Horse on the World

Chapter 152 Riot
Chapter 3 is here, and it is said that it will explode today, and there will be more later.

Hailing Baykou Salt Field in Fuzhou.

This salt field is the largest in Hailing, and it ranks among the top three large-scale drying salt fields in Fuzhou. There are tens of thousands of salt workers, including their families, with a population of 6 to [-]. The large population has formed a market town in Wankou. , but outsiders who pass by here can see the poverty here with just a glance. Except for a few government offices that are quite particular about red bricks and blue tiles, most of them are simple thatched sheds, densely packed in At the same time, only a long and narrow passage with a width of no more than two meters was left between the houses. In the entire residential area, sewage flowed across, it was extremely smelly, and the living environment was extremely harsh.Bare buttocks and bare feet, the dolls ran happily in this narrow alley, and the sewage splashed by their feet fell into the pots of the women who were preparing dinner from time to time, causing a burst of cursing.

Teenagers don't know what it's like to be sad, and these dolls naturally don't know that even if the food is soiled by sewage, their parents are absolutely reluctant to throw it away. Even if they smell the smell inside while eating, they can only sigh. In one breath, pinching his nose and swallowing, the family has no overnight food, which is the most suitable description for them.

Meat is very rare. Except for the New Year, most people can’t afford pork, let alone cattle and sheep. There are occasional white-faced buns, but they are also prepared for men and women who are earning their lives in the salt fields. Old people and children can only eat black steamed buns mixed with wild vegetables and bran more often. Even so, there are always several months in a year, and they have to starve to save money. Eat a little more so that the man who is desperately outside can eat a little more.

In the past, life was barely manageable, but a typhoon a month ago left the people here in a desperate situation. The violent storm destroyed the homes they depended on for survival, and the former habitat became ruins all over the place. They built some more simple shacks and struggled hard to wait for the relief from the government. It was already difficult to see the smoke rising here during the meal.More people described it as dry, looking blankly at the neat salt fields in the distance, where the production capacity was making a lot of money, but none of them belonged to them.

But more than a month has passed, and there is still no relief from the government. People here are on the verge of life and death, and dangerous breaths are slowly gathering and spreading.Like the clouds in the sky, they are so dark that they seem to be crushed down at any time, crushing everything into pieces.

Today, no man in Yantian went to work. Everyone was waiting on the Fenxu, guarding their families, as if hoping for something to happen.

There was the crisp sound of horseshoes hitting the road and neat footsteps, but no one paid attention to the official who was rushing here, and everyone sat silently in their shacks.

Kong Qingdong was very angry, very angry. As the manager of the Baykou Salt Plant, his task was to produce enough salt for the commander in chief, but a damn typhoon a month ago made his production share for this month far from enough. This is enough to make him worry, but today, his men came to report that the salt workers had gone on strike, and no one went to the salt field to dry the salt, which made him even more angry. alive.

Without much thought, he took dozens of soldiers from the salt field and rushed here. He wanted to teach these poor ghosts how to do things with knives and guns.

The poor ghosts who saw him in the past with great fear and reverence called "Master" seemed to be bewitched today. No one paid him any attention. Occasionally someone looked at him, and the cold eyes made people rash. Thoroughly enraged by his negligence, he jumped off his horse, carefully looking for a slightly dry place to step on his feet, lest the pair of official boots he had just ordered from Huai'an be soiled, he held the front of his official uniform in one hand, and the other Holding the horsewhip tightly in his hand, he walked through the crowd with eyes like a tiger.The soldiers behind him followed him closely.

"Xiong Dewu, why don't you go to Ganhe?" Kong Qingdong poked a man's chest with a horsewhip. The man's arms were bare and his body was covered with criss-crossing scars.He is the foreman of a salt field in the Wankou Salt Field.

A gleam of fear flashed in Xiong Dewu's eyes, but when he lowered his head, he saw behind him his wife in rags and his son who was as thin as a bamboo pole, and his chest puffed up again: "My lord, it's not that we don't want to work , but I’m so hungry that I’m really exhausted. A few days ago, my family ran out of food. In the past two days, the wild vegetables around here have been dug up. My lord, if there is no relief, we will starve to death here.”

Someone raised his head, and the venue immediately became lively, shouting in unison: "Yeah, I'm almost starving to death, how can I work?"

"We men can survive for a few more days. What about the wives, children, and old people? You can't just watch them starve to death. My lord, please distribute some food first!"

Seeing green faces approaching from hunger, Kong Qingdong took a step back in fear, but accidentally stepped into a puddle of mud. Furious, he swung his whip and whipped it down resentfully: "Do you want to die? Do you know the rules of the commander-in-chief? If you don't pay the full amount of salt at the end of the month, you are not hungry, but I will never eat again. Do you want to lose your head?"

