Chapter 55: Two Tasks
Shi Chen and Uncle Nine stood aside.
Perhaps it was the reason for the bystanders, Shi Chen felt that once this kind of thing was compromised, the consequences would be equally devastating.
Construction takes ten or even twenty years of sustained effort, while destruction takes just a few days or even minutes.
Once a compromise is made with the mob militias, the ultimate outcome of Taiping Town is the loss of wealth and the abandonment of farmland.
Order in the town has completely collapsed, and a large number of village and town residents have become homeless, and the end will not be much luckier than death.
Zong Shen frowned, and his face was solemn as if dripping water.
Taiping Town has been able to develop to such a prosperous point, it can be said that most of the credit belongs to Zong Shen, and he has poured too much effort into the entire town.
Thinking of this, Zong Shen clenched his fists, he must not let Taiping Town become a place where thugs wantonly go!
Never!
"Ladies and gentlemen! If you don't want your wives to be separated and your house to be deserted, only if the road of resistance can work, and you have luck with the militia bandits, that is the greatest misfortune. ”
Zong Shen's words are sonorous, expressing the concerns of most of the people who are active, and at the same time, he has been in charge of Taiping Town for many years, and his reputation is extremely high.
This is a kind of trust accumulated over the years, Mayor Zong's net worth is also in Ping'an Town, he will not harm everyone, this is the idea of the vast majority of people.
As for the few wavering or ignorant townspeople, they belong to the majority, and they go wherever they go.
In this way, the townspeople soon hit it off.
Resist!
"Now, the village chiefs and village managers go to gather young and middle-aged people, collect as many firearms as they can find, and each family brings no less than 20 catties of rations to the town to gather."
Zong Shen began to deploy in an orderly manner, and at this moment, time is of the essence.
"All the laborers in the town are gathered, go to the outside of the town to cut down wood to make horses, and dig pits on the road to place thorns, and don't waste the excavated soil, put it all into sacks, and build fortifications in a unified way!"
"Next, the idle townspeople will stop all farm work, bring their own tools, iron tools, and help build fortifications, and I will personally coordinate it!"
Zong Shen made the arrangement at once, and all the townspeople could play a certain role and gather the strength of everyone as much as possible.
Everyone received the order and knew the seriousness of the situation, and they quickly left to prepare.
Uncle Nine and Shi Chen glanced at each other, and the master and apprentice were a little confused.
What should the two of you do?
The crowd dispersed, and Zong Shen saw Uncle Jiu and Shi Chen at a glance, jumping off the humble platform and walking towards the two.
"Master Lin! Literary little brother! ”
Zong Shen took the lead in bowing, looking extremely polite.
"Mayor Zong!"
"Mayor Zong."
The master and apprentice also bowed their hands in return.
Zong Shen looked around, and saw that the people in the playground had dispersed, so he lowered his head and whispered in front of the two.
"Actually, Zong has a task that needs to be handed over to the two of them."
"Mayor Zong, but it doesn't hurt to say that although Lin is not a native of Taiping Town, he has also lived here for several years, and it is not too much to say that he is a member!"
Uncle Jiu was brave and brave, so he naturally wouldn't sit idly by at this moment, patted his chest, and said to Zong Shen.
"I'm shi... Wencai will not sit idly by. ”
His master expressed his attitude, and Shi Chen naturally couldn't ignore it, and his mouth was fast, and he almost said something wrong.
"The two of you are so narrow, Zong Mou once again thanks the two of you first!"
After speaking, Zong Shen bowed deeply, and came up to make this big gift, so that Uncle Jiu and Shi Chen would be particularly useful.
Shi Chen looked at Uncle Jiu, then at Mayor Zong, and decided to tell the story of the two militia dogs he had encountered before.
It's just that he hid the matter of checking the treasure and killing the two doglegs with palm lightning.
insisted that the two doglegs were killed by themselves with magic weapons, and in a hurry, there were many loopholes in the words.
Fortunately, Zong Shen and Uncle Nine didn't delve into anything.
"I see, the two doglegs of the advance team of the militia were actually cleaned up by the little brother Wencai, which should buy us more time."
Zong Shen nodded, looking at Shi Chen with admiration on his face, the world's heroes are young men!
"By the way, Zong will make a long story short, there are two tasks that need to be handed over to the two of them now."
Mayor Zong rubbed his hands, looking a little nervous, and it seemed that the difficulty of these two tasks was definitely not low, and it could even be said to be extremely dangerous.
As the saying goes, no profit can not be early, Shi Chen is not as chivalrous as his own master, and when he saw Zong Shen behaving like this, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"The first task is to go to Shicheng County, the rich and famous families in the county, the backbones of the original county guild, and some thorns who rebelled against the militia, were all imprisoned in the county mansion, among which another apprentice of Master Lin, Qiusheng, was also inside, we need to rescue them, take them to the mountain road, and return to Ping'an Town."
Zong Shen said slowly, looking at Uncle Nine from time to time.
"What?? Qiusheng was arrested, is the news accurate? ”
Sure enough, when he heard the news, Uncle Nine exploded in an instant.
"Precisely, the reason why we were able to know the news so early is because the person who escaped back used to be the personal secretary of County Magistrate Wang."
Zong Shen nodded, with Qiusheng's stubble, then Uncle Nine would definitely make a move.
"There are not many guards in the county mansion, and one side is backed by Shicheng Mountain, as long as you are not found on the way forward, it is not too difficult."
Shi Chen didn't squeak, repeatedly recalling Mayor Zong's introduction to the task, and then raised his head and asked.
"Mayor Zong, what about the second task?"
"The second task is to rush to the provincial government to report the news, Shicheng County is more than 400 miles away from the provincial capital, Hunan Province has many mountain roads, and the road is blocked by cars and carriages are impassable, this must be difficult, but someone must go, and one point early, Ping'an Town will resolve the crisis one point earlier."
Zong Shen said the second task, and his expression became serious again.
"Zong will lead tens of thousands of village and town residents in Ping'an Town to resist to the end until the reinforcements arrive..."
As he spoke, Zong Shen's words carried a hint of tragedy, hundreds of militia groups were armed, how could they be so easy to block, I am afraid that there will be an inch of blood and an inch of road, and I don't know how many people will die!
"That's it, Wen Cai will go to the county with me to rescue the hostages in the mansion, and then we will break up in the county, Lin is responsible for going to the provincial capital to report the news, and Wen Cai will take the others from Shicheng Mountain to the path back to Taiping Town."
Uncle Nine had already planned in his heart, and with some divine Dao methods, he was sure to rush to the provincial capital within two days!
Shi Chen nodded, Uncle Jiu's arrangement was exactly what he wanted, he wanted to go to the county to see if Miss Ren was okay, the beauty was affectionate, it was really difficult to accept that Ren Tingting was ruined like this.
Zong Shen also agreed with Uncle Jiu's idea.
The two returned to Yizhuang to prepare, and then set off, arriving at the county seat in the afternoon, and they could find an opportunity when it was dark.