet, a cold and magnetic voice sounded: "Are you looking for us?" ”

The thieves turned around one after another, and when they saw the bright moon and the shining stars standing behind everyone, they were suddenly speechless, and their hearts were suddenly shortened.

"You're trying to ambush the three of us?" Mingyue stared at the group of thieves with murderous intent.

"Don't be afraid, there are only two of them, everyone side by side, kill him!" The leader of the bandits shouted, emboldening the bandits, and the bandits turned their knives one after another, slowly pressing towards Mingyue.

"Hmph, bold, this will be here, don't surrender quickly!" Bright Moon launched the force trait persecution.

"The little one is willing to fall, the little one is willing to fall!" The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked bandit who offered his respects beside the bandit leader and another emaciated bandit knelt and kowtowed, discarding their weapons and surrendering.

"How dare you rebel and kill them for me." The bandit leader was furious, raised the machete in his hand, and was about to slash the emaciated bandit with one sword.

Mingyue snorted coldly, "Look for death, three days and the moon will be killed!" ”

The five sword qi directly took the bandit leader, killed the two bandits along the way, and then the five sword qi closed together and slashed at the bandit leader. The bandit leader screamed miserably, his bones and tendons broken, his body was blurred with flesh and blood, and he fell to the ground backwards, but he died in a moment. The attack of this extraordinary power shook a group of bandits, and the frightened and inexplicable bandits knelt down and surrendered.

"You two tied them all up for me!" Mingyue ordered the two people who were the first to surrender to tie up the others, and the rope that bound them was the one they brought to bind Shaolan.

Now that he has not a single soldier under his command, he should use extraordinary tactics at extraordinary times, and at the moment he honestly completed his orders, and respectfully said to the two thieves standing on the side: "Follow our three brothers well, we will not treat you badly, what is your name?" ”

The two thieves were overjoyed when they heard this, and knelt down with a sharp-beaked monkey cheek and said: "The villain's name is rice bran, when the villain was born, the family couldn't even afford to eat rice bran, the villain was almost drowned by his father, and in the end it was my grandmother who kept me, and finally my father gave me this name in the hope of being full." The villain must swear allegiance to the death for the adult. ”

Another thief also knelt on the ground in a panic, trembling and stammering: "Small, villain, Qingyun, Qingyun is on the top of Qingyun, the villain is in charge of accounts and knows a few words." ”

"Hahaha, okay, you will follow our three brothers in the future, and we will not treat you badly." Mingyue patted the two of them on the shoulder, and while asking the two of them about the situation of their bandit gang, she waited for Shaolan to come over.

It is said that this group of bandits is not up or down, saying that they are not good at mixing, and they have cottages and footholds, instead of wandering around. said that they mixed well, but they lacked food and people, and the cottage was full of their families, old, weak, sick and disabled, and they couldn't even eat if they didn't come out to loot.

After Shaolan arrived, he frowned after understanding the situation clearly, he was very happy about increasing the population, but those who took over were all old, weak, sick and disabled, so he couldn't be happy: "Forget it, bring them back to Chiyan Village, all of them will be reduced to slaves, and the labor force will be increased." ”

Since his authority is linked to the ember system, he must be serious about what he says and develop Chiyan Village.

Hearing this, a group of bandits sat down on the ground.

"Wait, adults, adults, villains, villains have something to say." Rice bran stood up tremblingly, swallowing saliva with difficulty, although he was on the verge of joining the enemy, it did not mean that he was cold-blooded, and he could sit back and watch the old, weak, sick and disabled people in the cottage become slaves, once they became slaves, they would definitely not survive this winter.

"Say!" Shaolan gave rice bran a chance, if there is no proper solution, he can only find a way to consume these useless population, now he is weak, and it is a problem to eat well, so it is naturally impossible to build a social welfare mechanism and raise some useless idlers, now is not the time for him to brush up his reputation.

"Adults, villains think it's better to keep the cottage than to reduce them to slaves and give up the cottage." Rice bran racked his brains, and the rusty brain was running so fast for the first time: "First, adults, you must have things that are not suitable for being put on the bright side that need to be dealt with, and those dirty and tiring jobs can be handed over to them to do, so as not to dirty the hands of adults and tarnish their reputations." Second, second ......"

