Cao County, the first station of the Yellow River into Lu (the hometown of Shan Xiongxin, the fierce general of the rebel army at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and Huang Chao, the general boss of the rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty), was almost a disaster-stricken professional household, and every time there was a major disaster, there would be a large-scale famine.

There is a local saying that says: "One year is decided, two years are famine, and three or four years are not eaten." ”

As a result of frequent breaches, farmers in the Yellow Flood area were unable to live, either wandering or becoming thieves.

Because the southwest and northwest regions of Shandong are at the junction of many provinces, the control of the government is relatively weak. The Shandong government pursued and suppressed, either fleeing into Henan, Jiangsu, or Hebei.

He came to suppress it from there, and then returned to Shandong, so it became a long-term cured disease.

In the 32nd year of Guangxu (1906), an official of the Qing Dynasty summed up that Shandong "thieves started in Yunju, flourished in Hecao, returned to Germany in the south, and went abundant in the east, while the northeast vines in Yanyi and Tai'an".

The thieves on the borders of the provinces also often colluded with each other, which was difficult to extinguish, so that the Luxitor thieves became prostitutes.

Besides, the magical realm of Sulu, Henan and Anhui is also a magical place, which has given birth to many outstanding people.

This area is composed of four cities: Xuzhou in Jiangsu, Suzhou in Anhui, Shangqiu in Henan, and Heze in Shandong.

As the center line of the four provinces, the Yellow River was quite dangerous in ancient times.

The flooding of breaches is a common occurrence, which has brought great disasters to the people on both sides of the strait, and the people living in the Yellow Flood Area have slowly formed their own unique philosophy of survival in the course of long-term struggle against floods.

In the face of the flood, they became more and more courageous, and developed a tough and fierce folk style, and the people at the junction of the four provinces have a common quality: they can fight, fight, and endure hardships, and they do not admit defeat or be convinced.

It is also particularly good at drinking, and this area has had the most peasant uprisings in the history of our country.

Daze Township, which Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled involats, was in Suzhou City, and Liu Bang of Xuzhou also launched an uprising in Dangshan, Suzhou.

Zhu Wen, who overthrew the rule of the Tang Dynasty, was a native of Dangshan, Suzhou, and Heze had the Huangchao Uprising and the Shuibo Liangshan Peasant Uprising.

In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the Twist Army uprising, the junction of the four provinces of Lusu, Henan, and Anhui happened to be the central main battlefield, and the famous Zeng Greenqin died in Heze.

Such a flooded place has never been a place of peace and reassurance.

Gunzhou seems to have nothing to do with Cao County, but the relationship between them is that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.

Cao County is rampant with bandits, and the adjacent places of the three provinces and eight counties are all its rear, and Cao County may not be able to survive today, and it will flow to its own territory tomorrow.

Such a situation has happened from time to time, and my own life is not easy, and there are many bandits in the territory, so the life of Gunzhou is so difficult.

After listening to the words of the officials who came to Cao County and the introduction to Cao County.

Zheng Xiong has a general understanding of the situation in Cao County.

Compared to the information that only stays in the network in the future.

Cao County, as the center of the universe, is actually not an existence to be messed with.

If you can't beat it, you can run it, there is too much depth, and the three neighboring provinces and eight counties are located in its big rear.

The conventional way of playing is useless at all, even if it blocks people, it is useless.

This put Zheng Xiong in a dilemma, and his face was embarrassed.

Xu saw Zheng Xiong's expression, and the officials who came here still said understandingly.

"These have little to do with my Gunzhou, and we are also taking precautions and can't afford to withstand the toss."

"After all, if this group of people from Cao County come over, more people will be implicated in it."

"Hou Ye returned to Beijing, Xia Guan didn't dare to ask Hou Ye to do anything, only asked Hou Ye's army to leave as soon as possible, if Hou Ye himself thinks that Gunzhou is good, even if he plays here, Xia Guan and Lord Zhizhou welcome Hou Ye's arrival very much."

Yes, what I said before was too full, and now Zheng Xiong is also in a dilemma, this attitude clearly does not welcome the army under his command, and it is useless to say more.

I can only take one step at a time, and the lost money seems to have no choice, and it is not so easy to try my luck.

I had to look along the way to catch some small thieves to see if I could make up for my losses, and I could also explain what I had said before.

"In this way, Benhou will not bother, Guizhou does not need to send it, and he will leave."

Although Zheng Xiong's words were a little displeased, the officials who came to see Zheng Xiong were relieved, and they were relieved.

These people are the plague gods, and the definition between soldiers and bandits is actually very vague, and no one dares to guarantee their character.

"Then the official went to inform Lord Zhizhou, Lord Zhizhou specially said that if Master Hou leaves, he will come to see Lord Hou off."

"No need, aren't you guys quite busy, forget it, you can go back."

I came for a day or two, and I still wanted to show my presence when I left, but it was late.

Zheng Xiong's attitude was overflowing, and he issued an eviction order.

When the officials saw this, they also hurried away.

The governor of this state doesn't want to be troubled, leaving Zheng Xiong as an unstable factor.

Zheng Xiong could only leave like this.

To be honest, this trip to Gunzhou was definitely not pleasant, and there was a big fire.

Zheng Xiong left, leaving the boundaries of Gunzhou with some anger.

Along the way, I went straight to Cao County, and along the way, I found that the boundary situation of Gunzhou was really not good.

I haven't seen the situation of a hundred miles without a rooster crowing, but I have seen a lot of the dilemma of lack of food and clothing.

On this cold day, many people saw only a thin linen dress.

It can be seen that the life of this state is really difficult.

However, mountain bandits are not common, and they can obviously be maintained, not to the point of being so serious.

The formation of this 10,000-strong army is so great that even if they know that there are mountain bandits in the territory they pass through, they can't find any of them when they really search.

After all, these mountain bandits are not stupid, and they won't do anything like eggs touching bones.

Except for having some fun for yourself, the road is quite boring.

There is no expected banditry, and it is even more impossible to subsidize their own losses.

In this way, he stopped and left the boundaries of Gunzhou.

On this day, it was finally the boundary of Cao County.

"Master Hou, the front is to the boundary of Cao County."

"It's finally here, Ben Hou wants to see if this Cao County is really that biao."

Zheng Hu followed the army, and there was an indescribable feeling, and this realm made him feel quite familiar.

After discussing with a few entourages around him, he became more and more sure of his conjecture, came to Zheng Xiong, and said to Zheng Xiong.

"Second brother, I'm familiar with this realm!"

"Are you familiar, do you mean to be robbed here?"

"That's not it, I'm not too sure if I look ahead."

"Okay."

As Zheng Xiong and his entourage walked a distance again, Zheng Hu seemed to affirm the guess in his heart and nodded.

"That's right, this is the realm, the mountain there, shaped like a Buddha, is very impressive, and the mountain is in the past."

"Actually, it's okay to collect tolls, it's just too expensive, and it's time to teach a lesson."

(End of chapter)