Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

The sun is shining all over the earth, and it is rare to have a good weather in winter. This winter is always cloudy, cold and humid, and it is going to be cold to the bone. The people in Zhuangzi are thinking about finishing their work and sitting in the square to bask in the sun. , It is best to take out the mattress and dry it in the sun. The south is humid, and I always feel that the quilt is also perfect.

It's just that half an hour before starting work, a gong striker rang the gong, which echoed in the square.

"Have you heard? There is a drill today, and we can all watch it."

"Rehearsal?"

"It's the new group, the leader named Chen, who brought a hundred and twenty brothers here to practice with our people!"

"It's sparring, but you are not allowed to touch the vitals. If you fall to the ground, you can't get up again. The weapon is a wooden stick. Let's see who is stronger."

"Then I have to go and see!"

"It's the first time I've encountered such a powerful thing!"

Lin Yuan was also sitting on a high hill watching, and Jiang Gui was sitting beside him.

As for Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Bosong, they commanded 100 people to fight each other.

Although there were only 100 people, Lin Yuan also wanted to see if the two sides had the same number of people.

Jiang Gui looked at the people below, chewing the fried soybeans with salt in his mouth, and asked Lin Yuan, "Which side do you think can win?"

Lin Yuan said, "You'll know when you read it."

Zhu Yuanzhang was only a young man in his early twenties at this time, and he had never fought any battles. Apart from a small amount of theoretical knowledge, leading the war was more about actual combat training. The actual combat training he had experienced was only once or twice. It's a small battle, maybe not much different from a gang fight between two villages.

But Chen Bosong was different. He survived by fighting different bandits and bandit villages. He didn't have much theoretical knowledge, and he didn't even have much literacy, but he had rich experience.

The more Lin Yuan looked at it, the more he felt that Zhu Yuanzhang still needed to learn.

In history, Zhu Yuanzhang was just a small soldier at the beginning, and he rushed to the forefront in every battle, taking the lead.

All his experience and decision-making on the war come from the experience of passing by the gate of hell again and again.

In fact, Lin Yuan also thought that Zhu Yuanzhang might not be willing to be subordinate to others one day, and maybe one day he would stand on his own.

But Lin Yuan didn't want to never promote Zhu Yuanzhang because of this, or kill him directly.

He was not from this era, since he came here, his first thought was to save his life.

I don't have any wealth, I just want a place to live and be able to take care of the original owner's family.

Later, I wanted Zhuangzi to develop his conscience and be self-sufficient.

Now he feels that the general trend is the general trend, Zhuangzi now has more than a thousand people, food and money—although it is fake jade, it is an easy-to-eat fragrant steamed bun no matter how you look at it, he feels that he needs to strengthen his own strength to protect himself, Let everyone in Zhuangzi survive.

Lin Yuan lowered his head, he didn't know if he was born with ambition.

But how many men have no ambition?

Lin Yuan clenched his fists.

It is never a mistake to be ambitious. What is wrong is to have ambition without enough intelligence to match it.

Lin Yuan rubbed his neck, and continued to look at the battle situation below. He thought, since he took the first step, he was ready to enter the chaos.

No matter what the final result is, he can accept it.

Let him take people to join the Red Scarf Army?That's unrealistic. The problem with the Red Turban Army lies in internal conflicts. Guo Zixing and Sun Deya fought fiercely.

He called Brother Dao, Yang Zian, Li Da, and the others to go to Xinghua with Zhang Shicheng. The purpose was for Zhang Shicheng to understand Xinghua and make friends with the low-level salt people. The internal rebellion of the Yan people, when the time comes, the inside and outside should cooperate, and it will not be difficult to win Xinghua.

The reason why I didn't tell Zhang Shicheng was because I couldn't believe it.

He trusted Brother Dao, and he also trusted Yang Zian and Li Da.

Brother Dao is reckless, but he has brotherly loyalty. This is a rare personal charm. It is not a problem to call the salt people brothers and sisters. Let alone six or seven months of acquaintance, it is estimated that six or seven months is enough for him to make hundreds of righteous brothers.

