Chapter 173: Zhang Honghong Finally Returns to the Village

"Don't worry, Big Brother doesn't have a preference for men!" Wang Hou patted Zhang Zhengyan's shoulder, signaling him not to be afraid!

Zhang Zhengyan had a mournful face. Why was he even more afraid after hearing that!

But soon Zhang Zhengyan discovered something wrong. The bandits of Yangguangzhai were not robbing houses as rumored, but were orderly organizing the registration of something for the common people.

And there were bandits constantly shouting about how much grain each person could buy per week, which made him confused for a while.

Could it be that the bandits of Yangguangzhai attacked just to do business?

But no one told him the answer for the time being. Under Wang Hou's arrangement, he began to teach the dozens of bandits of Yangguangzhai the precautions for raising pigeons.

Jiang Jinshi knew that Feng Chunsheng must be waiting for his good news in Jiangcheng. Since Jiangcheng was now developing steadily, he should be able to transfer him back to Qingcheng.

Jiang Jinshi had long had arrangements for the deployment of Qingcheng. This place would serve as a salt production base in the future. If the common people in the city had nothing to do, they would go up the mountain to mine. Anyway, he wasn't unable to afford the silver.

Expanding the salt production base could also increase Yangguangzhai's income and allow the merchant caravans going to various places to have some hard currency.

Qingcheng was originally a small city. With a salt mine next to it, it only needed to "rely on the mountain to eat from the mountain." Revitalizing the entire economy of Qingcheng was not a problem.

The first merchant caravan of the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce had already set off. For safety, Jiang Jinshi had specially sent two squads totaling one hundred people as guards.

After all, bandits were rising everywhere now, and safety on the road was very important.

Next, Jiang Jinshi prepared to suspend the siege and turn his attention to the surrounding villages.

There were more than a dozen villages of various sizes around the three cities, which added up to quite a number of people. Jiang Jinshi prepared to absorb them into Yangguangzhai.

This decision was on one hand to continue to supplement the number of people in Yangguangzhai, and on the other hand to consolidate the area around the three cities into one piece. After all, how can one allow others to snore beside one's bed?

As for the candidates to do it, Jiang Jinshi had long thought about it. He hadn't forgotten the promise he made to Zhang Honghong.

So Jiang Jinshi summoned Zhang Honghong and Tang Lin and said to them: "Go to the villages around the three cities and ask them one by one.

Those who are willing to join Yangguangzhai, after inspection and no problems, bring them in. Those who are unwilling to join, forget it, but it will be difficult to join in the future."

Tang Lin gestured for a while, and Zhang Honghong translated on the side: "Chief, Tang Lin said, what should be done with the common people who are willing to join Yangguangzhai but do not meet the requirements of Yangguangzhai."

"If they are willing to repair the city walls or mine, let them stay. If they are unwilling, record them well. Yangguangzhai won't want them in the future!" Jiang Jinshi trusted Tang Lin very much; he did things very carefully and would handle these things well.

"Good!" Zhang Honghong hesitated but still took the task.

Jiang Jinshi didn't think much about it. When Zhang Honghong was sold to the slave market and rescued by Jiang Jinshi to join Yangguangzhai, she made a request, which was to take her along when robbing houses in the future.

The meaning in her words was to give her a chance to take revenge.

That was why Jiang Jinshi specially gave this task to her. Thinking that she was about to have her great revenge, she should be very happy.

After the two left, Jiang Jinshi stood on the city wall, looking at the bloodstains that hadn't been cleaned up, and remained silent.

Many times, there is no right or wrong, just different positions!

Zhang Honghong walked on the road with her men, dragging her feet. Her heart was very conflicted at this moment.

She lived very happily in Yangguangzhai and could spend time with Tang Lin every day.

She was almost forgetting her past and even fantasizing that Tang Lin also liked her, but this task from Jiang Jinshi made her somewhat at a loss.

She wasn't worried about what the man who sold her would do to her, but was afraid that Tang Lin would dislike her if he learned about her past.

So at this moment, she changed from her usual heroic and decisive manner and became extremely awkward, and her footsteps became slower and slower.

Tang Lin saw Zhang Honghong's abnormality and asked in sign language.

Is there a problem?

Zhang Honghong shook her head hurriedly, shouldered her spear, and walked to the front of the crowd: "Hahaha! What could happen to me? I'm doing great!"

Tang Lin, who was familiar with her, didn't believe these words, but since Zhang Honghong didn't say it, Tang Lin couldn't guess the reason.

The two then calculated and prepared to go from Qingcheng to Jiangcheng, which would save more time.

Zhang Honghong breathed a sigh of relief secretly. No matter what, at least she didn't have to go now.

Even knowing that she would have to face it sooner or later, Zhang Honghong just wanted to drag it out as long as she could.

This work was not easy either. Once they arrived at a village, they had to find the village head, gather everyone together to announce it, and finally let the villagers decide for themselves. If they wanted to join, Tang Lin would register them and merge them with other villages later.

During this period, there were those who gathered the whole village to resist, saying they would rather die than join Yangguangzhai, and there were those who were very happy to join. Tang Lin recorded them clearly one by one to ensure nothing was missed.

Soon two days passed. Even though Zhang Honghong deliberately slowed down the progress and put it to the last village, she still had to face it now.

"Captain Zhang, ahead is Xiaohe Cun!" A bandit returned from scouting the way to report.

How could Zhang Honghong not know? She had walked this road countless times, but this was the time she walked it most anxiously.

"Got it!" Zhang Honghong responded, looking around the path, but her eyes glanced at Tang Lin several times inadvertently.

A group of people walked slowly to the entrance of the village. Seeing the captain dragging her feet so much, they didn't dare to urge her and could only walk along.

Zhang Honghong finally built up her psychological construction, but the next moment Tang Lin suddenly clutched his stomach and gestured to her.

Saying he had a stomachache and needed to go to the side to relieve himself.

"Old Tang, go ahead! It's fine, I'll go into the village first to handle it!" Zhang Honghong was overjoyed, making up her mind to solve the matter quickly while Tang Lin was relieving himself.

Tang Lin drilled into the woods by the side of the road, and Zhang Honghong immediately greeted the crowd, "Go, go, go! Hurry up!"

The bandits were helpless. She was dragging her feet just now, and now she was urging them on.

Zhang Honghong walked in the front, walking familiarly toward her former "home," and at the same time, the fire in her heart began to burn hotter and hotter.

She had to slaughter that dead man this time. He dared to sell her to the slave market, and she had experienced so much torture.

And her former mother-in-law, who hadn't tortured her less, none of them could escape. Let them all wash their necks and wait!

Entering the village, it was naturally inevitable to be seen by the villagers. So many burly men entering the village with large knives, their eyes weren't blind.

The villagers hurriedly rushed home to lock the doors and windows, fearing that the thieves would suddenly attack.

An aunt in the crowd had sharp eyes and recognized Zhang Honghong walking in the front at a glance.

"Eh! Isn't this Li Laizi's wife?" ===== CHAPTER 174 =====