In the period that followed after Black Tiger City was defeated, the entire Northwest Pass fell into calm. Black Tiger City was destroyed for the third time, which made everyone stop what they were doing. They wanted to see Black Tiger City's reaction.
Xiliang Camp, one of the centers of the whirlpool, no, it should be called Xiliang City now. There is not much movement. They guard their one-third acre of land, occupy Xuanshui Village, and send construction workers to Xuanshui Lake.
A dock was built next to it, and fishing boats were built one after another.
A group of fishermen appeared on the surface of Xuanshui Lake. Under the reconstruction of Xuanshui Village by construction workers, an extra layer of city walls was built around the island. Fifty Xiliang archers and spearmen were stationed on the island.
, this will be the outpost for Xiliang to contact the forces outside the Northwest Pass, and it will also be the trading point between the Xiliang camp and the major forces outside the Northwest Pass.
Borrowing from a sentence that Li Xiang heard from the fox population in the camp, this world can have eternal hatred, but only eternal interests.
Xiliang can have bad relations or even fight with many forces outside the Northwest Pass, but until they don't have the strength to destroy each other, the two sides can still trade.
There are some unused items in the Xiliang camp that can be exchanged with the major forces outside the Northwest Pass.
If the Xiliang camp wants to upgrade quickly, it cannot block contact with other forces.
Just like the iron ore in the forest, this is the iron ore area first discovered in Qingzhu Village. Li Xiang snatched the iron ore away, which is why the current Xiliang Camp was established. Without iron tools, Xiliang City would not have developed to what it is now.
There are also troops from Qingzhu Village, Xuanshui Village, White Lotus Sect, and Black Tiger City. Because of the existence of these enemies, Xiliang soldiers have grown up.
Others were busy building roads, mining, farming, and practicing. Li Xiang held the Sun Tzu's Art of War that he had obtained from the military camp and read it carefully. This was the nth time he had read this military book. Li Xiang could memorize the words in it.
, but every time I watch him, I gain great insights.
Reading books, practicing halberds and arrows every day, and taking people to the forest to hunt prey, this is Li Xiang's daily life.
It will soon be February, and the food delivery point town outside the Northwest Pass is about to reopen. The major forces outside the Northwest Pass will use the things they have prepared for the winter to exchange for what they want.
Li Xiang took ten soldiers and a box containing the best spiritual bamboo and went south. When he arrived outside the Northwest Pass, the carriage passed by the town. At that time, he took a few glances from a distance, but only a few glances.
In the most prosperous town, Li Xiang still has a little curiosity.
Each of the soldiers who followed Prime Minister Li exuded great blood. If we use the martial arts ranking system, each of the ten soldiers who followed Prime Minister Li was a master who had already entered the ranks.
Li Xiang himself can kill third-rate warriors. As long as he doesn't encounter those perverted strong men outside the Northwest Pass, Li Xiang won't have any big problems.
There are currently no first-rate masters outside the Northwest Pass, and the top ones are the second-rate masters. As long as Li Xiang is careful and protected by these ten guard soldiers, even if a second-rate master takes action, it will be easy for Li Xiang to run away.
With Li Yi at home, Li Xiang didn't panic at all. The area around the iron mining area was heavily guarded. Even if another thousand people came to Black Tiger City, Li Xiang believed that Li Mu and others could defend it.
It took Li Xiangcai five days to get to the edge of Xuanshui Village and get on the boat prepared by Zhang Qingyun, a ten-meter-long, three-story building boat. This is the best boat that Xiliang Shipyard can currently build.
After getting on the boat and walking to the building, Mr. Li discovered that there were two other people in the boat, Zhou Hangjie and Zhou Yulan.
"Mr. Zhou!" Li Xiang was a little surprised. Zhou Hangjie was someone he always wanted to receive from his subordinates. He asked Zhang Qingyu to hint Zhou Hangjie many times, but the other party didn't seem to see it, so Li Xiang didn't continue to force him.
Keep.
Zhou Hangjie smiled and nodded: "Camp Master Li!"
Zhou Yulan called out and sat quietly aside.
After a silent wave, Li Xiang said in a deep voice: "I don't know, what does Mr. Zhou think of the battle between Xiliang and Black Tiger City?"
Zhou Hangjie chuckled lightly: "That depends on Camp Leader Li, how much you desire the iron ore area. To put it bluntly, Black Tiger City is for the iron ore!"
Li Xiang smiled and shook his head: "If Black Tiger City was real before, it might be just for the iron ore, but it's different now!"
