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Zhu Chongba at the end of Ming Dynasty Volume 1 Chapter 504: Just to grab some corn

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    The Qiang soldiers turned into farmers and happily harvested all the corn fields in this small village. There were not many fields in this village, only more than 100 acres of land. In the end, nearly 100,000 corns were harvested.  The Qiang soldiers each carried a large sack on their backs, containing about thirty kilograms of corn. The three thousand Qiang soldiers carried all the 100,000 kilograms of grain on their backs.

    Rimaimou Xi was very happy, and his attitude towards the three Meng brothers had changed a bit. He ran to the gathering place of Han soldiers in the middle of the village, greeted the three Meng brothers, "Three Meng brothers, we have already collected them there."  We¡¯ve run out of food, retreat!¡±

    The three brothers of the Meng family were not in a hurry to leave. The three glanced at Rimai Mouxi, then shook their heads and said, "Don't leave in a hurry. We three brothers are discussing something. Come and listen."

    Rimaimou Xiqi asked: "What's the matter?"

    The second eldest brother, Meng Changsheng, said: "This corn is too weird. You can actually grow so much grain in one acre of land. The three of us brothers are discussing whether we should take some back and let our relatives grow it too."

    Rimai Mouxi was just here to grab food, and he didn't think in that direction at all. But now when he was reminded by the second son of the Meng family, his whole body trembled, and he said happily: "That makes sense, that makes sense. This kind of food is good. I will go back to the mountains."  , also called us Qiang people to plant it." When he said this, he beamed with joy, obviously thinking that after the Qiang people planted this new crop, they would be able to live a prosperous life, and he, a chieftain, would naturally be able to live a prosperous life as well.  It was better, so my face was full of joy.

    The second son of the Meng family pointed to a bunch of corn hanging under the eaves of a farmer's house and said, "By the way, which part of the corn is the seed? We can't even figure it out."

    After hearing this, Rimaimou Xi suddenly felt excited again and said anxiously: "Yeah, how should I grow this thing? Plant it with roots, plant it with branches in the mud, or grow it with fruits.  Going to plant it? I have no idea at all"

    There are so many crops in the world, some of which can be grown into new plants by planting them in the ground, some of which need to be cultivated with rhizomes, and some of which need to be cut off for inoculation.  Some even require grafting.  Some need pollination If no one gave the Qiang people some advice, they would have spent years studying corn cultivation methods on their own.

    Meng Changxing, the third eldest son of the Meng family, pretended to be very powerful and said: "I think corn is a bit like a peach tree or a pear tree. As long as you keep the pole standing there, it will bloom and bear fruit again next year.  "

    Meng Changshui, the boss of the Meng family, said: "No. In my opinion, planting this thing is to use the roots to cut off the roots of a corn. Plant it again and it will grow into new corn next year."

    Meng Changsheng, the second eldest son of the Meng family, said: "You two are wrong. In my opinion, you need to use leaves to grow this thing. Just insert the leaves directly into the ground and they will grow into new corn next year."

    The three brothers said something like "I guess", "I think", "I estimate". Of course, these ambiguous words could not make Rimaimou Xi feel at ease. After listening for a long time, he finally understood that, in total,  These three brothers are all talking nonsense and have no idea how to grow this thing.

    Hearing this, Tashi was annoyed and snorted angrily: "Why do you think so much? Aren't there dozens of households in this village? Can't we just take them all away and let them teach us how to plant?"

    The three brothers of the Meng family said in unison: "Wow, what a brilliant idea!"

    "You are so big, even an honest Qiang like me can think of it, but you cunning Han people can't think of it?  Tashi thought to himself: These three people may be the stupidest among the Han people.

    At that moment, Tashi wanted to take away the captured Han people, but he saw the three brothers of the Meng family all blocking the way, saying: "You are responsible for the corn. These villagers who can grow corn should be our responsibility, right? We can't  I¡¯ll let you take all the benefits.¡±

    Rimaimouxi thought about it, and it made sense. If the Qiang soldiers took over the good job of harvesting corn, or they would also take over the villagers, the Han soldiers would definitely be disobedient. A bowl of water should be held levelly and held in each hand.  Spend more resources so that you can share the bad things with them after you return. If you have all the good things in your hands, others will definitely worry that you will not share the bad things with them.  So he said: "Okay, I'll let you guys watch. We'll carry the corn on our backs and divide it after we return to Jianmen Pass."

