The passenger boat goes down the Qianshan River to Hekou Town.
It hasn't snowed in the past few days, but the snow on both sides of the bank has not melted, and the sky and the earth are completely white.
Fei Lin kept turning around and looking back, fearing that the government would pursue him and kill him.
"Uncle Lin, don't be afraid," Zhao Han said with a smile, "the officials are busy putting out the fire, how can they find the manpower to chase me?"
This matter was completely beyond Fei Lin's imagination. When he looked at Zhao Han again, he was already filled with fear.
After thinking sadly for a moment, Fei Lin sighed and said, "Brother Han, why do you have to do this? At worst, we can wait another two or three years for another county magistrate to take office, and we can just apply for the household registration all over again."
Zhao Han shook his head and said: "Three years ago, I would have endured it. Now that I am fifteen years old, how can I endure such depression?"
When I was fifteen years old... when I was fifteen years old, I was still fooling around with the eldest young master.
Fei Lin complained in his mind and asked: "Are you going back to Ehu?"
"I'm not going back," Zhao Han looked at the sky, "The world is so big, I have my own place to go."
Zhao Han could hide back to Fei's family, but many criminal thieves were harbored by wealthy families, and the government did not dare to come and hunt them down.
But why go back?
It's a pity that Zhao Han met many people in Qianshan and laid the groundwork for three or four years. Before he could develop further, he had to give up everything at this moment.
One day, I have to fight back.
Zhao Han entered the cabin and took out pen and paper, wrote several letters in succession, handed them to Fei Lin and said: "Uncle Lin, please pass these letters to Madam, Miss, Master and my sister. Brother Chun, please pass a message for me. Let him study and study hard."
"I understand." Fei Lin put away the letters and didn't know what to say.
The Zhao Han in front of me is so strange!
A domestic slave, a scholar, transformed into a heroic figure, killing people and setting fires in the county government and escaped unscathed.
This thing only happens in romance novels.
Zhao Han asked in a low voice: "Can you trust these boatmen?"
Fei Lin nodded and said: "The young lady paid for her support and has nothing to do with the old lady."
Zhao Han said again: "Uncle Lin, when you get to Hekou Town, you can change a boat and go back. These boatmen will drive the boat to take me all the way, and I will give them money."
"It's no problem," Fei Lin reminded, "You have to do it quickly. The eunuch has set up a banknote checkpoint in Henglin, so you don't want to be recognized by the sea officials."
"Haha," Zhao Han suddenly laughed, "How can the county magistrate get along with the eunuch? By the time the government posts the sea arrest documents everywhere, I will have been away from Qianshan for who knows how long."
In less than half a day, the passenger ship arrived at the mouth of the river.
Fei Lin was carrying his luggage and preparing to go ashore. As soon as he walked out of the cabin, his face turned pale with fright and he exclaimed: "Where did this head come from?"
Zhao Han quickly went out to check and saw a wooden pole erected on the pier at the mouth of the river, with the heads of brothers Sun Xianzong and Sun Zhenzong hanging on the top of the pole.
I guess I felt unlucky because no ship was willing to dock at this pier.
Fei Lin immediately got off the boat to inquire, and ran back after a while and said: "Tax Supervisor Wang Heng has occupied Hekou Town, and his residence is in the Zhejiang Guild Hall. The Tiejiao Society has taken refuge with the eunuchs, and Fei Jiu has become the chief master, and Li Dazhu has become the second master. The Sun brothers were killed and Li Wei was killed, and Zhang Tieniu's whereabouts are unknown."
"This eunuch is very resourceful." Zhao Han couldn't help but admire him.
Tax Supervisor Wang Heng himself was stationed at the mouth of the river, setting up checkpoints in Henglin Town to control the west channel, Ehu Town to control the east channel, Shitang Town to control the south channel, and Shanglu Town to control the southeast channel.
The entire commercial route of Qianshan County has been completely controlled by this damn eunuch!
A year ago, when Wang Heng came to Qianshan to take office, he only had a few followers around him.
Keep going, keep messing around for another two or three years, and make Qianshan angry and resentful, and Zhao Han will be able to come back and look for opportunities to cause trouble.
Fei Lin hired another boat to go to Ehu Town. Zhao Han gave a few boatmen a tael of silver and asked them to wait on the boat. If they were hungry, they would ask Dingshenglou to deliver food.
