Chapter XXIII
A group of people began to work in full swing, and the Huo family brothers led people to hide their supplies on the mountain, and then used those ox carts to pull the wood that had just been broken down the mountain.
Fences were built, gates were built, and even a group of people started building shabby houses and sheds while it was still early.
No matter what you do, the beginning is the most difficult time, and it is not only about building wooden fences and all kinds of houses and sheds, but more importantly, you have to send scouts, and the province is surrounded and suppressed.
And the only one who has no work is Li Ru, it's not that he can't do it, but he is waiting.
Finally, before the sun set in the sky, he waited for what he wanted to wait.
"It's finally here!" Li Ru slowly opened his eyes, and then beat his horse forward, allowing himself to cross in the middle, blocking the way, "I just don't know which city is coming this time." ”
Li Ru is here waiting for Qifeng City and Shangcai City.
Although they swore so much, if they really wanted to gain a foothold here, then the offerings to the city lords of the two cities were still indispensable.
"I don't know which adult is in front, the villain has been waiting for a long time again!" Li Ru saw the team that appeared on the opposite side, in addition to greeting loudly, he also slightly showed some strength, which made them stop and hurt their lives, which can be regarded as a kind of deterrent to them.
Sure enough, after hearing Li Ru's words, those people didn't have any intention of stopping, and some even pulled out the knives and guns in their hands, ready to run over him directly.
But when the small flame in Li Ru's hand appeared, a group of golden soldiers who were ready to charge began to slowly slow down the speed of the war horse.
Rushing to kill an unarmed old man is not a matter, but rushing to kill a cultivator is a matter.
Soon, a group of dozens of people stopped in front of Li Ru, and a general wearing armor walked out of them and slowly walked in front of him.
Li Ru looked at the dozens of them who were very strong, and he was also very surprised in his heart, fortunately he was waiting here, if they were allowed to rush over like this, even if the Huo family brothers had already prepared, I am afraid they would lose a lot.
Don't look at the three hundred subordinates of the Huo family brothers, they are also cultivating diligently now, but they are foot soldiers after all, even if they wear hard armor and hold sharp blades and bows and crossbows in their hands, they are also foot soldiers.
In front of dozens of cavalrymen who have already become battle, if you don't have more than ten times more elite foot soldiers, don't think about being in front of these cavalrymen.
The war horses under their crotches can easily break away from their formation, and as for the armor on their bodies, I am afraid that there is no way to protect them well under this collision.
If there are any more strange beasts in this, then it will be even more terrifying, these strange beasts can't become demons, but the strength and wisdom and so on are definitely not easy to deal with.
It is also officially because of these two reasons that the Dajin Kingdom, which is composed of hundreds of tribes, even if there is continuous civil strife, still can't hold down countless countries close to the boundless grassland.
"You, who are you!" It's not that the people of Dajin Country can't speak on the mainland, but it sounds so stiff that it makes people very uncomfortable to listen to.
But at this time, Li Ru didn't care about this, and arched his hand towards the general with a smile on his face, "Your Excellency, are you going to the front? I am the person you are looking for!"
When the general heard this, his eyes narrowed, and then he showed a sneer, "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
He was one of the five lieutenant generals of Qifeng City, and he was only in charge of patrolling today, but suddenly the soldiers under his command told him that a group of people suddenly came from the direction of Fuling Country and were building a stockade on the other side of Feihuyu!
This shocked him, and when he learned that there were only about three hundred of them, and that there were no cavalry, but a group of men who walked on two legs, and even four legs were just some ox carts, he was relieved.
In his opinion, this is a group of guys who send him money and food, but it's a pity that there are no beautiful women, but it doesn't matter anymore, let's grab it first.
After thinking of this, he had already rushed in that direction with his subordinates, and met this strange old man on the way.
"Since you are their person, do you think that with you, an old man, you can stop us and others?" the guard sneered, and then slowly pulled out the big knife hanging on the war horse, looking at the catty two, there were more than 100 catties, and it was extremely sharp.
"Remember when you get down there, it's Ke Qin who killed you!"
Just when Ke Tan was about to kill Li Ru on the spot, Li Ru suddenly chuckled, and then said to Ke Tan, "Do you want two or three carts of grain, or do you want hundreds of carts of grain, as well as endless gold, silver, and women?"
