Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 44
Probably because Yang Menglong's cruel words of "keep the money to buy a coffin" were frightened, those iron roosters were so rare and generous, after Yang Menglong left, they once again had a painful expression of cutting flesh, and pooled 300 taels of silver for the coffin. Fang Yizhi, no matter how much it is, it will be gone. For them, it is very rare for them to be willing to take out 300 taels of silver.Fang Yizhi was so angry that Zhang Qianhu had brought hundreds of troops, plus the mobilized people, how much money would it cost a day? 300 taels of silver, what a fart!But those iron roosters put on a posture of asking for money or killing them, so he had no choice but to let them go, he couldn't cut them up and sell them meat, right?

Good things don't go out, and scandals spread thousands of miles. The stingy behavior of this group of Jin gentry soon spread throughout the city. Now not only the soldiers guarding the city, but also the government officials and the common people were angry.They are risking their lives to guard the county seat, but these gentry refuse to pay even a little bit of money or food. They think this is natural, which is simply unreasonable!Fortunately, the county government can still pay for food, so everyone can have enough to eat. You can even see a few pieces of fat meat in the dinner bowl, so there is no trouble, but I hate these money-grubbing and stingy guys. Inevitably, when patrolling, many people always point at the houses of these guys and gnash their teeth: "Iron Rooster, if Jian Nu rushes in, we won't save you at all!" However, these big men don't care. , in their view, regardless of whether they can pay or not, the officers, soldiers and people will do their best to defend the city. If this is the case, why should they waste this money?This is what you should do, why should you ask me for money?These iron roosters are such scoundrels. We really can't do anything about them. We can't really stop defending the city just because of this unfortunate thing. Let the slaves come in, right?If this is the case, I'm afraid the whole city will be slaughtered!This group of gentry can disregard the lives of the people in the city, but they cannot disregard the lives of their own family!
They are still too honest. Facts have proved that honest people cannot deal with rascals. If you want to deal with rascals, you have to become more rascals than him!
Unfortunately, there happened to be such a thick-skinned and black-handed rascal in the city.

In a blink of an eye, it was dark again, and the days passed so quickly.

After dark, officers and soldiers left the city wall one after another and returned to the temporary headquarters. By midnight, there were already more than 30 people in the temporary headquarters.The clothes and equipment of these soldiers are better than those of ordinary soldiers, and there is a fierceness that cannot be seen in ordinary soldiers. They are obviously the kind of brave and fierce characters.They are all not collected at night, which is equivalent to the scouts in the modern army. In a thousand households, except for the servants, the most capable of fighting are these not collected at night.Chen Baihu counted and said to Yang Menglong: "My lord, everyone is here. There are a total of 37 nights of non-receipts. They are all here!"

Yang Menglong walked slowly in front of these Yebushou, and suddenly slapped a Yebushou on the chest, that Yebushou's body shook for a while, his feet did not move, as if he was nailed to the ground.Yang Menglong said with satisfaction: "The skill is good, how did you get it?"

The slapped Yebu Shou smiled silly: "We have an iron mine in Weiwei, and the iron sand mined is worth a lot of money. Some people are jealous and often go to the mine to make trouble. There will be a fight every three days, and there will be many fights. Yes, of course I learned a little bit.”

Yang Menglong was speechless for a while.In the past two days, he has found out that some soldiers are from the Wuyang area of ​​Nanyang Prefecture in Henan Province. The Wuyang area is extremely poor. Other places can benefit from canal transportation, but Wuyang is far away from the canal and cannot even get a hair. .Fortunately, one relies on the mountain to live on. An iron mine was discovered in Wuyang in the past few years. Zhang Qianhu made a little fortune by smuggling iron sand, otherwise he wouldn't be able to support more than 100 servants.Naturally, when some people get rich, others are jealous. When they find that selling iron sand can make money, naturally some people want a share of the pie, but Zhang Qianhu is not willing to agree, so fighting with weapons becomes a common occurrence.This guy who fights in groups all night long has actually developed some good skills. It seems that group fights have some benefits.He gave a thumbs up to the Ye Bu Shou and said: "I didn't expect you to be self-taught. It's amazing! They say that when a boxer meets a blind master, he has to eat shit. Work hard, I'm optimistic about you... By the way, May I have your name?"

