Chapter 178 - Under siege
Mu Qingshan just grew up, shook at Li Zicheng, and said: "My lord, the grass people know that Rong'er is still young, but Rong'er is in the school, and the grass people are really not at ease......
"What does proprietor Mu mean by letting Rong'er temporarily live in the Li family?" Li Zicheng was a little surprised, although Mu Sirong will be a concubine in the future, she is not as strict as her wife, but after all, she has not passed the door, how can she live in her husband's house? Isn't this encouraging or creating an opportunity to let the Mu family's door leak?
He didn't understand Mu Qingshan's thoughts, once Mu Sirong lived in the Li family, it would be equivalent to announcing to the outside world that Mu Sirong was already Li Zicheng's person, and the relationship between him Mu Qingshan and Li Zicheng had also taken a big step, and the two sides had become their own people.
If you really want to get closer to each other, does it have to be like this?
In this era, marriage is indeed the best way, but Mu Sirong is still young and can't get married for the time being, at least she doesn't want to, does Mu Qingshan feel that she is shirking?
Mu Sirong looks good, and she is also very clever, if she marries herself as a concubine, Li Zicheng is naturally willing, but she is still young now, and she is the same age as Chen Qiudie.
Li Zicheng was suddenly startled, Chen Qiudie had already been eaten by herself under the repeated recommendation of her mother Song Yulian, if Mu Sirong lived in the Li family, meeting sooner or later would naturally increase her relationship with her, the key is, in case he got drunk and ate her overnight, do you want to explain to Mu Qingshan?
Ma Qiao, Li Zicheng felt that Mu Qingshan was not marrying a daughter, but a bribe, the kind of bribery that was common in later generations.
But what can Mu Qingshan get in such an activity? Is it his trust in him?
Does he believe in his own business, or does he fall in love with the novelties he keeps promoting? Or both, from then on, the fate of the two was tied together, starting from Mu Sirong living in the Li family, regardless of whether Li Zicheng ate her or not.
"My lord, the Li family is guarded by soldiers, and the grass people are also relieved, Rong'er is the grass people's favorite daughter," Mu Qingshan took the opportunity to say: "Don't worry, my lord, Rong'er is not an official student of the school, and her accommodation expenses during this period will not be less than that of the grass people." ”
"Master Mu, don't talk about this," Li Zicheng shook his head and smiled, "Rong'er is my concubine who has not passed through the door, and I also have the responsibility to take care of her, but I don't know if she is used to it in the Li family." ”
"I will definitely get used to it," Mu Qingshan put his mind at ease, and the smile on his face became even worse, "The last time Rong'er went home, every time she talked about Mr., she was full of reverence, and the grass people believed that in the Li family, he would definitely find his own happiness." ”
"If Lord Mu says this, then my responsibility will be greater, haha......"
Mu Qingshan also wanted to leave Li Zicheng to eat in Mu Mansion, Li Zicheng politely refused, "Thank you for the kindness of the proprietor Mu, I am busy for the matter of pig iron, and the various magistrates in Weili are asking me for farm tools, thank you, another day, let's have a good drink another day, maybe there will be some happy events." ”
Li Zicheng meant that he wanted to say that maybe some new goods would be manufactured at that time, but Mu Qingshan was obviously wrong, thinking that Li Zicheng was going to give him a grandson, so he arched his hand and smiled wryly.
The whole of Xining is advancing according to its usual rhythm, the people are rushing to reclaim the land, the soldiers are stepping up their training, and above the market, small traders and vendors are constantly selling their handicrafts to customers.
But beyond these appearances, there are also changes that are imperceptible to ordinary people, starting with the suspension of land distribution in various prefectures and counties since March 10.
The people who had already registered as Han Chinese and had been given the land were naturally happy to reclaim their farmland, and even if they could not grow wheat now, they had to turn it over first, turn it over first, turn it into mature land, and plant crops early in the second half of the year.
The people who have not been allocated arable land are not in a hurry, they still have their share of pasture, and according to the experience of these years, with cattle, horses and sheep, of course they will not starve.
There is also an unknown change that occurred in Jishi County.
It was originally the place where the imperial court set up the Santun camp, close to the small stone mountain on the west bank of the Yellow River.
The last time Li Zicheng inspected Sanchuan Mansion, he inspected the old land of Santun Camp by the way, and he was surprised to find that the rainwater flowing from the small Jishi Mountain rushed out several rivers under the mountain, and on both sides of the river, it was relatively flat loess, which should be a good place for farming, and the area of this cultivated land was at least thousands of acres, and if it expanded along the river to both sides, there would be more arable land, so he decided to set up Jishi County here.
However, Jishi County did not open a government, because in addition to the Han Chinese and a small number of Tibetans, there are several Salar villages living on this land, with a population of nearly 1,000.
According to the oral tradition of these Salars, their ancestors came from distant Samarkand and have lived here for hundreds of years, and what Li Zicheng hates most about them is not the yellow and white identity of these people, but their belief in the cult of terror, so when he inspected, he had a plan.
After Ma Youshui and Liu Yunshui joined forces to capture Nian Bo and Zhuang Langwei, both of them were large-scale army expansions, and their subordinates reached ten general banners and more than 500 soldiers.
