Chapter 055 is business integrity
Zhao Yulin said that he was absolutely honest in his business, so how could he cheat? If they could get some vegetables or wild vegetables in exchange, as long as they were fresh, the price could be negotiated.
Then Zhao Yulin asked Li Yunqing to get it done for him and said goodbye.
Later, Li Yunqing came back to report that everything had been done, except that he only received the silver for 1,000 kilograms of rice, and the rest were all on credit. However, the buyer agreed to get some vegetables to pay off the debt.
Lei Manzi said that the Third Young Master was delighted to see the beauty, and he even sold and gave her away. They needed to buy 2,000 kilograms of food, so they must be the rebels in the mountains, and they should be arrested.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that he had seen it all, so were the others just fools?
Maybe we can catch them, but the location of the intersection is advantageous to both sides, so there is no guarantee that they don’t have people hiding there.
Miao Gui said that they came down the mountain to deliver vegetables and they must have wanted to spy on the strength of our military camp.
Zhao Yulin said, let the brothers practice and let them watch carefully.
The next day, ten men and women came with baskets on their backs delivering vegetables, and among them were the men and women who had bought food the day before.
Zhao Yulin let them walk around the barracks as they pleased. The shouts of soldiers on the training ground were deafening, and the roar of rope mines exploding could be heard in the distance. The group walked around and then hurried out of the camp.
At night, Zhao Yulin summoned all the generals to discuss matters. He said that since they had nothing to do now, it would be better to divide the troops and attack, eliminate the bullies around and create a peaceful environment for the people of Lingxiao Mountain.
The brothers had already figured out the surrounding situation and immediately set out under the cover of night.
The next afternoon, all the troops came back to report. They visited all the towns and villages within a radius of fifty miles. After interrogating the most serious crimes, they beheaded them in public. In particular, those bullies who were supported by Xu Chaolin's government troops to oppress the people were handed over to the people to be cut into pieces.
Lei Man said that the prefect, Mr. Chen, knew about it and was afraid that someone would come to reprimand him.
Zhao Yulin said that he didn't care, his mission was to use all means to wipe out the bandits in Lingxiao Mountain and make sure the people were obedient.
The Shenwei Army clearly protected the interests of the people. The escaped mountain people began to return to their homes, and the area around Lingxiao Mountain gradually became popular.
On the mountain, the bandits and rebels were holding a meeting. Some said that the Shenwei Army was protecting the people and was different from the government army. Some said that Zhao Yulin was putting on a show. Which official didn't bully the people?
Some said they had seen the Shenwei Army training and it was very fierce, but the loud sound of the bombs made them dizzy.
The logistics manager said worriedly that there was no food left. There was only a small piece of land on the mountain, and three thousand people suddenly poured in, eating up all the wild vegetables that could be dug.
At this time, the woman in red sitting in the main seat spoke. She had collected information about the Shenwei Army clearing out local tyrants and bandits in the surrounding areas. She said that she had personally checked and found that the Shenwei Army was indeed different from the government army.
They are well-trained and disciplined and do not harm the people.
She planned to let the people who had fled to the mountains go down first to reduce the food pressure on the mountains, and then make long-term plans.
The food supply had already run out, and even if the Shenwei Army did not attack the mountain, they would starve to death if they dragged on for too long. The crowd had no better suggestions, so they settled the matter.
The next day, people began to come down the mountain one after another, one family or two each, carrying their only belongings.
Zhao Yulin ordered them to register before letting them go, and the Shenwei Army gave each household 30 kilograms of food rations to relieve their temporary hunger.
On Gengji, he called the surrounding guards to a meeting and asked them to take good care of the people who had come down the mountain, distribute food and seeds to them, and register all the expenses and charge them to the Shenwei Army.
This trick really worked. After some people brought the news up the mountain, more and more people came down the mountain. Within ten days, at least more than a thousand people came down, and the number of people gathered on the mountain was reduced by half.
On this day, a hunter brother and sister, a boy and a girl, came down the mountain to buy food again.
Zhao Yulin still went to Daokou to negotiate.
This time he only brought Fan Zheng with him, and he said straight out that the two brothers and sisters were the leaders of the rebels on the mountain. However, he liked to talk with them.
The two men were startled at first, but soon calmed down and looked at him. It turned out that the young general on the opposite side had already recognized them.
Zhao Yulin asked Fan Zheng to make tea and they started to enjoy the fun of camping at the foot of Lingxiao Mountain.
He smiled and said to the woman in red, "If I'm not mistaken, he is the leader of the village, Fire Phoenix?"
The woman trembled at first, then she calmed down and asked him how he knew that.
The man next to her had stood up and stood in front of her, drawing his sword.
Zhao Yulin waved his hands and told them not to be afraid. He said if they wanted to fight, they would have started long ago. The Shenwei Army would not kill innocent people. He knew that most people on the mountain were kind-hearted children from poor families.
The woman asked him, since the Third Young Master doesn't fight, how can he put down the rebellion?
He said there were two solutions: one was to reorganize all the people on the mountain into the Shenwei Army and have them follow his team in the future. The other was to lower the flag and disperse.
But no matter what, the evildoers inside must be eliminated. The Shenwei Army does not allow anyone to harm the people.
The woman in red continued to ask him, what if she didn't?
Zhao Yulin said that he could go up the mountain himself to persuade his brothers, but if there was no other way, he would have to take the lead in attacking the mountain.
The matter had been made very clear, and he didn't want to waste time, so he asked Li Yunqing to allocate 2,000 kilograms of grain for them to transport away.
The woman in red was stunned looking at his back.
Zhao Yulin returned to the big tent, and Miao Gui said that it seemed that they were also hesitating.
