I saw that seven or eight patriarchs stood up one after another to stop and shouted, looking quite excited, as if He Bai had said something that made people indignant just now. He Bai couldn't help but be puzzled, there were still people who disagreed with this great thing of distributing grain and land.

He Bai arched his hand and smiled: "Oh? I don't know what different opinions several patriarchs have on He Bai Fangcai's arrangement? ”

A rough country tycoon shouted: "Lord Duwei, you are far away in Taiyuan, and you don't know the details of this Guo thief. Guo Thief was originally from another county, and since he came to this county, he used his power and thirst for killing to coerce the people as thieves, and those who did not obey were killed. Therefore, most of the good people in the county are gone, except for us, and those who surrender to thieves are either willing to be thieves or murderers whose hands are stained with blood. Lord Du Wei does not distinguish between good and bad, and turns thieves into people together, so that the people who surrender to thieves will be lucky. Thieves come to surrender thieves, officials come to demote officials, have two intentions, disloyalty and injustice, will not completely corrupt the folk customs of the capital. ”

He Bai was stunned, this is also right, no matter what era people hate the wall grass the most. Maybe he was still a good person at the beginning of the thief, but after becoming a thief, in order to survive for his own life, he continued to kill others.

Just like the later Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, they killed countless people and still had a lot of words, only on the grounds of the persecution of others at the beginning, wantonly killed innocent people, whether they were officials or people, expensive or cheap, good or bad, all of them were killed. The destruction of the country was even greater than that of the Manchus. Otherwise, it would not be abandoned by the people of all levels who were completely disappointed with it, but ushered in a foreign race to rule China.

If Wu Sangui is a big traitor who opens the door to welcome thieves, then Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are the great sinners of the entire Chinese nation, although they cannot be forgiven for their crimes despite nine deaths. In particular, Zhang Xianzhong, who surrendered and rebelled, completely dispelled the trust of the Ming court in the surrender of thieves, so that the anti-Qing front of the Southern Ming court never reached unity, and was taken lightly by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Thinking of this historical lesson, He Bai couldn't help asking, "Oh, I don't know what you do?" Can the captives not repeat? ”

The big man shouted: "At the beginning, General Huangfu Zuo did a very good job, as long as he killed them all, and rewarded the good people who were determined to fight against thieves for the country, and rewarded the good and punished the evil, then there would be no such thing." ”

He Bai gasped, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, the two generals who suppressed the Yellow Turban Uprising, slaughtered millions of Yellow Turban thieves in one fell swoop, so that the Yellow Turban Uprising, which spread across the country, was completely suppressed in just one year. Compared with the later Ming army's suppression of the peasant uprising, it was good not to suppress it, and the more it was suppressed, the stronger it became, it was indeed much wiser and more powerful. But the Holocaust ?? He Bai was not so ruthless.

So He Bai shook his head and said: "Descending and then killing is a taboo for the general, and I must not do this evil thing." Besides, it was not their intention to become thieves, and except for the most heinous ones, the others still cut off the left foot of each captive thief according to my original idea, so that they could not move easily, but did not interfere with their daily daily work, and at most cut off their left thumb, so that they could not hold a spear or bow but could still use a hoe. So be it......"

"No, don't ......" The big man immediately spoke out against it, and at the same time, other patriarchs spoke out against it. Everyone was gossiping and persuaded He Bai to change his mind, but they didn't agree to live next to the thief. He Bai looked at the two patriarchs Qiu and Yin, not wanting these two to pretend to be turtles with shrunken heads, obviously not wanting He Bai to share the pressure from the same county and township party.

He Bai was dizzy from the noise, he was angry, and he used officials to suppress people, but he was afraid of losing his demeanor. I am wondering why everyone is bent on slaughtering the captives, and if a county does not have a large number of people to cultivate the land, it will be detrimental to both the country and the local development.

Could it be that these people are blind? Or is it because of status? What is their identity? Local tyrants! What do local tyrants want most? It is the land, the large amount of land that will enable the family to grow rapidly. He Bai thought about the division of the borderless land with Taiyuan Taishou after the Battle of Fenshui, and immediately understood something.

This group of local tyrants is bent on exterminating the thieves, and it cannot be just the fear of thieves repeatingly, maybe it is also related to the annexation of a large amount of unclaimed land. Now there are no officials in the capital township, there are no documents and books, and he is the military attache of another county, so it is impossible to stay for too long, and this is a good time to divide up the ownerless land. If it is divided among more than 10,000 thieves, then the people will not suffer a great loss.

