Traveling back to the Northern Song Dynasty: Picking up a princess as my wife

When the soldiers from Lijiazhai were only thirty or forty meters away from the inn, the soldier using the composite bow took out a cylindrical object from his back and skillfully loaded it with large firecrackers.

"Snapped!"

A disposable lighter ignited the fuse of the firecrackers, and as the smoke rose from the fuse, one firecracker after another flew into the inn through the aiming launcher.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

These firecracker launchers were purchased by Li Zhen through Taobao; they were specifically designed for setting off firecrackers in Northeast China. Through a semi-sealed, reloaded mechanism, they could be launched like a grenade launcher.

A series of tragic screams came from inside the inn; many of the people inside must have been injured in the explosion.

Then, the armored spearmen broke into the inn. The enemy's arrows and swords could not harm them at all; on the contrary, the swords in their hands were damaged to some extent.

Just kidding, this is a generational gap. How could modern armor possibly be damaged by ironware from this era?

While the Zoroastrians were dumbfounded, the spearmen pulled out extended electric batons and began stabbing the enemy.

"what!"

"oops!"

In less than ten minutes, all the enemies in the inn were lying on the ground, some of them even losing consciousness while defecating and urinating.

After Yue Peng led his men to tie them up with ropes, he immediately ran to report: "Chief, all the enemies in the inn have been captured. Two are dead, and the rest have been captured alive. We have no casualties."

Upon hearing such a record, Zhang Cheng, who was standing next to Li Zhen, exclaimed in surprise.

"You solved it so quickly? You guys are amazing!"

Li Zhen smiled at this and said to Yue Peng, "Let's evacuate all our people. The rest can be handled by the magistrate's men."

Zhang Cheng had initially thought that the soldiers of Li Family Village were just better fed and had sharper weapons, but this was the first time he had ever seen such a fighting style. Putting aside the material of the transparent shields held by those three-man squads, the fact that they could launch explosive weapons was incredibly powerful; if these were used on the battlefield, they would definitely be deadly weapons.

Zhang Cheng asked with a smile, "Brother Li, what does 'police' mean on this shield?"

Li Zhen: "It's just a matter of faith. As long as the soldiers of Li Family Village see these two words, they will fearlessly charge at the enemy."

Li Zhen secretly wiped away his sweat. He knew he had to remove these modern elements when buying such equipment in the future, otherwise it would be difficult to explain. However, what Li Zhen said was true; in modern times, ordinary people felt a strange sense of security when they saw the police, though this was only true in China.

Watching the traitors being escorted out of the inn, Zhang Cheng felt confident once again. If he could just take these people to the county government for proper interrogation and solve the case, wouldn't he be promoted by the end of the year? A prefectural governorship would be his for the taking.

Thinking of this, he looked at Li Zhen in front of him and felt even more that he had met a benefactor. If it weren't for Li Zhen's help, he wouldn't have been able to subdue these people with his own yamen runners and guards.

Su Chi was standing on the street next to him, watching the scene unfold before him. He was so angry that he almost ground his teeth to powder, but he suppressed his anger and dared not utter a sound.

One of his subordinates asked in a low voice, "Master, should we stay here or retreat first?"

Su Chi glanced at the departing constables, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Let's move the silver we buried to a different location. We'll get a batch of grain and send it to the leader and the others first. We can't let our brothers lose their lives in vain."

After resolving the matter in Tangyin City, Li Zhen and his men returned to the stronghold. On the way, Li Zhen selected several dozen strong and capable refugees to bring back to the stronghold. Now that the defensive area of ​​Li Family Stronghold had expanded, the number of manpower needed to be increased.

Zhao Yingluo and the others had been waiting at the entrance of the village for a long time. When they saw Li Zhen and the others return, they rushed over happily.

This common scene is often ignored by everyone.

"Yue Peng, aren't the stars in the sky beautiful?"

"Old Wang, the moon is still the prettiest."

Hearing the conversation, Li Zhen kicked them both: "It's daytime now, what moon or stars are you talking about?"

Because of his good performance during the day, Li Zhen announced an extra meal for dinner. He took out countless pre-made dishes and a large amount of liquor from his spatial storage, all while no one was around.

At this time, Li Family Village was divided into an inner village and an outer village. The inner village was within the original village walls, and it was inhabited by the original residents. The outer village was mostly inhabited by later migrants and local people from the surrounding area. They lived in different places according to their respective groups. Small leaders like Wang Changdao now had their own groups under their jurisdiction, and they arranged their own daily patrols and farming.

The outer wall of the village was initially built using stones and trees from the mountain. As the population increased, Li Zhen began to reinforce it in sections with cement. In addition, Li Zhen ordered people to deepen and renovate the mountain spring halfway up the mountain, and piped plastic water pipes to the door of every household in Lijia Village, achieving tap water access for every household.

That evening, inside and outside the canteen in the inner village, countless leaders of Li Family Village toasted Li Zhen. Li Zhen knew these guys had no good intentions, but he liked the atmosphere, so he stood up and shouted loudly.

"Today is the first battle for our Li Family Village in Tangyin City. Here I would like to commend Yue Peng and his first squad of soldiers. They not only formulated a battle strategy based on the terrain and the enemy's defenses, but also cleverly chose the weapons to use, annihilating the enemy with zero casualties. This is something that our other two squads need to learn from them."

At this moment, Yue Peng stood on the table and led the first team of soldiers, shouting loudly: "Thank you, Chief, for giving us this opportunity. Our first team will fight whenever we are in battle, and we will win every battle!"

Upon hearing Yue Peng's blatant words, Wang Changdao and Yue Ying couldn't sit still any longer and urged Li Zhen to send them on the next mission.

Li Zhen continued, “Don’t worry, everyone. There will be plenty of battles for you to fight in the future. However, the most urgent task for our Li Family Village is to defend our territory. After coming down the mountain today, I found that more and more refugees are gathering around. If this continues, it may cause a riot. We not only need to build strong village walls, but also protect the grain we have planted. This is the food supply for our entire village to get through the winter.”

Only Zhao Yingluo knew about the large amount of food she possessed in her own storage space. Li Zhen didn't intend to tell the others, as knowing about the vast amount of food in the stronghold could easily lead to complacency among them.

Unlike at the beginning, the people of Lijiazhai have now gradually adapted to the alcohol content of modern baijiu. From being knocked out after half a jin (250ml) to being able to stand up after a jin (500ml), this is undoubtedly a huge improvement.

However, Wang Changdao seemed to have drunk a bit too much, carrying a wine bottle and going around drinking with people. His wife, Wang Dasao, couldn't stand it anymore and threw him over her shoulder, then carried him back to her home.

Everyone was stunned by all of this at first, but they quickly returned to normal. However, it was from this day on that the villagers gave Sister Wang a resounding nickname: "Mother Tiger".