The three of them stood up, cupped their fists and gave up their seats. Hu Yihuang said, "I have heard of the name Ling Shiba, and he is also a well-known hero."

Ha ha ha ha.......

This Ling Shiba is about 1.7 meters tall and a little fat. At first glance, he looks like a man who won't be wronged by his mouth. In addition, he has a full beard and has a rough feeling all over his body. It just says on his face: I am very

not to be trifled.

Also, the Guangdong and Guangxi regions have had strong folk customs since ancient times, and they often get into fights when they disagree. Not only do they have a tradition of single fights, but there is also a tradition of group fights. According to Li Yunzhong's knowledge, many Hakka villagers form a party and often fight with local leaders.

team training brawl.

The four of them talked happily around the tea table, attracting many passers-by to look sideways.

Seeing that it was getting late, Hu Yihuang suggested staying at his house for a few days. The three of them helped Ling Shiba clean up the tea shop and went to Hu Yihuang's house together.

On the way, Li Yunzhong remembered who Hu Yihuang was. He was a famous military commander in the early days of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and was born as a landlord. Wu Xiucai, the only official among the Heavenly Kingdom officials, participated in the God Worship Meeting in his early years. During the Jintian regiment camp, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan hid in Huazhou Mountain in Pingnan County

His family in Rencun arranged an uprising, but was trapped by the Qing soldiers who were stationed in nearby Siwangwei. Hu Yihuang helped lead the congregation to resist, and got reinforcements to defeat the enemy. Only then did Hong Xiuquan go to Jintian to stage the uprising.

Shanren Village is a remote mountain village in Datong Shangli, Pingnan County. It is located in the northwest of Pingnan County, 130 miles away from the county. The northwest of the village is Jinxiu Dayao Mountain; the north is connected to Meng Mountain, eight

Huali has the Datong River, which can be used by boats all year round, running through it; the southwest is the large mountainous area of ​​Penghuali, which is connected with Guiping Jintian and Zijing Mountain; to the north of the village, the maple boundary of more than ten Huali to the south is Datong, Penghuali

Boundary Mountain, there is Yangguding on the mountain. Standing on Yangguding, you can see Huazhou four miles south and Shanren Village twenty miles north. Shanren Village is located in a ravine with many mountains. This ravine has a local name.

Shanren Chong. Shanren Village is located in the middle section of Shanren Chong. There is only one rugged trail leading from the north to the south of Shanren Chong. Because there are few people in Chong, weeds grow thickly on both sides of the road, blocking out the sky and making the pedestrians walk through a grass hole.

If there is one man who can stand in the way, ten thousand men will be invincible.

These two mountainous areas were under the jurisdiction of Si Tang Prefecture in the Tang Dynasty, and belonged to the Dadeng Gorge area in the Ming Dynasty. In the past, the ethnic minorities had competed with Zhang Shigui, Han Yong, Wang Shouren and others. Whenever a war started, if you advance, you can attack Si Tang Gorge.

If you go to Wangpingyuan, you can rob the county seat; if you retreat, you can turn to Dayao Mountain to break it into pieces and wait for it to rise. It has been a strategic location since ancient times.

Li Yunzhong followed Hu Yihuang into Shanren Village. He also found that the location here is really an excellent place for military training. As long as people are posted at the mountain pass to guard and patrol, if the enemies come less, they can be eliminated. If the enemies come more, they can enter the mountains.

, waiting for the fighter plane. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: It is really possible to advance and attack, and to retreat and defend. Ever since Li Yunzhong had the idea of ​​​​rebellion, he became interested in the geographical environment.

Hu Yihuang introduced, "The people in this area speak Hakka and vernacular, and most of them are from Guangdong. Among them are Yao, Zhuang and other ethnic minorities. The residents mainly grow rice and deal in indigo and timber. They have strong surnames and are easy to socialize with.

However, they are often bullied by local big players. Whenever there is construction of dams, reservoirs, roads, etc., the local Hakka people will be expropriated. The Hakka people often gather together to resist, and fights often occur. The relationship between the two parties is extremely tense.

It’s true that poor people come out of poverty. During the chat, Li Yunzhong heard that the three of them had long been dissatisfied with the Qing government, and they often expressed anger towards reality. Ling Shiba, in particular, often talked about killing officials and rebelling, so he

If you want to attract them to join the God-Worship Association, of course you should try to weaken Yang Xiuqing's authority and establish your own prestige.

After walking for a long time, everyone arrived at Hu Yihuang's house. It was a three-room cottage with river stone feet and mud brick walls. Hu Yihuang quickly invited a few people to sit down and poured tea for them himself.

After chatting for a while, and roughly understanding the situation of the other three people, Li Yunzhong brought the conversation to the point and solemnly said to them, "To be honest with the three brothers, I am actually the leader of the God Worshiping Association, and I am responsible for it under the orders of Master Hong and Feng Yunshan.

Pingnan, Tengxian area missionary mission, we established the God Worship Association to unite the brothers and sisters who are oppressed by Guanshen. As long as we unite, we can resist the landlords who bully us. I don’t know what the three of you want." He said deliberately.

Exaggerate one's status in God-worshiping religions

Ling Shiba was extremely disappointed with the court and admired Li Yunzhong's words. He felt that his wealth and honor in his life depended on Li Yunzhong. He immediately said sternly, "Those landlords are colluding with the officials. How can we fight against them? How about we fight against them?"

Against his mother”.

Hu Yihuang and Meng Shengsheng looked calm, not surprised at all, as if Ling Shiba's rebellion was just a trivial matter.

