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Chapter 158 The Song Family Has a Girl Named Sanniang

Languan Town is located in the central area of ​​Lantian County, and it is the only place besides the county town that has decent restaurants.

The bandits in the county town can’t go there with great fanfare. After all, if you take people around the county town like this, you will have to scare the county magistrate to the point of peeing his pants, and he will call his father and mother to Qianhuqian, a nearby guard. Come to suppress the bandits.

Of course, they are not afraid of thousands of households coming from the guard, but everyone can't make trouble with the officials, but there are many Kanto swordsmen who go to the single gang and like to kill these officials.

There is no way, the main reason is that these officials are too bad. Officials only know how to make money. The entire Guanzhong area is miserable, and the people in Shaanxi are full of dissatisfaction. This makes the Kanto swordsmen dissatisfied. Chances are they don't mind killing the two officials, after all the officials are very rich.

For example, the current magistrate of Lantian County brought ten large boxes with him when he took office. It is said that when he was transferred from Lantian, these ten large wooden boxes would be filled with silver.

Now the magistrate has been in office for four years, and he doesn't know how much money he has made.

In addition, the county magistrate of Chang'an County next door is even more cruel, and the land scraping is even more ruthless. The bandits in Chang'an County are said to be more brutal than those in Lantian County.

At first, the magistrate of Chang'an County happily accepted this nickname. After all, Tian Gao San Chi seems to be saying that he is Qingming Wushuang. High for no reason?

There is only one possibility, that is, the land is three feet short, which means that the county magistrate searched the land, and the land was three feet short, which is a curse.

Of course, the county magistrate of Chang’an did not end well. He went to the countryside to scrape the land again, ahem... During the process of inspecting the people’s conditions, the swordsman designed to take his head and hang it on a crooked neck tree to vent his hatred.

It was also after this incident that all magistrates, magistrates, and officials were all huddled in their own county offices, not even daring to leave the door. This Kanto swordsman is ruthless.

And these swordsmen can't be killed cleanly. There are people in this land who can't survive and rise up to resist.

Of course, this so-called Kanto swordsman is not a good person. He is said to be a knight, but he is actually similar to a mercenary. Some powerful landlords and rich people will hire some desperate swordsmen as guards.

And the results can be divided into many kinds. Some swordsmen fulfilled their duties and died fighting for their masters, while some swordsmen saw that their masters were fat and killed them.

The name Swordsman has a lot to do with the weapon they use, Guanshan Knives, because they generally use this kind of Guanshan Knife, so they are called Swordsmen.

These people claim to be chivalrous, but in fact they also do some banditry. For example, after Li Chaosheng's Luo Heita escaped from the guard, he joined the swordsman camp for a while, and later even gained a great reputation. After all, the swordsman has no home, and later turned into a bandit, which is considered a home.

In fact, swordsmen are the so-called run-off gangs in the mouth of the bandits, that is, they have no fixed location, one person or several people jointly rob the road, and run away after the robbery.

Li's Wine Shop in Languan Town, a small two-story wine shop, attracts businessmen and makes a good living, and the wine shop has its own group of swordsmen, so ordinary people would not dare to make trouble here.

But today, the swordsmen in the wine shop who usually look at people with their nostrils are all honest like little daughters-in-law, standing outside the shop honestly, blocking the merchants who want to approach.

There is a major event going on in this restaurant, that is, the six overlords of Lantian County, five of whom will have talks here.

This meeting was initiated by Liu Yidao, Zhendong Tang of Dongtangyu, and other overlords responded. However, the overlords do not trust each other, and it is even more impossible to go to a certain overlord's site to negotiate. No one is afraid that others will give a big banquet. .

So everyone discussed and discussed, and the final decision was made at Li's Wine Shop in Languan Town.

After choosing a place, these overlords each brought 300 people to this place together, but the wine shop is not that big, it is impossible for 300 people to come in, and each of the overlords made an appointment to bring only six personal guards.

So on the second floor of Li's Wine Shop in Languan Town, five bandit leaders with different appearances met.

The first person to speak was Liu Yidao from Dongtangyu. Liu Yidao was wearing a black robe today, with a jade headband tied around his head, his hair loose, and a long knife hanging around his waist.

