Chapter 12
The original body's father is now guarding the border.
The original body's wish was for the hero and heroine to live in poverty and die a miserable death. Although Guo Wangshi did not have a good end, she still hoped that her family would be safe.
Li Ningyun felt that this wish was not excessive.
"Hey~ Where did this little girl come from? She's quite pretty~ Little girl, come back with me to the village and be my wife. I'll make sure you have everything you need, what do you think?"
Li Ningyun was silent as he looked at the dozen or so burly bandits opposite him.
Seeing Li Ningyun didn't say anything.
The leading bandit spoke again: "Don't be afraid, young lady, we are all good people."
Li Ningyun: "..."
Another bandit next to the bandit whispered, "Boss, we are bandits... not good people..."
The bandit leader heard this and kicked him: "... Damn it, you idiot!"
Li Ningyun: "..."
Are these bandits serious?
Li Ningyun smiled helplessly: "There is a wise man who once said something, I wonder if you have heard it?"
The bandit leader: "What?"
Li Ningyun: "Don't provoke anyone who acts alone, regardless of gender. If she dares to act alone, it must be because she has someone to rely on. You can't afford to offend such people."
The bandit leader blinked and said, "I haven't heard of it. Who said that?"
After Li Ningyun dismounted, he slowly drew out his sword from behind.
Rushed towards the group of bandits.
There are all kinds of things stored in her system space.
After all, he is a big shot who has traveled through several dimensions.
How is it possible that he has no assets at all?
When Li Ningyun first came here, she had already taken some elixirs that were useful for this body.
Not to mention these ten or so bandits, even if there were ten more, for Li Ningyun, it would just be a stretch.
In the confusion of those bandits.
Li Ningyun threw them into a pile like a pile of Arhats.
Only then did Li Ningyun chuckle: "I said it."
The bandits: “…”
The bandit leader was a little sad, as he was almost thirty years old and still hadn't found a wife.
I finally saw a young lady who looked like a fairy, but she turned out to be even better than me.
Woo woo woo
Li Ningyun looked at these bandits. She could feel that they did not have any aura of causing death, which meant that they still had their own bottom line.
"Tell me about it."
The bandits looked at Li Ningyun in confusion: What did you say?
The clear and stupid breath instantly hit me in the face.
Li Ningyun: "..."
She took a deep breath and said, "Tell me your name! What are they? Let me start with you!"
Li Ningyun pointed at the bandit leader.
The bandit leader subconsciously shrank his neck: "My name is Wu Da, the eldest son of Wu Yongshan from Liushu Village at the foot of the mountain. My parents are both dead, and I have a younger sister who is now married. My sister now has two children, a boy and a girl. My sister's husband's family has..."
"Stop! I'm just asking your name, who's asking about your sister?"
Wu Da felt a little aggrieved: "I went to the county before and saw the county magistrate trying a case. That's what he asked..."
Li Ningyun: "..."
Li Ningyun rubbed his eyebrows, not knowing what to say.
But she was certain of one thing.
This group of bandits came out to rob the male and female protagonists when they were on their way to the capital.
Seeing the miserable appearance of the male and female protagonists, he felt sorry for them and was tricked by the female protagonist into even giving his wife to them as travel expenses.
Then, in order to get the reward from the court, the hero and heroine turned around and reported their base camp to the county magistrate, a group of unlucky people.
What did the male protagonist say at that time?
Oh~ The greatest heroes serve their country and their people.
In order to prevent the common people nearby from being harassed by these bandits and living in constant unrest, he wanted to be the one to enforce justice.
After receiving the plot, Li Ningyun knew that this group of bandits had never harmed the local people.
Sometimes they would even lend a helping hand when they saw poor people passing by.
Although robbery is wrong...
However, the behavior of the male and female protagonists is indeed shameful. They are bitches and still have to build a saintly archway for themselves.
Bah, you shameless bastard!
As for how Li Ningyun knew it.
The reason is that the book describes that Wu Da and others were arrested because of the report of the male and female protagonists.
The court ordered the execution in the autumn.
On the day Wu Da and others were executed, the people around them who had received their kindness came spontaneously to help collect their bodies.
This matter even reached the capital. When the male protagonist accidentally learned about it, he sighed and said, "Alas! He is just a poor man manipulated by fate!"
Li Ningyun: "..."
Several people introduced themselves one after another. Li Ningyun then slowly said, "Okay, let's go."
Go? Where to?