"Brother Han, our boat will stop here? Do you want to move it any further?" the boatman asked, pointing to the head on the pole.
Zhao Han smiled and said: "It's okay, it's quite spacious here."
After saying that, Zhao Han took the spear and headed to Hanzhu Mountain. Before leaving, he had to interview Pang Chunlai.
The Chinese New Year is only a few days away, but unfortunately there is no Chinese New Year flavor this year.
The Qianshan gentry and foreign merchants were all plundered and exploited by the eunuchs, so the losses were passed on to the workers and farmers.
The Iron Leg Society has completely degenerated into a gang of thugs. The dock coolies have been squeezed, wages have dropped by an average of 30%, and there are no longer any social organizations to speak for them.
The tenants are worried about next year, and the landlords are asking for rent to be paid in advance, at least part of it.
This is not the most terrifying thing, the tenants are afraid of being taken away from their tenants!
The land tenure system in the late Ming Dynasty was not fully formed, and landlords could break the contract and seize the tenants at any time.
Every family is sad and every family sheds tears.
Zhao Han came to Hanzhu Private School. Since the new year was approaching, the students were going home one after another. Pang Chunlai was reading alone.
"Sir, I'm here." Zhao Han pushed open the door and entered.
"Sit down." Pang Chunlai put down the book.
Zhao Han leaned the spear in his hand, sat down with a smile and said, "Master He Can, after accepting the money, he refused to give me a household registration, and he even colluded with Dian Shi to arrest me and put me in jail."
Pang Chunlai asked in shock: "Why did such a big thing happen suddenly?"
Zhao Han didn't regard himself as an outsider. He drank the teacher's tea, moistened his throat and said, "I'm so angry that I killed the master, Dian Shi, and several government servants, so I just threw the county government on fire."
Burned."
Pang Chunlai thought he heard wrongly, so he turned his head and looked at Zhao Han carefully, and then he was speechless and dumbfounded.
After a long time, Pang Chunlai regained his composure and asked, "Do you want to leave Qianshan?"
"Yes." Zhao Han nodded.
"Where to go?" Pang Chunlai asked again.
Zhao Han smiled and said: "Ruijin is a good place. I'll go and learn how they rebelled."
Reading Tang Bao can only tell you about the important events of the imperial court.
Squatting in a restaurant, you can inquire about news from the world.
These days, Zhao Han made friends with various religions and learned a lot about Ruijin.
Initially, a peasant uprising broke out in southern Fujian, and Fujian officers and soldiers went to suppress it. The farmers in western Fujian took the opportunity to revolt.
After the civil unrest in southern Fujian subsided, the officers and soldiers sent their troops to western Fujian. The peasant army in western Fujian was unable to defeat them and was forced to flee into the mountains of southern Jiangxi, setting off a peasant movement again in southern Jiangxi.
Over the past few years, western Fujian and southern Jiangxi have become one.
The officers and soldiers were completely unable to suppress them, and they could not defeat them if they came too few. If too many came, the insurgents would flee into the mountains, and they would not be able to clear them out.
Ruijin is even more interesting. The peasant army here calls itself "Tian Bing".
There were three leaders of the field soldiers. Their approach was not radical. They did not directly attack the local tyrants to divide their fields. Instead, they forced the landlords to hand over 30% of their land and distributed it to the peasants who participated in the uprising. They also asked the landlords to grant permanent tenant rights to the tenants, which would last for generations.
Tenants must not be taken away or changed into tenants.
These field soldiers rushed into Ruijin County and forced the magistrate to stamp the land transfer documents.
Tens of thousands of copies were stamped at one time. The poor magistrate, masters and civil servants worked in turns day and night. They could dream of holding the seal in their hands, and they couldn't help but slam their chopsticks on the table while eating.
Immediately, the three leaders withdrew from the county seat, each occupying one side and supporting each other.
The Ruijin government did not dare to go out of the city to collect taxes.
Ruijin landlords did not dare to force farmers to pay rent.
As a result, Ruijin County formed a strange and harmonious situation.
The Southern Jiangxi Counselor and the Ruijin County Magistrate jointly reported that they had quelled the civil unrest, and were actually rewarded by the imperial court. Even if they did not collect the prescribed quota, it can be said that the peasant army's damage was too serious, and the magistrate got the credit for quelling the rebellion in vain.
