"Zhu Master, you have done such a great job today, aren't you afraid that no one will dig coal for you in the future?" Xiao Bing tried to persuade for the last time.

"Hahaha, no one digs coal for Lao Tzu? You don't look at today's world, the Manchurian invasion, the homeless people are everywhere, you only need half a bag of grain to buy a yellow flower girl in the vegetable market street outside the city of Beijing, as for the coolie man, as long as Lao Tzu has money, how much does it take! Zhu Butcher laughed.

At this moment, an object flew quickly from outside the wall, but fortunately a subordinate pulled Zhu Butcher, which dodged the sneak attack, Zhu Butcher looked back in shock, but saw that it was a fist-sized stone.

"You guys, you're really going to rebel!" Zhu Butcher shuddered and pointed to the miners outside the wall and shouted.

"Brothers, this surnamed Zhu has a black heart, his family has mountains of gold and silver, but he still takes advantage of the famine to exploit us, he obviously wants our ancestors to be slaves to him for generations!" Li Daozi jumped out and pointed at the butcher on the wall and shouted.

"Brothers, let's build the manor, everything in it is ours, from now on, the coal mines here are our own decisions, and we will share the money from the coal sold equally!"

With Li Daozi's incendiary words, the four or five hundred miners suddenly clamored, thinking about their long-interrupted family members who were hungry, and this black-hearted butcher still had to squeeze out everyone's last bit of blood, how could such a day be endured? It's better to take down the manor, rob the food and property inside, and fuck it! Before the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army, you can live happily for a few months, and then whether you die or live is left to fate!

"Fuck you!" With a shout, the stones rained down on the wall, and the butcher and his thugs fled in confusion and hurriedly jumped down from the wall.

"Master, no, they have too many people to stop it." One of the thugs hurried over and said to the butcher that he had been hit with a stone on his head, and blood was dripping down his face.

"Can't stop it? What are you doing with these rice buckets? Zhu the butcher was furious, kicked the thug to the ground, waved his arms and shouted: "Go and bring all the firecrackers in the treasury to Lao Tzu, and bombard them bitch!" ”

The thugs hurried to the storeroom, took out more than a dozen firearms, distributed them, and skillfully loaded the projectiles.

"Master, are we really going to kill people?" The housekeeper asked Zhuqiu. Fire guns are not bricks and stones, they will really kill people, and once there are casualties, the situation may be out of control.

"Don't kill? They have already stepped on Lao Tzu's head! Zhu Butcher said coldly.

"Master, although they are numerous, but they don't have ladder weapons, they can't attack our deep mansion compound, sir, we have to keep mining coal in this West Mountain, if the notoriety spreads, I'm afraid no one is really willing to dig coal for us."

"So what do you say? It's so cheap, they can't make it? Zhu Butcher shouted dissatisfied.

"Cheap them? How can it be! It's just that why do we have to do it, sir, you haven't given the Woniu Mountain Rong boss less money over the years, and now it's time for him to serve us! ”

Boss Rong? Zhu butcher couldn't help but hesitate, Rong Boss is a mountain bandit in Woniu Mountain, in the early years, he did robbery and extortion, made a living by robbing the coal mine owners, and relied on the treacherous terrain to avoid the encirclement and suppression of the officials and soldiers many times, and finally reached a compromise with the coal mine owners in Xishan, the officers and soldiers no longer encircled and suppressed him, he was allowed to dig coal privately to make money, and then he would give him a sum of silver money every year to buy peace. Although Boss Rong has a tendency to launder white, he is still a mountain bandit in essence, and he dares to do anything as long as he gives him money.

"We have an official background, is it appropriate to collude with mountain bandits?" Zhu Butcher hesitated, his backstage was Jingshi Xungui, and he didn't want to have more to do with the mountain bandits.

"But my lord, don't you expect the mountain bandits to count on the officers and soldiers? Changping had a large army of Tang generals, but in the case of the Manchu invasion, he did not dare to send troops to come anyway. These people outside haven't done much preparation today, and once they are ready, I'm afraid it's our end. Zhu Qiu said heartbrokenly.

