The three of them got up and hugged their fists to give up their seats, and Hu Yihuang said, "The name Ling Eighteen has also been heard of below, and he is also a well-known hero."

Haha

This Ling 18 is about 1.7 meters tall, a little fat, at first glance, he is a person who will not wronged his mouth, plus his face is full of beard, and he has a reckless feeling all over his body, and he almost writes on his face: I am not easy to mess with.

Also, the two Guangxi regions have been fierce since ancient times, and they often fight when they disagree. Not only single-handed, but also the tradition of group fighting, as far as Li Yunzhong knows, many Hakka villagers form a party and often fight with the group training organized by the locality.

The four of them talked happily around the tea table, attracting many passers-by to look sideways.

Seeing that it was getting late, Hu Yihuang proposed to stay at his house for a few days, and the three of them helped Ling Shibai clean up the tea shop and went to Hu Yihuang's house together.

On the way, Li Yunzhong remembered who Hu Yihuang was, he was a famous military commander in the early days of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he was born as a landlord. Wu Xiucai, the only one among the officials of the Heavenly Kingdom, participated in the worship of God in his early years. When the Jintian regiment camped, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan secretly hid in their homes in Shanren Village, Huazhou, Pingnan County, and arranged an uprising, and were trapped by the Qing soldiers who were deployed in nearby Siwangwei.

Shanren Village is a remote mountain village in Datongshangli, Pingnan County, located in the northwest of Pingnan County, 130 miles away from the county seat. To the northwest of the village is Jinxiu Dayao Mountain; The north is connected with Mengshan Mountain, and there is the Datong River that can be navigated by boat for many years in Bahuali; The southwest is the large mountainous area of Penghuali, which is connected with Guiping Jintian and Bauhinia Mountain; The north and south of the village are more than ten miles away from the maple boundary of Datong and Penghua, and there is a sheep top on the mountain. Standing on the top of the sheep, looking south at Sihuali is Huazhou; Looking to the north twenty miles is Shanren Village, and the location of Shanren Village is a ravine with mountains and mountains. This ravine, the local name is Shanren Chong. Shanren Village is located in the middle section of Shanren Chong. There is only one rugged path in the north and south of Shanrenchong, because of the sparse population in Chong, the weeds on both sides of the road are overgrown, covering the sky and the sun, and pedestrians walk like drilling grass holes. There is a big man blocking the pass, and there is an invincible momentum.

These two mountainous areas, the Tang Dynasty was the jurisdiction of Sitang Prefecture, and the Ming Dynasty was the Datengxia area. In the past, ethnic minorities once competed with Zhang Shigui, Han Yong, Wang Shouren and others. Every time a war starts, you can attack the Siwang Plain and rob the county seat; Retreat, you can transfer to Dayao Mountain to turn it into zero, and stand by, which is a strategic place since ancient times.

Li Yunzhong followed Hu Yihuang into Shanren Village. As long as people are sent to set up personnel to guard and patrol the mountain passes, the enemy can be eliminated if there are few enemies, and the enemy can enter the mountains and wait for fighters. I can't help but sigh in my heart: It's really offensive and retreating. Ever since Li Yunzhong had the idea of rebellion, he has become interested in the geographical environment.

Hu Yihuang introduced, "The people in this place speak Hakka and vernacular, and most of them are from Guangdong, among which they live together with Yao, Zhuang and other ethnic minorities. Residents to grow rice and operate indigo, timber-based, strong, sociable, but often bullied by the local big households, whenever there is a construction of dams, reservoirs, road construction, etc., will levy the local Hakka, and the Hakka people often get together to resist, often fight, the relationship between the two is extremely tense.

It's really a poor mountain and a bad water out of the people. In the chat, Li Yunzhong heard that the three of them had long been dissatisfied with the Qing court, and from time to time they expressed their indignation against reality, especially Ling Shiba, who often talked about the rebellion of killing officials, so he wanted to pull them to join the God Worship Society, of course, he still tried to weaken Yang Xiuqing's authority and establish his own prestige.

After walking a long way, everyone came to Hu Yihuang's house, a house with three rooms, river stones and mud bricks, Hu Yihuang hurriedly beckoned a few people to sit down and personally poured tea for a few people.

After chatting for a while, after roughly understanding the situation of the other three, Li Yunzhong brought his words to the point, and solemnly said to them, "Don't hide it from the three brothers, I am actually the leader of the God Worship Society, and I was ordered by Sect Leader Hong and Feng Yunshan to be specifically responsible for the missionary mission in Pingnan and Tengxian areas. He deliberately exaggerated his position in the worship of God

Ling Shibai was extremely disappointed in the imperial court, and admired Li Yunzhong's words, only feeling that his life and wealth were on Li Yunzhong, and immediately said sharply, "Those landlords are colluding with the officials, how can we fight them, it's better to be against his mother."

Hu Yihuang and Meng Sheng's faces were calm, and they were not surprised at all, as if Ling Shiba's rebellion was just a trivial matter.

