Win the Ding 1617

"I received a message from the people in the county government a few days ago. There is a businessman from Nanzhong who intends to buy the land in Tai Po. Wu Wenming, the magistrate of the county, has already agreed. We just need to seal the house!"

Deng Yuanxun took out a letter and shook it in front of everyone's eyes.

Everyone was not surprised that the Deng family was able to extract secrets from the county government. They are all families that have been operating in Xin'an County for hundreds of years. Everyone tacitly understood the matter, otherwise they would not be worthy of being called a famous family.But to be able to find out such new news, and it was a matter of conspiracy between the county magistrate and the master, it must be awe-inspiring.

It is normal for other families to hear this. Things like buying and selling land are very common in China's thousands of years of agricultural civilization.What's more, there is only a cape there.

However, the descendants of the Deng family are different. There are their houses and shops there, and the fishing boats, cargo ships, and passenger ships of the Deng family come and go here, bringing them a lot of money.

"Grandpa, is this serious?!"

"Everyone knows that a few days ago, who passed through the county and killed hundreds of people who came out of the city and intercepted them under the county seat, who are the remaining people?"

"Didn't you say it was a passing mob?!"

"Hey! What an ignorant and brainless thing, the mob has so many firecrackers, can annihilate hundreds of people outside the city in a blink of an eye? And then walk away?" [

"This little brother from the Hou family is right, he is not a so-called mob." Slowly, Deng Yuanxun solved the mystery for everyone.

"It's the South Central Army, escorting a batch of goods from Hanyuan companies to Hozhou and Huizhou. I don't want Dianshi and others in the county to make a fortune. In the end, everyone saw it."

"Just now I heard someone say that they have already bought half of the land in Zuojinwei Village. If the rice still can't be sold at a price, they plan to buy the other half of the land as well. Then I will congratulate this good nephew first. But, I would like to ask, if the land you bought is still losing money in your hands, what should you do?"

"At that time, your shop will not have so much income for your family's expenses, but it is a family that is accustomed to eating. I wonder if you will cry when you look at the full pile of rice in the barn. !"

Everyone began to calm down, and analyzed all the things that Deng Yuanxun had said.

Tai Po bought land, and the South Central Army escorted the goods across the border.The time of death is approaching.This series of vocabulary was put together, and an extremely terrifying thing gradually emerged in the minds of everyone, and gradually became clear.

"In the past, the South China Army didn't care about Guangdong, but after the great victories at Daliaowan and Nan'ao Island, they and the Zheng family have now ruled the sea. They can then ship goods to the mainland. I heard that, The two families are bounded by senior members, the south belongs to the South China Army, and the north belongs to the Zheng family. Guangdong belongs to the South China Army's sphere of influence."

"Usually, the goods of the South China Army can only enter the provincial capital at the Pearl River Estuary and sell them to merchants from all over the country, or I will buy the goods from Hong Kong Island and then sell them to various places in eastern Guangdong. Everyone is fine."

"However, the matter before us is very simple. The South China Army intends to kick us out and ship goods to the hinterland of Guangdong!"

Mr. Deng's words were like sprinkling a handful of salt into a hot oil pan, and everyone's emotions immediately became agitated. If the South China Army directly opened a store in Da Po to sell to the hinterland of Guangdong, then their actual distribution And agents, there will not be so much business and profits, even if they still supply to themselves, but the status is bound to plummet.

How can a guest compare with a host?

In fact, I am a tenant of the South China Army, and I just work for them. However, this owner is an idiot. As long as his things are sold at the price he set, he doesn’t care how much you increase the price. For this price increase sale, various shops have fought over and over again many times.Fortunately, the five major families are still united here, and their guns are unanimous. After several rounds of discussions, an agreement on equal prices was reached, and everyone will earn other people's money together.

However, it is obvious in front of our eyes that the owner is going to open a store by himself, so what money will we make in the future? !

no!Absolutely not!

