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“This fellow is always ambitious and fond of making a name for himself. After you send Luan Tingfang there, just tell him that he and his brother are both leaders of Liangshan.”

“If Gao Feng gets his hands on him, he will surely behead him and claim credit with the court.”

"And Liangshan will certainly not let this go once they learn of it!"

"When we arrive, we will be able to rid ourselves of this scourge, Luan Tingfang,"

"Secondly, if Liangshan and Yizhou Prefecture could fight to the death,"

"If we wait until then, we can launch a surprise attack and perhaps wipe out this band of Liangshan bandits in one fell swoop!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Wannian immediately exclaimed in admiration.

"Uncle's plan to kill two birds with one stone is truly brilliant!"

........

that night,

These two brothers, Zhu Wannian and Zhu Yongqing,

They then acted according to Yun Tianbiao's plan.

First, the Zhu Family Village was captured by Liangshan.

Under the guise of grief and indignation

Please invite Luan Tingfang to have a drink with us.

Luan Tingfang was their martial arts instructor.

To his apprentices,

They weren't on guard much.

Soon, the two brothers got him completely drunk.

When he woke up the next day,

Only then did I realize,

He found himself in a prison van!

"What's going on? Why are you treating me like this!"

Luan Tingfang looked at Zhu Wannian and Zhu Yongqing outside the prison cart.

He was so angry that his eyes were practically bursting.

"Master, if you want to blame someone, blame your elder brother!"

Zhu Yongqing said with a helpless expression,

“Luan Tingyu has surrendered to Liangshan. Master, you are now a relative of the bandits, so we will naturally hand you over to the authorities for processing.”

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Luan Tingfang reached out and grabbed the bars of the prison cart, angrily saying,

"How could my brother have surrendered to Liangshan? This must be a fabricated story by that scout!"

"Hmph, Luan Tingfang, do you think everyone here is a fool?"

Zhu Wannian snorted coldly.

"My Zhu Family Manor was rich in money and grain, and had a strategic location, yet it was breached by Liangshan in just one day!"

"My eldest brother and three nephews all died tragically under the blades of Liangshan, but your brother is safe and sound, and even became a leader in Liangshan."

"If there's nothing fishy going on here, who would believe it?"

"Can......"

Luan Tingfang still wanted to defend herself.

But then he understood.

If my elder brother Luan Tingyu really went to Liangshan.

On his side...

I'm afraid that no matter what you say,

No one will believe that anymore.

"Big brother, you've really put me in a terrible situation..."

Chapter 459 Market Reform

Liangshan Marsh

Hall of Gathering Righteousness

Zhao Yuan has been back for two days.

The matter in Zhujiazhuang,

They have all been handed over to Xu Guanzhong for handling.

Apart from the Zhu Family Village which was captured,

They fled to the Hu family in Liangshan.

Lijiazhuang, the only remaining village in Dulonggang

Also after a conversation between Xu Guanzhong and Li Yingde,

The wise choice was to surrender to Liangshan.

Among the three villages

The Zhu Family Village was captured by Liangshan through a direct assault.

Because their relatives had either died or been injured at the hands of Liangshan.

The people of Zhuangli were not initially very friendly towards Liangshan.

But Zhu Chaofeng was publicly tried and beheaded.

All the villagers of Zhujiazhuang,

After all the land that originally belonged to Zhu Chaofeng's family was divided equally,

Liangshan gained popular support in Zhujiazhuang.

It was immediately reversed.

It started off unfriendly

They began to support the rule of Liangshan.

There are even quite a few families,

They were also worried that the government would take back the Zhu Family Village.

When that time comes, the land that these 330 people have already received will inevitably be taken back.

to this end,

They were clearly enemies of Liangshan just a moment ago.

The villagers of Zhujiazhuang followed behind.

However, they have already begun to eagerly and enthusiastically want to join the army.

They should guard the land they had just been allocated.

Besides Zhujiazhuang

The remaining two villages,

Hujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang

The owners of the two estates,

Hu Cheng and Li Ying have already donated most of their land to Liangshan.

Used to divide the land equally.

Although both of these companies primarily engage in business.

But so much land was given up

However, it was still a heavy loss.

Hu Cheng was Zhao Yuan's brother-in-law.

We cannot treat him unfairly.

And Li Ying,

Zhao Yuan also wanted to portray him as a typical example of someone who voluntarily donated land.

They then took over the sugar and salt business from Liangshan.

A portion was allocated to two companies for management.

Hu Cheng had anticipated this.

I wasn't particularly surprised.

On the contrary, it was Li Ying, this soaring eagle,

He didn't expect that

I've been wavering for so long.

Zhao Yuan remained magnanimous.

Not only was Li Ying not held accountable for his crime,

Instead, they gained business from Liangshan.

They received a share of the profits from Lijiazhuang.

This Sky-Soaring Eagle was a cunning and calculating individual.

He immediately understood Zhao Yuan's intention in doing this.

He was simply opportunistic.

They understood that the Li family was not like the Hu family.

To ensure the long-term sustainability of the Liangshan business, [they] wanted to divide Liangshan among their members.

Naturally, they also had to do things for Liangshan.

So, taking advantage of his business trip,

He recounted his experiences to various places.

In the past six months or so,

Because Liangshan had always been advocating for the rights and interests of the villagers and tenants.

Among the wealthy families in Yunzhou and Jizhou,

Among them, those of bad character,

Most of them have been wiped out by Liangshan.

Among the remaining gentry,

Not to mention that they are all great philanthropists,

At the very least, they rarely had any history of oppressing the people.

For these large households,

We can no longer simply shout slogans of fighting and killing as before.

After all, the banner raised by Liangshan was to act on behalf of Heaven and seek justice for the people.

These wealthy households are ultimately considered part of the common people.

Xu Guanzhong and Wen Huanzhang were already having a headache about how to deal with these wealthy households.

But did not expect,