Chapter 29: Encampment
"I don't know where Brother Xu came from? Judging by how you dress, talk, and act on weekdays, you are different from people everywhere. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Hearing Li Tianwang's words, Xu Zhengze's face froze, he is from four hundred years later, but how can this kind of thing be said? Even if he said it, who would believe it? If others don't believe him, they will suspect him of having evil intentions and trying to fool the world, but won't the result be more troublesome than not speaking out? If you talk about a random place, and someone asks about the local customs and people, and he can't answer, what can he do? If it's just a random mess, isn't it even more suspicious?
In an instant, Xu Zhengze thought a lot, it was impossible to tell the truth, he couldn't make up a lie, he was silent, he couldn't be afraid, whether it was Li Tianwang, or Wu Yong, and even the woman looked at him curiously, obviously wanting to know what was going on. Xu Zhengze was in a dilemma for a while, and he didn't know how to deal with it.
"That's it, Brother Xu has something unspeakable, so don't mention it, and Brother Xu won't want me to do anything." Seeing that Xu Zhengze was silent for a long time, his expression changed several times, but he still didn't say a word, and Li Tianwang, who was understanding and considerate of his subordinates, relieved him of the siege and no longer pursued the matter.
Hearing Li Tianwang's intention and reluctance to pursue this matter anymore, Xu Zhengze was relieved, the problem of his life experience was the most troublesome, and he couldn't tell clearly, he thought about it for a long time, but fortunately, it was not a very fatal place - after all, it was impossible to be like the third prince of Zhu to the Aixin Jueluo family, or like the Ming Hui Emperor Zhu Yunwen to Ming Chengzu, like a fish in the throat, not to get rid of unhappiness. No matter what kind of identity he is, it is impossible to threaten Li Tianwang's status because of this identity. Therefore, Li Tianwang said that if he wants to come, "Brother Xu will not want anything from me", he really can't plot anything against others.
Because of his identity, Xu Zhengze temporarily had no heart to encourage Li Tianwang, so he paid attention to the surrounding environment, which was actually relatively depressed along the way, and the villages were rarely seen, and most of the fields on the roadside were abandoned, and it was rare to see anyone who had grown grain. Along the way, except for a dilapidated small city like Yuxiang City, there is not even a decent place. The place is so dilapidated, and the people's livelihood is not much better, Xu Zhengze doesn't care too much about irrelevant people, but if it's so depressed, it's not easy for people who do businessless to live.
"It's going to be on the ground in a moment." Xu Zhengze and Wu Yong all bowed their heads and were silent, and the team was silent for a while, until Li Tianwang suddenly shouted, and everyone came back to their senses.
Xu Zhengze raised his eyes and looked, and saw a large area of reeds and water not far ahead, after walking for a day, the sun had already turned west, the sun shone brightly, the breeze was clear, and the golden water surface was also shaking, and Xu Zhengze's eyes were hurting. From time to time, there are large flocks of waterfowl rising and falling in the sky, and the sound is crisp, is this a duck pond? The scenery is not bad.
"Brother Wu, Brother Xu, this duck pond is not as big as the Wu Lake, but it is also an excellent place to go, we have run around several places this year, and this duck pond is the most comfortable to live in." As they spoke, everyone was already close to the duck pond, and Li Tianwang and his group were getting closer and closer to home, and they couldn't help but speed up their pace. There was a loud sound, and someone in front of him came out far away to greet him, and he kept laughing and laughing with Li Tianwang, but he left their team of newcomers there without embarrassment.
Sensing that the newcomer had been neglected, Li Tianwang pulled the two over, introduced each other, got to know each other, and then assigned someone to arrange a place for them to live. There is a village by the lake, the village is not large, but there are about a hundred families, and there is no problem at all for four or five hundred people to live in a little squeezing.
Following the leader to the assigned house, all the people who had been busy all day were sleepy and tired, and the king of heaven gave some food, and everyone was busy packing up and preparing to cook. Seeing that Wu Yong and his mother looked depressed, several people hurriedly helped the old man into the house to rest. The people sent by King Li also gave a few pairs of bedding, although it was dilapidated, it was very rare, and they were all given to the old man's family.
After arranging for the old man to rest, and cooking with his own fire, Wu Yong saw the opportunity and pulled Xu Zhengze to the corner where no one was, he had great strength, Xu Zhengze couldn't break free, so he could only be forcibly pulled by him and reluctantly left. When he arrived at the ground, looking at Wu Yong, who was frowning and wanted to say something but couldn't say it, Xu Zhengze could only sigh helplessly. He understands what Wu Yong means, he Xu Zhengze is restless, and he also knows what will happen next, so he has always wanted to make things bigger and stronger, and there is no resistance to rebelling with a giant like Li Tianwang, Wu Yong is different, he just wants to be a carefree little common man, rebel or something, he has never thought about it, let alone resorting to it like Xu Zhengze.
