It is really not easy to talk about the Tian family, to his area has been three generations of grass bandits, the original grandfather generation used the big knife and spear to rob the big landlord to scatter the wealth of the poor, and later occupied the mountain to build a village, and learned to water and Liangshan also raised the banner of 'for the sky'.

In the past few decades, China has been in turmoil, with the Empress Dowager of the East and West listening to the government, the foreign powers eyeing each other, and the weak imperial court, which made them grow stronger and stronger in the northwest.

After the tiger master and his father sat on it, he appeared in China with a smoothbore flint musket in front of a strong Western enemy, this firearm has a long range, great power, and is easy to use compared to bows and arrows, and soon made the feudal officials compete to imitate and learn - they can get weapons and equipment for the army by relying on foreigners, but the people can't...

As a result, the firearms that appeared among the people at that time were also of all kinds, including restructured shotguns, shotguns, imitation earthen cannons, firecrackers, and so on.

Old man Tian can also be regarded as a shrewd person, when even if he went to the Guannai to listen once, he only felt refreshed and his eyes were opened, and at that time he predicted in his heart that the new firearms would eventually replace swords, guns, bows and arrows, and become the main means of killing the enemy and opening up the territory and attacking the city...

At that time, the green forest in the northwest was full of shili and chaotic, and the Tian family was not the only biggest bandit, so at that time, the old man Tian was moved in his heart and came up with an excellent idea!

Although the officials of various families relied on Westerners to buy foreign guns. But it's all a broken thing, jamming, dumb sounds, cracks, and collapses often occur, and from time to time they directly disintegrate into a pile of scattered fragments, and in desperation, many places have built their own armories, and ask some knowledgeable foreign priests, sample students, etc., to study and pick up those rags, repair them and re-issue them to the army.

It happened that at that time, the Northwest Prefecture also bought a lot of firearms, and by the way, he was preparing to build an armory in Chencang, three hundred miles west of Xianyang, with his connections, and was recruiting some young people who knew a little blacksmith skills to study. Old lady Tian relied on her own ability to pick a few good boys. I sent it in with the tiger master.

At that time, the tiger master was still only twenty, and the old man also specially told him about this matter: "Son, our two masters are on the border of the three northwestern provinces, and there is an official government in front of them. Later, a few old people blocked the road. It's okay for now. But the day I couldn't keep it was overshadowed, so if nothing else but to live in this place, we had to go to the end - now this opportunity depends on you! Wait until you learn. We also get 100 foreign guns, and when the time comes, we will become bigger in the northwest, whether we continue to mix the green forest or recruit An, then we will have the capital!

The tiger master agreed to it at that time, and then entered the armory of Chen Cang, and stayed for three years, but in the third year, something happened!

Since he wanted to learn these things at that time, he was naturally quite interested in the foreign priests and the stewards of the armory, and he usually smoked and drank to serve, and he deepened his closeness faster than ordinary people, and he became a caring person in charge of the armory in two or three months.

At this time, he met Ouyang Xuan.

The Ouyang family is also a merchant family in Chencang, and they have caravans walking around in the southeast, and the armory often has some Western things to bring back.

The two were in their youth, and they soon met, knew each other, and even made a private decision for life - they didn't know the details of the tiger master, but they just hoped that he could get ahead, and if he sat in the position of steward in the ordnance station, he would come to propose marriage at that time; What the tiger master wants is to wait until the things in his hand are learned, and then reveal his identity... Each has a small calculation in his heart, so that the days go on day by day.

No matter how well they calculated, they didn't guess the situation of the Ouyang family itself.

In fact, just a few years ago, the Ouyang family had already had a tendency to lose, and it was only supported by the business with Westerners. But at that time, among the things of Westerners, there were both essence and dross, and opium was a very typical thing.

I don't know what happened to Master Ouyang, anyway, I came into contact with this thing very early, not only smoked it myself, but also took a few aunts and wives to smoke it together, and every time the caravan came back, there was a cart of tobacco for them... Sometimes I am happy, and I also reward my subordinates with the tobacco soil that is called 'Fushou Ointment'!

From the top to the bottom of the bastard's smoker, how can business be good?

In the third year, the only two convoys of the Ouyang family had an accident in the war, lost the goods and paid the pension, and the Ouyang family suddenly lost their income and became strapped in their hands. It stands to reason that now we should make every effort to repack the convoy and business, but Master Ouyang is busy at this time because of the way the smoke comes from!

The reason is simple, there is nothing left in the hand to smoke.

He bought tobacco at high prices everywhere, and other trading houses took the opportunity to get those men away from the turnstiles, and when he tried to start business again, he found that some of the people he brought out when he was young were still there?

