Of the four counties in Nan'an Prefecture, only Chongyi County has not been captured yet.
Chongyi County is poor, remote and difficult to get around. There are basically no natives from Jiangxi. Most are Hakkas from Guangdong, and a small number are Yao people from Guangdong. And they have moved to Jiangxi for a long time. Long before Wang Yangming suppressed the bandits, at least some
More than one hundred and thirty years!
Shangyou County is right next to Chongyi County. The conflict between natives and Hakkas in the southwest of the county is very serious. Most of the Hakkas are descended from Chongyi County.
Zhao Han invited more than 40 representatives from surrounding counties. Naturally, it was impossible to cover everything. These representatives were needed to go back and deliver the message.
As soon as Zhao Han left Ganzhou, trouble started in Shangyou County.
This is the heading and flowering stage of rice, and it is also the high-temperature season with high evaporation. Once there is a lack of water, pollen and pistil stigmas will easily wither, resulting in difficulty in heading, normal pollination, and empty rice grains.
Moreover, you should not irrigate too much at once. It is best to keep the rice fields with shallow water and irrigate every two to three days.
In a word, water needs to be used frequently.
Shangyou County, Jilong Village.
There is a small river here that flows into the Shangyou River. Due to the lack of rain for half a year, the small river is almost dry, and only a little bit in the center of the river is still flowing.
The Hakka people who are originally from Guangdong live in the upper reaches of the mountains. Except for the areas along the river, the land is generally relatively barren. The indigenous people of Jiangxi live in the lower reaches. The land is generally relatively fertile and the terrain is much flat.
But when there is a drought, the Hakka people have an advantage every time because they live upstream!
"Dong dong dong dong!"
"The bandits are blocking the river, the bandits are blocking the river!"
The natives downstream were beating gongs and drums, and soon every family had boys, even children aged twelve or thirteen, who started to gather with hoes and sticks.
The backbone of the farmers' association was so frightened that they quickly came to dissuade them: "Don't mess around, don't mess around, I'll report it to the mayor, and the mayor will make the decision for us!"
"Naochao, tie him up!"
Several backbones of the farmers' association were all tied up. Although many villagers also joined the farmers' association, in order to compete for water sources, they did not listen to the backbones of the farmers' association at this moment.
More than 300 people gathered in half a day, all men from the downstream villages.
They fought their way upstream, and soon discovered that where they were crossing the river, there was a temporary dam on the river, blocking all the little river water upstream.
"Demolished!"
Just as the natives of Jiangxi were demolishing the dams, the Hakkas also began to rush to tell each other, bringing all kinds of farm tools and rushing towards them with red eyes.
The two sides, totaling more than 700 people, started fighting in the shallow dry river.
This time the fighting was even more fierce because it hadn’t rained for half a year and it was also the critical heading period.
In terms of casualties, its intensity has exceeded that of Fei Ruhe's siege in southern Jiangxi...
The battle lasted for a quarter of an hour, with hundreds of casualties on both sides, and more than 20 people were killed on the spot.
There were few indigenous people in Jiangxi, so they couldn't beat them. They didn't even take care of the corpses, and ran away dragging the wounded. When they returned, they immediately released the backbone of the farmers' association, and then went to complain to the mayor. The mayor was transferred from Wan'an County.
, who was not a native of Shangyou County, immediately sent someone to Ganzhou City to report the news.
"It's time to kill people, don't just be virtuous." Liu Huan suggested.
Liu Anfeng also said: "The main town just set the rules half a month ago. If it is far apart, it would be excusable. Maybe the mountain people don't know, but Jilong Village in Shangyou County is very close. They are like this
The way we do it is simply not to take the main town seriously, nor the government and the peasant association of Ganzhou!"
"well!"
Chen Maosheng sighed: "I'll mobilize the troops."
There were only three hundred regular soldiers stationed in Ganzhou City. When Zhao Han left, Chen Maosheng was allowed to mobilize them at will.
Two days later, Chen Maosheng summoned hundreds of missionaries and farmers' association cadres, and headed for Shangyou County with 300 regular soldiers. Although the Shangyou River was dry and shallow, small warships could still sail. After they took the boat to the county seat,
Then we walked along the river to Jilong Village.
"Mr. Chen, you have to make the decision for us, those bandits are so unreasonable!"
As soon as he entered the village, many farmers came running, kneeling on the ground and begging Chen Maosheng for help.
Chen Maosheng said expressionlessly: "Who took the lead in kidnapping the peasant association members?"
No one spoke.
Chen Maosheng immediately turned around: "Go back to Ganzhou, don't worry about things here anymore."
"Liu Baocheng asked him to be kidnapped. I tried to persuade him, but he didn't stop him!" a farmer shouted.
"Yes, that's Liu Baocheng!" said another farmer. "He joined the Peasants' Association late and before he became the leader of the Peasants' Association, he kept asking us not to listen to what the Peasants' Association said!"
Chen Maosheng shouted and asked: "Who is Liu Baocheng?"
"he!"
The farmers all pointed at one person, who was already trembling with fear.
"Catch him!"
Three hundred Datong soldiers were well-equipped and well-organized. How could the local farmers dare to resist?
This person was arrested and interrogated separately, and thirty villagers were selected for interrogation separately. The person who organized the gang was quickly discovered.
At the same time, according to Liu Baocheng's confession, it was the former big landowner of the village who was instigating this time to bypass the farmers' association and directly carry out trouble. Liu Baocheng also received a bucket of rice as a benefit.
The big landowner was not liquidated because of his evil deeds. He still retained a small amount of land and then forced him to divide his land.
The land reserved by the landlords is relatively fertile and large in quantity, and it is all along the river. It is the biggest beneficiary of the competition for water. This man himself does not come forward, but relies on his past prestige to instigate farmers to do things, and has been secretly obstructing them.
