stubborn thief

Chapter 23 Security Mechanic
I am afraid that for Cao Guan's team, as long as the government knows about the place in this world, even in a remote area like Heilongwang Temple Mountain, it is not safe.

For Liu Chengzong, going home means that he can eat two full meals a day and have a short birthday.

It's hard to say whether this is the right time to think about a stable life, but Liu Chengzong thought, he needs a stable life, and he knows very well that there is not much time for a stable life.

Couldn't even wait for Wang Zuohang's rebel army to be defeated by the imperial army to suppress the rebel army, because of Cao Yao.

Cao Yao lived in the Guandi Temple for less than half a month and found a suitable place to stay. On February [-], Cao's team transported five trucks full of grain and placed an axe and shovel, and they left for five more days after five days. The car, then bowed to Master Guan, said goodbye to Master Liu and the Liu brothers, and everyone set off.

They also kidnapped eight people from Team Liu.

He transported [-] shi of grain away and left more than [-] shi of grain in the cave that Liu Chengzong arranged for Mrs. Cao, in case of an accident.

From the grain taken away, Liu Chengzong thought that Cao Yao's time was very tight - the grain taken away was only enough for them to eat until April.

That is to say, before the arrival of April, Cao Yao had to bring people to bring food, regardless of whether he was robbing the rich households or fighting bandits.

Everyone has not been idle these days.

Shi Chang Gao Xian and Tian Shoujing took Liu Chengyun to Yan'an Fucheng twice. On the one hand, he entrusted Cheng Yun's father-in-law, Yan'an lawyer Wang Kun, to buy iron materials on his behalf. On the other hand, he wanted to get Bai Yingzi. Calligraphy, painting, antiques, etc., try to get rid of them and replace them with silver grains.

But these two things are not easy to do. The place where wrought iron is produced in Yan'an Prefecture is called Yanchang County, which is more than a hundred miles away in the southeast of Heilongwang Temple.

I had to buy spearheads and arrow shafts from the market in the name of Heilongmiaoshan security guards for the second time. These things are quite expensive. The blacksmiths in Yan'an City are no longer willing to accept copper coins and silver. They have to use food to make weapons.

In fact, the price of labor and materials for blacksmiths is not expensive, but in the environment of economic collapse, the daily wages of three or four cents of silver are not enough for the craftsmen to eat a full meal in front of high food prices. At this time, as long as there is work, as long as If you can eat a meal a day, craftsmen will rush to work.

The second thing about selling loot, the lawyer Wang Kun is also a problem. It is not easy to find buyers for these goods. If you want to sell them, you can only find those merchants who are going to the south. This is a matter of luck.

Cheng Yun's father-in-law, Wang Kun, is also a legend in Yan'an Mansion. He was born in a scholar. Because his family's land and shops were occupied by relatives, he could not be admitted to the examination. Settle the lawsuit.

In the past ten years, he has been strengthening his ability to write lawsuits in order to win the lawsuit. Later, when he came from the family, he simply became a lawyer in Yan'an Prefecture.

A profession not recognized by the imperial court, usually a lawyer has an official status.

For example, Song Shijie, a lawyer from Xinyang from the Zhengde period to the early years of Jiajing, used his identity as a clerk in the yamen's punishment room to write a lawsuit on his behalf.

There is no such profession as a lawyer in the officialdom and the law, but the people have such a demand, which has led to an unspoken change: recognize the godfather.

To ask Wang Kun to be a lawyer, to write a lawsuit, and to litigate on his behalf, first recognize him as a godfather and godfather, and then the godfather will go out and file a lawsuit to the yamen.

Therefore, Wang Shishi has a wide network of contacts. He has a lot of god-daughters in Yan'an, rich and poor from all walks of life, and his life is much more comfortable than Liu Juren.

It would be more suitable for Master Wang to do the reselling of war profits.

