Life in Zhenjiang Fort was stable and happy, and I made more money than before.
However, he still doesn't have enough money to buy a few acres of land outside the city. If he didn't buy a house in the city last year, maybe he could still buy a few acres of land with the money he earned from working on the city wall.
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As more and more people buy land, the price of the fields around Zhenjiang Fort is also getting higher and higher. From the original 2 taels of silver per acre, to now it is 5 taels of silver per acre, and it may not be possible to buy it outside the city.
Arrived.
The government still has a large amount of official land in its hands, but those fields are only for rent and not for sale. According to people from the Civil Affairs Office, these lands will be reserved for rewards in the future to officers and soldiers who have achieved military merit in the army.
Anyway, ordinary people like them, don't think about it.
The military merit reward order issued by the government at the time is still in effect today. In other words, no matter who it is, as long as they bring a genuine Tatar head to the government, they can directly go to the government to receive the reward.
A head is worth five taels of silver, and no one, young or old, should be bullied.
Even with the current market conditions, it is still an acre of good farmland. Moreover, it is right outside the city and close to the city. You don't have to travel three to five or eight miles to see the farmland from the city wall.
As a result, many people like Feng Changxin began to have this idea.
Today, the Tatars are only left in Kaizhou. They go out in small groups. If they are lucky, they can bring back the heads of three or five Tatars. This kind of profit is better than anything else in the city.
Not to mention that if you get lucky and kill a Tatar officer, the reward will be doubled.
This kind of thing made many young people in Zhenjiang Fort become jealous. As for the team that went out, they encountered a Tatar counterattack. Some people did not come back directly. Some even did not come back as a whole team and were directly killed.
These young people ignored it.
Wealth comes from danger. How can a person who is afraid of death make a lot of money?
Not to mention that there is still support from the government. From the government, you can also purchase weapons that have been replaced by the army. If you are willing to spend a lot of money to get a firecracker, it will be more stable. And the government is not
I don’t know the behavior of these people, but although they did not encourage it, they did not prohibit it. On the contrary, as long as they got Tatar’s mobile phone, and the people from the military and political yamen verified it to be genuine, they would directly give him money without saying a word.
This attitude is actually almost like encouragement.
Feng Changxing had killed Tatars, but he didn't know if they were real Tatars. At that time, he was fleeing for his life and encountered a Tatar. Anyway, if he didn't resist, he would die. Chaos can kill just one person, so that's considered pulling.
He is a backer, so he has no objection to this kind of thing.
The Tatars were able to hunt down refugees like themselves in the past, and now they can naturally retaliate in kind.
After settling everything at home and lying to his old mother that he was leaving the city to find work on a farm, Feng Changxin and his former co-workers walked out of Zhenjiang Fort on a rainy morning.
There were five people in his party, still headed by Feng Changxin. In addition to Feng Changxin being their leader, more importantly, the direction of their trip was Kaizhou, and Feng Changxin was from Kaizhou.
"Let's talk about it first. If we encounter a large group of Tatars, we should go around it. Even if there is a small group of Tatars with a similar number of people as us, don't be impulsive. Everything will be obeyed by me!"
Thirty miles away from Kaizhou, when the deserted villages could be faintly seen, Feng Changxin stopped and explained to his teammates once again.
"Our target is the lone Tatar. As long as there are more than three of them, we will never take action!"
"clear!"
Everyone held the weapons in their hands and looked solemn. This was a life-threatening matter. If everyone didn't obey the instructions, they would be harming themselves and others.
In the ruins of the village in the distance, there was faint movement, and a few people approached cautiously. After a period of observation and testing, they suddenly discovered that the people in the village in front of them came to Kaizhou to make a fortune just like them.
However, there were more of them than Feng Changxin's, and the leader was said to be a retired soldier from the army.
"Would you like to join us? There are too few of you. If we encounter the Tatars, we won't be able to do much. We have more than twenty people. If we encounter the Tatars' scout team, we can fight them!"
The leader invited them: "Ten or so miles ahead is the territory of the Tatar scouts. Please consider it!"
"How to divide the bounty?" Feng Changxin was concerned about this issue.
