All the bandit leaders in Baoan County realized the instability of internal relations, and after thinking for a while, the local bandits Zhang Mengjin and Cai Xiaozi still thought that there should be no internal strife at this time, so they reluctantly untied their hair and tied them all into braids in compromise.

Shen Yiyuan saw that the two nominal subordinates made concessions, so he no longer continued to force them. The harvest was divided according to the original agreement, and more than half of the security guards' men were forced to shave their heads. (Note 1)

"Forget it, I've been reading for a few days after all. The body is skinned, and the parents who receive it dare not destroy it, and the beginning of filial piety is also. I still remember this truth, and if I really shaved my head, not only my ancestors would scold me for being unfilial, but the villagers would also poke my backbone behind my back. ”

Looking at the bald Liu Jin, Zhang Mengcheng still made an excuse to refuse. Anyway, the eldest brother Zhang Mengjin and Shen Yiyuan are not in Ningsai, even if Shen Yiyuan's subordinates have complaints about Guan Zhiqing and others in Ningsai, they can't control Guan Zhiqing and others.

Zhang Mengcheng actually didn't care so much about cutting his hair, after all, life in later generations made him not taboo short hair. It's not that he's nationalist averse to braids, but he simply thinks they don't fit his aesthetics. For Zhang Mengcheng, except for the girl's ponytail, everything else is heresy.

But then again, if the Manchu Qing Dynasty enters the customs in the future, Zhang Mengcheng will face a choice again. If he had to choose the same between his life and his aesthetics, Zhang Mengcheng would still choose the former wisely.

Liu Jin didn't say much after hearing Zhang Mengcheng's words, as far as he knew, scholars did sometimes have some strange insistence.

Instead, Zhang Mengcheng changed the subject and said, "Is there any news from your Xin'an border camp?" The officers and troops in the west have not heard any reaction for such a long time, and I am afraid that something will happen. ”

There are some military forts on Yansui West Road to the west of Xin'an Border Camp, and Ningxia Town to the northwest. The official army has not moved, and Zhang Mengcheng feels very strange. The east side can also be interpreted as the existence of Wang Jiayin. The west shouldn't have been silent.

"I don't know, but I don't care. My old Liu only knows that if the official army comes, we will rush out and kill them all. And we have so many brothers here, there's nothing to worry about. Aren't the officers and soldiers in this Jingbian camp also blocked by our hundreds of horsemen, and now they don't dare to come out casually. I heard that the leader of your surname Che cut down another sentry of the official army yesterday. ”

Liu Jin didn't care about Zhang Mengcheng's worries, and he quickly finished drinking the wine in his bowl. Then he unceremoniously picked up the wine gourd beside Zhang Mengcheng and poured out all the wine inside. However, he found that there was not much left in the gourd, so he said to Zhang Mengcheng: "Xiucai, your wine is not bad, how much more?" I said don't be too picky, take it all out. ”

Zhang Mengcheng looked at his wine, and the amount in the bowl had barely decreased. And Liu Jin actually drank all his share, so he had to turn around and go back to get the wine gourd, and at the same time sighed that he had met a big drunkard again, and he could definitely mix with Zhao Wankui and Zhang Zhaoen.

After taking out the remaining gourds, Zhang Mengcheng said to Liu Jin: "I'll keep one for myself, and you can take the rest." Don't drink it all alone, save some for the rest of your brothers in the camp. You find a jar for yourselves, and remember to return it to me after the gourd. ”

"Xiucai is really refreshing, come, let's continue to drink. After drinking this gourd, I took everything else back to the camp. Liu Jin saw the five gourds that Zhang Mengcheng gave him, and directly picked up the largest one. He poured out all the wine in it and filled his own and Lao Liao's bowls. After that, he looked at Zhang Mengcheng's wine, and added some to the bowl in Xiucai's hand with a smile, and continued to drink it.

Lao Liao also held the bowl and thanked Zhang Mengcheng again and again, and drank the wine in his bowl very cherished. After all, there is not much food in these years, and wine is naturally even more difficult to see.

"Fifteen uncle, fifteen uncle, are you there? I'm looking for you, and I'm in. Uncle Guan said....... Zhang Zhaoen suddenly walked in to find Zhang Mengcheng at this time, and he was only halfway through his words, when he stared at the wine in the hands of the people in the room in a daze, and then rushed up like a beast.

