Lu Fang walked thoughtfully to the meeting hall, where there were already more than ten people.
They are Shan Tai, Gao Shun, Su Yu, Shen Jianbao and other veterans and generals.
They were also given important responsibilities before Xu Jingnian left, and they were regarded as the cabinet team left by Xu Jingnian to Lu Liang.
There are only a few cottages in Nishiyama Nogawa. Although they are small, they can be said to have all the internal organs.
If it weren't for them, Lu Liang might not have been able to organize the manpower. So when Wu Gou's masters came to kill them, the martial arts masters in the village were able to quickly respond.
"Here you go, sit down."
Lu Liang was already sitting on the main seat directly above him. When he saw Lu Fang coming in, he nodded and motioned for Lu Fang to take the seat on his left.
He now seems to have the bearing of a prince.
This probably has a lot to do with the fact that he already knew about his life experience. Maybe he had already imagined that such a day would come. Unlike Lu Fang, he is still a little uncomfortable with it until now.
"Let Master Shan sit down."
Lu Fang looked at the position and said to Lu Liang.
Shan Tai is the one in charge of most things in these villages and has senior qualifications. Lu Fang feels that he is just an idler and there is really no need to sit in the position second only to Lu Liang.
"Old minister, I don't dare."
But at this time, Shan Tai saluted Lu Fang and said: "Your Highness is both civilized and military, and has the blessing of gods, so he deserves to be seated."
He even bent his waist to the point where his hands almost touched the ground.
Although he was quite respectful to Lu Fang before, it was definitely not to this level.
This made Lu Fang stunned.
Then his eyes swept over the faces of Shen Jianbao and other veterans, and found that they all had the same expressions as they should have.
This is not just because of his status as the Seventeenth Highness.
The identity of the dragon species is of course noble, but he has Lu Liang above him. Furthermore, he was born to a palace maid.
Moreover, he was born only after Emperor Qingyu passed away.
Veteran ministers like Shan Tai did not have to treat him with respect.
Lu Fang knew very well that the changes in Shan Tai and others were all due to his "casting a spell" yesterday, and also because he was possessed by gods and killed Liang Shi.
He couldn't help but suddenly wonder, if Lu Liang really has thousands of troops under his command in the future, will his divine blessing...will cause any strange changes?
Seeing Shan Tai like this, he didn't give in and sat down next to Lu Liang.
Not long after, several more people entered the house.
Even Han Feihong came over.
He came here with Lu Liang and Lu Fang. Since the village lacks leaders of the younger generation, he can be regarded as the representative of the younger generation.
Shan Tai and others did not have any dissatisfaction because of Lu Liang's regard for Han Feihong.
They knew very well that given their age, it would be impossible for them to fight for Lu Liang again. The real fight would have to be done by people like Han Feihong in the end.
Seeing everyone gathered, Lu Liang coughed slightly and spoke, "I invite you all to come here early in the morning. I want to discuss countermeasures with you. What should we do next?"
He went straight to the point. When he said this, he just turned his head and glanced at Lu Fang next to him, and then continued: "I had a discussion with Xiao Fang last night. Although Liang Shi and the minions of the imperial court were lucky enough to be repelled by us this time,
They may come back at any time. But on this matter, we have already agreed before. Unless the imperial army comes to kill us, we cannot leave here, otherwise we will harm those rebel brothers who may come to defect."
"What I want to say today is, if Liang Hanmin sends a large army to quell the rebellion, what should we do if brothers from the rebel army come to surrender before that? If not, what should we do?"
"..."
After he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in the meeting hall.
It's not necessarily that Shan Tai, Shen Jianbao and others haven't been thinking about these things recently, it's just that no one has a complete idea in mind.
After a while, Shen Jianbao, who once had the highest military attache position among the people, stood up and held his hands, saying: "Your Highness, in my opinion, the old master always has a perfect plan. Before he left, he said that there would be rebels coming to defect, so it was inevitable. There will be rebels coming, it’s just a matter of how many there are. We need to do two things now. One is of course to prevent the minions of the imperial court from coming again. The second is to survey and map the western mountains and rivers, and then finalize it. The source of food and grass.”
"When marching and fighting, there must be arrangements and money and food."
"Master Shen is right."
Lu Liang nodded lightly.
Lu Fang also admired secretly in his heart.
After all, Shen Jianbao was a person who once served as the deputy economic envoy of Shangjing County. This idea is sophisticated.
What surprised him was that they didn't have the map of Nishiyama Nogawa in their hands.
But then they realized that probably Shen Jianbao and the others had never thought that Lu Liang and Xu Jingnian would come to this place and use this place as their base camp.
"Mapping is not bad..."
At this moment, Shan Tai, who was responsible for the daily affairs of the village, also spoke, "But this matter of food and grass..."
He looked at Lu Liang with a somewhat troubled expression, "Your Highness, this Xishan Yechuan is located in the far west and is extremely poor. Most of the people living here are self-sufficient, making a living by hunting and fishing, and only occasionally have legs to walk. The Chamber of Commerce is willing to take the risk to sell goods here, but the prices are also astonishingly high. We want to stock up on food, but it is really... and there is no way to predict how many rebels will come in the future, I..."
He didn't even know what to say.
In the past, he only had a few grain merchants who regularly delivered grain here, which was already very difficult.
It is obviously unrealistic to hoard a lot of food.
First of all, supply is the problem.
Furthermore, it is also difficult for grain merchants to deliver large quantities of grain.
The officials of Chengdu County were not blind, and could not have turned a blind eye to the sudden large-scale grain trade.
The most critical thing is that no one knows how many rebels Xu Jingnian can recruit. Therefore, the number of grain hoards cannot be determined.
Lu Liang frowned slightly and remained silent.
Lu Fang next to him also had a similar expression.
After only half a while, he suddenly asked Shen Jianbao: "Sir Shen, if the imperial court sends the imperial army from Chengdu County to conquer, how long do you think it will take?"
Although he had experience in suppressing bandits with Lu Liang, in the final analysis it was just a small fight, and he did not participate in the preparations before the expedition, so he was not very clear about these things.
Such as food preparation, etc.
Shen Jianbao was naturally familiar with this. He just made some calculations and said: "With the chaos in the mountains and rivers in the west, the Imperial Guards from Chengdu County will definitely not dare to come in small groups when they come to conquer. They should attack in large groups to intimidate those who live in the mountains and rivers in the west." There are at least thousands of barbarian tribesmen. With such a number, even if there is enough food and grass in Chengdu County, it is estimated that it will take about two months for them to approach us step by step."
"Then if they also think about fishing for big fish in the long term, will it take even longer?"