Li Xiang changed to a more comfortable sitting position and put the horizontal sword beside him: "We in Xiliang City will destroy his Black Tiger City Third Army. Even if Black Tiger can swallow this breath, his soldiers will not mine him."
He wants to take it, but he still wants the loyalty of his subordinates!"
"The next battle between our Xiliang City and Black Tiger City may begin soon after the town market opens!"
Li Xiang did not feel any pressure from facing Black Tiger City. Only when there is pressure is he motivated, and his military strength in Xiliang City is not worse than that of Black Tiger City.
He is ready to fight Black Tiger City!
Zhou Hangjie listened to Li Xiang's words. He didn't feel any nervousness or fear from Li Xiang's words. It was very calm.
"Since Camp Leader Li has made a decision, why should he care about the old man's opinion?"
"Hahaha!" Li Xiang laughed and looked at Zhou Hangjie: "The old man, like me, came to this world of ice and snow with a scapegoat on his back. Doesn't the old man not want to lead Da Qianzhong and meet his former friends again?
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Li Xiang really wants Zhou Hangjie's help. With the help of Zhou Hangjie, a former feudal official, Qingzhu Village will definitely develop better.
After hearing what Li Xiang said, Zhou Yulan, who was next to Zhou Hangjie, lowered her head with a little ridicule in her eyes. Return to Daqian? Do they still need him if they want to return to Daqian?
But she didn't dare to say what was in her heart.
Zhou Hangjie heard what Li Xiang said and knew that Li Xiang had no intention of being loyal to the imperial capital. He also knew that Xiang Xiang was thrown out and almost killed by his own people on the way. Even the most generous person could not forgive him.
"Old man wants to go back, but the sky is high and the road is far away, and his body is not as good as before. He is afraid that he will collapse before he returns to Daqian!" Zhou Hangjie sighed and looked at Xuanshui Lake in the distance: "I just want to go back.
In the remaining time, see more landscapes!"
When Li Xiang heard Zhou Hangjie's words, he looked outside at Xuanshui Lake: "Since the old gentleman doesn't have any intention, I won't force him anymore."
"Hey!"
A harsh sound rang out, and the navy soldiers standing on the bow of the ship held weapons and looked ahead warily. On the lake in front, there were more than a dozen bamboo rafts gliding on the lake.
Li Xiang picked up the horizontal knife on the side and walked out. The captain walked to Li Xiang and said: "My lord, these are the water thieves in Xuanshui Lake. A group of scum that only appeared in recent days. There is also my Xiliangshui nearby."
Division, you just need to wait for the nearby navy to arrive, and these guys will disperse on their own!"
Li Xiang frowned: "Wouldn't it be better to just destroy it?"
The captain smiled bitterly and said: "It's easy to catch these people. But after catching this batch, there will be another batch tomorrow, as if they can't catch them all. There are now more than fifty such prisoners on the island. These people are still
With the continuous increase, Master Zhang sent people to Xiliang City to ask for instructions a few days ago!"
"Is there such a good thing?" Li Xiang is short of manpower now, and some people have sent it himself: "Catch them all!"
The people on the bamboo looked at the tall building boats. Most of them made a living on the river. This kind of boat was normal on the Daqian side, but it was a bit strange to see such a boat in this ghost place outside the Northwest Pass. Damn it.
To build such a building boat, it takes a lot of time, the wood must be stored for more than a few years, and there must be skilled workers, otherwise everything will be in vain.
The shipbuilder is not an ordinary person. If the shipbuilder lets something go, if the matter is really serious, he will be killed directly. If it is a small matter, he will be punished at most. It is impossible to throw the shipbuilder to this ghost place outside the Northwest Pass.
They thought they could occupy Xuanshui Stronghold once Xuanshui Stronghold was gone, but they didn't expect that after news of Xuanshui Stronghold, a force came to occupy Xuanshui Stronghold, and there was also an additional navy on Xuanshui Lake that gradually became stronger. force.
A few days ago, a group of them were captured and taken to Xuanshui Village and they are still back. They wanted to talk to this force, but they never found the time. Today they saw this largest ship in Xuanshui Lake. Action, presumably it should be the other party's senior figures, this is an opportunity.
Hearing the harsh sound coming from the boat, the bamboo raft slid faster and ran under the building boat in a very short time.
The boat slowly stopped, because there were white flags hanging on these bamboo rafts. Was this like they were surrendering?
"Ask what they want to do?" Li said to the navy soldier next to him.
