Xiao Bei made the decision and returned to Shangdang County immediately. Now the world has changed drastically. As long as he grasps this, his chance to complete the task will come.

He rushed back in less than a day.

In Shangdang City, Xiao Bei immediately summoned his subordinates as soon as he came back.

"Master, you are back." Houyi was extremely excited to see Xiao Bei coming back. Recently, several riots in the Eastern Zhou Empire have been exhausted from dealing with the empire. He waited for Xiao Bei to come back to make a decision.

"Houyi, how many troops do we have now?" If you want to become a great cause in troubled times, having a large number of troops is the most necessary support.

"Shangdang County has 30,000 troops, 1,000 archers, 2,000 cavalrymen, and 500 heavy-armed troops. This is not counting the private armed forces of the gentry. If the number is added, the number will be more than 40,000. Our Xiao family army has a total strength of 127,000, and there are 27 generals."

"As you told me before, we have expanded 30,000 reserve troops. We are still in training and will take about four weeks to become combat power."

Houyi carefully explained the troops that Xiao Bei could use at present.

Xiao Bei nodded with satisfaction, the number of troops made him more satisfied.

"Shadow, tell me about your Double Dragon Club."

The shadow, who sat in the least noticeable position, did not raise his eyelids, and his voice was still hoarse and unpleasant: "I sent all my subordinates to the reserve team, and there are still a thousand assassins and spies."

Shadow doesn't talk very little to others. Xiao Bei never thought that he was a hero in the kingdom world. There was no news about this person, whether it was Earth or the King's Continent.

His sending all the mercenaries to the reserve force also dispelled Xiao Bei's vigilance against him, and it was considered a letter of fame.

"Mr. Zhao County, how much grain has he purchased this time?" Xiao Bei asked about the military situation and asked Zhao Yue.

Zhao Yue quickly stood up and did not dare to neglect: "Sir, we have purchased and transported back 600,000 shi of grain in the past three weeks, but the time is tight, otherwise we can buy more grain."

This time, Shangdang County mobilized the whole county to purchase grain everywhere. It is reasonable to buy 600,000 shi of grain in three weeks.

In addition to the 580,000 shi of grain contributed by the gentry and the remaining grain in the county, Xiao Bei now has nearly 1.5 million shi of food in his hand, which is enough to maintain the consumption of 30 million people for three months.

"Sir, but... but our large-scale purchase of grain has attracted the attention of the empire. The Ministry of Revenue has sent people to ask us to pay the ten-year tax revenue together and attack 1.8 million stones of grain." Zhao Yue stammered, obviously still a little afraid of the Eastern Zhou Empire.

When other officials of Shangdang County heard this, they were immediately panicked. They were used to being fence-bearing and followed whoever was stronger. At present, Xiao Bei's strength was far behind that of the Eastern Zhou Empire.

Officials whispered, and some even suggested that they hand over the food to stabilize the empire as the envoy of the Ministry of Revenue.

Xiao Bei looked at the group of officials with cold eyes. How could he achieve his career by greedying and fearing death? If it weren't for the fact that they still had some value and needed to stabilize their place, he really wanted to destroy all these people.

"Enough!" Xiao Beiyue became more and more angry when he heard the group's words, and he angrily patted the wooden table.

His roar, which was already similar to the vegetable market, suddenly became quiet. The officials looked at Xiao Bei in shock, fearing that the ancestor would kill him.

"Go and tie that Ministry of Revenue envoy!" Xiao Bei rubbed his temples, his eyes full of anger, and he glanced at the officials: "You all wrote the manifesto, do you expect to turn back?"

All the officials lowered their heads and dared not look at them.

"The court is unrighteous, and it takes ten years of taxes and 1.8 million stones of food. Can you take it out now? Now the world is in chaos and wolf smoke is everywhere. This is the command of God. How can the first-level female thief become an empress? I steal the Li Tang Dynasty and become a remnant of the Tang Dynasty."

Xiao Bei knocked on the table, his tone aggravated: "I, Xiao Bei! I will advance the way for heaven and raise an army to attack!"

"A traitor, a traitor." When the envoy from the country came to hear Xiao Bei's words, he shouted excitedly, with a righteous look on his face and was completely fearless.

Xiao Bei glanced at him coldly, and a cruel sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Today, I will use your head to sacrifice to our military flag!"

"Come!"

"exist!"

"Drag to Caishikou, and use his head to worship our military flags."

"yes!"

When the messenger heard that he was about to be beheaded immediately, his previous momentum disappeared instantly, and his feet were so scared that he became weak, his whole body trembled, and he was dragged down by someone.

"From today, I don't want to hear someone saying surrender. It's no different to betrayal if you say surrender, and you can't forgive me if you kill me!" Xiao Bei was strong and forced every step of the way. He hated being betrayed.

"Yes..." The official wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling like he was in hell.

"Mr. Zhao County, I ordered you to announce the manifesto written by Shangdang County officials in the world. Martial thieves are unkind and unrighteous, and God will punish them. We will do our best to do the way for God."

Zhao Yue took the order and left. He knew that today he had completely tied up Xiao Bei's pirate ship.

"Houyi, you set off immediately and lead 40,000 county magistrates and 50,000 Xiao family troops to conquer Qile County and Mingdao County from the Sanjiang Plain."

Qile County and Mingdao County are the most important granaries of the empire. At present, the empire is most short of food when troubled times are coming. Moreover, due to the sufficient grain reserves, these two counties not only did not have any wars, but also sent a large amount of food to the empire. As long as the Qile County and Mingdao County are captured, there will be a huge gap in the grain supply of the Eastern Zhou Empire.

At present, the empire's army was running around to wipe out the uprising peasants. As long as the troops were sent now, they could catch Qile County and Mingdao County on the Sanjiang Plain off guard.
Chapter completed!