Chapter 9 In troubled times, robbery is king

The night was as cold as ice, the wind was blowing outside, and an oil lamp was burning in the dilapidated house. The wind came through the cracks, and the flames swayed gently.

There were more than a dozen people sitting or standing in the room.

Looking at the dozen or so people in the room, Tie Mo felt a deep sense of helplessness in his heart.

Tie Mo is the chief banner, the first captain of Dark Zhuang Fort, and he can be regarded as the person who speaks of Dark Zhuang Fort, but in fact, there are only a dozen people who are willing to follow him Tie Someone to do things.

Although Gu Chengliang is not a first-class leader, the prestige left behind by more than ten years cannot disappear overnight. Now one-third of the people in Dark Village Fort are still obeying Gu Chengliang's orders, and most of the rest choose to wait and see.

It's not that Tiemo doesn't want to teach Gu Chengliang and Yang Dayong a lesson, but at the moment, time is pressing, and he doesn't have much capital to wrestle with Gu Chengliang now.

"I called everyone over today, that is, to talk about the things that went to the north to sell goods a year ago, I want to hear everyone's thoughts!"

Everyone looked at the monkey next to Tiemo, and the monkey immediately frowned, and whispered: "Xiao Tie, since the brothers follow you, everything will listen to you." ”

Tie Mo glanced at the monkey lightly, "You can't say that, if you go to the palace in winter, you will go through the palace of Hades, I hope you will make your own decisions." ”

Raising his head slightly, he glanced at the crowd and continued: "I am happy if I am willing to go, and I am not forced to go if I am not willing to go." Give everyone half a pillar of incense time, think it clearly before speaking, I don't want to wait for someone to pull me back when I get on the road. ”

Han Niu'er and Xie Kela glanced at each other, and after a moment of silence, Xie Kela stood up with a serious face.

"Brother Tie, Niu'er and I will definitely follow you!"

Ruan Sangou leaned against the door panel and whispered.

"Count me in!"

One after another, all fourteen men expressed their attitudes, and none of them chose to quit.

Iron ink flicked the wick to make the light brighter. The faint light reflected the faces of a dozen people in the room.

Everyone in the room had different expressions on their faces, and their thoughts in their hearts were naturally different.

"Okay, since no one of you has withdrawn, then I'll talk about the next thing!"

"There are too few goods that can be easily bartered from the Tartars, so we have to find a way to get more goods, but the money is not enough....."

Before the words fell, Han Niu'er said without hesitation: "I got a lot of money from killing Tartars before, and now I have two hundred and sixty taels left, and I will send it to Brother Tie in a while!" ”

Tiemo raised his hand and nodded at Han Niu'er with a smile.

"I've thought about the money my brothers have given me when I'm done, but even if we all get together, it's still not enough. Northland goods, not as good as small business......."

"When I went to the north to buy goods, most of them risked their lives, and they all said that after a trip to Shuangquanhai, ten times the gold and silver camels came back. But once you fail, you will lose all your money, and it is a good fortune to come back alive. Therefore, every time you go to the goods, you are accumulating a large number of goods, otherwise, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

"I've also thought about taking a trip for the first time..... But looking back, isn't the risk of taking less goods the same as taking more goods? So, since we want to go to the goods, we either make enough money or we don't go....."

More than a dozen men pondered Tie Mo's words, and all nodded silently.

The monkey sat upright, his back straight, hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "Can ..... We don't have enough money, I've heard people say, a trip to Shuangquan Sea, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, but you also have to have enough capital. ”

Tie Mo smiled faintly and warmed his hands while holding the teapot on the table.

"Yes, I don't have enough money, that's the main reason why I'm looking for everyone. Everyone is pondering, is there any way to get money quickly? ”

More than a dozen men all stared, showing a blank look. If you know how to get money quickly, will you still be poor and hungry?

The monkey lowered his head, and the corner of his eye kept paying attention to the expression on Tiemo's face, and suddenly, the corners of his mouth moved, but he didn't say anything.

After a long time, Shi Hu Weng, who had been silent, burst out of a sentence angrily: "It's a ball!" If you want to make money quickly, you can only learn to rob the township by Tatar rogues! ”

As soon as these words came out, more than a dozen people turned their heads to look at Shi Hu as if they had been empowered.

Shi Hanhu's words made people pause!

