The bushes on the left-hand side are particularly lush.

If you look closely, you'll notice that the soil under the bushes is different from the rest of the world.

Someone used to fertilize here.

What person who has nothing to do would run to such a small island to fertilize?

Unless he wants to hide something deliberately.

Like what...... Stolen goods or something.

Also, the bushes grow differently, and many of them are broken off and slowly regrown.

Why is this happening?

Someone has been passing through it.

When Mi Zilang pushed aside the bushes, there was a rock blocking the road in front of him.

Under the inspiration of Chief Meng, he also began to learn to think and observe.

It didn't take long for him to discover a cave that had been carefully covered with stones and weeds.

He stooped down into the cave, and soon came out with his first box.

No wonder, that time, he and Xue Sangun came here, and waited on the boat for a long, long time before Xue Sangun came back, and he looked exhausted.

Because he had to walk a long way with the box, and then he had to cover all traces before he could come back.

He was small in stature, and it was entirely with perseverance and the potential stimulated by extreme greed that he did these things that were far beyond his physical strength.

But Mi Zilang was not surprised, if it were him, he would do the same.

What shocked him was that Chief Meng really let the dead "speak"!

Terrible observation, accurate judgment and analysis.

Mi Zilang didn't know what words to use to describe it.

There were a total of twelve chests hidden in the cave.

This is the wealth that the Xue family has accumulated for several generations as bandits.

Mouthful after bite of the box opened.

Gold, silver, oceans, fine utensils, jade ornaments for men, jewels for women's dresses, Western watches, turquoise jade, crystal clear gemstones......

There are so many of them that it looks like a department store.

The Xue family is a lake bandit, they really rob everything, and they want everything.

"I have long heard that after Xue Sangun hijacked the merchant ship, he would sell the goods on the ship as soon as possible, exchange them for gold, silver, oceans or anything of value, and after distributing a part of it to his subordinates, all the rest would belong to him."

Mi Zilang looked at the twelve boxes in a daze: "It's a pity that his family has been a bandit for three generations, but they are all doing things for Chief Meng again." ”

Meng Shaoyuan smiled.

This kid can talk.

The three generations of the Xue family are their own workers.

A greedy person who ends up losing what he values most.

Including his life.

Meng Shaoyuan sighed: "A bandit is a bandit, alas, how can we get these ten boxes back, that's the real nerve-wracking thing." ”

Ten mouthfuls?

Isn't it twelve?

Mi Zilang was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "Chief Meng, I really obeyed you, but your arithmetic is not very good, there are obviously only five boxes here, Zilang really doesn't know why you counted to ten." ”

A subordinate who is smart and good at reading words and emotions is something that any leader likes.

Meng Shaoyuan hesitated.

It's half dark all of a sudden, it seems a little too dark, right?

But if you think about it carefully, this is your own life in exchange.

No matter.

"Oh, Chief Ben's arithmetic is really bad, there are really only five of them."

Meng Shaoyuan nodded: "Zilang, let's bring these things back in a while, you take a bite, and you and I will have a hard time." ”

This is a reward for him, and it is also a hush money.

Mi Zilang didn't think about it and said: "Even if Chief Meng doesn't speak, Zilang still wants to ask Chief Meng for it." Xue Sangun's subordinates were uneven, and Zilang was ready to dismiss the old and weak, leaving the strong and strong, and forming the main backbone of the Taihu militia.

Chief Meng, Zilang thought, this Taihu militia group, I'm afraid that the above will not allocate funds, they have to find their own way, and they can't loot anymore, right?

Therefore, I want to convert all the boxes rewarded by the commander into cash, part of which will be used to reward the members of the militia and boost morale, and the other part will be set aside for future expenses, or maybe it can be used for business investment for long-term planning. ”

Meng Shaoyuan appointed Mi Zilang as the head of the militia before, but it was just an expedient measure, but he didn't expect this guy to have some skills and have such a long-term vision.

Mi Zilang was born in an innocent family, has read books, and is educated, but he was forced to be a bandit.

At this time, seeing that he can have a good background, he must have thought hard about how to serve Chief Meng.

Meng Shaoyuan also decided that when he returned to Nanjing this time, he must plead desperately in front of Dai Li, to see if he could turn the Taihu militia into a real armed force.

Then give Mi Zilang a serious appointment of eight hundred.

In this way, it is equivalent to making up for one of its major shortcomings, and in the future, there can be a paramilitary force that can be called upon at any time.

"Chief Meng, Zilang has another bold suggestion. These golden oceans, sir, but it doesn't hurt to bring them back, it's just other things, it seems that it is inconvenient to carry, it is better to stay in Jiangyin for the time being, Zilang will find a way to help you slowly sell cash. ”

Meng Shaoyuan was thinking about how to talk to Dai Li when he went back, and let out a casual "oh" on his lips.

Mi Zilang would be mistaken: "Also, Zilang's wife has long wanted to go to the big city to see, so this time Zilang took the liberty of begging Chief Meng to take her to Nanjing for a while." My wife is three months pregnant, and she is the only offspring of Zilang......"

Meng Shaoyuan suddenly woke up.

Feelings: Mi Zilang is worried that he doesn't trust him and will hack these things, so he takes his daughter-in-law and future children as hostages?

"Your wife, what are you doing with me?" Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "And your child, do you want me to help you raise your child?" A family eats mine and uses mine? How can there be such a good thing in the world?

You can help me deal with things, and it doesn't hurt if it takes a little longer. Wife and children, stay by your side and raise them yourself, this chief will definitely not support other people's wives and children. ”

Seeing that Chief Meng trusted him so much, Mi Zilang was inexplicably grateful, and even his voice became a little choked:

"Zilang lost his life as a bandit, he has to be a new man today, and he is trusted by the chief, and he will do his best from now on, break his bones, and repay the kindness of the chief. If Zilang blacks out for a dollar, the sky thunders, and his wife dies and his son die! ”

This poisonous oath is made.

"Zilang, don't swear like that, you can't run even if you want to. Although the world is big, I want to find someone, and the dead will talk to me. ”

Meng Shaoyuan played Enwei and Wei very skillfully:

"Do your best to help me, and I will never treat you badly. It will always give you a good background in the future. ”

It is not easy to transport all these twelve boxes back, and to hide people's eyes and ears, with just two people.

Meng Shaoyuan and Mi Zilang were cautious, and it took two days to finish transporting them all, and they were already exhausted.

I found a safe place and hid seven boxes.

The remaining five are even the stolen goods of Xue Sangun seized this time.