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Soon, he acquired those wives, concubines, and their families.

They all reunited in the courtyard!

"Your Majesty, spare my life! I am willing to offer half of my wealth, just to beg Your Majesty to spare my life and that of my family!"

Li Baozheng knelt on the ground trembling and kowtowed repeatedly!

Trembling with fear, all traces of the arrogance he once displayed, bullying men and women and tormenting tenants, were gone!

His wives, concubines, and children were all crying and wailing in despair!

Annoyed by the noise, Zhao Yuan suddenly shouted,

"Any further disturbance will result in immediate execution!"

In an instant, the wailing turned into sobbing.

The women gritted their teeth.

He then covered the mouth of the child who didn't understand.

They were terrified that they would make a sound and alert these menacing figures before them!

Chapter 79 What is the punishment for insulting women?

"Take everyone from the Li family, including their guards and servants, to the threshing ground!"

Zhao Yuan ignored Li Baozheng's pleas for mercy.

"Send others to bring all the villagers from Xixi Village over there as well!"

Hearing this, Lin Chong quickly tried to dissuade him.

"Brother, the villagers of Xixi Village are even worse off than those of Shijie Village. They have no savings at all. Should we leave them alone?"

"Brother, when did I say I was going to plunder these villagers?"

Zhao Yuan said helplessly, "How about this, brother, you personally lead the people and invite the villagers to the threshing ground."

"Yes!"

Lin Chong responded and led four squads of soldiers.

After leaving Lijia Detian Village, they began knocking on doors from house to house.

Liangshan caused such a big commotion.

Nature had already alerted the villagers of Xixi Village.

However, the village was extremely poor, and most of the villagers were tenants of the Li family.

The family had very little money, let alone food.

Even so, out of fear of mountain bandits and brigands,

Let them cower at home in fear.

Hide the last bit of food.

He then used soot from the bottom of a pot to smear the women in the house with black grime.

These villagers originally thought that the bandits had robbed Li Baozheng's house.

They will definitely leave.

Many villagers still felt a sense of satisfaction.

That son of a bitch Li Baozheng, is he even alive today?

But don't want to,

The bandits hadn't finished robbing Li Baozheng yet...

They started knocking on doors from house to house in the village!

Most of the villagers in Xixi Village

After years of oppression by Li Baozheng

I've long been used to accepting whatever comes my way.

After the Liangshan soldiers knocked on the door,

He then pleaded desperately.

They walked towards the threshing ground with their families in tow.

Of course, there are always some hot-headed young people.

Before the Liangshan soldiers could even speak, they were about to fight back!

But how could these peasants possibly stand a chance against the soldiers of Liangshan!

They often get knocked down as soon as they start making a move!

Fortunately, Lin Chong had already given orders that his soldiers were not allowed to kill or injure innocent villagers!

These villagers who took action were lucky enough to survive.

“Heroes, we really have no money or food left. The richest man in Xixi Village is Li Baozheng. Go rob him! What are you doing here?” a young man couldn’t help but shout.

"Shut up! These are the leaders' orders, just do as they say!" a soldier said impatiently.

However, some soldiers, born into poverty, couldn't bear to see these villagers living in fear.

He then whispered, "Our king is benevolent and would never harm you. In my opinion, he might be planning to take you up the mountain for some fun!"

"Don't say any more!"

The team leader quickly spoke up to stop them.

"You little brat, you're asking for a beating, aren't you? I don't want to!"

Thinking of the severity of military law,

The numerous Liangshan soldiers quickly fell silent, though they dared not utter a sound.

But in their hearts, they all believed that the chieftain wanted to abduct these villagers to the mountain.

Originally, during Wang Lun's time, Liangshan's main business was robbing passing merchants.

But sometimes when the village is short of food, they will raid other small villages.

Before leaving, in order to replenish the population of the mountain village,

They would often kidnap some young men as well.

Many soldiers on Liangshan Mountain went up the mountain in this way.

Meanwhile, the villagers nearby, upon hearing that the bandits did not intend to harm them,

My initial anxiety subsided considerably.

