Reborn as Murong Fu: This time I am the protagonist

The big man was nine feet long and very burly. Although his clothes were shabby, they were clean and tidy, but the tired look between his brows made him look a bit embarrassed.

He walked to a table in the store and sat down. After waiting for a while, no one came to greet him. He suddenly looked anxious and slapped the table loudly: "Waiter, what's going on! Come here and pour the wine!"

When Duan Yu saw this man, his eyes lit up and he immediately said hello: "Gang Leader Qiao, this way!"

This person is Qiao Feng. If he was like a proud lion before, now he is more like a lone wolf. He exudes a lonely temperament and has never been drunk after a thousand cups. , he actually looked drunk at this moment.

Qiao Feng opened his eyes and took a look, and finally remembered that the other person was Duan Yu, whom he had met once in the Deaf and Mute Valley. Murong Fu had previously introduced him as his adopted brother.

"Master Duan? Didn't you go back to Dali? Why are you here?"

Qiao Feng ignored Jiumozhi and the others beside Duan Yu. He waved his hand and asked Duan Yu to come over and sit down. Duan Yu cast a questioning look at Child Elder.

Child Elder turned her face away, not bothering to talk to Duan Yu. In her eyes, Duan Yu was as weak as an insect, and she was not afraid of what Duan Yu could do.

Seeing that Child Elder had no objection, Duan Yu bowed again and sat down towards Qiao Feng's table.

"Chief Qiao, you are not at the helm of the Beggar Clan, why are you here?"

Duan Yu asked.

Qiao Feng gave a rare sigh with a complicated look on his face: "Something happened in the gang. I came to Gusu to find something to do with Brother Murong."

Duan Yu said happily: "Are you also here to see my brother Murong?"

Qiao Feng wondered: "What? Such a coincidence?"

Duan Yu scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Actually, it can't be said that I came to see Brother Murong. It should be said that I was forced to come to him."

So Duan Yu briefly explained how he brought Tong Lao and others to Gusu. Qiao Feng was sober from drinking that he looked at Tong Lao several times. He couldn't believe such a young man. The girl actually has such shocking martial arts skills.

Qiao Feng thought: If these two women with extremely high martial arts have evil intentions towards the Murong brothers, what should they do? I wonder if the two of us can defeat our opponent together?

"By the way, Brother Qiao. You haven't told me yet, why did you come to Jiangnan? I wanted to visit you before, but I met you here instead."

Duan Yu asked.

Qiao Feng hesitated for a moment and let out a long sigh: "Brother Duan Xian, although you are young, you are also a good man who understands things. I came to Jiangnan this time to find brother Murong to clear him of an unfair injustice!"

It turns out that Ma Dayuan died tragically, and the circumstances of his death were highly similar to the Murong family's situation of "repaying others with their own methods." Ma Dayuan's unique skill in life was the choke hold, and the cause of his death was that his throat was crushed. Therefore, except for a few high-ranking members of the Beggar Clan, everyone looked at Murong Fu with suspicion.

Driven by those who were interested, the Beggar Clan disciples became angry and vowed to recover the blood debt from Murong Fu. But after all, Murong Fu was kind to the Beggar Clan. Word of mouth spread, and a considerable number of people thought of Murong Fu's good deeds. The two factions argued and almost caused an internal fight.

Of course, Qiao Feng did not believe that Murong Fu would kill Ma Dayuan. Based on his understanding of Murong Fu's martial arts and character, there was no need for Murong Fu to do such an incriminating move.

However, as the leader of the beggar gang, he naturally could not act emotionally. Finally, relying on his prestige, he promised to the beggars to go to Suzhou to question Murong Fu about Ma Dayuan in person, temporarily calming down the two factions who were at odds with each other.

Then he went all the way south, also upset all the way.

"Since we are all looking for Brother Murong, why not go together?"

Qiao Feng suggested.

Duan Yu was overjoyed and quickly said to Qiao Feng: "This couldn't be better!"

At this time, Murong Fu didn't know that half of the top masters in the Tianlong World were coming to Yanziwu. At this time, he was thinking about how to make the huge wealth that Wuyazi left for him.

The method of directly sending money to win people's hearts is too stupid. After all, once the money is sent out, the government's various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes will follow. It is a thankless job.

After much deliberation, the only option for the time being was to raise a private army.

Anyway, the Song Dynasty's long-standing shortcomings were already deep, and it was impossible to solve the problem through any improvements to extend its life. Instead of being passive when the time came, it was better to make plans in advance.

As for how to develop a powerful private armed force under the eyes of the government, a certain prince hundreds of years later gave a textbook solution.

Different from Murong Bo's plan of cultivating bandits' self-respect, after all, these bandits are okay for robbing families and homes, but if they really want to do big things, they will be just a bunch of extras.

Previously, Murong Fu arranged for Gong Yeqian and others to spend large sums of money to purchase several coal mines, iron mines, etc. from the government and private individuals. In addition, he also recruited a group of small salt lords.

On the surface, they are still engaged in production, but in fact, the little income generated by these mining industries is not worth mentioning compared to the money Murong Fu scattered.

With the blessing of one meal of meat every ten days and double the military rations every month, the loyalty of this group of people was quickly won over.

As for the training issue, Murong Fu did not yet have the ability to build a heavily armored cavalry unit, and in the terrain conditions of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, heavy armored cavalry was not suitable.

So Murong Fu unceremoniously chose to bring out the "New Book of Jixiao", which had not been published in this era, and used mining as a cover. Most of the time, the miners' children were practicing the Sancai Formation and the Yuanyang Formation. usage.

It has to be said that the organization of the miners is far better than that of the children of farmers who make a living by farming. After all, you are making a living in the mines. Without excellent cooperation, it is easy for everyone to die together. Secondly, most of the miners are priceless, homeless and do not have so many worries.

All of this is done in secret. Even the ordinary people involved don't know what they are doing. After all, most people don't even think of going to that level. Even if occasionally a smart person sees something wrong, they won't make a fuss. .

This is thanks to the Militia Law created by Wang Anshi. Its original intention was to allow ordinary people to work on farming in their daily lives and train in their spare time. But in actual operation, things quickly went haywire and ended in nothing.

But once the hole is opened, there is room for manipulation. Although the old party was in power in the court at this time, they did not have much influence on this system.

No one would think that there would be any problem with a group of miners waving bamboos and lining up with a few wooden signs. Unknowingly, the tacit understanding of these people is gradually improving. At some point in the future, It will inevitably burst out with amazing power.