Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

Because before,

When Chao Gai was the chieftain of Qingfeng Mountain,

They're imitating Liangshan everywhere.

Although this prevented Qingfeng Mountain from growing and expanding in a short period of time,

But Qingfeng Mountain is still well-known among the nearby villagers.

It has gained a good reputation.

this time,

After Sun Li led forty or fifty henchmen down the mountain,

They first arrived at a nearby village.

As soon as they got close,

During this illness, Yuchi saw many impoverished people.

In the cold wind,

They stayed in the field picking up grains from the ground.

Upon seeing Sun Li's large entourage,

These poor people were humiliated.

They all immediately showed expressions of tension.

"This gentleman,"

Sun Li stepped forward.

I asked an old man who was scavenging grain,

"What are you doing?"

"Reporting to you, sir, we're just gathering some food to get through the winter,"

The old man answered tremblingly.

"Food for getting through the winter?"

The ailing Yuchi Ming asked the question knowingly.

"Was this year's grain harvest not good?"

"It was a bumper harvest,"

The old man sighed.

"But the harvested grain,"

"Five transactions were made to wealthy families, and four were made to government officials,"

"We only have less than 10% of our grain left."

"If we eat as much as we want, we'll probably finish it all in ten days or so."

"We had no choice,"

"Before the snow falls, I went to the fields to gather some grains and wild vegetables,"

"Otherwise, how will we get through this winter?"

"Ninety percent of the grain harvested from this land has to be handed over to other places?"

Sun Li deliberately used an exaggerated tone to say,

“In our Dengzhou, every household can keep at least 40% of their grain.”

"That's because your officials are good."

The old man sighed.

"Our officials in Qingzhou,"

"All they've ever known is collecting grain and taxes!"

"In addition, the landlords and wealthy families would exploit them,"

"Alas, life is getting harder for us people of Qingzhou every year!"

"Actually, if you ask me,"

Sun Li said meaningfully,

"You are partly to blame for this,"

"Do you know that, actually in the past,"

“Land rent and taxes are also high in our Dengzhou area,”

"But why is it lower now?"

"why?"

The old man asked curiously,

And the conversation between the two

This also attracted many local residents who were gleaning grain from the fields to watch.

"Exactly, how come the land rent there has decreased?"

"Could this gentleman tell us?"

"We really didn't expect that!"

.....

Seeing the curious expressions on the faces of all the people,

Only then did the sick Yuchi speak.

"Actually, the solution is very simple,"

"That's to let this wealthy landlord know,"

“You are not to be bullied by others….”

Chapter 1085 Let's go! Let's scare the big shots!

"Let them know we're not people to be bullied."

Someone couldn't help but ask,

"What does it mean?"

"hehe,"

Sun Li smiled slightly.

"A couple of years ago, a big incident happened in one of our villages,"

"More than a dozen villagers were dissatisfied with the rent paid by the wealthy households and the taxes collected by the imperial court,"

"They burned down the entire estate of the wealthy families."

"After this story spread, the big families in our area became much more restrained,"

"We will never dare to bully ordinary people again."

"But...but how could we dare burn down that wealthy family's estate?"

The old man said with a look of fear on his face.

"If the authorities catch them,"

"Shouldn't he at least be sentenced to exile?"

"Who told you to actually burn it down?"

Sun Li offered these people some advice with a sincere expression.

"You all gather together and block the entrance to that wealthy family's house,"

"Wouldn't it be enough to just scare them a little?"

"In that wealthy family in our village, there are more than a dozen farmhands alone,"

Someone couldn't help but say,

"They also keep hunting dogs at home,"

"How can we possibly defeat them?"

"There are at least sixty or seventy people here,"

Sun Li chuckled.

"Are you still afraid of those dozen or twenty people?"

"Can....."

The common people,

Fear was still visible on their faces.

These are all truly honest and hardworking farmers.

In the past,

Let alone fighting and causing trouble,

It's about arguing with people.

These are all quite remarkable things.

Not to mention coming to their door to cause trouble!

Unless absolutely necessary,

These honest and law-abiding people,

They would never cause trouble.

"How about this?"

Sun Li laughed.

“We’ll go with you.”

"Just to give you a boost of morale!"

"Is this... really okay?"

The old man was still somewhat hesitant.

But there were many ordinary people nearby.

However, he had already been swayed by what Bing Yuchi had said earlier.

I just don't dare to go.

Now that Sun Li is willing to help...

Many people were immediately tempted.

Seeing that the atmosphere was about right, the sickly Yuchi...

He immediately waved and shouted,

"Fellow villagers, think it over carefully,"

"You've worked hard all year,"

"But the grain that was finally dug out of this land,"

"But they were all handed over to the wealthy family and the government."

"What's left after you've finished eating it?"

"You're working so hard here picking up the fallen rice,"