flstandardbreds Chapter 304 Anshui City Luo Family
Chapter 304 Anshui City Luo Family
Then Shen Ruolan instructed Jiang Qing's subordinates: "Ma Mao, go and see what the people in Beishan are doing."
"Yes, Miss Shen." After Ma Mao finished speaking, he and several of his companions disappeared in an instant.
Two quarters of an hour later, Ma Mao came back and reported to Shen Ruolan: "To reply to Miss Shen, everything is normal in the mountain, and no other suspicious people have been found."
Shen Ruolan was silent for a moment, then continued to ask, "Have you found any villagers who were captured?"
Ma Mao said: "I only know that the captured villagers were taken to do hard labor, but I didn't find out where they were held."
Shen Ruolan said, "After dinner, continue to find out where they are doing hard labor."
"Yes," Ma Mao replied.
Soon, Ziyuan came over with a bowl of porridge and said, "Madam, the meal is ready."
Shen Ruolan took Ziyuan's meal and said to her, "Well, you guys should go and eat quickly too."
"Yes," Shion replied.
Just as Shen Ruolan and her friends finished their meal and had not yet put down their bowls, a few men suddenly came over. After seeing Shen Ruolan and her group, they asked them with a wary look on their faces: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Shen Ruolan winked at Ma Mao and the others, who understood and instantly flew over to grab the men and covered their mouths to prevent them from alerting others.
Ma Mao brought the people in front of Shen Ruolan and asked her, "Village leader, how do we deal with these people?"
Shen Ruolan had explained that after entering Beinan Mountain, everyone should uniformly call her the village chief just in case, so as to prevent the Xia Kingdom from catching any evidence against General Su and the others.
Shen Ruolan looked down at the people, was silent for a moment, and said to Ma Mao: "I wanted to ask them some questions, but it seems that they may not tell the truth."
When Shen Ruolan got to this point, she glanced at everyone and said, "Didn't someone just say they weren't full? Chop these people up and give you some extra food."
"Yes, village chief." After hearing Shen Ruolan's words, everyone hurried forward, holding the big knives in their hands, and chopped at the few people.
Seeing this, the men who were arrested hurriedly shook their heads and said "hmm" to Shen Ruolan, then nodded.
The soldier who was about to chop someone with a knife stopped the knife and said to Shen Ruolan: "Captain, these people seem to have something to say."
Everyone was living on the edge of a knife all day long. From what Shen Ruolan said just now, they all understood that her intention to chop people into pieces was fake and she was just trying to scare them, so no one really chopped anyone into pieces.
Shen Ruolan stared at them and said expressionlessly, "Take the thing out of his mouth and see what he has to say."
"Yes," the soldier said, and he pulled the cloth from the man's mouth and warned him, "When my village chief asks you something, answer honestly, otherwise, my knife will drink blood today."
After the soldier finished speaking, he took out his sword and waved it in front of the man's neck.
The man nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, I understand."
Seeing that the man had calmed down, Shen Ruolan asked, "Who are you in this mountain? What are you going to do now?"
After hearing Shen Ruolan's question, the man wanted to lie, but when he saw Ji Han behind her, constantly touching his sword, he stammered and answered Shen Ruolan: "Miss, we came here to buy food, but we didn't agree on the price, so we left the mountain."
After Shen Ruolan heard what the man said, she stared at the men's eyes for a while. Seeing that they didn't seem to be lying, she continued to ask, "Where are you from? How do you know there is food for sale in this mountain?"
The man said, "We are grain merchants from Huaizhou City. As for how we know there is grain here, it's because the village owner in this mountain is the eldest son-in-law of the Luo family in Anshui City. He has been reclaiming wasteland in the mountains for many years and has accumulated a lot of grain."
After the man finished speaking, he paused and continued, "By the way, the Anshui Luo family has several sons-in-law who are reclaiming wasteland and earning grain in various places. However, not many people know about the son-in-law Bei Nanshan, so he has a lot of grain."
Luo Family in Anshui City? Why did Shen Ruolan feel familiar with this?
Ji Han, who was standing by, saw that his master was full of doubts, so he reminded her, "Master, it's the Luo family that raises pigs in Anshui City."
After Shen Ruolan heard Ji Han's words, she instantly understood. She asked why it felt familiar, and it turned out that Boss Liu had mentioned it to her.
Shen Ruolan looked at the few people in silence for a while, and asked: "Do you know how much food the other side has?"
The men looked at each other, and the leading man told Shen Ruolan truthfully, "They don't grow much themselves, but I heard that they rob the surrounding villagers every year. I think if there is not a million catties, there are at least hundreds of thousands of catties."
Shen Ruolan nodded and said, "Well, I believe you for now, but I came to Beinan Mountain for something. Since you saw me, I have to bear with you for a while. When we are done, we will let you go."
After Shen Ruolan finished speaking, she instructed Shen Jing, "Shen Jing, tie them up and keep an eye on them. Don't let any of them run away before the task is completed."
Shen Jing came up and responded, "Yes, Master."
After saying this, he called a few people over and tied up the five men.
"Hey, girl, we really won't ruin your business. Can you let us go?" The leading man was very angry when he saw that he was tied up even though he told the truth, but he didn't dare to rashly anger Shen Ruolan.
After all, there are bandit leaders everywhere here, and just a few of them don't dare to challenge Shen Ruolan and her group.
Shen Ruolan said: "No, I have to inconvenience you for now."
As soon as Shen Ruolan finished speaking, Shen Jing took a cloth and blocked the man who had just spoken.
In the North Mountain, in a relatively good blue brick and tile house, two men were arguing, "Brother, the price those merchants gave today is obviously very high, why don't you sell it?"
The man called the eldest brother looked at his younger brother who was asking him a question and said with an unhappy face: "Second brother, can you look at the long-term? The two countries of Beiyan are at war now. It won't be long before they will be short of food and grass. By then, are you still afraid of not being able to earn money?"
As bandits, they only need food to eat and do not have much need for silver.
So, instead of exchanging all the food for silver, he preferred to have the peace of mind of having his house full of food.
You have to know that they went up the mountain to become bandits because they had no food to eat. Now that their warehouses were finally full of food, they were reluctant to sell it.
The man called the second brother was walking back and forth in the room, and said anxiously, "Brother, I'm afraid that the food will be taken away by the Luo family at a low price before that time."