"Oh, Mr. Lu, your vigilante group is becoming more and more prestigious."
After the mayor sat down, he immediately smiled and praised.
In the past three days, he had watched Lu Ning's every step.
It can be regarded as witnessing the other party's development from nothing to such a large scale now.
It only took three days.
It's not a small skill.
"You're not here to reminisce with me today, right? Tell me what you have to say." Lu Ning looked at the four of them and said bluntly.
The mayor and several others smiled and did not speak, but looked at An Fuxing.
After all, An Fuxing's son An Yanguang was on good terms with Lu Ning, so he could talk to him about anything he wanted.
"Lu Ning, it's like this. You see, your militia group now has a decent shape. It's only stronger than the militia group in our town. We want to invite you to join us. How about we two groups work together to suppress the Bao'an bandits? Sample?"
"You are no longer cooperating with the Yinshan bandits." Lu Ning asked.
"Lu Ning, didn't you agree to Yan Hongmei? I think the Yinshan bandits don't plan to cooperate with us. But it doesn't matter. It's enough for you to join us. If we didn't have no choice, we wouldn't cooperate with the Yinshan bandits. What do you think? right."
"Yes, yes."
The others nodded in agreement.
If they weren't forced to do so, they wouldn't be willing to cooperate with the Yinshan bandits.
After all, the other party is a bandit. Even if they cooperate with the bandits, even if they win, it will not be heard well. They will be thought to be secretly colluding with the bandits.
Now that Lu Ning has formed a powerful militia, they are eager to ask Lu Ning to join them in suppressing the bandits.
If we can suppress the Baoan bandits, that would be great.
It would be even better if we could defeat the Yinshan bandits together.
Several people made good calculations.
"I formed this militia just to protect myself. As for letting the militia go suppress bandits, forget it." Lu Ning refused.
Naturally, he wouldn't do anything that the guards couldn't do.
The more you take over, the more you take over.
The mayor and An Fuxing will continue to be exploited because they have a lot of property. If it were not for profit, the other party would definitely not intend to suppress the bandits.
Lu Ning is different. He now has no land and no shop, and only guards his own house.
No matter how rampant those Baoan bandits were, they would not dare to disturb him.
Because it's not cost-effective.
He would not work thanklessly and work for them in vain.
If the militia group that was finally formed goes to suppress bandits, it will definitely lose its troops and generals, and its muscles and bones will be damaged.
Maybe it was just formed, but it was knocked back to its original shape as soon as it was beaten.
If another crisis occurs at that time, where will Lu Ning find people?
When several people heard Lu Ning's straightforward rejection, their faces became a little unhappy.
However, they are all old and mature, so they naturally know that it is difficult to invite Lu Ning without benefit. This has been discussed before coming.
The mayor said: "Mr. Lu, we have discussed it with several squires in the town. As long as you are willing to let your militia agree to suppress the bandits, we will give you a part of the land as a reward. What do you think?"
They learned from An Fuxing that Lu Ning came from Zhongzhou, so he must have no property here.
As long as he is given some land, allowed to completely settle down, and the interests are tied together, then Lu Ning will have no reason to refuse.
"Land as payment?"
Lu Ning smiled.
To a few people, land is a cash cow.
Landlords were called vampires in the old days.
But for Lu Ning, it was dispensable, even worse than nothing.
How could it be so easy to be a landlord?
He knew what would happen to the landlords in the future.
Therefore, land is not available.
Seeing Lu Ning smiling but not smiling, the mayor and others felt a little unsure.
He continued: "One thousand acres of land, three shops in the town, one grocery store and two rice shops, what do you think, Mr. Lu?"
These lands and shops were squeezed out from the hands of a few wealthy country gentlemen, and it was not easy.
No more.
"You have also seen my vigilante group outside. Do you think I will be interested in these things?"
After Lu Ning finished speaking, he picked up the cup and took a sip of tea with a smile.
The store is still of some use to him, but the store is only worth a few dollars now. If he wants the store, he can just spend the money to buy it.
Why owe them a favor?
Moreover, the shops they send must be in poor locations, and they are probably shops that no one wants.
Same as chicken ribs.
After hearing Lu Ning's words, the mayor and others showed embarrassed expressions.
It felt like giving a bun to the emperor as a reward, which was really hard to come by.
But they are not willing to part with good things.
Several people saw that Lu Ning was resolute and seemed to have no intention of further discussion. They looked at each other and nodded.
"Since Mr. Lu is not willing, we won't force it and leave."
"Farewell."
The mayor took the lead, and several people nodded to Lu Ning, stood up and left.
