"What?"
"Eating meat in big bites?"
"Drinking heavily?"
"And you get meat with every meal?"
After hearing Lu Li's words, the group of bandits whispered among themselves, puzzled and surprised.
"This isn't what I said, it's what he said."
Lu Li pointed and innocently took a step back, leaving the stage entirely to Jing Zhe.
Jing Zhe smiled and waved to everyone, thinking to himself that these bandits must be filled with gratitude and worship for him, their savior who was about to greatly improve their material lives.
But the results were quite different.
"Him?"
They glanced at Jing Zhe in unison, then sneered repeatedly.
"hehe."
"..."
If it weren't for the need to leave this place, Jing Zhe would never have allowed these idiots to live such a good life of "eating meat and drinking wine to their hearts' content."
Just look at their smug appearance, they deserve to be bandits who eat vegetables until they turn green all their lives!
"You don't believe me?"
Jing Zhe suppressed his anger and said in a gentle tone.
I don't believe it.
The crowd wasn't afraid of him and nodded in unison.
"With over two hundred people on the mountain eating meat every day, wouldn't that amount to twenty or thirty taels of silver a month?"
"And there's wine too! Even the worst, murky wine will cost four or five taels of silver!"
"We don't even dare to eat our fill during holidays like Chinese New Year, yet we drink and eat meat every day?"
They kept talking back and forth, but the underlying message was the same: we don't believe what you're saying!
"Silly boy, do you believe that?"
He scratched his head and muttered, "I only know that only officials and wealthy families in the city can eat meat every meal. If it were like that on our mountain, wouldn't all the people down here flock up here?"
"Haha, even Old Wu isn't that stupid!"
The crowd patted the simpleton, not forgetting to make a few sarcastic remarks about Jing Zhe.
The initial intention of feeding these bandits meat was not to improve their lives, but to help them leave this place.
Thinking about it this way, Jing Zhe was too lazy to argue with them. He smiled faintly and said, "Just you wait and see. Before long, I will be able to provide meat and wine for everyone on the mountain. I hope you will still remember what you said today by then."
"Ha, if you could really give us a life where we can eat meat and drink wine to our hearts' content, then I would—"
"What will you do?"
The speaker was a fat man with a full beard. After hesitating for a moment, he said loudly, "Then I will give you my sister who lives in the city in marriage!"
"May I ask about your younger sister...?"
Given how terrifying this guy's appearance was, Jing Zhe really wanted to ask what his sister looked like, but he didn't know how to bring it up.
"My sister looks a bit like me, and she's very beautiful! Plus, she eats and drinks a lot, so she'll be great at having children!"
Before Jing Zhe could finish speaking, the man proudly introduced his "beautiful" sister.
Upon hearing this, Jing Zhe broke out in a cold sweat.
This is infuriating!
We've worked so hard to give you a good life, but you don't want us to have a good life. That's truly malicious!
"Well... that's not necessary."
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Jing Zhe looked cautious.
"Don't worry about taking advantage of me! As long as you can give us the kind of life you described, I'm willing to suffer a loss and marry my sister to you."
After Fatty finished speaking, he exuded an aura of righteous indignation.
"I'm still young, let the simpleton have this bargain..."
"No way!"
It seems that Hanhan had met Fatty Sister before, because he jumped out to refuse before Jing Zhe could finish speaking, his tone quite disdainful.
"Heh, even if you wanted to, I wouldn't agree!"
Being rejected so decisively by Hanhan, Fatty's face instantly turned a deep liver color.
"I don't want to."
"Old Wu, if you can marry my sister, your family's ancestral graves will be emitting auspicious smoke!"
"I won't marry."
"Look at yourself! You're not even as good-looking as me. How could you possibly be worthy of my sister?"
"..."
"Alright, I didn't call you here today to arrange marriages."
In the end, it was Lu Li who had to step in to save the day.
"Besides, it's my brother's wedding, so naturally I, as the eldest sister, will take care of the arrangements. It's not your place to do it."
After saying that, he didn't forget to glare at Fatty Ball.
Lu Li still held considerable prestige on the mountain, and Fatty slunk back into the crowd, not daring to utter another word.
“I made a bet with my brother: if he can lead everyone to the kind of good life he’s talking about, then I’ll send him to Jingzhou.”
Lu Li looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, "As for what he will do, I don't know either. But in the days to come, if he needs anything and comes to you, none of you can refuse!"
"Yes, Chieftain!"
Having said all this, Jing Zhe finally gained some of the power of a village chief.
Of course, this was something Jing Zhe strongly insisted on during his discussion with Lu Li. The idea of making money wasn't difficult for him, but putting it into practice required a lot of physical effort.
There's so much free labor on the mountain, might as well use it!
Lu Li gave some more instructions, and the bandits dispersed.
"It's the Great Cold, please stay here for a moment."
"oh."
Hanhan was left behind by Lu Li and stood there obediently.
"What are your plans for the future? Have you figured out how to make money?"
Whether you're an official, a businessman, a farmer, or a thief, it all comes down to money.
The kind of good life that Jing Zhe talked about is impossible without money, and you need a constant stream of money to live that way.
"I haven't thought of that yet."
"Haven't figured it out yet?"
Seeing Jing Zhe's relaxed expression, Lu Li was speechless.
She didn't believe Jing Zhe when he made the bet with her before, but she agreed because she thought she could keep him here.
Later, he became somewhat hopeful, since he didn't seem as simple-minded as he appeared. If he could really do it, the matter of going to Jingzhou... we'll see when the time comes!
"When it comes to making money, you have to research the market first!"
Jing Zhe shrugged, looking quite experienced.
"So I have to go into the city first."
"Go into the city?"
Lu Li stepped forward, forcing Jing Zhe to take a step back, and squinted at him: "You're not thinking of running away again, are you?"
"If I wanted to run away, why would I make a bet with you? Wouldn't it be better to just stay on the mountain, eat and drink for free, and then pick a good day to escape?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Li thought about it and realized it made sense.
But she was still not entirely at ease with Jing Zhe, so she called Hanhan aside and said something to him, and then took some things out of her clothes and gave them to him.
Then he came over and said, "You can go into the city, but it's not safe there. So I'm having Da Han go with you, so that we can help each other if anything happens."
Jing Zhe sneered. Within a radius of ten miles, apart from the mountain beneath his feet, which was not peaceful, where else was it not more peaceful?
If you're going to monitor someone, then you're not going to talk about "taking care of them"!
But he only dared to think these things to himself. Then, he grinned and smiled like a dog's tail.
"Big sister is so thoughtful!"
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