Rice bran sweated on his forehead, and at this moment, Qingyun said: "My lord, the cottage is actually a blessed land. The spring on the cottage is rich in water resources, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The villain has explored that there are large tracts of land on the mountains suitable for farming, and if they are reclaimed, they can feed thousands of people. The most important thing is that the mountain is high, not afraid of flooding, and there is no need to worry about no water to use during drought, drought and flood protection, as long as the adults operate well, you can build a castle on it, a better castle than Liu Ma City. ”

Rice Bran's words didn't touch Shaolan, but Qingyun's words attracted Shaolan's attention. If what Qingyun said is true, then this cottage is undoubtedly a blessed land, which can be used as a place for him to raise the dragon in the stage of Taoguang. Although what he wants is to tear the soil and seal the king, but the meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be taken step by step, and now his goal is to take over the position of the patriarch of the Liu clan, become a soil emperor, and enjoy the power to wake up to a place, life and death to take away his own will, and the days of drunken beauty knee. But Liu Mayi's population is less than 1,000, and the sanitary conditions are too poor to be liked by Shaolan, and now there is another better option. The cottage can be conservative in drought and flood and feed thousands of people. And with a population of thousands in this world, it is already a small city, and it is obvious that this is a very suitable place for him to be the emperor of the soil.

"Okay, let's go to the cottage and have a field trip, if it's really as you said, this cottage will be the focus of our next stage of development in the future." Shaolan immediately made a decision and drove a group of bandit captives to the cottage.

In the face of the powerful force of Shaolan, Mingyue, and Yixing, there was a leading party, and the entire cottage quickly descended. After some investigation, Shaolan found that the situation around here was really as Qingyun said. If these bandits diligently reclaim the land here, they will not be poor and embarrassed, but these bandits are lazy and hardworking, and they have their own little calculations in their hearts, they think that compared to cultivating the land, they will be discovered by the nobles in the future, and the nobles will confiscate the fields and make wedding clothes for others, which is not as easy as looting.

This is indeed a treasure land, but now that I have no food, no money, and no one in my hands, it is obviously not easy to develop this place without being known by outsiders. But after all, this is their own territory, and for their own future plans, they naturally have to face difficulties. So Shaolan summoned Mingyue, Yixing, and rice bran and Qingyun, who were clear about the situation nearby, to discuss the next stage of the work plan. Rice Bran and Qingyun realized that this was their own opportunity, so they all cheered up their spirits.

Although Shaolan did not become a leader in his previous life, he was still exposed to relevant knowledge. Therefore, his opinion is that as a superior person, the head of a force, you do not have to know everything, you do not have to be omnipotent, and you do not have to do everything yourself. If you want to manage your own forces well, you only need to do three things, first, the rewards and punishments are clear, so that your subordinates can have the motivation to work hard and seriously. Second, the amount of talent is used, put everyone in the position he is good at, and give full play to everyone's own expertise. 3. Strategic vision and clear understanding, have short-term and long-term goals and plans for the development of forces, be able to clearly position their own forces, do not inflate themselves, and do not do things that should not be done.

Because of this, Shaolan let Mi Yan and Qingyun attend the meeting, because they are the head snakes of the land, they know more about the situation than the three of them, and if they want to make their power grow and grow, for now, they are indispensable talents.

"There are three topics for today's meeting, one of which is how to appease the cottage people. Now that they are my people, I don't want anything unpleasant or even bloodshed between them. So, how can we make the whole cottage completely subordinate to me? ”

Rice bran couldn't wait to stand up: "My lord, the force value of the three of you shocked the whole village, who dares to disagree." And you are also the son of the Liu family, the future patriarch of the Liu family, there are many soldiers in the clan, who dares to disagree, not to mention that this is still within the territory of the Liu family, you can rest assured, everyone is happy and convinced. ”

Qingyun also stood up: "My lord, you are the son-in-law of the Liu family, the future patriarch of the Liu family, you have great righteousness, following you is following the righteousness, everyone can follow you to completely get rid of the bad body of the bandit, naturally there is no reluctance." However, most of the people in the village are raised to fight small people, and their knowledge is shallow, so it is inevitable that they will be worried, and the villain has heard clearly, and there are three worries: first, whether the adults will turn over the old accounts in the future, re-investigate their past as robbers, and punish them. The second is that the young and middle-aged people in the family are captured by adults, and they are afraid of being killed, and they are worried in their hearts. Third, it is feared that there will be a shortage of materials and food, and it will be difficult to survive this winter. As long as the adults can relieve them of these anxieties, they will be the most faithful servants of the adults. ”

"Well, what you say is exactly what I want, what do you suggest?" Shaolan deeply agreed with Qingyun's words.

"The villain thinks that the adults can personally admit their identities to the people in the village, promise not to blame the past, and then allow the young and strong captives to wear the guilt and make meritorious contributions, and gallop on the battlefield for the adults, which also just solves the urgent need of no soldiers in the hands of the adults, and finally, the adults can divide the wasteland to the people and let them cultivate, which not only reassures the hearts of the people, but also increases taxes, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone." Qingyun said his own countermeasure.

