Chapter 39 Into Changsha

After all, it is only a few small injuries that do not affect the itinerary, and it has entered Xiangyin County in less than five days by water, and it will be possible to reach Tanzhou (Changsha) City in a few days. Shi Bin couldn't help but sigh, no wonder he used to attach so much importance to water transportation, if he took the land route, he was afraid that he would not be able to enter Changsha without walking for a month.

What's more, in addition to a few gangs of water bandits, there are few strong winds and waves in the inland river, which is not very dangerous. And by land, you have to be on guard at all times to prevent bandits from robbing, and there are bandits almost everywhere, but the size of a mountain. Tiger squatting artillery is still very useful in water warfare, and on the official road of this hill, if you can't put a few cannons, you will immediately enter hand-to-hand combat, people can escape, and the baggage will be gone.

The important thing is that I am not afraid that I can't defeat the bandits, but I am afraid that Miss Jia, who is too adventurous, will be injured.

Looking at the seemingly endless Xiangjiang River in front of him, Shi Bin couldn't help but think of the Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, who had mixed reviews, although the Sui Dynasty was destroyed, but his cultural and martial arts were comparable to that of the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, especially the construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which had been in China for more than a thousand years.

"Li Chao, there is a sailor in this Tanzhou, right?" Shi Bin lay on the couch and said slowly.

"Yes, big brother, but don't expect too much from them, now this sailor is estimated to be a rabble, not much better than that gang of bandits, or even worse." Li Chao sighed.

Listening to Li Chao's tone, Shi Bin reminded him of the local security regiment that had no fighting spirit during the Anti-Japanese War, and once the situation was unfavorable, they would immediately flee.

So he suggested that Shi Bin take a detour to Jinggang Ancient Town in the northwest of Wangcheng. When he arrived outside the harbor, he saw a few broken boats floating on the water and those sailor soldiers in tattered military uniforms, and he really couldn't cry or laugh.

Those boats can no longer be called war ships, that is, a few fishing boats; The soldiers could only be called "fishermen in military uniforms" because they were fishing with their guns in military uniforms.

Holding on to the last bit of hope, I went to the harbor again, and saw nothing that could hurt people except guns, halberds, and forks, which could be used for fishing, and there were fishing nets and baskets everywhere. He said helplessly: "It's really not as good." Where are the sailors, it is a group of fishermen. ”

Thinking that the Battle of Xiangfan would break out in less than fifteen years, he must enter Changsha as soon as possible to reorganize his army and expand his power.

After leaving Jinggang, it didn't take long for him to enter Changsha City. Knowing that he had to deal with this local snake when he first came to Changsha, he went directly to the mansion of Nazhizhou as soon as he entered the city. As soon as they met, he was very humble to give a salute to Na Zhizhou, but Liu Zhizhou looked arrogant, Shi Bin gave a salute, but he didn't return the salute, but just nodded to indicate that he had accepted Shi Bin's etiquette.

Although Shi Bin was unhappy, he was also taken by Wang San to understand some human feelings and sophistication, and did not show it.

And Zhao Gang saw that Na Zhizhou was so rude, so he scolded when he opened his mouth. Most of the northerners scolded first and then started, and Shi Bin was angry and planned to let Zhao Gang scold and vent his anger, but he would apologize later. But he didn't expect Li Chao and Liu Xiao, the two water bandits on Dongting Lake, to suddenly erupt this time, and beat Na Zhizhou to the ground in an instant.

Everything was unexpected, and Liu Zhizhou lay on the ground and covered his head and begged Shi Bin to stop his subordinates. But because of his rudeness just now, Shi Bin also happened to teach him a lesson, so he deliberately just shouted "angrily" to the two brothers to stop, but stood aside and did not approach.

He was almost afraid that this weak scholar would not be able to withstand it, so he signaled the other brothers to immediately step forward to dissuade him, and although the two of them were stopped, they still scolded Liu Zhizhou for being rude.

