Gao Tai replied: "These days, there are often small boats snooping outside the water village, and these small boats should be spies of the water thieves in White Horse Lake, but the other party's small boats are too fast, and our warships can't catch up at all!"

Speaking of this, there was a slight helplessness on his face, "I set up an ambush with Dinggong, and I originally wanted to catch a spy for interrogation, but I didn't expect the other party to be too alert, and he would retreat when he saw someone, and the trap we set was useless!"

Gao Cheng frowned slightly when he heard this. The water thieves in the White Horse Lake are not difficult to deal with, as long as he finds the leader of the water thieves, he can cast the Five Thunder Spell or sword techniques to kill him. I think that the leader of the water thieves will not be a powerhouse in the transcendent realm.

The biggest problem at the moment is not knowing where the water thieves' lair is. As long as he can find a place, he will immediately be able to lead this naval army out and succeed in one battle.

Lu Dai took a step forward and arched his hand and said: "My lord, there are countless small islands in White Horse Lake, and each island can hide many people, if you want to find out the nest of water thieves from here, it is undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack! At present, there is no one who knows the most about the topography of White Horse Lake than the fishermen living by the lake!"

"Why don't you find a few old fishermen, they should know some useful information!"

Gao Tai immediately reacted and agreed: "Dinggong's idea is good, this matter is left to me!"

Gao Cheng nodded and said: "Do this as soon as possible, the money and food we got from the Mei clan have already consumed a small half, if we can't exterminate the water thieves for a long time, not only will the family of Guangling be dissatisfied with us, but our money and food will not be able to support it!"

Gao Tai and Lu Dai felt a pang in their hearts, thinking of the huge amount of money and food consumed by Shuizhai these days, and suddenly understood that time was pressing.

When Gao Tai heard this, he immediately led people to find an old fisherman nearby.

Half a day later, Gao Tai looked helpless and returned in vain.

"Childe, these old fishermen don't want to say it! This group of water thieves in White Horse Lake is aimed at the merchant ships of the family, and rarely attacks ordinary people and fishermen! And with the deterrence of this water thief, those merchant ships of the family no longer pass through the White Horse Lake, and there is a lot less exploitation of these fishermen......

Gao Tai's face was complicated, and he sighed: "These water thieves are also a group of men, bandits who don't hurt the people, it's rare to see them!"

When I returned to Xuzhou from Yuzhou, I killed many bandits and bandits on the way, but these people were all strongmen who robbed houses, and their hands were full of blood.

And these water thieves in White Horse Lake have a very good reputation among the nearby fishermen, and if they let him be killed, they will be a little unbearable.

Gao Cheng laughed, and heard his thoughts from Gao Tai's tone, and couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect that this group of water thieves still has some means, and they only choose to attack the caravan and not harm the people, so that no one can report the news, and they can avoid the strangulation of the government!"

"If it were a normal time, I wouldn't want to kill these people, but Uncle Gao, even if we don't come, after a long time, the interests of Guangling County and other families in Xuzhou will continue to lose, and to a certain extent, these families will also take action!"

"If we wait for other families to make a move, our Gao family will consume a lot of money and grain in vain, and we will not get any credit, and then we will offend many families in Xuzhou, how can the Gao family gain a foothold in Guangling?"

Gao Tai heard that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his identity was the general of the Gao family, and the first thing to consider was the interests of the Gao family, and immediately said: "What Gongzi said is very true, I thought badly! But now these old fishermen refuse to say anything, things are a little difficult to do!"

Lu Dai wanted to speak and stopped, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Lord, why don't I bring someone to arrest a few people, threaten these people's families, or be able to get some news!"

Gao Cheng waved his hand and said, "No, we are from the official government, if we do this, wouldn't we even be as good as thieves?" Even if we can destroy the water thieves, Gao's reputation in Huai'an will be affected!"

"Uncle Gao, you go and release the news, and directly offer a reward of 100,000 yuan and 100 stones of grain and grass, whoever can provide the news of the water thief will get this reward! There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and there will always be fishermen who will not be able to resist the temptation!"

Human nature is greedy, even in the simple folk customs of the Three Kingdoms period, there are many rangers and gangsters who do not hesitate to harm people's lives for money.

Gao Cheng didn't believe that the reputation of the water thieves in Baima Lake could be worth 100,000 yuan, and if everyone in Huai'an could ignore this reward, then this group of water thieves would become saints. If this happens, he will definitely admit it.

Gao Tai and Lu Dai breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, especially Lu Dai, who was a little heavy in his heart when he said the suggestion just now, he was a native of Huai'an, and he couldn't bear to attack the villagers in his hometown.

"The lord has a good idea, not only can he get the news of the water thief, but he can also use this money and grain to spread his reputation, and when the water thief is destroyed, everyone in Huai'an County will know the name of the Gao family. Best of both worlds. Lu Dai said secretly in his heart.

After Gao Cheng made a decision, the two generals hurriedly followed this method and sent some sailors to spread the news that Gao Gongzi of Huai'an had a reward of 100,000 yuan and 100 stones of grain and grass to reward the water thieves in Baima Lake.

Not surprisingly. Whether it was the common people or the fishermen, after hearing the heavy reward of 100,000 yuan and 100 stones of grain and grass, their eyes were straight and their breathing was heavy. I can't wait to take this bounty for myself.

Suddenly, many fishermen who knew the whereabouts of the water thieves quietly came to the water village and told the information about the water thieves in Baima Lake.

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The sun shines on the lake, sparkling, and the cool water vapor hits the face, making people feel very comfortable in this hot weather.

A full twenty small warships were in the middle of the lake, slowly heading west.

"Zhang Mu, how far is it from where you said?" asked Gao Tai with a tense face.

At this time, two days have passed since the time of the bounty was issued, and in the past two days, they have received a lot of information, but these messages need to be carefully screened.

It wasn't until the approximate range of the thieves' lair in White Horse Lake was confirmed that Gao Cheng set out with the water army. At this time, in addition to Gao Cheng, Gao Tai, and Lu Dai on the ship, there was also Sun Yue, the grandson of the Sun family in Huai'an, and the ninth-level old man who was in charge of the Sun family.

The man known as Zhang Mu was a man of short stature, when he heard the question, he subconsciously lowered his head and bowed his waist, and hurriedly said: "Master Jun, there are two small islands in front, it must be the lair of the water thieves, the villain was fishing, and he saw the boats of those water thieves passing nearby!"

Sun Yue, who was not far away, couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, and said: "It's finally here! I don't know what this group of water thieves is capable of, and they can be at ease in White Horse Lake for so long!"

The old man beside him said in a condensed voice: "Young master, don't be careless, these water thieves can intercept and kill the merchant ships of so many families in Xuzhou, it can be seen that the strength of the leader of the water thieves is definitely not weak!"

Of course, Sun Yue knew that these water thieves were not easy to mess with, but he had the old man by his side to protect him, so he didn't have to worry about danger.