Zhou Shixiang really planned to mark the Qing army prisoners because he really wanted to recruit these Jiangxi Green Camp soldiers, but he was afraid that these people would not be reliable. They said that they would not doubt people, but when they came to him, they would have to use them. After all, these Jiangxi Green Camp soldiers have been soldiers for several years, not as strong as those young and strong who know nothing. If they can join the Taiping Camp wholeheartedly, they will definitely play a big role and will be used in critical moments. But how can they make these prisoners use them for themselves without always worrying about them turning around and stabbing themselves?

Ge Wu's words are rough, but not rough. Although people are different from animals, Zhou Shixiang decided to treat these prisoners as animals and brand each of them the mark that they would never turn against each other!

He did it as soon as he said that, Zhou Shixiang put down his job and called a minor official who registered the roster and asked him to find someone in the city who could brand the animals.

This request made the minor official confused. He didn't know what Zhou Shixiang was going to do for this person, but he didn't dare to ask more questions, so he went to find the person.

The one I found was a middle-aged blacksmith, whose surname was Guo, nicknamed "Guo Dachui". He was the only blacksmith left in Luoding City. He usually made a living by tinkering with pots and knives for residents, but his family was fine when the fire broke out the night before.

Branding animals is not a technical job. It depends on the iron that burns red. Just make the marks you need in advance. Then, just burn them red and stamp them on people. So when you hear that Zhou Shixiang wants to make the mold and give them one tael of silver and twenty kilograms of rice, Guo Dahui agreed without hesitation. In his eyes, there is no difference between branding people and branding animals. As long as the customer gives money, everything is easy to do!

Zhou Shixiang simply told Guo Dachui the mark he wanted to make. After being stunned, the latter went home to get the tools and followed Zhou Shixiang to the prefect's yamen.

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Even the general of Shao Jiugong, there were 88 prisoners of the Qing army who were imprisoned in the prefectural office. They served in the Green Camp in Jiangxi for a long time. Most of them became veterans of the Green Camp in the sixth year of Shunzhi (the third year of Yongli). Of course, they were all Han people. The ingredients of these people were also relatively complicated, and they all had everything they did.

For example, the general Shao Jiugong was the first of all the personal soldiers of Jin Shengheng, the general of the Ningnan Marquis of Ming Dynasty, who guerrillaly attacked Kong Guozhi. After Zuo Liangyu's death, his son Zuo Menggen led his troops to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the Prince of Ying of the Qing Dynasty asked Zuo Menggen to lead his generals to Beijing to meet. Jin Shengheng was afraid that the Qing Dynasty would cut off his military power, so he asked Ajige to lead his troops to attack Jiangxi, expand his territory for the Qing Dynasty, so as to protect his military power. Ajige was unable to occupy Jiangxi, so he agreed to Jin Shengheng's request. From then on, Jin Shengheng became the general of Jiangxi in the Qing Dynasty. Kong Guozhi also made many contributions to attack Jiangxi and became a general.

In the fifth year of Shunzhi, Jin Shengheng and his subordinate Wang Deren were dissatisfied with the rewards of the Qing court. They raised the flag in Nanchang and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. As a result, the next year, Jin Shengheng committed suicide and Wang Deren was killed. However, Kong Guozhi was pardoned by the Qing army because he took the initiative to open the city before the city was broken, and was appointed as the general of Nangan by the Qing army commander, General of the Conquest of the South and Tan Tai, Gushan Ezhen.

Shao Jiugong was Kong Guozhi's personal soldier. His master surrendered to the Qing Dynasty again. Naturally, his personal soldier also looked at it. Since then, he has followed Kong Guozhi to continue to work for the Qing Dynasty. He participated in the Battle of Ganzhou where Li Chengdong went north to seize Jiangxi. Last year, he transferred south to Guangdong to participate in the Battle of Chaoshan. Because he had been following the Kong brothers for a long time, he had no credit and worked hard, so at the beginning of the year, Kong Guozhi released Shao Jiugong out to be the chief officer under his younger brother Kong Guoliang.

The rest of the people had a general experience similar to those of Shao Jiugong. Most of the people who had worked in the Ming army had been, and only a dozen were the soldiers who were recruited by Kong Guozhi in Ganzhou later.

