Daming pirates

As soon as Lu Zhixian heard the news that Xishan Village was attacked by rebels, he immediately became nervous. He quickly led a few servants out of the city gate, wanting to comfort Li San and others, but after coming out,

I found that among the servants of Xishan Village who were guarding the gate outside the city gate, one or two old gods were there, eating when they should eat, sleeping when they should, and guarding when they should be sentry. There was no chaos at all, and no one showed any signs of nervousness or worry.

look.

But there was only Li San, who was standing on a roof at the edge of the gate, holding an unknown copper pipe and looking outside. He didn't know what the copper pipe was used for, or what could be done from there.

Saw something.

But he saw something was wrong with Li San's expression. He couldn't say he was worried or nervous. He couldn't tell what the expression was. After thinking for a long time, he felt that this expression should be a depressed expression.

He didn't know why Li San was depressed because Xishan Village was being attacked by rebels.

So he stood under the house and asked Li San above.

Li San turned his head when he heard the sound, and then saw Lu Zhixian below. The situation was a bit funny at this moment. He was usually an official who was always aloof, but now he raised his neck and looked at him cautiously. He usually didn't even look at him.

Li San, who was indebted to ask questions, felt much better now.

Although I did not get any military merit today, it is a good compensation to enjoy the pleasure of speaking condescendingly to the magistrate. Others do not have this kind of treatment. In ancient times, ordinary commoners were not considered human beings at all in the eyes of officials.

In the eyes of officials, soldiers are like slaves. Sometimes ordinary people may never see an official in their lifetime. Even if they occasionally meet an official's driver on the road, they have to kneel on the roadside and lower their heads.

It is absolutely rare for an official to stand below, look up at Li San's butt, and ask questions like today. So when Li San saw this situation, he felt much better, and turned around and jumped triumphantly.

After getting off the roof, he clasped his fists and replied to Magistrate Lu: "It turns out it's the magistrate.

Here it comes! I guessed that a group of rebels just ran to our Xishan Village, but you don’t have to worry, the magistrate. The few rebels who went there are not enough for our Xishan Village to see. It’s all right now, I guess.

That group of rebels should have been almost all killed by our brothers who stayed behind!

By the way, Mr. Lu, you came just in time today. I just have something I want to discuss with the magistrate! Look..."

As he said this, Li San glanced at the few officers who were following Lv Zhixian. Lv Zhixian immediately realized that Li San probably didn't want more people to know about this, so he waved his hand and said: "You guys stand down first! I

Let me have a chat with Mr. Li Zhuang!"

After hearing this, the officer quickly bowed and retreated. Li San led Lu Zhixian to a small courtyard and said to Lu Zhixian: "Master Lu, you see, we killed dozens of rebel soldiers today. This one has a small head."

They had all been chopped off and piled up in the courtyard. Master Zhao was now offering a reward in the city. Anyone who beheaded a rebel head would be rewarded with five taels of silver. For the head of a rebel general, there would be a reward of ten taels of silver.

You can check these heads today. None of them are the heads of those who killed good people and took credit for their crimes!

In addition, although I don't know much about the situation in Xishan Village at the moment, I can roughly guess that a lot of rebels were killed there just now, and I guess there must be a lot of heads!

Liu Yuanwai once said that we ordinary people just make some money and spend money. It’s not of much use if we have more heads. We don’t seek promotions or gain a good background. Keeping these heads is of no great use other than to exchange for some money.

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So today I have the guts to discuss it with the adults. If someone wants these heads, it’s useless for us to keep them. Therefore, as long as whoever offers a higher price, such a small person can make the decision for our master and buy these heads. No.

Do you know if the adults are interested?"

At this moment, Lu Zhixian was extremely shocked by what Li San said just now. The rebels went to Xishan Village. Although he did not know how many people went there, he was sure that the number of people would not be too small, because Xishan Village was famous in the local area.

It has a bad reputation, and the walls of the village are tall and strong. If there are few people there, it will definitely not be of much use.

But Li San didn't seem worried at all, and actually said in such an understatement that Xishan Village must have wiped out all the rebels by now.

He couldn't help but feel a huge shock in his heart, and he felt a little dizzy with shock. For a moment, he couldn't guess how powerful Liu Yuanwai was. At the moment, he had already captured more than 200 tough villagers who came to Muping County.

To assist in the defense, he originally thought that there would not be many rural soldiers left in Xishan Village, but according to what Li San said, it seems that the strength left behind there should be very strong, and they did not take the rebels seriously at all.

Think about it, these rural soldiers in Xishan Village have a large number of such sharp cannons in their hands. If the rebels were careless, they would definitely suffer heavy losses in the past. Therefore, Liu Yuanwai from Xishan Village seems to have hidden a lot of things.

