Chapter 017: Catch up and don’t leave anyone alive
Zhang Yu chose the wrong name, and so did his brother Zhang Fu.
Although his father's breeding was good and gave him a tall figure, Chang Yu has never had enough to eat as long as he can remember. He is a military household and has been a military household for generations. His eldest brother Zhang Fu has taken over his father's After a while, he became a sergeant at the Wenshui Baihu Station of Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhu Station.
Chang Yu had no choice but to fend for himself. He had been carrying bags on the dock since he was twelve years old. Although the work was very hard, he had a large appetite and could barely eat half full.
Until a new Mr. Qianhu came to Qianhu Station, and Mr. Qianhu wanted to recruit servants, he came over to give it a try.
Although he received a kick, which was very hard and painful, it was nothing compared to being beaten by dozens of people on the pier.
Zhang Yu came to the yard and asked a young man: "Can I eat here?"
Before the boy could answer, Cheng Shijie said, "You can eat it!"
Zhang Yu said to Cheng Shijie: "Little man Zhang Yu, pay my respects to Lord Qianhu!"
"Good man!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Serve him some food!"
The bowls and chopsticks in Qianhusuo were either tattered or too small. Chang Yu looked at a soup basin with a diameter of almost a foot: "How about filling half of it for me?"
"Eat yours!"
Zhang Yu didn't mind the heat either. He quickly shoveled the rice into his mouth with chopsticks, grinning from the heat while eating.
Cheng Shijie also sighed: "He is really a big eater!"
Others had just eaten half a bowl, while Changyu ate a full bowl.
Zhang Yu took the basin to serve rice again.
The cook looked at Zhang Yu in embarrassment: "That's a basin!"
"I'm not full!"
"I'm afraid you'll die!"
"I'm more afraid of being hungry!"
While Chang Yu was eating his second bowl of rice, some people came in one after another from the yard, also queuing up to get rice, and started eating.
Cheng Shijie didn't look any further. He was very relieved that Shen Mingyu was the one to choose and check. There was nothing he could do if he didn't worry. He had no one to use now.
Just when Cheng Shijie was about to go to bed, Shen Mingyu reported to him: "Dong... Mr. Qianhu, there are a lot of people to pick now!"
"How many!"
"One hundred and sixty-one people!"
Shen Mingyu said: "Every one of them is a good player, and one hundred and two of them have lives!"
Cheng Shijie believed in Shen Mingyu's judgment. He nodded and said, "It's not much, a thousand households can afford it!"
How stupid is it that a house with thousands of households near the coast can live worse than a beggar?
Cheng Shijie took a look at the military fields at Zuoqianhu Station and knew that it would be impossible to rely on farmland. Even if he got seeds of corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes, there would be no chance. Relying on ditches, there was no water source for irrigation, and no time for slow development.
Of course, you can get food from the sea, catch fish, and dry salt. Although Qianhu Station is not qualified to sell salt, they can dry the salt for their own use. Military households have this right. Including the mining of steel within the jurisdiction, there is almost nothing that cannot be done in the Ming Dynasty officialdom, which is extremely corrupt.
If it really can't be done, it means there isn't enough money.
After these military households had eaten their fill, they slept in Qianhu House as arranged.
The night was uneventful, and when it was almost dawn, these young elites were tempted by the fragrance and woke up. At this time, the kitchen of Qianhu House began to prepare breakfast.
"dinner time!"
Cheng Shijie immediately heard a scene like hundreds of pigs eating like crazy. The scene was quite spectacular.
After waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, Cheng Shijie coughed: "There is still one stick of incense left to eat. Let's gather after dinner!"
The elites quickly finished their meal and were invited into the middle courtyard.
Cheng Shijie told his two adopted sons, Cheng Shi and Cheng Hu: "Close the door and don't let anyone get close!"
"yes!"
Cheng Shi and Cheng Hu left with their knives.
"Greetings to Mr. Senhu!"
Cheng Shijie looked at the crowd and said, "Do you know what I want you to come here for?"
Zhang Yu said: "Become a servant of a thousand masters!"
"Yes, that's not right either~!"
