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Chapter 16: Difficult Decisions

Qian Deafangou used his practical actions to prove to the world the importance of having a good child, and also proved the importance of having a good father——

If you want to go to Jiangnan and do whatever you want, you must be reincarnated as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Reincarnation as the Ming Dynasty emperor is not possible. If you want to go to Jiangnan, you must have a good father to save your family fortune.

It just so happened that Qian Deaf was reincarnated as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. His subordinates were all cynical minions, so he didn't have to worry about anyone impeaching him. Moreover, Qian Deaf's father had saved enough money for him to ruin his family.

For example, Qian De's trip to the south of the Yangtze River basically started from the capital around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. He first took the land route through Hebei and Shandong to Qingkou in Jiangsu, then crossed the Yellow River at Qingkou and took a boat south along the canal, passing through Yangzhou and Zhenjiang.

Danyang, Changzhou, and Suzhou enter Zhejiang, and then reach Hangzhou via Jiaxing and Shimen.

When returning, we detoured to Jinling and took a lap on the Qinhuai River under the pretense of offering incense to Zhu Yuanzhang. We returned to the capital around the end of April or early May.

During Qianlong's southern tour, the states and counties along the way had to build royal roads specifically for Qian De's chariots and horses. The royal road was three feet wide, the main road in the center was one foot six feet, and the roads on both sides were seven feet.

In order to ensure straight roads, the Qing government did not hesitate to occupy fertile land and demolish residential buildings, even if digging graves and occupying the land caused public resentment.

Before the emperor's carriage and horses pass by, all stone slabs and stone bridges must be paved with loess, and clean water must be splashed on the street.

Thirty palaces were built along the way, and campsites were set up every two or thirty miles for Qian Deaf Old Dog to rest and eat temporarily.

After entering the south of the Yangtze River, Qian De's water team had a total of one thousand boats. The boat Qian De and his concubine took required 3,600 trackers, divided into six classes.

The entire southern patrol team totaled more than 2,500 people, using more than 6,000 horses, more than 400 mules and carriages, 800 camels, and nearly 10,000 men and women.

Wherever Qian Deafangou's team passed by, local civil and military officials, big and small, had to kneel down in court uniform to greet them.

The above are just the details of Qian Deaf’s trip to the south of the Yangtze River. As for the living conditions and facilities during the southern tour, they are no different from those in the palace:

There are as many as 75 dairy cows used in the teahouse, 1,000 sheep and 300 cattle used in the dining room. These livestock are transported from Beijing to various places in the south of the Yangtze River in advance and are slaughtered at any time. Even drinking water is transported from a long distance.

As for other food and drinks that can be appreciated by Qian Deaf Old Dog, they are transported to Qian Deaf Old Dog's team from all over the country.

In addition, local officials and squires not only built colorful sheds and archways stretching for dozens of miles along the way, but also built extensive gardens and collected exotic flowers and stones for the money-deaf old dog to watch.

Such an impressive pomp and show cannot be prepared in a day or two, so every time Qian Deafangou goes to Jiangnan, he will notify the states and counties along the way in advance so that local officials can be prepared.

It is precisely because of this that once the time is set for Qian Deaf's trip to Jiangnan, it is basically difficult to change it.

This also means that either Fucha Mingxing can deal with Zhu Xiaosong before Qian Deaf old dog goes to Jiangnan, or Qian Deaf old dog has to pretend not to see Zhu Xiaosong when he goes to Jiangnan.

Some people may say that this situation is pure nonsense. After all, the money-deaf old dog is also an emperor, so how can he do such a thing as the emperor's new clothes? Officials at all levels in the Qing Dynasty are not afraid of taking advantage of others?

In fact, this kind of thing is really not impossible——

First of all, Qian Deafangou is the king of a country after all. He has a good reputation and always pays attention to his words and deeds. In addition, the pomp and circumstance is so big that it is difficult to turn around the ship.

Secondly, even if Qian Deafangou and his minions pretend to be deaf and dumb, it will not have any actual impact on their rule. After all, the Eight Banners have butcher knives in their hands, so it is easy to cut them wherever they resist.

Of course, both Qian Deaf and the officials at all levels in the Qing Dynasty would definitely want to choose the former. If Qian Deaf was really allowed to pretend that the rebel Zhu Xiaosong did not exist when he went to Jiangnan, it would be a bit true.

It's embarrassing.

Unfortunately, Zhu Xiaosong just wanted to embarrass Qian Deaf Old Dog.

After the rebels on Yuhuang Mountain swept through Zhuangzi under Ningyang and also swept through Wenshang County bordering Ningyang, including the two hundred young men who later joined Ningyang County, and the recent ones,

After a few days of going up the mountain to join forces, the strength of the entire Yuhuang Mountain army has reached an unprecedented number of more than 400 and nearly 500 people.

Zhu Xiaosong, who has always liked to cross the river by touching rabbits, directly organized the more than 400 people into four companies. Zhu Erdan, Zhu Sanshun, Liu Erniu, and Liu Huaiwen each led a company, and then organized one of these four companies.

camp.

Zhu Xiaosong summoned these rebels back to the mountain.

Have a meeting.

Zhu Xiaosong circled around the more than 400 young men sitting cross-legged on the ground. As he turned, he shouted loudly: "We will fight the evil gentry in Ningyang County, and we will also fight the Ningyang County government officials."

"We have wiped out the local tyrants and evil gentry, distributed the money and land to the people, and the government has no records of those land deeds. Now the folks in Ningyang County can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

"but!"

"Where are the folks in Wenshang County? We have swept many villages in Wenshang County, but there are still Wenshang County government offices that have not been swept."