It was surprising why the two of them reacted so violently just now, it was Zhao Gang, a reckless man, who used to scold, Li Chao and Liu Xiao never kept silent. Now it has become the two of them who have shot crazy Zhizhou without warning, and it seems that the fight is not enough.

Seeing that Shi Bin, the commander, was obedient to the rules, but the guys under him were so violent, even if he was angry, he didn't dare to irritate those subordinates recklessly, so he had to accept Shi Bin's apology and no longer be arrogant.

Back at his mansion, Shi Bin called Li Chao and Liu Xiao, two reckless men, in, and asked sternly: "I only knew that Zhao Gang was a reckless man with a missing string in his head, but he only used his mouth and didn't do anything. Why are you two so ignorant of the severity today, stretching out your hand to fight? That's Zhizhou, not only has a higher grade than me, but also controls the grain and grass in this Tanzhou. What if he doesn't give him food and grass when you do this? ”

After the fight, the two of them already regretted it, knowing that they had caused a big disaster. Now that he heard Shi Bin's words, he was even more annoyed, and Li Chao said: "Big brother, you are already a leader and a figure, and he is not much taller than you." But this Zhizhou doesn't take you seriously and doesn't return a single courtesy, isn't it too much? ”

"Yes, Li Chao is right. This Zhizhou is useless at first glance, and if he dares not to give me food and grass, I will beat him again. It's a big deal, when the time comes, Li Chao and I will carry the black pot. Liu Xiao said firmly.

knew that the two of them were fighting for him, but the crime of beating Zhizhou was not small, if he really wanted to investigate, not only would the two lose their official positions, but they might also be assigned.

"You two said it lightly, once something happens, will it be so simple? But that's not the point. I just want to know how you guys are going to hit today? Shi Bin asked coldly.

The two were about to fool Shi Bin, but Shi Bin warned: "You two are not impulsive, don't want to use those brainless excuses to fool around!" ”

Seeing that this problem couldn't be bypassed, the two had to tell the real reason, it turned out that Liu Zhizhou was once the county governor of Xiangtan, and he was insatiable and fishy. Li Chao's father was forced to death by him, and Liu Xiao also fell into a bandit because he couldn't pay the poll tax.

Knowing this, Shi Bin's heart was like a knife and he couldn't bear to reprimand the two of them again, so he had to comfort them softly: "Two brothers, because my brother doesn't know your suffering, please don't take what you said just now to heart." Then I will avenge you. ”

The so-called "the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked", seeing that this Zhizhou is so treacherous, he is even more worried about the defense of various parts of Tanzhou. But he didn't know anything except that this Tan Prefecture included Changsha, Xiangtan and Zhuzhou.

So he called Li Chao to inquire carefully, and learned that Tanzhou included Changsha, Xiangtan, Zhuzhou, Yueyangnan, Yiyang, Loudi and other places.

Thinking of this, he didn't care about the small injuries on his body, got up and walked out of the house. Knowing that he was going to inspect Changsha City, Li Chao and the others immediately gathered the other brothers and went with more than 20 guards.

Walking slowly on the potholed streets, although people are very unaccustomed to it, Shi Bin does not feel unhappy, there will be no parking road at this time, such a road is normal.

But he was very disappointed to see the people on the street looking languishing and gloomy. Seeing the refugees huddled together in the slums of Dongcheng, he seemed to see the shadow of Xie Qiangbing in Zhengzhou again.

And the wealthy families of the high-ranking families in Xicheng eat them in fine clothes, and would rather throw the food in their hands to the ground and feed the dogs than to the hungry people not far away.

