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"Big boss, I really admire you so much, just now you alone suppressed those more than 200 men, and the last roar scared those people so much that they could only honestly let us out.

Look at these two carts of grain, as well as these cotton clothes, we don't have to starve and freeze anymore, this is all thanks to you, the big boss! ”

After Li Zixiao and others successfully evacuated Liujiazhuang, they drove three big cars south overnight, and Zhang Ergou slapped Li Zixiao's ass vigorously along the way.

"That's right, this time the big boss dealt with it bravely and strategically, I originally thought that in that kind of situation, a tragic fight was inevitable, but I didn't expect it to be easily resolved by the big boss, Wei Hong is also deeply admired."

Wei Hong, who has always been not good at words, and does not know how to slap horses, also rarely agreed with Zhang Ergouzi's statement once, and said with a smile.

Don't say it, although Zhang Ergouzi obviously has the intention of patting the sycophants, their sycophants are supported by all the bandits.

"Haha, you guys!"

Li Zixiao saw the admiring eyes of his subordinates one by one, smiled and shook his head, although Li Zixiao was actually scared to pee at that time, and he held on.

However, at this time, of course Li Zixiao can't say this, he has to pretend to be B, and his subordinates are in awe of him, which is more conducive to him controlling this kind of bandit team.

"Actually, this time we were able to snatch so much grain from Liujiazhuang, and the biggest contributors should be Dong Zhuang and Quartz, especially the Quartz brothers.

If it weren't for the Quartz brothers to act as an inside line and open the door of the village for us, we would not have had a chance to rush into Liujiazhuang, and the Quartz brothers protected me, killed Steward Han, killed the family in the village, and the people who really shocked the more than 200 men were the Quartz brothers, not me, the big boss.

So, let's applaud our big hero Quartz Brothers, and at the same time welcome Quartz Brothers to join our cottage, from now on we will be brothers who eat in a pot. ”

With Li Zixiao's introduction, and everyone has also seen the fierce appearance of quartz before, the image of a head pinned to his waist, these bandits can also see it clearly, this is simply a killing god!

"What do we do now, big boss? Do you want to rush back to the cottage immediately, I'm afraid that the night will be long and dreamy, after all, the world is so chaotic now, and the three big cars in our hands are easy to attract the attention of some gangsters. ”

At this time, Wei Hong walked up to Li Zixiao and said to him very solemnly.

After listening to Wei Hong's words, Li Zixiao also nodded with a solemn expression, he didn't think it would be safe to snatch the grain out of Liujiazhuang, since you can rob others, others can also rob you.

"Hurry back to the cottage as soon as possible, let the brothers be vigilant on the way, and we are a little short of manpower now, you send out a few brothers, let them go to the surrounding area to collect some homeless people, and strengthen our strength.

Remember, we only accept young men who are physically strong, and if there are skilled carpenters, blacksmiths, and people like Langzhong, we also want them.

As long as you are willing to join our cottage, you can eat and live, this condition is generous enough in this year, the number of people recruited is not too much for the time being, let's recruit 30 people first, there are too many people, and we can't digest it for a while.

You choose the brothers you send out, try to choose the ones with more brains, and let them also pay attention to the situation of the surrounding officials, soldiers and bandits, and we must not have an accident when we rush back to the cottage all the way. ”

Li Zixiao thought about it for a long time, and finally found Wei Hong by his side and told him carefully.

"Don't worry, I'll go down and arrange it." After listening to Li Zixiao's words, Wei Hong's eyes suddenly lit up and he said respectfully.

The reason why Li Zixiao wanted to recruit the homeless people was mainly because he found that he was now a little short of people, and these two dozen people had to guard these three carts, and their strength was a little insufficient.

However, fortunately, after they looted a batch of weapons and leather armor in Liujiazhuang, the more than 20 people under Li Zixiao now are dressed in armor and fully armed, which is enough to deter some young people.

"Don't run into the official army again!" Li Zixiao prayed in his heart.

They were really unlucky when they came before, and they actually encountered a team of officers and cavalry who went to Guide Mansion and killed them in pieces, and it was this unlucky experience that made the current big boss Li Zixiao change people.

If he encounters another official army at this time, then Li Zixiao's efforts all night will come to naught, and his magical journey through the end of the Ming Dynasty will be ended immediately.

In the next two days, Li Zixiao cautiously led the team to the direction of Mangdang Mountain every day, maybe he was unlucky, and it was his turn to be lucky.

Along the way, they didn't meet anyone from the government, not even a group of bandits, which made Li Zixiao very happy.

After two days of continuous travel, Li Zixiao finally returned to the vicinity of Mangdang Mountain, the territory they were familiar with, but the closer they got to return to the cottage, the more vigilant they became.

Because in this piece of Mangdang Mountain, there is not only Li Zixiao's bandit nest, there are many peers here, so we must prevent them from eating black.

