Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 210 Stand firm
Song Qingshu was worried for two days, and Qiu Ming at the end of Yanmen Pass finally sent a letter back, and there was nothing wrong.

This man is really shrewd, he obviously lost the battle, but he went back with a posture of showing off his might, and showed off the dangling horse neck that had cut off more than 200 of his men's heads. The officers and soldiers who went to the army unified the caliber that they had won the battle, so don't let the money you want to reward be leaked!

On this side, Hu Dadian’s twists and turns of repaying his merits also followed. More than 200 people were beheaded in World War I, and the bandit leader "Lu Renjia" was also wiped out. Qiu Ming became a famous general in Shanxi Town because of this. It is said that Xu Dingchen, the governor of Shanxi, returned Specially issued a commendation order.

Recently, the governor of Shanxi is having a hard time. The previous governor, Geng Ruqi, was dragged to Xishikou by Emperor Chongzhen and Shanxi General Zhang Honggong because of the mutiny of Shanxi king Qin. The last governor of Shanxi, Xian Kejin, was only two In March, because of the assassination of the peasant army, he dared not be an official again, and begged the emperor to return home. Song Tongyin took over Shanxi for more than a year. It happened that Wang Jiayin was going east, and the whole Shanxi was disturbed by the 36th Battalion of Shaanxi. It's a mess. In March of this year, he was just dismissed from his post.

Now that Xu Dingchen has taken over for half a year, it was fine at the beginning. Cao Wenzhao won a big victory in Hequ, beheaded the king of heaven Wang Jiayin, beheaded tens of thousands, and captured more than 3 peasants who surrendered. It was a face for him, but Not happy for a long time, Cao Wenzhao led the army westward into Shaanxi again with an unlucky face, and joined Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui, to suppress the rebellion leader Shen Yikui of the frontier army who had surrendered and rebelled. Many soldiers and horses in Shanxi were taken away. Shanxi Power became empty as a whole.

And without Wang Jiayin's coordination, the 36th Battalion could not fight together. Instead, they were scattered all over Shanxi. Almost half of Shanxi was attacked and looted. "Victory", he didn't even bother to verify it, so Xu Dingchen happily sent a letter to the court to repay himself for keeping the crumbling Usha.

Qiu Ming's work has been fulfilled, but if he wants to be promoted to a general and control Yanmen Pass, he still needs money and games. Following Xin'er, this guy unceremoniously reached out and asked for another 5000 taels of silver!
But let alone five thousand, 5 taels Song Qingshu is willing to do. After all, he is chased by the officers and soldiers all over the place. No matter how much money there is, it is almost like scrap iron. There is nowhere to spend it. Only when he has a stable foothold can he pay for it. Produce equipment, do business to make money, and then you can get back as much money as you want.

Once again, he directly gave 1 taels of silver. With the silver, it was really good to do things. At the end of May, the appointment of the imperial court came down, and Qiu Ming was smoothly promoted to the general guard of Yanmen Pass, who also took charge of Zhenwu Pass and the fortress guards inside and outside Hengshan. So eleven, the entire vicinity of Dai County was placed under his defense zone.

Song Qingshu's plan finally took full effect, and the begging army infiltrated Shanxi Town without anyone noticing it, and settled down in Dai County.

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"Hurry up, guys, hurry up!"

It is rare that the begging army once again mobilized and busy farming into a group. At the western foot of Wutai Mountain, far away from the Buddhist holy place, tens of thousands of people worked hard along the wasteland beside the valley and stream.

Dai County is prosperous and close to the outside of the Great Wall. It is quite convenient to buy cattle and horses. If there are not enough horses, old horses in the army will be used to make up the number. Two animals will pull one. The iron plow rolled down the hillside, and large tracts of soil were turned and loosened.

In front of the fence, more people were wielding hoes and digging desperately. Large stones, tree roots, and even dead bones were dug out. The broken bricks and tiles of some villages in the past were dug out, and the fields began to show their embryonic form. .

Some people even dug up a pack of copper coins from the Northern Song Dynasty and offered them up. The Song Qing books read by thousands of Song coins were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths. At that time, a bag of copper coins was at most ten taels of silver, and then he became resentful again.

It seems that the time has finally turned. The weather that has been continuously dry has actually brought heavy rain on June [-]th and [-]th. The abundant rain has made this nameless river in the valley more than twice as wide. A small fire that was originally dry can burn more than ten miles. The hillsides can be regarded as fully moistened.

Wherever they go, the beggars carry a lot of rotten potatoes and sweet potatoes on their backs. Even if they sometimes throw away their weapons, these things are not thrown away. Now, they can be considered useful. After more than ten days of germination, a The green seedlings of high-yielding crops from the Americas are carefully planted in the furrows by the old farmers.

These days, even farming with peace of mind is hard-won. Although many people suffer from tired backs and backaches, they are still desperate to work. In a blink of an eye, more than 50 hectares of mountain fields that have just been reclaimed are green again. Facing the sun rolling away at noon, it seems to be growing every moment.

In the distance, after finishing cooking, the women of the beggar army came out of the valley where they camped with big soil baskets staggeringly, and the production teams who were still carrying hoes on the hillside and continued to open up wasteland, and they finally went home to participate in the festival. The young and strong laboring beggars immediately cheered and threw away their tools, and surrounded them in a swarm.

