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For Huyan Zhuo and the other two,
Temporarily settling down,
He may be able to return to the imperial court in the future.
Obviously, it's much better than being dead.
But Zhao Yuan was different.
He was determined to rebel.
If Huyan Zhuo and the others found out,
Nine times out of ten, they definitely won't agree to surrender.
But the matter of surrendering...
And you can't lie,
Otherwise, even if three people are temporarily persuaded to surrender,
Sooner or later, this will sow the seeds of future trouble.
This is also why Zhao Yuan doesn't plan to see them for the time being.
Now that I've seen it,
If they can't reach an agreement
You say kill,
Zhao Yuan felt a pang of regret.
But if we don't kill them...
If these three people say anything offensive,
Then Zhao Yuan would have a hard time explaining to his brothers on the mountain.
In a dilemma,
Zhao Yuan had no choice but to take the three back to Liangshan first.
After a while,
Only then did they discuss the matter of surrendering.
At this time, Bianxiang
They also realized that Zhao Yuan did not intend to kill Huyan Zhuo and the other two.
Then I felt relieved.
Just as we were about to head to the east side of town,
Arrangements were made to send Peng Qi and Han Tao to Liangshan.
But then he suddenly remembered the generals of those prefectures and counties.
We still don't know how to handle this.
He quickly asked Zhao Yuan for advice.
"Brother, none of the generals in these prefectures have any backbone,"
"In my opinion, it's a good opportunity to kill them all to establish our authority!"
"Why kill him?"
Zhao Yuan chuckled.
"With these people around, the armies in various prefectures and cities of Shandong will only get worse year by year,"
"If we kill them, what if the imperial court sends in some capable generals?"
"In the end, we'll be the ones with the headaches."
"So, what does my brother mean?"
Bianxiang did not understand.
"We've been on Liangshan for so long, haven't we done some of those outlaw shady things yet?"
Zhao Yuan laughed.
"Gather all the generals from those prefectures,"
"Tell them that if they want to live, they have to pay Liangshan a life-saving fee,"
"Each prefectural governor will receive two thousand strings of cash, and each commander will receive five thousand strings of cash..."
"Once the money arrives, let them go down the mountain immediately."
"Let them write the letters themselves, and we'll send someone to deliver them later..."
Chapter 772 Zhang Qing escaped?
"Hehe, that's a great idea,"
Bian Xiang laughed,
"In order to win this battle, our Liangshan tribe burned down an entire town for nothing,"
"With this money, at least when rebuilding the town, we won't have to lose money anymore."
"That's right,"
Zhao Yuan smiled and responded.
"As for those ordinary soldiers who were captured,"
"The elite troops were incorporated into the cavalry and infantry."
"And those who remain are unwilling to become outlaws,"
“They will all be sent to do hard labor. After three years, they will be released from the mountain.”
"Brother, is this another tens of thousands of people?"
Bianxiang couldn't help but say,
“The mountain is already crowded enough,”
"I heard that Military Advisor Wen has been worried that there are almost no more places on the mountain left to live."
"The need for labor isn't limited to the mountains,"
Zhao Yuan laughed.
"Now that there are enough people on the mountain, it's a good time to send some of them to Wu Song's brother's White Tiger Mountain, and also to Dulonggang."
"As for the government troops captured this time, they were all taken to Yizhou,"
"Brother Li Yun has urged us several times, saying that his silver mine is running out of laborers."
The silver mines in Yizhou Prefecture,
Previously, Zhao Yuan led his army to attack Yizhou Prefecture.
When passing by Qingyun Mountain,
They wiped out the bandits who occupied the area: Ai Ye, Leopard Di Lei, Hungry Tiger Yao Shun, and Iron-Backed Wolf Cui Hao.
Silver mines were also discovered in the back mountains of Qingyun Mountain.
The stronghold was led by Chieftain Ai Ye Baozi Di Lei and Iron-Backed Wolf Cui Hao.
He was betrayed by Yao Shun, the second-in-command, who was a hungry tiger.
They cut off his head.
After Yao Shun surrendered to Liangshan, carrying the heads of his brothers,
He was then sent by Zhao Yuan to Qingyun Mountain.
They'll bribe the silver mine there.
This kind of betrayal of brothers,
He even killed his brother's men with his own hands.
The Liangshan people naturally looked down on them.
So in just two or three months...
The starving tiger Yao Shun died in the silver mine of Qingyun Mountain.
after that,
Zhao Yuan sent Li Yun, the Blue-Eyed Tiger, to manage the silver mine there.
Originally responsible for mining silver,
They were Yao Shun's lackeys.
Just working in the silver mine,
This is clearly too taxing on the body.
It's only been a little over two months.
Those four or five hundred henchmen
It had already lost more than half of its weight.
"Do they really need so many people at the silver mine?"
Bian Xiang frowned and said,
This time, Liangshan captured government troops.
There are at least more than 10,000 people.
Even if only half of it remains,
There were as many as five or six thousand people.
"I had someone survey it,"
Zhao Yuan explained,
"The silver mines over at Qingyun Mountain have very rich deposits,"
"If more people go over, the scale of the silver mine can be expanded immediately."
"Digging for silver directly will make far more money than doing business like this!"
"I wish we could find a gold mine someday,"
Bianxiang said with some anticipation,
"Forget about gold mines,"
Zhao Yuan laughed.
"What we need most right now on the mountain is an iron mine,"
"With enough pig iron, we can forge more armor and weapons."
"Now they rely on selling white sugar and refined salt,"
"Although we can obtain pig iron, it's still far too little."
"iron ore....."
Bian Xiang scratched his head.
At this time,
Lin Chong suddenly rode over.
"Brother, I already asked,"
"The garrison commander of Dongchang Prefecture, Zhang Qing, the Featherless Arrow, just after the government troops were defeated,"
"Then he took a few men and rode away."