The soldier nodded and shouted to the people below: "Why are you here?"
The soldier's voice was so loud that people on the surrounding bamboo rafts could hear it clearly. A tall man, almost as tall as a Xiliang soldier, heard the voice on the boat and stood up and stammered: "Sir, we are waiting for you. That person from Qingshui Village, your village arrested our people a few days ago, and I don’t know when they will be released!"
The big man said that his face turned red. It was not that I was uneducated, but that the other party was too powerful.
When Li Xiang heard what the man below said, he couldn't help but laugh. He stood at the bow of the building boat and looked at the man below and said: "They have joined us in Xiliang City and are now people of Xiliang City. If you miss them, , you can also join us in Xiliang City!"
"Xiliang City?" When the big man heard the name, he said to a thin young man behind him: "Chen Erpi, how awesome is this Xiliang City?"
When the thin young man heard what Li Xiang said, he became very excited: "Boss, Xiliang City is certainly powerful. The men who destroyed the forces in Xuanshui Village were destroyed by Xiliang. They can compete with Black Tiger City Those guys are fighting!"
When the men around him heard this, their faces turned red. Because of their remuneration, they were working at the largest wharf in the northwest, which caused the entire northwest waterway to stop working for several days, attracting the attention of the imperial capital.
Then they got their reward and were thrown outside the pass. Their families came with them. Fortunately, it was a member of the Great Wall Legion who brought them to the northwest pass.
A certain figure in the legion couldn't stand it and allowed them to take their supplies outside the Northwest Pass.
The number of these people is as many as 8,000, of which 4,000 are young adults. The young adults without family members form teams to go to the major forces in the northwest, while those with families can only run to the edge of Xuanshui Lake where there are not many people to hide. He got up and relied on the supplies brought from Daqian and fishing and shrimp hunting in a remote area of Xuanshui Lake for support.
They are the support in the camp. When they heard that Xuanshui Village was destroyed, they dared to go fishing in the waters where Xuanshui Village was located. There were far more fish here than where they were.
But no one expected that something would happen all of a sudden. Their camp was missing more than fifty men. Feeding the people in the camp was a big problem, and the families of those people were asking about it every day.
This made the big man blame himself very much, but now Li Xiang's words gave him hope.
"Sir, do you mean what you said? Do you want to accept me?" The big man held back his excitement. They were not the only ones: "There are also women and children in our camp!"
Women, children?
Li Xiang blinked, the woman's words were normal, but are there any children outside the Northwest Pass?
"They are porters who committed crimes. Because they caused trouble, they were expelled from the Northwest Pass by their whole family. They dragged the whole family into the Northwest!" Zhou Hangjie stood on the bow of the boat for some reason. This old man, who was about 1.8 meters tall, stood next to Prime Minister Li.
I feel a little uncomfortable. Did this guy grow up eating giants?
Zhou Yulan, who is a little behind, can't help but look at Li Xiang a few more times every time she sees him. The main reason is that Li Xiang is too tall, and with all his muscles, he looks fierce at first glance, and Li Xiang lives up to his body.
The people who came down looked up at the bed. At first, they thought that they could live a good life without adding other forces in the northwest. In this place where there is no need to collect taxes, as long as they work hard, they will definitely be able to live a good life.
But reality gave them a hard blow. In the cold winter, the old people who followed them outside the customs left one after another. They fought hard to save their children and women.
Spring begins, everything revives, and all kinds of powerful beasts appear....
"It is indeed a taboo to bring a family with you, but what we in Xiliang City need are not soldiers, but people who can be engaged in production!" Li Xiang looked down at the uneasy big man and said: "I will take as many as you want, if you don't worry
If so, you can follow me to Xuanshui Village, and then you will set off from Xuanshui Village and take your family to Qingzhu Village, which is also my territory in Xiliang City!"
The big man shouted excitedly: "Don't worry, don't worry!"
He was like a drowning man grabbing a straw, no longer worried about whether there was a trap. The food and grass in their camp was only enough for five days.
"Then get on the boat!" Li Xiang said with a smile: "Put them on!"
On the mini map, these guys glow yellow without any red dots.
"yes!"
The surrounding Xiliang soldiers lowered their ropes and pulled those people up, along with the bamboo rafts.
Zhou Hangjie frowned: "Camp Leader Li, are you so confident that these people will come up?"
"Of course, don't worry!" Li Xiang said confidently: "I believe in my own vision! (Will the system be wrong?)"
