Chapter 32 The New Year's Tribute
This lower layer is only about one meter two high, and it is inconvenient to move without straightening the waist, and the twisting pliers are more than ten catties, all with a breath of anger to cut forty iron chains, Zhang Zhen is already tired and numb.
"From this moment on, you are free! Come out with me! After Zhang Zhen finished speaking, he dragged the winch tongs out, and he really didn't have the strength to pick it up.
Under the light of the pocket flashlight, they were dazed for a long time, and their eyes had some brilliance, looking at each other, but no one dared to move.
Xia Zhongyong said with a straight face: "My family master heard that you were so sad that he came to the rescue, why don't you come out quickly?" ”
Someone finally moved and asked cautiously, "Are you really not from the imperial court?" ”
Zhang Huanghe sneered: "People from the imperial court? We just killed three of them, and it's separated by a layer of wood, and although it's not loud, you should hear it, right? Don't believe you'll wait to see it! Don't hesitate, it alarmed the government, you and I will not benefit! ”
Zhang Zhen said: "They are all frightened, don't be scared of the Yellow River!" Come up with peace of mind. ”
The shackles were opened by Zhang Zhen in turn, and the people still believed in Zhang Zhen's words, and they had no scruples at the moment, and dragged the broken shackles up one by one.
Because of the inconvenience of movement in this cabin, Zhang Zhen didn't think about it so much, the shackles were cut from it, and each foot was cut off, dragging it on the ground with a rattling sound.
All arrived at the upper floor, Xia Zhongyong counted the number of people, a total of thirty people, Zhang Zhen nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Rank, there are four imperial ships and two official ships docked on this Nanyang dock, and there are many people waiting for us to rescue, you wait and wait here, don't say anything, wait until all the chains are cut, and I will quietly transport you away, remember, we knock the boat three times on this side as a signal, in addition, anyone who comes in is a member of the court, you can kill it quietly!" ”
When they heard this, they nodded, and one of the older men picked up the sabers of the two soldiers that stood at the base of the wall, handed them to the other, drew one of his own, and leaned against the doorway.
is so cautious, with or without intention, anyone who comes in will suffer a big loss, Zhang Zhen was also relieved, and took Xia Zhongyong and the others out directly.
Zhang Zhen concocted it according to the law, and quietly went to other ships in turn, some of them left three or two people on the boat, and the most was only seven people, except for a few who went to bed early, all of them were drinking under the candlelight, and it was not difficult to kill at all.
The big yellow boat is okay, the bottom warehouse on the small yellow boat is really hell on earth, the wooden planks of the hatch are opened, in addition to the rancid smell, there is a pungent smell of blood.
Compared with the big yellow boat, the small yellow boat is full of sixty people, and there are sixty people, and none of them are neat on the boat when they come down from the south all the way down by water.
Two people were killed on the least boat, thirteen people were killed on the most boat, and the keys to the shackles were also found in Jingshi and Jinling, and the replenishment of the Tan people was also in those two places.
And you can't pollute the Grand Canal, so as not to spoil the luck of the Ming Dynasty, but if you die, you will have your legs sawed off and thrown to the nearest wharf, so that the people of the government will be thrown to the mass grave, and even the whole body will not be kept, and no one will bury it, so you can only feed the wild dogs.
Zhang Zhen saw the goods and asked before he knew that this little yellow boat was transporting fresh fish, that is, fresh fish and crabs with melons and fruits at four o'clock, this thing was no better than gold and silver dead things such as Sui Gong, and it would not be fresh if it ran slowly, or how could there be a 'ride on the red dust concubine laughing, no one knew that it was a lychee! 'This poem?
And after the autumn, the north wind is getting stronger, and the wind can't be borrowed, so it all depends on manpower to row, how can the speed of the boat go up fast?
Listening to the old Tan man on the small yellow boat, every year in late autumn and early winter, it is the time when the casualties of the Tan people are the heaviest, and it is common for ten or eight people to die on a trip, and the most down one trip is to enter the Beijing Division and all of them are executed, and there is no one alive.