"Everyone, I have an appointment with you today. You should know what I mean. The flying eagle in Qingyu was killed. Qingyu changed its owner, but we don't need another overlord in Lantian County, so what I mean is When Qingyu is still weak and killed in the cradle, our five families divide Qingyu's property equally, what do you think?"

After hearing this, a strong man with a round body, a big bald head, and a fierce face missing an ear said: "Huh, it's good that the old Feitiandiao is dead, but it's a pity that I didn't die at my hands. As for Qing Yu, I used to have an enmity with Qing Yu, but now I have changed people and killed Fei Tiandiao, that is a friend and I would like to make friends, but some people, without Qing Yu as an ally, are alone and alone."

"One ear, what do you mean!"

After hearing this, Liu Yidao stared at one ear, and one ear laughed after hearing this, "You don't understand what I mean?"

"I understand. Why are you scaring me? Do you want us to live and die now!"

"Come on, I'm afraid of you!"

One ear patted the table and stood up, followed by a strong man with a height of 1.9 meters and a height of nearly two meters and took a step forward.

Hong Tatian took a step forward, Liu Yidao instinctively took half a step back, keeping a safe distance, but at this moment a figure stood in front of Liu Yidao, looked at Hong Tatian and said, "Do you want to fight?"

Hong Tatian was so imposing when he saw this man, he was immediately discouraged, and he couldn't help but take a half step back, but he refused to accept it and said: "Liu Zongmin, I'm afraid of you! I heard people say that you made Qingyu's fierce general Zhang Mu head Injured, can you still fight now?"

After hearing this, Liu Zongmin said with a smile: "Boom, don't talk nonsense, even if I get hurt, I can beat you until you kneel down and beg for mercy!"

"you!"

Hong Tatian's eyes widened, and at this moment an old pedantic man waved his hands and said: "Okay, okay, stop making trouble, harmony makes money, harmony makes money, why don't we talk about things?"

After hearing this, One Ear and Liu Yidao both looked at the old man, followed by snorting, the old man laughed and said: "I am still very interested in the matter of destroying Qingyu. Qingyu is in our Six Valleys. Among them, the location is the best, the land is extremely fertile, and there are the most merchants, such a piece of fat, the old man is very greedy."

"Oh, Mr. Song is interested."

Liu Yidao laughed immediately when he heard Song Sanye's words. It would be easy if someone agreed with him. At this moment, Song Laosan smiled and said, "Interested."

"What about Master Peng and Daoist He?"

At this time, Liu Yidao looked at a monk and an old Taoist beside him. At this time, the old Taoist slapped Jishou and said: "Wuliang Tianzun, the old Taoist is an outsider, so he shouldn't get involved in these things, but the old Taoist has something to do with the old benefactor of Feitian Diao. Old, but to seek justice for his death."

Hearing the old Taoist's words, Monk Peng smiled and said, "Oh, the old Taoist wants to avenge the Flying Eagle. If Qingyu takes it, can I have your share? Amitabha."

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, you can't lose even a single point."

The old Taoist said in the name of Jishou, and Monk Peng laughed when he heard this, and said: "You old guy has always been hypocritical, why did you reveal your truth all of a sudden."

"You damn Monk Hua, why are you talking nonsense, you are also greedy for this piece of fat."

"Hahaha... That's right, I'm also greedy, so everyone stop holding it, and discuss how to take Qingyu down."

Hearing Monk Peng's words, Liu Yidao smiled and said, "Okay, everyone, please be quick, and since that's the case, I'll tell you what I think. My idea is that each of our families send out some people to form a coalition army to take down Qingyu, and everyone will benefit. What do you guys think?"

After hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, followed by Monk Peng and asked, "How do we divide the benefits?"

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other, followed by Song Sanye and said: "Didn't you talk about equal distribution? The food in the mountains is equally divided, the silver is equally divided, and the captives are also equally divided, but this is Qingyu Village?"

After hearing this, Liu Yidao said: "Everyone, can you give me this Qingyu village? As the son-in-law of Feitian Diao Diao Lord, I should inherit his old man's mantle. In this way, everyone will give me Qingyu village, money, food, and people. Don't want them all."

"It's a good idea. The most valuable thing in Qingyu is the cottage. Here it is, our work is not in vain."

