Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

Qiu Yu felt as if he had truly become a fish, bobbing up and down in the water.

My neck is still aching slightly, and my eyelids feel heavy and I can't open them.

He struggled for a long time before he managed to open his eyes a crack!

Some of the sunlight was too bright, causing Qiu Yu to squint and raise his hand to shield his eyes.

"Oh? Mr. Qiu is awake? Would you like some water?"

Seeing Qiu Yu's movements, Zhang Shun smiled and handed him a gourd.

"Where am I?"

Qiu Yu opened his eyes with great effort this time, and he was shocked to find that above him were huge sails and an even wider sky!

He lay there like that, with a straw mat beneath him and a thin blanket over his body.

"You're on the ship."

Zhang Shun shoved the gourd into his hand, then smiled and said:

"The strategists asked me to take you somewhere."

"Are they locking me up?"

Qiu Yu felt a chill in his heart. It was over. Now that he had been exposed, it seemed that Liangshan would settle scores with him.

"Close what?"

Zhang Shun looked at Qiu Yu and found it somewhat amusing.

This Mr. Qiu is quite interesting.

"You arrested me? Not to lock me up? Then what are you doing?"

Qiu Yu was very surprised.

"You're not planning to send me to Liangshan, are you? Let me tell you, that's absolutely impossible! I would never betray the imperial court, so don't waste your time on that!"

Qiu Yu was very excited.

Zhang Shun just watched him silently.

“Mr. Qiu, I know you are a good official. Brother Shi Qian told me that when you were the magistrate of Dengcheng County, you also cared a lot about the people, right?”

"So what?"

"May I ask, Mr. Qiu, do you care for the people because they are citizens of the Great Song Dynasty, or because they inherently need care?"

Zhang Shun posed a somewhat convoluted question to Qiu Yu.

“They are the people of our Great Song Dynasty, of course I must care for them…”

Before Qiu Yu could finish speaking, Zhang Shun interrupted him:

"Do you care about the people of the Yan-Yun region that Shi Jingtang surrendered?"

“Then their ancestors were the people of my Great Song Dynasty, so of course I will care for them.”

Qiu Yu replied.

"Alright! Then let me ask you again, are these people who have come to my Liangshan to seek refuge citizens of the Great Song Dynasty?"

"of course!"

"Then shouldn't you care about them?"

"Of course we should care for them!"

Qiu Yu said decisively.

"Then it's over."

Zhang Shun shrugged:

"The place I'm taking you to now is full of people from my Great Song Dynasty. Liangshan can't take care of them all. Since you said you care about the people, Mr. Qiu, then you should go and take good care of them."

"Wait a minute, I meant my care..."

Qiu Yu frowned. What are you saying?!

"You just said that you care about the people of the Song Dynasty. I also asked you whether these people who have come to take refuge are people of the Song Dynasty. You said yes!"

"Then what's wrong with me sending you to take care of those people?"

Zhang Shun interrupted Qiu Yu once again:

"Mr. Qiu, a real man keeps his word. Are you going to deny it?"

"I……"

Qiu Yu was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

“If you agree, then come with me. I’ll take you to a place inhabited entirely by people of the Song Dynasty, and you can take good care of them.”

"Of course, because there are just too many people, our Liangshan men will also help take care of them. You don't have any objections, do you?"

"you……"

Chou Yu was speechless. You Liangshan people are shameless!

What kind of "taking care of the people" is this? Isn't this just me working for you Liangshan people? Doesn't this mean I've betrayed the imperial court?

“Um, Mr. Qiu, strictly speaking, the people of Liangshan are also citizens of the Song Dynasty, so don’t think of yourself as working for a group of rebels.”

Judging from Qiu Yu's expression, Zhang Shun could roughly guess what he was thinking.

"Then what should I be thinking? What are you doing if not rebelling? You've moved the people overseas! You're digging up the lifeblood of the Song Dynasty!"

Qiu Yu refuted Zhang Shun.

“Mr. Qiu, firstly, we Liangshan did not rebel. The other three outlaw groups have all raised their flags and declared themselves kings, but we Liangshan did not, so we did not rebel.”

"Secondly, if people can't make a living in their hometowns, what's wrong with them going overseas to find a place where they can live? If they don't move, they'll starve to death; if they move, they can survive. Mr. Qiu, shouldn't you reflect on why the people agreed to move? Mr. Qiu understands better than I do the sentiment that people are reluctant to leave their homeland?"

