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"As for the people in these mountains, they don't need to come back to the marsh with us."

"this....."

Fan Rui was stunned for a moment.

"The chieftain is unwilling to accept these villagers,"

But they..

"Brother Fan, you've misunderstood!"

Zhao Yuan patted the mischievous devil on the shoulder.

"We Liangshan have always stood up for the people,"

"Brother Fan should have heard about this matter long ago."

"All the people on Mount Mangdang,"

"Adding them all together, there are already tens of thousands of people."

"Even if we bring them back to Liangshan Marsh, we will not settle them down."

"It would be better to let them go down the mountain and farm the land around Mangdang Mountain."

"Isn't this better than leaving your hometown!"

"But Chief Zhao, these people fled into Mangdang Mountain to avoid taxes from the government!"

Fan Rui quickly said,

"If we let them go down the mountain,"

"Won't we be at the mercy of the government again?"

"Haha, Brother Fan Rui, you've misunderstood our chieftain's meaning,"

Zhu Wu explained,

"Besides the water marshes, what else do we Liangshan people have?"

"Actually, there are two other branch villages in Shandong as well."

"One place is Dulonggang, and the other is Baihushan."

"The people in these two places now live and farm there."

"Although they are not in Liangshan Marsh, what government official would dare to come to them to collect taxes?"

"So, Chief Zhao means to build a branch village in our Mangdang Mountain?"

Fan Rui's eyes lit up immediately.

"That's right,"

Zhao Yuan nodded.

"The population of Liangshan Marsh is now close to 100,000,"

"There's already no room left for more people."

"I think the terrain of Mangdang Mountain is quite treacherous,"

"Brothers Fan Rui, the three of you, why don't you turn this stronghold into a branch of Liangshan?"

"Let all the people go down the mountain to farm!"

"If any government official dares to go and collect taxes,"

"Just take your men and kill them!"

"If the government dares to send a large army to suppress Mangdang Mountain,"

"Then you should gather all the people into the mountain stronghold and report to Liangshan,"

"I will bring my men to help then!"

Zhao Yuan received this arrangement,

This is clearly much better than forcing so many people from Mangdang Mountain to migrate north.

Fan Rui and the other two quickly bowed and expressed their gratitude.

"Alright, brothers, don't stand on ceremony!"

Zhao Yuan laughed.

“You are all leaders of Liangshan now,”

"These people, though living in Mangdang Mountain,"

"But they are also people whom Liangshan has found!"

"It's my duty to make sure they are properly settled,"

"Why are you three brothers so polite!"

"Chief, we have prepared wine and food in the village."

Fan Rui warmly invited,

"Please, brother and all the brothers, come and have a drink with us!"

"it is good!"

Zhao Yuan smiled and followed Fan Rui and the other two into the Mangdang Mountain stronghold.

Upon entering the village,

Fan Rui couldn't wait to tell Zhao Yuan the arrangements he had just made.

They loudly told all the villagers.

Upon hearing that they could go down the mountain to farm,

They'll have Liangshan to back them up in the future.

Do not pay the exorbitant taxes and levies imposed by the government anymore.

The people were naturally overjoyed.

They all knelt down on the ground.

I am grateful for Zhao Yuan's kindness...

Chapter 1175 Buying a Boat

After spending another two days in Mangdang Mountain...

Zhao Yuan then led his army back to Liangshan.

Fan Rui left the Eight-Armed Nezha Xiang Chong and the Flying Great Sage Li Gun at Mangdang Mountain.

He himself went to Liangshan with Zhao Yuan.

In his words,

Having already joined Liangshan,

We should definitely go and take a look at Dazhai!

The group reached the middle of the journey.

Ruan Xiaoer suddenly came to find Zhao Yuan.

"What did you say? You want to go south and buy some large ships?"

Zhao Yuan asked in surprise,

"Second brother, why?"

"You saw what happened this time, brother,"

Ruan Xiaoer explained,

"Although in the end Liangshan suffered a great defeat against Huaixi,"

"Not only was the pig iron not lost, but they also extorted more than 200,000 strings of cash from Huaixi,"

"But we online trolls didn't gain much face."

"This incident wasn't the fault of your online trolls,"

Zhao Yuan shook his head and said,

"If it weren't for Huaixi taking the initiative and blocking Huaixi,"

"Even your online army wouldn't have been stuck in Qinghe for this long."

"Brother, that's what they say,"

Ruan Xiaoer said with his head down,

"But if we had spare boats, we could check the upstream and downstream areas in advance,"

"It won't end up like this."

"So you want to go south to buy a boat?"

Zhao Yuan frowned.

"Um,"

Ruan Xiaoer nodded.

"The village didn't have many warships to begin with, and recently half of them were given to Xiao Wu and Xiao Qi in Dengzhou."

"Furthermore, most of the warships in our village are converted from old merchant ships and passenger ships,"

"Brother Meng Kang said he wanted to rebuild the warships,"

"But all the timber needed for shipbuilding had to be prepared in advance,"

"Although we received some from merchants before,"

"But large timbers are already hard to buy,"

"I haven't managed to get many pieces in the past six months."

"I was thinking, could we go to Jiangnan by ourselves?"

Ruan Xiaoer explained,

"There are many ships sailing in the south,"

"The wood needed to build warships must also provide a lot of equipment."

"If only we could have bought the timber sooner,"

"Wouldn't that mean we online trolls could get on more ships sooner?"

"Hmm, that's a good idea,"

Zhao Yuan nodded.

"When I was discussing matters with the three strategists earlier,"

"I've also imagined how the imperial court will deal with Liangshan next year."

"At the time, Military Advisor Xu also mentioned that the imperial court might send naval forces to the marshland,"

"I thought that with you guys around, everything would be fine."

"But I forgot, because of the Dengzhou Water Fortress,"

"Half of our village's warships have been sent over there."

"How about this,"

Zhao Yuan promised,

"Second brother, don't worry about this."

"After returning to the mountain, I discussed with the three strategists how to resolve the issue."

"Row!"