Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 48 0046 [Fire Merge]

"Ouch!"

Waking up in the morning, Bai Sheng cried out in pain, but the pain in his back affected his whole body.

Reclaiming wasteland is really tiring!

Moreover, the late sorghum harvested in the first year was not even enough for the rations of the pioneers, and it had to be cultivated for several years to become mature.

Bai Sheng lived in a shack, not even as good as a thatched house in the countryside, and the official building of the house had to wait until after the reclamation.

He went out with a hoe on his shoulder, and happened to meet the five Byford brothers.

Both of them are not very energetic, and they just nod each other when they meet, which is regarded as a greeting.

I have been carrying water yesterday, pouring those burned hillsides.Today, I have to dig the soil and clean up stones and other sundries at the same time. This thing is several times more tiring than farming, and Bai Sheng is out of breath after a short time.

Damn, if you don't want to be a well-behaved rogue, why do you want to go into the mountains and become a bandit?

The women's family members and children came to deliver meals in the middle of the morning, and when the men were wolfing down, the little leader took the opportunity to draw big cakes beside him: "Don't feel tired, the land you cultivated is all your own. The land tax received by the village owner, Although it is much heavier than the government, but there are no such exorbitant taxes, life is better than outside..."

No one paid attention to him, they were all busy cooking.

The little boss again took Bai Sheng as an example: "For someone like Bai Er, who is in his early twenties without a mother-in-law, he will be able to find a wife in the mountains after the land reclamation settles down. Wouldn't it be nice to have a few more children? You just need to farm the land with peace of mind. Feel free to hand over the land tax to the village owner, and don't worry about the rest. Compared with the outside, the mountains are so much better..."

Just those few words back and forth, and they are repeated every day, Bai Sheng's ears are almost callused.

After finally making it to the afternoon, the little boss suddenly announced that work would be over early: "I made money selling tea, my brothers were happy, and I slaughtered two big fat pigs. Today is a good day to celebrate. Here, we have worked hard to open up wasteland, and we will also get some pigskins." , pig's blood and offal, and the brothers also rewarded a few taels of fatty oil. Hurry up and pack it up, this meal is full, and you can eat it with your belly open!"

The middle and high-level bandits and their families eat large pieces of meat in the village, and they can also drink in large bowls.

As for the lower class like Bai Sheng, it can be regarded as a hit.

Pig skin, pig blood, viscera, fatty oil, vegetables... poured into a big clay pot and stewed, the taste is good, and the belly is full.

Holding his job bowl in his hands, Bai Sheng looked in the direction of the cottage, thinking about when to run away.

Finishing work early today, not as tired as before, and still able to eat a full meal, this is a good opportunity to escape from the cottage.

He didn't come to open up wasteland and farm land!

……

There are not many bandit leaders. After all, the entire Xixiang County is relatively sparsely populated.

Counting all the middle and high-level leaders, there were only three and a half tables.

These are all the backbones of Heifeng Village, and it is up to them to go down the mountain to rob.The rest of the bandits are all farmers, who are usually responsible for farming, and only use weapons when the officers and soldiers are encircling and suppressing.

There are several tables of old and weak women and children next to them, all of whom are the family members of bandit leaders.

The owner of the village, Yang Jun, raised a bowl of wine: "It's refreshing today, I'll do it first, I wish our Heifeng village more and more prosperous!"

"It's done!" The thieves raised their bowls.

The wine is sorghum sweet rice wine with a strength similar to that of beer.

"Eat meat, eat meat!"

When Yang Jun gave an order, the bandits let go of their hands and feet, punched and drank, ate meat and bragged.

After drinking bowls of rice wine, about six or seven bottles of beer, some people began to go to the hut to urinate and drain water.

Yang Jun stood up with a slightly red face, and walked to Yao Fang's side: "Second brother, I offer you a bowl!"

"I should respect my brother." Yao Fang stood up with a drink.

Yang Jun said: "Last year, the second younger brother contributed the most in robbing the gang horses, earning a lot of gold and silver. If the second younger brother was not for his mighty power, those tea-horse chiefs would have made it really difficult to deal with."

Instigated, that is, low-level military officers who work on errands, a group of unlucky bastards who work hard.

