The villagers of Lijiagou were awakened from their sleep, and a team of men armed with knives and guns entered Zhuangzi, the villagers were not alarmed, the group claimed that the security team had been active in this area for some time, did not harass the village, and threatened to fight bandits to protect the village, but this time it seemed to be different from the past, the villagers were shouted from their homes and gathered in the open space in the village. The people of the security team around them stood in a row with spears in their hands, and everyone naturally fell silent in front of the tips of the guns that flashed with cold light.

A young man who claimed to be the captain of the security team stood up and said loudly: "In recent years, natural and man-made disasters, all kinds of disasters have occurred frequently, many villages have been plagued by horse thieves and bandits, in order to protect the township, we set up the Ming security team, in order to crack down on horse thieves and eliminate bandits." Therefore, it is necessary for the villagers to help each other in their neighbors, organize themselves to set up a baojia, and act in unison. ”

Everyone understood that the security team was going to take over the village, and the village was under the management of the Ming security team, and everything was handled by the security team.

Then another man came out and said that he was the chief of the village appointed by the security team. The villagers saw that this person only had one arm, and there was a scar on his face, which made him look hideous. After hearing this, no one objected, on the one hand, because of fear, and on the other hand, because the armor protection system began to be implemented in the Song Dynasty, and the Lijia system was also in this dynasty, and there was nothing new for this group of people to mention. Only the patriarch of Lijia Village was very unhappy, and the territory that he had the final say was occupied by a cripple from outside, and he was very depressed, but he didn't dare to say anything in the face of the other party's swords and guns.

The security team really put up a frame to live for a long time and began the establishment of the armor.

Take the household as the unit, and set up the head of the household; Ten households are A, and the first is set up; Ten A for the security, set up a security chief, the whole village is a security, it is said that the security team sent the mayor to manage, but no one has seen any mayor for the time being.

The head of each household of the villagers is designated as the head of the household, and the head of each household must sign the statute of Baojia, and sign the joint guarantee joint sitting contract with the head of the household in the first household, stating that if there is a situation of "gangsters and bandits", the joint protection of each household will be implemented.

The hideous-looking security chief also said that each household should form a militia self-defense force to protect their own villages, and that they would also be in charge of the census of the population, the inspection of weapons, and the supervision of the implementation of the joint contract.

The heads of each household reluctantly went to a person who looked like a master to register their household registration and signed the completed guarantee contract.

The villagers have no choice, and it is much better for the security team to do this than to rob it. And the villagers are already living like this, and people who don't come to the government will also come.

Bear with me for a while and see how long they can stay here.

The next day, the security team posted a notice asking each household to register the land at the chief of the insurance department within three days, and drew a fish scale atlas according to the land deed in the hands of each household, saying that it was to collect taxes according to the acres of land, and the tax rate paid was lower than that of the government, and at the same time, it was also said that this place was no longer under the jurisdiction of the government, if the official sent to collect taxes, the security team would send people to expel them, and the security team would no longer collect other taxes. If this group of people can really stop the people of the government, it is still a good thing, but I am afraid that after collecting the tax, this group of people will run away, and the government will come and collect it again.

In the notice, the Security Force emphasised that land that would not be registered after three days would be owned by the Security Force. Lijiagou Village is small and has no big landlords, so the villagers still registered the land, and the chief of the Bao drew the four solstice of the fields in detail in the fish scale atlas.

There is also good news for the poor, the notice of the security team says that the rent and interest rate reduction are implemented in the area under the jurisdiction of the security team, and the rent interest higher than the prescribed rent is not recognized, and if the dispute arises due to high rent and high interest rate is brought to the security team, the security team will punish those who demand high rent and usury.

The members of the security team rented a house at the entrance of the village and lived there, and they really arranged for people to conduct simple training for a few young men and women selected from the village. And so it all ended peacefully.

Zhang Chu has always paid attention to the advancement of the armor protection system, although several small villages are peaceful and ended, but this is only the beginning, the more difficult task is still to come, the landlord will not take the initiative to hand over the interests, the contradiction will always break out one day, Qiaojiagou Qiao's affairs make Zhang Chu to make up his mind to establish a security system, the security team must have its own grassroots political power, so as not to be attacked from behind.

Zhang Chu ordered the security team to enter a state of first-level combat readiness, and strictly ordered to strengthen the vigilance and wait for the moment when the storm arrived.

It has been the third day since Li Ping, the leader of the security team, entered Zhaojia Village with 10 team members, but the progress of the work was slow.

Zhaojia Village is a larger village in this area, with a population of five or six hundred, and most of the villagers' surnames are Zhao and belong to a family. The security team entered the village to register the population, but no one from the villagers responded, and there was no progress in registering the land.

Li Ping had no choice but to go to each household with his team members to register, but he was closed, and the villagers' doors were closed, and they refused to go out or register. No matter how much you preach, it doesn't work. At night, when he returned to his residence at the entrance of the village, Li Ping was still at a loss. The village is big and has few people, so tomorrow I want to find the captain to send some more people.

At the same time, the Zhao family ancestral hall was brightly lit, the patriarch of the Zhao family sat on it, and the representatives of several wealthy families were discussing around the patriarch.

