Chapter 25: Death and Survival
In Qin Chuan's heart, there are thirty-eight old bandits in Jiujishan, each of whom is a good man who is an enemy of the crowd.
Each one is also precious.
The big fish head had not yet lost his breath, and was looking at Qin Chuan fixedly with a pair of scattered but frightened eyes.
He is not afraid of the big boss, he is just afraid of death.
Qin Chuan's fingers trembled slightly, and he hurriedly squatted down, pulled out the dagger on his waist and picked up his coat, and then cut the cotton armor that was soaked in blood and became more and more tough little by little.
The spear plunged into his right chest, almost piercing it, and as the big fish's head breathed rapidly but gradually faintly, bursts of blood appeared through the gap in the edge of the spearhead.
Qin Chuan didn't know what to do, so he just desperately pressed the gap that was getting bigger and bigger to keep the blood from coming out.
"You fucking don't pretend to be cowards in front of Lao Tzu, none of Lao Tzu's brothers are cowardly!" Luo Da Niu held the huge head of the big fish and scolded fiercely.
"I don't coward, I'm ......"
"Don't talk." Qin Chuan shook his head violently at him.
The big fish head pulled the corners of his mouth, revealing an ugly smile: "I am from Jiuji Mountain...... Hero, I don't coward...... I'm afraid I won't be able to follow the big boss anymore......"
"Shut the fuck up!" Luo Da Niu scolded again.
The big fish head opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but a stream of blood foamed suddenly came out of his mouth.
The big fish's head seemed to be out of breath, and it opened its mouth wide and tried to inhale, but all it could do was gurgling in its throat.
"Hold the gun and turn him over."
Waiting for Luo Da Niu to hold the barrel of the gun, Qin Chuan turned the big fish's head sideways, then broke his mouth open, and put his fingers into his throat, wanting to help him pull out the blood foam.
Digging and digging, the big fish head didn't move.
Qin Chuan still digs it.
"The ...... of the Big Boss"
Luo Da Niu pressed his shoulder.
Qin Chuan's hand hung down weakly.
Luo Da Niu picked up the long knife and walked towards Meng Zhonghe, who was kneeling on the ground not far away and trembling.
Lao Huang, who was guarding the captives nearby, dismounted, grabbed Meng Zhongsi's hair, and lifted his head.
Luo Daniu found a nurse from the crowd whose clothes and skin color were different from those of the miners, dragged the nurse to Meng Zhongsi, and then raised the knife in his hand.
Bloody blood sprayed Meng Zhongsi's face.
Luo Da Niu turned around, dragged out another courtyard from the crowd, and dragged it in front of Meng Zhongsi with another knife.
……
Qin Chuan closed the eyes of the big fish head, dragged the long knife and walked slowly towards Meng Zhongsi.
"Bring Meng Guiming here."
Luo Ba had already captured Meng Guiming, who had escaped from a mountain beam, and when he heard Qin Chuan's words, he rode his horse and threw Meng Guiming in front of Meng Zhonghe.
"Master Meng, sit."
Qin Chuan pointed to the pile of corpses.
Meng Guiming's body trembled like a sieve.
Qin Chuan grabbed him by the collar, lifted him up, and said indifferently: "Master Mengzhuang, I once asked you at the beginning, is there any clansman from the Meng family outside, you said no, but now a Meng Zhongsi suddenly appeared in the mine, you say, is this person a clansman of the Meng family?" ”
"Don't kill me, don't kill me, I won't dare again, please don't kill me......"
Meng Guiming cried, and a stream of liquid suddenly appeared from under his crotch, gurgling down.
Qin Chuan narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Let me ask you again, are there any people from the Meng family outside?" ”
"No, I swear to God, this time it's really gone."
"Okay, I said, as long as you follow me obediently, I will ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing in your old age, and even give you the continuation of the Meng family's incense, but from now on, if you dare to play tricks again, I will chop you up with my own hands."
With that, Qin Chuan threw Meng Guiming to the ground, then turned around and swiped the long knife in his hand at Meng Zhonghe's neck.
Meng Zhongsi clutched his neck, and his throat made a grunting sound like a big fish's head.