Yang Zhi, the blue-faced beast in real history, was the instigator responsible for escorting Hua Shigang, and if he made a mistake, he would have to face a lawsuit.It is not the envoy written in "Water Margin", because the envoy belongs to the Dianqiansi, but the envoy belongs to the military general or county officials.

Yao Fang said: "Those instigations are also bitter haha, they don't want to risk their lives."

"That's when I met my second younger brother, I killed one when I went up, and the rest ran away in fright!" Yang Jun laughed loudly.

The big master and the second master had a bowl of chatting and laughing.

Yang Jun was holding the wine bowl in his left hand, and his right hand was in his arms, waiting for Yao Fang to turn around and sit down, then he drew out his dagger and stabbed it.

Don't talk about sweat medicine, that thing is too high-end, and even poison is hard to find in the countryside.

Yao Fang didn't sit down immediately, but made up his mind and said: "Brother, I am so grateful for taking in these few years. I don't want to make it difficult for my brother. After a while, I will take people away and go to a new place." Find a place to fall into the village downstream. When the time comes, our two villages will support each other and fight against those bird officials together!"

Yang Jun was startled when he heard the words, stretched out his hand in his bosom, and then slowly retracted it.

He really regarded Yao Fang as a friend, as long as Yao Fang left voluntarily, all conflicts would be resolved, there was no need to kill people to break the rules.

Yang Jun was even willing to give more money and food, as long as he could send the person away as soon as possible, but he still symbolically asked: "What are you talking about? This Black Wind Village, you can stay as long as you want. Who dares to chew on it?" Tongue, I will cut off his tongue to drink!"

Before Yao Fang could speak again, Yang Ying, the third master, stood up suddenly, brought the bowl over and said, "I'm seeing my second brother off, and I drank this cup!"

Yang Jun quietly glared at his younger brother, complaining that he acted too anxiously, isn't it obvious that he wants to drive him away?
Zhang Guangdao sat beside him, but heaved a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that if he dragged it on any longer, there would be a commotion between the copycat brothers.

The more anxious Yang Ying acted, the more relieved Zhang Guangdao felt that he would be able to leave this bird place in a few days and find another good place to let the bird fly.

In a happy mood, Zhang Guangdao picked up the wine bowl and drank it.

"Done!"

Yao Fang clinked bowls with Yang Ying briskly, then raised his neck and drank.

Seeing that the conflict had been resolved, the village owner Yang Jun laughed loudly: "I'll do another bowl too!"

"Done!"

The other bandit leaders also raised their bowls to meet each other.

At this moment, taking advantage of the wine bowl to block Yao Fang's view, Yang Ying suddenly took out a spear.There is no wooden handle installed, it is only longer than a palm, and it is inconspicuous when hidden in the arms.

"Um!?"

Just as Yao Fang put down the wine bowl to his neck, he suddenly felt a pain in his abdomen, and looked at Yang Ying in disbelief.

He couldn't figure out why Yang Ying, the third master, wanted to do such a murderous thing when he was about to leave and no longer had anything to do with it.

Yang Ying's expression became ferocious, and she twisted the dart violently, trying to smash Yao Fang's intestines, and at the same time shouted: "Do it!"

"You bird man!"

Yao Fang was furious, grabbed the opponent's wrist with his left hand, and smashed out the empty wine bowl with his right hand.

This man was really mighty, he was pierced by a spear in his lower abdomen, and even stirred it on purpose, but he was still able to bear the pain and hit Yang Ying with a wine bowl until his forehead bled.

Yang Ying wanted to pull out the spear and stab again, but her wrist was already caught, and she couldn't break free for a while.

But Yao Fang threw away the smashed wine bowl, and swung out his fist again, beating Yang Ying until stares were staring at him.

The rest of the bandits didn't react.

Even the confidantes of the Yang family brothers thought it was a fire and planned to cancel it temporarily, so they can drink happily today.

Zhang Guangdao, who was sinking his head into drinking, turned his head to look immediately when he heard the movement, then pushed away the four masters beside him, picked up the bench and smashed the back of Yang Ying's head.

There was an instant chaos at the main table.

