The battle the next day was even more tragic than yesterday. Zhou Qingfeng used tricks to lure the enemy, and then forcibly attacked, wiping out nearly two thousand bandits in one breath. The battlefield on the official road was littered with corpses, and outside the official road there were corpses everywhere. He and Xu Bing couldn't leave for the time being. They finally opened up a few villages in the north of Shenyang, and they had to stay and consolidate it.
So the caravan let Tan Feng escort them back to Fushun, and at the same time let Old Man Sun in Fushun send some trustworthy people to take this opportunity to expand their influence in the villages.
At night, Zhou Qingfeng continued to find people to drink and chat. He wanted to establish his Imperial Guard to three hundred people. These villagers were all good people, and compared with the people in the city, they basically had no bad habits.
The only problem was that they were too close to the same clan, which could be solved by strengthening education, breaking up the formation, and more screening. Another problem was that there were no officers, and even Zhou Qingfeng himself was not a qualified officer, so he could only explore and train them himself.
Compared with Zhou Qingfeng openly pulling people, Xu Bing's actions were much more subtle.
Zhou Qingfeng pulled people to be his guards, and the villagers not only did not resent it, but also thanked him for giving them a way out. After all, there were many natural and man-made disasters now, and the government's exorbitant taxes made the people breathless. Instead of digging for food in the fields, it was better to follow Zhou Qingfeng.
What Xu Bing wanted to do was to challenge the father's power, the husband's power, and the clan's power. She targeted the most oppressed women in the countryside. Zhou Qingfeng relied on a strong power of will to upgrade, which opened up her closed mind. Instead of thinking about how to sense heaven and earth, it was better to mobilize the masses. She was a woman, so she simply awakened women.
In order to establish her prestige, Xu Bing naturally relied on the strong prestige that Zhou Qingfeng had established through blood and iron means. But the way she used it was a bit unique. Using the sign of guarding against bandits and bullies, she attracted a large number of women to learn women's self-defense skills. And the one who practiced with her was the unlucky Uncle Zhou.
"Ouch, be gentler, gentler!"
Xu Bing changed into tight-fitting clothes and pulled Zhou Qingfeng to practice in a grain-sunning field. Uncle Zhou had just established his great and noble image, but in the blink of an eye, he was thrown to the ground by the policewoman.
"Xu bitch, you did it on purpose." Zhou Qingfeng was dizzy from the fall. He fell to the ground like a dead dog and didn't want to get up. Dog Meat whimpered a few times next to the grain-sunning field, as if it was pitying its master's bad luck.
Xu Bing, on the other hand, was explaining to the active members of the Women's Rescue Association around her. The name of the Women's Rescue Association could not be revealed to the public yet. To the public, it was said that Sister Xu had spent one tael of silver to recruit her subordinates. Her public identity was also Zhou Qingfeng's sister. If she didn't do this, she wouldn't be able to carry out her work.
"When we face bad guys, we need not be afraid. If we can run, we will run. If we can't, we will naturally fight back. This brat looks like he has a lot of strength, but in reality, he doesn't know how to fight. He has a body full of brute force, but he doesn't know how to use it. "Xu Bing mercilessly mocked the 'dead dog' that was thrown to the ground, and even kicked him a few times.
Zhou Qingfeng's appearance was so funny that the village women who were gathered laughed out loud. Xu Bing deliberately used this method to dispel the idea that women had a lower status than men, even if it would damage Uncle Zhou's image.
Zhou Qingfeng didn't care about his image at this time. He was just depressed about his shortcomings in unarmed and armed fighting. He had a good physique strengthened by the blood marrow, but he had never been able to exercise well, let alone receive professional fighting training. He couldn't beat Xu Bing with his bare hands, and he couldn't beat Tan Feng with a weapon. If it weren't for his strong equipment and many tricks, he would have been dead long ago.
After accompanying Xu Bing to practice the Women's Self-Defense Technique for an hour and a half, the members of the Women's Rescue Association finally dispersed and went home. Zhou Qingfeng and Xu Bing were arranged accommodation by the village elders of several villages. But before going back to rest, Xu Bing took Zhou Qingfeng for a walk on the edge of a field and said, "I don't want to go back to Fushun."
"Ah? You want to stay? " Zhou Qingfeng thought that Xu Bing would take her Women's Rescue Association to Fushun for training, just like how she trained her female soldiers.
In the dark night, Xu Bing walked in front with a lantern. She turned back and said, "We have a firm foothold in Fushun, and the killing of the bandits this time has greatly increased your reputation in the villages around Fushun. I was wondering if you should move your men from Fushun to the vicinity of Shenyang, especially the villages north of Shenyang. Especially the few villages north of Shenyang, you have a very good foundation here. "
Moving to the vicinity of Shenyang was naturally good. At least when Fushun was attacked, they could escape faster. Xu Bing continued, "I'm not asking you to give up Fushun. Fushun is under the leadership of Old Man Sun, and everything is on the right track. But with Li Yongfang suppressing you, you can't expand anymore. And this village is a place where the Ming Dynasty government is weak. It's a good place. "
Because of the difficulty of providing for people, the population of ancient cities was not very large. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic, the population of Beijing was less than 800,000. Before that, it hovered around 500,000. This was already a big city. More people lived in the countryside, and all kinds of resource mining and planting were also in the countryside.
For thousands of years, the countryside, farmers, and agriculture were related to the rise and fall of a dynasty. Even when the Industrial Revolution came, it was impossible to ignore the vast 'agriculture, agriculture, and farmers' problems. This was not a joke, but a very serious fact.
