Liu Heng raised his hand and pointed at the gold and silver items on the table and said, "You can pick out half of these things and take them away."
The total gold and silver on the table is five to six hundred taels, and the half of it is two to three hundred taels.
Ma Yunjiu was not polite. He picked some gold and silver that were easy to carry, wrapped them in cloth, and gave them to his subordinates.
Coming to Lingqiu this time made him feel that his trip was worthwhile. He originally only wanted to get the remaining one hundred taels, but he didn't expect to bring back four to five hundred taels.
The gold and silver left on the table were repackaged and taken away by Chen Daqing.
"Ma Tou has to go on a journey tomorrow. Let's rest early tonight so I won't disturb you." Liu Heng stood up, said goodbye and left.
Ma Yunjiu stood up and escorted him out, watching Liu Heng leave the North Courtyard, and then called the rest of the cavalry team to stay in the North Courtyard that night.
There is a main house in the backyard of Zhuangzi. As Xu Youcai, I came to Zhuangzi's residence. However, Xu Youcai rarely came and stayed only a few times a year. It was usually empty, but his servants cleaned it every day to ensure that the house was clean.
Now that Zhuangzi has been captured by Hutou Village, Liu Heng lives in the main house in the backyard.
Following Liu Heng into the house were Chen Xunping and Chen Daqing.
"Has Zhuangzi's patrol team been arranged?"
Liu Heng sat on the hot bed in the room, with the quilt covering his legs. The hot bed had already been heated, and he didn't feel cold at all while sitting in the room.
Chen Xunping said: "It has been arranged that one team will be left to patrol Zhuangzi, and another team will take over in the middle of the night."
"There are too few people." Liu Heng said, "You will ride back to Hutou Village later and ask the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade and the Third Squadron to come to Zhuangzi at dawn."
"If we send so many people here, there will be too few people left on the mountain." Chen Xunping said worriedly.
Liu Heng said: "Return the team arranged in Zhaojiayu to Hutou Village. The defense of Zhaojiayu will be taken over by a squadron from the Iron Field Guards. You can handle this in Daqing. The Iron Field Guards must be in place before dinner tomorrow."
"What should we do over there at the iron yard?" Chen Daqing said. "Two new iron furnaces have been added to the iron yard. With more manpower, the pressure on the guards is even greater."
Liu Heng thought for a moment and said: "Tell Jia Liu that I will allow him to form another brigade. The key personnel will be filled by members of the iron yard guard brigade under him. He will select the specific candidates. After the personnel are determined, the list of candidates will be sent to Hutou Village.”
Chen Daqing stood up and said, "Then I will go to the iron yard now."
Liu Heng waved his hand and said: "No rush, you can take the people in Zhuangzi to the iron yard after dawn, and send a small team from the iron yard to Zhuangzi."
"What about those important criminals wanted by the government? Are they also sent to the iron yard?" Chen Daqing asked.
Liu Heng said: "I will ask Mr. Zhao to come from Hutou Village, and he will escort these wanted criminals to the county town and hand them over to the government for disposal. By the way, he will tell Guo Binchang about our occupation of Xujiazhuangzi and let him Don't get involved in this matter and let the Xu family make trouble."
Chen Xunping on the side said: "Back to Hutou Village, I will arrange for Mr. Zhao and the team to come to Zhuangzi together."
Liu Heng nodded.
Then, he looked at Chen Daqing and said: "Daqing, go and bring Butler Xu over. This person is of some use to us. He still needs to handle the land deed."
Chen Daqing nodded and retreated from the room.
Liu Heng looked at Chen Xunping again and said, "Second brother, go back to Hutou Village as early as possible while there is still moonlight. Pay attention to safety on the road."
"Don't worry, it's just this section of the road, it's very safe. Besides, there are a few people on the ground in Lingqiu who dare to attack our Hutou Village." Chen Xunping said with a smile, and left Zhuangzi overnight.
Not long after, Butler Xu was escorted over by Chen Daqing.
