Except for a few of the soldiers released by Yang Mu, most of them came back and brought back many people. In this era, clan relations were extremely serious, and some people even killed the entire village.

After bringing it back, we can see how serious the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are.

Yang Mu also followed the previous agreement and conferred duties on them one after another, then eliminated the old and weak, selected the strong, and organized and trained them into an army.

After merging Taohua Mountain and Baihu Mountain, plundering Qingzhou Prefecture, and this expansion, Erlongshan's original population of only a thousand or so suddenly increased to more than 50,000, completely forming a small vassal town with independent military and political affairs.

Of course, the young and old accounted for a large proportion of them. In order to take care of the rest and recuperation, Yang Mu did not dare to mobilize too many elites, and only mobilized 3,000 people into the army.

Erlong Mountain could no longer sustain such a large population, so Yang Mu had no choice but to open up wasteland and build fields, turn the land into villages, and let them live under the mountain. Erlong Mountain became Yang Mu's weapons manufacturing base.

With a large population, there are many things to do. Yang Mu focuses on troop training and weapon building, but his energy is limited. Lu Zhishen is good at charging into battle, but not at management. As for Li Zhong, Kong Ming, Kong Liang and others, Yang Mu directly organized them into the army. Yang Mu

There was really no civil management personnel among this group of people, so we had to invite Shi En from Happy Forest to come over and let Shi En manage the civil affairs.

Fortunately, Shi En had some experience in logistics management, and Shi En managed to cope with it after taking over. First, he was shocked by the scale of Sanshan, and second, because he felt Yang Mu's kindness, Shi En stayed in Erlongshan as a logistics manager.

The general manager is also responsible for the civil affairs. As for Happy Forest, it has already formed an established scale and process. It only needs a shopkeeper to take care of it.

Yang Mu was completely relieved by Shi En's arrival, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to refining his troops to prepare for the upcoming attack.

As a result, Yang Mu waited for three full months, but he did not wait until Zhao Song's official army came to attack. Yang Mu learned through his informant who stayed in Qingzhou Mansion that Yang Mu raided Qingzhou Mansion too hard, and the gentry in Qingzhou Mansion were powerful.

It is impossible to recover in a short period of time.

If you want to recover, you have to have money, people, and land. The money was stolen by Yang Mu; the servants, nurses, and maids were also robbed by Yang Mu; the land deeds and land deeds have been divided by Yang Mu.

, don’t underestimate the power of rural clans in this era. When these lands come into their mouths, how can they spit out the truth?

Besides, they also have the endorsement of Magistrate Murong. Regardless of whether Magistrate Murong was forced with a knife on his neck or he did it of his own free will, it is the place where Magistrate Murong has the final say, and they only recognize Magistrate Murong. As for Yang Mu and his men,

The role played in this incident was directly ignored by them.

With current interests, who would care so much? The entire Qingzhou Mansion was in chaos, and this matter was naturally brought to the fore. However, it involved disputes over interests and disputes between the powerful gentry and local clans, and was eventually suppressed, while Yang Mu

For one thing, it's not time for liquidation yet.

Yang Mu knew that after Zhao Song smoothed these things out, he would be hit by a storm. Therefore, after everything was settled, Yang Mu expanded his troops again, from 3,000 to 4,000. At the same time, he also expanded the remaining Qing Dynasty troops.

Zhuang organized them into militiamen and gave them the same training so that they could be farmers in peacetime and soldiers in wartime.

Just as Yang Mu was arranging his army to prepare for war, instead of waiting for the imperial army, Liangshan's lobbyists Wu Yong and Li Kui arrived.

Wu Yong was extremely cunning. When he first arrived at the Sanshan territory, he did not pay homage to the mountain. Instead, he disguised himself as an ordinary person and sneaked in to investigate first. If he were in an area under the jurisdiction of Zhao and Song Dynasties such as Qingzhou Prefecture, Wu Yong's actions would be unreasonable.

There is something that can be done, but Yang Mu has already registered everyone in Sanshan and issued an identity plate similar to an ID card to everyone.

The main reason is that Li Kui is too different from ordinary people, and Wu Yong is too wretched. As soon as the two entered Yang Mu's territory, they were discovered by a patrol team composed of ten people. When the patrol team came to check, they found that the two of them were together.

There was no identity plate, and I saw the two of them acting sneaky, so I went to arrest them.

Li Kui was furious and refused to be restrained. He took out his weapon and started to attack, but Wu Yong did not stop him. He just used Li Kui's courage to scare him and give Yang Mu a warning.

Upon seeing this, the small flag of the patrol team immediately blew the whistle. After hearing the whistle, the team quickly retreated, and then formed a battle formation with Li Kui and Wu Yong's stunned eyes, two holding shields and two holding guns.

, four people held crossbows, the crossbows were loaded with arrows, and the cold arrow points were pointed directly at Li Kui and Wu Yong.

At the same time, after hearing the whistle for help from this team, the other two patrol teams immediately ran over in neat queues and roared towards them. When the two teams arrived close, they formed a formation in an instant without saying a word.

The battle formation, one on the left and one on the right, formed a triangle formation with the previous patrol team, confronting Wu Yong and Li Kui, and the crossbow arrows were pointed directly at Wu Yong and Li Kui.

"Put down the weapons in your hands, hold your head and squat down! Warn once. If you don't listen to the warning after three times, you will attack immediately." A flag shouted sternly.

"Commander, I will protect you and fight out." Li Kui blocked Wu Yong behind him and whispered.

"Can you kill them?" Wu Yong shook his head. Just based on the performance of these three teams, Wu Yong knew that Sanshan's soldiers and horses were much more elite than Liangshan's soldiers and horses. Li Kui charged into the formation, but faced with such a small team

The military formation was not necessarily feasible, and Wu Yong did not come here to fight, so he shook his head and motioned for Li Kui to get out of the way.

"A certain family belongs to Wu Yong, a wise man from Liangshan. He came here to pay homage to the mountain on the order of the leader." Wu Yong stood in front of Li Kui and said loudly.

Wu Yong thought that as long as he showed his name, the other party would bow to him without saying anything, and he could greet him politely. This was the rule of the world. Wu Yong did not expect that the other party did not make the slightest move, and the crossbow arrows that braved the cold light were still there.

Aiming tightly at himself, the opponent's flag still shouted unhurriedly: "Second warning, put down the weapon in your hand, hold your head and squat down."

Wu Yong frowned and immediately motioned to Li Kui to put down the weapon in his hand first. However, Li Kui remained unmoved.

"You want me, Li Kui, to put down my arms. There is no way! Even Brother Song Jiang didn't ask me to put down my arms. I, Li Kui, really don't believe it. They dare to take action." Li Kui shouted loudly.

The patrolling Xiao Qi still shouted unhurriedly: "The third warning, put down the weapon in your hand, hold your head and squat down."

"Quick! You bastard, put down the weapon in your hand, hold your head and squat down!" Wu Yong keenly sensed the murderous intent in the opponent's eyes, and quickly squatted down with his head in his hands, and gave Li Kui a tug.

Unfortunately, Wu Yong's strength could not pull Li Kui away, and Li Kui had no intention of putting down his weapon.

"I am your Black Whirlwind Grandpa Li Kui under Brother Song Jiang of Liangshan. Come here if you dare." Li Kui still waved the two big axes in his hands, roaring violently and shaking the world.
Chapter completed!