Mingshi

Chapter 1370 Thought Work
"Big brother..."

"It's over!"

"It's over!" In a small courtyard, Zhang Daoyuan and three people stood on the ridge of the roof, looking at the billowing smoke, Zhang Daoyuan said softly.

"My lord, what's the matter?" the woman asked.

At this time, just at dusk, the setting sun was like blood, Zhang Daoyuan's face was very ugly, he took a deep breath, lowered his voice and said:
"After the reinforcements were over, they were blocked in the canyon by Luo Xinfeng, and they were all burned to death. A bandit is a bandit, and nothing can be done at all."

"Young master, what about us?"

"There is no need to stay here any longer. Let's leave tonight."

night.

Inside the Juyi Hall, the lights are bright.More than a dozen leaders sat in the Juyi hall, arguing non-stop, and the atmosphere was restless.Suddenly, Liang Dalong, who was sitting in the middle, spoke with his head:

"Second brother, call Zhang Daoyuan here."

The dozen or so leaders were silent for a moment, and then louder voices broke out.

"Yes, yes, Zhang Daoyuan attracted all of this, and the court also arrested him. We will arrest him and negotiate with Luo Xin."

"Dengdengdeng..."

The second leader rushed out of the Juyi Hall, and the atmosphere in the Juyi Hall finally relaxed a bit. Having Zhang Daoyuan as a bargaining chip in their hands made them feel much more at ease.

About two quarters of an hour later, hurried footsteps sounded outside the door, and the second head of the family rushed in, with a distraught face and said:

"Brother, Zhang Daoyuan is gone."

On the cliff outside the Ninth Village, three figures were slowly climbing down the cliff. At this time, they were no more than a hundred meters from the ground.After another half a quarter of an hour, the three of them were less than ten meters from the ground, fell lightly from the cliff, and then sneaked towards the mountain forest.

A figure fell to the ground like a fallen leaf. Looking at the figures of the three, they followed silently. In the dark night, like a ghost, there was no sound.

No.17 village.

The bandits all looked up at the thick smoke rising into the sky in the distance. It has been two days, and the thick smoke still hasn't disappeared. This is obviously a big fire, and the place where the smoke is very close to the Ninth Village .

"Did the Ninth Village fall, or did we wipe out the officers and soldiers?"

"We must have wiped out the officers and soldiers."

"Then why is it on fire?"

"It should be burning the bodies of officers and soldiers."

"Yes, yes, yes! It must be like this!" All the bandits nodded and cheered.

At this time, this kind of cheering happened in all the villages, and only the people in the tenth village frowned, because they were the closest to the ninth village, and it could be seen that the place where the fire seemed to be far away from the ninth village.

"Fifth Master, the place where the fire is, seems to be on the other side of the canyon." A bandit said to the fifth master of the tenth village.

The face of the fifth master changed: "Liu son, you immediately take someone to the canyon to investigate."

"Okay!" The six sons looked serious, even a little scared.

"Be careful, don't be found out."

"I know."

"Success!"

At this time, Luo Xin, who was walking on the road leading to No.17 village, had a happy smile on his face, and He Xinyin walked beside Luo Xin, with a very complicated expression on his face.He knew that when there was a fire on the other side of the canyon, it meant that the officers and soldiers had succeeded in ambush and reinforcements. In the No. 18 village, they had already found out through Zhang Long and Wang Gao's investigation that 5000 people went to the 18th village. .5000 There should be [-] people in the village.

Based on the resentment that General Li's officers and soldiers had towards bandits, they would kill none of them.

More than 4 people!
His lips moved, but he didn't say anything in the end. After all, he had expected this result before. Bandits killed more than [-] officers and soldiers, and this revenge had to be avenged.

"What's wrong?" Luo Xin turned his head to look at He Xinyin and said, "Can't bear it?"

He Xinyin sighed softly. Hao Datong, Zhang Long and Wang Gao who were walking behind them all turned pale. They all knew what the fire in the canyon meant. Looking at Luo Xin's back, their eyes were full of I lost my fear, as if looking at a devil.

"I'm still too kind!" Luo Xin also sighed.

"Huh?" Everyone looked at Luo Xin in astonishment, and thought to themselves, if you are kind, are there any devils in this world?

"Do you think I'm willing to bear this notoriety?" Luo Xin said lightly.

Everyone showed a look of thought, Luo Xin was right, after this war, Luo Xin's notoriety would definitely spread.It would be fine if Luo Xin was a simple soldier, soldiers need this kind of notoriety.

but……

Luo Xin is not!
Luo Xin is a civil servant, with this notoriety, he will be isolated.

and……

Once Luo Xin's notoriety is spread, it will definitely attract the hostility of the entire million mountain people, and maybe there will be continuous rebellions in the future, and Ming will fall into the quagmire of war.

"Brother He, do you know the reason why the mountain people have been repeatedly submitting and rebelling?"

"Poor!" He Xinyin said, "I can't afford food."

"Yes, but this is only one reason, and there are more important reasons."

"What's the reason?" He Xinyin asked in amazement, even Hao Datong and other thousands of mountain people pricked up their ears.

"Because of the existence of Eighteen Villages."

"Huh?" Everyone was a little puzzled.

"Poor is only for the mountain people, not for the eighteen villages. Have you ever seen or heard that the people in the eighteen villages starved to death? Or did they not have enough to eat?

wrong!

It should be when they can't eat well! "

He Xinyin, Yun Zhiqiu, Tao Xingyan and others couldn't help looking at Hao Datong and those mountain people.The faces of Hao Datong and others became ugly, but they nodded and said:

"Their life in Shibazhai is indeed very good."

"Why?" Yun Zhiqiu looked at Hao Datong: "Since Shibazhai can live well, then you shouldn't be too bad?"

"Because...because..." Hao Datong said with an angry look on his face, "We have to pay taxes to Shibazhai every year."

"Pay them taxes?"

"That's right, most of our beneficiary will be handed over to them. If the tribe dares not hand it over, they will destroy that tribe."

"Understood?" Luo Xin glanced over everyone, Hao Datong and the thousands of mountain people, and said in a concentrated voice: "It is these eighteen villages that caused the poverty of the mountain people, and then they pretended to be Under the banner of seeking welfare, the mountain people led the mountain people out to rob, but most of the looted goods belonged to the eighteen villages, and the mountain people were still poor mountain people.

Hao Datong. "

"exist!"

"Just imagine what your life would be like without the exploitation of the Shibazhai to you mountain tribes. Tell the truth."

After finishing the words, he glanced over the nearly six thousand mountain people and said, "You can all tell the truth."

Hao Datong frowned and thought for a long time, then said with a complicated expression:

"If there were no exploitation by the Eighteen Villages, although our mountain people would not have enough to eat, and even some people would starve to death in times of bad times, but our life would be better than the current life."

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(End of this chapter)