Seeing the king's chief rushing towards him, Li Xu had been on guard against him, so he got up and jumped to the side, holding the county lieutenant issued by Song Yu in his hand and said, "Old man, you can see clearly. This is the county lieutenant's lawsuit. If you dare to touch me, I will think that you really colluded with the thief army to assassinate the county lieutenant. It will be legitimate to confiscate your house at that time."

Although I knew that Li Xu was talking nonsense seriously, the king stopped, looked at Li Xu's face and blushed, and his eyes angrily said: "I am ashamed to be an official with an arrogant and shameless son like you, the county magistrate, and the lower magistrate, so I will leave first."

After saying that, he left angrily without waiting for Liu Jian to agree.

After the figure of the King of Kings was completely invisible, Liu Jian then glared at Li Xu and said, "Explain to me why you want to anger him?"

Li Xu sat down again, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Uncle Liu, are we different? The thieves' army's invasion speed was much faster than we thought. If we didn't have a lot of money and food, it would be difficult to quickly form a village camp? Not to mention those bandits and bandits, just these gentry, if they don't have the plan to both ends of the rat, I would not believe it. Or what I said just now, instead of taking advantage of the thieves' army, we might as well start first."

Liu Jian sighed and said, "There is no tangible evidence to confiscate the wealth of the gentry, and it will be difficult to end if things get bigger."

Li Xu understood and asked, "That means if there is evidence, you will have no worries?"

Liu Jian did not answer and asked back, "What's your idea?"

Li Xu said confidently: "Uncle Liu, send someone to stare at Old Man Wang. If I guess it's good, Old Man Wang will send someone to contact the thief army in the next two days. At that time, as long as we come and wait for the rabbit, the life and death of the Wang family will be controlled in our hands."

Colluding with the thief army is a serious crime of treason. If you have this huge handle in your hands, you will not be afraid that the king will be dishonest.

Liu Jian asked back: "What if he hadn't sent anyone to contact the thief army?"

Li Xu smiled and said, "This is simple. If we don't come, we will go there. If they don't take the initiative, the thief army may also contact them on their own initiative."

Liu Jian was stunned, but soon understood and pointed at Li Xu and said, "Only you can think of such a sinister way, but you can't take care of it in the overall situation. Since you proposed this matter, you will be responsible to the end. But I have to remind you that after this matter, your reputation will be terrible in Sanshui County."

Li Xu smiled and said with a righteous look: "For the safety of the people of the whole county and for the sake of the county, what is it that my personal reputation is slandered by villains. Even though there are thousands of people, I am going to be the realm that our generation pursues throughout our lives."

As he said that, he thought in his heart that these people may not be able to live by then.

Who cares about the evaluation of a group of dead people?

Liu Jian naturally didn't believe a word about him. After a change of topic, he asked about his experience in Yaozhou.

Li Xu said briefly. When Liu Jian heard the commander Li Zhijin give him a yellow horse, he said in surprise: "Is that yellow horse called Zhuifeng? I heard that it is Li Zhijin's treasure, and he is willing to give it to you who has only one chance. It seems that you have really caught his eye."

Li Xu laughed and said, "There is no way, it's too charming and too popular. You can't refuse."

Liu Jian ignored his boastfulness, but asked when the batch of military equipment that Song Yu agreed to be delivered. Li Xu said: "Uncle Song San said he would send someone to deliver it in the next two days. I guess the 800 miles of rapid military information will be delivered earlier."

Liu Jian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "With this batch of weapons, we can arm the first batch of rural brave men. At that time, even if the thief army comes, we will have a certain defense ability."

Li Xu asked, "Uncle Liu, are those county soldiers really useless?"

Liu Jian sighed and said, "The county soldiers said they were five hundred soldiers, but in fact there were only more than one hundred people, and their equipment was outdated. Most of the soldiers were old and weak. Usually they could only be a gate god at the city gate, which was not helpful at all."

Li Xu said curiously: "Is this so serious for the empty salary? Does the court ignore it?"

Liu Jian said: "The reasons are very complicated. In recent years, the court has been fighting with the Wei State repeatedly, and most of the money has been invested in the border troops. The military pay of these county soldiers is often owed, and other reasons have become like this over time. In short, you should not count on county soldiers, and you should just put all your thoughts on the village camp."

Li Xu nodded and took it over and said, "Although the Township Yong Camp has set a total of 3,000 troops, it cannot fully recruit all 3,000 people at once. However, as long as I can give me five or six hundred troops, I am confident that I will give them a profound lesson when the thieves come. At that time, the military power will be greatly enhanced, and more people will be enrolled, and the three thousand people will be fully recruited soon."

Liu Jian said: "It's good that you have this confidence. As long as you can stop the thief army and prevent them from capturing the county town quickly, the provincial army should also send reinforcements soon. It will be much easier to raise money and grain at that time."

As for how to raise it, neither of them made it clear, but they both understood it tacitly.

In fact, it is very simple to put it bluntly. If the village Yongying became famous in one battle and proved that he had the ability to protect his hometown, then the county magistrate Liu Jian could be confident in distributing money and food to the gentry and landlords.

If they are obedient, then everything will be fine. If they are not obedient, then the knife in the hands of the Township Yongying is aimed not only at the thief army.

The two discussed the matters of recruiting the people to strengthen the city defense and moving the people outside the city to take refuge. Liu Jian basically made a decision on these matters. He said that it was a discussion but it was just to tell Li Xu about it.

Li Xu naturally would not take on these tasks, and his focus was on forming the village camp.

As long as the newly recruited troops arrive, he is confident that he will teach the high-bearded thief army that dares to invade.

Besides, he is just a man from Ming, so don’t forget that there is a part of the truly powerful firearm army led by Tan Lun behind him.

Sanshui County is just a small county town. Gao Huzi cannot send too many troops to attack. It would be almost the same as two or three thousand.

The real elites in these thieves are probably only two or three hundred, and there will be no more than five hundred.

After all, Gao Huzi had not been long since the rebellion. The soldiers under his command were either bandits or the people who were being held captive. It is estimated that a small number of defeated soldiers from various counties in Yan'an Prefecture.

It is easy to imagine how much combat effectiveness a group of mobs can have.

Li Xu nominally led a village camp that the people had just formed, but who would have thought that these people were truly absolutely elite soldiers who were not afraid of life and death and could fight to the last one soldier.

Therefore, Li Xu was not too worried about whether he could win. He was thinking about how much benefits he could get in the upcoming battle, and this was the real point.

The matter was almost over, and Li Xu said goodbye and left.

Liu Jian told him that he had announced his appointment in public in the county government tomorrow morning, allowing him to make his official debut.

Li Xu nodded, strided away from the county government office and returned to the inn.

However, the two guards who were originally following him disappeared at some point.
Chapter completed!