According to Liu He's intentions, the more than 600 captives captured from the Zhao family and the Jing family were divided into two parts, among which more than 300 people belonging to the surnames of the Zhao family and the Jing family were sent by Zhu Biao and Shao Tong to various cottages in Fengxiang City to be used as hard labor.

The remaining nearly 300 young men recruited by the Zhao family and the Jing family from nearby villages were incorporated into the Qu family's family soldiers. The Qu family originally had 500 soldiers, and after days of fighting, the number of casualties had exceeded 100, and now these 300 soldiers have been replenished, and the total number of troops has reached 700, not only has it not weakened, but it has been strengthened.

Although the number of Shen Xi's army was only more than 350 people, Liu He did not look down on these prisoners, and did not recruit even one into his ranks.

What Liu He wants is not these basic stereotyped domestic soldiers, but simple tenant farmers who are as clean as white paper, because he feels that only the homesteaders who have regained the land will have the most resolute attitude of resistance, even if they return to Youzhou, this team will survive tenaciously, and it will not be easily co-opted and bought by all parties.

Chen Gui and Deng Hai seemed to understand Liu He's thoughts, and they patted their chests and assured Gongzi that as long as they divided the fields and land for the brothers, they would ensure that they would be able to select the strongest and most honest men from ten miles and eight towns to fill the Shenxi army in the future, and soon expand the team to 1,000 people.

Although these two people came from humble backgrounds, they once gathered a group of tenant farmers to follow them to do some head-killing business of blocking the road and robbing, and they were by no means honest farmers, they also had their own vision and wisdom.

Starting from taking the initiative to send food to Liu He, Deng Hai and Chen Gui first decisively rejected the two maids presented by Liu He, and then did not hesitate to lead their brothers to join the Shen Xi Army, and then set an example to strictly restrain their brothers to abide by the "four attentions" discipline set by Liu He.

Liu He was also quite satisfied with these two people, not only often giving them guidance, but also gradually handing over important tasks to them. Liu He, who has the memory of later generations, has never felt that he is born with a distinction between high and low, and he even feels that as long as anyone makes unremitting efforts, he will eventually have the circumstances and opportunities to change his fate.

Liu He lay on the big bed used by the head of the Jingjiabao family, sleeping on his back, not feeling that the owner of this house had just been cut off from his head, and there would be some yin qi that had not yet dissipated. Liu Hecai is not afraid, even such a bizarre thing as crossing through another life has been encountered by him, what else in this world will make him feel terrible?

Liu He slept in the house very much, which was called a sweet. But the old man Qu Lin and the Chen Gui brothers were not so idle, they were nervously cleaning up all kinds of supplies in the fort, appeasing the old and weak women and children of the Jing family, and at the same time settling the soldiers of the Shenxi Army who had been busy all night.

The treacherous and cunning Qu Lin put all the charges of Jingjiawu Fort being breached on the gang of mountain bandits in Fengxiang City. Anyway, when the shouts of killing sounded at night, these old and weak women and children hid in their own yards and did not dare to go out, and the soldiers of the Shenxi Army were wearing the clothes of the Qu family's soldiers, and they did not kill after entering the fort, so Qu Lin said that the soldiers of the Qu family drove away the strongmen in Fengxiang City, and they could barely fool the past.

Chen Gui was also wearing the clothes of the Qu family's soldiers, with a long knife hanging on his waist and following Qu Lin's side, as if he was a leader and a leader, and he just helped Qu Lin to fill the scene at this time.

Qu Lin clenched his fists and looked around, and then said expressionlessly: "Brothers, sisters-in-law, everyone must recognize Qu's old face, right?" The day before yesterday, Jing Cheng sent 300 soldiers to Qujiawu Fort with 500 soldiers of the Zhao family, you all know about this, right? ”

Among the crowd of people in the square, many lowered their heads in shame after hearing Qu Lin's words. The Jing family and the Zhao family jointly sent troops to Qujiawu Fort to naturally not have a good heart, this matter was more or less revealed to their parents, wives and children before they set off, and now the head of the Qu family came to the door to ask, even if they were thick-skinned, they also had ghosts in their hearts at this time, and it was difficult to speak.

