When the female bandit in the cave heard about the one hundred taels of silver, her already large eyes widened even more.

They were truly terrified of poverty, and just when they were worried about running out of money, this order came knocking on their door.

At least I don't have to think about going down the mountain to find a job anymore. You know, jobs aren't easy to find these days.

Thinking of this, the female bandit looked at the middle-aged fat man and said:

"You're in business, right? What kind of business? Tell me about it."

The middle-aged fat man cleared his throat before speaking:

"It's not a big deal, really. We just want to hire you mountain bandits to go down the mountain and dig up all the sweet potato and potato seeds that the local people have planted in their fields."

Take the sweet potato and potato seeds with you and destroy them. I wonder if you can do that?

Upon hearing this, the female bandit was taken aback, then frowned and said:

"Dig up the sweet potato and potato seeds? Sweet potato and potato seeds are the new grains that the imperial court provided for the people. They are said to be very easy to grow and have a large yield, which can solve the problem of feeding the people."

If you ask us to dig up these seeds for them, wouldn't that cut off their food supply? Isn't that going too far?

The fat man sneered and said:

"What, can bandits really be so kind?"

The female bandit snorted and said:

"As the saying goes, even thieves have their code of honor. We mountain bandits can rob a little bit on a regular basis to pay tolls. But asking us to directly cut off other people's food supply and harm generations of people is something we really can't do."

The middle-aged fat man said sarcastically:

"You are bandits, you are no good people to begin with, why do you think of yourselves as so virtuous? What is the difference between being a bandit and digging up someone else's seed? Aren't you both despised by others?"

Besides, how much silver can you bandits steal? You can only steal a few hundred or a thousand taels of silver a year.

This time, I'll give you one hundred taels of silver for just a few days' work. You'll definitely make a fortune!

Upon hearing this, a bitter expression appeared on the faces of the bandits.

To say they can rob him of several hundred or even a thousand taels of silver a year is to give them far too much credit.

For some reason, this filled the hearts of these bandits with bitterness.

I don't know if I can rob him of a few hundred or a thousand taels of silver a year, but I haven't succeeded in a single case so far.

It's true that we also suffered some losses due to road construction and being robbed by Zhu Yunwen.

Seeing that the bandits were unusually silent, the middle-aged fat man, worried that things weren't going well, continued speaking:

"If you think one hundred taels of silver isn't enough, then one thousand taels will do. Are you in or not?"

These words made the female bandit's eyes widen. A thousand taels of silver was no small sum. She never dared to dream of dealing with such a thing in her life.

So the female bandit cautiously asked:

"A thousand taels of silver? Just to dig up and destroy the sweet potato seeds planted by those people, cutting off their food supply, and they still want to give us so much money? This is really no small matter."

The middle-aged fat man frowned and said:

"Just tell me if you're going to do it or not? Why are you so worried about something as simple as bandits? As long as we give you the money, just do your job well."

The female bandit remained silent, then nodded and said:

"Let's do it!"

As soon as she said this, all the bandits below looked at their leader in shock.

Although they are all bandits, they were forced into this profession by circumstances and had no other choice.

Rather than calling them bandits, it would be more accurate to describe them as a group of people who lack courage but are willing to resort to crooked means to make money.

After all, their robbery of Zhu Yunwen back then showed just how wicked they really were.

At least during their previous confrontation with Zhu Yuntong and his group, they had no intention of harming them.

It's all just about making money.

Therefore, these bandits were actually somewhat unable to accept the fact that they had dug up the people's seeds and cut off the food supply for the people of Hekou County.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have reacted so calmly to the price of one hundred taels and one thousand taels of silver, and no one would have asked her to do it when the female bandit hesitated.

So when the female bandit agreed, some of the bandits were even a little incredulous. One of the thinner bandits spoke up:

“Boss, we probably can’t do something this despicable. Didn’t we agree before that even if we robbed someone, we wouldn’t hurt anyone and would only ask for some money? But this is really too despicable, we can’t do it.”

However, the female bandit spoke up:

Why not make money if you can?

He then looked at the chubby guy on the anniversary and said:

"But you have to pay first."

Without the slightest suspicion, the middle-aged fat man smiled and nodded, saying:

"Okay, money is not a problem as long as you are willing to do this."

As he spoke, he pulled out a bag of silver from his person and tossed it to the female bandit.

"Here's one hundred taels. After the deed is done, I'll give you another nine hundred taels!"

The female bandit took it in her hand and weighed it; it was indeed about a hundred taels. She then smiled and said:

“Alright, we’ll take this on. You can go back now. We’ll start tonight at midnight and make sure the people won’t find any sweet potato or potato seeds when they wake up the next morning.”

The middle-aged fat man laughed loudly and said:

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