Chapter 311: Forced Purchase and Sale
Seeing that the man was still trying to argue with his neck stiff, Bai Li raised his hand as if to hit him again.
As soon as he raised his hand, the man lowered his head and shrank his neck like a quail.
"Haha, I thought you were such a hero, but you're just a bear!"
The soldiers brought by Bai Li burst into laughter, and the tied-up people glared at them in shame and anger.
"Take them to the prison and lock them up until we catch the others and interrogate them together."
"It's unfair. Why are you arresting ordinary people like us?"
"The people of Da Zhou are so hypocritical. On the surface, they say they treat us ordinary people like their fellow countrymen, but in reality, they find all kinds of excuses to arrest us!"
These soldiers also wanted to take the opportunity to incite the people and make them suspicious of the soldiers of the Great Zhou.
At this time, some people who did not know the truth were talking about it, and their hearts were tilted towards the Great Zhou Army.
Suddenly, a half-grown child squeezed out of the crowd and shouted, "You are not ordinary people at all, you are spies!"
Bai Li looked up and saw a boy about ten years old, dressed in rags, loudly questioning the person who was speaking.
"Kid, we are all Simons, so don't talk nonsense!"
The man who was slapped by Bai Li is now fine again, stiffening his neck and glaring at the child.
The dog shuddered at his glare and was about to retreat, but when he looked up and saw Bai Li behind them, his eyes lit up and he immediately summoned up the courage to shout back, "I'm not a child, I'm fifteen."
"You are not ordinary people. Ordinary people don't know how to live like you do.
I don’t care whether they are from Ximen or Da Zhou. Whoever gives me enough food to eat is the one who treats me well.”
The dog's words resonated with the onlookers.
"What the kid said makes some sense. The Simon Army claims to be protecting us civilians, but every time they pass by our place, they rob us of everything we have in our homes.
But after the people of the Great Zhou entered the city, they didn't take a single penny from the common people. If they needed anything, they would buy it with silver. They treated them as if they were their own children."
When this person spoke, the person who had just been shouting was so angry that he almost died.
"You untouchables! Without us soldiers protecting you, you would have died long ago!
"What's wrong with taking a little of your food? We risked our lives for you, so isn't it enough to eat a few bites of your food?"
"Oh wow, it turns out they are really Simon soldiers.
I was saying, how can you force people to buy or sell things? It turns out they are just hard to change their nature!"
The shopkeeper came out and pointed at their noses and cursed.
"The last time you passed through Qinzhou, a group of soldiers entered my shop and started moving grain without a word. My son confronted them, but they pushed him hard, breaking his lumbar vertebrae. He'll have to spend the rest of his life in bed... Not only did they refuse to apologize, they humiliated my son. They're worse than animals!"
The shopkeeper burst into tears as he spoke, and the onlookers, hearing this, began to tell about the various evil deeds committed by the Simon Army.
"They even snatched away the only old hen I had for my wife during her confinement. She had nothing to eat and no milk to produce, and the baby was crying all day from hunger!"
"Not only that! They even stole the money I had to buy medicine for my wife. They're worse than robbers!"
"They even stole my daughter. Later, I don't know what happened to my poor girl! Woo woo..."
The more people talked, the darker the faces of the tied-up people became.
They didn't think it was a big deal when they did these things, but now that they are being brought up and scolded, they feel hot on the face, embarrassed and annoyed.
Gou'er only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had made an ally. He was scared to death just now. Fortunately, Marshal Bai was there, otherwise he would not have the courage to confront the Simon Army.
Before Bai Li even said a word, public opinion was already one-sided.
The cause turned out to be a child. She glanced at the child in surprise, only to see a pair of eyes that were particularly bright on his dark and thin face, secretly looking towards her. Before her eyes met his, he quickly looked away.
What a funny and brave kid!
Bai Li whispered to the officer to keep an eye on the child and bring him to the government office later so that she could see him.
The officer agreed, and Bai Li turned to face the people.
"Thank you all for speaking up. They have accomplices. We'll go buy some meat and then reunite here. Please disperse now, or they'll be alerted and run away!"
When the onlookers heard this, they cursed, "How can they buy? They're clearly robbing! Let's see who gets unlucky this time!"
"You're talking nonsense! We really bought it with silver this time!"
The Simon Army tried desperately to defend themselves, but unfortunately no one listened to them anymore, let alone believed them.
After the common people left, Bai Li ordered the officials to change into common people's clothes.
Ambush at the door of the grain store, wait for them to step into the store, and catch them all in one fell swoop.
To prevent the tied people from making any noise to alert others, they were all stuffed with rags in their mouths and thrown into a pile in the backyard.
Just as I finished all this, I heard a burst of triumphant laughter from the door.
"Haha! I only spent a penny to buy these big baskets of eggs."
"Brother, you are really smart. I spent several taels of silver to buy this meat!"
"You kid, you have too much money to burn. You can give him one or two taels at most. Why give him so much?"
The man said aggrievedly, "There are quite a few butchers there, all holding shiny butcher knives..."
"Haha! You kid, you've seen all sorts of storms on the battlefield, and you're still afraid of his butcher knife?"
"They are different. They are our common people..."
"Fuck you, common people! I'm telling you, you're responsible for the extra money you spent, and don't charge it to our team!"
A group of people walked into the grain shop cursing, each of them had chickens, ducks and geese hanging all over their bodies, and was holding a large piece of pork in their hands.
"Hey, shopkeeper, where is the person who just bought the grain?"
"Sir, there were so many people buying food just now. Which one are you referring to?"
"Go to hell, old man! Don't act crazy in front of me!"
One of them raised his foot and kicked at the shopkeeper. Before his foot landed, half of his leg was cut off. He staggered forward, and the pork in his hand fell to the ground. The chickens and ducks on his body were frightened and flew away with their wings flapping!
Everything happened in a flash. Before they could react, Bai Li had knocked down more than a dozen people.
The people lying in ambush at the door rushed in and easily defeated the defenseless Simon Army.
When Bai Li came out, he brought five hundred officials with him.
Although the officers were not as skilled as the soldiers in the barracks, with the great killer Bai Li around, none of them could escape.
Everyone was tied up, and the person who was shouting just now was instantly silenced.
"Speak up, why don't you speak anymore?"
"Didn't you just say that robbing things is heroic?"
“Bang!”
Bai Li slapped the man who had just kicked the shopkeeper hard, and his head tilted to the side, with blood immediately oozing out from the corner of his mouth.
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