Li Feibai was silent. He knew that there were many rebellions in the Ming Dynasty, such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, but they were all in the late stage of the storm, and he didn't expect such a large-scale peasant uprising to occur a few years ago. What made the peasants revolt? It's not that you can't get enough to eat!

And what keeps the peasants from having enough to eat? In addition to the exploitation of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, I am afraid that the more important reason is that the economy has developed at this time, and the bureaucratic landlords have annexed a large number of land, and they are all people with power and status, who can avoid paying taxes and impose all taxes on the peasants, forcing the peasants to eventually lose their land and become displaced people, so they rebel without food or drink.

Is there a place in history where something similar happened? It is as if there have been cases of sheep eating people in England, and there has been a land enclosure movement, which has caused a large number of farmers to lose their land. Then why didn't Britain have an uprising and finally lose the country, while the Ming Dynasty had an uprising and finally lost the country? It was not the advent of the steam engine that triggered the Industrial Revolution, so that these landless peasants had jobs to do, so that they would not starve and have no choice but to rebel!

Thinking of the steam engine, Li Feibai's eyes lit up, and there were countless ways to make money. Seeing that Qin Meng didn't talk anymore, he said, "What happened later? Later, why did you get mixed up with Wang Wu? ”

Qin Meng said: "When I was full, I rubbed my stomach and rested against the door of Daxiku." Seeing Yang Zhen standing in front of the door with a sad face and looking around, he asked him what was the difficulty? And told him that I would not eat his food in vain, and if there was anything difficult to do, I would do it for him, so as to repay the kindness of a meal. Yang Zhen told him what he was worried about. It turned out that he hated Wang Wu for not taking him as a library elder in his eyes, and took away the goods from his Xida warehouse many times, but never paid the storage fee, and did not give him benefits. So he detained a batch of goods from Wang Wu, and wanted to remind Wang Wu that it was time to do something.

Who knew that this time he stabbed the hornet's nest, Wang Wu not only did not bother, but also released a word that he would send someone to Daxiku to grab the goods today. If Yang Zhen can stop it, it is considered Yang Zhen's ability, and he will be able to do it in the future. If Yang Zhen can't stop it, be honest in the future, don't think about breaking ground on Tai Sui's head. Because of this, Yang Zhen was worried, and with his little laying of soldiers, it was not enough for Wang Wu to plug his teeth. Moreover, when the people of Daxiku heard the news, they had already found various reasons to call for sick leave, and he was the only one left in the entire Daxiku, how could they stop Wang Wu.

"For this reason, he had begged the leader of the horse, and also found the ambassador of the inspection department, hoping that the two of them could send troops to protect the Great West Library. But both of them have received the benefits of Wang Wu, so how can they care about such idle matters. Yang Zhen couldn't help it, he really wanted Wang Wuqiang to rob Da Xiku, his shame and lack of face was still a trivial matter, and losing the errand of Ku Lao was a big deal. Just ask, you can't even keep a big Xiku, what kind of library are you still doing! As soon as I heard that it was only a trivial matter, I said to him, "Give me a sword, and I will guard the great Siku for you." Yang Zhen didn't believe that I could defend Daxiku by myself, but there was no way, so he found me a rusty knife.

"When I saw that the knife was so blunt, I took a piece of bluestone and used it as a whetstone and sat down at the door of Daxiku and sharpened it. When the knife was almost sharpened, Wang Wu's subordinates came, and there were about seventy or so people who were bluffing. When they saw me at the door sharpening their knives, they stopped and someone asked, "What is the fat man doing there?" I didn't care, but drew a line in front of the door with a knife, and shouted, "Whoever crosses this line will be killed or buried!" ”

"Those people rely on the large number of people, they don't take my words seriously, some scold and some mock, and they want to rush in when they are ready to move! I poured out the water used to sharpen the knife and placed the bowl on the bluestone. He stepped his leg on the bluestone again and rolled up his trouser legs. They didn't know what I was going to do, and they stopped. I took a knife and cut off a piece of meat from my thigh, put it in the heel and chewed it, chewed it, and ate it, and saw that half a bowl of blood had flowed, and then I took the bowl and drank the blood, and said, "If you want to die, just try it!" When they saw that I was crazy, they scattered in a hurry.

