"Man girl, do you mean that we should confront the officers and soldiers head-on?"
The village chief hesitated.
"Yes, it's still unknown whether Mr. Luo is going well. This ship is a government ship, so it must be much safer than if we go on our own."
Su Man's words did not dispel their concerns. The people are afraid of the government, which is something ingrained in them. When they heard that they were going to rob the government's boat, the villagers fell silent.
On the contrary, it didn't matter to Luo Xiangyun's men. Although they were followers, the prince's men were looked up to wherever they went, so they naturally didn't take the local officers and soldiers seriously.
They were only worried that the number of people on both sides was too different and they would not be able to seize the boat.
Suman agreed, "There are definitely not enough of us. We need to add other refugees."
"them?"
The villagers followed Suman's gaze and looked down. "But the soldiers are guarding down there. How are we going to convince the refugees under their watchful eyes?"
"It's not them, it's the refugees who haven't arrived yet. We can tell them about the government's evil deeds in advance, and then we can all pretend to be ignorant. Once the government soldiers drive us aboard, we can start trouble."
The advantage of this is that you don't have to confront the officers and soldiers head-on from the beginning, and you can catch them off guard.
The villagers were even more confused by what Suman said, "Man girl, how did you know there were refugees behind?"
Su Man repeated her analysis.
This time, not only did the village chief's eyes change, but even Luo Xiangyun's followers admired him from the bottom of their hearts.
"My benefactor is truly kind-hearted and foresighted."
Su Man smiled and said, "Maybe I've seen it a lot."
She didn't dwell on this issue anymore. After agreeing on a plan, she took seven or eight people down the mountain.
As for the others, they were waiting for news on the mountain.
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In addition to the dense forest where they came from, there is also a mountain road to the dock, so they split into two groups.
Su Man took Du Yuan and two of Luo Xiangyun's men to the dense forest, while the village chief took Wang the blacksmith and his son to the end of the mountain road.
Su Man and his friends waited for about an hour, and finally a wave of refugees arrived.
Just like the people in Wangjia Village back then, their eyes are full of hope for life.
"Hurry, we're almost at the dock!"
The leader was an old man, and his tone was excited.
Behind him were more than thirty people, all of whom looked exhausted.
Just as they were about to rush to the dock, Su Man and a few others appeared from behind the tree and blocked their way.
"If I were you, I wouldn't think this is a way out."
After walking all the way, the group of people were already frightened. When they saw Su Man appearing out of nowhere, they all raised their sticks and shouted, "Who!"
Su Man smiled. "It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that you are going to die soon."
The old man's face flushed with anger at Su Man. "What nonsense are you talking about? We've already heard that the government has ships to help us get to the south. What gives you the right to say we're going to die?"
"I'm not making up stories, but the government's relief is a complete scam."
Then, Su Man told them everything they had experienced.
The old man's face changed from alert to doubtful. He was obviously frightened when he heard the discussions around him about those people being sold to brothels or sent to illegal mines.
A woman holding a child said fearfully, "Chief, what should we do?"
Although this group of people were also dressed in rags, they did not look like villagers. They were probably from a big family in some town.
In such a family, the patriarch is even more influential than the county magistrate.
If you want to persuade them to join you in robbing the boat, you have to convince this old man.
But the old man was very cunning and refused to give in.
He looked alert. "Even if what you said is true, it is a capital crime for us civilians to rob a government ship. If we are caught, we will be beheaded."
The old man thought that after he finished speaking, Su Man would try her best to persuade him, but he didn't expect that Su Man just waved her hand after listening.
"Oh, that's all I can do. Just pretend I've never been here, that's all."
Seeing that Su Man was about to leave, the old man became anxious. He knocked on the cane in his hand and said, "Where are you going? Come back!"
"ah?"
Su Man turned around pretentiously and asked, "What else?"
"you!"
The old man lowered his voice and said, "You are not robbing the boat anymore!"
"No more robbing. Didn't you say that robbing a government ship is a capital offense? I think it makes sense, so forget it."
Su Man's matter-of-fact tone almost pissed the old man off, "If you don't rob the boat, you'll die too!"
"Ah? Really?"
Suman pretended to think, but the old man was so angry that he didn't notice that he, who was supposed to be persuaded, was trying to persuade Suman instead.
"You've already said it. The government is killing refugees everywhere. If we don't escape, we're going to die anyway. Why not try and see if we can fight our way out?"
"spell?"
"spell!"
Su Man nodded, "Okay."
She suddenly smiled. "Then it's happily decided. Come, let me tell you about the plan."
"Let's pretend to get on the boat..."
Su Man talked freely, and the old patriarch listened attentively, but always felt that something was wrong.
Eh? Didn't I just disagree?
Why did you agree?
Quite weird.
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After waiting for a long time for no one from the village chief's side, Su Man asked Du Yuan to tell them not to wait any longer, and to tell the villagers on the mountain to go around to the back and gather.
Whether you can survive depends on this one move.
At the same time, the officers and soldiers at the dock were getting impatient.
"Damn it, didn't they say that the refugees would arrive today?"
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