Li Yuncong was startled when he heard Ye Xiaotian's words, and his expression changed slightly. Ye Xiaotian stared at Li Yuncong's face, carefully observing every slight change on his face, he had to be sure that Li Yuncong was willing to do this for him, even if Li Yuncong was a little bit reluctant, he had no choice but to find another way.
On the one hand, it is because he does not want to leave future troubles, so those who help him must be willing. On the other hand, he doesn't want to force others to make things difficult. He is a counterfeit, and he will leave sooner or later. No matter how big a disaster he causes here, he will just pat his ass and leave, but Li Yuncong still wants to live here, and he can't be as unscrupulous as himself and do whatever he wants.
Li Yuncong just hesitated for a moment, and then laughed easily: "Since taking office, what have you done reasonably and legally? But no matter what you do, you can make people happy! Li's life in the past few months is really better than in the past It will be more exciting in decades. So, if you have any orders, just say it!"
Ye Xiaotian could see that his words really came from the bottom of his heart, he couldn't help but smiled happily, and waved: "Come here with your ears..."
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Two days later, in the western suburbs of Hu County.
A caravan left Huxian County and hurried away. Such a team is very common these days.
Qi Mu used the killer trick of blocking the post road, trying to put pressure on the Huxian government, but he didn't want to be easily resolved by Ye Xiaotian's "drawing from the bottom of the pot".
Ye Xiaotian skillfully took advantage of the advantages of the local Yi and Miao aborigines. They occupy the vast majority of the population here. For a long time, not all of them live in the deep mountains. There will always be some young people who come out and gradually integrate into the Han people. Life.
Therefore, among the beggars on the post road were many Yi and Miao ethnic groups, Li Bohao and Gao Ya played the banners of the young chiefs of their own clans, and naturally recruited them without bloodshed. These people accounted for one-third of the transportation force of the post road in Huxian County, and the situation was stabilized at once.
Due to Ye Xiaotian's successive blows to Qimu, Qimu's prestige fell to the bottom, and the Qi Empire, which had been established by relying on hegemony and suppression, quickly collapsed. Ye Xiaotian charged Qimu with another murder, forcing him to go underground. After that, the post road transportation in the Huxian section has no leader.
At this time, Master Wang made a high-profile appearance. On behalf of the government, he invited Daheng Luo to represent the business community, and Li Bohao and Gao Ya, as important partners of the tycoon, to come forward to take over Qi Mu's power. Under such circumstances, some of Qi Mu's subordinates turned to join them, and those who refused to surrender were quickly cleared out by them with very strong means, and so far completely took over Qi Mu's post road business.
With the full cooperation of these partners who are either powerful, rich, or well-connected, the post road in Huxian County was quickly opened up, and a large number of merchants stranded in Huxian County were able to leave. can see.
The leader of this caravan was surnamed Fan, and shopkeeper Fan saw that Qi Mu, who was sitting on the sidelines looking around, looked very cautious, so he comforted him: "Brother Qi, don't worry, how much power the little Hu County can have, they I can't reach that far."
Qi Mu's previous worry was right. Ye Xiaotian clearly canceled the patrols in the four cities, but secretly sent many police officers to change into plain clothes and cruise around the county. He knew that Qi Mu would have many ways to get out of the city. He gave up the futile squatting and changed to the strategy of hunting.
However, Qi Mu has managed Hu County for many years. Although he was forced to escape underground by him, he still has great potential power in his hands. Chen Yu's line of defense outside Hu County seemed to be a decoration for him.
Qi Mu said: "Be careful, there is no big mistake! In the past few days, I have repeatedly thought about it. The reason why I fell into this situation is that the lunatic's moves have no routine and caught me by surprise. It is also because I have been so smooth all these years , is no longer cautious.”
He slowly leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes, and said solemnly: "He knows very well that my departure is only temporary, and when I am ready to fight back, I will make a comeback. Therefore, the four roads north, south, west, east, and west, I will not Choosing to go north and cross the long mountain road to the Central Plains does not help me.
For the same reason, I don't think about going east, I can only go south or west. To the south is the post road, the post road has been controlled by the master Wang, he will not allow me to leave, so despite the fact that there are many teams passing through the post road recently, the investigation must be strict, our only choice is to go west. Xiangxi happens to be able to go to Shuixi, the chief secretary's yamen is there, and several big chieftains are there. As long as I find a big man there as a backer, no one in the small Huxian County will touch me again. "
"These, I know, that crazy book history also wants to get it, so the focus of his investigation must be on the road to the west, so even if we have broken through the encirclement, we must be cautious again and again. This guy often does amazing things. I have learned more than Once."
Shopkeeper Cai nodded and said: "Brother, don't worry, we will go three miles further, and we will change our clothes when we reach the col. Shuixi."
Under a low cliff, there was a forest. A Shifu was riding on a tree trunk and chopping branches with a knife. Shopkeeper Cai gave him a cold look, and saw his face that was extremely rough from the wind and sun and his With skillful chopping wood, he withdrew his sharp eyes.