Xu Bing said, "The city can help you gather financial wealth, but the only thing that can really strengthen your power is to control the countryside. We can already get a lot of funds from cities like Fushun and Shenyang. Now it's time to expand to the countryside. "
The countryside surrounded the city. This principle didn't need to be explained too much. This trick was especially suitable for country bumpkins. As long as the students have taken junior high school politics class, they would understand.
Zhou Qingfeng nodded and said, "I understand your idea very well, but you should go back to Fushun with me. It's very difficult to expand to the countryside. Now the countryside is completely a freak. The power at the grassroots level is controlled by the clan. Take the villagers I chatted with today for example … "
Zhou Qingfeng still wanted to talk long, but Xu Bing interrupted him and said coldly, "These villagers will not exist. The war will come soon, and we must prepare for it. Even if they refuse to abdicate, can you always tolerate them? In order to seize territory, you even dare to cause a plague. What can a few village heads do? "
Oh … That's true!
Zhou Qingfeng scratched his head and asked, "Are you complimenting me?"
Xu Bing also asked, "Are you sure you are really a computer teacher? I have never seen such a ruthless and imaginative teacher like you. "
Tsk … Zhou Qingfeng curled his lips disdainfully. "I treat all this as a game, and my mentality is balanced. Except for you, everyone else here is an NPC.
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"I hope you can always have such a good mentality." Xu Bing also sneered and continued, "I will stay. You give me money and let Old Man Sun of Fushun support me with manpower and material resources. I want to set up a few model villages to train cadres.
By the way, don't you want to open up land with Wang Kai, that profiteer? Cattle, seeds, farming tools, these things will be sent to me. I will control the distribution of materials and I will control the power. I will also let Tan Feng's inspection team patrol from time to time to deter those who are disobedient. When the time is right, I will build an army. "
It sounded like Xu Bing's idea was excellent, and there was a high chance of success. It just so happened that Zhou Qingfeng extorted tens of thousands of taels of money from the 'Tiger Deity' to buy lives. It was just right to use it to develop the villages.
Now the farmers were very poor. Those women who joined the 'Women's Rescue Association' heard that they could get one tael of silver a month, so they all fought to join. Even the men in their families couldn't resist.
"If you really want to do it, I support you. I will leave the Black Warriors and the Human-faced Demon for you. I will also give you some talismans so that you can protect yourself. By the way, my personal guards and the Imperial Guard will also stay. You can help me train them when you have time.
Gao Daniu and Wu Daimen still have potential. Especially Gao Da Niu. Although his stubbornness often annoyed me, he didn't slack off when he carried out his orders. We need this kind of one-track mind person now. You have to force him to learn more culture. When he is trained, he will become a good military officer. "
Seeing Zhou Qingfeng wash his hands of the matter, Xu Bing couldn't help but ask, "You won't stay with me? Do you still want to go there? "
Zhou Qingfeng took a deep breath and said in distress, "Recently, there has been a lot of movement on the side of the wall. Guo Buyi should have met with an accident. Our biggest backer at the moment is not Flat Hair, but the master of Flat Hair, Guo Buyi.
Li Yongfang has always been polite to me. The only possibility is that he thinks that I have a relationship with Guo Buyi. Although I haven't seen this great cultivator since I returned to Fushun, his reputation can protect me. Even if it is Wang Kai, the one he really values is Guo Buyi, not me. At this time, I can't let Guo Buyi fall. "
When Zhou Qingfeng returned to Fushun, inviting Flat Hair to join them seemed to be the wisest choice at that time. If he hadn't used Flat Hair and Guo Buyi's tiger skin, he wouldn't have been able to be so smooth and make everyone look up to him.
Xu Bing also understood this point and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Before Zhou Qingfeng could answer, the sound of wings flapping came from the night sky. Flat Hair landed on Zhou Qingfeng's shoulder with a sobbing tone and shouted, "Zhou boy, I finally found you. You have to help me save my Eldest Miss. "
Guo Jiao?
Zhou Qingfeng was puzzled and asked, "How is your master?"
Flat Hair cried in frustration. "I just confirmed the news. Master and Eldest Miss are in trouble. Master once said that if he and Eldest Miss are in trouble at the same time, I must save Eldest Miss and ignore him. But I can't leave Fushun alone for too long. I need someone to take me. "
"You can't leave Fushun?"
"As I said, I'm a puppet bird. I can't rely on eating to recover my spiritual power like you people. My energy-gathering stone recovers spiritual power very slowly. Once my spiritual power is almost exhausted, I have to go back to the energy-gathering formation in the study room to replenish it. Otherwise, if I fight with someone until my spiritual power is exhausted, I'll be finished and I won't be able to escape. "
Flat Hair left with the tiger immortal and confirmed that something really happened to its master. It had no one else to ask for help, so it could only come to Zhou Qingfeng. Zhou Qingfeng looked back at Xu Bing and said, "I have to go. I have to protect Guo Buyi and Guo Jiao."
"When are you leaving?" Xu Bing stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Qingfeng's hand.
Flat Hair immediately replied, "I have to go now. I can fly back to Fushun with Zhou boy and then find my Eldest Miss."
Time was tight. Zhou Qingfeng said to Xu Bing helplessly, "You have to hold on by yourself."
Xu Bing held Zhou Qingfeng's hand tightly. "So fast? You … you must come back safely. "
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