The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 262 Let You Continue to Be Water Bandits
Sun Ce came to the door and said, "Marquis Wen, Liu Ziyang has gathered most of the water bandits and they are waiting in the front yard of the government."

Glancing at Xiao Qiao lying beside her, Lu Bu gently kissed her on the cheek.

Calling the maid to take care of dressing and getting up, put on the cloak, Lu Bu walked out of the room.

He asked Sun Ce: "How many water bandits have come? Can the government's front yard be settled?"

"At least there are 5000 people." Sun Ce replied: "If Liu Ziyang didn't do it, I really don't know there are so many water bandits here."

"Chaohu Lake is near the water, and most of the people live by the water." Lu Bu said: "In troubled times, it is difficult for good people to make a living, and many people can only choose to rob their homes. If things go on like this, there will be more and more bad people, but fewer and fewer good people. If we can make these people change their careers, it will really be a help in the future.”

"What is Marquis Wen planning to ask them to do?" Sun Ce asked in surprise.

"They're all water bandits, of course let them rob houses." Lu Bu grinned at him.

Sun Ce looked puzzled: "And let them rob houses?"

"They are water bandits in the first place. If they are not allowed to rob houses, why should they help the world?" Lu Bu replied, "It's just that in the future, I have to decide who they can rob and who they can't."

Being confused by Lu Bu's words, Sun Ce's eyes became even more confused.

"You'll know later." Lu Bu didn't explain, patted Sun Ce's arm lightly, and led him to the front yard.

When he came to the front yard, he saw a dense crowd of people standing there, at least three to five thousand people.

Originally, people were chatting with each other in groups of three or four.

The guard yelled at the top of his voice, "Marquis Wen is here!"

Three to 5000 people lined up in a hurry, each with their chests straight, as if the army was being inspected.

However, they are still somewhat different from the military.

Although I tried my best to form a square formation, the formation was very messy, and it was obvious at a glance that there were very few formation drills.

If you don't understand array drills, you must be unfamiliar with cooperation on the battlefield.

It is almost impossible to expect these people to go into battle to kill the enemy. Let them loot on the waterways, maybe they can really do something.

Liu Ye greeted him and said to Lu Bu: "Marquis Wen, most of the Chaohu water bandits are here, only a small number of them refuse to come. I have already arranged manpower to attack them."

"Anyone who refuses to come will be wiped out!" Lu Bu deliberately raised his voice a lot: "Let those people know that if they don't obey, they will die in an ugly way!"

Liu Ye agreed, and Lu Bu came to the square formed by the water bandits.

Standing with his hips akimbo facing the three or five thousand water bandits, he scanned the faces of the water bandits in the front row: "I know what you all do, and I also know what good things you have done in Chaohu Lake."

Lu Bu just said that all disobedient ones should be wiped out. The water bandits present couldn't help but get nervous, and swallowed subconsciously one by one.

"I invite you to come here, not to settle the old score with you, but to discuss with you how to make the water bandit business stronger and make the world look at it!" Lu Bu's next sentence shocked the water bandits. They were all stunned.

I thought that he was going to preach and let the water bandits change their ways from now on, but who would have thought that he would come up with a rhetoric to make the water bandit business stronger.

The water bandits looked at each other, but they still didn't understand what was going on.

Lu Bu walked around in front of the crowd with his hands behind his back: "I heard a saying that rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests. You have been eating grass beside their nests for so many years. The folks in the village are still a disaster, isn't it? Don't you feel any guilt at all?"

Water bandits have plundered for many years, and of course they will not feel guilty for these reasons.

But in front of Lu Bu, they didn't dare to respond, and lowered their heads one by one.

"I originally planned to let you go back to be fishermen, but after thinking about it, after so many years of plundering, you have also adapted to the life of drinking and eating fish." Lu Bu said: "Brothers like you are hard to get rid of, if you do it Fishermen, I don’t know what troubles will be caused. I decided to let you go back to your job and continue to be water bandits.”

Lu Bu had made so many foreshadowings, he thought he would force him to be good, but it wasn't until he said this that the water bandits breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Ye didn't expect that Lu Bu would say that the water bandits would continue to run the business. He looked over in astonishment, and wanted to ask something, but it was difficult to ask in front of so many people.

"Letting you continue to be water bandits is not to allow you to rob your own family." Lu Bu said: "I will show you a clear way. Although Chaohu Lake is a lake, it is connected to a river. There are many merchant ships passing by here. You can rob merchant ships. , It is strictly forbidden to harass the villagers and the ships of the various places under my rule, remember?"

The water bandits present looked at each other in blank dismay.

Someone said tremblingly: "Most of the merchant ships are guarded by guards, and our manpower is scattered. I'm afraid we won't be their opponents..."

"Then gather together." Lu Bu stared at the place where he was speaking: "As a water bandit, you don't go to plunder merchant ships with guards, but you bully the weak and rob the villagers. The disturbed place is not peaceful, but you run away when you meet the strong. Hurry up, don't you feel ashamed?"

Faced with Lu Bu's question, the water bandits felt a little guilty.

For so many years, they have indeed harassed the weak, and merchant ships often pass by. Because most of the merchant ships employ guards, they dare not go forward to loot.

"The real wealth is in front of you and you dare not take it, but you want to take some scraps and corners, and you are also worthy of being called water bandits?" Lu Bu sneered: "I tell you, I am asking you to rob merchant ships. Kill them all. I have a long-term solution, but I don’t know if you will agree or not!"

No water bandits dared to answer, thousands of pairs of eyes all looked at Liu Ye.

Liu Ye asked Lu Bu, "Dare to ask Marquis Wen, is there any way to keep the water flowing?"

"After robbing the merchant ships and killing the guards, we only ask them for the passage fee." Lu Bu said: "Any merchant ships that have paid the fee will be stopped later, and repeated charges are not allowed."

The water bandits don't understand why this is happening.

Someone couldn't help asking: "Marquis Wen, what's the point of us still looting? Just grab a boat, and you can live a happy life."

"If the reputation of Chaohu Lake is ruined, who would dare to pass by here?" Lu Bu said: "We must let the merchants who pass by here know that as long as they don't resist and pay the toll honestly, not only will they not be killed, but they will be killed. There will be people to protect along the way. Once the reputation spreads, more merchant ships will choose this place if they know that the Chaohu waterway is safe.”

He then explained to Liu Ye: "Zi Yang set a standard for charging fees for them, and no one is allowed to overstep the fees."

(End of this chapter)