On July 23, Li Xing and Li Laosi's 30,000 Tiger Army plundered all the way to the hinterland of Ping'an Road, far away from the coastline.
The Huben army robbed Ping'an Road and robbed 183 manor houses of two classes of nobles. Li Xing and Li Laosi gained a lot.
These more than 100 manors were of various sizes, and a total of more than 8 million taels of silver, grain and goods were found. In just ten days, Li Xing and Li Laosi had already snatched 15 million taels of silver.
half.
This is only the result of plundering half of the eight roads in North Korea. If we plundered all of North Korea, the harvest would probably be even more astonishing.
Although North Korea is not rich, as a country with a population of tens of millions, the wealth of the ruling Yangban nobles is still very huge. The North Koreans could have paid the 15 million taels of silver compensation that Li Zhi demanded.
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Li Laosi and his bodyguards rode in the valley of Pingan Road to inspect the Korean people's sentiments in the occupied areas.
Pyongyang Road is a typical mountainous area in northern North Korea, with mostly forests and sparse cultivated land. There are rolling hills in all directions, and the road winds forward in the valley.
After walking around a hill, Li Laosi saw a small village appearing in front of him.
The small village looked very dilapidated, with no brick houses. Twenty dozen adobe houses were grouped together, and the houses were covered with thin thatch. There was a half-person-high earth wall surrounding the village, which seemed to serve a defensive purpose.
. But Li Laosi felt that the earthen wall was so fragile that it would fall down if pushed, so it could only serve as a defense against wild beasts.
Li Laosi was observing the village. An infantry company that had plundered two squads of nobles passed by the village. The company escorted the two squads of captives, carried cart after cart of grain and silver, and walked with loaded weapons.
on the road.
All the villagers in the village were originally in their houses, but they were attracted by the transport team that had robbed the rich households. Several Koreans shouted and called all the people in the village out. Every skinny Korean farmer was naked.
He ran out with his upper body and linen trousers on, and stood behind the low wall watching the transport team.
There was fear, curiosity, and of course hatred in those eyes.
Although the Huben army robbed North Korea's nobles, to the Koreans, the Huben army robbed North Korea.
The company commander of the transportation team saw more than 50 villagers gathered dozens of meters away from the road and became a little alarmed. He raised his gun and fired a shot into the sky.
There was a loud "pop" and the sound of gunshots echoed back and forth in the valley.
The frightened North Korean villagers were so frightened that they fled into their adobe houses one by one and did not dare to come out again.
Seeing the embarrassment of the Korean villagers, the guards around Li Laosi laughed and were very proud.
Li Laosi stood in the distance, thoughtful.
"How far are we from the coast."
A guard platoon leader took out a map, measured it on the map, and replied loudly: "Commander, we are now three hundred miles away from the coastline in a straight line, and five hundred miles away through the mountain path."
Li Laosi nodded and said: "The further we go, the more we will be surrounded by North Korean people. If we don't win the support of the North Korean people, we can only kill all these villagers." With a wave of his hand, Li Laosi said.
: "Have the transport team stop and take thirty shi of rice and thirty taels of silver to distribute to the village."
Li Laosi's personal guards were stunned and looked at each other. Finally, the platoon leader of the personal guards ran out on horseback and rushed to the transportation brigade.
"The second commander has orders"
The transport team stopped quickly after hearing Li Laosi's order. Although he was a little reluctant, the company commander still ordered to take out some grain and silver and deliver them to the gate of the village.
Curious, Li Laosi rode to the entrance of the village to see how the North Korean villagers would distribute the goods.
Seeing the invading Chinese bringing goods to the village, the poor Koreans in the village cowered and hid at the door, watching and whispering. However, seeing the transport company with guns and live ammunition next to them, the Koreans did not dare to go to the entrance of the village to get it.
thing.
It wasn't until the transport team had gone far away and only Li Laosi and forty friendly-looking Guards cavalry were left at the entrance of the village that the North Koreans plucked up the courage to walk out of the house. They stood at the door of the house, looking longingly at the entrance to the village.
wealth, especially the thirty shi of rice.
For these poor people who are hungry and hungry, rice is a life-saving thing in this lean season.
Suddenly, the only middle-aged man in the village wearing a linen jacket came out with his two sons. This middle-aged man wore a more elegant-looking Korean turban on his head. He was obviously the leader of the village. He walked up to
In front of thirty shi of grain, he and his two sons each picked up one shi of rice and carried it to their homes.
Obviously, many of the gifts Li Laosi gave to this village will be monopolized by the leader of this village.
Li Laosi looked at the other villagers and carefully observed their reactions.
When the other villagers at the door of the earthen house saw the actions of the village leader, their eyes were somewhat unwilling and full of helplessness. Obviously, these villagers were in awe of this selfish leader, and none of them dared to speak out in anger.
Seeing the reaction of the villagers, Li Laosi took out his gun and fired a shot into the sky.
The village leader and his two sons who were carrying rice were so frightened that they no longer dared to carry grain to their homes. They threw the load to the ground with a bang, knelt on the ground in panic, and kowtowed to Li Laosi.
Other villagers in the village felt very distressed when they saw the rice on the load scattered on the ground. A dozen women ran out, gathered around the load of rice, picked up the fine rice on the ground, and put the rice back into the container one by one.
On the load of rice. After a few minutes, there was no more rice scattered on the ground.
Although the women were picking up rice, they did not dare to occupy the grain. After finishing these tasks, the women walked a little further away and knelt on the ground again.
Li Laosi looked at an interpreter in the guard team and said, "Go and distribute. Each villager will get five buckets of rice and six coins."
The translator sang "Hey" and went to distribute the food.
He walked around the village, found a bucket of grain, and distributed the grain to the Korean villagers bucket by bucket. At first, the villagers were still looking at the face of the village leader and did not dare to take the translator's food. But the translator
After the official shouted a few words, a shirtless young villager took the lead in accepting the translator's food.
With this young villager taking the lead, the other villagers became bolder. Finally, they all took out pots and pans from home and gathered around the translator to share the food.
The thin children in the village danced with joy when they saw their adults getting golden rice. Although other villagers did not dare to laugh, the hatred towards the Ming soldiers was obviously much less in their eyes.
The population of the two classes of nobles in North Korea is very large, and they maintain a large number of tribes and do not engage in production. The farmers in North Korea spend a lot of food every year to support these ruling classes and live in very poverty. Although Li Laosi only gave each villager five measures of food
, but it is also life-saving food.
As for the silver, it doesn't have such a strong effect.
Li Laosi looked at the villagers with joy in their eyes and thought for a while.
With a wave of his riding whip, Li Laosi said: "This is what we have decided from now on. We will rob all the two classes of nobles in the occupied area and give five buckets of food to each of the people at the bottom!"
Looking at the North Korean villagers again, Li Laosi said: "Let's go!"
