Volume 1 The Yellow Turban Rebellion Chapter 4 Eating
I came to the foot of Fulong Mountain, but I saw that although the mountain is not very steep, it is endless. The mountains are lush and wooded, and a small river more than ten meters wide winds down the valley. Fifty or sixty thatched houses are scattered along the riverside in the middle of the mountainside, which is a beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers.
At this time, Guan Hai came to Guo Bin's side, pointed to the thatched huts halfway up the mountainside and said, "Lord, the front is it." ”
Guo Bin doesn't know what to say anymore, this Guan Hai doesn't have the consciousness of being a thief at all. It's around a fence stake, so it's embarrassing to say it's a cottage? And he didn't know how to act in secrecy, and he saw wisps of smoke in the hut from afar.
In fact, Guo Bin really thinks too much. Guan Hai is really not a professional bandit, the young and middle-aged are in their thirties, and the others are all old and young. As for going to Guojiazhuang to call himself a bandit, on the one hand, it was to bluff people, and on the other hand, it was also for himself to embolden himself.
When everyone came to the gate of the village, they only saw a few old people teaching the children to weave baskets, and saw that Guan Hai had brought a group of people, and the children had already run forward, chirping and shouting: "Brother Guan is back, Brother Guan is back......
When everyone in the village heard this, they hurried out, and saw that the Guo Bin brothers, Tong Yuan, and Zhao Yun were extraordinary, and they didn't dare to approach, but only stood one foot in front of everyone, and surrounded everyone in the core. It's just that when I saw more than a dozen people carrying food behind me, I couldn't hide the eagerness in my heart.
Guan Hai came to a soil platform and focused on introducing Guo Bin to everyone. Hearing that it was this young man who gave them food to tide over the difficulties, everyone made a gesture, knelt down, and thanked Guo Bin for his generosity. After hearing that Guan Hai lost the bet and had become Guo Bin's slave, everyone was eager and expressed their willingness to go to Guo Bin's house as a slave.
Guo Bin was dumbfounded, and there were still people scrambling to be domestic slaves? What he didn't know was that selling himself into slavery was the only means of survival for poor peasants after they were exploited by the landlords and the rich merchants, and even sold their sons and daughters. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang abolished slavery, banned the private trade of slaves, and all slaves were removed from slavery and freed, which accelerated the collapse of the Xinmang regime. Why? Selling yourself as a slave can at least have something to eat, except for being a slave, there is no place to live, no land, no name, no way to live.
At this time, most of the people in the cottage were bankrupt farmers, old and young, and among the nearly 300 people, there were about 30 young people. Most of these people want to sell themselves as slaves, but they are either old or young, and the burden of bringing their families is too heavy, and no one is willing to buy them, so they came to Fulong Mountain to reclaim wasteland.
Guan Hai is a foreign population, he wandered the rivers and lakes, and came to Yingchuan to avoid the enemy. At that time, he was injured, tired and hungry, and fainted in a grass cave in Fulong Mountain, and was found by a child playing to avoid the fierce beasts in the night and pick up a life. Of course, these were all told to Guo Bin by Guan Hai later, and Guo Boss was still in a daze at this time.
Just when Guo Bin was stupid, Guo Jia secretly stabbed him in the back and motioned for him to speak.
Guo Bin came back to his senses, looked at the person kneeling on the ground, and said: "Thanks to you, you can afford it, but Guo is young, and he is not a rich family, I am afraid that he will be entrusted by everyone." ”
As soon as everyone saw that there was a door, they all said that as long as they took care of the food, it would be done.
At this time, Guo Bin looked at Tong Yuan, Tong Yuan just squinted slightly, didn't say a word, and only let him make up his own mind. Looking at Zhao Yun again, Zhao Yun thought for a while, came to his side and said, "Senior brother, these people have no food and clothing, they are really pitiful. It is the responsibility of our generation to help the poor, I think you should not shirk it, as for food, let's find a way together. "Well, this Zhao Yun's Virgin Disease has attacked.
Guo Jia also suppressed his excitement at this time and pulled Guo Bin and said, "Big brother, agree." Guo Bin knew why he was excited, this kid has loved to be a military advisor with a feather fan since he was a child, and he finally seized this opportunity, he wanted to have a good time at this time. Guo Bin thought to himself: "Fortunately, Guo Quan, the official fan, didn't come, otherwise it would be even more chaotic." ”
Guo Bin thinks that the troubled times are coming, and this cottage can be regarded as the foundation of the world. With a decision in his heart, he ascended to the high platform and said to the people: "In this case, I have promised you, but I will never mention the words of slavery again." Today, you can trust Guo, and in the future, you will be Guo's uncle, brother and sister, as long as Guo Bin is hungry and does not die, you will have a bite to eat. ”
Hearing this, everyone cheered, Tong Yuan's eyes flashed, and Zhao Yun and Guo Jia were elated, planning in their hearts. Guan Hai thought that the lord was gritting his teeth and agreeing to come down for the sake of his own face, and his heart was full of gratitude.
So Guo Bin instructed Guan Hai to lead a few young men to bury the pot and make rice, cook the corn brought today, and chop the snake meat and boil it together. Meat can withstand hunger than corn, so the consumption of corn is much smaller. At this time, Guo Bin came to the side with Tong Yuan, Guo Jia, and Zhao Yun to discuss the matter of food.
Guo Bin said embarrassedly: "Today I am driving ducks to the shelves, where does this food come from, and I still need the master's guidance." ”
Tong Yuan said: "Bin'er did the right thing today, the most important thing for those who practice martial arts is to have benevolence and kindness, and they are very comforting to the teacher." It's just that this food still needs to be considered in the long run. ”
Guo Jia said: "Big brother, uncle, the younger brother can borrow some more, but this is not a long-term plan." ”
Guo Bin patted Guo Jia on the back of the head and said, "I know that there is no food and I promise, you kid." Guo Jia touched the back of his head and said with a smile: "This is challenging." Hearing this, Guo Bin and Zhao Yun rolled their eyes in their hearts.
