Chapter 134: Picking up a treasure can also be a good thing
"There are actually so many people?"
"They are so eager to join our team. They must have been badly harmed by the government troops who have been entrenched here for nearly a month."
"That must be the case. Everyone knows what has become of the imperial army now."
"From the expressions on their faces, we can tell that they have suffered a lot during this period, and many of them have lost their families."...
Half an hour later, the soldiers of the Fuxing Army had all arrived in Dingbian City. They saw that the once orderly county town was in a mess. The dozen or so recruiting offices set up by Hongmei were surrounded by dense crowds of people. They were all shocked and talked about it.
Hong Chengchou now has elite troops under his command. Cao Wenzhao and You Shilu are strict in military discipline, and their soldiers rarely harm the people. But He Renlong is completely different.
The government troops under his command were famous for their brutality and cruelty. They had no manners at all and committed all kinds of evil, such as burning, killing, looting, killing innocent people and claiming credit for themselves.
Hong Chengchou was a very cold-blooded person. Although he was very capable, he did not care about the lives of ordinary people. Everything he did was based on his own interests.
From this, we can guess how presumptuous the soldiers under He Renlong would be under Hong Chengchou's indulgence.
Anyway, as long as he and his officers and soldiers can fight, as for often harming the people, Hong Chengchou will turn a blind eye and do nothing.
Dingbian City was occupied by the rebel army for a long time, which undoubtedly gave He Renlong a good excuse to harm the people in Dingbian City under the pretext of searching for the remnants of the rebels.
Li Dingguo even saw several young wealthy businessmen whom he had met in the city before, with red eyes, crying and shouting, wanting to join the Fuxing Army.
Judging from the bustling scene at these recruiting locations, among the more than 200,000 people currently in Dingbian City, even if they know that they will soon leave their homes after joining the rebel army, there will probably be more than 50,000 people who will leave with Li Dingguo's seemingly disciplined new army!
After these people learned about this vaguely familiar rebel army that even accepted women, children and beggars, more and more people flocked to the recruitment locations.
"Commander-in-Chief, this is a good thing."
Cao Yongxiang stood beside Li Dingguo and said excitedly, "With the current capabilities of our Fuxing Army, it will be no problem to feed hundreds of thousands of logistics personnel!"
"The number of cattle and sheep raised by the Tartars outside the Great Wall is simply innumerable."
"At worst, we can go fishing in the river to solve everyone's food needs!"
"If more people join us, we can also grow crops and solve the problem of food supply by ourselves."
"Anyway, after we get out of the customs, there is the endless Hetao Plain, with fertile land and abundant grass. As long as we can hold on, it won't be too easy to plant crops on a large scale."
Cao Yongxiang has already reached the third level of martial arts cultivation, and has also cultivated his various combat skills to the great perfection realm. His self-confidence has greatly increased, and he does not regard these things as problems at all.
He's right.
Although this new army of ours was only formed not long ago, its strength should not be underestimated.
Cao Yongxiang was even confident that he could lead his troops to defeat the 800 soldiers of the old camp under the command of the eight great kings.
People's self-confidence often increases with their own strength and cannot come out of thin air. So Cao Yongxiang is full of confidence now, but he is not bragging.
The strength of our new army is in a period of rapid growth.
It can be said that every day is different.
If the strength doubles or even multiplies after another month or two, it would be normal.
"Well, go inform Hongmei that it doesn't matter if there are a lot of people. We will recruit as many as you want!"
Li Dingguo thought about it for a while and decided, "Especially those craftsmen, regardless of age, old or weak, all of them will be recruited first!"
"Once we leave the border and enter the grassland, it will be difficult to find talents of this kind."
He kept a very clear head and would not miss this excellent opportunity to expand his strength.
"Yes! Commander-in-Chief!"
Cao Yongxiang immediately took the order and left, and soon found Hongmei, the person in charge of the recruitment, and conveyed Li Dingguo's order.
"Huang Zhanglong! Tang Guangqiang, you must lead the soldiers to the former rebel camp near the Wang Family Courtyard and let them settle down and rest for a day!"
"Don't keep the money we earned. Spend it all on buying large quantities of various grains, crops and seeds! Buy as much as you can!"
"We will also do our best to purchase large carriages, various farm tools, swords and guns, cloth, books, and various daily necessities!"
This restoration army currently has a lot of money. After destroying the Wang family's hidden backup and occupying the small valley base, they obtained a lot of money.
This time the army set out on a long journey, and the money they had saved filled dozens of large carts.
For the Fuxing Army that is about to go out of the country, there is no point in keeping such a large amount of money. It is better to spend it all and turn it into their own hard power.
"I will obey your order!"...
Tang Guangqiang and Huang Zhanglong's eyes lit up when they heard this, and they immediately took the order and left in a hurry.
The soldiers, with neat military appearance and strict discipline, continued to advance, and after about a quarter of an hour, they entered the huge military camp built by the orders of the eight kings.
This military camp still retains its original appearance, but the ground is in a mess.
However, after the soldiers of the Fuxing Army carried out a major cleaning, the place was restored to its clean and tidy appearance.