Among the nine top positions in the Shanzhai, the local faction accounted for six, and the outside faction only had the second master, fifth master and ninth master.

However, among the six native factions, two of them had a very good relationship with Yao Fang, so they didn't even know about it.

In other words, now four people are fighting three people, and two people don't know who to help.

Nine headed Yao Chang is Yao Fang's nephew, and the amount of sorghum rice wine he drank was at least six bottles of beer.My mind was a little confused at this moment, almost subconsciously, I picked up my chopsticks and stabbed at the Eighth Master.Ba Dangjia stretched out his left hand to block the chopsticks, took out his spear with his right hand, and stabbed fiercely at Yao Chang's chest.

"Stop fighting, they are all my brothers!" The sixth master panicked and dissuaded.

Yang Ying roared wildly: "Brother still not moving..."

Before he could finish speaking, the bench struck him, and he was knocked unconscious by Zhang Guangdao.

Only then did the village owner Yang Jun stop being dazed. Since his younger brother was dead, he had no choice but to take out a dagger and stab Yao Fang in the back.

"Dog thief!"

Yao Fang snatched Yang Ying's dart, turned around and stabbed Yang Jun angrily.

Under the serious injury, his speed slowed down, and Yang Jun narrowly dodged again, but there was still a wound on the back of his hand.

After leading two or three tables, Yang Jun also started working. Because Yao Fang's prestige was too high, Yang Jun was afraid that someone would secretly report the news, so he only told a few confidants.More than half of the bandit leaders didn't know in advance, and they didn't know who to help when they fought.

However, two generations of the Yang family have run the cottage, which cannot be overshadowed by Yao Fang's prestige over the past few years.In a short time, the neutrals have a choice - they must help the Waller.

Maybe give Yao Fang a few more years, and when his prestige continues to rise, Yang Jun won't even dare to make a move!

At this moment, Yao Chang of the Nine Leaders had been stabbed to death. Zhang Guangdao swung the bench across and stood back to back with the seriously injured Yao Fang.The victor was soon decided at the adjacent table, and more than a dozen bandit leaders came and surrounded them.

As for the family members of the bandits, they didn't understand the situation at all, and fled in a hurry with their children in their arms.

The two wounds were bleeding all the time, and what was worse was that the intestines were torn apart. Yao Fang panted and said, "I can't do it anymore, take Brother Huan with me!"

Zhang Guangdao said, "Let's go together."

"Then you can't get away," Yao Fang said, "I'll block them, you go hug Brother Huan and go."

Zhang Guangdao gritted his teeth: "Okay!"

After speaking, Zhang Guangdao waved the bench and chased in the direction where the family members were fleeing.

Yao Fang's rebellion failed at the beginning, and all his family members disappeared, except for his nephew Yao Chang, who was brought to the cottage and became the ninth head of the family.

Village owner Yang Jun personally acted as a matchmaker to find a wife for Yao Fang Xuxian, and gave birth to a son, Yao Huan, who is one and a half years old.

But he said that Zhang Guangdao rushed to the dance stool, no one could do what he passed, and he actually caught up with Yao Fang's wife and children.

"Sister-in-law, give me the child!" Zhang Guangdao shouted.

Although the woman is Yao Fang's wife, she is also a relative of the village owner Yang Jun, she hesitated a little, then turned around and sent out the child.

The child left his mother, and immediately burst into tears. Zhang Guangdao hugged him with his left arm, and rushed down the mountain with a bench in one hand.

"Block the gate of the village!" Yang Jun shouted and ordered.

Zhang Guangdao hurried to the gate of the village, he couldn't help but look back, but saw more than ten people besieging, Yao Fang could hardly hold on anymore.

Those bandit leaders who didn't bring weapons picked up their jobs and threw them around, waving benches and throwing them around.

In order to hold back these people and create an escape opportunity for Zhang Guangdao, Yao Fang fought hard on the spot, and was hit all over his body continuously, and more and more blood flowed from the two wounds.

He was so angry that he gradually lost his mind. He grabbed a person's belt suddenly and wanted to lift it up and smash it directly.However, due to the injury, his strength was insufficient, and he was exhausted when he lifted it up to his chest, so he turned around and threw it out.

