The celebration building was peaceful, and there were cheerful sounds of drinking everywhere, especially the bandit leaders. Their celebratory voices were so loud that the roof of the three-story building was about to be overturned by their voices. They were very excited and relaxed at the moment, as if they had returned to the days when they were bandits. When they were first captured, they were nervous and worried about their lives. However, after nearly a month of adaptation, they had already gotten used to it. They did not see what Zhao Wufu was going to do to them. Slowly, they were no longer nervous, and the thoughts hidden in the depths of their hearts emerged one by one.
"Come on, brothers, drink, drink, drink to your heart's content."
"Sigh, how can just wine and meat be enough? It would be even better if we could get some young ladies."
"Young ladies, young ladies are good. I haven't touched a young lady for months. I'm going to die from the suffocation."
"Brothers, why don't we go and get a few young ladies to play with?"
"This city is so big. There must be a lot of young ladies here. Pick the prettiest ones. Hahaha!"
The group of bandit leaders was almost done drinking and began to talk nonsense.
"Brothers, wake up. This is not a bandit camp. We are now an official army. We have to be careful of our image."
An old bandit said.
"Official army? So what if we are an official army? Don't play with young ladies. I'm definitely going to play with them."
"That's right. However, let's drink first. It won't be too late to find young ladies after drinking. Hahaha!"
"Come on, if you're a brother, drink up this jar. Don't leave a single drop behind."
"It's been more than a month. I've never been as happy as today. Brothers, drink as much as you can."
The group of bandit leaders was completely relaxed. They weren't worried about their own safety at all. It was no wonder. Ang Lee had said that everyone could eat and drink to their heart's content. In that case, why couldn't these bandit leaders let go? Moreover, they had been sullen for the past few days. Of course, they wouldn't miss an opportunity to relax.
"Brothers, drink first. I'm going to the toilet. I'll come back and drink again. Continue drinking."
Zhao Wufu found an opportunity to leave Li Dahu and the others behind. He staggered out alone. He had already gone to the toilet once before, and this was already the second time.
"Brother Pang, these Five Ministers are getting old! He only drank three or four jars and went to the toilet twice. He's too weak. "
Li Dahu's face was full of ridicule. After all, he also drank so much, but he didn't go to the toilet even once.
Pang Gui didn't mind. He smiled and said, "How can it be the same? We hide in the mountains all day long, so it's not easy to play with a young lady. But the Five Ministers are such high ranking officials, so they must be playing with young ladies every day in the capital! After playing a lot, it's natural to become like this. "
After saying that, she gave him a knowing look.
Li Dahu hurriedly nodded in agreement. He felt that Pang Gui was a sensible person who immediately saw the key point. He couldn't help but feel very happy. If Zhao Wufu was really a lecher, then their safety was most likely not a problem. In the future, if they had the opportunity to send a few more beauties, they might be able to live better than before. Being a high ranking official was much more enjoyable than being a bandit. They didn't have to worry about their lives all day long.
However, it was too early for them to be happy. Zhao Wufu went to the toilet twice in a row, not because there was something wrong with his body, but because he deliberately did so to make these bandits relax their vigilance and achieve his goal.
"General, it's almost time. More than half of the bandits are drunk. We can move now."
Li Long walked in front of Zhao Wufu and said.
Zhao Wufu pondered for a moment and said, "Have our people all evacuated?"
Li Long said, "They all found an excuse to leave. If we don't act now, they will notice."
Zhao Wufu no longer hesitated. He nodded and said, "Well, let's start!"
At this time, the celebration building was full of a very strong smell of alcohol. In addition to the alcohol in the hands of the bandits, there was also some alcohol that was poured in the room. The reason why so much alcohol was poured was naturally to ignite the fire. Alcohol was flammable, and the celebration building was made of wood. As long as the fire started, the whole building would soon be turned into ashes.
After Zhao Wufu and the others left the celebration building, a fire was ignited. The fire spread very quickly and immediately caused a huge fire.