"All kinds of grievances in the past, I don't want to mention them again! Gathering everyone here today is not to seek revenge on everyone, but to ask everyone, after the Jing family suffered this catastrophe, can you think about where the future life is? ”

"Now the villagers of Sanhu Pavilion regard the Zhao family and the Jing family as enemies, as long as they know that the Zhao family and the Jing family have been attacked by the Fengxiang mountain bandits, and the soldiers in the fort have been slaughtered, I am afraid that the soldiers of my Qu family will leave on the front foot, and these angry villagers will rush into the fort to burn and loot!"

Qu Lin's words were reasonable, and there was no intention of intimidation, but in the ears of the group of old and weak women and children in the square, who had no ability to protect themselves, it was as terrifying as having received a death notice.

After the dock fort was broken, although the young and strong men in the fort were killed, injured and captured, the mountain bandits who rushed into the fort had not had time to make a move against the defenseless old and weak women and children of the Jing family, and they were driven away by the Shen Xi army who arrived later, so although the surviving people of the Jing family were sad and painful, they still had some hope and hope to live.

Now, if it is really as Qu Lin said, the soldiers of the Qu family who are responsible for maintaining order in the fort have withdrawn from the dock fort, then the entire dock fort will be like a woman stripped naked and exposed in front of a group of evil men, facing the angry and chaotic villagers, and the result can be imagined!

"Our Jing family is unkind first, please ignore the past suspicions, save these women and children!"

"Please also ask Qu Lao to give me a way to live!"

"Please keep the master of the Qu family alive!"

All the people in the square knelt down in unison and kowtowed to Qu Lin, for fear that Qu Lin would leave it alone.

"Since everyone still wants to live and doesn't want the Jing family to be completely wiped out, then the old man has a proposal here, if you agree, you can be safe."

"Please make it clear to the head of the Qu family!"

Qu Lin cleared his throat and said word by word: "If you want to live, then the Jing family needs to be merged into the Qu family, and from then on you will be protected and taken care of by the Qu family!" ”

"What? Isn't this to annex the Jing family? ”

"The merger of the Jing family into the Qu family, what is the difference between it and destruction?"

"Qu Lao Ghost is really not a thing, he actually has such a dirty mind!"

Angry protests erupted in the square.

Seeing this, Chen Gui pulled out the long knife at his waist, pointed at the crowd with the tip of the knife, and then scolded: "I! A bunch of idiots who don't know whether to live or die! At this time, he still eats the ancients, has illusions, and deserves to be slaughtered in Wubao! In the current situation of E'er, what qualifications do you have to hesitate? ”

"Although the three families of Shangqu, Jing and Zhao were nobles of the Chu royal family, more than 600 years have passed since the destruction of the Chu State, and even the Great Qin Empire, which destroyed the Chu State at that time, has become ancient, and now the Han Dynasty has risen together, and the princes are divided, and it looks like it is going to be finished, what ability and qualification do you Jing family remnants have to let the Jing family continue to survive?"

"Besides, the Qu, Jing, and Zhao families were originally one, and they were respected by the Qu family, and now the Jing family and the Zhao family have brought about their own destruction, and it is not a shame for you to recognize the Qu family as the master in order to survive. It is better to admit that the family is the master than to be driven out of the dock fort by the chaotic people, and from then on there is no one to rely on, living a miserable life of fleeing everywhere! ”

Chen Gui can't see it at all, but he has a vicious tongue that penetrates into the bones, and this spitting scolding is actually "sprinkled", without repeating it.

After everyone was mercilessly scolded by Chen Gui, cracks and wavering began to appear in the depths of their hearts, which were not very firm.

As Chen Gui said, the Jing family is now only left with old and weak women and children, if you don't take refuge in the Qu family, the end can only be completely disappeared from the Sanhu Pavilion, and take refuge in the Jing family, although it is a little embarrassing, but you can still live.

"I, Jing Laosi, am willing to serve the Qu family as the master!"

"Jingtian's family is willing to return to the Qu family......"

At the critical juncture of survival, nearly 1,000 elderly and weak women and children of the Jing family finally agreed to Qu Lin's proposal, expressed their consent to merge into the Qu family, and respected the ancestor of the Qu family, the Sanlu doctor Qu Yuan, as the ancestor, and since then has become a branch of the Qu family.

