Although he had just experienced the banditry, he still had to do the farm work, and he could not let the wheat rot in the ground.

If there are relatives in the family who have been killed, they can only be buried as soon as possible.

There is only one good news, urging heads to stop chasing taxes all day long.

What is the villager's tax?

The Bai family is the one who has been apportioned the most!

The old white man wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of the unreasonable taxes, and he was determined to cooperate with the magistrate.

"Xianggong, do you want to change the date of marriage?" Shen Yourong asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I'm afraid it will have to be postponed, the government is recruiting troops to suppress bandits, and maybe one day we will go to war." ”

"Alas......"

Shen Yourong sighed.

Her family planted one acre of wheat, and now it has been harvested, and the new harvest will take a few days to be threshed.

After being idle, there is not much farm work, and only drying wheat every day.

It was a good time to get married, but it was delayed by banditry, and Shen Yourong really hated those thieves.

Suddenly, a villager came from outside the courtyard, it was Wu Er, who wanted to be a customer, and he said in a hurry: "Zhu Xianggong, I ...... My land is no longer for sale. ”

"Come in and sit." Shen Yourong invited.

Wu Er was quite embarrassed: "I won't sit down, and I still haven't finished the farm work." I haven't been urging taxes for the past two days, so I want to wait and see, maybe I can fool the past. ”

Zhu Guoxiang comforted: "It's best not to sell the land, keep it for yourself, they are all neighbors in the village, don't say those things that are outside." ”

"That'...... That's gone. After Wu Er finished speaking, he ran away, for fear that Zhu Guoxiang would be entangled.

Even if there is only half hope left, who wants to sell the land?

Shen Yourong picked up the bamboo rake and turned the beaten wheat back and forth, while Zhu Guoxiang went back to the house to compile teaching materials.

When the bandits are destroyed, it's time for the village school to start.

After a while, Zhu Ming went home and walked straight to the house.

Zhu Guoxiang put down the brush and asked, "Have you finished registering?" ”

Zhu Ming said: "It's just a record in the Bai family, and you have to go to the county government to really sign up." ”

Zhu Guoxiang was curious: "What kind of armament is this?" Team training? Xiang Yong? ”

Zhu Ming said: "Temporarily make up archers. ”

"You don't know how to shoot arrows." Zhu Guoxiang said.

Zhu Ming explained: "Archers are not archers, you can understand them as police forces. Each county has one, and it is managed by the county lieutenant, who is responsible for maintaining local law and order in peacetime, and has to join the army to fight in the event of foreign invasion. ”

"Do you want to pay your salary?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

Zhu Minghao said: "In the past, it belonged to the wheel difference, and the young and strong people of the third-class household had to go when it was their turn. Later, it was changed to recruitment, and the salary was not much, and he lived on gray income. In addition to catching thieves and thieves, he is basically doing the business of urban management, and he is also very slippery in extortion. ”

Zhu Guoxiang was speechless for an instant, relying on a group of chengguan to suppress bandits was simply nonsense.

Zhu Guoxiang asked: "If, I mean if, you want to rebel one day, and the government also recruits archers to quell the chaos?" ”

Zhu Ming nodded and said, "Yes, no matter what armor guards or what kind of village warriors, they will be unified and temporarily organized into archers." The magistrate and the archers can't figure it out, so they will mobilize the patrol soldiers on the side of the state city. As for the patrol soldiers, they are also called earth soldiers, and they are not much stronger than archers. ”

Zhu Guoxiang sighed: "No wonder there are so many rebellions, and the magistrates have no ability to quell the rebellion at all. ”

Zhu Ming said: "There are still Xiang soldiers and township soldiers in the state, except for the places next to the border, all of them are some kind of goods. The Xiang army has almost become a miscellaneous servant, and the village soldiers themselves make a living from farming. ”

Next, Zhu Ming went up the mountain every day to learn guns and sticks from Zhang Guangdao, and sword fighting was always inferior to long-handled weapons.

It's a pity that there are no bows and arrows.

According to the official laws of the Song Dynasty, bows and arrows were not considered contraband. However, successive emperors still had various supplementary terms.

Take archers as an example, in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, they were allowed to bring their own knives, guns, bows and arrows, but ...... Except for the Sichuan and Shaanxi roads (Sichuan plus Hanzhong)!

Archers in Hanzhong were not allowed to have bows and arrows, and the common people were naturally not allowed to do so.

After a few more days, the villagers were no longer so busy, and the archers finally began to assemble.

Including the tea households on the mountain, the whole village recruited 50 strong men, and all the weapons brought by themselves.

Many villagers sent their children to the riverside and cried goodbye.

Zhu Ming didn't like this atmosphere, and said with a hippie smile: "Dean Zhu, why don't you cry?" ”

"You're such a thief, you must be fine, it's the thief who should be crying." Zhu Guoxiang didn't have a good airway.

Zhu Ming laughed: "That's a good thing. ”

Gu San stood there without saying a word, and Lao Gu didn't speak, just patted his son on the shoulder, and then stuffed the eyebrow knife over.

"Get on board!"

The Bai family's passenger boat couldn't fit in, and two small boats were arranged, both of which were the main battleships left by the bandits.

Bai Sheng was a chatterbox, and after boarding the ship, he chatted with others.

"How excited are you?" Zhu Ming asked.

Bai Sheng said happily: "I heard that I went to the county to practice, and I could learn the skills of the battle formation." ”

Zhu Ming immediately poured cold water on him: "Do you think there are people in the county who know how to fight?" ”

"Does no one understand?" Bai Sheng was surprised.