Yang Zi'an has a brain. Among the righteous brothers, Yang Zi'an is the most sober. He can analyze the pros and cons, and he is also literate and understands the truth.

As for Li Da... It's all because they are afraid that they don't have enough manpower, and Li Da's wife is still in the village.

The role played by Zhang Shicheng is just a guide.

And Zhang Shicheng's brothers are still in Zhuangzi.

As for Chen Youliang, Lin Yuan never considered this person from the very beginning. Chen Youliang is a single husband, known as a lonely man. He is similar to Zhu Yuanzhang in the field of tactics. He is a typical example of the truth being in the hands of a few people, but his luck is not as good as Zhu Yuanzhang's. good.

Ambitious and intelligent, but suspicious, he can't trust anyone. If he joins Chen Youliang, Chen Youliang will eventually become emperor again.

Lin Yuan touched his neck.

It is estimated that his head will not be guaranteed, let alone Brother Dao and the others.

For today's plan, take one step at a time.

Having the armed forces to protect yourself is the most important thing.

"It's almost over." Jiang Gui said from the side.

Lin Yuan concentrated his attention and stared at the battle situation below.

Chen Bosong won, as expected.

Zhu Yuanzhang actually commanded very well, but one side was born as an ordinary person, and the other side was born as a gangster, and the combat capabilities of the two sides are completely different.

Coupled with the fact that Chen Bosong's command was not bad, it is not surprising that Zhu Yuanzhang lost.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang has not yet experienced the baptism of war.

The winner can eat meat today.

When Lin Yuan went down, he happened to see Zhu Yuanzhang sitting beside him. He lowered his head so that people could not see his expression clearly.

"What's the matter?" Lin Yuan also sat on the ground, watching Chen Bosong and the others cheering excitedly.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head, with the usual smile on his face: "It's nothing, if you lose, you lose."

Lin Yuan asked: "Where did you lose?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned: "Shouldn't we divide into small groups and attack the flanks just now?"

...It seems quite right...No!

Lin Yuan said: "You are just inexperienced. Chen Bosong and the others rely on this to make a living. We have only suppressed the bandits once or twice. It is not as good as they are normal. Moreover, the battle is not only judged by the commander, but also by the commander. Soldiers' ability."

"right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "My boss is right."

Lin Yuan patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be discouraged."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Lin Yuan, and he asked, "Boss, are you born with this temper?"

Lin Yuan asked, "What kind of temper?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "I never saw you lose your temper."

He thought Lin Yuan was going to reprimand him just now.

Lin Yuan came to his senses and said with a smile, "Why am I losing my temper? There is nothing to be angry about."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Aren't you angry if I lose?"

Lin Yuan: "Is it better to lose now than to actually lose in the battlefield later?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a low voice: "When you asked Brother Dao and the others to go to Xinghua, I wanted to ask, are you planning...to take down Xinghua?"

Lin Yuan knew that he couldn't hide it from Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang was smart, knew how to behave and deal with things, so he couldn't hide it from him. He just said, "That's really the idea."

Lin Yuan asked him: "Do you want to ask me why I didn't ask you to go?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from my boss, but I also know that my boss still can't trust me."

Lin Yuan shook his head: "It's not that I can't believe you, but the fewer people who know about it, the better. Even Brother Dao and the others were told by me before they left. If they leave, there must be someone in the village."

Whether Zhu Yuanzhang believes it or not, at least he can't show doubts at this time.

He nodded and said, "My boss has been working hard."

Lin Yuan said to him: "You are also the battalion commander now, and you are in charge of more than 200 people. I won't say anything else. Believe it or not, you can figure it out for yourself."

"I'll go first." Lin Yuan said to him.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "You go."

Compared with Zhu Yuanzhang's low morale, the people on Chen Bosong's side were much more excited. After they knew that the reward was meat, their expressions became lively. They surrounded Chen Bosong and discussed whether the meat they got was to be eaten directly. A part of the light remains.

