Chapter 20 Afternoon
"Array?"
Zhang Luo explained to Grandpa Zhang:
"It's different from the one you used last night to stand in rows."
"I have a formation that is very suitable for Zhenhaiwei people."
Grandpa Zhang could not find any other way.
He said with some doubts:
"Then how long will it take you to research the formation?"
"Ten days at most."
Grandpa Zhang said with his crutch:
"Since you are so confident, I will send someone to Dongshan Village to issue a challenge."
"What will you do if you lose again in ten days?"
Zhang Luo touched his head and said:
"If we lose again, all this year's harvest from my field will be handed over to the guard station."
Grandpa Zhang patted Zhang Luo on the shoulder and said:
"Okay! If you lead us to victory, the two months' harvest of the rice fields in the back mountain will be yours."
Everyone in the square looked at Grandpa Zhang in surprise.
The two-month harvest from the rice field in the back mountain is not a small amount.
The river runs across the back mountain.
That rice field is bordered by a big river.
The area is also nearly 80 acres.
Eighty acres of land can be harvested in two months.
Just thinking about it with my head seems impressive.
Of course, everyone also understood Grandpa Zhang’s good intentions.
If this rice field cannot be taken back,
I couldn’t get the harvest that day either.
Even if we learn from Dongshan Village and hire people to help.
Even the ancestral hall couldn't afford a tael of silver.
There are only people like Zhang Luo who have Zhenhaiwei registered residence.
Only in this way can we get the future benefits first.
In the past few months, many people in Weili have regarded Zhang Luo as one of their own.
Some people always say that the Fujian-Guangzhou area has a strong clan atmosphere.
Because people in these areas value family ties the most.
But in reality, things like feelings are just the superficial reason to maintain the clan.
The harsh living environment in Fujian and Guangzhou.
This is the basis for all clans to work together to resist foreign enemies.
clans in these areas.
Over hundreds of years, a unique benefit distribution system has been developed.
Although this system is not fair.
But it was effective enough.
It allows a clan to continue forever.
Zhang Luo did not show any excitement.
He said to Grandpa Zhang:
"If you want to defeat the weak with the strong, everyone must promise me a few things."
"you say."
Zhang Luo turned around and faced the people in the square and said:
"First of all, clan fighting is a private fight and violates morality."
"However, Dongshan Village took away our rice fields by force."
"It was they who violated morality first. We took back the rice fields to defend the camp against evildoers."
"Since it is for the defense of the country, those who deserve it should be rewarded."
"Those who fail will be punished, what do you say, village chief?"
Grandpa Zhang nodded and said:
"It's natural."
Zhang Luo continued:
"Anytime someone knocks down the enemy in a fight."
"As a reward, half an acre of rice field."
"If there are two or even three people, how about sharing half an acre equally?"
Grandpa Zhang held his crutches, squinted his eyes and thought for a while before saying:
"It can be rewarded."
"If he cowers and kicks during a fight, or he just runs away."
"You must be responsible for taking care of the wounded around you until they get out of bed."
"That's how it should be."
Zhang Luo said again:
"I had the privilege to read "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu a few years ago."
"There are some military formations inside that can be used just right."
As soon as these words came out, even Third Master and Grandpa Zhang exhaled.
Looking at Zhang Luo in disbelief.
Sun Tzu is the Sun Wu from the Warring States Period.
In the Ming Dynasty, he was also a figure who was enshrined in the martial arts temple by Emperor Hongwu.
There is a Sun Wu Temple in Fuzhou Prefecture.
The incense is still good so far.
Zhang Luo said that he had read Sun Tzu's Art of War.
Grandpa Zhang still doesn’t believe it.
But if what Zhang Luo said is true.
That explains why Zhang Luo is so confident.
Sun Tzu was a military sage during the Warring States Period.
The military formations in Sun Tzu's Art of War are used in battles involving hundreds of people.
It's not an easy win.
Grandpa Zhang hesitated for a while and asked again:
"But everything in Sun Tzu's Art of War is used for fighting."
"Can our little Zhenhaiwei be used?"
"Village Chief, don't worry, of course you can."
"My formation does not require any armor or horses."
"We just need to improve the farm tools and let everyone practice their directions."
I heard there is no need to spend money.
Grandpa Zhang let out a sigh of relief.
Zhenhaiwei is a coastal defense force with few horses.
There are not many complete pieces of armor.
I heard Zhang Luo say that he could form an array using only farm tools.
Grandpa Zhang has more confidence in Zhang Luo.
Zhang Luo said:
"Then starting from tomorrow, everyone will be here in the lotus formation."
"As for the food needed for training?"
Grandpa Zhang immediately said:
"Duwei Ancestral Hall provides it, and I guarantee it will be enough!"
Zhang Luo said again:
"Another point is that my formation requires some special weapons."
"It's not complicated, just slightly modify the farm tools."
"Can you please ask Grandpa Zhang to send some people over to help?"
Grandpa Zhang agreed to the first two items.
This time Grandpa Zhang looked at Zhang Luo and asked:
"After modification, the farm tools won't become useless, right?"
"Definitely not, don't worry, village chief."
"That's OK! I'll go talk to Baihu about this."
"Ask Baihu to send someone over to help you."
After talking about the three requirements.
Zhang Luo looked at the people in the square and said:
"My formation is commonly known as the Yuanyang Formation. Twelve people form a team."
"Those who can tell the way raise their hands."
Slowly, dozens of people raised their hands.
Zhang Luo sighed softly.
Thinking of the modern Beiyang warlords, there were soldiers who couldn't tell the difference between left and right.
The per capita education level in this feudal era is really worrying.
But at least it was a military garrison, and we finally managed to gather thirty captains.
Zhang Luo looked at the Zhenhai Guards.
I began to pray in my heart:
"Master Sun Tzu, and Qi Shaobao."
"May Zhenhaiwei be victorious this time."
"And Mr. Guan, you can also help me."
"If the result is satisfactory, Zhang Luoding will go to the county to pay tribute to you."
In the afternoon, Grandpa Zhang sent someone to send a letter of war to Dongshan Village.
The Hu family in Dongshan felt dazzled when they received the letter of challenge.
Unexpectedly, Zhenhaiwei came to fight.
But he still accepted the challenge and expressed his willingness to fight again in ten days.
The armed fighting between Fujian and Guangzhou was no ordinary fight.
Belonging is a common way for two clans to resolve disputes.
Although this method seems crude.
It can even be said to be the method of primitive people.
But it is also a conventional method.
At this time, the private struggle between Fujian and Guangzhou had not yet reached the stage of life-and-death struggle in the Qing Dynasty.
Most of the time no one is killed.
If someone dies, it's not as simple as the county government paying a fine of one or two silver.
Officials from the county government were placed under surveillance in every village and every guard.
Wherever a fight breaks out, people from the yamen will quickly come to watch the fight.
If someone was beaten to death, the onlookers would kill him on the spot.
He was taken to the county jail and there were things that needed to be dealt with everywhere.
If you don't get beheaded, you'll lose half your life.
So the clan fighting in this era.
It's more like a competition between two forces.
Whichever side wins, the clan will gain more benefits.
This chapter has been completed!