As soon as the whip came down, there was a bloodstain on Xiong Dewu's naked body. Xiong Dewu's body twitched in pain, and the woman behind him also cried loudly in fright.

"You are not allowed to hit people!" Someone in the crowd howled, and immediately they all echoed. The roars were mixed with the cries of women and children, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

Sun Qingdong looked at Xiong Dewu standing in front of him with a sneer, swung his arms away, and the whip fell like raindrops with the whistling sound of wind, and the man's body was immediately covered with bloodstains.Xiong Dewu clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, stubbornly standing still.

"Don't hit my father!" The boy behind Xiong Dewu yelled suddenly, bowed his head and rushed out from behind, bumping his head on Kong Qingdong's lower abdomen, with a bang, he hit the unsuspecting Sun Qingdong directly on a buttock, and sat on the ground. in sewage on the ground.The brand-new robe was splashed with mud, the hat was knocked crooked, and when he pressed his hands on the ground, he grabbed two handfuls of feces, which stinks extremely.

Seeing the embarrassment of the usually high-ranking official, everyone burst into laughter.Kong Qingdong's face turned green, and he screamed, "You dare to attack an officer!" He snatched the spear from a soldier who had come to help him, and without even thinking about it, he shot at the boy with his bare buttocks and two snots in front of him. go.

"Don't!" Xiong Dewu's mother-in-law screamed, and rushed out at an unimaginable speed. She pushed her son away. With a puffing sound, the spear pierced her lower abdomen. The boy fell to the ground, and blood gushed out from his mother. Blood spattered all over his body.Kong Qingdong, who was sitting on the ground, was also splattered with blood on his face. He seemed to be in a daze. The spear was thrust into the woman's body, but he didn't withdraw it.

Only then did Kong Qingdong react, and he drew his gun in a panic, and the woman immediately fell to the ground.

"Susu!" Xiong Dewu screamed, fell to the ground, hugged the fallen woman, the boy got up, grabbed the woman's hand hanging on the ground with both hands, and hissed, "Mother, mother, what's wrong with you?" !"

"He's dead, the government has killed someone!" The crowd screamed, and the earth-shattering news quickly spread among the crowd, and more and more people flocked to this side.

"Master Kong, let's go!" A soldier saw that the situation was not good, and the crowd around him might erupt at any time.

Kong Qingdong stood up, dusted off his robe, wiped his face again, raised his whip, and pointed to everyone, "You see, you see, this is what happens when you attack an official. I tell you, if you don't go to the fields today Work, tomorrow, you will all end up like this." The whip flicked a few times in the air, turned around and walked out, to be honest, he was also in a panic now, but he couldn't lose his prestige in front of these untouchables, Once he loses the prestige of an official, the people here might tear him to pieces right away.

Kong Qingdong turned around and left, but he didn't expect that behind him, Xiong Dewu had slowly stood up, his red eyes staring at Kong Qingdong's back with hatred.

"God, son of a bitch, if you don't let me live, I'll let you die first!" As soon as this thought arises, it grows up and cannot be stopped, and Xiong Dewu walks towards Kong Qingdong step by step.

Seeing Xiong Dewu's movements, the salt workers around held their breaths. The noisy scene suddenly quieted down, as if they sensed something was wrong. Kong Qingdong and his guards realized that something was wrong, and the moment they turned their heads, Kong Qingdong saw a huge black shadow rushing towards him, followed by his head as if being clamped by iron tongs, he heard a click in his ears, and then lost consciousness.

Xiong Dewu rushed forward, and Xiong Dewu broke Kong Qingdong's neck. Xiong Dewu trampled the noble official under his feet like a dead dog.At this time, both the soldiers and the salt workers opened their mouths wide and lost the ability to speak.Only Xiong Dewu looked up to the sky and howled like a wounded lone wolf.

"He killed Master Kong, catch him!" After a while, a guard soldier came to his senses and shouted.Several soldiers immediately rushed forward with their guns.

"Die to me!" Xiong Dewu howled, snatched the saber from the front soldier's hand, swung it wildly, and pounced on them. The poor soldiers were pampered and domineering. They really fought desperately , there was the opponent of this crazy big man, more than a dozen people were killed by Xiong Dewu alone and hid everywhere, and if they were not careful, they were knocked down by Xiong Dewu again.

"Kill them!" Someone in the crowd yelled, "Kong Qingdong died here, we can't please anyone, kill all these bastards!"

I don't know who jumped out first, anyway, the scene got out of control in an instant, countless salt workers rushed out, and before it was time for a cup of tea, when they came, the angry horse in fresh clothes, the majestic Kong Qingdong and dozens of guard soldiers rushed out. It became a lifeless corpse in the mud, and the salt workers who killed Bingxi looked at me, I looked at you, and looked at each other. At this time, fear surfaced in their hearts.

Only Xiong Dewu hugged his wife's body, crying loudly.

(End of this chapter)