The martial arts forces in the southwest are generally not strong, and the bandits are even more of a rabble.

In fact, the existence of this gang of bandits in the southwest is longer than that of the local martial arts forces, after all, this place was deserted at the beginning, until the trade route was opened, which made it seem popular.

And where there are trade routes, there is one kind of people, and that is bandits.

It's just that these bandits don't have any planning, most of them have a passable attitude, and even they are killing each other, so after so many years, there is no bandit force that can handle it, and most of them are still just a rabble.

But it's normal to think about it, the bandits are congenitally insufficient, for example, the rise of the thirty-six giants in the north in the past is a rare thing for thousands of years, and bandits in other places can really only be regarded as a small fight.

Chu Xiu and Gonggong Li chose Qingfeng Village, which was the stronger of the twenty-three villages.

The bandit leader of Qingfeng Village, 'Smiling Scholar' Song Qian, is also interesting, he not only looks like a scholar, but also because he is a scholar himself.

It is said that Song Qian was just a landed scholar in his early years, and he was poor and had no money to study, so he could only run to work as a tent for the caravan, but he was robbed by bandits halfway, and he was plundered by bandits and used as a bookkeeper for the cottage.

Later, because he came up with a good idea for the cottage, the power of the cottage soared, and Song Qian also changed from a bookkeeper to a military advisor, and also got the opportunity to practice martial arts.

And Song Qian didn't expect that he, a weak scholar, had a good talent in martial arts, and it only took more than twenty years to reach the realm of the unity of heaven and man, so he found an opportunity to directly kill the previous owner of the village and renamed the cottage Qingfeng Village, which has been until today.

This time, Chu Xiu and the others boarded Qingfeng Village and felt the strength of the three of them, so Song Qian directly came out to greet them in person.

Although he became the owner of the village, Song Qian was still wearing a scribe's uniform, with his elegant appearance, at this time, he did not look like a bandit leader, but like a teacher.

"I don't know why the three of them came to my Qingfeng Village? But my subordinates robbed the goods of the three by mistake? Don't worry, I'll let people send them back, and give them a gift." Song Qian politely bowed his hand, and his posture was very low.

Some of the caravans to and from the southwest were movable, some were not.

For example, those caravans from big forces have strong defense forces, not to mention whether they can move or not, even if they do, they will be retaliated against by the other party in the future.

Therefore, the change of bandits in Twenty-three Zhai is very fast, and maybe one day others will directly break the cottage and destroy the door.

Because of this, after Song Qian became the owner of the village, he set a rule, only robbing things and not killing people, and never doing things absolutely.

And you can't use it immediately after you grab it, but store it first, and wait a few months to see that no one comes to retaliate, so that you can spend it.

If someone comes, then lower your profile, return the things and apologize.

Anyway, for them bandits, they can't eat such a thing as face, so what's the use of him?

Chu Xiu waved his hand and said, "Master Song guessed wrong, we didn't come here to ask for things, but to send things." ”

As he spoke, Chu Xiu began to hold the purple gold piece by piece from the outside.

Not to mention, this kind of scene is still quite shocking, at least for a bandit leader like Song Lian, he has never seen so much purple gold in his life.

He has a lot of ordinary gold and silver things, but purple gold can be used to set up arrays, can be used to refine weapons, and it is definitely hard currency, and there are dozens of taels in ordinary small families that are considered to be the top of the sky, such as Chu Xiu, who is melted into gold bricks one by one and put them on the table, which is quite shocking.

And to be honest, even Chu Xiu himself was moved by these purple gold, even if it was not so much tax in his Kansai land for a year, the prince was a prince after all, especially a prince like the second prince who held real power and had the opportunity to ascend to the great treasure in the future, their background was not ordinarily deep.

took out ten purple gold bricks in a row, and Chu Xiu said in a deep voice: "Master Song, these are gifts from the second prince, I don't know, these things are enough for the master of Song to stand on the side of the second prince? Of course, if the master of Song is not enough, I still have it here." ”

Song Lian swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his eyes were almost imprinted on the purple gold brick.

Song Lian was indeed shocked when he heard how the second prince was, but then he reacted, regardless of whether he was the prince or the second prince, the most important thing was that he could get benefits.

And in fact, it was indeed as Chu Xiu guessed, the prince did not spend too much effort on them, the bandits of the twenty-three villages.

Compared with some other forces, they have the most bandits in Twenty-three Villages, but they are also a rabble, and Prince Lu Longji has a natural dislike for these bandits.

And as long as those sects in the southwest agree to join the prince, it doesn't matter whether these bandits surrender or not, they can't make any waves anyway.

