People just followed quietly, a pair of bast shoes and grass shoes stepped on the ground covered with dead grass, making a slight sound like rustling spring cannibalizing leaves, crossing a small stone bridge from the entrance of the village, the bottom was a crystal clear winding river, and then along the winding road to the northwest, both sides were already full of acres, and after walking for a while, when you heard the sound of the river rushing, it was to the river.

There are some sparse woodlands and shrubs by the river, and the land near the river is uncultivated for fear of flooding in the summer, and there are large areas of wild grass, and piles of one-man tall shrubs swaying under the moonlight, and if you are more timid, you dare not approach at all.

When they reached the river, the terrain was getting higher and higher, and then the road was rushing forward after passing the shrubs and woodlands, and after walking a hundred or so steps to the harbor where the boats were parked.

It is said to be a port, but it is a long wooden trestle bridge with two rows of horizontal and vertical horizontals, and several boats of this hundred households are docked by the river, and there are several thatched houses, which are stacked with some utensils on the boat, and they don't even have to be locked in normal times, this thing can only be used on the boat, even if it is stolen, it cannot be sold for money.

If it was a normal year, the troops set off as early as the beginning of the month, went to Huai'an, and waited for the grain from all over the country to gradually gather, and after the number was enough, the boats set off in groups.

Ten people in a boat, exactly the number of people in a small flag, each ship transports more than 500 stone grain, the draft is heavy, when going north, many places are in the dry period, and the transporters need to hold the boat to eat the wind, while getting off the boat to pull the fiber forward, often pulling from morning to night every day, the skin is open and the flesh is blooming, and the hunger and cold are pressing......

When everyone saw the boat, their subconscious reaction was a sudden thrill!

Min Yuanzhong smiled bitterly and touched his back, although he is a small flag officer, is the "Gangsi" of the boat, but when he encounters dry water, he has to get off the boat to pull fiber, only the general flag or the "first head" of the identity of a hundred households, this can comfortably watch everyone work on the boat, and to a higher level of thousands of households or command affairs, in order to drink tea on the boat with a light breeze, if the dry water is out of date, the general flag hundred households will not be reprimanded by the officials, and even jump down to pull the boat when they are in a hurry...... That's what Han Sen did.

Pulling boats, carrying grain bales, driving boats back and forth on both sides of the canal, farming, frying salt, these things are the best things for these flag soldiers in front of them, they are a group of special people, both have a certain military organization, but also have eaten the hard work of boatmen, so there is also a brotherhood between boatmen and craftsmen, both farmers and soldiers, and at the same time boatmen and slender men.

It is precisely because of these complex characteristics, after the death of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, they continued to be responsible for transporting grain, lost the identity of the army, became a civilian household, and were not immune to being bullied.

This operation can be regarded as the awakening of these troops, but Min Yuanqi flapped the wings of the butterfly in advance, which stimulated the blood and courage of these men in advance.

When they arrived at the river, the fishy river wind hit their faces, and people were in good spirits.

But soon people noticed the accident, a black canopy boat was moored next to the boat, and several figures stood at the bow of the boat, blocked by the black canopy behind them.

"What kind of person, pretending to be a ghost!" Shen Liang's reaction was the fastest, when people were still a little ignorant, he had already swung the spear in his hand forward, the whole person lunged forward, his arms stretched and contracted, and when he drank violently, the tip of the spear was pointing at a certain black shadow on the bow of the boat, as long as the other party couldn't answer or had something sneaky, take a step forward, and the tip of the spear could be poked and pierced!

The rest of the flag army is still ignorant, even Min Yuanqi is too late to react, from this detail can be seen, daily training is not as good as actual combat, in the event of sudden accidents and changes, only the real battle, after thousands of tempered elite soldiers can make the most correct response in the first time.

Min Yuanqi felt a little ashamed, and then he looked directly at the black shadow on the bow of the boat, and pulled out the Qi knife with his right hand.

"I'm Min Yuanzhi......" Someone in the dark shadow seemed to be frightened by the current scene, and the sound of his answer was also a little hesitant and frightened.

Min Yuanqi still didn't come back to his senses, but Min Yuanzhong shouted happily: "Is it the twelfth brother?" ”

"It's me, isn't it the seventh brother of Yuanzhong?"

"It's me, and the third brother of Yuan Qi is also there."

The Min family is scattered in Dahewei, and there are many clansmen, but the close branch lineage is actually Min Qiande and Min Yuanqi, like Min Yuanjin and Min Yuanzhong are far away, but most of the cousins of the same sect are still in order, and they are usually called by brothers, Min Yuanzhong and Min Yuanzhi have said hello, and Min Yuanqi has also woken up: this Min Yuanzhi is the eldest son of the second uncle Min Qiande's family, and he is not very old, two or three years younger than himself.

"I've seen the third brother." When Min Yuanzhi jumped off the boat, he walked among a group of soldiers with guns and knives, and because he was sure that he was going to rob people, and even inevitably killed people, everyone was a little nervous, so that the murderous spirit was obvious.

Especially when Shen Liang was drinking with a gun just now, Min Yuanzhi felt that his life was threatened, his hair stood up, and when he passed by Shen Liang's side, the eldest son of this deputy Qianhu couldn't help but glance at Shen Liang, and when he found that the other party was expressionless, and his eyes were still bright and scary, Min Yuanzhi quickly looked away.