"Qingyun's words are good! It's as you say! The second issue is how to expand the number of troops. Just with three or two of our cottage kittens, a mere dozen combat power, it is not enough to succeed, if we want to achieve a meritorious deed, we need more population, more soldiers and horses. ”

Seeing that he didn't let Shaolan see his ability and was not valued by him on the first topic, Mi Yan was in a hurry, so after Shaolan threw out the second issue, Mi Lan quickly came out: "Adult, villain has a way." Linxian is as harsh as a tiger, and most of the bandits are countless, as long as the adults go out to crusade against the bandits, and lure them with money and food, why worry that no one will join the adults, for the adults to drive, and achieve a meritorious career. ”

"Oh, do you know anything about the bandits in Linxian?"

"Understand, understand! The villain is originally a person from the county, and there are many small people over there, so they can be mobilized to vote for the adult. The rice bran chick pecked at the rice and nodded again and again.

"In this way, this matter will be left to you and Mingyue to be responsible."

"Yes, my subordinates have orders!" The rice bran was overjoyed and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At least he is still useful to Shaolan, and he is not afraid of becoming an outcast.

"The third topic is how to get money, food and grass, and this time I went to Chiyan Village at the test of my father to improve the situation in Chiyan Village. Because it was a test, the family did not support me with a penny or a grain of grain. Therefore, whether it is to complete the test or to develop and expand this cottage, it will take a lot of food and money, without which everyone will not even be able to survive this winter, and everything will not be stopped. ”

is still the first rice bran to come out: "The villain has a way, Linxian is as harsh as a tiger, and the people are not happy, but those nobles are full of brains, as long as the adults are in the collection of thieves at the same time, raid one or two small towns of the family, when you can get a lot of materials and money, the adults can also build the second mansion of the Liu family here." ”

"Okay, this matter will be handed over to you and Yixing, if you do a good job, you will be rewarded for your great work!"

"Yes, my lord, the villain must do things beautifully." The rice bran is happy, and kowtowing is like pounding garlic.

At the end of the meeting, Shaolan took rice bran and Qingyun to the firewood room where the prisoners were held, where the dozen or so bandits who were captured were held.

Under the intimidation of rice bran and the persuasion of Qingyun, these dozen thieves have thrown themselves into Shaolan's command, and they all bow down to the ground, willing to serve Shaolan and make meritorious contributions. Shaolan didn't hide it, giving each thief a little bit of Ember thought, compared to the only soldier in his hands at the moment, which can enhance their survivability and force, and can slowly increase loyalty.

In order to appease the people of the cottage, Shaolan also gathered everyone and promoted their status to civilians, and did not blame them for their status as bandits. At the same time, several sick babies and toddlers were also given the Ember Thought, and with the Ember Thought, they could survive better.

The cottage was initially stable, and Shaolan planned to start the army. The cottage is poor and weak, so naturally there is no reserve of weapons and equipment, and Shaolan has not received support from home for weapons and equipment, so these bandits can only maintain their original armament at present. At this time, it was not early, and Shaolan assigned these bandits to Mingyue, who could quickly increase the experience points of his subordinates and improve the combat effectiveness of his soldiers. Prepare to let Mingyue train for a while before taking them on the expedition.

The next day, Mi Bran and Yixing set off first, went to Linxian to investigate the situation, listen to the news, send troops for Shaolan to subdue the bandits, and attack the Shiclan castle to collect information. Mingyue trained this team of bandits in the cottage to prepare for the expedition in the near future. Qingyun led the old, weak, sick and disabled to reclaim wasteland during the day and plant some seasonal vegetables, and at night to make plans for building a city. Although it was too early to mention the construction of the city, Qingyun had already begun to prepare, and Shaolan went to Chiyan Village alone to take office.

Chiyan Village was even worse than Shaolan had expected, which made him extremely disappointed. Chiyan Village is poor, there is not much arable land, and the crimson stones can be seen everywhere, which is desolate, poor, and poor, and was originally a place of exile for sinners, and the conditions are naturally extremely poor. Compared with the lack of supplies, Shaolan was even more disappointed in their mental state, the eyes of the people here were numb, there was no hope, no brilliance, and everything was lifeless.

If it weren't for the fact that it was already midsummer, and when it was autumn, the family would send someone to collect taxes, and now they would alarm the family, Shaolan even wanted to move them all away now, and move to the cottage, I believe that with hope, they will regain their vitality. At present, it can only stand still, and everything is business as usual. It's not too late to wait until you develop the cottage yourself or wait for the autumn harvest to migrate. However, this village is too depressing, Shaolan really can't stay, and two days later, he left the village on the grounds of going out to find a way to solve the problem of food and clothing for the villagers, but in fact he returned to the cottage.