Ye Bushou raised his chest high and said, "Li Yong!"

Yang Menglong said: "Li Yong... I remember you, I hope you can really be as brave as your name." Clearing his throat, he asked seriously: "Everyone, do you know why I called you here?"

Ye Bushou all shook their heads.They ate and slept on the city wall, and even hoped that the Jian slaves would come to sneak attacks and cut off a few heads in exchange for wine money, or be stabbed in exchange for ten taels of silver. They were all focused on getting rich. Who knew that Yang Menglong was doing this? What the hell idea.

Yang Menglong raised his fist and said: "There are a bunch of iron roosters in the city. The county is in danger, and they still don't pull out a hair. Are you angry?"

Now the Ye Bu Shou people were furious and cursed loudly.The reward money and casualties promised by Yang Menglong are the motivation for them to defend the city, and the county government can't get this money, and Yang Menglong probably can't get it either, so it can only be raised by the big households in the city, these bastards If they don't pull out a dime, they'll give a fart!
Yang Menglong said: "It is said that iron roosters don't pull out a hair, but now I want to pluck a few of them! What I want to do with you is very simple, just follow me, steal from the rich and give to the poor!"

Hearing the words "robbing the rich and helping the poor", Yebushou gasped, this is the rhythm of looting houses, they like it!
Yang Menglong said loudly: "Participating in the operation, everyone can get ten taels of silver afterwards, but there is one thing you have to keep in mind for me: we are seeking wealth and not killing people, we are not allowed to cause deaths, and we are not allowed to bully their families. Women and children, if anyone dares to mess around, my scimitar is not a vegetarian!"

One of the Ye Bushou was a little hesitant: "Master, this is going to be beheaded. Master Fang..."

Yang Menglong cut in and said, "Master Fang doesn't know anything! As long as you keep your mouths shut, and don't kill anyone, nothing will happen!"

To put it bluntly, this is robbing and robbing for nothing!Yebushou nodded their heads excitedly.

Yang Menglong was deeply satisfied with their morale, and continued: "Also, the money robbed this time is to be used as rewards for killing the enemy and compensation for casualties of all brothers, so all harvests must be handed over to the You won't lose a single point, if you dare to reach out for what you shouldn't take, I'll chop off your paws!"

Ye Bushou has no objection.If you rob a large household, you can get ten taels of silver. This is a typical low-risk, high-return approach. It's time to be content. Besides, if they can make military exploits, they will get a lot of silver.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Yang Menglong knew that they all agreed, looked at the sky, and it was time to act.He finally said: "This is a job to be beheaded. Anyone who is afraid can quit... Does anyone want to quit?"

Ye Bu Shou all laughed, and Li Yong shouted: "Idiots quit!"

Not bad, robbing houses is done with peace of mind.Yang Menglong silently despised the Ming army's military discipline in his heart, and with a wave of his hand, Chen Baihu opened a box, which contained more than 30 sets of night clothes, and divided them into one set for everyone to wear.For fear of killing people, everyone brought a stick as thick as an arm, and it was quite cruel to hit people.Of course, you still have to bring a knife, but it’s just that you can’t draw it unless it’s absolutely necessary. It’s said that it’s about making money and not killing your life. It’s not good to scare the children if you draw the knife every now and then.After the preparations were finished, Yang Menglong made a gesture and led the group of people out of the temporary headquarters and went straight to Master Li's house.

Everything is silent, frost is flying all night, the whole county is silent, only the sound of clappers is heard occasionally, and there is a team of patrols passing by from time to time in the streets and alleys.Yang Menglong strode like a meteor, without squinting, and those patrols seemed to have cataracts collectively, a group of soldiers and a group of thieves just passed by, each having nothing to do with each other.The Yebushou who were still worried at first were completely relieved now, it seems that Mr. Yang has already taken care of everything, so what else do they have to be afraid of?

