Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1527: Ambition

"Yes." Jin Huaisu, enduring the pain, said, "There is a soldier in the Kangrong team named Ding Ge, who bribed the bandits from Hundred Wolves Mountain trying to devour the soldiers. As a result, Ding Ge was defeated badly along with the bandits, and the Eagle Food Gang is considered the leader of the bandits from Hundred Wolves Mountain."

The news of the major defeat of the Hundred Wolves Mountain Nine Villages bandits spread on the day Qin San Lang and the others arrived in Beicang Prefecture. The fellow family members accompanying them bragged intensely, saying that not only did they destroy the bandits, but they also acquired many good things, mentioning that the mule carts were taken from the bandit village.

It was truly an unexpected delight.

Tuogude ordered the old accountant, "Deepen their mutual hatred, make them fight among themselves, do it cleanly, and if there’s another mistake, no one will be able to protect you!"

The Eagle Food Gang has contacts within Beicang Prefecture, and he has always been worried that his plan would be uncovered by the people from the Eagle Food Gang. With those few impoverished soldiers acting as scapegoats, they can delay the matter for a while longer, and their grand plan can be accomplished!

He further instructed, "Send a message to the Rongshan Gang, urging them to speed up their expansion into the Central Plains! We’ve trained them for so many generations, but the territory they occupy isn’t as large as the upstart Eagle Food Gang, truly a group of incompetents!"

The Eagle Food Gang is a major threat in the Northwest. After capturing Longshan Prefecture and two other prefectures, the Eagle Food Gang would come down from time to time to create trouble, causing them to lose many warriors.

"Yes," the old accountant immediately set out to execute the orders.

As for Jin Huaisu and the others...

Tuogude couldn’t be bothered to spare them a glance and directly stated, "No need to monitor them anymore, pull back. After taking their penalties, have them assist in the charcoal workshop!"

Some poor soldiers, having offended the Eagle Food Gang, don’t need them to take action; the Eagle Food Gang will teach these soldiers a lesson to maintain their status.

Jin Huaisu and the others felt as though pardoned by a grand grace, their lives preserved, they knelt to express gratitude and hurriedly left.

Tuogude took out a parchment and wrote a letter to Da Rong Tian Khan. The letter discussed the progress of the Beicang Prefecture plan and reiterated the migration of a large number of Rong people to Longshan Prefecture and its three major prefectures.

The matter of migrating the Rong people, Tuogude mentioned more than once or twice, but few of the tribes agreed.

The princes of various tribes said that Da Rong people are children of the Witch God, and they should guard the vast grasslands and snow mountains left by the Witch God, as moving to the Chu people’s cities and farming daily would disrespect the Witch God.

Utterly ignorant!

Whenever Tuogude heard such words, he wished he could behead those people.

Is it better to annually migrate and live as nomads without a fixed abode, or to settle in the Great Chu cities and live a prosperous life in the prefectures? It’s a simple question, yet many Rong people just don’t understand.

They even say, if you want Great Chu’s grain, women, and wealth, you can come raid several times every year. After all, the lineage of Duke Wei has been annihilated by Emperor Chu, and no one can resist the warriors of Da Rong, they can rob as they please without needing to migrate people.

It wasn’t until last year that Tian Khan spoke up, saying, "We can first migrate some Rong people to Longshan Prefecture to see if they can adapt to life in the city. If they can’t adapt, they can come back."

The princes of Da Rong’s various tribes had no choice but to relocate some of their tribe members to Longshan Prefecture.

But this is far from sufficient!

The Northwest of Great Chu is vast with sparse population, each city is large, and they occupied three major prefectures. After entering the city, they slaughtered all the men and left only women. Migrating only part of the Rong people to Longshan Prefecture doesn’t even fill half a city’s population, how is that enough?

The other two prefectures have no Rong people living, and if time goes on, they will become deserted cities, wouldn’t these cities be conquered in vain?!

Tuogude used stern words to mention this matter again. After finishing the letter, he had a confidant send it to Da Rong immediately, instructing, "Tell Tian Khan that the Witch God is sacred and great, as the children of the Witch God, we should conquer broader territories for the Witch God. Great Chu’s land is rich, Great Chu’s women are beautiful, and they should become part of our Da Rong warriors’ saddlebags!"

"Yes!" The confidant noted down the instructions, taking the letter, a few specialties of Great Chu, and a beauty illustration of a Great Chu Jiangnan woman, to deliver it to the Da Rong Royal Court.

...

Qin San Lang and the others stayed at Clan Chief Wan’s Family for over two hours, each washed twice to finally rid themselves of the stench.

After speaking with Clan Chief Wan and the others, they left the city and returned to their camp in the late afternoon.

Doctor Dai had a fever upon returning to the camp, his entire body trembling.

Seeing him ill, Qin San Lang helped him to the study of the old courtyard, letting him rest and recover in the study.

Staying in a room is undoubtedly better than staying in a tent or a mule cart.

Uncle Mu Tong hurried over, dissolved the Convenient Medicine for fever reduction, gave it to Doctor Dai to drink, and gave him acupuncture before letting him rest.

"Gentlemen, don’t worry, I’m fine, you should go back." Doctor Dai suffered today but felt warm at heart seeing the Company Commanders caring for him, and Qin San Lang personally escorting him to the study, showing a smile on his face.

Niu Dabao said, "Old Dai, don’t worry, the Yang Family offended Magistrate Jin, they won’t have an easy time in Beicang Prefecture in the future."

He continued, "Before we leave, we’ll bag and beat the eldest young master of the Yang Family to let you vent your anger!"

Doctor Dai chuckled, "There’s no need, Company Commander Niu; you’ve already hit Elder Yang, there’s no need to hit the eldest young master of the Yang Family too."

Niu Dabao disagreed, "How can that suffice? The eldest son is the family’s face, he must be beaten once, without beating the eldest young master of the Yang Family, this revenge is only half repaid!"

Qin San Lang unexpectedly nodded, saying, "Uncle Niu is right, it’s proper to beat the eldest young master of the Yang Family once."

The Yang Family is the old nest of the Rong People’s Witch Army in the city. Currently, they are pretending not to have discovered the Yang Family’s identity. Bagging and beating the eldest young master of the Yang Family in the Rong People’s Witch Army’s view is just the retribution of those angry poor soldiers, making the Rong People’s Witch Army feel assured.

"Look, even your lord agrees, stop dawdling around." Niu Dabao was pleased.

Niu Wujin came over holding Niu Qijin. After checking on Doctor Dai, he talked about how an Eagle Food Gang scout disguised as a peddler came to gather information and got beaten by them.

Niu Dabao and several others were alarmed, hastily said to Qin San Lang, "San Lang, are we being watched by the Eagle Food Gang? What are we going to do? They won’t come to kill us, will they?!"

Qin San Lang shook his head, "No, they dislike the Rong people and have a favorable view of Kangrong soldiers. Sending people to gather information this time is probably just to confirm whether we harbor any grievances. My wife has already told them we wish for peaceful coexistence, and after hearing this, they will surely agree."

Niu Dabao and the others trusted Qin San Lang, having also heard of some contradictory actions of the Eagle Food Gang. Although they are fierce bandits, they are sensible bandits, thus reassuring themselves.

The group stayed in the study for more than a quarter of an hour. Seeing that Doctor Dai had improved, they left with a sense of relief.

Qin San Lang left the study and went to the main room where he and Gu Jinli lived. Gu Jinli was already waiting for him, and upon his arrival, she leaned close and sniffed, laughing, "Hmm, now our scents are the same."