At this moment, in Linjiang City, the knives and guns seized on the ground were piled up in dozens of piles. The captives all squatted with their hands behind their backs, and from time to time they got up in a line and walked towards the prison in an orderly manner. There are still some houses in the city with remnants of flames, and the army of Chu Hou is leading people to extinguish them. There was a constant flow of people with buckets. When some ordinary people saw that the Marquis of Chu had entered the city, they took out some food and money and came to work for the army. I don't know if the remnants of Chu welcomed Wang Shi, or the common people who were struggling to survive were afraid that if they didn't take the initiative to work the army, they would be robbed.

In this battle, more than 100 enemy soldiers were killed. The remaining eight or nine hundred people surrendered directly, and he lost a total of fifty or sixty brothers, all of whom were robbers, and Chu Zhongli's escort suffered almost no casualties. It seems that the combat effectiveness of the robbers really needs to be improved, at least compared with the escort team now, the gap in combat effectiveness is still very obvious.

Chu Zhongli was sitting on the steps, his thoughts fluctuating. This can be regarded as the first time I have killed someone, and the moment I see the other party being killed by myself, I still have some unbearable feelings. But he also knew in his heart that if everyone didn't hurt others, this couldn't be done, since everyone in this world was preparing to hurt others, but he laid down his arms, then he could only suffer himself. It's not even just himself, if he refuses to contribute to the war between his family and his family, and between countries and countries, his family and country are more likely to suffer the tragic fate of defeat, so he can't back down. Fortunately, this is the battlefield, and since the other party has already taken up arms, it is equivalent to accepting fair competition, and death is the price of failure in competition. Thinking of this, Chu Zhongli also thought a lot. However, the impact of the first murder still exists in inertia.

And Wanyue was very sad about the death of his fifty or sixty brothers, and took two axes all over the city to find the captives who had killed his brothers, and wanted to kill them to avenge the brothers. Later, he was stopped by Chu Zhongli, so he couldn't do it. Wanyue is not an unreasonable person, it is normal to have casualties on the battlefield, she is too emotional to make such a move.

All the captives were imprisoned under Xu Yuan's arrangement, although Xu Yuan was only a captain, he was also an officer who had worked at the grassroots level for more than ten years, and he had rich experience, doing this kind of thing, in an orderly manner, and there was no disturbance. Chu Zhongli also praised it in his heart, if he said that he was the head of the army, then an experienced officer like Xu Yuan was the backbone of the army.

"Lord, what are you going to do with these captives?" asked Xu Yuan.

"Let them all go. Chu Zhongli replied directly without thinking.

"Yes. Xu Yuan arched his hand and went down to do it.

After Xu Yuan left, Zhang Feizi walked over with Cai Tai and said with a smile: "Boss, I'll introduce you to someone." This time, we can break this Linjiang City so quickly, and he has also made a lot of efforts!"

Chu Zhongli looked at Cai Tai, saw that he was dressed as a civil official, and thought to himself that this must be a financial talent, and now that the city has just settled down, what is needed most is this kind of person. Just about to ask, Cai Tai suddenly knelt down.

"The criminal minister Cai Tai, I have seen Lord Chuhou!"

"Sir, why is this? Chu Hou helped Cai Tai up. Cai Tai cried and told what happened to him.

"After the fall of Linjiang City, this group of thugs forced me to stay in office to do things for them, otherwise they would behead me for public display. As a last resort, he succumbed to the enemy and asked the Marquis of Chu to forgive him. ”

Chu Hou looked at his tearful appearance, and he really couldn't bear it in his heart. Low-level officials have not received any great favors from the state, and it is normal for them to switch camps when they are forced. Nodding his head, he said, "Mr. Cai, you have suffered these days. Would you like to do something for me now?"

As soon as this sentence came out, it was equivalent to Chu Hou not only forgiving him, but also lifting him up from the side, reflecting his experience as his endurance and humiliation. This time can quite give Cai Tai face, and Cai Tai's eyes instantly showed a look of gratitude. "'Mr. Cai' doesn't dare to be it, just call me Lao Cai. "This sentence is called out by the lord, which can be regarded as officially under the banner of Chu Hou.

