Since the mountain came down, the Xinghua County government sat on the truth of the mountain people's rebellion, Song Guangdou did not hesitate, just built the bamboo pontoon bridge for the convenience of taxation, without saying a word, burned one by one. At first, some people from the surrounding villages had already heard the rumors, but they were still hesitating in their hearts, and they couldn't hesitate for more than a day, and the way they wanted to go was gone.

The water of Nanxi is fast and deep, it is more difficult to cross the river than to climb to the sky, and it is possible to walk along the downstream, there is not even a mountain road downstream, and the villagers would rather stay at home than go to the mountains, which are the territory of the mountain people.

Unable to run away, the villagers could only continue to guard their own one-third of an acre. The grain harvest on the north bank has basically been wiped out, and everyone can only continue to eat the surplus grain of Liangchuan, many people have eaten their own grain, and they originally planned to go to the city to buy grain, but after many inquiries, they learned that the price of grain in Liangchuan's family was lower. In this way, everyone will not only eat with peace of mind, but also eat more happily.

Liang Chuan relied on selling grain to quadruple the money he used to buy grain and returned it to his pocket, of course, the money has not been recovered. Now he is not happy at all when he earns money, there is a knife hanging on his head with a thorn in his heart, he doesn't know when it will fall, and he has no money to spend, which is the most bitter thing in life.

Liang Chuan was under the camphor tree, facing the villagers of the four villages and Bao Zheng, and he talked bitterly about how severe the current situation is, and he talked about the consequences of all kinds of possible family ruin, but he didn't expect that there was still a village where the villagers turned a deaf ear and didn't believe what Liang Chuan said, this village is Chihe Village.

Chihe Village was originally the most powerful of the four villages, and now the down-and-out tiger is not as good as a dog, and the people in the village are living in disgrace, but that spirit is still there, they used to look down on the people of He Lu the most, but now they have to obey the orders of the people of He Lu, where are they willing. The character of the people in this village is also relatively strong, it turns out that the three villages want to work together to do a watermill thing, a large part of the reason is also because many villagers in this village do not want to conform to the crowd so it fails, this time Liang Chuan wants to unite the forces of the four villages to resist the rebellion of the mountain people, but I didn't expect them to be outside the organization after all.

Since they would rather fight alone, facing this group of mountain people alone than with others, if nothing else, it is only a matter of time before they suffer, and any strong fortress is breached from within.

After the meeting under the camphor tree ended, the villagers of Chihe Village were the first to leave, and their temperament could not have allowed them to accept the leadership of He Lu, a poor villager.

Liang Chuan said to the Baozheng and the villagers of the three villages: "Folks, you go back first, this matter must be made clear to your family, please be sure to inform everyone, the retreat of Nanxi County has been cut off for us, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a ruin, from this moment on, our three villages do not have the protection of the court, and we can only rely on ourselves to survive." ”

Since the typhoon, the villagers of Helu have been looking at the whole village only from Liangchuan's horse, and they have no second thoughts. The other three villages did not follow Liangchuan to take typhoon prevention measures before the typhoon, and look at the miserable end.

In the troubled times, those who are capable survive, Liang Chuan can catch the tiger with his hands, and he is even better at taking everyone to make a fortune. The villagers immediately said: "Go up the mountain and go down to Huohai Saburo, you have ordered, we He Luren will follow you without blinking your eyes!" ”

The Baozheng of the two villages of Loess and Chen Qiyou originally lacked prestige in the village, and his words could not represent all the villagers. At this moment, Chen Qi said a decisive word: "What you eat now is still San Lang's rice, how many people did San Lang persuade to buy rice, only their people in He Lu listened, now look at the gap between our two villages and He Lu, don't you understand?" ”

The villagers remember whether to eat or not, and when they talk about the current bitter days, they have a trace of desire for a better life in their hearts, which touches them the key.

The young and strong young men of the two villages gritted their teeth, looked at the miserable appearance of their relatives, and said, "Brother Liangchuan, the people of our two villages are also willing to follow you and listen to your dispatch!" ”

The old Bao Zheng of the two villages may not have been very effective in speaking, but fortunately, one generation is better than the next, and the young power has finally gained the upper hand, and they are still reasonable, at least in the matter of preparing to defend against the mountain people together today.

"I'm still the same sentence, everyone go back first, tell the news to the family, if there are two men in the family, there will be a man, if there is no man, or the family is not willing to defend your homeland, you don't have to come back, after lunch, everyone gather at my house, do you understand what I said?" This incident may be the first crisis that Liang Chuan has encountered since he came to this world, Liang Chuan attaches great importance to it, and deliberately asks in an accentuated tone.

