Chapter 61 The Prefect's Daughter(1/2)
Just like the original plan, Hongji Restaurants have opened all over the seven counties of Fuzhou, and now they have opened outside Fuzhou.
Taking this opportunity, Black Dog took a group of guards to Qinghe County, nominally doing business, but actually going to meet the rich man Liu Ming.
Li Fei and Liu Ming had a half-year agreement, and they agreed to pick up the divine arm crossbows within half a year. If there were enough divine arm crossbows, he could consider saving Liu Ming's life and returning his silly son.
Li Fei gave the antidote to the Blood Thread Gu to Black Dog because Black Dog had a grudge against Liu Ming. Whether Liu Ming should be spared or not would depend on Black Dog's will.
The black dog doesn't have many guards, and the speed is faster. It takes exactly twenty days to go back and forth.
When he came back, Black Dog not only brought back 300 divine arm crossbows, but also a skilled craftsman who could make divine arm crossbows.
Inside the Shuibo Mountain Assembly Hall.
Li Fei looked at the black dog and asked with a smile: "It's hard to travel far away, but can you avenge the murder of your mother?"
The black dog shook his head and replied: "Of course I want to kill him to avenge my mother, but he said that he has found a craftsman who can make a divine arm crossbow, and he must give him the antidote before he is willing to sacrifice the craftsman. For our great cause, I
Hand over the antidote."
Li Fei nodded and said: "Serve the public as one's heart, Black Dog, you have grown a lot."
Black Dog whispered: "The guards I brought this time are all good ones. I wanted to kill him later, but this old thief is very slippery and escaped with his family's house a long time ago. Alas."
His words were full of helplessness. Things in the world were unpredictable. He felt that if he missed this opportunity, it would be difficult for him to seek revenge in the future.
Li Fei comforted him: "Don't worry, even if the blood thread Gu is resolved, there will still be hidden wounds left in his body. In addition, he is old and will never live for a few more years."
Black Dog shook his head. He really wanted to take revenge, but he enjoyed his current life more. Hatred would only make him unhappy.
In Lianhua County, Liu Gaojie really caused trouble for Wei Ling everywhere.
Wei Ling was not an economical person, so he hired a few thugs to beat Liu Gaojie to death on his way home at night.
The quarry belongs to Gao Xin, but now there is no absenteeism. He has left the matter of finding absentees to Wei Ling.
Wei Ling was ruthless and even more ruthless than the Qiu family, forcing the people of Lianhua County to work in the quarry.
All the infamy goes to Wei Ling, Gao Xin and Li only need to sell goods and collect money.
Half a year later, Bailong Village secretly controlled the surrounding villages and towns, as well as the seven counties in Fuzhou.
Fuzhou City was also infiltrated by his men, and a bodyguard bureau was established in the city to develop gangs.
As long as he wants, Fuzhou can change hands at any time.
In the microcosm of this era, people in villages and towns lived a difficult life. They were exploited at all levels by corrupt officials outside and oppressed by local powerful people inside. The people had no land and it was difficult to have enough food.
There are more than 200,000 people in Fuzhou City. Although the population is large, the economy cannot keep up. This has a lot to do with the inaction of Prefect Meng.
As long as Li Fei promises benefits, the people will drag their families and join Bailong Village.
Li Fei originally wanted to completely eliminate the remaining two groups of bandits, but he thought it would be beneficial to keep them, and they were most suitable for training new recruits.
Prefect Meng of Fuzhou City realized that Bailong Village was too powerful, so he sent troops to clear it out.
It's a pity that the soldiers were afraid of fighting and the generals were incompetent, so they naturally returned without success and sent a lot of equipment to Bailong Village in vain.
To support war with war, Bailong Village now has 10,000 available soldiers, and a small city has been built at the foot of Shuibo Mountain to serve as an outpost and guard the Longyou Gang.
The original organization has also been changed, and the Black Bear team has been changed to the Flying Bear Army, commanding 3,000 people.
Yunyan's second team was renamed Qianji Institute, and Yunyan was appointed as the director, with about 500 people under his command, specializing in collecting intelligence for Bailong Village.
The three-eyed archery team was renamed the Shenji Battalion, with about a thousand men under its command. They were skilled in bow shooting, and each one of them wore a divine arm crossbow.
Tie Liuyun's cavalry was renamed Pojunying, with Tie Liuyun as the commander and Zhu Dachang as the deputy commander, with 700 cavalry under his command.
Jiang Kun continued to serve as the general manager, and the fourth team was renamed the Supervision Office. He also served as the director and supervised the discipline of Bailong Village. There were only three hundred people.
The rest of the troops were directly commanded by Li Fei to prevent anyone from having a different intention.
Li Fei also purchased large ships, led his troops overseas, found Ryukyu Island, which was later known as Taiwan, occupied it, built a city, and developed trade. This was a way out for him in the future.
There was no snow in the winter of the second year of Zhenghe, but this year there was a severe drought. The people had no food to eat and there were countless refugees.
Officials were afraid of the refugees, so they closed the city gates tightly to prevent the refugees from entering.
Li Fei was not afraid. He was not short of food, let alone money. He sent people to send waves of refugees to Ryukyu Island, allowing them to build houses and settle down there and open up land.