Cheng Shijie said: "When I came to our Qianhu Institution, I saw and heard only one word, miserable. Two words are miserable. Why is our Qianhu Institution so miserable? Why are we so poor? Most of the boys are poor. Are they not ashamed to run around on their butts? No, it's not because they are poor, but do you know why they are so poor?"
All the young men looked puzzled.
"Because Gao Wang, that bastard, caused misfortune to everyone in our Qianhu Institute. Last year, he sold out everyone's food for survival, the ordnance in the ordnance warehouse, the grain in the granary, and the valuable things in the Qianhu Institute. He has sold everything out, and Ben Qianhu is now sleeping without even a bed, can everyone tolerate this?"
Now everyone vaguely heard what Cheng Shijie meant, and they gasped. This was the rhythm of robbing Gao Qianhu, but they liked it.
Song Kangnian tried to imagine what methods Cheng Shijie would use to win over people's hearts and threaten him? Incentive? Divide, win over?
However, the problem was that Cheng Shijie did not speak, nor did he offer any advice, because he was still a little reserved.
Song Kangnian did not expect that Cheng Shijie would use this method to kill Gao Wang and snatch the property in his hands. Not only could he overcome the current difficulty, but he would also form an alliance of interests with more than a hundred people and make progress together. retreat.
Just like the heroes of Liangshan, if you go to Liangshan, you will first receive a certificate of fame.
As expected, Cheng Shijie said: "Everyone who participated in the operation will be given ten taels of silver. If you are injured, you will be given twenty taels. If you are dead, you will be given fifty taels. However, there is one thing you must keep in mind for this thousand households: take care of yourselves." Even if you are dreaming, you cannot spit out a word. Once it is leaked, your head will be lost, remember?"
"remember!"
"This is a head-turning job. If anyone is afraid, you can quit now. Does anyone want to quit now?"
Zhang Yu licked his lips: "Only a fool quits!"
Cheng Shijie waved his hand, and Shen Mingyu took over a large cart. On the cart was a steel knife that Cheng Shijie purchased from later generations during this period. Of course, it was not purchased from an online store. It was produced within the Hansteel Group.
There is no scabbard, just a LUO knife.
The steel mills affiliated to Hansteel Group have factories that specialize in the production of bearing steel. These steel knives are made of bearing steel and undergo a complex quenching process. They not only have high hardness but are also not easy to break.
Using the steel factory's fully automatic production line, it took less than midnight to produce this batch of more than two hundred knives. Several masters gave each of them a red envelope and the total cost was less than eight thousand.
Even the blade is ready. It would definitely be an artifact in the late Ming Dynasty.
Distributing the knives one by one, Cheng Shijie said: "This bastard Gao Wang carries so many things, he will definitely not be able to run fast. We can still catch up, let's go!"
At this time, the cook in the front yard has prepared dry food bags. Each person carries a bag of dry food, which is dead dough pancakes. Each bag contains five kilograms. Considering that these young and strong men are all big-bellied, they have prepared more. .
Everyone gets a water bag. Originally, Cheng Shijie wanted to buy a military aluminum water bottle from later generations. Unfortunately, he could only carry fifty or sixty kilograms of weight at a time. It took him three times to move these knives.
There are still 150 war horses on the account of Dengzhou Weizuo Qianhu, but now there is none. The 161 newly recruited servants can only run forward.
Of course, Cheng Shijie and Song Kangnian did not move forward by running. They moved forward in a carriage. This carriage appeared to be the same as other carriages, but in fact it had been modified and equipped with springs and bearings. If it were not for the lack of time, Cheng Shijie would have wanted to start from Later generations would get some batteries and motors and modify an electric car.
Because he was delayed all night, Cheng Shijie thought it would take a long time to catch up. What he didn't expect was that after only running for more than forty miles, Shen Mingyu, who was in charge of exploring the road ahead, reported: "Master Qianhu, we have caught up with them~ !”
"How can it be!"
It wasn't until Cheng Shijie saw Gao Wang's motorcade in the distance that he realized that Gao Wang was too pushy. He was reluctant to let his servants drive forward in the car, and just drove slowly.
Cheng Shijie ordered: "Catch up, don't leave anyone alive!"
