The rooster awakens the sleeping world, and the first morning light is sprinkled in the sky...... The number of people in the side courtyards began to increase, and the long-term and short-term workers came out of their huts, carried hoes, plowshares, shovels and other work tools, and walked towards the fields.

A new day has begun, and it is one day closer to the fall of the Ming Dynasty......

Steward Qi stood at the gate of the courtyard, and carefully searched for the flow of people discharged from the hospital with a pair of half-open and half-closed eyes, but he didn't find Zhu Ba's figure, he couldn't help but think: That guy shouldn't be still sleeping, right? Yesterday he boxed in the middle of the night, which affected his sleep, and now he may not be able to get up, this stupid man, today he not only has to herd cattle, but also plough the field that was not ploughed yesterday, is it that what he said yesterday is empty talk? If he's really a guy who talks empty words and cheats on food and drink, I'll let him fuck off tonight.

Steward Qi grabbed the last long-term worker who was discharged from the hospital, and snorted coldly: "What about Zhu Ba's kid? Still sleeping? Go and call him up for me. ”

The long worker was caught by Steward Qi and questioned, and he was so frightened that his whole body was agitated, and he laughed and said: "Steward Qi, that guy Zhu Ba is very strange today, it was still dark and the chicken had not yet crowed, and he led the old scalper out, Wang Er asked him where to go, and he said that there was a lot of work today, so he had to start work in advance......"

Steward Qi felt slightly surprised in his heart, and couldn't help but smile and said: "This kid is also sensible, if he was so diligent a few years ago, why would he be hungry like that monkey." ”

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was already standing on the hillside two miles away with the old ox, he carried a back basket, took a sickle, and let the cow eat grass by himself, while cutting the grass himself. There are two advantages of mowing the grass, one is that you can store more forage, and the cow can take it home before it is full, and you can feed it while walking on the road, saving a lot of time. The second is that you can also exercise your body and strengthen your body by cutting the grass.

After Zhu Yuanzhang cut a large basket of grass, the cow was half full, and he led the big yellow cow to the Baishui River and let it drink water from the Baishui River. At this time, it has entered the year of the great drought at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the water volume of the Baishui River, which used to be surging, has been greatly reduced, and it has become like a small water ditch, and many irrigation canals in Baishui County have been unable to draw water from the Baishui River. Farmers have to carry water to the fields with buckets on their shoulders for irrigation, which is laborious and time-consuming, and in many places the yield of farmland is decreasing...... But it's not bad, and it can be supported.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that by next year, the Baishui River would be completely cut off, and at that time, it would not even be possible to fetch water with buckets, and the peasants would have no food and clothing, so they had to rise up and rebel!

In other words, he will only stay here for a year at most, and if he has not received some degree of harvest from the Ma family after a year, or has not been prepared to some extent, he must also leave here, otherwise he will only be involved in the wave of peasant uprisings with the Ma family.

Seeing that the ox had drunk enough water, he did not let the ox continue to graze, but drove it home, and fed the cow with the forage he had just cut while walking, and when he walked back to the field of the Ma family, the morning was not over.

Steward Qi happened to be standing on the edge of the field to supervise the work of the farmers, and when he saw Zhu Ba coming back so early, he suddenly felt unhappy in his heart, and raised his voice: "Zhu Ba, you came back so soon?" You are asked to herd the cattle to feed them, not to take them out for a walk around and go home. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded calmly and said, "I'm already full, I don't believe you, just look at it." ”

The Qi steward came over to carefully inspect the big scalper, and here by the way, how to tell if the big yellow cow is full. On the body of the cow, there are two triangular positions. One side is used to hold grass, which is called grass belly, and the other side is used to hold water, which is called water belly. If the big scalper is full, then both the grass belly and the water belly will bulge. Steward Qi looked down, hey, the grass belly and water belly of the big yellow cow are bulging, and they are really full.

He was secretly surprised in his heart, in such a short period of time, Zhu Ba put the cow away, it can be seen that he is really working hard, this person has really changed his surname, he is usually lazy like that, but now it is like a different person.

"Okay, let's go plow." Steward Qi casually ordered: "Who told you to be so slow yesterday, you thieves and birds, you just don't want to work." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely dissatisfied with the title of thief bird, but he didn't have a seizure, just calmly glanced at the manager and turned around to get the plowshare. As soon as his hand reached the plowshare, before he began to get off the field, a person ran across from the field stalk, this person ran out of breath and sweating, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at it, and immediately found his introduction from Zhu Ba's memory.