One ear said with a dark face at this time, and after hearing this, Third Master Song also said: "That's right, I will support One Ear this time, and it is impossible for Qingyu Village to give it to you."

"Then who are you going to give it to?"

Liu Yidao frowned at this moment and asked, after hearing this, He Laodao said: "Don't give it to any family, why don't each of us send a man to garrison Qingyu?"

After saying this, Liu Yidao thought for a while and said, "That's okay."

"Okay, now that we have discussed the distribution of benefits, let's discuss the matter of attacking Qingyu. Qingyu is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The five of us can't hold back. We must use our wealth to fight against it. .”

After hearing this, several people looked at each other and looked at Liu Yidao: "As the initiator, how many people are you going to send?"

After hearing this, Liu Yidao thought for a while and said, "I will send out half of the troops, 500 people, and my clan brother, Liu Zongmin, will be the leader."

Hearing this, he listened in one ear: "Since this is the case, I will also send 500 people, led by my number one general, Hong Tatian."

After hearing this, He Laodao said: "Then I will also send out 500 people, led by Qingfeng, the great Dharma protector of my Guanzhong."

Hearing this, Monk Peng said, "Then I will send out 500 people to be led by my Dharma protectors."

Finally Song Laosan said: "Then I will send out 500 people, led by my daughter Song Sanniang."

After hearing this, everyone looked at a woman standing behind Song Laosan, wearing a golden armor and red cloak, holding a long knife and a long whip. This is Song Laosan's daughter, a strange woman who doesn't like red clothes but military uniform woman.

Don't underestimate this Song Sanniang, her strength is really not weak. She is good at wielding a Sun Moon Frost Cold Knife and a python leather hand whip. She was taught by an expert when she was young. Her strength is astonishing. She is invincible in all villages. What a hero.

It was the founder of Song Laosan's dominance. Hong Tatian had competed with him at the beginning, and the two fought on par. Hong Tatian's strength was also top-notch among a group of thugs. Although he couldn't beat Liu Zongmin, he could beat Liu Zongmin. It is still very easy to patrol the river cannon, or hammer the mountain tiger and the like.

But in that martial arts competition, he couldn't win Song Sanniang. At that time, he liked one ear so much that he knelt down and called Song Laosan's father-in-law to marry this handsome lady.

But he was rejected by Song Laosan, which made one ear boss not happy, and had a long conflict with Song Laosan, and said that Song Laosan was far behind Feitiandiao. Fei Tiandiao knows how to use his daughter.

As soon as this girl married Liu Yidao, Liu Yidao immediately became a dog for Fei Tiandiao. He wanted to be a dog for Song Laosan, but Song Laosan refused to agree, which is really hypocritical.

So everyone broke up unhappy, but later external pressure brought the two groups together, but I don't know if they are so harmonious.

Everyone discussed it and made an appointment to join forces to besiege Qingyu tomorrow, and this matter should be done sooner rather than later.

After agreeing, each of them brought a team back to the mountain. On the way, Monk Peng and He Laodao walked together, Song Laosan walked with One Ear, and only Liu Yidao was left alone.

At this time Liu Zongmin came up and looked at Liu Yidao: "Brother, are you okay?"

Liu Yidao looked at the two groups of people who were leaving and said: "It's like a thorn in the throat, like a thorn in the back, Zong Min, once the flying eagle dies, we will be in danger."

After hearing this, Liu Zongmin said: "Don't worry, brother, as long as Zongmin is there to protect you."

After hearing this, Liu Yidao cheered up and said, "It's not so pessimistic. We still have a chance. For tomorrow's battle, remember to hide your clumsiness as much as possible and consume as much of their troops as possible. In addition, for tomorrow's 500 people, you lead the second team." Go, don't go, our old brothers who are the main force, the death in the siege is too tragic, we have to preserve our strength."

Liu Zongmin heard this and said: "Yes."

The two were talking, and at this time the one ear that was far away came to Song Laosan, but first he smiled at Song Sanniang and said: "Sanniang, long time no see, you see that you have lost weight, let my brother touch it." .”

Hearing this, Song Sanniang's almond eyes widened and she shouted sharply: "If you dare to stretch out your dog's paw, I will chop it up!"

Hearing this, Yi Yi quickly withdrew his hand and smiled, "Sanniang needn't be so heartless, Sanniang will be eighteen this year, it's time to get married."

