Wangjiacun, back hillside.
Baishui Wang Er looked at the villagers in front of him with a dark face.
Last night, he organized a group of villagers and went to Gaojia Village to steal water. Each of them picked up two barrels of flour, which was really exciting.
A group of people were in a great mood and felt the wind as they walked.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I returned to the village, my good mood was struck by lightning.
Officials actually raided Wangjia Village overnight when he was not in the village, injuring several villagers, burning down a dilapidated thatched hut, and robbed the villagers of their crops.
Several injured villagers, with their heads wrapped in cloth and blood still seeping from the cloth, lay down in front of Wang Er and cried: "Brother Wang... you have to help everyone make the decision."
"My family's crops have been robbed. Even if the drought passes and God provides rain, my family will have no more crops to grow, and the whole family will starve to death."
"My family's crops are gone and we are going to die anyway."
Wang Er was furious and clenched his fists: "Brothers, I brought flour back. Let's make gnocchi with it. We'll have a full meal first, and then... we'll do the opposite."
When everyone heard this, they were shocked: "You want to rebel? That is a crime of beheading."
Wang Er roared angrily: "Afraid of beheading? Your family doesn't even have food to grow, so what else do you have to be afraid of? Death is the word anyway. Instead of starving to death, it's better to behead County Magistrate Zhang Yaocai and then die."
Everyone thought carefully: This is true.
Wang Er grabbed a handful of black soil on the ground, painted his face black, then raised his hands and shouted loudly: "Who dares to kill Zhang Yaocai?"
The villagers all painted their faces black and responded together: "I dare!"
"Okay, let's light a fire, make rice, and eat noodles. When we're full, we'll kill him in the county seat and chop off Zhang Yaocai's dog head."
He looked around and saw that there were less than a hundred villagers. The rebellion seemed a bit weak with this number. He called two young people over and ordered: "You two, go to Zhongjia Village and Zhengjia Village respectively and contact my two brothers. Zhong Guangdao and Zheng Yanfu. Tell them two that I, King Baishui, are going to rebel now, and ask them if they dare to follow."
The two young men hurried towards Zhongjia Village and Zhengjia Village.
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Gao Chuwu took three young people into Chengcheng County.
This was the second time they came to the county town, and they were more courageous than the last time.
The first time I came, I was timid, but the second time I came, I was calm and relaxed.
This is probably the difference between those who have seen the world and those who have not.
The four of them were still sweet-mouthed. When they met people on the street, they would ask about "the residence of the former Master Thirty-Two." Someone soon gave them directions. The four of them walked through the streets and alleys and came to the front door of the three houses.
Gao Chuwu raised his hand and was about to knock on the door.
Unexpectedly, the door was opened from the inside first. Gao Chuwu slapped the door in the air, feeling a little embarrassed and smiled naively.
The person who opened the door was none other than Thirty-Two. As he opened the door, he shouted to the people behind him: "Move quickly, hurry up... Huh?"
The words stopped, and he stared at Gao Chuwu for a second, and suddenly realized: "You are... a young man from Gaojiacun, what is your name?"
"Fifth grade of high school!"
"Ah, yes, yes." Thirty-Two's eyes rolled around twice, and he immediately understood: "What do you want from the Lord God? I'm all ears."
The fifth-year high school student was stunned: You knew it before I even said it? Sure enough, educated people are different from naive people like me. If the village chief wanted to explain something clearly to me, he would have to yell in my ears for a long time.
Gao Chuwu picked his head in embarrassment: "Master Tianshen is asking our village to make artificial iron armor. He said that there will be many thieves coming out to kill people recently, so he asked us to make iron armor to protect ourselves, but the only blacksmith in the village, Gao Yi, Uncle’s skills are not very good, so Master Tianshen wants to ask you to find a way to get some skilled blacksmiths there.”
Thirty-two people were confused as soon as they heard the word "iron armor". Privately making iron armor, you are going to behead people. No, the key point is wrong. The real key point of this sentence is the first half of the sentence, "Recently I will There were a lot of thieves coming out and killing people randomly."
Thirty-two understood instantly!
Lord Tian Shen means that Bai Shui Wang Er is going to rebel.
He just guessed that Baishui Wanger was going to rebel based on "grabbing for grain", but now with what Lord Tianshen said, it was almost 100% sure that Baishui Wanger was going to rebel.
Be good, my mother! It's scary.
Thirty-Two turned around and yelled at his family: "What are you still delaying? Don't take away all the things you haven't packed up yet. Leave, leave immediately. This is called [throwing away the armor]."
His wife ran out of the house with a daughter in her arms. The maid and the servant each carried a large package containing gold and silver. They ran out and asked in a panic: "Where are we going?"
Thirty-Two gritted his teeth and grabbed Gao Chuwu's hand: "Gao... Chuwu brothers, right?"
Gao Chuwu was startled by his excited actions: "What's wrong?"
Thirty-two said anxiously: "I'd like to trouble you and the other three young men to protect my wife and daughter to Gaojia Village and ask Lord God to take care of them. As long as my wife and daughter are safe, I will have no worries and I will help Lord God even if I risk my life." Do things. This is called [reciprocating love]."
Fifth grade student: "Huh? Huh? Huh?"
He looked naive and didn't understand what was going on.
Thirty-two said anxiously: "Let's go, let's stop inking here! Baishui Wang Er may come to kill you at any time, and you won't be able to leave even if you want to. This is called... Oh my god, don't listen to my nonsense anymore." Come on, you go quickly."
The fifth grader in high school was still too naive to understand what was going on, but one advantage of being such a naive person was that he listened to others very much. When the village chief spoke about something, he would obey the village chief's instructions. When Master Tianshen talks about things, he will listen to Master Tianshen’s orders. Now that Thirty-Two is talking about something, he will just listen to Thirty-two’s orders.
He grinned and said, "Okay! Then let's go."
Four young men, protecting thirty-two wives, daughters, maids, and slaves, a group of eight people, quickly left the county and returned to Gaojiacun.
The eight of them had just left the city, and within two miles, hundreds of people with black faces appeared on the hillside northwest of the county.
The leader was none other than King Baishui, and beside him stood his two sworn brothers, Zhong Guangdao and Zheng Yanfu.
Baishui Wang Er shouted loudly: "The unscrupulous county magistrate is very cruel and takes away my crops. Under the jurisdiction of such a guy, we can't survive for a day. Today, everyone will follow me into the county seat and cut down the county." Let the dog head kill all the ungrateful bullies in the city, open a granary, and let the poor have a full meal. Do you have the guts to follow me?"
Everyone: "How brave!"
"Who dares to kill Zhang Yaocai?"
"I dare!"
"Who dares to kill Zhang Yaocai?"
"I dare!"
"Who dares to kill Zhang Yaocai?"
"We all dare!"
Baishui Wang Er laughed: "Then what are you waiting for? Go ahead!"
Hundreds of villagers shouted in unison, waving hoes, wooden sticks, pot lids, shovels, hatchets, dung forks and other weapons, and attacked Chengcheng County.
The vigorous peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty was officially announced.
