Chapter 113 If you can collect protection money, why can't I?

Liu Fu's actions in Liaodong immediately triggered a collective plea for help from his brothers, and in a short time, letters of distress flew towards Dongcheng like snowflakes.

In response to the various problems his brothers encountered, Liu Fu sent them several large boxes of letters.

These letters were all found in the storerooms of the four major families, especially some important correspondence, all of which were listed here.

Of course, the world is not limited to Liaodong. Dongjun, Xijun, Nanjun, Beijun, Jiangbei and Jiangnan, Southeast Liaodong, Northwest and Southwest... Not only Liaodong has four major families, but other places also have very prominent local families.

Among them are many powerful and influential families, whose existence can be traced back thousands of years. If you look through the history books, you will find that in these thousands of years of history, these powerful and influential families have held high positions or even important positions under every emperor and every dynasty, and have always controlled local resources. The whole family has been the superior people for thousands of years.

Liu Fu's brothers encountered such an opponent: a mansion built like a city wall over hundreds of years, with a profound foundation and deeply entrenched power.

However, precisely because their power is deeply entrenched and they have close ties with various families and powerful clans across the land, they inevitably leave behind incriminating evidence against them.

Among the letters that Liu Fu searched the treasuries of the four major families in Liaodong, there were many shady dealings involving other powerful and influential families.

Therefore, as long as these unclean letters are sent to the brothers, they can find a pretext to suppress those aristocratic families. Using this as a breakthrough, they will have a place to attack.

After dealing with the four major families, Liaodong gradually became peaceful. The land surveying and distribution were proceeding in an orderly manner. The first batch of sweet potato and potato seeds had already been planted, and they would be ready to be dug up on the day of harvest so that they could be promoted immediately.

At this moment, Liu Fu seemed to already see the astonished expressions on the faces of the people when they saw the potato harvest explode.

Meanwhile, good news had also come from the barbarians in the mountains and wilderness of Liaodong, thanks to Ma Liang and Wang Ping.

Large numbers of barbarians emerged from the deep mountains, and about one-third of the barbarians have moved out of the jungle and begun to build houses and live in accordance with the Han people.

Wang Ping's side is making equally rapid progress; he has selected five thousand strong barbarian soldiers to form a new Liaodong Flying Army.

Wang Ping, who had personally trained the Wudang Flying Army back then, looked at the physical qualities of the barbarian soldiers here. These barbarian soldiers were stronger and had better physical qualities than the Southern Barbarian soldiers. At this moment, Wang Ping seemed to be able to see what they would look like after he trained them, with their powerful strength and explosive combat power.

Not long after, a group of uninvited guests, led by three envoys, were escorted to Liu Fu's fiefdom.

That's right.

The envoys from Japan, the Later Jin, and the Linren Kingdom have arrived.

After Liu Laowu sewed up their mouths and cut off one of their ears, he arranged for 500 elite soldiers to "escort" these goods all the way from the capital to Dongcheng.

The suffering I endured that day was indescribable.

The thought of meeting Liu Fu, the legendary murderous tyrant, soon filled the three envoys with trepidation and unease; they began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Your Majesty, the envoys from the three kingdoms have arrived. What do you think we should do?"

Xiao He asked a question.

Liu Fu asked directly:

"I heard that the latrines in the eastern part of the city are full recently. The people are busy dividing up the land, and they are not carrying out the latrines frequently, which is affecting their lives."

Xiao He now understood Liu Fu's meaning:

"I understand, I will make the arrangements immediately."

Liu Fu nodded, and Xiao He, before leaving, gave him a few more words of advice:

"By the way, along with the delegations brought by these three countries, all of them, more than a hundred people, should be sent to shovel manure for a month. After that, I will decide how to deal with them."

"If I forget about them for a moment, then let them keep choosing."

Well, the more than one hundred delegations, including three envoys representing various countries to issue a challenge, haven't even met Liu Fu yet, and have already been assigned to shovel manure.

Half a month later, in the Huangji Hall of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Wanyan Xi sat on the dragon throne, listening to the ministers' reports:

"Your Majesty, the Eighth Prince of the Later Han Dynasty has detained our people in Liaodong again, and their whereabouts have been unknown for many days. I have only recently discovered the situation. It turns out that all of these people were dragged there by Liu Fu and forcibly sent to the latrine to carry excrement!"

"Your Majesty, this is intolerable! This is not just insulting them, it's a slap in the face to Your Majesty and to the face of our Great Jin Dynasty! Liu Fu, this villain, is so arrogant, repeatedly attacking our Great Jin Dynasty. If we don't teach the Later Han a lesson, will they still respect you? Will they still respect our entire Great Jin?"

In a short time, several ministers in the court offered their advice, all saying similar things, which finally succeeded in provoking Wanyan Xi's anger!

"My esteemed ministers are right. My mighty Jin Dynasty has been humiliated by this man time and time again. This is intolerable!"

"Guards! We are to immediately mobilize an army of 200,000 to attack the Han. They shall not retreat until they have captured the capital of Liaodong. I hereby declare that everyone who captures the capital of Liaodong will be rewarded. If anyone flees without a fight, they shall be subject to military law!"

This single sentence, once it reached the Liao Kingdom, immediately filled the Liao Emperor with ecstatic joy.

This time, the Liao Dynasty raised an army of 200,000, the Later Jin Dynasty raised an army of 200,000, the Linren Kingdom raised an army of 120,000, and the Japanese Kingdom raised an army of 150,000.

With four armies and 670,000 troops, the Liao emperor wanted to see how long Liu Fu could live and how much longer he could continue to act recklessly.

Meanwhile, in Dongcheng, Liaodong.

Liu Fu wrote a letter complaining that his father was sending all sorts of scoundrels to him, and received a reply from his father.

Liu Laowu thought to himself that it would be difficult for an emperor to deal with these foreign barbarians who came to him demanding protection money. Entrusting the task to Liu Fu would also help him build up his reputation.

In his letter to Liu Fu, Liu Laowu successfully piqued Liu Fu's interest with the words "protection fee".

"Yes, protection money!"

"Are you people from the Later Jin, the Linren Kingdom, and Japan allowed to come to our Later Han Dynasty to collect protection money?"

"Then why can't we go to your land and collect protection money?"

Liu Fu suddenly had a bold idea.

Once a beast reaches four stars, its defense will be greatly enhanced, making it unafraid of ordinary swords, spears, and arrows.

What if you upgrade a mythical beast to four stars and then send it to the Later Jin to collect protection money?

"That's a great idea, let's get started."

Liu Fu quickly upgraded Xingqi from a third-tier beast to a fourth-tier beast, and then rode Qiongqi to the border of the Later Jin Dynasty.

"Okay, let's go, Seven. We'll go collect some protection money for fun when we're free."