When Zhu Yuanzhang was depressed, the villagers shouted next to him: "Kill this guy...... Kill him! ”

These villagers have just experienced a catastrophe of life and death, and then they heard Li Qinglai's words, they were really angry that one Buddha was born, and two Buddhas ascended to heaven.

"The officers and soldiers are so hateful!"

"We, good citizens, have followed the rules all our lives, and we can't imagine that the thieves didn't come to kill us, but the officers and soldiers came to kill us!"

"Kill him!"

"Chop him to pieces!"

A group of villagers, overwhelmed by anger, began to swell forward.

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly instructed the soldiers: "Push them away, don't let them squeeze in...... What are you making a fuss about at this time? It's still useful for me to keep this hundred households. ”

The soldiers quickly formed a human wall and pushed aside the villagers who had crowded in. It was only then that the villagers reacted, where did this group of people who saved them come from?

A strong man was squeezed out of the villagers, estimated to be the one who could fight in this village, and he boldly asked Zhu Yuanzhang: "Where did the benefactors come from?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly: "Baishui Zhuba!" ”

"What?" The villagers who were still squeezing in just now, and wanted to come in and beat Li Baihu all took a few steps back, and a few of the timid ones even fell back. There was a violent chaos in the crowd for a while, and several children were about to cry as soon as their mouths were flattened, and the mother next to them quickly covered the children's mouths. Some people turned around and wanted to run, but their feet were weak and they couldn't move, and it seemed that they were so frightened that they didn't even have the strength to run...... The happy expressions of the people from the rest of their lives after the catastrophe suddenly changed to a look of fear and fear, their whole bodies trembled, and the scene suddenly became embarrassing.

Speaking of the name of Baishui Zhu Ba, the people of Baishui will raise their fingers and say "good", because it has been more than three years since Zhu Yuanzhang started, but Huanglong Cottage has never bullied and robbed the people in Baishui, at most it is to collect some taxes from wealthy people, so the name Zhu Ba has a good reputation in Baishui.

But outside of Whitewater, his name is not so good! In this era, there were very few peasants who ran around, and some of them never left their villages in their lives, and those who walked farther would at most go to the county town ten miles away to sell a pig, sell some vegetables, buy some salt, or something. Their knowledge of the world mainly comes from the proclamations posted by the government, or the stories told by storytellers, or by word of mouth among the villagers.

With such a narrow source of information, it is of course easier to be deceived by the government. In the proclamation of the government, Baishui Zhuba is a villain who occupies the mountain as the king, kills people and sets fires, robs people's daughters, and does all kinds of evil...... Speaking of his name, it will even have the effect of stopping children's night crying. When mothers meet children who cry at night and refuse to sleep, they will say, "If you cry again, Baishui Zhuba will hear you and take you to eat." So the child did not dare to cry anymore and went to sleep.

Of course, in the west of Chengcheng, some villages at the junction with Baishui, Baishui Zhuba still has a good reputation, but this situation is limited to some villages in the west, and the villages in the north are not so good.

Now this is the case in this village, as soon as they heard that the person in front of them was the "notorious" Baishui Zhuba, the old people and children in the village were all so frightened that they didn't dare to take a breath, and a few young people also softened their feet. The women are even more afraid, the old and decrepit women are worried that they will be less, but the young and beautiful girls are worried that they will be arrested to be the wife of the village......

Seeing this strange atmosphere, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly cleared his throat and wanted to say a few words to comfort them, but before he could open his mouth, a middle-aged man with a very small amount of courage knelt down with a puff: "King Zhu Ba spares his life...... The villain has no property at home, only the girl can still see people, you can use her to be a lady of the village, let the villain's family be old. As he spoke, he pushed out a little girl from behind, who looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old, and looked quite simple.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "......"

"Poof!" Someone knelt down again, and then a little girl pushed out.

"Poof!" Another person knelt down, the family seemed to have no daughters, a thin woman in her twenties walked out in tears, protecting two children behind her: "King, take me, my children are still young, please let them live." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang: "......"

"Mass work is really difficult to do!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly.

Since ancient times, for the peasant rebels, there has been a distinction between "soft ground" and "hard ground". The so-called "soft ground" is a place where it takes root and sprouts on its own and has a relatively good mass foundation, and when marching in these places, it is easier to get the support of the local people, and it is very easy and simple to do things. The so-called "hard ground" is a place where the mass foundation is not good, the local people do not get support, and there are even places where the people report to the government.

For Huanglong Cottage, white water is soft ground, and Chengcheng is undoubtedly hard ground, and it is not easy to do anything in this place. Let's take these villagers in front of you as an example, how to calm their emotions and make them believe that Zhu Yuanzhang is a good person, this is not something that can be done with a few words and a mouthful. Even if you kill the officers and soldiers and save their lives, they will only think that the relationship between the officers and soldiers and Zhu Ba is a wolf at the front door and a tiger at the back door.

Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about how to appease these villagers, and suddenly, the desperate San Lang who was standing beside him took a step forward, blocked in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and said: "Fellow villagers, don't be afraid, Brother Zhu is not a bad person!" ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, the frightened villagers were stunned, and someone said in surprise: "Chengcheng accent? ”

It turned out that when Saburo said this, he used a very standard Chengcheng dialect.

In the whole Shaanxi * West range, the accent of the people who speak is Shaanxi dialect, there is not much difference, but there are subtle differences in the accent between each county, whether the locals can hear it as long as they open their mouths.

The Chinese of this era, cough ...... No, it should be that no matter what era the Chinese, they have a strong local complex, and it is easier to trust their hometown people, and when they hear the authentic Chengcheng accent of Desperate Saburo, their fear suddenly becomes smaller, and they are willing to listen to what Desperate Saburo says.

"Don't be afraid, everyone! Brother Zhu is not a bad person, he is here to help everyone! Desperate Saburo shouted loudly: "We will definitely not harm you, on the contrary, we will try our best to let you live a good life, please believe me." ”

He yelled a few times, and the villagers' emotions gradually calmed down, and then, someone cautiously asked, "What is the name of this big brother?" What village are you from? ”

Desperate Saburo shouted: "My name is Desperate Saburo, and I am from Nanyao Village." ”

"Wow? Nanyao Village? Several villagers exclaimed at the same time: "Brother Zheng Yanfu is from Nanyao Village, are you the brother of Brother Zheng Yanfu?" ”

Hearing the name of the long-lost person, the mood of the desperate Saburo couldn't help but be a little turbulent, he took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the urge to report his name: "I am the good brother of Brother Zheng Yanfu, I rebelled with Brother Zheng and went to the Dongzi Cliff, and then Brother Zheng Yanfu was defeated and died, so I went to vote for Brother Zhu...... Everyone, please believe me, Brother Zhu is definitely a good person, we will not harm you, please stand up, don't kneel on the ground. ”

Chengcheng is a hard ground for Baishui Zhuba! But for Chengcheng Zheng Yanfu, it is a soft ground! Even if it is not Zheng Yanfu himself, but his brother, he can be like a fish in water.

The villagers who had just regarded Zhu Bayi and his gang as terrifying and ferocious had changed their attitudes at this time, and they got up from the ground one after another: "It turned out to be the brother of Zheng Yanfu's eldest brother......

"Brother Zheng Yanfu's brother will definitely not be a bad person!"

"Oh, when Brother Zheng Yanfu got into trouble, he also called someone to contact our village......

"We didn't follow Brother Zheng Yanfu at the beginning, alas!"

"In the past few years, I have lived like a dog, I might as well follow Brother Zheng Yanfu to fight, and I will ......be happy if I die."

The villagers chattered.

Desperately San Lang hurriedly interrupted their words and said loudly: "Please listen to a few words from Brother Zhu......"

The scene fell silent, and a group of villagers all looked at Zhu Ba.

Zhu Yuanzhang patted the shoulder of the desperate San Lang, sure enough, it was right to bring him here, if he hadn't brought him along, things would be troublesome now, he cleared his throat and said: "Fellow villagers, the officers and soldiers have done such evil deeds to you, we should publicize this matter and let all the people in Chengcheng know...... I would like to ask you to do me a favor and go to the surrounding villages to spread as far as possible what the officers and soldiers want to do to you tonight. ”

"Well, if you don't say we're going to spread the word about it, we're going to get it out too!" The villagers were surprised.

"It's not for you to pass it slowly after dinner!" Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly: "It's going in all directions, and the faster it spreads, the better." ”

"Huh? Why? ”

"Because! Our Huanglong Cottage is about to attack Chengcheng! Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "Although the officers and soldiers are useless and will not cause us much trouble when defending the city, the rich households, landlords, and squires in Chengcheng will definitely organize the township warriors to enter the city to help the officers and soldiers defend the city, or they will gather from all directions to obstruct them...... I hope that you will inform the people of the evil deeds of the officers and soldiers, and do not join the village warrior army organized by the squires and wealthy families, because the officers and soldiers are not worthy of your help at all! In order to help this group of beast-like officers and soldiers, and fight to the death with the heroes of this village, is it worth it? ”

"This ......"

"It really doesn't seem worth it!"

"It's not like, it's definitely not worth it." A young man jumped up: "Okay, I'll help you...... So I went to the village on the west. ”

"I'll help you too!" Another young man jumped up: "I'm going to deliver a message to the village to the south." ”

"Go! Go! ”