At the end of August of the second year of Zhenghe, the Qianji Institute discovered a surprising piece of news. Someone raised an army to rebel and claimed to be King Alibaba.
According to rumors, King Alibaba led a crowd of more than 100,000 people and had occupied Huazhou and Junzhou.
King Alibaba threatened that the emperor was fatuous and his traitorous ministers were in power. This move was not for rebellion, but for the common people of the world.
In the dark night, inside the Shuibo Mountain meeting hall, Li Fei sat at the head, Jiang Kun sat on his lower right, Wu Song sat on his lower left, and Black Bear and others sat on both sides.
Li Fei banged his hand on the table and said, "What do you think of this King Alibaba?"
Black Bear smiled and said: "He must be a great hero. He has done things that others dare not do."
Xu Guang touched his beard, shook his head and said: "Although the court was in ruins and most of the people were poor, there was no chaos. King Alibaba's actions would only accelerate the demise of the Song Dynasty and increase the burden on the people. He is not a hero, but he is actually
Thieves who are causing chaos in the country.”
The black bear shouted: "What a thief, we are the bandits."
Xu Guang shook his head and said, "Have you forgotten that you are now General Fei Xiong and the great hero in the hearts of the people?"
"Yes." Black Bear scratched his head, "I am a general now, so King Alibaba is a thief who is bringing chaos to the country."
Jiang Kun said: "Whether he is a thief or a hero, it has no impact on us."
Li Fei squinted his eyes and said, "No, I didn't touch Fuzhou City before because the time hadn't come yet, but now I think it's time."
Everyone was moved when they heard this. Half of them had already had this idea. Fuzhou was clearly caught off guard, just like a piece of fat, it looked very tempting.
Wu Song immediately expressed his position: "The prefect named Meng is too shameful. He treats the people like pigs and dogs. If Fuzhou City is captured, he must be the first to be attacked."
Black Bear said: "I think he is quite honest. He will let us practice our troops every once in a while."
Everyone laughs, everyone has changed, but Black Bear has not changed his original intention, which is commendable.
Yun Yan asked: "If we capture Fuzhou, will the great master also claim the title of king?"
Li Fei shook his head and said: "No, becoming king is definitely asking for death. If we capture Fuzhou, I will immediately declare my allegiance to the imperial court and let him make me the city lord."
Tie Liuyun asked: "Why is this?"
Li Fei smiled and said nothing.
Xu Guang immediately said: "Being king is just a title, but to be called king you must be a rebel, and the master must have thought carefully."
Li Fei praised: "Yes, I have good relations with Gao Xin. His uncle is Huizong's favorite. As long as I convince him, I will bribe Cai Jing and make suggestions to Huizong together. The emperor will most likely agree to me being the city lord. Otherwise, I will be the lord of the city."
Force me to become a rebel."
Sanyan never said a word. He liked to listen to Li Fei's orders. As long as it was Li Fei's order, he would execute it.
Everyone nodded in agreement, and then Li Fei agreed to capture Fuzhou City in two days. The city had already arranged manpower, and then the city gates would be opened and the army would enter the city.
Li Fei left the meeting hall, but his heart was not at peace.
Others don't know what Alibaba is, but he knows very well that this is something unique to modern times, but now it appeared in the Song Dynasty.
That can only mean one thing, there are other time-travelers here, but I don’t know whether they time-traveled before or after me.
When they returned to their own yard, Ziyu hurriedly came over and said, "Master is back, let's go in and heat your feet."
Li Fei nodded, entered the room and sat down. Ziyu brought him foot-washing water, took off Li Fei's shoes and socks, and washed them for him.
At this time, Zi'er came out of the inner room with her son in her arms, followed by two maids, Hongyu and Lianyu.
The son was born in August and a half and is not yet a month old. Li Fei named him Anzhi.
The three maids originally followed Zhao Ruyu, and Li Fei promised to take care of them. Since Zi'er officially married, they have become Zi'er's personal maids.
Li Fei looked at Zi'er and said warmly: "You should rest more and leave your son to the wet nurse."
Zi'er rolled her eyes at him, hugged her son tightly, and said, "My husband feels sorry for me, I am happy, and my son can't get enough of me."
Li Fei waved his hand and said: "It's up to you, but you are weak, so don't force it."
Zi'er nodded, handed her son to Lianyu, and came over to squeeze Li Fei's shoulders.
The couple talked for a while and then went into the house to rest.
Two days later, Li Fei led his army to attack Fuzhou.
It was easier than imagined. Fuzhou City failed to clear Bailong Village one after another and had no available troops.
The people in the city also know the prestige of Bailong Village and know that the opponent is called a thief but is actually a rebel and does not offend the common people.
The city gate was opened inside, and Li Fei led his troops into the city. There were people cheering and cheering along the way.
There were no resisters and no objections.
Li Fei's men directly took control of the prefect's Yamen and escorted out all the officials including Prefect Meng.
Where there are bad officials, there will naturally be good officials. Some officials are capable, while some officials are just idiots who can do nothing but exploit the people.
Li Fei knew who should be killed. The Qianji Institute had already collected information about Fuzhou officials, big and small, and Li Fei could name most of them.
Prefect Meng will definitely kill him, this is what everyone has agreed upon long ago.
To be continued...