The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1 Clan Fighting
The Ming Dynasty lasted a total of 276 years, and the number of disasters reached as many as 1011, which is an unprecedented record in ancient times——Deng Yunte's "History of Famine Relief in China".

The 35th Jiajing Earthquake caused 83 casualties, with heavy casualties and wailing everywhere;
In the sixth year of the apocalypse, the gunpowder factory in the capital exploded bizarrely, which was horrible and looked like hell;

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, the plague broke out in Shanxi, everyone was in danger, and ten rooms were empty;
The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the rise of Jianlu and rebellions in various places made the ruler of Ming Dynasty even more anxious.

The foundation of the Ming Empire is crumbling.

After Chongzhen came to power, the Ming Dynasty seemed to have run out of luck, with years of disasters and constant wars.
The common people are in dire straits. If you are looking for a happy land in troubled times, Fujian, which is located on the southeast coast, will definitely be on the list.

Fujian has a subtropical marine monsoon climate, warm and humid, and is one of the provinces with the most water.

Even in the Little Ice Age, production cuts continued, and he stayed away from war-torn areas. After Zheng Zhilong was recruited, with nearly 20 troops in his hand, he became Fujian's Dinghai Shenzhen.

Although the people in Fujian are still living in poverty, they are much happier than those who are precarious and in constant fear.

However, Lu Changle, who is in the "paradise", cannot feel this happiness.

Lu Changle stood on the hillside, couldn't help touching the blood-stained cloth wrapped around his head, and looked at the shoal below with a complicated expression,

On thousands of acres of flatland, more than 2000 men with weapons are tensely confronting each other.
The person standing on the east side with a red cloth wrapped around his shoulders is from the Lu clan of Fuzhou;
The person standing in the west with a white cloth wrapped around his shoulders is from the Yang family of Fuzhou.

At this moment, the two tribes stared at each other with hatred,

There is a suffocating breath in the air, and as long as there is a little spark, the two tribes can fight.

A flower stream separates Xingping Village and Shurong Village,

Xingping Village lived in the Lu family, and Shurong Village lived in the Yang family.
The Lu and Yang clans are both big clans in Fuzhou, and neither of them obeys the other.

Because of the matter of grabbing water to irrigate the fields, the fights became more and more, and the hatred grew deeper and deeper.
Yesterday, there was another quarrel over diverting water to irrigate the fields. First, a few people argued, and after a while they wrestled into a ball.

After the skirmish, neither side could swallow the breath,

Each of them sought help from their brothers and relatives, and people from the two clans gathered one after another.
So there is a situation where thousands of people confront each other today.

Several representatives were negotiating fiercely in the field. People from the two ethnic groups shouted at each other, and from time to time they beat the weapons in their hands to cheer for themselves.

Among the crowd, there are gray-haired old men and young men who have not lost their childishness. Their weapons are also strange, such as hoes, kitchen knives, wooden sticks, iron forks, harpoons, simple knives, machetes and so on.

Take whatever is at your fingertips.

The hillside not far from the beach is not calm, the hillside is crowded with old people, women, and children.
Some elders took the opportunity to educate on-site:
"Listen, Lu's children, recognize those faces, they are the ones who snatched our water, killed and injured our relatives, do you know what you want to do when you grow up?"

"Get rid of everyone with the surname Yang," a group of childish children clenched their fists and gritted their teeth in unison.

"Mom, I want to go up and help father beat Yang"

"Be good, dog, fight again when you grow up and have strength, remember, even if you die, you can't let the surname Yang ride on our heads and dominate us"

"The dog knows, mother."

A boy with a runny nose pointed at Lu Changle and said, "Mom, why didn't Brother Changle play?"

"Keep your voice down, Geer Le was on stage yesterday and he was injured."

"I know, I know, brother Changle let the little lady of the Yang family knock him down, he's so embarrassing." A little girl said with a smile.

"I heard from my father that Elder Brother is not good at reading, and Mr. Qian even called him a fool."

A group of children couldn't help laughing.

"Shut up, brother Le was injured for the clan, whoever talks nonsense, slap your mouth." The second uncle on the side couldn't help but speak.

The second uncle has a high seniority and is the elder of the clan. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone immediately shut up.

Seeing that no one made a sound, the second uncle looked at Lu Changle, who was next to him with his head covered, with a look of disappointment in his eyes.

