Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 482
Henan, Yongcheng.

Fatty Wang, who was newly promoted from defense to guerrilla, rushed to Daqiu on horseback and took the initiative to meet his brother Zhao Zhongyi.

"Brother, please accept a small gift from brother!"

Fatty Wang is very fat, but his skills are still very strong. He jumped off the horse and hugged Zhao Zhongyi.

With a wave of his hand, the servant brought a box in front of Zhao Zhongyi and opened it. The yellow and white inside were dazzling. Zhao Zhongyi had good eyes, and he could tell at a glance that the yellow was a small yellow croaker and the white was a silver ingot. It's big, but this box of stuff is worth 3000 taels no matter what.

"What do you mean brother?"

Zhao Zhongyi gave Fatty Wang a lot of money before. Some Fatty Wang sent people to ask for it, and some he gave it on his own initiative. For this name or for that reason, anyway, he gave a lot of money back and forth, but if they all add up, there must be no money. 3000 taels.

"Go, go in and talk."

Fatty Wang dragged Zhao Zhongyi into the room with great enthusiasm, and took out a letter of appointment as soon as he sat down.

"My elder brother asked my younger brother for a future. You see, Yongcheng is guarding the fifth rank. It is on the same level as the magistrate."

Looking at the appointment, Zhao Zhongyi was surprised, but he was very calm. The defense of the fifth rank was indeed on the same level as the prefect, but it would be nonsense to say that he was on the same level as the prefect.

In the peaceful years, military officers of the fifth rank even had to listen to the magistrate of the seventh rank county. When they met the magistrate, they could only stand guard in front of the magistrate's gate. In front of the governor, they were not even qualified to show their faces.

Not to mention the fifth-rank defense.

Even the dignified general, in front of the governor who is far lower than him, has to be honest and honest, and he also dare not take big things with the magistrate.It was the same in the Qing Dynasty. The admiral, the head of military officials in a province, was from the first rank, but he had to call himself a subordinate when facing the second rank governor, and even the seventh rank governor had to be honest.

"Brother, I'm just a white body, what's going on?" Zhao Zhongyi guessed something in his heart, but pretended to be surprised, even excited.

Fatty Wang knew that Zhao Zhongyi looked simple and honest, but he was actually a shrewd person. After all, those who dared to smuggle salt these days, and even started secret associations, were not of any duty.

This kid Zhao Zhongyi does a lot of smuggling business in secret, and he even often cheats on others. The private salt dealers, local villages, Nian bandits, Laotang, and thieves who dare to take advantage of him don't know how many gangs he has killed. This kid is ruthless. , I heard that it fell into his hands, but he never showed mercy.

Honest and honest, just pretending to be seen by outsiders.

Do you really think he is some kind of common people in Daqiu?

This guy is a big brother of the Red Spear Society, and now the Red Spear Society is spreading like a prairie fire, and even opened altars in many large villages.

Red Spear Clubs have sprung up in various parts of Henan. If he rebels, he can raise tens of thousands of people at once.

So he didn't hide much from Zhao Zhongyi, and quickly told the matter with a smile.

"My old boss is back. He was conferred the title of Duke of the State by the imperial court and was appointed Admiral of Henan Province. You must have heard of his name. Xu Dingguo, who killed Gao Jie in Guide last year, went to Beijing, and now he is in danger. , Come back to Henan Admiral Military Affairs.

I used to be a horse-bian for the Duke of the country, and I was also a confidant. Don't look at me as fat as a ball now. In fact, I used to be tall, burly and strong like a bear, but now I am a little fatter.

In short, when the Duke came back, he still remembered me as an old subordinate. He specially promoted me to be a guerrilla general, gave me [-] soldiers, and even took me to exterminate the Tuzhai for meritorious service. We are so appreciated, how can we not be ashamed stop?

You also know, brother, my eternal city defense has actually been abandoned for a long time, and there are not many soldiers under my hand.As for me, if I have good things, I will naturally remember my family. I thought that you have many brothers under your brother, so I specially asked for a guard position for you, brother to fight tigers, let's do it together. "

"Now I will give you a garrison rank, and when I get to the battalion, I will entrust you with a central army, and I will give you a registered commander's rank. At that time, you will be my lieutenant general. Let's be brothers together. If you eat hot food and drink hot food, you will be blessed together." Enjoy."

"Brother thinks so much of me, brother, I am so grateful, I know what to say."

"My brother, what are you doing so far away?"

"That's what the elder brother says, and I will listen to the elder brother."

Fatty Wang saw Zhao Zhongyi being so knowledgeable, he couldn't help but feel very proud, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "You won't lose money if you follow the elder brother. In this troubled world, you have to follow the right person."

"You accept the 3000 taels of silver first."

"How can this be done? The elder brother gave me the official and returned the money. Wouldn't it be the other way around?"

"Listen to me, the Duke of the Kingdom has given me a tight mission, and I will go out with him soon. These 3000 soldiers are indispensable. I also rely on my brother. Can you help my brother recruit [-] soldiers?"

"The 3000 taels of silver are regarded as settling expenses. Each person will pay one tael first, and owe four taels, and then pay it out after winning the battle. Of course, my brother will not be less. When I go back to Yongcheng, I will make up for my brother. You have prepared 2000 taels."

"I dare not be..."

"Don't refuse, listen to my brother, the money is not all from me, the Duke of the country also sent some, in short, you believe in brother, you will definitely share the blessings with your brother, and you are guaranteed to be popular and drink It’s hot, these three 5000 taels of silver are considered a ball game, and there will be more in the future.”

Fatty Wang's request was also simple. Immediately summoned three thousand members of the Red Spear Club to join his Yongcheng guerrilla camp, and followed him to Yanzhou, Shandong to suppress the Tuzhai.