The gentry and landlords in Ruijin saw that the peasant army did not kill people indiscriminately. Although it hurt them to lose 30% of their land, they could only hold their noses and admit it.
I really don't dare to ask officers and soldiers to suppress it again. The bandits are passing like a comb and the soldiers are passing by like a grate.
In the eyes of Ruijin landlords, the officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court to quell the rebellion were more terrifying than the peasant army!
When Zhao Han heard these rumors in the restaurant, he couldn't help but laugh. Many things in the late Ming Dynasty simply destroyed people's outlook on life.
What the hell are the landlords and the peasant army working together to defend against the imperial officers and soldiers?
Pang Chunlai said: "Ruijin has three field army leaders, and has reached a tacit agreement with the government, generals, and landlords. I'm afraid no one is willing to cause trouble again. Even if you go to Ruijin, you won't get any advantage. Could it be that the tiger's body shook, and the three
Are all the big leaders surrendering to you?"
Zhao Han explained: "The students just went to Ruijin to see the situation and get to know the three leaders. The real targets are in Ji'an and Taihe counties. The fourth young master of the Fei family is currently on patrol in Jinggang, so he can go and join him first. If
If you start an uprising here, you can retreat and hide in the mountains (Jinggangshan area), and if you advance, you can go south to capture Ganzhou and join forces with the peasant armies in southern Jiangxi and western Fujian."
Pang Chunlai suddenly stood up: "I'll go with you!"
"It's freezing cold, sir, it's not advisable for you to travel long distances," Zhao Han quickly advised.
Pang Chunlai said with a smile: "Compared with Liaodong, the winter in Jiangxi is nothing. Although I am very old, my gray hair is just an illusion. I am not fifty years old yet."
Zhao Han knew that the teacher was very stubborn, so he didn't try to persuade him. He just asked, "Sir, have you thought clearly?"
"What else are you thinking about?" Pang Chunlai exhaled a breath, "I have been living in Hanzhu Mountain for several years, and I have long wanted to change places. This place is really killing me! When are you leaving?"
"Tonight." Zhao Han said.
Pang Chunlai immediately sat down and wrote letters, one to the mountain leader Fei Yuanlu, one to his friend Zheng Zhongkui, and one to his student Xu Ying.
After handing the three letters to a familiar tutor, Pang Chunlai took the money and left immediately. He also took out an iron sword and hung it on his waist.
Zhao Han supported the teacher and walked straight to Hekou Town through the lingering snow in the biting cold wind.
It was already evening when they arrived, so the master and the apprentice were not in a hurry. They went to Dingshenglou to have a meal first.
While eating and drinking, Zhao Han called Fei Ze: "Brother Jiandan, I'm going on a long trip. When Ruhe comes, give him the manuscript in my room. Will he print the "Ehu Xunkan" again?
Make up your mind, you should be able to make money in the fourth period after raising the price."
"Where is brother going?" Feizer asked.
Zhao Han smiled and talked nonsense: "As entrusted by the young madam, I went to her natal family in Jiujiang to do something."
Feize congratulated: "My brother is becoming more and more valued by my wife."
Chat for a while and fill your stomach.
Zhao Han supported Pang Chunlai and went to the dock to board the ship in the dark, only to see a dark figure climbing a wooden pole.
Just pretend you don't see it and continue walking towards the river.
The master and apprentice quickly entered the cabin, and a boatman immediately went ashore and untied the rope tied to the shore.
The shadow failed several times, but finally climbed to the top of the pole, cut the rope with an axe, and took away the heads of the Sun brothers.
As soon as the boatman finished untying the rope, a black shadow ran over with his head in hand and an ax in his hand, threatening in a low voice: "Send me the boat to Henglin, or I will kill you!"
It was no coincidence that there was only one boat parked near the wooden pole on which the head was hung.
"Okay... good man, spare your life!" The boatman was so frightened that his whole body became weak.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" The black shadow urged again and again. The boatmen did not dare to disobey and walked to the boat one after another.
This guy rushed into the cabin recklessly, holding an ax and growling: "Be honest, the Sa family is just taking the boat, don't force me... Hey, my little husband is here too?"
Zhao Han smiled and said: "Brother Tieniu, it's freezing outside. Sit down and warm yourself by the fire."