"I have inquired about the origin of this group of people from the village next to them, they want to register the population to set up a baojia, and then collect taxes, just lose a little tax money, it is still bearable, it is regarded as sending the plague god. But what else do they want to do to reduce rents and interest rates, you and I have land for rent, and if we reduce rents in this disaster year, we will really not be able to survive. ”

"Yes, renting land is voluntary by those poor ghosts, how can you still stipulate the maximum rent, and if it is too high, you can not rent it." Immediately, someone chimed in.

"Don't mention this yet, just say that the security team is going to occupy the village, collect taxes from everyone, mobilize everyone, and drive the thieves away, and now the security team has only a dozen people in the village, and they will be driven away tonight."

"But what if the thief uses a knife or a gun?" Someone asked uneasily.

"Let those poor old people and children walk in front, these days the people of this security team have been going from house to house to register the population, and they have not seen them use force when they are closed, it seems that they dare not come to Heng. Even if they are not afraid to use force, those old people and children have been injured and injured, and the poor ghosts are not in a hurry, and the more than 500 people in our village can't beat the dozen or so thieves. In addition, each household took out some money and sent someone to the county seat to send some gifts to the magistrate, so that he could send troops to suppress the bandits, and contact the rich families of the surrounding villages to resist this security team. And they went down and made separate arrangements.

In the courtyard rented by the security team at the head of Zhaojia Village, everyone except for a sentry lay down to rest, but Li Ping, the team leader, couldn't sleep. While he was still worrying about the lack of progress, the sentry issued a warning, and the team immediately rose to take up arms and put on guard.

When Li Ping went out of the courtyard gate, he saw the villagers of Zhaojiazhuang with torches and hoes and sticks in their hands surrounding their residences. He shouted loudly to the villagers, but the villagers clamored and didn't listen to him. Seeing the villagers approaching, Li Ping ordered the team members to raise their spears, but they could see that the people walking in front were old people and children, Li Ping could only let the team members retreat, and the retreat encouraged the villagers, and the old people and children walking in front were even more crazy, shouting and waving the farm tools in their hands and rushing towards the team members. Step by step, the team members were forced to retreat into the courtyard. Li Ping ordered people to resist the door, and used various things to smash the door frantically outside the door. Suddenly there was a shout to burn them, and countless torches were thrown into the courtyard, and the house was set on fire. Seeing this, Li Ping urgently sent a signal for help, and the fireworks signal representing the emergency was raised, and he didn't know if the rescue could arrive in time.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the yard could no longer stay, Li Ping could only lead people to rush out of the yard, and the people outside the courtyard were even more excited when they saw the people from the security team rushing out of the courtyard, and some people shouted: "They are burned out, they want to run, you can't let them run away, kill them." The villagers with farm tools rushed up, Li Ping and they could only resist with the weapons in their hands, but someone was still knocked to the ground, the crazy villagers rushed up and beat randomly, the people who fell to the ground quickly lost their lives, and the others were knocked down by more villagers when they wanted to go to the rescue, and more than a dozen members of the security team were all killed in the siege of hundreds of villagers. The villagers walked around the village with hoes hooking the corpses of the team members, cheering loudly.

Zhang Chu, who was on high alert, led his team to rush to the outside of Zhaojia Village after receiving the alarm, and seeing the fire in the village, Zhang Chu ordered Li Yi's cavalry to block the entrance of the village and prevent anyone from escaping the village. The rest of the team marched into the village. The villagers were still carnivaling in the village, and when they saw the security team entering the village, they immediately scattered and fled, and were intercepted by the cavalry at the entrance of the village. Seeing this, the members of the security team couldn't help but retreat. At this time, Zhang Chu took out his knife and shouted: "Those who retreat die!" Resist kill! Kill the one with the weapon! Drumming forward. ”

The waist drum of the team member in charge of the herald sounded, the formation of the security team returned to order, and the villagers were subdued and gathered together. Li Ping's manipulated bodies were found, and the security team stood in a line with fire in their eyes.

The matter was quickly clarified, and several people who participated in the plot, including the patriarch of the Zhao family, were arrested. Zhang Chu announced their murder in public, and after the announcement was completed, he was pulled out and beheaded on the spot. The next day, after investigation, more than a dozen villagers who had killed members of the security team were executed, more than a dozen active participants were taken to the coal mine in Guanzhuang Town to serve a year of hard labor, and the fields of the patriarch and the wealthy families were confiscated by the security team. The confiscated land is managed by the security forces, who recruit displaced people to lease their land for cultivation and lend them grain to return when the harvest is available in the following year. Through a series of measures, the village was quiet, and the armor protection system was also pushed downward.

Through this incident, Zhang Chu deeply felt that his strength was not strong enough, and the armor protection system was pushed out in the small village, but Zhang Chu still had no way to protect several villages with walls, and after a period of time, the government would slow down, and he would definitely send troops to clear the security team, and Zhang Chu felt that the pressure was getting bigger and bigger. You have to find a way to make your team stronger. Just when Zhang Chu was worried, a team member suddenly hurriedly came in and reported: "Oh no, captain, the blast furnace for ironmaking has collapsed." ”