The day after the Shanhe Tower meeting, Zhou Liangchen followed the past practice and led his brothers from the "Liang" altar to patrol the streets.

Each of the major branches of Xishan Hall has its own special responsibilities. For example, the three major altars of "Shan", "Yun" and "Luan" are currently mainly responsible for the supervision of the canal.

Liangzitan is responsible for the security and defense of the city.

However, when Zhou Liangchen took more than 20 people to the street, he frowned.

In the row of shops in front of him, there were a total of 127 stores, of which 45 were closed.

As a result, there were very few pedestrians on the streets in the town, which looked deserted and depressing at first glance.

Zhou Liangchen's heart became cold, and he had a premonition that something might happen.

He quickened his pace and walked to the intersection ahead, turning into another Wangbei Street.

Zhou Liangchen glanced at both sides of the street, and then his face turned pale.

Of the 110 stores on Wangbei Street, 47 have closed.

This Wangbei Street and Xiangdong Street run vertically and horizontally, connecting the city gates on all sides. It is the central axis of the entire Xishan Town, and it is also the most prosperous and core location in the town!

He then discovered that there were a large number of carriages and people lined up at the city gate in the distance.

"Go and ask two smart people." Zhou Liangchen squinted: "What's going on?"

Behind him, several of his subordinates hurriedly left and then hurried back.

These people all looked solemn and cold.

The information they got was roughly the same.

All the rich and powerful people in Xishan are evacuating their clansmen from Xishan Town.

All stores were closed and all long-term and short-term workers were evacuated from Xishan.

Zhou Liangchen listened quietly, and fixed his eyes on the crowd at the gate of the city with cold eyes.

After a few breaths, Zhou Liangchen suddenly turned around and walked towards Chu's house.

He snorted softly and uttered a rare curse word: "Straight bitch! This bunch of murderers who don't know how to live or die actually did this to us!"

These local tycoons headed by Wen Tiancai are so powerful!

Zhou Liangchen knew in his heart that these people were determined to fight against Xishan Hall to the end.

However, Chu Xisheng knew half a day in advance that Wen Tiancai and Yun Hedao Yin Yang had joined forces with many local tycoons to withdraw from Xishan Town.

There was a lot of emotion in the hall that day, and everyone agreed that they wanted to send troops to Wenjiawu Fort in the east of the town to kill chickens and scare monkeys, and give these local tycoons a good look.

This matter was suppressed by Chu Xisheng.

There is no way, official matters are just like this.

If he were a green forest hero or a gangster now, then the situation would be simple, just kill him directly.

The Iron Banner Gang is just a Jianghu gang, half black and half white. If they want to kill officials like Wen Tiancai and Yin Yang who own hundreds of acres of land and have people in their families who are serving as officials, they must be well-known and cannot let the government get the pain.

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Chu Xisheng still prepared his troops for battle in an orderly manner.

On January 20th, Chu Xisheng finally recruited 700 people. He would rather be short than excessive, so it was postponed until today.

In addition, various weapons have also been purchased.

There are a total of 600 magic weapon-level long swords, 400 short spears, 700 leather armors, 400 iron shields, 200 military heavy crossbows, 200 ten-stone heavy bows, and 110 four-arm crossbows.

Nearly 60% of it was purchased from outside, and the rest was left by Liu Dingtang.

Chu Xisheng took advantage of the situation and adjusted the number of altar openings to eight.

There are one hundred people in Chu Xisheng's "Sheng" altar, one hundred people in Chu Yunyun's "Yun" altar, one hundred people in Lu Luanli's "Luan" altar, one hundred people in Zhou Liangchen's "Liang" altar.

Li Shenshan's "shan" altar has one hundred people, Wei Yang's "yang" altar has one hundred people, and Liu Ruoxi's "xi" altar has seventy people.

Recently, Xishan Hall has summoned many masters. In addition to Xiangkui Wangzheng, there are also several eighth-level masters.

Chu Xisheng simply let Liu Ruoxi become independent and established the "Xi" character group alone. He also arranged Xiang Kui Wang Zheng under Lu Luanli, undercover versus undercover, which was perfect.

In addition, there is also a "Yuan Zi Tan" with only thirty people, who are responsible for spying on Xishan Hall.

Chu Xisheng then entrusted all training matters to Li Shenshan and Wei Yang.

Both of them are from the most powerful army in the world. They are serious seventh-grade Zhiguo captains and are good at this job.