"go away."

Song Sanniang yelled after hearing this, one ear was helpless, and Hong Tatian stared at him and said: "You dare to scold my village master, you want to die."

"Hey, you stupid bastard who doesn't understand style, Sanniang is joking with me, right, Sanniang."

After hearing this, Sanniang rode forward, and ignored one ear at all, and the other ear's face sank when she saw this: "Little hoof, sooner or later, I will fuck you."

As One Ear said, he immediately rode up to catch up with Song Laosan and said with a smile: "Third Lord, what do you think about tomorrow's matter?"

Song Sanye heard this and said: "Just follow the plan, just send 500 people."

Hearing this, he squinted his eyes and said, "Send the main force?"

Song Laosan shook his head and said: "Just send some miscellaneous soldiers. First, let's test the strength of Qingyu. If it is really weak, take the opportunity to take it down. If it is strong, it's okay. Let's take the opportunity to kill the strength of Dongtangyu. Maybe find a chance to swallow it."

"Hehehe...Third Master, you really wanted to go with me, hahaha...That's right, I have disliked Liu Yidao for a long time. Let him kill 500 people this time to weaken his power. Then take Dongtangyu, the hot springs in Dongtangyu are good, soaking people in it for less than a month can boil them into bones, hahaha..."

One ear laughed loudly, Song Laosan followed suit and stroked his beard.

On the other way, He Laodao and Peng Monk said: "How about tomorrow?"

Monk Peng said: "It is enough to send some miscellaneous soldiers, let the three of them fight."

After hearing this, He Laodao said, "I think so too."

The five groups immediately thought of it together, and had to say that these bandit leaders are all smart people, if they weren't smart people, they wouldn't be able to betray their teammates and keep a low profile, but they thought Li Chaosheng was easy.

Li Chaosheng watched the reorganization of the Army of Repentance today, but was a little disappointed in the result.

Originally, I thought that with the prisoner repentance army, there could be a team of 700 people, but after several layers of screening, there were only less than 500 people left.

As for the 200 people who were screened out, 40 of them failed the political review and were too stubborn, so they were chopped up directly, to make an example to others.

Then there are more than 100 people who are old, weak, sick and disabled. Who said that the bandits are big-bodied, murderous monsters without blinking an eye. Among these bandits, there are also old men in their 60s and [-]s, or ordinary weak chickens with yellow complexion, emaciation, and sickness.

There are also some who fought too hard, their arms and legs were broken, cut off, and became disabled. Therefore, excluding these people, the expansion of the Repentance Army has absorbed a total of 300 people, forming a team of 500 people.

However, the more than 100 people were not idle, leaving some odd jobs, cooks, and warehouse attendants, and all the rest were handed out a hoe to open up wasteland for Lao Tzu.

There is a lot of fertile land in the big gourd belly of Qingyu, but it is all deserted, which looks very distressing, so Li Chaosheng ordered all the old, weak, sick and disabled who did not participate in combat missions to open up wasteland and farm.

But they might not be able to rely on them alone. All the land in Qingyu could add up to thousands of acres, and there was no need to pay taxes.

Don't talk about bandits' cottages, the current officials are very cautious when they go to the big families to collect taxes. There is no way that the big families are connected to the sky. Taxes, that is, how much the big family pays.

And how do big families generally report?

It's very simple. When my grandfather paid [-] mu of land tax a year, in my father's life it was [-] mu, and in my life it was [-] mu. How could it shrink?

That is, there are not enough tenants, the fields are barren, and no one is farming, or the family has passed the examination as a scholar, and how much land tax is exempted.

And what about the actual situation?

In my grandfather's generation, the land was [-] mu. In my father's generation, the land was increased to [-] mu through land acquisition or land reclamation. In my life, it is [-] mu.

So the country's tax revenue is getting less and less, until the treasury is completely empty, and the big family is getting fatter and fatter.

As for the common people, it is getting worse and worse. Originally, our family still had two acres of land. We worked a little harder every year to make ends meet for the family. Difficult, then you can only sell the land to the landlord, and the landlord is getting fatter and fatter, and then the government and the businessman collude to find a way to hide the land.

