Zhong Wuliang, who originally didn't pay much attention to Guo Jiatang's words, couldn't help but become suspicious when he looked at the entire cold and calm village.
"Fourth brother, there's something wrong with this posture!"
"Second brother also noticed it?" Guo Jiatang said solemnly
"Quickly exit, I don't know if it's too late now."
…
The moment Guo Jiatang finished speaking, the ambush soldiers hidden around Zhang Rui came out and surrounded them.
"Who are you?" Zhong Wuliang couldn't help but asked with some fear as he looked at the ambush soldiers rushing out to surround them.
At the same time, he quietly said to Guo Jiatang beside him: "Fourth brother, have you noticed any of them?"
"Yes, there are twenty-three archers in front and behind, dozens of sword and shield soldiers, and quite a few spearmen. Not to mention others, there are just these people. We don't have enough people for the archers to shoot twice. Try to talk. Take care of them." Guo Jiatang whispered to Zhong Wuliang.
"Um."
Suddenly Zhong Wuliang found Du Mu standing next to a skinny young man, so he said to Du Mu, "Du Mu, what do you mean?"
Du Mu looked at Zhong Wuliang, pointed at Liu Musiu not far away, and said, "You'd better ask the third master!"
After listening to Du Mu's words, Zhong Wuliang and Guo Jiatang looked in the direction Du Mu pointed, and sure enough they saw Liu Muxiu.
"What's going on? Does the master know what we two are thinking? Want to eradicate us?" Zhong Wuliang thought, and then shouted to Liu Musiu
"Third Master, what do you mean? Does the First Master want to eradicate us?"
After listening to Zhong Wuliang's words, Liu Muxiu could only say helplessly
"You two masters have misunderstood. I was captured before I joined Zhang Rui and Zhang Sixth Brother's bandit suppression team. Sixth Brother said that if you surrender, you will have a way to live. If you are stubborn, you will die if you continue to resist. One piece."
"How can we trust you if you ask us to surrender?" Guo Jiatang said after listening to Liu Muchiu's words.
At this time, Liu Muchiu looked at Zhang Rui. Zhang Rui walked out and said to the two of them, "Are you the second in charge Zhong Wuliang and the third in charge Guo Jiatang?"
"Yes, we are."
"Okay, I, Zhang Rui, don't want to fight a trapped beast. I want this Zhilian Mountain. As long as you hand over all your silver coins, I promise to leave you a way to live. As for whether you want to come to me for revenge in the future, I Don’t be afraid, I’ll fight you again at most.”
"But if you don't want to, I will send you to the King of Hell now. It's just a little effort, and it will be the same if I take it from you later."
Zhong Wuliang and others were relieved when they heard that they could still live if they just wanted money.
At this time, Guo Jiatang said again: "What if we put down our weapons and you still want to kill us? Can you release us from the village and then give you the money?"
"You don't have to believe it." Zhang Rui replied, then raised his hand and ordered: "Archers, prepare."
Listening to Zhang Rui's order, the twenty-three people holding bows and arrows all raised their archers at the same time, waiting for Zhang Rui's order to shoot the arrows in their hands.
The cold light of many cold iron arrows put great pressure on the surrounded bandits. At this moment, some novice bandits could no longer bear the pressure. They dropped their knives one after another, knelt on the ground and shouted:
"I surrender, don't kill me."
Surrender seemed to be contagious. The new gangsters soon dropped their knives and knelt there to surrender. The old gangsters also dropped their knives and knelt there after looking at each other.
Guo Jiatang looked at the bandits kneeling on the ground and felt a little angry. In the end, he dropped the knife in his hand and stood upright.
Zhang Rui ordered the people around him to collect all their knives and tied them up one by one.
………
Zhang Rui spent the next few days very busy. In addition to conducting martial arts assessments as usual, the bandits' possession of silver must also be interrogated.
At the same time, Zhang Rui felt that there was another very important thing for Du Mu to do. Just let him go to Macau to buy sophisticated flintlock guns and see if he can buy some artillery. Let's see if we can buy some gunpowder and if there are any suitable craftsmen who can dig some up.
