Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 167 Zheng Ming's Past and Knowledge

After the meal, the soldiers sat together in groups of three or four, chatting and bragging, and some of them took advantage of the good weather to go to the river to take a bath.

Because Chen Gu completely cut off his braids after entering the mountains and kept a flat head, as the saying goes, "what the superior likes, the subordinates will follow", so the soldiers of the Fobao faction basically cut off their braids and kept a flat head, which led the whole army.

It is very convenient to take a bath and wash your hair now. You don’t have to worry about catching a cold because your hair cannot dry, so many people take a bath regularly.

During the break after dinner, the senior executives would take the initiative to come to Chen Gu's side. Chen Gu would also use this time to chat with everyone casually. Sometimes he would also arrange tasks temporarily. After a battle today, it was necessary to review the battle.

Reviewing the war not only helps to review gains and losses, but also improves the tactical level of officers, which is very necessary.

After these senior officers understand the gains and losses, they will usually talk to the middle-level officers, then the grassroots officers, and finally the ordinary soldiers. The old soldiers teach the new recruits. As long as the army is established for a long time and fights many wars, its combat effectiveness will naturally become stronger and stronger.

"Today I'd like to introduce a new person to you." Chen Gu hesitated for a moment and then said, "It seems that saying newcomers is not important enough, and saying fellows doesn't seem to be enough to reflect our ambitions, so let's say comrades.

Today I would like to introduce to you a new comrade, Mr. Zheng Ming from the watershed.

Mr. Zheng is very familiar with Luzhou City and can help us quickly set up various departments. There are enough scholars in Fenshuiling who can join the various departments to strengthen the manpower. I hope everyone can cooperate well with Mr. Zheng! "

People from the ten major clans in Jiangjin County were all looking at Zheng Ming. After Bai Wencheng and Bian Shichun looked at Zheng Ming, they whispered to each other for a while, and then their eyes turned playful when they looked at Zheng Ming again.

Zheng Ming was also looking at the young descendants of the ten major clans in Jiangjin County. These people were the ones he would cooperate with next. Whether Luzhou could complete the equal distribution of land as soon as possible and get it on the right track depended on whether their direct cooperation was efficient and smooth.

This is a test of the abilities of both sides.

"Let the military personnel stay and review the gains and losses of the day's war. Mr. Zheng can get close to the heads of our departments!" said Chen Gu.

Zheng Ming smiled and nodded, then walked towards Bai Wencheng and others, and said with a smile: “Come on, let’s find another place to chat, and we won’t disturb the leaders here.”

"Mr. Zheng, have you ever been to Jiangjin County?" Bai Wencheng asked tentatively.

Zheng Ming raised his eyebrows, nodded and smiled: "I went there when I was young, and I met a kid named Bai Yunqing who wanted to bully me because I was poor. I beat him up twice. I remember once in the school and once outside the examination room."

Bai Wencheng was speechless for a moment, while the others were trying to hold back their laughter.

Zheng Ming continued, "Bai Yunqing brought more than a dozen of his followers with him outside the examination room. Guess what happened? I beat them all by myself. I was only 18 years old that year. How about that? Amazing, right?"

Now no one could laugh anymore, even Bian Shichun was silent. After all, the Bai family and the Bian family had only fallen out more than ten years ago, and it was only a superficial falling out for outsiders to see. Therefore, the group of people beaten by Zheng Ming at that time might have included all the older generations of the ten major families in Jiangjin County.

They had all heard of the name Zheng Ming, but they didn't know the details. They only knew that more than 20 years ago, there was a young scholar in Jiangjin County who was very much loved by Jiao Yu, because he not only saved Jiao Yu's life, but also won the first place in the exam. It stands to reason that it is a happy thing for Jiangjin County to have a first place in the exam, after all, it makes the whole Jiangjin County look good, but this young man seemed to be very disgusted with the big families. Not only did he refuse all the marriage proposals from the big families, but he also had many conflicts with the young children of the big families at that time.

This is too much. You have occupied the resources of Jiangjin County, but you are unwilling to put down roots. People will definitely not be happy about this. Not only did the younger generation cause trouble, but the older generation also took action. Finally, they found a breakthrough from his birth and drove Zheng Ming away.

Bai Wencheng squinted at Zheng Ming and said, "Mr. Zheng is easy to find. There are still a few unmarried elders in the big families in Jiangjin County. I will send them to the watershed for Mr. Zheng someday."

Zheng Ming couldn't help but be stunned, then he sighed and said: "If you really haven't married yet, then send her to the watershed."

"Are you serious, Mr. Zheng?" Bian Shichun asked immediately.

"Of course it's true. You're old now, why do you still care so much? I think with the leader's broad mind, he won't mind. Sometimes some stains may not be a bad thing!" Zheng Ming said.

"Mr. Zheng, have you started to think about abandoning your rival now?" Bai Wencheng asked with a frown.

Zheng Ming thought for a moment and recited: "What you suffer today is what you did in the past, and what you do today is what you suffer tomorrow. Reincarnation is not in the past life, this life, or the next life, but only in this life. If reincarnation is endless, it will be passed on to future generations. If there is misfortune or blessing for no reason, it must be left by the ancestors."

After Bai Wencheng and the others chewed over Zheng Ming's words several times, they all bowed to Zheng Ming and said sincerely, "Thank you for your guidance, sir!"

What Zheng Ming said can completely serve as a family warning. It has the same effect as the two ancient sayings, "The blessings of a gentleman will be cut off after five generations" and "A family that accumulates good will surely have surplus blessings, and a family that accumulates evil will surely have surplus disasters." It can even be said more clearly and comprehensively.

After just a few words, the younger generation in Jiangjin County became closer to Zheng Ming, and the subsequent cooperation became much smoother.

The next day, Zheng Ming rode quickly back to the watershed. People on the watershed began to come down the mountain in large numbers that day, entering every household at the foot of the mountain to lobby and preach the benefits of the Huaxia Ministry.

Although the watershed was blocked by the imperial court, for the local people, this blockade was only superficial. Couldn't they open a mountain path to escape instead of taking the main road?
The watershed has been able to develop for more than 20 years and become increasingly powerful, so naturally there is a way for it to exchange supplies with the people living down the mountain.

Over the years, under the leadership of Zheng Ming, Fenshuiling has not only developed better and better, but also done things more fairly and justly, and gave benefits to the people everywhere.

Therefore, although Fenshuiling was designated as a bandit by the government, he had a very good reputation in the surrounding area.

How can the people trust a government that is unpopular? What's more, the watershed can bring them real benefits.

With the help of the watershed, the task of defeating the landlords and dividing the land went very smoothly.

Chen Gu's army was watching covetously from the sidelines, which also made the landlords outside the city lose the courage to resist. If they did not resist, at least their wives, children and elderly mothers could still live, and as long as they did not do any evil in their daily lives, they could also survive. If they resisted, it would be hard to say.

(End of this chapter)