Not only Chief Yang and Geng Bin, but also the surrounding bandits were shocked.
Who is Geng Bin?
He is the most ruthless person in Liangzhou area, a prodigal son of the Shanzhai, the main figure in several famous and vicious battles in Longxi County. The powerful people who fought with his own power cannot hold their heads high. He is a well-known rebel leader and the second master of Kunzhai... Freud Geng Bin Ski.
Although he was very friendly to the low-level thieves and common people, he always beat or scolded others. If anyone dared to say anything wrong, he would be hit hard with his fists.
Just like Hao Santong, on the surface he is the master of Kunzhai, but in fact he is Geng Bin's mobile sandbag.
But why is Geng Bin so respectful to Jiang Tuo?
Just because Jiang Tuo is the governor? A higher status than them?
It shouldn't be. Geng Bin is the leader of the rebellion. When has he ever cared about his status?
When he wiped out those wealthy families, the higher his official position, the more excited he was about killing people.
There used to be a wealthy family who was the county magistrate. After Geng Bin heard about it, he led his men to cut down from the south gate to the north gate without blinking an eye.
"Are you all stupid? Why don't you quickly pay your respects to the governor?" Geng Bin turned his head and scolded a group of thieves.
"Yes, yes, meet the Governor."
Many thieves didn't know why and hurriedly saluted.
Jiang Tuo waved his hand and said proudly: "The main purpose of my coming this time is to negotiate peace. You don't have to deliberately please me. I am an upright person and I hate flattery the most!"
"Tell me, do you have any conditions?"
"Conditions?" Geng Bin was stunned, looked at Jiang Tuo's face, and looked at the two people behind Jiang Tuo. He suddenly understood something and said hurriedly: "Sir, there are naturally conditions for our surrender!"
"What are the conditions? Tell me!"
Geng Bin pondered for a moment and said: "Sir, we bandits were originally hard-working common people who loved farming and longed for peace! However, it is these greedy wealthy families who invaded our fields and enslaved our relatives..."
"Forcing us to rebel, sir, we will suffer!"
Geng Bin said emotionally.
Jiang Tuo laughed and said, "So, you are forced to do so. Well, I understand you!"
Geng Bin said hurriedly: "Thank you for your understanding, sir. Therefore, I feel that we bandits have formed a deep hatred. Either they die or we die... Please also ask your Lord to relocate all the powerful families in Liangzhou before we are willing to surrender!"
Hearing this, Chief Yang was startled and looked at Jiang Tuo hurriedly.
"What nonsense!" Jiang Tuo became angry and asked angrily: "These aristocratic families are all talents of the Han Dynasty. If they are moved away, who will govern Liangzhou? With the bandits under your hands?!"
"It's not a bad idea!" Geng Bin said loudly: "If we are recruited, these wealthy families will definitely target us in the future and make trouble in secret... We are not our opponents through scheming, so what should we do?"
"What do you want?"
"Otherwise, demote them to civilians and confiscate all their wealth! As long as they have the same status as us, then I have nothing to say!"
Jiang Tuo frowned and glanced at Patriarch Yang's face, shook his head and said, "This is difficult to handle!"
"Difficult to do it? Then don't do it! Everyone, be prepared and continue fighting!" Geng Bin said nonchalantly.
"Are you threatening me?" Jiang Tuo violently overturned the table in front of him, grabbed Geng Bin's collar, and raised his fist high.
The two looked at each other with anger in their eyes, fully demonstrating the actor's explosive acting moment.
Jiang Tuo's actions immediately shocked the bandits. They all raised their bows and arrows and pointed them at Jiang Tuo. They seemed to have no regard for his identity and would attack if they disagreed.
"My lord, no, my lord!"
At this moment, Patriarch Yang hurriedly stopped him.
Jiang Tuo loosened Geng Bin's collar and said with a sneer: "Huh, don't worry, Chief Yang, I am on the side of your wealthy clan. I will not agree to any unreasonable demands made by this bandit!"
Patriarch Yang looked worried. If he didn't agree to the bandits' request, could they still negotiate for peace?
Geng Bin stiffened his neck, pointed at a person outside the shed, and said angrily: "Sir, that person's name is Tieniu. His parents died when he was ten years old, and he was raised by his sister. Later, his life became unsustainable. , his sister went to help the wealthy family, but suddenly one day, the wealthy family said that his sister died of a sudden illness! "
"Do you know the truth of the matter? It turns out that the son of a wealthy family saw her sister's beauty and wanted to rape her after getting drunk. But his sister refused to obey and was whipped to death by the children of the wealthy family."
"There was also the one whose family originally had four acres of good paddy land, but it was taken away by a group of bullies. Later I found out that these bullies were domestic slaves raised by a wealthy family!"
Geng Bin kept talking, his voice trembling.
"We people have all been deceived, oppressed, and beaten by the wealthy clans. Now we finally have a chance to destroy the wealthy clans, but you advise us to value peace... Don't you think it's too cruel to us?"
Geng Bin lowered his head, rubbed his eyes, and couldn't help but blush.
Jiang Tuo took a deep breath and forced himself to stay calm. He sat down again, looked at the bandits outside the shed, and then at Patriarch Yang.
He seemed to be facing a difficult choice.
"Sir, we are willing to surrender. We don't need glory and wealth. We just hope that you can deal with the wealthy people."
"The real threat to the imperial court is the wealthy families, not us... Although we have robbed the wealthy families, we have never harmed the common people. But these wealthy families lie on the common people and suck their blood!"
Jiang Tuo kept a straight face and said nothing.
Geng Bin said loudly: "If you still want to protect the wealthy families, then there is no need to negotiate for peace. How about we wait until we kill all these wealthy families and then surrender to the court?"
Patriarch Yang was also panicked. The governor wouldn't agree to the bandits' conditions, would he?
If this were really the case, then the wealthy families in Liangzhou would be completely ruined!
"Sir, I think serving the people is also the duty of a wealthy family!" Patriarch Yang said quickly: "I propose that we wealthy families voluntarily donate 70% of our wealth to support the construction of Liangzhou."
Geng Bin mocked: "You have so many fields, even if you donate all your wealth, it won't be long before you accumulate wealth again!"
"Let's do this. Each of our families can have no more than one thousand acres of farmland. Any excess land will be donated to the people!"
Jiang Tuo looked at Patriarch Yang in surprise, frowned and said, "Chief Yang, is this too difficult? After all, your wealthy clan has also contributed to Liangzhou. I really can't bear to do this!"
"Don't be embarrassed, don't be embarrassed!"
Patriarch Yang forced a smile. He could still grasp whether wealth or life was more important.
"But what about other wealthy families? Will they agree?"
"Please rest assured, sir, if they don't agree, then they deserve to be exterminated!" Chief Yang felt that Jiang Tuo was so loyal, even to this extent, he was still speaking for the wealthy clan.
Geng Bin thinks that his master is really awesome. He once said that Han people always like to compromise. For example, if you say that this room is too dark and a window must be opened here, everyone will definitely not allow it. But if you advocate removing the roof, they will mediate and be willing to open the windows.
And Jiang Tuo felt that only by putting a knife on the necks of wealthy people would they be willing to spit out their wealth.