As soon as Lin Yuan came over, the gangsters moved away - they had already heard that Lin Yuan descended from an immortal.

And I don't know why, they believed it very quickly, Lin Yuan felt that there must be Chen Bosong's handwriting in it.

"Aren't you happy to win?" Lin Yuan asked the expressionless Chen Bosong.

Chen Bosong said, "Victory is not about fighting."

Lin Yuan smiled: "In a few years, I'm afraid you won't be able to win."

Chen Bosong turned his head to look at Lin Yuan, his eyes were full of energy, like a wolf and a tiger, and his eyes seemed to be shining brightly: "Master, do you underestimate me?"

Lin Yuan knew that he had said something wrong, so he quickly said, "I never underestimated it, so I'll just say it later."

Only then did Chen Bosong restrain his gaze.

The two walked and chatted.

"What do you think of Zhu Yuanzhang?" Lin Yuan asked.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Bosong said: "Be courageous and strategic, dare to fight, and can advance or retreat. Given time, you can be regarded as a fierce general."

Lin Yuan looked at him strangely after hearing what he said so professionally.

Chen Bosong noticed Lin Yuan's gaze and asked, "Why is the young master looking at me like this?"

Lin Yuan: "Where did you learn these words?"

Chen Bosong was exposed, and admitted frankly: "There is a scholar in my village, and that's what he said about me."

Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, so he just said, Chen Bosong doesn't know many words, and he is a bandit leader, how can he boast so much?

Lin Yuan said: "When you are free, go and chat with Zhu Yuanzhang more, you two have more exchanges and learn from each other."

Chen Bosong is not a proud and arrogant person. He naturally discovered the benefits of Zhu Yuanzhang when he was fighting just now. Now he heard what Lin Yuan said, he nodded and said, "Okay."

"Try to train all the existing more than 1000 people." Lin Yuan said, "When spring begins, I will organize a training session."

Chen Bosong asked: "Is it really training?"

Lin Yuan: "It's field training. You can't bring anything except weapons."

Chen Bosong didn't understand, he nodded in agreement with a confused face.

1000 people can only go to the deep mountains and old forests for training. In addition to exercising the body, the more important thing is to exercise the mentality. If you encounter bandits and cottages, you can just use it to practice your hands.

It can be said to serve multiple purposes.

It took about half a month to go back and forth.

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"This is Xinghua." Li Congrong looked at the city wall in front of him and sighed, "It really is a big city, but it's different from Wucheng."

Li Da said beside him, "Wucheng is so small."

Zhang Jiusi said from the side: "Let's go in first."

Because they were clean and tidy, and they also took some money for the soldiers guarding the city, and they said that they went to relatives, so it was not difficult to enter the city.

The migration of the population in the Yuan Dynasty was very convenient. Except for the merchants who needed guidance, ordinary civilians had no restrictions on traveling from south to north.

Zhang Jiusi took them to find a cheap inn first, and then said: "My brothers are all outside the salt field, and they must be working now. We will go to them after dark."

"Okay." Li Congrong agreed, "But I think this Xinghua is really good."

The streets are bustling with pedestrians, vendors and small stalls are bustling, and the rich families in the city live in big houses with lanterns hanging at the door.

Wucheng is a small remote town with a small population, and even at the busiest time, it is less than one-twelfth of Xinghua's.

Zhang Jiusi said: "This is only a place where rich men live."

The rich and the poor are distinct in Xinghua. The salt people can't even have enough to eat, but the rich men are rich.

The smell of rich wine and meat, and frozen bones on the road are the true portrayal of Xinghua.

He was a salt man for a while, and a salt man for the rest of his life.

Generations cannot turn over.

As it was getting late, Zhang Jiusi took Li Congrong and the others to the place where the salt people lived. Instead of the mansions with carved beams and painted buildings, the first sight was low bungalows. In a hurry, everyone has a bitter look on their faces.

