Chapter 42 Kidnapping
It was too difficult to explain with Ge Wu and others using the principles and would not be effective. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang once again explained the significance of bringing all the young and strong families into the marching.
"These old, weak, women and children are actually hostages in our hands. You think that all the wives and children are in our hands. How can he not listen to us and not follow us? Now that we have occupied Luo Ding, we are fighting the Ming army, and the Qing army will never let us go, so the brothers will definitely fight with the Qing army. At that time, these young and strong will be our trust. We hold their wives and children, and we are not afraid that they will not be willing to work hard! Some people work hard for us, but brothers are still afraid that they can't beat the Qing army? If we really can't beat it, there are so many people who can't fight for everyone, how can we run away, right?"
"rational!"
After hearing this explanation, Ge Wu suddenly realized that after doing it for a long time, Brother Zhou was doing a kidnapping transaction.
"The reason is reasonable. The problem is that there are more than 800 people. What should we use to support them? Today, you guarantee in public that everyone has food to eat, everyone has clothes to wear, and everyone has meat to eat! What should I do if I can't get food then?" Zhao Sihai's headache was this problem.
"I have figured out a solution to this matter," said Zhou Shixiang, who looked at Duke Xiang of Song. The latter knew what he wanted to say, but the corner of his mouth opened slightly but did not say anything. Seeing this, Zhou Shixiang continued to say to everyone: "I plan to kill the big family and concentrate all the money and grain in the city into our hands, so that we can feed the elderly, weak, women and children who follow us."
Kill big players?
The eyes of the two brothers Ge Wu and Ge Liu instantly shone brightly, and Yu Zhong also shone strangely.
"Then from now on, there are only a few large households in Luoding. We knocked out another piece of grain. How much can we have left on hand? How long can we last? If we eat up all the grain, what should we do? Could it be that we really want to support them in vain?" Zhao Sihai was still not optimistic about this method.
"Of course, we can't keep them in vain. If they want to eat well, drink well, and dress warmly, they have to follow us and continue to grab it."
"Stop robbing?" Zhao Sihai was stunned, "Who did you rob?"
"Qing Army."
"The robbers of the Tartars?"
Zhao Sihai and Ge Wu were both shocked.
Zhou Shixiang stared at them: "Why, are you scared?"
After hearing this, Zhao Sihai suddenly became unhappy: "Scholars, don't look down on your brothers. If you are really afraid of the Tartars, you will not be holding your head and killing into Luoding City with you!"
Ge Wu spat and snorted: "I am born a bandit. I used to do some small things to rob families. Now Brother Zhou, you want us to do big business with Brother Hu, so let's do it. If you don't say anything, you will grab the Tartars! If my brothers frowned, they will not be raised by their parents!"
"Brother Zhou, it's hard to rob the Tartars. We're lucky this time." Boss Hu, who had been Li Chengdong's personal soldier, was a little hesitant. He knew the power of the Qing army. There was no such thing in this world that could do the same thing for the second time. If you really want to fight the Tartars head-on, your chances of winning are really small.
"I heard from Mr. Song that in Guangdong, except for Guangzhou, where heavy troops are occupied, there are not many Green Camp soldiers stationed in other places. So I thought we could start from the places where these Green Camp soldiers were stationed and rob him several times, and there is no money or food?"
After hearing Zhou Shixiang's plan, Boss Hu frowned and said, "This will be too much trouble. The Tartars will definitely come to suppress us. Then we will drag the elderly, weak, women and children to help the elderly, weak, and children, where can we run away?"
Zhou Shi smiled and said, "So we have to shoot another shot and change the place, so that the Qing army can't suppress us."
"Get another place when you shoot?" Boss Hu was stunned, wondering what Zhou Shixiang meant.
Ge Wu, Zhao Sihai and the others were also inexplicably strange, but this was a strange saying.
Zhou Shixiang explained: "After robbing this place, we immediately go to another place, so that the Qing army cannot figure out where we are and where we will rob the next place. As long as we attack each time, our noses will always be pinched by us. At that time, we will not be afraid of not being able to grab things, nor will we be surrounded by them. If they can't surround us, we will naturally be able to escape."
Boss Hu understood this explanation, and nodded, but he was a little disapproving. He said, "As you said, then we will not be bandits anymore? When the old prince was alive, he said that since ancient times, the government was not afraid of bandits but only feared bandits. Bandits were all violent at first, but over time, the government always had ways to deal with them, so bandits could not become a climate. Besides, I had just been appointed by the Yongli court, and Brother Zhou also said in the village that everyone could rely on the Yongli court to gain a background. If we do bandits, how would the Yongli court think of us? How could we be the Ming army?"
