FWF #579 - We want to farm!
#579 - We want to farm!
After three consecutive setbacks, and with Lu Jing standing there from beginning to end, not even moving a little finger, the shock to these bandits in the stronghold was no less than when they saw Ge Ping single-handedly slaughtering those government soldiers until they were pissing their pants.
And when the Fourth Leader, on whom everyone had placed high hopes, was also instantly defeated, the bandits' heads, which had been feverish, finally cooled down again.
The gazes they cast at Lu Jing changed from previous hostility to a mixture of hostility and awe, and when Lu Jing's gaze swept over them, many people subconsciously lowered their heads, not daring to look directly into those eyes.
Lu Jing patted the dust off his body and asked, "Does anyone else want to come and chop me? Or you can all come at once."
After speaking, he looked at Ge Ping, who was beside him, "Chief Ge, you are the leader of the Azure Dragon Stronghold, why don't you take the lead?"
Ge Ping's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, and he hurriedly waved his hand, saying, "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. I have already experienced Great Hero Lu's divine skills, and I know that I am no match for you."
So Lu Jing looked at Yu Zhen again, "Then how about you? I see you seem to dislike farming the most."
"That's because I want to repair the earthen fort and be responsible for future patrols." Although Yu Zhen had cursed Lu Jing countless times in her heart, she still had to squeeze out a smile on her face.
Then Lu Jing looked at the other bandits in the meeting hall again, "What about you? Do you like farming?"
The bandits looked at each other, and there was a short period of silence.
Then a still somewhat immature voice mustered up the courage to say, "I, I want to farm!"
The speaker was the boy Lu Jing had first met at the foot of the mountain. He knew that this was the time to show his loyalty, so he quickly stood up actively.
With him taking the lead, sparse echoes soon sounded in the meeting hall, "I, I want to farm too!"
"Count me in. I was a farmer at home before I came to the mountain. I'm familiar with this work."
"Farming is better than chopping people, and you don't have to be on tenterhooks every day! I'm already tired of the life of fighting and killing."
More and more voices echoed, and finally they became one. A group of bandits clamored to farm, for fear that their voices would be too low and they would be targeted by the young man in front of them.
What, lose face? Don't be ridiculous, is losing face more terrible than losing your life? Besides, didn't you see that the First Leader and Second Leader have already taken the lead and set a good example for everyone?
So for a time, the voices of wanting to farm were endless, and one would have thought they had strayed into some large-scale pyramid scheme site.
Anyone who had just arrived here would definitely not understand why a group of bandits would have such a deep love for farming.
Lu Jing turned to Ge Ping and said, "You see, persuading everyone is not that difficult, and I didn't see the troublemakers you mentioned either."
"Yes."
Besides saying yes, Ge Ping didn't know what else he could say.
He originally thought that Lu Jing was handsome and spoke politely, and that he was the kind of refined hero in the Jianghu who would reason with everyone and be strict with himself and lenient with others.
But now Chief Ge also knew that he had misjudged.
Lu Jing was simply using the bandits' way of doing things to deal with them.
But Ge Ping had to admit that they, as bandits, did indeed fall for this.
In this cruel jungle where the strong are king, having lost the constraints of the law, as long as you show absolute strength, then what you say will be regarded as imperial edict by others.
Just like now, no one in the meeting hall complained that Lu Jing charged too much rent, and some people even began to calculate which piece of land to rob at the foot of the mountain next spring.
Some people were actively discussing where to get agricultural tools, and the entire Azure Dragon Stronghold was filled with enthusiasm for great work and active production.
After that, Lu Jing instructed Ge Ping to find all the women they had previously kidnapped and ask them one by one if they were willing to go home, but the result was somewhat unexpected to Lu Jing.
Most people hesitated and chose to stay in the stronghold. At most, they asked Lu Jing to send a letter home to report their safety, and some took off a piece of jewelry they carried with them and gave it to Lu Jing, asking him to take these things home, but they wanted him to help tell their family that they were already dead.
Lu Jing thought for a moment and understood why they did this. In this era, a woman's loss of chastity was more serious than losing her life. Even if they returned home, they would be despised by relatives and neighbors in the future, and even their parents might not want to see them again.
Rather than being snubbed in the city, it would be better to stay in the stronghold.
Ge Ping was different from the other illiterate mountain kings. Although he was just as ruthless when killing people, he was still quite considerate to the female dependents who had been robbed and brought up the mountain, and he explicitly forbade anyone from harming them.
The days here were of course no match for those at the foot of the mountain, but they could still manage to get by.
Finally, there were the materials needed to build the earthen fort. This project would definitely not be small. Fortunately, the most important manpower was readily available, but if you want to build the earthen fort well, the necessary materials cannot be missing.
Lu Jing also had a headache about this, but these things were all things that needed to be worried about tomorrow.
After taking care of the bandits in the Azure Dragon Stronghold, Lu Jing asked Ge Ping to pick a few strong laborers for him and first found a piece of land near the top of the mountain and reclaimed about four acres of land.
During this period, Ge Ping wanted to say something several times, but in the end he swallowed it back into his stomach.
Lu Jing knew what he wanted to ask. The places he picked were not the most fertile, and there were many small animals on the mountain. Unless someone was always guarding it, the things planted were likely to be cheaper for these small animals.
In addition, it was almost winter now, and from a seasonal point of view, no vegetables or grains could be planted.
Lu Jing didn't mean to explain anything, but just told Ge Ping that no one else was allowed to come here from now on.
As for those who were really curious and didn't listen to advice, Lu Jing wasn't worried. He originally planned to add a very basic maze here.
It was used to deal with those small animals, and also to prevent anyone from coming up.