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The brothers Jie Zhen and Jie Bao were able to find out...

Mao Taigong obviously knew this as well.

At this crucial moment

If Liangshan finds out,

Homemade coarse salt

It was actually hidden in Mao Taigong's courtyard.

This Mao family,

It's obvious they're in deep trouble!

"Father, what should we do now?"

Mao Zhongyi asked.

"Take this guy away and lock him up!"

Old Master Mao gritted his teeth and said,

"Once we catch his brother, we'll deal with them together!"

"Then, Father, this salt..."

Mao Zhongyi hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

"Is that even a question? Of course, we'll keep moving it into the cellar!"

Old Master Mao said impatiently,

"Also, the Liangshan bandits will be here in two or three days,"

"You must make sure to tell these people in your family not to talk too much!"

"Father, rest assured,"

Mao Zhongyi quickly said,

"The workers in our yard are either trustworthy,"

"Either we have something on them..."

Chapter 929 The Man Behind the Scenes

"What happened tonight,"

Mao Zhongyi assured,

"It will never be told."

"That's good,"

Grandpa Mao breathed a sigh of relief.

"Those Liangshan people are not to be trifled with,"

“I’ve heard it before,”

"On Liangshan Mountain, everyone is a peasant from a tenant farmer background,"

“Those lowly people are plotting to seize the land from us landlords,”

"I've heard about Jeju and Yunju,"

"There are no longer any landlords or gentry who own more than a thousand acres of fertile land."

"Now that Liangshan has reached Dengzhou,"

“We landlords and wealthy families have always been a thorn in their side, a thorn in their flesh,”

"If this matter concerning coarse salt were to leak out again,"

"Our family has dozens of members,"

"I'm afraid they'll all die without a burial place."

"Father, we're not the only ones buying this coarse salt,"

Mao Zhongyi said somewhat casually,

"There were at least dozens of families buying this salt,"

"Then Liangshan, they can't possibly kill all of these people!"

"Moreover,"

Mao Zhongyi sneered.

"Liangshan really wants to settle accounts,"

"The first people we need to find are definitely the ones who robbed their salt village."

"We're at most buyers of coarse salt,"

"Even if Liangshan wants to settle scores,"

"They certainly won't come after us."

"Fool, what do you know!"

Old Master Mao said angrily,

"The Liangshan bandits have long coveted the land of us landlords and wealthy families."

"What I fear is that they'll use this coarse salt as an excuse,"

"In one fell swoop, all our family's land was distributed to those tenant farmers and lowly people."

"Father,"

Mao Zhongyi said helplessly,

"If Liangshan really wants to divide the land, even without a pretext,"

"They'll definitely do it!"

"Some things, you can't avoid them..."

"What do you mean?"

Grandpa Mao understood the hidden meaning in his son's words.

He immediately frowned and asked,

"Did someone say something to you?"

"Father,"

Mao Zhongyi looked around.

Then he said in a low voice.

"It's still the same people who sell us salt,"

"They said they had already found out,"

"The Liangshan army that came to Dengzhou this time only numbered a little over a thousand."

"And in our Dengzhou, the Imperial Guard alone has ten commanders, totaling five thousand men."

"If we just recruit some more local militia from each village,"

"We will surely be able to completely wipe out the Liangshan bandits who have come to Dengzhou in one fell swoop!"

"I've heard about the leader of Liangshan,"

"This is the commander who led the troops to Dengzhou this time,"

"If we're lucky, we might be able to kill that bastard,"

"The imperial court will surely reward them handsomely!"

"But is this a safe bet...?"

Grandpa Mao was somewhat worried.

“That person also told us before,”

"It is said that Liangshan was besieged and suppressed by the imperial army."

"This time, we are doomed!"

"That's why we sent a servant,"

"Go to Liangshan Salt Village and help them transport this coarse salt."

"Who knew that only a few days had passed,"

"Those Liangshan people are doing just fine!"

"On the contrary, the government troops that were besieging them were completely annihilated!"

“I always feel,”

"Even the imperial army couldn't do anything about Liangshan."

"With the people of Dengzhou like us, can we really defeat Liangshan..."

Chapter 930 Reporting the Case

"Don't end up losing more than you gain."

Old Master Mao said helplessly,

"They didn't defeat Liangshan,"

"Instead, I lost everything."

"At this point, what choice do we have?"

Mao Zhongyi, on the other hand, seemed quite confident.

"From helping them carry coarse salt,"

"After that, they accepted the salt again,"

“Our family has long been tied to them.”

"Liangshan won't let them go, so how could they possibly let us go?"

"Moreover,"

Mao Zhongyi said coldly,

"No matter how powerful Liangshan is, they are still just mortals."

"Only a little over a thousand!"

"With our combined land and water resources in Dengzhou, plus the villages and hamlets, we can easily muster over ten thousand men,"

"I refuse to believe it, ten against one,"

"They can't even beat Liangshan!"

".....never mind,"

Grandpa Mao sighed helplessly.

"Anyway, let's get tonight's business sorted out first,"

"Let's talk about it later."

.....

The father and son waited in the yard all night.

As dawn approached,

The Mao family's steward, accompanied by numerous servants,

They returned empty-handed!