Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 297
It can be regarded as the most gathering of brains and brains since the begging army went south. Chai Jin's county government has completely changed hands. According to Song Qingshu's hobby, a long table was placed in the lobby, Song Qingshu took the lead, and the rest also They were gathered around the table and sat in two rows.

Today's matter is not big or small, Song Qingshu didn't say anything, Sun Chuanting knocked on the map, and no one rushed to speak for a while.Next to Song Qingshu, Liu Zongmin was panting heavily through his nose, and stared viciously at Chai Jin who was sitting at the back with a pair of eyes the size of a copper bell. The begging army lost all face.

"Magistrate Chai, tell me, what is the origin of this Flower and Bird Village?"

After a while, after knocking on the table, Song Qingshu spoke slowly, and Chai Jin who was listening hurriedly stood up again.

"Marshal, this Huaniao Village is really a mess! It's the largest village in our area with a radius of tens of miles, occupying Huaniao Mountain. It is said that the owner of the Mengzhai Village was the commander of a guard in the previous imperial court. In order to avoid the Korean War, he brought a It's the second generation to enter the mountain with his own soldiers. Under his command, there are thousands of soldiers who can fight. The nearby Niuyao Village, Niu Dung Mountain, and Bones Village all use Huaniao Village as the leader. If they are provoked, They also need the help of the soldiers."

"Master! The first county magistrate in Xiaguan was killed because he offended the head of the Meng family!"

"Hmph, isn't it just a few thousand dirt grates? You're so scared, I beat his whole family by myself for the guy who came today!" About this matter, the fire of being handsome just now didn't ignite, and he lost his face. He slapped the table, and Liu Zongmin yelled in a low voice, but Chai Jin suffocated his face when he heard it.

"Mr. Liu, I know that you are a hero, but no matter how heroic you are, you are no more heroic than a mountain! You don't know how dangerous the Flower and Bird Village is. There is only one lonely mountain, and the plank road up the mountain is only as wide as one person. Even if you There are millions of troops, and they have to go one by one. In the early years, the officers and soldiers were not suppressed. During the time of Lord Wanli, the army of Xinyang Prefecture dispatched more than 4 people. They surrounded them for more than two months. Three or 4000 people died without being attacked. Come down, offend them, and then come to fight the county town day and night, and there will never be peace!"

Chai Jin's words were clear. Song Qingshu came to Yinghuo mountain area, not just to be a rich man in a new county. He has a big appetite. He not only wants to swallow the whole Yinghuo, but also Going eastward to Huizhou, copying the old dens of Huizhou merchants, but it has been delayed until now, which is why.

The terrain of the Dabie Mountains is too rugged, each one is more dangerous than the other, and there are innumerable connections between the villages. You can see how difficult it is for the People's Liberation Army to suppress bandits in western Hunan. Before you are ready, Song Qingshu didn't want to touch them easily.

Who knows, this group of guys came to the door.

"I'm afraid this is not just about the Huaniao Village, it is probably also the first step in the entire Xinxian County. Several cottages will test our begging army together. If we are now facing the Huaniao Village, it is probably true what the magistrate Chai said , a few villages, thousands of village soldiers to fight against our begging army!"

"It's really touching people's hearts. When we first came, the villages in the poor areas of Xinxian County were cautiously guarding against us, fearing that we would steal them. Now Xinxian County has some money in the hands of the general. One by one I have become more courageous, and dare to come to my door."

"But these guys are swarming like crazy dogs, it's really troublesome!"

"So bear it?" Listening to Sun Chuanting's nodding and admitting, Liu Zongmin was full of anger, buzzing with hot air from his nose, who knew that Sun Chuanting shook his head heavily with a sneer.

"That's why I can't bear it!"

"That's right! My old Liu is willing to fight this pioneer!"

Before Liu Zongmin patted his chest with a happy smile and finished speaking, Sun Chuanting shook his head again as if he was so angry that he would not pay for his life.

"Who said it was a fight? This gift still has to be given!"

"Master, what do you think?"

Seeing Sun Chuanting smiling as treacherously as an old fox, Song Qingshu just smiled silently, but Liu Zongmin was so anxious that he kept scratching his head.

"Marshal, do you want to fight or admit cowardice, why don't you always give me a word?"

