Damei Mountain is steep. If you look down from the sky, the entire Damei Mountain looks like a giant crab. Two branches extend from the main body of the mountain, like a giant crab's claws, surrounding the Damei Mountain Basin. , and Meizhen is located in the middle of these two giant pincers, and is the only way for the outside world to enter Damei Mountain. [Read full text]
However, the bandits were killed from Damei Mountain.
A dozen horses were carrying a dozen strong men of different shapes and sizes, and they were marching slowly along the road that ran across the Dameishan Basin. Behind the dozen bandits, there were more than a hundred people following on foot. , these bandits were mostly dressed in rags, and carried a variety of weapons, including rifles made in Hanyang, blunderbuss, and even spears.
Among the more than a dozen horse-riding bandits, there was a one-eyed bandit in the middle who was wearing an eyepatch and was particularly tough. In the middle of the winter, he only wore a sheepskin jacket. His exposed arms had bulging muscles, and there were also bulging muscles on his left and right shoulders. Carrying a large mirror box, looking at the faint blue paint, you can tell that it is imported from Germany.
A skinny bandit leader wearing a melon-skin hat urged his mount, caught up with the one-eyed bandit, and said loudly: "Take the lead, this time we are pointing at Huang Laocai. If Huang Laocai has no money, then this year, we Qing Niuzhai is really sad. I said his ancestors were stern, but now the landlord’s family doesn’t have any food left.”
Qingniuzhai has set a rule since the day the flag was pulled, only to rob big households and not ordinary people.
But there are only a few big households around Damei Mountain, and no matter how fat the pig is, it can't withstand being killed back and forth.
No, this year is not going well, and the big households in several towns around Damei Mountain don't have enough food left. Seeing that the heroes in Qingniuzhai can't make any money, they can only turn their attention to Huang Laocai in Meizhen.
This one-eyed gangster is Nan Batian, the leader of Qingniu Village.
A fierce light flashed across Nan Batian's single eye, and he said ferociously: "Huang Laocai is a fat sheep!"
The skinny bandit leader said in a low voice: "Huang Laocai is a tough nut to crack. His eldest son is the county magistrate of Puxian County. His third son is also the battalion commander of the Kuomintang army. The troops are stationed in Pukou. The year before last year We came to Meizhen to enjoy the autumn breeze, and if we hadn’t walked quickly, Huang Laocai’s third son would have made dumplings for us.”
"That was all from two years ago." Nan Batian chuckled and added, "Now, the Japanese devils have captured Nanjing City, and the officials, gentry and celebrities in Puxian County and the Nationalist Army stationed in Pukou have already His mother ran away. Huang Laocai has a huge backer, but now he can't count on it. It would be good if he is willing to bleed obediently this time. Our Qingniu Village always only seeks wealth and not life, but he doesn't know how to understand. , Hehe, I have no choice but to take the blame for Lao Huang's family."
After finishing, Nan Batian turned around and shouted: "Brothers, cheer up!"
A dozen bandit leaders on horseback and a hundred or so bandits who followed on foot immediately started shouting, saying goodbye. They were really imposing, and they were definitely not an ordinary mob.
As he spoke, Meizhen was already in sight.
However, Meizhen's security team was obviously on guard.
Mei Town does not have a city wall, but there are wooden fences, gates, sentry towers, and a moat surrounding the town. The security team pulled the four wooden lattice in and out of the town, cutting off the passage in and out. The bandits in Qingniuzhai If you want to enter the town, you have to attack by force, but if you really attack by force, the security team will not be a decoration.
Huang Shixun and Huang Shouzhi, father and son, stood on the sentry tower at the west gate. They saw the bandits from Qingniu Village coming in force from a distance, and their calves inevitably felt cramped. Although Meizhen also had a security team, their number was larger than the bandits from Qingniu Village. , there are more than two hundred people, but how can these honest farmers compare with the gangsters who are used to robbing their homes
The bandits in Qingniuzhai are particularly tough and tough, and are no match for other officers and soldiers.
You must know that three years ago, there were more than a dozen groups of bandits in Damei Mountain, but three years later, these dozen groups of bandits were either driven away or annexed. Now there are only two groups left, one is Qingniu Village.
Of course, fear is fear, but the situation is still necessary.
When they saw a one-eyed bandit riding a tall horse approaching, the Huang family and his son knew that Nan Batian had arrived.
This is not the first time that the Huang family and his son have dealt with Nan Batian. Nan Batian came to Meizhen two years ago. Huang Shixun sent him away after paying 500 tons of rice, 50 pigs and 10 cows. It's a pity that his third son arrived a moment late, otherwise he could have suppressed the bandits at that time, and there would be no such disaster today.
However, today is no longer what it used to be. Now, not only has the eldest son who was the county magistrate disappeared, but the third son's troops have also been withdrawn.
At that moment, Huang Shixun could only force himself to calm down and said loudly: "Master Nan, we in Meizhen have never lacked a penny to pay homage to the various churches in Dameishan. But I don't know what the Master Nan is doing for this time."