"Brother Zhao." Zhang Jiusi knocked on the door of a house, the dilapidated wooden door had lost its original color for a long time.

The person inside shouted and asked, "Who is it?"

Zhang Jiusi lowered his voice: "It's me, Zhang Jiusi."

Only then did the people inside come to open the door.

After the wooden door was opened, what appeared in front of Li Congrong and the others was a middle-aged man in his forties, but his temples were already grey, his waist was stooped, he described it as dead wood, his face was deeply wrinkled, and his skin was slack and dark and thin: "Zhang Jiusi? you are still alive?"

Zhang Jiusi said: "Brother Zhao, tell us to go in first, it's not convenient to talk outside."

It was only then that Big Brother Zhao realized that he opened the door and told them to come in.

Seeing that Zhang Jiusi, who had been missing for so long, brought three people he had never seen before, Brother Zhao looked a little puzzled.

There is also a reason why Zhang Jiusi chose him, because Brother Zhao is a bachelor. He has no father, mother, wife or children. Apart from the [-] friendship, there are no other close friends.

Zhang Jiusi got acquainted with him also because Zhang Jiusi had helped him back then, and had given him food when he had no food.

It was a life-saving grace.

"They all said that you ran away with someone." Brother Zhao sat by the bed. The room was small, with only a table, a broken wooden cabinet and a bed. He called Zhang Jiusi and the others to come and sit, "Yan Everyone said, you must have died outside."

Zhang Jiusi had a complicated expression: "I'm not dead yet."

Brother Zhao smiled and said: "I also know that your fate is hard and you will definitely not die. Say, why did you come back this time?"

Zhang Jiusi: "Let's not talk about that first, I'll let you get to know them first."

Zhang Jiusi introduced Li Congrong and the others, and then asked, "How are the salt people doing now?"

Brother Zhao sighed, and thumped his leg: "What else? It's still the same, no matter how much work you do, you can't get enough."

Zhang Jiusi got angry when he heard this: "A bunch of bullshit people! They have a black heart."

Brother Zhao smiled wryly: "What can I do? Can't I just endure it?"

Zhang Jiusi remembered the purpose of his visit, and quickly said: "Brother Zhao, I came back just for this! I went back last time to explore the way. There is a living Bodhisattva descending to the south, but anyone who follows him I can eat enough and wear warm clothes, and besides doing some daily work, I work every day at sunrise and rest at sunset, without worrying about my livelihood."

"He asked me to come because he heard that there are many brothers like me who are suffering, and asked me to take them back together." Zhang Jiusi said with a straight chest: "Brother Zhao, if you can't trust others, can you still trust me?" ?”

Brother Zhao asked suspiciously: "Is there really such a good person? Such a good thing?"

Li Da quickly said: "He is right! Our boss is a good god!"

Brother Zhao: "Good God?"

What kind of fairy is this, I have never heard of it.

Li Da recounted the words that have been circulated in Zhuangzi, and also gave some examples.

Including how the boss took in the refugees, how he entangled the ordinary people who were captured by the cottage, and how he cared for the weak.

It was almost impossible to describe Lin Yuan as a decathlon superman.

This stupefied Brother Zhao who had been staying in the saltworks for a while.

He looked at Zhang Jiusi, and Zhang Jiusi nodded in agreement, indicating that what Li Da said was true.

"Is there not a single lie?" Brother Zhao finally asked.

Zhang Jiusi quickly said: "If there is a false statement, I will be struck by lightning."

Brother Zhao was stunned for a long time, overjoyed and saddened: "God, there are such people in the world, it really is a god descending from the earth."

"If you want to go, there are too many people, I'm afraid it's not easy to go."

Yang Zian said at this time: "Before the boss left, he asked me to stay here and wait for him to send a letter."

Brother Zhao and Zhang Jiusi asked at the same time: "What letter?"

Yang Zi'an wanted to cover it up and said: "My boss is a fairy descended from the earth, so he naturally has the means of a fairy, how can he tell us casually? The boss said that in May next year, there will naturally be a big change, and this change is our opportunity. "

"He told us to come here at this time to reassure the salt people. Maybe by then, they can live a good life without leaving their hometown."

