Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his voice and asked coldly: "You learned martial arts, do you want to use it to rebel?" ”

"Huh?" The nine young men were startled and shrank back at the same time, the most common reaction to being guessed: "No...... We don't want to rebel, how can we have the courage to rebel......"

"Don't have anything to eat?" Zhu Yuanzhang slapped a villager's thin shoulder, he deliberately used a relatively large force, the young man's body was already thin, and his stomach was hungry.

"No clothes to wear?" Zhu Yuanzhang pulled on another villager's body, this villager's rag clothes were full of holes, it was simply unclothed, and when he pulled it gently, he heard a cracking sound, and the rags were broken into pieces.

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "I haven't eaten or worn, and I'm still healthy?" Liars will also make up a decent reason for me, tell me what you really mean, and I will consider your request. ”

The nine villagers looked at each other and hesitated, and after half a ring, the nine people gritted their teeth and said in unison: "Brother Zhu, we really can't live anymore, I want to take advantage of the strength we still have, learn some skills from you, and after eating up the food stored at home, kill the officials and rebel." It is really a last resort to deceive you just now, if you want to teach or not, we will leave, I just hope you don't report to the government......"

"Wait!" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a low voice: "I have a few questions for you. ”

"First, why did you ask me to practice martial arts? Second Brother Wang is more powerful than me, why don't you look for him? ”

The nine villagers glanced at each other and said in a low voice: "We have also heard of Second Brother Wang's reputation, but the people of our Xigu Village are more convinced of you, especially the fight with Ren Village, we have seen with our own eyes Bug Zhu's methods, and we believe in your strength even more." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite satisfied with this answer, and asked again: "The second question, there are many ways to solve it without food and clothing, why did you think of rebellion in the first place?" ”

The nine young men looked at each other again and replied in a low voice, "Wealth is in danger!" We want to learn from Chengcheng Zheng Yanfu and be a hero who dares to fight. ”

"Haha, what a rich and dangerous one!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "Interesting, you nine guys are really interesting." ”

The nine villagers were overjoyed and said, "Is Brother Zhu willing to support our rebellion?" That's great! You can rest assured, when we kill officials and rebel, we will never say that it is the martial arts you taught, and it will not affect you. ”

"When did I say I supported your rebellion?" Zhu Yuanzhang put away his laughter and said in a low voice: "I don't allow you to rebel, there is a silver ingot here, you can use it to improve your life, don't think about rebellion anymore." ”

He touched it in his arms, took out the ingot of silver that Qiu Ye gave him just now, threw it into the hands of the villagers, and commanded in a low voice: "Don't think about rebellion anymore, but there is nothing wrong with practicing martial arts to strengthen your body, starting tomorrow night, come to my courtyard every night to learn martial arts." ”

These nine villagers are usable people who can be accepted as soldiers in the future, this is Zhu Yuanzhang's first reaction. But he would not be so stupid as to directly tell these nine people "I support your rebellion", it is too risky to speak like this.

So he first said that he did not support it and hid his attitude. Then he taught them martial arts and helped them strengthen their bodies, which was actually a disguised support for them to practice martial arts diligently and lay a good foundation for future rebellions. In order to prevent them from starting to act brutally before they are ready, give them a sum of money first, so that they will not be left without food and clothing, and delay their rebellion for a while, and at the same time make them grateful and win their hearts.

In such a short moment, Zhu Yuanzhang has turned many thoughts, but others can't see these things at all.

The nine villagers didn't see that Zhu Yuanzhang had the idea of holding them in his hands and waiting for a year to use them, and thought that Zhu Bugling was really squandering money, not only giving them silver flowers, but also willing to teach them martial arts...... The nine people knelt in a row, kowtowed, and said, "Brother Zhu, you are simply the reincarnation of Song Gongming in "Water Margin"!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly cried and laughed, the reincarnation of Zhu Yuanzhang, the dignified Hongwu Emperor, was said by you to be Song Jiang's black-faced priest, am I really so unbearable? He waved his hand and said, "Go back, remember what I said, come over tomorrow night to learn martial arts." That's right...... Tell the poor people in Xigu Village, you can come to me Zhu Ba if you can't get by, and the villagers in our township will help if they can, and they will not sit back and watch the villagers cornered. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang received some silver from Steward Qi, and later received rewards from Ma Zhixiong several times, plus the monthly silver every month, he saved it, and now he has about two hundred taels of silver on hand to support. If you save a little money, it shouldn't be difficult to help one or two hundred villagers for a year. If you can use this money to get a group of henchmen who are desperate for him, you can use it as the backbone of the rebel army in the future when you rebel. It's worth it!

