Smuggling Daming

After Zhou Zhong and the others left Qingzhou, they headed east all the way, and soon came to Weihaiwei again. As a result, when the Commander Meng heard the news of Zhou Zhong's arrival, he immediately ran out several miles to meet him in fright, because Zhou Zhong's identity had already been established. Unlike in the past, Emperor Zhengde's emphasis on Zhou Zhong is not mentioned for the time being. In addition, one of the important duties of the Admiral of the Four Seas is to control the coastal guards. That is to say, as long as Zhou Zhong is willing, his Weihai Guard is also under Zhou Zhong's jurisdiction. Therefore, when he heard that Zhou Zhong, his immediate boss, was coming, he naturally rushed to curry favor.

Regarding Commander Meng, Zhou Zhong still has a good impression of him. Although this person is very incompetent as a military attache, the entire Weihai Guardhouse has long since been abandoned and lost its original function, but this man as a military officer The local officials have done a very good job. At least the people in Weihaiwei have a better life than other guards around because of the benefits of the port. The people in the guard also benefited from it.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Zhong deliberately praised Commander Meng a few words. Of course, after the compliment, he did not forget to beat the other party to tell him not to be too greedy, and hinted that he was very optimistic about him. , when there is an opportunity, he will speak to His Majesty, and maybe his position will be promoted at that time, of course, the premise is that he has to show his political achievements.

Regarding Zhou Zhong's hint, Commander Meng was also overjoyed, and immediately said that he would not disappoint the admiral's expectations, and that he would definitely benefit the people in the future, etc.!

Zhou Zhong lived in Weihaiwei for another two days, until the third day.After receiving the news, the fleet that came to pick him up finally arrived, and the group of them got on the boat again and headed south with the wind.However, at the same time that Zhou Zhong and his group left Shandong, a major event happened on the border of Shandong, and this event was inseparably related to Zhou Zhong.

Jinan Prefecture, Shandong Province is surrounded by Mount Tai in the south and the Yellow River in the north. It can be said that it is a rare and good place with mountains behind and water in front.And among the mountains in the south of Jinan Prefecture, there is a hill that looks gentle from a distance, but is actually extremely steep.There is a black stone in the shape of an old cow on the top of the hill, and there is a camp built by robbers on the mountain, so this mountain is called Hei Niu Village.

Speaking of Heiniu Village, it has been a long time. The south of Jinan City is originally mountainous, and whenever the weather is bad.There will always be people entrenched in the mountains as bandits, and this Hei Niu Village is one of them. It is said that at the end of the Tang Dynasty, there were bandits who built camps on the top of the mountain. Of course, after so many years, the bandits on the top of the mountain have also changed countless times.It is also that Black Niu Village has such a long history, so it is near Jinan.Hei Niu Village has almost become synonymous with robbers.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the country has been plagued by natural disasters, and many people could not survive because of the famine, so the robbers in Hei Niu Village were almost never stopped. It is difficult to defend and attack, so many times they returned without success.Later, I let it go.

The leader of this generation of Heiniuzhai is named Yang Hu, who is the Shandong rebel who defected to Liu Liu and Liu Qi in history.After he followed Bai Ying's uprising and failed, he brought his brothers to the vicinity of Jinan, and later joined Hei Niu Village as a leader. Later, internal strife broke out in the village, and he took the opportunity to kill several other leaders and became a leader. The master of Hei Niu Village.

In the Juyi Hall in the middle of Heiniu Village, Yang Hu, who is the head of the family, is drinking alone.Although Yang Hu's previous rebellion failed, it aroused his ambition, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to regroup. Some time ago, he heard that his old friends Liu Liu, Liu Qi, Qi Yanming and others rebelled in Bazhou. He was also very excited, thinking that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally come, so he immediately planned to take people to Bazhou to join Liu Liu and Liu Qi and the others, and then he would use his own ability to do a big job, even if he couldn't become the emperor, but It is not impossible to seal the Marquis and pay homage to the Prime Minister.

Although Yang Hu's idea seems ridiculous, it is the common aspiration of most of the rebels in the past. Although they know that rebellion will take a lot of risk, but when they think of the huge rewards after the rebellion succeeds, they can't care about anything else , As a result, he gambled all his wealth and life, even if he was defeated in the end, he would not hesitate to die.

It's a pity that before Yang Hu left, there was a bad news from Bazhou, that is, Liu Liu, Liu Qi and others who were still vigorous before, were defeated by the army led by Bo Shenying of Jingyang. Six, Liu and Qi also died on the battlefield, and Qi Yanming was nowhere to be found. As for other old friends, they also fled to death. It can be said that this rebellion in Bazhou has completely failed.

"Hey, why are Liu Liu and Liu Qi so useless? They have just rebelled for more than two months, but they have already lost so miserably. If they can hold on for a while longer, after joining me, they will definitely defeat Shenying. !" Yang Hu, who was sitting in the hall, raised his head and drank a bowl of wine, sighing and muttering to himself.