Li Feibai sighed in his heart: "This is crazy, this is simply a ruthless person!" "Being ruthless to others is not really ruthless, being ruthless to yourself is really ruthless! He said, "Brother Qin, can you let me see the injury!" ”

Qin Meng lifted his trouser leg up, revealing a scar the size of a teacup on his leg, and continued: "After those people left, Yang Zhen quickly sent me to the medical hall to bandage me, and invited me to the tavern to drink. He said that he still had a reluctant request, and hoped that I would agree. If this is done, he will be rich and prosperous in the future. I don't want to be rich or rich, I just want to know if I can eat enough. After receiving an affirmative answer, I agreed. He said that Wang Wu often compares himself to Meng, and I showed my hand today, and Wang Wu will definitely come to make friends. At that time, I pretended to agree to come down, went to Wang Wu's place to become a cronie, and when the time was ripe, I stole an account book and came out. I said something difficult, it turned out that it was just stealing an account book, so I agreed. Within two days, Wang Wu really came to me and gave me two paths. First, join the Dasheng horn. Second, death. I asked if I could eat enough to join Dashenghao? He said yes, and I got to him. ”

Li Feibai said: "Brother Qin, after listening to what you said, I can't make you a friend in this life, Jian is really the biggest regret." Would you like to make me a friend? ”

Qin Meng said: "Can you eat enough to be your friend?" ”

Li Fei's eyes turned red and said, "Yes!" ”

Qin Meng's tears flowed down and said, "From now on, my life is yours!" ”

The two of them cleaned up the blood from the shop. Qin Meng made a floor shop in the shop, and Li Feibai also built a floor shop next to him. The two of them gossiped again, and each fell asleep.

Before dawn the next day, Li Feibai remembered the sound of the car door outside the shop, and Li Feibai unloaded the door panel, only to see Yang Zhen and Wang Yaojian leading three carriages to come. One was loaded with local products, and the other two were passengers. There is a slightly luxurious car, I think it was specially prepared for him.

Yang Zhen couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Qin Meng following behind Li Feibai. Seeing that the two bunks in the shop were a little tight, it could be seen that Li Feibai and Qin Meng were resting on it last night, and they were even more surprised. I can't figure out why Li Feibai's identity is willing to mix with Qin Meng.

Li Feibai snorted and said, "Brother Yang, Qin Meng killed Wang Wu for me yesterday, I saw that he was good, and he happened to lack a guard by his side, so I invited him to be a guard, you won't have an opinion!" ”

Yang Zhen knew that Li Feibai had become Zhao Xuefei's friend, and he was able to get the errand of going to Kaifeng on business, which was also carried by Li Feibai, and heard that Wang Wu was dead yesterday, how dare he have any opinions, and hurriedly said: "Qin Meng can win your favor, that is his creation, how dare the villain have any opinions!" ”

Li Feibai nodded and said, "Please also ask Brother Yang and Brother Wang to carry the wooden box inside to the car." ”

Yang Zhen and Wang Yaojian went to the house to move the wooden box, but they felt that the wooden box was very heavy, and they didn't know what it contained. Although the wooden box was not locked, neither of them dared to open it to take a look. They put the wooden box on the slightly luxurious carriage, and Wang Yaojian said, "Master Li, are you going to leave now?" ”

Li Feibai said: "Wait a little longer, there is still one person coming!" ”

At this time, the window on the second floor was pushed open, and Hou Yanmin showed her head, threw down a stack of things wrapped in rice paper, and said, "You forgot something!" ”

Li Feibai stretched out his hand to take it. He didn't need to open it to see, he also knew that it was Hou Yanmin's painting inside, and said in his heart: "This little girl is really duplicitous." said that she didn't need my help, but she still hoped that I would go to Kaifeng to sell her paintings. He saw that Yang Zhen kept reaching out to scratch his neck, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that there was a mosquito bite pimple on it, so he opened the wooden box and took out three small round boxes from inside.