The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#575 - One person can do two jobs

"Militia?" Lu Jing still held a glimmer of hope. Read М

However, the man shook his head and said, "No, they are laborers, and they have been sent to the Northwest to quell the rebellion."

Lu Jing completely gave up hope upon hearing this.

Well, these people will definitely not be found.

So he asked again, "Then where can I find villagers nearby?"

"You won't find any. Bandits run rampant in Yuzhou. Those who could run have already fled, and those who couldn't have hidden in the earthen fortresses of local powerful families or large landowners. Recently, we haven't been able to find anyone to rob."

The man said with some helplessness, "I am contacting two other groups to see if we can join forces to take down an earthen fortress, otherwise this winter will be difficult to endure."

"Why didn't you do it sooner? You clearly occupy such a large piece of land, why don't you grow your own food?" Lu Jing asked curiously.

"It's difficult," the man said. "It's not just our group doing this kind of business without capital around here. There are also displaced people wandering around, and people can do anything when they are extremely hungry.

"We don't have the protection of an earthen fortress, so it's difficult to grow crops with peace of mind. Besides, although the government soldiers can't do much to us, they come to sweep through every once in a while. When there are many of them, we can't even stay in the mountain stronghold and can only go deeper into the mountains. So it's not that we don't want to grow crops, but it's useless even if we do."

"I roughly understand your situation," Lu Jing nodded.

The man hesitated for a moment, but finally asked the question he had wanted to ask for a long time, "Who exactly are you, and why have you come to my Green Dragon Stronghold?"

"Although I am not a good person, I don't particularly like dealing with bandits like you. I know that everyone who becomes a bandit has their own helplessness behind them."

Speaking of this, Lu Jing paused and glanced at the boy again.

The latter felt inexplicably guilty from this glance, but still tried to force a smile on his face.

Lu Jing ignored him and continued, "You can say that you were forced to do this to survive, but in the end, your hands are still stained with blood. It's a chaotic world... I know this kind of thing is quite normal, but normal things don't mean they are right.

Seeing that the man was about to say something, Lu Jing waved his hand to interrupt him and continued, "I know what you want to say. If you build an earthen fortress, it will be torn down by the government soldiers, and there are those irregular encirclements and suppressions by the government soldiers, but I can help you solve this problem."

"How are you going to solve it?" the man asked with some suspicion.

"After I return to the city, I will take a trip to the government office and tell them about building the earthen fortress."

"Then you can wait for the army to come and tear down our earthen fortress," the man sneered.

"It won't work if you go to say it, but there is a good chance that I can succeed if I go."

"Why?"

"Because I am the owner of this land," Lu Jing pointed to his nose and said.

"..."

The man was speechless, and it was obvious that he didn't quite believe Lu Jing's words.

So Lu Jing took out the land deed again and placed it in front of him, saying, "What is your name?"

"Ge Ping, everyone in the寨子 calls me Old Ge."

"Then I'll call you Old Ge as well," Lu Jing said.

"I dare not. You are a martial arts expert. How dare Ge call himself 老大 in front of you."

"It doesn't matter, it's just a title. It's like I didn't ask what your real name is, right?" Lu Jing said casually.

Ge Ping sighed, "Since I have become a bandit, I naturally have no face to face the elders of my hometown, and I don't want my bad deeds to be spread back to my hometown."

"I understand," Lu Jing said. "So how are you considering my proposal? Have you ever thought about no longer living by robbery and living a stable life?"

Ge Ping had already examined the land deed at this time and returned it to Lu Jing with both hands, but he did not immediately express his position, but asked another question.

"If I don't agree, are you going to send me to the government?"

Lu Jing nodded, "After all, you are now living on my territory. If you don't want to work for me, of course I have no reason to let you continue to live here."

"Then it seems I have no choice," Ge Ping said.

"Who said that? You can also gather your men and try to attack me," Lu Jing offered advice to the other side.

However, Ge Ping did not fall for this trick and said in a deep voice, "Since you dare to come to our mountain stronghold alone, you must have full confidence in taking us all down."

"Taking them all down is a bit of an exaggeration. After all, there are more than two hundred of you, and there is only one of me. If someone takes the opportunity to drill into the mountains, I am too lazy to spend the effort to find them," Lu Jing said truthfully.

He has now figured it out. Although he himself doesn't particularly like Ge Ping's gang of bandits, the current situation in Yuzhou is that if you want to play farming, you have to 폭병 first.

And Ge Ping's gang happens to know how to farm, and their fighting level is also barely satisfactory. One person can do two jobs but only get one salary, which is exactly the kind of worker Lu Jing needs most.

Seeing that he had no choice at all, Ge Ping no longer hesitated and said directly, "Okay, I promise you. Anyway, it's enough to be alive in this world, and it doesn't make much difference how we live anyway.

"But let's make it clear first. Although I am willing to grow crops for you, not all two hundred people in the stronghold have the same thoughts as me.

"Even in a chaotic world, people who dare to do this kind of thing are not easy to deal with. Some people are born to like a life of not working for nothing, especially after seeing blood, they will not be willing to honestly farm again."

"Since you are telling me this, you must have already thought of a solution," Lu Jing said.

"That's right," Ge Ping nodded. "Aren't you going to the government to propose building an earthen fortress? But those government soldiers also know our details. Although you have a land deed in your hand, they may not be at ease with just that. If so, why not add a certificate of loyalty?

"Don't worry, the number of people won't be too large. With my prestige in the stronghold, I can still keep one hundred and sixty or seventy people, and after those people are gone, there will be fewer people with ulterior motives from now on."

Lu Jing thought for a while and added, "Also, let the women you have kidnapped go home if they want to."