Xiaoyinzhuang, twenty miles northeast of Yangzhou City, is next to the canal.

Jiang Yougui, who was still free ten days ago, never thought that he would not only have to work with the government troops to prevent the bandits and bandits, but also to do a hard work such as collecting soil and filling the river. The grain that the local officials asked the local officials to help him raise was still far away from Shao Bo. He didn't know when it would be transported. He was so hungry that he didn't dare to throw down his shovel to rest, so he could only bite the bullet and continue digging.

"Second brother, I'm so hungry, so I won't take a break for a while?" Xiao Liuzhen, who had only been on the boat before becoming a village hero, couldn't dig it anymore, put down the shovel and said with a bitter face.

Jiang Yougui looked up at the Eight Banners soldiers riding on horseback in the distance, and stretched out his hand and said, "Do you think I'm not hungry, do you think I don't want to rest, look at my hands, I've been grinding several bubbles, can you not do it?"

Xiao Liu was lazy in the morning and was whipped a few times. As soon as he mentioned the Eight Banners soldiers, he became angry. He bent down and turned his back to the Eight Banners soldiers in the distance and said, "Second brother, there are only six of them. There are so many of us, what's there to be afraid of?"

"What's there to be afraid of? It's so light!"

"It's been!"

"There are only six here, what about other places? There are all officers and soldiers around you. Don't you want to live?" Jiang Yougui said this, but in fact he was just as depressed. He thought that even if he couldn't do private salt transactions, he would be better than being a local hero like this.

Xiao Liu didn't know what he was thinking, but couldn't help but say, "Second brother, Yangzhou and Yizhen were occupied by bandits. There were either bandits or soldiers in the south, and there were no bandits in the north. Why didn't we go to the north and continue to do private salt transactions? Why did we have to suffer this and suffer this crime?"

A village man who was also too hungry and tired to do so echoed: "Yes, second brother, if you can't get salt from Huainan, we can go to the salt farms in Huainan to collect it!"

"Collection of salt requires capital, how can I collect it without capital?" Jiang Yougui asked back and said, "Even if I have the capital to collect salt, I still have to transport it. So many ships have been robbed by the bandits. Why don't you go to the bandits to rob the ship back?"

"But……"

"But what," Jiang Yougui stood up straight, rubbed his waist, and picked up a shovel and said, "Even if he had the capital, he had a boat. He could transport the salt from the salt farm when he received it. Who could he sell the salt to? We used to take the water route, and all the salt was sold to Huguang. To the north was the territory of the Cao Gang. If the salt was transported, even if the government did not care about the Cao Gang, we would not let us sell it."

When he mentioned the Cao Gang, a village hero whispered: "Second brother, I heard that Li Zhaoshou has rebelled."

"It's something."

"He can resist us as much as he can. This life is really not something that human beings live. Those officials really don't regard us as human beings. Anyway, they can't survive anymore, so it's better to go and surrender to the bandits."

As he was speaking, a familiar voice came from behind: "You can think of it!"

The township man was startled and hurriedly turned around and said, "Mr. Xu, that's what I said. When we work, they watched. When we are hungry, they are big fish and meat, so they don't complain!"

Xu Lequn, who had just returned from Shao Bo's transport of grain, raised his hand from afar and greeted the Eight Banners soldiers. He immediately signaled the brothers who were carrying soil to carry the grain on the boat ashore and quickly went to find firewood to make firewood to cook. He took out a notice from his arms and spread it out to everyone and said, "Do you think that if you want to join the Fed Bandits, the Fed Bandits will treat you as humans?"

"Mr. Xu, what is this notice? What do you mean?"

"This is the announcement of the bandit. It was brought out by the people in the city when they escaped in the chaos a few days ago. The announcement is called "The Regulations on the People". It is clearly written in black and white. It does not cost money to grain, which means that it does not collect land silver and grain. However, the fields of the people are all in the fields of the king of heaven. They collect grains and all belong to the king of heaven. Every year, they give a large mouth a stone of rice and a small mouth a half to keep healthy."

The village hero who had just complained that he wanted to join the Taiping Army reacted and murmured: "What's the point of this? I don't have money to harvest. What kind of king will the harvest belong to them? A strong man only gives only one stone of rice a year, which is more than the government collects!"

"I only know." Xu Lequn looked at everyone and then said, "There are some other statements that 'the men and women born are also chosen for heaven', that is, they all have to believe in foreign religions and are not allowed to worship Bodhisattvas and ancestors. They also said, 'The shops are sold as usual, but the principal and profit belong to the heavenly king, and the people are not allowed to use it. In this way, the soul will ascend to heaven, otherwise it will be an evil heart, and the soul will not ascend to heaven, and the crime will be great'!"

Jiang Yougui also said amused and crying: "All the capital and profits belong to them, so what else can they do?"

"Not only do business and business, the people in the city should not only "everyone knows the king of heaven, surrenders to the king of heaven, fights the country, and share fairy blessings", but also orders "men and women to separate their museums, and all workers will be allowed to do it". That is, men live with men and women, and women live with women, regardless of whether the couple is separated or not, whoever dares to be together will violate their "heavenly rules" and will be lit by the sky lantern."

