"It seems that a second-class faction is more important than I thought."
Looking at the scenery in front of him, Qin Shujian fell into deep thought.
From the beginning to the end.
He had been testing Gu Feng's bottom line.
But it was a pity.
No matter how he probed, Gu Feng did not reveal any clues.
This also made Qin Shujian understand one thing. That is, a second-class faction like Cold Mountain Village also had an important position in the eyes of the Carrier Trading Company.
No.
Or to be more precise.
In the Ordinary Realm, he had the status of being able to lift heavy weights as if they were light.
Qin Shujian was not arrogant enough to think that a group of bandits in the sixth stage of the Martial Arts Realm and him, a bandit leader in the tenth stage of the Martial Arts Realm, could really dominate the outside world.
The place where he could truly dominate.
In other words, it was in the Ordinary Realm.
And this.
It was still because the Ordinary Realm could not have an expert surpassing the tenth stage of the Martial Arts Realm.
Otherwise, it was unknown whether a second-class faction could maintain its current position.
However.
This time, Gu Feng's visit allowed Qin Shujian to see some good things.
That was, the antique paintings that had been piled up finally had a use.
Five thousand taels of silver were exchanged for food. With the current population of Cold Mountain Village, it was enough to last for a long time. Even if it continued to expand, it could still last for a long time.
Thinking of expanding.
Qin Shujian suddenly had an idea.
— —
In the Zhongyi Hall.
Qin Shujian directly summoned Zheng Fang and the others.
Everyone looked at each other. In the end, Zheng Fang was the first to ask, "Leader, why did you call us here?"
Qin Shujian looked at them and said indifferently, "Now in the Stone Forest and Cold Mountain Village, how many villages are there in total? Roughly how many people are there?"
Hearing this.
Zheng Fang and the others looked at each other.
Finally, Xu Yuanming said, "There are seven villages in the Stone Forest. The large ones have a population of thousands and the small ones only have one or two hundred. The estimated population is around six or seven thousand."
Just like Cold Mountain Village.
In the past, Chuan Yun Village and other forces would also collect protection fees from the nearby villages.
Their method of collection was also based on the number of people. Therefore, Xu Yuanming didn't know the approximate number of people in each village, but he had a rough idea.
On the other side.
Wang Tiezhu also replied, "There are five villages in the Liang Mountain area. The big ones have around a thousand people, and the small ones have around one to two hundred people. The total population is around three thousand people."
"In the past, how much did these villages offer each year?" Qin Shujian asked again.
Wang Tiezhu didn't hesitate and immediately replied, "According to the proportion of the village's young and strong people, each young and strong person is worth one tael of silver per year."
"The same goes for the Stone Forest."
Hearing this.
Qin Shujian also had an estimate in his mind.
According to what Wang Tiezhu had said, there were five villages in the Liang Mountain area. In total, there were two to three thousand people. Excluding the old and the young, the young and strong would only make up a third or a quarter of the population.
In a year, it was less than a thousand taels of silver.
Based on the population ratio of the Cold Mountain Stronghold, it would cost at least seven to eight hundred taels of silver a year.
In this way, it would barely break even.
Qin Shujian finally understood why the Liang Mountain Stronghold was so poor in the past.
"Now, I plan to change the rules of offering." Qin Shujian slowly said after pondering for a while.
Zheng Fang cupped his hands and said, "Please speak frankly, Stronghold Master. We respectfully listen!"
"In the future, the village will change the proportion of the village's offering from the number of young and strong people to the number of households. Every household with five people will receive one tael of silver. After that, every additional five people will receive an additional tael of silver."
As Qin Shujian spoke, he looked at everyone's expression.
After a pause, he continued, "In addition, the Liang Mountain Stronghold will recruit bandits from all the villages. As long as they are young and strong, every household will have one young and strong person. If there are three young and strong people, the offering will be completely free.
If more than half of the village's young and strong people join the Liang Mountain Stronghold, the offering will be completely free. "
As soon as these words were spoken.
Many people's expressions changed slightly.
Only Zheng Fang's expression didn't change, but his hand that was twirling his beard seemed to have paused for a moment.
Qin Shujian ignored them and continued, "Similarly, if less than thirty percent of the village's young and strong people join the Liang Mountain Stronghold, every household in the village will pay double the amount of silver.
If you don't follow, you should know what to do! "
"Don't worry, Stronghold Master. We know what to do!"
The others all lowered their heads in response.
In the last sentence, they smelled a strong murderous aura.
Now, everyone understood what Qin Shujian was planning.
He clearly wanted to expand the Liang Mountain Stronghold.
Moreover.
He was using the most direct and forceful method to expand.
If they followed the other party's orders, in a short period of time, the number of bandits in the Liang Mountain Stronghold would definitely increase by two or three times over.
Similarly.
The stronger the Liang Mountain Stronghold was, the more benefits they would receive as members of the Liang Mountain Stronghold.
However, this wasn't without hidden dangers.
Niu Feng said in a low voice, "If we do this, the amount of silver offered will be greatly reduced. When the time comes, the number of brothers will increase and consumption will be a big problem."
"Don't worry, I naturally know this. Don't forget what we do for a living. The silver offered by these villages isn't our main source of income." Qin Shujian said with a faint smile.
Since he made this decision, he must have thought it over.
Hearing this.
Niu Feng suddenly understood.
That's right.
They were a Lulin faction.
There were many sources of income in the Lulin faction.
Every one of them was more efficient and faster than collecting protection fees from the tributes.
Especially with the current strength of the Liang Mountain Stronghold, there probably weren't many who could contend against them.
Then it wasn't impossible for them to reach out to the territories outside of Liang Mountain and the Stone Forest.
Afterwards.
Qin Shujian looked at Zheng Fang again and said, "Over at the Drill Hall, we need to do a good job of imparting cultivation methods and do our best to increase their strength in a short period of time.
At the very least, we need to be able to bring them out so that they won't be completely useless. "
"Don't worry, Stronghold Master. The Drill Hall won't have any problems."
"Mm."
— —
At night.
Inside the room.
Qin Shujian was playing with a bronze token in his hand. The relevant information of the token appeared in his mind.
He was actually very interested in this token that he unexpectedly obtained, as well as the information about the unknown cave dwelling hidden in the token.
It was just that previously, dealing with 23012 Novice Village was more important, so he didn't pay too much attention to it.
Now that he had some free time, Qin Shujian also intended to take a look at where this so-called unknown cave dwelling was.
His mind was immersed in the bronze token.
A faintly discernible connection was born, and gradually became more and more solid.
At the same time.
The coordinates of a place appeared in Qin Shujian's mind.
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