Without strength, Xishan Village must not be provoked in the future, otherwise it will definitely cause big trouble.

While he was secretly surprised, he didn't expect Li San to bring up such a thing. When Lu Zhixian heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

The Ming Dynasty has always rewarded people based on their merits. They have always counted the heads of enemy soldiers by beheading them. The merits can only be calculated based on the actual number of heads killed. This is the purpose of the Ming Dynasty in order to control the generals.

It was a control strategy set up by people who talked nonsense and falsely reported their military exploits when they were fighting outside. However, this strategy also led to many disadvantages.

First, when officers and soldiers go out to fight, sometimes they are afraid of the enemy and do not dare to fight with them. However, they are afraid of being held accountable by the superiors afterwards, so in order to cope with their errands, they kill innocent people indiscriminately and take credit for their merits. This situation is very common now. It can be said that

This has caused deep hatred among ordinary people.

In addition, even when the officers and soldiers are fighting with the enemy, once they kill or injure the enemy, many soldiers will not listen to orders and rush to snatch the enemy's heads in a chaotic manner on the battlefield in order to steal the heads and receive credit afterwards.

Many times, a person who just had an advantage just now loses his position because of the fight for heads, and is counterattacked by the enemy. In the end, the advantage is lost, leading to a defeat in the battle. This situation is also very common.

Also, if several officers and soldiers with different affiliations fight together, in order to compete for credit on the battlefield, they will often compete to behead each other, causing delays in fighting, and even eventually leading to internal strife.

Therefore, in this era, human heads are a very sought-after item for many military generals, especially serious enemy heads, which make these people flock to them. This represents their military exploits. With these heads,

It can allow them to rise to prominence and at least maintain their current status without any problem.

Now that Li San wants to sell the rebel heads, this is undoubtedly very tempting to Lu Zhixian, because now he is guarding the north gate and needs heads to prove his merits.

And Li San obviously doesn't value these heads, because he is a commoner. In addition to getting a reward from the leader, it is a bit difficult to gain a good background. Obviously, Li San is different from Liu.

The matter of birth is not important, so I want to exchange the heads of these rebels for some money.

Now in Ninghai Prefecture, in order to resist the rebel siege and boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians defending the city, Zhao Zhizhou had publicly offered a reward the day before yesterday and posted a notice in the city, announcing that anyone who could cut off a rebel head would be rewarded.

The reward is five taels of silver. If it is the head of a traitor general, the reward can be ten taels of silver.

This bounty is not too high, but it is not too low either. It is quite tempting for civilians and soldiers.

This morning the rebels tentatively attacked the north gate, and Li San led his men to kill dozens of them. These dozens of heads were a pretty good harvest. Even if they were exchanged for a reward of silver, they would still be worth at least two or three dollars.

One hundred taels of silver.

But Li San didn't seem to be satisfied with just exchanging these heads for a reward of five taels of silver each. He actually wanted to sell these heads in exchange for more silver.

Now that the government has publicly announced the reward, if someone wants these heads, they must pay more money. Although the price is a bit expensive, Magistrate Lu believes that there will still be people who want these heads.

Spending some money to buy a head will cost you money, but it is obviously much safer than killing a good person and taking credit for it, only to be exposed later, and it is still worth it.

Therefore, it is estimated that there are really many people who want to kill people. In other gates, the rebels have not yet attacked the city walls, so even if they shot and killed a few rebels, the bodies are still outside the city, and the defenders would not dare to attack them.

Go down and chop off the head.

So so far, as far as he knew, no one had captured the heads of the rebels. If the city was defended after this battle, then rewards would be given based on merit, and those who didn't have heads on hand would suffer a great loss.

Fortunately, because of the presence of rural soldiers in Xishan Village, he has no shortage of heads. And according to what Li San just said, it seems that he is very sure that there should be many rebel heads in Xishan Village. There are so many

He can't eat human heads, and he doesn't need too many. A few dozen heads are enough for him, and one or two hundred at most is enough.

But if there are enough rebels in Xishan Village, then he will definitely not be able to eat it himself, so he might as well let his colleagues share the profits, at least they will definitely appreciate his favor afterwards.

Although this kind of thing is not an aboveboard matter, if you tell people about it, you may be criticized, but at this time, not many people care about this matter.

So after Lu Zhixian pondered for a while, he looked around and saw that no one was around. He coughed and asked in a low voice: "I wonder how much money Li Zhuangshi wants to sell a human head?"

(I found an error. In the morning chapter, the name Lv Zhixian was written as Li Wenyuan. It should be Lv Wenyuan. In addition, my daughter came back late after receiving water in the afternoon, so the update is a little late! Please bear with me! Also!

Thanks to book friend 256958 for the tip!)