When Yang Kai led Liu Ce to the warehouse where materials were hoarded, he was also shocked by the sight of the stacks of sacks that resembled small mountains.

  "It seems that the bandits have recently become wealthy!" Liu Ce licked his dry lips, looking at the white rice, cured meat, pickled vegetables, oil, and salt in front of him, and his heart was also constantly shaken.

  Two migrant workers carried a trunk to an empty space, opened it, and suddenly a burst of silver light rushed forth. A row of silver ingots in the shape of a ladder was imprinted on their eyes. Looking at this chest of silver, the surrounding area let out a flurry of urgent gasps. When had they ever seen so much silver in their lives? Liu Ce picked up an ingot and weighed it with his hand, roughly one kilogram, which is equivalent to ten taels in this worlds conversion. This trunk probably weighs nearly two hundred kilograms.

  Liu Ce weighed the silver ingots in his hand, trying to keep his head clear. He looked around at the refugees who were panting and staring blankly, then tossed the silver back into the box, closed it, shook his head and said: "These things are useless for now, lets first take stock of the grain and transport it back."

  The crowd finally came to their senses, thinking that it was indeed the case. At present, bandits are rampant, and each city is occupied by bandits. Even with money, they cant buy grain, so these silver coins are useless. So they dispersed to transport the remaining supplies.

  "Liu brother, come and take a look." Yang Youhuai ran to Liu Ces side with a big smile on his face, "There are many good steel over there, top-quality steel..."

  Liu Ces eyes lit up as soon as he heard this, and he hastily followed Yang Youhuais pointing direction to run over. Sure enough, in a corner of the warehouse, several dozen square and neat iron ingots were neatly stacked.

  "Quickly call Old Feng over..." Liu Ce touched the cold iron block, his heart was extremely excited, he didnt think that this bandits lair would have such an important thing. It must be known that refined iron is a strategic material in Great Zhou, its an important source for forging high-quality iron armor and weapons.

  Old Feng, who was resting outside the warehouse, rushed in quickly, pushing through the crowd, and came to Liu Ces side, also stunned by the scene before him...

  "Top-grade refined iron!" Feng Ying gently stroked the refined iron, as if caressing her own child. Her scarred face twitched with excitement, sometimes tapping it with her fingers, and other times pressing her ear against the iron block. Soon, she stood up with a smile on her face and asked Liu Ce: "Are they all top-grade refined iron? Can we take them all back?"

  Liu Ce didnt expect Feng Ying to be so fond of ironware, but thinking about it, it made sense. As a craftsman by birth, Feng Ying had been in contact with these iron blocks and furnaces since childhood, so he must have a good impression of them. Liu Ce took a deep breath and said: "Old Feng, why would I ask you to come see them if I didnt plan to take them back? I saw that theres an unused furnace in the village, which should be used for ironwork. Lets transport these iron blocks back to the village first, and then find some fuel later. Well arm all the men, women, and children in our village, just to have an extra layer of security."

  "Thanks a lot, Liu brothers." Old Feng was in a hurry, and his gaze towards Liu Ce also softened a lot.

  "You arrange for someone to handle these fine irons yourself, I wont ask about it anymore. Everything can be discussed when we return to the manor." Liu Ce didnt bother with him again, knowing that Old Feng would take care of it...

  "Liu brothers, count it out, we are all rough men, cant recognize a few words, take a look if its right or not. Little Yang, hurry up and report the numbers to Liu brother." Guo Tao was excited beyond expectation at this battles harvest, while Yang Youhuai beside him couldnt stop smiling, holding a yellow paper with scribbled numbers, clearing his throat before starting to report on this trips gains...

  "7,622 dan of grain, including sweet potatoes and taro, 5,438 catties of cured meat, 330 catties of salt, 20 buckets of vegetable oil, with each bucket weighing about 70 catties, 200 jars of pickled vegetables, 730 taels of gold, 11,000 taels of silver, 3,100 catties of fine iron, and 14 horses, not counting yours. The remaining weapons and armor are still being tallied." After reporting these, Yang Youhua burst out laughing, and Liu Ce and the other refugees also started laughing. This trip was worth it!

  "Liu brothers, we cant transport so many things at once." Just then, Yang Kai thought of a practical problem, that is, this time the spoils are extremely large, and its unrealistic to try to transport them all at once.

  "Brother Yang, youre worrying too much." Liu Ce waved his hand and said, "If we cant transport it all at once, we can do it in batches. Let Old Feng dismantle the wooden fences of the village and modify a few hand-pushed flatcars. Well first transport a few carts back, and then have people from the manor come to take away the rest!"

  "What if a group of bandits suddenly attack?" Yang Kai Shan raised another very practical question.

  "Bandits?" Liu Ces eyes narrowed, "If there were indeed a large group of bandits nearby, those elite soldiers wouldnt have retreated even if they died. So I can be certain that within a hundred miles around us, there arent any decent bandits, at least not enough to take on the number of elite soldiers we had today. Gaoyang is over 600 miles away, and in at least a months time, we can pass through safely. Of course, this place is a bandit hideout for storing grain, so its unavoidable that small groups of bandits will come by. Leaving a few people behind should be enough to handle them."

