Jin Feng scratched his head and said a little embarrassed.
"If sir is willing to lead troops, I believe his achievements will be higher than that of brother Qinghuai!"
Qing Mulan said with admiration.
Jin Feng smiled and did not answer.
Qing Mulan also reacted and sighed slightly.
When they arrived at the Wei Family Restaurant, Jin Feng led Guan Xiaorou, Tang Xiaobei, and Qing Mulan into the private room. The veterans and female soldiers also went in with a cheer.
Although the private room is large, it seems a bit crowded with so many people standing there.
"Sir, this... is not the case."
County Lieutenant Zhao said: "I have some personal matters that I would like to ask Sir Sir. I wonder if I can ask Madam and you all to step aside for a moment. I..."
"Can't."
Before Lieutenant Zhao finished speaking, Jin Feng shook his head and refused.
The county government is the territory of the county captain. Now the bandits are almost jumping over the wall. Who knows if this meal is the Hongmen Banquet?
If County Lieutenant Zhao smashes the wine glass and some big men rush in from outside, he will not be able to defeat them.
Without someone by his side, Jin Feng felt really weak.
"this……"
The three County Lieutenants Zhao looked at each other, a little embarrassed.
Although secretly supporting bandits is something that many wealthy gentry do, it is a shady business after all.
If you say it in front of so many people, who knows if it will spread?
"If you have something to say, just say it quickly. If you don't want to say it, forget it. We still have to go to dinner."
Jin Feng urged impatiently.
"It's like this. We were entrusted by someone to ask for a favor from the Lord. We hope that the Lord would spare Heishuigou, Hutou Mountain, and the two humps and one horse."
County Lieutenant Zhao thought for a moment and said: "The other side said that they could compensate the Lord, which would be the food and fodder for the Lord's training this time."
It has to be said that County Lieutenant Zhao responded quickly. Even if someone asked him in the future, he could be said to have been entrusted by others and no one could do anything to him.
"What does he want to compensate for?"
When Jin Feng saw that he had reached the main topic, he pulled up a chair and sat down casually.
"Silver, maids, food, whatever you want, Sir, just tell me, as long as the other party can do it," County Lieutenant Zhao replied.
"I don't lack money, and I don't want maids or food. I just want a little."
Jin Feng said: "Let the three groups of bandits surrender unconditionally and accept my arrangement, and I will let them go."
"Unconditional surrender?!"
The three County Lieutenants Zhao looked at each other and their expressions became very ugly.
Now the three groups of bandits combined still have a lot of people, and there is no shortage of food in the lair, so there is still a chance of struggle.
If you surrender unconditionally, it means becoming a piece of fish on the chopping board and being slaughtered by Jin Feng.
"Sir, your request is too harsh."
County Lieutenant Zhao saw that Jin Feng was unwilling to take the initiative to raise conditions, so he bowed and said, "Do you think this is okay? Starting from next year, each of the three groups of bandits will give 10% of the annual grain collected by the bandits to show their sincerity. Sir, please
Is it okay to watch?”
The bandits only gave each of their families 30% of the annual grain. Now that the family gave Jin Feng 10%, it was equivalent to one more person sharing the cake.
It can be said to be very sincere.
During the discussion, Peng and Zhu were in pain for a long time.
It's a pity that what Jin Feng wants is a stable rear area, a Jinchuan who will have someone standing behind him to support him in case of disaster in the future.
Instead of wanting this kind of looted people's fat and people's anointing.
So I shook my head very firmly and rejected the proposal.
"Sir, 10% is quite a lot, enough to feed the entire Xihewan for several months..."
County Lieutenant Zhao said with a bitter face.
Seeing that Jin Feng was still shaking his head, he gritted his teeth and said, "Two percent for a family is already the limit that the other side can accept!"
The more Zhao County Wei said this, the uglier Jin Feng's face became.
To a certain extent, the annual grain is actually the same as the court's taxes, which will eventually fall on the common people.