In the so-called traditional agricultural society of China, the real rich are not the so-called landlords, but the businessmen and landlords.Liu Wencai, a landowner who is famous all over the country and has far-reaching influence because of a group of sculptures "Rent Collection Courtyard", his real source of wealth is not only relying on the influence of his younger brother Liu Wenhui to collect donations and taxes, and embezzlement from it, but also to operate various businesses. From trafficking opium to running pawnshops and money houses, he earned a lot of silver dollars, but in his wealth, the proportion of land rent was only a small part. [

In the rural areas of old China, the landlords who really lived on land rent were also reluctant to eat meat. The houses they lived in were at most thirteen-story bricks, and the rest were made of adobe.

And these five major families and the small surnames who have close ties with them, it is precisely when the Nanzhong Army dumped various products to the inland that such a wave ho completed the transformation from landlord to concurrent business, and developed rapidly. .At the same time, using its rapidly expanding economic strength, it wantonly expanded and bought land when a large number of farmers went bankrupt or were on the verge of bankruptcy.This is why someone said that he had bought almost half of the land when he was drinking.

In fact, every time a natural disaster occurs, it is often the time when the land is quickly merged and concentrated in large quantities. Although it is not a natural disaster, it is a disaster.

Let these people who made a big deal of special entrepot trade in the commercial exchanges between the South Central Army and the mainland, and suddenly lost the source of huge profits, and had to compete with others on the same starting line. How could this make them bear it? ?

"Da Po is the Da Po of the Da Po people! It is the Da Po of my Xin'an people. It must not be sold to outsiders!"

"Yes! Without our consent, the land in Tai Po must not be sold to outsiders!"

"Yes! Gather the children of the clan and prepare to resist these southern barbarians!"

"Must Xin'an people come first?!" (Is this slogan familiar, similar to the name of a deadly Hong Kong counselor organization? I will say it again next time!)

Looking at the excited crowd in front of him, Deng Yuanxun's old eyes radiated a smug gleam, as if an old wolf had eaten a fat lamb.

"The Taizun parents don't want us, and we can't just sit and wait for death! The barbarians of the Southern Barbarians do not follow the etiquette, are shameless, refrain from doing evil, and are greedy. The Southern Barbarians have occupied Da Po Market today, and tomorrow will be Qingshan Bay. The money from the land of our ancestors will be squeezed out by the Nanman, we can't be prodigal sons, and we can't ruin our ancestors' family business!"

Posts with similar content were quickly spread in the surrounding villages, and people's emotions were ignited.It turned out that if the rice in the field cannot be sold, it would be a loss even if it was sold. Everyone worked hard all year round, but they still lost money.These are all caused by Nanman's tricks behind his back!

Lam Tsuen, Pat Heung, Kam Tin, Shiba Heung, Ping Shan, Xiamen (not Xiamen, Fujian, but a village in the New Territories), Castle Peak, Yuen Long and Fanling are among the most powerful landlords and gentry in the five major surnames of the New Territories: Deng, Hou, Peng, Under the tandem of Liao and Wen, they joined in the great cause of fighting against the Nanman to protect their homes and fields.

The patriarchs and gentlemen of the Deng family, the Hou family, the Peng family, the Liao family, and the Wen family generously took out all the Nanman swords and guns stored in their warehouses, and handed them over to the young and strong children of the clan to prepare and train them. Practice in a group, and prepare to give a head-on blow to those Nanmans who came to Tai Po to snatch food, let them know how powerful they are!

Looking around from the fort of Jiqingwei, the walls of the surrounding villages that can be seen from a distance have flags with their respective village names written on them, flying wantonly in the early hun wind.

Surrounded by his descendants, Deng Yuanxun walked around the wall of the village, already slightly out of breath.

"Grandpa, among our six sieges in Kam Tin, this one has the thickest wall and the strongest fortifications! We will definitely show Nanman a little bit!"

A young man of the grandson generation waved his arms with joy, as if pointing the country.

