Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

At this time, in the big camp of the rebellious people, all the leaders were arguing fiercely around Master Mou.These chiefs are arguing about two points: one is that the county seat seems to have become a hard bone now, so should we gnaw on this hard bone; the other is, if we do, which leader should be sent down How about eating that hard bone?

After arguing and arguing, Master Mou finally made a decision: he asked these leaders to draw out some of their men and gather them together.In the morning tomorrow, try to attack the county again.

However, the next day's attack ended even faster.When the assembled people of the Holy Spirit Society held shields made of door panels, they timidly touched under the city wall.As soon as they exposed their bodies under the shield and wanted to set up the ladder, they heard a burst of bombardment.

Hearing the bombardment of the firecrackers, all the people in the Holy Spirit Society lost their minds. They dropped the door panels and weapons in their hands, turned around and fled.

Even Wu Shigong on the city wall expressed his sorrow for the performance of these people in the Holy Spirit Society.You know, Wu Shigong doesn't have much gunpowder, just now Wu Shigong used only twenty firecrackers to deal with the rioters of the Holy Spirit Society.Therefore, few people were killed at all.

And on the city wall, a few strong men carrying hot gold juice (boiling dung water), trying to pour the golden juice on the rioters, saw the rioters under the city wall, and suddenly disappeared.They immediately came to a screeching halt.Haoxuan didn't let Jinjue burn themselves.

Although there was almost an accidental injury, the morale of the soldiers and strong men on the city wall was absolutely high.Now, even the most inexperienced young man can tell that the rioters outside the county town are just a bunch of mobs.

After the second attack, those rioters gathered in the camp and never attacked the county again.

From the beginning to the end of this attack on the county seat, Wu Shigong and the others have not killed fifty rioters from the Holy Spirit Society.Moreover, Wu Shigong and the others never had a hand-to-hand fight with these rioters.

But just like that, these rioters dared not attack the county town.What's even more ridiculous is that the leaders of those rioters didn't even dare to organize these rioters to attack the county.

Master Mou in the camp of the rioters was helpless.For the first time, he felt that his cause of rebellion might not be so easy.However, now that the leaders under him are all looking at him, it's hard for him to act at a loss.

At this moment, a piece of news rescued Master Mou from the predicament.The believers of the Holy Spirit Society hidden in Guidefu City sent news to Master Mou: Commander Zhao of Guidewei took away most of the troops in Guidefu City.Now, the defense of Guide City is absolutely empty.

After hearing the news, Grand Master Mou looked sad.He immediately gathered all the leaders and asked them to lead their men to clean up the surrounding area of ​​the county.Then, they bypassed the county seat and went directly to attack Guide City.

Then, those who stood on the wall of the county seat saw these rioters scattered like swarms of wasps.Then, puffs of burnt smoke rose from the residential houses outside the county seat.However, these rioters are also very sensible, they do not dare to approach the city wall.

The rioters burned and looted like this all day long.Then, the rioters gathered in the big camp and set off as a whole.However, the troops of the rioters still dare not approach the city wall.They circled the city wall far away, made a half circle, and walked towards the east of the county.

Seeing the back of the last rioter disappear out of sight, continuous cheers erupted from the city wall.Even County Magistrate Qi raised his hands a little out of composure and kept jumping.

Wu Shigong was also very excited.Anyway, this was the first fight he won.Although calling this a fight is somewhat of an insult to the term "fight".

Wu Shigong couldn't help his heart agitated, he opened his mouth and sang.He sang the famous "Katyusha".

"Just when pear blossoms are blooming all over the world,

There is a soft veil floating on the river.

Katyusha stood on the steep bank,

............"

Don't you say that this famous song from the former Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War can indeed sing the hearts of the victorious soldiers.And the song is catchy.Soon, the song "Katyusha" was sung all over the county.

Taking advantage of the spare time, Li Lu clung to Wu Shigong's ear and asked curiously, "Cousin-in-law, who is that Katyusha?"

Wu Shigong blurted out an answer: "Oh! Katyusha is to welcome the returning soldiers, the lovers of the soldiers."

"Oh!" Li Lu nodded.With the original smile on his face.

Seeing that Li Lu seemed to be smiling furtively, Wu Shigong quickly explained: "Then Katyusha has nothing to do with me!"

"Oh!" Li Lu's smile became even more sneaky.He showed Wu Shigong a tacit expression among men.

Wu Shigong gave Li Lu a blank look, and thought to himself: "This matter is getting darker and darker, you can think whatever you like."

