All the henchmen in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands are more than 250 in total, of which 35 are the most confidants, who used to follow him to deal with the young people of the shirt family. There were also two hundred and twenty people who had been trained in Feng Lei Village, and these people were a little later than him, and they didn't understand his mind as well as the thirty-five people in front of him.

He originally left a hundred people in Ma's house to watch the yard and guard his own food. Only took more than 100 other people to seize the * county seat, and now the * county seat has been taken, he asked Wang Er to take the people into the mountain, and he took these henchmen back to the Ma family compound.

Baishui was completely chaotic at this time, and inside and outside the city, countless people were running around, shouting wildly, and shouting excitedly.

In fact, when Zhu Yuanzhang just led the team into the city, it was not so chaotic, but after he announced that he had entered the mountain, most of the people followed Wang Er, but there were also many people who were unwilling to enter the mountain, so they separated from the team......

There were still people outside the city who spread their legs and ran desperately towards the city, Zhu Yuanzhang saw these people running towards the city, wearing green clothes and hats, who seemed to be the family members of a nearby gentry's family, and shouted desperately: "Help...... Cultivating Light Path Murder and Arson...... My lord was killed, his things were robbed, and they were still setting fires...... Help me...... Where is the arrest of the officials? Come and stop those mobs. ”

After the housekeeper screamed a few times, he suddenly saw that the city was also in chaos, and the homeless people were dancing wildly, and he was stunned for a moment......

Zhu Yuanzhang grabbed this family member and asked in a low voice, "Which family is your family?" Seed Light Dao robbed your house? ”

The family Ding cried and said: "I am the family member of the Zheng family in the south of the city, just now Chongguang Dao brought seven or eight hundred mobs over, without saying a word, rushed into our house, killed people when they saw them, robbed things when they saw them, and violently attacked women when they saw them...... It's just a bunch of demons and monsters, is there anyone else in the city who can administer justice? Stop these bastards. ”

Hearing that it was the family of the Zheng family in the south of the city, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly in his heart, this Zheng family is the representative family of the evil squire, and the evil things they do are not a little worse than the shirt family. If it weren't for Zhu Yuanzhang's fear that the people under his command would be out of control, he would also want to kill the Zheng family.

Zhu Yuanzhang kicked the family aside with one kick and snorted: "It turned out to be the Zheng family, get out of the way, no one will take care of you." ”

Out of the city, continue to move in the direction of the Manong compound in the east, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyes and looked around, only to see a few miles to the south, there was billowing smoke rising, reflecting the dark sky, needless to say, it was the Zheng family in the south of the city was being smashed and looted and burned by the gang of Chongguangdao...... There is also black smoke billowing up in the north, I don't know who is taking advantage of the chaos to rob...... There was a peasant house on the side of the road, which was not the home of the squire at all, but a relatively wealthy ordinary people, who were also robbed, and a rich peasant knelt outside the house and cried, his house was on fire, and I don't know which black-hearted ruffian took advantage of the chaos to do it.

The peasant uprising is like this, Zhu Yuanzhang can't control all the development, there are always some unexpected guys who will jump out in such a chaotic situation and make waves, the so-called country will die, there will be demons, that's about what it means.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly was a little worried about the safety of the Ma family's compound, if the chaotic people took this opportunity to smash and loot the Ma family, and the five thousand taels of silver grain they stored in the Ma family's cellar would be all over.

He hurriedly rushed back with more than a hundred brothers, and when he arrived outside the Ma family compound, he saw that it was okay, it was quite calm here, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang left a hundred brothers to guard this compound, and ordinary little thieves did not dare to do anything here while they were robbing it. The large number of rebels want to give Zhu Yuanzhang a face, and they will not easily shoot at the place that Zhu Bugling "occupied".

One of the characteristics of the peasant uprising is that although the peasant army fought separately and did not belong to each other, it generally regarded the other rebel armies as one family and would not easily turn their faces. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chongguangdao, now they are two rebel armies that are in opposite directions, and it is impossible for them to act together in the future, and they will not listen to each other's orders, but if these two rebels meet, it is impossible to fight, and they cannot reach out to each other's territory...... Otherwise, the reputation stinks.

For example, in the middle of the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng was beaten like a dog by officers and soldiers, and fled to Zhang Xianzhong's army to ......temporarily shelter. I was embarrassed to do it, and I didn't dare to do it, for fear of chilling the hearts of my brothers, so I had to protect Li Zicheng for a few days, and I had to send him away respectfully, what a grievance it was.

