Chapter 30: Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger
The thieves were initially either thugs, or a group of poor and ruined ghosts who had no money to pay taxes, and ran to the edge of the smoky and haunted water to clear the wasteland. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
There are out-of-town settlements, local woodcutter hunting, fugitive slaves, plus some innocent old women, all made do with it, in addition to strength, it is a cheap life.
The water ghosts and monsters in the wasteland are haunting, and ordinary people dare not set foot in them, they don't care.
Plough the field and sow seeds, and no one cares.
When the wasteland becomes fertile land, the government will come to collect taxes, and the local households will come to collect rents and donations.
Broken and cheap, the thinking is different from ordinary people - if you don't pay taxes, you will be killed, you will starve to death if you pay taxes, you will die horizontally and vertically, why not die.
The people are not afraid of death, and the government is useless.
The tax collectors quickly had knives and guns in chains, and there were hoes and cow dung and mud in broken houses, and they fought with them.
Sometimes, when they can't be beaten, the thieves throw down two corpses, and the rest of the people run into the haunted water with food on their backs, or even make their homes inside.
The tax collector rushed in, and luckily grabbed the grain and came back, but more often than not, he died in a daze but couldn't grab anything.
After a few years of fighting, the bold tax collectors died, and the timid tax collectors would rather lose their errands than collect taxes.
The county order and the big households settled the accounts, and the stolen food was not enough for the cost of soup and medicine.
Stealing the ghost field, the food is tasteless, and it is a pity to abandon it.
The county order can only acquiesce in the existence of thieves and do not ask them to collect taxes.
Ghosts and miasma have become talismans for thieves, and broken houses and fugitive slave kiln sisters have become the source of thieves.
Every year, people die and disappear in the fields, and some people can't stand to leave, but the number of thieves continues unabated.
Later, the fame spread, and many bandits wanted to retire, so they came to work as farmers.
Liu Mi, the six Hou brothers, Zhu Qingshan and Zhu Boss all came to Hejian at that time.
At that time, Liu Mi was still young, although he had cultivated "Tiger Transformation", his strength was actually average, and there were many strong people who could crush Liu Mi.
Fortunately, Liu Mi is still a little useful, alfalfa fertilization field, soybean intercropping, aquatic weed phosphorus supplementation, ecological fertilizer these technologies are helpful to increase income.
The six Hou brothers, Zhu Qingshan and other farming thieves tasted the sweetness of agricultural technology, so they were willing to support Liu Mi.
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When the six Hou brothers came in, the courtyard immediately became much smaller.
The old man who came in after the six Hou brothers was Zhu Qingshan, who claimed to be his grandfather.
"Grandson, come and call grandpa. "Zhu Qingshan is in his fifties, he is big and powerful, but his personality is playful, and he is a narrow ghost.
Zhu Qingshan's beard is cleanly shaved, and his face is also bright, and he looks like a man in his thirties.
Among all the thieves, Zhu Qingshan is the strongest and loves Liu Mi the most.
Because Liu Mi has hair in his guts, he has no respect for his elders, and he is not afraid of angering the strong, so he is the only young man who dares to joke with him.
The thieves all acquiesced that Liu Mi was Zhu Qingshan's junior, and after Zhu Qingshan died, Liu Mi would burn and bury him.
This Zhu Qingshan is taller, the two-meter wall can only reach his shoulder, and he is still standing outside the wall, and the people in the wall can see him.
His voice was as dull as a bell, and his gestures were full of power.
Zhu Qingshan is not only tall and mighty, but also good at pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.
At the beginning, the thieves did not have a grinding disc and did not have much money.
And they all clamoured, saying, 'Whoever can buy a stone mill with this money, they will consider him king.'"
However, the money is too small, and it is really not enough to buy a stone mill.
Everyone was helpless, and they could only eat boiled wheat at their own expense, and then Zhu Qingshan jumped out, "Who can buy the grinding plate, who is the king?"
"Mother, if you can buy a grinding plate, you will be offered as an emperor!"
Zhu Qingshan shook his head: "I bought the grinding plate, and this grinding plate will belong to me, and you will have to listen to me when you use the grinding plate in the future." ”
This is the money to buy the mill, it's not much anyway, you take it!
