Chapter 834. Go Tell That to Your Leader (4)

The more the bandits rampaged, the worse the sentiments of the people along the Yangtze River grew.

Everywhere, people were losing their lives or all their possessions. Simply enduring had become nearly impossible.

Those worn out by the situation appealed to the authorities, but all they received in return was a formal promise to request the Imperial Court to take action.

The truth was that the authorities had no effective control over the Yangtze. If they had the capacity to root out and deal with bandits hidden along the vast river, …