RPAGF Chapter 190 Eat Something Before You Leave
Chapter 190 Eat Something Before You Leave
Wang Fulai is a scholar and has vision.
So they set their sights on the Qingshui area, which was governed by Lin Feng and was quite prosperous and safe.
He didn't get close, but took his men to grab some food from the surrounding area.
The focus is on a small fight so as not to attract the attention of the border troops and Lin Feng.
In this way, they used Kuiwu Mountain as their base and supported four or five hundred bandits.
However, the appetites of four or five hundred people were too great, and the small meals soon became insufficient.
In desperation, they rescued Chen Tongpan and his entourage from the Protectorate.
It was not until Wang Fulai captured Chen Tongpan and brought him to the mountain for trial that he realized how big the trouble he had gotten into was.
But the thing had already been done, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and extort more money before asking for the food.
When the three armies gathered in Bing County, Wang Fulai knew that his road to rebellion had come to an end.
There were large armies at the foot of the mountain, so he didn't have the courage to go down.
In just three or five days, the food supply was gone.
Several bandit leaders gathered together to discuss how to get out of their current predicament.
After discussing for a long time, Wang Fulai finally decided to send an envoy down the mountain to negotiate with the military leader.
The person who was sent down the mountain was also a student named Gu Huaisheng, who was in his thirties and was a classmate of Wang Fulai.
Among the bandits, he is considered a good talker.
Gu Huaisheng was hammered down the mountain with a rope and then secretly ran away to Bin County.
He was quite knowledgeable and knew that the person who had the final say should be living in the city.
After entering the city gate, he saw laborers working everywhere and no one paid any attention to him.
Gu Huaisheng walked along the street towards the county government office, curiously looking at the laborers rushing to and fro.
There were two soldiers standing on both sides of the yamen gate, watching passers-by vigilantly.
Gu Huaisheng put on a smile and stepped forward to bow.
"My two lords, I would like to see the general. Is this possible?"
"Name?"
"The ancient Huai River and the Wei River share the same origin."
"Wait here."
A soldier turned around and went inside to report.
There was not much time left, the soldier came back and waved at Gu Huaisheng.
"Enter."
Gu Huaisheng didn't expect it to be so easy. With a surprised expression on his face, he stepped into the gate.
In the lobby, Lin Feng and Zhao Shuo were still sitting cross-legged in front of the fire on the floor.
One was scratching the ground with a branch, and the other was stretching his head to look.
Gu Huaisheng looked at the two of them doubtfully. They were both so young and didn't look like the ones who had the final say.
Moreover, this is the lobby of the county government office, how could two young men end up like this?
"Cough cough..."
He coughed twice, and when he saw the two of them looking up at him, he bowed and asked.
"I wonder which one is the General?"
"Which general are you looking for?"
Zhao Shuo laughed.
"Uh, I'm looking for the leader of this team."
"Who are you?"
"My name is Gu Huaisheng, a student from Weiyuan. I'm here to pay my respects to the leader of the team."
Zhao Shuo glanced at Lin Feng and saw that he was still scratching on the ground seriously, so he puffed out his chest.
"That's me. What do you want?"
Gu Huaisheng looked at Zhao Shuo. Is this guy still underage?
"Ahem, I'm from Helmet House Mountain..."
Only then did Lin Feng raise his head and look Gu Huaisheng up and down curiously.
How could a man who looked so bookish be a bandit from Helmet House Mountain?
Zhao Shuo glared: "Are you a bandit?"
Gu Huaisheng was a little embarrassed.
"This young general is just a person who was forced into a desperate situation and has a miserable life. He can't be called a bandit."
"You've taken the Protectorate's Tongpan (President) to the mountains, and you're not even a bandit?"
"Oh, I'm so hungry, even rabbits dare to eat meat."
"Are you so fucking hungry that you don't even want to live anymore?"
"Where does this come from?"
Zhao Shuo wanted to get up and grab Gu Huaisheng's collar, but was pulled back by Lin Feng.
"Mr. Gu, right? You were born a boy, how could you want to become a bandit?"
"Alas, we are forced to do so. Our eldest brother was ranked in the provincial examination by someone else. The government is corrupt and the common people are in darkness."
Lin Feng laughed and said, "They say it takes three years for a scholar to rebel, but I didn't expect you to be so happy."
"Everyone in the village has no food to eat, and the government is still exploiting them, saying that the border troops need food to resist the Tartars. Everyone knows that the food that was collected was secretly withheld by them."
"Weiyuan County is far away from here. Why did you come here?"
"They say Qingshui is rich, and the Tartars don't dare to plunder Qingshui, so I came here to try my luck."
Lin Feng smiled.
"Even the Tartars don't dare to come, but you are so bold."
"Hey, it's just a small fight. I think the general won't take us seriously."
"A minor quarrel? The thorn in my flesh isn't big, but it's still annoying."
Gu Huaisheng looked at Lin Feng with a sad face.
"We've been starving on this mountain for several days. We've discussed it and decided to surrender. I wonder what the general's attitude will be?"
Lin Feng thought for a moment and asked, "What will happen after you surrender?"
"I await the General's decision."
"You surrender, so there are no conditions?"
"Alas, I didn't expect the government troops to be so cruel. Even the prefectural governor is almost starving to death. Who would dare to make any conditions?"
"Give me a detailed account of the number of people on the mountain, their leaders, their equipment, and so on."
Gu Huaisheng was helpless and blurted out everything.
Lin Feng thought about it and realized that scholars were very rare nowadays.
Farmers can come to work as laborers, earn money and then buy his land and houses.
Then the scholar can naturally serve in the army and contribute to economic development.
"Okay, since you scholars are so happy, I won't be hypocritical. Let them all go down the mountain and let bygones be bygones."
Gu Huaisheng looked at Lin Feng in shock.
"Really?"
"of course it's true."
"You...you have the final say?"
Zhao Shuo wanted to kick him.
"My eldest brother is Lin Feng. If he doesn't have the final say, no one here will have the final say."
"Ah! Are you Lin Feng?"
"Why, do you know him?"
Gu Huaisheng was very excited and his body began to tremble.
"Oh, so famous, so well-known, I didn't expect to see him alive here..."
"Go, when did I ever die?"
"Hey, that's not what I meant. It's just that I've heard so many stories about you."
Lin Feng waved his hand: "Hurry up and get your people down the mountain. If you come any later, you will have no choice but to collect the bodies."
"Yes, yes, yes. I'm almost starving. I'll go right away. Right away."
Gu Huaisheng was talking as he stumbled out.
Zhao Shuo saw how miserable he looked and shouted behind him.
"Hey, eat something before you leave..."
However, Gu Huaisheng had already walked out of the yamen gate and disappeared.
Lin Feng said to Xie Zhong, "Send someone to inform Li Donglai to prepare to take over the bandits... and rescue Chen Tongpan and his group."
"Yes, General."
Zhao Shuo laughed and said, "Brother, this is like taking a shit and digging sweet potatoes at the same time, without any delay."
"You are a marquis, how can you be so vulgar?"
Lin Feng laughed and scolded.
"Hey, my dad scolds me all the time, and my mom even pinches me."
"Hahaha, you kid... hey."
Lin Feng laughed loudly, but then he thought of his father and began to feel depressed.
Of course, his sister Lin Shou's hug brought back a warm feeling in his heart.