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Volume 1: The Arms Dealer¡¯s Feast Chapter 257: Festivals and Army Expansion

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    It turns out that a lot of bullets from the deterrent fire just now penetrated the earthen fence - the strength of the earthen wall is relatively low, but the brick wall is only available on the outer walls of a few county towns, and the inside is still an earthen wall.  It is said that a stray bullet that penetrated the earth wall happened to hit the old man of the Cheng family in the lower abdomen. The old man of the Cheng family fainted at the sight of blood.

    Others didn¡¯t know that Mr. Cheng was only slightly injured and thought that Mr. Cheng had been beaten to death. The inner village was immediately in chaos.  The eldest son of the Cheng family was greatly stimulated by the shelling outside and had long gone back to his room to calm down his shock. Mr. Cheng suddenly lost his command after he faked his death.  As soon as the gunfire in Erlong Mountain stopped, someone opened the door and surrendered - after all, this Cheng family village was just the property of the Cheng family, and it had nothing to do with them, the gunner Chang Gong's servants. After all, life was the most important thing.

    As soon as the Erlongshan guerrillas entered the inner stronghold, they immediately returned to their true colors of bandits. They went to various houses to grab money and women, and the boss didn't stop them. If they broke the stronghold and stopped them, what kind of bandits would they be? It would be better to become a regular army.  .

    There were only a few masters and a few confidants who guarded the prisoners and disarmed the gunners in the village. At this time, any gun-wielding behavior could be killed on the spot, so the guns were lost on the ground.  The boss, Yun Zhonglong, would shout from time to time: "Don't set fire, be careful with the candle."

    Jin Batian also joined the house-to-house sweeps with great interest. Not to mention, he really found a girl he liked. Jin Batian thought she was someone like the eldest lady of the Cheng family, but after he picked up his gun and mounted his horse, he found that she was not.  After questioning the crying girl at gunpoint for the first time, I found out that she was the concubine that Mr. Cheng had taken last year. He had bought it from the theater troupe at a large price and using the Cheng family's local prestige.

    Old cows eat young grass, okay? This concubine will definitely not be older than his son.  After the first attack, Jin Batian lost interest and went out with his pants up, leaving this concubine to the Erlongshan brothers who were lining up behind.

    In the evening, enough has been done.  The head of the family announced a public trial of the Cheng family's father and son, as well as a series of scoundrels from the Cheng family.  Here, several brothers who had a feud with the Cheng family and had recently joined Erlong Mountain acted as vanguards, while the audience were the long-term tenant farmers and their families of the Cheng family.

    At this time, Mr. Cheng also woke up, but Wuhuada was tied up and kneeling on the threshing floor of the village. Next to him were his old wife, son, housekeeper and other powerful figures in the Cheng family.  It was really uncomfortable to kneel like this. Young Master Cheng wanted to change his position, but was knocked down by the second boss behind him with the butt of his rifle.

    Seeing that the old man, wife and young master who used to dominate them have now lost their prestige, people below have changed their minds and are wondering if the Cheng family village is about to change.

    The first one to jump in and accuse the Cheng family was Zhang Fucai, a current bandit in Erlong Mountain, and one of the most active elements in attacking the Cheng family stockade.

    Zhang Fucai's face was almost distorted under the light of the torches and bonfires in the threshing floor. He pointed at everyone in the Cheng family and said, "I don't know how much blood the Cheng family drank from loan sharking. Just say that a few years ago, my family borrowed Sandan grain from the Cheng family. Secondly,  After repaying five grains a year, I still owed four grains to his family. In the third and fourth years, more and more, and even a bronze chamber pot at home was taken away by the Cheng family for interest. I myself was collected by the Cheng family.  I was beaten four times, and each time I was beaten to death before I stopped"

    From the ears of Mr. Cheng, this is a big deal. It is natural to pay back debts - besides, loan sharking itself cannot be repaid. Otherwise, why is the Cheng family's loan shark nicknamed "Debt of the King of Hell"?  After all, after death, don¡¯t the debts of the father and the sons still have to be paid?  Even if you borrowed three shi of grain in the first year and paid back ten shi of grain in the second year, you will still owe five shi of grain. If you repay it, who will eat the money from the loan shark?

    As for the question of how much should be repaid, who allowed the Cheng family to have guns? Only the party with guns and power here has the final say.

    To put it bluntly, Zhang Fucai¡¯s so-called deep hatred has nothing to do with the Cheng family. This kind of thing has always been taken care of by servants. Mr. Cheng himself doesn¡¯t know where Zhang Fucai came from.

    Zhang Fucai started crying as he spoke. He jumped up and punched and kicked several people in the Cheng family. The housekeeper and accountant of the Cheng family received the most punches and kicks.  Many people who felt the same as Zhang Fucai also jumped up and beat the housekeeper and accountant.

    After all, the accountant was a civil servant, so he couldn't stand the beatings of these young men. He soon cried and shouted: "Don't fight, don't fight. I am willing to hand over the Cheng family's account books, and Cheng  I also know where the property, property, money and food are hidden.¡±

    "How did you know?" The old man of the Cheng family was shocked and angry. Those things were the key to the Cheng family's turnaround - the landlord's family would not leave much frivolous wealth on the surface. After all, the world was not stable.

