After Ge Ping and others left, Lu Jing took out a small bag containing ginseng seeds and sprinkled them in the field ridges.
This time he first brought about five thousand seeds, which is exactly one thousand seeds per acre. The seeds were scattered much more sparsely than in the mountains behind the academy, and they could fully simulate the natural environment in the wild.
Afterwards, another round of lush green was thrown in as usual, and it was thrown away as if it was no money.
Lu Jing also felt refreshed and happy as he saw the green seedlings sprouting out of the ground. It was unclear whether they were weeds or ginseng.
What he could see was not ginseng seedlings, but banknotes fluttering in the wind among the fields.
After all the remaining secret power was used up, Lu Jing set about setting up a maze, the simplest one, which allowed people or beasts who strayed into the place to circle around with the magic of love.
After that, he rested in the village for one night and went down the mountain early the next morning with the dozen women who wanted to go home and the boy they met at the foot of the mountain.
The reason why he took the boy with him was because Lu Jing went back to the academy directly after handling the matter, and he needed someone to report to the village.
Firstly, Lu Jing was quite familiar with the boy and was too lazy to look for anyone else. Secondly, because he was young, it was easier to get into the city and he would not draw attention to himself.
Because it was dozens of miles away from the county seat, Lu Jing drove an ox cart. As a result, he experienced firsthand the poor public security environment in Yuzhou along the way.
Probably because there were so many female relatives, their group was often criticized.
Lu Jing simply let the boy do the driving, while he got out of the car and walked on foot. With the help of his excellent ear and eyesight skills, he paid attention to the movements within a mile radius. If he saw someone sneaking around, he would be one step ahead. Rush over and solve it.
In the end, there was no delay and we returned to the county town smoothly.
The moment they saw the city gate, many women on the oxcart couldn't believe their eyes, and some even burst into tears.
It also attracted many passers-by’s glances.
Lu Jing parked the bullock cart at the gate of the city, and then asked the boy to open the box in the cart. It was filled with gold and silver artifacts that Ge Ping and his group had looted over a long period of time.
Lu Jing roughly divided it up and distributed it to the women on the oxcart according to the standard of fifty taels per person. Some of the women who had been robbed early and went up the mountain were compensated with an extra ten taels, and then let them go home.
Lu Jing and the boy drove the bullock cart and continued forward. After being inspected by the gatekeepers, they arrived at the gate of the Yamen.
Lu Jing got out of the car, asked the boy to wait, and walked in with the land deed.
As a result, we ran into trouble at the first level. As the local official, the county magistrate was in charge of the affairs of the county. He had to deal with many things every day. It was not something he could see easily, especially when the person who came was a white man.
Not to mention the county magistrate, even the county magistrate and lord Bo Lujing could not be seen.
Of course, he can ask Si Tianjian for help. Si Tianjian has a special organization to deal with these state and county officials. But unfortunately, Lu Jing is not a supervisor yet, and even if he is a supervisor, he cannot abuse Si Tianjian's power during non-official duties. .
Fortunately, Lu Jing still had Wan's cheating device. He took out two taels of broken silver and handed it to the clerk in the government office without leaving any trace. The latter took him to a confidant named Wan who was next to the county magistrate.
Master Wan invited Lu Jing into the study. After reading the land deed handed over by Lu Jing, he stroked his beard and said nothing for a long time.
Upon seeing this, Lu Jing handed over a two hundred tael silver note from under the table. Master Wan showed a satisfied smile on his face after accepting the bank note.
But he said, "This matter is a bit difficult to handle."
So Lu Jing increased his efforts and handed over another one hundred taels, but this time Master Wan confiscated it.
"Although we, Lao Wan, love money, we are not greedy. Thirty taels are my hard-earned money for running errands. The remaining 170 taels are to honor the adults above. I won't bully you. How much should I take? Just charge as much as you want.”
Having said this, Master Wan paused, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip. He sighed and continued, "Well, it wasn't that difficult to say this originally, but now in this world, etiquette and music have collapsed. Although you are not a local of Ju County, you must have known how rampant the bandits are outside when you came here. They are like bamboo shoots springing up after the rain, and they cannot be wiped out completely.
"So the local gentry and wealthy families are willing to build earthen forts to help the court resist the bandits. Naturally, we are also willing to support it. It stands to reason that you have the land title. I will help you with a little more management, and your earthen forts can be built. .
"But the problem is, your place is now occupied by a group of bandits. This matter is basically known to everyone in Ju County. Who knows who will live in your earthen fortress after it is built? Is it possible? It will be taken over by that gang of gangsters again."
"You also have to be considerate of our magistrate. It's enough for the magistrate to be burned, killed, and plundered by bandits under his rule, but it's only a matter of time for rogue bandits to run away when they arrive. We really have to gain a firm foothold." Recruiting is the big problem.
"Maybe the magistrate's position as an official will come to an end, so he must be more cautious in this kind of thing, but..."
"But what?" Lu Jing asked.
"Didn't you say before that you have a lot of troops under your command, enough to deal with that group of bandits? This will be easy to handle. As long as you kill the group of bandits and take their heads, the magistrate will naturally allow you to build a mud fort there.
"Oh, there are quite a few bandits in that group. It may be difficult to kill them all. Kill or capture the bandit leaders and leave the rest to me, Lao Wan." Master Wan said, patting his chest.
Lu Jing frowned when he heard this. He knew that Master Wan didn't trust him, so he asked him for the heads of Ge Ping and others as a token of recognition.
And the key is that this request is reasonable and it would be difficult for Lu Jing to refuse.
So he could only accept it first and stood up to say goodbye.
As a result, as soon as I went out, I saw a group of police officers rushing towards me. There were thirty or fifty people in total, and they all brought their guys with them.
Seeing this battle, the boy who was born as a bandit and had a ghost in his heart panicked and wanted to escape with the bullock cart, but he remembered Lu Jing's instructions and did not dare to abandon Lu Jing like that.
On the other hand, he was somewhat lucky and felt that these people were not here for him.
But the next moment he saw the guard running at the front pointing in his direction, "Here is a bullock cart. The boy driving the cart is about the same age, but there is another person. Forget it, let's take him down first." Bar."
After saying that, the group of police officers swarmed up to him. The poor boy realized something was wrong and tried to escape, but it was over. He was pulled out of the car and pushed to the ground.
Then the officers saw Lu Jing going out and shouted, "The other bandit has been found too!"
