Starting with choosing a wife, creating the most powerful Xia

Just from Chen Xuening's tone, Chu Xuan could feel her hatred for the Chu family and Da Xia.

One is someone who does whatever they want, commits all sorts of evil deeds, and bullies others by abusing their power.

Another was incompetent and immoral, who trusted sycophants and suppressed loyal officials.

All of them had a way of courting death.

Chu Xuan sighed, feeling a pang of heartache as he gently embraced Chen Xuening. He could imagine how a woman as beautiful as a peacock could have endured those days being treated this way.

"Don't worry, you are now my woman, Chu Xuan's woman. Although I can't do anything right now, I promise you that if you give me a little more time, I will make them pay for the humiliation they caused you!"

Chen Xuening looked at him, her eyes filled with tenderness.

An ambiguous atmosphere seemed to spread between the two, and Chen Xuening suddenly smiled.

"Is that so? My husband, you truly have great courage."

As she spoke, she leaned forward, and in an instant, her face was almost touching Chu Xuan's.

Her warm, fragrant breath brushed against Chu Xuan's face. Chen Xuening was dressed very lightly tonight, wearing only a simple undergarment under her white clothes. If Chu Xuan lowered his head slightly, he could see the snow-white peaks that were faintly visible under the undergarment.

He swallowed hard. After all, he was still a young man. He had only interacted with Chu Ling'er before, and having tasted the sweetness, he immediately laughed and said, "You vixen," when faced with Chen Xuening's blatant temptation.

"It all depends on whether my husband knows any magic to exorcise demons."

Inside the house, spring was in full bloom.

Unbeknownst to the two, Chu Ling'er, standing outside the door, smiled faintly upon hearing this before turning and leaving.

The next morning, Chu Xuan sneezed four or five times in a row, waking up from the intense itching.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Chen Xuening looking at her with a half-smile, holding a small tuft of long, soft hair in her hand.

"Is your skin itchy first thing in the morning?"

Seeing Chen Xuening's mischievous smile, Chu Xuan laughed in annoyance.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuening's expression changed. She immediately remembered the tragedy that had befallen her the previous night and hurriedly got up to escape.

But it's too late to leave now.

Chu Xuan pulled her back, and another battle ensued until Chen Xuening was too exhausted to even move a finger, at which point Chu Xuan finally stopped.

Under the latter's mournful gaze, he got up refreshed, washed up, and dressed.

Chu Ling'er had already prepared breakfast. When she saw Chen Xuening limping out with Chu Xuan, a knowing smile appeared on her face.

Chen Xuening was initially a little shy, but after thinking about it, she seemed to think it was nothing, and proudly showed off her ample figure to A Leng.

As a result, during a perfectly good breakfast, Chu Xuan kept avoiding A Leng's increasingly resentful gaze.

After having breakfast, Chu Xuan finally found the village chief.

I told him what happened yesterday and asked him to bring all the men back so that he wouldn't have to go up the mountain today.

Hearing that Chu Xuan had only been gone for a day, yet had wiped out a bandit stronghold, not only seizing its warehouse but also recruiting all the bandits into his own ranks, they were astonished.

His eyes nearly popped out of their sockets; overjoyed, he hurried out to find the person.

Then, leading sixty or seventy young men, he followed Chu Xuan towards the direction of the Hanyang Gang.

Chen Lu was quite perceptive and did not take advantage of Chu Xuan's absence to run away with the silver.

Upon seeing Chu Xuan, they hurriedly approached him with Zhou Meng, respectfully saying, "Lord Chu."

Chu Xuan nodded and waved to the village chief.

"Village chief, this is Chen Lu. From today onwards, he will be my bodyguard. Have your men hand over the goods to him and take all the silver and other valuables back to the village."

"Yes."

The village chief hurriedly said.

When Chen Lu heard that Chu Xuan was going to appoint him as his bodyguard, he was overjoyed. From a marginal figure in a declining mountain bandit gang, he had suddenly become Chu Xuan's bodyguard. It was like a meteoric rise!

Zhou Meng and the village chief both became more respectful towards him.

He was somewhat relieved at this moment. In fact, it was impossible not to be tempted by so much money. Chu Xuan was not around. As long as he took a portion of it and went far away, he could live a life of luxury in the future!

But he ultimately suppressed the thought.

There was no other reason; it was simply that Chu Xuan exerted too much pressure on him.

In Chen Lu's mind, such extraordinary abilities should not be something that only one person could possess. Therefore, in his eyes, Chu Xuan was no different from a god.

That's why they ultimately dared not take the risk.

The people from the nameless village, upon entering the warehouse, all gaped, their eyes glazed over, and their breathing became heavy.

Those with lower tolerance for stress almost fell to the ground.

They were all people who were used to hardship in the village. Before they came, they had only heard from the village chief that they were coming to transport some silver. They were wondering how much silver it would take for so many of them to come.

They had never seen so much silver money before, and were naturally dumbfounded.

What followed was a burst of ecstasy.

With so much silver, we've really struck it rich this time!

Following the village chief's instructions, they then loaded the silver into the cart they had brought, box by box.

Seeing the Hanyang Gang's savings accumulated over many years being taken away by these people, Zhou Meng felt like crying but had no tears left to shed.

He gritted his teeth but didn't dare say anything.

Chu Xuan left Chen Lu to keep watch while he led the village chief aside.

The school has been completed, and Chu Xuan has also produced a lot of gunpowder during this time, so the mining of sulfur can be temporarily slowed down.

That hematite mine that Chu Xuan coveted could finally be developed.

The village chief had the same idea.

He looked at the inventory list that Chen Lu brought. Not to mention the silver and gold, there were hundreds of horses, plus some grain and fodder. For Wuming Village at this time, it was nothing short of a gold mine, and he had to find a way to deal with it.

Chu Xuan simply took out paper and pen and smiled at the village chief.

"Village chief, I have a crazy plan, do you want to hear it?"

Upon hearing this, the village chief could only manage a wry smile.

Every single idea you've come up with has been incredibly audacious.

The village chief had already been prepared.

So Chu Xuan said, "Do you think this money is enough to raise an army for Wuming Village?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the village chief in front of him freeze instantly, as if struck by lightning.

"what did you say?"

"I said……"

"That's it!"

Seeing that Chu Xuan was really going to say it again, the village chief quickly stopped him, squatted down and covered his chest to calm his heartbeat.

He looked at Chu Xuan as if he had survived a disaster. Although the old man had expected it, Chu Xuan's words still exceeded his expectations once again.

To build a private army?

That's a capital offense! Lord Chu, are you perhaps planning to lead them in a rebellion?!