In the spring of 1855, the famine worsened, and many families were no longer able to sustain themselves, and every household was facing a lack of food. I had to cut the bark and pick up the leaves to satisfy my hunger. One by one, the bodies of the victims were swollen and their faces were yellow. Countless people have been sick and dying until they die. Although under the leadership of Chen Daxi, smuggled salt was sold to help the poor, but there were many people in the county and it was impossible to take care of them one by one. Chen Daxi had no choice but to take out all the grain in reserve and distribute it to the hungry people. However, this is only a drop in the bucket. Don't talk about practicing boxing now, even if you sell smuggled salt and follow Chen Daxi out to mix, you are also hungry and full.

What to do?

On this day, Chen Daxi and his group saw a carriage pulling grain on the road and heading towards the west side of Pingyu Street. Chen Daxi's eyes lit up: "Whose car is this?" ”

"Who else can there be, Feng Laosi's landlord's family!" One of the men replied, "Now the grain is expensive, and the children are cheap and the land is cheap." This Feng Laosi took the opportunity to exchange grain for land. An acre of land is exchanged for only a bucket of grain! An eighteen-year-old girl is only worth half a bucket of grain. ”

"What!" Chen Daxi couldn't help but be furious. No, I don't know if it's not a place. I only remembered this sentence for an eighteen-year-old girl before I changed half a bucket of grain. My beloved Miss Song Ling'er doesn't know how it is now, but the other day I saved my rations and sent two liters of food to her family (her father finally smiled at me and had a good impression). Look at those rich people, what is this dousheng grain to them? What's more, these are all exploited, looted, and made a fortune! If Old Song Tou is hungry, with his temperament, he will inevitably sell Song Ling'er. But man is so lowly! Thinking of this, I can't get angry.

Chen Daxi smiled at us and said, "The world is no longer good, okay?" Everyone looked at each other for a while, and laughed together: "!" "Ladies and gentlemen, what are you doing? Of course, it is to learn Fuyang's twist, and fight the rich to borrow grain!

So Chen Daxi immediately gave an order to go back and call someone to fetch food! After an afternoon of preparation, five or six hundred hungry people, boxers, and shanty people were gathered. We were all armed, and the hungry people were carrying shovels, hoes, and sickles, but those who had no tools carried cloth bags and sticks. When it was dark, he took advantage of the night to drive towards the west Fengjiazhai of the street.

Take Feng Laosi first!

The battle went unusually well. Because before leaving, Chen Daxi repeatedly told us that no one wants to give away money and food for nothing, and since he came out to rob it, he had to show his knives and guns. Not only to show off swords and guns, but also to kill. If you don't kill someone, no one will watch things being robbed by others, if you don't kill him, he won't give you things, and he will kill you in order to protect things. Let's think about how these people usually bully us, how they force us to die of poverty and starvation step by step, and we won't be soft. Before Feng Laosi's dogs could react, hundreds of us had already poured into Feng's village, so scared that the villagers closed their doors one by one, and none of them even dared to watch the excitement. Not much to say, all the gold and silver jewelry, clothes, furniture, and even oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea have been moved. Of course, the grain cellars were all opened, and all the coarse grains, fine grains, sweet potatoes, cabbage, and radishes that could be eaten and used were moved. That Feng Laosi and his family hid in the sweet potato cellar and were also searched by us, and the family was trembling with fright. However, Brother Chen Daxi gave an order, we want money, food, and things, and don't die for the time being.

What about those dog-legged soldiers, you say? Ran early! Where have they seen this? I even saw a few doglegs running away with two teacups, a kettle, and some porcelain ornaments. Haha, the interests are current, and sure enough!

Gong sounds,

conch blowing,

The grain was piled up.

You a liter,

I'm a bucket,

Divide evenly according to the head.

Let's not talk about Feng Laosi for the time being, let's talk about our victorious return first. A total of 21 men and women were bought by Feng Laosi, all of whom were released and sent home, and Chen Daxi promised that if they were investigated in the future, he Chen Daxi would send troops to ask for help. Everyone thanked each other and fled. A total of more than 200 animals of various types (horses, cows, mules, donkeys, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, etc.), more than 1,500 stones of various fine grains and coarse grains, more than 200 taels of gold, more than 2,000 taels of silver, more than 3,000 copper coins, hundreds of pieces of jewelry, wooden boxes, clothes, beds, tables and chairs, countless pots and tableware. You may ask, is there no silver ticket? Yes, it's useless to take it. Feng Laosi had to bring the seal letter to get it out------ so he wouldn't get into trouble. Chen Daxi took out 500 stones, copper coins, woodware, clothes, cutlery, small animals and other miscellaneous goods and distributed them equally to the people participating in today's activities. Horses, cows, mules, donkeys, and vehicles are left to do the leg strength of later activities. The surplus grain was set up in porridge sheds to help those who could not eat. The gold and silver were kept as the capital for selling smuggled salt and recruiting troops.

Feng Laosi's side should have tasted the taste of going from heaven to hell. It is said that when the complaint was later reported to Ruyang, the new magistrate Jin Chaodong did not dare to accept it, and only deduced that the troops were insufficient, the hungry people were making trouble, and the imperial court could not control it, so it should be coordinated by the local security. The matter is closed.

The good times did not last long, and soon the opened food was gone, and everyone returned to a state of hunger. Rush to grab? There is no way, since Feng Laosi was robbed, the rich people would rather raise the courtyard wall, paste grain upside down to support the ruffian guards, and guard the door. I don't dare to make random times. Besides, Pingyu Street is not big, most of the rich families know each other, and there are too many armed soldiers under him, and they take care of each other, which makes it difficult for us to start. It made Brother Daxi sad. After all, only when there is food to eat, only then are people willing to rob it, or even be willing to rebel. You can't even help the coach, I'm afraid that your boxers will also run to the big families to beg for food and guard the door.

One day in March 1855, Chen Daxi heard that the winged king Shi Dakai broke the Hunan army, conquered Hankou and Hanyang, and recaptured Wuchang, and most of the Qing soldiers fled to Henan. After Daxi analyzed, he decided to disguise himself as a Qing soldier to ask the government for food and salary.