A group of burly bandits looked up at Li Ningyun in a silly and cute manner.
Li Ningyun: "...Aren't you going to take me back to the village? Let's go."
The bandit leader hugged himself with both hands and shook his head desperately: "I dare not! I dare not! Lady, please don't joke with me like this. I dare not marry you."
If I get beaten by my wife every day in the future, how can I face the people of Jiangdong?
Li Ningyun: "...I said I want to marry you?"
Wu Da scratched his head and said, "If you don't marry me, what are you going to do in our village?"
Li Ningyun: "I'm going to be a bandit! From now on I'll be your boss!"
Wu Da's eyes widened, and he was obviously shocked. "You, what did you say? You want to be our boss? What should I do then?"
Li Ningyun: "Can you beat me?"
Wu Da felt guilty: "I can't...beat..."
Li Ningyun: "You can't beat me, so what's wrong with me being your boss?"
Wu Da was shocked and said, "But how can a little girl like you become the boss of a bandit village?"
Li Ningyun directly put a sword on Wu Da's neck: "Now? Can you be the boss?"
Wu Da was so frightened that he nodded quickly: "Lady... No, no, no, Boss, you will be my boss from now on!"
Li Ningyun rolled his eyes: "Let's go back to the village."
Wu Da pursed his lips in grievance: "Oh..."
When they arrived at the Menghu Village, Li Ningyun ordered Wu Da to gather everyone in the village.
Looking at the fifty or so ragged people in front of me.
Among them, the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled account for more than half.
The seventeen strong men who had robbed her before were actually the only strong laborers left in this group.
Li Ningyun: "..."
Wu Da sighed and said, "Boss, we were originally from Liushu Village at the foot of the mountain. Later, a flood submerged the entire village. The court didn't care, so our village chief went to the county magistrate, but he was beaten to death. We had no choice but to go up the mountain and become bandits. We had to survive at least."
Wu Da's voice was not loud, but it made the eyes of the group of elderly people moist.
Li Ningyun looked at the group of people in tattered clothes and with dispirited expressions in front of him and asked: "Have you ever thought about changing your profession to make a living?"
Wu Da shook his head and said, "Boss, Liushu Village has been completely submerged by the flood. Even if the flood recedes now, we can't grow crops there. We are farmers by nature, and we don't know any other skills."
Li Ningyun nodded. "Well, let's farm. You're in the mountains now. There's so much land here, wouldn't it be great to cultivate it and grow food?"
Wu Da shook his head. "Boss, I can tell you're from a wealthy family. You can't grow crops on a mountain like this. And you can't just reclaim land on this mountain. You need the county magistrate's approval."
Li Ningyun rolled her eyes. "Who told you I'm going to grow rice in the mountains? Can't we just grow something else?"
Wu Da was puzzled: "Boss, what are you going to plant?"
Li Ningyun: "A new kind of grain seed. I'll bring it to you in a few days."
Wu Da was curious: "What kind of grain seeds are these? Can they fill my stomach?"
Li Ningyun nodded. "You'll know in a few days. I'll go down the mountain to do some work these days. Three days later, you organize people to wait for me at the foot of the mountain and help me move my things."
Wu Da nodded: "Okay, boss."
Li Ningyun went down the mountain.
During these three days, Li Ningyun used his identity to buy all the barren mountains where the bandits were located.
And completed the relevant procedures.
In this way, it is legal for Wu Da and his friends to grow crops on the mountain, and they can be said to be Li Ningyun's tenants.
Li Ningyun took out some more silver from the space and went to the nearby county town to buy a lot of farm tools and food.
Li Ningyun did not intend to take out the food she bought in modern times from the space.
After all, there are some big differences between modern food and ancient food.
As for the corn seeds she planned to take out, it didn't matter, because no one knew what corn looked like anyway.
Before dawn, Li Ningyun rented a horse carriage and transported it to the foot of the mountain.
Looking at the mountain, the driver was startled and quickly advised: "My girl, there are bandits on this mountain who often come out to rob. You are so beautiful, it is not safe to come here. How about I take you home?"
Li Ningyun smiled and said, "Uncle, I am a bandit on this mountain. How can I be afraid of the bandits on the mountain?"
Driver: “???”
After all the farm tools and grain were unloaded from the carriage and Li Ningyun paid the money, the driver quickly drove the carriage away.
So scary!
Such a beautiful girl is actually a bandit?!
Li Ningyun felt a little amused as he watched the carriage drive away.