Robbery is definitely the fastest way to get money!

Hanhu has been stupid for nearly 20 years, and there are times when he is smart.

Tie Mo's brows furrowed, pinching his chin and making a thoughtful gesture, "Robbery? Seems like a solution! ”

For a while, the needle drop in the room could be heard, except for Shi Hu, who didn't feel anything, everyone else knew what Tiemo's words meant.

Robbery is definitely a good way to get money, but this means that everyone has to be a bandit, which is a rebellion!

Tiemo didn't speak, just looked at everyone in the room with a complicated expression. I don't know how long it took, but a cough broke the strange atmosphere.

Han Niu'er grinned, smiling sadly, a trace of hideousness appeared on his face, "It's good to rob, isn't it just to be a bandit?" What could be more important than being alive? What kind of life are we living? Anyway, Lao Tzu is out of the way, and the bandits are bandits, at least they don't live aggrieved. ”

Han Niu'er took the lead, and Xie Qila and others also softly agreed.

In the end, only two people did not answer, one of them was a military household named Ma Miao, and the other was Ruan Sangou.

Tiemo didn't embarrass Ma Miao and Ruan Sangou, but when Ruan Sangou left, Han Niu'er heard a low scolding voice behind him.

"What I didn't plant, it was in vain for Brother Tie to bring Uncle Ergou back...."

.....

In the blink of an eye, two people left, and the atmosphere was a little depressing. Tiemo stood up and laughed a little weirdly.

"Heh, robbery is indeed a good way, but we don't have to be bandits!"

Xie Qila raised his head, looking stunned, "If you are not a thief, how can you rob?" ”

"You guys, we don't have to rob the people, why can't we rob the bandits? Recently, there are several bandits in Yehuling in the north and Baiyin Mountain in the south....."

"Robbing bandits? But we .....," the monkey shook his head with a smile.

More than a dozen guards formed a group to suppress the bandits, who was the one who killed whom?

"What's wrong with fewer people? Brother Cao, if you think about it carefully, the bandits are also a group of rabble, as long as we deal with it properly, the chances of victory are much better than the battle of Huolingpo! ”

Tie Mo narrowed his eyes and slowly curled the corners of his mouth, "Or is it that if you save some silver, you won't be able to spare your life?" ”

The monkey's brows jumped wildly, feeling Tie Mo's gaze, and for some reason, there was a chill in his heart.

Xie Qila raised his hand and slapped the table, and the heavy sound startled everyone. He stood up and stared at the crowd around him.

"What else to consider? If you want to live a good life, but you don't want to work hard, just go home and dream! ”

Hao Sanpao curled up in the corner, wiping the firearm in his hand, and after Xie Qila sat down, he smiled strangely: "Hehe, it doesn't matter if you don't have the courage to rebel, the bandits are still muttering?" ”

was provoked by Hao Sancang, and everyone no longer hesitated.

......

Time is pressing, and Tiemo is a decisive person, and some things can be done.

That night, he wrote a letter and asked him to send it to Li Jiasheng in Xuanfu. Early the next morning, he left the Dark Village Fort with all his troops and horses.

More than a dozen military households, led by Tiemo, walked all the way south, pointing directly to Baiyin Mountain.

Baiyin Mountain, south of Mantou Mountain in Dark Zhuangbao, is about forty miles away from Dark Zhuangbao.

In the six years of the great drought in Guanzhong, half of Shanxi was also plagued by famines, the imperial court was ineffective in disaster relief, and people died of starvation one after another. People at the bottom don't have enough to eat, they either starve to death or make trouble.

Now in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that there are displaced people everywhere, and there are people everywhere who pull poles to rebel, and these people have loud and strange names.

There is a saying that there are many kings like dogs, and dragons and tigers walk all over the ground.

If you don't have a resounding name, it seems to be a very shameful thing.

In the past two years, several bandits have emerged in Baiyang Mountain, relying on official roads to rob the caravans of passing people.

There are not many of these bandits, but the name of the leading thief is strange one by one.

Tiemo knows three!

Little Red Wolf, Waist Mountain Tiger, Little Yellow Warbler.....

Tie Mo has never understood what these thieves think!

The little red wolf and the waisted mountain tiger are easy to explain, what the hell is the little yellow warbler?

Domineering? Bluffing?