The next day.
Lan Shenxing left with ten Embroidered Uniform Guards. They came to the village and kept searching for bullies.
This was easy to ask.
He could just ask the villagers directly.
The villagers usually hated the bullies but did not dare to speak out. Now that someone from above had come, they thought that the imperial court was sympathizing with the people.
Little did he know…
Old Zhu's mind was all on the war right now. How could he have the time to care about this?
After Lan Shenxing learned the names, addresses, and appearances of the bullies in the surrounding villages from the villagers, he brought the Jinyiwei to arrest them.
"Are you called Zhou Ping?"
After finding the person, Lan Shenxing asked.
The bully named Zhou Ping nodded in fear.
It was true that he was a bully in the village, but he was not stupid enough to be rude to the officials.
"Take him away!"
Lan Shenxing ordered two Embroidered Uniform Guards to detain him.
"Your Excellency, my name is Zhou Ping, but I didn't break the law."”
However, no one paid attention to him.
The hooligans who were taken away were directly locked up in the local government prison.
Then, Lan Shenxing and the others went to the other villages and took the bully away and imprisoned him.
Five days later.
"How many people?"
Lan Shenxing asked a Jinyiwei.
"Five hundred and ninety-six."
The Royal Guards replied.
"Go find four more people and round them up." Lan Shenxing ordered. After everyone was gathered, he informed the county government to transport this group of people to the city.”
"Yes."
The ten Embroidered Uniform Guards were ordered to leave.
That night.
Six hundred tyrants were escorted to Yingtian Outer City by the soldiers.
They were all tied up, and on the way, they even asked each other what they had done.
But the conclusion was…
Other than fighting and bullying the commoners, he did not commit any murder or arson.
Hence…
At the same time, they had a terrifying thought: Perhaps the law had been changed. Their actions were a crime, and a serious one at that!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been taken out so late at night.
"So many people have been escorted out. Are they going to behead us?”
Someone in the crowd said.
The moment he said that, the bullies 'expressions changed and they cried out in injustice.
The soldiers in charge of escorting them were too lazy to pay attention to them. They only used whips to urge them to hurry up.
Finally.
At a quarter past midnight, six hundred bullies were escorted to their destination.
Lan Shenxing appeared. He took a torch from a Jinyiwei and walked towards the bullies.
"Sir, I'm innocent…"
Someone recognized Lan Shenxing. After all, many of the people inside were captured by Lan Shenxing himself.
At this moment, they were kneeling on the ground and shouting that they were wronged.
"Shut up. Anyone who makes another sound will be killed immediately!”
Lan Shenxing shouted in a low voice.
The scene instantly became so silent that one could hear a pin drop.
Lan Shenxing looked at the soldiers escorting the bullies and said,"All of you can go back!"
"Yes."
The soldiers bowed and left.
"Sir, if you want to kill us, you should at least let us know what law we have broken, right? He died for no reason. We can't die in peace!”
One of the bullies was somewhat cultured. He knew that even if the imperial court really changed the law, they would still be notified. However, they did not receive any notification.
"Who said I wanted to kill you?"
"Did I say that?" Lan Shenxing asked. Or did someone from the government say it?"
“……”
The bullies were stunned.
That's right.
When Lan Shenxing captured them, he did not say that he wanted to kill them.
Moreover, the officials had not said anything since the beginning.
All of this fear came from their own imagination.
Of course.
This scene was deliberately arranged by Lan Shenxing.
A slap and a sweet date. This way of doing things would never go out of style.
Originally, this group of bullies thought that they were going to die. Now that they heard that they did not have to die, they were extremely happy.
"Do you know why I brought you here?" Lan Shenxing asked.”
The bullies were dumbfounded.
How would they know?
"Untie them."
Lan Shenxing signaled the Brocade Guard behind him to untie the bullies. At the same time, he faced the bullies and raised the small book in his hand."Your names have been recorded. If you dare to move or escape after untying the ropes, you will be immediately beheaded after being caught.”
Swoosh swoosh. The Embroidered Uniform Guards kept slashing and cutting the ropes on the bully's body.
The bullies were like obedient babies, squatting on the spot and not moving at all.
Lan Shenxing nodded in satisfaction.
He looked for bullies because he borrowed the method of conscription from Qi Jiguang when he formed the Qi Family Army.
Qi Jiguang chose this group of bullies who liked to fight and train them, and finally became the Qi Family Army that terrified the Japanese pirates.
Don't underestimate these carefully selected bullies. Each of them had a very burly physique.
The shortest person in the crowd was no less than 1.75 meters tall.
Of course, in modern times, a height of 1.75 meters might be very common.
But now, it was the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.
A height of 1.75 meters was already very tall!
"From now on, all of you are my men. Other than listening to His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince, I am your highest commander! You don't have to pay attention to the orders of the others.”
Lan Shenxing said.
"Sir, what do we need to do?”
Many bullies were delighted. Could it be that they were going to become members of the Guan family?
"Farming."
Lan Shenxing said.
“……”
When the bullies heard this, most of the passion in their hearts was extinguished.
If they could concentrate on farming, they wouldn't be bullies.
"To be precise, it's just that we need to start farming. Moreover, this farming was different from ordinary farming. It was far less tiring than ordinary farming!
As there is not much work to be done in farming, in addition to ensuring that you take care of the crops every day, you will also need to carry out combat drills.”
Many bullies 'eyes lit up when they heard about the martial arts practice.
They loved this kind of thing.
Most importantly, it was legal!
"Sir, are we considered as corvee or are we organized?" asked one of the bullies.”
The corvee was the free recruitment of people to engage in labor activities.
For example, the soldiers who were used as cannon fodder on the battlefield and the people who built the imperial mausoleum were all part of the corvee.
As for those who were prepared, they were paid.
"Not yet."
Lan Shenxing shook his head.
“……”
The bullies instantly became depressed. It felt like they had become slaves.
However…
Lan Shenxing's next sentence made the bullies 'eyes light up.
"I do have a salary, an annual salary of…seventy dan!”
Seventy dan!
The salary of an eighth-rank official in the early Ming Dynasty!
“……”
The ten Embroidered Uniform Guards behind Lan Shenxing were speechless.
This salary was higher than theirs!
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