Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 410
The next morning.

The sun was falling, and the deserted streets were bustling again.

Li Xiuyuan, his father Li Dafu, butler Li, and a few loyal guards from the house headed towards the valley field outside the county.

"Isn't this the young master? Are you back today?"

"I haven't seen the young master for a long time. The young master is even more handsome than before."

"I heard that the young master has passed the examination of a scholar. Congratulations. From now on, I won't be called the young master, but the master of the scholar."

The people in the county and nearby peddlers greeted Li Xiuyuan warmly when they saw Li Xiuyuan.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and nodded in response, saying a word from time to time.

This is his reputation in the county. Unlike people like Chutian and Li Liangjin, his reputation does not come from the rich and powerful, but from doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, benefiting the people, and bringing jobs to the people. Like a big tree, it shelters these helpless people from wind and rain.

In this era of natural and man-made disasters and turbulent current situation, Guobei County has a flourishing prosperity.

All of this is not to say that it is the credit of the Li family, at least it is inseparable from the Li family.

The grain farm outside the county has a radius of three or four miles. During the autumn harvest, there will be densely packed grains here. In winter, a large amount of forage will be stockpiled here for the winter animals to eat.

Of course, this is also the land of the Li family.

But at this time, many huts were built in the valley field, neatly arranged in rows, some idle and boring men were basking in the sun on the valley field, some were talking nonsense, some were arguing and fighting, Some flex their muscles and bones to show their martial arts.

The bodyguard masters gathered from bodyguard firms from all over the world are all here.

"Father, who is in charge of these bodyguards now?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

Li Dafu said: "When there is no one to take care of it, I am worried about my father, afraid that they will cause trouble, so I let Han Meng lead a group of people to take care of it."

Han Meng?
Li Xiuyuan had an impression of this man, he was a loyal man, and he had done things for him before.

"Go to someone and get Han Meng here." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Yes, young master." A guard answered and left quickly.

After a while, Han Meng hurried over: "Young Master, are you looking for me?"

"Gather all the bodyguards in the valley field, I have something to say." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Yes, young master." Han Meng clasped his fists in reply and turned to leave.

Li Dafu was a little worried and said: "My son, the tree attracts the wind, our Li family pulls out so many people at once, I'm afraid it will arouse some people's suspicion, and it is easy to cause trouble. The matter of Li Liangjin's rebellion is under the control of the imperial court, why should we bother?" If you meddle in your own business, the sky won't fall."

"Father, the sky won't fall, but Li Liangjin's rebellion is at the door of his house. If one day he brings troops over, wouldn't our Li family be wiped out? As for suspicion, father doesn't need to worry, Jiangnan In this generation, who would dare to suspect our Li family? Apart from other things, just these seven thousand people going to this stop, which official would not feel trembling?"

"It's time for the Li family to make a move after hiding their power for many years. Wouldn't it be better to fight for the prince's glory?"

Li Xiuyuan laughed, using fame and fortune to seduce his father.

Li Dafu's eyes sparkled, and his heart started to move.

But soon he calmed down and hesitated for a moment: "It's fine if the leader of the army wins the battle. If he loses, then the Li family is doomed."

"Father, you are worrying too much. If you can't fight, just run away. We rely on the imperial court behind us. The imperial court can't be wiped out too. We are fighting chaos, not rebelling. If we behave properly, how can there be any disasters." Li Xiuyuan laughed. .

After finishing speaking, thousands of people in the grass shed and above the valley field began to gather under Han Meng's greeting.

For a while, the empty valley field was full of people, and the surroundings suddenly became noisy.

"What's going on, what did the good-looking Han Meng call us all up for?"

"It seems that Master Li and Eldest Young Master are here. I don't know what it is for."

"It can't be reward money, hehe, Chinese New Year is coming soon."

"Go ahead, send rewards to thousands of people, you really think that Mr. Li's family has mountains of gold and silver."

Han Meng shouted loudly at this time: "Everyone is quiet, why are you making so much noise?"

"Hey, Han Meng, you're not an official yet, but when you're an official, you're still in charge of me. I'm the head of an escort, and my status is higher than yours."

"Haha, that's right, if you don't have an official, you can appoint yourself."

Many men joked, ignoring Han Meng's control.