    The two armies discussed it, and the three brothers of the Meng family grabbed a group of villagers from the ancestral hall in the village. These villagers were men and women, old and young. The three brothers of the Meng family did not take all of them away, but only  Dozens of young and middle-aged people were selected from among them. Those who went to work in the fields at first sight must know how to grow corn.

    Thousands of Sichuan soldiers trapped dozens of young and middle-aged men in the army. The Qiang soldiers on the other side packed up their gear. The two armies set off together, over the mountains and ridges, and headed back towards Jianmen Pass.

    The army walked easily when they came, but not when they returned.  The Qiang soldiers each carried more than thirty kilograms of corn on their backs. With this weight on their backs, they couldn't walk so briskly.  In fact,The soldiers have enough physical strength to carry thirty kilograms for a day without any problem. The key is that they not only carry these thirty kilograms, they also have to carry some things that soldiers must carry, such as spears, knives, etc.  Things like bows and arrows are not light anymore. Now they have added thirty kilograms. How can people bear it?  Walking short distances is okay, walking on flat ground is no big problem, but climbing mountains is a big problem. After walking for more than ten miles, my shoulders feel a little heavy and my feet are a little slow. It is very difficult to climb mountains and ridges.

    When the Qiang soldiers climbed to the foot of a slightly steep mountain wall, they were all sweating profusely and were out of breath from walking.  Rimaimouxi couldn't help but yell at his Qiang soldiers: "You are carrying grain, and you are still walking weakly? Guier, please work harder."

    At this moment, I suddenly heard a roar from the small mountain wall in front of me, and countless flags were raised. A large group of Zhu Jun's black-poled soldiers appeared on the top of the mountain wall. They were shadowy, probably there were 3,000 people, headed by a general.  , it was Zhu Jun's vanguard officer, Grand Marshal Xu Renjie, and standing next to him was a Confucian scholar, his aide Li Yan.

    Rimaimou Xi was shocked and thought something was wrong. Why was Zhu Jun stopped here?  Oops, it's all because they grabbed too much food this time. The soldiers were carrying too much weight and couldn't run fast.  After all, Zhu Jun's scouts discovered us and sent troops to intercept us. Our marching speed was too slow, so Zhu Jun copied us to the front.

    Li Yan was shaking a fan in his hand.  After being calm, he said to Rimai Mouxi and others below the mountain wall: "Hey, three clan leaders, I came to you with sincerity to deliver corn to you a few days ago. You said you don't want it. Why didn't you come to our house two days later?"  Are you coming to rob the territory?"

    Rimaimou Xi angrily said, "We don't make deals with the cunning Han people. We can just grab whatever we want."

    Xu Renjie burst out laughing: "No deal? Robbery? Hahahahaha You can rob as you say. Where will you put our Zhu Jun? Seeing that the Qiang people and our Zhu Jun have never had any enmity in the past, today's  Just put down the corn obediently, and I will let you go. Otherwiseeven the person and the corn will have to be left behind." Xu Renjie has fought a lot of battles. Although his playful smile usually lacks the power to shock, he occasionally becomes stern.  His face is quite powerful when he speaks a few words, and he looks like that family.

    Rimaimousi sneered when he heard this: "Do you think you can retain my three thousand Qiang soldiers just by relying on the three thousand black pole soldiers you have? The Qiang soldiers are not weaklings."

    Xu Renjie laughed loudly: "Just come and try it!" After saying that.  He waved his hand.  The three thousand black pole soldiers on the mountain wall shouted in unison, the sound shook the forest, and birds flew from several nearby hills.

    Rimaimou Xi saw the momentum of the black pole soldiers.  He couldn't help but feel frightened in his heart. The Qiang soldiers under his command were very powerful, but carrying a full set of equipment and thirty kilograms of corn, they had been marching since early in the morning, and then harvested the corn and then marched again. How tiring it was.  By now, the soldiers' physical strength has been exhausted, and it is a bit difficult to fight.

    And this place still belongs to Zhu Jun's territory, which is far away from Jianmen Pass. It is impossible for him to ask Zhang Ling, the divine crossbow general in Jianmen Pass, to come out to support him. What should he do?

