Baihu didn't need to take any further action. Zhang Sangen was so scared that he didn't dare to move.
Kang Yueran said, "Jiu Gouzi, come back!" Baihu returned to the corner and lay down.
Seeing Zhang Sangen and others being driven out of the stronghold, no one who stayed dared to raise any objections.
The meeting in the council hall ended like this.
Kang Yueran waited for Xu Jiushi to come back and asked him what plans he had for cleaning up the bodies.
Xu Jiushi pondered for a moment and replied, "To the east of the official road is an ownerless forest. The forest is not big, but the bodies don't need to be buried one per person. Ten or even twenty bodies can be buried in one pit.
Brothers who are cleaning up the corpses should not go up the mountain for the time being, just stay at the foot of the mountain. It is not cold at night now, so it is okay to stay there for a few days.
The women in the back mountain can wash the old clothes and make them new. After the brothers have cleaned up the bodies and washed them, the clothes must also be burned…”
Kang Yueran became more and more satisfied as she listened. Xu Jiushi had considered everything very thoroughly. "You're right. I'll do as you say. I'll go home today and come back tomorrow."
Xu Jiushi rubbed his hands nervously and said, "Yesterday I have already collected all the silver that Tu Da gave away, but most of it was private money from the head of Li Da's family. There is not much silver left in the Shanzhai."
"Private money? Didn't Tu Da kidnap Mr. He for thirty thousand taels?"
Xu Jiushi lowered his head and replied in great embarrassment: "I, I have never seen that sum of money."
Kang Yueran understood, "Did Li Hu think it was private money?"
Xu Jiushi looked up at Kang Yueran and nodded slightly.
This Xu Jiushi is a real man. Kang Yueran said: "I understand, I will explain to Mr. He. In addition, Mr. He's batch of wood has been put away for him, and he can return it to him whenever he needs it."
"Don't worry about that. The wood is in the Bingzi Courtyard. As for the silver..."
"I'll tell my master. You don't have to worry about the silver, food, or cloth. Just watch them clean up Mount Paektu and make sure they change and wash their clothes regularly.
Please also ask your father to help out and go to the door to check their pulse every two days so that early detection and treatment can be achieved."
Xu Jiushi agreed, "I'll ask someone to clean up Courtyard No. 1 for you to live in."
"Alright! Clean up Courtyard No. 3, Jiazi. You'll handle your official business there from now on. Also, find everyone in the village who knows at least a thousand characters and bring them to me when I return tomorrow."
Kang Yueran gave a few more instructions, and seeing that Xu Jiushi understood everything immediately, she took Baihu down the mountain with peace of mind.
There were a lot more disaster victims outside the city gate than when she went up the mountain. When she entered the city, she met the person who talked to He Jinsong that day.
The man still remembered Kang Yueran and asked him a few simple questions. Kang Yueran paid five taels of silver and entered the city.
Each person has to pay five taels of silver. Kang Yueran thought to himself, this prefect is going crazy!
When she reached the gate of the courtyard, she smiled widely and knocked on the door with her hand.
Hu Dacheng's voice came from inside the door, "There's no food at home, go get it somewhere else. If you dare to force your way in, I'll kill you!"
Kang Yueran was so happy that she was speechless. "Dacheng, open the door, it's me!"
"Girl?" Hu Dacheng walked to the door. "Girl, is that you?"
"Open the door! Do you still want your spear?"
Hu Dacheng quickly opened the door and said, "Girl, you're back. We missed you so much!"
Kang Yueran teased, "You missed me, but you didn't open the door for me, and you even wanted to kill me."
Hu Dacheng could also see that Kang Yueran was not angry, so he explained, "Miss, you don't know, it's really chaotic outside right now. Our door gets knocked many times a day, and they all come to ask for food."
Kang Yueran entered the door, Hu Dacheng bolted the door again, and the two walked inside.
Everyone was at home, and they were all very happy to see Kang Yueran. "It's good that you're back, and it's good that you're back safely."
Kang Yueran first greeted everyone one by one, and then gave the three spears to Dacheng, Xiaocheng and Kang Yuanwu.
After the greetings, she asked He Zhengchu, "Didn't you all go to school?"
He Zhengchu said solemnly, "I have already found a school for Yuanfeng and Yuanwu, but it is too chaotic outside and the teacher's house was robbed, so it is temporarily closed.
I was admitted to Anzhou Academy. The principal of the academy treated me very well. Worried that it would be unsafe for me to travel back and forth, he lent me some books so that I could study at home.
Oh, I bought Baekdusan and got the title deed."
Huang praised He Zhengchu to Kang Yueran, "Zhengchu takes care of all the household affairs. He is very smart, very careful in his work, and thinks things through very thoroughly."
He Zhengchu smiled shyly, a rare occurrence.
Kang Yueran was very happy. "That's good. I feel relieved to have Zhengchu at home. I also have good news to tell you. I am now the head of the Qingping Mountain stronghold!"
Hu Dacheng opened his mouth in surprise, "Girl, you are amazing! You have become the boss!"
Even though we were only away for a few days, we seemed to have endless things to talk about. We talked about what we had done in the past few days and what we were going to do next.
Until the sun goes down!
The next day, Kang Yueran went to He's house to meet He Yifan and briefly told him about her capture of Qingping Mountain Stronghold.
He Yifan was both shocked and took it for granted. "Miss Kang, you really are, uh, you really are a heroine."
If you don’t know how to praise, don’t praise!
Kang Yueran laughed dryly. "I'm here for two things. One is your thirty thousand taels of silver. I think the governor is greedy, so it's better for Li Hu to keep the money for the time being. Your batch of timber is in the mountain stronghold. You can come and get it anytime you need it."
The He family didn't rely on the 30,000 taels of silver for their livelihood, so He Yifan readily agreed. "Thank you, young lady, for thinking so carefully for me. To be honest, the governor has approached us merchants many times, asking us to donate.
On the surface, he said he was buying grain to help the disaster victims, but we all know that he was actually trying to embezzle it. I was trying to fend him off with the excuse that I had lost the wooden village and had to pay 30,000 taels of silver as compensation.
Was the Anzhou prefect so brazen in amassing wealth? "Who is the Anzhou prefect's backer in the capital?" To treat hundreds of thousands of civilians like children, how powerful must the people behind the Anzhou prefect be?
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