There are even greater benefits than seizures, but I didn't tell myself, and I also lost myself to destroying Guo Daxian and saving the people of your county. He Bai understood the secret meaning of this group of local tyrants, and the anger in his heart was even greater, but he said with a smile on his face: "You really don't want to live next to them, that's fine." Now that Taiyuan County is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a lot of wasteland, I will punish them as serfs and cultivate military rations for my army. ”

Only then did the patriarchs calm their anger and praised: "Lord Du Wei is wise and powerful, and if Lord Du Wei personally guards them, they will not dare to be evil again." ”

He Bai shook his hand and said, "Okay, don't flatter me anymore, it's still clear how many catties and taels I have in He Bai." By the way, you still don't know why I came from Taiyuan County to Changshan Country to suppress thieves. ”

Qiu Tong asked hesitantly, "Isn't Lord Duwei on the orders of the imperial court?" ”

He Bai shook his head and said, "No, I'm here to avenge my personal revenge." As he spoke, he told the story that the Black Mountain Thief had robbed the dowry he had given to the Gongsun clan of Liaoxi, and all the patriarchs immediately scolded the Black Mountain Thief with righteous indignation. He Bai naturally wouldn't tell them that this was his own ploy to plant the Black Mountain Thief. So he said:

"Although this matter has the consent of the court, it is a personal vendetta, so all the gains from this thief should belong to me, and there is no need to hand over a penny to the court and the local government. So...... For example, this food for the people can't be given in vain, so you need to write an IOU? ”

Everyone was shocked, what was different from what they thought before, Yin Yuan hurriedly asked, "Lord Duwei, is this ...... Doesn't seem quite right? The relief victims have never heard of the need to write an IOU......"

He Bai said with a smile: "Before, I wanted to give all of it to the people of the capital and the southbound Tang for free, so as to reassure the people. But now I will have more than 12,000 slaves to feed, at least in the matter of clearing the wasteland, and I will need a lot of strength to feed them. Therefore, I am also very short of food, and it is good to be able to spend some of it to help you and others. ”

"Besides, Captain Bendu is the county lieutenant of Taiyuan County, but he is not the captain of your Changshan Country, let alone the lord of Changshan Country, and he has no such obligation. You and others are indeed victims of thieves, but this food cannot be given away in vain, but can only be given to you in the form of borrowing. ”

Qiu Tong stubbornly asked, "Lord Duwei, I don't know what to ...... How much should I set? ”

He Bai's body leaned back slightly, leaned on the armrest of the couch and said with a smile: "It's not much, it's just as much as you have lent to the people who have no food in previous years." ”

Everyone couldn't help but gasp and exclaimed, "Yueli Yicheng? ”

He Bai frowned, immediately stretched out again, and said: "It is the monthly interest of one percent, and the grain borrowed after a year needs to be doubled and added to two percent to repay." If you borrow 1,000 stone of grain, you will only need to repay 2,200 stone after a year, which is not much, not much. ”

Looking at the various patriarchs and tycoons who were sitting silently on both sides, He Bai was secretly happy in his heart, a group of guys who don't know what to do, if I don't give you a little bit of power, I don't know how powerful I am He Bai. If you look at the way you make money, you are all things that eat people and do not spit out bones, and usury is just right for you.

I saw a patriarch standing up angrily, arching his hand towards He Bai and saying, "Thank you to Captain He for begging for thieves for thousands of miles, saving me is equivalent to being in danger." But this matter of helping the people and relieving the people does not have to worry about it. We can wait for the good news of the court. ”

He Bai lowered his head and shaved his nails and muttered: "This day is full of smoke, and there are people asking for money and food everywhere, and I don't know how much money and food the court has?" How long will it take to be transported to Duxiang County? January? Two months? Or half a year? Or maybe there is no food to transport at all. King Changshan, I heard that he has always been stingy, and I don't know how much profit he will receive if he wants his grain? One and a half? Twenty percent? Or is it thirty percent? Alas, it is not my business, and I don't care about doing so much. It's the ownerless land in this county, hehe......"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and the patriarch walked to the big foot outside the hall, and he couldn't take the last step, and the other bodies that were originally about to move couldn't help but sit upright. Yin Yuan looked at the group, then looked at He Bai, coughed lightly, and asked tentatively: "Lord Duwei, I wonder how much I will pay for you to buy food?" ”

He Bai raised his head and chuckled: "Ah, you want to buy grain?" It's easy to say, how convenient it is to pay money with one hand and give food with the other, you and I will not be implicated for a long time because of the matter of interest. Well, as the saying goes, scarcity is precious, at this time there is no food in the township, and I have food, this food can't be too cheap. Well, let's just pay 10,000 yuan a stone. ”

"Why don't you go and plunder." A patriarch who had not yet understood stood up angrily and scolded.

He Bai stretched out his hands and said with a smile: "Captain Bendu is an official, how can he do things to rob good people." Besides, Captain Pontus is a man of wealth and status, and he only needs to lend money and make a lot of money, so why plunder. ”

All the patriarchs were speechless and unable to respond. If you want to buy food from someone else, you don't want the land anymore. Everyone exchanged words for a while, and made eye contact for a long time, and then they realized that looking at the young He Bai was not good at stubble. Everyone wanted to monopolize the land before, but they couldn't hide it from He Bai at all, after all, He Bai had already said it very bluntly.

The capital is under the rule of He Bai who regained it from the Black Mountain thieves and returned to the court with his own strength, He Bai does have the right to dispose of all the ownerless things in the capital, and everyone has no right to peck at it, which is also something that has never happened before. But if everyone wants to get some benefits in it, and they don't have half the strength and the slightest credit, then they can only ask Lord He Bai a lot.