Chapter 66: Collecting the Youth and Strengthening the Forces (1,000 votes plus more)
Zhou Ding concentrated on driving the motorcycle, and he didn't expect that his nonsense would make Xiao Zhao behind him have so many thoughts.
However, Zhou Ding knew about the change in Xiao Zhao's prestige.
After Zhou Ding drove, Xiao Zhao sat on the motorcycle, and his reputation slowly changed from neutral to friendly, and when he stopped to rest at night, he had changed from friendly to respectful.
About five or six days later, Zhou Ding took Xiao Zhao into Shu.
The number of pedestrians on the road gradually increased, which was shocking, and Zhou Ding put away the motorcycle.
These days, Xiao Zhao's prestige for Zhou Ding has increased day by day.
Zhou Ding either waved his hand to summon food, or waved his hand to summon a tent, or even waved to beckon a double bed and a cotton mattress quilt, Xiao Zhao was surprised at the same time, his prestige rose all the way, and he quickly reached worship.
At this moment, in Xiao Zhao's eyes, Zhou Ding is no longer a mortal, but an immortal in the game world.
Xiao Zhao firmly believes that as long as he serves Mr. with all his heart, he will definitely help himself, help his mother, and deal with the Persian head teacher.
Passing by a certain town in Shudi, Zhou Ding bought a luxurious carriage and swayed in the direction of Wudang Mountain.
Along the way, whether it is accommodation or eating, what people around you talk about is inseparable from a person's name: Zhang Shicheng.
In the first month, Zhang Shicheng, a salt seller in Baijuchang, Qinzhou, and his younger brothers Zhang Shide, Zhang Shixin, as well as Li Bosheng, Lu Zhen and other 18 people rose up to attack Taizhou.
In May, Zhang Shicheng led his troops to conquer Taizhou, Gaoyou and other places, and relieved the siege of Haozhou.
This year is a year for Zhang Shicheng.
After the world of "Huo Yuanjia" in the late Qing Dynasty, Zhou Ding already knew: The world of film and television dramas with history as the background, as long as there is no conflict with the plot, what happened in history will also happen in the small world of film and television dramas.
In the world of Heaven and Dragon Slayer, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang are both plot characters, plot characters and historical figures, and their circumstances are different.
Zhu Yuanzhang's situation has changed for the better!
Historically, Zhu Yuanzhang had just joined the Ming Sect during this period and was still a pawn. And in this world, Zhu Yuanzhang joined the Ming Sect a little earlier, and now he has become the helmsman of the Fengyang Branch, and his power is much greater than in history!
In comparison, Chen Youliang is a little miserable!
Chen Youliang in history, this period already has a team to dominate the world, and Chen Youliang in this world is still a pawn who obeys Cheng Kun's orders, and what he does every day is some small things that cannot be put on the table.
Driving a horse-drawn carriage all the way east, after Zhou Ding left Hanzhong, there were more and more refugees on the road.
Whether it was unbearable or not, for the sake of prestige, whenever Zhou Ding met refugees, he would stop the car to provide relief and give them some food.
In this way, refugees are like: 'Drowned, grasping at a life-saving straw', and the survival instinct prompts them: 'How many days can this food be eaten?' Only by following this 'gentle, kind-eyed' good man can he save his life!! ’
The refugees followed behind the car all the way, and Zhou Ding couldn't help but think: It is not a way to let the refugees follow behind! Wudang Mountain is looking for Zhang Sanfeng to discuss things, it doesn't matter if it's one day earlier or one day late.
Is it to postpone the trip to Wudang and take these refugees for their own use first?
Coming to the Yuan Dynasty, Zhou Ding must rebel, and there is a saying in later generations: Wear Qing and don't rebel, chrysanthemum set electric drill, wear Yuan and don't rebel, and your ass will be beaten!
After straightening out these ideas, Zhou Ding announced: select young and strong people and recruit guards.
Those who are tall and strong, receive!
Those who are armed with martial arts, receive!
A skill, receive!
Blacksmiths, carpenters, masons, and those who can write and count are all considered to have a skill.