The people of the two villages still have a trace of concern in their hearts, that is, they are worried about using morality to blackmail them, so they will have a bad reputation, and finally reluctantly work for Liang Chuan, but they didn't expect Liang Chuan to speak first before he did it, this matter is all voluntary, to defend his homeland, and to his own homeland.

"Got it!" The crowd dispersed like a stream of water.

He Baozheng asked distressedly: "San Lang, I heard that the people in the government were killed by the mountain people when they went up, is it true?" ”

Liang Chuan knew that this kind of thing was very far away from them, and every honest peasant family didn't want to encounter this kind of thing, but reality is reality, if you don't face it, bad luck will only come to your head: "It's true." ”

"Ahh He Baozheng exclaimed, "San Lang, I know what kind of virtue the people in these three villages are, they will tremble three times when they kill a chicken, the mountain people on the mountain are all born to hunt wild beasts, and they are desperate, isn't that to take eggs to touch stones?" ”

The autumn sky is exceptionally blue, and there are white clouds flowing with the wind in the distance, but unfortunately I don't know how many times I can enjoy this beautiful scenery.

Liang Chuan raised his head and took a deep breath of sweet air, as if he was enjoying this moment of peace for the last time, and then said to He Baozheng: "Of course, eggs touching stones are self-defeating, but if eggs don't touch stones, do you wait for this big stone to smash us to pieces?" ”

He Baozheng is standing under the camphor tree, looking at his ancestral business, looking at the ancestral hall of the He family, he has lived a lifetime, and he has a little human feeling at this point, and where will he not understand the truth that I don't offend everyone to offend me.

The most painful thing in life is to be like Wu Dalang, living his own life well, but others have been calculating themselves, and finally lost their lives, the same reason.

Liang Chuan returned home and asked Yi Niang to clear out all the main halls of his house, and the tables and chairs that were originally set up in the middle were all removed, and a large conference hall was empty.

Just after the afternoon, the men of several villages came over and gathered in the courtyard of Liang Chuan's house.

"Hey, Huang Mazi, are you alone in your house, what should you do if you have an accident?" Even most of the young people in the former village know each other, they all play mud together, and they are very familiar with each other's family situation.

Huang Mazi said generously: "My family owes the third brother a lot of grain, I said the grain, not counting this as owing food, if there is no food for the third brother, our family will almost starve to death, and now the third brother calls on everyone to defend their homeland together, this life says that it will be repaid to others, I think that my mother's words will definitely not be wrong, so I came." ”

"You're here too?" "yes, I'm hiding at home and peeking through the crack in the door, fuck you guys come quietly and don't tell me, how can I face you after I leave me?"

What was originally a rather tragic mobilization organization meeting turned into a comparison meeting to show personal discipline, and the people in Helu Village were about the same as the last typhoon, and basically every family produced a strong laborer. The people in the other two villages are similar, and after everyone identifies each other, there are people from almost every family.

When the people were almost here, the three Baozheng touched their heads, walked into the house and said to Liang Chuan: "San Lang, the people are here." ”

"Good!" Liang Chuan walked out of the door, the courtyard was full of heads, all of them were sturdy offspring, but they didn't eat well these days, many people had yellow and yellow faces, and people were crowded with people, and they could barely stand in the whole patio, and many people could only stand outside the door.

"Wow! So many people! ”

Liang Chuan was overjoyed, his plan was not to expect the other two villages to contribute much, the main force is still counting on the dozens of people in He Lu, the people are loyal and not in the quantity, and they are easy to use, if there are many people and they are disobedient, they will make mistakes, and the people of He Lu are now sharing weal and woe with themselves, loyal and reliable. But in addition to a lot of money owed to them, these two villages still have a lot less contact with themselves, but it is rare that so many young people are willing to come out today.

Everyone first looked at Liang Chuan's house curiously, there are few big mansions like this on the north bank, some of them are also handed down from their ancestors, and who else has the ability to build such a big house now.

It is inconvenient for the women of the Liang Chuan family to show their heads on this occasion, so they stay in the house, and the school is still going to school normally. It was the first time for the children to see so many people, but they were surprised by the people of the other two villages, they didn't expect He Lu's children to have such a blessing, but they were reading and learning knowledge in such a good house. After this generation, the gap between several villages is even greater!

Liang Chuan came out, everyone looked at Liang Chuan with bright eyes, they thought there would be a kind of heroic and dashing, but they didn't expect everyone to see many powerful people, and suddenly had an inexplicable self-confidence, looking forward to Liang Chuan taking them to do a great career, they have been rolling in the mud all their lives, and there are also men who can do great things one day, and everyone can't help but feel a little excited.

Liang Chuan called everyone into the house, a main hall was a little smaller than the courtyard, and everyone gathered tightly together, like making dumplings. Liang Chuan motioned to close the door, which was quite mysterious.