Chapter 43-Red Flame City's Wealth
The time of the Yellow Turban Rebellion was getting closer and closer.
To Wang Mu.
He definitely would not attack the counties of the Han Dynasty at this time.
On one hand.
This was blocking the blade for the Yellow Turban Army!
If Wang Mu was willing.
He could stir up chaos now.
However, attacking the county city was not a good idea.
First of all, Wang Mu knew very well that his strength had not reached the point where he could go against the Great Han Imperial Court.
After all.
Right now, he could only be considered a third-rate general.
There was still a long way to go before he could reach the peak of a general.
As for the Great Han Imperial Court.
Before the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the power that could be grasped was definitely not something that the current Wang Mu could resist.
Just the generals.
The top-notch generals that the Great Han Imperial Court could bring out were like the stars in the sky.
Let's not talk about anything else.
Now, even if it was Dong Zhuo who would cause trouble in Luoyang in the future.
He was only a local military officer of the Han Dynasty.
As long as the Great Han Imperial Court gave the order…
This Dong Zhuo had no choice but to follow his orders.
As for Wang Mu, could he fight Dong Zhuo now?
Let's not talk about anything else.
Just the top generals under Dong Zhuo's command, Hua Xiong and the others.
Wang Mu was not his match.
Moreover, he had to be careful.
The various dukes who rose up after the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
Now, they were all loyal officials and filial sons of the Great Han Dynasty.
If he jumped out now.
He probably didn't even know how he died.
Anyway... The Yellow Turban Rebellion was about to begin.
Wang Mu could take advantage of this time.
He was ready.
He would gain enough benefits from the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
After the Yellow Turban Rebellion ended.
Before the Great Han Imperial Court recovered…
Wang Mu's strength was also enough to raise it to the point where the Great Han Imperial Court would not dare to easily send out their troops!
At this moment.
Zhao Si's voice rang out from outside the door.
"Fort Master, Lord Fort Master! I'm rich, I'm rich!"
Wang Mu stood up.
Zhao Si ran in panting."Chief, you don't know…In the treasure vault of Red Flame City, just the number of gold coins…It's already incredible!"
"How much?"
Wang Mu asked.
Zhao Si's voice was trembling. 1 million!"
"Just a rough estimate is one million!”
"You didn't see it, but the gold coins in the treasure vault have already piled up into a mountain!”
Wang Mu suddenly stood up.
One million gold coins!
This was not a small sum of money!
Although…
Soon, he would be able to get two million gold coins from the Mei Family.
However…
This money.
He had used the trade route of the Swallow Mountain Range to exchange for it. Of course, two million was the price that Wang Mu had previously controlled for the western part of the Swallow Mountain Range.
Now.
Wang Mu controlled the entire Swallow Mountain Range.
Then...
This price naturally had to be renegotiated.
But even so.
One million gold coins.
It was quite shocking.
"This Red Flame City is really rich!"
"This isn't just Lord Stronghold Chieftain!"
Zhao Si said anxiously.
"These gold coins are only a part of the treasure vault. There are also a large number of gems, agates, silks, and so on! It was worth more than a million gold coins!”
Wang Mu nodded slightly.
"Have you counted the farmlands and serfs behind Red Flame City?”
"All of them are accounted for. In Red Flame City, other than the bandits, there were about 200,000 farmers.”
"These farmers have shackles on their feet and are forced to plow the land!”
Zhao Si smacked his lips.
It was different from the Blood Tiger Bastion, which distributed the cultivated land directly to the farmers and then collected taxes.
This Red Flame City seemed to be stuck in slavery.
To the bandits in Red Flame City, all the farmers were nothing.
They were just consumables.
Everyone was forced to work until they died.
If there were not enough farmers, they could just go out and rob them.
"Fields. It is estimated to be more than three million mu. This valley is very large, but the terrain is not quite flat…It can't compare to the mountain plains behind our Blood Tiger Bastion.”
Zhao Si said.
Wang Mu nodded slightly.
In fact.
He was also considering whether he should move his headquarters to Red Flame City.
After all.
This place was even more dangerous than the Blood Tiger Bastion.
Easy to defend, hard to attack.
As a base camp, there was no need to worry about the army coming to the city.
After all.
The continuous Swallow Mountain range was a natural barrier.
However…
Wang Mu finally gave up on this idea.
Indeed.
This Red Flame City.
In the depths of the Swallow Mountain range.
In terms of safety, it far surpassed Blood Tiger Bastion.
However…
There were pros and cons!
If Wang Mu was only content to be the leader of the mountain bandits.
He would spend his entire life muddleheaded within the Swallow Mountain range.
Then…
This Red Flame City was obviously better than the Blood Tiger Bastion.
However…
if... Wang Mu had greater ambitions.
For example…Send troops to the south and fight for the world!
Then…
It was located at the southern foot of the Swallow Mountain Range.
After leaving the valley, it was the Blood Tiger Bastion of the endless plains.
Obviously.
It was much more suitable than Red Flame City.
Considering this aspect.
Wang Mu would not move his headquarters to Red Flame City either.
On the contrary!
He would completely destroy Red Flame City.
Then, all the resources and population would be moved to the Blood Tiger Bastion.
To strengthen the Blood Tiger Bastion.
At this moment.
A bandit leader hurried over.
"Lord Fort Master! A dungeon was discovered in Red Flame City…There was a scholar imprisoned in the dungeon!!”
" Scholar?!"
Wang Mu's eyes lit up.
For the current Blood Tiger Bastion.
The importance of a scholar.
'I'm afraid…'
It was even more important than a general!
Especially after they had conquered Red Flame City and gained control of so many people.
It was foreseeable.
The population of Blood Tiger Bastion.
It was about to expand to 300,000!
300,000 people.
It was already the number of people in a small county.
Under such circumstances.
Wang Mu urgently needed a scholar to help him deal with internal affairs.
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