"I will distribute it!" the leader said proudly: "Whoever contributes more and who is not afraid of death will get a bigger share. I, Cheng Rui, used to be from the Zhongyong Camp. If anyone is worried about my injustice, go directly to the Civil Affairs Yamen to file a complaint.
Me, I’m still in the government office collecting rice grains!”
Then there was nothing to consider. Feng Changxin and his companions murmured a few words and decisively joined the team.
After hanging out in the village until dark, the small team set off again. Feng Changxin discovered that although the team only had twenty or thirty people, they had a variety of weapons, including those with bows and arrows, some with iron forks, and some.
Like Cheng Rui, those holding short knives were even holding ropes.
It seems that these people all have their own abilities.
He looked back at his brothers and ordered them in a low voice: "Once you meet the Tatars, you guys should follow me closely and take care of each other. Also, you must hold on to the guy in your hand. You can't even die."
let go!"
Everyone nodded, not daring to be careless.
In the middle of the night, they arrived at a deserted slope. With Feng Changxin's understanding of Kaizhou, he couldn't tell what kind of place it was. He just knew that it was very close to Kaizhou.
"We have been guarding here for several days!" Cheng Rui told them in a low voice: "There is a Tatar scout, five people, who pass by here every three days. Our target is them!"
"There are only five people!" Feng Changxin was a little disappointed. Five people only had twenty-five taels of silver. On average, each person could not get even one tael.
"Aren't their weapons, armor, and their horses made of silver?"
Cheng Rui glared at him angrily: "For a good war horse, the yamen will ask for twenty taels of silver. Think about it, think about it..."
Feng Chang's confidence suddenly became intense. When he looked at his companion who was holding a rope and seemed to be arranging a tripping rope, he suddenly felt that his figure was so amiable and approachable.
"Okay, you guys, go over there and dig a trench!"
Cheng Rui commanded them and threw two shovels at them: "As long as you can hide your body, if there are any Tatars who escape from your side, kill them!"
Feng Changxin nodded solemnly and started working according to where Cheng Rui pointed.
Unfortunately, before daybreak and before the hiding ditch was dug, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, and everyone immediately hid, waiting for the arrival of their prey.
Lying in the unfinished ditch, Feng Changxin's heart was pounding, and the vibrations in his ears made him clearly feel that the enemies coming this way were definitely more than five horses.
Before he could give a warning, the neighing and crashing sounds of horses could be heard in the darkness in the distance. It was the tripping rope that tripped the enemy at the front. Then, he saw the dark crowd on the desolate slope in the distance.
They rushed out and rushed towards the Tartar team.
The sounds of fighting and screams suddenly started.
"What should I do, Brother Feng..."
The voice of the companion next to me was trembling, half out of excitement and half out of fear.
The whizzing sound of arrows was heard in the air, and the shouts of killing were mixed with the strange screams of the Tatars. His heart suddenly crossed, and he stood up with the knife in his hand: "I'm here to kill the Tatars!"
There was chaos in the darkness, but it was easy to distinguish between friend and foe, especially Cheng Rui's shout, which came from afar: "Kill those wearing cotton armor, those without cotton armor are our own!"
Rushing forward, Feng Changxin decisively rushed towards the nearest Tatar. Two people were circling around the Tatar. At this moment, several Feng Changxin rushed over. The Tatar was obviously panicked, and the long knife in his hand was messed up.
He was chopping, while still yelling something loudly.
"What is he shouting!"
Feng Changxin slashed hard, and Tatar held his knife fiercely. However, his companion behind him took this opportunity to stab the opponent's waist with the iron fork in his hand.
The iron fork was not sharp enough, and it did not pierce in. It just pushed the Tatar away a little. Feng Changxin felt his hand loosen. He could not care so much, and the long knife in his hand slashed along the opponent's blade.
The Tatar screamed strangely, and he didn't know how many fingers were chopped off. At this moment, Tiecha directly flipped the Tatar's fork, which had lost its center of gravity, to the ground. Several weapons of all kinds were handed over, and the Tatars on the ground were immediately beaten alive.
The pestle died.
At this time, Feng Changxing had time to wield his knife, panting heavily, and asked his companions beside him.
"Don't you want to come over...?"
The companion shook his head: "I think that's what he was called!"
