He promised Li Xingyi that he would send them back to Yunzhou.
But we can't set off immediately. We have to wait for the first and second battalions to come back.
While they were waiting, they unexpectedly encountered another group of bandits. Lin Che gave an order and the three battalions chased them and slaughtered most of them.
Li Xingyi saw this and explained to Lin Che:
"This place is too close to Mobei, where all the bandits come from. Neither Yanyun nor Dagan will send troops here to encircle and suppress them, because once they enter Mobei, there are too many tribes and enemies everywhere."
"Sometimes, we in Yunzhou are so short of medicinal materials that we have to spend a lot of money to hire mercenaries before we dare to come here."
"This time, we went too deep. The mercenaries and the merchant caravan were surrounded. They, they all died in the battle..."
Lin Che offered a few words of comfort and then asked tentatively:
"What medicinal herbs do you need? If my army were to escort you, would anyone buy it?"
"Of course. General, aren't you regular soldiers? Can you also be mercenaries?"
"Don't worry about that. Are there many caravans like yours?"
"Not much. We had no other choice but to risk coming here. But if your army can serve as a thug for the caravan and protect it, we can earn two hundred thousand taels in one round trip."
For someone like Lin Che, who often spends hundreds of thousands or even millions of taels, two hundred thousand taels per trip is not a lot.
But for others, this is definitely a huge amount of money.
Besides, there are too many people.
For many years!
A map appeared in Lin Che's mind. Starting from him, he continued to move forward, crossing the long map and finally entering the Yunzhou area of Yanyun Kingdom.
Such a line...
He doesn't need to escort every caravan, he just needs to open a toll booth.
He led his troops to open up a safe road, cleared out all the bandits along the way, and set up toll booths along the way.
If a caravan wants to pass through and be protected by them, it has to pay money.
In other words, shameless bandits who kill and rob are despised by everyone.
And he just collected money, a portion of the protection fee, and he was definitely a hero in people's hearts.
That afternoon, the troops from the first and second battalions finally returned and assembled.
The two teams also had a smooth journey and brought back a lot of supplies. Yao Wenkuiye also said that they also encountered a caravan of merchants fleeing for their lives, and the caravan asked them for protection, but Yao Wenkuiye did not agree to it.
"It seems this place is more valuable than we imagined! Core members, let's have a meeting!"
Lin Che gathered them together and said:
"I have an idea now, you can all refer to it..."
At that moment, he explained the "toll booth" model in detail.
After hearing this, everyone widened their eyes, as if they had never imagined that it could be done this way?
“This is it, you can make money just by sitting there!”
"General, I think this is feasible. Anyway, no one can control us."
"Son of God, don't worry. Starting tomorrow, I will lead my troops to wipe out all the bandits in this area, leaving no one behind."
Everyone was in high spirits, and the continuous victories made them warlike.
Lin Che waved her hand and said quickly, "Ah. Suppressing the bandits is definitely necessary. We also need to deliberately hang the bodies of the bandits from trees and pile their bones on the roadside. That way, the caravans will see that we are truly working. However, we can't just kill all the bandits..."
"Ah? General, why is that? If we don't kill them all, won't we be worried all day long?"
"There's no end to the killing. In short, just listen to me. If you encounter bandits in the future, just show our flag and kill them. There's no need to chase them. As long as our team doesn't suffer any serious casualties, that's all that's needed."
Lin Che said this, but there was something else in her heart that she hadn't said.
That is, merchants are essentially in it for profit. If the Shenji Camp kills all the bandits nearby, and the merchants find that they can get away with not paying tolls, they will definitely stop paying.
Only when the merchants discovered that there were still bandits, but they could be safe if they paid money and were protected by the Shenji Camp.
This is the only way to make it work.
Therefore, Lin Che not only needs to make money from merchants, but also needs to make good use of the nearby bandits.
But as a general of the Shenjiying, he could never say such words.
Just figure it out!
Lin Che thought about this and cursed again: Bureaucracy is unacceptable! !
…
Yuxu Palace.
Outside the forbidden area.
A group of elders and guardians were waiting anxiously, looking into the forbidden area from time to time with worried looks on their faces.
A few days ago, Chen Pu, Zuo Hufa and others brought Cheng Qiuci's body back to Yuxu Palace, alarming the sect leader.
At that time, the sect leader said almost nothing and entered the sect's forbidden area with Cheng Qiuci's body.
So many days had passed, and everyone only occasionally heard roars and screams coming from the forbidden area, nothing else.
One of Chen Pu's legs was injured, so he could only sit; he glanced at the left protector next to him, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
The left protector had one of his arms cut off. In order to prevent his cultivation from declining, he chose not to grow a new arm.
Chen Pu suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "We must kill this Lin Che with our own hands! If it weren't for the knife slaves stopping us, we wouldn't have sacrificed so many of our talented disciples. This vengeance must be settled! No matter where he goes, he won't be able to escape."
A Grand Elder nearby pondered and said, "You guys are just too impulsive. Do you really need to go to so much trouble to kill a young boy?"
"Oh? Uncle Yu Duan, do you have a solution?" Chen Pu immediately spoke respectfully.
"Hmph. What's the solution? In the name of Yuxu Palace, can't we just ask that Daigan Empress to hand over her people within ten days?"
Yu Duan Lao was calm and composed, as if he was unfathomable. "It's because we in Yuxu Palace have been too easy to talk to over the years. A mere champion marquis, relying on the support of the young prince, actually dared to attack our Yuxu Palace."
"If the little prince is disobedient, then replace him with someone who is obedient, that's all!"
There was another old woman next to her, who looked like a bitter enemy. She was also the supreme elder in Yuxu Palace, and her Taoist name was: Extinction!
She flicked her whisk and said in a cold voice, "It should have been done long ago. The Zongheng family can supervise the country on behalf of the emperor, so why can't our Yuxu Palace do the same? If it weren't for our Yuxu Palace guarding Dagan, would Dagan be as powerful as it is today? If you don't obey, I will kill you!"
Many elders nodded in agreement.
The Taoist Yuxu Palace is definitely a famous sect that is well-known throughout the world. Now their former saint has been killed, and many of their talented disciples have been killed.
This little Da Gan actually dared to kill people from their Yuxu Palace.
This is truly treasonous! I’m tired of living!
Boom!!
At this moment, another loud noise was heard from the forbidden area ahead.
It seemed as if a stone door was opened.
Several figures slowly walked out of the forbidden area...
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