More than 7000 people were noisy, and it was indeed impossible to suppress whether there was a person with enough weight to take care of it.

"Son, I'm afraid something bad will happen." Li Dafu said in a low voice, "There are too many people, and Han Meng can't control it."

"Father is right, but he can't control it, but I can control it. Give me a healthy horse and see how I can control these guys." Li Xiuyuan said.

The guard next to him immediately led a healthy horse over.

Li Xiuyuan rode his horse and rushed to a mound, and with a stroke of energy, he shouted: "Everyone be quiet."

The voice was loud and full of vigor, and it sounded like rolling thunder, and all these thousands of people could not fail to hear it.

The scene was quiet.

These people were surprised, different, and curious, and all looked in the direction of the sound.

"I'm Li Xiuyuan, the young master of the Li family. I have something to say when I summon you today. I hope you all listen to me quietly. I don't mind if you were noisy before, but from now on, I will never forgive anyone who disturbs me. " Li Xiuyuan shouted again.

Young master of the Li family?
Some people know it, and many people don't.

Someone in the crowd smelled it: "Li Xiuyuan, do you know the young master of the Li family?"

"I don't know him, but he must be Master Li's son, our boss."

"It turned out to be the Young Master's family. The voice is quite loud."

Some whispers sounded, although they didn't dare to speak loudly, but they hid in the dark to discuss.

However, when these people were whispering, Li Xiuyuan glanced away, and immediately rode over with a cold face, pointed at the three people and said, "Didn't I say that you are not allowed to disturb? Why don't you three listen? "

"Young Master, we are wrong, please forgive me, Young Master."

A slightly thin man smiled flatteringly.

Li Xiuyuan yelled: "Han Meng, take these three people down, give each of them ten sticks as a record, and the ones who disturb them will give each of them twenty sticks as an extra."

"Yes, young master."

Han Meng clasped his fists in response, took a few people and pushed the three people to the ground, picked up a stick and beat them.

"Young master, this, this is wronged, I just muttered a few words, so I don't need to beat ten sticks." The man hurriedly shouted.

Li Xiuyuan said: "I have something to say first, and I will never forgive you lightly. Do you think that I am just talking casually? If you have some backbone, you can resist these ten sticks. Don't let people look down on you and think that you can't even hold ten sticks." .”

As soon as these words came out, the three of them immediately suppressed their mouths and stopped shouting grievances, so as not to be ashamed in front of so many men.

"This is the Young Master's family trying to build their prestige." Some shrewd bodyguards secretly said in their hearts.

At this time, whoever is out of his mind and making trouble will be bumped into the hands of the young master. Ten sticks are considered light. If they are hit with twenty or thirty sticks, they may not be able to get off the ground for a month.

"Very good, I don't want anyone to commit the crime again, so keep your ears up now, I'll just say it once, don't let it go to your ears." Li Xiuyuan rode back and shouted standing on the mound.

"Just last month, in a certain place in Yangzhou, a bandit leader named Li Liangjin gathered a crowd to rebel. Now nearly [-] people have swept across more than ten cities in Yangzhou. I believe that some well-informed bodyguards have already known about this, but some I don’t know, but it’s okay, you will all know about it after today.”

"Li Liangjin's rebellion, if it continues like this, Jinling City will be invaded near the New Year's Eve. At that time, Guobei City and Guobei County will also be affected. If you want to make money from darts, it will be impossible to support your family. By then you You can only become a disaster victim, a refugee, or go away to escape the disaster, or be coerced by the bandit army, and then be wiped out by the court to become a traitor, there is no other way to go."

As soon as these words were said, thousands of people suddenly went into an uproar.

The scene couldn't help becoming a little restless.

Many bodyguards seem to have never thought that Yangzhou, where they are located, has already been rebelled, and there are still 10 people.

"Quiet."

Li Xiuyuan shouted again: "The rebels are about to hit the door of the house. If you don't want to become refugees, rebels, and don't want to lose your wife and children, follow me Li Xiuyuan today, guard the door with me, and keep the rebels out. To be rewarded by the imperial court, to become a guerrilla general, to be qualified to recruit village braves and form an army, calling you here today is to let you become a member of my Li family army and fight against bandits together."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, and scanned the crowd to see their reactions.

(End of this chapter)