And so, groups of three or five villagers from Xixi Village...

Driven by the soldiers of Liangshan, they slowly made their way to the threshing ground.

......

Meanwhile, inside Li Baozheng's estate, the Liangshan soldiers were still diligently searching.

We were searching for people just now, now we're looking for money and supplies!

Soon, squads of soldiers began reporting to Zhao Yuan in succession.

Either they found grain here, or they discovered gold and silver there!

Du Qian and Song Wan were so busy they barely had time to breathe.

They commanded the soldiers

The grain, gold, silver, silk, cloth, and other valuables seized during the search were all laid out separately in the courtyard.

Soon, even the livestock kept in Lijiazhuang were brought over.

The courtyard, which was originally about ten acres in size, was quickly filled to the brim.

Du Qian and Song Wan happily reviewed their gains from the trip.

Zhao Yuan watched from the side, feeling somewhat pleased.

With this wealth, the whole Liangshan bandits could have a prosperous New Year!

Just as everyone was overjoyed,

Lu Zhishen, however, led two soldiers over.

"Brother, these two have disobeyed military orders!"

Zhao Yuan glanced at the two trembling figures.

Seeing that one of them was still dragging his pants halfway down,

He immediately understood a few things.

"Has this man raped a woman?"

Lu Zhishen said angrily, "This brat saw that the Li family had a pretty maid, so he dragged her into the woodshed!"

"Chief, I know I was wrong! I was just momentarily blinded by greed. Although I took off my pants, I hadn't entered the alley yet! Please, Chief, spare my life! Please..."

The soldier, his trousers dangling from his legs, hurriedly knelt down, begging for mercy with tears streaming down his face.

He was so overcome with lust that he had completely forgotten everything else.

Only now do I remember to follow the new military law of Liangshan.

Those who commit adultery and abuse of women shall be executed!

"Take this man away and drag him to the threshing ground!"

After giving his orders with a cold face, Zhao Yuan glanced at the other person.

"What have you done wrong?"

The soldier replied with a bitter face, "Reporting to the chieftain, I am Sun Chai, the captain of Hei Sande!"

"As the captain, why didn't you stop him! Instead, you allowed him to humiliate women and violate military law?" Zhao Yuan asked sternly.

"Chief, I'm innocent!"

Sun Chai cried and complained, "We were searching the back room when that bastard Hei San disappeared! I thought he went to pee or poop, so I didn't pay attention. Who knew... he would do such a thing!"

"What's the point of saying all this now?"

Zhao Yuan asked sternly, "According to military law, what is the punishment for soldiers who sexually assault women?"

"A soldier who rapes a woman shall be executed! The remaining soldiers in his unit shall each receive forty strokes of the cane, and his captain..."

By the end, Sun Chai's face had turned deathly pale, and he could no longer stammer out any more words.

"His captain shall be executed as well!"

Zhao Yuan offered to help him complete this section of military law.

"Don't feel wronged. Since military law has been promulgated, everything must be done in accordance with military law!"

"If you had been more alert and noticed that something was wrong with Hei San, you would have gone to find him immediately. How could things have turned out like this?"

"Guards, take this Sun Chai to the threshing ground! He'll be executed along with Hei San in a moment!"

Chapter Eighty: The Numb Villagers

After dragging away the two soldiers who had disobeyed orders...

Another half hour passed.

Du Qian and Song Wancai came over to report excitedly.

“Brother, Li Baozheng’s family is indeed quite wealthy. They have more than 5,000 strings of copper coins, more than 3,000 taels of silver, and more than 100 taels of gold. In addition, there are gold and silver utensils and all sorts of jewelry and jade. I estimate that they are worth more than 2,000 strings of cash.”

In other words, he had about 11,000 strings of cash, which was less than half of Sun Erniang's savings.

Zhao Yuan was somewhat surprised. He pondered for a moment and asked,

"What about grain and livestock?"

"This year's new grain yields more than three thousand shi, while the old grain from previous years has yielded more than eight thousand shi!"