Although Zhou Tianyu stole a lot of gold and silver treasures, he alone was still very limited. Over the years, Panlongzhai has accumulated no less gold and silver property. After some searching, Mark's men successfully found the storeroom of Panlong Village.

The storehouse was built in a natural cave, which was artificially processed, and was about twenty or thirty square meters. When Mark's men found it, the contents were a little messy, obviously not carefully organized. A couple of large boxes, stacked casually, and some sacks.

"Big brother, guess how many we found?" Mark said like a gong.

"How much?" Ma Shuo was also curious about how much oil and water this Panlong Village could have.

"Gold, about fifty taels. There are more than five thousand taels of silver, "Obviously, Mark has never seen so much money, and it is thousands of taels at once, of course he is excited.

"It's okay!" Ma Shuo was much calmer when he heard this amount, and the mere five thousand taels of silver was no longer enough to shock Ma Shuo. If nothing else, during the time he left Huangsha City, relying on the cooperation with Qianzhongfang, the profit he could get would not be less than this.

Panlongzhai is really poor enough, Ma Shuo couldn't help but complain in his heart. However, fifty taels of gold, plus more than five thousand taels of silver, is almost more than ten thousand taels of silver, which can be regarded as an unexpected gain.

"Silver, take out a thousand taels and divide it among your brothers as a reward for this time. For the rest, you keep some of it for your salary, and store the rest here. This Panlong Village, I'm ready to do it, as our territory. Ma Shuo briefly explained the arrangement to Mark, and told him not to tell anyone about some things.

Ma Shuo's advice, Mark naturally nodded in agreement. Ma Shuo's decision, Mark didn't even ask, and directly complied.

The incorporation of the mountain bandits was still very smooth, and more than 80 qualified bandits were finally selected from the mountain bandits in Panlong Village and directly joined Mark's 21st team. Of course, these mountain bandits were all broken up and mixed into different hundred-man teams.

After absorbing these mountain bandits, except for a part of the people who went around to carry out reconnaissance tasks, the rest of the people stayed in Panlong Village. On the one hand, staying here is to use a period of time to train the newly recruited mountain bandits, so that they can be transformed into qualified border troops as soon as possible, so as not to affect the overall combat effectiveness of Mark's team.

The remaining bandits, although they cannot meet the requirements of the border army, will also be the main force guarding the cottage. So Ma Shuo asked Mark to arrange for someone to train them as well. At the same time, taking into account the needs of cottage construction, the training of these people adopts a method of combining half labor and half training.

Because of Mark's people, although these mountain bandits may not be willing, no one dares to be lazy, especially a few guys who started to steal and play tricks were pulled out and beaten severely, and even after one guy wanted to escape and was caught and cut off his head, everyone was honest.

So, Ma Shuo began to organize people to reclaim the surrounding wasteland in an orderly manner according to his own plan. Because there was still time, after these wastelands were reclaimed, Ma Shuo immediately planted the seeds at hand in different areas. Of course, to be on the safe side, he didn't use up all the seeds at once, but planted a portion of each.

After some days of understanding, Ma Shuo also found that many of the bandits were originally farmers in the surrounding villages, and they were no strangers to farming, and some of them were even older and very experienced. So, Ma Shuo put these people in charge of farming, and promised them that as long as they did well, they would definitely be rewarded.

Of course, in addition to painting flatbread, Ma Shuo also gave these people real benefits. First of all, it was he who improved the food for these people. Don't look at these people in the cottage, but except for a few sturdy mountain bandits, the quality of life of other people is average, especially those old and weak women and children can basically survive.

There is indeed not much food in the cottage, but Huangsha City is not too far from Panlong Village. When he took Panlong Village, Ma Shuo arranged for someone to go to Huangsha City, on the one hand, he began to let Fan Zeng start the relocation, and on the other hand, he asked Fan Zeng to secretly buy enough materials and quietly transport them to the cottage. Naturally, food is indispensable. These things are dead things in the hands of gold, silver, and treasures, and only when they are exchanged for various materials can they truly play their role.

The natural conditions here in Panlong Village are actually really good, not only wasteland, but also a river with a lot of water. The existence of such a river is actually rare in the western border area. However, the geographical location of this river is very secret, and a long part of it actually exists in the form of a dark river.

As for this secret, it was actually discovered later after Ma Shuo took people deep into the secret passage canyon again. Following the vine, Ma Shuo followed the dark river hidden at the bottom of the canyon and found the surface river hovering on the side of Panlong Ridge.

With water, the problem of irrigation of wasteland is solved. If the irrigation problem is solved, the wasteland will not be barren forever, and there is no need to watch the sky for food.

So, while developing the wasteland, Ma Shuo organized some carpenters to build a few waterwheels, and they were the kind that could get water from the lower places to the higher places. With the help of the canal, Ma Shuo temporarily solved the problem of irrigation of wasteland. When the waterwheel pumped the water to the top, several people in charge of farming were so excited that they shed tears and knelt down towards Ma Shuo. As a person who is proficient in farming, where do you not know the significance of water for farming.

With water, these wastelands can quickly be turned into treasured lands to grow enough food. With food, the women and children in the cottage will be able to live better. These people are very clear about this truth, so Ma Shuo's move is actually saving everyone's lives.

The grace of saving lives, bow down a few times, and what's there. At this moment, these people were even glad that Ma Shuo and others came over to knock down Panlong Village. In their eyes, the other party was simply sent by God to save them from the sea of suffering.

Soon, the news of the waterwheel spread among the women and children, and all of a sudden, the spirit of the entire cottage was lifted, and something called hope was revealed on the faces of these people. Whether it is those old and weak women and children, or those mountain bandits who are half-working and half-trained, they are full of energy to work again, and there is no need for anyone to urge them at all.

As a result, the speed of cottage renovation has suddenly accelerated a lot.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

On this day, as soon as Ma Shuo got up, Meng Hu rushed in from the outside, shouting loudly as he ran.