Chu Zhongli stepped forward again, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Lao Cai, the work of money, grain, taxes, etc., in this city, still depends on you." I'm tired enough today, I'll send someone to bring you some belongings, wine and meat, you go back and rest first, and then work hard tomorrow." ”

"Thank you, my lord! I'm not tired, I'll do it again......" Cai Tai was overjoyed, and before he finished speaking, he happily threw himself into work.

Zhang Feizi saw his back running away, and smiled at Chu Zhongli: "Boss, I didn't do a bad job this time, right?"

"It's not bad, it's not bad, the best soup is the best, this time it's your first merit......"

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and Wanyue ran over, only to see that she was still stained with the blood of the previous battle, and her hair was a little scattered. This time, it seems to be a little aggressive.

Zhang Feizi was observant and asked, "Eh, why are your eye circles red?"

"Dead fatty, can you die if you don't say a few words?" Wanyue was not angry, and kicked him in the ass, making a crisp sound, Zhang Feizi let out an "oh!" sound, covered his ass and ran away.

After Zhang Feizi ran away, Wanyue looked at Chu Zhongli, and asked, "Lord, why did you let those captives go?"

Chu Zhongli's opinion on Wanyue didn't dare to take it lightly, after all, she was the leader of the bandits, and she was able to control this group of robbers, and it was all through Wanyue, and he said to her kindly: "Now we don't know the attitude of Wu Guo, and letting these prisoners go can be regarded as saying that we have no idea of expanding the war, just take back the fief." If these captives are killed, so that Wu Guo will not be able to save face, and they send large soldiers to come to crusade, won't they kill more people?"

Wanyue is still a reasonable person in essence, knowing that the overall situation is important, listening to what he said does make sense, and most of the previous impulses have been eliminated. "What the lord said is that his subordinates are not considerate. ”

Chu Zhongli smiled and said, "It's okay." Brothers can have you as an emotional boss, and I think I will be proud of you. ”

When Wanyue heard this, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and she lowered her head slightly, her face flushed a little. "Is there anything you need me to do? I see everyone is busy. ”

Chu Zhongli said: "There is indeed one thing. I need a brother to be a messenger for me and send a message to the people of Wu Guo, it's overkill for you to go, I wonder if those brothers volunteered?"

"Okay, I'll help you ask. ”

After Wanyue walked away, Zhang Feizi walked back with a very aggrieved expression. "What kind of person is this, if you don't agree with you, you will beat someone. It's an average beating, so I'm the one who fights!"

"I think she's paying attention to you. Chu Zhongli said with a smile.

"It's just that it's useless to pay attention, and don't give me anything gentle. I think she fits her name like 'waning moon', the darkness is greater than the light. Zhang Feizi pursed his lips.

"But from another point of view, the waning moon is also the beginning of light, indicating that it is coming to perfection step by step. Chu Zhongli said.

"I don't understand. Zhang Feizi shook his head.

"Then you can go to the side and understand. ”

“......”

After a while, a young robber stepped forward to see Chu Zhongli, he was thin, his eyes were bright, and he seemed to have infinite energy and the courage to climb higher and higher.

"I've seen my lord. ”

"What's your name?"

"Feng Yi. ”

In fact, when Chu Hou defeated Wanyue in the cottage that day, Feng Yi was watching from the side, he admired Chu Hou very much at that time, he was a motivated person, he knew that his background was too low, and he did not want to achieve such a high status as Chu Hou, but at least he had to become a capable man by Chu Hou's side. Therefore, when attacking the city, he was very desperate, and he almost gave up his life, which also attracted some attention from the waning moon. This time, Wanyue asked about the messenger, and he volunteered without thinking.

"I can tell you, sending a letter to Wu Guo now, the risk is not small, if the other party is determined to start a war with us, it is likely to kill Liwei, do you know?"

"Yes!"

"Are you still going?"

"Go!"

"Well, he's a good man. Chu Zhongli saw that his newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and he also had some praise in his heart, and asked, "Is there anyone else in your family?"

"They're all dead...... I just went up to the mountains and became a robber. Feng Yi was also a little sad when he said this.

Chu Zhongli was also a little silent. In fact, if you can't survive a high-risk profession like robbers, who wants to do it?

"Well, take the letter. Chu Zhongli took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Feng Yi, and added a few words: "You must first know what I mean: Chu and Wu have always maintained peace before, but this time they did not declare war and captured my fiefdom, let them give an explanation, do they want to declare war with Chu State, or is it a misunderstanding? If war is declared, then send troops over, if there is a misunderstanding, this matter is easy to say." ”

"Got it. Feng Yi nodded, as if he understood.