Walking all the way back, in the past two days, Li Zixiao asked Wei Hong to send people out to recruit thirty displaced people, all of whom were young and middle-aged men.

In the past two years, natural and man-made disasters in Henan have seriously reduced the peasants' grain production and caused a grain shortage.

Now as long as you have food to eat, you can pull as many people as you want.

However, Li Zixiao can't feed many people for the time being, and he only has to snatch this batch of grain from Liujiazhuang in his hands at present, and he can't feed many mouths, and recruiting thirty people is already the limit in his heart.

"It's here, it's here, we're finally back." After entering the vicinity of the cottage in Mangdang Mountain, Zhang Ergouzi shouted excitedly.

Soon, without Li Zixiao's orders, Zhou Dazhu and the others had already driven the cart in the direction of their cottage, and Li Zixiao was also looking at his territory at this time.

Li Zixiao found that the mountains and ravines here are deep, and there are mountains and forests everywhere, which is indeed very suitable for hiding, and when he encounters a large-scale clean-up by the officials and soldiers, he delves into the mountains and forests headlong, and he doesn't even want to find it, it is really the most suitable nest for bandits, he nodded with satisfaction.

Wei Hong had already sent someone back to the cottage in advance to report the news, and there were still more than a dozen people left in the cottage, and at this time they had already come out to greet Li Zixiao and others.

"Big boss, you are back, this is the food you brought back? Sent it, these brothers don't have to go hungry anymore. ”

Li Zixiao saw an old man with gray hair and beard running towards him from afar, it seemed that his legs and feet were still very sharp, and he said excitedly after seeing Li Zixiao.

"Old Master Wei, we are back, and it is really hard for you to stay in the cottage."

From the remaining memories, Li Zixiao knew that this old man with white temples was the old master Wei mentioned to him by Zhou Dazhu before, and he was also the big housekeeper of their cottage, responsible for all the chores of their cottage, and was very loved by people.

"It's not hard, it's not hard, it's really hard for the big boss to take the brothers out to get food, and it's really good to see you come back with so much food."

While talking to Li Zixiao, Old Master Wei walked to the cart and stroked the grain containing generations of food on the cart with his hand, and said excitedly.

"Old master, let's go back to the cottage first!" Zhang Ergouzi leaned over and reminded.

"Yes, yes, yes, you see that I forgot about business as soon as I was excited, let's go, let's move the food back to the cottage first." Old Master Wei reacted and said happily.

Watching this old man in his fifties run forward and backward, directing the young men to carry the bags of grain on the cart up the mountain, Li Zixiao's eyes couldn't help but moisten.

These people are his closest brothers after crossing over, he is not lonely in this cruel and strange time and space, for himself, and for these brothers who follow him, he must live well at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zixiao soon discovered that his cottage was actually a very large cave and a circle of open space surrounded by wooden stakes outside the cave.

The cave is not very large, but it is no problem to accommodate dozens of people, it is a place for them to rest on weekdays, and the open space outside is a place for them to cook and practice.

I have to say that the location of this cottage is very good, it is remote and uninhabited, it is more hidden, not to mention, it is also relatively sheltered, and the cave is relatively warm, it is a good hiding place, Li Zixiao is very satisfied with it.

The only trouble was that the road was rough, and it was impossible for the three big cars to rush in, so they could only put bags of food, cotton clothes, weapons and other personnel to resist the cottage.

With this cottage, Li Zixiao and his family finally have a temporary place to stay, and they don't have to sleep in the open every day and get frozen in the wild.

Compared with those homeless people who beg outside for a living, eat this meal without eating, and don't know when they will starve to death and freeze to death, their small life as bandits is okay.

This is also the reason why there are small bandits everywhere in Henan in recent years, because there are too many people who can't eat enough and can't wear warm clothes, as long as there is food, you can easily pull up a huge team.

The group of people were as tired as dogs, and they were busy for a long time before moving the three carts of things to the cave, and Old Master Wei was already busy counting the materials that were stolen this time.

What surprised Li Zixiao was that this old master Wei was still a literate person and could read and write, but he was holding a brush and a book, and was carefully counting this batch of grain, cotton clothes and other materials.

Wei Laozi's inventory is not over yet, but Li Zixiao himself roughly estimated that this time they grabbed about 20 stones of grain, which is about 2,000 catties of grain in modern times, even if each person eats one and a half catties a day, it is enough for them to eat for a while!

What made Li Zixiao even happier was that he extorted more than 200 taels of silver from Steward Han, which was a huge amount of money, and in the era of the late Ming Dynasty, he could do a lot of things.

In addition, there are dozens of sets of cotton clothes, a batch of medicinal materials, and a bunch of knives, guns and weapons, which can be regarded as a lot of harvest, and sure enough, the harvest of a big village like Liujiazhuang is many times more fruitful than the harvest they used to work hard for a month!