Chu Xisheng actually didn't expect his gang to achieve anything in terms of military formations and tactics.

After all, fighting in the countryside and fighting in rivers and lakes depends more on the ability to fight alone. What kind of battle formation is needed to fight in a swarm?

Therefore, the accomplices selected by Xishan Hall are all in the ninth level of cultivation. They are either strong, good at swordsmanship, or have outstanding archery skills.

Although their salaries are high, they are all good in single combat, and they are worthy of success against most martial arts practitioners of the same level.

However, Li Shenshan and Wei Yang were very serious, and together with Zhou Liangchen, they trained their subordinates desperately every day.

So the money in Chu Xisheng's pocket flew out like flowing water.

Not only did he have to feed these seven hundred strong men with good wine and food, he also had to provide them with elixirs to restore their strength and spirit.

After all, Xishan Hall is not a military force.

Brothers are in the world to make a living, not to be used as animals for training.

Even within the Northern Army, troubles can occur during daily high-intensity drills.

Fortunately, the gang members below all knew that there would be a big battle in twenty days. They also felt Chu Xisheng's kindness in purchasing armor for them, so few of them had any complaints.

It should be noted that armor is the most expensive of all magic weapons. A piece of ninth-grade leather armor is worth more than three hundred taels.

——In other gangs, in Tangkou, who would equip their gang members with such expensive gadgets?

Even if the person dies, it will only cost more than 300 taels of pension and burial expenses, and then he will be rolled up in a straw mat and thrown into a mass grave.

Therefore, these magic weapons are usually purchased with their own money.

Chu Xisheng is willing to buy leather armor for them, which is indeed unique among Jianghu gangs.

They feel that the hall master is benevolent and righteous, so they practice with extra care.

Chu Xisheng was helpless.

Xishan Hall currently supports 700 people, as well as more than a hundred servants, chefs, etc., and its monthly expenses have reached as high as 70,000 taels of magic silver.

Now the rent collected by Xishan Hall is only more than 10,000 yuan, and the city entrance fee has been temporarily reduced by half. In addition to the 50,000 taels of magic silver given by the canal for peace, it is not enough for these people.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So he had to borrow extra money to feed these gang members.

Chu Xisheng himself also spends money like water.

The two brothers and sisters need up to 500 taels of magic silver per day for their daily practice.

They all use the best medicine and the best magic materials.

But the bulk of the money was still spent on Chu Xisheng.

Chu Xisheng is already practicing the "Nine Refinings of the Ultimate Purple Gold Body".

Chu Yunyun provided him with a secret recipe from Tieshan Qin's family. After boiling the medicinal oil and applying it on his body, no matter how he practiced any external skills, he could get twice the result with half the effort, and it could greatly enhance a person's strength and resistance to blows.

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However, this medicinal oil is very expensive. The cost of one medicinal material is three hundred taels.

Chu Xisheng also took the Fourth Transformation Golden Body Pill provided by Cao Xuan.

He has asked an expert to identify it, and there is nothing wrong with the elixir, so you can take it with confidence.

This medicine is made by the alchemist inside Jinyiwei and is specially used for the "Nine Refinements of the Ultimate Purple Gold Body".

One pill could save him twenty days of practice, making Chu Xisheng's progress rapid.

January 25th.

Several accountants sent by Chu Xisheng to the countryside to collect poll taxes and land taxes were all covered in feces and urine, and were driven back to the city in extremely embarrassed condition.

As soon as they returned to Chu's house, they hugged Chu Xisheng's legs and cried loudly.

They suffered humiliation in the countryside. Not only were they whipped dozens of times, but they were also forced to kneel down, kowtow, and have their crotches drilled into their pants. Two of them were almost thrown into a manure pit, and their spirits almost collapsed.

The miserable situation of these people made Lu Luanli, who had always had a game mentality, unable to stand it anymore, with anger brewing in his beautiful eyes.

She knew Chu Xisheng was waiting and had to wait, so she could only be patient.

But that night, Lu Luanli took out his own knife and sharpened it for half an hour.

This group of reckless Xishan local tyrants had already pissed her off.

Chu Xisheng doesn't mind taking action on several wealthy families now.

However, he inquired carefully but could not find out why.

Those who kidnapped his shopkeeper, whipped him and humiliated him all had their faces covered so that their identities were not revealed.

Chu Xisheng thought that these people were quite smart.
To be continued...