In addition, after the news of his relief of the villagers spread, it can increase the prestige of the people, and it will be easier to incite the people to revolt in the future. Although it was embarrassing for him to be said to be the reincarnation of Song Jiang, it was not a bad thing to have this reputation...... Most of the farmers in the countryside are short-sighted, they have not read books, they do not know the heroes of ancient and modern times, and they can only expand their knowledge through the stories told by some storytellers. In their simple understanding, timely rain and Song Jiang are the best heroes in the world, which is already the highest evaluation they can say.

"Yes, thank you Bugling Zhu!" The nine villagers went with great gratitude, and Li Chujiu also walked out behind.

Zhu Yuanzhang is in a good mood, and I don't know if it's a coincidence, after he joined the rebel army in the previous life, the first step in his promotion was to become the commander of the nine, and this time nine people actually took the initiative to join him.

Just thinking of this, there was a sudden sound of slight footsteps at the door, and a familiar face appeared in front of him, it was Miss Ma San's personal maid Purple Heart, she looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a strange expression on her face, and stopped talking in her mouth.

"Huh? Little girl, what's the matter with me? Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously.

"Just now...... What did the maid of the Zhang family come to you for? Purple Heart asked nervously.

Not good! Zhu Yuanzhang secretly screamed in his heart, what kind of demon moth is this woman going to make? replied casually: "It's nothing, just a casual chat." ”

Zixincai pouted: "Don't lie to me, the second young grandmother wants to give you the maid of the Zhang family, right?" ”

"Huh? How do you know? Zhu Yuanzhang was very curious.

"The second young grandmother said in front of the young lady that she wanted to tell you about her family...... I was standing by and listening. Zixincai flattened her mouth and said: "Brother Zhu, you have to have a conscience, it is our Ma family's maids who come first, don't choose one from the Ma family's maids to marry, this is too unfair." ”

This...... What is this? Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became angry, he hadn't thought about these things at all, but the women kept making trouble around him, how could these women be so idle?

"Hey, Bugling Zhu, did you hear what I said?" Purple heart cried.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank, and he said angrily: "Give me a little pause, you women are really idle!" Go back and tell those sisters, don't come to my room from today onwards, I'm almost annoyed by you, let me free up my mood to do something serious, okay? ”

"Huh?" Zixincai shouted: "Then you don't choose the maid of our Ma family, you want to choose the Zhang family?" ”

"Whoever I choose is in charge of you!" Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the purple cabbage and threw it out from the door. The person he wants to choose, he can't say!

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The next day was late, the sky was not yet completely dark, the long-term and short-term workers of the Ma family came out of the dining room after dinner and dispersed back to their respective rooms, Zhu Yuanzhang sat in his own small courtyard and waited quietly.

Before the moon climbed the treetops, Li Chujiu walked in with nine young people from Xigu Village: "Brother Zhu, they have come to learn martial arts......

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the nine people carefully, the silver given to them yesterday obviously came in handy, the nine of them had eaten for two days, their steps were not so empty, and it seemed that they still had some strength to use.

"Well, it's a good time!" Zhu Yuanzhang first asked them to stand in a row, and then said in a low voice: "Let's start with Zama first, and the nine of you will tie up the horse all night tonight." ”

"What? Zama? "The nine young people are a little blind, can this Zamabu be used to kill officials and rebel?

Seeing their obviously distrustful expressions, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head with a smile and said, "Have you ever been on the battlefield?" ”

"Nope!"

"Have you ever seen thousands of troops fight against each other?"

"Nope!"

"Do you know what kind of people are the least likely to die in war?"

"I don't know!"

"Let me tell you...... Those who stand firm are the least likely to die! Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "When thousands of troops and horses attacked, dozens or hundreds of rows of people stood densely. People crowd people, people rely on people, people in front of you, people behind you, people on the left and right, shields, swords and guns, bows and crossbows, artillery...... Crowded around you. If you want to practice martial arts, the first thing you need to practice is to have steady legs, standing in the midst of thousands of troops, you can be unwavering, as stable as Mount Tai, if you don't have this foundation...... Don't practice it! ”

When the nine young people heard this, their mouths immediately opened wide, and they were a little surprised that they couldn't close it. Didn't Bugling Zhu oppose our rebellion, but just teach us to keep fit? How can we listen to him and make it seem like we are going to rebel and fight......

"What's the hair? Don't practice yet! Zhu Yuanzhang shouted.

The nine young people were immediately angry by him, and the messy thoughts in their minds were quickly put away, and they honestly parted their legs and took a horse step.

"Excellent! Stand all night and don't move. Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and walked back to his room.