Chapter 223: As soon as Soaring General
Liu Heiqi died, the miners immediately fell to the ground and surrendered.
But Su Ze did not take it lightly. Instead, he asked them to drop their weapons and ordered Old Orion Lu to lead people to tie up the mining thieves before he stepped forward.
The old Orion and his son stood next to Su Ze. They only saw a group of people wearing long bows. They were obviously not the same group as the mining bandits kneeling on the ground. They should be the descendants of Ye Zongliu's rebel army that the old Orion said. .
"Where is the cottage?"
said the old hunter: "Liu Heiqi took over our village as a cottage, right behind that mountain."
That mountain was not far from here. Su Ze escorted them over the hidden mountain road, and sure enough, Saw a small village.
There were many people in the village who came out to watch when they heard the sound. Su Ze saw at a glance that they were mostly women and children.
Su Ze ordered the young Orion to call the people in the village to the front of the square. He said to the old Orion: "The bandit leader who followed Liu Hei has committed the most heinous crimes and has human lives on his hands is unforgivable. You lead the people to push the bandit leader out." The old Orion said
. He immediately stepped forward and read Su Ze's intention. After a while, more than a dozen mining bandit leaders were escorted in front of Su Ze.
Su Ze said to Lin Deyang: "Seal them into the mines and let them taste the pain of killing the people."
These mine bandit leaders kowtowed to Su Ze and begged for mercy, but Su Ze was unmoved and dragged them out. Afterwards, Su Ze said to the crowd:
"Those who were dragged up the mountain by the mining thieves can come down the mountain."
There was a commotion in the crowd, but only a few people came out. They saluted Su Ze and turned around and ran down the mountain.
The son of Lv Huihu said to Su Ze: "Mr. Jie Yuan, there are many people here who have no way to survive even if they come down the mountain."
Su Ze looked up and saw that many of them were women. They were robbed and lost their reputations when they went up the mountain. A place to stay.
There are also landless victims who have no choice but to starve to death after coming down the mountain.
Su Ze looked at the village. There were ordinary thatched houses in the village, and there were not many fields on the mountains.
"What do you do for a living?"
the old hunter said honestly: "In good times, you could barely survive by hunting and peeling some furs to sell in Jianning Mansion, but now it's hard to make a living just by hunting in the mountains. If Liu Heiqi hadn't come here to fight, it would be difficult for the people in the village to survive."
"Why not open fields?"
"Xianxia Mountain has been mining since the Tang and Song Dynasties, and now there is illegal mining, and the mountain has long been gone. We have a way to farm."
Sure enough, there are landslides everywhere on the mountain, and the surrounding mountain tops are bare. In modern terms, this means that mineral resources have been over-exploited here, leading to serious soil erosion and serious damage to the ecological environment.
The old hunter said: "But bamboo can still grow on the mountains. The women in the village used to be bamboo craftsmen, or go to the mountains to pick bamboo shoots in spring, which was also a livelihood."
Li Zhi and others were silent, and they did not expect that the lives of the mountain people would be so different. So bitter.
This mountain village is located in a hidden location and is very close to Xianxia Pass, the most dangerous place in Xianxia Mountain.
Su Ze had the idea of leaving a backup here. He asked Old Orion Lu, "How many people can the mountain accommodate?" The
old Orion said honestly: "A maximum of a hundred households."
Su Ze saw the people behind him. There are thousands of people, including women and children, who are kidnapped by mining thieves. If these people do not illegally mine and plunder, there is no way they can survive on Xianxia Mountain.
Su Ze said to everyone: "Those of you who are willing to stay in Xianxia Mountain stand here."
The sparse crowd separated, and those who were willing to stay in Xianxia Mountain were basically the residents of the original mountain village.
For the remaining people, Su Ze said: "If you believe me, take my token and go south to Ningwei, the head of Nanping County in Yanping Prefecture, to find Lin Baihu, and he will take care of you." Those who are unwilling to stay on the
mountain There are about 800 refugees. Some of them are refugees who followed the mining pirates up the mountain to mine, and some are common people who were robbed and went up the mountain. They don't want to stay on Xianxia Mountain anymore, but they can't survive down the mountain.
However, the road from Xianxia Mountain to Changningwei is long and short, and these people are also retreating.
After a while, a dark-skinned middle-aged man came forward, bowed to Su Ze and asked:
"My husband, can you tell me your name?"
Su Ze said: "I am in Yanping Mansion, Xie Yuan, this province . Su Ze."
The middle-aged man said even more fearfully: "I am Yan Dalang, a miner from the official mine. I fled into the mountains and was coerced by Liu Heiqi before becoming a thief. I have never done anything to oppress good people." Everyone behind Yan Dalang nodded
. Sure enough, he was very popular among this group of refugees.
Yan Dalang stood up and said to the people behind him: "Since it is Mr. Jie Yuangong who is in person and Yan can trust him, I am willing to go to Changning Guard!"
