The junction of Langzhong, Cangxi, Guangyuan and Bazhou is the layer of mountain beams at the southern foot of Daba Mountain. Among the undulating hills, there are cottages, villages and cultivated fields of various sizes.

Cottages are generally built in dangerous locations on the top of mountains, while the cultivated land on which villages and people depend for their survival is scattered near cottages, or halfway up the mountainside, or in the valleys at the bottom of the ditches. Cottages, villages, and cultivated land, together with the endless stretches of mountains, form a unique mountain castle defense system in Sichuan since the late Song Dynasty. This defense system once effectively resisted the onslaught of the Mongol iron cavalry, and made the barbarian horseback people pay for the life of an emperor and countless blood.

The Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, and there is already an obvious scene of the end of the world. Officials and thieves are all over the place, killing and killing. The people did not dare to stay in their homes, so according to the tradition left by the elders, they packed up the places where the guys took refuge in the cottage and other safe places.

Some local wealthy families took the opportunity to recruit the population and train the villagers, as if they were heroes in troubled times. They plowed and robbed, cooperating and confronting the large group of local thugs who came and went. As for the power of the Ming King Law, it is not as good as a fart of the owner of the village in these places.

In February of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Pingjin, the son of Shu, commanded the official army and the national protection army, defeated the local tyrant Yu Bashan, beheaded tens of thousands, and captured countless people. This trend soon spread to various cottages at the southern foot of Bashan, provoking repercussions of different sizes and effects.

Some cottages are closer to the official road, and when they see that the wind is not in the right direction, they immediately think of ways to convey their sincerity to the court;

Some cottages are far away, and they feel that the imperial court can't take care of them for a while, so it's better to sit and watch the clouds rise;

There are also a few villages located in the deep mountains, relying on the high mountains and deep valleys, and the soldiers are good enough to eat, and they are extremely happy at the large-scale northward retreat of the local rioters, and they are ready to move their muscles and bones and go down the mountain to show their strength.

Who knew that the local tyrant had just fled, and the order of the prince of Shu was sent to the Gathering Hall of the villages by the local officials. The first is to pay hostages. All the remaining cottages in the two counties were to provide 20 percent of Ding Zhuang to serve the Protector Army, which must include the sons of the village owners, patriarchs, village elders, and gentry. Anyone who resists will be punished as a throofer; The second is to edit the yellow book and yellow card. Prevent mountain people and local thugs from impersonating each other and robbing the people.

This decree is not without its cruelty.

It is human nature to protect calves. The sons of the leading figures in the village are all used as hostages, and no matter how they behave, Meng Lang will have some scruples. Once the young man of the Heavenly Family is angered, whether their offspring's head can still grow on the neck depends on the mood of the young man.

As for fabricating the yellow book and yellow card, it is ostensibly aimed at the population, but I am afraid that the next step is to measure the land and collect taxes.

The owners knew that if they resisted openly, it could mean a catastrophe. Many have taken it for granted that they have used their old methods against the government: perfunctory, procrastination, and bribery.

However, the determination of the prince was beyond the expectations of the owners of the village. Before the envoys sent by the village came down the mountain, an army of thousands of people had already left the Jincheng Walled City and rushed towards the cottage groups located in the "three regardless" areas of Cangxi, Bazhou, and Langzhong. Its vanguard force of about 1,000 people has already controlled several key points on the post road: Laoguan, Sanmiao, Sanhe and Yuxi.

Longshanzhai, the nearest village to Sanmiaoyi, soon received an ultimatum from the Protector Army: either send the pledge to pay tribute, or be exterminated as a local tyrant.

Dozens of leading figures up and down Longshanzhai were forced into a corner, and there was no way to retreat. After discussing for a while, after receiving a promise that the Protector Army would not enter the village or village, and that Qiu would not commit any crimes, they expressed their intention to surrender to the Protector Army, agreed to hand over the hostages, and handed over the checkpoint of the mountain pass, so that the Protector Army could pass through without hindrance.

Longshanzhai is a famous village around, and the money and grain and the village are the most. As soon as Longshan Cottage returned to Shun, the surrounding Fangshan, Yueshan, Yunshan, Xiaolongshan and other large and small cottages had no choice but to follow suit and send hostages. Soon, the Protector Army controlled a large area north of the post road from Qianfo Town to Yuxi Town, east of the East River, and west of the Enyang River. But continuing to push north, a cottage standing not far from the east side of the mountain road locked the path of the Protector Army like an iron latch.

