Chapter 393: One Stone for a Living Man
Ignoring Fang La, Li Nan first affirmed: "First, I don't want a homeless person with blood on his hands, such a person is a scourge. Second, it is better to have those homeless families who drag their families with their families, such people are more stable and not easy to escape. ”
The homeless people that Li Nan wanted were not a problem for Fang La at all.
These people can neither go into battle to fight, but also have a family drag, in Fang La's eyes, they are a group of wastes who can only eat food, and they can be exchanged for some food back, which can be said to be in his arms.
One wanted to buy it, the other wanted to sell it, and the two rebel leaders quickly negotiated a specific price.
Adult men are worth one stone of rice, and women and children are halved regardless of their age, and this first transaction, Fang La said that he was willing to sell it for 100,000 people.
The banquet restarted, the guests drank happily, in Fang La's eyes, Li Nan who exchanged food for people was a fool, and in Li Nan's eyes, Fang La was a fool.
What is most lacking in Jiaozhi, Dali and other places now is people, especially the Han people with creativity and farming experience, after reaching this long-term deal with Fang La, Li Nan's heart was secretly happy.
This time, although it is a bit risky to go north to find people, it can continue to increase a large number of people to your side, which is worth the trip.
Because Fang La and others were worried about the transaction, Li Nan's freedom was also restricted, but he was not in a hurry, so he simply took Miranda to play around in Hangzhou, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River and tasting the food of the south of the Yangtze River.
A few days later, Asha and Artemisia finally arrived in Hangzhou with a fleet full of grain.
Although hundreds of thousands of stone of grain were lost this time, Li Nan had a satisfied smile on his face as he watched the 100,000 homeless people boarding the sea ship in an endless stream.
After the two sides handed over the goods, Li Nan took Pang Xu and Pang Wanchun, who had completely withdrawn from Mingjiao, to set off north, in order to show respect, Fang La, the head of Mingjiao, and many important ministers of the southern country, came to the Shili Pavilion outside the city to see them off.
Looking at Li Nan's distant figure, Fang Tianding, the prince of the Southern Kingdom, said with a gloomy face: "Father, why did you let this person go, such a good opportunity will not be easy to find in the future!" ”
"Stupid!" Fang La put away the smile on his face just now, looked at his son and asked, "What good are we doing to kill him?" ”
"This..."Fang Tianding's hatred for Li Nan mostly came from Pang Qiuxia, but this reason was not very good, he could only say: "Kill him, we can attack south and take Jiaozhi and Dali and other places." ”
Fang La knew Fang Tianding's careful thoughts, and he also knew that many of his courtiers had complaints about letting Li Nan go, so today was just the opportunity to explain.
He pointed at Wang Yin and said, "Wang Shangshu, you tell Tianding why you can't move Li Nan." ”
Wang Yin bowed his hand and said, "Minister, obey!" ”
"The Liangzhejiang and Jiangnan roads that my Mingjiao is now occupying, if they develop to the south, they must first attack the Song Army's five-way soldiers and horses led by Zhang Shuye, and then they can attack Jiaozhi and Dali."
Wang Yin reminded: "Don't forget, the Zhennan Army has just defeated the 160,000 Zhenla War Elephant Army not long ago, which shows their combat effectiveness. In addition, Guangyuan Prefecture and Dali are both easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if we really want to fight, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties, so why should we waste our troops to attack such barbarian places? ”
As a scholar of the Southern Kingdom, Wang Yin has a bit of real talent and learning, and everyone nodded again and again when he heard what he said.
Seeing that all the ministers were convinced, Fang La said: "The food obtained from Li Nan can support a period of time, but it can't sit on the empty side, and from tomorrow, our Mingjiao army should also move!" ”
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After Li Nan led the convoy out of Hangzhou, he traveled all the way until noon before resting in the roadside forest.
Looking at the hundred guards who had followed him for many years, Li Nan felt a little uncomfortable, but there were some things that had to be done.
Gathering everyone in front of him, Li Nan said loudly: "This time we fell into the hands of the Ming Sect, not because our whereabouts are not secret, but because there are moles!" ”
"Mole? Who is the mole? After hearing Li Nan's words, many guards showed surprise, and couldn't help but look at their comrades-in-arms who had been with them for many years.
"You have all followed me for many years, and there is no merit and hard work, so I give you a chance, and the betrayer can leave now, and I swear that I will never hurt his life, and I will give him money."
The words fell, the forest was quiet, Li Nan waited for half a sound but no one walked out of the queue, facing this situation, Li Nan could only sigh.
"Okay, I've said nice things too, and I've given you a chance to live!"
Li Nan looked around at everyone and said with murderous anger in his words: "Now line up and come to me one by one, I will ask you a question!" ”
There were no lie detectors in this era, and Li Nan didn't bring back this kind of high-tech gadget from other worlds, but he had other methods.
To be on the safe side, the guards' guns, sabers, crossbows, and daggers were piled aside, and Ashur and Miranda, two followers who would never betray, each armed with an AK rifle, stood guard.
The principle of the lie detector is very simple, it is just to use the psychological stimuli to observe the changes in the physiological parameters caused by it.
The guards who had been disarmed lined up and came to Li Nan one by one.
Li Nan lightly touched the other party's vein with his right hand and asked a very simple question: "Are you a traitor?" ”
This process was repeated a hundred and one times, and Zhang Hao and all the guards had a very unified answer, saying that they were not moles.
The traitors would never admit it to themselves, and their answers didn't matter, because Li Nan had already judged from their pulses and heartbeats who had lied.
"I was surprised and didn't understand." Li Nan looked at these guards and said sadly: "When you first started, you were all starving to death in the mine, and I bought you out. In the days to come, I don't think I have done you any wrong. ”
Li Nan paced slowly as he spoke, so that he could see everyone's faces.
"We have all survived the most difficult times, some of you have taken your families over, and some of you have also started a family in Cochin, and you have your own houses and fields. So I don't understand, why did two of you throw yourself into the arms of Mingjiao? Could it be that someone like Fang La would be better for you? ”
After the hundred guards heard Li Nan's words, their expressions were different, some were angry, some were sad, and some were surprised.
At this moment, Li Nan shouted violently: "Zhao Hong, Liu Liang, can you two tell me, why is this?" ”
Li Nan pointed out these two names, which everyone knew what they represented, and all the guards moved, restraining these two people with lightning speed.
"Master, I'm wronged, I'm not a traitor!"
"Am you mistaken, my lord?"
Hearing the two of them constantly shouting grievances, Li Nan sneered: "I have already given you a path to heaven just now, but you don't take it, but now you have to go through the gate of hell, no wonder me." Miranda, they've got you covered! ”
In life, death is not terrible, what is terrible is to live, especially if it falls into the hands of Miranda.
The person who can really withstand all kinds of torture, to be honest, Li Nan has not seen it so far, maybe it is just an illusory character that exists in film and television dramas.