Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 292 Chen Yulou

Xiangyin.

Unloading Ridge Headquarters.

In front of the high stone-brick city gate, refugees gathered, and the Xieling people, under the orders of their leader Chen Yulou, continuously distributed steamed buns and clear soup to relieve the people.

At that time, the world was in chaos, and now the entire land of China, except for eastern Guangdong, was in a state of misery.

The situation in Xiangyin was no better. Long-term warlord conflicts and government exploitation had left the poor struggling to make a living, resulting in countless disaster victims everywhere.

Although Chen Yulou's identity as the leader of the Unloading Ridge faction was not a pleasant one, as he was a band of grave robbers, he was a generous and righteous man. Seeing the suffering of the people of Xiangyin, he led his Unloading Ridge faction to open the granaries and distribute food to the people in front of the city gate every day.

But how many disaster victims are there in the world today?

Although the Chen family, to which Chen Yulou belonged, was a large and powerful family, and its influence was second to none in the entire Hunan region, and it even commanded the Wanxie Ridge bandits, it could only last for less than a month as tens of millions of people and disaster victims came to receive relief every day.

Now the Chen family's granary is slowly running dry.

On the city floor.

Chen Yulou looked at the disaster victims gathered below the city gate, and seeing the number of them increasing day by day, he couldn't help but feel more and more worried.

If this continues, the Chen family's granaries will soon be unable to hold on.

"Chief, this can't go on. The number of disaster victims is increasing every day, but our grain reserves are almost empty. If we continue to provide disaster relief like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to last even half a month."

Hua Magua, who was right behind Chen Yulou, couldn't help but whisper a reminder.

He agreed with and admired his leader's actions, but the increasingly empty granaries were a reality he had to face.

Chen Yulou pondered for a moment upon hearing this.

"Don't worry, I'll figure something out."

at this time.

"Chief, Commander Luo is here."

Immediately, a rough voice rang out from the top of the city gate steps: "Haha, General Manager Chen, you're in charge!"

"Commander Luo."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou turned around and bowed to the newcomer. The newcomer was none other than Luo Laowai, a warlord who had recently risen to power in Xiangyin. Chen Yulou did not have much affection for Luo Laowai, but he was not foolish enough to show it and offend him easily.

"President Chen is exceptionally benevolent and righteous, and he cares deeply for the people. I, Lao Luo, truly admire him."

Luo Laowai smiled and complimented Chen Yulou, then changed the subject and looked at the disaster victims gathered below the city gate.

"But with so many disaster victims every day, even with Mr. Chen's vast wealth, it probably won't last long. As the saying goes, sitting idle will eventually lead to ruin. If there's no income, even mountains of gold and silver will eventually be exhausted."

As he spoke, Luo Laowai looked at Chen Yulou with a smile.

"Coach Luo, please speak your mind."

Knowing what Luo Laowai was thinking, Chen Yulou said directly that he had no time to beat around the bush with him.

"Alright, Mr. Chen, if you're going to open both doors, then I, Lao Luo, will get straight to the point. My purpose here is the same as before: I want to invite Mr. Chen to come down Ping Mountain with me. I've heard that there's a great tomb on Ping Mountain, and Mr. Chen and the Xieling brothers he leads are experts in that area."

"So I would like to invite Mr. Chen to join me in exploring Ping Mountain. If there is indeed a large tomb there, we will split the treasure we find equally. What do you think, Mr. Chen?"

He clapped his hands as he came down.

“I know that Chief Chen is kind-hearted and wants to help the people, but helping the people is impossible without money. As for me, Lao Luo, I am also short of military funds recently. So why don’t we cooperate? After we get the Ping Mountain treasure, Chief Chen can continue to help the people, and I will have money to cover military expenses. Wouldn’t that be killing two birds with one stone and achieving a win-win situation?”

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou fell silent. To be honest, he had long harbored thoughts about Ping Mountain, but due to his father's warning, he had never taken any action.

However, Luo Laowai invited him multiple times, and he was indeed short of money if he wanted to help the people.

