Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong secretly received the guests who came to surrender in the fortress of Qianhusuo.This guest is Lei Ying, one of the two most powerful bandit leaders in the mountain area of ​​Runing Mansion.

It should be said that Lei Ying is the less powerful one among the two most powerful bandit leaders.Because the Holy Spirit will rebel the people, the number of caravans passing through the mountainous area is also decreasing. Coupled with the drought, the days of these bandits are actually not easy.

It was also because the winter was going to be over and the days were difficult. After hearing the news of Wu Shigong's appeal, Lei Ying sent an envoy to Wu Shigong's place to find out and express his willingness to recruit.

Wu Shigong learned from the emissary that besides his own village, Lei Ying also controlled five or six nearby villages. The total population of these villages was about two thousand.Now Wu Shigong was in a bit of trouble.

If Wu Shigong agreed to Lei Ying's recruitment, his financial ability would definitely be too much.But if you don't agree, let alone offend Lei Ying, Wu Shigong's most important trade route for escorting salt goods will pass through Lei Ying's territory.

Therefore, Wu Shigong said to the envoy: "I am the military officer of the Guide Mansion. It is always inconvenient to come to the Runing Mansion to recruit security. Should you ask your big boss to come and discuss with me face to face to find a better solution?" What is the solution? Don't worry! No matter what the outcome is, this official guarantees the safety of Master Lei."

Wu Shigong thought: If Lei Ying is suspicious and dare not meet him.That would save me such a hassle.

Unexpectedly, that Lei Ying was so courageous that he immediately sent someone to make an appointment for a meeting.Now Wu Shigong had no choice but to connect Lei Ying secretly to the fortress of Qianhusuo.

As soon as he saw Wu Shigong, Lei Ying kowtowed quickly.Wu Shigong quickly helped Lei Yingxu up.The horoscope has not been written yet, so don't be in a hurry to stage this scene of meeting the lord.

After the two of them sat down, Lei Ying was very forthright, and explained all the difficulties he was facing now: due to the reduction of caravans, there were fewer and fewer targets for bandits like Lei Ying to rob.Moreover, what the bandits like Lei Ying lack most now is food.

Even if they robbed the goods, they did not rob food.Moreover, it is difficult to sell these goods now, and basically they cannot be exchanged for food.In addition, the route that the Holy Spirit will lead the people to walk is passing through the villages of Leiying, so there are no farmers to cultivate the nearby farmland.This caused Lei Ying to go down the mountain to grab food, but there was no food to grab.

Therefore, Lei Ying wanted to join Wu Shigong this time.Plan for the worst, even if Wu Shigong can't accept Lei Ying's recruitment, it's better to give Lei Ying some food, so that the people in the village like Lei Ying can survive this winter.

Since Lei Ying is so frank, Wu Shigong will tell the truth.Wu Shigong also told Lei Ying about his difficulties.But Wu Shigong didn't say anything to death. He said to Lei Ying: "In the future, as long as I can find a source of income, I will definitely organize the people who are in charge of Lei Da into the army. Now I will first rescue the emergency and give it to Lei Da How about the two hundred shi's food?"

After hearing Wu Shigong's words, Lei Ying became a little anxious.Two hundred shi of grain, although it sounds like a lot, but the small two thousand people have nothing.Besides, we don't know what will happen next year.In case of another drought, then Lei Ying might not come to Wu Shigong to beg for food again!

In addition, as Lei Ying is the head of the bandits, he and some of the bandit leaders have actually had enough money over the years.In fact, they don't really want to do this dreadful banditry work.Now that there is such an opportunity to recruit security, Lei Ying is not willing to let it go easily.

Therefore, Lei Ying begged Wu Shigong again, hoping that Wu Shigong could change his mind.This made Wu Shigong even more embarrassed.But it's not very good to directly refuse, and the scene at this time is a little awkward.

Wu Shigong suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and he thought of the bad check that Lu Jianchen had written to him.So he asked: "Master Lei, where did you buy the salt in your place?"

