Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 209 Security Team

Among the group of people, six were killed, four or five were seriously injured, and a few were slightly injured by lead bullets hitting the flesh.

When they returned to the village crying and wailing, all the men, women and children in the village were stunned.

Originally, everyone was happily preparing to welcome their relatives back with a lot of loads, and then celebrate with singing and dancing.

In the end, what they saw was this scene. Suddenly, the whole village burst into tears.

Compared to the grief on the other side of the river, Qu Shaoyang and others were very happy.

This time we taught the people on the opposite side a severe lesson. I think these people won’t dare to come and make trouble again in the short term.

Everyone can also breathe a sigh of relief and hurry up to harvest the crops.

"Okay, there's nothing to do tonight, let's all go home and rest.

You have worked hard these days, go back and have a good sleep." Qu Shaoyang waved his hand, signaling everyone to go home.

Indeed, for nearly half a month, everyone had to patrol at night and harvest the land during the day, and they were all very tired.

Everyone was very happy with the great victory tonight, so they went home happily, told their families the good news, and then had a good night's sleep.

By the next morning, everyone in the Maoershan area knew what had happened last night.

Everyone ran around to tell each other, and those families who had been robbed and harmed were so happy to learn that revenge had been taken that they wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate.

"Nephew Shaoyang, I told you that you can do it, this time, I am really relieved.

I wonder if they dare to come and cause trouble to us again in the future?"

Old Zhou brought a few people to Qu's house and praised Qu Shaoyang highly.

They said that Qu Shaoyang was extremely intelligent and brave, courageous and resourceful, etc., which made Qu Shaoyang so upset that he didn't know what to say.

"Uncle Zhou, all uncles, you are really too kind.

I just gave some ideas, but the main thing is that the brothers from each family cooperated well, and we, the people of Maoer Mountain, are united.

Isn’t there an old saying? “When people are united, they can move mountains. As long as we all work together, we can accomplish anything.”

Qu Shaoyang clasped his fists and bowed to everyone, saying with a smile.

“Yes, what Shao Yang said makes sense.

It was because we were not united before that those Koreans became more and more daring and harmed so many of our things and killed many people.

From now on, we have to work together as one, and no matter what happens, we don’t have to be afraid.”

Upon hearing this, everyone agreed in unison.

"Shaoyang, do you think we still need to patrol next?" someone asked.

"Uncle, if you ask me, we still have to arrange people to patrol.

But in the future, we won’t need so many people. We can just arrange 50 to 60 people to go out and walk around at night, and ring the gong to warn people when they encounter any situation.”

Who knows what else the other side might do? What if those people go crazy and want to seek revenge?

Although the probability is not very high, we still have to be on guard.

"When the busy farming season is over and every household has nothing to do, if everyone agrees, my master and I can teach them some boxing, shooting and so on.

No matter what time, you have to have the ability to protect your life.

The world is getting more and more chaotic now. We should not harm others, nor let others harm us, right?"

When Lao Zhou and the others heard this, they were all delighted and said, "Oh, if it's really what my nephew said, that would be great.

Anyway, they have nothing to do in winter, so they can just play cards. Why not let them learn some skills from Brother Liu and my nephew?"

And so, everyone left happily.

After everyone else had left, Liu Dongshan called his apprentice into the inner room.

"Shao Yang, are you planning to recruit all the young and strong men in Maoer Mountain and use them for your own purposes?" "Master, that's not the case. It would be better if we could take advantage of the opportunity to recruit a group of people.

Forget about whether they are useful to me. If there is anything in the future and I take the lead, and they respond, then my efforts will not be in vain."

Others may not know where the future is heading, but how could Qu Shaoyang not know?

The world will become more and more chaotic, with the Japanese devils and the Russians taking turns to wreak havoc on this land.

Not to mention defending the country, the corrupt Qing government was not worth their lives.

It's just for the sake of my family and this property, but I also have to be able to protect myself.

The Qu family now has these long-term workers. If they can gather the young and strong men from Maoer Mountain in the future, they will definitely be a force that cannot be ignored.

Liu Dongshan listened and nodded, "Well, it's a good thing that young people have their own ideas.

Don't worry, no matter what you do, the master will support you." Liu Dongshan patted Qu Shaoyang on the shoulder and encouraged him.

The people of Maoer Mountain spontaneously organized themselves and defeated the Goryeo people who came from the other side of the river to cause trouble. No one knew how the news got out.

When the people in Tadian, Shuidong and other places learned about this, they also organized themselves and planned to fight to the death with those people on the other side of the river.

The people on the other side of the river also heard about this.

That evening, six people died in that village, and due to untimely medical treatment, four or five seriously injured people also died one after another.

For a village, the death of more than ten strong laborers at once is a very big deal.

The leader of the village will have to report to the authorities.

But at this moment, the other side is still a vassal of the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, the Minister of Negotiations and Commerce sent by the Qing Dynasty to Korea at that time was exactly that big boss.

This man has a tough style and is like a local tyrant. He even looks down on the royal family.

This little thing won't cause any waves at all.

What's more, it was the Goryeo people who first caused the dispute, and the people of Maoershan could not bear the harassment and fought back.

No matter how you look at this matter, Qu Shaoyang and his team are right.

Previously, the government office didn’t care about the trouble coming from the other side, and now the government office doesn’t care about how we defend ourselves against murder. This will just pass for the time being.

Of course, the more than 200 young and strong people in Maoer Mountain did not disband just because the incident was settled.

After listening to Qu Shaoyang's advice, everyone gave their spontaneously formed team a name, the Security Team, which means to maintain peace in the area.

Everyone elected Qu Shaoyang as the team leader, and the other three as team leaders.

They patrol and maintain local law and order on weekdays, and practice martial arts to keep fit during the slack season, so that these young people don't become distracted and get into trouble when they have nothing to do.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed in August, and most of the crops in the fields of Qu and Liu had been harvested and piled everywhere.

The food and lodging of those long-term workers were taken care of by the Qu and Liu families.

Therefore, they had no place to use the grain produced by their own land or the land they rented.

Qu Shaoyang discussed with them and decided to deduct the rent for the tenant land and collect the rest directly as the price they deserved.

The guys were naturally happy. Even though they didn't have much use for food, they still had money.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, Qu Shaoyang ordered a lot of mooncakes from other places just like he did last year and distributed them to the permanent and temporary workers in his family.

At the same time, on the 15th day, work would be stopped early in the afternoon and people would come back to make dumplings.

In the evening, everyone put a table in the courtyard, put moon cakes, some fruits on it, brewed a pot of tea, and chatted while watching the moon.

As she was talking, Chen Xiuyun suddenly frowned and took a breath. "Mom, my stomach hurts."

(End of this chapter)