Before Lu Bu, who had been tossing for most of the night, had not gotten up, Sun Ce came to the door: "Wen Hou, Liu Ziyang has gathered most of the water bandits and are waiting in the front yard of the official mansion." ”

Glancing at Xiao Qiao lying beside her, Lu Bu gently kissed her on the cheek.

Beckoning the maid to get up as she dressed, put on her drape, and Lu Bu walked out of the room.

He asked Sun Ce, "How many water bandits have come?" Can you settle down in the front yard of the government? ”

"At least, there are three or five thousand people." Sun Ce replied: "If it weren't for Liu Ziyang to do it, I really didn't know that there were so many water bandits here." ”

"Chaohu Lake is near the water, and most of the people live on the water." Lu Bu said: "In the troubled times, it is difficult to live with kindness, and many people can only choose to rob their homes. In the long run, there will be more and more bad people, and there will be fewer and fewer good people. If you can get these people to change to the right thing, it will really be a help in the future. ”

"What is Wen Hou going to do for them?" Sun Ce asked in surprise.

"They are all water bandits, of course let them rob their homes." Lu Bu grinned at him.

Sun Ce looked puzzled: "Still let them rob the house?" ”

"Originally, they were water bandits, and if they were not allowed to rob their homes and houses, do they still want them to help the world?" Lu Bu replied: "It's just that in the future, I have to decide who they can rob and who they can't." ”

was confused by what Lu Bu said, and Sun Ce's eyes were even more confused.

"You'll find out later." Lu Bu didn't explain, patted Sun Ce's arm lightly, and led him to the front yard.

When he came to the front yard, he saw that the black pressure was full of people, not to mention three or five thousand.

Originally, people were talking to each other in groups of three or five.

The guard shouted at the top of his voice: "Wen Hou has arrived!" ”

Three or five thousand people hurriedly lined up, one by one straightening their chests, as if the army was being reviewed.

However, they are still a little different from the army.

Although he tried his best to list the phalanx, the formation was very chaotic, and it was clear at a glance that there was very little array drilling.

If you don't understand array drills, you must be rusty when you go to the battlefield.

It is almost impossible to count on these people to go into battle and kill the enemy, and let them plunder back and forth on the waterways, and maybe they can really make a name for themselves.

Liu Ye greeted him and said to Lu Bu: "Wenhou, most of the Chaohu water bandits are here, only a few refuse to come, I have arranged manpower and are ready to crusade against them." ”

"Whoever refuses to come, destroy it!" Lu Bu deliberately raised his voice a lot: "Let those people know that if they don't obey, they will die ugly!" ”

Liu Ye responded, and Lu Bu came to the phalanx formed by the water bandits.

He stood facing the three or five thousand water bandits, and his eyes swept around the faces of the water bandits in the front row: "I know what you all do, and I also know what good things you have done in Chaohu." ”

Lu Bu just said that he wanted to destroy all the disobedient, and the water bandits present couldn't help but be nervous, and subconsciously swallowed their spit one by one.

"Please come over, not to settle old accounts with you, but to discuss with you, how to make the water bandit cause stronger, and make the world look sideways!" Lu Bu's next sentence stunned the bandits.

I thought he was going to preach and let the water bandits change their ways from now on, but I didn't expect him to come up with a rhetoric to make the water bandits' career stronger.

The water bandits looked at each other one by one, and they didn't understand what was going on.

Lu Bu walked around a few times in front of the crowd with his hands in his hands: "I have heard a saying that rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest. For so many years, you have been eating the grass by the nest. The villagers are still harmful, don't they feel a little guilty? ”

The water bandits have been looting for many years, and of course they will not feel guilty for these reasons.

But in front of Lu Bu, they didn't dare to respond, and lowered their heads one by one.

"I originally planned to let you go back to being fishermen, but when I think about it, after so many years of looting, you have also adapted to the days of drinking and eating fish." Lu Bu said: "Bandits like you are difficult to get rid of, if you go to be fishermen, you don't know what trouble you will cause." I've decided that it's better for you to go back to your job and continue to be a bandit. ”

Lu Bu did so much foreshadowing, and he thought that he would be forced to be good, until he said such a thing, and the water bandits were relieved.

Liu Ye didn't expect Lu Bu to say that he would let the bandits continue to run the business, he looked over with a stunned face, and wanted to ask something, but in front of so many people, it was difficult to ask.

"Let you continue to be water bandits, but you don't let your family be plundered." Lu Bu said: "I will show you a clear way, although Chaohu Lake is a lake, it is connected to the river. There are a lot of merchant ships passing through here, you can plunder merchant ships, and it is strictly forbidden to harass the villagers and ships in various places under my rule, remember? ”

The water bandits present looked at each other one by one.

Someone said tremblingly: "There are many guards guarding the merchant ships, and we are scattered, but I am afraid that we are not their opponents......"

"Then gather together." Lu Bu glared at the place where he spoke: "As a water bandit, you don't go to rob merchant ships with guards, but you bully the weak and rob the villagers, and the place where you disturb is not peaceful, but you run away quickly when you meet the strong, don't you feel ashamed?" ”

Facing Lu Bu's questioning, the bandits felt a little guilty.

For so many years, they did harass the weak, and there were often merchant ships passing by, because most of the merchant ships hired guards, so they did not dare to come forward to plunder.

"I don't dare to take the real wealth in front of me, but I want to take some bits and pieces of the corners, you are also worthy of being called water bandits?" Lu Bu sneered: "I tell you, letting you go and loot merchant ships is not to drive them out. I have a way to do it, but I don't know if you want it or not! ”

No water bandit dared to respond, and thousands of pairs of eyes all looked at Liu Ye.

Liu Ye asked Lu Bu: "Dare to ask Wen Hou, what is the way to flow slowly?" ”

"After plundering merchant ships and killing the guards, I only ask them for the cost of crossing." Lu Bu said: "All merchant ships that have paid fees will be stopped by someone behind them, and they are not allowed to collect them repeatedly. ”

The bandits didn't understand why.

Someone couldn't help but ask: "Wen Hou, in this case, what's the point of us still looting?" Just grab a boat is a boat, and you can live a good life. ”

"If the reputation of Chaohu Lake is ruined, who would dare to pass by here?" Lu Bu said: "Let the merchants passing by here know that as long as they don't resist and honestly hand over the tolls, not only will they not be killed, but they will also be protected by someone along the way." Once the reputation spreads, knowing that it is safe to take the Chaohu Lake waterway, more merchant ships will choose here. ”

He then explained to Liu Ye: "Ziyang set a standard for them to collect fees, and no one is allowed to trespass the fees." ”