Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Hearing what the other party said, Chu Mo became a little confused: "As far as I know, there are only 10,000+ households in the entire Lingnan Road now, and the population is less than one million. With such a sparse population, why don't you open up wasteland and cultivate land on your own? Why do you insist on doing it? This calamity thing?"

The bandit leader sighed and said, "If we don't want to, we really can't."

"There are a lot of wild beasts in this mountain. If you want to open up wasteland, you must have enough manpower to guard it. Otherwise, if you open up wasteland here, there will be wild beasts over there to snatch you away. Life or death will only happen in an instant, and you will not be able to control it at all. People."

"Then you don't want to find a village and get together as a group? If that doesn't work, you can also ask the government to help you arrange it, or wipe out the ferocious beasts around you. How can you survive?"

The bandit leader chuckled, looked at Chu Mo mockingly and said, "Do you know our identity?"

Chu Mo was stunned for a moment and asked, "Aren't you bandits?"

Uh. . .

The bandit leader rolled his eyes, wondering if we could continue talking today.

After thinking for a while, he continued: "Although we are bandits now, before we became bandits, we were also exiled here because we committed crimes."

"Because many of the prisoners here are exiled prisoners like us, so except for some wealthy families who moved here with their families, people like me who are alone and have criminal records, even if they are arranged in the village, That’s also a shame.”

"None of them can trust us. If we want to work with the villagers or do other things to make a living, we are lucky if we are turned away. More often, people will come looking for trouble and try to get rid of us. Drive them out, and the best result for us is to find a few like-minded people and become bandits like we are now."

Chu Mo rolled his eyes: "You have like-minded brothers who have fallen into disgrace together, so you don't have like-minded brothers who can gather together to farm. In my opinion, robbing families and homes is your real business."

The bandit leader smiled and did not answer Chu Mo's question.

"You haven't said why the government doesn't care about you?"

Yang Paifeng on the side still remembered that the other party had not fully answered his uncle's questions, so he hurriedly asked.

The bandit glanced at Yang Paifeng and continued to answer: "The most the government can do is accept us when we are exiled here, and then find a place for us to settle down. They will not care about what happens after that, and they have no ability to care about it. .”

Seeing Chu Mo's confusion, the bandit continued: "Since you know how many people there are in Lingnan Road, do you know how many standing troops there are in Lingnan Road?"

After hearing what the other party said, Chu Mo frowned slightly. The other party would ask such a question. It seemed that this person was not simple.

So he didn't answer and asked instead: "Standing army, is that something we can inquire and know at will? Why, do you still know?"

At this time, another bandit on the side snorted coldly: "How could my elder brother not know that you, a poor scholar, must not look down on others."

"Oh, since you know, then tell me. If your answer satisfies me, then I won't let you go today."

Hearing what Chu Mo said, the eyes of the bandits next to them showed a desire for survival.

The bandit leader in front of Chu Mo looked at Chu Mo with a deep look and asked:

"Dare you ask Mr. Gao's name?"

Chu Mo chuckled and said: "Why, you don't want to answer my question, but now you ask me for my name? Do you want to know my identity clearly, and then find an excuse to have friendship with me?" Bar?"

Seeing that his plan was discovered by Chu Mo, the bandit leader was not too disappointed and sighed:

"There are 44 states in Lingnan Province, but the population is only a million, and the standing army is even smaller, with only 15400 people."

“岭南五府经略使手上有5400人驻扎南海城内；清海军有2000人驻扎恩州城内；桂管经略有1000人驻扎桂州；容管经略有1100人驻扎容州；安南经略有4200人驻扎交州；邕管经略有1700人驻扎邕州。（参考安史之乱前期唐朝岭南道驻军表）

"I heard that a man from Nanhai County named Chu Mo came here recently. He should have a lot of troops with him. Apart from him, what do you think the government can do with that little manpower?"

When he mentioned Chu Mo, the bandit looked up and down at Chu Mo and others intentionally or unintentionally.

Hearing that the other party had such a clear grasp of the entire Lingnan Road army deployment, alarm bells rang in Chu Mo's heart. This person was definitely not an ordinary person.

Thinking of this, Chu Mo chuckled and said, "I didn't expect you, a bandit, to know so much?"

"But have you ever heard the saying that the more you know, the faster you die?"

After saying that, he raised the dagger in his hand and prepared to wipe it on his neck.

Seeing that Chu Mo was really murderous towards him, the bandit leader panicked.

How come you are so generous and don't act according to common sense?After you have said so much, shouldn’t the other party take you more seriously?Why are you so willing to kill people?

"Young Master, I have something to say. If you still want to know anything, just ask. Why are you so anxious to take our lives!"

Seeing the dagger getting closer and closer, the bandit leader hurriedly shouted.

Chu Mo was stunned for a moment, looked at the person in front of him jokingly and said:

"I do have a lot of things I want to know, but I don't dare to support you anymore."

"After all, you and I are still hostile, and you always keep the military situation of the entire Lingnan Road so clear. I'm afraid that I will be related to you. If someone knows about it in the future, I'm afraid I won't be able to separate myself from you even if I jump into the Yellow River. It doesn’t matter, in this case, in order for me to be able to be a stable Tian family member in the future, I can only send you on your way."

Hearing what Chu Mo said, the bandit leader was stunned for a moment.

I originally wanted to reveal some information and observe this kid's reaction to see if the other person was who I imagined.

Unexpectedly, this guy doesn't follow common sense and is willing to take people's lives at every turn.

Thinking of this, the bandit leader suddenly woke up.

Yes, according to the information I had gathered earlier, that person had such a temperament.

Thinking of this, the bandit leader immediately shouted:

"Chu Mo, I have no ill intentions towards you. I just did this to test you. It won't cause you any harm at all. We are on the same side, so you don't need to treat me like this."

When he heard the other party calling out his name, Chu Mo knew that his guess was correct. These people were indeed coming for him.

With a sneer, Chu Mo put the dagger on the bandit leader's neck and pulled it twice before asking:

"What's your name? Why are you waiting for me here?"