There are only less than five truckloads of grain here, and at this time, there are more than 1,000 hungry people who have rushed to hear the news, and this little bit of food is tantamount to a drop in the bucket for so many people, and it is far from enough.

Under the coaxing of everyone, the food here was quickly robbed, and the rest of the people who did not grab the food were a little anxious, and they could only look at Zhang Feng'er in desperation, hoping that he could get an idea.

"Brother Zhang, where do you say there is more food? As long as we can get food, we will listen to you! Someone asked, his tone full of longing and greed.

Just because of the grain release, so that these hungry people could have enough to eat, Zhang Feng'er has unknowingly become their backbone and has the prestige to command them.

Zhang Feng'er knew that these hungry people only wanted more food, but they wanted to grab it but didn't dare, and now all they lacked was a leader.

Everyone in the world thinks that the people are cowardly, and the government also regards the people as dogs and sheep. In the eyes of the imperial court, it is best for them to grow up in the fields honestly all their lives, and their only role is to farm the land and pay enough taxes for the court on time.

Their ancestors have been like this for generations, as if they were crops planted by the imperial court, and they handed over a steady stream of money and grain to the government year after year. As a result, these people worked hard all year round, and the remaining food was not enough for the family to wrap up.

As for the lives of these people, no one has ever cared. Anyway, the crops, after a dead crop, there will always be another stubble, which is incomplete, as long as the next crop grows up, it will still be enough to pay taxes honestly.

But they forgot that when they couldn't survive, these moving crops could take up arms and turn from pigs and sheep into hungry wolves.

As long as someone is the first to show fangs, they can also grow those sharp teeth that have long been worn out by hardship.

For the people in Shifang Town, now this person has appeared.

Zhang Feng'er said to everyone: "There is only so much food here, there are so many people, no matter what, it is not enough, but I know where there is food, if anyone wants to eat enough, come with me!" ”

These people have finally regrown the fangs that they may have forgotten they once had, and have become aggressive and aggressive.

Zhang Fenger's method of finding food is very simple, kill the rich and help the poor. He led people to surround a rich family, and the hungry people were murderous, looking like they were going to eat people, where did the rich man dare to open the door. The courtyard servant could only hold the gate against him, and he pleaded with the hungry crowd outside in the courtyard.

Zhang Feng'er didn't care about this, and led his subordinates to open the door, and then asked the people to grab money and food.

In this family, Zhang Feng'er and they grabbed tens of thousands of catties of grain, which alone shows the wealth of the squires and the poverty of the poor.

Zhang Feng'er took the lead, and as soon as the case was opened, it could no longer be stopped, and more and more hungry people came to get the news, and the displaced people and local people began to join in.

Once people's deepest beast nature is released, it will be difficult to lock them up again.

At the beginning, these people still had some concerns, just grabbing food.

But as things evolved, the people gradually began to become unscrupulous. From gold, silver, jewelry, to celebrity calligraphy and paintings, as long as they see it, they will not let it go.

If the Lord dared to stop him, they would punch and kick him.

Until finally, someone finally started killing.

At this time, the hungry people had become mobs, and the rich squires in Shifang Town were unlucky.

It doesn't matter what the hungry people are killing red-eyed, not only the rich, but almost all the people in the town who are above the middle-class families have been robbed, and those who were originally okay have gone bankrupt in an instant.

This is not bad, and many people just have a few complaints about being robbed, and they are beaten to death by hungry people, and they end up with broken families.

The middle-class family is still like this, not to mention the rich families, all of them have been looted, and it would be a blessing if they could leave a life.

In this turmoil that affected the whole town, many wealthy families were wiped out.

By the time it was already dark, there was almost enough to grab in the town.

Only one of the people has not rushed in, and they have been surrounded by Zhang Feng'er and others.

Liu's family is the largest squire's house in Shifang Town. The old lady of the Liu family is even more famous, and when he was young, he filled the vacancy and served as a teacher, and later was promoted to the county magistrate because of his outstanding political achievements.

He also has an excellent official reputation in office, but because he was dissatisfied with the corruption of officialdom, he resigned and returned to his hometown after the expiration of his term of office, and no longer went out of office.

Liu's family of poetry and books has been based in the town for a hundred years. In the past hundred years, although the children of the Liu family have occasionally been deceitful, they have not done any major evils, but they have built bridges and roads, and have done a lot of good deeds in the town.

The old lady was kind to people all her life, and after resigning and returning to her hometown, she opened a private school to teach for fun. The old lady does not seek money, does not seek fame and fortune, and even if the children of poor families cannot afford to study, they can listen outside and never drive away.

Over the years, many people in the town have been taught by the old lady.

