The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 129 Risk and benefit are directly proportional
Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Changle turned to Mrs. Zhou's mother and daughter and said, "Mrs. Zhou, Ms. Zhou, Qian Zhengrong is here, do you want to do it yourself, or should I help you?"

When Mrs. Zhou saw Qian Zhengrong tied up like a dead dog on the ground, her eyes turned red. She didn't know whether it was because of excitement, or because her thin body was no match for the cold night breeze, and her body trembled slightly.

Suddenly, Mrs. Zhou screamed, picked up a sharp stone from the ground, rushed over and smashed it at Qian Zhengrong frantically,
Zhou Yue just hesitated, picked up a stick from the ground, cried and ran over to beat Qian Zhengrong in various ways,

The mother and daughter were afraid that Lu Changle would repent, and they were also afraid that Qian Zhengrong would run away if he slowed down. Like two blood-eating beasts, they desperately attacked Qian Zhengrong, who was tied up with ropes and unable to resist, with sticks and stones in their hands.
Soon, Qian Zhengrong, who couldn't resist, was beaten until his face was blurred. Under the almost crazy attacks of his mother and daughter, he couldn't move for a while, but they didn't show any signs of stopping.
That kind of hatred can no longer be described in words.

"I've met the county magistrate's wife. She has a very kind heart. She often goes to the temple to offer incense and even deliver food to beggars. It's so pitiful," Lu Changsheng said suddenly.

"In troubled times, human life is as cheap as grass, which one is not pitiful?" Lu Changle shook his head, let Lu Changsheng stay to clean up the mess, and turned to leave by himself.

Converge the dead, treat the wounded, count the loot, and deal with the relationship between the militias,

There is really no time to waste on this mother and daughter.

After working all night, the cleaning was roughly completed by dawn.

Lu Changle stood on the top of the city gate, looking at the empty streets in the city, and then at the smoke rising from everywhere,
I thought this is reality and life.

The campaign to wipe out the bandits is still going on, the county has imposed a ban, and everyone is not allowed to go out at home. This is the reason why there is no one on the street.

No matter how chaotic or bitter, we still have to eat. This is life.

Soon, Lu Changle felt the cruel reality,
This time the militia mobilized a total of 5366 people, 427 people were killed and 2638 people were injured, 815 of them were seriously injured.

It can be said that more than half of the casualties,

After counting, a total of 5617 enemies were wiped out and 4632 were captured in this campaign. The rest of the thieves all ran away in the dark.
There were too many thieves, and it was dark, so I had to give up after chasing for a while.
What made Lu Changle feel the fly in the ointment the most was that the three thieves only found the corpses of Hunting Demon King Xu Degong and Ghost Face Axe Huang Erhu.

Huadilong Liu Dayang's body was not found, so he must have escaped.

Suppressing bandits is characterized by high risks and high returns.

The Huntian Demon King followed Li Zicheng's and Zhang Xianzhong's example. Instead of staying in one place, waiting for the officers and soldiers to come and suppress them, he robbed all the population and property of a place, and then rushed out, bringing food, grass, and goods with him.

This made Lu Changle cheaper, confiscating more than 5000 taels of grain, 13875 taels of gold, more than 36 taels of silver, and more than 50 carts of gold and silver goods.

It is said that in the coastal areas of Fujian, many local gentry secretly participate in maritime trade, and their families have a huge amount of money hidden in their homes, making them extremely rich. Lu Changle has seen it this time.

In addition to gold and silver goods, there were 172 horses, 272 donkeys, and more than [-] cattle and sheep in total.
158 pieces (sets) of various armors, more than 6000 weapons in total, several agricultural tools,

Among them, there are 215 long bows, 475 short bows, and countless arrows.

All kinds of things, write an account book full,
The last item caught Lu Changle's attention. There were 271 thieves, and it was also indicated that they were those women who rushed to the militia without clothes last night.

These are only the captures from the Huntian Demon King, not the gains from Changle City.

I heard that Lu Changfu, who was in charge of the inventory, had a sleepless night. He confiscated more than 20 boxes of gold and silver goods from the county government alone. After the bandits entered the city, they gave priority to looting the rich and wealthy households in the city, looting more than a dozen gold shops and silver buildings on Changshui Street. up,

Massacres were also carried out during the looting, and many wealthy households were wiped out.

"Son-in-law, son-in-law," Yang Zhengbao complained as he climbed up the city wall, "You are taking it easy. My old bones are about to collapse from exhaustion. It's true that the officials talk and the lower ones lose their legs."

Chasing and killing the fleeing bandits, confiscating and counting the property, and escorting the prisoners, it took a full night.

