Shenju and Gwangju are not far from the Central Plains Road, so most of the displaced people have to pass through here before they can go south.

In the face of the displaced people in transit, the attitude of the local government in Shenzhou is very intriguing.

A lot of people means a problem, especially for these displaced people, who can have big problems if they are not careful.

Therefore, the local officials almost regarded these displaced people as plague gods, and did not want these displaced people to stay in Shenzhou for long.

All day long, all they think about is getting them out of the realm as soon as possible, as long as they don't make a mess, so they can complete their mission.

It is precisely because of this attitude that the officials at all levels in Shenzhou did not care about the relief of the victims, but those officials urged the displaced people in many ways to let them leave quickly.

The government was reluctant to provide relief, and corrupt officials even embezzled away the already small amount of relief grain. The people had no money or food, which led to the death of countless people.

According to the original intention of the local government, it was worried that the displacement would cause chaos if they stayed in the country, so they wanted to expel them from the country as soon as possible. But what the government did not expect was that it was precisely because of this that it became a source of chaos.

There is a deserted house in the north of Shifang Town, Luoshan County, which is rarely visited.

I heard that this was originally the residence of a wealthy family, but this family later fell into disrepair, and was no longer inhabited and cared for, so it gradually fell into disuse.

I heard that the reason why this family fell was because the owner of the family had an ancient painting, which he had always loved very much, and it was easy not to show it.

But I don't know how this news was known by the county magistrate in the city, so he sent people here several times, and the secret meaning was to ask for the painting and want the family to hand over the painting.

As the saying goes, the arm can't reach the thigh, if it's someone else, grit your teeth and endure the pain, and hand over the painting, but the owner of this family has a hard temper, no matter how people urge him, he just doesn't want to give, and finally annoys the county master.

If you can't get it, you have to take it! Under the operation of the county order, the owner of the house got into a lawsuit on trumped-up charges and was imprisoned.

In order to save people, the family had to scatter all their wealth and beg for help. The family worked up and down, and it was not until the end that the painting was not saved, and the person was rescued from the prison.

After this incident, the house was ruined. The owner of the family was even more disheartened, and soon after his release from prison, his family moved out of the area, and his whereabouts were unknown.

is the so-called breaking the county order, destroying the door to know the state; That's the reason. As long as you wear official uniforms, you can kill and rob the people under your rule, treat the people as fish and meat, and let me slaughter them.

Since the family moved out, the house is deserted and uninhabited. Over time, the courtyard became a meeting place for the ruffians.

At this time, almost all the unemployed vagrants in Shifang Town gathered here.

The first of these people is named Zhang Feng'er, who is in his thirties, with a Chinese face, a short beard, and a strong body; Wearing a clean and neat short fight, he looks powerful and quite powerful.

Zhang Fenger is a native of Shifang Town, and since he was a child, he did not like to read, but only loved to fight bravely.

He is tall and strong, and he has learned a good pair of punches and kicks, plus he is desperate to fight and is not afraid of exchanging injuries for injuries, which makes him rarely defeated.

Zhang Feng'er is extremely powerful when he fights, often one person can suppress several people from the other side, even if it is full of blood, he doesn't care, he can overwhelm others from the momentum. Because of his ruthlessness and unstinting skills, he won him the nickname of the Tiger of the Lower Mountain.

Over time, the ruffians gathered under him, and he had the power to be like the leader of a gang.

It is said that this downhill tiger is idle and unwilling to make a serious living, so he takes those subordinates around the town all day long, causing trouble.

But fortunately, although this person is not doing his job, he has never done anything to bully men and women. On the contrary, he often sees injustices on the road, draws a knife to help, and always intervenes in the injustices he encounters.

Moreover, Zhang Fenger is extremely bold, squandering money and spending generously.

Usually, if he meets someone who needs money in urgent need of money at home, he always gives generously, as long as he has a point in his hand, he will not only take out half a point, and never recover it afterwards, even if the person who borrowed the money can't pay it back, he won't care.

So although Zhang Fenger rarely does anything serious, his reputation among the people in the town is not bad.

If there is a dispute between neighbors, they are willing to ask him to come and mediate, and he can generally be impartial and try to satisfy everyone.

After a long time, he Zhang Feng'er gradually gained some prestige in the town. And his brothers, who were most favored by him, were even more willing to follow him with all their hearts.

Originally, Zhang Feng'er's life was like this, but for some reason, just two years ago, this person suddenly wanted to go out to wander, saying that he was going to travel the rivers and lakes, be a ranger, and come back after making some achievements.

And this walk is two or three years!

Since then, there has been no news of Zhang Feng'er from the townspeople. Some people even thought that he had died outside, after all, the world is so chaotic at the moment, no one will be able to save their lives.

As time went on, there were many people who thought that Zhang Feng'er would never come back, until this time he suddenly returned with the ranks of the homeless.

The first people to get the news of Zhang Feng'er's return were his former brothers.

Because after he returned, the first thing he did was to call all the people who had been trusted by his former subordinates to this abandoned mansion, saying that there was something important to discuss.

Zhang Feng'er sat in the middle, looking at the people around him, thinking about how to speak.

In fact, a lot has happened to him in the past few years since he left.

When he first went out, because he was used to spending lavishly, the coils on his body were quickly spent.

