please make me king

Chapter 180 Loyalty and Bronze

When Zhang Shun's troops arrived in Zhangzi County, the military discipline was strict and they never disturbed the people.However, the subordinates of "Zijinliang" are not restrained, most of them are robbers, and they loot along the way, which is very low.

Zhang Shun didn't like it a bit, but he didn't want to offend "Zijin Liang", so he turned a blind eye with a dark face.As a result, Zhang Shun wanted to hide from the matter, but unexpectedly came to him by himself.

Zhang Shun never expected that he would see the rebel army under the command of "Zijin Liang" drive the people from the nearby villages into a cave, and then smoke them with sulfur and wet firewood. The people in the cave cried and coughed. Those who do not know how many.

Zhang Shun had no choice but to send Chen Changliang to persuade him, but it turned out that this group of people was rebellious and rebellious. They believed that they were under the command of the leader of the rebel army "Zijin Liang", and they didn't want to show Zhang Shun any face at all, and even insulted Chen Changliang face to face.

What kind of man is Chen Changliang, how can he be enraged by them?What's more, he couldn't see the behavior of this group of "rogue bandits", so he gave an order, and he personally took the lead, rushed in and hacked the leader of the "rogue bandits" to death on the spot.

The rest were shocked when they saw this, and fled away one after another.Knowing the principle of "one does not do two, one does not stop", Chen Changbing hastily ordered: "No one will be kept. If you are born, you will see people, and if you die, you will see the corpse!"

It's ridiculous that none of the bandits who bullied the weak and feared the strong did not get away, and they were all hacked to death on the spot by Chen Changling's cavalry.Some of them were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy, smashed their heads, and shouted: "Grandpa is benevolent and righteous, we will never dare to offend Grandpa's majesty again!"

Then Chen Changbing rode over on his horse and shouted: "I talk about benevolence and righteousness with you, but you don't want to talk to me! Now I talk about swords and swords with you, but you want to talk about benevolence and righteousness with me. Such a shameless person, How can you stay in the world and harm people!"

After finishing his speech, he slapped the horse over and solved these scourges one by one.Then, fearing that other rebels would find out about this situation, they asked their subordinates to gather up the corpses of these rogues.Using the firewood, sulfur, etc. they collected and the bonfire they lit, set them ablaze.

Only then did Zhang Shun get the news and rush over.Seeing this situation, he sighed, and said to Chen Changliang: "Brother has a heart, but next time, don't be so reckless. If the second master finds out, I will not be able to explain it!"

Zhang Shun knew what Chen Changzhu meant, he deliberately did not ask himself for instructions, and ordered to kill these rogues himself.In the future, if the second master "Zijin Liang" finds out, if he can't dissuade "Zijin Liang", he can go to "Zijin Liang" to take the blame.

Although Zhang Shun admired Chen Changzhu's loyalty, he had to point out that the two of them were sworn brothers. As the leader, how could he deny the past?
Hearing the words, Chen Changbing knew that he hadn't thought carefully, but he still refused to accept it and asked: "The third younger brother didn't raise the army because of these dirty things, how did he lose his original intention?"

Zhang Shun was taken aback when he heard the words, and could only explain: "Topi and others are under his command, the only thing he can do is keep himself clean! If Zhang succeeds in the future, he will live up to the people of the world!"

When Chen Changliang heard the words, he knelt down on one knee and said, "Long stiles are born with only knowledge of loyalty and righteousness. Loyalty means choosing a ruler to assist him wholeheartedly. Righteousness is a matter of peace in the world! Now that the lord has said this, the only thing Changsong stiles can do is to be loyal and righteous." Repay it with death!"

Zhang Shun was very moved when he heard this, knowing that this time he really conquered this person.It turned out that although Chen Changzhu was recruited by Zhang Shun, Zhang Shun was quite cunning and did not match the "Liu Bei-style Mingjun" in Chen Changzhu's mind, so he was quite suspicious.

This time, when he saw what happened to the common people in the rebel army, he felt angry, so he killed these thieves to vent his anger.He originally said that Zhang Shun had lost his heart, so he planned to follow "Zijin Liang" to become that thief, but he didn't want Zhang Shun to have his own problems.

