Ding Si stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "I am really impressed by the young master's methods today. It was so satisfying and he didn't even have any complaints.
They made up their own excuse today, saying that they had an emergency at home, so if we let them go, we are actually helping them, there is nothing wrong with that!!!"
Ye Li smiled and said: "These methods they use are definitely useful to ordinary people. Ordinary officials will definitely not lose their temper for the sake of face.
But I don't care about face issues. I don't ask them to do anything for me. It doesn't matter even if we lose face.
At worst, I will be the bad guy, tear down their entire family, tie them up with ropes and throw them out of Dongfang County. I want to see what effect their little tricks can have in the face of absolute strength!"
Ye Li's words made Qian San and Ding Si nod their heads continuously. They understood that Ye Li was right. Officials in the court were subject to many expectations. Once their reputation was flawed, they would be attacked by people from the rival factions in the court and might be demoted or dismissed.
In order to have a smooth career, many officials would not dare to show their shamelessness and unethical behavior in public, no matter how shameless and unethical they are in private.
But Ye Li didn't care. First, he didn't care about his status in the Tang Kingdom. Second, judging from his relationship with Li Rushan, even if everyone in Dongfang County scolded him, Li Rushan would never take back Ye Li's fiefdom.
Ye Li was already fearless, and now looking at the behavior of these three people, it was really ridiculous.
After Wang Yue and the others left, Ye Li and the other two began to feast on the food, enjoying the view of the Qingjiang River while eating fish and drinking wine.
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After Wang Yue and the other two left the fish restaurant, they returned to Wang Yue's residence in Dongzhong Town together. The three of them had extremely gloomy faces. They ran twice on an empty stomach and did not have any food until the sun set.
"This Ye Li is such a bastard that he actually dared to kick us out!!!"
Liu Huai said this resentfully, his eyes full of anger.
Wang Yue glanced at him and said, "This guy doesn't look like an easy person to deal with. He is not only smart but also extremely decisive. He is not burdened by face at all. He is definitely not an easy guy to deal with.
The tactics we used to deal with other people in the past are not very effective against him. I guess we have to use more ruthless means!"
After hearing Wang Yue's words, Zhang Wenliu said, "Brother Wang, what method is better? The two guards around this guy are quite strong."
Wang Yue said: "These two are both at the Void God stage, and they do look very strong to us.
Each of our three families can only find one master of this level. It is not easy to deal with him.
But don't forget, there is a person in our Dongfang County who has just broken through to the Condensation Stage. If he takes action and kills the two guards around that brat, that brat should not be able to be so arrogant anymore.
By then, he will have no choice but to let us control him. If we tell him to go east, he won’t dare to go west!!!"
Liu Huai said: "You are talking about Zhang Hua, the leader of the Yellow Bandits. Do we want to borrow his help
But why don't we just get rid of that brat? Wouldn't it be all over if we kill him? "
Wang Yue shook his head upon hearing this and said, "We cannot kill him. He is an unparalleled national hero. You probably don't understand the status of this title in the Tang Dynasty.
I guess this guy is so arrogant just because of his reputation.
If we kill him, it might anger the imperial court. If they send a large army here to suppress us by force, the three of us will definitely not be able to escape.
So it's better for us to keep him at our disposal rather than kill him, what do you think!?"
Liu Huai and Zhang Wenliu looked at each other, then nodded and said, "Everything will be as Brother Wang said!!!"
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After Ye Li and the other two had a hearty meal, they returned to the manor. When Ba Shan saw Ye Li coming back, he ran over excitedly and said, "Master, my brother Ba Hai is here. Do you want to meet him?"
Ye Li was delighted when he heard this and said, "Of course I have to meet him. His coming means that all the people have arrived, and my manor will be more lively, right?"
"Hey, Ba Hai did find some people for you, and brought them all to you today!!!"
Bashan said respectfully.
Ye Li hurriedly followed him to the large reception room in the manor, where Ba Hai was sitting waiting.
As soon as he stepped into the house, Ye Li saw a man sitting inside. He was of the same height as him and looked extremely ordinary, not as mighty and tall as Bashan.
When the man saw Bashan and Ye Li coming in, he quickly stood up from his chair and walked over with a respectful look on his face.
“Come here quickly, second brother. Let me introduce you. This is my young master, Lord Ye Li, the lord of Dongfang County.
Lord Ye Li, this is my second brother Ba Hai, he was born to my second mother and looks like her, so he looks quite different from me. "
Bashan said to Ye Li with a smile.
Ba Hai took the lead and walked in front of Ye Li, bowed respectfully, and said: "Ba Hai greets you, sir. You are so generous that you are willing to accept my elder brother. Ba Hai is extremely grateful to you."
Upon hearing this, Ye Li waved his hand and said, "You're welcome. Your brother was also used by someone to come to my manor to cause trouble. Being able to take him into the manor is a great help to me."
Ba Hai said: “No matter what, my lord, you spared his life and accepted him, which is indeed a great kindness.
I heard that you need people to serve as farmhands and servants, so I went to the neighboring counties to recruit some reliable people.
They are all ordinary people from poor families. They are very happy to hear that they can work in your estate.
These people can endure any hardship as long as you give them something to eat.
But ordinary people naturally have little fighting power. If you still need guards, I can only go somewhere else to hire some for you."
Hearing Ba Hai's words, Ye Li said: "I don't need guards for the time being. After I have cleaned up Dongfang County, I will directly recruit people here.
There are quite a few bandits here, so they should have enough manpower. I will get rid of their leaders and directly take over this group of bandits, which should be better."
After hearing Ye Li's words, Bashan and Bahai looked at each other with a look of surprise on their faces.
Afterwards, Ba Hai took Ye Li to meet the thirty or so people he had recruited. Most of them were young people from poor families, and some were middle-aged people with experience as servants.
Some of these people were good at cooking and naturally became the cooks of the manor. Some were good at planting and were responsible for managing the flowers and vegetation for the manor.
Some of them were good at carpentry and stonework, so they were responsible for repairing and tidying up the houses in the manor. Generally speaking, this group of people hired by Bahai could just meet all the needs of the manor.