Ten years ago, a group of pirates attacked Xingping Village in the dark. Lu Changle's parents were killed by knives while fighting against the pirates. The young Lu Changle grew up eating a variety of meals.

Lu Changle was very bright when he was young, and he passed the Tongsheng examination at the age of 12. The clan was very happy and gave him a school rice every month, hoping that he would succeed in his studies and give the clan a master.

Unexpectedly, after Lu Changle was admitted to Tongsheng, his energy and luck seemed to be exhausted, and he failed the exam for several years in a row.

Last year when Qian Yiqian, a great Confucian in the dynasty, went to Changle County, Lu Changle tried his best to submit his articles, hoping to get praise and gain some fame.

Unexpectedly, Qian Yiqian only said four words "unintelligible" after reading it.

If you don't become famous, it becomes a joke.

Feeling hopeless in the imperial examination, Lu Changle spent all day idling with broken jars, and was still competing with others in the brothel to get jealous, and almost went to court.

Many people in the clan are dissatisfied with him and have long wanted to take Xuemi back and let him fend for himself.

That is to say, several clan elders suppressed this matter for the time being for the sake of his deceased father and mother.

Yesterday, Lu Changle heard the fight between the clansman and the Yang family, and drank a few cups of cheap rice wine. His brain became hot, and he went to help the clansman together, but he didn't expect to meet people who also went to help the Yang clan on the way, and the leader was the Yang clan Yang Xuan, the daughter of the elder Yang Zhengbao.

Lu Changle, who was half drunk, was the first to rush forward, wanting to win the jackpot, but Yang Xuan was knocked down with a stick after a face-to-face encounter.
Before he fainted, his knees softened and he knelt down in front of Yang Xuan
A tall and burly man, let a little girl fall to her knees with a stick, and even look down on children.

He has no talent, no wealth in his family, and a bad reputation. Even though he looks good, the matchmaker will take a detour when he sees it.

Eighteen, still a bachelor.

A young man with a promising future is just abolished like this, can Second Uncle not be disappointed?
The second uncle didn't know, Lu Changle felt even more depressed at this moment.

Lu Changle was originally a regional general agent with a successful career. He had a small villa and a small sports car. The goddess who had been chasing him for three years also agreed to marry him.

I was so excited that day, pouring more than 50 degrees of liquor into my mouth like water, and when I woke up in Daming, my soul was on the body of Lu Changle with the same name and surname.

After decades of hard work, I returned to before liberation.

The good life has come to naught, and he has become a worthless wretch that even children look down on.

What makes Lu Changle even more depressed is that it is now the 14th year of Chongzhen,

After the Jin Dynasty invaded, the rebellion continued, the drought and the plague were endless, it was a proper hell model.

Standing on the hillside and looking at the densely packed people in the mudflats, I feel like they are ants,
Thinking about it in a blink of an eye, I am not an insignificant ant in a troubled world,
What about the future?
Died in clan fighting?

The mob was coerced and killed by officers and soldiers?
Or lose to life and starve to death in the wilderness?
Assuming luck is good, and Jianlu aspires to the Central Plains, choose when you keep your hair but not your head,

Want to lose your head?Or leave a mouse tail in humiliation?
It's hard to live again, just to be an obedient citizen and slave of Jianlu?
No, Lu Changle secretly clenched his fists: Wang Hou general Xiangning is kind, a monk can do it, a traitor can do it, a prisoner can do it, who says he can't do it?
In troubled times, human life is worthless. It is better to hold fate in one's own hands while looking at the faces of others.

Just when Lu Changle made up his mind, the situation on the mudflats under the hillside began to deteriorate.

The voices of the representatives participating in the negotiations became louder and their emotions became more and more agitated. One party suddenly started to fight, and several people quickly scuffled into a ball.

"Come on, kill everyone surnamed Yang."

"Give me all the handles on the crotch. If you don't beat up Lu today, you will be ashamed of your ancestors."

"Young descendants of the Yang family, listen to me, kill everyone with the surname Lu"

"Listen, disciples of the Lu family, kill all the bastards surnamed Yang."

In an instant, the people of the two races on both sides were like two torrents, rushing towards the opposite side with a roar of killing.