What are you afraid of? I'm not planning on being a pirate.
I gave the silver!
Li Ningyun took out more than 200 kilograms of corn seeds from the space while Wu Da and the others were still there.
Put it on the ground.
When Wu Da and the others came out, they saw food and tools all over the ground.
A bunch of bandits: (((((；；) Shocked
Wu Xiao cautiously asked Li Ningyun, "Boss, are these all for us?"
Li Ningyun nodded: "Let's move it up."
Wu Da grinned like a fool: "Okay, boss. From now on, you are my real boss!"
Li Ningyun: "..."
Arrived at the mountain village.
Li Ningyun told Wu Da and the others that he had already bought the mountain: "I have already bought this mountain and completed all the formalities. You can live on this mountain from now on and you can cultivate the land on the mountain as you wish. Now I will give you two options.
First, you sign a contract to sell yourself and are responsible for helping me open up wasteland and cultivate the land. I will be responsible for providing the grain seeds you need. No matter how much grain you grow, I will buy it all back and settle the bill with you based on the price of the grain. I can also be responsible for your daily food needs.
The second option is to sign a land lease contract. You'll pay me one-third of the land per acre, based on how much land you reclaim. Since you're truly out of options this year, I can initially provide for your daily food supply, and then deduct the amount from your rent at the end of the year. Of course, you also have a third option, which is to continue being bandits, but in that case, you might need to move on."
After Li Ningyun finished speaking, he looked at Wu Da and said, "I'm not in a hurry. You guys go and discuss it first."
Wu Da: "Okay, Boss, I'll go discuss it with the others."
Wu Da knew that Li Ningyun had taken good care of them.
Apart from anything else, each of these two paths is like a timely help to them.
Their current status is even worse than that of refugees.
Refugees are at least still people.
They are bandits. If the imperial court really investigates them, they will lose their heads!
So although Wu Da and his companions were a bit naive, they had never considered the third way that Li Ningyun mentioned.
Given the choice, who among those who come from a decent farming family would want to be a bandit?
Li Ningyun nodded and watched Wu Da and others go out.
Although she felt that Wu Da and his group were worth helping, she couldn't help them unconditionally.
She, Li Ningyun, is not a good person.
Only help those who are pleasing to the eye.
Although the conditions she gave might get her beaten to death in modern society.
But in this ancient time with strict class distinctions.
That is like a life-saving straw.
The next morning, Li Ningyun got up and opened the door.
Men, women, young and old stood in several rows.
Li Ningyun looked at Wu Da, the leader, in confusion: "What's going on?"
Wu Dasha smiled and said, "Boss, we have decided to sign the indenture."
Li Ningyun nodded: "Well, then?"
Wu Da scratched his head, puzzled: "What then?"
Li Ningyun: "...You came here so early in the morning just for this?"
Everyone nodded in unison: "Yes, yes."
Li Ningyun: "..."
Once again organize all the bandits to open up wasteland and cultivate land.
And he told Wu Da the precautions about corn.
Before leaving, he left Wu Da with a silver note worth three hundred taels.
And he repeatedly reminded me not to rob again.
Wu Da laughed and said, "Don't worry, Boss. We are all honest farmers. If we really had no other options, we wouldn't resort to robbery. Now that you've left us so much silver, grain seeds, and so many farming tools, we don't have to worry about anything. We can just focus on clearing the land and farming."
After Li Ningyun dealt with the matters on the mountain.
Then we got down the mountain. We were not far from the border.
After all, Guo An was injured during the war and was rescued by Yu Chuner.
If they were too far away, Guo An would probably be dead by the time Chun'er ran to rescue him.
When Wu'an Hou saw Li Ningyun coming, he was shocked: "My daughter, why did you come here? It's so dangerous. And you came alone. Where are the guards your father gave you?"
Li Ningyun smiled and said, "Dad, I asked them to go on a mission. I don't have anything to do, I just came to see you."
Wu Anhou's eyes were slightly red with excitement. "Okay, okay, now that Dad sees that you're okay, I'm relieved. I've been thinking about you all the time, but the war is going on here, and I can't go back without the emperor's order. I'm sorry for putting my daughter through this."
Li Ningyun shook his head: "Dad, I'm not wronged. I know you can't get away, so I came here."
Marquis Wu'an nodded and smiled, ruffling Li Ningyun's hair. His bony hands were covered with calluses. "Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work, my daughter. How is your mother-in-law? It's really hard to see someone send someone young off. "
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com