    "Why don't I know? Master, these days you have been coddling the fourth aunt, and before you doted on the third aunt and the second aunt, the big*ttress has been mine all these years," the accountant cried.Coaxing.  To tell you the truth, the fifth young master is my flesh and blood.  "

    Mr. Cheng was furious: "You two bitches"

    The next person suddenly became interested, and it turned out that there was an affair.

    "That second master, you take him to find the money and food hidden by the Cheng family." However, the subsequent scene was interrupted by the first master's words. The first master turned to the accountant and said: "If you tell the truth,  , I won¡¯t kill you, I can still let you live. Your son and Pintou can also be taken away."

    The accountant, who had betrayed the master a long time ago, had already made some back-up preparations outside. Hearing this, he said: "Thank you for your kindness, I will definitely give you all the money of the Cheng family. Also, in fact, the two mistresses  I also hooked up in the year, can you take the second grandma with big breasts and the fourth young master with you?"

    The Cheng family father and son were almost furious to death.  Young Master Cheng did not expect that his mother would find another man behind his father's back and cheat on more than one of his father without telling him. The reputation of the Cheng family was gone.

    This incident indeed triggered more people to join in the criticism of the Cheng family. Some long-term workers said that the Cheng family mistreated the long-term workers and gave them some bran vegetable dumplings as the staple food every day. The only vegetables were some pickled radish, cabbage or wild vegetables.  You can only get some oil and water during the busy farming season and Chinese New Year, but there is absolutely no meat and vegetables.

    Regarding this accusation, the old man of the Cheng family felt very aggrieved. How could he serve the long-term workers all day long and eat fine grains, fish and meat as if they were ancestors? His own father had never eaten such good food during his lifetime, unless there was a noble person like Taijun in the family.  It's like killing pigs and sheep to entertain people.  As long-term workers, you just have to take care of yourself. If you want to improve your life and get paid every month, when did you get your wages and spend them all on drinking, prostitution, and gambling for three or two days?

    But just as Mr. Cheng was about to argue despite his injuries, he was kicked to the ground by a long-term worker and ate a mouthful of mud.  Then things got out of control just like after Dongfang Bubai's defeat on Blackwood Cliff. Some trivial things were used as accusations against the Cheng family, and even more were made out of nothing.

    In the end, the head of the family decided that the four Cheng family members, father and son, wanted to eradicate the problem. In addition, the housekeeper and several gunners with evil deeds were targeted.  In the end, a dozen criminals who were beaten to death were lined up in a row for execution, and more than forty brothers from Erlongshan opened fire.  A row of gunshots rang out, and more than a dozen people fell in a pool of blood and groaned - the Sanba Gai hit a non-vital part and could not kill anyone on the spot.

    The twenty-odd new brothers who joined Erlong Mountain carried bayonets and went up one by one to touch up the Cheng family, his son and others who were in a pool of blood. This was also a sign of submission for these people to join Erlong Mountain.

    Finally, the second head of the family and the accounting clerk found the location where the Cheng family hid their account books and money and grain. Only a few people knew the exact amount of ocean and grain.  The news that Jin Batian received was that there were at least one hundred thousand oceans and two hundred thousand catties of grain - the grain hidden by the Cheng family was all rice and white flour that the Japanese had forbidden the locals to eat. Usually, the Cheng family's husband and wife only ate some secretly.  As for fine grains, I also eat coarse grains on weekdays.

    After finding the Cheng family's account books and cellars, the head of the family announced several things: "First, the Cheng family has died, and the previous debts of the Cheng family have been written off. Second, the land cultivated by those who rented the Cheng family's land will belong to the farming community."  As tenants, Erlongshan only charges a reasonable burden - equivalent to protection fees. The head of the family understands that someone will collect this anyway. Third, the Cheng family's long-term servants and gunners are willing to leave, and they are willing to stay and farm.  The land is divided and I want to join Erlong Mountain to fight the Japanese and kill the traitors."

    As soon as this condition was announced, most of the people in the Chengjia village stayed - excluding, of course, the accountant's family of four who had already purchased property outside.  The main reason why these people stay is, where are you going to go these days, to serve as puppet soldiers for the Japanese?  They are recruiting people over there, but the taste of this three-in-one noodle dish is really not that good. It is not as good as the food given to long-term workers by the Cheng family.

    Look here again, after confiscating the Cheng family's storage in the accounting room, they have already started making white flour cakes and steaming white rice - as bandits, the people in Erlongshan don't think there is any use in saving. If they can't finish it, they may get moldy or left.  Gave it to the little devil who came to raid.  Instead of doing this, it is better to eat and feel at ease. What you eat will always make money.

    Looking at the fragrant rice and the golden white flour flatbread with oily flowers, these are good things that I haven't eaten or even seen in several years - even if the devil comes to Qiancheng's family, as a local wealthy family, it's unreasonable.  It's not that those who dare to eat fine grains can't afford it. The Cheng family still knows that it is easier to go from frugality to luxury than from luxury to frugality.

    With regard to the food on display at Erlong Mountain, not to mention the gunners and long-term workers of the Qiancheng family who had no burden and were full of rice bran, even the tenants of the Qiancheng family who had families and businesses and had just been allocated a field were a little tempted.

    The team at Erlong Mountain has grown in vain. The team that originally had only a hundred people together with several leaders now has more than 200 people.??.  The quality of the soldiers is not bad. At least they can shoot and throw grenades and have practiced basic maneuvers and gun maintenance. The boss believes that Master Cheng will be a passable low-level officer if he joins the army.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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