Section 5 Suppressing Bandits
In the next few days, Wufeng negotiated with Zhan Zhaobai and Wei Dongchen, Xiao Tang came out to temporarily borrow 300,000 imperial gold coins from the two companies. The two said they could support them free of charge, but Wufeng politely declined and agreed to return them within three months and calculate the interest based on the current market interest rate. However, they asked the two to take the lead and move their family, relatives and industries back to Qingyang. The two also agreed to take the lead and actively do the work of other merchants. At the same time, many merchants from the Interior Affairs Office where Moron is located also went to explain the report. Moren also followed Wufeng's opinion and completed the registration and registration, and encouraged these people to put down their burdens and expand their production. The government did not blame the past for the past, but it must report in the future.
The policy of attracting investment and encouraging immigration in Qingyang Prefecture soon spread throughout the empire and the mainland, and soon it was reflected. Many homeless wanderers, farmers who lost their land and could not survive, bankrupt small producers, craftsmen, technicians, and workers who were eager to work all came to Qingyang one after another. Although the number was not large, it had a good start after all.
The training of the troops was progressing smoothly under Wufeng's strict requirements. Liang, Cui, Mu and Ka personally went on the field to supervise and inspect every day, and taught each soldier the breathing method taught by Wufeng to each soldier, with significant results. The wounded and sick were basically cured. Except for some who lost their combat effectiveness due to injuries, the others have recovered and returned to the team.
The intelligence collection work was extremely smooth. Since the local people had long hated foreign enemies and horse thieves and bandits, they all actively cooperated with the government and actively reported and reported doubts, achieving good results.
"The fat sheep is here." When Moron walked into Wufeng's study excitedly, Wufeng was worried about how to complete the "fund-raising" task to the imperial capital. Although he looked easy at the banquet, it was really not easy to complete this task. First of all, you must understand the work in front of His Emperor. Wufeng is still sure of this, but the specific handling will be obtained by the Imperial Finance Department. The Imperial Finance Minister Tian Yi is not an easy person to pass on. You have to think carefully about how to do his work, otherwise he will give you a message that the treasury is empty and there is no money.
"What fat sheep?" Wufeng asked Moron who interrupted his thoughts with annoyance-
"Hehehe" Moron smiled violently, and Wufeng felt a thorny smile, "What kind of fat sheep? Tell me clearly, I see you are like a fat sheep!" Wufeng, who looked at Moron's short and fat person, asked again-
Maybe it was because he was in a good mood, and Moron seemed to have never heard Wufeng's sarcasm. "There is reliable information that some people in our Qingyang Prefecture colluded with Luo Beiren and bandits, and this person has a lot of assets and has not yet reported to me."—
"Oh?" Wu Feng became interested when he heard this, "Who is it? Is the news reliable? Is there any money?"—
"There should be no problem with the information. This person moved to Qingyang from another place more than ten years ago. He lives in a village on the border of the Grand Duchy of Luzon in the Central Continent. He does not usually interact with these merchants in Qingyang Prefecture. He heard that he controls the village alone, and he has more than a thousand private armed people. He did not come to this banquet, but he came to the previous celebration and was named Pamela." Moren's eyes flashed with excitement-
"What is the source of the information? Don't make a mistake." Although I long to gain something, Wufeng is still extremely cautious, because if I make a mistake in this kind of thing, it will greatly destroy the image he has finally established-
"This guy has already aroused our suspicion. His location belongs to the territory of Jieshi Town, which is not far from the area invaded by Luobei people every year, but it seems that he has never heard of that village being plundered by Luobei people. He said to the outside world that he paid a certain amount of money, which makes people suspicious. Luobei people are not good men and women, so how could he accept the tribute from a small village without being taken over? In addition, since this person took root there, almost every year, caravans from the Grand Duchy of Luzon or caravans going to the Grand Duchy of Luzon have been unidentified.
The robbers ransacked, this is the second; the most important thing is that we found a person who had worked under Pamela's private armed forces two days ago and later ransacked the people after a lot of work and profit. After a lot of work and making a fortune, he finally dug out of this person. He had been instructed by Pamela several times with those Pamela's private armed forces, pretending to be a robber and looting the passing caravan. With this point, Pamela can be arrested. Of course, this must be supported by the army, otherwise it would be impossible to rely on the police under my command." Moron said proudly-
"If the information can be confirmed, then you have made great contributions this time." Wufeng was also full of expectations, "Maybe there are some unexpected gains. People come to invite Lord Liang and Lord Cui to me, and they say there is something important to discuss."—
"If the prisoner has a beautiful woman, don't forget to reward me with one." Moron still reminded Wufeng before leaving-
When Liang and Cui stood up after hearing Wufeng's introduction, they both stood up excitedly and wanted to set off immediately. At Wufeng's instructions, they realized that they had lost their composure and quickly sat down. This opportunity was really rare. But Wufeng's opinion was more than enough to go to a division, and there was no need for two divisions to go together. Besides, the city also needed to be guarded. Liang Chongxin and Cui Wenxiu immediately argued about whom to take this task. In the end, Wufeng had to make a decision to let Cui Wenxiu's Second Security Division go to war, but the spoils were left for the First Security Division. Cui Wenxiu was so happy that he could not stop talking about it. He immediately agreed, leaving only Liang Chongxin alone.
Cui Wenxiu immediately sent a capable reconnaissance force. Three days later, the reconnaissance force returned with satisfactory intelligence-
Wufeng and Cui Wenxiu led more than 6,000 troops from the Second Security Division to quietly leave Qingyang Prefecture City under the cover of night. After a day and night of march, they finally arrived at the Crescent Mountain Villa in Jieshi Town, their destination.
