Me and countless me.

Chapter 326 Great Things to Do
Yang Zhi's suggestion is nine out of ten stupid and idiotic. It is obvious that he has never organized a decent event, so he has such a stupid way of acting.

It's like driving on the highway without leaving a safe distance for yourself. This guy did things without any preparation, not even any laborers in rotation.

Doing this is simply gambling that you will have a smooth journey, but this is obviously impossible!
Moreover, it was impossible to conceal information in such a situation! Anyone with a little experience in marching, fighting, or organizing people to do things would not come up with such a stupid plan.

Of course, if he doesn't treat his people as human beings, he might be able to accomplish the task. However, if even one of them completely fails to fulfill his duties, Yang Zhi will be in trouble.

So he is either stupid or bad, and looking at Yang Zhi's eagerness to make a contribution, he must be both stupid and bad!

But Li Ke really didn't expect that Liang Zhongshu, such a high-ranking official, didn't even understand such things!

Doesn't he have any experience in organizing events?

Looking at Liang Zhongshu's sincere face, Li Ke seriously wanted to believe that he was actually pretending, but judging from the original work and the results of the chess game he just played, this was the case.

So Li Ke looked at Liang Zhongshu and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"This is a serious matter. Moreover, there are many people in the mansion who are gossipy. In addition, Grand Tutor Cai's birthday is approaching, but we don't have any carriages going there. If someone with ulterior motives catches up with Yang Tixia, the number of people we have may not be enough. So why not add more guards?"

Li Ke gave a subtle reminder. After all, everyone knew that Liang Zhongshu had prepared a birthday gift for Cai Jing, but no one saw the birthday gift leave the house. Considering the situation around during this period, the bandits would still know about it!

This neither hurts Yang Zhi's face nor makes Liang Zhongshu feel like an idiot. It is a very experienced answer in the workplace.

However, Yang Zhi didn't want to give any face and didn't give it. He directly refuted, but what he said made Li Ke and Liang Zhongshu frown.

"No, if there are too many people, this strategy will be useless. Moreover, there are so many vehicles and horses traveling in Beijing. If there is no insider, how can the bandits know which group of people brought the gifts?"

Liang Zhongshu frowned because Yang Zhi's words seemed to imply that he had a spy under his command and that he was unreliable, while Li Ke subconsciously thought that Yang Zhi was saying that he, Li Ke, was an insider.

But when Li Ke looked at Yang Zhi's face, he knew very well that he didn't have the intelligence to put the blame on himself. He simply didn't know how to speak.

"Mr. Zhongshu is the son-in-law of the Grand Tutor, so he is naturally watched by countless people. Moreover, the birthday gift was robbed last time and its whereabouts are still unknown. So those lawless criminals will naturally watch this birthday gift. How do they know that we are not prepared? Therefore, those desperadoes will definitely keep a close eye on every caravan and investigate it, not to mention..."

Li Ke said this and then pointed out the biggest problem with Yang Zhi’s plan.

"How can a bandit not rob people? Even if it's not gold or silver, but food or cloth, why wouldn't the bandits want it?"

But Yang Zhi disagreed.

"When the time comes, there will naturally be soldiers who will fight to the death. Or do you suspect that my martial arts skills are not as good as those of some bandits?"

As he spoke, he glared at Li Ke, looking very eager to prove his martial arts and prove that he was not a fool.

He is so eager for quick success and instant benefits that he has become obsessed.

Li Ke shook his head and looked at Liang Zhongshu.

Liang Zhongshu looked at Li Ke, then at Yang Zhi. Instinctively, he wanted to use Yang Zhi's plan. After all, Yang Zhi's plan looked too tempting.

The cost is very low and not that long. Although he can ask the captains to use the army to escort the people, this matter cannot be made public. It is not a big problem to borrow the post stations along the way, but the military pay for the escort still needs to be paid.

After all, on the surface the army was not mobilized, but was resting and on holiday, so it cannot be considered a mobilization of the army.

But even so, it still caused some gossip, so Liang Zhongshu was still a little hesitant and wanted to do this in a low-key manner.

However, what Li Ke said was correct, that was the case, but when he looked at Li Ke, his eyes lit up.

"Why don't Li Tixia and Yang Tixia go together, so that they can have someone to look after them on the way."

Li Ke raised her hand to refuse, but Yang Zhi spoke first.

"No need, Master Zhongshu, Li Tixia and I have different ideas. If we force ourselves to work together, there will be problems."

He spoke in a decisive tone, but at the same time he tried hard to appear humble, which made Liang Zhongshu, who relied heavily on him, hesitate.

"That's it..."

After frowning and thinking for a while, Liang Zhongshu, who was wearing a red robe, looked at Yang Zhi, who was born in a military family, and then spoke.

