After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife married the living devil

In the meeting room, a plaque with the words "Gao Yi Bo Yun" hangs high in the middle.

The chair under the plaque was empty. On the left were several leaders of the patrol camp and the three heads of Wulong Village.

After three rounds of tea, everyone had drunk a bellyful of tea before they saw Li Yanqi striding into the hall.

Liu Xiangru, the second in command of Wulong Village, observed Li Yanqi's expression and said with a smile, "Looking at the boss's face, I know that Miss Lin must be well again. Her face was as black as the bottom of a pot when we were discussing matters just now."

Wang Zhenlong looked at Liu Xiangru with a smile and said jokingly, "Not bad, not bad, second sister, now you can actually read people's expressions."

Liu Xiangru rolled her eyes at Wang Zhenlong in annoyance and said, "I'm not a fool."

Li Yanqi lifted the corner of his robe and sat on the animal-skin chair. He put away the expression on his face and asked seriously, "How should we deal with the Chongzhou government? Have you come to any conclusions just now?"

Wang Zhenlong glanced at Hu Ruilin. "Just now, Brother Gu proposed to use tung oil fire attack. Later, Manager Zhuang further improved this method and wrapped tung oil on a boulder and rolled it down to defeat the enemy. We all think this method is good. What do you think, Boss?"

Li Yanqi tapped the dark sandalwood armrest of the chair with his fingers, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "The method of wrapping the stone with tung oil is good, but it cannot be implemented now. There is not enough time."

Wang Zhenlong was puzzled. "What do you mean, Boss? There are plenty of them in Tongyou Village. There are huge rocks everywhere."

Zhuang Xingbai put down the tea bowl in his hand. He was a thoughtful person. After hearing what Li Yanqi said, he figured out the trick.

"What you mean is that there are many trees in Wulong Mountain, and it is the beginning of spring, so there must be a lot of dead grass and rotten leaves. If we use tung oil at this time, if we are not careful, it will catch fire in the houses of Wulong Village, wouldn't that be setting ourselves on fire?"

Li Yanqi leaned over and looked at everyone in the hall, raised his eyebrows and nodded, "Yes, what Zhuang Xingbai said is indeed my consideration."

When Hu Ruiqi saw that the resolution was rejected, everyone fell silent and thought. He was as impatient as a firecracker.

"Damn it, Cai Zhang is a coward. He was bullied by Maozhou and didn't dare to say a word. But when he came to us, he started shouting and killing us. Isn't he just bullying us because we are weak? At worst, I will fight him."

Several people followed suit.

"Yes, at worst I can just fight them."

"These damn officials will be beaten until they call me grandpa!"

Li Yanqi crossed his legs, looked at the noisy crowd with empty eyes, and raised his palm to press down.

The hall suddenly became quiet.

"Cai Zhang has probably received the news by now, and will come to Wulongzhai to capture me soon. This coward thinks that since I don't have much food and supplies, he can just bring some people over to capture me."

Li Yanqi raised one corner of his lips and sneered, "Fortunately, I had a plan in advance, otherwise I really would have no power to resist."

Since the end of last year, Li Yanqi sent Wang Zhenlong to deploy and recruit many young and strong people nearby. He also went to several nearby mountains and subdued many strong men from the bandit camps. Now there are more than 3,000 people in Wulong Village alone, and more than 1,000 people in the patrol camp.

Excluding the elderly and weak relatives, there are more than 3,000 young and strong people available.

"Chongzhou Prefecture currently has less than 15,000 soldiers, so we need to keep some for defense..." Li Yanqi pondered for a moment and said, "Given Cai Zhang's cautious and timid nature, if I'm not mistaken, he will at least bring 10,000 soldiers."

"Ten thousand!"

Hu Ruiqi screamed in disbelief: "This coward is really looking down on us. If we really fight head-on, can we win?"

Li Yanqi glanced at Hu Ruiqi and said, "How can you know if you don't try it?"

If before, he had a 30% chance of winning in a head-on fight, now that he has received strong soldiers and fine armor from Li Zhaofeng, his chance of winning has become 50%. Not to mention, who said he wanted to fight Cai Zhang head-on?