  After listening to Liu Ces words, Yang Kai Shans heart finally relaxed and he also joined the team to transport grain.

  Due to the victory in the first battle, the surrounding refugees showed unprecedented enthusiasm. By noon, the open space in the camp was filled with dense piles of goods, and Feng Xueyans eyes widened in amazement.

  "Lets boil some water and cook first!" Liu Ce ordered as he saw everyone sweating profusely, feeling his own stomach growling with hunger.

  Everyone shouted in unison and immediately started scooping out who was building a pot to cook, Liu Ce saw this and said another sentence that the rice shouldnt be cooked too hard, its okay if its soft, after all, everyone has been hungry for a long time, afraid of eating bloated belly being squeezed to death.

  The aroma of roasting meat wafted through the camp, and people were eating thick rice porridge and pickled vegetables. Everyone was sighing in relief that they could finally have a full meal after so long. However, no one dared to touch the salted meat wrapped in oil paper, not because they didnt like meat, but because they had just finished a battle and couldnt bear to think about all the corpses inside and outside the camp. This worked to the advantage of Liu Ce, Fang Nian, and others, who saw Yang Fan and Sun Cheng each place a piece of salted meat on the fire pit, hanging it from a hook tied to a newly built wooden frame. The flames below danced and crackled, roasting the meat, and the aroma of roasted meat spread throughout the camp. Several refugees who were drinking porridge caught wind of the meaty smell and hastily retreated, as if the meat was poisonous.

  "Ah!" Feng Xiu Nian saw Yang Fan washing the waist knife clean, cutting the cured meat into small pieces one by one. He was so anxious that his eyes were wide open, and it took him a while to cut only half of it. He directly took away the remaining half and put it in his mouth, tearing at it with his teeth. This brought forth mocking laughter from Feng Ying and Yang Kai, but they soon followed suit, snatching the remaining cured meat from Sun Cheng and Chen Qing and devouring it recklessly...

  Liu Ce put a small piece of cured meat from the bowl into his mouth, it was a bit hard and difficult to chew, and couldnt be compared to the homemade cured meat in his own home in his previous life. However, being able to eat readily available pork in this chaotic world was no longer a luxury he could afford, as he rarely got to eat meat even in the military camp.

  He glanced at Han Feng who was silently eating meat and porridge across from him, then walked over to him and handed him a fine longbow he had found in Hu Weis tent. Han Feng put down his bowl and chopsticks, took the bow, and a hint of light flashed across his gloomy face as he pulled the bowstring with force, then released it, producing a clear and powerful sound. He nodded slightly at Liu Ce before putting the bow aside and continuing to eat.

  Liu Ce patted him on the shoulder and stood up, suddenly noticing that among the captured bandits were many ordinary civilians in tattered clothing, huddled together shivering with fear, feeling uncertain about their fate.

  "Whats going on?" Liu Ce asked in puzzlement, pulling Yang Kai Shan along and pointing at the crowd of commoners.

  "What about them?" Yang Kai-shan muttered, chewing on a piece of dried meat. "They were all found in the same tent in the military camp. Its said that they were local villagers who were kidnapped by bandits and brought here to be used as servants. Those girls were for the bandit leaders pleasure... I was busy counting supplies and forgot about this bunch..."

  After a moment of contemplation, Liu Ce said: "Bring them over, I have something to ask." Yang Kai Shan heard this and stuffed the remaining small pieces of meat in his hand into his mouth. He kicked Yang You Huai who was sitting on the ground eating with oil dripping from his mouth, and they walked over together.

  Before long, the group of villagers arrived in front of Liu Ce under the scolding of Yang Kai and his brother. They had not waited for Liu Ce to speak before they all knelt down on the ground. An older man spoke up: "Good sir, please spare us, let us go back..."

  These villagers had no idea what had happened in the camp before, only vaguely feeling a commotion of shouting and cursing in the bandit camp. It wasnt until they were found by the refugees and taken out that they saw the corpses on the ground and the bandits tied up like dumplings, and then they knew that the camp had been attacked. However, looking at the people who attacked the camp, they didnt seem to be government troops, so they thought it was another group of bandits or local ruffians. They were so scared that they didnt dare make a sound, allowing the refugees to take them and the bandits together, but without tying them up, just letting them squat on the ground waiting for their fate...

  Liu Ce saw that among the dozens of people in front of him, there were only seven men, and the rest were young women. He couldnt help but understand something in his heart, and muttered to himself "beast". Then he asked the old man: "Where are you from, sir?"

  "The old mans surname was originally Gao, and he was from a village 20 miles away. Last month, bandits raided our village and killed several thousand people, leaving only over 70 of us who were taken to this place by the bandits. Please, good sir, have mercy on us and let us return home. We will definitely offer incense to you when we get back... The version of Yi Jie Feng Huo Lu that you are currently reading is only half a chapter. To read the full version, please search for it on Baidu: () and then search again for Yi Jie Feng Huo Lu"