Zhou Shixiang arrived at the magistrate's yamen and went straight to the prison cell. Peng Dazhu was holding people there. Seeing Zhou Shixiang bringing a blacksmith over, Peng Dazhu couldn't help but be curious. Ge Wu, who came with him, grinned and said that Zhou Shixiang was about to be labeled. After hearing this, Peng Dazhu immediately smiled.

"You turn on the furnace first, make the mold and burn it red!"

Zhou Shixiang ordered Guo Dachui to do his own business, and asked two soldiers to help him grow the stove together. When the stove was about the same, Peng Dazhu would take Shao Jiugong out. This man was the largest prisoner and his head. Zhou Shixiang must have sold him first.

After being taken out, Shao Jiugong saw a stove burning with charcoal and wind bulging. He also saw a guy carving molds. His heart couldn't help but "splied". I wonder what Ming Jun wanted to do.

Before he could be surprised, Zhou Shixiang spoke up and said to Shao Jiu, "I'll ask you, are you willing to bring your people to my Taiping Camp?"

"Join Taiping Camp?"

Shao Jiugong was stunned, then nodded suddenly and shouted: "The little one is willing, the little one is a Han Chinese, so how could he be accomplice the Tartars? To be honest, the little one has long been hoping to return to the Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for the dog thief Kong Guoliang, the little one might have already turned his head down!"

Zhou Shixiang thought that Shao Jiugong would have to hesitate for at least a while before he could give a reply. This made the inner thoughts complicated, and it was convincing. However, as soon as he finished speaking, Shao Jiugong patted his chest and said he was willing.

It’s a quarrel, it seems that this guy has been ready to wait for the day of surrender!

Zhou Shixiang sneered: "You said you were willing, but how did I know if you lied to me to save your life?"

Upon hearing this, Shao Jiu pointed his finger at the sky and said excitedly: "If the general doesn't believe in the small one, the small one can swear to the sky!"

"I never believe in any oath."

Zhou Shixiang interrupted Shao Jiugong who was about to swear with one sentence, staring at him coldly, making Shao Jiugong's scalp furrowed. Fortunately, the other party did not keep looking like this, but his face slowed down and said, "Let's do this. In order to prove your sincerity, I will have someone print a few words on your back."

"Sign up? What's the word?" Shao Jiugong's eyes widened, but he was filled with joy. Just printing a few words will make me really follow you?

"Don't you know if you print it?" Zhou Shixiang was a little impatient.

Seeing this, Shao Jiugong hurriedly said, "I'm printing, I'm printing!" After a pause, he asked again, "I don't know how to print this word, and where it is printed?" His eyes fell on the stove that was on fire, and he couldn't help but shivered, and his face suddenly turned pale.

"So long-winded?"

Zhou Shixiang was too lazy to talk nonsense to him, so he waved his hand. Ge Wu and his two subordinates immediately stepped forward and pressed Shao Jiugong to the ground with a pale face, lifting up his clothes.

On the other side, Guo Dahui took over the soldering iron that had been burned red by the charcoal fire, and gestured for a moment before pressing the soldering iron on Shao Jiugong's back.

With a "puff" sound, a burnt smell of meat suddenly filled everyone's noses. Shao Jiugong screamed in pain, "Ah!"

Guo Dachui had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running. He knew that the time for baking should not be long, let alone short. If it is long, the life of this person can be baked. If it is short, the handwriting will be unclear when the scar is tied.

It was only three seconds later. Guo Dahui took the soldering iron away. When he looked at Shao Jiugong, he fainted from pain. His back was red and black, which made people feel panic.

Zhou Shi was very satisfied with Guo Dahui's craftsmanship. The font looked very straight and the fire-branded ones were very well controlled. Although it looked terrible, it was skin trauma and would not hurt the bones. It would be healed in a few days.

After Shao Jiugong was awakened by water, the huge pain from his back made his teeth tremble up and down, and his heart-wrenching pain was so painful that he wanted to shout, but he didn't dare to shout.

After a while, the pain became weaker, and then he could barely stand up and asked Zhou Shixiang with trembling courage: "General, what are the words you have to put on my back?"

Zhou Shixiang smiled slightly and said, "It's a good word, not many. Five words, Shunzhi is a dog."

Is Shunzhi a dog?
Chapter completed!