Things would be easier if someone took the lead, and everyone expressed their willingness to follow Yan Dalang to Changning Guard.
Su Ze called Yan Dalang forward and asked Lin Deyang to take out a bag of new money and hand it to him.
Then Su Ze wrote another letter and gave it to Yan Dalang and said:
"This is a letter to Li Zhixian of Jian'an County. After you come down from the mountain, take my letter to him and ask him to use the money to buy food in Jian'an Mansion. It should be If you can hold on to Changning Guard."
Su Ze sent another bodyguard on horseback to return to Changning Guard and informed Lin Mojun to send someone to deal with this group of refugees.
Yan Dalang's eyes were moist and his eyes were red, and he kowtowed to Su Ze: "Yan has no way to repay the kindness of Mr. Xie Yuan, but I am willing to accompany Mr. Xie Yuan to repay him!" Su Ze listened to his polite words and couldn't help but ask
. "Have you read books yet?"
"I haven't read the scriptures, I just know some words."
Su Ze said with satisfaction, "Take everyone back to Changning Guard, and then go north to catch up with me."
"Thank you, Lord Xie Yuang!"
Yan Dalang Taking Su Ze's letter, the new money to buy food, and the token for Lin Mojun, he led more than 800 refugees behind him down Xianxia Mountain and headed directly to Changning Guard.
Su Ze looked at Old Orion Lu again and said: "Since you are willing to stay in the mountain, in the future I, the Changning Guards, will send a caravan over for trade. You can exchange furs and dried bamboo shoots for food." The old Orion was overjoyed. He looked at his son again and gritted his teeth
. He said:
"Mr. Xie Yuangong, although my son is dull, he is very familiar with Xianxia Mountain. He can lead the way for Mr. Xie Yuang." "
When we get to Qinghu Town, if Mr. Xie Yuangong feels that this boy is worthy of use, let him lead the way." He will follow you."
After the old Orion's son was at a loss for a while, he also made up his mind to salute Su Ze. Su Ze helped him up and said, "That's
very good. I don't know your son's name yet."
"When his mother was pregnant with him. There are birds building nests outside the house, and they are happy with their humble name."
Lu Quexi raised his hands to Su Ze and said, "Master."
Su Ze nodded, recognizing this follower, and Su Ze also saw that Orion and his son were here. The mountain village has a high prestige, and Lu Quexi can be used to control the mountain village in the future.
After everything is settled, it is natural to search for the loot after the war.
A lot of silver nuggets were found from Liu Heiqi's village, but the purity of these silver nuggets was too poor, and some were even black.
After counting, these silver bars were equivalent to fifty taels of silver of ordinary quality. Su Ze simply folded the silver into new money and distributed it one by one to the guards participating in the battle.
There were only two wounded in this battle. One of them was Li Zhi's bodyguard, who fell down due to slippery mountain roads. The other unlucky guy was Huang Maochong's servant, whose arm was cut by shrapnel ejected from the firearm.
Su Zedu used his "medical" skills to bandage them. In order to build up his reputation in the mountain village, Su Ze used his skill as a barefoot doctor to identify herbs near the mountain village. He took Old Orion Lu to collect herbs, told him how to use these herbs, and also treated diseases in the village.
After finishing all this work, Su Ze led the team to continue setting off. Lu Que said goodbye to his father and took the lead in leading everyone to Xianxia Pass.
The closer you get to Xianxia Pass, the steeper the mountain road becomes, and some places can only accommodate one person.
It was rainy in the mountains, so Su Ze had someone wrap his feet with linen cloth, and finally arrived in front of Xianxia Pass before sunset.
There was a huge boulder inserted into the mountain in front of the pass, and finally there was a flat land where we could set up camp.
Seeing that it was getting late, Su Ze ordered everyone to set up camp.
"Brother Rulin, look, this is a stone carving!"
After setting up camp, Zhao Bingzhong wandered around the stone platform. When he saw the stone carvings hidden in the moss, he called out to everyone in surprise.
However, this stone carving seems to be very old, and no one has been stationed at Xianxia Pass since the early Ming Dynasty. The stone carvings have been eroded by half of the time.
Su Ze looked at the stone carvings and recited:
"My life is really a withered tent, and I have traveled all over the world."
Everyone started studying the stone carvings, and just when everyone started to research whose work it was, Su Ze said:
"This is Lu You's poem."
Li Zhi nodded and said: "It is indeed Lu Fangweng's style, but it's a pity that only half of the stone carving is left." The stone carving has been
eroded by time, and the lower part is no longer visible. .
Just when everyone was sighing, Su Ze read from memory:
"For a while, I heard that the imperial roosters were under the double queue, and they were riding on thin horses in the mountains. The
heavy furs were defeated by the power of the morning frost, and the old trees were fighting for the wind in the night valley.
Don't look for them again. Guan Meng, Zhu Yan changed everything into nothing."
