"Brother Ping, you hide in the room inside first."
Li Hu said: "I took the opportunity to kill all the heads of the family. Without a leader, they will destroy themselves without attacking."
"Let's kill together."
Zhao Ping said coldly.
Anyway, they are all bandit leaders, and they must all be evil-doers, so they will be killed as long as they are killed.
Even killing these leaders can deter the little bandits below.
"Don't kill me, I surrender."
The fourth and fifth masters hurriedly begged for mercy, "Don't move. Our eldest master has become a prisoner. Now the third master is our king. We must listen to the third master."
"Kill, kill us all, and you will be buried with us."
Wen Qi was still holding his neck and shouting.
"Twenty years later, young master, I will be a good man again."
"Then I'll kill you first."
Zhao Ping swung his sword to chop.
"The sword will save you."
At this time, the master actually woke up and hurriedly stopped him.
Because he only tasted a small sip of the acacia wine, which contained too little sweat medicine, he was unconscious but still conscious.
Hearing the shouts of killing in the meeting hall, he woke up abruptly.
These are all his hard work, and the master does not want to be cut off by Zhao Ping.
He helped Wen Qi stand up next to him and said to Zhao Ping: "Sir, you should also need manpower to seize the stronghold, right?"
"Kill all these bandits, who will do the work for you?"
"Sir, how about you give me some time and I can help you persuade you to surrender?"
"Master, how can you surrender?"
Wen Qi said angrily: "We are all dignified men. We would rather be killed than be weaklings who surrender."
"shut up!"
The master scolded sternly, "Xiao Qi, don't you want to take revenge?"
"If you are really dead, there will be nothing left."
"I……"
Wen Qi was speechless when asked.
The master then said to the bandits who were surrounding him: "Stop it!"
"You all wait a moment and listen to what I have to say."
The master is still very prestigious in Heifeng Village, so everyone stopped.
"I know you are loyal and want to avenge the Second Master."
"But why don't you think about what the second boss has done?"
"Not only did he want to kill the eldest master and replace him, he even wanted to kill the fourth and fifth masters. He is a traitor to our Black Wind Village. Death will not be a pity."
"Even if this gentleman doesn't kill him, I will kill him."
"We not only want to avenge the second master, but also save the first master and several other masters."
said the little bandits.
"That's right, there are only two of them, and there are more than a hundred of us. Are we still afraid of them?"
"hehe."
The master sneered, "I'm not afraid, but the problem is that before you kill them, they can kill all the leaders of our Black Wind Village."
"Everyone in charge is dead, who will be in charge of our village in the future?"
"Can you take on that responsibility?"
"Isn't there still you, Master?"
"I?"
The master smiled bitterly, "You can let me make suggestions, but you can let me command the entire village, but I don't have that ability."
"By that time, we will be leaderless, and Black Wind Village will be completely finished."
"You guys wait a minute. I'll discuss it with this gentleman to see what his plans are. Let's find a compromise to minimize casualties."
Everyone also knows this.
If the master is dead, little bandits like them will not be able to do anything.
What's more, only one second-in-command is dead right now, and the other leaders are not dead yet. Why not take a look at the situation?
Anyway, there are so many of them here, and they have surrounded the entire meeting hall.
Even if they had wings, they would still be unable to fly.
Zhao Ping secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
He also knew that the hope of survival for him and Li Hu was slim.
Being able to sit down and talk can delay the situation for a while.
When Xia Quan comes with his people, the balance will tilt in his direction.
"Sir, I don't know why you want to destroy our Black Wind Village?"
The master turned back to Zhao Ping and asked, "I ask myself, I didn't offend you, did I?"
"The resettlement fee is too high."
Zhao Ping said bluntly: "Before, it was 10% of the compensation for the people, but now it has been raised to 50%, and we don't want sprouted grain. You are forcing us to rebel."
"Compared with rebelling against the Dawei Dynasty, I think it is easier to destroy the copycats."
"So we came, and now it looks like it has a great chance of success."
"Is that why?"
The master was shocked.
Are all farmers today so bold?
They dared to rebel because they received 50% of the compensation for civilians. Counting taxes and the like before, it was probably 60% to 70%. We haven’t seen these untouchables rebel yet?
Could it be that they have been pushed to their limit?
This is a good sign.
The master nodded and said bitterly: "Sir, you really can't blame us at Heifeng Village for this. If you want to blame it, blame Huang Fengnian, the magistrate of Yun'an County."
"Um?"
Zhao Ping wondered: "What does the security fee have to do with Huang Fengnian?"
"According to past practice, we in Heifeng Village only charge 10% of the resettlement fee to maintain life in the village."