At this time, Zhao Yun said: "Senior brother, when I came, I saw that the wild beasts on this mountain were infested, and we could hunt for food." Guo Bin nodded secretly when he heard this, it is estimated that it is not that these people in the cottage can't think of it, but that the old and the young in the village, and there are many fierce beasts in the mountains, so he didn't go out to hunt.
"Brother Yun is right, although there are many fierce beasts in the mountains, Master Tong and Brother Yun are strong in martial arts, so naturally it is not a problem. If you skin it, you can sell it and exchange it for food. Guo Jiadao.
"Yes, you can also level the land by the river, and you can farm it in the spring of next year." Guo Bin said.
It is one person who is short, everyone who remembers the long, and a few people who say a word to me, and solve most of the big problems that plague the three hundred people in the village.
At this time, everyone in the village was eating corn boiled from snake meat, and listened to a few young people who came with the grain to talk about the source of snake meat. When everyone heard that Guo Bin was so brave, they admired it even more.
After Guo Bin finished discussing, seeing that everyone had also finished lunch, he asked Zhao Yun to select ten young people and divide them into two groups. A group of five people followed Zhao Yun, and the other group followed Guo Bin and Tong Yuan. After the manpower assignment was completed, Guo Bin asked Guan Hai to obey Guo Jia's command and assign tasks to everyone.
The remaining 20 or so young people cut down trees near the cottage, while the old and weak women and children found a good place in the village to level the land and prepare to build a warehouse.
Guo Bin and Tong Yuan led the five young men into the depths of the forest, afraid of getting lost, Guo Bin also instructed people to break branches along the way to indicate the direction. Along the way, Tong Yuan walked and compared, and taught Guo Bin a hundred birds to the phoenix gun, one taught clearly, and the other learned quickly. After walking for a while, I heard a loud roar, and a blind bear ran out of the forest. The five young men were so frightened that they turned around and wanted to run.
Tong Yuan casually folded a small tree as thick as a child's arm, and with a shake, the leaves of the tree fell, and with a flick of the other hand, the branches had fallen to the ground. With this flick, he made a spear, which stunned everyone.
At this time, the blind bear man stood up, and with a roar of rage, he was about to hurt someone. Tong Yuan shook a shot into his face, and when he stretched out his bear paw to dial it, the tip of the spear hit his elbow, and with the power of the rebound, he stabbed the blind bear into the eye and came out of his brain. The blind bear's huge body also fell to the ground with a bang.
This is the first time Guo Bin has seen Tong Yuan make a move, and the one he used is clearly the stabbing technique that Guo Bin used when he was fighting Guan Hai before, which is called anti-left stabbing. Tong Yuan only watched it once, then used it flexibly, stabbing the blind bear to death with one move, Guo Bin was shocked at the same time, he felt a sense of high mountain admiration for Tong Yuan, and his heart was even more ashamed: Why is the gap between people so big.
Sure enough, Tong Yuan said: "This is to prevent the left stab, the branches are hard and brittle, and you have to stab the eye to kill with one blow." After a pause, he said, "Bin'er's set of anti-stabbing techniques is simple and practical, and unless you have great experience, great wisdom can't create it." With that, he brushed the corners of his clothes that didn't splash the slightest bit of blood.
Seeing Tong Yuan's great might and killing the blind bear with one move, the five young men suddenly happily skinned the bear on the spot, cut the meat into pieces, and put the internal organs into a sack after simple processing, and even the bear bones did not fall.
So the crowd went on, perhaps attracted by the smell of the blind bear's blood, and soon came across a colorful tiger. This time, under the guidance of Tong Yuan, Guo Bin fought the tiger alone. After breaking a wooden gun and seriously injuring the tiger, Guo Bin took advantage of the tiger's flying power to throw the tiger to the ground with his shoulder. He stepped on the tiger's two front paws with both feet, clenched his hands into fists, and punched twenty or thirty punches in a row according to his head, until his brain burst before he stopped.
This fight tiger was not as crisp as Tong Yuan's, and it took about half an hour to end the battle. It's just that obviously such a ferocious and bloody scene frightened a group of young people, and everyone looked at Guo Bin, who was stained with brains and blood, and stood up, and didn't dare to step forward until Guo Bin went to talk to Tong Yuan, and didn't dare to shave the skin and flesh of the tiger. And Tong Yuan secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, this Guo Bin's brute strength is really great.
Seeing that it was getting late, and everyone had gained a lot, they laughed loudly and returned to the village along the way they came. At this time, Zhao Yun and the others had also returned, and Zhao Yun took a strong bow and got a wild boar, two deer, and four or five hares. It is also very rewarding. The crowd was overjoyed and did not mention it.
Looking at the packed beast fur and a large amount of meat, the hearts of everyone in the village finally let go, and they don't have to worry about eating anymore.
The fur of the beast had an old man surnamed Zhao, who had been a hunter, and took it to the water's edge to nitrate, but Guo Bin looked at the meat and muttered.
Seeing Guo Bin's eyes gradually brighten, Guo Jia said, "Big brother, what do you want?" Speak up and listen to it. ”
Guo Bin smiled slightly and said, "Little brother, I thought about what we are going to do in this cottage for a living." ”
(Emperor) tried to shoot and hunt in Fulong Mountain, hand-to-hand fighting tigers, at the age of fifteen.
--"Taizu Benji"