That Lei Ying was stunned by Wu Shigong's questioning, but he still replied: "My lord, the salt goods in our village are usually found by the sellers who deliver goods to the village. They tried to find a way to send it to the village."

"Then what price do you charge for your salt?"

"About five taels of silver per stone."

"So how much salt do you need each month?"

"The people in our village, plus the mountain people on the mountain, probably spend four to fifty stones a month."

After hearing Lei Ying's words, Wu Shigong immediately had an idea. He said to Lei Ying: "Lei Dazhang also knows about my difficulties. But now there is a way to go."

"I have a way to get cheap salt, and I will send it to the stockade of Lei Dadang's family, at four taels of silver per stone. I don't care what price Lei Dadao sells."

"As long as Master Lei agrees to my business, I will agree to you and accept your offer first. However, because my share of soldiers is already full, I can only let Master Lei feel wronged for a while. Stay in your own stockade. Wait until the conditions are ripe, and then turn Lei Dazhao into an official official army."

Then, after some haggling, Wu Shigong finally reached an agreement with Lei Ying:

Wu Shigong accepts Lei Ying and other bandits from the village to recruit him.Moreover, Wu Shigong will select [-] young and strong bandits from the bandits in Lei Ying's stockade, and organize them into two squadrons of soldiers.And Lei Ying will be the general leader of these two squadrons.The other small and medium leaders will also be arranged by Lei Ying himself.

The soldiers of these two squadrons will still be arranged in the original stockade for the time being, and Wu Shigong will also send some officers to give these soldiers basic training.If Wu Shigong takes any military action, the soldiers of Lei Ying's two squadrons will cooperate.Usually, Wu Shigong would not interfere with the actions of these soldiers themselves.

As for the military pay of these soldiers, Wu Shigong will issue them food coupons of one stone per month for each of them. With these food stamps, these soldiers can go to Wu Shigong's Qianhusuo fortress to buy preferential food for five yuan and one stone.

And Lei Ying promised that in the territory he controlled, only Wu Shigong's family would supply salt.

In this agreement, Wu Shigong basically did not add any burden.And it has [-] more soldiers.Although these soldiers Wu Shigong only controlled them in name, to mobilize and command them, they still needed the cooperation of Lei Ying and other bandit leaders.But at least for now, bandits like Lei Ying have become Wu Shigong's nominal subordinates, at least they will not openly oppose Wu Shigong.

In addition to providing the most needed food in the village, Lei Ying was actually recruited by Wu Shigong in name.As long as Wu Shigong flies to Huang Tengda, then sooner or later Lei Ying and the others will sneak into the official army and get a half-time official to honor their ancestors.

Moreover, Lei Ying's du lixing is quite large, and the actual command of these soldiers is still in the hands of Lei Ying and the bandit leaders.

For Lei Ying himself, there is another benefit: the salt that Wu Shigong gave Lei Ying was four taels of silver per stone.And Lei Ying can sell these salt goods at a price of five taels of silver per stone.Of course Lei Ying would not refuse such a windfall.

After the agreement was reached, Lei Ying escorted the two hundred shi of grain Wu Shigong gave him, and went back happily.And Wu Shigong also found out with great interest: the food stamps he issued on a whim, did not expect to have such a magical effect.

But not long after sending Lei Ying away, Wu Shigong suddenly got the news: he suffered a setback for the first time in escorting the caravan.

This time it was Lv Yunhuan's salt cargo that was being escorted, but was stopped by the most powerful bandit leader in the mountainous area of ​​Runing Mansion, Li Yaozi, on the way.As a last resort, the soldiers escorted by Wu Shigong and Lu Yunhuan's salt caravan returned to Qianhusuo Fortress.

Faced with such a provocation, Wu Shigong immediately issued a mobilization order, deciding to completely wipe out Li Yaozi and his gang of bandits.In order to deter all the bandits who dare to challenge Wu Shigong's authority, and kill the chicken to show the monkey, so that other bandits can understand the situation and stop doing such stupid things.