Zhang Yangquan came out of the house and saw that it was the mother and daughter just now.
The woman hugged a layer of mattresses and quilts and said with a smile: "Sir, there are no beddings in the room. This is an extra piece from our family. Please use it, sir!"
The little girl was also holding a small pillow. She was lively and active when she went out, and she was more active than anyone else. After entering the house, she hid behind her mother and looked at Zhang Yangquan timidly.
Zhang Yangquan took the bedding and pillow, thanked him repeatedly, and after exchanging a few words, he learned that the woman's surname was Xu, and took the opportunity to ask: "Sister-in-law Xu, what year and month is it now?"
The woman was slightly startled and replied: "It's July of the 12th year of Zhizheng. Don't you know, sir?"
"I'm escaping the next way. I'm afraid I'll remember it wrong, so I asked my eldest sister to confirm." Zhang Yangquan said casually.
After sending the two of them out, they returned to the house and laid out the bedding and pillows. Although they were all made of coarse linen, it was very warm to lie on.
Zhang Yangquan put his hands behind his head and fell into thought.
He had read Yuan History in college and knew that the twelfth year of Zhizheng was 1352 AD, just one year after Han Lin'er and Liu Futong's Red Turban Uprising!
In my memory, Tuotuo was about to lead a large army to suppress Xuzhou. Afterwards, he would massacre the entire city of Xuzhou. Then, the Yuan army would attack Haozhou where Zhu Yuanzhang was located.
Longtanzhai is on Yangzhou Road, not far from Xuzhou and Haozhou, so it is a good base.
At the moment, he is just a little bandit. He can't even fight a seven- to eight-hundred-yuan soldier at the foot of the mountain, and he is not qualified to influence the world's structure.
The top priority is to first solve the crisis of being besieged in Longtan Village, and then become the bandit leader as soon as possible and start his own farming plan.
Just as I was lost in thought, a voice suddenly sounded beside me.
"Hey, what are you thinking about? You don't even hold a light?"
Zhang Yangquan was slightly startled and looked up, only to see a figure standing beside the bed.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and the room was hazy. After looking around for a while, I finally recognized Qin Lingsi, the leader of the second village.
Zhang Yangquan was startled by her and said angrily: "Don't you knock on the door before entering the house?"
"I knocked it, but you couldn't hear it!"
Qin Lingsi snorted, walked to the table, made a "chi" sound, and lit the lamp with a firebrand.
Then he sat down at the end of the bed, pushed on Zhang Yangquan's leg, and said: "Hey, Zhang Yangquan, you have a lot of ideas. Help the leader of the village think of a way to save my horse!"
"What happened to your horse?"
Zhang Yangquan asked the question knowingly. Needless to say, someone must have suggested killing the horse again, maybe it was Qin Lingjun himself who suggested it.
Qin Lingsi sneered and said: "It's not like that bastard Guo Niansheng, who relies on his old age and betrays his old age. He can't come up with a good way to defeat the enemy, but he wants to kill my horse to satisfy everyone's hunger!"
"Are there many horses in the village?" Zhang Yangquan asked cautiously.
"There are only twelve horses, and I have worked hard to feed them..."
Qin Lingsi snorted, her eyes suddenly twitched, and she stared at him and said, "You don't agree with that bastard, do you?"
Zhang Yangquan's heart suddenly sank. He originally thought that a village with hundreds of people would have fifty or sixty horses, but he didn't know there were only twelve?
He sighed deeply, shook his head and said: "Twelve horses, even if we save on food, it will only be enough for the whole village to feed the people for two days, and it will not work at all!"
"That's right! These horses are the future of our village, how can they be sacrificed in vain?" Qin Lingsi nodded repeatedly.
"The future of copycats? How to say?"
Qin Lingsi glanced at him sideways, pursed her lips and said: "You have just entered the village, and you don't know the difficulties of the village. The nearest official road at the foot of our mountain is blocked by Qingyi Village. Every time you rob, you have to run a long way, and it is extremely inconvenient to go back and forth. If
If everyone has a horse, it will be different!"
Zhang Yangquan was stunned for a while and said: "Why did Qingyi Village even grab our section of the road? Your sister shouldn't be that good-tempered, right?"
