Zhu Yuanzhang washed his face, cheered up, and walked out of his small courtyard, just about to go to find Wang Er. At this time, Ma Qianjiu suddenly came over from the front yard, holding a thick stack of papers in his hand, it turned out to be a big land deed, and when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he immediately greeted with a smile: "Zhu Ba, I'm looking for you, come, take these land deeds." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand to take it and looked carefully, it turned out that these land deeds were the fields of several villages in the south, which should have belonged to the Shi family before, and when he turned to the bottom, he also saw the title deeds of Xigu Village.

Ma Qianjiu said with a smile: "This morning, the shirt of the shirt family suddenly came to visit our house and sold a large amount of real estate to us at a low price. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was bright, this was after the thirty-second father-in-law went home, he told his family that Wei Zhongxian was about to lose power, and the shirt family planned to run away with his family, so he sold his land and converted it into cash.

Although there are not many fields in the shirt family, there are thousands of acres, and I want to sell it not only to the Ma family, from the shirt to the eleventh one, the eleven brothers in charge are now desperately visiting the nearby gentleman's house and selling the land in their hands. As for the thirty-two fathers-in-law who are ranked twelve, they definitely dare not show up.

Ma Qianjiu patted Zhu Yuanzhang's shoulder and said, "These fields will be handed over to the side courtyard for management in the future, you take these land deeds to these villages, take over the villages, and then hand over the land deeds to the second young master for safekeeping...... The shirt family doesn't know what nerves they have, but this is a good place. He said as he happily went back to the front yard.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the title deed back to the house and counted it carefully, there were about six or seven hundred acres of land here, and at the bottom there was a contract signed by the shirt family to the Ma family, which said that all these fields were sold to the Ma family, indicating the transaction price. Zhu Yuanzhang took a closer look, and the selling price of one mu of land was actually 500 Wen.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the land was extremely cheap, and when the poor were desperate, they would often sell their fields at very low prices. In the current Hubei Archives, there is a land deed in the seventh year of the Apocalypse at the end of the Ming Dynasty, which records the price of a person named Liang Tianci selling land, and he sold the ancestral land of one acre and seven cents to a person named Liang Tianlian, and the price is one or two three dollars and five cents, that is to say, one mu of land is less than one or two silver.

And the six or seven hundred acres of land sold by the shirt family to the Ma family are only 500 wen per acre, which is cheaper than the desperate poor, no wonder Ma Qianjiu seems very happy.

Zhu Yuanzhang temporarily put the title deed into the small cabinet in the bedroom and put it away, went out of the house, walked towards the gate of the side courtyard, and soon found Wang Er who was patrolling at the door.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang coming, Wang Er first opened his mouth and smiled: "Brother Zhu, where did you go to sleep today?" I haven't seen you for a day...... I'll tell you a strange thing, last night, Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall was demolished overnight, and even the tiles were all removed, laughing at me! Now the new county magistrate is sending out a quick catcher to track it down, hahaha. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't answer the topic, pulled Wang Er into a secluded and uninhabited ditch, and asked in a low voice: "Second Brother Wang, what do you think of the eunuch party?" ”

Wang Er frowned: "I feel disgusted when I hear their names...... Doesn't Mr. Storyteller often say? These white-skinned dead eunuchs, deceived the emperor and made a mess of the whole world, if I touched them, the white knives would go in, the red knives would come out, and they would all be killed one by one. ”

His answer did not surprise Zhu Yuanzhang, the eunuch party's reputation among the people is extremely bad, which is caused by the "gentlemen" of the Donglin Party spreading all kinds of remarks. There are many people who are influenced by the stories told by the storyteller, thinking that the emperor is good and the bad is the eunuchs, and they have deceived the emperor and made a mess of the world...... It's a pity that they don't know that if it weren't for the emperor giving the eunuch rights, where would the eunuch have the ability to call the wind and rain?

These things are relatively far away, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't plan to tell Wang Er in detail, he just wanted to take advantage of Wang Er's hatred for the eunuchs, so he patted Wang Er's shoulder and said, "Well said!" I'll tell you one thing quietly, this morning I found out that the shirt of the shirt family has returned, it is the big eunuch in the eunuch party, and now he is nesting in the shirt house, do you dare to go with me to kill him? ”

Wang Er jumped up suddenly: "What don't you dare?" But he is not a stupid person, after this sentence, he immediately looked left and right, saw that there was no one around, and then lowered his body again, and whispered: "How many Dongchang fans did he bring?" Although I dare to kill him, if there are too many masters around him, I can't kill the two of us. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, stretched out a finger and said, "I only brought a Dongchang stall!" It should be a good hand, definitely stronger than our family's eldest young master's personal guard Fang Xuan. ”

"There's only one to be afraid of!" Wang Er laughed: "One-on-one, Lao Tzu is not afraid of anyone, it doesn't matter where he comes from." That's right...... There are many nursing homes in the shirt family, which is more troublesome, and I am usually a fellow villager who looks up and does not look down, so I am embarrassed to start. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, I guess the shirt family is disbanding these families......

