stubborn thief

Chapter 56
People say that the road to the county government is not smooth.

Liu Chengzong and several people pushed carts to the county office, and they were robbed by the Yanhe River outside the city.

The person who robbed him said he was timid, and six people dared to rob four of him.

They are all dressed up as hard-fought men, with tassel spears, leather belts, and hanging bells in the lead, and most of them are dismissed postmen.

It is said that it is only for money but not life, and it is necessary to have something in the car.

Cai Zhongpan, his uncle who looked like a god of war on the official document of Haichao, reached out and was about to draw a musket from his arms, but was stopped by Liu Chengzong.

Road robbery was certainly not a good thing in the past, but in this era of Shaanxi, it is just a way for the poor to earn their lives.

And one doesn't eat people, two doesn't kill people, and doesn't say that if you don't give it to me, I'll let you stay.

It's human affairs.

He took his uncle and a few people to step aside, and let the robbers lift the cloth covered in the car to take it by himself.

As a result, the six robbers went over to lift the cloth, and five were scared away when they saw the densely patted heads.

The other leg was weak and could not walk, so you slowly put down the hatchet with a mournful smile, and held the car for a while before slowly retreating.

It is not difficult to receive awards in the county government. Jingyi You are exempted from ten official documents and five years of labor. They can build a memorial archway in their hometown, but they can't afford it.

The ninth-rank crown and the honored body are issued with the green uniform and black gauze cap of the ninth-rank official. They have no official position, but they have the social status of the ninth-rank official.

He was honored at this meeting, and his uncle went to see Zhang Pan, the office bookkeeper.

Cai Zhongpan was already waiting on the street when he came out of the yamen: "Are you leading the official uniform?"

Liu Chengzong nodded and asked, "Uncle, what is Zhang Shuban looking for from you?"

"It's not a big deal. The south side of the trade route is open. The prefect yamen recently sold this to raise money. They want to form a caravan to go to Weibei and bring food back."

The 'this' that Cai Zhongpan was referring to was Guandai Rongshen: "He knew that I used to protect the caravan in Weibei, and he asked me something about the road, just in time for Ru Ji to bring your aunt back."

Liu Chengzong nodded, but his attention was focused on the food: "How long will it take to be back when I buy food?"

"It would take half a month for a round trip of [-] miles at the earliest. Not to mention the transportation of food, I estimate that everything will go smoothly in a month."

Liu Chengzong felt that part of this batch of food could be taken into consideration.

After leaving the city, Liu Chengzong was only surrounded by Guo Zashi, Cai Zhongpan, and Chen Ruji, his wife and brother-in-law.

One of the three was a cronie whom he took with him in desperation, one was his uncle, and the other was his brother-in-law who fled with his uncle, and they were all trustworthy.

Moreover, my uncle was still wanted by the south, and he was not the kind of father and brother who still had hope in the imperial court.

There was no one on the official road, so he asked Cai Zhongpan: "Uncle, the old people in the mountains have come and gone, but in the end, they just make a living and forage for food. I have no better way. What do you think?"

"Take it easy. You don't have to be as big as you. You will be overwhelmed if you hold it hard, and the boat will naturally straighten when it reaches the bridge."

Cai Zhongpan was much more open-minded than Liu Chengzong imagined, and said with a smile, "Your mother-in-law is a murderer and can't afford to feed people in the mountains. Even if you turn people into killers to avenge your personal revenge, you will not starve."

It is true that even in a disaster year, a strong and strong man dares to regard the law as nothing, and it is not a problem to feed his family before he dies.

It's just a matter of luck how long it takes to live.

"But I want to feed the mountain people."

Cai Zhongpan smiled, but with a bitter smile: "Don't be stupid, Lion Baby, what do you use to support the people in the mountains?"

"grab."

Cai Zhongpan raised his finger and pointed at Liu Chengzong, without saying a word, he pushed the empty car and continued to move forward. After walking a dozen steps, he put the car down, and said solemnly: "You old Liu family's scholarly family, you would rather starve to death than starve to death. Being a thief is one of them."