The master explained: "And by collecting this 10% of the resettlement fee, we can also protect the people from other bandits and keep them safe."
"The people are also willing to pay."
"But Huang Fengnian sent a letter two days ago, asking us to increase the resettlement fee to 50%."
"One and a half percent is ours, and the other three and a half is his."
"He is using our hands to steal the people's wealth and support. If we don't agree, he will send troops to suppress the bandits. We have no choice but to follow his arrangements."
"Sir, you should go to the county magistrate instead of wiping out our Black Wind Village."
"That dog officer Huang Fengnian, last time he wanted to arrest Brother Ping, I should have chopped off his head."
Li Hu said coldly.
When the master heard this, he rolled his eyes a few times and asked: "Huang Fengnian wants to arrest Mr. Huang? Do you dare to ask Mr. Gao's name?"
"Zhao Ping."
Zhao Ping said.
"Zhao Ping?"
The master wondered: "That's not right."
"I've looked at the portrait before. Zhao Ping's sinister eyebrows, rat eyes, and sharp mouth and monkey cheeks are completely different from yours, right?"
"Maybe you were deceived."
Zhao Ping chuckled and said: "After all, you need to pay for painting. As bandits, you are used to taking things by force. If you don't give people money, why would they paint a real portrait of you?"
"I spent ten taels of silver on this portrait."
"Okay, this is not the time to discuss paintings."
Zhao Ping raised his hand to interrupt him, "Now that I have come to Black Wind Village, there is definitely no need to exist here."
"I'll give you two ways."
"One, leave where you are, and go back to where you came from."
"This won't work."
The master shook his head, "We are all bandits. We are all registered with the government. When we go out, we are refugees and bandits. If we are caught, we will be exiled for thousands of miles. That is forcing us to die."
"Then take the second path."
Zhao Ping continued: "Submit to me."
"Can I ask, which Zhao Ping are you?"
Someone below asked at this time.
"Zhao Ping is Zhao Ping."
Zhao Ping said: "If you don't change your name, you won't change your surname. Zhao Ping from Xiping Village, Yun'an County."
"Is this the Zhao Ping who solved the plague?"
"good."
"I surrender."
After hearing Zhao Ping's answer, the man immediately expressed his intention to submit to Zhao Ping.
"Mr. Zhao is a great philanthropist. Not only did he conquer the plague, he also threatened to buy the sprouted grain from the people. He is many times better than those dog officials."
"Anyway, our heads are all prisoners now. If we resist, we will be killed. Why don't we all surrender to Mr. Zhao?"
"Mr. Zhao saved our parents and relatives, can we really be ungrateful and kill him?"
If someone takes the lead, someone will follow.
After all, a considerable number of people in Heifeng Village are citizens of Yun'an County.
Being forced to do nothing, he went up the mountain to become a bandit.
Relying on some money and food from the robbery to support their parents and relatives who are still at home, they can barely survive.
Zhao Ping healed their family members for free, and he was their benefactor.
They cannot repay kindness with enmity.
For a time, fifty or sixty people chose to submit to Zhao Ping.
Coupled with the subordinates of the third, fourth and fifth masters, most of them have chosen to support Zhao Ping.
Seeing that the situation was over, the master had no choice but to submit to Zhao Ping.
The Qiqi's seven orifices are filled with smoke.
"You are all ungrateful people. The master has treated you so well, but now you want to submit to Zhao Ping. Are you worthy of the master?"
"How good is it for us?"
Someone retorted, "We are asked to guard the mountain road every day, rob passing pedestrians and merchants, and do the most tiring work, but we can only get about a hundred cents per month."
"And what about those of you who are in charge?"
"You don't do anything, but you take away a lot of money."
"Is this fair?"
"That's right, if you treat us unfairly, don't blame us for seeking refuge with others."
"I heard that Mr. Zhao is running a factory now, and he can give us four copper coins a day. From now on, we will work for him. It will be much better than being a bandit in the mountains."
However, while everyone was making noise, a person hurried in from outside.
"Report!"
Before anyone arrived, his voice came through.
"The boss has reported that a large number of people are coming outside, and they seem to want to attack us..."
He couldn't say anything else.
Because almost all the bandits on the mountain are in the meeting hall.
The key master and several other masters were all tied up. The second master was lying on the ground covered in blood and not breathing.
Sitting at the top of the list is the Third Master.
I'm afraid you're in the wrong place, right?
The man rubbed his eyes and became suspicious.
"Someone dares to attack our mountain stronghold?"
Wen Qi shouted: "Zhao Ping, please untie us quickly and we will go down the mountain to meet the enemy."
"We can talk about our affairs after we deal with the enemy."