Lu Changle was so shocked by the scene in front of him that he didn't speak for a long time, it was too tragic:

The fights of ordinary villagers are mostly for show, there is a lot of thunder and little rain, and it is already a big deal for someone to be injured.

If there are more than ten people, it is considered a big public security incident,

The people of the Lu and Yang tribes were very hot from the very beginning.
One by one rushed forward with red eyes, and when they saw that they were not their own people, they greeted their weapons at the vital point without saying a word,
Without any hesitation, let alone showing mercy,

A middle-aged man with a scar on his face was stabbed in the shoulder, and the blood stained his clothes, but he ignored it and stabbed the enemy in front with a harpoon in the abdomen;
The weapons in the hands of the two villagers were broken, and they threw away the weapons and wrestled into a ball in the mud, and they couldn't tell who was who;
A child about twelve or thirteen years old was knocked to the ground by a wooden stick. Regardless of the bleeding on his head, he got up and took a few steps to catch up, threw himself on the opponent's back, and bit his ear tightly with his mouth open;

People were constantly injured and carried off, but more people rushed up,

The old man was injured and the son went on top, the son fell down, and the grandson howled and rushed to take revenge.
It's like a group of red-eyed wild beasts fighting, the sound of killing, screaming, and weapons colliding can be heard endlessly,
Lu Changle could see clearly from the hillside. In less than half a cup of tea, at least dozens of people were injured and fell to the ground, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive.

What used to be a calm beach turned into a Shura hell in an instant.

There were more and more casualties, and the people of the two tribes did not intend to stop at all, but the shouts for killing became louder.

"Young disciples of the Yang family, listen, anyone who dares to escape will be expelled from the village."

"Listen, children of the Lu family, the ancestors said, which one will lose face to the Lu family, be expelled from the family tree, and not be buried in the Lu family's cemetery after death."

"Killing one is enough money, killing a pair to earn one, at most, he will be a good man again in 18 years."

"If you don't show some color to the surname Lu, it's true that there is no one in the Yang family in Fuzhou. Today, the Lu family's ancestral hall is demolished."

The patriarchs and elders who commanded behind him did not intend to give up at all, but loudly supervised the battle.

"Look, that girl surnamed Yang is really a tigress, no wonder she hasn't married yet." The second aunt on the hillside pointed in one direction and said loudly.

Lu Changle looked in the direction pointed by his second aunt, and it was really Yang Xuan who beat him down.

Except for her, all the other men fighting with weapons on the field, Yang Xuan, who was tall and beautiful with a beautiful face, stood out from the crowd and was easy to recognize.

She danced a long stick so airtight, seven or eight young men from the Lu clan surrounded her for a long time and didn't ask for cheap, but let her use the stick to knock down three of them.

After a while, Yang Xuan was surrounded by young and strong people, and she fell to the ground.

"Little bitch surnamed Yang, is this the reincarnation of the Killing God? You're too good at fighting."

"Seven or eight people can't get close to her, no wonder Brother Le is not her opponent."

"I heard from the head of the family that my little girl has obtained the true biography of the Yang family stick, and there are not many Yang clansmen who are her opponents."

"This kind of tigress deserves that she can't marry, who dares to have it?"

"Mother, look, it's Brother Changwei." A child suddenly called out excitedly.

Like Lu Changle, Lu Changwei belongs to the generation of "Chang" and is Lu Changle's cousin.
Lu Changwei is proficient in Lujiaquan and Zhanhu Dao, and is the best fighter among the younger generation of the clan.

Seeing that the brothers in the clan were no match for Yang Xuan, Lu Changwei rushed to save them with a loud roar.

The two fought back and forth with sticks and knives, and the fight was inextricable.

Off the coast of Fujian, there are many pirates and bandits,

In order to protect themselves, the folks practiced martial arts,
The Southern Shaolin Temple is also in Fujian, and many people come to the temple to learn from their masters.
Many people have practiced martial arts well.

The Lu and Yang clans have had grievances for many years. Regardless of gender, they have been practicing martial arts since childhood.

The Yang family is good at sticks, and it is said that it evolved from the Yang family's spear. Many children in the family have been lay disciples of Shaolin Temple;
The Lu family is good at boxing and swordsmanship. Some ancestors of the family once followed General Qi to suppress Japanese pirates, combined Yujia boxing and Nanquan to create Lujia boxing, and improved the army's swordsmanship.

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