Humane Yongchang

Chapter 116 Waiting for the Wind to Come

The idea came from Chen Shengchen's head.

Chen Huren arrived at Panlong Village at noon.

"If you have anything to say, you can't say it after you go home. You have to call us here to say it!"

After meeting Chen Sheng, he complained again and again: "We are all getting old..."

However, before he could finish his complaint, he violently interrupted Mr. Chen who was passing by, "What are you talking about, speak louder, I can't hear you!"

When Chen Hu heard his voice, he shrank his neck like a conditioned reflex, and closed his mouth immediately, not even daring to make a loud noise.

Chen Sanye gave him a disdainful look, straightened his back, and eagerly went to greet the red-clothed soldiers who were eating and went to practice.

Chen Sheng hugged his arms and stood aside with a "chichi" snickering, until Chen Hu looked at him angrily, he hurriedly straightened the board and said solemnly: "Nephew is so anxious to invite you over, of course it is I need to ask you something!"

He took Chen Hu's arm and led him and Chen Dao into the lobby of Panlong Village.

The lobby of Panlongzhai is like the layout of the hall of the Chen Family Courtyard: the upper hall has the main seat on both sides, and there are more than [-] Taishi chairs lined up on both sides until the door.

It's just different from the finely polished, carved, and lacquered woodworking Taishi chairs in the hall of the Chen family. These furnishings in the Panlongzhai lobby are in the same vein as the overall rough, solid, and original decoration style of the Panlongzhai... The two chairs were replaced with one, and then a tiger skin was covered, and it was immediately a ready-made filming location for bandit-themed film and television dramas!
As a matter of fact, as the Qinglong Gang, which is seeded by the businessmen of the Chen family, has sprung up in the counties under the jurisdiction of Chen County, in this world, this kind of life that uses chairs, tables and stools instead of mats and short tables is pioneered by Chen Sheng. The method is also slowly spreading to all surrounding counties with Chen County as the center.

Anyway, as far as Chen Sheng knows, the Qinglong Gang's eleven-point rudder hall, including the Tiger Hall, is arranged according to this pattern... In the words of the uncles of the Chen family who are branch hall owners in various counties: comfortable and mighty , Domineering, can hold people down!

……

Chen Sheng told Chen Hu his thoughts in a few words, and then asked Chen Hu what he meant.

Chen Hu frowned and rubbed the rough seat armrest with one arm: "This, that, it's not impossible..."

He pondered and said: "The mountain kings in Chen County who were kings of mountains have died in the past few years, and now they are still walking with our family, only the two wolves in Yupingyu County. Shan and Tielong Village in Ruyin County, these two families have been friends with our family for several generations.”

"The rest of the mountain kings are all green skins that came out of nowhere, and they don't follow the rules of the road very much..."

"But Dalang, you have to be thoughtful!"

He looked at Chen Sheng solemnly, and said slowly, "Our family has broken the rules of the road, and in the future it will be difficult to eat a business as a businessman. There is no family in this world that lives by beating and killing... "

Chen Sheng frowned and sat crookedly on the large chair, clenching his fist with one hand to support his chin, and tapping lightly on the armrest of the seat with the other unconsciously.

He understood what Chen Hu said.

I also understand Chen Hu's concerns.

But after thinking for a moment, he nodded firmly and said, "There are some things in the world where people can live. If we can't eat this bowl of rice, we can eat other meals. It just so happens that this is not a good occupation... Er Uncle, please excuse me. , give me a sketch of all the cottages in Chen Jun that you know that have no friendship with our family!"

Chen Hu opened his mouth hesitantly, and wanted to persuade Chen Sheng not to do things like this.

There has to be a way out for this family...

But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything.

He saw everything Chen Sheng did.

He knew that in order to protect this big family, Chen Sheng had not slept peacefully for a long time.

At this juncture, even if these old guys can't help, they can't pull Chen Sheng's back!
"Give it to the second uncle!"

He gritted his teeth and said a word, then got up and hurried out of the lobby, looking for charcoal and linen to draw a map.

After Chen Sheng watched him go out, he looked at Chen Dao at the side: "Uncle Dao, what I mean is, divide these 3000 people into three groups, and send troops out of Panlong Village at the same time! Try to let the Yellow Turban Army's forward enter Chen County, let them The 3000 men and horses saw blood and felt the atmosphere of fighting on the battlefield."

Chen Dao thought about it and replied: "That's still too many. Most bandits and bandits range from two to three hundred people at most, and dozens of people at least. Thousands of people push them all the way. I'm afraid they can't even smell a bit of blood. Don't mention seeing blood fights."