"Master Liu, spare your life." As soon as he entered the room, Butler Xu knelt down directly towards Liu Heng.
Liu Heng smiled and said, "Has Guan Xu figured it out?"
"Yes, yes, yes, I understand." Butler Xu nodded repeatedly.
He knew that he could only return to Lingqiu City alive if he agreed first. As for Zhuangzi's land deed and field deed, he would wait and see what happened after he returned.
If his master recaptures Zhuangzi, he does not need to take the risk of stealing the land deeds in Zhuangzi.
"I will let you go back to the city early tomorrow morning." Liu Heng said, "Don't think that you can sit back and relax when you return to the county. Think about how Chen Dafu died. If you can't get what I want, he will be your fate."
Butler Xu trembled and said hurriedly: "Don't worry, Mr. Liu, I will definitely bring the things. Our master trusts me the most. The place where the deed is kept is not hidden from me at all."
"Get what I want, and our previous grievances will be wiped out." Liu Heng waved his hand and said to the bandit on the side, "Take it with you!"
The two gangsters held Butler Xu and escorted him out.
Liu Heng looked at Chen Daqing and said, "You should also go back and rest early."
"My subordinates have arranged for members of the intelligence team to stay on duty overnight. If the boss needs anything, he can just call out." Chen Daqing said.
It is said that they are on night watch, which means they are the guards left behind to protect Liu Heng's safety.
Liu Heng did not refuse.
After Ma Yunjiu's incident, he understood that good luck will not always accompany him. Now that Hutou Village is on the right track, he really needs some guards to protect his safety.
As soon as the first ray of light in the morning fell, the sound of neat footsteps came from outside Zhuangzi.
Chen Xunping brought a brigade and a squadron, a total of more than 400 people, to garrison various places in Zhuangzi and guard Zhuangzi closely.
The people around Zhuangzi got up early, and many timid people stayed up all night.
The bandits did not leave, and no one dared to leave the house. They all stayed at home.
Some people who were close to Zhuangzi heard something moving outside and climbed up to their houses. When they saw a team of hundreds of people coming to Zhuangzi, they were even more frightened and dared not go out.
There are also many people who don’t even dare to make breakfast, fearing that the smoke will attract bandits to their homes.
The large group of people came to Zhuangzi, and Liu Heng did not need to stay here. He simply drank a bowl of white porridge and ate a few pickles from Zhuangzi, and then led the people to leave Zhuangzi and return to Hutou Village.
Jack Ma left earlier.
When he saw that Hutou Village had sent a large team of people to Zhuangzi, he and the people in the horse team didn't even eat breakfast. They only took some dry food and set out on the road.
The original servants and villagers in Zhuangzi, except for Butler Xu who was released and returned to Lingqiu County, the remaining people were divided into two teams. One team was led by Chen Daqing and escorted to Dongshan Iron Field, while the other team stayed in Zhuangzi inside.
After noon, Zhao Yutu took the remaining dozen villagers on the road to the county seat.
The people brought to the county were all extremely vicious villagers who had lives on their hands, such as Ma Chenghu, the murderer of the family massacre, Wang Wu, and the leader of the horse thieves in Lingqiu and Guangling who had killed countless people.
"Brother Wang, something is wrong. This road is not to Hutou Village, it seems to be the road to the county seat." Ma Chenghu said to Wang Wu who was walking in front of him.
More than a dozen villagers were tied into a string with hemp ropes. The top of the villager's rope was tied behind a horse. The rider on the horse was a bandit from Hutou Village.
Wang Wu looked around, frowned, and said, "It's indeed wrong. I'll ask them later."
As he spoke, he looked at the bandits watching him and said, "Brothers from Hutou Village, where are you taking us?"
The bandit glanced at him, turned around, and continued on his way without paying any attention to him.
Wang Wu had no choice but to continue: "Brother, we people will soon be from Hutou Village. From now on, we will all be our own brothers. Can you tell us in advance?"
The bandit still didn't speak.
At this time, a team leader who was walking in front heard it, came over, and asked, "What's going on?"
