Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty Seven Interests Collusion (2 in 1)
[Many book friends have reported that they are unclear about the time. In the future, the current time will be explained at the beginning of each chapter. This chapter will also explain the server opening time. 】
[Game server opening date: February 5, 2025, just after the Spring Festival in country Z, the eighth day of the first lunar month! 】
[Server opening time: 08:30]
[Current time: February 7, 2025, 9:30, 2 days and 1 hour since the game was launched]
After chatting with Jianchuan for a few words, Zhao Bai said: "As newcomers, should we meet with the leader?"
"Oh, our leader actually doesn't care about this, but you can still pay your respects if you want! I'll take you there!"
Kanakawa smiled and finished lunch and walked ahead.
Zhao Bai immediately followed with Tongtong.
After entering the village, Tongtong had already entered the role. Being led by Zhao Bai, she kept half a step away and did not speak casually.
Just follow silently.
Soon Kanakawa brought them to the leader's house.
"The leader is inside, you two can go and pay homage on your own!" As Jianchuan turned to leave, he suddenly whispered in a cold voice, "But there are many guards hidden around the leader. If you dare to be disrespectful, you can
Don’t blame me for not reminding you!”
After finishing speaking, Jianchuan gave Zhao and Bai a slightly meaningful look before leaving on his own.
Zhao Bai was thinking just now that Jianchuan promised him too happily.
Although it was unusual for him to just go to the top of the mountain to meet the leader, but he took him directly to the place where the leader lived to meet him. Even though he had passed the test, he was not an overly familiar person after all. Zhao Bai was still wondering if he was not afraid of him.
Will the two of them commit an assassination?
As a result, I turned around and was warned.
After hearing this, Zhao Bai couldn't help laughing.
After all, he would not do such a thing, but he just felt that it was a little inconsistent with their cautious attitude.
Now that it was confirmed that there were guards in the dark, Zhao Bai had no other ideas.
Take Tongtong into the leader's house.
After entering it, Zhao Bai was a little surprised.
There is a big difference between this leader's house and the place where Zhao Bai imagined the rogue leader lived.
The objects inside were neatly arranged and the furnishings were simple, and the leader was holding a book in his hand and looking through it. He didn't look like the burly man Zhao Bai had imagined at all.
As if hearing Zhao Bai's voice, the leader of the Huangshi Army shifted his gaze from the book to the door.
When he saw the new faces, he immediately smiled and said: "You are the two new members!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Bai knew that he had received the notice.
"I've met the leader. We two brothers just joined the Yellowstone Army!"
"No need to be polite, since you have joined the Yellowstone Army, you should know something about our Yellowstone Army's style!"
"Well, I was tested by Captain Kanegawa on the way up the mountain just now. I really appreciate Huang Shijun's style!"
"I'm going to say something ugly first. After joining our Huangshi Army, you are not allowed to attack civilians. Once you are discovered, we will definitely punish you severely!"
"Don't worry, leader, we are soldiers and we will never do such a thing!"
"Well, you can pass the test, and you think so. I'm just afraid that your mentality will change after you fall into the trap, so I'll remind you more!"
"My subordinates will definitely remember it!"
"Well, I just arrived. I must be tired from the journey. You should go back and rest first. If you take any action later, there will be a dedicated person in charge of you!"
"yes!"
After meeting the leader, Zhao Bai withdrew without saying anything.
He wanted to recruit people as soon as he came here, but it was too fast. Zhao Bai planned to get familiar with the army first and find out more information before talking about it.
After meeting the leader, Zhao Bai just took Tongtong around the village.
"Eh? Are you two new here?"
While Zhao Bai and Tongtong were wandering around the village, someone suddenly came up to chat with them.
"My two brothers just joined the Huangshi Army today. I wonder how long have you been here?"
"Me, I've had it for two years!" The man looked very sunny and said with a smile to Zhao Bai.
"My name is Lin Yi, and this is my younger brother Lin Tong. What do you call me brother?"
Zhao Bai introduced himself and Tongtong.
"Nice to meet you. My name is Chonglou. We will all be brothers from now on."