Because of this, everyone knew that the Liu family was one of the richest families in the entire Luoshan County, and although they coveted the money and food of the Liu family, no one dared to act rashly.

Seeing this, Zhang Feng'er separated everyone, came to the door, and shouted inside: "Old lady Liu, the junior Zhang Feng'er took the liberty to visit, and I hope that the old lady will receive you!" ”

At this time, the door opened, and the old lady of the Liu family was eighty years old, and walked out tremblingly with the support of her family.

The old lady with white hair didn't look panicked, he was on crutches, and calmly said to Zhang Feng'er as the leader: "It turned out to be Xiaofengzi!" I haven't seen you for many years, and today you have led people to surround my house, what do you mean? ”

Zhang Fenger also sought advice in Mrs. Liu's private school when she was a child, although she dropped out of school and went home because she didn't like to study for a long time. After that, the old lady saw him hanging around the street with nothing to do several times, and also reprimanded and persuaded him several times, wanting him to find a proper business, and finally saw that he was really stubborn before giving up.

It has been many years since he saw him, but he still has some awe of the old lady in his heart.

Therefore, he bowed his hand and bowed to the juniors, and said respectfully: "Old lady, everyone has suffered a disaster this time, and the neighbors can't survive." In desperation, the younger generations can only ask for the house, this is to borrow some food from the old lady, and hope that the old lady will have mercy and save his life! ”

Old lady Liu looked around, pointed to the menacing people under the steps, and disdained his words. The old lady sneered: "This is what you said about borrowing?" ”

Old lady Liu's prestige in the town was too heavy, and when everyone saw the old lady looking at them, they didn't dare to look directly at him, and they all lowered their heads to avoid the old lady's gaze.

Seeing that the morale was about to be suppressed by the old lady alone, Zhang Feng'er frowned and was about to say something.

But before he could speak, Mrs. Liu continued: "The people have suffered a disaster, and they have their own government to provide disaster relief; My Liu family also opened a porridge shed in the town, and did my best to help the neighbors. ”

"The old man asked himself, my Liu family has been based in Shifang Town for a hundred years, and I dare not say that it is a great good family, but I have never done a great evil, but you have come to surround my mansion today and want to rob, it is really unreasonable!"

These words made Zhang Feng'er a little speechless, so she could only bite the bullet and say: "The old lady is serious, the younger generation is just waiting here to borrow a little food to make a living, and there is no intention of looting, I hope the old lady will not misunderstand." ”

Old lady Liu didn't eat him, and looked at the fires in the town, and until now there were still screams.

He scoffed: "You have no intention of plundering, so what have you done along the way, and what have you just done, aren't they murder and arson?" ”

"The old man knows that you also want to live, but how innocent are the people in the town who have suffered such a catastrophe? How is this different from an animal? ”

Zhang Feng'er is the leader of the thieves, and the old lady has a bad attitude towards him, complaining that he has brought the people of this town to a point of no return. In the face of other people in the town, Mrs. Liu's attitude was much better.

He persuaded: "Fellow villagers, go back!" Take advantage of the fact that things are not yet irretrievable, let's stop! I will definitely write to the court to explain the reason for this matter, and ask the court to take it lightly. ”

"Besides, even if you don't think about yourself, can't you think about your family? You must know that the common people who rebelled in all dynasties and dynasties did not end well, and everyone must not be wrong again and again, otherwise it will be too late to regret it as soon as the imperial army arrives! ”

Zhang Feng'er knew that Old Lady Liu's words had calmed everyone, and among them, I was afraid that some people had already begun to retreat.

If you don't want to solve it, people's hearts will be scattered; When the imperial court reacted, the army surrounded and suppressed, but I was afraid that he Zhang Feng'er would die without a place to be buried.

However, he didn't think he could talk about Old Lady Liu before he came, everyone in the town knew that Old Lady Liu had a hard temper, and he was ready to touch the nail before he came.

Since the soft ones can't be used now, the hard ones will come, anyway, so many houses in the town have been robbed, and this one is not bad.

It's just that the morale still needs to be boosted before he starts, so he said loudly to Old Lady Liu: "Old lady's words are wrong! The people are hungry, so in order to survive, they can only sell their wives and children, and even change their children to eat. ”

"The poor and the poor are so miserable that the rich people all see in their eyes, but they turn a blind eye; There are even quite a few people who have fallen into the trap and hoarded grain and inflated food prices for personal gain. eat the flesh and blood of the people, knock out the marrow of the people; How can a rentier be said to be innocent? ”

"These people did not care whether the people lived or died, and they died innocently. Although the food that the younger generation waited for was robbed, the younger generation distributed all the food to the hungry and cold people, which is the way for heaven and a righteous act. ”

"Besides, the thing has already been done, with the temperament of the imperial court, it will only kill everyone, how can it let everyone go? You said that the court would be lenient, would you believe it yourself? ”

Old lady Liu opened his mouth, but he couldn't refute Zhang Feng'er's words.