Zhao Zhongyi agreed wholeheartedly.

He asked someone to entertain Fatty Wang for tea, and went to find the old master himself.

"This is not a bad thing." The old master thought about it for a while, and felt that this was an opportunity. "This Xu Dingguo is a big traitor. He followed the order of the Qing captives to maintain the stability of Henan, but he has no soldiers at hand. Naturally, he can only rely on such people as Fatty Wang. But Fatty Wang eats empty money and drinks the blood of soldiers. There are not many people at all." As a soldier, he still has half of his reputation, and now he is in a hurry, so he can only ask you for help."

"Fatty Wang said that he was going to Yanzhou to encircle and suppress the Tuzhai. He also said that Liu Zeqing had also been ordered to go south to supervise the Shandong soldiers and coordinate the suppression."

"Yanzhou has always been an important place for canal transportation. It suffered from military disasters and famines before, so there are many villages in the area, and they are all very strong. After the water transportation was blocked, those transportation gangs also lost their livelihoods. In addition, many people invested in these villages to survive, and last year when His Majesty entered Shandong, officials in Yanzhou prefectures and counties fled to death, and the local government was almost paralyzed.

This year, the Tartars have been heavily taxed, especially because of the lack of food from Huguang, taxes from Jiangnan, and salt from Huaiyang. Shandong, which originally only borne part of the grain in the grain, was levied by the Qing court, local officials in Shandong, and the Qing army. They don't care whether the local people can bear the mission.

The result was naturally baldness, not only ran away ordinary people, but also forced the gentry to fight against the officials, and even those local officials were forced to either abandon their officials and flee or commit suicide.

Being an official for thousands of miles is only for money, but in the end, you have to pay taxes and pay for money.

Yanzhou began to build villages during the reign of Chongzhen. It has been almost 20 years, and there are countless villages of this size.

They formed a village to protect themselves, not only against bandits, but also against the government. They did not serve or pay taxes.

"Our Red Spear will go to suppress Yanzhou Tuzhai for the big traitor Xu Dingguo, isn't this just doing something for a tiger?"

"You know how to use idioms. Of course we can't help tigers, but we can use this opportunity to infiltrate the Tartars. Fatty Wang, I've observed him for a long time. This guy is a greedy guy who loves life and fears death. You can find a way to reverse it.”

"You can even make good use of his identity to do a lot of things."

"Old master, please explain?"

The old master pulled Zhao Zhongyi to analyze it carefully for him. It was nothing more than taking the opportunity to put on the skin of the Yongcheng guerrilla camp for the Red Gun Club. It would be more convenient for the Red Gun Club to develop. The Qing court bought weapons and equipment.

"Then we really want to destroy the local villages for the Tartars?"

"In fact, there are many earthen villages in Henan and Shandong, and most of the earthen villages are hard to distinguish between good and bad..." The old master made it clear that few earthen villages that can survive in this troubled world are actually good up.

In order to survive, the native villages also attacked each other and robbed resources.

So think of it as training.

After the discussion between the two of them was settled, Zhao Zhongyi asked someone to ring the big bell on the Daji.

When the villagers heard the bell, they all came to assemble.

Everyone inquired about each other, not knowing what happened. Some people said that Fatty Wang, the defender of Yongcheng, brought a team of servants to the set, and everyone was guessing and discussing.

It's almost time for someone to arrive.

Zhao Zhongyi directly moved the gold and silver sent by Fatty Wang to the stage in front of the drying yard, which was also the inspection stand for usual practice.

"Those who are willing to follow me into the guerrilla camp will be given one tael of Anjia silver first, and four taels of silver will be reissued later. In addition, one tael of silver will be added every month, and three buckets of grain will be added."

"Reward for meritorious service!"

Zhao Zhongyi simply explained the matter, and seeing the light reflected by the gold and silver in the sun, the discussions below became louder.

Because Zhao Zhongyi had already stated that he would go to the guerrilla camp in person, and that the guards would go, so there were a lot of responders.

It took less than a day.

Zhao Zhongyi recruited 3000 people in Daqiu, including 1000 people from the two battalions of the official members of the Red Gun Club, and [-] from the peripheral players.

Fatty Wang was overjoyed when he saw these young and strong boys.

He knew that Zhao Zhongyi had a lot of people here, but he didn't expect that one day would be enough to respond to all calls.

"Brother, many of these people usually practice guns and martial arts with me. They are very strong, but we only have a red tasseled gun. Although we have soldiers, we don't have armor or equipment."

Fatty Wang smiled happily, and patted Zhao Zhongyi on the shoulder, "Zhao Zhongjun doesn't have to worry about the ordnance. I still have some. In addition, I will report to Xu Junmen for the transfer of ordnance."

Zhao Zhongyi also took the opportunity to say, "War is a matter of holding your head up and doing your best. The more things you can do, the better. I am willing to ask the villagers to raise some money. Brother, is there any way for us to buy some things that are handy? If we can buy them Some armor would be best."

Hearing that Zhao Zhongyi has such a pattern and is willing to raise money to buy equipment by himself, Fatty Wang was very moved, and he also got to know this brother Zhao to another level in his heart. Already thinking about getting armor to strengthen his armament, this guy is very ambitious.

But Fatty Wang likes it very much. It is a good thing for him to have such an energetic and ambitious younger brother. The younger brother can fight, so his big brother will naturally have more weight in front of his old boss, Admiral Xu.

As for the uncontrollable things in the future, Fatty Wang didn't think so far, Gu Hao said it now, who cares about things so far away, it's time to be a monk for a day.

(End of this chapter)