Looking at the dark building in front of you, Wufeng couldn't tell what he felt in his heart. The name of this villa is very beautiful, but maybe the next moment, there will be blood flowing into a river and piles of bones, but the world is so cruel that no one can change it. I hope that this Pamela is a time-sensitive person. Cui Wenxiu was making arrangements in an orderly manner. Soon, the entire village was surrounded and was airtight. The soldiers were ready to go, just waiting for the command of the superior to-
With Wufeng's wave of his hand, thousands of torches lit up at the same time, illuminating the entire village like daytime. The soldiers who were already eager to flock to the scene and launched an attack according to the plan that had been formulated. There was no big suspense in the battle. In less than half an hour, the private soldiers in the village were chopped into meat paste on the spot, and all the others surrendered. The other villagers in the village were ordered to stay at home and not go out, and there was nothing serious about the rest, but they all knew that Mr. Pamela in the village must have had a big problem-
When the soldiers broke through the iron gate of the mansion in the center of the village, Wufeng and Cui Wenxiu had already arrived at the gate. Looking at the pale face of the master who was erected by the soldiers who were like wolves and tigers, Wufeng showed a gentle smile on his face: "Mr. Pamela, are you safe?"—
"Mr. Li, I wonder what it is to take the old out of the bed late at night? It's so difficult that lords have to do bandits?" Pamela's heart was so clear, but now that things have come to this point, he has to resist to the end-
"Bold!" "What a brave man!" Amid the soldiers' shouts, Wufeng used his hands to signal the soldiers to keep quiet, "Mr. Pamela, we don't have to talk. Who is right or wrong, the truth will be revealed in a while." Wufeng still looked calm-
Soon, the soldiers searched a large number of letters with Luo Bei people from the secret compartment of the study, including the handwritten letters of Tu Da, the general of Luo Bei's campaign, and even found several letters with officials of the Grand Duchy of Luzon. The interrogation of several small leaders in the private soldiers soon had results. In the face of these conclusive evidence, Pamela had no choice but to remain silent.
The harvest was huge. From the seized darkroom, silver notes from the money houses of nearly one million gold coins were found in mainland China, as well as a large number of calligraphy, paintings, treasures, antiques, rare medicinal materials, etc. What satisfied Wufeng the most was that there were two books, one was refined the detailed topographic map of the northwest county of the Empire, and the other was refined the detailed topographic map of the Grand Duchy of Luzon. This made Wufeng deeply doubt Pamela's identity-
As soon as he returned to Qingyang Prefecture, Wufeng ordered Moron to organize people to interrogate Pamela as soon as possible, and sent special personnel to guard it. At the same time, he claimed that Pamela was the leader of the bandit and showed relevant evidence to the outside world, but he kept secret about Pamela's other identity-
Wu Feng nationalized the large amount of money seized and gave part of it to the army. Each soldier of the Second Security Division was rewarded with 20 gold coins, and each soldier of the First Security Division was rewarded with 10 gold coins. At the same time, he also gave certain rewards to the intelligence department led by Moron. Because most of the captured private soldiers came from local poor families, most of them joined the two security divisions after education. After obtaining a large amount of funds, the finances of Qingyang Prefecture were greatly alleviated, and the development plan was quickly launched.
Under various methods such as fatigue bombing of the intelligence department and family members' heart attacks, Pamela quickly explained his true identity. He was originally a refugee from the Sisro Empire, named Sardin. He was caught on the East Tenggeri prairie and was favored by Luo Bei people. He gave him a sum of funds. Thirteen years ago, he sneaked into Qingyang with a pseudonym to buy land and build a house. He transformed himself into a landlord and took on the important task of collecting information about the northwest county of the empire, especially Qingyang, Bonan and Guide governments. Later, through various relationships, he became a double-faced spy. He himself privately collected a group of people, organized them, and used his convenient geographical location to constantly disguise and loot the caravans.
Looking at the confession of Pamela sent by Moren, Wufeng fell into deep thought. This small Qingyang Mansion is really hidden. Everyone who has touched it will try to intervene. It seems that he has to be more careful. Maybe he should observe it again. Although he has blinded one of the eyes of Luo Beiren and Luzons, it is equivalent to reminding the other party that they will definitely not be willing to do so. They will definitely have to set up new candidates, so it will not be so easy to master. But things in the world are difficult to do. If you can take care of this, you will not care about that. Fortunately, Pamela has made a lot of "contribution" and has achieved its expected goal.
With the support of a large amount of money and rare treasures collected from Pamela's house, Wufeng has a lot of confidence. At least he has a certain foundation to go to the imperial capital to do business. I heard that the group of people from the Imperial Finance Department are strong-willed and vicious, and they may not be able to pass the test without some real goods. In addition, this time, he has to visit his nobles to return to the imperial capital. Now he still needs to maintain good relations. His own strength is not enough to be completely independent. The implementation of the new plan also requires a good environment and strong support from the empire. These are inseparable from the at least superficial support of his nobles and some powerful ministers.
While Wufeng was planning what ministers needed to be managed, he was also thinking that he should leave the imperial capital so that he should bring gifts to Gu Ji, Guan, Hua, and An Sannu. When he thought of Guan, Hua, and An, the three girls, Wufeng's heart couldn't help but get warm. He had been away from the three girls for more than three months, and he had only sent letters with them twice. Of course, there was endless tenderness and sweetness in the letter, and the endless longing for him sometimes even had to sleep on the letter. Although Lu Xianxian's relationship has progressed rapidly, he has never been able to break through the last level. Later, he was busy with work, and this girl returned to Jinzhou with her grandfather. However, Wufeng was absolutely sure that she could not escape her palm. It was just a matter of time.
Chapter completed!