Qin Chuan turned around and walked away, Luo Da Niu came up with a knife, and Lao Huang stretched Meng Zhonghe's neck.
After the flash of the knife, Lao Huang threw Meng Zhonghe's head in front of Meng Guiming.
Meng Guiming stepped back in horror, then knelt on the ground and whined and wept.
Qin Chuan went to check the injuries of the other two brothers, one of them was slashed in the thigh, the wound was not deep, but it was very long, and he almost cut the artery.
The other brother was also stabbed with a spear, the head of which pierced through the cotton armor and just punctured the belly, but fortunately did not hurt the internal organs.
The injuries of these two brothers, as long as they are handled properly, should be fine.
If the wound is infected, then they can only resign themselves to fate, or they can only rely on their constitution to resist it.
After settling the bodies of the two injured brothers and the big fish head, Qin Chuan stood on a high ground, looked down at the miners who were kneeling on the ground and trembling, and said loudly: "You all heard it, my brother called me the big boss, that's right, we used to be a group of bandits who killed people without blinking, and Meng Guiming was just a puppet in my hands." ”
Hearing his words, the group of captured miners suddenly stirred.
"Whether it is a thief or an official, as long as you follow me, I will ensure that all of you are fed and clothed, and that you are not bullied, from today onwards, everyone will take care of three meals a day, and add a bowl of broth every other day."
"The chisel and back worker in the mine pay 20 wen for every 100 catties of ore processing, and the furnace master adds 200 wen for every 100 catties of pig iron, and the more he does, he naturally earns more."
"If you want to follow me, you will have two taels of silver per month, and you don't need to go to the mine to sell coolies, but if you want to go into battle to kill the enemy, as long as you have the ability, I will ensure that you will be prosperous and rich in the future, and your children and grandchildren will have no worries about food and clothing."
"Now, stand up for me according to the miner's furnace, line up one by one to go up the mountain to lead the broth, come next to each other, whoever dares to break the rules Lao Tzu will be the first to clean him up."
With that, Qin Chuan turned around and walked up the mountain.
Whether it is a miner, a nurse, or a homeless person who farms and tailors, Qin Chuan plans to return to work on a monthly basis, and the monthly salary is different for different types of work, so that they can all follow the rules.
As for the old bandits in Jiuji Mountain, they have always been in the form of dividends, and every time they go out to rob, they will take out a part of it.
Mengjiazhuang's money and grain were not shared, Qin Chuan didn't say it, but the old bandits in Jiuji Mountain knew that the big boss would give each of them a share of glory and wealth in the future.
After listening to Qin Chuan's words, those miners looked at each other for a while, and finally someone took the lead in coming out to line up, and then swarmed up.
After being beaten indiscriminately by the old bandits of Jiuji Mountain with a knife, they lined up one by one in an orderly manner.
Meng Zhongsi brought out 300 miners, 60 or 70 were killed or wounded, nearly 100 escaped back to the mines, and a total of 146 people were captured.
Coupled with the forty or fifty people who escaped before, Qin Chuan already had nearly two hundred miners on hand, and there were more than five hundred in the mine.
However, as soon as Meng Zhongsi and his Meng family's nursing home died, there was chaos in the mine.
A few talkable little stewards, bookkeepers, mine heads, and other six gods have no owners, and they don't know what to do, and the other miners are like headless flies, messy.
From time to time, groups of miners escaped, and after a meal of mercy, they were able to enter the team to receive the broth.
Qin Chuan brought a lot of water from the horses that were cooked and dried yesterday, but he only brought a large cauldron, and the pot of broth quickly bottomed out.
He simply shouted at the mine, asking the people inside to bring out a few pots, and by the way, pick up two more loads of water.
Unexpectedly, his words really worked, more than a dozen miners came out of it, carrying a few cauldrons, two of them were still carrying water, and they were still walking through the main gate, and the miners on the arrow tower did not release arrows to stop them.
When the pot came, so did the water, and a sack of water, cooked and dried, was poured into the pot, and the grass cut nearby was burned, and the cauldron soon boiled.
When everyone was able to eat the broth, a group of neatly dressed people finally came out of the mine, looking either the little steward or the bookkeeper and the head of the mine.
"I'm waiting for the wish to surrender, and I hope the chief steward will treat you well."