There is one more point.

Chen Yulou was actually a proud person at heart. After all, as the leader of the Unloading Ridge faction, he commanded tens of thousands of Unloading Ridge warriors and had become famous at a young age without ever being offended. One can imagine his arrogance.

So, although his father warned him not to enter Ping Mountain, it was precisely because of this that Chen Yulou became even more obsessed with Ping Mountain, wanting to use it to prove himself.

Therefore, upon hearing Luo Laowai's invitation again, Chen Yulou did not refuse outright as he had last time, but instead thought for a moment and said...

"I need to think about this for another night, and I will give Coach Luo an answer tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll wait for the good news from President Chen tomorrow."

Luo Laowai was overjoyed. He knew that since Chen Yulou had loosened his stance and said he would consider it, it basically meant that Chen Yulou was already interested. As for why he insisted on inviting Chen Yulou to cooperate instead of leading troops himself, it was naturally because he couldn't find anyone else like him.

After all, tomb raiding is a technical job, especially those large tombs hidden deep in the mountains. Without certain skills, ordinary people simply cannot find them.

Luo Laowai didn't want to be alone, but the problem was that he couldn't find a grave at all.

That's why Luo Laowai had no choice but to collaborate with Chen Yulou.

Having achieved his goal, Luo Laowai didn't linger any longer, bid farewell to Chen Yulou, and left directly.

"Chief, you really want to go with Commander Luo?"

After Luo Laowai left, Hua Magua couldn't help but speak up.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou looked at Hua Maguai and said, "This is the best way now. Besides, those nobles and nobles plunder the people while they are alive, and they take their ill-gotten gains with them to their graves after they die. We, the Unloading Ridge, are descended from the Red Eyebrows Righteous Army, and we should naturally follow their example and take those ill-gotten gains to help the people."

"Where is the boss?"

Hua Maguai spoke up again in a low voice upon hearing this.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou also fell silent, because he knew that his father had warned him for many years not to enter Ping Mountain, and if he knew that his father had made a decision, he would most likely not agree.

"I will try to persuade him."

After a moment of silence, Chen Yulou spoke again.

Regardless of whether his father agreed or not, he was determined to go to Ping Mountain this time.

Seeing that his chieftain had clearly made up his mind, Hua Maguai stopped saying anything more.

That evening, Chen Yulou told his father about his decision, but his father strongly opposed it, and the two ended up having a heated argument.

Two days later.

Chen Yulou, as the leader of the Unloading Ridge faction, summoned his Unloading Ridge warriors, and in an instant, tens of thousands of Unloading Ridge personnel gathered together.

Then, in front of the city gate of the Xieling headquarters, Bai Yulou, accompanied by his core subordinates such as Hua Maguai, Hong Gu, and Kunlun, ascended the high platform.

"Brothers, our lineage of Unloading Ridge originated from the Red Eyebrows. Since our ancestors, we have had the righteous act of robbing the ill-gotten gains of those princes and nobles and distributing them to the poor. The world is in chaos now, the Qing government is corrupt and incompetent, and the people are living in misery."

"Although most of us from the Xieling lineage come from poor backgrounds, we should not forget our duty to the country despite our humble positions. We should do what is useful to the country and contribute our meager strength to help the people of the world."

After Chen Yulou ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Gao also began to mobilize the troops.

"There is a treasure land in the Ping Mountain area of ​​Xiangyin, containing countless gold and silver treasures. This is all the blood and sweat of the poor people in the past, and the fat and blood of the people plundered by those princes and nobles. We, the Xieling lineage, can follow the righteous deeds of the Chimei and cooperate with Commander Luo to take this ill-gotten wealth and distribute it to the people to help the world."

"it is good!"

"it is good!"

"it is good!"

"."

After Chen Yulou's mobilization speech, the entire scene erupted in cheers.

Meanwhile, high in the clouds.

A young man with an ethereal and otherworldly air slowly appeared, looking down at the situation with great interest.

"Are we going to start?"

The young man was none other than Guan Shaoqing.

(End of this chapter)