The shrill and pitiful cry sounded over the village of Semuren. The Han soldiers who were originally following Richard felt their future was dark and they were likely to be cannon fodder. They were happily carrying knives to escort a row of Semuren's young men out of the village. Behind the young men were rows of camels transporting goods.

Horses are a rare species on the land of the Western Regions, but camels are very common, especially the natives of the Seme people, who are very good at taming camels, which is mainly caused by the sandy environment in the Western Regions.

However, the Han army of the Tang Dynasty was not good at riding camels, so it never used camels as strategic materials, and camels' charge speed was far less than war horses. After the Tang Dynasty ruled the Western Regions, camels were always regarded as ordinary means of transportation and meat.

The camel's back was naturally the food and grass stolen from the Seme village. Of course, Richard gave the explanation that these foods were used for their relatives, that is, the Seme men who were forced to be recruited.

However, the amount of these foods far exceeds the food rations required for the strong men of Semi-sex people...

Naturally, the extra amount is rewarded by the more than 800 government officials.

There are not many coins in these Seme people's villages, but there is still a lot of food, because the taxes collected by the Dashi Town government mainly are calculated based on food.

Dashi Town can support thousands of townspeople, but these surrounding villages have made great efforts.

Since the Semuren villages are not far away and not far from Dashi Town, Richard's sweeping team quickly flocked into the next village.

For Richard, the thousands of fully armed Han soldiers, the Semu people village could not even raise the courage to resist. They had been ruled by the Han government of the Tang Dynasty for too long, and those with backbone would not stay here and live in vain. They had already fled to the west and joined the Semu people tribes to reliably reliance.

Most of the Semi people who stayed under the rule of Dashi Town were actually greedy for the protection of the military power of the Tang Dynasty court, and would rather bear taxes that were much heavier than the Han people than leave.

After all, compared to the green skin that cannibalize people, the brutal rule of the Han people seems acceptable. As long as you are alive, other factors are nothing...

Due to the confinement of transportation and communication in this era, the Semu village, which had few exchanges with the government offices of Dashi Town, had no idea that Dashi Town had such a person as Richard, so he was naturally unprepared. Richard arrested men one by one and plundered food and supplies...

Therefore, Richard's name quickly spread among the Semu people villages around Dashi Town, and the spreading speed was extremely hot!

The banner of General Ming Dynasty is also well known to the entire Dashi Town!

While Richard was busy with the Laseme men, Lijia Village had been built into Richard's temporary base by Song Zhicheng.

When Song Zhicheng learned that Richard had rebelled again, he calmly began to appease Lijia Village, while Hao Jianren was frightened to death and even tried to escape from Lijia Village!

As a result, he was naturally arrested by Song Zhicheng and the village patrol team on the spot...

After learning about Hao Jianren's performance, Richard immediately deprived him of his rights and educated Hao Jianren on "political, ideological and moral qualities".

Under the sharp knife, Hao Jianren swore to the sky and the earth in public to be loyal to Richard only in this life, and also wrote a letter himself, which was sent by Richard to the Hao family in Gaoxiang County, which is Hao Jianren's old man...

The Hao family is a gentry in Gaoxiang County. If they can tie them to their own chariot, they will undoubtedly serve as an example!

As for what Hao Jianren would think after receiving this handwritten letter from the unspoken son, it was not what Richard was concerned about.

Now he is not able to attack Gaoxiang County, but instead needs to be guarded against Gaoxiang County's suppression. The Hao family naturally cannot admit the letter. Richard forced Hao Jianren to write the letter, just to make more preparations for the future.

At the same time, Hao Jianren stayed in Lijia Village wholeheartedly!

Richard is now weak and wants to pull some people into his own chariot. No matter who he is, he can make up the numbers!

After showing his loyalty, Hao Jianren was deprived of his original rights, but he was also arranged as Song Zhicheng's deputy. There was no way. Richard was too short of people. As Hao Jianren, who had experience in managing a village, of course he could not let it go.

After Qian Sen saw Hao Jianren's fate, he did not need Richard to threaten and tempt him, so he took the initiative to surrender.

He had an epiphany. Anyway, he had fallen into the wolf's den and was labeled as Richard's power. He probably won't have any good results when he returned to Dashi Town, and he couldn't come up with a decent letter of fame...

Rather than doing this, it’s better to follow Richard to the end, and at least you can eat and wear a good meal, right?

Qian Sen himself is just an ordinary person. He is a little capable of becoming a patrol battalion. Qian Sen's greatest ability is not to kill enemies on the battlefield, but to know literacy!

This ability made Richard overjoyed. He lacked such subordinates who read literacy now!

In war, Richard had cannon fodder and systematic soldiers as the backbone. What Richard was short of was managers. If you don’t say anything else, you should at least read the official documents and write the notice.

As expected, Qian Sen, who took the initiative to show his loyalty, also appointed a position by Richard, who was responsible for publicizing Richard's various "policies".

On weekdays, he acted as Song Zhicheng's deputy.

Now Song Zhicheng has become the logistics manager of Richard. The strong men arrested from Semuren’s village were sent to Lijia Village for supervision, and the plundered food and supplies were also placed in Lijia Village. All of this needs to be taken care of by Song Zhicheng, so it is naturally far from enough to rely on him alone!

Therefore, Hao Jianren and Qian Sen, the two deputys, were also so busy that they couldn't touch the ground, but they were very satisfied with not having to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. They were very serious in their work, for fear that Richard would find an excuse to throw himself on the battlefield as cannon fodder...

In addition, Lijia Village’s biggest task is to build siege equipment!

In addition to forcing the men in the Semu people's village, Richard also searched for all Semu craftsmen, carpenters, blacksmiths, stonemasons, etc. As long as they have craftsmanship, even if they are just apprentices, they will snatch them up!

Richard used his knife and his promise to eat a meal to force these craftsmen to build a simple siege ladder for himself.

The structure of the siege ladder is not complicated, but it is not technically difficult. With craftsmen and those strong men who were forced to help, Richard built a siege ladder that is enough for thousands of people to use in just four days!

There are many people and the power is quite strong, even though these people basically have no subjective initiative...

Not only did Richard not pay any wages, but even the food was snatched from their own villages. It would be strange if these sage-men were willing!

It’s a pity that the situation is stronger than that of others. In the face of the knife, these strong men of Semen dare not disobey Richard’s orders at all.
Chapter completed!