After passing through a few streets, a ten-foot-high wall blocked everyone, and they arrived at Master Li's house.This old man was born as a Jinshi. He has been an official for several years, and he probably made a lot of money in office. The house is even more magnificent than the county government. There are servants on duty at night, and vicious wolf dogs guard the door. It is not easy for outsiders to enter.However, for these daring Yebushou, this is nothing. They touched the foot of the wall, and the two Yebushou took out the rope, swung it, and threw it up. The iron hook tied to the rope was accurate. Hooked on the fence, these climbed up the rope quickly, that is a well-trained... It seems that they have done this kind of sneaky things before.Yang Menglong nodded again and again, not bad, it feels like special forces conducting night raids.He climbed up too, then jumped into the backyard.It may be that the movement was a little too big, and as soon as the feet landed, there was a barking sound of "Wow, woof" from the other end, and a wolf dog flew over, baring its sharp and white teeth and biting!

Li Yong shouted: "Oops, I was discovered, what should I do?"

Yang Menglong said: "We are here to rob, not to steal. Are we afraid of being discovered? Hit me!" He picked up a stick and hit the wolf dog at it.He had the horrible experience of being chased to the brim by wild dogs, and he had a psychological shadow on the dogs, and beat them to death when he caught them.It's a pity that the stick missed, and the wolf-dog dodged away. Not only that, but this man also used his own barking to attract his helpers: another wolf-dog rushed over, and there were also shouts in the house, and several doors opened. The window was lit by candlelight, and this time it was really discovered.Yang Menglong didn't care, and was still beating the dog with a stick, yelling: "Kill these two dogs, take them back and add food!"

These two wolfhounds have at least sixty catties of meat, right?The soldiers salivated one by one, swung their sticks and beat them fiercely, which was worse than beating Jiannu. After a few sticks, the two vicious dogs that Mr. Li bought at a huge price died.However, these two dogs have also fulfilled their duties. This movement woke up everyone. There were noisy voices and loud footsteps. Come here!It's just that when they saw that there were dozens of thieves who sneaked in, everyone was dumbfounded and stood there not knowing what to do.At most, they usually dare to bully the ordinary people, so many thieves break into their homes, how dare they go in, isn't it killing people!

Yebushou didn't even pay attention to these servants, just this bunch of soft-legged shrimps, they can beat them with one hand tied to the ground.Yang Menglong, who has rich experience in group fights, only took one look and made the most objective assessment of the fighting power of the servants: "Five scumbags!" kicked the wolf dog to Li Yong's feet: "Take it, go back to the hot pot, If you lose it, I will settle the score with you!"

Li Yong grinned, lifted the dead dog and carried it on his shoulder.What kind of head and what kind of subordinates, originally under Zhang Qianhu, let alone break into the Jishen's house, even if they meet these important servants halfway, they have to detour to avoid being laughed at, but following Yang Menglong, they broke into the house. Entering someone's house, but there is no psychological pressure at all.

A middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper stood up and shouted sharply: "Where did the stupid thief come to make trouble in Li's house! You don't want to ask who my master is, are you capable of offending me? Just be obedient and catch them, otherwise you will die without a place to bury you!"

Yang Menglong patted his chest and said, "There is no place to die? My god, I'm so scared!" Turning to Yebushou and others: "Brothers, some people want us to be arrested without a fight, shall we do it?"

The Yebushou people shouted in unison: "I won't do it!"

The roar was like thunder, and the servants took a step back in unison in fright.The housekeeper showed a trace of fear, and called: "You...what do you want to do? Don't mess around! My master is well-known, and the two young masters are also court officials. If you dare to act presumptuously, they can crush you into pieces with a flick of a finger. Bolognese!"

Yang Menglong snorted: "I don't know if they are so smart or not, I just know that I can give you to the bears now! Brothers, hit me! Just don't kill anyone!" Gouxue's stick rushed towards the servants, knocking down the butler who was still trying to talk nonsense.The Ye Bu Shou people didn't talk nonsense, they rushed up to fight with wailing.These servants may have learned a little bit of boxing and kicking, but where are the opponents of this group of desperadoes? It was bad luck, they were knocked down to the ground, fists, kicks and sticks rained down, making them cry for their father and mother!

(End of this chapter)