To be precise, Luofeng City no longer belongs to Xuzhou. In order to balance the forces of all parties and gain the support of various families, Li Letian sealed eighteen princes and kings in one go.
Li Xingzai was granted the title of King Xiaoyao, and his fiefdom was in Luofeng City, Xuzhou. In fact, when he left Chang'an City, Li Xingzai was still full of ambitions. After all, although the situation in Luofeng City was bad, compared with Li Xingzai's previous experience, it was pretty good.
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He wandered all over the world, followed Cheng Dalei as a bandit for three years, and served as Cui Xiang's puppet for more than half a year. He didn't have a single soldier under his command. What is called a puppet? Naturally, he has to run to where others point him.
There.
But later, Prime Minister Cui abandoned Li Xingzai and enfeoffed Luofeng City. Although the foundation of Luofeng City was very bad, it was his own territory after all. Then again, no matter how bad the foundation of Luofeng City was, it could not be better than Qingniu Mountain Toad Village.
Is the basic situation worse? When Cheng Dalei was first born, he only had one skinny horse and five people.
Nowadays, the world is full of storms. When Cheng Dalei's name is mentioned, although everyone gnashes their teeth with hatred, no one is afraid and respects him.
Even if the start is bad, it is better to have territory than no territory. If you endure it for a few years, you can always carve out a piece of the world.
With this idea in mind, Li Xingzai left Chang'an and rushed to Luofeng City. He also encountered several assassinations on the way. He vaguely felt that someone was secretly helping him, but he couldn't find out who it was. In the end, he used
He faked his death and came to Luofeng City without anyone noticing.
Li Xingzai was quite satisfied with his strategy and felt a little complacent. However, it was not until he arrived at Luofeng City that he realized how bad the situation was.
The city's recorded population is 100,000, but in fact it is far less than that. There are only a few registered residents, mostly old, weak, women and children.
So where have all the mature men gone?
They all became pirates and bandits.
Luofeng City is near the sea and is often attacked by pirates. All the strong men in the city who can carry a knife are either kidnapped by bandits or kidnapped by pirates.
Therefore, the only people left in the city were the old, weak, sick and disabled. When he entered the city for the first time, Li Xingzai led his horse and walked through the city. He saw that the four walls were withered and there were almost no shops on both sides of the street. Li Xingzai's first feeling was: This is a dead city.
city.
A city's youngest strength is gone, just like a man whose waist has been castrated, lifeless, and old, so old that he is about to die.
Being lifeless is the first difficulty in Luofeng City. The second difficulty is that pirates and bandits make trouble and come to the city to shoot them every now and then. The key is that Luofeng City is already so poor, what else is there to be strong about.
These two difficulties have left Li Xingzai at a loss. However, there is a third difficulty, which is the geographical location of Luofeng City. Luofeng City is located in Xuzhou, and is close to Yangzhou and Yanzhou. It is a crack between the three forces. If Li Xingzai gritted his teeth and endured it,
, it is estimated that no one will touch him, but as long as he makes a little noise, the Prime Minister's Mansion, the General's Mansion, and Yangzhou Li Xing will not watch him grow bigger.
This is the situation Li Xingzai faces.
"King Xiaoyao, King Xiaoyao, Xiaoyao, your grandma is a big chicken..."
In the kitchen, Li Xingzai cursed, chopped a piece of dry wood with an ax, and threw it into the stove.
He has already lived in the City Lord's Mansion, and now he has no ability to rest and improve or build a palace. The last City Lord was killed by pirates, and there is no servant in the City Lord's Mansion. Li Xingzai has to make a fire and cook by himself every day, which Li Xingzai is not good at.
He wouldn't do it, after all, he had been wandering alone for many years.
Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, seven things to open the door, each of which costs money. But Li Xingzai doesn't have a penny in his account, and now he has to go up the mountain to cut firewood and borrow rice to cook the pot.
Li Xingzai finally understood one thing. The most important thing now is not the issue of development, but the issue of survival. Maybe one day, he will starve to death in the City Lord's Mansion. Alas, how sad it is.
Suddenly there was a shout of death outside, and someone shouted: "The pirates are coming, the pirates are coming."
When Li Xingzai heard this, he cursed fiercely. He was holding a hatchet in his right hand, and after thinking about it, he picked up a fire stick and limped out of the city lord's mansion.
"Robbing every day, every day, do you think this is your back garden?"
He left the street and saw a dozen pirates plundering. The number of pirates did not always number in the thousands, but mostly in small groups of seven, eight, or more than a dozen people. Because Luofeng City was just a small city, there were no soldiers to defend it.
They often went to court and robbed people, and some women and children were often kidnapped by them.
Nowadays, more than a dozen pirates are running rampant on the long street, and the people are running away in panic. Those who cannot escape are killed by the pirates with a knife, which makes the pirates laugh.
Seeing this scene, Li Xingzai was filled with anger and hatred, and shouted: "Hey, your Grandpa Li is here, you are such a wolf-hearted man, how dare you kill my people, come to me and die at once."
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He blocked the long street and protected the people behind him. The people all knew that a Xiaoyao King had come to Luofeng City, but they didn't take it seriously. This was the first time they met him today.
Every one of the men in the Li family is a coward. Although his head is often confused, he has never been a coward.
Li Xingzai had no soldiers or generals to dispatch today, and only a sword and a stick in his hand. But he had nothing to fear when facing more than a dozen pirates.
He carried the knife and hacked with the others. He first knocked over one of them with a hatchet, and then attracted the pirates to attack, surrounding Li Xingzai and beating him.
Li Xingzai used his stick to hit the distance and his sword to cut the closer. He was not a weak scholar with no strength, but his kung fu was not that good after all. Facing enemies who were too many above him, there was really nothing he could do.
Stop it!
Li Xingzai sighed deeply, thinking in his heart, if I die today, I will die. I died to protect the people. After word spreads, it will also let the world know that there are no cowards in my Li family.
At this time, a man came out from behind the pirates. He was still young, about 18 or 19 years old. He was carrying an iron spear and was killing them all the way. His moves were fierce and his strikes were ruthless. He hit many people with the spear. He and Li Xingzai
Get together and fight together.
Seeing that this young general was so good, Li Xingzai felt confident and became even more powerful. The two of them joined forces and beat the dozen or so pirates away. However, those who escaped too slowly were shot by the young general and penetrated him.
heart.
Li Xingzai wiped the blood from his forehead, looked at the young general three times from top to bottom, and said, "Thank you very much. If it weren't for you today, I really don't know what to do."
The young general also looked at Li Xingzai and said, "Are you Xiaoyao King Li Xingzai?"
"Ha." Li Xingzai waved his hand: "It's embarrassing, it's embarrassing. By the way, what's your name?"
This young general suddenly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, King Xiaoyao, a certain Qi Jiguang has come to seek refuge with you."