"Chief, the Jin soldiers in the north are ready to move now. In order to protect the country and the people, your village should also send out some manpower." Zhou Yuan led people forward at the right time.
"Join the team that protects the village, and you will be rewarded with two taels of silver and a set of winter clothes. In addition, if you perform well, you will be divided into acres of mountainous land!"
"Chief, the soldiers under Mr. Jie Yuang are all good soldiers. I am willing to join!"
"I want to join too! Me, me."
When all was said and done, a thousand warriors were recruited into the village, and a total of fifty mountain warriors were recruited.
Zhou Bai looked at the group of simple mountain people in front of him and asked Zhou Yuan in a low voice: "The general you mentioned can be here?"
Zhou Yuan nodded confidently, and pulled out a young mountain man who looked a little thin and inconspicuous from the crowd. He was holding a wooden spear there, as if the man and the gun were fused into one, and his sharp aura revealed the spirit of heaven.
"Gao Hu, weren't you very courageous when you fought with me?! Why don't you come and pay homage to the clan leader?"
"Lord, this guy's name is Gao Hu. When I first came here, he single-handedly defeated my guards with one shot. He was very brave." Zhou Yuan was afraid that Zhou Bai wouldn't believe it, so he quickly explained from the side.
The first time Zhou Bai saw Gao Hu, he knew that this man was a fierce general. His unconcealed sharpness made him a natural pioneer.
"Are you fed? Can you be my boss?" Seeing Zhou Bai walking up to him, Gao Hu asked in a sullen voice.
"Hahaha, of course I don't care. If you don't have enough to eat, come to me."
Then a soul pressure that no outsider could feel enveloped Gao Hu. Zhou Bai looked at him seriously and said, "Can I be your boss?"
Gao Hu was out of breath, as if he was being stared at by some terrifying beast. He did not dare to look directly into Zhou Bai's bright eyes, and replied with conviction: "If you give me food, then I will sell my life to You, I will call you my lord just like him."
At this time, Zhou Bai saw a big and unruly spear lowering its tip in front of him. Outside the starry sky, a broken army star shone brightly.
The magic gun penetrated the body? Taking into account the mission of breaking the army? He is indeed a brave general who breaks the army!
Zhou Bai also made the same gesture as a polite corporal, bent down to help Gao Hu, and between the two people's arms intertwined, a star visible to the naked eye flashed past.
This is a sign that the star will recognize its master!
Opening the Book of Luck, Zhou Bai only saw a dragon and carp surrounded by the light of two stars on the projected figure of Luck, and even the golden fish scales on his body had a few more.
In addition to Chen Zhongbang, a civilian auxiliary star, Zhou Bai now officially has an additional military general auxiliary star to serve.
[Origin point: forty-seven] (You have all the civil and military auxiliary stars, and your team has begun to take shape. You will definitely leave a mark on the road to fighting for the dragon in the future. Increase your origin point by ten.)
The stars shine just because of the meeting between the master and his ministers.
But the other mountain people didn't know it. They only saw Gao Hu, an unknown boy, and once he joined Zhou Bai's command, he immediately had supernatural manifestations.
This is not the destiny of the mountain people, what is it.
The leader of the mountain people was sincerely convinced at this time. As he was approaching, he could clearly see the stars on Gao Hu's body.
Then we went to other mountain villages. The mountain leader and a few old people took the initiative to ask for help, and they were responsible for contacting us.
When Zhou Bai came down the mountain in the evening, there were already three hundred mountain warriors behind him, and he organized this battalion into a mountain camp. ….
After completing the training at Shanxia Manor, the mountain camp will be stationed in Cangshan Mountain. Firstly, it will maintain the influence of the Zhou family in Cangshan Mountain, and secondly, it will be responsible for guarding many internal properties in Cangshan Mountain.
Fertilizer workshops, wineries, blacksmith shops that use hydraulic forging hammers, Tiangongyuan branches... and thousands of acres of mountainous fields that are being developed all need to be guarded and inspected.
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When Zhou Bai personally led the army to train, the invitations for the family banquet hosted by the head of the Zhou family had also been sent to all the major families.
On October 22nd, Hongni Township became the most lively place in Pingcang County. Whether they were powerful family members or nearby villagers, there were banquets.
The villagers offered a few auspicious words and they were able to eat on the running water table that had been set out all day long. Naturally, the representatives of the major families couldn't afford to lose their share, and each of them gave them rich gifts.
Just entered and sat down.
The families that came include small families from various townships in Pingcang. These families have not yet become township clans, and they are here purely to embrace the Zhou family, a newly promoted powerful family in the county.
As the main guests, the powerful villagers such as He, Lu, Kong, and Yan were not absent. Even the county magnates such as Chen, Qian, Shi, and Yu also sent people to give gifts. Only the Zhao family was so embarrassed that they didn't even bother to maintain their appearance. .
