Chapter 4: Single-handedly Capturing a Group of Bandits

  It's been less than 24 hours since it was sent, so you can't find it at the starting point, it'll be fine later.

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  Rushing up the mountain top, the scene on the mountain top is imprinted in my eyes. All I see are several large thatched cottages built by bandits on the east of the mountain, and a few wooden houses.

  Apparently there was no one left on the mountain top. The five bandits Xia Jun had just killed were in charge of guarding the stronghold.

  It's clear that the bandits didn't settle their womenfolk on the mountain, Xia Jun searched around the mountain and found that those several thatched cottages were apparently the bandits' collective dormitories.

  As for those several wooden houses, one is where the bandits gather to discuss matters, one is a grain warehouse with several thousand kilograms of grain inside, and there are two small rooms that should be used to lock up meat tickets.

  These bandits apparently didn't keep their valuables in the hideout either; apart from food, nothing valuable was found.

  To deal with the bandits in the mountains, Xia Jun brought a large bundle of ropes, cleaned up the bodies of the five bandits, and then went down the mountain.

  Xia Jun chose to set up an ambush on the only path leading to Shangshi Niushan, rather than waiting at the mountain stronghold. If he were caught sleeping in the stronghold, it would be a disaster.

  Xia Jun opened the exchange platform when he went down the mountain. His points were indeed increased and his balance became 540 points.

  Just do something and turn things around!

  However, this point of credit is still far from being able to exchange for high-tech products on the platform. However, the items that can be exchanged in the agricultural category are extremely powerful, including seeds for various high-yielding crops, fertilizers, tractors and other equipment, all at relatively affordable prices.

  For example, high-yielding rice in exchange platforms:

  First-class high-yielding rice: rough cultivation yield 600KG per mu, fine cultivation yield 900KG per mu, mature in 68 days. Seed 1KG: 1, breeding base: 10 million.

  2nd-level high-yield rice: rough cultivation yield 700kg/mu, fine cultivation yield 1200kg/mu, mature in 68 days. Seed price: 10/kg, base price: 1 billion.

  Third-level high-yielding waterway: rough cultivation yields 800kg per mu, fine cultivation yields 1400kg per mu, and can mature in 68 days. Seed price: 15/kg, base price: 5 billion.

  4-level high-yielding rice: rough cultivation yield 900kg per mu, fine cultivation yield 1600kg per mu, mature in 68 days. Seed price: 20 RMB/kg, base price: 10 billion RMB.

  This high-yielding rice crop is almost comparable to the hybrid rice of later generations, even with just rough cultivation, and its yield under careful farming is frighteningly high.

  "These high-yielding crops can bid farewell to hunger for all nationals, but the base for cultivation is a bit expensive, and buying seeds directly may not be cost-effective." Xia Jun looked at these high-yielding crops with worry in his heart.

  Xia Jun guarded at the foot of the mountain for two days, and finally on the third day in the afternoon, that group of bandits appeared.

  The returned bandits were laughing and chatting, a group of people pushed more than a dozen single-wheel carts, the carts were loaded with things, at the same time, a sedan chair also appeared in the team.

  It seems these bandits have succeeded again, and I estimate that there is another kidnapped victim in the sedan.

  Xia Jun used binoculars to observe for a while, then quickly mounted the grenade launcher on his rifle and loaded eight blank rounds into the magazine. He then entered the predetermined combat position, which was the woods by the side of the road.

  The bandits were getting closer and closer, and soon they were only one hundred and fifty meters away from Xia Jun.

  At this time, Xia Jun suddenly launched a difficult attack. In the woods, he fired a tear gas bomb at the bandits who were approaching him head-on. The tear gas bomb hit the left side of the bandit group with some deviation.

  Xia Jun quickly adjusted and fired four more tear gas canisters in one breath.

  "Bang... Bang... Bang... Bang..."

  The unique gunfire of M1 Garand echoed through the mountains, and the four tear gas grenades were shot out with blank cartridges, accurately hitting the bandit group.

  The bandits opposite were still in a daze from head to toe.

  In their view, they were walking fine just now, but suddenly a figure appeared in front of them, holding up the muzzle and firing five shots at this side, followed by five smoking objects flying over.

  Tear gas canisters quickly emitted smoke and soon enveloped a group of bandits.

  The bandits apparently didn't understand what tear gas was, and were immediately choked by the white smoke, with tears streaming down their faces, and constantly coughing violently.

  "Ah! Cough cough! My eyes..."

  "Cough... cough... Which short-lived ghost is secretly plotting against your grandfather."

  "Damn you..."