The common people are almost out of breath now. If Jin Feng asks for annual grain again, will the common people survive?
County Lieutenant Zhao thought that Jin Feng was not satisfied yet, so he struggled in his heart for a long time, and slowly stretched out three fingers: "Sir, each family has 30%, are you satisfied?"
"Sir, if each family gets 30%, how can we survive?"
Neither Peng Zhu nor Peng Zhu bothered to cover up, and hurriedly jumped out to object.
Thirty percent of the bandit families are members, which means that every year, one of the three bandit families works almost exclusively for Jin Feng.
"Shut up!"
County Lieutenant Zhao scolded the two men ferociously, then turned to stare at Jin Feng.
"I am not short of money, nor am I short of food. The conditions have been told to you. You can discuss it. When the discussion is finalized, just send someone to Xihewan to inform me."
After Jin Feng finished speaking, he stood up and left, and then asked the shopkeeper to open two more rooms.
He shared a room with Guan Xiaorou, Tang Xiaobei, and Qing Mulan, while the veterans and female soldiers took turns eating in another room.
"Sir, didn't we agree to give you 20% at most? How could you just agree to give us 30% without discussing it with us?"
In the previous private room, Mr. Zhu said with a complaining tone.
"Sir, 30% is indeed too much. If we give it to Jin Feng, we won't have anything left."
Mr. Peng also agreed.
"Then you go talk!"
County Lieutenant Zhao grabbed the plate on the table and threw it to the ground: "Are you blind? Jin Feng is not satisfied with 30%. Do you think you can get rid of him with 20%?"
"Sir, please don't be angry," Master Peng said, "I don't think Jin Feng wants money, maids or food."
"Then what does he want?" Master Zhu asked.
"What Jin Feng wants may be people's hearts."
County Lieutenant Zhao said: "I underestimated him before, thinking that he just wanted to bribe those who defected to Xihewan. Now it seems that he wants to bribe the hearts and minds of the entire Jinchuan."
"Sir, what do you mean?" Mr. Zhu asked doubtfully.
"Lao Zhu, do you think that if there are no more bandits collecting annual grains in the future, will the people of Jinchuan feel grateful to Jin Feng from the bottom of their hearts?"
But Mr. Peng understood what County Lieutenant Zhao meant.
"No wonder Jin Feng doesn't want anything and is determined to destroy the bandits. It turns out to be because of this."
Mr. Zhu suddenly nodded: "Why is he trying to win people's hearts? Does he want to rebel?"
"I'm afraid only he himself knows this..."
Master Peng suddenly looked at County Captain Zhao: "Sir, can you use this to reference his book?"
In the era of feudal imperial power, showing kindness to the people was something that the emperor could only do. If ministers did this, they would be suspected of treason.
Throughout the dynasties, there were many officials whose heads were beheaded by the emperor because of this incident.
"Do you think I'm qualified to go to court?"
County Lieutenant Zhao glanced at the two of them: "If I want to join Jinfeng, I'm afraid I won't even be able to get out of Jinchuan County! Besides, suppressing bandits is a permanent rule under the Supreme Emperor's system, and no one can do anything to him."
Although he is a tyrant in Jinchuan, he is nothing in Dakang as a whole. According to the law, the county captain can only report to the county magistrate, and then the county magistrate reports to the county guard, and then the county guard reports to Xichuan
Finally, Nishikawa Mu submitted it to the cabinet. Only when the cabinet felt it was necessary would it be submitted to the emperor.
The Jinchuan County Magistrate is no longer held hostage by Master Zhou, and he has been active recently, trying to control the Yamen. How could he offend Jin Feng at this critical moment?
"Then what should we do? Can we just watch Jin Feng destroy the men and horses that he finally saved?" Master Zhu asked.
"For today's plan, there is only one last way left."
County Lieutenant Zhao sighed: "Lao Peng, please find your subordinate Mr. Feng."
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