On the other hand, Liu Chengzong, apart from training and reading, was mainly busy with one thing - persuading his father, who was the leader of the military, to expand the scale of the security military.

The name Baoan was named by Liu Xiangyu, in order to protect the country and the people.

But with only 24 people, Liu Chengzong felt that it was not enough, very not enough.

When assisting Liu Xiangyu in compiling military books, Liu Chengzong raised this question.

"There are more than a hundred strong men in the village, and there are many strong women, but they don't know military affairs and are unarmed, so they will inevitably panic when things happen; there are only 24 mechanized soldiers and more than [-] frontier troops. It's a difficult task. They have to practice..."

He put down his pen and said to Liu Xiangyu, "Father should have trained all the young men in Xingping's [-]s to [-]s, even if they only practice for two days a month, so that they can protect themselves when something happens."

No one knows what will happen in Shaanxi in the future better than Liu Chengzong. To put it ruthlessly, in the great revolution of changing the dynasty, no matter how big the force and how much preparation, it is actually just doing the best of human resources. To obey destiny.

"The mechanic plus you, it's not enough."

Liu Xiangyu flipped through the book without raising his head: "The frontier army is not good enough, and the people are strong? What are you and Chengzu planning?"

What he read was Mao Yuanyi's "Wu Bei Zhi", which was printed in the first year of Tianqi. Liu Chengzong didn't know where his father got this book. Composed of five parts, Zhanduzai, it contains all aspects of the ancient and modern art of war.

This is a good book, but it is very inclusive and complex. It is a reference book for generals, not regulations used by junior officers. It is not that it is inappropriate, but there are many things in it that junior officers simply cannot use.

Liu Xiangyu's purpose is to compile a book of laws and regulations suitable for grassroots officers to quickly train and lead troops, and dedicate it to the government office, publish it and distribute it to the gentry in various places, so as to protect themselves with family soldiers.

As a grass-roots military officer, it was more appropriate for my elder brother to assist his father in compiling this military book, while Liu Chengzong was more interested in learning from the process of compiling the book.

It's just that the more he learns, the more Liu Chengzong feels that his father's idea of ​​compiling books and publishing the Quartet will not work... Once this new edition of the Art of War is published, I am afraid that the easiest to use this to improve the combat effectiveness is not the village soldiers, but the thieves soldiers.

What does Liu Chengzong want to do?
In the long run, the most fundamental of his plans is to save lives in the next class struggle with Shaanxi as the birthplace, and to save lives, in the long run, it is inevitable to choose between the peasant army and the court officers and soldiers. .

He knew who would be the ultimate victor on both sides and the rapid fall of the peasant army after breaking the city of Beijing, but he knew that all this was of no use in solving the current problem.

The emperor who is in power in the world cannot save his life in this struggle, not to mention he is a warrior.

"Father, my son doesn't want to be a thief, he wants to save the life of the clan, and save a few more people, how many people can be saved."

"Saving people, because the father never saved people?"

Liu Xiangyu shook his head and sighed: "Xingpingli can save dozens or hundreds of people. No matter how many people there are, they won't be able to eat enough, but what is a drop in the bucket for more than [-] people alive today in northern Shaanxi?"

"As far as my father knows, there is not a large family that does not make porridge to provide relief to the victims, but there is also no large family that does not take advantage of this opportunity to use production to save food. "

"Land is the foundation of a large family. If you don't reap the land, someone will reap the land. In the next disaster year, your land will be bought by someone. As a result, the peasants will have no food; the government collects 20 yuan in taxes, and the local government collects millions of dollars, but they cannot pay 20 yuan. , since the soldiers are not paid and the power of the people is exhausted, it is inevitable to raise the rebels."

"You can help three or five people, but there is a steady stream of victims and refugees. The situation is beyond my control. In the end, the entire northern Shaanxi will be dragged down. Fortunately, there is no food in northern Shaanxi, and they will go to Hancheng."

(End of this chapter)