Seeing this, all the villagers in the cave put their hands on the hilts of their swords and all looked at Han Xi. As long as he gave the order, they would start fighting directly.
The cave was eerily quiet, and neither of them spoke.
As time passed, the tall and thin man seemed to feel guilty. Looking at Han Xi who was staring at him like a cheetah, he just said timidly: "Humph! Leopard King, you will regret it."
After saying that, the tall and thin man left in a hurry with the others.
Seeing this, Han Xi did not stop them. Deep down in their hearts, these defecting officers and soldiers still hoped to return to the Ming Dynasty system and live a stable life. Who wanted to live a life of licking blood from the edge of a knife.
If you want to go back to the old days, you will naturally have to make a meritorious service to clear your name.
But looking at the tall and thin man running away with him, it was obvious that he was betrayed by those Ming Dynasty bureaucrats and did not get the reward he deserved.
But Han Xi didn't care about this. He would definitely let these people know the consequences of betraying him in the future.
"Brother Xi, you are really good at hiding so much food from everyone else." A Niu and Xu San came up and said with smiles on their faces, staring directly at the white bun in Han Xi's hand.
Seeing this, Han Xi handed the palm-sized bun to A Niu and said, "You two share it."
Hearing this, A Niu was not polite. He grabbed the soft bun with calloused and dirty hands, broke it in half and Xu three parts, and then started to devour it.
Han Xi felt a little dry after eating the steamed buns. He touched a kettle on the ground and shook it, then opened it and immediately smelled the smell of urine.
Han Xi felt unlucky and covered it up.
"Brother Xi, don't you drink?" A Niu said.
Han Xi saw Aniu looking at the kettle longingly, so he handed it over.
A Niu didn't mind it either, so he grabbed it and drank a few sips, and finally handed it to Xu San next to him.
Xu San didn't mind it, he took it and drank it.
Han Xi looked at it and suddenly felt some sour liquid squirming in his throat.
"Brother Xi, are we going back to the village?" A Niu asked as he came closer, with the smell of urine still in his mouth.
Han Xi unconsciously took a few steps back: "Of course I won't go back. What I just said was just to deceive those soldiers. Brother, stay here to build up your strength. In a few days, I will go to the village next door to recruit people. Then we will fight back and kill those soldiers." If Zhuangzi is defeated, the brothers will be able to eat well and drink hot food."
After hearing this, everyone in the cave had hopeful eyes in their eyes.
Han Xi saw the hope in the eyes of the township party members and felt that he was pretty good at painting the pie. However, after all, the big cake could not satisfy his hunger. He found a corner and leaned down, closed his eyes and rested, thinking about what to do next, and at the same time checking the system panel.
The system panel is very simple, divided into four panels.
The first side is the various imperial arms, divided into three major categories, infantry, cavalry, and artillery.
The second side shows various types of imperial ships, ranging from the most primitive human-powered rowing ships to steam ironclads.
The third side is a series of imperial technologies, textile factories, canning plants, and water mills.
The fourth side is various imperial foods and economic raw materials.
Such as corn, potatoes, rice, cotton, cattle, sheep, draft horses and a series of things.
These things all need to be exchanged for imperial coins. One tael of silver is equal to one imperial coin. There is a huge difference in the exchange prices for the arms in the panel.
For example, the initial price of infantry generally ranges from ten to twenty imperial coins, while the highest-level imperial and noble infantry require one hundred to two hundred imperial coins.
As long as you have money, you can keep recruiting.
Han Xi can use his hands to turn stones into silver, so he doesn't have to worry about how to get silver. Thinking of this, he opened his eyes and said: "You go outside at night to collect some palm-sized stones and bring them back. The more, the better."
Everyone in the cave felt strange and didn't understand why their master gave such a strange order, but they still got up and walked out of the cave.
The villagers who had just eaten some steamed buns and felt that they had recovered a lot of strength all stood up and walked out of the cave. At this time, the sun was already setting outside the cave, and people were looking for stones outside in groups.
Because it was inside the mountain, there was no need to go far. A group of people quickly picked up the stone.
Han Xi asked a group of people to pile stones into the cracks, while he secretly converted the stones into silver piece by piece in the cracks and finally absorbed them into imperial coins.
Two days later.
A Niu was eating a strip-shaped bun at the entrance of the cave, and said in a strange tone: "Why do I feel that the size and shape of the bun I ate today are so similar to the stone I picked up yesterday? Especially the raised place."
"You can't stop your mouth even though you have something to eat. Are you too full in the past two days?" Xu San looked at A Niu sideways.
Among them, many villagers in the cave discovered some clues, but everyone tacitly agreed not to say anything.
In the past two days, Han Xi had asked people to pick up so many stones and put them into the cracks. They quickly disappeared, plus the fist-sized buns and steamed buns he took out in the past two days.
Only the stupidest one, A Niu, hadn't realized what was going on. The others had more or less guessed it.
At this time, Han Xi walked out of the cave with dark eyes. Everyone around him stood up in a hurry. Xu San stepped forward and asked, "Leopard King, do you still want to pick up stones?"
Han Xi shook his head slightly, feeling a little dazed. He had been exchanging imperial coins for the past two days, and his hands were a little sore after doing so. He only got 100,000 imperial coins. With full output, he could probably get 30,000 to 40,000 imperial coins in a day.
Han Xi planned to wait a few days before doing it. One hundred thousand imperial coins to summon the cheapest infantry can summon 10,000 people.
Even the most expensive empire and noble-level troops can summon five hundred.
Han Xi rubbed his chin and thought, five hundred doesn't seem like a lot, so he still has to keep working hard.
Soon, Han Xi saw that the villagers around him looked at him differently than before, and seemed to be a little more in awe.
Han Xi had already expected this, but he didn't point it out. Even if these people talked about it, they would probably be regarded as fools, so he was not afraid.
Looking at the dark night sky outside the cave, Han Xi said: "No need, I will leave the cave for a while, and you guys will guard the cave."
Hearing this, everyone nodded.
Han Xi strode out of the cave. He was going to go out and summon some imperial soldiers. Otherwise, relying on the protection of these few villagers who were as thin as bamboo poles would not be a sense of security at all in this troubled world.
Han Xi was originally a small landowner, so he had no shortage of food since he was a child, so he could still see the surrounding scenery clearly at night.
At this time, a group of people were hiding in the Huanglong Mountain area east of Yan'an Prefecture in Shaanxi Province.
This area has high mountains and deep forests. Not only are there wild animals, but there are also many poles walking around.
Therefore, Han Xi did not go too far.
After observing a big tree for a moment and seeing no one around, Han Xi summoned the troops he had already thought of summoning.
Ten arquebusiers, ten fusiliers, ten light cavalry, ten armored cavalry, ten musketeers.
Each soldier selected an initial level and an empire level, and spent a total of 5,000 empire coins.
Soon, a hundred empires slowly emerged from the darkness.
Han Xi approached curiously, and then sighed, you really get what you pay for, this initial level of equipment is completely incomparable to the highest imperial level.
In addition to the difference in equipment, every imperial-level soldier is a qualified officer and has mastered a lot of knowledge. Han Xi knew this from the introduction.