A few benches came crashing down on him, Yao Fang didn't care about it, he went straight to the side and stabbed him to death with spear darts, but he killed the Eight Leaders to avenge his nephew.

A bench hit Yao Fang on the back of the head, his eyes turned black and he couldn't stand upright, and then several daggers and spears stabbed him.

The brave second master just died in such a useless way.

There is only one way down the mountain. Zhang Guangdao rushed out of the village gate with the child in his arms, and knocked down two bandits.

After another few hundred steps, a bandit leader was guarding there with more than a dozen minions (farmers).

In order to keep it secret, those minions didn't even know what the mission was, and only then did they receive the order to fight among themselves.They also carried spears in their hands, and all of them had wooden handles, like a short spear held in front of them.

The downhill passage is very narrow, and only two or three people can stand side by side.

Here, is a dead end!
Zhang Guangdao was full of anger at the moment, without stopping at all, he rushed close and threw the bench directly.

The bandits blocking the way with spears in their hands subconsciously blocked the flying benches, and the array of short spears instantly fell into chaos.

Zhang Guangdao protected the child, turned sideways and slammed forward, and halfway pushed aside a spear, and slammed into the crowd fiercely.

The minions suddenly turned on their backs, one of them even squeezed off the cliff, screaming and falling down, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.And Zhang Guangdao's right rib was also stabbed by a spear in the confusion.

Regardless of the pain, Zhang Guangdao grabbed a spear and stabbed it forward continuously. The bandits dodged in fright.

Firstly, they respected Zhang Guangdao's character, and secondly, because they were afraid of Zhang Guangdao's skills, they even gave up this dangerous passage and watched Zhang Guangdao go down the mountain with the child in his arms.

The bandit leader roared: "Hurry up, don't stand still!"

Those low-level people at the bottom of the mountain, who were actually farmers, had no idea what was going on, and watched Zhang Guangdao run farther and farther in a daze.

……

This is a valley, the stream is so wide that it can already be called a small river.

The tea in the mountains is transported to Hanshui by small boats through streams, and is quietly traded with Xiaobai officials.The bandits usually go out in small boats to rob merchant ships in the middle of the Han River when they rob.

There are several thatched huts on the shore, and small boats are buckled upside down.

Bai Sheng, who was full, ran out with an excuse to shit. He was going to steal a boat and escape, and he would not stay in the mountains to open up wasteland if he was killed.

Using all his strength, Bai Sheng finally turned the boat over and pushed the boat into the water.

Before he had time to get the oars, he heard a cry of killing.He thought that something happened to him, so he hurriedly turned around to get the oars, and secretly scolded the bandits for being mentally ill. He just stole a boat and escaped, so did he need to make such a big fuss?
Hurriedly putting on the oars, Bai Sheng took another penny and was about to push the boat away from the shore when he saw a person running towards him with a child in his arms: "It's Zhang Wuge?"

"Help me once, and I'll give you money!" Zhang Guangdao shouted.

Bai Sheng finally saw the pursuers from farther away, and immediately understood that the bandits were fighting among themselves. He held the penny to stop the boat, and shouted: "Zhang Wu, hurry up and get on the boat! I don't want money, I want to learn from you!" Gun stick!"

The child was still crying, and the wound on Zhang Guangdao's right rib was still bleeding.

Bai Sheng rode the pole quickly, looking back from time to time, seeing that the bandits were approaching, he was frightened but also extremely excited.

He has finally become a hero himself, he has done such great things, and he is no longer a country bumpkin.

Zhang Guangdao put the child down, and regardless of the pain of the wound, he used the oars to speed up the boat, his expression already grim due to fury.

A few years ago, they were betrayed by Zhu Zongdao, and now they were stabbed in the back by Yang Jun.

They all said they were going to leave, why did they want to kill them?
The owner of the village, Yang Jun, couldn't understand this question, and he was slapping his younger brother madly at the moment: "He is leaving, why do you still want to kill him?"

Yang Ying was knocked unconscious by the bench, and now she just woke up, and was slapped several times, and said in a daze, "If I don't kill him, I won't be happy!"

Yang Jun was furious when he heard this, and he wanted to strangle his younger brother to death with his own hands.

(End of this chapter)