"This is too unkind. Who will submit to their king?"

"So they are unpopular, so they cannot become a climate," Xu Lequn knew that these salt dealers who were used to being free and liking, liked to drink big bowls and eat meat had never done such a job, nor had they ever suffered such hardship. He said in a temptation: "Brothers, the Third Master asked me to take everyone to the court, so naturally the Third Master's reason is that. You believe that Yangzhou was occupied by the bandits, Yizhen was occupied by the bandits, and the waterway was blocked by the bandits, who could we, who were neither land nor skilled, join the court without going to the court? How can we continue to live our life?"

"Mr. Xu, this is the reason, but..."

"It's nothing, but I know that everyone is wronged, but I have to bear it." Xu Lequn put away the Taiping Army's announcement from Yang Yizeng and looked back at the canal: "Filling the river was not what Lord Yang asked us to come, but the imperial envoy Qishan. Lord Qishan was worried that the bandits would go north along the river, not only would they have to fill the river, but they would also have to dig up the dams in the south and drain the water into the river. When the water in the canal was almost discharged, the bandits would naturally not be able to attack Qingjiangpu along the canal, nor could they invade the capital along the canal."

"Mr. Xu, the bandit wants to go to the capital?" a village hero asked in surprise.

Xu Lequn sat down and confirmed: "Didn't the bandits in Yangzhou City divide their troops a few days ago? The news has been found out. The old thieves from Guangxi, Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang, who have led their troops out of the city. They have arrived at Pukou now and have joined another group of bandits, claiming to be 300,000 troops, and are clamoring to go north to attack the capital."

"They went for the emperor!"

"No matter who they rushed to, it is not a bad thing for us anyway. With their division of troops, there are not many bandits in Yangzhou City. It is said that they can defend the city, let alone fight outside the city. We don't have to worry about being sent by Lord Yang to fight with them. Just help fill the river."

"If we fill the river, we won't have anything to do?"

"Well, block this six estuaries of the size of the canal, and we can go back to Shao Bo." Xu Lequn smiled, then changed his subject: "You are so expensive, I also found out that our enemy has been promoted again. Now it is no longer the Tong of Taizhou Prefecture, but the deputy transport department of Lianghuai Salt Transportation Bureau. From the fifth rank, Lord Yang said that this belt was given by the emperor."

"The surname of Han is the deputy of the senior official, and what about the surname Zhang?"

"Zhang Guangcheng has not been promoted and is still in Taizhou."

"So what if his surname is Han is the deputy to the upper luck? He is not to be met by me!"

Xu Lequn understood Jiang Yougui's mood. After all, his biological brother died at the hands of Han Xiufeng and Zhang Guangcheng. However, when he thought of what Lord Yang said, he had to remind him: "I will meet you sooner or later, but you can't act rashly after encountering you. Believe me, you have to make a long-term plan to help your brother avenge."

Jiang Yougui gritted his teeth and asked, "Mr. Xu, why can't he act rashly?"

"It is said that he is rebuilding a salt camp. Others don't know what we know. He already has a group of township heroes and has fought with the bandits in Wanfu Bridge. How can the salt camp be rebuilt? Just let the original township heroes under him change into the number clothes of the salt camp."

"He has soldiers, and we also have hundreds of brothers!"

"He not only ordered officials from the fifth rank court, but also led the officers and soldiers of the court. But as for us, our top belts were donated, and all the responsibilities were appointed by Lord Yang. The brothers were all unjustified local brave men. Fighting with them would be rebellious. At that time, even if Lord Yang wanted to speak for us, he would not be able to speak."

"What should I do? Could it be that this bloody sea of ​​revenge will not be avenged?"

"The revenge is of course avenged, but it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. We have to make long-term plans and never act recklessly." Xu Lequn patted his arm and whispered: "Mr. Yang said that as long as we do our job well and can make one or two military achievements, he will not only recommend us to be the real imperial officials, but also like Guo Peilin asked the rebuilding of the salt camp of Han, let us rebuild the Hebiao Zhongzhan!"

"Where is the original Hebiao Zhongzhang?"

"The original green camp soldiers in the Central Camp ran away when they launched bandits invaded Yangzhou. Only one Dusi and one Qianzong were left, but they were all dismissed."

Although Jiang Yougui was not a regular court official, he had been dealing with the officers and soldiers for so long before. Not only did he know that the river marks include Zhongying, Zuoying, Youying, Honghuying, Weitang and Qinghecheng, but he also knew that Zhongying was the largest and most important battalion under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Nanhe.

Thinking of the opportunity to be a serious court official, no longer having to take the Han surname as he is now, Jiang Yougui clenched his fists and asked, "Where can we kill the bandits and make achievements in combat?"

Xu Lequn said meaningfully: "If you want to fight for military achievements, you don't have to kill the bandits."

"How can I fight if I don't kill the bandit?"

"The court not only wants to suppress the bandits, but also wants to suppress the bandits. The bastards of the Cao Gang not only do anything wrong on the canal, but now they are also rebelling. They eat persimmons and pick the soft ones. We will use them to attack them whenever we have the chance."

Jiang Yougui reacted: "Take up Li Zhaoshou first?"
Chapter completed!