"Yang Tixia, I'll leave this matter to you. I have some official documents to deliver to Kaifeng Prefecture. Remember to bring your people to the government office to pick them up tomorrow."

Naturally, he could not use the name of private matters to deliver the birthday gift, but he could mobilize the deputy commander to deliver official documents. Therefore, he would pile up some official documents so that Yang Zhi could go with a legitimate reason.

Yang Zhi was overjoyed and accepted the order, and Liang Zhongshu sent him away, but he glanced at Li Ke when he left, as if warning Li Ke not to cause trouble.

But he didn't know that Li Ke didn't want to have anything to do with him at all. However, he was very clear that Liang Zhongshu had called him here for more than just this matter.

Things turned out just as he had expected. After looking at him, Liang Zhongshu wrote a letter and put it on the table.

"Li Tixia, although you can't do this job, I still have another job that needs your help. You are right. Tixia Yang's plan is very good, but it does have some risks. This is another job. Tomorrow I will collect another batch of birthday gifts from the warehouse. After Yang Zhi leaves, you will leave and take this new batch of birthday gifts to Tokyo. If Yang Zhi arrives safely, you will deliver the birthday gifts to Yong'an Money House. If Yang Zhi fails to deliver it, then you will deliver it to the residence of Grand Tutor Cai."

After saying this, Liang Zhongshu paused and spoke in a condescending tone.

"As for the number of carriages and horses, you can take more."

Li Ke was silent for a moment, then bowed and accepted the order, but he also felt unhappy in his heart.

Things like the Flower and Stone Gang have already forced countless people to rebel, and this time Liang Zhongshu even wants to collect two birthday gifts!

The Flower and Stone Project is a large project that the current emperor wants to build a garden. He needs rare flowers and stones, rare trees, beautiful women, birds and animals from all over the country for his enjoyment. It can be said that the rich people in the world contribute money, and the poor people contribute labor. If we simply talk about the cost of this project, it is actually a small amount of money on paper, which is just a drop in the bucket for the Song Dynasty.

But this thing is not as simple as it looks.

Since the birthday gift was used to transport trees and stones, it required countless laborers.

In this era without highways, cranes, or trucks, transportation was basically done by ships, carriages, and horses. It was a very huge project.

The number of workers required and the number of ships and carriages dispatched were astronomical, which caused countless tragedies.

Therefore, many people were forced to work as laborers to dig and transport stones during the busy farming season. Some even suffered from landlords who said there were stones in their fields and destroyed the crops, leaving them with no harvest for a year and forcing them to sell their fields to survive. It was even more common for a family to have no labor force and only be able to cultivate a small amount of land, which led to a lack of food.

It was fine for those who had some surplus food at home, but those who had no surplus food at home were in trouble, because those who participated in the Hua Shi Gang had wages and food supplies on paper, but when it came to actually carrying out the plan, they had to bring their own food, and if they didn't have any, they would starve.

As for not going... not going is disobeying the government, and someone will naturally punish you.

Moreover, forcing the people and annexing land for the sake of the Flower and Stone Gang can be said to be contributing to the current emperor. It's just that the means were a bit extreme. It can't even be considered a fault of being punished with three cups of wine. Instead, it is an achievement, a proof of contributing to the emperor, and a medal of honor!
However, no one, including the emperor and officials, cared about how many civilians would die.

A family empire, a family empire, it means that the emperor is the parent of the world, but how many emperors do not regard the people as their slaves?

Li Ke pursed his lips. He knew that Liang Zhongshu had probably already prepared his share of the "birthday gift", but he still felt a little uncomfortable and didn't want to go on this trip at all.

So Li Ke came out and hammered the wall of his residence hard, then complained.

"It would be great if I had a portable space! Then I could rob all the birthday gifts and use all the gold, silver and jewelry to rebel!"

Since the birthday gift was going to be robbed anyway, Cai Jing would be able to receive the filial tributes no matter what, so he would not be polite to Liang Zhongshu, and he could just get some things like the golden sword and the jade seal into his warehouse.

But a person is not able to move around easily after all, and the spell of "The Universe in the Sleeve" is a very advanced spell. Although ordinary monks have similar means of holding the Sumeru Mountain in their rings, it is unrealistic to want to hold so much gold, silver and jewelry.

So if you really want to accomplish this big thing, you still have to rely on people.

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After thinking it over again and again, Li Ke went to the canteen he opened to eat, and thought about the possibility of attacking Liang Zhongshu's office alone tonight.

After all, all he needed to do was delay the time when Yang Zhi delivered the birthday gift, so that he could better recruit people and make plans to rob the birthday gift himself.

As for using his own soldiers, he was not so crazy. He had only been here for a month or two, so how could his soldiers be loyal to him? So he planned to go alone.

There is an inn behind the canteen, which Li Ke naturally opened when he took over the business. Therefore, there are still many customers in the restaurant who want to eat here for a bargain.