Qu Lin straightened out the relationship within the Jing family, and immediately rushed to Zhaojiabao non-stop, putting on the same rhetoric, and including the Zhao family in the Qu family's clan.

The Zhao family also respected Qu Yuan, the Sanlu doctor, as the ancestor, and since then it has become another branch of the Qu family.

The Jing family and Zhaojiawu Fort were busy rectifying their internal relations, and the Qu family was not idle on the other side.

After dawn, the farmers from the nearby villages who received the notice happily came to Qujiabao, and then entered Qujiabao in turn with the original lease deed to replace the new contract of reducing the rent of two fields.

Deng Hai led people to guard the gate of Wubao to maintain order, and at the same time secretly told the farmers who came to spread the news of the successful rent resistance everywhere after they returned, so as to encourage more villagers to rise up to resist rent.

In the afternoon of the same day, the news of the successful joint rent resistance of the Qu family tenants spread throughout the Sanhu Pavilion, and the tenants who had been suppressed by the Zhao family and the Jing family by force once again joined forces and rushed to the outside of the dock fort of the two houses and shouted slogans such as "rent reduction by 20%" and "release the villagers"!

This time, to the surprise of the tenants, the Zhao family and the Jing family quickly agreed to everyone's request, not only immediately releasing the tenants who had resisted rent in the past, but also agreeing to the tenants' request for a rent reduction of 20% in the future, and at the same time taking the initiative to compensate the families of the tenants who had been killed and injured in the past by reducing the land rent by five to ten years!

So far, the anti-rent campaign in the villages of Sanhetei has been a great success, and the tenants and tenants have rushed to tell each other about this great news.

Time passed quietly for another two days, and in Danshui County, in the official office where Captain Yuan Yin was located, a controversy was unfolding.

"Captain Qiyu, recently received a report from a nearby sentinel that the villagers in the Sanheting area were bewitched by others, gathering day and night to plot chaos, and the situation is getting worse and worse, and please send troops to suppress and stop it!" A county official surnamed Li reported to Yuan Yin, who was sitting on the throne.

Yuan Yin was over forty years old, his complexion was ruddy and shiny, he frowned and said unhappily: "Li Hucao, isn't there the existence of the three century-old wealthy families of Zhao, Jing, and Qu in the direction of Sanhu Pavilion?" Each of them has hundreds of soldiers, and there are strong dock forts to defend and hide, it is easy to deal with these chaotic people who don't know the height of the sky, where do you need to send troops and horses under your command? ”

A staff member under Yuan Yin continued: "Li Hucao is really making a big fuss! Lord Du Wei was ordered by General Hou to lead the army to supervise and guard Danshui, which was to prevent the Liang thieves in Wuguanxi, not to deal with a group of rebellious villagers! ”

Seeing that Yuan Yin didn't care about the villagers' rebellion, the county official surnamed Li smiled bitterly in his heart, so he kept silent and stepped aside.

At that moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the hall, and then the soldiers who heard the news stumbled in.

"Lord Captain, it's not good! Outside the city, a large number of petitioners suddenly appeared, shouting the slogan of 'rent reduction and tax reduction', and were confronting the soldiers defending the city! ”

"What? This group of chaotic people is so bold that they dare to gather to attack the county seat! Yuan Yin was shocked when he heard this, and got up from his seat. Come, Chuan Bendu ordered, immediately gather the soldiers and horses in the city, and take down all these rebellious people for me! ”

"Lord Captain, don't do this!" The little official surnamed Li jumped out and hurriedly stopped Yuan Yin's order.

"Li Yan, you are so bold! The little county magistrate actually obstructed the captain of Bendu from giving orders! Come on, put Li Yan in prison for me, and then punish me when I come back!" ”

"Lord Commander, don't use force against these bewitched villagers! Once a bloody conflict is triggered, I am afraid that the situation will deteriorate further and cause even greater turmoil and civil unrest! ”

Li Yan was dragged out by two guards with his arms crossed, but even so, he still shouted loudly, trying his best to dissuade Yuan Yin from leading his troops out of the city and driving away the rebellious people.