    Before Rimaimouxi could make up his mind on what to do, the three Meng family brothers next to him started to panic. The Meng family boss shouted strangely: "Oh, we've been ambushed, two brothers, move quickly!"

    The second and third sons of the Meng family also shouted anxiously: "There is a ravine over there. Quick, let's dig into the ditch and run."

    More than a thousand Sichuan soldiers, led by the three Meng brothers, burrowed into a small ravine nearby.  Rimai Mouxi wanted to follow him into the ditch to escape, but before he had time to do so, he heard the rumble of rolling stones coming from the ditch, and then the screams of the three Meng brothers and their Sichuan soldiers.

    Li Yan on the mountain wall smiled slightly: "We had long expected that someone would escape through that ravine, so we have already laid down an army there. Now the three brothers of the Meng family should have reported to the Lord of Hell. Even if not  To die, the only option is to surrender.¡±

    Rimaimou Xi was shocked, and his face instantly turned black.  Of course he didn't dare to run towards that ravine anymore, and he didn't even dare to go into other ravines. If he got into Zhu Jun's ambush circle again, and the rolling rocks fell from the ravine, it would be hard for even the gods to survive.

    He glanced at Tashi and Masi sadly and asked, "What should I do?"

    "What the hell, rush, fight them," Tashi said.

    Marci said: "We can't fight. Our army is exhausted, but they have been waiting for us on the mountain wall for who knows how long. If we fight hard, we will only suffer losses. For some corn, it is not worth it. Just in time we  The Qiang people have never fought or made enemies with the thieves. If they quickly put down the corn and leave, they can still save their lives. If they have already fought a war and made enemies before, they may not be willing to let him go."

    What he said makes sense, not only does Rimaimou?? nodded, even Tashi, who just said he would fight hard, felt that this was better than fighting hard.  Although one hundred thousand kilograms of grain is a lot, life is more important after all. The Qiang ethnic minority has a sparse population, not to mention that these three thousand Qiang soldiers are all young and strong. If they are all wiped out here, several small tribes will be afraid  It's about to collapse.

    Rimaimouxi gritted his teeth, reluctantly looked at the sacks on the backs of the soldiers, sighed and said: "Forget it pass the order and ask everyone to put down the corn. Even if we have to fight our way out of the encirclement with the enemy,  , I have to put down the corn and fight again, otherwise with more than thirty kilograms on my back, the battle will be lost without having to fight."

    The order was passed down quickly, and the faces of the three thousand Qiang soldiers showed a depressed look. The joy they had just gained when harvesting corn in the small mountain village had now disappeared.  This is what people are like. If you have never owned it, you will not be moved even if you look at the gold and silver mountains. But if the gold and silver mountains were once yours, but now they no longer belong to you, you will inevitably feel an extremely sad emotion.  heart.

    This is just like seeing a big star on TV and admiring her beauty.  One day the news comes out that she is getting married, but you won't be sad because she has nothing to do with you.  But if this big star has agreed to be your girlfriend, and a rich and handsome guy shows up to compete for his love, you would go crazy.

    Rimai Mouxi, Tashi and Masi felt like the sexy man who had been robbed of a big star. The melancholy in their hearts was as strong as an explosion and they could not get rid of it. Their teeth were biting with hatred.  Bite.  But the situation is stronger than the people, and they have no other choice but to grit their teeth.

    finally.  Three thousand Qiang soldiers laid down the corn.  Back away obediently.  Xu Renjie and Li Yan kept their promise and did not embarrass them any more, allowing them to safely exit Zhu Jun's territory and return to the camp outside Jianmen Pass.

    Dinner is served that night.  The Qiang soldiers ate highland barley cakes again.  Rimaimou Xi watched the Qiang soldiers eating pancakes.  The unhappiness in his heart almost made him burst into tears.  Early the next morning, Rimaimousi raised another three thousand Qiang soldiers.  He swaggered to the edge of Zhu Jun's territory. This time he decided not to make any sneaky moves. The lives of the three Meng brothers were uncertain, and no one could take him in to steal food. He had no choice but to challenge Zhu Jun openly. His  The idea is simple. If you defeat Zhu Jun, you can naturally grab the corn.