Brother Zhao and Zhang Jiusi were both dumbfounded.

"Just wait." Yang Zi'an said in a nonchalant manner.

Of course, Yang Zian didn't just talk empty words. Lin Yuan told him a few famous accidents, all of which hadn't happened yet. He only needed to say something eloquently, and those who believed would believe it.

Soon, there were rumors among the salt people, and they spread more and more widely.

It is said that there is an immortal in the south who was born with the heart of a Bodhisattva. Wherever his finger points, the land will become fertile; wherever his eyes look, the people will find peace. It can make people feel refreshed.

And this god now found out that these salt people were suffering here, so he rescued Zhang Jiusi first—because Zhang Jiusi was a loyal, kind and generous person, he felt that Zhang Jiusi was worth saving, so he naturally I think the salt people are worth saving.

So they sent someone.

And this fairy is very considerate of them.

In order to allow them to live a good life on the land they have been living in, they cast a spell to make a big event happen in May this year, so that they can live a good life.

What's the big deal?This is a secret, how can it be leaked?

As for the secrets leaked by the people he sent—they were all trivial matters, just to remind the salt people, so the living gods spent their lives to let people leak it, just to reassure them.

All the salt people believed it.

Their lives are too hopeless, and now that they have such a little sustenance, naturally none of them will fall into disbelief.

"Second brother, did the fourth brother tell you that? So accurate?" Li Congrong was also confused now, and he began to believe it.

Yang Zian himself was also shocked. He himself was skeptical at the beginning, but everything Lin Yuan said came true. He also felt that Lin Yuan might...maybe...had something really special about him, maybe he could be magical?

Not only the people of Yan believed in it, but many ordinary people also believed it.

But what they believed was different, and what Yang Zian told them was also different from what the salt people said.

The people believed in Lin Yuan, and felt that they could live a peaceful life by believing in him.

They also named Lin Yuan "South Bodhisattva".

Because Lin Yuan is in the south.

If they knew that Lin Yuan was from the north, they would probably be the "Northern Bodhisattva".

Lin Yuan also didn't expect Yang Zian to have the ability to develop both the salt people and ordinary people into believers.

He became the faith of believers.

The salt people chatted privately, and the topic changed:

"It's only January, and there are still four months."

"I don't know what the big deal is, I'm anxious to wait."

"Now how much the salt supervisors yell at me, I can bear it, just wait a little longer, wait a little longer, and we can live a good life."

Some people also asked: "So Nan Bodhisattva is so divine?"

"It's amazing, you don't know, the people he sent can figure it out, and there will be no inaccuracies. It's different from charlatans."

"Besides, who is Zhang Jiusi? He won't lie to us. He also said that Nan Bodhisattva is a god. The people he brought over now eat and drink well, and they don't have much work."

Because of Zhang Jiusi and Yang Zi'an's "prophecy" ability, the Yan people and the common people especially believed in it.

Some people even made a statue of Lin Yuan out of mud, and offered some water and food every day.

Later, the rumor became more and more outrageous. In less than three months, even the wealthy households in Xinghua began to believe it.

Especially the female relatives.

Because some people say that Nan Bodhisattva can bless and give birth to children, and can also get a boy in one fell swoop.

In particular, there was a female believer who gave birth just one month after becoming a believer. Not only did she give birth quickly, but she was actually a boy.

There are even more people who believe in it.

If the birth is not going well, if it is not a male baby, then it must be that the faith is not pious enough, and it is definitely not the problem of Nan Bodhisattva.

Otherwise, why can others do it, but you can’t?

After the female relatives finished the letter, the male hosts also began to doubt the letter.

At this time, some people said that Nan Bodhisattva is an omnipotent god who can bless the weather and the land to be fertile.

Farmers began to believe.

By the time Xinghua officials found out, the wind had blown all over Taizhou, not just Xinghua.

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