"What do you know?" Chu Zhongli saw that he was still quite confident, and asked him more.

"The lord doesn't want to go to war with Wu in his heart. But we can't lose our face, so I will question him and give him a step down later. The villain speculates wildly, I don't know if it's right?"

Chu Zhongxing thought, this kid is really smart and clever, but he can't show too much admiration for him in front of him, lest he be a villain and difficult to manage in the future, so he nodded lightly and said, "That's pretty much it, you can go." ”

Feng Yi received the order, gave a salute, and turned around. After walking a few steps, Chu Zhongli stopped him.

"If you can complete the mission this time and come back alive, I will definitely promote you. ”

"Yes!" Feng Yi couldn't contain the joy in his heart, and he ran away with a smile.

That night, Chu Zhongli sent another order to Xu Yuan, Wanyue, Zhang Feizi, and Cai Tai to go to the conference hall for a meeting together.

When everyone arrived at the conference hall, Chu Zhongli sat in the chief, Wanyue sat in the second place, Xu Yuan sat in the third place, and Zhang Feizi and Cai Tai sat in the fourth and fifth places respectively. It's obviously a bit of a seating arrangement.

Chu Zhongli said a few clichés, and then said: "I have seen the situation in Linjiang City, and now I am ready to divide some of the construction around the city. ”

As soon as everyone heard about it, they immediately became interested. The body that had been slack due to exhaustion instantly tensed up again.

"Xu Yuan, the iron mine and the iron foundry are all yours, you settle them well, you are responsible for building the army's equipment, and all the surpluses after that are yours. ”

"Yes! I will not fail in my mission. "In fact, this iron foundry is the most hardcore, and there is nothing to fish, but he trusts Xu Yuan the most, and no one will do this job if he doesn't hand it over.

"Wanyue, Linjiang City is close to the river, fishing is very important, the big fish market by the river will be distributed to you, you can usually transfer your brothers to help, your brothers' military salaries are also paid by you, in addition, the fish in the army food is also provided by you. ”

"Well, thank you, lord. "Wanyue didn't know what the concept of fishing in Linjiang City was, and secretly wondered in her heart, if you have to be responsible for so much, can you still make money?

Chu Zhongli looked at Zhang Feizi who was eager to try next to him, looking forward to it, and said with a smile:

"Zhang Yan, this time you have the most credit, plus you were almost beheaded, it can be said that there is both merit and hard work, I am ready to give you the fattest place, the farm on the outskirts of Linjiang City, you can plant whatever you want. As long as you pay the food on time. ”

"Wow, that's good, then I can get a lot of medicine!"

"This is naturally up to you, but if you starve the people in the city because of something else, I can cut off your head!"

Everyone laughed, and Cai Tai watched from the side, not feeling good in his heart. It seems that he can't seal it, but it's reasonable, he just joined, and he has done things for Wu Guo before, it's good if he hasn't been killed, what do you want to do so much, but when I was disappointed, I heard Chu Zhongli's voice.

"Lao Cai. ”

"The subordinates are here. ”

"The reason why I didn't give you a fief is because I want you to open up a new building. We Linjiang City is close to the riverside, we can develop shipping, I heard before that Xiakou, Hanyang and other cities by the river can do transportation, we work hard, naturally we can do it, so I want you to build a shipyard, and then be responsible for all shipping matters, I will allocate the money to you, and make money in the future, we will be half of us. This thing is the most difficult, but if it is done, the benefits are also the greatest, our Linjiang City may develop into a big city from now on, I don't know what you think?"

"Being so valued by the lord, how can there be any reason for his subordinates to repay the lord's great kindness?" Cai Tai's mood had just fallen to the bottom, and now it was as if he had flown into the sky, and the excitement in his heart was beyond words, and he accepted it on the spot.

"Okay, then let's make up our minds, and from now on we are all people with our own territory!"

The conference was successfully concluded. In addition, nearly half of the previous eight or nine hundred captives were unwilling to leave, some were originally from Chu, and some didn't want to work around, so they were all reorganized into the defenders of Linjiang City. At this moment, Chu Zhongli has Cai Tai under his hands, Wu has Wanyue and Xu Yuan, and the doctor has Zhang Feizi, sitting on Linjiang City, and he has begun to look like a prince.