Li Yunzhong's face was pleasant, with a bit of temptation: "To be honest with you three, I worship God and have been preparing for rebellion for a long time. Not to mention that it has been more than two hundred years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, and it has never been more than three hundred years since Qin Shi Huang became emperor.

Moreover, as natural disasters continue, officials become more and more extortionate, landlords oppress the people, and people everywhere rise up, and uprisings occur one after another, making the Qing court exhausted. Isn't this exactly what the history books call a change of dynasty?

Speaking far back, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the previous dynasty, worked as a monk and a beggar. After joining the Red Scarf Army, he became prosperous, and finally overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and became the emperor. Now it is so similar to the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Isn’t it the time for us to be reckless and dominate the world?

It’s a good opportunity. If you succeed, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth; if you fail, you can leave your name in history and your name will last forever.”

After swallowing his saliva, Li Yunzhong looked at Hu Yihuang and the others with flushed faces and six eyes looking at him excitedly. He immediately smiled and praised himself, "Yunzhong is not talented. He is familiar with Sun Tzu's Art of War, Six Tao and Five Strategies and various military books.

I know the Thirty-six Stratagems very well, and I have long wanted to express my ambitions like everyone else, and I hope you can work together to achieve great things."

Meng Shengsheng immediately stood up and bowed, "It's true! I'll tell you that I've had this wish for a long time, but I just hate that I'm so weak. Now, after listening to what Brother Li said, I'm so lucky that I dare not obey my orders!"

"I have three shames in my life. First, since my father passed away, I have been blackmailed by officials. I donate a large donation every three months and a small donation every month, ranging from a thousand taels to a hundred taels. As a result, my family has fallen into decline. Second, I have been studying hard.

No, I studied martial arts and had to enter martial arts. I once went to the province to take the martial arts examination. The examiner colluded and accepted bribes. At the end of the bow and arrow test, I was given a tampered bow. I used too much force and the hard bow broke.

, sprained his arm, and eventually lost his name to Sunshan, and was laughed at by the villagers. Third, the Zhuo family was a local tycoon in the Badong area. They colluded with the government and ran rampant in the countryside. Because my father had a grudge against the Zhuo family during his lifetime, I rode by the door of the Zhuo family, but who knew

The people of the Zhuo family pulled me down, pushed me into the cattle pen, shackled my neck, shaved off half of my hair with a sickle, and beat me severely before letting me out. This is really the greatest shame and humiliation in my life. Now I pray.

God can make the decision for me. I am very grateful. Brother Li, please allow me to join the God Worshiping Association and work together for a great cause." Hu Yihuang also said what was in his heart, hey! In fact, if he had not been bullied by the Zhuo family, he would have

I won't rebel. Even if I collect rent every year, I will live a comfortable life.

"I think my family was well off back then, but later my father became addicted to opium and lost all our wealth. The opium dealers were all landlords and gang members who colluded with the government to do such audacious things." Meng Shengsheng couldn't help but talk about his family's misfortune.

Ling Shiba stood up excitedly and clasped his fists at everyone and said, "I want to make friends with good men. Now that I can join the God Worship Association and make friends with you, my life is really worth it."

"With three people joining, the God Worship Association will definitely be able to open up a new business here." Li Yunzhong quietly clasped his hands and finally had his own team. Isn't it not difficult to preach? Hehe, it seems that he needs to exert influence on them and develop into his confidants.

, Well, I have to slander Yang Xiuqing a few more times. As long as I open up the situation in Pingnan County, I won't be afraid of Yang Xiuqing.

Meng Shengsheng said to Li Yunzhong, "I still have several good brothers in Dapeng Kao Shuimaling Village, and countless relatives and friends. When I go back, I will persuade them to join the God Worship Association, which can be regarded as a gift for me to be promoted."

Li Yunzhong understood what he meant as soon as he heard it, "Brother Meng will be responsible for the missionary work in the Huazhou area."

"I live in Xinyi, Guangdong, and I am willing to go back to spread the teachings and attract believers." Ling Shiba is not to be far behind.

Li Yunzhong said, "Then Brother Laoling will be responsible for the missionary mission in Xinyi."

Seeing this, Hu Yihuang also tried to say, "Although I am not talented, I still have some appeal in Pingnan. It is more than enough to recruit two or three thousand people. By the way, I have friends Zhang Weikun, Tan Yinggui, and Zhang Suimou. They are all with me."

He was often oppressed by officials, and he had long had a desire to resist. Among them, Zhang Suimou was also known as Blind Zhang. He participated in the anti-Qing rebels led by Su Sanniang of the Tiandihui. Because his father passed away, he is now mourning at home. I can persuade Zhang Weikun and Tan Yinggui to

I will donate our family wealth together. In this way, we can develop tens of thousands of believers in Pingnan County."

Your grandpa’s, tens of thousands! I will listen to you or me in the future, but now I have to hold you steady. But I can’t help but sigh: Feng Yunshan, Hong Xiuquan and others have been preaching to the poor for five or six years before they opened up in Bauhinia Mountain.

.It seems that the cause of rebellion is only for the rich! Only with money and food can we fool more poor people into joining, and only in this way can we succeed.

Li Yunzhong pretended to be very moved and said to Hu Yihuang, "Brother Hu will be responsible for preaching in the Pingnan area from now on. Please take care of me." Worried that they would not believe him, he added, "Brothers, don't worry. Now, wait for Mr. Feng.

As soon as Master Hong and others return from Guangdong, I will go and report. It is getting late now. Tomorrow I will tell you the doctrines and rules of the God Worship Association and baptize you."
Chapter completed!