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Chapter 49: Telescope, seeking a clear port

There were 60 bullies who snatched the body, and most of them were armed with weapons. Unfortunately, they were first hunted down by Liu Sheng, Yang Heqing, and then Wang Laowu and others as well as the rebel cavalry who chased and surrounded them. Within a moment, they were all killed. kill.

Of course, when he killed the last few people, Liu Sheng did not forget to interrogate them where they sold the meat.

Only then did I learn that the Cao family in the town was involved in a shady business in cooperation with Zhang Debiao and Liu Xicai. The Cao family had opened a restaurant and were also large farmers raising pigs, sheep, chickens and other livestock. They also almost monopolized the vegetable business in the town, which was perfect for selling meat. thing.

The mission of chasing down the bully was completed, but Yang Heqing's face didn't look good.

Because he lost the bet.

After all, he is not a cavalry commander. He can move faster while riding a horse, but killing people is not as crisp and clean as fighting on foot.

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Shengbu is too efficient in killing people.

Yang Heqing knew that Li Taibai had a poem called "Kill one person in ten steps, leave no trace in a thousand miles", but Liu Sheng could kill one person in six or seven steps on average.

After the war, Liu Sheng killed 21, but he only killed [-]. He lost clearly.

"Pick up their weapons, pile their bodies together, and get some firewood to burn them."

While Yang Heqing was riding on his horse, thinking about the bet and the battle just now, Liu Sheng directed everyone to clean up the battlefield.

Not only Wang Laowu and others listened to him, but the rebel cavalry also listened to him.

If we talk about the battle at Taniguchi, Liu Sheng used two revolvers like magic weapons descending from the sky to help the rebels turn defeat into victory, which surprised these elite rebels.

So in the battle just now, Liu Sheng did not use a revolver, but still controlled Yang Heqing with his superb killing skills, which impressed these elite rebels from the bottom of their hearts.

To obey and follow the strong is not only the nature of some animals, but also the nature of humans.

At this time, in the eyes of everyone, Liu Sheng was obviously a strong man worthy of being obeyed and followed.

When Yang Heqing came back to his senses, he felt even more uncomfortable when he saw that the rebel cavalry and soldiers were all following Liu Sheng's orders to work.

He came over and said, "These people are just trash. Let them expose their corpses in the wilderness to feed wild dogs. Why bother burning the corpses?"

At this time, the Han people's concept was that burial was the most important thing, and cremation of corpses was a last resort. However, compared with leaving the corpses exposed in the wilderness to feed wild dogs, cremation was obviously a better treatment.

It was summer, and firewood was not easy to collect. Yang Heqing really felt that burning these corpses was a waste of time.

Liu Sheng said: "With more than 50 corpses, if left alone, wild dogs may come to eat them, or they may be taken away by people.

Moreover, in this weather, corpses can easily stink and rot, and gathering together can easily bring plague.

If you encounter corpses in the future, you can bury them if they are small in number, or burn them if they are large. "

Yang Heqing was silent for a moment.

Liu Sheng not only had the skills to stabilize him, but also understood so many principles. Although he was unhappy when he lost the bet, he was actually convinced in his heart.

Liu Sheng patted Yang Heqing on the shoulder and said, "Pick a few good riders to go with me to explore what's going on in King Chu City. Just leave the burning of the corpses to others."

Yang Heqing nodded and obeyed.

King Chu City is only a dozen miles away from the Refugee Valley. Liu Sheng and others rode fast horses and arrived at a mound three miles away from King Chu City in ten minutes.

Liu Sheng reined in his horse and stopped.

Yang Heqing was puzzled: "Why did it stop? You can't see anything from this far away."

Liu Sheng took out the telescope and said, "Have you ever heard of a telescope?"

"What? Telescope?" Yang Heqing shook his head, "I've never heard of it."

His family was originally a small landowner. Although he had the conditions to study, he was naughty since he was a child. He beat the son of a private school teacher in the village and refused to study again. His father did not force him.

Within two years, his second uncle returned to the village as a soldier recruiter, and he followed his second uncle to learn the sword and spear techniques used in battle formations.

As for bow and arrow, I learned it since I was a child.

Later, a group of rebel soldiers came to the village and almost massacred the village. Only he and a few companions of similar ages escaped because they went hunting in Jigong Mountain.

He went to the government to redress his grievance to no avail, but was beaten down. In a fit of anger, he went to Jigong Mountain to become a bandit.

Later, he met Qiao Mancang, Hong Niangzi and others, and they became sworn brothers and rebelled by killing officials...
According to Liu Sheng’s knowledge, missionary Matteo Ricci may have introduced telescopes to the Ming Dynasty as early as the ninth year of Wanli.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the technology of making telescopes was even mastered - the method and process of making telescopes are introduced in detail in Xu Guangqi's transcript of the "Minutes of Kaicheng".

However, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, most scholars and even officials and generals still did not know about the telescope. It is not surprising that Yang Heqing, a rebel leader who was most likely a peasant, did not know about this thing.