Chen Sheng thought for a while, nodded and said: "Then 500 people will go all the way... But we have to see if there are so many bandit dens in Chen County!"

Chen Dao didn't know this question either, and he could only figure it out after Chen Hu came back.

Chen Dao pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Dalang, what are you going to do about this?"

"I mean……"

Chen Shenglue thought for a while, and then replied: "Those who dare to resist will be killed on the spot, those who abandon their troops and surrender will be made into death row camps, the vanguard of the Red Army, and those who survive three battles can be the leader of ten husbands! "

Chen Dao nodded and asked again, "What about the old and weak women and children in the bandit village?"

"what?"

Chen Sheng was stunned for a while, then stood up with a headache, and walked around the lobby for a few times with his hands behind his back, and couldn't help asking, "Uncle Dao, how did you deal with the old and weak women and children in the bandit village when you led troops to suppress the bandits in the past? ?"

Chen Dao smiled: "My Youzhou army is a frontier army, and those who fight with it are either the bastards of the dog and the army, or the bastards of the demon clan, all of them deserve to die, there is no difference between the old and the weak, women and children."

"It seems to be the truth..."

Chen Sheng scratched his head with a headache, and then said decisively: "It must not be released. It is irresponsible for us to let them go!"

"Well, let's divide the old and weak women and children in the bandit village into two categories. One is the common people who were plundered by the bandits and bandits up the mountain, just like the women and children in the Panlong Village."

"These people will all be disposed of according to our previous disposal methods, take money and food on the spot, and those who are willing to return their homes will give money and food, so that they can return their homes by themselves, and those who are homeless will be brought back to Panlong Village... I estimate that as long as we can survive this disaster, there will be places that need manpower in the spring of next year."

"The second category is the relatives and family members of those bandits and bandits. Except for the relatives and family members of those who abandoned their soldiers and surrendered, the rest will all be executed on the spot. We can't use the rations that our family members have dug out of our teeth to raise a group of enemies, right? ?"

Having said this, he looked at Chen Dao with a little unease and uneasiness, and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Dao, will this be too much?"

The words "Ci Bu Zhang Bing" seem to be able to be said gently and skillfully by a person.

But the pressure of deciding the life and death of dozens or hundreds of people in one sentence is really not something that everyone can afford.

Chen Dao looked at him, nodded lightly and smiled: "It's not too much, it's very appropriate."

Even if Chen Sheng chooses to let it go, he will not persuade Chen Sheng to change his mind.

But he will kill them all in the process of execution...

After a pause, he said softly again: "Dalang, you don't have to go out on your own to do these things, just let me lead a few brothers to do it. We have been in the army for many years, and we are not alone in leading the army once or twice. I will give it to you. Do it properly, and there will never be any mistakes!"

Chen Sheng opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he swallowed it when the words came to his mouth, and instead said with a smile: "What are you talking about? I'm still a child, how can you think of me for such a thing? Would you like to join in the fun?"

After a while, Chen Hu waved a rag and rushed to the door: "Come here..."

……

The next morning.

Three thousand red-clothed troops, each carrying three days of rations, were divided into six routes and rushed out of Chen County.

On each road, there is a Youzhou army veteran as the commander, and a businessman Chen guy as the guide.

According to Chen Sheng's plan.

The farthest way, within six days, will march back and forth for [-] miles. After slaying a group of big bandits near Xincai, they will return to Panlong Village with the spoils.

The most recent route will be interspersed around Chen County, and after destroying several bands of bandits entrenched on several major commercial roads around Chen County, they will return to Panlong Village.

There are far more bandits and bandits in Chen County than Chen Sheng imagined!

Even ignoring those brainless idiots who dared to claim that this road was driven by me, and dared to occupy the mountain as king after pulling up the pole of a dozen people, there are at least 34 large and small stocks in the entire Chen County. Bandits and bandits!

In Chen Hu's words, there are actually quite a few bandits and bandits on various trade routes during the peacetime.

As long as these thieves and bandits are not bold enough to capture the county seat or kill officials to rebel, the local governments usually ignore them... This is not all inaction, but because of the lag in communication between Dazhou and the countryside, many times the officials receive When the news of the bandits robbing the house was dispatched, the bandits in the robbery village had already left for hundreds of miles, and the government could not even find out which bandit did it.
This is why, even in peacetime, when ordinary people travel far away, they will part with their family members. It is true that when ordinary people travel far away, it is a big adventure. It is normal to not be able to come back.
Since the world started to be in chaos, there have been more bandits and bandits on the road!