This cottage is the Quanjia Village.

Quanjiazhai is located on Quanjia Mountain, because it is impregnable as an iron bolt, it is also called a bolt village.

Quanjia Mountain is a large mountain with a radius of several miles, its mountain is long from north to south, narrow from east to west, and looks like a barracuda without a head and tail. The mountains are steep and wooded, and the relative height is at least 100 zhang compared to the valleys on the east and west sides.

The three terraces distributed in the middle of the mountain evenly divide the Quanjia Mountain into two layers.

Halfway up the mountain on the east and west sides, there is a large and narrow platform on each side. On the terrace, there are ponds that receive rainwater springs, and there are cultivated fields irrigated with rainwater springs. At the foot of the mountain on the east side there is a steep rapids on the riverbank. Not far from the foot of the mountain on the west side is a long and narrow mountain road that runs from north to south.

Halfway up the hill to the south, there is also a small piece of flat sloping land. On the southern edge of the slope is a gray-white cliff dozens of feet high. Quanjia Village is built on a flat slope on this cliff, overlooking the mountain road from south to north.

The main village of Quanjiazhai is built on the top of a high mountain. The summit of the mountain is sandwiched by the terraces on the mountainside on the east and west sides, which appear more slender and steep, forming a north-south ridge. The main Zika is at the highest point of the ridge, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

From the main village, head south along the ridge and down a curved and steep stone path to Quanjia Village. To the north along the ridge, it is much more gentle. A gravel path that has decayed over the years forks in the middle of the North Mountain Beam. One leads to the east-west mountainside plateau, and the other leads to the town at the foot of the North Mountain.

Because this town has a small Wenchang Palace, the locals call Wenchang Town. And because of the mansion of the powerful lord here, it is also called the right town.

From Longshanzhai to Quanjia Town, the rugged mountain road that runs through the north and south passes through the valley at the foot of the mountain on the west side of Quanjia Mountain, and after reaching Daluo Mountain, it is almost reversed 180 degrees in situ to reach Wenchang Town. To the south of Quanjia Mountain is an almost impassable cliff, and if you want to go up the mountain and enter the village, you can only go up the mountain along the North Mountain Liang (Note 1).

Bolt village south of Yunshan 30 miles, Longshan 60 miles, three temple post 90 miles; According to the east river in the west, about 30 miles, there are Daliang Mountain and Yuntai Mountain villages of agate cottage group in the meantime; It is about 60 miles away from the Enyang River in the east, and there are stone horse villages in the middle. The Protector Army should comprehensively clean up the fortress group in Cangbei and establish the royal paradise in the heart of Zhu Pingjian, the son of Shu.

After receiving the report on the enemy situation of the 4th Battalion of the Forward, Tan Sigui immediately led the 14th and 15th Battalions of the second echelon to surpass the 4th Battalion and launched an attack on the Bolt Village during the march.

Then, the unexpected happened.

The Protector Army experienced a military catastrophe greater than the defeat in the battle of Guangmenpu.

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After going ashore in Qianfo Town, Zhu Pingjin joined his staff team and troops. On March 2, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, after several days of unhurried marching, he finally arrived at Longshan Town.

The personal appearance of Zhu Pingjian, the son of Shu, brought a powerful reinforcement regiment, two cavalry regiments, a newly formed artillery battalion, and an engineer battalion to the defeated Protector Army, and also brought a clear and unambiguous message to the immortals of northern Sichuan:

Under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister!

Bashan, the source of turmoil hanging over the head of Shu, no matter how much it costs, will definitely be completely eradicated and incorporated into the rule of law of King Daming!

On the morning of 3 March, Zhu Pingjin summoned the leaders and well-known figures of several cottages in Cangbei in Longshan Town, praised them for their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, and encouraged their children to go out of the mountains to Pingba to reclaim wasteland, go to school, and fight in the Protector Army.

Zhu Pingjin also said, even if you are unable to leave your homeland, there are many projects in the Shu Mansion that can make a fortune and are willing to cooperate with you, such as the cultivation of medicinal herbs and fruit trees in the mountainous areas, pig and goat breeding, etc., which are very promising. These projects will be organized in the form of a corporatized organization, operated in accordance with the laws of the market, and will enjoy the support of the first batch of poverty alleviation loans from the National Security Fund.