Anyone who is accepted by Zhou Ding can get two catties of grain every day.
As soon as the news came out, the hires rained!
One pound of grain in the Yuan Dynasty was close to 600 grams, and two pounds of grain was enough for a family of three to eat, even if it was a family of five, it was barely enough.
For the refugees on the road, food is their life!
Don't say that if you give two catties of food, even if Zhou Ding only gives refugees two bowls of gruel every day, these refugees will follow Zhou Ding without hesitation!
Two days later, Zhou Ding's team was already quite large, with more than 300 young and strong men under his command, and the total number of people had exceeded 1,000 including family members and others.
There are also a lot of craftsmen, including more than a dozen carpenters, dozens of masons, and two people who can write and calculate.
These two people who can write and calculate, one is surnamed Wei, the name is Youcheng, and the other is surnamed Xu, the name is Yaozu, both of them are from Huguang,
Wei Youcheng is about thirty years old, his parents are deceased, and his family used to run a restaurant, and the business was not bad.
There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck!
The restaurant that the Wei family relied on for a living was occupied by a competitor in business, General Yuanren, who colluded with the local army.
Wei Youcheng ran to the county government to complain, but the local magistrate didn't dare to take care of it!
When General Yuanren learned that Wei Youcheng dared to file a complaint, he was furious and wanted to kill Wei Youcheng.
Wei Youcheng luckily got the news first, and led his wife and daughter to flee west overnight.
Xu Yaozu is less than twenty years old, his father died early, his family has more than a dozen acres of land, he has just married a wife, and his life is not bad.
When a man sits at home, woe comes from heaven!
In order to occupy his family's land, the landlord in the township spent money to buy off the county officials and witnesses, and falsely accused Xu Yaozu of being a bandit.
Banditry, whether it is a fact or not, once it is involved, the lighter one will be imprisoned, and the worst one will be the family and extermination.
When the county government came to lock up Xu Yaozu, the cousin who was on an errand in the county government in the same village ran back to the village first and told Xu Yaozu the news.
Xu Yaozu knew that if he was taken into the county government, he would never think of it again, so he immediately took his mother and wife and fled all the way west.
Why did they all flee west?
If you go south, the south is full of rebels.
If it is to the north, the northern land is the power of the Yuan Dynasty.
If you go east, there are frequent battles between the Yuan Dynasty and the rebel army in the east.
To the west, it is different, the farther west, the more sparsely populated, the farther west, the weaker the rule of the Yuan Dynasty,
Zhou Ding unexpectedly got two people who could write and calculate, and he was very happy.
During the Yuan Dynasty, people who could write and calculate were already rare talents, and Zhou Ding immediately appointed two people as stewards: Wei Youcheng was in charge of counting statistics, and Xu Yaozu was in charge of food distribution!
The only ones who were not summoned were blacksmiths and martial arts masters.
Among the refugees, there are no people with martial arts, but they also agree with common sense.
In the current troubled times, people with martial arts always have more ways than refugees, at least, these people will not wait to starve to death.
Regarding the blacksmith's question, Wei Youcheng gave Zhou Ding an explanation;
In order to consolidate its rule, the Great Yuan Dynasty clearly stipulated that the people were not allowed to keep iron tools.
Even a kitchen knife for chopping vegetables can only be owned by twenty households, and it must be chained with iron chains.
With such strict control, how can the blacksmith live?
After the Yuan Dynasty promulgated this decree, all the blacksmiths suddenly lost their jobs and changed careers one after another, so that there were very few blacksmiths in the Yuan Dynasty!
For Zhou Ding, it doesn't matter if there is a blacksmith or not.
When he came back this time, Zhou Ding brought a lot of weapons from the real world, including the most steel pipe spears, more than 10,000, hundreds of embroidered spring knives, and more than one tungsten alloy sword.
With these weapons, it is enough to arm a resistance force.
Even if the number of people continues to expand in the future, Zhou Ding still has the real-world foundry as a backing, even if there is no blacksmith under his command, Zhou Ding will not lack weapons.