Chapter 79 Humble Comrade

Just now when I shouted "Chop these two", although the footsteps sounded, it was not behind me, but in a further back position.

Among the infantry, the old salt dings naturally account for a large proportion, but among the salt dings who were specially recruited, the dozens of people who were said to be bandit-like, were basically half of the proportion of the old salt dings. No matter what Li Meng did, he seemed to be focused on one side and neglect the other side.

So half and half of the people brought to the state city, each of which was ten people. Old Yanding felt that he had been following Li Meng for a long time, so when facing those newcomers with bandit spirit, he had a sense of superiority and walked in front of him. However, when he issued the order just now, these newcomers did not hesitate to take action, and Old Yanding all fell behind.

Seeing that the people standing in the hall are like this, the new man rushed in front and the old man was behind. Thinking of this, Li Meng felt a burst of fire in his heart, and he said in a deep voice, regardless of the book office that was walking in behind him:

"Those who have followed me in the past, stand to the left, and the new ones, stand to the right."

This sentence is inexplicable, but the twenty people in the hall quickly divided into two groups, and Li Meng said coldly:

"When I issued the order just now, the newcomers took action first, but you were slower. Why?"

After saying that, Old Yanding showed a not-so-easy expression on his face. Li Meng sneered and turned to ask the person standing beside him and said:

"Tang Laoer, you are still standing by my side, what? Do you want to protect me from the evil hands of those two fans?"

Li Meng rarely had such bad tone. Yan Ding present was silent. Tang Lao Er didn't even dare to raise his head and said in a stuttering manner:

"Sir, he is from the Jinyiwei after all, he is from the official family. He can kill the officials and rebel..."

"Oh? Then can these two players kill me?"

Facing Li Meng's replies, Tang Laoer was speechless. Li Meng was extremely angry and wanted to solve the livelihood of these people, give them money to support their families, and train them with such great strength. What was the purpose of this, but at this critical moment, he became a law-abiding good citizen.

Li Meng laughed in anger, took a few breaths to calm down his emotions, and said:

"Tang Laoer, if you boil salt and sell salt, it will be a crime of killing and snatching your head. Why don't you be afraid at that time? Well, if you are willing to be a good citizen, I won't make things difficult for you. After putting his knife, from today on, you will not be a member of my salt. Your family will still go back to farm their own land. Don't get involved in this illegal business."

After saying this, Tang Er was stunned at first, then he reacted, kneeled on the ground with a thud, kowtowed repeatedly, begging:

"Sir, sir, I know I'm wrong. I will definitely charge forward next time..."

"Next time, next time there will be something similar. You have to "discover your conscience". The benefits that Li gives you on weekdays are eaten by dogs. In the future, he will not be my Li Meng's man. Keep the knife and horse, and drive them out!"

Li Meng looked at Tang Er who was kowtowing on the ground in disgust, and waved to Yan Ding who was standing there. Old Yan Ding's face was not good-looking, but a few people came over and drove Tang Er out. Tang Er kept crying loudly and begging for mercy. The whole yard could hear it clearly, and Li Meng kept looking indifferently.

When the salters came back, Li Meng said coldly:

"Each old salt resident is deducted from his salary for half a year, and each new salt resident is rewarded with ten taels of silver. You must know who gave you food and who asked you to stand up and be a human being today. Think about it carefully. There are so many people in the six prefectures in Shandong, so I am not afraid that no one will be a salt resident."

After deducting the salary for half a year, six taels of silver and six dan of rice and flour was not a small amount. The old salt dings looked very good and felt aggrieved. However, Tang Laoer's experience made them even more frightened. Li Meng usually gave everyone the impression of a righteous leader. Although he was strict with his subordinates, he was not strict with his subordinates, and he was also very enthusiastic. The salt ding team was full of young people. In addition to treating Li Meng as the leader, they all regarded Li Meng as their eldest brother.

In addition to killing people in the battle formation, Li Meng did not do many ruthless things. He was ambushed on the road on the day of his post. After returning, he cleared the escaped people out of the Salt Ding team. This incident impressed these old Salt Dings. After returning home, these escaped Salt Dings thought that they had seen the right direction of the wind. No matter how they saved their lives, the most important thing was, wouldn’t those who didn’t run away be stupid?