Although it is not a fancy dish, it is basically a vegetarian stew with some things like tofu in oil, but mostly bean sprouts and green vegetables and dried tofu. However, for most people who move to the city, the cost-effectiveness can be said to be sky-high.

Li Ke only made a few cents from each customer, and it was a sure loss if the families of his soldiers came to dine.

That was why he thought of stealing the birthday gift and Liang Zhongshu's money. Regardless of whether he could disrupt the situation today, he was determined to be a thief.

However, at this time, there was a father and daughter dressed as Taoist priests and nuns, eating in the lobby with their maids and people dressed as Taoist children. The girl dressed as Taoist nun was extremely beautiful, but Li Ke was not in the mood, just frowned and thought.

However, at this moment, Li Ke's comrade came and subconsciously glanced at the father and daughter eating stew and pancakes at the dining table. He felt a little familiar in his heart, then shook his head to get rid of the familiarity in his heart and looked at Li Ke.

"Erlang, you look so sad, what are you thinking about? And you don't even want to drink a little wine?"

Having said that, the man sat down directly and raised his hand to greet the servant.

"Come, give us ten pounds of mutton, twenty pancakes, some fried vegetables, two pots of stew and rice, and two jars of wine. I did an unlucky job today, and I have to have a big meal to get rid of the bad luck!"

Li Ke couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, because this guy would never spend money when eating at his place, which was also one of the important reasons for his losses.

So he couldn't help but put down his chopsticks and shook his head at this guy.

"Zhang Yinglei, you are so rude. Is my sister-in-law's food not good, or are you planning to bankrupt me?"

Although he said this, Li Ke still took the jar of wine and poured wine for his comrade.

After all, the words "comrade-in-arms" were not false. Li Ke was injured in the battle and had no clothes to wear, so he wore the clothes sewn by Zhang Yinglei's mother. And when they were surrounded by Liao soldiers, they promised each other that if one of them died, the others would be responsible for supporting the parents of others.

It is definitely not an exaggeration to call them brothers. They are much closer to Li Ke than his eldest brother in this life.

Zhang Yinglei shook his head, an unhappy look on his face. He took the drink handed over by Li Ke and began to explain the reason.

"Stop talking, it's really unlucky. Today's job is to go to the countryside to collect overdue rent. Who am I, Old Lei, to join those bastards in forcing the people to sell their children? It's really unlucky!"

Li Ke paused, then looked at his brother, but before he said anything, he saw that among the father and daughter who came here to eat, the daughter stood up directly and looked at this side with angry eyes, obviously dissatisfied with Zhang Yinglei's actions, but the father directly grabbed his daughter.

"Li Qing, stop messing around. Isn't the trouble you've caused big enough?"

After the father finished speaking, he pulled his daughter hard and finally pulled her back to her seat. He looked at Li Ke and the others with evasive eyes, and it was obvious that he also despised what Zhang Yinglei had done.

However, Zhang Yinglei couldn't help feeling sad when he looked at the father and daughter.

"Hey!"

He turned his head away abruptly, not wanting Li Ke and the father and daughter to see his face that looked like it was about to cry, and then he drank the entire bowl of wine in one gulp.

"What bad luck! What bad luck! What bad luck!"

After saying "bad luck" three times, Zhang Yinglei slammed his sandbag-sized fist on the table and wanted to cover his face and leave, but Li Ke grabbed Zhang Yinglei's hand.

"Brother, you couldn't bear to see this, so you bought the woman off?"

He knew his brother's temper, so he asked.

Zhang Yinglei nodded with a gloomy face, but couldn't help but speak.

"Yes, but what can we do about it? The Flower and Stone Project has not yet been completed, and now comes the Birthday Project. Although the gentry of this prefecture volunteered, it is not... Hey! Erlang, it is my fault that I got you involved in this!"

He didn't say anything more, his eyes were red, and it was obvious that he regretted letting Li Ke come with him to work for Liang Zhongshu. After all, coming here, let alone serving the country, basically only doing such dirty things!
What about the Flower and Stone Gang, what about the Birthday Gang? In the end, didn’t the common people suffer? The gentry paid the money, but they didn’t dare to ask the officials for it. Wouldn’t they ask the common people for it?
He even wanted to apply to transfer back to his hometown in Henan and find a leisurely job.

But Li Ke realized one thing.

Maybe this brother of mine can give me a hand!

So, he reached out to grab the wine jar and wanted to drink it all in one gulp, but Li Ke grabbed his hand, making him look at Li Ke with a gloomy face in confusion.

"We'll talk about it tonight."

When Li Ke said this, Zhang Yinglei, who had rolled out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood with Li Ke, was stunned for a moment. He realized that his brother might be trying to do something big!
After seeing this scene, the girl who was originally indignant suddenly brightened up!
(End of this chapter)