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In the evening, heavy snow fell. In the evening, a strong wind blew, and the chimney let out a whining roar. The mountain wind howled fiercely in the valley, and in the midst of the wind and snow, a group of more than 100 people and horses were rushing through the mountain road.

It's so fucking cold......

The wind is biting!

Wang Fu, who was riding on a horse, finally realized the meaning of this word, only a few hours after going down the mountain, the sky changed, and in the evening, the snow fell one after another, the snow was heavy, the wind was stronger, and the wind swept the goose feathers and heavy snow, covering everything in the world.

Wearing a dogskin hat and facing the cold wind, Wang Fu wanted to stuff himself into a quilt, but the people around him seemed to have no feeling, and continued to walk forward against the wind and snow.

Although he is the leader of the village in central Hubei from Zhaoshan, Wang Fu never felt that he was a bandit, in fact, the identity of this bandit never gave him any sense of belonging, in fact, most of the bandits in central Hubei are from Henan and Anhui and other places of exile, although he is also from Anhui, but he is from the relatively rich Huizhou, not the barren northern Anhui, sixteen years old in the examination of Xiucai, originally wanted to take the examination for fame and glory of the ancestors, but because of the death of his father and brother, he was forced to abandon literature and business, and went to Xiangyang to take over the family business left by his father and brother.

If it was a few decades ago, this salt merchant looked still very beautiful, but after the Daoguang period "abolished the introduction and changed the ticket", the life of the salt merchant was not as good as day by day, and when it was passed on to Wang Fu's life, not only was there a deficit of tens of thousands of taels, but also tens of thousands of taels of official silver, if it was replaced by a big salt merchant, it could still be afforded, but the Wang family was just a new ticket merchant in the Daoguang period, and the family funds accumulated by his father for decades had long been exhausted.

In order to get rid of the crisis, like many salt merchants, Wang Fu chose "official traffickers of private salt", but who would have thought that before he got out of the predicament, he would have the East Window incident, and after several tosses, he changed from a salt merchant who was close to bankruptcy to a "mountain king" in the Zhaoshan cottage.

Life is always so wonderful.

As a scholar, although the grass fell, Wang Fu had never been willing to be accompanied by the grass all his life, but for the Great Qing Kingdom, there has never been a saying of Zhao'an, and he naturally can't be Song Jiang, and in this peaceful world, bandits are not easy to be!

But Huang Tian pays off!

After many years of falling grass, almost accumulating grievances, the news that Wuchang was besieged by thieves came, and when he heard the news, his first reaction was "the opportunity has come", so he immediately ordered troops and horses to rush to the provincial capital.

Is it to recruit security as a soldier?

Or defect to the Taiping Army?

Even when riding on a horse, blown by the cold wind like a bone-scraping steel knife, Wang Fu's heart was still thinking about this question.

Will the defective army be exterminated as bandits?

If you vote for the Taiping Army, will you be used as cannon fodder?

Looking at the brothers around him, although he didn't have much affection with other people except for a few people, Wang Fu knew that these people were the capital of his life, whether it was the official army or the Taiping army, without these brothers, what would he Wang Fu have?

Unless one day, he really becomes a parent, if he is in this army, I am afraid he will not be able to do without these brothers.

Thinking about it in a daze, Wang Fu's mind became more and more confused, for a while, he couldn't tell what he should do, and more importantly, whether it was the official army or the Taiping army, it was full of too many risks.

"Second master, you said that when the brothers arrived in Wuchang, they could really become a founding father?"

Ding Lao Liu, who was riding on a horse, asked the second master beside him, being a bandit is precarious, but he is at ease, but the big boss said that when he arrived in Wuchang, everyone can mix with the founding fathers, and then the big guys can be promoted and make a fortune, but Ding Lao Liu always feels that things are not so simple, but he can't say why.

"Can you be the founding father, I don't know, but no matter how bad it is, you won't go hungry, whether he is an official or a thief, from ancient times to the present, it is the principle of heaven to eat food as a soldier, isn't it!"

Li Erhu said this in his mouth, he has always listened to the big bosses, since the big bosses said that they want to take the big guys to join the army, then join the army, besides, when the bandits are robbing, when the officers and soldiers are also robbing, sometimes the officials and soldiers rob more than the bandits, but what is even more powerful is that when the officials and soldiers rob, which one of those rich people dares to resist? But when they ran into bandits, how many times did they not fight to the death?

What a world! Obviously, the big guys are robbing, but the result is ...... It's better to be an officer and soldier!

With that official robe, those rich men softened a little first when they saw it.

"Reason, but this reason ......"

Ding Lao Liu whimpered, and then fell silent, when he was silent, Li Erhu's legs hit the horse's belly, and he caught up with the big boss in front and said softly.

"Great boss, it looks like it's almost noon, and there seems to be a village in front of here, why don't the brothers eat hot food in this village first?"

Erhu's words made Wang Fu nod and follow the command.

"That's it, let's do it!"

A very different from the nearby Chinese building, mixed with many Western-style architectural styles, towers over the snowy field, and the cross on the top of the building is a reminder of what this place is, this is a church.

As the group approached on horseback, they noticed that the door of the Western-style church-style building was open, and on the snow in front of the door, there were broken chairs and slabs that could be seen thrown on the ground.

Is this the minor Priory of St. Anthony?

Zhu Yifeng, who was in doubt, looked at the open door of the church, and when he looked at the girl next to him, he saw that the little face with a big palm was full of worry.

"Yuxin, don't worry, Father Li will definitely be fine!"

After speaking, Zhu Yifeng jumped off his horse and walked into this church, which can be described as a combination of Chinese and Western.

Empty!

There are only scattered benches in the fairly tidy church, looking at this empty church, for some reason, Zhu Yifeng's heart seems to be relieved, and he even feels a little lucky, of course, this happiness is just a hint of joy at most.

"Yuxin, Jiren has his own heavenly appearance, God will definitely bless Father Li......"

Although he never believed in ghosts and gods, he did not resist using God to comfort the little girl around him at this time. At this time, Lin Yuqing walked over, and he shook his head at Zhu Yifeng.

"Boss, there's no one here!"

No one!

I don't know if it's to escape the war, let alone this church, and in the nearby villages, the people don't know where they went, because it was noon, when others were preparing lunch in the kitchen of the church, Zhu Yifeng was curious to visit this church, well, it should be said that it was a minor seminary.

At the back of the church, there are more than a dozen houses, and a few of them look like dormitories, and there are a lot of books scattered in the dormitories and classrooms, Zhu Yifeng is not very interested in those Latin or Italian theological textbooks, in fact, the reason why he is interested in "visiting" here is because in addition to those theological textbooks, he also sees books on mathematics and geography in the dormitory, and on the blackboard in the classroom, there is a plant wall chart, obviously, this is not just a monastery.

It's more like a school than an ordinary monastery.

“…… 36、37……”

After taking a turn in the seminary, Zhu Yifeng deliberately counted the beds in the dormitory, six beds in one room, a total of seven rooms are dormitories, and there are 42 students here! A student who has received a certain modern education, thinking of this, he can't help but think of Yu Xin, is she also educated here?

"I really didn't expect that there will be a church school in Wuchang now!"

Zhu Yifeng's understanding of modern history makes him very clear that even in Shanghai, there is only one church school, who would have thought that the hands of those missionaries would actually reach here.

"Eastern, Eastern......"

Suddenly, just as Zhu Yifeng sighed, Yu Xiaobao ran over in a hurry, and almost as soon as he saw the owner, he said in a panic.

"Dirt, bandits, hit, hit the door!"