Although they were rejected by Lu Ning, several people did not dare to show any dissatisfaction.
They didn't want to offend Lu Ning because of this.
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"Well done, promoted class president."
"If you can't practice well, just pack your things and go home. Remember, there are no idlers here!"
Xu Guoyong roared at the team below.
He was really attentive and used all the tricks he used as a soldier in the army.
But he found that some people like to steal money and think that if they come in, they can keep getting money.
This is not okay.
So he reported to Lu Ning.
"No, just kick them out, lest a rat poop ruins the whole pot of porridge." Lu Ning naturally has high demands on the militia.
This is the capital he will use to establish himself in this world in the future.
The foundation must be laid well.
With Lu Ning's authorization, Xu Guoyong had the power to kick people out.
This time, he became even more ruthless.
Those who couldn't do it, those who wanted to just eat soft food without exerting any effort, and those who were just trying to get by, were all drilled by him.
If he fails to meet the standards, he will be kicked out of the vigilante group directly.
For a time, Lu Ning's vigilante group had many new faces.
If you don’t practice well, others will naturally practice well.
Such a good job is gone.
No one dares to be lazy anymore.
Ever since.
The militia became more and more formalized and militarized.
Every day you can hear the sounds of teams practicing shooting and drilling.
the other side.
The town's militia finally cooperated with the Yinshan bandits and quickly formulated a plan to suppress the bandits.
Two days later.
In the deep mountains and old forests.
"Master, the Yuntai Town Vigilante Group and the Yinshan Bandits are cooperating and are coming to kill us."
Baoan Village quickly received the news.
Sitting at the head of the hall was a man with a mole on the corner of his mouth.
The man's name is Kou Dazhong, and he is the leader of the Bao'an bandits.
Besides him, there were three other heads sitting in the hall.
"What are you afraid of? Those people are just a bunch of mobs. If they dare to come, we will take the opportunity to destroy them!" Kou Dazhong looked extremely confident.
"Brother is right. Let's occupy this town and never run away again." The second master added.
This group of Bao'an bandits like to go wherever they can make money, traveling around in the southeast, northwest and northwest.
These people really have never been afraid of anyone.
Even the guards couldn't do anything to them.
However, after running for so long, the brothers are tired. If they can capture Yuntai Town, they will have a place to stay in the future.
And the main thing is that the Yinshan bandits here are easy to fight, and there is no decent militia in Yuntai Town, which gives them a chance.
"Master, people are coming to kill you!"
Another bandit came in to report.
"Brothers, follow me and kill!"
Kou Dazhong suddenly stood up from his chair, proud and proud.
"kill!"
"kill!"
The heads of several houses felt their chests filled with blood.
As Kou Dazhong led the people out, soon the two groups began to fight in the forest.
One group is naturally composed of the Yuntai Town militia and the Yinshan bandits.
The other group is the Baoan bandits.
The two groups were about the same size, each numbering two to three hundred people, and they fought fiercely in the mountains and forests.
Bang bang bang.
There was constant gunfire.
The militia in Yuntai Town obviously had no experience fighting in the mountains and forests, and were extremely uncomfortable with it.
Some militiamen didn't even know where the people were. They were just cats behind rocks and fired randomly in front of them.
Different from the militia, the Yinshan bandits were brave and good at fighting. They surrounded them from one side and shot at each other from a distance.
"Boom! Boom!"
There were even violent explosions of several grenades from time to time.
There was a huge noise in the forest.
After all, the Yinshan bandits suffered from the disadvantages of insufficient numbers and terrain, and the people of the militia were too timid to step forward.
Soon, the army was defeated.
"withdraw!"
Yan Hongmei shouted, no longer interested in fighting, and started to retreat with the remaining Yinshan bandits.
"These bastards."
As Yuan Dabin retreated, he angrily cursed at the militiamen hiding under the rocks.
I originally thought that no matter how bad the vigilante group was, they could share some of their firepower. Who would have expected that they would just hide and not get any of them.
There are even some people who don't know where to run into the grass and pretend to be dead.
The Yinshan bandits killed many of their brothers.
He was absolutely pissed off.
The Baoan bandits planned to beat up the drowned dog.
"Stop chasing."
Kou Dazhong stopped the brother who was about to catch up.
He took a look and saw that although they won this time, many people also died.
He heard that another vigilante group had emerged in Yuntai Town, but its specific strength was unknown.
Worried about an ambush.
Even if they are the same mob, if they catch up now, even if they can win, it will be a miserable defeat.
It's better to recharge our batteries and take over the town in one fell swoop.