As for the county magistrates, all of them do nothing but collect money. As for re-measurement of the land, that is crazy. It's over when you go up, and you can still make some money to spend.

As for the Shangguan, he is also clear about this, but no one cares about it.

In the Ming Dynasty, the main taxpayers were landlords with little background like Wang Laocai. Their land was not covered by anyone, so they would be collected in full. There were also some free farmers, that is, they still had a few acres of land at home. , Farming by oneself, such taxes cannot be less.

Of course, this is not unaccommodating. For example, if you find the county lord, you have a thousand acres of land. If you find the county lord and give the county lord some money, it is normal for the county lord to collect [-] acres of land.

But no matter how officials collect taxes, they must not dare to come to Qingyu to collect taxes, because if you dare to come to collect taxes, the bandits in Qingyu will dare to take your life. Think about it, is life more important?
Qingyu is really a good place. If all these lands are developed, Li Chaosheng estimates that nearly [-] mu of land can be opened up. If they are all planted with potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, etc., they will definitely be able to feed tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands of people.

Li Chaosheng looked at the land in Qingyu, some of which had already been planted with wheat, and the wheat was growing very well, about [-] mu. These were the lands cultivated by the flying eagles. This can definitely drive a lot, these bandits are not particular about it, so open more.

There is no way, Li Chaosheng decided to let these people who can't go to the battlefield turn into farmers and reclaim the land. One hundred people, each of them will open half an acre of land a day, and there will be fifty acres a day, five hundred acres in ten days, and less than a month. The area of ​​Qingyu can be reclaimed, and then grain can be grown in the coming year.

Plant food, plant food, and spare no effort to grow food. Only by planting enough food can we save more people and recruit more subordinates.

Li Chaosheng thought about it, watching two troops on the military training ground in Qingyu training one is the direct line of the security army, and they are training the mandarin duck formation at this time. After the missing boring palladium was replenished, their combat effectiveness became stronger.

Equipped with palladium, Li Chaolong commanded everyone to practice the mandarin duck formation, while Li Chaohu on the other side also began to prepare for his own mandarin duck formation. First, prepare for the long spear formation. There are many red-tasseled spears in Qingyu. This is the main conventional weapon in Qingyu. After all The cost of a red-tasseled gun is much less than that of a knife. The wood is all over the mountains and plains, and the tip of the gun is only a little iron.

At this time, Li Chaohu looked at the security guards who were practicing the mandarin duck formation, so greedy, he moved to Li Chaolong's side and said, "Brother, you, the security guard, can do it. of."

Li Chaolong glanced at Li Chaohu at this moment and said, "What do you mean second child?"

Li Chaohu said with a smile at this time: "Brother, I have just formed a team here, and the mandarin duck battalion leader said that he would let us practice too. How about you lend us the equipment and let us learn. Anyway, you are not short of these two days."

Hearing this, Li Chaolong gave Li Chaohu a blank look: "Come on, the military equipment is my second life. I can't leave it for a while, and I will borrow it from you. Second child, you'd better wait for two days and let it pass by the way." Let your people see how this thing works."

"Boss, what you said hurt people."

After hearing this, Li Chaolong said: "You shouldn't have thought about my equipment. To tell you the truth, I am also very interested in the people you expanded, but the battalion commander won't give them to me."

After hearing this, Li Chaohu said: "It's easy to ask people, when the other five bandits come, they will give you all the prisoners they take."

Hearing this, Li Chaolong rolled his eyes at Li Chaohu and said: "Come on, the battalion commander can't do it. The security forces must all come from clean backgrounds. We dare not accept bandits. After all, we will go on the bright side of Lantian County in the future."

After hearing this, Li Chaohu said: "That's true."

The two of them just sat there without talking, and they didn't know what they were thinking. They are living a very energetic life now, and it feels good to have a little bit of power.

Li Chaohu's bandit equipment wasn't ready yet, so they could only practice the most basic marksmanship. When the two of them were bored, Gu Zi ran over and said, "Two company commanders, the battalion commander is looking for you."

After hearing this, the two of them went with Guzi, and when they arrived at the place, they found that Li Chaosheng was in the stable, while the fourth Wang Guixiang was also there. Li Chaosheng looked at Li Chaohu, and said to Li Chaolong: "You two cousins ​​are here, are you here?" In this way, this time we captured 120 three war horses, I just told Guixiang that he wants to take all these war horses and form a strengthened cavalry company, I asked the two of you to come over and ask your opinions."