It's already been a matter of fact, and it's changed to follow others!

Old man Ouyang was angry and hateful when he heard the news, and he didn't catch his breath, and when he collapsed on the bed, he threw away the affairs of the family to the second aunt - that woman was originally born in the kiln sister, and she didn't have much learning ability, and at first she wanted to learn from others to run the only few shops in the house, but unfortunately it was not that material, but it was only declining, and her mind gradually turned to the side door.

How many of those who want to make a lot of money by gambling have really won? The second aunt is the same, as soon as her mind is confused, she enters the game of others, loses all the family's property, and even loses herself to others later.

The creditor came to the door, and the family knew that something was wrong!

Things have come to such a point, the Ouyang family is really broken, and the old man Ouyang has lost a lot of money to barely get through this hurdle, but people are completely finished like mud, just sell their property and smoke a lot, and they can't take care of the rest.

When the property is sold, what is left? can only sell sons and daughters, and the only thing that can be sold at a price in Ouyang's family is the curling - the old lady Ouyang has a smoking addiction and can take care of the deep father-daughter relationship, no matter who pays the highest price, so this curling is sold to the kiln.

At that time, the tiger master was at a critical moment in the armory, and he couldn't go out for a while, but he sent his subordinates to keep an eye on it, and after knowing this, he immediately took people to the kiln to redeem himself...

Originally, if the matter ended here, it would be considered a great joy, but who would have thought that the old bustard would have regarded this as a cash cow since the time he bought it, and he had already sold the 'open crown' in advance for a large price, and I heard that someone ransomed himself, and shouted the sky-high price of a thousand oceans to the tiger master!

And it is not allowed to pay immediately, otherwise it will be sent to the flower building for people to enjoy at night!

At this critical moment, the tiger master showed his true character as a hero, and immediately went in single-handedly to rob people, wanting to escape from Chen Cang and return to the mountain. But now he has no one and no one to take advantage of, and he is a temporary hand, even if he tries hard, he can't break through the encirclement, and he is caught and imprisoned in the official prison.

The tiger master was tortured in prison, and he was also on a hunger strike in the Qinglou to seek death, and the two of them could be regarded as bitter mandarin ducks - at this time, suddenly the old lady Tian sneaked into the city with the brothers on the mountain!

took advantage of the night to rob the officials, escorted him into the prison to rescue the tiger master, and then by the way, he served the Qinglou in a pot, revenge and revenge, and then took people up the mountain lively. After this matter almost stopped, Old Lady Tian sent someone to the city again, wanting to take the old lady Ouyang up the mountain and handle the marriage in front of the elders on both sides...

But it wasn't until the people who sent the mountain down came back that they realized that the old man Ouyang had passed away - it turned out that what happened to the Ouyang family was planned by several big trading houses in Chencang, and there was only one purpose, that is, to replace the Ouyang family, open up the trade routes in the southeast, and then import the tobacco into the northwest hinterland.

This matter has finally become a piece of heart disease for the tiger master and the curling...

Old man Tian got a firearm, shili was also very inflated, and soon wiped out the bandits in the three northwestern provinces, and became the biggest shili - because of Old Man Tian's righteousness, abiding by the rules, and fighting against the government, the reputation was also excellent, and he faintly became the leader of the northwest green forest!

But there are unforeseen circumstances, and at this time, the old man Tian fell ill and threw this mess on the tiger master. He lived up to expectations, and at this time, he also ascended to the throne, and the green forests of the three northwestern provinces held a conference to neutralize and convince the public, and the whole son picked up his father's unfinished business!

Since then, the tiger master has become the leader of the only number one in the northwest.

After a few years of such days, suddenly one day the tiger master received a rumor that a village had been suppressed by officers and soldiers, and he hurriedly sent people to rescue but did not catch up, and only rescued two orphaned children - that is Ah Da Ah Er, who was adopted later.

Although the green forest horse thief also took revenge later, another thing was brought up by Huan Yuan, and the tiger master himself also took it to heart:

How long will it take for such a day, and who can guarantee that he will not be suppressed by the government? Even if his generation can survive in peace, can his son Tian Sihai survive in peace? If a son can, can a grandson...

After thinking about it for a long time, Hu Ye finally made up his mind to bribe the government and set up a caravan in the three northwestern provinces to do business.

This thing can go so smoothly, naturally it is a lot of effort, and it is also because she came forward to snare back some old people, so that this account transaction clearly understands that it has not become a pot of porridge...

That book was written by himself when he was forcing the tiger master to learn accounting! (To be continued......)