"Huh?" Wang Erdaqi: "Did something happen?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the sky and smiled slightly: "The old emperor is dead, the new emperor is on the throne, the sky is about to change, the eunuch party is not there, this is the time for us to kill the eunuch party and vent our anger for the people who have been bullied by the eunuch party." ”

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In the evening of the same day, Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er changed their black clothes, each carried a whistle stick in their hands, and came to the small ravine where the glazed tiles were buried, only to see that thirty-five young people had arrived, everyone was sitting or standing, chatting casually in the ravine, everyone carried a long stick in their hands, and when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er coming, everyone stood up and greeted respectfully: "Brother Zhu!" Second Brother Wang! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Everyone is here?" Aren't you afraid to come? ”

"How could there be! We're bold. The young people laughed.

"Okay, let's talk about last night." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a low voice: "Last night, we demolished Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall, and it has been spread, and it is said that the county commander has sent a catcher to investigate this matter...... I hope everyone keeps their mouths shut, and if someone betrays us, then this person is not our brother. ”

"We will never betray our brothers." The young people are serious and authentic.

"What?" Wang Er was taken aback: "Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall was demolished by you?" Wow! Brother Zhu, you didn't bring me for such an interesting thing! Isn't it out? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "Second Brother Wang, you are rude, your movements are loud, and your voice is loud, this kind of thing secretly demolishing the house is not suitable for you, you see, won't I look for you for tonight's good things?" How can you see the outside? ”

Wang Er thought about it for a while, it made sense, so he gave up.

At this time, the young people shouted: "Brother Zhu, you said last night that you would take us to kill someone, who are you going to kill?" Can you say that now? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Let's go and kill Wei Zhongxian's henchmen, the twelve fathers-in-law!" ”

"Oh? The Twelve Masters of the Shirt Family? ”

"The big eunuch nicknamed the thirty-second father-in-law?"

"Demolished Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall last night, and killed Wei Zhongxian's lackeys tonight, so energetic! My whole body was warm. ”

The young people are not afraid of heaven and earth, and when they heard that it was Wei Zhongxian's lackey who was going to be killed, they suddenly became excited, and a flash of joy flashed on everyone's faces, and an excited emotion began to spread in the team.

Excitement can bring great combat effectiveness, but at the same time, it also has the ability to destroy a person's spirit, such as Zheng Yanfu's uprising, the hundreds of villagers under him rushed into Zhang Douyao's house with a wave of excitement, and as a result, after the knife saw blood, they instantly became thieves who burned and looted, I have to say that it was excitement that ruined them and turned them from a righteous rebel army to a bloody executioner.

Zhu Yuanzhang will never allow his team to have this kind of emotion, if these people kill the shirt twelve, and then become the same as Zheng Yanfu's subordinates, and attack the servants of the shirt family, this team will also deteriorate, he must suppress the excitement of the young people, so he waved his hand and said: "Everyone calm down, prepare weapons first, what about the sticks I told you to bring?" Lift it up! ”

The young men lifted up the sticks in their hands, thick and thin, long and short, twelve feet long, and six or seven feet long, but one thing was uniform: they were strong, and they were made of fine branches soaked in oil, and they were very tough.

Zhu Yuanzhang commanded loudly: "Sharpen one end of the stick and make it into a long spear!" As he spoke, he took a small dagger from his bosom and carefully sliced it through his stick.

He deliberately sharpened very slowly, and his hands were very delicate, and he was guided by his movements, and the young people also took out their knives and began to sharpen their sticks, and some of the young people did not bring knives, so they waited for their companions to borrow knives after cutting.

Sharpening sticks is a very delicate work that needs to be done carefully, so everyone didn't speak for the time being, carefully sharpening their weapons, and the scene was temporarily quiet. The momentary excitement just now gradually disappeared without a trace.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction, the best way to dispel the sick mental hyperactivity is to give them one thing to do, let them devote themselves wholeheartedly, then they can effectively dispel the fanaticism and calm down physically and mentally. By the time they finished sharpening the sticks and completing their combat readiness, they had become calm enough.

This is how you can create a successful army, not a bunch of bloodthirsty monsters.

Wang Er, who was standing beside him, blinked his eyes and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhu, I have a feeling that you are looking for these thirty-five brothers, which is more effective than the more than four hundred brothers in Zheng Yanfu's cottage. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly: "Of course!" ”