Did he, Li Yanqi, think he was that kind of useless coward?

Li Yanqi put down his crossed legs, looked at everyone, and began to assign tasks to each person.

"Wang Zhenlong, immediately send people to the area around the village to remove all the grass and trees, leaving a distance of ten feet. Use the village as the center and the two-li forest as the boundary, and separate all the surrounding areas with a distance of ten feet."

Wang Zhenlong was puzzled, but he knew Li Yanqi's mind, so he said nothing and took Liu Xiangru and Huang Yachong to get the order.

"Xiaogui, take Ermu down the mountain immediately and contact Lai San to gather intelligence."

Ma Xigui took Chen Ermu and left as promised.

"Zhuang Xingbai, go and sort out the internal affairs of the patrol camp and Wulongzhai now, and re-compile the personnel list, food and accommodation, monthly salary, etc."

Zhuang Xingbai stood up and bowed: "Yes, County Lieutenant."

Li Yanqi also stood up. He turned his gaze to the two brothers standing beside him, walked over and put his hands on their shoulders.

He raised his thin lips and smiled nonchalantly: "Hu Ruiqi and Hu Ruilin...you two should take the brothers from the patrol camp to excavate the huge stone."

Hu Ruiqi hooked Li Yanqi's arm with his backhand and said loudly: "County Lieutenant, you can trust me to do the job. I guarantee that the stone I chisel out will be big and round, and will make those grandsons in Chongzhou scream."

Hu Ruiqi was about to leave when he turned around and saw his brother still standing there stupidly. He couldn't help but feel impatient: "Xiaolin, why are you still standing there stupidly? Cai Zhang is about to call you, hurry up!"

Unexpectedly, Hu Ruilin ignored him. He moved his throat, laughed dryly and asked, "Sir, County Lieutenant, did you call the wrong person?"

Hu Ruiqi only then realized that Li Yanqi had just called them by their real names - Hu Ruiqi and Hu Ruilin.

His face was filled with panic: "When did you know the identities of my two brothers?!"

Hu Ruilin's face was filled with despair for a moment. His elder brother was a fool. Asking this question was no different from confessing something.

Li Yanqi looked at the changing expressions of the two people and smiled, "Probably on the first day you arrived."

Hu Ruilin's eyes widened as big as cow eyes, and he stammered: "Then, then you still dare to accept my two brothers? Don't you know that Han Guang and Liu Ping from Maozhou are hunting us?"

Li Yanqi patted Hu Ruilin on the shoulder, put away his playful and scoundrel look, and said seriously: "I respect Lord Hu Zhongqing for his character. He is such an upright and loyal official who serves the emperor and the people wholeheartedly. I firmly believe that his son will definitely not be bad. Moreover, your father was killed for stopping the rebels from rebellion and killing the people, which is already a pity."

He glanced at the two brothers with moist eyes, "Although I, Li Yanqi, am weak, I cannot bear to watch the bloodline of Lord Hu being persecuted like a stray dog, and finally having no place to stay."

Hu Ruiqi knelt down on one knee with tears in his eyes: "We brothers thank you for taking us in and saving us."

Hu Ruilin also knelt down beside his brother, and said with red eyes: "Your Excellency's kindness, we brothers have no way to repay you, and we are willing to serve you as a dog and a horse."

The Hu brothers had chosen to follow Li Yanqi before, simply because they had no better choice. The brothers appeared normal on the surface, but they had discussed privately that if the situation did not go well, they would secretly leave and make other plans.

But now the two of them are sincere, and they will not think of leaving even if a knife is put to their necks.

Li Yanqi stepped forward to help them up, and said with a smile: "Alright, alright, we are brothers, so let's not talk about those nonsense, just go and chisel the boulder."

The two brothers stood up and were about to leave when Hu Ruiqi suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, County Lieutenant, the night we left Yunlong Town, Ruilin and I were at Wulipo, waiting for you until the 15th hour of the morning. But when we couldn't wait any longer, we left first. What were you doing?"

Speaking of this, Li Yanqi's black jade eyes narrowed slightly, with a sly smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Oh, well..."