Liu Feng was ordered to form a local army, and he needed everything from weapons and armor to food and money.
Moreover, the duty of the local militia is to eliminate bandits.
So Liu Feng didn't think much about it and agreed directly.
Watching Liu Feng leave the military camp, Linghu Xiaoshan's eyes showed a hint of worry.
Liu Feng's identity is too complicated. This time when Long Zhui met the emperor, she also wrote other letters to him.
It depends on what kind of response Long Zhui can bring back.
Why…….
Liu Feng didn't stop and went straight back to the village.
After returning, Liu Feng immediately drew the blueprint of the bed crossbow and gave it to Zhuzi.
With the experience of disassembling the semi-finished product, Zhuzi soon understood how to make the bed crossbow.
However, Liu Feng still explained a few more words, after all, the drawings of this thing were too special.
Only one person is allowed to build the pillar, and no one else is allowed to participate, and the production process is strictly confidential.
This is also the reason why Linghu Xiaoshan was asked to come and pick it up seven days later.
After leaving the carpenter's workshop, Liu Feng came to Wujiang.
This guy is still hiding in the Wang family's mansion, using the excuse that the water fort has not been built yet.
However, Liu Feng did not say much. After all, the last time the water village was burned down, there was little left of the houses and other infrastructure. The remaining relatively intact things were all packed up by Liu Feng and taken back to Siwa Village.
It will take a lot of time to build the water fort into a large village that can accommodate more than one hundred or two hundred people.
Fortunately, the surrendered bandits have not started fishing yet, so there is plenty of time. Now they are basically cutting down trees and building houses every day. With strength in numbers, it will only take about a month and a half.
"What?"
"Are you asked to build a militia?"
Looking at the flag of the Tiger Roar Army, Wu Jiang's face was full of disbelief.
"The more troublesome thing now is where these more than a thousand people came from."
"Even if we recruit all the surrounding bandits, there would only be about a hundred of them at most."
“Even if all the young and strong men in Xinhedu were organized together, there would be less than 500 people.”
Liu Feng was not worried about the food and supplies for the militia. There were so many camps in the Northern Barbarians that he would have everything if he took them.
The most important thing right now is people. Without people, everything else is just empty talk.
"Man, this can be done."
"I have an idea that you might as well try."
"Yanzhou is currently in turmoil, and the people are displaced. A large number of refugees and defeated soldiers are gathering in Youzhou. It is said that there is a large refugee gathering point in the south."
"It's said that the refugees gathered in this place were being sold like livestock. The traffickers called it the Pig Camp."
"In that place, there are at least two thousand young and strong men, not to mention a thousand."
"Furthermore, these people will become slaves of their masters after they take action. They don't need any military pay at all, and they will work hard for you as long as they have food."
Wu Jiang grinned with his big white teeth.
"What?"
"Is there such a large-scale slave trading camp?"
"Doesn't the imperial court care?"
"Human trafficking is a capital crime."
"What do you care?"
"From what I know, this piglet camp has existed for a long time. It grew in number after the war and natural disasters."
"And there are already imperial officials involved, not only trafficking in human beings, but also training assassins."
"What's more, some people who should have been beheaded or imprisoned were secretly transferred to the piglet camp."
“In the end, they all became slaves.”
"In my opinion, there are a lot of young and strong men in the pig camp right now, and they are cheap. It's a good time to buy them."
Liu Feng smiled with satisfaction. He was indeed a scholar. He had traveled all over the world and knew so much.
"Okay, pack up and leave this afternoon without further delay."
"ah."
"Ah what?"
Liu Feng glared: "You proposed it, aren't you going?"
The piglet camp was not close, so after lunch, Liu Feng asked Tian Laoba to prepare the horses. A total of five people galloped south on the official road.
At nightfall, they were already dozens of miles away from Siwa Village. After a short rest, they continued their journey. It was already three nights later when they arrived near Zhuzaiying.
The five of them rested on the spot and prepared to go to the Pig Camp early the next morning.
After arriving at an official inn and booking a room, Liu Feng took Wu Jiang outside and the two started chatting.
"I want to hear about the eight eunuchs and the four regent ministers."
"did you know."
The assassination in Yihongyuan and Linghu Zheng’s teachings have explained the affairs of the court, and Liu Feng has become more cautious.
In the past, he felt that these things were very far away from him.
But the situation is different now. In Tianyong City, the Fengling Army is in crisis, Linghu Xiaoshan is his fiancée, and there is also the Linghu family.
It has been more or less connected with the court of Dali.
That being the case, it’s always a good idea to know more.
"Eight eunuchs and four regent ministers."
The wine in Wu Jiang's hand immediately lost its flavor. For the entire world, any one of them was enough to overthrow the world.
Wu Jiang asked with a wry smile.
"What do you want to know? The new emperor or the previous one?"
"I heard that after the current emperor ascended the throne, he forced Lord Li, the first of the four regents, to resign. Is this true?"
"Do you know what official position this Lord Li held in the past? Where is his hometown?"
"Is his resignation and retreat solely due to the new emperor's suspicion or is there something more?"
Wu Jiang drank a glass. This was the third glass he had had since he and Liu Feng sat at the table outside.
He knew very well that Liu Feng was a smart man. There must be some reason, or someone must have said something, otherwise he would not ask such a question.
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