After Ming Dynasty

Chapter 12

At the threshing floor, the atmosphere was very lively, regardless of men, women and children, they were all willing to join.

Zhu Yiyuan was in a good mood. He counted together with Tan Qiye and others, and got a total of 57 first-class men, 85 second-class men, and 150 healthy women.

There are 73 other old and weak children.

The so-called first-class strong men are those who are physically strong, of the same age, able to hold a sword, and after training, can go into battle and kill the enemy.Originally, Tan Laoqi picked out [-] people to protect the villagers.

Now there are another 30 to [-] people. It was when Xie Qian's subordinates robbed the village that they ran away. Now that they have left, they have come back.

Because they didn't share weal and woe with the villagers, this group of people was not very popular, and some elders even scolded them, saying that they were all cowards, abandoned their families and careers, abandoned their wives and children, and followed them in the future, which would not end well.

This group of people had no other choice but to be scolded silently.

Zhu Yiyuan is very tolerant, adversity is imminent, no one is greedy for life and fears death... But from now on, the big guys will help each other, and there are rules, if anyone wants to run away again, he will be punished, even beheaded is not uncommon.

Except for these first-class men and second-class men, like the old man Pang Qing, they can still do farm work, walk around, and inquire about news.But it is not easy to kill the enemy on the battlefield.

Zhu Yiyuan didn't discriminate against them, on the contrary he valued these old people more.

"As the saying goes, an old family is like a treasure. You have experienced many things and are familiar with the surrounding situation. We can't just fight bravely, we must also fight wits, and we must do everything possible to survive. Inquire about the situation, tend to Benefits and avoid disadvantages, these things cannot do without you."

Pang Qing nodded, "The old man understands, don't look at us as old, but we are not useless. Those who can walk and jump, you young and strong, just practice killing skills, other things, we will find a way."

Zhu Yiyuan nodded repeatedly, and the rest were women.

The burden on their shoulders is also heavier. In addition to taking care of the wounded, taking care of the house, and mending clothes and other trivial tasks, they are no exception to deliver food and work in the fields.

Even outside of these three categories, those underage children have to learn to deliver messages, run errands and learn the tongue, and help adults do things.

Zhu Yiyuan concluded: "What we have to do is to make a fist, face difficulties together, help each other in the same boat, and never give up!"

Other common people don't understand that it is a human instinct to live in groups to survive.

The villagers nodded one after another. Indeed, only in this way can they survive in this cannibalistic world.

The scattered folks have been integrated together, with a rough division of labor, and a completely new look.The panic and haze on people's faces was swept away, and they all smiled.

We also have a team.

Zhu Yiyuan finally had a smile on his face, but he knew very well that this was just the first step, and there were many problems to come.

First of all, there is the issue of food... The ten stones of grain hidden in Zhu's family, and the two stones of grain that Zhu's father begged for, have almost eaten up in the past five days.

Three to four hundred people, without other food, even if they cook porridge twice a day, it costs more than one stone and five buckets.Of course, it is also possible to give dilute porridge that can take care of people. That is not to survive, but to weed out the old, weak, women and children.

"Mr. Zhu, when we transported the land deed account book back, we also stole five horses, two carriages, and eight shi of grain. It turns out that the food and grain stored by the villagers were eaten up by Xie Qian's people and snatched away. We can't survive for a few days with just this little food." Tan Qiye said: "Especially we have to train our young and strong, wield swords and swords, and prepare for war. One person does not have two catties of food a day, but it is impossible."

It's not easy to make a home, open the door and you'll get firewood, rice, oil and salt, and if you don't have enough to eat, even your own mother and father can't do it.

If you want to pull together a group of soldiers and horses to do some business, the first thing is, what do these people eat, drink, and how to support their families... If you can't solve these problems, you don't need others to fight, and you will collapse and disappear.

Zhu Yiyuan made some calculations, "Most of the fields in Qingshiji have been cultivated this year. Although there are some losses, we can take the fields back and don't have to pay the land rent. After the autumn harvest, there is still enough food. There is still one and a half months before the autumn harvest. We need to find a way to solve the problem.”

At this time Liu Bao suddenly said: "Young Master Zhu, Xie Qian took down the Zhang family and robbed several thousand shi of grain, can we borrow grain from him?"

Tan Qiye immediately shook his head, "What's the excuse? You haven't seen Xie Qian's virtues yet? We owe him a favor, and maybe we'll be abducted as bandits."

Liu Bao was speechless for a while, but if he didn't look for Xie Qian, and where to get food, could we also find a big family to kill him?