The bandits who were drinking saw the smoke outside. At first, they didn't think anything was wrong. However, by the time they realized that something was wrong, the fire had already engulfed the entire building. Miserable screams could be heard everywhere in the building. Of course, there were also some who were really drunk and silently suffocated to death by the smoke.
"It's on fire, it's on fire."
The soldiers outside pretended to shout and shout. Their voices were so loud that they covered the abuse of the bandit leaders in the celebration building. The recruits in the distance couldn't figure out what was going on inside. Those who participated in the fire fighting were all Zhao Wufu's trusted soldiers. What they used to fight the fire was not water, but real alcohol. Buckets of alcohol were poured around the celebration building, making everyone burn more fiercely.
At this time, the remaining bandit leaders in the celebration building realized that they had been schemed against. They also saw that the ones trapped in the fire were the bandits who had surrendered. Zhao Wufu and his subordinates were long gone. This was a carefully calculated conspiracy. They had been schemed against.
Despair, pain, resentment, and helplessness. These bandit leaders were helpless in the face of the fire that was getting fiercer and fiercer. Their lives were about to be forfeited. Other than cursing and swearing, there was nothing else they could do.
Zhao Wufu stood in a building not far from the celebration building. Looking at the burning fire, there was no trace of sympathy in his eyes. These bandits were all evil people. Although they had made a small contribution, it still didn't dispel Zhao Wufu's doubts. Zhao Wufu was still worried about these bandits, so it was necessary to get rid of these bandit leaders. Before, he was still worried about how to get rid of these people. But Ang Lee's idea made him very satisfied. This method was very simple and efficient. Moreover, it was not easy to cause panic among ordinary bandits. It was more persuasive to shift the blame to an accident. Even if there were doubts, it was only doubts and no substantial evidence would be obtained.
"Fifth Prime Minister, how did Assistant Minister Li come up with such a good idea? This is amazing. This move is too ruthless. It's really ruthless."
Li Long looked at Zhao Wufu and said with a smile.
Looking at these bandit leaders who were screaming in the fire, Li Long's heart was filled with joy. He had encircled and suppressed bandits for many years and had lost a lot of troops. Now, seeing these bandit leaders being burned, he was naturally very happy. If these scourges were left alive, who knew what kind of trouble they would cause in the future?
Zhao Wufu said with a smile, "After all, they are people of the Tang dynasty. They have more ideas than us, who live in the mountains. The Tang dynasty is worthy of being a respected country!"
Hearing this, Li Long nodded quickly. In their eyes, the Tang Empire was a huge and admirable empire. Compared with the Tang dynasty, Dongnu Province, a small country, was really bad. They were very satisfied with changing their identity and becoming people of the Tang dynasty from now on. This was not betraying the country, but their hearts had been together with the Tang dynasty.
The fire was very merciless. The hundreds of bandit leaders in the celebration building only struggled for a while before they died. However, Zhao Wufu's goal was to completely burn down the celebration building, so he didn't really give the order to put out the fire. Even if the people inside were burned to death, he didn't save them. This way, the entire building could disappear with the bandit leaders. He didn't even have to deal with the corpses. This was the most convenient way.
The fire burned all night. Until the next morning, the area where the celebration building was located was still shrouded in bursts of smoke. The fire had been extinguished, but the remaining flames and smoke were still there. It would probably take some time for these flames to be completely extinguished.
As for the fire in the celebration building last night, Zhao Wufu naturally had to give all the soldiers an explanation. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if misunderstandings were caused.
However, Zhao Wufu definitely wouldn't admit that he had deliberately burned these soldiers to death. Furthermore, he wouldn't tell the newly surrendered bandits that the ones who had been burned to death were the leaders of the bandits. He even found some of his trusted soldiers and had them pretend to be injured bandits and soldiers, acting out the scene as if it was real.