However, Wu Shigong never expected that the song "Katyusha" he sang out of interest would become an enduring song in this county.His statement was also widely circulated by people in this county.

From then on in this county, the stage name of the brothel oiran was permanently called Katyusha, and on the night when this oiran was elected, the first song she sang must also be "Katyusha".

After reveling for a while, under the advice of Wu Shigong and Qi County Magistrate, all the people still did not relax their vigilance.They want to prevent these rioters from shooting back.

After guarding against it for two days, at Wu Shigong's suggestion, Wu Shigong, the county magistrate Qi, Yao Yuanwai and other local gentry held a meeting together.Unexpectedly, at the meeting, fierce quarrels broke out among the top figures in the county who had just united sincerely.To be precise, Wu Shigong and everyone else had a fierce quarrel.

Wu Shigong convened this meeting for two purposes: the first purpose was to allow the gentry in the county to donate the young and strong of the family, let them receive military training out of production, and form a 500-member militia to protect the county.The support of the militia will be shared by these gentry.Of course, this militia group must be under the leadership of Wu Shigong.

The second purpose is that the more than 2000 shi of grain and medicinal materials that were transported into the official warehouse and the medicinal materials placed in the county government will be used as a thank you fee to Wu Shigong.Owned by Wu Shigong.

However, when Wu Shigong proposed the first purpose, Yao Yuanwai and the local gentry jumped up.

They have no objection to Wu Shigong's idea of ​​establishing a militia to protect the county.However, if they were asked to contribute money and food, how could they be willing?

These gentry also have some awareness.This time they also plan to give Wu Shigong some thank you money.Moreover, they did not have any unrealistic ideas about the grain entering the official warehouse and the medicinal materials in the county government.

But in their thinking, in the process of defending the county this time, Wu Shigong didn't use much force, at most he fired a few shots with firecrackers. past.

But now, Wu Shigong not only needs the young and strong in their family, but also needs them to pay for the money and food to support these young and strong, which simply makes them spend a lot of money every year.

In the beginning, County Magistrate Qi sat on the sidelines indifferently, and at most gave a few words of persuasion.County magistrate Qi's thought was: I'm leaving this county anyway, so there's no need to worry about such things.

However, when he heard Wu Shigong's words vaguely revealed that the grain in the official warehouse and the medicinal materials in the county government would also belong to Wu Shigong, he immediately jumped up too.

Why?The food in the official warehouse and the medicinal materials in the county government must belong to the county magistrate Qi.On this point, County Magistrate Qi and Wu Shigong had no room for discussion.

However, no matter how red-faced they were arguing, none of them left in a hurry.Because they all know; now between them, no one can do without each other.

Wu Shigong was thinking about these youth and materials.The county magistrate Qi and Yao Yuanwai, the local gentry, were afraid that if Wu Shigong, a household of [-] people, were to be provoked, Wu Shigong would leave the county with his soldiers.If those rioters get the news and shoot back and forth, it will be a lot of fun.

In the end, it's all about compromise.After repeated bargaining, Wu Shigong reached an agreement with the local gentry like Yao Yuanwai on the first point.The content of the agreement is:

Yao Yuanwai and these local gentry will donate [-] young men from their families to form a militia.However, the leader of this militia can be sent by Wu Shigong, and Wu Shigong is also responsible for training.However, the small and medium leaders of the militia will be local people.

The food in the official warehouse and the medicinal materials in the county government (most of these medicinal materials are also from the pharmacies owned by these gentry) will be donated to the government, and the government will handle it by itself.That is to say, let Wu Shigong and Qi county magistrate decide how to allocate.

As for the support of these young adults, it is determined in this way.The government will confiscate the land of the rebels in this county who participated in the rebellion this time.Half of them will be used as public land.The income from the public land will be used as support for these young and strong.

Originally, the confiscated land would also be a big income for the county government.However, magistrate Qi thought about leaving too.So, on this point, he reluctantly agreed.

After this round of confrontation was over, Wu Shigong and County Magistrate Qi raised their teacups at the same time, and both took a sip of tea.They are all moistening their throats and preparing for the next round of confrontation: deciding on the ownership of the grain in the official warehouse and the medicinal materials in the county government.

But at this moment, a sudden news brought the meeting to an abrupt end.A small official came from Guidefu City, and he was hoisted into the county town by a hanging basket from the city wall of the county town.

Surprisingly, this petty official sent a letter to Wu Shigong.When the little official ran into the county office panting, he collapsed on the ground and shouted to the county magistrate Qi and Wu Shigong who were sitting at the top: "My lords, Fucheng is in a hurry, go to the rescue!" ah!"