Qiu Yu was once again rendered speechless by the rebuttal, and Zhang Shun felt very satisfied. Ever since his brother taught everyone this set of principles, it has never failed to work!

"Where are you taking me?"

After a long silence, Qiu Yu finally asked Zhang Shun.

"Jeju Island now has nearly 100,000 of our people, and we need a county magistrate."

Zhang Shun said slowly:

“The strategists say that since you were able to become the magistrate of Dengcheng back then, you can definitely become the magistrate of Jeju Island now.”

"Aren't you afraid that if I become the magistrate, I'll tell the people directly that Liangshan is a traitorous place?"

Qiu Yu was very surprised that Liangshan would actually appoint him as a county magistrate.

Do you really trust me that much?

“My brother once said, ‘If you doubt someone, don’t use them; if you use someone, don’t doubt them.’ This has always been our principle in Liangshan.”

"Brother Shi Qian checked your resume and found it to be clean, meeting our Liangshan hiring standards. Plus, you have the ability, so why not use you?"

"Moreover, Jeju Island is far from the Song Dynasty, so even if you wanted to send a message to the Song Dynasty, you couldn't."

"Then what are we afraid of?"

Qiu Yu was speechless, because every word Zhang Shun said was true!

He could only silently turn his head to one side and look at the azure sea.

Liangshan, it's not that I want to work for you, but because there are too many people there, and I'm afraid you'll deceive them!

Zhang Shun looked at Qiu Yu, who remained silent, and then he too fell silent.

Alright, that's enough. What happens next is no longer Zhang Shun's concern.

A few days later, a huge island suddenly appeared in Qiu Yu's sight!

"Where...where is that?"

"That's Jeju Island, Mr. Qiu. From now on, you will be the magistrate of Jeju County."

Zhang Shun called to everyone to quickly bring the boat closer.

At the Jeju Island pier, Wen Huanzhang and Wang Yin came together to welcome Qiu Yu.

"Military Advisor Wen! Military Advisor Wang! What brings you both here?"

When Zhang Shun and his men came down, they were surprised to see these two big shots.

The fact that two strategists came to receive him at the same time shows that this Qiu Yu is truly not simple.

"Tianmu's news travels fast. As soon as we learned that Magistrate Qiu was coming, we came to pick him up."

Wen Huanzhang smiled as he sized up Qiu Yu. "Hmm, not bad, he is indeed a scholar who inspires confidence just by looking at him!"

"Brother Wen, I have admired you for a long time."

Qiu Yu had certainly heard of Wen Huanzhang, a highly talented senior who was unwilling to serve in the imperial court and was very famous among scholars!

“Magistrate Qiu is joking. It’s just a little bit of fame. We all know what you did in Dengcheng. You are a good official.”

"I only care about the people of my Great Song Dynasty."

Qiu Yu said, his neck stiff.

"This island is inhabited by people from the Song Dynasty."

Wen Huanzhang didn't mind.

"From now on, you will be the magistrate of Jeju Island. I am entrusting the entire population of 100,000 people on the island to you. If you have any questions, you can ask Wang Yin."

"You Liangshan people are really strange. You actually let me manage so many people. Aren't you afraid I'll turn them all against me?"

Qiu Yu still can't believe it.

"If Magistrate Qiu really has that ability, it only proves that Liangshan has done a terrible job in the past few years."

Wen Huanzhang had absolute confidence in the people under Liangshan's rule. He knew that the Song Dynasty could not give the people what they wanted, but Liangshan could.

Under this premise, Liangshan treated its people better than the Song Dynasty in every way, and it openly addressed problems that the Song Dynasty couldn't solve. This difference reflects the difference in eras; Qiu Yu was a good official in this historical context, but Ren Yuan was a time traveler.

Therefore, Qiu Yu could not overturn the policies set by Ren Yuan; this was a limitation imposed on him by the times.

So, Qiu Yu, you should just stay on Jeju Island and work for Liangshan.

"And what about you? You're not in Jeju Island anymore?"

Qiu Yu asked Wen Huanzhang.

"I?"

Wen Huanzhang smiled, then turned to look in the direction of Goryeo.

"I have so much more to do..."