Hearing this, Li Chaolong was overjoyed. Wang Guixiang belonged to the Security Army. If he formed a cavalry company, he would also be his subordinate.

We brothers are brothers, but we can't give up war horses. Brothers will settle accounts clearly.

Li Chaohu was unhappy when he heard this, and stared at him and said: "I said fourth, you are my brother, you can't bend your elbows out, brother, I am also a cavalry soldier, if you give me this cavalry soldier, I will definitely be able to train it Send out a strong army."

Hearing this, Wang Guixiang smiled: "Boss, you don't have any cavalry foundation in this group of soldiers. I have a cavalry platoon here. We train faster and can quickly form a combat force. This is in line with the maximization of interests. is not it."

"Fourth, I saved your life!"

"Hey... Boss, I ordered you to take it away. I can't give you this war horse, hehe..."

Hearing this, Li Chaohu became anxious, glared at Li Chaosheng and said: "Battle Commander, judge, we fought this tough battle, and they went too far in snatching the horses."

"Battalion Commander, we don't want any of us as prisoners. Our security forces come out for a trip, can't we return empty-handed?"

Li Chaolong also looked at Li Chaosheng, and both of them looked at Li Chaosheng, waiting for Li Chaosheng to make up his mind, Li Chaosheng looked at the two of them and smiled after hearing this: "Okay, okay, I understand."

"In this way, these horse security forces will pick forty horses, and the rest will be given to the penitent army."

"what!"

Hearing this, Li Chaolong looked aggrieved, while Li Chaohu's mouth was split like a chamber pot, and he laughed happily: "Okay, Battalion Commander, you are so fair, thank you Battalion Commander, thank you Battalion Commander, hahaha..."

Hearing Li Chaohu's laughter, Wang Guixiang and Li Chaolong were not happy. How could Li Chaohu get this benefit? Li Chaosheng said, "Originally, I wanted to leave the war horses to the repentant army, but our security army came out for a while. It’s true that you can’t go home empty-handed, so I gave us forty horses.”

"Don't get excited, listen to me, our Security Army is an obvious force, and it shouldn't be too eye-catching. In fact, having thirty war horses is already very eye-catching. No matter how many officials there are, they may target us, so this is a great deal for our Security Army Forty war horses, we can't put them in Tanggou Town, we have to put them in Heilongzhai."

"As for Qingyu, there is no problem here. The government will not make any decisions about how a bandit develops his strength, so he can expand his strength unscrupulously. And the second cousin is also a cavalryman, so he must be able to train an invincible cavalryman .”

"That's for sure. If you can't practice, I'm willing to come and see you."

Li Chaohu said excitedly, Li Chaosheng nodded with a smile, followed by looking at Li Chaolong and Wang Guixiang, the two also nodded at this time and said: "We understand, we really shouldn't be too ostentatious."

At this stage, it is not appropriate to be too ostentatious. The world is not in chaos now, and the rogues are still Wang Er's group. If he shows up at this time, he will face the crazy suppression of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking about facing Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and other famous generals, Li Chaosheng would have some headaches. Although his own team is very refined, but with the power of a small town to compete with an empire, online novels dare not write like this.

Therefore, if the world is completely chaotic, it is his chance to take advantage of the situation. However, Li Chaosheng has a bit of a woman's benevolence in his heart. He does not want the world to be chaotic, because the world is in chaos. It means that the great famine that swept through the end of the Ming Dynasty is coming. At this time, people will turn into beasts, change their offspring to eat, and look like evil spirits. Just thinking about it makes Li Chaosheng shudder.

People are not allowed to eat people, but people are so hungry that they can only eat people. If eating people can live, there must be a large number of people who choose to eat people. There is a great fear between life and death, which is called hunger.

"Am I a bit of a virgin?"

Li Chaosheng murmured, thought for a while and Li Chaosheng smiled wryly: "Don't talk about the Holy Mother, even the Jade Emperor can't save this situation. Tomorrow, it's hard to get back, and the only way is to rebuild."

Li Chaosheng believes that as long as he works hard, he can plant red flags all over the world, here I come in troubled times!
(End of this chapter)