At the same time of strengthening the training, the soldiers of Ma Youshui gradually went deep into the villages where the Salar people lived, and after repeated checks, the Salar people possessed four Agel (villages) of Jiezi, Yaman, Xigou and Baizhuang, and there was a hereditary hundred households under the management of the Ming court. Because they all believe in the cult of terror, there is a strict demarcation line with the Han and Tibetan villages.
To the west of the Yellow River, the Salar people came late, and most of the Salar people still live on the east bank of the Yellow River opposite.
Although the Salar people will also intermarry with Han Chinese, Tibetans, etc., the premise of intermarriage is that no matter whether they marry or marry, the other party must be like them, believe in the terror religion, and join their village, in a word, to become their people.
When Ma Youshui reported these messages to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng was furious, "Ma You, no wonder dozens of alien races from Samarkand have lived on both sides of the Yellow River for hundreds of years, and they are still getting stronger and stronger. ”
Li Zicheng authorized Ma Youshui to act cheaply, and once the sergeant was reorganized, he would take action immediately.
Ma Youshui knew that Li Zicheng was a little disgusted with the Terror Sect, but the Salar people had lived in Xining for too long, and they themselves were inextricably linked with the nearby Han people, and even when they spoke, they were basically the same as the Han people, and he believed that if it were not for the Terror Sect, Li Zicheng would probably not have destroyed the Salar people.
He decided to give the Salars a chance.
When the military training gradually came to an end, Ma Youshui personally led dozens of soldiers to the Salar station, found the local hereditary Han Feng, and explained his intentions to him, hoping that they would adapt to the times, join the Han nationality, and convert to Catholicism.
Han Feng hadn't finished listening to Ma Youshui's words, so he directly wanted to drive Ma Youshui out of Agle, "I am a hereditary hundred households pardoned by the Ming court, and I have a gold medal issued by the imperial court, how can I be at your mercy?" If you don't get out, Lao Tzu will let the dog bite you! "The Salars do not eat dog meat, in their minds dogs are a sacred species, and only when they meet a noble person will they let the dog bite him.
The court is amazing, isn't it? Sooner or later, Lao Tzu will overthrow this kind of court that does not distinguish between inside and outside! Ma Youshui scolded and scolded, and when Han Feng took out the gold medal to show off, he snatched the gold medal, still on the ground, and stepped on it twice with his foot.
Han Feng was so angry that he couldn't speak, and only pointed at Ma Youshui with his finger, coughing violently.
As soon as the soldiers saw that something was wrong, they pulled the horse and ran away, "My lord, looking at the appearance of this Han Feng, he won't listen to persuasion at all, let's go, there are ...... number of them."
At this moment, Han Feng had already calmed down, although he still couldn't speak, but he took off a thing strung with red thread from his waist, like a shell, and I saw him put it in his mouth and played it vigorously, "Hmm......"
He barely breathed, his old face flushed, and he suddenly fell to the ground.
Ma Youshui was about to take the opportunity to kill Han Feng and let these Salars lose their leader, but the soldiers were dead and stopped him, "My lord, let's go, this old man is probably begging for help, now it is their territory, there are many of them, let's leave quickly, as soon as our army arrives, they will naturally be beheaded." ”
"What are you afraid of, we have dozens of soldiers, can we still be afraid of these people?" As soon as Ma Youshui's voice fell, there was already a lot of people outside, and it seemed that there were footsteps in all directions, so he was a little surprised, "Is it another nation where all the people are soldiers?" ”
Ma Youshui immediately asked the soldiers to pull out the posture and put up a defensive formation, because there were not many people, there were only three small flags, and the formation could only be triangular.
More and more Salars are approaching them, with all kinds of weapons in their hands, even hoes and kitchen knives are used, these weapons are not very scary, but they can't stand the crowd, and the soldiers found that there are many women in the crowd, who are also holding their heads up, shouting all the way to them.
Ma Youshui naturally had no intention of watching those beating jade peaks, he regretted a little, if he had broken through earlier, he would have been out of Zhuangzi now, and now he was blocked in Zhuangzi, he could only fight with them, I don't know how many brothers had to hurt themselves under the hands of these foreign people.
The adults are right, "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different"!
He shouted, "Brothers, remember to fight together, and everyone quit Zhuangzi together." ”
"Yes!" The soldiers were a little nervous, especially the new soldiers of Nian Bosuo and Zhuang Langwei, and even a little frightened, although there were civilians on the opposite side, they could not stand their absolute numerical advantage, and preliminary visual inspection showed that there were at least hundreds of people in all directions.
"Death to those who stand in my way!" Ma Youshui let out a loud shout and began to lead the soldiers of a small banner to break out due north, that is, outside the Zhuangzi.
Hundreds of Salars, indiscriminately, rushed at the soldiers at the core, muttering something in their mouths, and hearing "Allah" or something in a trance.
“…… Poof......"
After the metal collides, it pierces into the flesh again, the blood spurts wildly, the limbs are scattered, and the first wave of battle is the time when morale is at its peak for both sides.
The Xining soldiers formed a triangular formation, and every time they rushed to kill, they cut down several soldiers on the other side at a very small cost, if they were considered soldiers.
But Ma Youshui found that the other side seemed to have an infinite number of soldiers, although a large number of people had fallen, the number was increasing, and they had fallen into a heavy encirclement.