"Stupid stuff!"

I don't know why, Deng Yuanxun's temper has not been very good recently, and his anger is very strong. Because a cup of tea is not hot enough, he made one of his house maids kneel down in the yard for a day and a night, and he knelt to death alive. up.

"Can Jiqing Wei be stronger than the capitals of Annan?!"

Back home, several sons and capable grandsons knelt down in front of Mr. Deng to listen to his instructions.

"Remember, we can't defeat the Nanzhong Army. This must be kept in mind. Our purpose is not to start a war with the Nanzhong Army."

"Father, what is that for?!"

"Grandpa, do you mean to let the barbarians of the South Central Army know that the land in Dapu is not so easy to occupy, and then retreat in spite of the difficulties, and continue to cooperate with our Deng family, so that we can continue to make a fortune?!"

Looking at the grandson kneeling in the distance, Deng Yuanxun's old face like an orange peel showed a rare smile in recent r, "You can teach me!"

"Let others do the work of fighting, charging, and killing people. Remember, our purpose is twofold. One is to turn Tai Po into our territory, at least one and half of the Han Yuan Company. The second is Continue to sell various goods of the South China Army."

"do you understand?!"

"The son (grandson) understands!"

The conflict triggered by the purchase of land proceeded rapidly along its inherent track from brewing to accumulation to outbreak.It brought consequences that neither the five major families nor Chen Tianhua expected.

(By the way, in the history we are familiar with, the famous anti-British event in the New Territories was organized by these five families. However, the reason is not as magnificent as the textbook. The British are optimistic about the Tai Po Market, It is planned to build the police headquarters here. However, Dapu Market was approved by Xin'an County 11 years ago to the Deng family to build the site in the area north of the Lincun River, named Dabu Market, which is now the old Tai Po Market. It quickly developed into a prosperous market here. People with foreign surnames wanted to open shops in Dabu Market, but they were all opposed by the Deng clan, and they were even beaten out. Even the Wen family, who also belonged to the five major surnames, could not get a share of it. The soup can only be built in another place. In 1**2 (the 18th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty), the magistrate of Xin'an ruled that Dabu Market was the tax land of Deng's family, and other families could not build shops in the market. Since then, Dabu Market has been It has legally become the property of the Deng family or Happy Forest. But, you group of red-haired barbarians are not Jiang Menshen, why should you take away my cornucopia? Therefore, the gentry and landowners found a name of Wei Guangzheng to organize The anti-British struggle began. In the end, Jiqing Siege was breached, and even the iron gates were taken to Scotland for exhibition. However, the relationship between these local tyrants and the Hong Kong British authorities was very good immediately. The Hong Kong and British authorities stood together. This is the touching story of the Governor of Hong Kong personally returning the iron gate of Jiqingwei.)

In March of the seventh year of Chongzhen.

Chen Tianhua led the army back from Huizhou.

At the front of the team were the guards headed by Liang Kuan. As the team officer, he rode his horse in the middle of the team. This team of guards acted as scouts for the whole army, choosing the way for the brigade and investigating the enemy's situation.

The weather has started to get a little hot. After a long march, everyone's head and body are sweaty, and their faces are flushed by the sun.In order to replenish water, people kept picking up kettles and pouring water into their mouths.

The scouts looked back in the direction of the team, and saw a dense crowd of human heads, mixed in the team of carriages and horses, appearing bustling and bustling.

Riding his horse in the middle of the team, with the captain and guards following closely beside him, Chen Tianhua felt as if he was staring straight ahead of the horse, as expected, Bai Yiyong was a scholar!On this trip to Huizhou and Hozhou, not only did they sell all the goods of the Hanyuan firm, such as swords, guns and armor, and exchanged a lot of gold and silver. The settlement in the lair, anyway, is the harvest of nearly 2 more people.

