Gao Tai replied: "These days, there are often small boats outside the water village to spy on them. These small boats should be spies of the Baima Lake pirates. But the other party's small boat is too fast and our warships can't catch up at all!"

Speaking of this, his face was a little helpless, "Ding Gong and I set up an ambush. We originally wanted to catch a spy and interrogate him, but we didn't expect that the other party was too agile and would retreat when we saw someone. The trap we set was useless!"

Gao Cheng frowned slightly when he heard this. The water thief in Baima Lake is not difficult to deal with. As long as he finds the leader of the water thief and uses the Five Thunder Curse or Sword Technique, he can kill it. I think the leader of the water thief will not be a powerful person in the extraordinary realm.

The biggest problem at the moment is that he does not know where the water thief's nest is. As long as he can find a place, he can immediately lead the navy army to dispatch and succeed in one battle.

Lu Dai stepped forward and bowed and said, "Lord, there are countless islands in Baima Lake, and each island can hide many people. If you want to find the thief's nest from it, it is undoubtedly a needle in a haystack! The one who knows the best terrain of Baima Lake is the fishermen living by the lake!"

"It's better to find a few old fishermen, they should know some useful information!"

Gao Tai immediately reacted and agreed: "Mr. Ding has a good idea, I'll leave this matter to me!"

Gao Cheng nodded and said, "Do this matter as soon as possible. We have consumed half of the money and food we obtained from the Mei family. If we cannot eliminate the water thieves for a long time, not only will the aristocratic families in Guangling be dissatisfied with us, but our money and food will not be able to support it!"

Gao Tai and Lu Dai were shocked. Thinking of the huge amount of money and food consumed by Tianshui Village, he immediately realized that time was urgent.

When Gao Tai heard this, he immediately took people to find the old fisherman nearby.

Half a day later, Gao Tai returned with helpless expression on his face.

"Young Master, these old fishermen are unwilling to say it! The pirates in Baima Lake are targeting aristocratic merchant ships, and rarely attacking ordinary people and fishermen! And with the deterrence of this pirate, those aristocratic merchant ships no longer pass through Baima Lake, and have less exploited these fishermen..."

Gao Tai's face was complicated and he sighed: "These thieves are also a group of men. They are rarely seen bandits who do not hurt the people!"

When he returned to Xuzhou from Yuzhou, he killed many bandits on the way, but these people were strong men who robbed their families and were full of blood. Gao Tai killed them, and he had no pleasure in his heart.

These thieves from Baima Lake have a very good reputation among the nearby fishermen. If they were asked to kill him, they would feel a little unbearable.

Gao Cheng laughed and heard his thoughts from Gao Tai's tone. He couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect that this group of thieves had some tricks and chose to attack the caravan without harming the people. In this way, if no one informed him, they could avoid the strangulation of the government!"

"If it were normal, I wouldn't be willing to kill these people, but Uncle Gao, even if we don't come, over time, the interests of Guangling County and other aristocratic families in Xuzhou will continue to be lost. When it reaches a certain level, these aristocratic families will take action!"

"If we wait until other aristocratic families take action, our Gao family will consume a lot of money and food in vain and not get any credit, and will offend many aristocratic families in Xuzhou at that time. How can the Gao family gain a foothold in Guangling?"

Gao Tai heard this and sweated coldly on his forehead. His identity was a general of the Gao family. The first thing he had to consider was the interests of Gao. He immediately said: "What the young master said is very, I think it's bad! But now these old fishermen are unwilling to say anything, and things are a bit difficult to deal with!"

Lu Dai wanted to speak but stopped, and hesitated for a while before saying, "Lord, why not bring people to arrest a few people, threaten these people's families, or get some news!"

Gao Cheng waved his hand and said, "No, we are from the government. If we do this, wouldn't we even be worse than thieves? Even if we can destroy the water thieves, Gao's reputation in Huai'an will be affected!"

"Uncle Gao, go and post a message and offer a reward of 100,000 yuan and 100 stones of grain and grass. Whoever can provide the news about the thief will get this reward! There will be brave men under the heavy reward, and there will always be fishermen who will not be able to withstand the temptation!"

Human nature is greedy, even in the simple folk customs of the Three Kingdoms period, there are many rangers and gangsters who are willing to hurt lives for money.

Gao Cheng didn't believe that the reputation of the Baima Lake pirates was worth 100,000 yuan. If everyone in Huai'an could ignore the reward, then these pirates would become saints. If this happens, he will definitely admit defeat.

Gao Tai and Lu Dai breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, especially Lu Dai. He felt a little heavy when he made the suggestion just now. He was a local from Huai'an and could not bear to attack the villagers in his hometown.

"The lord has a good idea. He can not only get news about the thief, but also use this money and food to spread his reputation. When the thief is destroyed, everyone in Huai'an County will know the name of Gao. The best of both worlds." Lu Dai said in his heart.

After Gao Cheng made the decision, the two generals hurriedly sent some water soldiers to promote it according to this method, saying that the young master Gao from Huai'an gave a bounty of 100,000 yuan and a hundred stones of grain and grass, and offered a reward of the thief of Baima Lake.

Not surprisingly, both the people and the fishermen heard the heavy reward of 100,000 yuan and 100 stones of food and grass, all their eyes were straight and their breathing was heavy. They wished they could take the reward for themselves.

Suddenly, many fishermen who knew the traces of the pirates quietly came to the water camp and told the information about the pirates in Baima Lake.

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The sun shines on the lake, sparkling, and the cool water vapor hits the face, making people feel very comfortable in this hot weather.

A total of twenty small warships were sailing slowly towards the west in the lake.

"Zhang Mu! How far is it from where you said?" Gao Tai asked with a tense face.

Two days have passed since the time to issue the reward. In the past two days, they have received a lot of information, but these messages require careful identification.

It was not until the approximate range of the thief's nest in Baima Lake was confirmed that Gao Cheng led the navy to dispatch. At this time, in addition to Gao Cheng, Gao Tai, and Lu Dai, there were also Sun Yue, the legitimate descendant of the Sun family in Huai'an, and the old man in charge of the ninth level of the training power.

The person called Zhang Mu was a short man. When he heard the question, he subconsciously lowered his head and bowed, and hurriedly said, "June, after two small islands ahead, it must be the nest of the thief. When the villain was fishing, he had seen those thief boats passing by nearby!"

When Sun Yue, who was not far away, was shocked when he heard this, he said, "I finally arrived at the place! I don't know what skills these thieves have, and they can actually be free in Baima Lake for so long!"

The old man beside him said in a voice: "Young Master, don't be careless. These thieves can intercept and kill merchant ships from so many aristocratic families in Xuzhou. It can be seen that the strength of the thief leader is definitely not weak!"

Of course, Sun Yue knew that these thieves were not easy to mess with, but he had an old man around to protect him, so he didn't have to worry about being in danger.
Chapter completed!