Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 521 - 460: Storming the Bandit Stronghold Alone

Chapter 521: Chapter 460: Storming the Bandit Stronghold Alone

Yu Xiaolian took off her mask, threw her coat onto the sofa, and then took two cuts of black pepper steak and butter from the fridge into the kitchen.

Turning on the gas stove, heating the pan, adding butter, and frying the steak, she executed the actions smoothly.

After eating the delicious steak, Yu Xiaolian grabbed a bottle of coconut juice and drank it, finally chewing a piece of gum before leaving the space.

When Yu Xiaolian, sneaking cautiously, came to the mountain stronghold’s entrance after an exhausting journey, she couldn’t help but admire He Jian in her heart.

This... this...

Such a high gate and stone walls, exactly how did He Jian get inside? Didn’t Su Jingchen say He Jian’s qinggong wasn’t good?

Looking at the stone wall, which appeared over a zhang high, it’s no wonder the government struggled with bandit exterminations; if all hideouts were built to this specification, they would indeed be easy to defend and hard to attack.

With such enemy-defense capabilities of the stronghold, Yu Xiaolian wasn’t exaggerating when she said it was no less solid than Yangcheng’s city gate walls.

Yu Xiaolian circled the mountain stronghold’s exterior wall from a distance and discovered the back stone wall was slightly lower, roughly more than two meters high. Watching two patrolling men laughing and chatting as they passed, Yu Xiaolian seized the opportunity and leaped into the stronghold.

Unexpectedly, the spot Yu Xiaolian jumped into was precisely the stronghold’s kitchen backyard, where she immediately saw the spring water flowing through bamboo pipes into a pool.

Originally thinking she’d have to put in a lot of effort to find this place, Yu Xiaolian was pleasantly surprised when she stumbled upon it by accident.

At the moment, two men guarding the pool were squatting on the ground eating from basins, so they didn’t notice Yu Xiaolian entering.

"Fortunately, we robbed that truck full of meat that day, otherwise, we wouldn’t have had such tasty meat to satisfy our cravings."

"There was so much pig head meat, yet the big boss only divided one pig head among us, the rest were just pig’s feet, and after removing the bones, there was hardly any meat left."

The man was gnawing on a piece of pig’s foot, his mouth oily, yet he still complained choosily.

"Enough, Ma San, you should be content with having meat to eat; after this meal, who knows when you’ll eat again!"

"Pah!" Ma San spat a bone onto the ground, "It’s all that new County Magistrate’s fault, actually building that cement factory on our Wuyuan Mountain, making our operations less free than before.

If you ask me, we should just go down the mountain and raid that cement factory. There are thousands working inside, surely plenty of food. Robbing it once might suffice us for half a year."

"Calm down, even the big boss doesn’t dare target the cement factory, and you’re dreaming again. If you’re so capable, why are you just a little minion?"

Old Gu gulped a big mouthful of rice. Ma San loved bragging, always boasting ridiculously, and once he’d had a drink, he became even more full of hot air.

"I’d say the big boss is just cowardly, timid, with such a large chunk of fat right at his mouth, yet he doesn’t dare take a bite." Ma San expressed disdain for the big boss’s courage.

"How can you just take a bite of this fat? That’s Lord County Magistrate’s purse; anyone touching it must have a death wish!"

Usually, Old Gu was too lazy to talk big with Ma San, who’s all over the place, but today, the second-in-command assigned the two of them to guard the water source together, and without anyone else to chat with, Old Gu, feeling idle, casually engaged in conversation with Ma San.

"Pah, I curse that damn County Magistrate. Granted he’s in Yangcheng, he’s just putting on airs, prescribing free treatment for the people, all for his own reputation."

After finishing the last bite of rice, Ma San used his empty rice basin to catch half a basin of water at the bamboo pipe and drank it all.

"Didn’t Lord County Magistrate cure your fever too? Most folks in the stronghold took his free herbal medicine. If he knew you felt unappreciative, he’d be so angry he’d pound his chest, hahaha..." After finishing, old Gu followed Ma San’s example, collecting some water to drink.

"Who’s appreciative? He built that cement factory and sausage factory, all to pull more into his own pocket during his tenure. This poor scholar finally got ahead, and when he sees money, his eyes turn red, huh, but in these times if one doesn’t fend for oneself, they’d be condemned by heaven and earth, so it’s no wonder Lord County Magistrate loves money; who doesn’t like silver, huh?"

"Poor scholar? I’d say, not necessarily.

Lord County Magistrate must be well-off; when he arrived, he spent his own money treating the people, perhaps his family was wealthy before! If he were a poor scholar, he wouldn’t be so generous." Old Gu analyzed.

Ma San’s eyes lit up, "Brother Gu, why don’t we do a job on the side?"

"Go on?" Old Gu grew interested too.

In the village, he had a wife and kids. Now, in the stronghold he was eating well and drinking, while his wife and children were starving, he long wanted to do a job on the side.

"I heard County Magistrate’s Wife visits the sausage factory regularly, let’s find a chance to kidnap her?" Ma San whispered.

"You want to take money from the County Magistrate’s pocket; are you insane?" Old Gu was shocked, Ma San not only had guts but lacked brains too, he wasn’t interested in teaming up with him.

Yu Xiaolian hid at the kitchen corner, her eyes observing the bandit stronghold’s layout, listening intently.

Only when hearing someone talk about kidnapping did she study the speaker’s side profile carefully.

A big bushy beard, with grains of food caught in it, and upon closer look, occasional drops of water were falling.

So disgusting!

Yu Xiaolian turned away.

"Brother Gu, caution gets you nowhere; boldness makes you king.

Shame you’re several years older than me, yet so timid?

I recently returned to the village, and my niece-in-law said the County Magistrate’s Wife is just a nineteen-year-old girl, scared of hog heads being cut and always closing her eyes, what are you afraid of?" Ma San tried persuading.

Old Gu was cautious, "County Magistrate’s Wife might be easy to snatch, but would the County Magistrate truly ransom her?"

According to what he knew, most officials had multiple wives, and the principal wife often received the least favor, perhaps the County Magistrate would be thankful to see her kidnapped!

"He would ransom; my niece-in-law says the County Magistrate cares about her, always having guards protect her!"

Old Gu fell silent.

"Shift change, shift change!" Two more arrived, replacing Ma San and Old Gu.

Yu Xiaolian, the moment the new guys looked over, turned and went into the kitchen.

The kitchen was in a mess from cooking just finished, by the stove sat three women on low wooden stools, heads down eating.

Yu Xiaolian quickly scanned the kitchen layout, then, noticing the three focused on eating, slipped into the kitchen’s small storeroom.

Inside the storeroom, Yu Xiaolian and a small bandit holding a knife sitting on a rice sack met eyes.