Zhu Yiyuan thought about it for a while, and said to the crowd: "It's true that you can't easily ask Xie Qian, or buy it, or find those big households who have great grievances from the people. In short, we must do our best to support the villagers."

Zhu Yiyuan set the tone, and begged for another piece of gold ingot from his old lady, and gave it to the old man Pang Qing to let him see what he could do... Now that the Zhu family has nothing left, except for the old lady's A few dowry jewels and nothing else.

Fortunately, these hundreds of folks have gathered together, and the next thing is to see the wisdom of the big guys.

The old man didn't take the gold ingots, but asked Zhu Yiyuan to keep them first, and he went to inquire about the news. With the confirmed food, we can pay the money and deliver the goods, so we can't suffer.

Indeed, Zhu Yiyuan was relieved to have these old men in charge.

Together with Tan Qiye, he practiced young and strong, and the content was very simple, that is, walking, sitting, lying down, and ordering and prohibiting.Tan Laoqi's kung fu is good, and he taught the big guy a few sword skills, practicing the queue in the morning and chopping in the afternoon.In the evening, Zhu Yiyuan gathered the big guys at the threshing ground, chatted with the big guys, explained various principles, and united people's hearts.

Two days passed like this.

On the morning of the third day, the old man Pang Qing rushed over. Behind him was a young man with flushed cheeks, and it was obvious that Pang Qing had slapped him.

The young man was Pang Qing's nephew Xu Zhiyuan. That day when the rebel army came to rob him, the bastard ran away and left his mother, Pang Qing's sister, behind.

"Do you still have a heart? You ran away by yourself, what about your mother? You want her to die, don't you?"

The kid was crying, "Uncle, you should be a master. I was also scared that day, and I didn't think about it that much. You see, these days, I didn't run far, just worried about you and my mother."

"Hey, I don't need you, tell me quickly, boy, what happened to the group you saw?"

This kid just said that he fled into Jiagu Mountain to hide that day. In the past, this kid often hunted, and his ability to survive in the mountain was not small. After several days like this, suddenly a group of people also fled into the mountain. He was caught and made to act as a guide.

The kid pretended to agree and stayed with them for more than two days before escaping just now.

"The leader of them seems to be called Wang Qing. That group brought a lot of gold and silver treasures, as well as food for horses. I heard what they said, and it seems that they have to contact the Zichuan County Yamen to ask for Zhaoan. I think these People are all thieves, if the court refuses to agree, I will be unlucky too, so I ran out before dawn and ran into my uncle."

When Zhu Yiyuan heard this, he couldn't help but look at Tan Qiye and Liu Bao. They had already heard that they entered Zhang's house that day. The person who attacked several times and almost killed Xie Qian was the leader named Wang Qing. .

This guy also asked Zhang Quan to help him make a fool of himself.Originally he had a hundred people, Xie Qian wanted to kill him, but this old rabbit on the battlefield was so cunning that even an eagle couldn't catch him.

He not only ran away, but also abducted a lot of weapons, gold and silver, and his subordinates also took thirty or forty out.As long as he is given some time to recruit troops again, he will be a good man again.

This guy is definitely a potential scourge, Mr. Pang, this nephew, is really a meritorious service.

"Qiye, do you think we can do it and swallow them?" Zhu Yiyuan asked Tan Qiye, who was the best at fighting.

Tan Qiye naturally knew that as long as he swallowed Wang Qing's group and got the money and weapons in their hands, the folks in Qingshiji would immediately grow stronger.

But after thinking over and over again, Tan Qi shook his head, "My lord, we can bring out dozens of people. Although there are slightly more than Wang Qing's men, we are all young children, and we are not as experienced as others. Well, maybe send all the folks in."

Zhu Yiyuan also knows that veterans and newcomers are completely different concepts.If he really killed them casually, he might lose all his money.

But just miss it like this, and I am not reconciled.

After all, he needs to use the fastest time to improve his strength.

At this time, old man Pang suddenly said: "Master Zhu, you see Wang Qing is only thinking about Zhao'an, can we trick him out and deal with him?"

Zhu Yiyuan became interested, "Mr. Pang, this method seems feasible, but how can we convince Wang Qing that Mr. Pang has an idea?"

Old man Pang said: "To be honest, I have a cousin who works in the yamen and is a prison boss. I wonder if I can arrest him?"

"Arrested?" Zhu Yiyuan was startled, "Old Pang, isn't he your relative?"

Pang Qing snorted angrily, "This good-for-nothing has probably already shaved off his hair, and is now a slave to the Qing court."

Zhu Yiyuan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "That's it, let's choose a few people to go there."

(End of this chapter)