“Haha, originally we two brothers were new here and we were a little unfamiliar with the place and didn’t know how to get along with everyone.
If everyone could be as free and easy as Brother Chonglou, it would be easy to get along with him!"
"It's okay, the brothers here are all very good, so just feel free to stay here!"
After chatting with Chonglou for a few words, Zhao Bai just asked: "By the way, what exactly do we usually do? I only know that our Huangshi Army will not take action against civilians, so what we usually do mainly
Who is being targeted?”
"Since the two brothers were able to join our Huangshi Army, they must have passed the test. Our Huangshi Army belongs to the Free Army, which is different from those forces that pretend to be the Free Army but are actually a group of bandits.
What we mainly deal with are some tycoons who do evil things, you know, robbing the rich and giving to the poor!"
"I understand, but how can we survive like this? As far as I know, aren't those wealthy gentry more closely colluded with the government? If we rob them, wouldn't it be easier for them to be attacked by the official forces?"
"That's the point. It's true. We can easily be targeted by them, but since we belong to the alliance, we are naturally protected by the alliance.
It's not that easy for them to deal with us.
Speaking of which, what we stole from the wealthy gentry was actually more and greater than those of the rogue forces who targeted civilians."
At this point, Chonglou suddenly whispered mysteriously: "Do you know that the upper echelons of Xiqiao County colluded with most of the rogue forces?"
Zhao Bai nodded and said: "I know a little bit!"
"Then let me tell you the details!"
Hearing what Chonglou said, Zhao Bai immediately showed an expression of interest: "I would like to hear the details!"
"The highest bandit in the Western Frontier County was actually killed as soon as it appeared, but then more bandits suddenly spread. In fact, these bandits were bred under official instructions. They seemed to be looting freely, but in fact
Everything is under official control!
They were only allowed to attack civilians and some traders with no background, and basically the single harvest was not big. They had to go to many places and rob many times before they could accumulate some considerable wealth.
But most of the wealth they have accumulated, between 80% and 90%, will be handed over to the interest-connected officials in the West Frontier County.
If they don’t do this, they will be wiped out by soldiers sent by the upper echelons of the West Frontier County in an instant!”
"Then what's the point of what this gangster does? He has no choice but to sacrifice his life for others to make a small profit. The hatred of others is still his own."
"You're right, so naturally some people can't stand it!
Many rogue bandits began to secretly engage in tricks. On the surface, they obeyed the rogue forces that were closely related to the upper-class people in the West Frontier County, or they still obeyed the orders of the upper-level people in the Western Frontier County. Then they secretly began to gradually develop and establish other uncontrolled bandit forces.
At first, we secretly recruited people and slowly developed. At that time, many of our soldiers who were persecuted fled and were absorbed by them.
Gradually, the power of rogue bandits began to grow secretly.
Then they wait until it reaches a certain scale before they start taking action.
When a wealthy gentleman was robbed by rogue bandits, soldiers immediately came out to encircle and suppress him.
At the beginning, everyone had not established sufficient prevention mechanisms, but some of them were actually eliminated.
But I have also tasted the sweetness. Not only did I gain a lot from robbing the wealthy gentry, but I also did it privately. There was no need to share the dividends with the upper class of Xiqiao County.
Even though some of them paid the price of being eliminated, once they tasted the sweetness, everyone could no longer control it.
It is naturally impossible to completely break away from the control of the upper class in Xiqiao County.
Those controlled forces are still controlled on the surface, but they will secretly pass a lot of information to the alliance.
Likewise, some of the profits gained from the alliance will be distributed to them.
In this way, a perfect community of destiny is achieved. We are only responsible for robbing the wealthy people, while they continue to act according to the orders of the upper-class people in Xiqiao County.
Sometimes the official will ask them to join forces to deal with us, but of course they just pretend to do something.
You should be able to understand the relationship of interest if you take a closer look."
After listening to what Chonglou said, Zhao Bai finally understood the internal situation of this rogue force.
The first part is the rogue force that apparently obeys the orders of the upper-level people in the West Frontier County. This part is an existence that is left unchecked by the government and will not be attacked.
The second part is the derived Free Army, and this part is the target of severe official attacks.