He introduced: "A telescope is also called a telescope. As the name suggests, it can see things that are difficult to see with the naked eye from a distance, just like the legendary clairvoyance."

After speaking, Liu Sheng handed the used telescope to Yang Heqing.Because it was Liu Sheng who adjusted the focus, Yang Heqing imitated Liu Sheng's look and immediately exclaimed.

"Mother! How did King Chu's city become so big and so clear?"

He looked to more places and looked carefully.

"The city gate is closed, and some officers and soldiers are patrolling the city. I can still see that they are very nervous!"

"Martial law has also been enforced over Changtaiguan, and there are not many officers and soldiers on the wall. They are very nervous..."

After looking at it for a long time, Yang Heqing reluctantly returned the telescope to Liu Sheng and said, "Master Liu has such a treasure. It will be much easier to fight with the army."

Liu Sheng said: "Telescopes are easy to use, but they cannot be relied on too much. When marching and fighting, the scouting horses of this faction cannot be less.

In addition, a very small number of officers and generals may have telescopes. If a big war really breaks out, we must pay attention. "

The King of Chu City looked like it still had insufficient troops to defend the city. It was obviously impossible to send troops to Refugee Valley - it was probably because some officers and soldiers fled back on horseback and informed the defenders of Liu Xicai's death in battle and the defeat of the officers and soldiers.

Liu Sheng didn't want to attack Chu King City, so he took Yang Heqing and others away.

Back near the Refugee Valley, Wang Laowu and others had obtained enough firewood to burn the bodies of dozens of bullies.

Liu Sheng watched for a few minutes and then asked Wang Laowu and others to return to the Refugee Valley.

Taniguchi.

When Liu Sheng got off his horse, the red lady came up to him and asked, "What's going on?"

Liu Sheng said with a smile: "Those bullies have been executed. The gates of King Chu City and Changtai Pass are closed. I guess the guards still think there are insufficient troops and will not come to interfere with the affairs here."

Seeing that Yang Heqing was following Liu Sheng and not answering before Liu Sheng, Lady Hong was a little surprised, but she didn't think much about it.

She said: "In that case, why don't I go to Tianmu Mountain with Master Liu to see the treasure land?"

"No rush, we still have something to do."

The red lady then remembered that Liu Sheng had mentioned before that she asked the rebels to help with something.

So he asked, "What's the matter?"

Liu Sheng said: "The Zhang family in Minggang is one of the largest grain merchants in Runing Prefecture, and they even monopolize the grain trading in the Minggang area.

The price of grain in Minggang and surrounding markets soared to 50 taels per stone within a month or two. This was not only due to natural disasters, but also because of deliberate hoarding by grain merchants like the Zhang family.

Now the Zhang family has been kidnapped by you, and most of the only nearby official army has been wiped out by us. It is impossible to leave the King of Chu City for the time being.

So, why don't we fight back to Minggang, transport away all the grain that the Zhang family has hoarded, and get a batch of other supplies needed for farming? "

Upon hearing this, the red lady's eyes suddenly lit up.

Yang Heqing was even more excited and said: "Zhai Leader Liu is right! Now is a good opportunity for us to fight back to Minggang!"

The red lady calmed down her excitement and said: "According to what Uncle Yan said, the few granaries provided by Zhang Dezhao alone contained several thousand dans of grain. We only transported [-] dans earlier, and the remaining grains were placed in Zhang's house." It's a pity indeed.

However, the big families in Minggang maintain many nursing homes, and what we did at noon has probably alerted them.

If they unite together and seize the Zhang family's grain first, I'm afraid that even if we break into the town, we may not be able to seize the Zhang family's grain. "

Liu Sheng smiled and said: "You probably don't know what happened in the town after you left..."

Then, Liu Sheng told the story that Liu Xicai and Fan Yongcheng sent people to destroy the Zhang family, but he took the opportunity to release more than 100 archers to cause trouble.

Lady Hong, Yang Heqing and others were stunned when they heard this.

After coming back to her senses, the red lady suddenly said: "No wonder Liu Xicai hid in the town with hundreds of officers and soldiers but waited for us to leave the town before taking action. It turned out that he wanted to destroy the Zhang family in our name."

Yang Heqing asked: "So we didn't kill the more than 100 archers, which happened to ruin the good things of the officers and soldiers and the surname Fan?"

Lady Hong smiled and said, "If Master Liu hadn't sneaked in to loosen their bonds, they would have had no choice but to be slaughtered by the officers and soldiers."

Liu Sheng said: "In short, the three largest forces in the town, the officers and soldiers, the Zhang family, and the Fan family, are like dogs biting dogs. No matter which side wins, a lot of manpower will be lost.

However, I think Liu Xicai brought dozens less people to attack Refugee Valley. Most of them sent troops to support the Zhang family when they left the town.Therefore, it may be the officers and soldiers and the Fan family who win in the end.

We can first bring more than 200 elite soldiers back to destroy the winning side and control the Zhang family's grain harvest.

Then some of the food was distributed to ordinary people to gain their support.In this way, other big households in the town will not have anything to worry about. "

(End of this chapter)