Late Ming Dynasty: Conquering the world starting from riding and cutting

Twenty days later, when the 2,000 reinforcements mobilized and the 100 young village chiefs with village and town work experience and study experience, as well as the ten clerks who were familiar with the situation in Jinping County and were transferred by Lu Zaiyi from the Lingnan Qinhan Business System arrived at the port. When we arrived at the island, the place had completely freed itself from the frustrated and decadent atmosphere of April and started on a new journey towards May!

Looking towards Hong Kong Island from Carp Pier, the slightly flatter land on the island has been turned into a training ground for the homeless troops.

But now they already have an organization number, the Hong Kong Island 1st Battalion.

Wearing fat jackets that were temporarily transferred from the warehouse, they wielded standard spears and green swords in their hands. Under the leadership of the armor commanders, they practiced vigorously one move after another, shouting one after another.

"Morale is like a rainbow!"

"Indeed, such military morale is available."

Two students who had just graduated from the Political Science Hall stood at the bow of the boat and commented.

These college students who still exude a green atmosphere, together with the village chiefs who have experience in rural work, and the shop clerks who are familiar with the situation in Jinping County, together with the soldiers and officers selected from the troops on the island, have been organized into a branch. A small team of ten people.

They were like tiny steel needles inserted into Jinping County, a fortress that seemed impenetrable to needles and water, and performed extraordinary work.

Watching the small boats rowing silently across the sea in the afterglow of the slowly setting sun, Weizhou, who was seeing them off at the pier, couldn't help but sneer. That day he led his troops to attack Kam Tin Wai, but unexpectedly he encountered A big hassle.

Not long after arriving at the boundary, they were constantly harassed by villagers from all over the surrounding villages. The leaders of those besieged villages knew from the previous battle that the Keelung Army was powerful in field battles, and they were invincible.

Therefore, they relied on the defense of their respective villages and lined up the people within the three-arrow radius of the surrounding villages to contain the passing Keelung Army troops. When encountering soldiers who were stranded or stragglers, they would pounce on them like hungry wolves and bite them fiercely. After a while, bullying the weak and fearing the strong were to the extreme.

Among the losses caused by the attack on Kam Tin Wai, nearly three-fifths of the casualties were caused by these people.

In the plot described in Weizhou's apology document, this would be a major headache, if it were not for the Lord's assistance this time. Weizhou had already made plans to plunder the villages one by one, wash them out with blood, and cause countless casualties.

"But now, I will fight for your hearts and minds with you!" Weizhou muttered to himself as he looked in the direction of Jin Tianwei.

In May of the fifth year of Chongzhen.

Kam Tin Wai, which used to be so prosperous in the past, fell silent, and everyone lost their laughter and laughter.

People from the five major families once again gathered in Deng Wentian's house.

The atmosphere this time was much duller than the last time when Mr. Deng invited everyone to eat Poon Choi.

"Although those foreign pirates have retreated from the island, there are still groups of bandits running around the countryside. I don't know what those lawless people have done these days, and even the unscrupulous children of the same clan are fighting with them. Mix it up. Fan up the flames and say things that are rebellious and contrary to our ancestors!" This is the main reason why Mr. Deng summoned everyone.

For more than a month, the Keelung rural work teams equipped with armed escorts, led by guys from Qinhan merchants who were familiar with the situation, were like fish, shuttling back and forth between the villages.

Their mission is to win over the hearts and minds of the villagers outside the siege, at least to make them unable to help each other in the future.

After the hard work of hundreds of people day and night, a stream of public opinions called "evil trends" and "treasonous remarks" by the patriarchs of the five major families spread from various villages, and the situation seemed to be getting worse.

"Everyone has a field, and each person is assigned ten acres. All ten acres are good paddy fields!"

"Farmers have three knives over their head. The rent is heavy, the interest is high, and the incense in the ancestral hall is indispensable!"

