Fletcher's Descent into the Abyss Chapter 118

Kong Ling didn't dare to slander, for fear of letting Casper Xiao catch the clue. After wiping his sweat, he took a sip of tea to cover up his appearance, nodded, and said: "The Marquis returned to Libei to fight with the Biansha tribe, and Cizhou can no longer bother with the imperial army. Besides, there are colleagues here now. Therefore, I think even if Lei Jingzhe comes back, it will be hard to gain anything."

Zhou Gui didn't understand what he meant at this moment, so he just said: "A thousand-mile march is full of difficulties. Cizhou is on the south side of Libei so that Libei doesn't have to worry about anything. If you need anything in the future, Cizhou will do his best. So what do you want to do with the bandits in prison now?"

"Among these bandits, there are several who were once the most powerful bandit leaders in Luoshan. There is no point in killing them. It is better to cooperate with Lei Jingzhe and release them together." Casper Xiao had already made a plan and said, "I have bribed several bandits to spread the news that Lei Jingzhe was released by the imperial guards. In half a month, they will escape from prison with Ding Niu and Liu Er. At that time, Cizhou will send people to hunt them down and drive them back to Dunzhou. Some of them died in the hands of the imperial guards before. Once they determine that the encirEmperor Clement and suppression in the east was leaked by Lei Jingzhe, they will definitely not let Lei Jingzhe go."

Zhou Gui and Kong Ling nodded together. Zhou Gui thought that Xiao Chi was going to return to Libei soon and he had to talk about the military rations. They discussed with Fletcher Shen a few days ago about subsidizing food for the Forbidden Army next year, but Fletcher Shen rejected it at that time.

"Cizhou originally planned to subsidize 16,000 shi of food for the Forbidden Army after next spring." Zhou Gui faced Casper Xiao and said carefully, "We know that the food is short, but this is Cizhou's point to the Marquis. I have told my colleagues about this, and they understand Cizhou’s difficulties and want us to sell these grains to Chazhou at a suitable price to use as preparation money for reconstruction. We have thought about it again and again in the past few days, but we still feel that. I'm so sorry. Mr. Hou, there is an open space in the northwest of Cizhou, which is the former site of Beiyuan Hunting Ground. We originally wanted to cultivate fields there, but the soil is not good and the food cannot be produced, so now we can only sow some rapeseeds. If it continues to be idle, it would be better to give it to the Marquis and make it a racecourse or build a new camp. "