Li Ru's words made Ke Tan's big knife successfully stop in front of Li Ru's eyes, and then slowly placed it on his shoulder.
"What do you mean?"
Li Ru saw that the big knife stopped on his shoulder and knew that he had succeeded, and at the same time chuckled at Ke Qin and said, "We are all from the Fuling Kingdom, because we were driven out by the court of the Fuling Kingdom.
So we have no choice but to make a living, but we won't take it here in vain, we are all a bunch of rough men, and naturally we need to feed ourselves and feed the hundreds of people in our area.
However, the general must know that now that he has killed us completely, he will not get anything but two or three carts of grain and grass, even if he has stripped me all over my body.
But if the general is willing to keep us in captivity, and give me time, we can grow food from seeds for adults, and many of us have been farmers for generations.
Farming is a good hand, if you can give us a little time, we can provide you with a steady stream of food and grass, and we are also from Fuling Country, with our signboard, are you afraid that we will have fewer women here?"
Li Ru's words were not so clear, but what he meant, that Ke Qin could understand.
There are enough homeless people and refugees in this boundless grassland, and they have caused all kinds of troubles for their big gold, and if such a force is here, it may be able to attract many people.
As for these people ....
"Are you talking about it?" Ke Tan chuckled, "What if you trick me and wait?" You must know that those people on your border said the same thing at the beginning, but now there is no movement, and I don't know where to go!"
Li Ru, who was originally smiling, suddenly shrank his eyes when he heard this, but it was fleeting, and then he continued to chuckle and say this to Ke Tan.
In the end, the two of them reached the condition, Li Ru will hand over a hundred stones of grain and grass to Qifeng City every year, if they get other valuable things, they will also hand them over to Qifeng City, and at the same time, if there are refugees in the future, they will also hand over to twenty women in Qifeng City every month.
At the same time, they will personally give the guest a little benefit every month, although everyone has not explained this, but they all know in their hearts that this benefit is not light.
In the end, the two of them happily agreed with each other, and then Ke Qin slowly left.
As for Li Ru, he continued to wait, waiting for another wave of people, the people from Qifeng City came, how could the people from Shangcai City not come?
However, when they were in Caicheng, the conditions they negotiated were quite interesting.
Li Ru and the others did not offer 100 stones of grain and grass per year, but 150 stones, while the women offered 30 per month.
This number will naturally make the people of Shangcai City very satisfied, of course, as a reassurance to Shangcai City, Li Ru also agreed to one thing, that is, to let the people of Shangcai City garrison next to them.
In Li Ru's words, if they let them station their soldiers in their own villages, I am afraid that the pampered young master will not agree, and maybe there will be some unpleasantness.
Everyone is seeking money, and their young master is just a little guy with a good face, as long as he is given face, he is just a stupid boy.
Speaking of which, Li Ru did not hesitate to make the appearance of a treacherous villain, a look of wanting to sell his master, and looked at the guard of Caicheng with a funny face.
But Tuoba still believes in this person, because of this kind of person, he has seen too much, obviously he is already weak, and he always thinks about how to get benefits from it, not how to become stronger.
In particular, after Li Ru personally took them to the village under construction, looking at the village that was in full swing, but there were only about 300 people in that area, the toppers were relieved, just these people, they were enough to charge once.
As for the down-and-out noble son, he really looked arrogant.
After he saluted him, he actually took out one of his only three carts of grain, looking like he wanted to thank him.
Han Long, who looked like this, couldn't cry or laugh when he saw it, he had calculated, just these three hundred people, everything was settled, and they at least needed at least three carts of grain and grass to be able to carry the grain harvest next year, and this was still not counting the seeds they used to cultivate.
But now, it's this stupid guy who just sent the car out.
Now, they won't have a good time.
"Haha, then I'm welcome!" Although Tuoba thinks this noble son is very ridiculous, why not send it to the door.
"It's okay, it's okay, we will be brothers in the future, we will share blessings and difficulties!" Han Long still looked like a loser, and pretended to be reckless, which made Tuoba and the others even more funny.
When they were sent away, the Tuobaqi also set up a small tent on the opposite side of the village, and then lined up a few knights to guard there, in the name of protecting them.
"Huh~" A few days later, Han Long looked at the gradually established village, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mission Completion ....."