359. A cottage of mine thieves
Hearing that he had been targeted, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart suddenly relaxed, he was not afraid of being targeted, he was afraid that he was not staring, that was really the end of the world, to find a group of deliberately hiding mine thieves in such a large mountainous area, the difficulty is no less than Dengyao, so he deliberately made a big battle to attract people to come to the door, and the next thing to do is to strive to communicate with the other party.
There are 500 people on their side, and the other party is easy to dare not approach, and they will definitely not come up until they enter more, but if they enter more, it will become a war if they don't do well.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang instructed a soldier to put three bowls of cooked rice in the place where they buried the pot to make rice, and then the whole army rose up and walked aimlessly. The second meal was the same, and several large bowls of rice were cooked and placed on the ground, and then they left camp again.
When it came time to do this for the third time, the few "Orions" who were following them finally understood their white spoon kindness, and chased after them for a while, catching up.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked the soldiers to invite these into the army, and said straight to the point: "Are you mine thieves?" โ
Several hunters glanced at each other and exchanged glances, it seemed that they also felt that there was no need to conceal it, so they sent one in and out, nodded and said, "That's right, we are the mine thieves that the government has been wanting, this ...... Who are you? โ
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed twice and said: "I am also wanted by the government......" He deliberately didn't say his name, just laughed.
Several hunters looked at the long hand-pushed small truck pushed by his team, and said as if they had suddenly realized: "The homeless people are entering? โ
"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang responded vaguely, and then said seriously: "I have long heard that there is a group of mine thieves in the Lushi Mountains, who often go out of the mountains to peddle illegal iron. โ
He put on an attitude straight to the point, and the mine thieves were not ambiguous, and immediately replied: "In this chaotic year, you still dare to resell a large amount of smuggled iron, it is really a ruthless corner...... But we can't believe you based on your words, we don't dare to lead you to the stockade, the government has been thinking about our group of people, if you are the eagle claw of the court, the location of our stockade will be completely exposed......"
This gang is not afraid of offending them, so they will make it clear first.
Before Zhu Yuanzhang could speak, Xu Jinjie interjected from the side, he has been in business for many years, and he knows how to deal with vendors best, like this kind of thing that enters the scope of business, he is definitely an expert, to make a merchant who has never been in contact with you trust you, the best way is to show his sincerity and strength first.
Xu Chengjie walked to the side of a grain truck, lifted the cloth covering it violently, the car was full of rice bags, Xu Chengjie picked up a rice bag with both hands, stabbed it with a knife, boom, brown rice flowed out of the hole and poured to the ground like water.
"Huh? It's food! The hunters froze for a moment, and then pounced forward like crazy, one reached into the hand to cover the hole in the rice pocket, the other reached into the hand to pick up the brown rice that had been sprinkled on the ground, and the other jumped up, stretched out his hand and pointed at Xu Chengjie and scolded: "You thief bird, you are such a waste of food." โ
Xu Zhujie was not angry, and said with a smile: "Look at how many trolleys there are...... I won't tell you anything, we brought 2,000 bags of rice like this into the mountains this time, and there are too many to eat, so what does it matter if we waste a little. โ
"Silk!" The hunters gasped and looked at the long cart with straight hair.
"Let's talk about business." Xu Chengjie said seriously: "We don't need to know where your mine thieves' cottage is, as long as you hand over the iron ore to me, I will hand over the rice bag to you, and pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other." โ
Those hunters were frightened by the grain cart set out by Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Jinjie, the strength of the opponent exceeded their white spoon expectations, so much grain, how much iron ore do you have to exchange for o? Although the other party said that they didn't need to know the location of their cottage, how could such a large transaction be done without being invited into the cottage? This is not a small deal that you give me a penny and I give you two steamed buns.
The hunters swallowed their saliva and thought about the next, but they were a little afraid: "You are too suspicious...... We are now very suspicious that you are spies of the imperial court, can I ask you to give me a name? โ
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that if he reported his name, the deal could be easily negotiated, in fact, Li Zicheng in history became friends with the mine thieves, and he just reported the name of the 36th Battalion. But Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't sign up, he didn't want anyone to know that Baishui Zhuba was still dangling near Baishui, and he had to let Quan Yao think that Baishui Zhuba was still in Taihang Mountain.
"I'm sorry, but I can't tell the name." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "If I declare a fake name and say that I am Li Zicheng, you can't prove it, it doesn't mean anything, I just want to remind you that you mine thieves must take this deal, otherwise it will ......"
"Otherwise what? How dare you threaten us? The Orions suddenly became nervous.
