Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 119
Several horse-drawn carts were strolling on the avenue, with Scarface and several horse-riding guards at the side, and Song Qingshu was sitting on the sulfur bag happily.

Since the advent of gunpowder, Daming has always been very strict in the management of gunpowder, and it is not easy for the people to buy it. Originally, Song Qingshu's gunpowder was still in charge of Bai Wenxuan, the Jinyiwei. Ten shots, no matter how many firecrackers are fired, without gunpowder, it is better to use a firestick.

Sulfur is produced in the south, saltpeter is produced in the north, and there are some ways to get saltpeter. Sulfur is difficult. Fortunately, Scarface took the old road of Miaoxiangshan. Taoist, an excuse for alchemy, it is still very easy to get some sulfur , and they know a lot of officials and dignitaries. After this first cooperation is very successful, they can continue to buy in the future without worrying about running out of gunpowder.

Seeing Song Qingshu slumped comfortably on the sulfur bag with Erlang's legs up, Scarface couldn't help laughing and jokingly said: "Young Songzi, don't be complacent, this thing cost more than 200 taels of silver, even if you add it For the eunuch, we don’t have much money left, so you can hug the empty bank and cry when you go back!”

This said, Song Qingshu was really hurt, but soon he became proud again, smiled and waved his hands and said: "Don't forget what we are doing now, bandits! This area has not been traded for more than a year Right? Since we have nothing to do in winter and we have gunpowder, let’s go for a walk in the nearby counties and come back with a few meat tickets. Why buy gunpowder, isn’t it just for robbery?”

"As long as you can still go out to hunt Caogu, don't let the big girl beat you up and make you the son-in-law of the village!"

"Hey, Caiwei agrees, I have no objection!"

These two people were swaying while arguing, and the tens of miles of mountain roads passed in a blink of an eye. When they were about to enter the pass of Funiu Mountain, at this time, more than a dozen cavalry soldiers rushed out from the beginning, and the little radish ran at the end. In the front, he was holding the reins of the horse and dangling like a bean. His legs were thrown up from time to time, and he was almost about to be thrown off.

"Hey, radish, when did it become a flying radish?" Song Qingshu, who looked at this funny look, almost burst out laughing, and waved hello from a long distance away.

The little radish was concentrating on fighting the horse, and suddenly let out a snarl. The guy let go of his hand, thumped and stabbed in the back; he fell into the arms of the cavalry, and knocked over a few in a row. The chaotic cavalry stopped and ate. The dirt-mouthed little radish spit out the dirt angrily, ran over quickly, stood in front of the carriage, hopped and yelled.

"I said shopkeeper, you still have the mind to play here, something big happened on the mountain!"

"Oh?"

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There was a real commotion on the mountain at this time, hundreds of villagers who were sent out to reclaim land gathered in front of the playground and yelled non-stop. Caiwei stood on the platform and seemed to have something solid, and her face was flushed with anxiety. He was still arguing and getting angry, but Song Qingshu, who was reading it, suddenly became angry. After being tempered by this apocalyptic world for so long, he also became stern, so he took out his pistol and pointed his arms in the air to start a fire.

The sound of gunpowder is always shocking. The villagers who hadn’t been persuaded by Caiwei just now fell silent, and then those fighting minions went up and beat and kicked, pushing the crowd far away.

"The boss is here!"

After Liu Zongmin's tenor voice reported his family's door full of arrogance, Song Qingshu walked to Dianjiangtai swaggeringly.

"Niu, you are Mrs. Yazhai, whoever makes trouble again, you have to be tough! Slap him and fuck off."

Going up with a smile, Song Qingshu casually hung Caiwei's sweaty little nose, trying to make her relax, but unfortunately, Caiwei was still so anxious that she was about to cry, and anxiously tugged on Song Qingshu's sleeve and begged stand up.

"Brother, quickly find a way to save the big guy!"

On the way here, Little Luobo didn't make it clear. He ran out when he saw the villagers' bee chrysalis going up the mountain, making Song Qingshu think that he was dissatisfied with the harvest distribution.

Scarface has built a total of eleven Tuntian villages. Except for the two that were too remote in the last battle, the other nine were smashed by officials. The pigs, cows, sheep, chickens and ducks that were finally raised were all robbed. Not to mention, seven or 800 people were arrested, and they were told to redeem them with money, otherwise they would wait for the corpses to be collected.

Song Qingshu who heard this couldn't help but be dumbfounded. After a long while, he turned his head and said with a scarred face in astonishment: "Are we the bandits after all? Or is the government the bandits?"

"Two suffixes for the word "official", and they eat the common people, who can reason with them?" Scarface also sighed helplessly and contemptuously.

Hundreds of strong men were still gathering at the door, dragging a few people back to the Juyi Hall, Song Qingshu knocked on the map with a headache and said: "Now think of a way, how can we save people, how much money is there in the cottage?" ? Ask someone to go to the county to find Zhang Haocai, and ask him to find a way to get active."