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In three days, Song Qingshu really put aside the order of tens of thousands of taels of silver, as if he was really afraid of these local snakes, and sent a dozen people to pick such a pitiful little bit of tea buds every day according to the boundaries drawn by the big yellow roe deer. .On the third day, three boxes of silver and more than ten carts of grain were pulled out from the county seat, and they were transported unsteadily to Huaniao Village.

This time, of course, Song Qingshu didn't need to take the lead in person anymore, the lord was going to do everything, and what did the subordinates do? He waved a goose feather fan, Sun Chuanting was in charge of leading the team, and Liu Zongmin followed with a dark face. Go be this coolie.

This mountain is really difficult to walk. It takes only more than 20 miles to cross the mountains and ridges. I started from Xinxian in the early morning and didn't arrive at Huaniao Mountain until about one o'clock in the afternoon.

"Oh mother! It's too damn hard to go!" Even Liu Zongmin, a reckless man, is so tired and sweaty at the moment, constantly wiping the sweat on his neck, the south of the Huaihe River and the north It’s really different. Northern Shaanxi is not without mountains, but it’s clean and tidy there. If it’s hot, it’s scorching hot, and if it’s cold, it’s dry and dry. It’s not like here. It makes people wet all over.

In the words of Liu Zongmin, it's the chirping of girls.

Sun Chuanting also came here with two feet, and he didn't take a car, and his forehead was sweating at this time, but he didn't have the heart to complain like Liu Zongmin, and he focused all his attention on the Huaniao Village in front of him.

The mountain road along the way is dangerous enough, but this Huaniao Mountain is what Sun Chuanting knows about danger with danger. The towering mountain is simply impossible to walk. Along the mountainside, a plank road that makes people feel dizzy twists and turns out. , This is going to fight, not to mention the 6000 begging army, even 6 people have to stare at the foot of the mountain, and they have to squeeze up one by one.

However, this Huaniao village is not without flaws. The terrain is dangerous, which means that there is not much arable land available. The arable land of Huaniao village is all in the large mountain between Huaniao mountain at the foot of the mountain and the red clay ridge opened up by Song Qingshu. Around the bottom of the valley, there are scattered dilapidated houses scattered on both sides of Huaniao Creek. If there is a real fight, occupy the cultivated land below and surround him for a year and a half, and these bandits will starve to death.

However, in Yinghuo Mountains, if there is no fifty, there must be thirty, and I don’t know how many are next to it. This one will be surrounded for three months, and that one will be surrounded for two months. The beggars don’t have to do anything else in their lives. .

Still have to think of some effective ways!

Thinking, the convoy has advanced to the foot of Huaniao Mountain, and before they can get close, clappers have already rang, and the mountain people who are still working in the field hit the back of their heads one by one, and all the swarms dispersed. In a blink of an eye Drilling into the ravine, unexpectedly there was no trace of it, and immediately a roar full of local taste pierced through an unknown hole on the mountainside.

"The one on the other side is walking around! Don't open your eyes and dare to block our Huaniao Mountain?"

"The beggars from Xin County brought gifts and came to worship the mountain!"

Far away, Sun Chuanting also pulled him to speak Shanxi flavor, and turned back. Hearing this really made the other party flustered for a while. Taking advantage of this time, Sun Chuanting turned his head with a solemn expression.

"Mr. Liu! It's still the same sentence before I came here. When I'm on the mountain, everything is based on the word forbearance!"

"Okay, I was cowarded once, but now I'm completely screwed. After a while, the military commander gave you a wink, and I kept pretending to be a grandson, okay?" Liu Zongmin was extremely depressed, humming angrily.

When the two chatted, there was a reaction on the top of the mountain. I don't know which hole exposed the big yellow roe deer, and brought out more than a dozen mountain patrolling boys, surrounded by the smiling Sun Chuanting and the bull. Liu Zongmin, who seemed to be snorting, turned around several times, and finally took out a sharp knife to cut open two pockets, which were indeed filled with polished rice, which made this guy who was obviously not a good person with a plaster on his forehead satisfied He groaned, and immediately stretched his arrogant thumb back again.

"You guys, put your things on your back!"

"What? Ge Laozi, you fucking say it again?"

I was already tired and sweaty, and I had to carry the mountain on my own when I brought gifts to my door. Liu Zongmin's bullish eyes immediately stared like copper bells, and he was about to move when he raised his arms...

(End of this chapter)