Chapter 13 Opening the Boxing Ring
"Brothers, fear not. Hurry home at night, and when dawn comes, help will arrive! Chen Daxi seemed very confident. There was nothing to say all the way, and after arriving at Chenjiazhai, each person got five taels of silver. The rest of the money and food were given to Chen Daxi and the old mother of the Li family. The weapon was left by Chen Daxi. The garments were chosen by the brothers and taken away. Everyone was very happy. What do you say about paying money to the government every year, and there is still time for the government to give us money. There was nothing to say all night, and everyone was afraid that the government would investigate them, so they all lay down in their clothes.
At dawn, someone outside Chen's house shouted Chen Daxi's name. Brother Chen was overjoyed and shouted to everyone: "Get up, get up, the government has sent us money!" ”
The government sent us money? That's right. It should be that the government wants us to die, right? When everyone heard the shouting, they didn't know the depth for a while, so they quickly got up, and those with knives took knives, and those with guns carried guns. Then they poured out of the door. I saw that the person outside the door turned out to be Zhang Xingqi, a twister from Anhui! He was followed by several men on horseback.
Chen Daxi bowed his hand to them, and then ordered all of us to get into the carriage and go to the village street. We all wondered, when did this friend from Anhui come? What are you doing in the township? Where are the dozens of us who are the opponents in the township? There are so many regimental training and anti-smuggling soldiers in the township! All the way, I was nervous, and finally I got to the township.
When I arrived in the township, I realized why Brother Daxi said that the government would send us money!
As far as the eye can see, the cavalry is black and black. It's all Anhui's twist army! There are hundreds of people! It turned out that Brother Daxi had already sent someone to ride a horse to Anhui to find Zhang Lexing's alliance leader for help! And the Twist Army in Anhui assigned the Linquan Twist Army to the rescue of Pingyu! But what to do around the township? Of course, it's a threat to the official.
Brother Daxi took a few people into the squire's hall, went for a long time, and brought out three big boxes. I saw that the Twist Army from Anhui carried two of the boxes onto the carriage, and Daxi beckoned us to carry the other box. Then, he said goodbye to the Twist Army in Anhui. Naturally, we also got into the carriage and rushed to Chenjiazhai.
When I arrived at Chenjiazhai, I opened the box. Yes! It's full of silver ingots with white flowers! Everyone's eyes are straight! After staying for half a salary, I hurriedly took it out and counted it. It's a thousand taels of silver! My mom, it's the second time I've seen so much money in my life!
Chen Daxi said: "Brothers, one ingot of silver per person, ten taels!" The rest should be used as capital to recruit troops! Do you have an opinion?! "Where will everyone have opinions, and all of a sudden they will get ten taels of silver for nothing! In an instant, each of them grabbed an ingot treasure on their waists.
Why would the government give us money? Why are we not afraid to be officials when we kill someone? That's because the Qing Dynasty was corrupt and incompetent, and the officials below were afraid of rebellion! I like it, but we twist the army. Because we don't kill people if we don't rush the army, besieging the government is just to get some money or food. But these officials don't dare to provoke us, first, they really start a riot, and they can't bear this responsibility. Second, the officials at the top will definitely be blamed, and they will be removed from their official posts at the least, or they will lose their heads or be assigned to the army. These officials are also just for money. When we besiege them, they will talk to our leader and ask directly how much money and how much food they want. Then bargain and pay the silver to eliminate the disaster. Everyone was happy. Where did you get the money from the Taoist government? Isn't it usually obtained by looting ordinary people? After this siege, the government will definitely find the rich people in the township and ask them to pay this money equally. Moreover, these officials are all villagers, both old and young, and they dare not offend us. The first is to fall into favor as an official, and the second is to not spend a penny on himself. Why not?
And on the side of Runing Mansion, there is no need to worry. No one dares to report this kind of thing. Like this killing, the squire also paid for the burial and pacification, and he was charged with drinking and burning to death. The officials have said so, who dares to fart again in the family members of those bitter masters? Taking a step back, if someone sues Runing Mansion, there is no need to worry. They didn't dare to come and kill them for the same reason. Anyway, the countrymen solve the affairs of the countryside by themselves, and they also end up clean. Where did you learn here? Of course, it's Anhui Twist Army there. Not only the twist army in Anhui, but also the twist army in various places is almost the same!
Smuggling salt, smuggling salt,
The family has no land and no money.
made good fortune and made a fortune,
Huahua sang a few times.
The old laughs, the young laugh,
I can't be hungry in the three spring days.
Smuggling salt, smuggling salt,
Life is persecuted.
Gone and ran into officers and soldiers,
People are scattered and hope that whoever shouts.
The old also cry, and the young also shout,
The family is doomed from then on.
Smuggling salt, smuggling salt,
The poor men are twisted.
The officers and soldiers will behead us again,
Fuck the big fucking scoop.
The white knife goes in, the red knife goes out,
The ancestors will rebel from now on.
After this incident, Brother Chen's family has been in the market since then, and there is an endless stream of people who come to join Brother Chen, and even people who sell smuggled salt in surrounding cities have also come to defect, so that Chen Daxi has become a leader of smuggled salt, and he usually carries a knife and a gun when selling smuggled salt. And the leaders of the oppressed chamber of commerce from all walks of life came to pay homage to Brother Chen and recommended Brother Chen to be the president of the Pingyu Chamber of Commerce. Brother Chen led the industry leaders to negotiate with the squire, which made everyone's taxes much less. Naturally, Brother Chen's income is also increasing day by day.
However, most of these people are farmers and businessmen. If we do fight, we will definitely suffer. Therefore, under the leadership of Brother Chen, we have built sheds for various industries, and the number of people under the sheds has organized skewers and twists. And Brother Chen selected people with better martial arts in the old township group to teach martial arts to everyone. For a time, there were many Pingyu boxing stadiums, and martial arts practice became a trend.
Wowotou, big potato,
The poor and the rich are not one.
Chicken, fish, meat, eggs, poor people,
Why do the rich eat and the poor watch?
Where is the conscience of heaven?
It's better to follow the shed.
Even in the year of disaster, starvation became commonplace. Brother Chen led everyone to rob the rich and help the poor, and raised food and funds to help the victims by eating large households, and we played the slogan of "entering the shed, having food", and the whole family and even the whole village were everywhere, and even some regimental exercises, township warriors and checkpoint inspections east of Runing Mansion also entered the shed. At this time, Brother Chen was already the eldest brother of the Twist Army in southern Henan, with a lot of money and tens of thousands of boxers. You must know that when King Hong first rebelled, there were only tens of thousands of people!
When we were having a good time, the Taiping Army and Brother Zhang's Twist Army were also happening!