After collecting the money, Zhu Qingshan did not bargain with the merchant who bought the grinding disc locally, he took a rope and ran to the ravine a hundred miles away to buy the grinding disc.
When he was about to reach the ravine, Zhu Qingshan took out fifteen yuan from his money bag and hid it in the sole of his shoe.
The stonemason in the mountains was curious and said, "What are you here for?" ”
"I'm going to buy a millstone. Zhu Qingshan said, running to pick the grinding plate, "Which grinding plate is cheaper? ”
The stonemason couldn't believe it, and said, "Where's your car? You still have a guy walking behind?"
Zhu Qingshan shook his head shyly, I don't have a car, "I came with a rope, you pick a grinding disc for me, put a piece on my chest and a piece on my back, and just carry it on my back." ”
The stonemason thought to himself, "This big guy is crazy! He thinks the millstone is made of cotton?"
The stonemason asked, "Where are you from?"
“...... I live in Hejian County, more than 100 miles away from here. I'm poor, I can't afford to buy a grinding disc there. I can only buy a grinding plate from you, and you can pick a cheap one for me. ”
The stonemason thought to himself, "More than a hundred miles! Carry a millstone on your back?"
The stonemason's stomach was boiling with bad water, and he beckoned the man to come over: "Pick the heaviest grinding disc for this stupid big man." ”
When the man heard this, he could not accept it, and said, "Shopkeeper, this bird wears clothes with patches, and the money he brings is at most enough to buy a pair of thin grinding discs of stone." Our thick grinding discs are all milled out of good bluestone, and the money he brought is not enough to buy a disc. ”
The stonemason was so angry that he kicked the guy, and said angrily: "Why don't you open your mind! This guy is big, bring a rope to buy a grinding disc, and pick a thick grinding disc for him, he can't carry it on his back and throw it away halfway, this grinding disc is still ours!"
The man's eyes lit up and he secretly gave a thumbs up to the stonemason.
The stonemason kicked him proudly, "Don't go yet!"
The guy ran to the thick grinding accumulated over the years, and picked the thickest and best pair and carried it over.
Zhu Qingshan looked at the grinding disc, stretched out his hand to try the grinding pattern, and said to the stonemason: "I said shop, I can't afford this grinding disc." ”
"I can afford it! I said I can afford it!" The stonemason reached out and grabbed Zhu Qingshan's hand, took out the money bag he was holding in the palm of his hand, poured out the copper coin, and threw the money bag to Zhu Qingshan, "Okay, the fortune teller has calculated for me, my best grinding disc must be sold to someone who is destined." You're the one who was destined. ”
Zhu Qingshan glanced at the stonemason and said, "Then thank the shopkeeper, I'm welcome?"
"You're welcome, you're welcome, it's all fate. The stonemason waved his hand and let Zhu Qingshan go.
Zhu Qingshan erected the two grinding discs, used the rope to wrap the chassis, and passed the rope through the grinding eyes of the upper plate.
The two grinding discs were tied up and placed on the ground vertically, Zhu Qingshan squatted down, rested the rope on his shoulder, and stood up without much force, sure enough, one on his chest and one behind his back.
The stonemason's heart was cold.
When Zhu Qingshan strode out of the stone field without much effort, the stonemason and the men were dumbfounded.
But the stonemason gritted his teeth, grabbed a hand grinder weighing dozens of pounds, tied it with a straw rope, and strode after it, "Stop, stop!"
Zhu Qingshan stopped, didn't put down the grinding plate, and asked, "What's the matter, I don't have any money." ”
The stonemason said, "I have to give you a little hand mill, no money!"
Oh, "You're so nice, God bless you for a long life." Zhu Qingshan didn't think much about it, or he didn't care about it, took the hand mill and continued to walk.
The stonemason patted the man on the back and said, "If you follow him, he will definitely be bored halfway through, and when the time comes, he will throw away the mill, and when you come back, we will drive the donkey cart over, and this big mill and small hand mill are still ours." ”
The man followed, until he crossed the river.
When he arrived at the river, just in time for the rising water in the river to break the wooden bridge, Zhu Qingshan didn't stop, just grinded his little hand down to his left hand, took turns to lift his feet, took off his shoes and stuffed them in his belt with his right hand, rolled up his trouser legs, and just waded across the river.
The guy was dumbfounded, "He, how can he do this?"