"After we sweep Wenshang County, what about other places? The folks in Ningyang County can take a breather, but what about the folks in the entire Central Plains?"

"Remember when you went up the mountain with us on the first day, we told you that we are all suffering from the common people. We don't pretend to be the common people in our hearts. Who does? Are we counting on the Tatars?"

"I'll call you back today. I have nothing else to do, just two things."

"First, let's go down the mountain this evening and clean up the Wenshang County government office tomorrow morning, so that the folks in Wenshang can take a breather!"

"Second, we swept Ningyang and Wenshang, but this did not cure the root cause! As the saying goes, to cure a disease, you must cure the root cause. If we want to let all the fathers and villagers around the world breathe, we have to bring down the Tatar court.

Clean it too!"

"So, we are thinking that after we finish sweeping Wenshang County, we will temporarily avoid the Tatar soldiers and retreat to Yimeng Mountain to open up our base there."

After shouting, Zhu Xiaosong walked back to the front of the team. After sitting down cross-legged, he added: "If you have any ideas, you can put them forward now."

"Even if there are people who don't want to follow us to Yimeng Mountain, you can bring it up now. I won't force you."

Liu Erniu immediately raised his hand and said: "Master, why don't we stay in Yuhuang Mountain? Anyway, we have enough grenades in our hands, so we won't be afraid even if the Tatars come!"

Zhu Xiaosong shook his head and said: "Hand grenades are indeed easy to use, but they are not that easy to make. And how far can a grenade be thrown by hand? Can it be compared to a bow and arrow?"

"Let's be honest and say that the current strength of Yuhuang Mountain is not enough to resist the comprehensive encirclement and suppression of the Tatars, so we have to retreat to Yimeng now, because it is a mountainous area and the Tatar cavalry will be restricted."

"But this is only a temporary transfer. Once we have established a foothold in Yimeng and slowly accumulated enough strength, we will still fight back!"

"Now, is there anyone who doesn't want to move to Yimeng Mountain?"

After Zhu Xiaosong finished speaking, there was another silence in the crowd.

After a long while, Liu Erniu took the lead and shouted: "No! Since we have all said that we will follow the boss, then we will follow the boss wholeheartedly. Whatever the boss says, we will do it!"

Liu Huaiwen raised his hand and said, "Master, let's evacuate to Yimeng Mountain. Where are the women and children at home? Can they follow us?"

Liu Huaiwen's words seemed to hit the point.

For bachelors like Liu Erniu, who could only feed one person so that the whole family would not be hungry, since they committed rebellion and beheaded people, of course it didn't matter whether they evacuated to Yimeng Mountain or to other places.

But someone like Liu Huaiwen, who has a wife and children, will inevitably have to think more about it.

It's better to be in Yuhuang Mountain. Once in a while, you can go home and take a look. But if you move to Yimeng Mountain, you will have to be separated from your family, and you will inevitably miss it in your heart.

Moreover, there are almost twenty people like Liu Huaiwen who have wives and children on Yuhuang Mountain. Zhu Xiaosong also has to take into account what Liu Huaiwen said.

After lowering his head to consider, Zhu Xiaosong raised his head, looked at the young men, and said loudly: "We have two solutions to the problem raised by Uncle Huaiwen."

"First, those who don't want to follow and want to stay with their wife and children, you can stay without any psychological burden."

"Second, if you are willing to follow, you can take your wives and children with you, and we will evacuate to Yimeng together."

"Here, we also make a promise to you all, that is, when we get to Yimeng Mountain, we will let the third child open a bookstore to teach your children how to read and write."

"We know that it is difficult to make a decision on this matter, so you don't have to worry, just think about it carefully before making a decision."

There was another moment of silence.

Staying is obviously not a good choice.

Although Zhu Xiaosong, the big boss, has said that he will not be held responsible, people's hearts are full of flesh. We have been fighting local tyrants and evil gentry together for so long. If he chooses to stay, he will inevitably feel the responsibility of being a deserter.

Guilt.

But what about the second option?

It is good to give your children a chance to study. It is not difficult to take your wife and children to Yimeng Mountain, but who can predict what will happen in the future? Will Yimeng Mountain definitely become the base of the boss? No need

Worried about a Tatar attack?

For the first time, these young men who had not read much felt the dilemma of a dilemma, and for the first time they knew what a difficult decision was.

After a long while, Team Leader Li, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke: "I decided to follow the boss."

"When I was working as an errand in the county government, I did a lot of bad things because of the little power I had. When I did those bad things, I still felt that I was pretty awesome."

"But looking back now, what kind of life did I live? I thought about bullying others every day, and when I got a few small coins, I went to the brothels to drink wine. When the people saw us, they hid like the plague, and my life was miserable.

It’s a life of neither people nor ghosts.”

"Later, thanks to the boss's support, we were allowed to reform and join the gang. This gave us a chance to start a new life."

"I followed the big guys to sweep away a few households of evil gentry, and I also followed the big guys to help the villagers clear the snow. Now the villagers don't hide when they see us. The day before yesterday, there was an aunt who said she would play matchmaker for me."

"It was the boss who made us know what it feels like to stand tall and be a human being."

"I decided to follow the leader to retreat to Yimeng Mountain. When our team from Yuhuang Mountain comes back, I will ask that aunt to play matchmaker for me."

What Bantou Li said may sound a bit out of context, but it touched these young men the most.

Except for the young men who came from Wenshang County, most of the young men from Ningyang County knew Bantou Li. Even if they had never seen him, they had probably heard of him.

He used to be like a smelly piece of shit, but now there are still people trying to match him?

Isn't all this the change after Bantou Li joined the Yuhuang Mountain group?
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