"Okay, that's it! You go to see Boss Rong, as long as he does what Lao Tzu asks, the coal he digs will be sold in Lao Tzu's hands in the future! Zhu Butcher finally made up his mind, "Ordinary miners can teach a lesson, and the leaders Xiao Bing and Li Daozi must die!" ”

Facing the wall more than a zhang high, the miners clamored for a long time, but there was nothing they could do about the Zhu butcher behind the high wall, Xiao Bing and Li Daozi tried to lead people to build a ladder over the wall, but they were beaten down by the thugs at the head of the wall with bricks and stones.

As it approached dusk, the miners had no choice but to retreat. The mountain wind was chilling, and they couldn't hold out for long because they were hungry and cold.

"Tomorrow, let's build some long ladders, prepare some weapons, and we must defeat the butcher's manor!" Li Daozi, who returned home, was still excited, chattering to Xiao Bing. Today's actions made him feel like he was in the border army in the past, and the blood of the soldiers in his body was recovering.

"Alas, even if we can really take down the manor, what shall we do? Can you really kill the butcher and rob him of all his money and food? Xiao Bing said with a frown.

"Of course!" Li Daozi's voice became louder, "We not only have to kill the butcher Zhu, but also rob all the coal mine owners, and in the future, all the coal mines in Xishan will be our brothers!" ”

"Aren't you afraid of encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers?" Xiao Bing whispered.

"Encirclement? Hahaha, tens of thousands of miners rioted, only dozens of miles away from Beijing, and it was too late for the imperial court to appease us, how could it be encircled and suppressed? You see, when the time comes, our brothers may be able to mix up a half-official position. Li Daozi said confidently.

The two of them ate something hastily, and then lay down on the bed to sleep, but the little thing in their stomachs was too little, and the hungry two couldn't sleep after tossing and turning. Li Daozi jumped off the bed, walked to the water urn, scooped half a scoop of cold water with a water scoop and poured it down, and then he felt much more comfortable.

Just as he was about to go back to bed, Li Daozi was suddenly stunned, glanced out vigilantly, and then leaned down and put his ears just on the ground.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Bing asked in surprise.

"It's not good, get dressed, there's a big team of men and horses coming to the village!" Li Daozi hurriedly put on the torn sheepskin jacket, took a long knife from the wall, and threw his usual short knife to Xiao Bing.

"It must be that the butcher sent someone to take revenge! Tell the miner brothers and fight with them! Xiao Bing was about to pull the door out.

"Don't be stupid, brother, people come prepared from time to time, we can't beat it in a hurry, it's good to keep our name." Li Daozi said and pushed open the window of the back wall, pulling Xiao Bing and jumping out.

As soon as he fled outside the room, he heard a loud "bang", and the door had been kicked open.

"Run!" Li Daozi pulled Xiao Bing and fled, and at this time, countless figures rushed into the village, shouting and killing sounded one after another, and then the flames soared into the sky.

The two fled in a panic, and several black shadows chased after them.

On the night of the twenty-eighth, there was no moon, only the stars in the sky blinked, relying on the familiar terrain, the two of them walked deep and shallow, and the pursuers who were also familiar with the terrain chased behind with torches.

I don't know how long I ran, but I felt pain on the soles of my feet, and I guess there were big blisters, and then the torches of the pursuers got farther and farther away, and gradually I couldn't see them anymore.

"Where is this?" Li Daozi held his waist and gasped, and he was covered in sweat after escaping for half the night.

"It should be to the south of Wolong Mountain, there is a Xishan town a few miles away, let's go to the town, stay in this mountain, and freeze to death." Xiao Bing looked at the terrain and said to Li Daozi.

ps: I have a cold, and I am weak, but I still have to stick to the code word, and my life is hard! Thank you Dr. Ye for the reward, I will add more thanks to you, according to the practice of hitting the street at the starting point, a helmsman will add one more, and the head will add five more, but not today, I will record it in the account, and I will add more thanks in the future!