"Brother Wu, I know what you want to say, but we don't have any other choice." Seeing Wu Yong's tangled look, although Xu Zhengze was apologetic, he would not change his mind, the little people are not easy to live, bandits, rebel troops, official soldiers, and the Qing army that entered the customs are not good things, burning, killing and looting are commonplace, if you don't want to be someone else's sword, then you can only make yourself stronger, from this aspect, he never wants Li Tianwang to be just a bandit who fights petty.
"Then you can't stir him up to rebel against that! Can rebellion be the same as being a thief? Rebellion is a big crime of the Nine Clans, and the government will definitely send a large army to encircle and suppress it, and when the time comes, there will be a few people here who can survive. "Xu Zhengze didn't say that it's okay, as soon as he said Wu Yong, he would be angry, if he wasn't afraid of being heard by people outside, he would have yelled a long time ago, since he heard Xu Zhengze's high arguments at noon, he was able to endure all the way, and it didn't break out until now, it was definitely quite patient.
"If you want to fight Puzhou, that is a rebellion, do you still need me to tell you?" Xu Zhengze didn't give in an inch, nonsense, if he didn't say it, others wouldn't do it? The feudal dynasty, attacking the prefecture and county, that is an ironclad rebellion, there is no room for negotiation, if you keep making trouble in the countryside, you will not necessarily be valued by the above. After all, at the state and county levels, they are directly under the jurisdiction of the central court, unlike villages and towns, where the imperial power has not been lower than that of counties for thousands of years, and they are basically in a state of autonomy.
After listening to Xu Zhengze's words, Wu Yong was no longer so excited, but his face was gloomy, and his brows were furrowed like pimples. He also understood that Xu Zhengze's words were right, and that the thieves who attacked the prefectures and counties, no matter how large the scale, would definitely be identified as anti-thieves, and they would definitely be given priority to the "care" of the officials and soldiers, which was irrefutable.
"Our hope can only be to make this Li Tianwang bigger and stronger, so that we have a better chance of survival." Seeing that Wu Yong was no longer excited, Xu Zhengze said what he had said, "Brother Wu, I can tell you with great certainty that this Ming Dynasty will not last for a few years, and the difference is that in the end, who can benefit." ā
"To put it lightly, how can you guarantee it?" Wu Yong scoffed, the court is an irresistible behemoth in the eyes of the current people, although until today, he is riddled with diseases, but no one dares to say that the court will not be able to survive, and Xu Zhengze dares to say such a thing, but who believes it when he says it.
This is naturally the information that future generations know, the Ming Dynasty died in Chongzhen for seventeen years, and there are still thirteen years to go, this information Xu Zhengze, who often reads novels, remembers it clearly, but unfortunately such a thing can't be said, so just like now, he was dumbfounded by Wu Yong's words, so he could only shrug his shoulders and say scoundrelly: "Anyway, the thief ship has already been boarded, do you have any other choice?" ā
To put it mildly, this point is the most fatal, this matter is not something they can control at all, and they can only passively follow the footsteps of Li Tianwang, if they want to get rid of such a fate, at least not what they can do now, everything can only depend on the will of God.
In fact, Xu Zhengze was very sympathetic to Wu Yong's experience, and took his wife to participate in the "revolutionary team", which was quite dangerous, the two dragged each other down, unlike him, a bachelor, who didn't worry about anything.
When he went back, he met Li Tianwang's daughter, and greeted the two when he saw them from a distance, Xu Zhengze looked sideways, and saw Wu Yong's gloomy face immediately became warm, he thought to himself that this guy's ability to change his face is really not covered, and he doesn't know how many times stronger than him.
The woman ran to the two of them in a hurry, and shouted to the two, "Where have you two gone, let me find it." By the way, two of the horses captured today were so badly injured that they had to be slaughtered. I've got some of your meat, and remember to have someone get it. Also, my dad is going to have a dinner for the two of you in the evening, so come with me now. ā
Saying that he took the two of them and left, Xu Zhengze and Wu Yong glanced at each other, so they had to follow, just walked a few steps, the woman suddenly stopped, turned around, stared at Xu Zhengze, and looked at him all over his body, the two of them had a holiday, when a fire, he almost roasted this little girl's skin, how big is this hatred, and now he is committed to her father, low and small, how can Xu Zhengze not be afraid of people to fix him. Again, he can't beat this woman.
"Your name is Xu Zhengze, right? I should be right, hey, that little girl will follow me in the future, let me tell you. After saying that, she turned around and left, making Xu Zhengze confused, who is it?
"Which little girl? Why should she tell me when she talks to you? Xu Zhengze didn't know why, and asked strangely.
"Oh, it's the little girl named Pei Bei, I want her to follow me, but I don't agree, I say that I want to talk to him Brother Xu, it's you, right? Hmph, what's so good about being a bastard with you. Listening to the eldest lady's angry words, Xu Zhengze was helpless, and he provoked Li Tianwang's baby daughter, and his days were over.