The people from Liaodong brought by Wu Qiang were all arranged in the camp, which was also the yurt where all the people who came to the grassland lived.
Li Xin and a middle-aged man were placed in a yurt. Dozens of people lived with them, all of whom were Liaodong people who came here together.
The middle-aged man winked at Li Xin.
Li Xin saw it and nodded slightly.
Two people walked out of the yurt.
When they arrived outside the yurt, the two people looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so they came to a remote place and squatted together.
"How many people in Liaodong have you contacted?" the middle-aged man asked in a low voice.
"Fifteen." Li Xin stretched out his palm, flipped it a few times, and then said, "Where are you?"
"Twelve." The middle-aged man said disappointedly.
Li Xin said disappointedly: "It's a pity that many people need to see the money. Otherwise, at least dozens of people would be willing to make trouble with us."
"We don't have any money." The middle-aged man spread his hands and said, "If he really brought any money, someone named Tiger Flag would have discovered it along the way."
"Who says it's not the case!" Li Xin agreed, and then added, "I told them that I will give them money when they return to Datong, but these people have to see cash."
The middle-aged man said: "I think we will stay in the camp in Huzi Banner for the next few days and recruit more people. Fan Dongzhu said that as long as we make trouble here, there will be people from the Mongols to help us. If the Tiger Flag's warehouse in the grassland cannot be built at that time, the tasks assigned by Fan Dongzhu will be completed."
"That's all it can do." Li Xin nodded.
The middle-aged man said: "Okay, let's go back first. Being out for too long can easily arouse others' suspicion."
Li Xin nodded.
The two people stood up and walked towards the yurt.
When they were about to reach the yurt, a figure suddenly appeared in front of them and stopped the two people.
Li Xin looked up, frowned, and said, "Su Cheng, why are you here? You scared me."
"I've been waiting here for you two!" Su Cheng said with a smile.
Li Xin frowned and said, "What are you waiting for us to do? Is there something wrong?"
"Didn't you say before that you would give one tael of silver to each person you win over? I have already won over twenty people in my yurt. When will you give me the money?" Su Cheng stretched out his hand towards the two people.
The middle-aged man on the side said: "Didn't I tell you that the money will not be available until we return to Datong. It is not convenient for the two of us to bring so much money out now."
"I'm afraid you two won't be able to go back, so it's better to get the money in advance." Su Cheng tapped the outstretched hand.
"What do you mean?" Li Xin looked at Su Cheng in front of him warily.
Su Cheng looked at the two people with a smile on his face and said, "You two worked for the Fan family, mingled with the people of Liaodong and came to the grassland. Unfortunately, that's where it ends."
"Are you from the Tiger Flag?" the middle-aged man suddenly said.
Su Cheng nodded slightly and said: "Yes, I am indeed a member of the Tiger Character Banner. I have been ordered to sneak into your team and keep an eye on you at all times."
Li Xin's expression changed, he took two steps back, and looked at Su Cheng in front of him warily.
At this moment, footsteps came from the surroundings, and soon a group of soldiers surrounded them.
"Li Xin, Zhang Qingbai." A young and strong man looked at the two people in front of him, called out their names, then waved his hand and said, "Take them down."
As he finished speaking, several soldiers came up, subdued Li Xin and the middle-aged man named Zhang Qingbai, and tied them up with ropes.
Li Xin struggled and shouted: "The people from the Tiger Character Banner have killed people. Come out and take a look. The people from the Tiger Character Banner brought us Liaodong people to the grassland just to kill us. Everyone has seen it, right?" ! If I see through their conspiracy, I will kill them and silence them. Everyone, come and see!"
He kept shouting loudly.
Nearby were yurts where people from Liaodong lived. When the people inside heard the shouts, they all ran out of the yurts and gathered around.
Su Cheng looked grim. He turned his head and said to the person next to him: "Huangtou, what should I do? More and more people are gathering in Liaodong, and my subordinates are worried that there will be a commotion soon."
Huang Hong waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, this is a camp, nothing will happen."
After saying that, he turned around and shouted to the people in Liaodong around him: "You all just came here today with the team. I must have seen these two people, right? You should know what they have done along the way. I don't think you need me." Explain again.”
No one from the Liaodong people who gathered around said anything.
They are indeed the people of Liaodong who have just arrived here, and they also came here with Li Xin.
Seeing that no one spoke, Huang Hong said to several soldiers: "Stop the mouths of these two people and take them away."
Li Xin still wanted to shout, but unfortunately the soldiers beside him didn't give him a chance at all. They tore off a piece of rag and stuffed it into his mouth, and then escorted him away with another person.
The same goes for Zhang Qingbai on the other side. His mouth was stuffed with a piece of cloth and he was escorted away by several soldiers.
Li Xin struggled not to leave, and turned around to speak to the Liaodong people around him, but with something stuffed in his mouth, he could only whine.
A soldier beside him drew out his sword and struck him on the back with the scabbard attached.
I spanked him several times and didn't stop until he calmed down.
Huang Hong ignored Li Xin and Zhang Qingbai who were being taken away, but continued to say to the surrounding Liaodong people: "You also saw on the way here that a fort is being built a mile away. I brought you to the grassland just to build it." Fort, if you don’t believe it, wait until the people on the construction site get off work at night, and you can ask them to see if they asked you to build the fort.”
Hearing this, the surrounding Liaodong people whispered among themselves.
There was a lot of noise all around.
Huang Hong continued: "I don't care what the two people who just captured have told you, promised you, or you promised them, but one thing I want to make clear is that you came here voluntarily, even if I regret it, but I have to wait until the fort is built before I can leave."
"But the two people who were captured by you just now said that your Tiger Flag took us to the grassland and sold us to the Northern captives as slaves." Someone in the crowd said.
Huang Hong said: "I said, at night, when the people at the construction site get off work, you can ask them if they will sell you to Beilu as slaves."
"What about the two people you captured? What are you going to do with them?" someone in the crowd asked.
Huang Hong said: "The two of them are different from you. You are common people who escaped from Liaodong after a military disaster, but they are not. I guess many people have been bullied by them along the way!"
"That's right, the man named Li Xin snatched my pancake." Someone in the crowd said.
"Not only him, there are several people who are with them. They bullied us a lot along the way."
Everyone in the crowd said something to each other about the evil deeds of Li Xin and others along the way.
Huang Hong said: "Everyone, go back to the yurt first. As long as you are with the two people just now, no one can escape. We will take them all away."
Some soldiers began to arrange for these Liaodong people to return to their respective yurts, and then arrested people from yurts one by one, and took away all those who had sneaked in with Li Xin and others.
After some arrests, five more people were taken away.