Lu You did not have the opportunity to display his ambitions in his life. Seeing the hopelessness of regaining his motherland, he died in depression. Everyone present was a young man, and they still didn't like this kind of poetry.
Only Su Ze had some resonance with Lu You's poems. Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is experiencing constant natural and man-made disasters, but Su Ze has not yet been able to change the world.
"Is there a small temple over there?"
Everyone walked over and saw that a piece of the mountain in front of them had been dug out, and a stone statue was placed in it.
"This is a niche. Hey, this is not a Buddha statue, nor is it a Taoist one?"
Although Su Ze's "Religious Knowledge" is only Level 3, he can still tell that this stone statue is neither Buddha nor Taoism.
Huang Maochong saw a line of inscriptions next to the stone statue: "Soaring to the sky?"
"Toking to the sky, general?" Su Ze walked over and took a look. Although the last two words were blurred, he could still make out the word "general".
I see.
Seeing Su Ze's expression, Li Zhi asked: "Rulin, which statue of Buddha is this?"
Su Ze said: "General Chongtian, this is the stone statue of Huang Chao."
"Huang Chao!?"
Everyone exclaimed. , I didn’t expect that under the Xianxia Pass, I could actually see a niche dedicated to Huang Chao.
Su Ze murmured:
"The rustling west wind fills the courtyard with plants, and the flowers are cold and fragrant. Butterflies are hard to come by. If
I were the Qing Emperor in his time, I would repay the peach blossoms."
"What a poem, what a spirit!" Li Zhi and others applauded. They cheered, but when they looked around the entire cliff, they couldn't see a single flower at all, but they didn't know why Su Ze wrote this poem?
Su Ze then remembered that he still suffered the disadvantage of being educated. This poem, which was popular in later generations, was not widely circulated at this time.
The reason is naturally very simple. This is an anti-poem, and Huang Chao's deeds are mentioned in "New and Old Tang Books" with only one stroke, and this poem is not included.
When people at that time were compiling all Tang poems, they were naturally unwilling to include Huang Chao's anti-poems.
So when Su Ze read it out, Li Zhi and others thought it was Su Ze who had the inspiration to compose the poem.
Su Ze quickly said: "This poem was not written by me, but by the general Soaring to the Sky."
Huang Maochong read it a few more times, and found it even more exquisite, and the poem was unparalleled in spirit. Everyone was young, and even more I think the writing was so heroic.
Huang Maochong sighed and said: "If Huang Chao had been born a hundred years earlier, maybe he would have had a place among the poets of the prosperous Tang Dynasty."
Su Ze said disapprovingly: "The court in the late Tang Dynasty was unprincipled, and those who were sitting on corpses were full of vegetarians, but those who were truly talented could only If the people are left behind, how can the world not rebel?" "
If you ask Huang Chao, he would rather be a rebel than a poet praising the prosperous times."
Everyone was silent again, and Su Ze arranged for a night watch. While camping, Huang Maochong couldn't fall asleep even while reciting Huang Chao's poems.
When Huang Maochong yawned the next day, he saw Zhao Bingzhong who was also yawning. The two looked at each other and smiled, each leaving some tribute in front of Huang Chao's niche. The group climbed the mountain again and finally crossed the fairyland at noon. Kasumigaseki.
After passing Xianxia Pass, the mountain road turned out to be much smoother. From this moment on, everyone officially left Fujian and entered Zhejiang.
Lu Quexi pointed to the winding mountain road ahead and said, "Following this road is Qinghu Ancient Town!"
Su Ze looked up and saw the smoke in the distance, and everyone felt like they were back in the world.
Li Zhi suddenly asked: "Does Qinghu Town belong to Quzhou?"
Su Ze only had a map of Fujian in his hand, and this map was copied from the Fujian Governor's Yamen through his connections.
The governor's office of a province only has maps of its own province, and only the capital has maps of the whole country.
The map of Zhejiang in Li Zhi's hand only had approximate directions, and everyone could only look at Lu Quexi.
Lu Que nodded happily and said: "Qinghu Town belongs to Quzhou Prefecture."
When they heard that they had arrived in Quzhou, the three of them except Su Ze were a little excited.
Li Zhi said: "In those days, Mr. Yangming gave lectures in Quzhou many times. Quzhou Academy is now the main school of mind science. Rulin, we can drop by Quzhou Academy to have a look!" Although Li Zhi was influenced by Su Ze and was not so cold
about mind science, he still After all, the study of mind is now the number one academic field in Ming Dynasty. Li Zhi was naturally excited when he came to the holy place of study of mind.
The same is true for Huang Maochong and Zhao Bingzhong. They don't have deep contact with mind studies, but it would be good to visit the world-famous Quzhou Academy.
Su Ze also understood their mentality, so he said: "Let's take a rest in Qinghu Town, and then we will go to Quzhou Academy."
(End of Chapter)