The leaders of the village owners seemed to understand these important speeches of the prince, but they knew that the prince of Shu, who was known as the boy of scattered wealth, would definitely be rewarded for their correct choice of sides.

Sure enough, after the prince's speech, Mr. Hong, vice premier of the Shu Palace, presided over a separate investment promotion conference.

At the meeting, Mr. Hong explained that Shuwangfu will take the lead in establishing Bashan Agricultural Reclamation Company as a local agricultural development platform.

The Shu Wangfu is responsible for applying for low-interest poverty alleviation loans from the National Security Fund, purchasing seeds, saplings, piglets, and lambs, and providing security for the operation of the Bashan Agricultural Reclamation Company. As for the leaders of the following villages, they are responsible for giving people and land to share dividends. In a word, the Shu Wangfu pays for the capital, and these village leaders contribute land and labor; The palace of the king of Shu has a big head, and the leaders of the village owners have a small head.

The leaders of the village owners are short-sighted and have low education, but they are all the chairmen, general managers and security captains of each cottage, and the stakes are clear. When I heard that there was such a good thing, I immediately thought about it.

Soon the owners of the village understood that each village produced the villagers who ate and drank for nothing, and got the silver of white flowers; Out of the barren mountains and wilderness, what he got was pigs and sheep. There are large purchase orders from the Shu Wangfu and the Protector Army, and there is no need to worry about the sales of products in a few years.

As for the apportionment of miscellaneous taxes, which some people feared, others scoffed. Shu Wangfu himself is the major shareholder of Bashan Company, and he is afraid of a bird! I really can't play anymore, and if I withdraw my own people, I won't lose anything!

The investment promotion presided over by Hong Qihui was a great success.

Large tracts of barren mountains and mountains were injected into the Bashan Company as sporadic share capital. The owners of each village were worried that they would have too few people, and the ICBC would also have too few shares, just like He Zhutou and Xu Papi back then, they quarreled in front of Hong Qihui and Xu Shaoxun, the magistrate of Cangxi County, and Wen Jiuru, the magistrate of Langzhong County. In the end, Hong Qihui proposed a temporary solution, called selling people according to shares, which made it easy to balance the interests of all parties.

However, when discussing which industry to prioritize, the owners of the village were surprisingly unanimous: mulberry and fruit trees should be planted on the mountain, and rice and corn should be planted on the mountain. The reason is very simple: the pears of Cangxi and the silk in Langzhong are both traditional local advantageous industries, which have a foundation and can be used quickly. The silk industry can also develop to deep processing. When the fund application is in hand, immediately buy piglets to raise piglets and provide meat for the National Protector Army.

The owners of the village also jointly put forward a proposal, I heard that the national protection army fought hard in the bolt village, and a large number of herbs must be needed, and there are endless herbs in the deep ravines and shallow ravines of the lofty mountains in Bashan. They can use the remaining people in the village to dig herbs in the mountains, and then sell them to the national protection army, so as to make a modest contribution to the great cause of protecting the country and the people!

Hong Qihui scolded the grass and mud horse in his heart, with a smile on his face, saying that he was going to play a report, and he was temporarily fooled.

The establishment of the company is in charge of Zhu Pingjin's wife, the two have just had a fight, Zhu Pingjin does not want to make extraneous branches, so he said to Hong Qihui, who came to report, he agreed in principle to build another Sichuan medicinal materials company, unified acquisition of all kinds of medicinal materials. However, for specific approval matters, please ask Mr. Hung to report to Miss Luo.

Hong Qihui knew a little bit of the inside story, so he said goodbye with a smile.

Bashan, since ancient times, is famous for "Bashan Night Rain".

On the evening of March 2, Chongzhen, the night when Zhu Pingjian, the son of Shu, arrived in Longshan Town. Longshan is full of fishy winds, and black clouds destroy the city, but unexpectedly, not a drop of night rain falls!

The wind is from the tiger, the cloud is from the dragon, and the saint is made and all things are seen.

A rumor soon spread from the town of Yongsan:

Longshan, Longshan, the real dragon son is really here!

Note 1: The topography of Quanjia Mountain is described according to the large-scale contour map of this place.