Sitting on the ground all over the mountains and plains, facing my mother-in-law or old lady, eating sorghum rice, corn bread and wild vegetable soup, this kind of life is also like being in heaven.

"I hope this time I can survive until the harvest season!"

Traveling with his subordinates, Song Qingshu, who had lost his lair several times in a row, couldn't help but feel refreshed and happy to make a wish when he saw this large expanse of tender green color.

But it seems that not everyone likes this lush green area, at least Shi Tianfu doesn't like it.

After staying in Dai County for two or three days, I figured out which famous families in the county can go to Datianting. Seeing that I didn't arouse the vigilance and resentment of any local wealthy families, Liu Tichun and Zhang Haocai stayed in the county to stare at him. , sent another [-] cavalry to Dang Shousu who was sent to Yanmen Pass to act as Qiu Ming's personal soldiers, and also to monitor his strength. With the army, Song Qingshu withdrew to the west foot of Wutai Mountain on the east bank of the Hutuo River, and began to cultivate wasteland. At that time, Shi Tianfu was also brought over.

After more than ten days of recovery, the fat man's spirit finally improved, but he still became taciturn, without the high-spirited spirit he had in Xi'an, and Song Qingshu was quite helpless.

After expressing emotion towards the stretches of fields, and turning his head to see this guy who was still gnashing his teeth and staring at those green colors like a life and death enemy, Song Qingshu patted him on the shoulder helplessly.

"I'm talking about Lao Shi. The shopkeeper Shi I met in Xi'an City was not like this! Isn't it just a woman? Look at my wife, she can be beaten whenever she wants, and what's the big deal?"

After hearing this, Xing Hongniang's almond eyes immediately widened. Song Qingshu hurriedly winked and asked her to go back. This little pepper just didn't perform a song about training her husband on the spot. Unfortunately, the flirting between the couple not only persuaded Shi Tianfu, on the contrary, stimulated him even more.

"Brother, I'll take care of you, and I'll call you Shopkeeper Song again. I, Shi, took over your thoughts, but you can let me go! Even, even my wife can't control me, and she took all my family wealth away. , I, I am already a useless person, I, what face do I have to mess around in front of others?"

It's really painful to lose love, Shi Tianfu is in his early forties, and when he mentions this, he is still in tears, patting his thigh and sighing decadently, and the whole person sits on the ridge of the field again with his head bowed.

I have said a lot of persuasion in the past two days, and this guy's contacts in Shanxi merchants will come in handy soon, but he still looks so decadent that he will not bury the ground, and Song Qingshu's brain hurts up.

"Hong'er, you are a woman, so you have nothing to do to persuade him?"

"I, I, I have never stolen a man! Where do I know how to persuade him!"

Xing Hongniang knew why Song Qingshu, who always had a small tail, suddenly said today that he was taking everyone to cook, and retreated himself.

"Oh, eunuch Jiao still has a fool to buy cattle in Dai County today. I will see how the animals are arranged. I can beat them as much as I want. You are in charge, I will go first!"

Muttering hastily, Xing Hongniang also fled in a desperate manner. Seeing the bright red color disappear in a blink of an eye, Song Qingshu himself slapped his thigh sadly and sat down next to Shi Tianfu.

"Okay, Lao Shi, let me tell you a story!"

"It is said that at that time, a classmate proposed to him. The object was his favorite for a long time. We were in the department of flowers. That day he bought flowers and prepared candles. He waited at the door of the girl's practice mall. When the girl proposed, she threw the rose in his face, and asked him sharply, do you have a house? Do you have a car? You want to chase after me if you have nothing! Let me tell you, my mother would rather cry in the back seat of the BMW. I don’t want to sit on your broken bicycle and laugh! After finishing speaking, that Xihua actually pulled a car next to the company and left with the son of their shop owner!”

Spreading his hands fiercely, Song Qingshu shook his head with emotion: "At that time, he was just like you, he was so decadent all day long, he wouldn't respond to anyone's persuasion, and he wouldn't come out for a drink, but after two months, They went out to work in Guangzhou!"

"Only a few years later, when I came back, I had a car and bought a house. At this time, the owner's son was tired of playing flowers, and he had a new love. Looking at the situation, I found someone to bring it to my classmate. In other words, make an appointment to have a meal and see if we can develop with him."

Speaking of this, Song Qingshu himself was full of envy.

"Guess what? The appointment was a candlelight dinner for two in a western restaurant. My classmate drove here. Xihua greeted the door in person, and then just watched him open the car and lead another beautiful girl from it." Come on, his new girlfriend, the manager of his boss in Guangzhou, is a top student who graduated from Nankai with a master's degree, and it's too embarrassing to eat one meal this night!"

After recalling the inspirational stories in college, Song Qingshu turned his head and wanted to reason with Shi Tianfu, who knew that this guy looked at him with a confused face, and asked in astonishment.

"Bicycles are sold for 150 taels now. Could it be a hard-earned BMW? Can it be more expensive than a bicycle? And shopkeeper Song, when did you go to Taixue? Also, the dignified Taixue students don't like it, can you see it?" Merchants' son, is the girl Xihua blind? Yes, and, in order to win, why didn't he go to Beijing to catch the exam, why did he go to Guangzhou, that bloody place?"

A series of questions made Song Qingshu dumbfounded. After a long time, he sadly choked out a sentence.

"Don't pay attention to those details!"

(End of this chapter)