sjar Chapter 249 Is Wu Dakezi a hero or a coward?
Chapter 249 Is Wu Dakezi a hero or a coward?
It is said that the vulture ran for half the night and arrived at the foot of Gongjiling Mountain in the neighboring Yushan County. Now he still feels a cold breeze on the back of his neck.
When they reached the foot of Gongjiling Mountain, he, Sanmaozi and a few other soldiers and generals decided not to go up the mountain at night in order to prevent themselves from being mistaken for beasts and killed by Wu Dakezi's men!
The next morning, Shen Ruyi of Jubao Garden knew what happened the night before. She frowned and said, "Zhaocai, go to the county town today and ask about the level of the bandits in the area so that we can have a general idea of the situation..."
Oh, right! Bring Old Man Jin with you. It will be more convenient to take him to get information. Let's buy some eggs and so on.
You can also ask around in the city to find out how many midwives with good skills there are and where they live, in case you need them urgently!"
Zhaocai accepted the task and called old man Jin who had just woken up. The old man followed Zhaocai with a smile, wrapped in a big cotton jacket, and went out in a carriage.
Today, Zhaocai and Old Man Jin stayed in Jubao County for half a day. In the afternoon, Zhaocai took Old Man Jin to buy a few old hens before returning to Jubao Garden.
Old Man Jin walked into the yard with a chicken coop in his hand, smiling. He shouted in a loud voice: "Aunt Zhang...Aunt Cai, this rooster will be stewed for our wife tonight, and the other hens will be raised first!
The hen's comb is bright red, so it should be able to lay eggs. Take good care of it... Madam, you need to drink egg water during your confinement period!"
After hearing this, the two aunts quickly took the chicken coop and started to get ready.
The old man was afraid that Shen Ruyi would dislike the smell of chicken shit on him, so he quickly washed his hands and changed into a clean robe. Then she ran into the house with Zhaocai.
In the main room, Shen Ruyi was roasting sweet potatoes with Xiaohong and Xiaobi. There were sweet potatoes in Shen Ruyi's space. She remembered about it this morning and took out a bag of them. She put them in the room and prepared to roast the sweet potatoes on the small stove in the room when she had nothing to do.
Shen Ruyi was so angry that she almost laughed when she saw the old man drooling because of greed. This old man is really greedy and lazy!
"Xiao Hong and Xiao Bi, give Zhao Cai a baked sweet potato, and give Jin Lao another baked sweet potato. You have worked hard. Go to the stove, warm up by the fire, and eat a baked sweet potato to warm your bodies!"
The old man and Zhaocai both agreed with a smile, and sat on the small stools in front of the small stove, roasting by the fire and eating sweet potatoes.
Zhaocai: "Master, we asked around in the city for a long time today, and finally found the eldest son of Master Ma, and then we learned about the situation of the nearby bandits.
He said that there was a small western mountain near Jubao County. The bandit leader in that mountain was called Vulture, and he had a dozen men under him. They often robbed passers-by, but there were too few people passing by, and they were also hungry, so they often rushed out to rob the common people. The county magistrate, Mr. Ma, led the common people to encircle and suppress the bandits several times, but they ran too fast in the mountains.
The bandits in Xiaoxi Mountain have been around for so many years, but they have not been able to become big because they have no money. The key is that they live in a remote and poor area!
There is also a place called Gongjiling, fifty miles west of our Jubao County. There is a large group of bandits there, and the leader of the bandits is Wu Kai, a very powerful figure.
His nickname was Wu Dakaizi, and he was a capable person. It was said that Wu Dakaizi was once a general, but because he offended a high-ranking official in the court, he was given a hard time, so he became a bandit.
Old Man Jin ate the roasted sweet potatoes with great delight: "Haha, they are so sweet... Let's not eat all the sweet potatoes, let's plant some ourselves in the spring..."
Shen Ruyi: "Mr. Jin has a good idea. We should stop roasting the sweet potatoes and save them for seeds..."
Old Man Jin...
Zhaocai couldn't help laughing and continued, "Our Qiongzhou Prefecture is indeed relatively poor. Wu Dakaizi became a bandit, which means he occupied the land of Gongjiling and brought people to open up the wasteland. Since he couldn't make much money from the robbery, he just planted vegetables. Now he has 100 to 200 people with him, so he will never starve to death!"
Shen Ruyi raised an eyebrow: "Oh, that Wu Dakaizi is indeed a character. So, Wu Dakaizi is either a tyrant or a coward."
Zhaocai nodded and said, "Madam, it seems that the bandits who escaped last night are likely to be bandits from nearby areas, and are unlikely to be the men of Wu Dakaizi from Gongjiling."
Shen Ruyi nodded: "Well! You guessed right, these people are nothing, you killed them like cutting melons and vegetables, and the two who ran away with their tails between their legs are probably vultures.
The Vultures are not numerous, and with seven or eight dead, they must have run away. But they know we are a piece of juicy meat, so they may not let us go so easily."
The old man ate the roasted sweet potato carefully, and his face was covered with black and gray, looking like a harlequin cat.
"Madam, please listen to the old man's analysis. I think that Wu Dakaizi has some skills, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to gather one or two hundred people and feed one or two hundred mouths for many years.
Now that these bandits have been killed by us, Vulture and his men must be frightened out of their wits. They will definitely go to join Wu Dakezi, or try to get Wu Dakezi over to deal with us!
So, Madam, we have to think of a solution now. Wu Dakai has been in Qiongzhou Prefecture for more than ten years, so he must have some skills. If they want to deal with us, can the 100 or 80 young men in our family do it?"
Shen Ruyi smiled confidently: "We can definitely do it! There is no problem in dealing with hundreds of bandits!
Now I am curious about what kind of person Wu Dakaizi is? I think if he is a tyrant, I will deliberately pull him over to help me build and develop the industry of Jubaoyuan and manage the farmland below!
If he is a bear, I will get rid of him for the people. I will keep those bandits under his command who can be used. If they can't be used... I will kill them together with the bear and use them as fertilizer to grow sweet potatoes!"
The old man's sweet potato fell to the ground with a clacking sound. He quickly picked it up again and looked at Shen Ruyi nervously with a bit of fear.
Shen Ruyi was so angry that she laughed again. This old man was greedy, lazy, mean and cowardly. No idea what kind of person he was.
Old Man Jin said fearfully, "Madam, you are young and beautiful, you must be a living Bodhisattva. As long as you treat your servants well, you can kill the bear however you want!"
Shen Ruyi smiled and said, "Mr. Jin, don't worry. I dare to build this Jubao Garden at the foot of Jubao Mountain and give birth to my children here. I am not afraid of any bear or tyrant.
If Wu Dakaizi is a tyrant, he has to submit to me, otherwise I will beat him into a bear, or like you said, I can kill the bear however I want!"
The old man stuffed the sweet potato into his mouth and said with a smile: "Well! Madam, do you want to overthrow the Qin Dynasty and become the emperor yourself? If your rebellion succeeds, this old man will really be credited with following the dragon..."
Shen Ruyi...
"Mr. Jin, your idea is good, but you just want to be a follower of the dragon. I will arrange one for you later!"