The Manchu and Qing armies were not without firearms, and they also recognized the power of firearms. When entering the customs, Dorgon set a rule: advanced weapons such as cannons and firearms at the time could only be used by the Eight Banners Army, and were not allowed to be used by the Han Army's Green Battalion.
In order to prevent the Han people from obtaining advanced firearms when they rebelled. The Manchu Qing Dynasty had extremely strict control over firearms. This is why after Dai Zi offered a series of guns to Kang Mazi, instead of receiving a reward, he was exiled to Ninggu Pagoda, Liaodong. In this way, he had to thank Kangxi. If it had been Qianlong, there was no way he would have been executed.
That is to say, now that the Manchu and Qing Dynasties are fighting everywhere, the Manchu camp is equipped with more muskets. Even so, Yongzheng once said: "Manzhou's long-standing emphasis on horseback shooting is not to focus on fowling and abandoning bows and arrows. Those who are familiar with horseback shooting and arrows should be given the upper hand."
By the late Qianlong period, all major domestic wars were slowly over. When the Qing Dynasty could use "bows and horses" to kill small groups of enemies, firearms would also be slowly eliminated from the Eight Banners.
Until the end of the Manchu and Qing dynasties, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties valued firearms but looked down upon them. They had to guard against and strictly control the use of firearms to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Han people.
Therefore, it is not that the Manchus did not make advanced and sophisticated muskets, but they were all kept in the collection pavilion of the palace or used by Qianlong to hunt rabbits and the like.
Zhang Rui gave Du Mu 20,000 taels of silver notes as purchase money, and gave him an additional 10,000 taels of silver notes to use for managing the officials. At the same time, ten more sword and shield soldiers were sent to him to protect his safety along the way.
Du Mu was very moved by Zhang Rui's trust and said that he would do his best to buy back what Zhang Rui wanted.
As for why Du Mu was allowed to go, it was really Zhang Rui's helpless move. Although Liu Muchiu is more shrewd and capable, the operation of the entire village still depends on him. He couldn't leave, and it was a problem for his other subordinates to even count. So Du Mu is more suitable.
Du Mu is from Qingyuan, speaks Cantonese, and can communicate with local people after passing through Macau. He had passed the Tongsheng test and was able to write and do math, and he also hated the Manchus.
Looking at the 30,000 taels of silver notes that Du Mu took away, Zhang Rui couldn't help but feel distressed. I was lucky enough to collect only 115,400 taels of silver notes from them, but now I lost 30,000 taels.
Currently, there are 2,460 taels of gold and 46,860 taels of silver in the Shanzhai's bank. The broken silver is five thousand seven hundred and ninety-six taels and eight six cents, and the copper coins are eight hundred and eighty-five and seven hundred and ninety-five cents.
Zhang Rui felt happy again when he thought that this group of bandits had been traveling around Guangdong and Hunan for so many years. Fortunately, all the property obtained through kidnapping and extortion belonged to him.
"Hey, it's so greedy to still be sad about the thirty thousand taels of silver. These cute bandits, I really can't bear to kill them."
Before Du Mu left, the assessment results finally came out. According to the rules of martial arts ranking, the small flag is placed first and then the secondary flag.
Sword and Shield Soldier:
The first flag: the small flag is Zhou Shitou, the deputy flag is Zhang Shugen
The second flag: the small flag is Li Mugen, the deputy flag is Li Goumao
The third flag: the small flag is Chen Dashi, the deputy flag is Niu Dazhuang
Fourth flag: The small flag is Liu Shitou, and the deputy flag is Chen Laicai
The fifth flag: the small flag is Zhao Liugou, the deputy flag is Li Tiechui
The sixth flag: the small flag is Zhang Jinyin, the deputy flag is Zhou Xigou
Seventh flag: The small flag is Dai Qidi, the deputy flag is Pang Xiaolong (one person is missing)
Pikemen:
First flag: Xiaoqi Li Sigou, deputy flag Chen Laijin (plus one person)
Second flag: small flag Zhu Fan, deputy flag Liu Yan (plus one person)
The third period: Xiaoqi Feng Dong, deputy flag Zhang Qingshui
All bows and arrows are currently taken over by Li Deyun, and there is currently no deputy flag.
Hong Hu is currently in charge of the scouting, with Cheng Long and Li Decai as assistants.
