Chapter 71: Offering Food (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

Li Qi has left.

Lu Yuan sat alone on a chair. He did not agree to the other party, but he did not refuse either.

To be honest, he was quite tempted.

The Tianxing Army, with a million soldiers, was a major threat to the imperial court. In the eyes of the imperial court, other rebel armies were nothing more than petty thieves.

If you can join in and reach a high position, it means you will be in control of the existing resources.

Moreover, if it is really as Li Qi said, as long as he has the ability, it is not impossible to ask his teacher to give up his position.

No matter where he is, this iron-blooded army will only be loyal to him. He can completely rely on this army and the resources of the Tianxing Army to develop his own power.

For him, joining Tianxing Army is just like being an employee who originally wanted to start his own business and had nothing, but suddenly one day, a board member of a Fortune 100 company came to tell him that the Fortune 100 company was beckoning to him.

He can make use of all the resources of these top 100 companies for his development. As long as he is trained and has the ability, he can be directly made the chairman of one of these top 100 companies.

How could he not be moved?
Wouldn't this save you a lot of detours compared to starting your own business?
It even reminded him of a famous saying from his previous life: Young Master, go home, there are hundreds of billions of assets waiting for you to inherit.

So, he was quite interested.

However, there is no need to rush this matter.

According to what Li Qi said, if he agreed, he would have to go to Muzhou with him to receive the official recognition from his teacher.

Youzhou is in the north, Muzhou is in the south, and there is Yunzhou in between.

When marching over a thousand miles of land, thousands of soldiers cannot take the official road and can only cross mountains and ridges, which will only make the journey longer.

Even if you want to go, you still have to make some preparations.

The amount of food they currently have in their warehouses is not enough for the march.

And Li Qi just said frankly that he could not help either, and could only provide the people here with the minimum porridge to survive every day.

Therefore, we should wait and see whether the conditions are right for marching.

Then decide whether to go or not.

Five days had passed since the execution of those personal soldiers.

In Lianhua County, the news that Lu Yuan beheaded Zhao Hu and supervised the execution of those criminals who caused chaos had spread to several surrounding counties.

Many people who had previously escaped from Lianhua County live in these county towns.

When they first heard the news, many people did not believe it. They were afraid that it was a conspiracy by Zhao Hu, who wanted to trick them back and catch them in a trap.

But as the news spread more and more, some people could no longer bear the longing for their homeland and returned to Lianhua County to check.

At a glance, you can see hundreds of heads hanging on the city walls.

Looking at the residents coming and going at the city gate, as well as the vendors selling goods at the city gate, they could not help but believe it.

So these days, many people who were homesick as well as wealthy families returned to Lianhua County.

After all, they were forced to flee and live with relatives and friends in surrounding counties.

Living under someone else's roof brings many inconveniences.

Their properties and fields are all in their hometown. Where else can they live and feel at ease as if they were living in their hometown?

So, they all came back.

These days, in Lianhua County, where ten out of ten houses were empty, fifty percent of the people have returned home.

Except for those government officials who dared not come back, the other empty houses were already ownerless.

Although we have experienced disaster, at least there is peace now.

Many people and wealthy families who had surplus food when they returned lent them food to those who had been robbed by Zhao Hu and had no food to eat.

Lianhua County now seems to have a more lively atmosphere.

Many shops have opened and more stalls are starting to appear.

At this time, Lu Yuan was sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard of a wealthy family.

At this time, after these days of eating and drinking, he no longer looked skinny. He had regained his lean appearance, and could even be said to be strong.

He was casually wearing a piece of clothes that was not very thick. He looked a little thin in the clothes, but his exposed arms were full of muscular lines.

There was a high bulge on the calf, which made the pants bulge out a little.

Just sitting there gives people a sense of explosive power.

After calling out the system panel.

Looking at the dark blue panel with words cascading down in front of me.

[Host: Lu Yuan]

[Superpowers: Immortality/Infinite Strength]

【Attributes:
Strength: 460】

460 kilograms of force.

This force is much stronger than when he killed Zhao Hu.

He nodded with satisfaction.

It’s really nice to have no worries about food and drink and to enjoy the feeling of growing super powers!
At this time, in this courtyard, a middle-aged man wearing silk clothes and looking somewhat strong, bent over and handed a bamboo slip list to Zhou An who was standing next to Lu Yuan.

Zhou An took the bamboo slips and shouted loudly:
"Mr. Chen, offer eight thousand kilograms of rice, six fine horses, twenty-one pigs, one hundred kilograms of salt, and some vegetables and fruits."

Upon hearing about the 8,000 kilograms of grain, Lu Yuan, who was sitting casually, now looked straight at Mr. Chen who was bowing there.

As a big grain consumer, he is extremely sensitive to the word "grain".

And this Mr. Chen actually donated 8,000 kilograms of grain at one time?

There are more than twenty pigs!
This is simply the arrival of the God of Wealth!
You know, although other wealthy families who returned also offered some grain these days, the total amount they donated was not as much as this person donated this time.

This actually means paying protection money.

For these wealthy families, these soldiers are staying in Lianhua County and will not leave. Even if they have a reputation for being kind and righteous and have not robbed anything from them, if they leave the soldiers without food, they may still attack them.

In this case, it would be better to offer it yourself.

Otherwise, when the soldiers start fighting, I will at least be beaten, and then it will be embarrassing.

However, the most that these wealthy families offered was no more than two thousand kilograms of grain.

And the man in front of him was so generous that he donated eight thousand kilograms at one time.

There were also a number of fine horses, pigs, salt, vegetables, etc.

This is far beyond others.

Lu Yuan stared at Mr. Chen and said:
"Tell me what you want."

If the other party only wanted to pay protection money, there would be no need to offer so much food.

From this perspective, there must be something to be desired.

Considering the 8,000 kilograms of grain and more than 20 pigs, if it is not a difficult task, it might be a good idea to agree to it.

However, if it is really a difficult matter, I will not return the grain without my consent.

Anyway, the grain, pigs and other things have already been put into the warehouse.

Once something is in your pocket, there is no way to get it out.

If you don't agree, send troops to fight us!
The rather sturdy Mr. Chen bowed and said:

"Master Marshal, I have something to present to you. Please take a look at it."

"Oh? Is there anything else?"

So good? It's free stuff, there's no reason to refuse.

"Okay, just bring out whatever you have."

(End of this chapter)