For a time, all kinds of comments and complaints reached the ears of the elders of various families.

If the masters of these families can't hold it back, something more powerful is coming, and that's the key point where the conflict will break out.

"Should the accounts of the incense money in the ancestral hall be published for everyone to check? There is no problem with honoring the ancestors, it is the right thing to do, and no one should be vague, but there should be a brother who can settle the accounts clearly, right?!"

"Back then, we fought with others for water, land, homesteads, and cemeteries. Those who went to fight enemies came back with money for soup and medicine. This time we went to fight the pirates, and how come we didn't even see a penny from the dead clan members? , isn’t this bullying?”

These rumors were spread to the surrounding villages through various channels without exception, and the people in the surrounding villages also felt that they were somewhat reasonable.

The discussions in the streets and alleys were naturally reported to the clan leaders. At this time, the clan leaders of the five clans were all panicked.

It's not like there weren't rumors in the past, and it would have passed away, and no one would really pursue her. But now at this critical juncture, something like this happened, and you can tell who did it with your toes.

Not only the members of the tribe, but also those small landowners who have some land at home and hire a few long-term workers, or rent out part of the land to the tribe for farming, to the homesteaders who grow their own food, as well as those tenants who rent other people's land, will all His eyes were fixed on the movements of the clan leaders.

They neither gain nor suffer losses, but the benefits of opening accounts outweigh the disadvantages for them. Many people want to take advantage of this juncture to set such a rule.

"The money for incense in the ancestral hall should really be published in the accounts. Every year we collect so much money for incense, but we don't see any good things being offered to the ancestors in the ancestral hall! How much can we spend on apples and bananas, even curtains? It was all changed when Emperor Wanli first came to the throne! How many years has it been?" This is what everyone said.

"The rent and interest should be lowered! Now the rent in the provincial capital is 25%, and the interest is 1.5%, and it can't be done! We have more than half the extra!" This is what the tenants want statement.

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"Brothers of the same clan are not allowed to charge interest on house sales. The official family doesn't charge it, but our clan does. It's not that poor. Everyone pays a lot every year!" These are the small landowners and farmers. words from the heart.

"What's more, some of them actually said that if they were not given a clear explanation, they would go to the ancestral hall to cry and worship their ancestors, and then go south to the sea to make a living. Tell me, isn't this an insult to our ancestors?" Bai family The clan leader was a little helpless and complained to the other four clan leaders about his difficulties.

"Your family is pretty good. Look at my Kong family. I'm not afraid of the jokes of you guys. Someone has already invited those Keelung pirates to my home and treated them like honored guests! They didn't even listen to me, the leader of the clan!" Kong Yiji, the head of the Kong family, angrily complained that iron could not become steel.

"What a shame those pirates still pretend to be good people. They help those unscrupulous people work in the fields every day and tell them how to harvest more food and harvest more fish and shrimps. If they were in Keelung, What's happening to their land, what a treasonous thing to say!"

"There is such a rebellious son in your clan. Why don't you open an ancestral hall to deal with him? Give them all the pig soaking cages and sinking ponds to deal with these unscrupulous descendants. I wonder who else dares to go with those pirates?" Close!" suggested the head of the Shen family.

After hearing this, the fat on the Peng family patriarch's fat face trembled twice, and he rolled his round eyes and looked at everyone, "Our five families can still hold on, but those other small families in Jinping cannot hold on. I I heard that the Ling family has disclosed its accounts and reduced the interest rate."

After hearing the latest situation brought by Patriarch Peng, the leaders of the five tribes were all frightened.

Should rents and interest be reduced or not? This is a dilemma.

Once it falls, it will definitely offend the wealthy members of the clan and affect its own interests.

If you don't surrender, you are standing on the opposite side of the vast majority of people of your own race.

In today's troubled times, it is not fun to offend the whole family, young and old.

As for the disclosure of accounts, it will really cost you your life. There are countless tricks in it.