His uncle actually hid some wine, but he lied to himself before and drank it all. Now he is drinking with outsiders, and Zhang Zhaoen feels very dissatisfied. He didn't care about anything else, and directly shouted that he wanted to drink it too, Liu Jin, a drunkard, naturally didn't want anyone to share it, so he drank the wine in his bowl in one gulp. After thanking Zhang Mengcheng, he and Lao Liao, who also drank the wine quickly, flexibly escaped with the remaining wine gourds.

Zhang Mengcheng quickly grabbed Zhang Zhaoen, who wanted to chase him out, and at the same time handed him the bowl full of wine, saying goodbye to Liu Jin and the others, while trying to appease his drunkard nephew.

Zhang Zhaoen was still not satisfied, and he shouted that his fifteenth uncle could not give all the good things to outsiders.

Zhang Mengcheng was afraid that Zhang Zhaoen would drink and make a mistake, so he was unwilling to give him the wine. Li Yingqi's case has been almost three years. It seems that his nephew has also forgotten the eldest brother and second brother at the beginning, and gave him a long memory of the beating. It's just that no matter how Zhang Mengcheng appeases him, Huzi looks unyielding. Zhang Mengcheng was helpless, so he could only say that he could give him all the wine. After that, Zhang Zhaoen, who was his nephew, stopped a little.

"You've got all the wine, and it's time for you to get down to business. What's the matter with Second Brother? Looking at Zhang Zhaoen, he hugged the two gourds and didn't let go. Zhang Mengcheng was slightly depressed and asked directly about Zhang Zhaoen's intention. Although Zhang Mengcheng said to Liu Jin before that he only left a wine gourd, in fact, Zhang Mengcheng also hid another one.

"Oh, Uncle Guan has something to look for you, and I want you to hurry over. It seems that there is news from Uncle Eight. Zhang Zhaoen, who finally remembered what was going on, said with two wine gourds in one hand and a bowl of wine in the other. After saying that, he drank it heavily, as if someone would rob him. In fact, when he came out of the cottage this time, Zhang Zhaoen also brought a lot of wine, but it didn't take long for him to drink it all.

"Got it, I'll go over and go. Eh, eh. No one is robbing you, look at your little bit of interest. Zhang Mengcheng was about to go out after listening. But after seeing that Zhang Zhaoen drank the wine in the bowl, he hadn't completely swallowed the wine in his mouth, so he actually went to open the wine gourd in his hand. The unpromising appearance is really unbearable, so Zhang Mengcheng, as an uncle, opened his mouth to lecture him.

After Zhang Zhaoen listened to his uncle's lecture, he didn't continue to drink. But he still held on to the two wine gourds and slowly kept up with his fifteenth uncle.

PS: Note 1: The matter of shaving the heads of the gods and mons is not made up. It is still from the "Historical Materials of the Peasant Uprising in the Late Ming Dynasty" edited by Zheng Tianting and Sun Yue, which is recorded in the "Shaanxi Trilateral Governor Yang He's Title Buxin Surrender", when Shen Yiyuan was already dead, and the successor Shen Yikui sent his subordinates to Yang He to express their hope to appease, "Send the two small leaders Liu Enwang Congren to meet." By the time he was braided, his hair was braided. On the day of the security sentence, the army is easy to obey. This means that Shen Yiyuan is not dead, and when the security guards were just captured, Shen Yiyuan presided over the shaving of the hair of the whole city. In the fourth volume of "Chongzhen Records", there is also a record that "tens of thousands of people have braided hair". There is also a record in volume 91 of "Guoyi" that "tens of thousands of people are braided hair".

As for why Shen Yiyuan did this, in addition to strengthening the insiders' belief in rebellion, there are also some theories that the thieves impersonated the Mongols to scare off the Ming army. But the author does not know what the facts are, and there is no information to show that Shen Yiyuan was a Jurchen or a Mongol. Moreover, the naming method of Shen Yiyuan and his younger brother Shen Yikui is obviously a habit of the Han people, and his subordinates are also Han names. The setting of the reason for shaving hair in the article is just the author's guess, and as for the title of shaving the head to increase combat effectiveness, it should be the author's joke.