My life skills in Daming Liver

Chapter 54
They had a great harvest in the county town, but they had bad luck on the way back. On the way, Su Ze and his party encountered a team of "Da Xing" escorting grain to Fuzhou Prefecture.

There were more than 50 people in the team, all of them were young and strong men. The escorted food carts were full, and a flag embroidered with a fist logo in gold was surrounded in the middle. The word "Weiyuan" should be the name of Daxing.

Daxing is a gang of thugs gathered by a group of street thugs, similar to Xiong Wu's Luohanjiao, and they all belong to civil society organizations.

However, compared to helping fists everywhere, the Arhats' feet, who have eaten their last meal and never stopped, have a more stable business. Their main task is to escort and escort, which is similar to the escort agencies of the Qing Dynasty in later generations.

Lin Xianyang pulled Su Ze, pointed to the banner of "Weiyuan Daxing" and said:

"Don't get too close, these iron fists who go out of the city are almost like bandits, don't let them snatch the donkey."

Su Ze saw that the scattered pedestrians around him really kept their distance from the chariots and horses. The reputation of this group of people is really bad.

Su Ze asked suspiciously: "They have such a bad reputation, would anyone dare to hand things over to them for escort?"

Lin Xianyang said: "These 'Iron Fists' are very discerning. These grain merchants in the county town are much darker than them. How dare they take away their grain."

"The fist of an iron fist is nothing more than iron for ordinary people."

Well, a group of bullying guys.

However, there are such a group of gangsters opening the way ahead, and the people behind are much safer. Nowadays, there are pirates everywhere. When I came here, I was lucky that I didn't meet any bandits. It may not be so on the way back.

The other people in the same company also had the same idea. They neither dared to get too close to the convoy, nor did they dare to leave them too far, and they just hung around neither too far nor too close.

But soon, there was a commotion ahead, and the lively little carrot Lin Liangjun immediately jumped up, fearing that the world would not be chaotic and said:

"What's wrong? Could it be that I met Japanese pirates!?"

Su Ze quickly pressed his mouth, and when the word Japanese came out, the people around all backed away in horror, Su Ze said quickly: "Tongyan Wuji, Tongyan Wuji!"

Su Ze glared at Lin Liangjun and said, "Go back and tell your brother if you talk nonsense!"

However, Su Ze still asked Lin Xianyang to pick up the weapon hidden in the donkey cart and prepare to run away.

At this moment, two soldiers wearing Ming military uniforms rushed over on horseback and shouted loudly to the crowd:

"According to the order of the commanding officer, set up a card to check the Japanese!"

Su Ze noticed that the faces of the people around him were uglier than when they met Japanese pirates. Su Ze looked at Lin Xianyang who was crying and couldn't help asking:
"Brother Xianyang, what happened to the officers and soldiers setting up checkpoints against Japanese pirates?"

Lin Xianyang waited until the two Ming soldiers left on horseback, and then said: "If you meet Japanese pirates, you can run away, but if you meet officers and soldiers, you can't even run away."

Lin Xianyang pointed to the checkpoint in front and said: "This is the checkpoint set up by the Yanping Guard. This is to collect 'Pingwo Donations'. The money they ask for is worse than the bandits blocking the road. Last time they sent supplies to our Changning Guard." They robbed the chief driver's convoy of [-]% of their supplies and left."

Su Ze said in surprise: "The officers and soldiers are also robbed?"

Lin Xianyang nodded and said, "This Yanping Guard Commander is a hereditary third-rank military officer, older than the Yanping magistrate, and he will not be able to win this lawsuit anywhere."

Su Ze was also speechless. The command post of a majestic mansion even specialized in roadblocking and robbery, and even robbed the logistics supplies of friendly troops.

The army of the Ming Dynasty has degenerated like this, so it is no wonder that the Japanese pirate rebellion has been raging for so long.

Lin Xianyang said depressedly: "I only have two coins left on me. If they rob the donkey, Brother Aze must not resist. You can buy it again when the animal is gone. If you are charged with the crime of being a Japanese by these gangsters, then But it will delay your future."

Su Ze thought to himself that it was no wonder that the Japanese pirates in the southeast could not be put down for so long. Not to mention those businessmen who pretended to be Japanese pirates and profited from it, even these local officials and soldiers also made a lot of benefits from the Japanese pirates.

The conflict between Daxing and Yanpingwei in the front finally ended with Daxing surrendering.

When the convoy passed the checkpoint, the officers and soldiers who had just been riding horses began to drive away the scattered travelers who were behind, and Su Ze and his party were also driven to the checkpoint.

This is not the first time that Yanping Guard has been robbed. The checkpoint is specially set up on the official road by the river, and when travelers see it, there is no way to go around.

The bayonet is a temporary camp set up by the river bank, and the front and back are quite organized. There is an open area behind the bayonet, which is surrounded by wooden stakes. Those thorns who refuse to pay the toll are held here and whipped. Insulting can also intimidate travelers who refuse to pay in the rear.

Su Ze was even more speechless. Would you like to fight Japanese pirates if you have this mind? The art of war handed down by the Yanping Wei family was used to rob.

Next to the bayonet, a young man in brocade clothes but wearing a helmet with a flag of the Ming army, was drinking tea while being served by two soldiers.

Su Ze saw a small businessman in front of him. Because he couldn't pay the toll of five renminbi, he was directly robbed of all his goods by the officers and soldiers, and was dragged to the execution space and insulted.

Even Lin Liangjun, who was fearless, hugged Su Ze's sleeve.

Soon it was the turn of Su Ze and his party. Lin Xianyang saw that this group of officers and soldiers had a lot of appetite and wanted to grab things without five coins, so he was ready to fight the donkeys.

Su Ze clenched his fist, he looked around, and the "bribery" skill was activated!
The young man who was being served by the officers and soldiers was the leader of the gang who blocked the way and robbed the officers and soldiers. This donkey was the most important asset of the Ninth Aunt's family, and it must not be snatched away.

Finally it was the turn of Su Ze and his party. Two officers and soldiers stepped forward, and Su Ze immediately shouted:

"Going out in a hurry, I have little money on me, and I am willing to use things to pay for the donation."

Hearing that Su Ze was so well-behaved, the two soldiers giggled and prepared to lead the donkey.

But Su Ze grabbed the rein and said, "It's not with this thing."

"Then if there is anything valuable, take it out quickly."

"I want to donate with your leaders face to face."

The two soldiers were a little impatient, but seeing that Su Ze was dressed as a scholar, they didn't dare to make too much of a fuss, so they said:
"That's our young commander, the rest of you stay here, you go alone."

Su Ze stood up straight and walked up to the young man.

The young man was dressed nondescriptly, and the hairpin tasseled flag helmet was the battlefield helmet of a high-ranking general, but it obviously did not match the size of the young man's head.

And the outfit on his body is not that of a general, and this young man looks like he has a weak kidney, so he doesn't look like a general in the army at first glance.

Commanders in the Ming Dynasty were the highest class of hereditary military officers. Although the military equipment was exhausted in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, if the senior military officers wanted hereditary positions and went to the capital to report for assessment, the emperor would personally meet them. This young man obviously couldn't inherit the military position.

The cold reading technique in the "Fortune-telling" skill was activated, and Su Ze quickly deduced the identity of this young man. He was the son of the current Yanping Guard Commander, but the kind of son who did not have the right to inherit.

Seeing Su Ze dressed as a scholar, the young man said in a joking tone, "What do you want to pay for the donation?"

Su Ze took a breath and said, "I'll pay the donation with a hexagram, what do you think if you don't have a few commanders?"

(End of this chapter)