"What a fool!" Feng Changxin exhaled and looked at the battle group not far away: "There is another one over there..."
Several people rushed over again!
The battle ended quickly, five minutes, maybe ten?
Anyway, it will definitely not last more than a quarter of an hour. They met suddenly in the dark night. The people on both sides had no sympathy at all. It was a life and death fight. It really didn't take much time.
These few minutes are enough to decide the life or death of one party.
But this time, the hunters waited for work, calculated mentally but not carelessly, and had an absolute advantage in numbers. Even if the opponent's number was slightly larger, the battle still ended with a great victory for the hunters.
Only one hunter died, but a dozen of them were injured. The dead one couldn't go far. When they were attacked at the beginning, the Tatars had time to shoot a wave of bows and arrows, even though the Tatars were random.
It was a shot, but this unlucky guy in a remote area was shot to the vital point with an arrow.
Under the command of Cheng Rui, everyone happily inspected their harvest. This Tatar team consisted of ten people. In the chaos, several horses were frightened and ran away, but there were still five or six intact horses.
As for the dead Tatars, in addition to having their heads chopped off, all the items they carried that might be valuable were also searched out by the hunters one by one!
These are all silver!
"I think we can get at least twenty taels with this vote!" My partner said to Feng Changxin happily. There was already a faint light on the horizon in the distance, and it was almost dawn.
Feng Changxin nodded casually, but his eyes were focused on Cheng Rui who was not far away. He just didn't follow Cheng Rui's order and took the initiative to kill the enemy. He didn't know if this would be an excuse for Chen Rui to deduct the rewards from several of them.
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"What are you looking at, Brother Feng!"
"That Cheng Rui, is he holding a letter or a token in his hand?"
"Who knows, could he still be literate?" The partner said indifferently: "Tell me, will we do it again? This Tatar is too easy to kill, not as evil as the legend says!"
"I'll go ask!"
Feng Changxin shook his head and walked towards Cheng Rui: "Boss Cheng, should we leave? This is not our place. If the Tatars come looking for us, it will be a bad thing!"
"Yes, it's time to go!"
Cheng Rui nodded and stuffed the things in his arms into his arms. Feng Changxin glanced at him: "Is this from a Tatar?"
"Well, these Tatars should be the Tatar team that delivers the order!" Cheng Rui said: "That's why we are so lucky. If there is really a scout team of ten people, I'm afraid we won't be so relaxed!"
"Can you show me those things?" Feng Changxin said, pointing to the other person's arms.
"Why can't you still read Tatar documents?" Feng Changxin smiled and handed the thing in his hand to him: "It's a mess, I don't know what it says, I'll show it to the people in the Yamen, maybe it will be of some use!"
"I recognize some, but not much!" Feng Changxin took these things and looked at them carefully. Gradually, his face became serious.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Rui felt something was wrong.
"This news must be sent back immediately!" Feng Changxin said solemnly: "If I admit it correctly, something big is going to happen in Kaizhou!"
"What big thing could it be!" Cheng Rui said with a smile: "Are the Tatars fighting among themselves? The harder they fight, the better for us!"
"No!" Feng Changxin's face was extremely serious: "The Tatars plan to abandon Kaizhou and withdraw all their troops to Yaozhou and Liaoyang!"
"Is there such a good thing?" Cheng Rui was stunned and couldn't help but rejoice: "This is a good thing. I really need to go back as soon as possible to report the good news. This news is much more valuable than the heads of these dead Tatars on the ground!"
"It's not a good thing!" Feng Changxin shook his head, showing a hint of anger: "They are not just withdrawing their troops from Kaizhou, before they withdraw their troops, they want to massacre the city and kill all the people in the city.
Raise Kaizhou to the ground!"
"They have no intention of leaving Kaizhou to us!"
"What the hell!" Cheng Rui was stunned and couldn't help but spit out a curse word. He turned around and shouted to those below who were still happily counting the results of the battle: "Get up, everyone, and take your heads with you."
and war horses, let’s go back to Zhenjiang Fort immediately. We don’t want the broken bits and pieces in the underground. Here are some people who can ride horses. Follow me and Feng Changxin and go back first!”
His eyes widened: "Damn it, something big is going to happen!"