Chapter 107: The County Magistrate of Qingcheng Imprisoned

When everyone was gathered, Jiang Jinshi announced in public that the first thing was that the stronghold would establish a school in the future, and all children under the age of twelve in the family must go to school to study, regardless of gender.

Hearing that it wasn't about driving people down the mountain, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Studying was a good thing, but this tuition...

They were afraid they couldn't afford it!

But since the Big Boss said they must study, even if they had to pay tuition, they would accept it. In any case, they were eating and drinking at the stronghold, so it wouldn't cost much silver. They could just treat it as returning the monthly wages the Big Boss gave them!

Hearing the whispers of the crowd, Jiang Jinshi realized and hurriedly added: "No tuition, it's all free. The brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones are all covered by the stronghold!"

"Even, for the children with the best exam results every year, I will reward them with one hundred taels of silver!"

Wei Xikang had lived in luxury since childhood and naturally didn't know how expensive studying was, but hearing that Jiang Jinshi didn't charge tuition, he felt for the first time that Jiang Jinshi was actually quite good.

Only then did everyone completely set their hearts at ease, and they all told their children to study hard and repay the Big Boss in the future.

If it were the brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones of this era, they would naturally be very expensive.

But Jiang Jinshi had no intention of buying them at all; he would just let Li Xinyue exchange them from the mall. A dozen points could exchange for a large box of paper, and then exchange for some pencils; the cost was almost zero.

At this moment, Li Feng's family had packed their things. Hearing this news from afar, they felt very uncomfortable.

"Let's go! Let's go!" Li Feng's father let out a breath, his back seeming to be bent a little more, and he walked down the mountain, hunched over.

"The second thing: the martial arts competition to select small squad leaders that I mentioned before, everyone can now start signing up enthusiastically! The squad leaders will compile the list, and I will make arrangements based on the number of people."

Although there was still some time until the beginning of the month, the purpose of doing this was to make preparations in advance and also to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.

The fact was indeed so. After Jiang Jinshi said this, the number of people signing up was endless, and many people were guessing who would win.

"That kid Jiang Ze is quite ruthless and often trains extra. I think this small squad leader position will definitely have a place for him."

"He won't do. He's a bit young and doesn't have the endurance of us hard bones."

"In my opinion, this small squad leader position must have one for me!"

Just as Jiang Jinshi was about to announce the dismissal, a patrolling mountain bandit came to report.

"Big Boss, there is a man covered in blood at the foot of the mountain looking for you, saying his name is Nie Fengyun."

Jiang Jinshi hurriedly went down the mountain to see. Could it be that the assassination of the Qingcheng County Magistrate failed?

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, Nie Fengyun, covered in blood, was lying on a simple wooden cart, gasping for breath. Beside the cart stood three brothers from Fengyunzhai and the Qingcheng County Magistrate, who was tied up like a zongzi.

Nie Fengyun tried hard to get up, but was stopped in time by Jiang Jinshi.

"Quickly take him up the mountain; we have a doctor here!"

The three brothers from Fengyunzhai were overjoyed, wiped the tears from their eyes, and lifted the wooden cart.

Nie Fengyun spoke with difficulty, "Jiang... Big Boss, this county magistrate... I have brought him tied up. Whether to kill... or to slice... you..."

"Rest assured! I haven't forgotten what I promised you. From now on, everyone is a brother of Yangguangzhai!" Jiang Jinshi knew what this man needed most at this moment and immediately said it to put him at ease.

Hearing this, Nie Fengyun finally felt completely at ease, and even his spirit was much better for a moment. He happily said to the three brothers beside him.

"Wait... you will know when you go up the mountain. Yangguang... Yangguangzhai is doing great!"

Even though he was grimacing in pain, this man was still smiling, which moved everyone present.

Jiang Jinshi grabbed the Qingcheng County Magistrate, and the depression he had felt in Qingcheng was swept away.

"Still remember me?"

The old man had a goat beard and, apart from being stained with some of Nie Fengyun's blood, had no other injuries. Even so, he did not compromise.

"So you are a mountain bandit!"

The two had naturally met before, but at that time, Jiang Jinshi had disguised himself as a merchant.

"The old man has a pretty good memory."

"So, your purpose in kidnapping me is still for that Shi Xian Shan, right?" The Qingcheng County Magistrate was not stupid; seeing Jiang Jinshi, he understood the truth.

Jiang Jinshi didn't know if he should laugh a few times like a villain, so he could only return a shallow smile.

Actually, this old man was quite admirable; he was honest and principled. Sometimes, certain positions and jobs required such people to be competent.

This was why the old man was still alive, because Jiang Jinshi also felt a bit of appreciation for his talent.

However, this decision made Nie Fengyun suffer quite a bit, after all, the difficulty of killing someone and capturing someone alive was completely different.

"The toxic salt produced on that Shi Xian Shan, are you not planning to use it to harm people?" The Qingcheng County Magistrate suddenly thought of something and anxiously asked Jiang Jinshi for confirmation.

Jiang Jinshi shook his head: "You guessed wrong! We want to use that Shi Xian Shan to benefit the world."

"Pah!" The old man suddenly spat and opened his mouth to curse at Jiang Jinshi, "You just want to use toxic salt to harm people. How can you do such a wicked thing? Where is your conscience? Where is the justice of heaven?"

"Hurry up and lock him in the dungeon!" Jiang Jinshi couldn't stand it. He was so old, who did he learn the bad habit of spitting from!

Nie Fengyun's injuries were not a big deal, after all, there were still plenty of golden sore medicines produced by the system, which were completely enough.

Before his injuries could improve, Nie Fengyun hurriedly asked Jiang Jinshi, "Big Boss, then how do you arrange us? We will listen to your instructions."

Jiang Jinshi knew that if he didn't do anything, he was afraid Nie Fengyun wouldn't be able to sleep tonight. Originally, his efforts were to let the brothers of Fengyunzhai live the life of Yangguangzhai.

"I think this way: since you have all joined my Yangguangzhai, you must be treated equally. You bring all the people under you here, and after the teams are broken up, join different teams to help them adapt to the rhythm of life in Yangguangzhai."

It was still the familiar routine of the old leading the new. While breaking up the other party's cohesion, it could also serve as a surveillance role.

"No problem!" Nie Fengyun nodded like a chick pecking at rice. This was what he had been looking forward to.

"Then don't keep your original stronghold. Anyway, there are no good houses there. I am preparing to have people lead a team to build a stronghold on Shi Xian Shan, and everyone will take turns on duty in the future."

In the future, Shi Xian Shan would definitely become an important strategic location for Yangguangzhai, but it was not suitable to be the main base.

A bare stone mountain, where one couldn't find a place to hide, would be a dead end if besieged, completely lacking the geographical advantage of the current Lianhuan Shan.

So even if it was troublesome, they could only first mine the toxic salt stones from Shi Xian Shan and transport them to Lianhuan Shan, and then process them into refined salt on Lianhuan Shan before selling them.

Although this increased some transportation costs, the safety had increased a lot.

"Then I will go and call the brothers from the stronghold immediately!" As he spoke, Nie Fengyun ran down the mountain hurriedly, not even caring that the newly bandaged wounds on his body were seeping blood again. ===== CHAPTER 108 =====