For the deaths of Liu Liu, Liu Qi and others, Yang Hu didn't feel too much grief. Although he had a good friendship with the other party, people like them had long taken life and death lightly, and in Yang Hu's view, Liu Liu Liuqi was so useless that he was wiped out in such a short period of time, which made him miss another good opportunity to make a comeback.

Thinking of such a good opportunity disappearing in vain, Yang Hu couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, so he picked up the flagon and drank a few more swigs.He is almost 50 years old this year. If he can't find a chance to make a comeback, he may just be a bandit leader in this small black cow village for the rest of his life.

When Yang Hu was drinking alone, a small leader suddenly ran in and reported to him: "The head of the family, a man came down from the mountain, claiming to be your brother back then, because he was wanted by the court and had nowhere to go, so he came to join you Master!"

"Oh, my brother from back then?" Yang Hu put down the jug when he heard the report, frowned and thought about it. He was a thief back then, and later rebelled with Bai Ying, so almost all the brothers he knew were wanted by the court. The most important criminal, so for a while he really couldn't guess who was going to defect to him.

Since you can't think of it, don't think about it, I saw Yang Hu immediately dropped the wine pot and stood up, and came to the gate of Heiniu Village with the little boss.On the flat ground on the top of the mountain where the entire Black Niu Village was built, the gate of the village happened to be facing the only road up the mountain, and this road was extremely narrow. If they were attacked by officers and soldiers, they only needed to prepare enough rolling wood and thunder stones, which would be enough to knock them out of the way. The officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and finally had to return without success.

I saw Yang Hu boarded the gate of Heiniu Village and looked down, only to find a very embarrassed man standing in front of the gate. He saw that the man's hair was disheveled and his face was dark, which made people feel uncomfortable. I can't see the real face clearly, it's winter now, but the clothes on the person below are unfair and thin, and there are a few big holes, standing shivering in the cold wind on the top of the mountain, he is no different from a beggar on the street .

Looking at the beggar-like figure below, Yang Hu couldn't recognize the other person's identity anyway. Just when he was wondering, the beggar below also saw Yang Hu on the gate of the village at this moment. There was also a look of ecstasy on his face, and he shouted loudly: "Brother Yang Hu, don't you recognize Qi?"

Hearing that this person claimed to be surnamed Qi, and his voice was very familiar, Yang Hu immediately recognized the other person's identity, and he was also overjoyed and shouted at that time: "That's great, so you really escaped, Brother Qi, Quickly open the gate to welcome!"

Following Yang Hu's instructions, the gate of Heiniu Village slowly opened. At this time, Qi Yanming also ran down from the gate and came to the beggar in person, not caring about the dirty and smelly body of the beggar. With an excited face, he held the other party's hand and had a cordial conversation, and then personally welcomed the other party to the cottage.

The beggar who claimed to be Qi was exactly Qi Yanming who escaped from Bazhou. He finally escaped from Bazhou after crossing Shizui Cliff. Sure enough, it was not as strict as Bazhou, which made him overjoyed, and rushed to Shandong at a faster speed.

Although Qi Yanming's wanted arrest was not as strict as in Bazhou along the way, almost every town center posted a notice that he was wanted, so Qi Yanming didn't dare to enter the city at all, and slept in the wild when he was sleepy. After that, he went to some small villages to steal or rob some food, so he arrived in Jinan Mansion safely, and finally found the Black Niu Village where Yang Hu was after making inquiries.

After Yang Hu welcomed Qi Yanming to Heiniu Village, he originally wanted to arrange for Qi Yanming to take a bath and change clothes first, but Qi Yanming showed an embarrassed wry smile on his thin face: "Brother Yang, to tell you the truth, I am already I haven’t eaten for two days and two nights, so let’s forget about taking a bath, you’d better get me something to eat quickly!”

Yang Hu felt sorry when he heard this, he didn't expect Qi Yanming to be so downcast, he was a character before, but now he didn't eat for several days in order to escape.Thinking of this, Yang Hu immediately asked people to prepare a banquet. Anyway, they are reckless people, and they don't pay much attention to it. For them, the most important thing is to fill their stomachs first, and everything else is empty.

Soon the food and wine were brought up, Qi Yanming gave his hands hastily first, then rolled up his sleeves and directly grabbed the food with his hands and stuffed it into his mouth, and he choked after just a few mouthfuls, and even drank a few mouthfuls of water and wine Only then did he swallow it.

Yang Hu looked at Qi Yanming who was devouring it, but he was always thinking about the impact of Qi Yanming's arrival on him. Although Qi Yanming is doing badly now, it is a rare opportunity for him. The matter has just settled down, and the people's hearts have not yet been completely stabilized. At this time, if he raises troops under the banner of avenging Liu Liu and Liu Qi, coupled with Qi Yanming's influence, maybe he can stir up even bigger waves! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)