This is a word of mouth used to urge intimidation, Zhang Zhen absolutely believes that this is the truth.
Just because of the appetite of the Zhu family in the imperial city, this Tan man didn't know how many thousands of people would die a year, although he made up his mind to wait for the wheat harvest to rebel next year, Zhang Zhen felt that he had to do something.
There were 30 people in the big yellow boat, 213 people in the four small yellow boats, and 40 people in the two official boats, a total of 283 people, a total of 10 rubber boats, even if they were fully loaded, it would take three trips to transport people to a deserted island in Dushan Lake.
Looking at the light of the moonlight and the flashlight, the Tan people were very dazed, and there was no relief from the excitement.
Zhang Zhen knew that he couldn't be soft-hearted at this time, and said: "You have suffered a lot, and now you have seen the light of day, and now there are two ways to go, one is that I will send you ashore, and you will survive separately, which can be regarded as my good deeds and accumulation of virtues, and they will have nothing to do with each other from now on!" ”
"Second, rebel with me! Kill the Emperor! Overthrow this decaying Ming Dynasty! You and I share the glory and wealth! ”
Originally, Xia Zhongyong and Zhang Huanghe were two 'main princesses!' 'Shouted, some of the knowledgeable people are already strange, where did these three people come from to dare to go against the imperial court? At this time, I finally felt at ease, it was good to rebel, and I could follow the emperor to take revenge.
People are afraid and tortured to the extreme, and once they turn into hatred, it is also quite terrifying.
"I want to follow the Lord! Kill the Emperor! Overthrow of the Ming Dynasty!! ”
"Follow the Lord! Kill the Emperor!! Overthrow of the Ming Dynasty!!! ”
I don't know which one shouted first, nearly 300 people began to shout in unison, and on this empty Dushan Lake, the voice spread far away.
Finally there is capital, even now that there is a rebellion, the success rate is much higher.
Zhang Zhen was satisfied, left a lot of rice and noodle stoves, and left all the weapons except the mechanical crossbow, and then took the rubber boat back to the big boat.
It was late at night, and the soldiers and eunuchs on the big yellow boat had returned to the ship as early as the beginning of the moon, but they were all drunk, and were killed one by one by the Tan, and there were fifty corpses in seven boats.
Zhang Zhen asked Xia Zhongyong and the others to strip off all the clothes of the corpse and throw them into the Grand Canal to feed the fish.
And he himself went to the cabin where the silver was stored, and took out twenty ingots of silver from fifty taels and brought them into the industrial park, and in the machine factory, he made a simple square mold of iron plate and square steel rods, and brought them to the gate of the industrial park and began to melt the silver.
The melting point of silver is 960 degrees, and the gas welding flame formed by acetylene and oxygen is as high as 3,000 degrees.
After they all cooled down, Zhang Zhen took out the huge silver nuggets, simply removed the burrs, moved them back to the Suigong box, fastened the seal, thought about it, tore the seal again, and opened the box.
Because the Grand Canal is sealed, even if there is tonight, I don't know if the government has the courage to open this seal, or open it for them to see, so that the news can be spread faster, otherwise after this winter, I don't know how many people will die.
When Zhang Zhen went out, he saw Xia Zhongyong and the others waiting outside, and there were two big bags of bloody clothes in the cabin.
Zhang Zhen nodded, casually put the bloody clothes into the industrial park, took the two of them off the boat rubber boat, but not to the southeast, but to the northwest, went ashore and launched the assault boat to change boats, slowly sailed into the depths of Nanyang Lake, turned on the headlights, and turned around in the lake at full speed for half the night.
Before dawn, Zhang Zhen collected the boat, looked at the calm Nanyang Lake, and sighed: "Originally, I didn't want to take this boat out before Chongzhen arrived, I hope it will work!" Good luck, Tanren! ”