"Hall Master Jiao, give your brother a bite to eat!"
"Master Jiao, for the sake of the Loyalty Hall, please give some rewards to your brothers!"
"Hall Master Jiao, we are all brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society, you can't let us starve to death!"
Most of the beggars begging for food on Daozhou Street are unemployed miners, boatmen, dock workers, or blatant disciples of the Tiandihui!
Even though the Daozhou Yamen was already arresting the Tiandihui, they still called Jiao Hong the hall master, called him "Zhongyi General Hall", and called themselves brothers of the "Tiandihui"...without any cowardice at all.
Because they are just a bunch of unemployed workers who are about to starve to death...
Since the Taiping Army invaded Hunan from Guangxi, the Xiangjiang waterway in Yongzhou Prefecture had long been blocked by the government, making it impossible for ships to travel.
Once the shipping on the Xiangjiang River is cut off, the Xiaoshui River, a tributary of the Xiangjiang River, will naturally not be able to carry ships. And once the shipping on the Xiaoshui River is cut off, the privately opened mines in Daozhou will naturally have no choice but to suspend operations.
If the ore can't be transported out, we can't let the mine owners continue to add money, right?
Although miners, boatmen, and dock workers these days have much higher incomes than farmers, most of them are hands-on workers, and it is good to have enough savings for three or two months to live on.
Therefore, the mining and shipping industries in Daozhou area have been suspended for less than a month, and the city of Daozhou is full of unemployed miners, boatmen, and dock workers begging for food!
But these people are different from the beggars from Master Huang in Etang... The beggars in Etang suffered from "chronic starvation". They were starving for a long time before going bankrupt. After going bankrupt,
Mr. Huang runs a porridge factory, so he can suffer from "chronic starvation". He will starve to death first, and then starve to death. The "illness" will progress very slowly, and by the time he is about to die, he will no longer be able to rebel.
The miners, boatmen, and dock workers gathered in Daozhou now all have enough to eat! They do heavy physical work, so what can they do if they don't have enough to eat?
When these people take off their clothes, they are full of tendons, but they have strength! And at least eight of the ten people have scars on their bodies - these are all left when they fight for territory!
But if you want to fight in groups and grab territory, you must be organized!
So they are just a group of muscular men who fight together... and now they are collectively suffering from "acute starvation"!
The muscles are still there, the tissues are still there, the fierceness is still there, the jobs are smashed together, and we are about to collectively "starve to death"... You don't need to read "Anti-Jing" to know what to do?
This situation is even more dangerous than the situation in Etang Town.
Historically, an important reason why the Guangdong, Guangxi, Tiandi and Guangdong Associations rebelled year after year after the Opium War was actually the transfer of trade ports and the extremely acute conflict between man and land, which resulted in a large number of unemployed boatmen, miners, and dock workers.
In fact, many old brothers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were also miners in the Zijing Mountain area and unemployed boatmen (boat bandits) on the Xijiang River.
And Jiao Hong was not afraid of being exposed. After entering the city, he deliberately slowed down his pace. As he walked, he cupped his fists and raised his hands to the people begging for food on both sides of the road: "There are all, there are all... Hurry, hurry, hurry, brother
Let’s throw away copper coins!”
"Don't grab it, don't grab it...everyone has it!"
"Those who have no food to eat come to our recruiting hall. I, Mr. Jiao, have united with the 36th Hall of the Hunan Tiandihui to provide relief to the brothers... Come to the recruiting hall! Everyone knows the recruiting hall. Where is the hall? Come all, come all..."
This is the style of the big boss of the Tiandihui in southern Hunan, a place far away from the emperor in the early years of Xianfeng!
There is no need to hide anything, all that is needed is to hang a signboard on the street saying "Heaven and Earth will recruit troops."
In fact, even if he is really involved, what can Wang Zhizhou do? While Yu Wanqing's troops are still there, he can still ask Yu Wanqing to send troops to suppress it. Now Yu Wanqing has become Yu Miaqing, and Yu Wanqing's dozen or so people have worshiped God. The godson is following Jiao Hong now - they can control the troops left in Yu Wanqing's camp! Wang Zhizhou has no control over them.
As for Mr. Huang, who persuaded Wang Kui to open a letter to blackmail people, he actually didn't want to arrest the Tiandihui at all. He just wanted to extort some money and recruit some young men from the merchants in Daozhou City and the gentry who fled into the city.
