"You are going to go back to the Ming Dynasty?" asked the maid.

Zhao Peng smiled and said, "Of course. Although we are mountain bandits, we are from China. If we weren't really unable to survive, who would have wanted to do this beheading business? We originally wanted to recruit officers and soldiers, but now Jiannu has stolen the capital. If we serve as a soldier, we need to shave our hair and change our clothes. Shaving a hair style like a pseudo-Yan Shenggong is really an insult. We would rather die than follow Jiannu, so we would like to return to the Ming Dynasty. I have heard that Jiannu will fully promote shaving and changing our clothes in the near future. Not only will the soldiers and officials shave their hair and change their clothes, but ordinary people will also shave their hair and change their clothes."

A servant next to the maid said, "The hero is right. Jiannu's money rat tail is really ugly. If I were to shave my hair and change my clothes, I would rather die than obey. Hero, I would also go to the Ming Dynasty!"

The maid held the servant's arm and said shyly: "Brother Shitou said it well, Jiannu's money rat tail is too ugly. If you shave that hairstyle, I don't want to pay attention to you."

It turned out to be a bunch of little couples, Zhao Peng thought to himself. He continued, "It's best to do this. Let's go with us. Just do us a favor on the way. We must ensure that the two will arrive in the Ming Dynasty safely. When we arrive in the Ming Dynasty, Shi Tou can join the army, little girl can work as weavers, and they will support their families together."

"Is what the hero said true?" Shi Tou asked in surprise.

"Of course it's true. His Majesty of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Shaowu, is a rare wise king in the ages. It is comparable to the Taizu of the past. The Holy Lord has always encouraged northerners to go south. There are many fertile fields in the south, and the northerners can farm. There are countless weaving and silk workshops in the south. Women can also work and earn money to support their families." Zhao Peng said with a smile.

"That's great!" Shi Tou and the maid said in unison. After hearing Zhao Peng's words, they began to look forward to a bright future. The man went to the army and the woman went to weave cloth, and the two lived a happy life.

Zhao Peng stood on the platform again and shouted loudly: "Everyone is a slave to the Kong family. Now the contract has been burned. If you are homeless, you can follow this king to the Ming Dynasty to accept the amnesty of the Emperor! Now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is a saint who is rare in history. Today, he is motivated to fight the Central Plains and recover the lost land. It requires manpower. We bandits and bandits are willing to accept the amnesty of the Ming Dynasty. Are you willing to go?"

The servants who were free in the Confucius Mansion all expressed that they were willing to go to the Ming Dynasty with all the heroes, accept the invitation of the Ming Emperor, and join the Ming army to fight against the Central Plains in the northern expedition.

Then, Zhao Peng said to the tenants again: "Dear fellow villagers, the land deed of the Kong family has been burned down. The land that rented the Kong family will be yours in the future!"

"Okay!" A cheer sounded in the crowd.

Kong Yinzhi, tied to a pillar, shouted anxiously: "Friends, don't listen to the thieves' fooling each other! The Eight Banners soldiers for them were encircled by them. Qufu is the land of my Yansheng Gong. In order to win the hearts of the scholars of the world, the Qing court did not encircle them in Qufu! If you believe in the thieves, the land you planted will become a land without a master and will be encircled by the Qing Dynasty! By then, you will all become slaves of the bannermen! You will be even worse than you are now!"

But none of the cheering people heard Kong Yinzhi shouting. Zhao Peng heard it. He was shocked: It turned out that Jiannu was catching land! Today I confiscated Yanshenggong's land to the farmers. When the Jiannu returned home, he would come to catching land. The unlucky people were still the people! How could they forget this?

"Clog his mouth!" Zhao Peng ordered Wang Quan.

Now that there are no more people, I will share the land with the common people first. At present, there are more than 800 slaves liberated by the Kong family, one-third of whom are women. They bring these people to transport gold and silver back, but there are still too few people, so they need to fool a group of tenants to help transport gold and silver back together. Among the tenants, some bachelors who starve to death and only one person are the best candidates. Anyway, the most urgent thing is to fool people back as much as possible.

The people who fooled them back could not only help them transport gold and silver, but after they arrived in the south, they could also be incorporated into the army and would become another new force of their own.

Gu Hou

It was already dawn, and the people in the city came out to gather, which had already attracted the attention of the people outside the city who got up early to look for food. Then the news of the giant bandits opening the warehouse and releasing grain spreading wildly among the hungry people outside the city. Countless men, women, young and old were rushing out of the dilapidated thatched huts and gathering in front of the gate of Qufu City to wait for their carnival moments.

The city gates opened wide, and crazy people flocked into the city, waiting in front of the square to receive food.

"My fellow villagers, line up, take your time, everyone has their share!" Zhao Peng shouted loudly with the iron horn.

Time was enough. According to the information returned by the secret spies from various places in the Jinyiwei, there were not many Green Camp Qing troops in Yanzhou Prefecture and Jining. The main force of the Green Camp Qing army was fighting with Li Zicheng in the Hangu Pass area. As for the local army of the Qing army, most of the remaining troops were in the capital, and the rest were either in Jinan or Baoding. With the small number of Green Camp soldiers in Yanzhou and Jining, they were not their opponents at all.

There was not even the gentry's courage nearby. Most of the gentry who could support the courage either fled to Jiaodong or to the territory of the King of Lu in southern Shandong. In Yanzhou and Qufu, the biggest courage in Qufu was the courage of Yansheng Gong Mansion, which had been solved by himself. Therefore, even if Zhao Peng stayed here and worked hard all day, it would be too late to set off tomorrow.

"The bachelors who are not hungry for one person will come to the right to line up! After receiving the food, help the king carry the goods. Each person completes the task and get fifty taels of silver!" Zhao Peng shouted in his voice.

"Bachelor? Can't you just take care of your family?" A tenant asked tremblingly. After all, the temptation of fifty taels of silver is too great. He really wants to make this money, but there are wives, children, and young people in the family, which does not meet the conditions of a bachelor who can eat one person and the whole family will not be hungry.

Zhao Peng smiled gently: "It's okay to bring your family with you, but are you willing to give up the land you have allocated and go to the south with this king? If you want, then take your family with me to the south with me. If you don't want to, then you won't force me to stay in the north and farm well."

"Since that's the case, I'll just let it go." The man said regretfully.

Another middle-aged man in his thirties said: "My man, I am also a family member, but my wife is young and powerful. My eldest daughter and eldest son can help. Although my younger daughter and younger son are young, they can also help push carts. I don't have old parents on my side, so I am willing to go south together."

Zhao Peng nodded: "That's OK, a family of six? How old are the eldest daughter and the eldest son? How old are the two younger?"

The man replied: "The eldest daughter is fifteen, the eldest son is thirteen, the younger daughter is ten years old, and the younger child is eight years old."

"Okay, you couple and your eldest daughter and son will go to the south with me. Each of them will get fifty taels of silver; two small ones will each have twenty taels of silver." Zhao Peng nodded in agreement.

"Okay! Thank you so much!" The man thought in his heart that his husband and wife, plus his eldest son and daughter, each of them, would be fifty taels, which would be two hundred taels of silver, and two younger ones would be twenty taels. When he arrived in the south, he would have 240 taels of silver. He would have to buy land or do any business. Even if he couldn't do anything, two hundred and forty taels would be enough to live for a long time.

Since someone was willing to take his family to the south, Zhao Peng changed his mind again. He stood on the platform and shouted: "If there are no elderly people in the family and no children who are too young, those who are willing to take his family to the south will be fifty taels of silver per adult and twenty taels of silver per child!"
Chapter completed!