Although they are clan brothers, now is not the time to gossip, Min Yuanzhong and Min Yuanzhi simply said hello, and said quite directly: "What is the matter with the twelve brothers coming to the hundred households, if there is nothing important, stay in my official hall for one night, and wait for me to rescue Yuanjin from the Shuiguan River House, and our brothers will reunite ......"

is different from Min Yuanqi in a military uniform, Min Yuanzhi is wearing a cyan straight body, with a snow-white patch exposed above his chest, and a jade ornament hanging from his waist...... Although the order collapsed in the last days, but many years of accumulated habits are difficult to change, that is, the military attaché general, most of the children have to study, and even go to participate in the imperial examination, like the current Liao Zhen general soldier Wu Sangui, who studied when he was a teenager, and likes to be vassally elegant, and reciting poems. At that time, Li Chengliang, the veteran soldier, once hired Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang, famous men from Zhejiang, to his home, and was responsible for teaching Li Rusong, Rumei, Rubai, and Brother Bo...... Min Yuanqi studied in the Min family school when he was a teenager, and most of the cousins at that time were dressed similarly to Min Yuanzhi, only Min Yuanqi was an outlier, he was naughty since he was a child, and he liked to use a gun and a stick to learn martial arts and practice riding and shooting......

"I'm here to go to the riverhouse for you." Although Min Yuanzhi is small, but in a complex place like Suocheng, the people he deals with every day are either officials or officials, although he is very shrewd, it can be seen at a glance that Min Yuanqi is in a hurry to leave now...... He just wasn't shrewd, and he knew that now was not the time to gossip.

At that moment, Min Yuanzhi made his intentions very straightforward, Min Qiande knew that his nephew had made up his mind, and estimated that he would go to the river house tonight to rob people, so he called Min Yuanzhi in the evening, took out all the twenty collar armor he had led in the private house, and instructed Min Yuanzhi to take the servants to drive the boat to carry the armor on the boat while it was getting dark, and then wait quietly here at the dock...... All the details of the action were explained by Min Qiande, Min Yuanzhi was young but not frivolous Meng Lang, and did what his father told him, so it was not until Min Yuanqi took people to the dock that the two brothers took a photo.

"My dad said so." Min Yuanqi finally said: "I'm afraid it's inevitable to do it, since you want to move, you must subdue the surname Yang, and it's okay to kill it." Now this is not in chaos, the guest soldiers only urge the salary, and do not pay attention to local affairs at all, and even the guest soldiers loot and kill people everywhere, and the government does not dare to ask...... Yang Shida was not a serious official in the first place, and no one in the local area knew what kind of virtue he was, so when such a person was killed, not only the people applauded, but even the officials had to breathe a sigh of relief. Yang Shili is over there in Yancheng, if something really comes out, it will be a headache in Yancheng County, so we don't have to pay attention to it here......"

Min Yuanqi was still a little uncomfortable in his heart...... Even if he was a man in two lives, he didn't do the current thing, sneak attacked the door, killed people and set fires...... Even if I have practiced this thing a hundred times in my heart, when I really want to let it go, I will still naturally feel uneasy in my heart.

That is to say, there are Chongzhen's seventeenth years and the future Qing soldiers going south to burn and slaughter in front of him, and he can't avoid it, otherwise, Min Yuanqi would rather be an ordinary hundred households, try to be better for his own household banner army, everyone can eat well, he is a small officer and small landlord with a good income, and it is good to live a peaceful and stable life......

"I inherit the love of my second uncle." Min Yuanqi's heart gradually settled down, the actual support of the elders was more important than anything else, at this time he understood more about the clan of this era, although there must be backward and ignorant and unfair and unreasonable parts, and it will naturally be eliminated if it is not suitable for the times in the future, but at this moment, there is a reliable clan that can be used as a backing to rely on, which is a very fortunate thing for him Min Yuanqi.

The armor was removed from the boat, and sure enough, there were twenty collars in all.

"Thirteen collars of cotton armor, six collars of chain mail, and one collar of armor!"

With the sound of Min Yuanzhong's counting, the twenty-collar armor was lifted down from the boat and displayed on the ground by the river, exposed to everyone's eyes.

Although the "armor" in front of you is tattered and lost, and a few collar armors have been torn out of shape, it is difficult for people to believe in its protective ability, and even have the idea of studying its historical origin, but there is a complete difference between armor and no armor...... Even with the shallow knowledge of Min Yuanqi's later generations, they all understand this, not to mention these soldiers of the Ming Guard in the world?

Many flag soldiers are the first time to observe the armor at close range, and these things are generally impossible to fall on the head of the flag army, not to mention the ordinary flag army, even if it is a small flag officer, a chief flag officer, it is difficult to have a collar armor.

Even if Min Yuanqi himself didn't have armor, he might have had it, or even cold-forged Qingtang armor, or Shanwen armor, Mingguang armor and other precious armor, but in the long years, poverty and decades and hundreds of years did not need to wear armor to go into battle, this kind of military heavy weapon is quite valuable, and there will always be buyers to buy it...... According to the laws of the dynasty, it is enough to be beheaded if you have more than five pieces of iron armor, and it is impossible for civil officials to have interests and hobbies in this area, unless they are given the military preparation road and the position of governor, they need to form their own relatives, in case there is no force to protect their safety when commanding on the battlefield...... According to the tradition of the size of the dynasty, the general army can not directly command the adjutant generals, or even a guerrilla, and the civilian officials need to be in command on the battlefield in person, weigh the pros and cons and unify the logistics, only when the civilian officials determine the military order, the generals are responsible for the specific engagement matters, and the civilian officials in order to suppress the generals, the military and the governor to the governor will form their own standard battalion, with their own cronies generals, Even relatives and family members have formed a reliable elite force to suppress unruly warriors who may not obey the orders of civilian officials.