Most of the businessmen who were extorted money from him, Wang Kuiyi, and Zhang Dingxiang had also joined the Tiandihui. However, the gentry were not members of the Tiandihui. Historically, the gentry had to wait until the Qing Dynasty abolished the imperial examination before joining in large numbers. Hongmen, Qinggang, Ge Laohui, they still dream of taking exams to become officials, and they simply look down on those big guys who are "hanging around on the road".
But now, the dozens of gentry families who had taken refuge in Daozhou City may have known that something was wrong. They all gathered in the Huang family's mansion in Daozhou City, discussing the situation with each other.
"Brother Ziying, what should we do? There are rebels from the God Worshiping Society outside the city, and the city is full of miners, boatmen, dock coolies who have lost their jobs and have joined the Tiandi Society..."
"Brother Ziying, those strong workers who earn a living in the mines, on ships, and on the docks are all extremely vicious people!"
"Brother Ziying, now I am afraid that Changmao will attack from outside and cause chaos within the party..."
"What should I do? What should I do..."
Looking at these gentry who were dying of anxiety, Mr. Huang knew that he had found the right person.
According to the second volume of "Anti-Jing", the anti-gentlemen's counter-narration and the knowledge that Mr. Huang learned from his mentor Luo Zenan about organizing group training cannot be run by miners, boatmen, and dock workers. These people are all in the world. Make disciples!
This regiment training can only rely on the gentry's clan members, masters and apprentices, and township party members as the backbone, and through those backbones, simple peasants who are related to them can be recruited as soldiers. Only in this way can the recruited regiment training be obedient and able to fight!
And these gentry who seem to be at a loss are the relatives and classmates of Mr. Huang's clan...it is impossible for them to enter the city alone. They must be bringing the strong men of the clan. As long as they are gathered together, There are several hundred regiment members, plus the 300 people he and Zhang Dingxiang have, and the number of people left by Yu Wanqing in Daozhou City, there may be thousands.
Jiang Zhongyuan was able to get into the prefecture by relying on one or two thousand regiment training. There are few others, with a thousand or eight hundred, it is not too much to become a prefecture, right?
Thinking of this, Huang Shijie raised his hands to the group of gentry below: "You guys, please be patient. I, Huang Shijie, have been favored by the Imperial Envoy, Master Sai Tangsai of the Military Aircraft University, and have been ordered to form a Taozhou regiment to assist in the suppression of the Guangdong bandits. On the contrary... Saitang also protected the next magistrate!"
This Huang Shijie was actually appreciated by Saitang?
And recommended a county magistrate?
Are you going to be Jiang Zhongyuan’s second?
Huang Shijie was originally the leader of Daozhou gentry and had great prestige in Daozhou. The gentry he invited today were all on good terms with him, so they naturally believed his words and showed envy on their faces.
Seeing that the heat was almost over, Huang Shijie said again: "Are you willing to work with Shijie to protect your hometown, make achievements, and serve the imperial court? Let's do it together. Even if Daozhou City cannot be saved for the time being, as long as we have soldiers and generals, we can always win." One day I can restore my family business, and maybe I can even get a meritorious service and become an official!"
After hearing what Huang Shijie said, these gentry who already believed in him were immediately tempted.
"Brother Ziying, we are willing to follow your tail!"
"Brother Ziying, we are willing to act accordingly!"
"Brother Ziying... take us to do it!"
Huang Shijie let out a breath. With so many fellow classmates following him, his team training was frightened no matter what.
But the atmosphere in Daozhou City these days is not right! It looks a lot like Etang Town before the "explosion"! No, the family's belongings must be sent out as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Huang Shijie said to everyone: "I think a war will break out in Daozhou in the near future. You and Huang's family members should not stay in the city. It is better to send them to the provincial capital for resettlement as soon as possible... Huang is in Changsha There is also a big house in the north of the city, we might as well put all the family members there and squeeze in together so that we can be taken care of!"
A group of Daozhou gentry also felt that something was wrong with the state city, and they also knew that Huang Shijie's wife had fallen into the hands of thieves in Etang Town... What a profound lesson! We must send away all the female relatives at home quickly. .
"Okay, okay, then there's Brother Lao Ziying!"
"Please, Brother Ziying!"
Chapter completed!