Now all over Guangdong there are protests against grain and tax. However, according to Chairman Mao's analysis of the various classes in Chinese society, the earliest people who rise up in the anti-tax and grain resistance activities are often the most energetic and courageous people. Proprietors, once these people invaded the surrounding villages and market villages, how could they be polite?Money, food, women, livestock, and clothes were not swept away, but what was left was ruins and thousands or tens of thousands of homeless people.

These people have either become new blood in the anti-grain and anti-tax team, or have become refugees. In short, they are all factors of social instability.

What is even more tragic is that those who were looted by the thieves and bandits under the banner of resisting grain, women were used by them to solve their physical problems, the old and weak became the targets of torture and killing, and the young and strong became the targets of the next battle. cannon fodder.

Chen Tianhua had seen this kind of situation several times, and he was rescued when he encountered those thieves blocking his way along the way.Knowing that these tough and brave uncles came from the legendary Nanzhong, they naturally joined the marching team without mobilization, and more and more.

The other group of people were used by the mob to pay for the purchase of armor, knives and guns.There are servants of big families, tenants, artisans in market towns, and so on.In the eyes of others, these people can neither be killed nor be used for faction use. They have to consume food and rice to feed them all day long, so they simply send them out and exchange them for something useful!

This is how these 2 people came here!

Looking at the chattering and laughing people in the team, who have regained the courage and hope to live, think about the scene when r accepted them, all of them were in rags, and the clothes on their bodies were like sacks, which were barely usable. to cover the body.Some women and children have become numb to the concept of clothes, and only a few pieces of cloth cover their vital parts, leaving a large area of ​​nakedness exposed.The word shame can no longer be seen in them, and there is only numbness in their eyes, or so-called.Chen Tianhua didn't know what happened to them, but seeing their appearance, he couldn't help clenching his fists secretly. "Absolutely don't let them, let us live like this again!"

"My lord!" The battalion officer Deng Xianda rode his horse up to Chen Tianhua's horse, and the two walked side by side. "My subordinates have checked, and among the more than [-] people, about [-] are young and strong. They will return to Xin'an County and raise them on Hong Kong Island for a while. They will either board a ship and transport them back to Nanzhong, or choose some of them. People come out to enrich our team, and if your subordinates dare to issue military orders, just give me three months, at most half a year, and another strong army will come out!"

"Okay! I will give you three months to train two thousand soldiers for me!"

The two chatted and laughed for a while, before they entered Xin'an County.

"My lord! Captain Liang, who is the scout, asks for instructions, how should we march? Do we go around the county town, and cross the south of Shenzhen and go down to the Kowloon Walled City?"

"Tell Captain Liang, cross the river and go down to the Kowloon Walled City!"

Riding his horse across the Shenzhen River, Liang Kuan keenly felt that the atmosphere was not right. .

A Shenzhen River seems to separate two worlds.

On the north side of the river, people who were busy plowing and planting rice seedlings in the fields saw a team of horses passing by, and immediately led the cows, carried the plow sticks, and ran quickly to the surrounding village, leaving behind a few pairs of straw sandals and wide-brimmed black-topped shoes along the way. Hakka people like to wear bamboo hats.

On the south side of the river, it is another scene.There were hardly any people busy farming in the fields. As Liang Kuan's small cavalry team entered, flags were raised one after another on the walled villages along the way, and there was a loud and clear sound of gongs.Countless young and middle-aged men rushed up the wall of the village with knives and guns in their hands, watching the arrival of this group of unexpected guests with hatred.

"wrong!"

Liang Kuan hastily called two armor chiefs and assigned tasks to each.

"The people in the south of the river seem to be against us! You, I will give you a few more horses, and you take the horses to the Kowloon Walled City, find a way to cross the sea to Hong Kong Island, and ask them to send a boat to the seaside to meet them! Be sure to shoot Come the boat!"

Najiachang led his men to ride away with his horse.

"You, hurry up and report to the lord. The people here seem to have malicious intentions. He is asked to urge the team to cross the river and pass through the walled area as soon as possible, lest something will happen later!" (To be continued.)