Of course, these county magnate families are best at adapting to the changing circumstances. Now that the news that County Magistrate Ji Hongzhe's term is approaching has gone viral, they will not really join the alliance founded by Zhou Bai.
One more county tycoon means that part of the county's interests will be divided, and the established county tycoon families are even less willing to do so.
Now that the Zhao family is taking the lead, they are suppressing the Zhou family openly and honestly. They are doing their utmost to be benevolent and righteous unless they add insult to injury.
In the Qunshi Hall, Zhou Bai convened a meeting with the heads of several clans.
"Everyone, if you are here, you must know the current situation in the county. If something really happens, will the magistrates in the county send troops to support us?"
"Most of their properties are located near the county seat. Even if there are a few manors scattered in various villages, the loss will not be big."
"As for our family, our inheritance has been rooted in the townships in the north of the county for generations. There can be no chaos in the north of the county!"
There is no long speech, Zhou Bai just analyzes the actual situation faced by several companies, and it is this that touches people's hearts.
"Mr. Xie Yuangong, if your Zhou family has been promoted to a county magnate, won't you transfer your property to the county?"
The person who raised the question was the head of the He family. Their family is rooted in Fengdeng Township, near Hongni Township. They belong to a clan that has been friends for generations, so they speak more boldly and directly.
Zhou Bai looked around at the gazes of the patriarchs present, and directly took a photo of his lease document for 100,000 acres of mountain land.
"From now on, my Zhou family will use Cangshan Mountain as our foundation for development. Otherwise, why would I put so much effort into asking you to form an alliance?"
"Cangshan Mountain is too long and too big. Your family properties are distributed along the mountain. I think you should value Cangshan Mountain as much as I do."
"Outsiders only know that Kukou Pass is the main passage in Cangshan Mountain, but we people know that there are many trails in Cangshan Mountain that connect the north and the south."
After hearing Zhou Bai's words, several clan leaders nodded.
"The big army has to go through Kukou Pass, but even if only a small group of Jin army comes through the trail, we small tribes can't bear it."
"It seems that Mr. Jie Yuang really wants to form an alliance. Our interests are indeed in the northern boundary of the county." Soon a few people muttered a few words, and it seemed that a consensus was about to be reached. ….
However, the head of the Yan family, Yan Shang, seemed a little hesitant. He said in a deep voice: "It is still too early to form an alliance. With Cangbei County in front, the Jin soldiers will not be able to come over so easily. To put it bluntly, who knows what your Zhou family thinks? , who has just been promoted to county magnate, may not want to annex us for development."
"Humph, Lao Yan, if you're just afraid of the Zhao family, why bother to falsely accuse Mr. Jie Yuan!"
"That is, no matter how powerful the Zhao family is, can they control us? Don't be an idiot, the Zhao family alliance will not help us in the least!"
Yan Shang's words soon aroused opposition from the clan leaders, which made him angry and made it difficult for him to stay.
Of course, he would not forget to keep the scene before leaving.
"Ji County Master will be transferred soon. I heard that the new County Master is close to the Zhao family. Don't make the mistake of yourselves."
The scene suddenly turned cold. Seeing this, Zhou Bai smiled and said: "No matter what the attitude of the new county magistrate is, what we should be thinking about now is how to spend this winter. You will not place your family's fate on the Jin soldiers not coming to invade the south." Bar?"
The words woke up the dreamer. Several heads of the township tribes had experienced storms, and they immediately understood what Zhou Bai meant.
It's hard to pass the test, and it's only right to solve the current troubles.
As a result, a Cangshan Alliance was formed, and all tribes agreed to help each other. However, if a foreign enemy invaded, they must send troops to support.
As for subsequent in-depth cooperation, this alliance has not yet established confidence and can only be shelved for the time being.
And it didn't take long for the disaster that would test the Cangshan Alliance to come.
At the end of October, a bigger snowstorm covered the north and south of Cangshan Mountain, cutting off the last vitality of the grassland, and most of the tribes in the Jin Kingdom
Forced to move south, fierce conflicts broke out at the Daxu border wall.
On November 3, the eldest prince of the Jin Kingdom Wu Zhao took office as the supervisor of the country.
The first thing he did when he took office was to ask for winter supplies from the Daxu court. Of course, this offensive behavior was not allowed, so he sent troops to invade Cangbei County.
On November 5th, the news that Emperor Daxu Xiangxing was seriously ill disappeared. The court was in chaos and had no time to pay attention to the border counties.
On November 9, Cangbei County had no reinforcements and could only defend the fortified city. The Jin soldiers were unable to break the city, so they scattered and looted.
Small groups of Jin soldiers sneaked into the counties of Bei'an County along the many trails in Cangshan Mountain, and Pingcang County became the focus of Jin people's plunder. .
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