The reason Ang Lee gave the soldiers was that some people were drunk during the celebration, so it was inevitable that someone would break the wine bottle and someone would accidentally knock over the candles. The candles touched the wine lying on the wooden floor, so a fire broke out. This fire burned most of the people who participated in the celebration to death. Only a few people escaped death. Zhao Wufu naturally escaped death because he went to the toilet, but his trusted soldiers and most of the surrendered bandits were killed by the fire.
After giving this explanation, Zhao Wufu said that the injured trusted soldiers and the bandit leaders must be sent to the Royal City for treatment as soon as possible. He also warned all the soldiers to be careful when drinking in the future and to not let something like this happen again.
Most of the surrendered bandits had not seen much of the world. Naturally, they believed Zhao Wufu's explanation easily. Even if some people had doubts in their hearts, there was no way to prove it. Moreover, this was not a very important thing. Even if the imperial army did it on purpose, they were targeting the leaders. There were 20,000 of them. The number was too large. If the imperial army wanted to burn them, it would definitely not work. They were still very confident about this.
Just as Zhao Wufu was burning down the celebration building, Ang Lee had returned to Guichang City for many days. Every day, he was with Zhao Yefu. From time to time, they would go to see how the rabbits were growing and how the crops growing in the experimental fields outside the city were growing.
In just over a month, the number of rabbits had increased by several thousand. Although they were all very young rabbits, their growth rate was very fast. It wouldn't take long for these rabbits to grow into rabbits that weighed a few kilograms. Among them, the female rabbits could continue to breed. Like a rolling snowball, the more it rolled, the bigger it became. In a few years at most, the rabbits here would become a disaster. From then on, there would be no need to worry about not having meat to eat.
In addition, in the experimental fields outside the Royal City, the first batch of vegetables was ready to be picked. The large green field looked very pleasing to the eye. This at least proved that Ang Lee's method was feasible and very useful. In this month, there had been two heavy rains. However, the heavy rain did not wash away the vegetables. Instead, it nourished the growth of the vegetables, making them grow big and strong. It was very pleasing to look at.
"Yefu, let's pick some vegetables and go back to cook! I will cook personally and make a delicious meal for you. "
Ang Lee said.
Zhao Yefu smiled and replied with great satisfaction, "Okay! It depends on your skills. Let's pick the vegetables! "
There were more than a dozen varieties of vegetables. Almost all of them were ready to be picked. Of course, Ang Lee wanted to pick some of each.
In fact, after the first experimental field was ready, the second field had already begun. After seeing the results of the first batch of experimental fields, Zhao Daiwen could not wait to transfer people to start the third batch of transformation work. There were enough experimental fields outside the Royal City. With so many terraced fields, they would definitely be transformed into experimental fields in the end. In this way, there would be no need to worry about droughts and floods in the future. The variety of crops that could be planted would also be greatly increased. This would increase the variety of vegetables here and make the diet and nutrition of the people here more balanced.
In order to prevent people from sabotaging, sentries were set up near the fields. There were many arrow towers that were four to five feet tall. Each arrow tower was guarded by six soldiers. There were three people on top and three in the tents below. Although this kind of defense was still too weak, it was more than enough to deal with ordinary saboteurs. As for bandits causing trouble on a large scale, these soldiers would immediately send a signal. At that time, the soldiers in the Royal City would rush out and chase away these troublemakers.
"Yefu, in the ditch on each level, you can raise fish. In this way, you can kill two birds with one stone and waste this place."
Ang Lee pointed to the ditch beside the terraced fields and said.
Zhao Yefu smiled and said, "The rain is too frequent now. No matter how many fish you raise, they will be washed away."
"You can put a net between each level! In this way, only the water can flow away and the fish and prawns in the ditch will continue to stay in the same place. Isn't this wonderful! "
Ang Lee said.
Hearing this, Zhao Yefu smiled and said, "You're right. It's not that we can't give it a try. I'll go back and tell the Minister and let him arrange it."
Ang Lee smiled and returned to the Royal City hand in hand with Zhao Yefu. Recently, Ang Lee's main job was to relax his body and mind. Every day, he would cook for Zhao Yefu and warm the bed together at night.
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