It can be seen that Zhang Xianzhong's amount is limited after all, if the situation at that time is replaced by Cao Ying, Li Shimin, and Zhu Yuanzhang...... I won't worry about anyone's heart, I will shoot when it's time to shoot, and Li Zicheng's bones will turn to ashes.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked into the Ma family's compound and instructed his brothers: "Put all the cattle, horses, and mules of the Ma family in place, load the grain, and transport it to the mountain, and transport it directly to Huanglong Mountain without one time. ”

The grain bought for 5,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, it cannot be transported at one time, and it has to be transported several times back and forth, and if it is transported directly from the Ma family's compound to Huanglong Mountain, it has not been carried back and forth twice, and the officers and soldiers are afraid that they will be killed in front of them, so they have to find a nearby transit station to transfer it.

The henchmen and brothers hurriedly took action to load the grain and transport it, while Zhu Yuanzhang walked towards the backyard, intending to deal with the affairs of Miss Zhang and Autumn Leaves. Although he doesn't care about women's affairs, he always has to give these people an explanation.

Walking into the small building in the backyard, the first thing I saw was the four henchmen of Miss Zhang's family, these four family members were survivors of Zheng Yanfu's rebellion, and they admired Zhu Yuanzhang very much, but Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't worry about them, and put them under house arrest with Miss Zhang's family.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang come in, the four family members were in high spirits, and they all said in unison: "Brother Zhu...... You're finally back, the four of us have figured it out, and we're willing to follow you in the future, don't kill us! ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Okay, come with me, you go out first and help my men load the grain." ”

The four family members were overjoyed and hurriedly ran out.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to walk towards the small building, and when he walked, his brows suddenly wrinkled, and he saw a large number of women in the small building, there were nineteen of them, and in the middle was the frightened Miss Zhang, and next to her were eighteen maids, surrounding her in the middle. Miss Zhang saw Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er kill Kuai in the cellar, and the picture of her head flying up and blood spilling frightened her, and her face was still pale. As for the eighteen maids, all of them had tears on their faces......

Except for Miss Zhang's indemnity maid, the others have experienced Zheng Yanfu's rebellion, and they know that in this kind of chaos, women like them often have only one end, that is, they are killed first, and there is no other way to go......

Zhu Yuanzhang walked into the house, and the maids were so frightened that they all took half a step back, although they had been with Zhu Yuanzhang for a long time and knew that he was a good person, but when they met in this situation, they reflexively felt scared. Only Qiu Ye alone took half a step forward, faintly blocking Zhu Yuanzhang. Although she didn't speak, from her expression, Zhu Yuanzhang could clearly see that she was saying: "Don't move them, if you want to move, move me." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang coughed lightly and sighed: "Miss Zhang, do you know what the situation is now?" ”

"Know...... ......" Miss Zhang's face was snow-white, and her voice trembled.

"If you were in my place, you would all be dead now, and the worst way to die." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Fortunately, it is me standing here, not a path of light." ”

"You...... What exactly are you trying to say? Miss Zhang asked with difficulty.

"I want to let you go, along with your maids......" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Miss Zhang was overjoyed, and the maids next to her breathed a sigh of relief.

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't finish speaking, he continued: "But...... I thought about it carefully, but I still won't let you go, and I will take you away and be my wife. ”

"What?" Miss Zhang was shocked, the faces of the maids changed color, and Qiu Ye was also taken aback, and said hurriedly: "Brother Zhu, what are you going to do to Miss?" I...... I misread you...... Woo...... No wonder you don't want me, it turns out that you have a crush on my young lady. ”

"Don't think about it!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "I did this to save your lives, not to harm you." ”

"Hu ...... Nonsense...... Miss Zhang's words whimpered: "Take a wife and daughter...... What else do you want to save me? Why do you want to play with me, a weak woman's life is hard, marrying a husband is Ma Zhibin's kind of waste, and you have to be robbed and humiliated by a villain like you, I might as well die. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "Woman, don't cry first, listen to me carefully!" ”

He paused here for a moment, waiting for Miss Zhang to prick up her ears to listen before continuing: "I am the steward of the Ma family, and I bought a lot of grain in the name of the Ma family, and secretly supported the people to launch an uprising...... In this case, I put you and your maid intact, and guess what the court will think? ”

After all, Miss Zhang is the daughter of the county commander, and she still knows a little about the way the court handles things, she didn't spend much effort to think about it, but she reacted in an instant, and exclaimed: "The court will think...... Our Ma family is a bandit......"

"That's right!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly and said: "If I let you go, the Ma family will be raided and destroyed because of the crime of gangsterism, and even the nine clans will be punished, and you and your maids will all die...... That's why I say, rob you, but save you. ”