"Don't worry, I'm not trying to threaten you, and I'm not going to do anything to you." Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "I want you to recognize the current situation, if you don't cooperate with me, there will be a catastrophe immediately." โ
"What do you mean by that?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "The supplies of your White Spoon Cottage are already very difficult, right? โ
"O? How do you know? One of the hunters exclaimed.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw what he said, and affirmed his guess even more, and said with a smile: "Some years ago, Yidou Valley, Sweeping King, Man Xiaoxing, and Rampant Wolf from the thirty-gate camp entered Tongguan, and the road they passed through happened to be the north of the Lushi Mountains, that is, where you often exchange private iron for supplies...... Like what Yuling Town, Taiyao Town, Guxian Town, Yangping Town...... Now they are in ruins. And the king of Chuang, the general of Chuang, and the eight kings of Xiying passed through the east side of the Lushi Mountains, and the towns on that side definitely did not have any good results. โ
"You live in the mountains, you depend on mining for your livelihood, and once the towns on the side of the mountains are destroyed, you lose the means to obtain all the necessary supplies...... I'm afraid that all the old and weak girls in the cottage are hungry...... If you have a little more saddle, you will starve to death and a lot of ...... It will be at least a few years before the town outside the mountains prosper again, and I wonder if you will be able to survive for that long. โ
Zhu Yuanzhang's words made several Orion's faces like dirt.
Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "Now that I am carrying a large amount of food, why don't you hurry up and invite us into the cottage, and keep talking nonsense here, do you want to kill the people trapped in the village?" If I really entered the imperial court, why bother so much, even if I don't care about you, you won't be able to live. โ
Several hunters were immediately persuaded by Zhu Yuanzhang, they had no worries, they led the way first, and went to the place where the mine thieves gathered, and after walking a few days in the mountains, they met a group of hunters on the way, about 100 or 10 entered, these people originally received the news that "there is an army entering the mountain", and they were ready to fight with Zhu Yuanzhang and them desperately, and now they naturally will not fight again, and they have all become the leaders.
Under the guidance of this large group of hunters, Zhu Yuanzhang's army finally came to the bottom of a hill with a purple red appearance as a whole.
The mud layer of this hill is very shallow, and the mountain is full of bare stones, and these stones all show a purple-red sรจ, so the whole mountain becomes a purple-red sรจ mountain, which is a manifestation of the iron-rich nature of the stones. It seems that the iron ore reserves on this mountain are very considerable.
The hunter who led the way introduced: "This is the place where our mine thieves live, called Babao Mountain, and our White Spoon Village is on the mountainside, called Babao Village!" โ
Everyone came to the foot of the mountain, so many people entered and pushed many pushers, and immediately attracted the attention of the mountain, only to see many heads poking out of the mountainside to look down, these into one by one are black, the face is full of sluggish gods, seeing the big team under the mountain into the horse, the expression on their faces is mostly frightened.
The best way to dispel these frightens is Xu Jinjie's trick! Sure enough, Xu Chengjie raised the knife against a rice bag again, and several hunters were shocked when they saw this, for fear that he would waste the grain on the ground again, so they quickly pounced on it and pressed the knife down, and then picked up the rice bag and shouted at the mountain: "Grain...... These bags are full of grain, and we're back with our big customers......"
"Wow!" Zhu Yuanzhang carefully observed and found that most of them came out of the cave, and there were a lot of them, at least thousands, but most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, and had no combat effectiveness, and young and middle-aged people only accounted for two or three percent of them.
Seeing them rushing down, Xu Jinjie was worried that they would rob the grain, so he made a small gesture, and the five hundred soldiers immediately formed a formation and guarded all the grain trucks.
At this end, the thieves who rushed down with a wild scream suddenly stopped in fright, and some of them turned around and ran up the hill, with knives, hoes, and hammers.
The hunter who led the way hurriedly shouted: "Don't be afraid, everyone, these are not officers and soldiers...... Not officers and soldiers......"
"They're here to talk about business!"
"Although this grain cannot be given to us for free, it can be exchanged for ...... with iron."
"Iron!"
After such a roar, the thieves who had copied the thousands of squirrels were swept away, and quickly put down their fellows again, and ran into the cave, and after a short while, they ran out of the cave again, carrying a large bag of pig iron with each enter.
"What's the change?"
"How many catties of grain can a pound of iron be exchanged for?"
"Change my iron first, my son is so hungry that he can't ......"
"No, change my ...... first"
"Don't push ......"
Looking at the chaotic mine thieves, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately understood one thing, these people are unorganized and undisciplined, not so much that they are like thieves who occupy the mountains and defend themselves, but that they are a village and town that has moved to the mountains to settle down. Seeing that the benefits are coming, they do not have a top pillar to speak, but take care of their own family first, without unified planning and management.
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