Wang San knew that everyone was very uncomfortable when he saw this, but he said firmly: "Big brother, brothers, you shouldn't sigh at this time. If you want to save these hungry people, you should feed and arm them, and let them lay a place for themselves. In my opinion, the top priority now is to ask Liu Zhizhou to drink at night to make amends. ”

Hearing the words "drinking" and "Liu Zhizhou", Zhao Gang immediately became angry and scolded loudly: "Wang San, why are you so unscored? Then Liu Zhizhou was so rude, why did he even ask him to drink to make amends? What's more, the two brothers Li Chao and Liu Xiao both beat him to the point that his nose was blue and his face was swollen, would he come? ”

Knowing that Zhao Gang would lose control of his emotions, he still smiled and said, "It will come, of course it will." The so-called 'money can make the devil grind' is just right for an insatiable guy like him. ”

Several other brothers felt that what Wang San said was reasonable and agreed with Wang San's opinion, but Yi Jun said: "The question is how to let him come?" He's got to get out. ”

"This has to be wronged by the three brothers Li Chao, Liu Xiao and Zhao Gang." Wang San said a little embarrassed.

Seeing Wang San's somewhat guilty face, the two of them immediately understood what he meant, and immediately said, "Big brother, please beat me and the two of you with forty military sticks, and use this as a stepping stone to get the bastard out!" Zhao Gang saw Li Chao and the others react like this, and he also expressed his willingness to take forty military sticks.

Shi Bin couldn't bear it, but he also knew that there was no way, so he decided to beat Li Chao and the two with 30 military sticks and Zhao Gang with 15 military sticks. Fortunately, he knew the trick of beating military sticks, "dragging" and "bounceping".

When this dragging, the moment the military stick goes down, it must be dragged on the ground. In this way of fighting, after a few hits, the skin was broken, and the blood flowed out, and people who didn't know the way thought that the fight was very heavy. And "bounce" is the moment when the flat arm is hit, and the flat arm is immediately bounced up with the rebound force. In this way of playing, the skin is not easy to be broken, so there is a lot of blood stasis under the skin, which often gives laymen the illusion of "playing relatively lightly". If the blood stasis is not drained out in time, the wound will become inflamed and suppurated, which can easily lead to disability and even death.

Of course, he used a drag to his brother, and the two of them were sent to Liu's mansion. kneeling in front of the door of the house, with thorns tied to his body, it is regarded as "bearing the guilt of thorns".

When Liu Zhizhou saw that Shi Bin had "severely punished" the person who offended him, his anger calmed down a little, but he still didn't want to give him this face to go to the banquet. But he also knew that he was Jia Yidao's son-in-law, and he couldn't make up his mind after thinking about it.

Shi Bin knew that he was going to use a "sugar-coated cannonball" again, so he immediately took out a silver ticket of 1,000 taels and handed it to Liu Zhizhou with humble hands. The money-greedy guy saw that the money was open-eyed, and he knew that it was not easy to get too stiff under the same roof, so he agreed to go to the banquet.

When it came to the banquet, Shi Bin really didn't want to continue to be hypocritical, so he asked Wang Sanduo to entertain with him, and he accompanied the wine on the side. Wang Sanjiu has been in it for a long time, and he has long been at ease.

While making amends, he was promised a lot of benefits. For example, using official roads to smuggle him and give him a 20% kickback, as long as he helps raise 80% of the grain and grass, the remaining 20% is also his. With these benefits, Liu Zhizhou was even more smiling, and it didn't take long for him to eat and drink with Shi Bin and Wang San, and call him brothers.

On the way back to the barracks, Shi Bin's face was full of anger, and as soon as he returned to the barracks, he smashed everything that could be smashed in the room. Knowing that Shi Bin was angry at this time, no one dared to touch this moldy head, and he didn't even dare to persuade him, so he just stood outside the door and waited.

After smashing it, he went to the place where Li Chao, Liu Xiao and Zhao Gang were recuperating, and promised that he must repay it twice, so as to be ashamed of everyone today.

Several brothers, including the injured Li Chao, said that they would endure it first, and then make him worse than death when their strength was enough.