The visitor was Deputy General Gao, whom Lin Jinyue had met a few times before.

Lin Jinyue asked with a smile, "Deputy General Gao, what brings you here?"

Deputy General Gao said with a stern face, "Someone reported to us that you are illegally possessing weapons, which violates the laws of the Great Gan region. Hand over the person who is illegally possessing weapons."

Lin Jinyue laughed and said, "Are you kidding me? How could we possibly be hiding weapons?"

Deputy General Gao had suffered a setback at Lin Jinyue's hands before, and now that he finally had a chance to get revenge, he kept a cold face and refused to engage in conversation.

Deputy General Gao: "You have been manufacturing crossbows without authorization."

Without sparing any face, he waved his hand at the people behind him and said, "Search!"

Lin Jinyue's smile also turned cold.

The group of men simply went into any house they could find and started smashing things; it wasn't a search at all, it was outright destruction.

Fortunately, the first house we went to was a small wooden cabin, and there wasn't anything valuable inside.

After they smashed two wooden houses, the strong men in the village came.

Lin Jinyue could still see Liu Dazhuang and Liu Erzhuang on the mountain, holding crossbows and aiming them at Deputy General Gao.

Lin Jinyue shook her head in that direction.

When Deputy General Gao and his men came out of the house, several burly men blocked their way.

Deputy General Gao asked coldly, "What? We're ordered to investigate your village. What do you want?"

Lin Jinyue: "It's a coincidence that we obtained the blueprints by chance and made them by copying them. We also made a deal with the general to provide a batch of crossbow bolts."

Deputy General Gao: "Then search for me! Find the blueprints!"

"You lot dared to hoard weapon blueprints! According to the laws of the Great Gan Dynasty, you deserve to be executed!"

Lin Jinyue:? ? ?

Oh no, does he not understand human speech?

Then don't blame her!

Lin Jinyue shouted, "Grab them all and tie them up!"

The villagers only recognized her; they didn't care about official positions or laws.

Lin Jinyue did whatever she asked, even if it meant she yelled and made the Liu brothers shoot them through the head.

Liu Dazhuang and his men carried out the order without the slightest hesitation.

Lin Jinyue's actions made Old Master Ji and the others' scalps tingle. They were thinking to themselves, "We just found a stable place, isn't it going to fall apart again?"

Then look at Magistrate Ding, who's cowering in the corner like a quail.

At this moment, Magistrate Ding seemed completely deaf, mechanically instructing everyone to continue registering and compiling records.

Some even went over to take a look, but after being glared at by Ding Ruiming, they came back.

The heads of several powerful families were all shrewd and cunning; they were well aware of Magistrate Ding's intentions.

Originally, Grandpa Ji wanted to persuade Lin Jinyue, but he decided to pretend to be deaf and dumb as well.

But in his heart he thought, "This little girl is quite capable."

On the other side, Lin Jinyue tied up the men and gagged them so they couldn't say a word.

Lin Jinyue frowned. "Take him away."

These men were wearing leather armor, so it was obvious they were soldiers.

Lin Jinyue, however, brazenly led them around in the city with their hands tied up. If they dared to disobey or refuse to leave, she would whip them.

Several soldiers were tied up in a long line, and many people came out to watch the spectacle.

Lin Jinyue said loudly, "I knew long ago that these people had ulterior motives and wanted to come and harm the people of Lingnan!"

Filled with righteous indignation, she lashed out with the whip a few times to vent her anger.

Then he continued, "You don't know, but recently a lot of business in our Yunhe Village has been suspended. We're just temporarily making leather armor and weapons for those who have gone to the battlefield."

“Aunt Wang, I saw your brother Langyazi at the military camp a couple of days ago, along with some other familiar faces. My brother and I were really worried about them going to the battlefield. So, my brother has been teaching people self-defense techniques day and night at the military camp, and our village is still making leather armor overnight. We're thinking that even if we don't sleep, we have to make sure that these people who often come to Yunheji to buy things can come back safely.”

Her words resonated with everyone.

Which family doesn't have a few men who go to war?

Which family would be willing to send their child there?

Those were all out of necessity.

Like Aunt Wang, a widow with her son, Langyazi, who was just thirteen years old and hadn't even been given a formal name yet, was about to go to the battlefield.

There are quite a few like this.

When their sons or husbands are forcibly conscripted, they are basically prepared not to return.

But Lin Jinyue and her Yunhe Village had done so much without making a sound.

There was a familiar officer nearby who was eating there. He casually said something on Lin Jinyue's behalf: "Not only that, Miss Lin also tied the general up to raise funds. We received quite a bit of money. When the people of Yunhe Village work overtime to prepare, all the soldiers will have a better chance of surviving on the battlefield."

Everyone was extremely grateful.

Lin Jinyue continued, "But these people just came to our village and started smashing and looting, saying we were hiding weapons!"

“I told them that we had agreed with General Gu, but they just wouldn’t believe me. Without even asking General Gu, they went in and started smashing things up, and even said they would cut off our heads. Tell me, what kind of behavior is this?”

“Prince Jing could attack at any time. Let alone a day's delay, even an hour's delay could mean a dozen or so fewer leather armors to be made. What if we happen to be short of just a dozen or so leather armors? Those of high rank will certainly not be affected, but it is the common people below who will suffer!”

I don't know who started it, but people in the crowd began throwing rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at them.

They all started cursing and swearing: "Who are they?"

Lin Jinyue's purpose went far beyond that.

She continued to berate, "Hey, these are all General Xie's subordinates. I heard from my friends in Yunsong County that General Xie is no good. He's arrogant, extravagant, and dissolute, and he even has the wealthy families in the city entertain them. So, some of them couldn't stand it and moved away."

"General Xie is a bad person and always opposes General Gu. General Gu is such a good person. He even subsidizes his own expenses to ensure that the ordinary soldiers are well-fed and clothed, but he can't withstand General Xie stabbing him in the back!"

Lin Jinyue's incitement stirred up righteous indignation among the people of the city.

The storytellers in restaurants and teahouses, as well as the literati, have already begun to pick up their pens and prepare to write!

Lin Jinyue ruined Xie Hong's reputation, and since his official rank was lower than Gu Shao's, the people of Lingnan would be the first to oppose any major moves he might make.

Don't underestimate the power of ordinary people. This place is remote, and the Xie family's influence in the capital can't reach here. If the people jointly petition the government, it will be enough to give the Xie family a hard time.

Lin Jinyue was very satisfied and told Lin Fugui and the others to continue pulling the rope forward.

Some people were throwing rotten eggs while saying, "Young shopkeeper, stay away, or you'll get hit."

Lin Jinyue ran off in a flash, bringing the group of people to Gu Shao.

These people were so angry that their mouths were gagged, but they couldn't say a word.

Gu Shao was taken aback when he saw these people.

Then, the servant beside him told him about the situation on the street. When Gu Shao looked at Lin Jinyue, the smile in his eyes deepened.