Li Yunzhong was kind and pleasant, with a bit of temptation: "Don't hide the three, I worship God and the religion has long been prepared to rebel, not to mention that the Qing court has been more than 200 years since the establishment of the dynasty, since Qin Shi Huang was called the emperor, there has never been more than 300 years of rivers and mountains, and as today's disasters and man-made disasters continue, the officials are becoming more and more tyrannical, the landlords are oppressing the people, and the people everywhere have risen up, and uprisings have occurred one after another, making the Qing court exhausted. Isn't this exactly what the history books say about the time of changing the dynasty, not to mention far, Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the previous dynasty, was a monk and a beggar, and since joining the Red Turban Army, he overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and became the emperor. How similar is it to the end of the Yuan Dynasty now, isn't this a good opportunity for us to recklessly dominate the world. Success is glorious and rich, and the enjoyment is inexhaustible; Failure can also leave a name in history and go down through the ages. ”

Swallowing his saliva, Li Yunzhong saw that Hu Yihuang and the three of them were flushed, and his six eyes looked at him excitedly. Immediately smiled, and praised himself fiercely, "I am not talented in the clouds, I am familiar with Sun Tzu's Art of War, Liutao and Five Strategies, and I know all kinds of military books, and I know the thirty-six strategies well. ”

Meng Sheng immediately got up and bowed, "That's true! I don't hide that you have this wish in the morning, but I hate myself for being weak, and now I listen to what Brother Li said, I am really fortunate to have three lives, and I dare not obey my fate! ”

"There are three shames in my life, one, since the death of my father, the official application for extortion has become more and more serious, a large donation in March, a small donation in January, a thousand taels at most, and a hundred taels at a minimum. As a result, the family is in the middle of the road. Second, to Huang can not study, learn martial arts, have to enter martial arts, once went to the province to take the martial arts examination, the examiner Shen colluded, accepted bribes, to the end of the test of bows and arrows, actually used a bow for me to do hands and feet, too strong, resulting in a hard bow broken, arm sprained, and finally fell into Sun Mountain, for the villagers laughed. Third, the Zhuo family is a local tyrant in the Batong area, colluding with the government and running rampant in the township. Because my father had a grudge with the Zhuo family before his death, I rode past the door of the Zhuo family, but the people of the Zhuo family pulled me down, pushed me into the cattle pen, shackled my neck, shaved half of my hair with a sickle, and beat me severely before I was released. This is truly a great shame for my life. Now that the worship of God can be the master for me, I am grateful, and I ask Brother Li to join the worship of God in the next place, and work together for the great cause" Hu Yihuang also said what he thought on the side, hey! In fact, if he hadn't been bullied by the Zhuo family, he wouldn't have rebelled, even if he collected rent every year, he would have lived a very nourishing life.

"I think my family was also prosperous back then, but later my father became addicted to opium and lost all his family wealth. This opium trafficking was all done by the landlords, and they colluded with the government to dare to act so boldly. Meng Sheng couldn't help but talk about his family's misfortune

Ling Shibai excitedly stood up and hugged his fists to everyone, "It's good to make friends with good men in the next place, and now I can join the God Worship Association and make friends with everyone, it's really worth my life." ”

"With three joining, the Worship of God will surely open up the situation here." Li Yunzhong quietly clenched his hands, and finally had his own team. Isn't it too difficult to preach, hehe, it seems that you have to exert influence on them and develop into your own cronies, well, and you have to slander Yang Xiuqing a few more times. As long as he opens up the situation in Pingnan County, then he will not be afraid of Yang Xiuqing.

Meng Sheng said to Li Yunzhong, "I still have a few good brothers in Dapeng Kao Shuimaling Village, and there are countless relatives and friends, so I will persuade them to join the God Worship Society when I go back, which can be regarded as a gift for promotion."

As soon as Li Yunzhong heard it, he understood what he meant: "Then the mission in the Huazhou area will be in charge of the Meng brothers."

"If I live in Xinyi, Guangdong, I am willing to go back to spread the doctrine and absorb believers." Ling Eighteen was not far behind

Li Yunzhong said, "Then there is Brother Lao Ling in charge of the mission of Xinyi."

Seeing this, Hu Yihuang also tentatively said, "Although I am not talented in the next, I still have some appeal in Pingnan, and it is more than enough to pull up two or three thousand people, by the way, I have friends Zhang Weikun, Tan Yinggui, and Zhang Suimou, they are all oppressed by officials like me, and they have long had the heart to resist, among which Zhang Suimou is a different name Zhang Blind who participated in the anti-Qing righteous army led by Su Sanniang of the Heaven and Earth Society, because of the death of his father, he is now mourning at home. I can persuade Zhang Weikun and Tan Yinggui to donate their family wealth with me. In this way, tens of thousands of believers can be developed in Pingnan County. ”

Your grandfather's, tens of thousands! In the future, I will listen to you and listen to me, but now I will stabilize you first. I couldn't help but sigh again: Feng Yunshan and Hong Xiuquan have been preaching to the poor for five or six years before they opened up the situation in Bauhinia Mountain. It seems that the cause of rebellion is still played by rich people! Only with money and food can more poor people be fooled to join, so that things can be done.

Li Yunzhong pretended to be very moved and said to Hu Yihuang, "In the future, Brother Hu will be responsible for the mission in Pingnan, and I also ask Brother Hu to bother more." Afraid that they would not believe in themselves, he added, "Brothers, don't worry, now, as soon as Mr. Feng and Sect Leader Hong come back from Guangdong, I will go to tell them." It is getting late now, and tomorrow I will tell you the doctrines and rules of the Society of God and baptize you."