He said that the most important thing at the moment was to do a good job in the resettlement of the people who had come down from the mountains, and that no accidents should happen. He called all the generals together to discuss matters, and asked them to divide the work into sections and go out to inspect the implementation of the situation separately, and never allow the villagers to discriminate against or oppress them. If they found any hidden bandits, they should also resolutely eliminate them.
Xu Chaolin had just led his troops to attack Ziyun Mountain in Jianwei, but suffered heavy losses and gained nothing.
Ba Chi Qing was a habitual bandit, and his methods were much more brutal than those of the rebels in Ling Xiao Mountain. Although the path up the mountain was much wider than that of Ling Xiao Mountain, that was relative. The mountain was very steep, and it was still difficult to attack.
The government troops had fought three times, and each time they fought desperately at the mountain gate, but they just couldn't get in.
The bandits also used gunpowder cans, killing many people, which made Xu Chaolin a little confused.
Damn, why is he always gnawing on bones wherever he goes?
He was feeling irritable, so he took a few of his confidants to Jianwei County to have some drinks, pick up girls, and have some fun.
In Yibin City, the prefect Chen Yun had already received Zhao Yulin's report and the petition from the county magistrate.
Yang Zhishan said that Zhao Yulin did not play by the rules at all. He conducted inspections of the townships without prior notice and dealt with crimes arbitrarily, which would cause trouble in the future.
Chen Yun said that they should deal with the bandit problem first and then deal with Zhao Yulin. In this situation, it would be too late to ask him to complete the procedures before doing anything.
Yang Zhishan said with a smile that Chen Yun was protecting her child.
Chen Yun happily took a sip of tea and said that even the unpolished jade still has flaws, and it was rare that this boy was so capable.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise from the south, which startled Chen Yun so much that he dropped the tea bowl in his hand. He immediately called for someone to check.
Later, the bailiff came in in a panic and reported that it was Wang Deyi, the eldest brother of the Litchi Qing Wang family, who did it.
Wang Deyi escaped when the Wang family was confiscated. He got a barrel of gunpowder from somewhere and pushed it in a chicken cart to the door of the Zhao family and ignited it, causing the door of the Zhao family to collapse. It is not known whether there were any casualties.
When Chen Yun and Yang Zhishan heard that Zhao Yulin's father's front door had been blown up, they immediately took the yamen soldiers and constables to check it out.
The scene was in a mess. Wang Deyi pushed a barrel of gunpowder towards the gate, but his homemade chicken bus bomb blew him to pieces first.
Mr. Zhao was very frightened. When he saw the two masters coming, he hurried over to catch them. He said tremblingly that it was fortunate that the doorman saw the criminals committing the crime and quickly closed the door, so the two servants were killed in the explosion.
Chen Yun whispered to Yang Zhishan that he should write a letter to tell Yulin, appease Mr. Zhao, and then take everyone away.
Mr. Zhao then regained his composure and said that the gate was in good condition, but he had spent fifty taels of silver to repair it, and it was all his third son's fault, so he should pay for it. He asked the eldest son Yuqing to cross the river tomorrow to ask the third son for the money.
Zhao Yulin was still in Lingxiao Mountain at this time.
A letter came from the mountain, asking him to come up the mountain to discuss the matter of recruitment.
All the generals disagreed, saying it was too risky.
Zhao Yulin thought it was an opportunity and decided to take a gamble.
But everyone opposed it because there was only one way up the mountain, and if there was danger there would be no time to rescue.
Zhao Yulin patiently analyzed the situation for everyone, saying that the recent business was a win-win for both sides, and that Shan Shan was getting along well with us, so there was no need to kidnap him to survive.
Since the mountain has invited him, he should go there. Maybe he can really solve this problem and everyone will be happy. Then he asked Fan Zheng to prepare.
Lei Man said he couldn't stop them, and told Fan Zheng to tell the rebels on the mountain that if they dared to hurt the third young master, he would destroy the stronghold and leave no one alive.
Zhao Yulin patted Lei Man's thick shoulders and said it was okay, and promised to return safely. Then, he said goodbye to his brothers and walked up the mountain. After turning a corner, he saw the woman in red waiting at the entrance. He smiled and asked if she was here to pick him up.
The woman in red asked expressionlessly, "So what?"
So what if it isn’t?
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that she must be concerned about him.
The woman cursed, "You are so smooth-talking, and you are still a general." and told him to go.
Zhao Yulin saw that the mountain road became narrower and narrower as he went up. When he was almost at the mountain gate, the road was only wide enough for one person to pass through, making it difficult to attack.
When they walked into the hall, the warriors on both sides immediately set up a long line of guns. Fortunately, Zhao Yulin had seen the bandits' tricks before, otherwise he would have jumped up in fright.
He walked to the middle table and sat down. Fan Zheng stood upright behind him. As expected, the woman in red went up and sat in the main seat.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said, "So it was indeed the village leader, Miss Fenghuang. I'm so sorry."
Fire Phoenix put one foot on the edge of the table and said, "Stop the polite words and tell me how to recruit Lingxiao Mountain." Haha, this woman put on a domineering attitude.
I'm actually anxious inside.
He said calmly that there were probably about seven or eight hundred people on the mountain?
The second in command said confidently that we still have 863 people.
Zhao Yulin took a sip of tea and said that one battalion of our Shenwei Army consists of more than 600 people, so let's reorganize it into the ninth battalion. The village chief will be the battalion leader, and all the brothers will be directly assigned to the battalion according to the size of the people in charge on the mountain.
When everyone heard this, they were quite shocked and could hardly believe their ears.
They were starving as rebel bandits in the mountains, but now they can get enough food and warm clothes immediately by changing their names?
Huo Fenghuang immediately sat up, propped her left hand on the table, leaned forward and stared at him and asked, "Are you really going to let me be the captain?"
