The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 101 Tongguan City

The conversation lasted half an hour, but the other party did not respond at all.

Could he be deaf?!
How can a deaf person become a king of thieves?
The two leaders thought they had arrested the wrong person.

Gan Minglan told them that when she went to capture the thief, this guy was the most dressed, so he must be the leader.

And it is suggested that:
"I don't know if he's faking his madness. Let's hand him over to the guards at Tongguan Pass when we leave the pass!"

"Scholar's wife, that's a great idea! We'll be out of the pass in four more days at most. Let's leave this mess to them."

The two leaders had no reason not to comply.

Thanks to the auspicious white tiger father and son, they were able to escape with their lives from those villagers who were ruthless in killing officials.

This resulted in dozens more injuries.

If this were within the territory of Daming Prefecture, they would have already arrested all these villagers who were illegally mining gold and imprisoned them in the prefectural jail.

But they are currently on their way to be escorted, and there is an even more important task to be completed.

This place is also outside their jurisdiction.

The only thing they can do.

They simply tied the villagers together and left them there.

Then they took away the village chief's son, whom they had identified, and Wang Dongjia, who was pretending to be deaf and dumb.

As for gold mine shafts and metallurgical workshops.

Heh, that's not something they can even dream of.

Your life is at stake!

They didn't even ask the "Pork Beauty" where she had caught the thief leader.

Gan Minglan showed absolutely no guilt.

The crystal core energy bomb inflicts permanent damage on life forms within a designated area.

The eardrum ruptured.

Memory-related neurological disorders.

Wang Dongjia and his guards may never remember what they went through before.
That night, the villagers at the mine entrance finally wore through the ropes binding their hands and feet.

The villagers found the secret chamber where the gold was kept immediately, only to find the enemy ships reduced to ashes.

Apart from the fifty guards lying on the ground, who showed no reaction other than breathing.

We left them nothing.

Those whose eyes weren't scratched by the white tiger couldn't help but rub them several times, unable to believe what they were seeing:

"Are those officials really that capable? They managed to steal ten thousand taels of gold in one go?"

"Impossible! They, like us, never left those mountains, and they moved right under our noses!"

"Then how come the door to this secret room in the warehouse is gone? How was Wang Dongjia arrested? And why are his guards still unconscious?"

"Could it be that those officials destroyed everything in a fit of rage because they found nothing in the secret room?"

"How terrifying! Look at this powder, doesn't it look like the stone door to a sealed chamber? Are there really such powerful explosives in the world?"

"If you want one, just put it in the mine and blast it to dust. Metallurgy would be so much easier!"

"Damn it, the gold we've worked so hard to dig up over the past six months might have already been moved by the owner. They've embezzled our gold!"

"That's the most likely scenario! With such a large gold production this year, they probably wouldn't be happy to give us so much!"

"What should we do now?"

"Let's run away. Before the officials leave the pass, hand over the village chief's big stupid donkey to the border troops, and hurry home to pack our things and run away with the whole family."

"We have no choice but to run. The White Tiger Merchant has taken so many of our lives. If these wounds aren't treated in time, most of us will be crippled!"

"Let's take advantage of the refugee unrest and run to all corners of the country. Don't gather in groups, just spread out and run."

You can't run empty-handed.

The gold ore that was just mined today was divided up among all the people.

Anyway, they know all about metallurgy.

He took the gold ore back with him and, when the opportunity arose, found the tools to slowly refine it.

About five hundred men left the valley overnight, leaving behind an empty mine shaft for the Tongguan border guards who arrived a few days later.

Fortunately, less than a third of the gold mine has been mined. Whoever takes over the mine is destined to make a fortune.

The top commander of the border troops at Tongguanwei is also the Li family, the largest aristocratic family in the Qin region.

In other words, the gold mine ended up in the Li family's pocket.

The imperial court was completely unaware of this.

The imperial court is now in dire straits, setting a new record for poverty in history.

After the disaster relief funds are allocated, they are often embezzled at each level, and by the time they reach the disaster victims, less than one-tenth is actually received.

Peasant uprisings spread like wildfire across the country.

The local gentry, local tyrants, and big landowners were the lambs to be slaughtered.

Occupying the county government office became the primary sign of the success of the peasant uprising.

It's like an official announcement.

In less than half a month, news reached Shangdu that more than thirty seventh-rank county magistrates from thirteen provincial administrations had been brutally murdered by refugees.

The officials were trembling with fear.

The Jingjun army stood out from the crowd and gradually grew stronger in the war.

Wherever they went, merchants donated military funds, either voluntarily or involuntarily.

With ample military pay, the Grand Commander Nian rewarded his capable generals handsomely after every battle in order to keep them loyal.

The effect is immediate.

At least when fighting against refugees, the Jingjun's morale was in no way inferior to their opponents.

Often, even when the number of refugees outnumbered them by several times, they could still manage to win or lose evenly.

Emperor Beiwen trembled during the grand court assembly.

Various praises were given to the Jingjun soldiers, who had never been on the battlefield, for their extraordinary bravery.

He then dragged out the military forces of each prefecture and scolded them for their incompetence.

The military commanders were plunged into dire straits.
Tongguan City, the gateway to Guanzhong.

Tongguanwei is not just a pass; after more than a thousand years of development, it has become a city.

Because the border guards stationed there numbered in the tens of thousands, the security was better than in any of the prefectures they had come from.

The inn in the city was the largest they had ever stayed at.

Having barely escaped death, the two leaders decided to rest and recuperate here for a few days before continuing their journey north.

Because they provided the exact location of the ancient gold mine and handed over two leaders, they were commended by General Li, the garrison commander of Tongguan.

During their stay, General Li treated the two to a banquet.

During the banquet, the prefect of Anxi Prefecture sent someone to deliver a reward of five hundred taels of silver for catching the thief.

What made everyone happiest was that, despite the soaring grain prices across the country, they were able to buy enough affordable grain to last them a month in Tongguan City!

As for the hero who captured the bandit leader alive, he only received a reward of fifty taels of silver!
Gan Minglan showed no disdain whatsoever.

Ten thousand taels of gold were enough for her to laugh at all injustices.

After the family of three was finally allocated a small single room, Zuo Wenkang tossed and turned for half the night before finally deciding to confess to his wife.

That day, he thought that the feeling of his ankle being hot after his wife pinched it was just his imagination.

When the villagers rushed at him, he gritted his teeth and fought back to protect his son and mother.

During the movement, the injured left leg did not experience any discomfort.

Only at night could they take off their trouser legs.

As a result, they discovered that the dent in the left calf, where a piece of flesh the size of an egg had been bitten off by a wolf, had been completely filled with flesh.

And a pink patch of skin grew on the wound.

Aside from divination techniques, he didn't know how to explain it.

And the fairy-like wife actually took such a great risk, exposing her abilities to him.

What kind of trust is this?!

He realized it too late and was deeply moved.

(End of this chapter)