Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

When we returned to Zhuangzi, the weather had completely turned cold. On the way back, many people stuffed their rags with withered grass. Fortunately, there were so many people, and they slept together in the middle of the night. Put it down, the women are also sleeping with the men.

"It's finally here." Walking out of the woods, I finally saw a patch of fields. There are not many crops that can be harvested in winter, and now there are only cabbage and spinach in the fields.

These dishes are a rare green on the winter table.

But it can only be eaten for a while, and most of the cabbage still has to be accumulated into sauerkraut. The salt in the village is bought by Brother Dao.

Sometimes Brother Dao would take his brothers to hunt in the woods—the only harvest was a pheasant and a hare, which were so thin that they could only be stuffed between the teeth, but they were meat anyway.

There are no livestock in the village and no meat to eat.

Seeing that Lin Yuan came back with food, everyone in the village breathed a sigh of relief. There was a lot of food in each cart, and it was stacked full. It took four strong men to pull it in front and a few people to push it in the back. The food they harvest in autumn is enough for them to eat for a year or two.

This is the advantage of fewer people, but it also has disadvantages.

They don’t have weapons, let alone iron, they can’t even buy copper, and the price of iron is higher, and an iron pot will consume all the savings of a small family.

Lin Yuan thought about how to get the iron, but even if he got the iron, it would be useless without a blacksmith.

The sharpness and durability of a sword must be tempered by a blacksmith.

If the casting skill is not good enough, if the tempering is not good enough, the sword is very easy to break. If you really fight with people, a sword that is easy to break will not increase your chances of winning, and may even die in vain.

In fact, the ax was pretty good. Lin Yuan touched his chin, it was not easy to break, and it was easy to use force. It didn't need any tricks, and it was just a chop if it was caught, but it was heavy.

The most important point is-these farm workers are handy.

Although they are quite handy with hoes.

Lin Yuan rushed to Jiang Gui who had just got off the carriage and said, "Third Brother, do you know where I can buy an axe?"

Jiang Gui: "There used to be connections in the Yamen, but now..."

I don't know if the Yamen is still there.

Lin Yuan sighed and could only postpone it.

"Axe?" Zhu Chongba poked his head out suddenly, showing his white teeth, "No one sold it?"

It is basically impossible to buy anything related to iron.

Lin Yuan sighed, feeling very desperate in his heart. Where did the rebels find the iron weapons? He seems to want it too!

"But I know about iron ore." Zhu Chongba said again, "It's just heavily guarded, even if you steal it, you may not be able to steal it."

Zhu Chongba: "But now the four places are in chaos, and the army is not as strong as before."

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up.

"Big Brother! Second Brother!" Lin Yuan shouted at Brother Dao and Yang Zian, "I have something to discuss! Go to the meeting room!"

The meeting room, as the name suggests, is the place where the meeting is held. Lin Yuan named it. He is not a real ancient. Although he has the memory of the original owner, having memories does not mean that he can remember all the books the original owner read, so to be more popular, it is still the meeting room. .

Brother Dao stood on the edge of the ground with a hoe, and touched the back of his head: "It's weird, I just came back and didn't go to rest, and I have to discuss matters again, fourth brother is made of iron?"

Yang Zian said sarcastically: "It's better than asking around for help."

Brother Dao was not happy: "How can you ask everyone to ask for help? I am a brother and sister. Let me tell you, this world can be worse. A few more brothers are better than fighting alone."

Yang Zian: "Okay, okay, you are right, let's go."

Brother Dao didn't move, just stood there and acted like a fool, saying "I won't leave until you apologize".

Yang Zian was not used to him: "Do you like to go or not."

Brother Dao followed in a desperate manner.

Lin Yuan introduced Zhu Chongba first, but did not introduce in detail. He only said that Zhu Chongba was from the beggar gang and he was trustworthy.

Brother Dao looked at Zhu Chongba in a wrong way - this is a good seedling who is begging for help!