"Secondly, look at the loess around here, who is going to snatch those six thieves? This is not today's harvest, a rusty hatchet."

Liu Chengzong is also very serious: "I've thought about it for a long time. My big decision is right anywhere, and it's good everywhere, but I can't live."

"The son of the coffin maker's family died. When he saw the thief in his home, he went crazy. He rushed up to chase him and was slashed three times. Why? Because he trained for two days in total, and he didn't know that the military law was life-saving. ."

"Why did it take so long to practice for two days? Because of the busy farming season, the two subjects of queue regulations in the morning were stopped."

"Of the 110 households in Xingpingli, four escaped first, and then six escaped. Dozens of people went out and starved to death or were killed. If thieves came again, the clansmen would have to die."

Liu Chengzong didn't want to see his relatives who didn't have five clothes die anymore.

He choked his neck and said, "I have read books, and I know that scholars should have a strong and upright spirit in their hearts, be a man and seek progress, and be loyal to the monarch and serve the country without fear of death."

"But people want to eat and live, I go to be a soldier, I am a good soldier, the court does not pay my army, this bowl of rice can't be eaten; I come back to be a commoner, not a traitor, and rely on the [-] acres of land given by the clan. If you can't support your family, and you emptied your family to buy land, you still can't eat this bowl of rice."

"It's not that I was born with no loyalty and loyalty, it's not that I haven't tried it. I am a martial artist, how can I live such a life as a soldier without pay, farming and food?"

Cai Zhongpan didn't know what to say, and he really had nothing to say.

Because he is the same, the sense of substitution is too strong, and he is already very angry.

He also served as a soldier, and he went home without military pay to be a commoner, and he didn't ask for much.

As long as the mother-in-law and the doll live well, and occasionally eat white noodles, three taels of soy milk in the morning, and two taels of small wine in the evening, they will be satisfied, and the court will let him do whatever he wants.

The bastard just wants to be the god of war in the sea capture document.

Wang Zuohang led the thieves to raid Sanyuan, and the defense of the northern city was insufficient. The gentry led the uprising soldiers to defend the hometown and joined the recruitment. They fought with the thieves for three months. As long as the court took care of the family, they were not afraid of death.

But in the end, the militiamen who fought together killed the thief and asked the officers to grab the head and kill them.

In the end, he ended up fleeing.

"It shouldn't be like this."

Liu Chengzong shook his head, patted his hand lightly on the scooter that still had lime, and said, "I've made up my mind now. I can only grab, not the poor, the poor can't grab food, and it's not worth killing people's lives in vain. If you grab it, you will grab the big family, the kind of big family who can get thousands of stone grains at one time."

"They are either in the city or have enclosures outside the city, so they can't be fooled like the hungry people. They have to pick the earthen enclosure far away from the city, prepare a gunpowder cart, and find a few caves that can store food at five or six li intervals along the way. ."

"Go at night, cover your face, use fake names, it's best if you can climb in, if you can't climb in, it will explode, you don't have to kill more, take half of the money and food, and the rest will be surrounded by the poor people. If he is a good person, the people will let him go. Bad people, the people will not keep him."

Liu Chengzong raised his hand and stretched out a finger: "Just do it once. As long as it is once, the Heilongshan people will leave the fields and do whatever they want, and they will all survive."

"Lion, you plan carefully, in case, in case something leaks, have you thought about it?"

Speaking of this, Liu Chengzong remembered that Zhang Qianhu had corrupted [-] meals.

He said fiercely: "The two hundred township soldiers in Heilongshan have been training for three months, and the guards dared to come and smother them. They dare not fight thieves, but it's a pity that they will become thieves. Uncle is willing to help me?"

Cai Zhongpan nodded slowly and glanced at Chen Ruji: "It is expected that the food will be pushed to Heilong Mountain, and the boat will be done, and my brother-in-law won't say anything - we still need to make careful preparations!"

(End of this chapter)