Zhu Ming stopped talking.

Bai Sheng turned his head again and asked Zhang Guangdao: "Is there really no one who knows how to fight?" ”

Zhang Guangdao said: "I don't think so. ”

Bai Sheng was suddenly dejected.

Three ships are offshore, going upstream.

The river here does not flow fast, Zhu Ming carefully observed the mountains on both sides of the river, and enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way.

He was also a little excited that he could finally see the ancient county seat.

It didn't go far before it entered a tributary of the Han River and arrived at the county seat in the afternoon.

The county seat of Xixiang is small enough, and the city wall is less than four meters high, so Zhu Ming feels that when he rebels, he should be able to capture it smoothly.

There is a balustrade at the gate, which is where taxes are collected.

You don't have to pay taxes when you go into the city, but you have to pay money when you go out of the city.

As long as you bring the goods, the tax is less than 100 wen, and you have to pay the exit tax obediently. As for Baiwen and above, there are other places to collect taxes.

Following everyone into the city, Zhu Ming observed all the way, and was soon disappointed.

used to watch low-cost costume dramas, the county seat was small and broken, Zhu Ming still felt, but now he finds that it is very real.

There are not many two-story buildings, and there are not only large areas of thatched houses outside the city, but also inside the city......

I don't know what Kaifeng looks like, after crossing once, Zhu Ming wants to visit the Qingming Riverside map.

The archer school is located in Beicheng District, and many people have gathered.

Most of the archers were forcibly recruited from the countryside, and they all had sad faces, as if they were waiting to cross the Nai He Bridge.

Of course, there are exceptions.

There was a young man in his twenties, who was riding a horse, and was galloping in the school yard at the moment, and from time to time he made strange noises to show off his riding skills.

A few more young men whistled at the man on horseback, all of them showing their tattoos on their tops.

A bunch of swingers!

"Who is this?" Zhu Ming was quite curious.

Zhang Guangdao said: "Chen Ziyi." ”

"What's the matter?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhang Guangdao said: "It's nothing, the son of the squire's family has learned some guns and sticks, and likes to make good friends." ”

While speaking, Chen Ziyi rode over on horseback, pointed at Zhang Guangdao and said, "You thief, you have been wanted by the government for several years, and you dare to be an archer." ”

"I'm good." Zhang Guangdao didn't give a good face, and it is estimated that the two of them don't deal with each other much.

Chen Ziyi flew off the horse: "Come on, come on, and compare a few moves, I didn't tell the winner last time, this time it depends on whose gun is good." ”

Zhang Guangdao said: "You are even better. ”

Chen Ziyi didn't let it go: "I only know when I compare." ”

Zhang Guangdao repeated: "You are even better. ”

Seeing that he couldn't fight, Chen Ziyi's interest was greatly reduced, and he rode on the back of the horse again, shouting at the worried archers: "Don't be discouraged anymore, look at me hiding in the stirrups!" ”

I saw this guy accelerate his charge, and suddenly fell to the right, his whole body bent on the side of the saddle. Straighten your arms down, keeping your fingertips a centimeter or two above the ground, to show off your balance.

"Brother is very capable!"

A few swingers cheered, and they all took the initiative to sign up.

If you put it in modern times, it is estimated that it is a group of ghost fire teenagers, who are full of food all day long.

Zhu Ming's eyes were hot, and after Chen Ziyi stopped, he walked over quickly to make friends, huh...... Find a free equestrian teacher by the way.

"Zhu Ming, the word is successful, please ask the good man to give the surname." Zhu Ming arched his hand and said.

Chen Ziyi returned the salute: "Chen Ziyi, the word is flying, and the nickname is the flying eagle." Do you have a nickname? ”

Zhu Ming said: "No. ”

Chen Ziyi looked at the sword in Zhu Ming's hand: "But you are proficient in swordsmanship?" ”

Zhu Ming said: "The sword handed down by the ancestors has not been able to learn from the master. Brother Tai's riding skills are exquisite, and I am afraid that I can't find a second one even if I search for Yangzhou. I also have a horse at home, can I learn a few riding tricks from my brother? ”

"Hahahaha!"

Chen Ziyi laughed loudly, and the horse's ass made him so happy, and he immediately patted his chest and said: "I don't boast about anything else, I just say that this riding skill, I can't find a second one in Yangzhou." Come on, I'll teach you! ”

This guy has a bold temperament, and immediately handed over the reins to Zhu Ming.

Zhu Ming turned over and sat on his horse, and before he rode forward, he heard Chen Ziyi shouting: "Only use your forefoot when stepping on the stirrup, you are looking for death like this!" ”

Forehead...... Zhu Ming was a little embarrassed, he rode a horse and killed many bandits, but he even had problems with basic movements.

One taught carefully, the other studied seriously, and practiced in the school field.

Bai Sheng was quite envious, and ran after them, wishing that he could also ride.

I practiced until the evening, and finally someone came to put on the meal, and by the way, I also sent the weapons down.

You don't have to queue up to pick it up, just like the vegetable market, you can pick it up casually.

There are even bows and crossbows.

Zhu Ming picked up one in surprise, looked at it twice and threw it back, damn it, the crossbow machine was already rusty.

Looking at the other weapons, they are all rusty and have probably never been maintained.

It is no wonder that many archers choose to bring their own weapons and fight with things issued by the government, purely because they think their lives are too long.