In fact, many bandits and bandits were originally good family members who walked the streets and cultivated the fields, or offended the powerful, or could not pay the heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes. .

There are quite a few such people during the Taiping season. The government calls these people mountain ghosts. As the name suggests, they are people who live in the mountains and live like no human beings or ghosts.

When the world becomes chaotic, there will be more such people, and it is difficult to eat in the mountains and forests, and when there are more people, it will naturally be more difficult to live, and they can only take risks...

The reason why Chen Sheng has been in and out of Chen County many times has never encountered any bandits and bandits.

But it is because he has always only been on horseback, and he rides horses in and out, wears a sword with him, and is usually accompanied by people around him.

In Da Zhou, swords are not a common commodity for everyone, and being able to carry a sword with you can already explain a lot of problems, let alone riding a horse!
People, bandits and bandits aren't stupid either!
They rob to make ends meet!
Not to die!

Who would be foolish enough to attack a target like them that is not easy to offend at first sight!
Chen Sheng felt that using these 34 bandits, large and small, to attack the Red Army was enough, and it would serve multiple purposes!
But a great man once said that practice is the only criterion for testing truth.

Whether or not the Red Army can become a weapon will have to wait until they face off against the Yellow Turbans!

But there was only so much he could do.

……

After the Red Army came out in full force.

There was an extremely short vacuum period in the power in Chen Sheng's hands.

Chen Shou has yet to return.

Chen Dao led the troops out.

Aside from the six Youzhou Army veterans who stayed behind in the Chen Family Compound, the only people in Chen County who could do it were the hundreds of troops in the Tiger Hall.

Since then, Chen Sheng also went home very earnestly. He stayed at home all day long to practice martial arts. He was determined not to go out to stir up trouble until Chen Shou returned. context.

……

In a blink of an eye.

August is over.

Chen Sheng passed his first birthday in Da Zhou, and at the age of fifteen, there are still three years left before the "eighteenth appointment" he made with Zhao Qing.

White dew is approaching.

The residual temperature of autumn subsided quickly, and the weather was getting cooler every day.

And the composition of the tens of thousands of refugees gathered in Chen County has gradually become monotonous during the day-to-day screening.

The old, weak, women and children with poor survival ability gradually withered away... exhausted.

One after another, young migrants with green eyes... stand out!

All kinds of robberies and murders have also skyrocketed.

The servants of the government are exhausted every day, but the towns and cities are still full of turmoil.

In addition, the aboriginal people in Chen County are calling for the expulsion of these young refugees, and they are getting louder every day!
But the officials in the Chenjun Prefecture still seemed to be dead!
Do not……

They are not dead!

At least they haven't forgotten, round after round of apportioning taxes on the heads of these aborigines in Chen County!
Even the merchant Chen family has paid three rounds of head tax to the county government.

Anyway, it's something that is related to people, and they don't do anything!

They don't forget to do anything that is not related to people!

There is a kind of shameless feeling that an enterprise is about to end, and the management at all levels from top to bottom are taking advantage of the final situation and trying their best to draw a vote into their arms.

Chen Sheng didn't have time to deal with the county government.

Since the beginning of September, the string in his mind has been taut, and has never loosened for a moment.

He is waiting!
Wait for the news from the Northern Yellow Turbans!
Waiting for news from the northeastern state capital!
These two pieces of news will directly determine the next step for the merchant Chen family!
It is to cut the meat as soon as possible!
Still take the opportunity to restock!

It depends on which news comes first!
As for the series of actions of Chenjun County Government ... it's just a gossip before the opening of the market!

As long as you pay attention, you will fall into the rhythm of the big dealer!

Moreover, the funds for diversifying investment have not yet been returned, so there is no need to hold these few steel rods in hand and go to the big dealer to show the operation.

no point.

Nor is it sensible.

However, he was too lazy to talk to the county government.

The county government did not want to let him go.

On the afternoon of the second day of September, the county government sent a team of yamen to the door and "invited" the head of the Chen family to go to the county government immediately.

　Ah ah ah, I'm wrong, I regret it, I'm powerless, I know I still owe the gentlemen chapter five, the leader of the alliance, please give me a few more days, these two days are really thinking about the plot, the brain is right. A dull pain... When I catch my breath, I will definitely send Jiageng, um, within this month!I love you yo, ah~
　　
　
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