"There are more than a thousand thieves and more than 200 horses in Qingyi Village!" Qin Lingsi glared at him and said: "If we could fight, we would have fought them long ago!"
Zhang Yangquan was speechless for a long time, considering the size of Qingyi Village, it can indeed crush Longtan Village... let alone Longtan Village, with this kind of strength, the government is probably afraid of them!
"Hey, eat this, and then use your brain to help me come up with an idea!" Qin Lingsi suddenly had half a cake in her hand, and she didn't know where it was hidden before.
Zhang Yangquan hesitated for a moment and said, "Isn't this your dinner?"
"What a shame!"
Qin Lingsi put the cooking cake into his hand, but with a smile on her lips: "I am a bandit, I will not die if I eat less. You look like a spoiled guy, you only drink a bowl of porridge, and you will be hungry at night."
No sleep!"
Zhang Yangquan scratched his head and said: "...you know?"
Qin Lingsi's delicate little face came closer, smiling like a little fox: "Sister said you are a gentleman, but I think you are deliberately buying off the villagers!"
"Then you will give me your dinner?"
Qin Lingsi raised her chin and said: "I am attracted by your cunningness, so I asked you to come up with ideas! If you are really a simple and honest gentleman, who has the time to pay attention to you?"
"Do you really believe I can figure it out?"
Qin Lingsi stretched her body and said with a smile: "It's a dead horse to be treated as a living horse doctor. Although I just met you today, I can tell at a glance that you are a bad person!"
"Are you praising me or hurting me?" Zhang Yangquan couldn't laugh or cry.
"Of course I praise you. Only those who have read books are full of bad ideas!" Qin Lingsi winked playfully.
Zhang Yangquan shook his head and laughed, sat on the edge of the bed, sighed and said: "Now that I have entered Longtan Village, my fate is tied to yours. Even if you don't tell me, I will try my best to help you get through this!
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"Do you have an idea?" Qin Lingsi's eyes flashed.
Zhang Yangquan pondered for a long time and said: "It's just a hazy idea at the moment. We need to know more about the situation before we can make a judgment!"
"Know what?"
"Are there many wealthy families who have fled here from Xuzhou recently?"
Qin Lingsi looked at him in surprise, nodded and said, "You are right. A while ago, there were indeed many fat sheep from Xuzhou, and we only ate two."
He kicked his toes on the ground and hummed: "If we hadn't been trapped by the bastard Mr. Miao, we would have been able to do a few more deals recently!"
Zhang Yangquan nodded secretly, the Tuotuo army must have set off towards Xuzhou. Rich people get news faster, so they start running away in advance!
"Are the Yuan soldiers surrounding us at the foot of the mountain affiliated with Jiangdu City?"
Qin Lingsi showed a look of hatred: "Yes, they belong to the Yangzhou Road General Manager's Office. The name of the thousand households is Miao Daheng. He is a sinister and cunning man. If you want to plot against him, it will not be easy!"
Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "The person I want to plot against is his boss. Who is the manager of Yangzhou Road?"
Qin Lingsi looked at her in surprise and said: "That's a big Tatar named Boluo Buhua. He is the hereditary king of Zhennan. He is the biggest official on Yangzhou Road!"
"I wonder what kind of person this King of Zhennan is?"
Qin Ling thought for a moment and couldn't help but laugh: "This guy is very timid and stupid. When Zhima Li captured Xuzhou a year ago, he was so frightened that he almost fled back to Dadu!"
The original name of Sesame Plum is Li Er. Due to a famine, his family had a warehouse of sesame seeds, which he used to provide relief to the victims, so he was known as Sesame Plum.
Zhang Yangquan's eyes flashed and he said: "That's good. If we want Miao Daheng to retreat, we have to blame this timid King of Zhennan!"
"Then your hope is in vain!"
Qin Lingsi rolled her eyes at him and said: "No matter how timid he is, he is still a hereditary king and has countless guards around him. It is impossible for you to even meet him!"
"Who said I want to see him?"
"Then what do you want to do?" Qin Lingsi blinked curiously.
Zhang Yangquan took a deep breath, stared at Qin Ling and thought: "I want to go to Jiangdu City!"