Chapter 72 (1/2)

It takes only two hours to get from Pengze County to Pengze, but now it takes four hours. It's not because they have made a long way to go.

The most important thing is that there are too many mountain bandits on the road. For such a long time, they have directly destroyed more than ten villages.

After leaving Pengze mountain, there is a wide plain. In fact, this place is also very suitable for living.

Because of Pengze's reasons, the land in this area is also very fertile. If rice is planted, the yield will certainly increase greatly.

However, because there are too many water thieves in this area, most of the farmers who originally lived here abandoned their fields and moved to further places.

There are only some fishermen who live here. Most of them are destitute people who have no place to live in. Therefore, the water thieves usually let them go.

Their real target is the merchants of water transportation. Those who have little power in their families and have no one to support them are their first choice.

They do not dare to provoke the real big forces. What's more, they don't touch the things of the imperial court. These are taboos.

Because of these reasons, Pengze County and the surrounding counties did not abolish this Kung Fu. Because Pengze is at the junction of several counties, it is not surprising that such a situation occurs.

These water thieves are even more familiar with Pengze's situation than the officers and soldiers. They are like cunning loaches in Pengze.

Another thing is that the water thieves themselves have a characteristic, that is, they can't catch them. Every time a nearby county wants to take them for an operation, they can also escape along the Yangtze River.

These water thieves are much better than ordinary officers and soldiers, especially the brocade sail thieves.

However, the Jinfan bandits have not yet developed. Otherwise, it is estimated that the court will begin to attach importance to it. It is not known whether Ganning has grasped the secret method of training Jinfan thieves.

”Old man, do you know where there are water thieves here?”

Qin Shuo saw an old man weaving a net by the bank, so he went up to him and asked.

”Ma what Mei?” The old man's ears didn't seem to be very good, and he said something wrong with the horse's mouth.

”I said,” uncle, have you ever seen a water thief? Where is a water thief here? ”

Qin Shuo repeated it aloud.

”Water thief? What do you want to know about this? We are all civilians. How can the common people know what water thieves are? You know they are thieves. If everyone knows where they are, they are not thieves. ”

The old man did not turn his head, and continued to do what he was doing.

”Do you know how many thieves are here? Or how many pirates are there? ”

Qin Shuo asked another question.

”I don't know how many water thieves are in Pengze lake for 800 Li. If you ask about the number, I can't say. There should be about 340000 people anyway.”

”Look at you, are you officers and soldiers? If only a few officers and men are found out by those water thieves, they will probably arrest all of you and kill them. Even if they bring forty or fifty thousand officers and men to come here, they will not be able to destroy them. ”