The stonemasons are greedy and look down on the big guys.
Half sell and half give away a plate of good grinding, and send a small hand grind with a shy face.
How do you know that the big guy has great wisdom, and if you are at your mercy, why not pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger?
Zhu Qingshan crossed the river, took out more than a dozen coins from the soles of his shoes, went to buy a string of baked cakes, and happily nibbled the baked cakes back to the ghost field in the river.
"When people saw me selling mills, they said that I was a nobleman! I Lao Zhu picked a good grind, and people looked at me well, so they had to give me a small hand grinder, and they also left me fifteen yuan to buy baked cakes to eat! If you don't believe me, you can go and inquire!"
The thieves all said: "Okay, you Zhu Qingshan, you are so capable, why don't you move Mount Tai here!"
Since then, Zhu Qingshan has ranked first in prestige and strength among thieves, and many thieves have supported him, and they have come to him for adjudication when there are disputes and difficulties.
Later, someone gave Zhu Qingshan a good knife, and no one dared to be unhappy with him.
Zhu Qingshan and the six Hou brothers are half of the countrymen, the six Hou brothers live at the source of Yishui, and Zhu Qingshan lives on the east bank of the Yi River.
This group and Liu Mi combined, they are the farming faction and ****** among the thieves.
Shandong people do not hold together...... Just because the dragons have no leader, there is no king of kings.
Zhu Qingshan can fight a bunch of Shandong big men by himself, so naturally there are people around him.
Among the thieves, ****** is a force that must not be provoked.
Behind Zhu Qingshan, there were seven or eight people, who were more vicious than ******, but their bearing was much weaker.
The relationship between these people and Liu Mi is not very good, and they blow their beards and stare at them when they enter the door, and they are not the ones who find fault with Liu Mi.
"Haha, Liu Mi, you are so arrogant, you are all your uncles and elders, you still don't go out to greet you! Hmph, sitting there with your backs and forks, your stomach is really heavy!"
The head is a black-faced bearded road rage, named Wu Tieniu, a roadblock centipede, this guy has thick arms and legs, and he went to Jiangnan to be a road rage back then, blocking the road and setting up cards to collect money.
This guy took advantage of everything, not only robbed money, but also met girls and good-looking scholars, he did not let go.
Later, he blinded the dog's eyes to the daughter of a passing small county order, and the small county commander swallowed his anger, took off his robe to cover his daughter, and left with his daughter in his arms.
Unexpectedly, this girl could not tolerate that she was defiled, so she left a letter to her father at night to accuse herself, tied a stone to her body with her clothes, and jumped into the river to kill herself.
Early the next morning, the county order got up and wanted to take her daughter to a nearby county to see a doctor, but she only saw the last pen left by her daughter.
Asked passers-by for help, went down to the river and fished out her daughter, this girl has been soaked in white and dead.
The county commander howled and cried, wanting to go to the road rage soldier to solve it. Passers-by persuaded him, and his daughter told her father in the letter to live well, so the county magistrate cried and went to work.
Later, when the masters of the six doors heard about this, they went to find Wu Tieniu with their swords on their backs.
The two of them made a move, the master sword was fast, Wu Tieniu ate a sword on his arm, knowing that he was invincible, he immediately rolled down from the mountain, ran a thousand miles, and ran to the Beidi River.
Since then, this guy has been incognito and hid here as a thief.
There are also six people behind the road rage, two burly and good-looking Mao monks, who have been burned with ring scars on their heads, but they don't quit the five desires and six dusts, and they are afraid to flirt with the noble lady who shouldn't be flirted, and they don't keep the door on their mouths after they get drunk, saying that they have killed their concubines by leaking their mouths, and they are also being chased like dogs.
In addition, there are four people, three of whom are all Jianghu men, and it is estimated that they all have human lives on their hands, and there is also a Taoist priest.
This Taoist priest has a strange background, is addicted to alcohol, and when he is drunk, he goes crazy, sings, dances and beats people.
It's just that where there is him, there is no evil, and the thieves were beaten by him for three days, but he used him as a magic weapon to suppress evil spirits, so that he could live and offer.
There were about twenty thieves with names and surnames, and in addition to the fifteen people here, there were also three local hunters and fishermen, and the rest were all dead.
Together with these fourteen people, Liu Mi can almost represent all the thieves.