Under Li Dingguo's strict orders, the soldiers of the Fuxing Army have formed good habits of paying attention to hygiene.
Even if the army would only stay here for one day, they would make the temporary camp clean. Li Dingguo did not go with everyone, but went directly into the Wang family compound with Xiao Douya and two high-quality spirit dogs.
He went straight to the room where he and Ai Nengqi used to live. As soon as he opened the door and looked in, he breathed a sigh of relief.
As expected, the two cushions that he and Ai Nengqi used for meditation and practice were still there.
"Ha ha……"
"These soldiers of the government army are blind to value! I guess they were busy fighting for the wealth and materials while they were plundering the land in Dingbian City."
He cursed with a contemptuous smile, then his eyes lit up and he said to Xiao Douya, "Let's split up and check this compound and the county military camp, and collect all the things like this futon that are useful to us!"
"Little bean sprouts, this humble futon, is a truly useful thing."
"It is not only very effective for martial artists to meditate and practice their main skills, but it can also drive away all kinds of disgusting and annoying flying insects. It will be of great use to us as we live on the prairie for a long time in the future."
Although the government troops certainly looted the county government office, various courtyards and warehouses, Li Dingguo believed that money, food and supplies were their main focus.
I guess I'll miss a lot of inconspicuous things that I've never seen before.
After all, they inherited the fortune left by the Eight Great Kings, and the amount of various kinds of wealth was too large, so it was inevitable that some things were missed.
"Oh, brother, I'll be there right away!"
"Big Yellow, Little Yellow, you two follow me!"
When Xiao Douya heard this, his eyes lit up. He looked at the two cushions on the ground for a few seconds, then excitedly ran away with the two big dogs, leaving Li Dingguo alone to search in the Wang family compound.
Li Dingguo first walked around the Wang family compound, spending about half an hour collecting many books and a dozen cushions left behind by the government troops.
At this time, Xiao Douya proudly drove a large carriage back to the Wang family compound. He came to Li Dingguo and said with a smile, "Brother, you see, my luck is pretty good."
"Not only did I go to the nearby military camp and the county government office and collect hundreds of identical cushions, I also found a secret room in the lobby of the county government office, which contained a lot of gold, jewelry, and some treasures such as soul beads!"
"I guess that's where the Eighth King keeps his treasures, but it's very secretive, and the entrance is right under the armchair in the county government hall!"
It is probably because time was too tight and the danger was too great, the Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong did not have time to take away some of the treasures in his collection.
With the help of the girl Xiao Douya, we are really lucky.
Just for fun, she jumped onto the armchair that the county magistrate had sat on and jumped around for a while. She found that the sound coming from the ground was not right. After groping around for a while, she found the entrance to a secret room!
This made Xiao Douya very happy. She went out quickly to find a few female soldiers from the logistics battalion and brought a large carriage. She moved out the treasures hidden in the secret room, filled the carriage with the treasures, drove it herself, and hurried back to show off to Li Dingguo.
"Ha ha……"
Li Dingguo found it funny and couldn't help chuckling. He then went to check the back of the carriage driven by Xiao Douya and found quite a few treasures.
There are two large wooden boxes containing soul beads of various levels, including two level 4 soul beads and two level 4 monster inner cores.
It is not known whether Zhang Xianzhong obtained it by hunting it himself or through other means.
There is also a large wooden box filled with various kinds of spiritual medicines, spiritual rice, spiritual herbs, and spiritual root seeds.
However, Li Dingguo did not know it completely, he only knew part of it.
These seeds are what Li Dingguo wants most.
"what?"
Li Dingguo suddenly found a strange piece of dry tree root, wrapped neatly in a piece of silk cloth and placed at the bottom of the seeds.
A piece of tree root that looks very dry on the surface actually exudes a strong breath of life!
"This... what kind of spiritual root is this? How could it be so magical?"
He was immediately shocked.
Even though he is now well-read, he is still confused.
A piece of dried tree root exuded a strong breath of life that he had never felt before. It was much stronger than the breath of life emitted by the life source bead he accidentally obtained several months ago!
Without a doubt, this is a treasure!
"I wonder if I can use the fourth-level soul bead and the inner core of the demon beast as the center of a five-element spirit gathering array to set up an enhanced version of the five-element spirit gathering array. I can try to plant this mysterious and abnormal tree root in the array and let it take root and sprout again?"
As long as he is not stupid, he can guess that this piece of tree root is definitely a treasure, but it is not clear what kind of spiritual root it is.
"Little Bean Sprout, the things in this carriage are of great use to me. From now on, you will be in charge of keeping them. No one except the two of us should get close to them."
The matter was of great importance. Li Dingguo's face became solemn and he spoke to Xiao Douya in a serious tone.
"Ok!"
Seeing his elder brother instructing him so seriously, as long as Xiao Douya was not stupid, he would know that there must be extraordinary things inside these treasures.
So he nodded his head vigorously and assured, "Brother, don't worry, I will take good care of the things on this carriage and won't let anyone else get close to it."
When the girl thought that she had just got a treasure, a smile immediately appeared on her little face.
(End of this chapter)