In the beginning, he had a hard time. He doesn't know how to farm, and he doesn't know how to do business; And his appearance and figure look a little scary, and many people are reluctant to hire him for work.

The world is not good, and if he wants to make a living, he can only rely on his strength, and every place he goes, he must first find his own way of life.

In order to survive, he worked as a guard for the homes of wealthy families, a thug for an underground gang, a coolie on the docks, and even a nurse in a green building.

But even so, he can only barely survive, and he can't even eat and wear.

He stumbled all the way out until he arrived in Chenzhou.

At that time, Chen Xinglong had just led the army to occupy Chenzhou, and was recruiting troops on a large scale.

In the autumn of the war, Chenzhou at that time had become a pot of porridge, and Zhang Fenger couldn't find a job at all, so in order not to starve to death, he simply joined the army.

After joining the army, Zhang Feng'er dared to kill and fight, and he would rush to the front every time there was a war. Under his leadership, he often feared death and repeatedly defeated the officers and troops in front of them.

The elite of the officers and soldiers is not comparable to these displaced army composed of disaster victims, so a person who can confront the official army head-on is naturally very noticeable within the displaced army.

So soon, many people knew that there was a fierce man in the army nicknamed Xiashan Tiger, who would not die when he started a battle, and even the officers and soldiers were afraid of him.

Zhang Feng'er made many military exploits, and soon emerged in the army, and was appreciated by Liu Qingyuan, a general under Chen Xinglong.

With military merits and Liu Qingyuan's promotion, it didn't take long for Zhang Feng'er to become a hundred people, and then soon followed Liu Qingyuan to become a tooth general.

After taking charge of the army, Zhang Fenger made many military exploits, and finally Liu Qingyuan recommended him to Chen Xinglong.

At this time, Chen Xinglong had just become king, and his military might was flourishing, and it was the time of complacency. He set up civil and military officials in Chenzhou, built palaces, and wantonly divided meritorious heroes.

Zhang Feng'er, who was recommended by Liu Qingyuan, was able to meet King Xing at this time. When Chen Xinglong first saw Zhang Feng'er, he felt that he had an extraordinary bearing, and his heart was happy, and he promoted him to the rank of General Mingwei of the fourth grade.

Since Chen Xinglong had just become king, Chenzhou's official system was far from perfect, and there were even many official positions such as left and right prime ministers, all of which were learned directly from the opera.

However, this is also a helpless move, most of the people in the exile army who followed Chen Xinglong's incident are poor people, where will they know what the various ministries and departments of the imperial court have, most of them can only copy the drama or speculate on their own, so the appointment of officials in the Xingwang Mansion is a bit messy.

If these were known to those officials in the Great Cloud Court, I am afraid they would laugh off their big teeth.

It's just that although the official system of Chenzhou is chaotic, General Mingwei is already the general of the army, and among the exile army that has been renamed the Xingwang Army, it is not the descendants of Chen Xinglong's old department, and there are no more than five people who can reach such a high position.

The reason why Zhang Feng'er, who is already a high-ranking person in the Xingwang Army, returned to Shenzhou this time is because it is difficult for him to go further in the righteous army without the merit of the first righteousness, and he needs to make new contributions to make it possible.

Now the war is unfavorable, the righteous army is not Zhou Chang's opponent, and recently the Central Plains Provincial Army has suppressed the Xingwang army in Chenzhou, Songzhou and other places, and the Xingwang army has fallen into decline again.

In order to turn the situation around, Chen Xinglong asked the generals to come up with a countermeasure. Zhang Feng'er took the initiative to ask Ying and offered this strategy, saying that he hoped to start an incident in Shenzhou, respond to the Xingwang army in Huainan Province, contain and divert the attention of the imperial court, ease the situation on the side of Chenzhou, and expand the power of the rebel army.

That's why Zhang Feng'er was sent to mix in the refugees who went south this time and returned to Shifang Town.

If there is chaos today, it is still difficult for the ordinary people in Shenzhou to live, not to mention these unemployed vagrants who have no ability to make a living, they can be said to be even more miserable, and can only rely on the poor relief food distributed by the government to survive.

And whether it is the official in charge of distributing grain or the errand servant, they do not have a good face for these unproductive skins, and they often withhold their rations, and sometimes they can't even drink the clear porridge.

This is also the reason why Zhang Feng'er is looking for these people, in addition to the fact that he has prestige among these people, but also because these people have long hated the government from the bottom of their hearts, and these ruffians have the lowest awe of the government. In the case that there is no way to live, as long as Zhang Fenger provokes, he can follow him.

Of course, it is not enough to rely on these people in front of you, but with the current situation, as long as someone takes the lead, I am afraid that the most important thing is people.

This year's catastrophe has left more than half of the people in Shenzhou without food at home.

In particular, Luoshan County, which is closest to Zhongyuan Province, is the most serious, and before Zhang Feng'er returned, there had been repeated incidents of starvation to death, and the government was unable to provide disaster relief, and the people had already complained.

Coupled with the displaced people who can't survive, the seemingly calm Shenzhou is actually already an undercurrent.

Now, the situation in Luoshan County or the entire Shenzhou has become a boiling state, and perhaps it only takes a little spark to become a prairie fire.

And Zhang Feng'er thinks that this is a good opportunity, and the next thing he has to do is to light the fire.

He wanted to see if such a big fire could burn through the sky above his head!