  A group of bandits were cursing loudly in dialect amidst the chaos, while Xia Jun stood quietly at a distance, not hurrying to intervene.

  The tear gas effect will last for about fifteen minutes. These bandits don't even know how to rinse their eyes with clean water, so they won't be able to catch their breath in a short time.

  At this time, Xia Jun took out the prepared loudspeaker, turned up the volume to the maximum, fired three shots into the air with a handgun, and shouted loudly through the loudspeaker: "Bandits on the opposite side, listen! You have been surrounded. Put down your weapons immediately. Those who resist will be shot dead on the spot."

  The bandits in front who had already been thrown into chaos were shocked by this voice.

  "Heavenly soldiers descend to the mortal world!"

  "Cough cough, big brother, it's a lost camel."

  The so-called "Mí tuó zǐ" is a mountain god in local legend, who can possess people and turn them into trees. He likes to watch plays and eat田螺 (a type of snail). He raises stone scales as chickens and snakes as dogs. In the northern part of Fujian Province, there is a custom of catching石鳞 (which looks like a frog and tastes delicious), found in Chongqing, Hunan, Shanxi, and Fujian. People generally believe that this story was made up by old people to scare young people from taking石鳞 for themselves, using the mountain god and snakes as deterrents.

  "Stupid pig... what's with this lost camel, it's an official soldier."

  "Big brother, what should we do?"

  "We can't win! Cough, cough... Everyone drop your guns." Zhang Xiūcái was tear-gassed and couldn't see the situation clearly, mistakenly thinking that the other side had a large number of people.

  A group of bandits were in a state of confusion and many had already thrown away their weapons. Upon hearing the order from their leader, they quickly threw down all their weapons.

  Xia Jun saw this situation and hastily pulled down his gas mask, holding a pistol and rope, rushed over.

  "Everyone get down on the ground and don't move, whoever moves will be shot!" Xia Jun shouted loudly. The group of bandits hastily got down on the ground, still coughing violently after running out of the smoke bomb area.

  Xia Jun rushed over and immediately started collecting the weapons. The group of bandits' eyes were wide with fear, and they only caught a glimpse of someone wearing a wild boar mask flashing before their eyes, which made their hearts beat faster in fright.

  "Brother, it's really a camel!"

  "a camel calf that looks like a wild boar..."

  The two bandits knelt on the ground, tears streaming down their faces as they whispered to Zhang Xiuzai, who opened his mouth wide and stared at Xia Jun, who was collecting the weapons.

  Xia Jun quickly threw all the weapons to one side, now these bandits were unarmed. Xia Jun replaced a magazine and loaded bullets into his pistol, then started binding them up.

  After more than ten minutes, all twenty-three bandits were tied up. These bandits also gradually came to their senses, and when they saw Xia Jun wearing a gas mask, they were so frightened that they couldn't move. Some of the bandits, seeing that Xia Jun was alone, were furious, thinking that if they had split up earlier, this guy would have been able to catch only a few of them?

  Xia Jun tied up the bandits in a string, like sugar gourds.

  It wasn't until then that Xia Jun had time to check the sedan chair, and when he lifted up the curtain, he immediately saw a young girl sitting inside.

  "Ah!"

  The girl saw a man wearing a wild boar mask appear before her eyes and let out a shrill scream.

  All that could be seen was that the girl was wearing a Western-style outfit, seemingly very popular among modern Western women, a white dress, a large hat, and a pair of white gloves on her hands.

  But the girl's appearance was exceptionally fresh and elegant, with an unapproachable sacredness in her delicate face, making one feel ashamed of their own vulgarity and not daring to get close. And yet, her figure was extremely seductive, simply angelic in appearance but devilish in physique.

  Xia Jun was stunned. In his impression, women of the Qing Dynasty all had a malnourished appearance. Looking at some historical photos, those concubines of high-ranking officials, some even had disfigured faces. He had never seen such a beautiful beauty before.

  It wasn't until then that Xia Jun discovered his own understanding was very wrong.

  Later generations of beauties are unknown, how can this era not have beauties? However, beauties generally come from relatively well-off families. The official wives he saw in the photos were married through arranged marriages, and whether they were beautiful or not is another matter. Daughters of wealthy families would never marry someone to be a concubine.

  The beauty in front of me is obviously a lady from a certain noble family.

  This beauty left Xia Jun stunned, seeing that she had scared her, and quickly took off the anti-toxic mask, revealing a kind smile, but those eyes were shining with a wolf's light, scanning back and forth on the beauty.

  Damn it, since I saved her, is she going to offer herself to me next?

  Xia Jun stood in the midst of YY's thoughts...