Who would have thought that they were really stupid? The military households in Lingshan Vilar were extremely poor. They only rely on Li Meng's private salt transactions to make life a little better. Every year, there are famines and they cannot support themselves by farming alone. These deserters thought that although their salt cubes had no salary, they could make up for the sea and salt, but under Li Meng's order, they even banned this road.

Moreover, the word "desergeant" in the military household of the garrison is a taboo. The entire Lingshan garrison almost always thinks of Li Meng's benefits. If you come back as a deserter, who will give you a good face?

Life is even more poor and harder than before. There is no face in the garrison. Everyone despises them, and there is no one to help. Especially when they see their companions and neighbors living more and more prosperous than before, poverty and regret are intertwined, which is the most tormenting.

Those deserters and their families all secretly left the Lingshan Guard. Although the military households were not allowed to leave the garrison under their jurisdiction, they were too lazy to care about them. The outside was not much better than the Lingshan Guard. There were rumors that these people had a very miserable situation outside. Some met thieves, and some had serious illnesses and had no money to treat them.

Every salt diced knows these things. They don’t think there is anything wrong. Everyone is deeply alert to avoid encountering the same situation. It would be too miserable.

Who would have thought that this situation would happen again today? I could still hear Tang Er crying outside while standing in the main hall. Everyone was covered in cold sweat. I thought it was thanks to me that it was not me who went out. I couldn’t do this next time no matter what. Lord Li said, just rush!

The new horse-riding salted men showed joy on their faces. Ten taels of silver were originally needed to earn a year before they could get it. Who would have to pay for it because they came forward without hesitation. There was indeed no benefit to follow the leader who defected to him. Anyway, they had to work hard outside and work hard here, so it was more important to make money!

Li Meng calmed down his anger, but he decided in his heart that he must let the salt tutors below know who gave them the money and what they should do if they received the money. What would happen if they didn't do this? Otherwise, he would become a sucker for spending money to exercise and get money.

There were so many things that the bookkeeper who came in to pass the message stood in awkwardly in the yard, not daring to interrupt, but he couldn't leave. After finally watching Li Meng finish his words, he came to the front and said carefully:

"Master, the new Tongzhi from the state came to pay a visit. I have been waiting in the front hall for a while. Master, have you come and take a look?"

This Tongzhi is from the sixth-rank official. Speaking of which, he is the second-in-command in Jiaozhou. His status is much higher than that of the ninth-rank person like Li Meng, and he has no reason to come to visit him on his own initiative.

There is something strange about today. First, the Jinyiwei came to cheat people, and then a co-priest came here to pay a visit. It was really evil. Could it be that the passing years were unfavorable? But since the other party came to the door, it would be better to go over and deal with it. He called a salt penny and ordered:

"Go to Fengmeng Town and tell Chen Liuzi that if I don't go back to Fengmeng Town when it's dark, let him take people into the city to find me!"

The salt dick was stunned, but immediately clasped her fists and hurriedly went out of the city. Li Meng asked the remaining salt dicks to follow him, and then asked the salt dick team to prepare and walk towards the front hall.

When he arrived at the front hall, Li Meng was relieved. The person waiting there looked like a weak middle-aged man, looking like a scholar. When he saw Li Meng approaching from afar, he stood up and saluted respectfully from afar. Li Meng was shocked. This etiquette was too heavy.

There is no such rule as the sixth-rank Tongzhi to perform great gifts with the inequality of the ninth-rank inspector. Fortunately, it was in Jiaozhou City. If some censors knew about it in a large place, this would be a crime that was not in line with the etiquette system and was not a big deal!

It didn't seem like this weak scholar was in danger. Li Meng was relieved and took a few steps forward. He stepped forward to help the Tongzhi up and said:

"Why is this so? This is killing Li. Get up quickly. It should be Li's favor. Why are you still standing there? It's nothing wrong here."

He gave a wink at the back, and the salt dicks immediately understood the meaning of Li Meng's eyes and turned around and retreated. Both sides sat down. Li Meng also saw that the other party's attitude was very respectful to him, and it was that real, which really made him unable to touch his mind. Everything in the past few days was strange everywhere. What was wrong?
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