I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 143 Distributing the spoils

Bai Jingzhou obediently went to help the Fang brothers, while Gu Wenxuan took advantage of the day before dawn and went lightly to the back of the bandits' residence.

The layout of this bandit camp is very similar to the other two bandit camps they had visited before. First of all, there is the mountain gate. There is a large open space inside the mountain gate, and it is unknown what it is used for. The ground is dry and flat, and the area is quite large.

Beyond that open space is where the bandits live.

The outermost houses closest to the open space are inhabited by small minions. The further in, the higher the status of the people living there.

When they reach the level of the heads of families, their residence is not just a house.

Although they were within the high walls of the mountain village, they still had someone build a separate small courtyard and a more imposing and spacious house for them.

Of course, since it is on the mountain and inside the village, in order to save manpower, the walls of those small courtyards are not high.

When Gu Wenxuan threw burning herbal sticks into the bandits' houses, she easily climbed into the courtyards.

Passing the courtyards where several heads of the family lived, there was another open space at the back. After walking through the open space, Gu Wenxuan saw two rows of houses connected together.

She guessed that the warehouse was located in that area, so she quickened her pace and ran over there.

Facts have proved that Gu Wenxuan's guess was completely correct. The two rows of houses were indeed warehouses, and the people guarding the warehouses were indeed hiding in the empty warehouses and sleeping.

Gu Wenxuan followed suit and gave the bandits a burning herbal stick. She waited until they all fainted. Then she held her breath, fumbled for a rope, walked in and dragged them out, tying up their hands and feet one by one.

After doing all this, Gu Wenxuan opened the doors and windows, letting the smoke in the room dissipate, while taking a quick look through several storerooms in the bandit camp.

Compared with the bandit dens they had cleared out before, this bandit den was much richer. Perhaps it was because the mountain they occupied was closest to one of the official roads going north and south, but Gu Wenxuan found a lot of food in their warehouse that was only available in areas further north.

For example, beef jerky, mutton jerky, kumis, milk tofu, milk skin, black fungus, hazelnuts, kelp, dried fish and shrimp...

Gu Wenxuan's mouth was watered by the sight. She picked up a piece of salty and fragrant dried meat and started eating it with relish.

After looking at the two rooms where food was stored, she went to the room where cloth, silk, fur and other things were stored.

Just like the bandit camps they had visited before, the bandits here also hated books, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones.

Food, clothes, and those things they thought were useful and valuable were all properly stored on shelves or even in boxes. Only books, pens, ink, paper, and inkstones that were of no use to them were randomly piled up in one of the rooms.

Originally, Gu Wenxuan thought that she could find valuable items such as gold, silver, pearls and jade in one of the warehouses. However, she searched all the warehouses but still could not find such items.

Fortunately, Bai Jingzhou came over quickly and helped her solve the puzzle.

It turned out that the bandits in this village would always divide up the gold, silver, pearls and jade they robbed.

Whether it is gold and silver ingots, beads and jade, or various ready-made accessories, these people will not give them the opportunity to enter the warehouse.

After the smoke cleared, Bai Jingzhou and others found a large number of valuables from the residences of several bosses. When Bai Jingzhou saw the number, he knew that Gu Wenxuan would definitely come back empty-handed.

Gu Wenxuan was just wondering, and after hearing what he said, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "Have you estimated the approximate amount?"

Bai Jingzhou nodded, "Don't worry, those accessories and the silver ingots and copper coins are enough for us to pay off the money we owe."

Gu Wenxuan nodded, "Remember to share some with others later."

The people who made the greatest contributions in this operation were Bai Jingzhou, who provided the smoke, and herself, who was always in the front. The others were only responsible for some post-processing and mopping-up work, so they didn't have to share too much of the spoils.

What Gu Wenxuan didn't know was that Bai Jingshan and the others had never thought that they would get a share of the spoils. After all, they actually... seemed... to have made no contribution.

What? You said they helped tie up people and carry valuables? They were too embarrassed to mention such small jobs.

Bai Jingzhou said, "Yes, there are also some ordinary people in this bandit camp who were abducted by the bandits to the mountains."

Gu Wenxuan nodded to show that she understood, "Just deal with it according to the old rules."

The mental outlook of bandits and captives is completely different. Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan can accurately determine who is a captive and who is a bandit without interrogating them.

Needless to say, the bandits had already been sentenced to death. As for the captives, it depended on their actual situation and personal wishes. It would be best if they were willing to take the money and leave. It was also possible to take the homeless back with them.

In short, these things are easy to deal with, but the more difficult things are the food, cloth and other supplies in the warehouse.

In this matter, Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan were still very democratic. They found Bai Jingshan and others and told them that they had to use the cash, accessories and other items to settle the accounts, so the share given to them could only be paid from those supplies.

Bai Jingzhou asked them, "Do you want money or those things? If you want money, Wenxuan and I will find someone to sell the things first. If you want things, we will count all the things and estimate the approximate price according to the market price."

Everyone looked at each other, and after a while, the brothers Fang Youfu and Fang Youcai said in unison: "We want food, can we?"

Their family is full of big eaters. As long as they are surnamed Fang, they are girls. Their appetite is three to five times that of an ordinary strong man, not to mention the group of men in their family. So for the Fang family, food is the most attractive thing.

Bai Jingshan also said: "I also want food, cloth and furs, which my family lacks."

Ning Qirui thought for a moment and said, "Then I want whatever you have left. Just give me whatever you want."

Jia Yuelan nodded in agreement. She also agreed that it didn't matter if she was given anything or nothing.

Bai Jingzhou thought for a moment and said, "Then let's first estimate the value of these things in the warehouse."

Most of the grain was from last year, and a small part was from this year. Bai Jingzhou was too lazy to distinguish them one by one, so he simply estimated the price based on the old grain. As for cloth, silk, fur, etc., they were not very knowledgeable, so they simply took the average market price.

Dried meat, dairy products and other items are relatively rare in their area, so no one knows how much they are worth and they simply give up on estimating.

Gu Wenxuan made the decision and distributed the things equally to everyone, so there was no question of whether the price was overestimated or underestimated.