Beginning from the world of Uncle Jiu, he tricked his master into enlightening him.

Chapter 237 Uncle Nine Escort Agency
In Lin Cheng's view, there are at least three major benefits for a robber to become an escort.

First, support from local officials can be obtained.

Because to the local officials, if the bandits have changed careers, it is equivalent to successfully suppressing the bandits without spending a single soldier. This is a real political achievement!
You can write a big book about it.

As long as the interests are explained to the local officials, I believe that as long as those officials are not stupid, they will never object.

Secondly, this is also a great thing for merchants.

For every less robber, their goods become less risky.

If the biggest robber turns into an escort, it means that he no longer has the biggest worries.

All they paid was bodyguard fees.

Moreover, they have no way to save this part of the money. They have to pay it anyway, and it depends on who they give it to.

After rounding off, it’s equal to giving it to you for free!
Finally, there are benefits to the bandits as well.

Don't think that the robber's money is easy to come by. You have to fight for it with your life.

If you are lucky, there may be 20.00% casualties.

If you are unlucky, the whole team will have to pay for it.

The key is that sometimes, even if you fight with your life, the things you grab are useless.

Take a simple example.

As we all know, the "birthday outline" is a gift offered by various places on the birthday of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.

But Song Huizong had a quirk. He especially liked strange-shaped stones.

Just imagine, a group of bandits took the risk of killing everyone, killed a lot of brothers, and went through great trouble to steal the emperor's birthday card.

Then everyone gathered around the birthday card, excitedly preparing to open the blind box.

When I opened it, I saw that it was all rocks. The car was full of broken rocks!

You can imagine how desperate those people were at that time, and they even wanted to die.

Therefore, the profession of bandit is not as good as imagined.

Risking beheading and earning money from poor households, who would be willing to do this if they had a choice?

When Lin Cheng explained the stakes to his subordinates, everyone felt that it made sense.

Yes, the gang leader is right, how much money can you make by being a bandit?
If you want to be rich, you have to work in a legitimate industry.

"Gang leader, tell me what to do."

Everyone present was sincerely convinced by Lin Cheng, if they had been forced to submit because of Lin Cheng's powerful force before.

Now, they were impressed by Lin Cheng's advanced thinking.

When Lin Cheng saw this, he smiled with satisfaction.

In fact, there was one thing that Lin Cheng didn't say yet. What he was about to do was good for everyone, but there was one thing that was not good for the current escort.

Once you get up to this level, all the robbers in the world will definitely follow suit after seeing the benefits.

Then those well-behaved escorts will be squeezed out by the bandits.

But overall, this matter still does more good than harm to the world.

The reduction in the number of bandits can somewhat alleviate some of the hostility.

Next, Lin Cheng took out all the money in Heifeng Village at once, went to Jinhua County to purchase a large number of real estate, and then resettled all the old, weak, women and children in the village to Jinhua County.

This step cannot be omitted. Heifengzhai is a bandit after all. If you want to convince the government and business groups that they have corrected their evil ways, you cannot just rely on words.

Actual actions must be taken. These real estate properties are Lin Cheng's collateral.

Lin Cheng used this method to express a message to the government and businessmen. We have handed over our wealth and life to you. Please believe in the sincerity of Heifeng Village.

After doing all this, Lin Cheng personally visited the county magistrate and the local gentry one by one.

County government courtyard.

The county magistrate was sitting leisurely outside the warehouse, watching everyone counting the food.I saw a table of wine and food in front of the county magistrate, and a hot pot beside him, while he himself was shaking his head, eating hot pot and singing.

"I ate pickles and mixed them with tofu."

"I, the Emperor, am not as good as me."

While singing, the county magistrate picked up a piece of tofu from the pot and put it into his mouth like a delicacy.

"The county magistrate is very interested."

Just when the county magistrate was enjoying his meal, Lin Cheng's figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

The county magistrate was so frightened that the tofu fell off his chopsticks, and he stepped back in panic.

While returning it, he shouted:

"Come here, everyone is dead. Someone wants to assassinate me!"

Lin Cheng smiled and raised his hand, and a breeze appeared out of thin air, carrying the county magistrate back to his seat and facing Lin Cheng.

"You don't need to scream, county magistrate. No one will pay attention to you even if your throat is broken."

"I have set up a barrier around me. No matter how much you shout, they can't hear you. In the eyes of others, you are still eating pickled vegetables and tofu,"

The county magistrate was shocked when he heard this. He immediately turned around and looked around, only to realize that Lin Cheng really hadn't lied to him.

The people under his command were still counting the grain conscientiously. He shouted so many times, and no one even turned around to look at him.

"These blind bastards!"

The county magistrate shouted angrily.

After taking a deep breath and calming down a little, the county magistrate said to Lin Cheng:

"Who are you and what do you want from me?"

Lin Cheng smiled when he heard this and said softly:

"My name is Lin Cheng. I'm going to open a escort agency in Jinhua County. I came here to discuss it with the county magistrate."

When the county magistrate heard this, he felt extremely sad and angry.

It's just an escort agency. Are you willing to do such a thing?
If you scare people, you will scare them to death, you know?
As if he guessed what the county magistrate was thinking, Lin Cheng continued:

"Our escort agency is a bit special. All its members are former bandits from Heifeng Village."

The county magistrate was stunned when he heard this and asked in astonishment:

"What do you mean?"

Of course he knew about Heifeng Village, the largest bandit den in Jinhua County.

When he first arrived in Jinhua, the county magistrate was very high-spirited and wanted to conquer Heifeng Village and earn some political achievements.

But the reality is cruel.

The soldiers raised by the county government were not only small in number, but also of extremely low quality. Even their weapons were all rusty.

That time, the bandit suppression operation personally supervised by the county magistrate ended hastily without even being able to get to the mountain gate of Heifeng Village.

The previous county magistrate's bottomless use of military pay had eroded the armed forces of Jinhua County and left them with no fighting capacity at all.

The current county magistrate is also an ambitious man. In order to enrich the country and strengthen the army, he immediately made an important decision. He only ate half of the military salary!
Such noble behavior was simply a model during the Song Huizong period.

That is to say, under the leadership of such a noble and ambitious county magistrate, the armed strength of Jinhua County has soared. If he attacks Heifeng Village again, he is confident that he can at least see the mountain gate before defeat!

Of course, the county magistrate would never do such a stupid thing.

He also thought about it. His term of office was coming to an end anyway, and he would have to be transferred to other places in two years.

Whoever wants to get rid of the affairs of Heifeng Village can get rid of it. Anyway, he is determined not to get rid of it.

Unexpectedly, at the end of the day, a person suddenly appeared and told him that Heifeng Village was going to be a good man.

What is this? This is political achievement!

(End of this chapter)