    But when he brought 3,000 Qiang soldiers to the border of the Zhu army, he suddenly gasped and saw that in addition to yesterday's 3,000 black pole soldiers, the Zhu army had added about 10,000 troops. These 10,000 people  Although they don't look as elite as those black pole soldiers, they are still very tough. They are obviously not weak troops. They look like Zhu Jun's elite Shaanxi soldiers.

    That hateful Han scholar Li Yan stood in the army again, looking at Rimai Mouxi with a half-smile. Although he didn't say anything, his smiling face was clearly saying to Rimai Mouxi: "It's going to be tough."  ? Consider your ability before speaking."

    Rimaimou Xi felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart!  He had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to Jianmen Pass.

    For the next few days, Rimai Mouxi racked his brains, trying to get into Zhu Jun's territory to snatch the corn. However, Li Yan's defense was extremely serious. No matter what methods Rimai Mouxi used, he was eventually blocked.  On one occasion, he was besieged by Zhu Jun and was almost captured.

    A few days later, Rimaimou Xi had run out of moves and was sitting in the army angrily. Tashi and Masi also sat beside him depressedly.  Rimaimou Xi said: "Brothers, is there any way to get corn now?"

    Tashi said with a dark face: "We can't do it just by relying on the three thousand of us. We have to find reinforcements."

    Rimaimou Xi said gloomily: "Three thousand of us were scrapped together by the largest tribes. Where can we find reinforcements?"

    Zhaxi said: "There is another Qiang tribe in Zhangzha Town, Jiuzhaigou Valley, and it is quite large. We can ask for some reinforcements from that tribe."

    Marci also said: "There is also a Qiang tribe in Aba. I will contact them."

    Rimaimou Xi shook his head and said: "Even if we add them, it won't make any difference. They are all poor tribes in poor places, and they can't even raise 10,000 people. Unless there are no more people left in the tribe, all the men  If we all go to the battlefield, we may be able to gather tens of thousands of people, but the combat effectiveness will not be as good as the three thousand of us. Once defeated, it will be the disaster of annihilation, and the price is too high."

    Tashi and Masi thought for a while, and that was true. If all the men were recruited, there would indeed be tens of thousands of people. But once defeated, it would be troublesome. It would be equivalent to the death of all the men of the Qiang tribe. That is not to annihilate the clan.  What?  It's not worth it to fight such a big battle for a little corn. It's better to continue planting highland barley. Being poor is just a little poor, and it won't lead to genocide.

    "At this time, Zhaxi said again: "How about we contact other tribes? There are a few ethnic groups near Yunnan and Guizhou in western Sichuan.There are so many ethnic groups, Tibetan, Yi, Naxi, Bai, Hani, Lisu, Pumi, Jingpo, Lahu, Jinuo As long as we mobilize a few other ethnic groups to send troops together, we will definitely be able to  Get back the corn.  "

    Rimaimou Xi's heart pounded, but after thinking about it carefully, he sighed: "I'm afraid it won't work If we talk about mobilizing so many tribes to join forces, it will make too much noise, not to mention the bandit army will also mobilize troops, even the imperial court  When we see so many ethnic minorities joining forces, we will become wary. By then, we haven¡¯t started a war with Zhu Jun, and we might have to fight a few battles with Chengdu¡¯s officers and soldiers first.¡±

    You must know that although the Ming Dynasty ignored the ethnic minorities and allowed them to rely on their own efforts, it did not really let them do whatever they wanted. It was better if they did not mess around. Once they did, the court would send troops to suppress them, such as Luxury during the Tianqi years.  During the An Rebellion, the rebellion of the Yi people was suppressed by the imperial court.  Now that the She'an Rebellion has just subsided, if the ethnic minorities gather forces again, the imperial court may be frightened and attack them directly.

    ¡°And not only the imperial court wants to take action, but Qin Liangyu, the commander-in-chief of Shizhu Tujia¡¯s white-pole soldiers, might also take action to attack them, and then the world will be in chaos.  At the end of the day, everyone figured it out, why are we fighting?  The reason is that the Qiang people want to grab some corn This isn't this making a fuss out of a molehill?

    It¡¯s better not to act recklessly because it can easily lead to misunderstanding!

    "Alas!" Rimaimou Xi sighed deeply.

    At this moment, Qiang soldiers suddenly ran in from outside the tent and reported: "The three clan chiefs, Mr. Li Yan, who was here last time, asked to see us outside the camp again, saying that they wanted to do business with us."
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