"Big Brother and Second Brother, you also know that the people are struggling to survive and bandits are everywhere. I expect that the world will be in chaos soon, and we will not be considered safe here." Lin Yuan calmly narrated, and the people in front of him were ashamed. Believable, besides, if they really have second thoughts, where can they report it?Are you going to Wucheng?No one is that stupid, and they all know the basics, and there is really no need.

"Then what?" Li Congrong was taken aback.

The rest of them just looked at Lin Yuan. Everyone knew the truth, but they didn't know what to do.

Lin Yuan only remembered that Zhu Yuanzhang joined the Red Scarf Army at the age of 25. Now Zhu Yuanzhang is nineteen, which means that he will be recruited by Guo Ziyi in the 13th year of Yuanshun Emperor Zhizheng. Then the Red Scarf Army rebellion should also be in Yuanshun Emperor Zhizheng 13 years ago.

There is no rebellion that can't achieve anything in one or two years. After careful calculation, it should be the rebellion of Emperor Yuan Shun in ten or eleven years.

The leaders of the Red Turban Army were Han Shantong, Liu Futong and Xu Shouhui.

Han Shantong was later the emperor of the "Great Song Dynasty" who established himself as the emperor. He was not only the leader of the Red Turban Army, but also had inextricable connections with the folk White Lotus Sect.

"Right now, we need more people." Lin Yuan said, "Only in this way can we be able to protect ourselves. These people must also have weapons, otherwise people will kill us."

Including Zhu Chongba, everyone swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Jiang Gui: "What... do you mean? Raising private soldiers? This, this is a matter of losing your head. If the court finds out..."

Brother Dao also echoed: "Yes, yes, how many soldiers are there in the imperial court, shall we go and stuff their teeth?"

But Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "We didn't rush to live under the eyes of the imperial court. Our place is surrounded by mountains and rivers, far away from human habitation. We are originally hidden. As long as we act carefully, we will not be discovered by the imperial court." He didn't say a word, not to mention that within a few years, the court's eyes would be attracted by those big heads.

Han Shantong died during the encirclement and suppression by the Yuan court.

"If we want weapons, we must have iron." Lin Yuan looked at them, "Big brother, second brother and third brother, please listen to my brother, no one can be spared in troubled times, if not, we will go with the flow, this is also a way , but the world is in chaos, are we really some kind of unearthly treasure?"

"At that time, if we don't have the ability to protect ourselves, we will be fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered." Lin Yuan said, "Let's not talk about this, just talk about the bandits. Can we fight against the bandits?"

The only weapon is a hoe, and now there are still weather bandits who have weapons, even if they are not sophisticated, they are better than the dozen or so hoes.

Everyone keeps their heads down, raising private soldiers... Their ancestors have been good citizens for generations, so what is the difference between rebellion and rebellion!

Zhu Chongba killed his whole family, but instead said: "I think Brother Lin is right. Even if you don't rebel, you must have the capital to survive. Food must be filled, and weapons must be used to resist bandits. Only when there are many people can we embrace into a ball."

Brother Dao had an expression of the world collapsing: "I...I have to think about it."

Yang Zian didn't speak either.

Jiang Gui was restless, as if there was a thorn under her buttocks.

No one wants to rebel. Who would want to rebel if they can live safely and smoothly?

The author has something to say: White Lotus:

The early White Lotus Sect worshiped Amitabha Buddha, advocated chanting Buddha and upholding the precepts, and stipulated that believers should not kill, steal, commit adultery, lie or drink alcohol.It calls on believers to worship their ancestors and is a secret group of half-monk and half-secular.Its teachings are simple, and its scriptures are relatively easy to understand.Accepted by the lower class people, it is often used as a tool to organize people to resist oppression.In the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the White Lotus Sect organized peasant uprisings many times.It spread to the early Qing Dynasty and developed into an anti-Qing secret organization. Although it was repeatedly suppressed by the Qing government, in the first year of Jiaqing (1796), the White Lotus Rebellion had developed into the largest uprising in the Jiaqing period.