Chen Ergou said: "Yes, eldest brother Liu Liu was killed by Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui, so I... what did you just say? What is reform through labor? Aren't we put here to cultivate the fields and be reborn as human beings? "
Qi Cheng shook his head: "The sins of burning, killing and looting were not repaid before. How can we cultivate the fields and start a new life so easily? We have all made big mistakes in the past, and now we must repay with labor and live forever."
Chen Ergou was a little confused. In his memory, Qi Cheng was a fierce bandit. When fighting with officers and soldiers, he was always brave and the one who rushed to the front. Why did he say this now? What the hell is the addition of Infinite Life and Longevity at the end? Are Taoist priests fooling people?
However, he still heard a meaning from Qi Cheng's messy words: "We were deceived. The government didn't resettle us, but locked us up here, right? This is a huge cell. ?”
Qi Cheng: "Yes!"
Chen Ergou was a little angry and said in a low voice: "The government held a banquet to trick our eldest brother Liu Liu into killing. They handed over our weapons in the name of appeasement, and instead of giving us a place to live, they put us in prison. It's too abominable." Got it!"
Qi Cheng: "Infinite longevity! Brother Ergou, don't be angry. Being locked up in this prison is actually more comfortable than being placed in a place like this for you."
Chen Ergou: "???"
Qi Cheng said: "If you are resettled, you will have to farm again. You also know how difficult it is to farm during this drought, right? If farming is easy, why should we rebel?"
Chen Ergou: "No matter how difficult it is, can it be harder than being locked up in prison?"
In his opinion, being locked up in prison means being locked up in a small, smelly house every day, not having enough to eat, being beaten by the jailer every day, and living worse than a dog.
Qi Cheng said: "Being in jail here, although it is not as happy as being free and happy outside, at least you will have food to eat and not be hungry. Moreover, as long as you work hard and wash away your sins, you will finally be able to live a new life again, immeasurably." Longevity."
Chen Ergou felt irritable when he heard his magic words.
"Forget it, I won't ask. Have you stayed here for a long time? Take me around here. I want to see for myself what's going on here."
Conversations like this between Chen Ergou and Qi Cheng happened everywhere in the labor camp. Because the bandits had strong "mobility" and got together from time to time, many of Liu Liu and Wang Zuogao's subordinates talked to each other. Familiar with each other.
Using the old to bring in the new, the seven thousand old reform-through-labor prisoners quickly stabilized the three thousand newcomers.
Madman He stood on the arrow tower of the labor camp and saw that the three thousand people did not make any trouble and were calmed down by the seven thousand old "prisoners". He was also surprised in his heart: "This place is really interesting. There are more than three thousand people." When the surrendered thieves arrived, I thought you would be struggling for a long time, but I didn’t expect that as soon as I threw them into the prison and ignored them, they were suppressed by the old prisoners."
Zhong Gaoliang came out from the side and smiled: "It's not that I don't care, but there is no need to be so hasty. Let them get familiar with the environment first. Then we will arrange work and classes for them."
Crazy He immediately saw the matter of arranging work. A group of female workers came out of a big house, holding the newly woven cloth in their hands, and sent it into another room not far away, and in that other room There are also women coming out, holding dyed cloth in their hands.
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Madman He understood that the first room was used for weaving and the second room was used for dyeing. These female thieves were actually doing this.
There was a house not far away, and a group of old people were dragging bamboos in. Another old man came out of it, holding a freshly made bamboo basket in his hand.
It seems that this house is a place for old people to weave bamboo.
Crazy He basically guessed the purpose of this big cell. However, Crazy He still didn't understand: "What's going on in class?"
Zhong Gaoliang said: "Tell them the principles of life, the retribution for doing bad things, and the benefits of doing good things."
Madman He: "..."
This kind of thing sounds very complicated at first sight. Madman He doesn't like to get involved in this, and he doesn't even want to read the follow-up. He nodded and said: "Okay, you guys in Chengcheng County can do whatever you want. Anyway, these thieves We in Yansui have a headache after seeing this, no matter what you do, even if we kill them all, it is none of my business, the general will go back to Yan'an to report to the governor."
Madman He led his army back. When he arrived, he was walking slowly with three thousand bandits in tow, but when he went back, he was walking briskly. He crossed Huanglong Mountain in a few days and returned to Yan'an Mansion. He quickly reported to Hong Chengchou: "My lord, the governor." , the final general handed over three thousand bandits to Chengcheng County. Out of curiosity, he followed them to see how they would deal with these bandits. Unexpectedly, Chengcheng County had created a large valley in Huanglong Mountain and had already imprisoned them. The seven thousand surrendered thieves are among them, and the three thousand surrendered thieves we sent were imprisoned together, and there are tens of thousands of surrendered thieves imprisoned inside."
When Hong Chengchou heard this, he couldn't help being slightly stunned: "So he was locked up?"
In fact, the Ming Dynasty rarely imprisoned prisoners in large numbers, because imprisoning prisoners required feeding, which was quite expensive. Therefore, ordinary prisons are generally only used to hold death row prisoners, and they can only be held for a few days before they are dragged out and chopped.
Hong Chengchou couldn't help but asked: "With so many people imprisoned, how can they feed them?"
Madman He said: "General, I saw that the female traitors were weaving and dyeing, while the old man was weaving bamboo baskets..."
At this moment, Hong Chengchou suddenly understood: "That's it! Free workers? Hey, this is really..."
At this time, capitalism had begun to sprout in the Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty, and some handicraft workshops for spinning, spinning, weaving, etc. had begun to emerge. These workshops had begun to hire female workers and extract the value of their labor.
Hong Chengchou was born in Quanzhou, Fujian, and he knew the Jiangnan area very well.
The corner of his mouth curled up slightly with a weird smile: "There is an expert in Chengcheng County. He took the thieves we worked so hard to catch without spending a penny and turned them into free workers for him to weave and spin. , these free workers do not need to be paid, as long as they barely survive starvation, they can continue to weave for him and make money for him."
Madman He: "Ah? That's it! Damn it."
Hong Chengchou: "There's nothing to hate. It's a headache to keep these surrendered thieves in our hands. We don't know how to arrange them. Since there is someone who can take them, let him take them. It doesn't matter if he earns his money, as long as If he can help us solve the problem of bandits, he can make whatever money he wants."
At this point, he changed his tone again: "In the future, after we kill the bandit chiefs, all the bandits who are difficult to deal with will be sent to Chengcheng County and let them weave cloth. I would like to see Chengcheng County How much can a thief eat?"
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