Although he is now at home, he was also an official of the imperial court, and he knows best how the imperial court will treat the people who commit rebellion, he knows that what Zhang Feng'er said is right, even if they stop now, the imperial court will not let them go.

The "Law of the Great Clouds" contains a clear text that it is a capital crime to commit rebellion, and the sin is unforgivable; Old lady Liu was unwilling to deceive the people below, who were already pitiful enough, so he could only remain silent.

Seeing that Old Lady Liu stopped talking, Zhang Feng'er continued: "So, wouldn't we put everyone's heads under the butcher's knife of the imperial court when we stop now." Moreover, even if the court doesn't pursue it, everyone will still starve to death in the end! ”

"In order to give the people a way to live, but also for the sake of you and your family, the old lady still don't insist on going his own way, as long as you follow the general trend and take out the food quickly, the people will still remember the good of your old man."

Zhang Fenger's words were sonorous and powerful, and everything was for the sake of the people.

There is no need to look down, Old Lady Liu also knows that the following people have been moved by Zhang Feng'er's words, and they are gearing up one by one, just waiting for Zhang Feng'er to give an order, they will rob the Liu family completely.

The old lady was sad, not only for the upcoming tragic experience of the Liu family, but also for the court.

He didn't even blame the people below, who were hungry for a fire in their eyes. When people are hungry, they are irrational, and the so-called benevolence, righteousness, morality, and saintly education are worthless in the face of a full meal.

It's not that he can't say Zhang Feng'er, he has countless ways to say that Zhang Feng'er is speechless, but what's the use? He said so much bitterly, for the people, after all, it can't be worth the simple word starvation!

Many people know this truth! Zhang Feng'er knew it, and so did him, an eighty-year-old rural villager.

But there are so many people in the court, many of whom are famous and talented, who talk about the court all day long, but they can't even understand such a simple truth.

Frustrated, he asked his family servants to get out of the way, no longer blocking it, and letting Zhang Feng'er and others enter.

The hungry people cheered, and you pushed me and rushed into the gate of Liu's house, for fear that someone would snatch the good things away if they were one step too late.

Here is the wealth accumulated by the Liu family for a hundred years, rich beyond the imagination of these hungry people, everyone is like crazy, everything that enters people's sight is coaxed and snatched, eager to tear down the roof and snatch it.

Of course, Zhang Fenger was more concerned about food, and he rushed to the granary with his brothers as soon as possible. He only breathed a sigh when he saw a warehouse full of grain.

As long as he has this grain, he is not afraid that no one will follow him, and every grain here is his capital for recruiting troops. With food in hand, big things can be expected.

At this time, I don't know who set the first fire when grabbing something, and then as if an appointment, fires began to emerge from all parts of Liu's mansion, and there was a tendency to spread.

Zhang Fenger hurriedly asked the brothers to cheer up and do a good job in the fire prevention of the granary.

At this moment, Niu Er came to him and whispered, "Big brother, what are you going to do about Old Lady Liu and the Liu family?" ”

Zhang Feng'er frowned when she heard this, and she also felt a little tricky. He asked Niu Er: "What do you have in mind?" ”

Niu Er stretched out his hand and pulled it around his neck and made a cross-cutting gesture, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Zhang Feng'er's brows furrowed even deeper, and said, "Old lady Liu is highly respected, isn't this okay?" ”

"Big brother, it is precisely because of this that you have to start even more! Looking at this fire, after tonight, Liu's house will be burned to the ground, and we will be regarded as forming a mortal enmity with the Liu family. ”

"In case the official army comes in the future, and Old Lady Liu will stand on the side of the court and let the people in the town surrender, it will be terrible. With his prestige in the town, as long as the old lady goes to that station, there is no need to fight at all, and we are finished! ”

"For the sake of the big picture, we have to do it; As the saying goes, those who achieve great things are not informal, and the eldest brother should not hesitate! Niu Er persuaded him.

These words made Zhang Feng'er also break out in a cold sweat, this hidden danger was too great, he hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind. instructed Niu Er: "You can do this yourself and do it cleanly." Also, Old Lady Liu is kind to us after all, don't let him go too painfully! ”

Niu Er received the order and hurriedly took the people away.

It was night, and the wealth accumulated by the Liu family for a hundred years was turned into ashes in an instant; Liu's family is full of thirty-four people, and they are also charred corpses.