However, the first part of the rogue forces has little profit. To put it bluntly, they are simply lackeys raised by the official forces.
They themselves do not recognize their current situation. They are submissive on the surface, but they desperately want to resist in their hearts.
Moreover, they robbed civilians and worked hard, but they were divided into small groups, and they even had to bear the curse of the people of Xiqiao County!
The second part is free and easy, and basically only attacks those wealthy gentry, who make a lot of money. This part offends the upper class people in Xiqiao County and is the target of severe crackdowns. However, after this part makes a lot of money,
Will be shared with the rogue forces in the first part.
This provides an opportunity for asylum.
After all, the first group of forces is protected by the government. With the first group of forces standing in the way, the second group of forces will be relatively safer.
Even though there is loss, it is not big every time.
The first part of the forces can make a small fortune by relying on the second part of the forces, which is more satisfying than acting as the villain themselves.
As time goes by, this community of destiny becomes more and more stable.
The reason why the senior officials of Xiqiao County can no longer deal with the second group of forces is mainly because the first group of forces and the second group of forces are too deeply connected.
To completely eliminate the second part of the forces, only all rogue forces in the entire Western Frontier County can be completely eliminated.
In other words, no one from the first group of forces should be left behind.
But when it comes to this kind of situation, the official life of Xiqiao County will not be easy in the end.
Why?
If you think about it carefully, there are many rogue bandits in this western border county, but they can be divided into two situations. One kind only robs the common people and never touches the wealthy gentry.
And these bandit forces were actually ordered by the upper echelons of Xiqiao County.
But the main attack in the second part was not on the common people, but basically on the gentry who were hated by the common people and were running rampant in the countryside.
Once this news is widely spread by the rogue forces, what will be the result?
Public opinion in the entire Xiqiao County will inevitably explode, causing chaos.
This is also the reason why the upper echelons of Xiqiao County are unable to take action against the rogue forces.
Therefore, the problem of rogue bandits has troubled Xiqiao County for more than ten years. This is not because of anyone's incompetence, but because of the interlocking interests, which has led to the deep interlock between the various forces.
No one can get rid of it easily.
Move one hair and move the whole body!
Even if the upper echelons of Xiqiao County have seen that there is something wrong with the first group of rogue forces, it is still difficult for them to take action to clear these forces up.
These rogue forces have united.
On the surface, the first group of rogue forces are still serving the upper class conscientiously.
When the officials sent people to deal with the second group of rogue forces, they naturally had nothing to say, because they themselves knew that this group of forces should have existed.
But if the second group of forces has not been resolved yet, and the officials send people out to deal with the first group of forces, isn't this a sign of killing the donkey?
Unless all the first group forces can be killed immediately, the information that the upper-class people in the West Frontier County colluded with the rogue forces to rob civilians will definitely be exposed in an instant.
The soldiers were also made up of children from each family.
Most of them are from civilians. If they knew who was behind them, they would allow the bandit forces to harm civilians. Some of the soldiers' families might even have been harmed.
At that time, not only will it be a civil uprising, but it will even trigger a mutiny in a chain reaction!
A strong army can be sent to suppress a civil uprising, but once a mutiny occurs, it will really be out of control.
With all these connections, the current abnormal situation in Xiqiao County was finally achieved.
After thoroughly understanding the structure of the bandit forces in the Western Frontier County, Zhao Bai couldn't help but find that his previous guesses were still quite wrong.
However, there is no problem with Xia Yixuan's first policy.
With such a connection of interests, the only way to completely eliminate the rogue bandits is to start from within the rogue bandit alliance.
However, because the interests of all parties are so closely intertwined, I am afraid that it is really impossible to fully understand the forces of so many rogue bandits.
He decided to tell Xia Yixuan the news first and see what he said.
Zhao Bai only thought of an ideal plan for the time being, and it was quite difficult to fully implement it. Because this method was not very good, Zhao Bai planned to see if Xia Yixuan had a better method.
[ps]: I have to admit that I have trapped myself. This plot is so difficult to write~I cry~~! I will never play this kind of complicated plot with intrigues next time. The plot is too difficult. I will explode even if I want to.