So here in Twenty-three Villages, Gonggong Chen and Li Yuan, the prince's henchmen, didn't even come in person, but just sent a few ordinary subordinates, negotiated the conditions with them, sent some things and left.

Song Lian and other bandits in Twenty-Three Villages are useless even if they are dissatisfied in their hearts, once the other martial arts forces agree, if the bandits in their Twenty-three Villages want to do something, I am afraid that without waiting for the prince to make a move, the local martial arts forces will be enough to solve them all.

Therefore, after Chu Xiu took out so many purple gold bricks, Song Lian almost didn't even have to think about it, and immediately leaned towards the second prince's side.

As for Chu Xiu asking him if it was enough, although Song Lian thought in his heart that no matter how many purple gold bricks he had, he would not be too much, but Song Lian still forcibly took his eyes off those purple gold bricks, and said with a dry smile: "Enough, of course enough." ”

He is not an idiot and knows what happens to insatiable greed.

A hundred purple gold bricks are enough to buy his entire Qingfeng Village, if he is more greedy and takes the opportunity to extort the second prince, the end is estimated to be not good.

Chu Xiu knocked on the table and said, "It's enough, when the alliance is met in a month, what should the Song family do, you know this." ”

Song Lian hurriedly nodded and said: "I know, please rest assured, the second prince is so generous, although he is a bandit, he also knows the word credit, I will never let His Highness down." ”

Chu Xiu nodded, turned around and left directly.

Gonggong Li and Fang Zhenqi in the rear glanced at each other, and they were also a little incredulous, the matter was so simple and it was done? This is inevitably a little too fast.

Fang Zhenqi was on a murderous mission, so he was only slightly surprised by the time Chu Xiu had taken.

But Gonggong Li is different, he has been by Lu Longguang's side for so long, although he is not the most capable one under Lu Longguang, but he is the most trusted person by Lu Longguang, and he has participated in a lot of various secret tasks and performed a lot.

Chu Xiu used these tricks for him to come, and he could also use them, except for the time when he pitted Zheng Chengyong, there was no other technical content.

But what is really frightening about Chu Xiu's methods is his grasp of people's hearts.

In the face of different people, using the most appropriate means to make them conform is the most terrifying.

No one is invulnerable, as long as there is a little loophole in these people, they will be caught by Chu Xiu, and then use the most appropriate method to break them one by one.

After dealing with these people, Chu Xiu, Li Gonggong and others hid directly in the southwest, and a month later, Li Yuan and Chen Gonggong also came to the southwest with people.

This time, there were a lot of people under the prince's command, in addition to Li Yuan and Gonggong Chen, there were also three masters of the realm of heaven and man, all of whom were people like Keqing recruited by the prince.

Coming to the southwest again, Li Yuan felt a little high-spirited.

recruited these people who subdued the southwest, and the main people in charge were Li Yuan and Chen Gonggong.

If this matter is done well, his status with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely rise a lot.

After coming to the southwest land, Li Yuan did not delay, and directly sent invitations to the people of the five gates, eight families, eleven factions, and twenty-three villages, asking them to come to the Goddess Peak Wangtian Cave to participate in the alliance.

The Goddess Peak is very famous in the southwest, and legend has it that in ancient times, there was a goddess who flew up here, so it was named the Goddess Peak.

As for this Wangtian Cave, it is a cave in the Goddess Peak, because there is a huge opening at the top of it, and you can see the sky when you look up, so it is called Wangtian Cave.

At this time, in the Wangtian Cave, the huge cave has been cleaned up neatly, and the leaders of the five gates, eight families, eleven factions, and twenty-three villages have gathered here, and they are seated in the ranks of their respective forces.

Li Yuan, Chen Gonggong and the others stood in the center, and after everyone had already arrived, Li Yuan arched his hand at everyone present and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, although the southwest land is desolate and barren, it is also the territory of my Great Qi land.

You are all self-made, and it is not easy to lay these foundations in the southwest, and I admire it.

Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to his destiny, he will definitely ascend to the Great Treasure in the future, so he is ready to invite all the heroes of the rivers and lakes in the southwest to jointly promote the prestige of my Great Qi country!"

Li Yuan said impassionedly, and there was some applause below, but Li Yuan always felt that something was wrong.

Why didn't some people react so violently, and since they had already come to join the alliance, could they still have any doubts about this matter?

But at this moment, a sneering voice came from outside.

"People have saved such a big family business from scratch, and the prince has taken it all away, and he has also called it the prestige of the country, is it possible that the prince is preparing to take these warriors from the southwest to attack Northern Yan?"