Farmers' association work.
Chen Maosheng arrested people that day and arrested the entire landlord.
The next day, Chen Maosheng left some missionary officers and the backbone of the farmers' association to reorganize the work of the local farmers' association. He personally led his troops to the upper reaches and demolished the dams in the river. After waiting for a long time, no Hakkas came to stop him.
Chen Maosheng could only lead his troops into the village and interrogated more than 20 households, but no one was willing to reveal the leader.
These Hakka people are really united!
As for the Hakka Farmers Association here, it has not been established yet.
Chen Maosheng discussed with the local mayor and quickly invited two Hakkas. They were the first to settle down during the economic sanctions last year. They were also issued licenses to buy salt and sell goods. All the Hakkas were willing to register.
After registering, the licenses of these two people are of no use.
"Who is taking the lead this time?" Chen Maosheng asked.
"I don't know." They both shook their heads at the same time.
"Very good, very good. You really think I'm very merciful," Chen Maosheng laughed angrily, "separate executions, first chop off the little finger on the left hand! If you don't confess, then chop off the ring finger on the left hand, and then chop off all ten fingers, and then chop off the feet.
Fingers!”
The two were taken to different rooms, and soon screams began to be heard.
They didn't know whether the other party had confessed. When they cut off the ring finger, one of them confessed the leader out of fear.
Chen Maosheng came to the other person and said with a smile: "We have already recruited him over there, do you want to recruit him? If you don't recruit him, I will arrest him based on his confession. If you recruit him, I will correct his confession."
"I'll do it, I'll do it," the man cried.
The two men's confessions were consistent, and it seemed that they were not lying. Chen Maosheng immediately ordered: "Arrest people according to the list. If anyone resists arrest, they will be killed immediately."
Chen Maosheng called the two of them together again and sneered: "Both of you can speak Jiangxi dialect, and you are also the ones who settled in advance. If a farmers' association is formed, you will definitely be selected as the backbone, and you can even become officials in the future. Why should you help?
hide?"
The two of them didn't speak, they just screamed in pain.
"I can probably guess," Chen Maosheng said with a smile, "You are hoping to make the matter bigger so that the government will block trade again. By then, only the two of you will have a business license and can go to the city to buy salt and sell it.
, you can also sell the goods in the mountains. Isn’t that right?”
The two of them stopped screaming in pain and just covered the wounds of their severed fingers. It was obvious that Chen Maosheng was right about everything.
"Short-sighted people," Chen Maosheng angrily denounced, "Mr. Zhao is about to occupy the entire territory of Jiangxi and will seize the world in the future. If you sincerely surrender, how can you be considered a hero of Conglong, but you were blinded by a few dollars from selling goods!"
The two of them were stunned when they heard this, and suddenly felt that they were really stupid, and then kowtowed and begged Chen Maosheng for forgiveness.
Half a day later, the officer came back and reported: "Master Chen, two of them ran away. He must have hid in the mountains."
Chen Maosheng ordered: "Arrest his whole family and spread the news. If he doesn't come back and surrender after three days, his family's land will be confiscated and all the men, women, old and children in the family will be used as hard labor!"
Over the past six months, Chen Maosheng has shown enough goodwill, and it’s time to use thunderous means!
Three days passed, and only one of the two who escaped came back and surrendered.
Chen Maosheng called all the people upstream and downstream to the place where they gathered to fight. More than ten leaders were tied up, including the gentry who secretly encouraged them, and three hundred soldiers were fully armed and on standby.
"If there are any disputes in the future, let the village chief and the peasant association mediate," Chen Maosheng said loudly. "If the village chief and the peasant association cannot mediate, go to the town chief. If you can't go to the town mayor, go to the county government to argue. If it's a private fight,
, punish the leader severely, what happened today should serve as a warning!”
The charges were read out one by one, and after they were pronounced, they were killed, and several heads were chopped off in succession.
When the Hakka people were cut down, the Hakka villagers were ready to move, and the three hundred Datong soldiers immediately raised their weapons.
"brush!"
Another head fell to the ground.
After more than a dozen heads were chopped off, Chen Maosheng said: "After salting it with lime, spread it to all counties, villages and towns, so that they can see the consequences of advocating chaos and breaking the law!"
For more than half a month, Chen Maosheng directly stationed here, forcibly forming a farmers' association and dividing the fields.
Since grain has been planted in the fields, the results of this division of fields will be effective after the grain is harvested, resolutely cracking down on the Hakka leaders who produce too much land!
Ordinary Hakka farmers benefited from this and were allocated more land. Although they did not really support it, at least they had conflicts with the Hakka leaders, and they would definitely not want to listen to those leaders in the future.
Then came drought relief. The rivers were almost drying up, so we had to dig wells and try our luck.
Two hundred of the three hundred regular soldiers helped the villagers upstream and downstream to dig wells, and gradually became closer to the people at the bottom through their work.
Just when the rice was heading to the end, it suddenly rained heavily.
Both the natives and the common people cheered and celebrated.
However, the General Military Mansion was alert. From southern Ganxi to central Ganxi, heavy rains continued in various prefectures and counties.
After half a year of drought, a major flood is likely to come!
For a place like Nanchang County, the spring drought will only result in a slight harvest failure, but a major flood may wipe out the rice harvest!
What is strange is that there are continuous heavy rains in central and southern Jiangxi, but there is still a severe drought in northern Jiangxi. To be precise, it is the eastern part of Jiujiang Prefecture, the northeastern part of Nankang Prefecture, and the northern part of Raozhou Prefecture. These places suffered from severe drought last year, and this year there is a severe drought.
There is still no rainfall in summer.
Floods and droughts are coming at the same time. God really doesn't leave a way for people to survive.
