Chapter 156: Going to Nanjing

The person who came in the middle of the night was Zhang Chengye, who called himself "Mr. Nanshan", a bandit in the Nanshan Mountain. The scholar who was still lying on the bamboo bed during the day was kneeling on the ground in a dusty state, but his face was full of flattery. Li Meng was completely confused and had been given a reward order for a long time. Why did this person come over after a few hours and asked in confusion:

"You're this?"

"When the villain heard that the adults offered a reward of 300 taels, he felt that it was a pity to take the money to others. It was better for the villain to invest it on his own and get the reward..."

Li Meng was stunned at first, and then laughed loudly. Although Zhang Chengye was obscene, he was also very interesting. He stopped laughing and said:

"Mr. Zhang's abandonment of darkness and turning to the light will naturally not be stingy with this reward. This silver can be given to you now."

When he heard that three hundred taels of silver were deposited, the bandit in Nanshan immediately smiled, knelt on the ground, kowtowed a few times, and said again:

"I'm not afraid of being accused of being surprised. The villain still has a request, please let the adult agree?"

Li Meng's face slightly sank. This man was so unsatisfied. Zhang Chengye came here so riskyly. Even if Li Meng cut off his head, he should do it. The money here has been paid, and he still has to make other requests. This is not a search for death. The bandit in Nanshan swallowed and begged:

"When the enemy saw the military power of the adults, he was really a tiger and wolf army. He was brave and invincible. He admired him very much. He usually kept accounts for those traitors and people, and led soldiers and generals. He only wanted the adults to give him a small position and had a place to stay in this Jiaozhou camp."

It seems that Zhang Chengye had completely forgotten what this shame was during his time as a thief. Li Meng stared at this man and felt quite depressed. He thought that the others were full of domineering spirits, and the civil officials and military generals were convinced and took the initiative to surrender. Why are they all vulgar people on my side?

However, Zhang Chengye is a very flexible person. It is rare to see scholars who are very interested in these days. Li Meng thought about it for a while and nodded and said:

"From now on, follow me."

When Li Meng fell asleep again, he realized that Nanshan bandit Zhang Chengye was afraid that he would understand all these things. He would not kill him, and he would take him in. After all, coming here in the middle of the night was at the risk of being beheaded. He had such a gambling nature, such insight, and such a vulgarity, which was considered a talent.

After thinking for a while, Li Meng fell asleep again...

But the soldiers and officers of Jiaozhou Camp did not sleep well. The next morning, another group of people came over to Xiajin County. When the soldiers thought they were going to fight, who would have thought they would come to receive the reward with the head of the thief leader.

As soon as the reward of 500 taels of silver was released yesterday, the entire Xiajin County was in a state of trouble. Isn’t the rebellion just to make a living with a full stomach? With these 500 taels of silver in hand, can all these be achieved?

That night, the leader of the thief was cut off by his confidant. Some people went to Zhang Chengye's house to find someone. Another strange thing was here. After Zhang Chengye ran back to Xiajin County during the day, after half an hour, the cavalry who called him arrived, which showed how fast he fled to escape.

The rioters who went to Zhang Chengye's family to find people naturally did not find anyone. Even Zhang Chengye's family members were not found, so they had to give up in disappointment. Before dawn, they took the head of the rioters' leader out of the city and came here to receive the reward.

This fight against bandit suppression is indeed easy. I guess other officials will not spend too much effort. I guess this is why the governor and generals handed over the task of suppressing bandits and quelling the rebellion to Li Meng.

Since it was opened to surrender, it saved Li Meng a lot of effort, sent soldiers to take over the city, and sent a quick horse to the Dongchang Prefect's Office to report the news.

It was a coincidence that the matter was resolved here. The messenger from Jiaozhou came here with urgent news, saying that it was the shopkeeper Zheng of the Bamin Commercial Bank who sent someone to send a message, saying that the matter was entrusted to handle was already a little bit difficult, so he asked Li Meng to bring his things to rush over.

Li Meng did not expect that what he had entrusted to Manager Zheng to do was so quickly. Li Meng also felt a sense of urgency. Since there was news, he had to hurry up and do it. What he didn't know was that after Manager Zheng returned to Jiningzhou, he immediately rushed all the way to Nanjing City.

Manager Zheng knew that this kind of thing might not be the one he could make the decision, so he told the Zheng family's head in Nanzhili directly. This was Zheng Zhilong's cousin, who was called Zheng Sha. The Zheng family has been suppressed by the salt merchants in the salt industry, and they were very angry.

Now that Shandong has this good opportunity, there is another big deal. Several of the Zheng family's chief officials in the south did not hesitate and immediately agreed to handle it for Li Meng. Of course, there are also some people who laughed at Li Meng for being ill-hearted in private.

Things have come to light, that is, there is a place to give money, but the Zheng family will definitely not advance the money. Moreover, the transfer of gifts and official exchanges should be handled by the parties so as not to be complained about. The Zheng family also wants to be quick, so they use fast horses to speed up and rotate, so the speed is naturally much faster.

Apart from being closed, Xiajin County has no value. Whether it is military or economic, since it has quelled the chaos, Li Meng was not interested in it, so he arranged a few small leaders to stay and let the Ma Gang team return to Jiaozhou, while he took the cavalry and quickly rushed back to Jiaozhou.

As a side note, Zhang Chengye, a bandit in the South Mountain, actually recruited more than 200 people and brave men. He couldn't survive in farming these days. Some people also saw that the soldiers in Jiaozhou were full of food and had the idea of ​​joining the army to eat food.

Li Meng gave these people to Ma Gang, and he went back to Fengmeng Town day and night. He did not enter Jiaozhou City at all. Fortunately, he had the experience of going to Henan that time. Jiaozhou Camp knew how to handle it. This time he was still 200 followers, but the equipment of these people was much better than last time.

Li Meng took away 50,000 taels of silver. All the secret counselors in Jiaozhou camp thought that Li Meng was currently in such a status, but he was always running around. It was really a bit reckless. If there was a danger outside, all the accumulated strength would be lost.

On the contrary, Mu Yunyao was considering something different. She was very worried. She was worried that Li Meng would bring back a woman when he went to Nanjing this time, and Qinhuai was indifferent.

Although Li Meng didn't read much, he also understood the principle of the White Dragon Fish Suit. He was murderous everywhere outside, and there was little danger of being careless outside that he was beheaded, but he had to go there.
Chapter completed!