Wang Yan's order was somewhat absurd, but it truly was a good way to let the brothers' exhausted bodies and minds relax.
So, over the next few days, Wang Yan took charge of tying up loose ends for the brothers. He settled matters with the county magistrate here and Liu Erhu, the local underworld boss, and made them pay up.
Fan La truly laid his cards on the table with Little Drunk. Little Drunk was naturally interested in Fan La, so she did not refuse him, and the two of them got together just like that.
This counted as Wang Yan's greatest help to Fan La. At least it meant Fan La would not spend his whole life pining after something, unable to rest easy even in death.
Over the next few days, Bu La found a Funnan girl who had fled here as a refugee, Yao Ma found a girl from Chuanshu, and several soldiers from the guard company found local girls as well.
Wang Yan had Shangguan Jieci get in touch with those girls. He also gave Shangguan Jieci an idea: have them open a factory here to produce scented soap, soap, and the like, so they would at least have a livelihood.
He also sent someone to deliver word to the troops and brought back a batch of wounded men. Some could no longer fight, while others were in between—still capable of fighting, but with their combat effectiveness severely diminished by wounds and illness. Wang Yan had them retire as well and stay in Zenda to run the factory with Shangguan Jieci. They would be workers, but they could also protect the women and children.
Wang Yan even left them two light machine guns. He also left behind plenty of submachine guns, mortars, all kinds of bullets