amaotonovel Chapter 881 What does it mean to pull off a big heist?
Chapter 881 What does it mean to pull off a big heist?
If it's not your fault, Li Mingchen, then why should I be blamed?
Damn it, I knew it! Why was the Grand Commandant's Office so kind as to grant him a half-month leave to visit his family?
So it turns out they were still eyeing those idiots in Ningyang County.
To put it bluntly, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun are just fishing enthusiasts, Li Mingchen is just bait for catching fish, and those idiots in Ningyang County are a bunch of gluttons who will rush to bite any bait they see.
As for how many you can actually catch?
As long as it's not an air force attack, it's fine!
Yang Shaofeng stared at Li Mingchen with a forced smile and asked, "How many people do you plan to take back?"
Li Mingchen's heart pounded.
This is fucking weird.
Wasn't the master in Dengzhou Prefecture recently? Why did he suddenly come back to Ningyang County?
The key point is that I was caught red-handed by the lord!
Bitter, bitter!
This time, the Duke of E has really caused us a lot of trouble!
While inwardly groaning, Li Mingchen cautiously asked, "Just those two from the village?"
Yang Shaofeng snorted again and looked at Li Mingchen, asking, "Tell me, besides coming back to visit relatives this time, what other plans does your Uncle Li have?"
Li Mingchen quickly shook his head and replied, "No, really no. I'm just coming back to visit my family, then going to the capital to report on my duties, and then returning to serve under the Changpingzhang."
After a slight pause, Li Mingchen chuckled twice and said cautiously, "Master, could you please stop calling me 'Lord Earl'? It scares me."
Yang Shaofeng snorted coldly again, glancing sideways at Li Mingchen and saying, "Oh, so Lord Li, who dares to lead eight hundred Mongols out of the pass to fight the Hu Yuan, actually has something to be afraid of?"
After mocking Li Mingchen again, Yang Shaofeng snorted coldly and said, "Then tell me, what good deeds have you done on the grasslands?"
Li Mingchen breathed a sigh of relief and honestly said, "I didn't do anything on the grasslands. At first, I was blocked in the city, and I felt frustrated, so I led eight hundred Mongols out of the pass, thinking of getting revenge on Hu Yuan."
Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, and others all shivered involuntarily.
Isn't it normal for a seventh-rank county magistrate to be blocked in the city by Hu Yuan's army?
Li Shanchang pondered that even if he were an old man, trapped in the city by Hu Yuan's army, he could only try to defend the city and then seek help from Xu Da and Chang Heitan to take revenge.
This Krupp is quite formidable; he actually dared to lead eight hundred Mongols out of the pass to cause trouble for Hu Yuan!
Damn it, I'll have to be careful around these officials from Ningyang County from now on. I absolutely can't let them hold a grudge against me.
Li Mingchen continued, "When the students led those eight hundred Mongols out of the pass, they discovered that the herders on the grasslands actually lived a much harder life than the people of our Ming Dynasty."
"Later, the students thought, if the people of our Great Ming want to rebel against the Hu Yuan, then the lives of the herdsmen are even more miserable than those of the people of our Great Ming. Don't they want to rebel against the Hu Yuan?"
"Then the students told them that if they followed Hu Yuan south to plunder, all the benefits would be taken by the Great Khan, the Little Khan, and the Nayan nobles, while they themselves would not get any benefits and might even lose their lives. What would they gain?"
Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, and others were once again in turmoil.
What a good way to sow discord!
Li Mingchen glanced at Yang Shaofeng cautiously, then continued, "Later, the students told them that rather than following Hu Yuan to his doom, it would be better to move south and submit to the Central Plains, settle down and work peacefully, and at least not have to worry about any black or white disasters taking the lives of their families."
"Then……"
After a slight pause, Li Mingchen continued, "Then, many tribes chose to migrate south as a whole."
Li Shanchang suddenly asked, "They really believe what you say?"
Li Mingchen swallowed hard, then chuckled and said, "At first, they naturally didn't believe me, but when I brought up the name of the Master and said that I was his personal disciple, they believed me."
At this point, Li Mingchen quickly added, "The main reason is that those tribes were not originally loyal to the Hu Yuan dynasty. They had secretly paid tribute to the Ming dynasty. They had heard of the Dengzhou border market and the reputation of the Grand Master."
“The students threatened them with either moving south or exterminating their clan, so they believed the students were indeed the master’s disciples and all chose to move south.”
"..."
Li Mingchen kept talking, but Yang Shaofeng was completely dumbfounded.
Can someone explain what it means to "threaten either to migrate south or to exterminate the entire clan, and they believe Li Mingchen is this official's student?"
Is this how I am perceived by the nomadic people of the grasslands?
Damn it, who on earth is ruining my reputation?!
Just as Yang Shaofeng was secretly complaining, Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, and the others almost burst out laughing.
Look, look, what is reputation?
That's what you call word-of-mouth!
Yang the Madman, now you know what kind of person you are in other people's eyes!
Li Mingchen chuckled again, a hint of smugness in his voice, and said, "Later, as the number of herdsmen under my command increased, I gradually began to reason with and present the facts to the various tribes."
"On the one hand, it is to tell them that Hu Yuan has been oppressing them and has never cared about their lives. If they continue to follow Hu Yuan wholeheartedly, they will only have one way out in the future: death."
"On the other hand, we told them that if they moved south and submitted to the Ming Dynasty, they could farm and work peacefully. If they wanted, after the Ming Dynasty completely recovered the grasslands, they could return to the grasslands to graze their livestock, and we could even build cities for them to settle down."
Li Shanchang suspected that Li Mingchen's so-called reasoning was mostly about beating up a tribe first, then holding a knife to their necks, and then slowly trying to reason with them.
Li Mingchen continued, "Then, more and more tribes chose to migrate south, and more and more herdsmen followed behind the students as cavalry."
"Later on, many tribes came to us on their own before the students even came to us."
"Including the fact that the information was provided by the herdsmen along the way who were able to abduct and kill Ayushiridara's relatives and officials who were being sent to the other side of the Lake of Fishing."
"Then……"
Li Mingchen glanced at Yang Shaofeng cautiously again and said in a low voice, "I'm thinking that since we're getting more and more manpower, we might as well lead them to do something big."
Meow meow meow?
Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, and others were completely dumbfounded.
Can someone explain what it means to pull off a big heist?
Is this something a county magistrate like you should say?
Damn it, you're a county magistrate of the Ming Dynasty, not a bandit from the time of Hu Yuan!
Li Mingchen clicked his tongue in regret and said, "Unfortunately, Duke Cao stopped us again."
Yang Shaofeng snorted, but Li Mingchen's eyes lit up and he exclaimed, "By the way, I brought a gift for you, Master, this time!"