A lot of property was seized this time. As the saying goes, money touches people's hearts, so Yang Zhengbao dared not give away gold and silver goods.
The future son-in-law trusts himself, so he entrusts this task to himself. Yang Zhengbao has never dared to relax in the slightest, feeling that cleaning up these things is more tiring than fighting.

Lu Changle hastily went up to meet him: "Thank you, Father-in-law."

This time he was able to successfully take down the Hunting Demon King, Yang's efforts were great,

Especially when the demon king of the sky throws gold and silver goods and drives away the naked women to make the militia army confused,

The moment of crisis is also a chance for Yang's children to stand at the front regardless of casualties and give the militia a chance to breathe.

"One family doesn't talk about two families." Yang Zhengbao laughed and said, "This battle was a great one, so great."

Yang Zhengbao led the Yang family's disciples, and kept attacking the enemy's formation. Because he had killed too many enemies, the blades were all curled up.

That feeling seemed to be the resurrection of the invincible Yang family general.

"That's right, my father-in-law's battle has shown the majesty of the generals of the Yang family." Lu Changle complimented.

"Hahaha" Yang Zhengbao couldn't help laughing out loud, and said meaningfully after laughing, "My son-in-law, what's your plan next?"

Lu Changle said unabashedly: "Fujian can have the surname Zhu and Zheng, why can't the surname be Lu?"

Zheng's uncle and nephew have already sharpened their knives, Lu Changle can no longer sit still,
In the past, the conditions were immature, and there were not enough personnel and materials. Now we need people, money and money.
You can no longer keep a low profile, and if you don't work hard to expand your power, your life will soon be gone.

"Okay!" Yang Zhengbao said appreciatively: "A man should have such bold words and lofty ambitions. As long as you live up to Fuzhou Yang's, Fuzhou Yang's will live up to you."

Troubled times have come, as the saying goes, heroes come out of troubled times, and it is better to have the opportunity to fight for wealth and glory than to beg for mercy under the knife of others.
Back then, Zheng Zhilong was just a pirate. Pirates can also be promoted to ranks and separate regimes, so why can't his son-in-law?

If Lu Changle succeeds in the world and has a good future, the Fuzhou Yang family must be a part of it.

Yang Zhengbao had long bet on Lu Changle.

At this time, Yang Zhengbao had no intention of striving for hegemony in the world. His idea was that Zheng Zhilong's virtuous man could be the commander-in-chief, and so could his own son-in-law.

"Father-in-law, don't worry, the Lu and Yang clans are now both prosperous and both are going to be prosperous, and both will be harmed. I, Lu Changle, promise that I will not fail Xuan'er, nor the Yang family of Fuzhou." Lu Changle said with a straight face.

This was so sweet, Yang Zhengbao nodded in satisfaction, and asked casually, "My son-in-law, what are you doing standing at the gate tower so early in the morning? You haven't slept all night, do you want to take a rest?"

"I can't rest now, I'm waiting for guests"

"Guest? Who?" Yang Zhengbao asked curiously.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes in the distance. Under the sunshine, a convoy galloped towards the city gate.

Lu Changle pointed to the convoy and said, "The guests are here."

The battle is over, this time to kill the Huntian Demon King, all militia groups have suffered casualties,

There were casualties, and some were captured. Those who came were representatives of various clans and forces. Lu Changle specially called them here to share the fruits of the war.

Wang Taiwen, head of the Wang Clan in Min'an, Zhang Shidong, head of the Zhang Clan in Jiahe Village, Zheng Sun Jiayang from the Luolian village group, Lu Wanjin, the head of the Lu clan from Lianjiang, Zheng Ji Zhengqing from the Kengtian village group, and other representatives made offerings for 25 people, and boarded the city gate with mixed feelings building.

The sad thing is that many young people in the clan died or were injured. The population is going to be reduced, but the population is still strong.

The joy is that the Huntian Demon King has been wiped out. I am not afraid of the thieves' invasion in the near future. This time, the vigilantes who participated in this operation can share the spoils.
This was agreed when the militia joint defense was established.

Including Lu Changle and Yang Zhengbao, there are a total of 27 representatives above the city gate.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Ji Zhengqing in Kengtian Village couldn't bear it first, and took a chance to ask: "President Lu, now that everyone is here, can we talk about pensions and money distribution?"

The seized goods were piled up in front of the city gate, and food, gold, silver, jewelry, and weapons and equipment were piled up like a mountain.
Who wouldn't be jealous?

Big clans and powerful forces can still be a little reserved, but those small clans and small villages that don't see a few surplus money all year round, all look straight.

As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes fell on Lu Changle.

Lu Changle said calmly: "As for the pension and money distribution, let's postpone the detention for a while, and deal with some things first."

(End of this chapter)