But not long after they passed, the Shifu took out a bamboo whistle from his pocket, puffed up his cheeks and blew it vigorously. The strange thing was that he had exerted all his strength and his face was flushed, but the whistle did not make a sound.
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There is not much flat land in Huxian County, and the limited valley land is occupied by the county town and suburban dwellings. There are only a few plots in the middle where vegetables and other things can be planted. Most of the farmer’s fields are hillside fields, and small terraced fields are opened up on the hillsides. .
On the terraced fields, three farmers wearing bamboo hats are holding their trouser legs and are digging the grass between the ridges with hoes. One of them has a dark complexion and looks like a young man who has just grown up. It is Ye Xiaotian in disguise. The two on the left and right are Li Yuncong and Su Xuntian, both dressed as farmers, working in the field with Ye Xiaotian, judging from their age, they look like a father leading two sons, a very common scene in the field.
Li Yuncong coughed and said, "My lord, what you hoe are seedlings."
Ye Xiaotian's face turned red, but luckily his face was covered with charcoal dust, it was dark enough to not see the redness: "Ah! This... I'll pay the farmer some money later, it's not easy to take care of the fields."
Li Yuncong turned his head and said to Su Xuntian: "Su Bantou, the grass needs to be hoeed, not planed. If you dig one by one like this, what will happen to other people's land?"
Su Xuntian stopped, and said awkwardly: "Cough, I didn't expect that farming is so troublesome."
In the distance, a little shepherd boy who was driving sheep up the mountain to graze suddenly ran over, waved his fists and shouted at them: "The Lord is here!"
Su Xuntian and Li Yuncong immediately became nervous, Su Xuntian said: "My lord, shall we do it as soon as he arrives?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Don't worry, act according to my face."
Su Xuntian looked at Ye Xiaotian's big black face, and said: "Your Excellency, do you want to wait until after dark?"
Ye Xiaotian rolled his eyes at him, because his face was dark, his eyes were black and white: "You still have the heart to be mean, you don't seem nervous at all."
Su Xuntian grinned and said, "Qi Mu is just a lost dog now, why are you afraid of him?"
Ye Xiaotian shook his head, and said: "Centured insects are dead but not stiff, it's better to be careful."
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Ye Xiaotian really didn't have enough manpower to monitor Qi Mu, even if he removed the guards from the four cities and asked them all to put on casual clothes and spread out on the main roads outside the city to serve as eyes and ears.
But if he controls Li Bohao and Gao Ya, it means he has mastered the two largest connections in the area. Just like in some isolated rural villages in the Central Plains, if any family has a little trouble, it can spread throughout the village in an instant. As long as the Yi and Miao people who account for nearly 70% of the area can be mobilized, Ye Xiaotian can become a thousand-shou Avalokitesvara with thousands of eyes, Qi Mu would never want to hide under his nose.
However, no one has ever tried to use this power, and they have never cooperated with the government's actions, so even though they knew that Li Bohao, Gao Ya, the two young chiefs, and Luo Daheng formed the Huxian Post Road Transportation Trio, Qi Mu He always thought that these three young men who didn't have full hair were busy making money on the post road, and never thought that Ye Xiaotian could train them to be obedient.
Farmers, woodcutters, herders, and even the old woman and daughter-in-law who rode donkeys on the road to visit relatives, everyone is Ye Xiaotian's eyes. They have the unique communication method of mountain people. Under the net of heaven and earth, how can Qi Mu hide
There is a mountain pass in the front, there is a road leading to the mountain depression, a small path turns to the left and around the corner of the mountain, and a gentle slope of the mountain is on the right. Shopkeeper Cai said: "Brother Qi, we are here!"
Shopkeeper Cai asked the groom to rein in, and took out a large package from the carriage. Qi Mu jumped out of the carriage, and several personal guards quickly surrounded him. The bundle was opened, and inside were several sets of blue and black Yi costumes. The black Baotou wrapped on the top and the big yellow and red ear beads that Yi people like to wear are all available.
Qi Mu immediately undressed and dressed up on the spot, and several guards also put on clothes one after another. Shopkeeper Cai was not in a hurry to change clothes, so he helped Qi Mu get dressed first.
He put the cone-shaped headband on Qi Mu's head, and took a string of big yellow and red ear beads, and clamped them on Qi Mu's earlobe. Dressed up like this, he really looks like a mighty and majestic Yi man."
Qi Mu had a good time and grinned, but the smile lines froze on his face as soon as they bloomed, his eyes quickly showed a hint of panic, and the lingering mad Dian Shi suddenly appeared!
In the mountain depression, Ye Xiaotian walked out with his hands behind his back, hum ha two generals Li Yuncong and Su Yunfei followed closely behind, followed by more than a dozen policemen with sabers, and at the end was a black mass of civilians holding bamboo spears and rattan shields , the way forward is dead!