Chapter 55

In the Centipede Stronghold, the people of the Yangguang Stronghold suddenly rushed in and drove away the dozen or so people guarding the stronghold, and then began to search room by room.

The Spider Stronghold remained in their own stronghold to clean up the battlefield, an action that tacitly handed over the fruits of victory to the Yangguang Stronghold.

Jiang Jinshi wasn't polite either; he knew the Spider Stronghold was afraid of further trouble, so they took the initiative to yield.

In this first battle of the Yangguang Stronghold, two people were lost and seven were injured. For the dead brothers, Jiang Jinshi found Luo Feng to ask if their families were in the Yangguang Stronghold. If not, the compensation silver should be sent to the families. If they were in the Yangguang Stronghold, then the Yangguang Stronghold would be responsible for raising them afterward.

This action undoubtedly made the brothers who had just joined the Yangguang Stronghold extremely grateful. Originally, becoming a bandit meant begging for food with one's head tied to one's waist; being able to meet such a generous Big Boss made everyone happy in their hearts.

As boxes of items were carried out, Jiang Jinshi was satisfied after seeing them and ordered them all to be carried to the Yangguang Stronghold (Viper Stronghold). Since the Viper Stronghold had the largest and flattest area and the most perfect buildings, it was naturally more suitable as the base camp of the Yangguang Stronghold than the Centipede Stronghold's territory.

Along the way, Jiang Jinshi always felt he had forgotten something, but he just couldn't remember. It wasn't until he reached the stronghold gate that he suddenly realized there were still more than twenty Viper Stronghold bandits in the stronghold who had eaten his laxative.

Fortunately, the stronghold's latrine was large enough, and the scene of filth all over the ground did not appear.

Gathering the bandits together, he confiscated the knives on their bodies, took out a "Hundred Diseases Fade Pill" from his bosom, dissolved it in water, and gave it to the twenty-some bandits to drink, telling them that the Viper Stronghold had become a thing of the past. Those willing to join the Yangguang Stronghold could stay, and those who were unwilling could go down the mountain themselves!

In the end, a few bandits chose to leave, and the remaining dozen or so bandits joined the Yangguang Stronghold.

Taking this opportunity, Jiang Jinshi announced loudly that Luo Feng, Zhang Honghong, Wang Xixi, and Wang Hou were all promoted to Small Squad Leaders, and Tang Lin was the accountant.

The members of Luo Feng's squad were naturally the people he recruited himself, and Zhang Honghong was the same. Wang Xixi led his own brothers and the newly joined dozen or so bandits. Although this led to an imbalance in the number of people in each squad, it was better to manage.

After all, people like those recruited by Luo Feng would naturally be more willing to work under him.

Wang Hou currently had no one under him, but he was a special existence. He could choose personnel in the stronghold to join his squad, specializing in training people for intelligence collection and assassination.

The other three captains expressed that they would definitely cooperate with Wang Hou, and he could pick whoever he wanted.

This made Wang Hou feel immense pressure, and he even wanted to find Jiang Jinshi to resign, fearing he would fail Jiang Jinshi's expectations.

Jiang Jinshi saw Wang Hou's concerns and instead patted Wang Hou on the shoulder: "Everyone has huge potential. I believe you can do it. Go ahead and do it, I support you!"

From a thief that everyone beat to a Small Squad Leader of the Yangguang Stronghold, with no worries about food and drink and a salary every month, this made Wang Hou feel a bit unreal for a time. After recovering, he secretly made up his mind never to fail Jiang Jinshi's cultivation.

Under Jiang Jinshi's instruction, the things in the Viper Stronghold were also scavenged and combined with the items of the Centipede Stronghold, and then put into storage after Tang Lin's inventory.

Zhang Honghong suddenly walked over cursing and reported to Jiang Jinshi: "Big Boss, those people in the Viper Stronghold are really not things. There is a dungeon filled with women kidnapped up the mountain."

Jiang Jinshi went to watch. The moment the dungeon was opened, a foul smell rushed toward him. He only saw a dozen women huddled in the corner shivering, their eyes full of fear and despair.

Every time the dungeon was opened, it meant one of them would suffer inhuman abuse or even death, but this time it was different.

Bringing them all out of the dungeon, Jiang Jinshi asked Zhang Honghong to comfort them; after all, they were all women, so it should be easier to communicate.

After Zhang Honghong's questioning, some were refugees with nowhere to go who were kidnapped, and some were specifically bought up the mountain by Viper Snake from the slave market.

In short, they didn't know where they could go now, so Zhang Honghong could only ask Jiang Jinshi for instructions.

After deep thought, Jiang Jinshi said: "Tell them, those willing to stay in the stronghold to wash clothes and cook, I am also willing to give them a bite to eat, but they must be managed well. The brothers under me cannot force them to do those things. For those who marry voluntarily, the Yangguang Stronghold will pay to help hold the wedding!"

It was a flash of inspiration for Jiang Jinshi; these people could be handed over to Luo Jin to manage. Luo Feng himself was a Small Squad Leader, and with Luo Jin as his sister, the bandits wouldn't dare to act recklessly.

Thus, Jiang Jinshi called Luo Feng and asked him to send people to pick up the twenty-some people in the cave. One must know that when Luo Feng recruited people, many brought their families, who were still waiting for news in the cave.

Currently, the Yangguang Stronghold could be considered to have entered the industry. The most important thing was definitely to set the rules. If they let it develop freely now, when the stronghold grew larger and larger, those small details that were not paid attention to would become termites in the towering tree.

Luo Feng sent ten bandits under him to pick up the people to prevent any accidents on the way.

After Zhang Honghong's questioning, all the women were willing to stay. At first, they were naturally resistant; after all, in their hearts, you were all bandits, so what difference could there be?

It was Zhang Honghong who introduced them in detail, and coupled with the fact that these people really had nowhere to go, they chose to stay and see the situation.

Cleaning up the huge stronghold was no small project. By the time everyone was busy, the sky was basically bright.

After announcing the banquet tonight, the bandits happily went back to sleep.

Only a few Small Squad Leaders and Jiang Jinshi were left in the main hall to hold a meeting, mainly aimed at the future development of the Yangguang Stronghold and the formulation of some rules.

Tang Lin took the lead in taking out the account book he had compiled. It could be said that it was written in great detail, even the broken large knives were registered in the book.

There was paper in this era, but the price was extremely expensive. Fortunately, half a box was found in the Centipede Stronghold's warehouse, which should be enough for Tang Lin to use as an account book.

Jiang Jinshi took the account book and looked at it carefully. The materials of the two strongholds combined were still very rich: two hundred jars of wine, more than three hundred shi of grain, and about five hundred taels of silver.

There were also more than one hundred large knives. Originally there were more than this, but the two strongholds took them away when they went to the Spider Stronghold to fight, and they were finally left on the Spider Stronghold's field.

More than twenty self-made bows, more than one hundred arrows, and some miscellaneous things, such as pots, bowls, ladles, basins, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, firewood, rice, oil, salt, etc.

After skimming through it roughly, Jiang Jinshi returned the account book to Tang Lin.

These materials were all saved by the two strongholds over this period of time, and now they were all cheap for the Yangguang Stronghold.

The number of people in the two strongholds combined must have exceeded three hundred, so three hundred shi of grain would only be enough for them to eat for three months, so this little grain really wasn't much.

It was just that the Yangguang Stronghold only had about one hundred people now, so at least for a period of time in the future, he wouldn't have to worry about grain.

Jiang Jinshi cleared his throat and said: "Without rules, there is no square..."