kingnovel Chapter 697 Are you the bandit leader?
Chapter 697 Are you the bandit leader?
Zhou Guo nodded, "I understand. Just follow the rules. You can arrange for them to go down. It's been busy in the mountains these days. With them, we can have some more manpower."
Turning back, Li also asked, "Who are those people? Why do I see them calling you the boss?"
Everyone originally thought that these were hired farmhands, but as time went on, that no longer seemed to be the case.
Zhou Guo said casually, "It's okay. These people originally had poor food and clothing in the mountains. I wanted to gather them together so that the trade routes to the south and east could be opened up with them. Otherwise, even if we increase the number of people by half, it would not be enough to rely on these people at home."
Li was even more confused. "In the mountains? Which mountain did you find these people from?"
Zhou Mai and the others looked at her, wanting to find out what was going on.
The old man took a sip of wine.
Zhou Guo had no choice but to answer honestly: "…It was the group of bandits in Langfeng Mountain. There were about 200 of them. I tricked them all out to work and earn money."
Everyone in the room, except the old man, was stunned.
Li slammed the table and said angrily: "What did I tell you at that time?! I told you to take care of yourself and not to go to that bandit's den, why didn't you listen, kid? Are you trying to piss me off to death?!"
No one at the dinner table dared to speak.
The old man made much less noise when eating steamed buns.
Zhou Guo laughed and said, "It's okay, mom. I didn't go there rashly. I stayed in the back mountain for a day before entering the den. I waited until everyone in the village fell asleep before I sneaked into their leader's house. You don't know, even though it looks like a bandit's den, it doesn't look like one at all. The whole village is so poor that there is not even a piece of meat. We eat wild vegetables all day long."
Zhou Suli and Li Lai's eyes lit up and they wanted to ask something, but when they saw Li's angry look, they shrank their necks and finally did not open their mouths.
Li was still angry, "So what? After all, it's a bandit den of more than 200 people. They are bandits. Which bandit doesn't kill people without blinking an eye and rob things? If you are found by them, can you beat more than 200 people? If you are caught by them, will they still be soft-hearted because you are a child?"
Zhou Guo said, "I have learned from my master for so many years, and it is not in vain. Although I cannot float on water for a mile, I can still float for 30 to 40 meters. And we are in the mountains. If I want to run, who can catch me?"
The old man nodded involuntarily. That’s right, if he didn’t have this little skill, wouldn’t all these years of learning have been in vain?
Li glanced at him and softened her tone, "Even if you think it through, it's a bandit's den after all. Have you ever seen anyone deliver themselves to a bandit's den?"
Zhou Guo said: "Sending oneself to the bandit's lair is called suppressing bandits. I am almost considered one of them, so they are not bandits now. I have recruited them all."
Seeing that Li was not so angry anymore, everyone dared to speak up.
Zhou Su was the first to say something, "Sister, tell us how you got them to recognize you as the leader. Did you beat down 200 people by yourself?"
Zhou Guo smiled. "Although I am powerful, I am not powerful enough to reach this level. There are two hundred people. Even if I don't fight them, they will crush me to death. I will capture the leader first. You don't know how poor the people in the mountains are. Oh, yes, and there is also the boss. He is like a girl, crying all day long..."
Everyone had stopped eating at this moment, even the old man was listening. Although he knew the latter part, he didn't know the former part.
After these words were spoken, half an hour had passed.
After hearing this, everyone was envious and admired.
Zhou Mai smiled and said, "So you are now the leader of more than 200 people and the leader of the bandits in Langfeng Mountain?"
Zhou Mi said: "I also want to know what it feels like to be a bandit leader. It must be very exciting."
Zhou Gu poured cold water on him, "You? You can't even resist a punch from someone else even if you go to the mountains. You can only be a cook and a handyman at best."
Zhou Mi was not convinced, "You are good, big and strong, suitable to be a porter."
Mrs. Li sighed and said, "Forget it this time. If something like this happens again, don't do it. Our family is much better off now. We don't have to worry about food and clothing. Even if we do nothing from now on, it will be enough for us to live for several lifetimes. Mother doesn't ask for great wealth, but only for our family to be together. I am willing to eat coarse food as long as we are together as a family."
Everyone fell silent. There was truly nothing more important than being together as a family. Many of them had lost family members on the way to the north. This was the simplest and greatest wish in everyone's heart.
Zhou Guo nodded, "Mom, I understand."
In fact, she had considered this matter seriously, and with the old man protecting her, she thought that although she was not familiar with the mountain, escape would not be a problem.
But there is no need to say this, otherwise you will just get scolded.
Ever since they found out that Lai Zi Tou's group were really bandits, Li, Zhou Xing, Wu Ya and the others no longer dared to go to the mountains, and even if they did, they would go in groups.
Sometimes we have to ask the old man to accompany us.
Zhou Guo was helpless, "Mom, don't worry, they have no bad intentions, I have investigated them, oh, I forgot to tell you, they were soldiers who survived the battlefield by chance, but their own army was broken up and they didn't want to go back to the barracks, so they gathered together and settled down in the mountains.
In fact, they have never committed any crime, otherwise they would not have to eat coarse food. If you think about it carefully, they are actually the same as my uncle. Some of them are even about the same age as my uncle, but they have lost their families and are more pitiful than my uncle. "
When Li heard that they were soldiers in the barracks, her heart softened. After hearing what she said, she said for a while: "There are not many pitiful people in this world. More than 200 people, and all their families are gone?"
Zhou Guo said: "It's about the same. Both parents are gone, and there are brothers and sisters left at home. Brothers and sisters have started their own families, so there is no place for them. So they just don't go back."
Li said, "How many people still have families in this world? There are so many people who have fled. Even if there are people at home, I guess we can't find them. It's the same as your father and uncle. If they are still alive and return to the village one day, where can they find us?"
As she spoke, her eyes became red again.
Zhou Guo comforted him, "It's okay. Now my uncle has gone to the military camp. When he becomes a general one day and has connections, it will be easier to find him then. Anyway, I want to see him alive or his body dead."
From then on, Lai Zi Tou and his companions lived more and more comfortably on the farm and were happy every day.
And because they are strong and can do all the heavy work, they are responsible for it.
Everyone in Zhuangzi, from top to bottom, from old to young, liked them very much. Whenever they made something delicious, they would always send them a portion. If their clothes, shoes and socks were torn, the women in the village would mend them for them.