After hesitating for a moment, Scarface suddenly shook his head: "I see, there is no need to save him!"

"Uncle Xia, why?"

Caiwei couldn't help but screamed out, seeing her face filled with disbelief, scarred face drooped her head, lowered her voice a lot, sighed and said: "The ones caught are all There are old guys who are old and can’t do anything, and some youngsters, these people are wasting food and are not very useful, this may be a chance to get rid of them!"

"Uncle Xia, that's seven or eight hundred lives!"

"There are still more than 5000 lives in the cottage. Without them, we can save an extra ration and let more people survive. We are bandits, not philanthropists. The rules of the world, these people accidentally fell In the hands of Eagle Claw Sun, their fate is bad, and they can't blame others."

What Scarface said was indeed reasonable, and Liu Zongmin also nodded at the side. Li Tiezhu naturally couldn't not support it, and Xiaoluobo and the second idiot were irrelevant. They knew that they were different from those peripheral bandits, old and weak, and they were not afraid of throwing them at themselves. Looking at the indifferent faces above her head, Caiwei finally bit her lips and pulled Song Qingshu's sleeve pitifully.

"elder brother!"

"Don't worry, brother will take care of this matter. This time, Gela came back with some sulfur. Girl, you can organize some women to help brother make gunpowder, okay?"

Did Caiwei listen to Song Qingshu's words? He held her face in both hands and stared at it affectionately for a while. This girl went out with a blushing face and nodded. Without Caiwei, the scarred face was obviously relieved, while Song Qingshu was eager Pointing to Scarface's chest, he ordered in a cold voice: "Organize your forces immediately, withdraw all our people, and how to suppress those protesters outside, you have to think of a way!"

This year is not an era of human rights. This sudden attack on the government in the middle of winter has already made Song Qingshu feel a little bad. From the bottom of his heart, he doesn't want to make things big. It's still there, as long as he can let his women and these few brothers who are determined to follow him live well, and he doesn't know those who were arrested.

Scarface has nothing to do, he didn't have Caiwei to stop him, he didn't care if he killed all the people in the world, he immediately agreed, turned around and was ready to go out, but at this moment, the door was pushed open suddenly, and a fiery shadow panicked broke in.

"The big thing is bad, my father went down the mountain to check on the matter of Guan Gouzi, and he was also arrested!"

Seeing Hongniang Xing panting, her beautiful wheat-colored face covered with fine beads of sweat, Song Qingshu slapped himself directly on the forehead in a sad moment. Why is this master and old man so uneasy?
"Things have been re-planned." Turning around helplessly, looking at the scarred face that also stopped speechless, Song Qingshu said with a sigh.

What kind of temper is Old Man Xing?If everyone was like Old Man Xing, so many people would not die in the last days of Ming Dynasty.

In the back house, Caiwei led a group of family members to start tidying up. Scarface was also planning to contact if he could sell some of the food. The government can eat people without spitting out bones. If it can't satisfy its appetite at once, it can be eaten by it die.

Song Qingshu himself wandered to the stables helplessly, patted the horses in the stables and was reluctant to part with them. If it was impossible, these beasts would have to be sold. The horse thief plan he had imagined for a long time might be ruined this time.

"Why is Dong Weng so worried?"

Just when Song Qingshu was reluctant to part with the horses, he was startled by a sudden sound, and turned around in astonishment, but it was Eunuch Jiao who nodded and bowed to him with a broom.

This guy is considered meritorious and saved him from the death penalty. However, he can’t escape the death penalty. He also cleans the barn to earn a share of food. Dong Weng is now, and he is almost a set one, and he is not afraid to call Song Qingshu old.

Seeing him, Song Qingshu's eyes suddenly lit up. The government's behavior this time is very strange. It is unprecedented to collect taxes in the middle of winter. After all, this dead eunuch often stays in the government. Maybe he can give himself some advice.

Thinking about it, Song Qingshu told him about it.

Hearing the forced tax collection in winter, Eunuch Jiao was obviously surprised, but immediately, he smiled grimly.

"Don't be in a hurry, the people are afraid of officials. Does Dong Weng know what the officials are afraid of?"

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In the early morning of the next day, at the east gate of Shangnan County.

I don’t know how long it has been since the city gates of the dilapidated small county town opened. The creaking sound of pushing people’s teeth was sore. The two city guards guarding the gates were also yawning boredly. This year is not like the future generations. , People come and go, especially in this winter, maybe not many people come in a day, confused, the two opened the door, just about to complain about the horrible weather, but immediately they were petrified.

Looking at the silent outside in disbelief, the two guards ran away in horror, screaming in horror while running.

"It's not good, the people have changed!"

Hundreds of people rushed in after the city gate, huddled in the crowd, bowed their heads in a hurry, and Song Qingshu hurriedly ordered: "Don't make trouble when you enter the city, go straight to the gate of the government, and put out the banner. It all depends on this time whether you can save people!"

"Don't worry, master!" Several production captains who were arrested all raised their fists at the side...

(End of this chapter)