"Don't be so anxious. It's getting dark. You can go tomorrow. It's been very tiring recently. Go home and have a good rest."

Li Hui chuckled.

"Okay, Village Chief, I understand."

After seeing Li Hui off, Liu Feng's gaze returned to Master Ji again.

"Since Gaolu Peak is such a problem, and is located on the main road to Tianyong City, why doesn't the Tianyong City government intervene?"

According to the city defense system of the Dali Dynasty, a county government office had 30 to 120 yamen runners, and a city defense battalion had about 200 people.

The government offices are different. Important government offices not only have hundreds of special constables, but also government soldiers, and there are thousands or even more city defense battalions.

If it is a military stronghold, it will have a complete range of military services, including cavalry.

According to the military status of Tianyong City, if we send out a few hundred people to surround Gaolu Peak, we can trap them to death.

"Of course I do, but suppressing bandits is also a business."

"Every time the government suppresses bandits, they collect taxes and grain from the people. Once a certain amount is reached, they will send troops."

"But they never completely wiped out Gaolu Peak each time. Once their vitality was damaged, they would withdraw their troops."

"This cycle will allow everyone to make money."

"Now it's a year of disaster. Whether it's the county town or Tianyong City, the wealthy families don't have much money. The government has no money to earn, so the bandit suppression has been put on hold."

"Master Ji, according to what you said, if I kill this group of bandits, will I still be against the government?"

Liu Feng found it unbelievable.

"If there really is an opportunity, suppressing the bandits would naturally be a good thing."

Master Ji looked at the location of the horse farm with a smile, his meaning was self-evident.

But according to the current situation, there is no need to rush.

Gaolu Peak is far away from Siwa Village.

Liu Feng is not the only horse-breeding farm around Wenhuang County. Even if they want to rob, they won't be able to come to Xiaohe Village, which is so far away, in a short time.

That's good news for him.

The two chatted about some other things and then went to the county town with Master Ji.

This time, Xiashuizhai was taken down without any effort. What Liu Feng valued more was the weapons in the hands of the bandits rather than the silver.

Although these weapons are not as easy to use as standard weapons, they are all made of pig iron, which is much faster than smelting iron in your own furnace.

His next step is to arm the villagers of Siwa Village and establish his own rural armed forces to protect the country and the people. He needs a skilled blacksmith and carpenter.

Liu Feng, the blacksmith from Wenhuang County, has met him several times and he is a good person. His goal this time is to recruit him under his command.

Liu Feng first went to the government office to get the commercial silver for suppressing the pirates.

After that, he chatted with Mu Shaoliang for a few more words before going to the blacksmith shop.

Blacksmith Song was an excellent craftsman and had two apprentices. When he saw that it was his old customer Liu Feng, he quickly put down his hammer.

"Brother Liu, how come you have time to come here today?"

"You asked for too much, but it's almost there."

"I'm taking two apprentices to work the night shift tonight and will send them to the escort agency early tomorrow morning."

"If you have anything else, tell me now and I will make it for you."

"Don't worry, I'll just take a look."

Liu Feng chuckled.

"What is this for?"

Liu Feng asked, pointing at the iron ore scattered on the ground.

"Look, the county government received an order from the prefectural government to forge horseshoes and arrowheads. I've received a request to make one thousand horseshoes and ten thousand arrowheads."

"Although the silver is not much, fortunately the county government provides iron ore."

"But don't worry, Brother Liu. As long as it's what you want, I will definitely do it before them."

As he was speaking, another cart of iron ore was delivered to the blacksmith shop.

The yamen runners who were sent here did not leave after unloading the iron ore.

The task given to them by the county magistrate was to guard the iron ore in case of any accidents.

After all, if they have a small amount of scarce resources like iron ore, they need to go to the mine to pull it out, which is too laborious for them.

What's more, it is wartime now. Even in peacetime, the amount of iron ore that blacksmiths can get is fixed.

After all, iron ore is a strategic material and is strictly controlled.

The knives commonly used by the people do not contain much refined iron. They are all made by smelting scrap iron. Even the newly made ones only contain a small amount of iron ore.

So iron is very scarce.

But the blacksmiths have plenty of ways. Once they receive such an order from the government, they will deliberately leave behind some of the iron ore during the process of refining.

After the task is completed, the remaining waste can be refined again to obtain new good iron.

A skilled blacksmith can scrape out up to 30% of the surplus each time, and the profit is very high.

Liu Feng suddenly felt a little bored.

His original purpose was to recruit Song the blacksmith to work for him.

But now that he has an order from the government, it is equivalent to rejecting him.

"Blacksmith Song, to be honest, I have a lot of business that needs people to do."

"Since you don't have time, do you have anyone suitable to recommend?"

Blacksmith Song looked at Liu Feng. He had just said that if he had anything to say, he could just tell him, but he was asking him to introduce someone else?

Whatever.

"Brother Liu, I do have a candidate. He far surpasses me in both his skills and his passion for ironwork."

"but……."

Song the blacksmith hesitated a little and said with a wry smile, "It's just that this person's brain is sometimes good and sometimes bad."

After hearing what Song the blacksmith said, Liu Feng became even more interested.

"What exactly is abnormal?"

"Let me put it this way. That Renren was an apprentice in the blacksmith shop with me back then. He was considered my senior brother. He was originally a blacksmith in Tianyong City. It was fate that one day he came to Wenhuang County to drink with me and fell in love with a girl from Yichunyuan."

"Trouble has been brewing ever since."

"I quit the blacksmith shop and stopped going home. I stayed in Yihong Courtyard all year round, thinking only of redeeming the girl."

"If you're really interested, go to Yihongyuan and take a look. If you see someone with disheveled hair who looks like a beggar, it's definitely him."

Liu Feng laughed after hearing this. This is definitely a pure love warrior.

"And fell in love with a prostitute."

"There's a saying that's really true: when a man starts thinking with his third leg, everything except women is nothing."

"You're really infatuated...good..."

In that case, let’s go to Yihongyuan.

This is Liu Feng's first time in such a place.

Standing at the door of Yihongyuan, Liu Feng felt mixed emotions. The original owner of this body used to drool at the door, but now he was standing here filled with disgust.

The only thing women like is money.

When they meet poor people, they only look at their wealth, thinking that whoever has money is the boss.

When you meet a rich man, you have to have a relationship with him.

Tell me if this is ridiculous or not.

Before Liu Feng's future world, women in the new era were independent. Although there were no brothels, which woman on the street still remembered the three obediences and four virtues of their ancestors?

Come to think of it, it’s really ironic.