After hearing Boss Hu's words, Zhao Sihai also said, "Yes, the scholar told us yesterday that if we want to make a fortune, we have to be the government. But if we become bandits, we will not be able to do it?"
"The bandits and the government are not in conflict."
Zhao Sihai's problem also made Zhou Shixiang feel troubled, and he felt a sense of trouble of tearing down the east wall and repairing the west wall. But no matter how troublesome he was, he had to keep his words straight, otherwise, he would just slap himself in the mouth.
The first one said that he would take someone to become an official and make money. He then said that he would take someone to become a bandit to fight the official and make money. If you don’t give a reasonable explanation, what do they think of you?
"We have too few people, too weak power, and the enemy is right in front of us, so we just want to be the Luoding government government for a few days. How much money can we make in a few days? Therefore, we have to expand our strength in these few days, and then go to another place to grab other places. When we get more money and grain, there are more people tied up, so there will naturally be more young and strong people who can fight. At that time, our strong soldiers and horses will naturally not be afraid that the Qing army will attack us, and we can safely engage in the business of the government. So I said that the bandits are not in conflict with the government. The key is whether our strength can support the government's brand! By the same token, if we have strength, the Yongli court will recognize us. If we don't have strength, they will not look at us directly!"
"Oh, yes, this is that, isn't it sustainable development?" Ge Wu touched his head and finally thought of this term.
"Yes, sustainable development!" Zhou Shi glanced at Ge Wu with appreciation, and the latter suddenly felt a sense of joy of being recognized.
"That's the public treasury that happened yesterday? Do you really plan to keep the things you stolen in the future and then distribute them to those people?" Zhao Sihai thought about this in his heart during the day, and he didn't vomit it out until then to ask clearly.
"Yes, I am indeed planning to set up a public treasury, and all the money, grain and materials seized by my brothers in the future will be kept and distributed."
In front of everyone, Zhou Shixiang would not refuse to admit what he said, and it was imperative to set up a public treasury. Otherwise, everyone would have selfish intentions and everyone would think about the wealth they had obtained, and no one would be determined to fight the Qing army to the end.
This time, without Zhao Sihai's words, Ge Wu jumped up: "Brothers tried their best to snatch things but wanted to share them with others. What else can brothers steal!"
"Yes, why should I share it with them?" After listening to it for a long time, the bald man understood the most about this matter. He started shouting regardless of the pain in his shoulders.
Zhou Shixiang signaled Ge Wu and Bald, he shook his head at Ge Wu and said, "Brother Ge Wu said this just now, wrong."
Ge Wuyi was stunned: "Not right? What did I say wrong?"
Zhou Shixiang said: "I wonder if Brother Wu, who is keeping this public treasury and who is responsible for the distribution of money and grain?"
"This..." Ge Wu didn't know.
The bald man said angrily: "No matter who comes to keep it, you can't let those people take care of our things, right?"
"This is not going to end!"
Zhou Shixiang slapped his high-high, "As long as we take the public treasury in our hands and hold the power of distribution in our hands, isn't the things in the public treasury still the old brothers? If you don't know the difference at that time, you're not going to have the final say? Besides, there are so many people who grab it for us, and then it's not because we're afraid of not being able to tell the difference, but because we're afraid that everyone can't take it!"
"So that's it!" Ge Wu's black face immediately turned red again, "I'm telling me, Brother Zhou is a hero with a good brain, why would he think of what to do for others... what to do?"
"Wedding Dress." Duke Xiang of Song coughed twice.
Ge Wuyi slapped his head and said excitedly: "Yes, make wedding dresses for others!"
"If it's such a public treasury, then I have no objection."
Zhao Sihai thought carefully. If he really put the power of the public treasury in the hands of his brothers, it would be fine to set up another hundred public treasurys. Anyway, everything belongs to his own, so it would be a matter of one sentence to take it. Thinking of the benefits here, I couldn't help but smile.
"Do you have anything else to say, brothers?"
"No, no!"
Zhou Shixiang's arrangements were all for the sake of the old brothers, and after a better explanation, everyone was not satisfied with anything else.
Boss Hu laughed and shook his head. Duke Xiang of Song told him what Zhou Shixiang wanted to do. Although some of the practices were not very good to be famous after being passed on, he was a bandit and was afraid of something bad.
The words of Duke Xiang of Song are the most realistic. If someone has food and territory, you are an official; if no one has food and territory, you are a bandit. This is too reasonable, so as long as Zhou Shixiang's method can allow him to quickly have his own troops and territory, he will support him unconditionally. As scholars, their brains must be better than those of us, so let them move their intestines.
"Since everyone has no objection to my arrangements, please cheer up and train their soldiers in the past two days. We will lead them to do big things in two days!"
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Chapter completed!