If he himself is like this, then those under his command must be having an even worse time.
Su Chen felt a pang of self-reproach. He wasn't completely cold-hearted; it was just that the current situation forced him to remain calm.
"Don't worry, everything will be alright."
The first thing Su Chen did in the morning was to Sign-In.
[Sign-In successful. Congratulations, Host, you have received 520 jin of grain.]
[Sign-In successful. Congratulations, Host, you have received 310 jin of pork.]
Is it all food?
Actually, it's not too bad. He's currently quite short on food, and once the food runs out, it will be difficult to operate with these two thousand people.
Su Chen summoned General Zhou and instructed him to find some people to continue pretending to be the Yellow Banner Gang and rob people in the surrounding area, but not to go too far.
Today, General Zhou spent the day repairing the surrounding area, making it more defensible and difficult to attack.
Fortunately, Su Chen Sign-In twice a day; if it were only once, the progress would have been incredibly slow.
Su Chen walked on the hilltop and looked into the distance. He saw a group of soldiers using the old Yellow Banner Gang's pots and pans. Because there were so few bowls, they had to take turns eating.
One group of people were eating, while the others just stood by and watched longingly.
Su Chen couldn't help but shake his head helplessly. What could he possibly do now?
He immediately summoned an Imperial Guard named Yu Dong, who was the head of the Imperial Guard. His job was to collect information and pass it on to Su Chen, or to relay information on Su Chen's behalf.
Are there any other bandits around?
The Imperial Guard immediately nodded. "Yes, there is one just forty miles away, but it's smaller, with only about eighty people. Those bandits usually pay Yellow Banner Gang. According to my investigation, they usually pay tribute once a month, and it's been twenty-seven days since the last time."
Yu Dong reported everything in great detail.
Su Chen nodded, then ordered, "Have General Zhou wear the Yellow Banner Gang's clothes and wipe them out. Bring back everything of value, including pots, pans, clothes, and anything else of value."
Yu Dong nodded immediately, then turned and left.
General Zhou did not return today. Forty li is not a short distance, and it will take some time to walk there.
Su Chen had warhorses, but he had only Sign-In for them once, which was far from enough. Since they would need them for many places, he had no choice but to let them travel on foot.
The next day at noon, General Zhou returned with over two hundred people, each carrying a large bag and panting heavily.
Su Chen's face lit up with joy; there were quite a lot of these.
After putting the things down, General Zhou immediately came over. "Master, there are still quite a few things over there. Would you like me to carry them back with you?"
Su Chen nodded, then summoned the remaining twenty-odd warhorses.
"Don't go any further. If you're just moving things, then ride a horse."
General Zhou immediately led his men away in a hurry.
Su Chen wasn't worried about them being discovered; this place was far from the emperor's reach, making it unlikely to attract Ye Tianran's attention.
The Great Yu Dynasty was so vast; if there were a few Bandits in one place, would you really send a large army over?
Su Chen then started Sign-In again.
[Sign-In successful. Congratulations, Host, you have received 300 tons of purified water.]
[Sign-In successful. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained 525 jin of wheat.]
Three hundred tons of water?
Su Chen couldn't help but gasp in astonishment; just how terrifying must that be?
Normally, if a person uses bathing, washing, and drinking water, they would only use six or seven tons a month, or even ten tons at most. Three hundred tons would be enough for two thousand people to use for a period of time.
The problem is that the water seems to have been poured directly out, meaning it needs to be taken out in a container.
Trouble.
Su Chen could only run to fill all the water vats with water, and then ordered his men to bring back as many water vats and the like as possible in the next two days.
"Summoning too many people at once doesn't seem like a good idea."
Su Chen immediately began to think about how to make these two thousand people more valuable. Otherwise, keeping them around like this wouldn't do him much good. He had to make these people generate revenue for him.
By evening, General Zhou had finished moving all the belongings.
The next day.
Su Chen walked out of the room and first Sign-In.
[Sign-In successful. Congratulations, Host, you have received 310 jin of beef.]
[Sign-In successful. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained 52 warhorses.]
Sign-In in, I simply summoned all the warhorses and disguised them as Bandits, not as actual warhorses.
"Master, where are we going?"
General Zhou's eyes were full of doubt.
Su Chen smiled faintly and said, "Let's go buy some things."
"Purchase?"
General Zhou's face was full of doubt. "Do we have any money?"
It seems there really is some. They robbed two bandit dens, and there was quite a bit of silver and gold inside. If they used that money to buy grain, they could get a lot of it.
He immediately ordered his men to bring over the silver, but Su Chen couldn't help but be speechless. "What are you doing? We're bandits. Using silver to buy things, isn't that a bit disrespectful to your profession?"
General Zhou was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head and gave an embarrassed smile.
He really hadn't expected that.
Su Chen sent people to investigate yesterday. Some wealthy families who bully the weak and oppress the common people have rice or other goods among them.
Especially in the surrounding Town, where the officials and soldiers were not strict in their management and the wealthy families had connections, they basically exploited ordinary people ruthlessly.
Su Chen summoned all the warhorses he had just Sign-In, adding them to the previous fifty, making a total of one hundred and two. The group then excitedly galloped off towards a certain location.
After resting for two days, he recovered a lot, and his strength was also greater. He could ride a horse on his own without any problems.
Soon.
They then arrived at a Town.
Stone Town!
Su Chen said calmly, "Yu Dong, have your men lead the way. There aren't many guards here, but each Lineage has twenty or thirty thugs, so we'll just rob three Lineage this time."
"Leave no survivors; take the food and silver first."
Silver is a hard currency in this world, and its importance is self-evident.
Yu Dong and respectfully left his life, then headed straight for Stone Town. There were very few soldiers inside, only a dozen or so, not even as many as the thugs of those powerful families, so they couldn't stop the agile Death Warriors at all.
They wore Yellow Banner Gang uniforms, and robbery and murder were commonplace for them, so they didn't attract much attention.
Soon.
Su Chen and his group then left Stone Town. The three major powerful Lineage had been completely wiped out; the eggs had been shaken apart, and the ant nests had been doused with boiling water before they left.
They were clearly carrying heavy loads, with quite a lot of things on them, and they left slowly.
They weren't worried at all about soldiers coming to hunt them down.
The only place with a large number of soldiers and officers in the vicinity is Anping County, or there is an army of about 300 to 500,000 located about 300 to 500,000 kilometers to the north.
However, the soldiers from that area wouldn't come here, and the soldiers in Anping County numbered less than a thousand, posing no threat to Su Chen whatsoever.
He was naturally in no hurry at all.
Moreover, with Imperial Guard gathering intelligence, he couldn't possibly be unaware of any actions taken by Anping County.