Now that Zhang Shun said these words, it was an oath to Chen Changliang, so he responded like this, it can be regarded as such a "contract" between the two of them.Seeing that he finally convinced this person, Zhang Shun was also happy.Just as he was about to speak, he saw soldiers passing by collecting trophies holding several copper hats in their hands. He was quite surprised, so he asked, "How many other copper hats did Brother Zensheng capture?"

"What copper hat?" Chen Changzhu was puzzled when he heard the words, he turned his head to look, and couldn't help laughing, "My lord is wrong, this is not a copper hat, but a cymbal!"

After finishing his speech, Chen Changzhu picked up two "copper caps" from the hands of the soldiers, rubbed them against each other, and made a loud sound.

Zhang Shun took a closer look, but he was wrong.He was thinking about war all day, and everything looked like weapons and equipment.

Thinking of weapons and equipment, Zhang Shun's heart moved, and he quickly asked, "How many bronze utensils have been seized this time?"

How did Chen Changling know, he quickly called the soldiers to ask, only to find out that these twenty bandits had snatched more than ten pairs of cymbals and three to five gongs from nowhere.

Zhang Shun was about to ask, but suddenly heard an exclamation, Zhang Shun turned his head to look, but the people hiding in the cave heard the sound of cymbals, and stretched out their heads to watch the situation outside.

Zhang Shun's heart was moved, and he quickly asked Chen Changzhu to call the people out.At the beginning, the people were still in shock after being harmed by the bandits, and they dared not come out.Until Chen Changbing told them that the thieves were all killed by him and others, otherwise, they would have been smoked to death in the cave.

Under the leadership of an old man, these talents timidly emerged a few young men.Zhang Shun didn't take it seriously, instead he asked kindly: "The old man is frightened, where is this place? What do you guys do for a living? Why are you being harassed by bandits?"

Seeing that he had a kind face, the old man couldn't help crying: "We are originally from the Mazhuang Village at the foot of the mountain. We have made bronze wares for generations. We never wanted to attract thieves to covet us. When they came to the village, they not only burned, murdered and plundered us, but also chased and slaughtered us for pleasure. .”

"Our village is not big at all. We have been repeatedly harassed by thieves. There are not many old and weak people. Even my three-year-old grandson was thrown to death by them! There are only twenty or thirty of us left. I will be the next year today. On the anniversary of the death of our whole village, we unexpectedly met a nobleman, thank you for your life-saving grace!"

After speaking, the old man took the lead to kowtow to Zhang Shun and Chen Changliang.Zhang Shun quickly pulled the old man up and said: "I am young, how can I receive such a big gift? Kill me too! I don't know what the old man's plan is in the future?"

The old man was at a loss when he heard the words, he just cried: "The only thing we can do is wait for death, what else can we plan!"

Hearing this, Zhang Shun pretended to think for a moment, and said, "I don't know what to call the old man? Since that's the case, I have a heartfelt request. I don't know if the old man can lead the villagers to follow me to make copperware. I don't need to mention food and shelter. , and the safety of your lives is also guaranteed."

The old man didn't think there was such a good thing, he quickly wanted to kowtow again, but was stopped by Zhang Shun.He could only say: "The old man's family name is Ma, and he is called a manger. His humble name has polluted the ears of the nobles. Please don't make jokes."

"Your kindness, I will never forget it. In fact, besides six or seven of us, there are three elderly people, eight strong men, eleven weak women, and four or five children in the cave. I am so old and thick, please give me a favor. And take it in!"

Where is Zhang Shun not allowed?He was originally coveting these talents, so he quickly agreed.The old man's manger was really grateful, and he entered the cave again and brought the villagers out.

Zhang Shun looked at all the craftsmen with strong bodies and thick calluses on their hands. It is estimated that most of them can also do copper work.It's just that some people saw that they were also thieves, and they were terrified. The manger quickly kicked the man's feet, and said with a smile: "Some strong men in the village are timid, and the nobles laughed at them!"

Zhang Shun said "no problem", and then ordered to Xu Ziyuan: "You register them and compile them as coppersmiths. After a while, we will take people to the village to have a look, and get some craftsmen and materials for making bronze wares. Let's go!"

(End of this chapter)