His name is Yang Chao, he is twenty-five years old this year, and he is also a long-term worker of the Ma family, but this person is different from other long-term workers, he is a close confidant of the Qi manager, and he is eager to call his father all day long. Steward Qi also likes the cleverness of this goods, often promotes him, and promises that if he is promoted to the manager of the inner court, he will promote Yang Chao to sit in his position. Therefore, this work is even harder, and I don't even want to face it.

Yang Chao ran to Steward Qi with a sweat on his head, and said urgently: "Oh no...... Fights are up......"

"What's going on?" Steward Qi glared.

Yang Chao hurriedly said: "The people of Ren Village ran to the pond of our Xigu Village to grab water...... Of course, our people refused to give it, but the other party's people called, and there were only about 20 people on our side, but there were forty or fifty people on the other side...... Our people will definitely suffer, so let's send someone to help......"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately understood in his heart. So that's what happened! Xigu Village is a small village on the edge of Baishui County, and it is also the territory of the Ma family, where the land was bought by the Ma family, and the farmers who cultivated the land were all long-term workers of the Ma family.

There is a Ren village to the east of Xigu Village, but this Ren Village does not belong to Baishui County, but to Chengcheng County. The two villages belong to two different county seats, and also belong to two different landlord families. Xigu Village belongs to the Baishui Ma family, but Ren Village is the Zhang family in Chengcheng.

At the junction of the two villages, there is a small pond, and the residents of the two villages draw water from this pond to cultivate the land...... Watching the water level drop, everyone felt that something was going to happen! So began to fight for the ownership of the reservoir.

In this era, the peasants fought for the ownership of the land without paying lip service, and spoke directly with their fists and hoes!

The residents of the two villages often fought for this, and because Xigu Village had the support of the Baishui Ma clan and Ren Village had the support of the Chengcheng Zhang clan, the conflict between the two sides became more and more intense, from one or two people fighting, to four or five people fighting, and now it has developed into a group fight of twenty or thirty people.

At this point, it is no longer a question of whether the village can draw water, but a question of face for the Ma and Zhang families! Whoever is soft will have his reputation damaged, and his face will be dull.

After listening to Yang Chao's report, Steward Qi immediately jumped up and shouted loudly: "It's against the sky, who dare to beat us?" Xiao Chao, you hurry up and call Wang Er for me, I will gather dozens of people who can fight, and go to Xigu Village to beat up those idiots. Let them know that our master Baishui Horse is not easy to mess with. ”

Yang Chao agreed, pulled out his feet and ran towards the Ma family's compound, looking for Baishui Wang Er. Taking advantage of this time, Steward Qi opened his throat and shouted loudly to the long-term and short-term workers who were plowing the fields: "Come over and follow me to Xigu Village to beat people, and whoever follows me will have meat to eat tonight, and will be rewarded with ten copper coins for meritorious service." ”

The long-term workers in the field raised their heads, glanced this way, and quickly shrank back timidly. The bold ones stood up a few and gathered towards the side of the Qi manager.

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart suddenly moved, and he secretly shouted: Opportunity! It's finally here...... An opportunity to change your status! Although this opportunity is not very good, it is definitely possible to eat better and be more valued.

He threw away the plow in his hand, took a few hurried steps, came to the front of Steward Qi, and said seriously: "I'll go too!" ”

"You're going?" Steward Qi looked at Zhu Ba's thin body, and felt slightly funny: "You monkey-like, what are you going to do?" Just find someone who can crush your bones with a stretch of hand. ”

A few long-term workers who came over next to him also laughed together: "Zhu Ba, have you eaten lard in the past two days and blinded your heart?" Always stupid. ”

"You can also go to fight?"

"Yesterday you were so hungry that you wrestled, and today you want to fight? Tell you a good man, a hoe hitting your head is much more painful than a stone hitting your head, and it will kill people, so don't mix with your little body. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "The fight is not strong, the main thing is not in the body." ”

"What's the main thing?" Several long-term workers laughed together.

"Shoot accurately!" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "Even if my strength is not enough, as long as I can punch the weakest place of the opponent, the iron-beaten man will fall." ”

A long-term worker who usually looks at Zhu Ba is not pleasing to the eye came over, this long-term worker looks a little strong, it seems that the perennial ploughing has exercised a good physique, he said impatiently: "Zhu Ba, you give me to get away and play by yourself, don't fucking drag us back, if I still have to take care of you when I fight, then I still have a fart?" Accurate shot? **, do you think that everyone else is wood, standing still makes you punch accurately? With your messy boxing last night, Lao Tzu can knock you down with one hand, so the farther you go, the better. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, he knew that if he wanted to seize this opportunity to improve his identity and status, he had to show some means, so he faced him and said, "Do you dare to fight me?" ”;