Nan Batian reined in his mount, deliberately showed the two mirror boxes slung on his left and right shoulders, and said: "Master Huang, it's almost the Chinese New Year right now. I have nothing to do in the mountains, so I brought my brothers to give it to Master Huang." Thank you for coming." After that, Nan Batian turned around and waved his hand again, saying loudly, "Brothers, start it."
More than a hundred bandits immediately shouted in unison:
I wish Mr. Huang that he may live longer than the evergreen pines in Nanshan Mountain and may he be as blessed as the flowing water of the East China Sea!
I wish Mr. Huang that he may live longer than the evergreen pines in Nanshan Mountain and may he be as blessed as the flowing water of the East China Sea!
I wish Mr. Huang that he may live longer than the evergreen pines in Nanshan Mountain and may he be as blessed as the flowing water of the East China Sea!
Listening to the tsunami-like sound of blessings coming from the mountains outside the town, Huang Shixun felt his heart pounding.
However, despite being frightened, Huang Shixun felt a little more at ease. Naturally, he would not believe that Nan Batian mobilized his troops to come to Meizhen to pay him New Year greetings. But since Nan Batian was like this, it showed that he did not want to be harsh. If the old man If the Huang family is willing to bleed, it may not be able to buy peace. I don't know how big Nan Batian's appetite is.
At that moment, Huang Shixun said: "I appreciate the kindness of Mr. Nan and all the heroes."
After a pause, Huang Shixun continued: "Master Nan and all the heroes are guests from afar. Logically speaking, I should invite all the heroes to come and be guests in my humble home. However, I didn't know in advance that Master Nan and all the heroes would come to Meizhen. In a hurry, We have not prepared so many banquets, so I cannot invite you heroes to the town as guests, but I have asked someone to prepare a small gift, and I hope that Master Nan and you heroes will accept it."
Nan Batian's single eye was fierce, staring at Huang Shixun for a moment, but his face was full of smiles.
Huang Shixun turned around and told the housekeeper Huang Delu: "Delu, go to the warehouse and get three thousand oceans."
Huang Delu rushed away, and soon came over with two guards carrying a basket of silver coins.
Huang Shouzhi ordered people to open the village gate again, and led two regiment members to carry out a basket of silver coins and place them in front of Nanba Tianma.
Nan Batian lowered his head and glanced at the basket, and then made a rough estimate. He then sneered and said: "Master Huang, we came all the way to pay you New Year greetings. It's fine if you don't appreciate the food and tea, but let others take it." With such a silver dollar, are you trying to kill a beggar or sending a beggar away?"
As soon as Huang Shixun heard this, a bitter look appeared on his old face.
It seems that these three thousand silver dollars are far from enough to satisfy Nan Batian.
But Huang Shixun's money didn't come from the strong wind. How much rent did he have to pay to save three thousand silver dollars? But Nan Batian still thinks it's too little. This is obviously to cut off his flesh, but what can be done? If a fight really breaks out, how can the security team with more than 200 people and hundreds of guns be a match for this group of ruthless bandits
At that moment, Huang Shixun said sadly: "Master Nan, then you can make a price."
Nan Batian snorted and said domineeringly: "In addition to these three thousand oceans, plus one thousand dendrobium rice, eight hundred dendrobium noodles, five hundred catties of beans, and one hundred pigs, by the way, I also want you, Lao Huang." There are forty jars of home-brewed rice wine, haha. I know Mr. Huang likes to drink. Every year he brews fifty jars of rice wine and hides it in the cellar. I don’t want all of it, forty jars are enough.”
After hearing Nan Batian's offer, Huang Shixun's eyes immediately darkened, and he almost fainted on the spot. Darling, this is really going to cost him his life. One thousand dendrobium rice, eight hundred dendrobium noodles, five hundred kilograms of beans, one thousand kilograms of beans. One hundred pigs, and forty jars of wine. Are they going to empty out the warehouse of Lao Huang's family and not allow anyone to live
"Dad, we can't give it!" Huang Shouzhi said, "Fight him!"
"Beat, what are you going to beat with?" Huang Shixun glanced at the security guards around him and said, "Just them?"
Huang Shouzhi looked around at the security team members, and saw that the team members who usually showed off their power in front of the people were now as individual as chaff, with pale faces. At that moment, the fire in Huang Shouzhi's eyes was extinguished. If a group member like this really wanted to fight, they would not wait until outside. The bandits opened fire, but I'm afraid they had already dispersed.
At that moment, Huang Shixun gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Master Nan, we can give you these, but you have to give us time." The situation is better than people. If you give up this batch of money, food and wine, at least tens of thousands of acres of fertile land can be preserved. , and a house worth tens of thousands of oceans. If there is a fight and both sides are destroyed, there will be nothing.
Seeing Huang Shixun agreeing, Nan Batian's one eye immediately shone, and he laughed and said: "Okay, Mr. Huang, I'll give you half a day. We'll come back before dark to get money, food and wine. Oh, by the way, We have to ask Mr. Huang to prepare dozens of mules and horses for us. Don’t worry, Mr. Huang, you will definitely return the carts when they are used up! Because they will be needed next time, haha!”
When Nan Ba Tian's hundreds of bandits heard this, they immediately laughed wildly. They could easily obtain such a large amount of money, food and rice wine without bleeding. Such a result couldn't be better. Although They are bandits, but bandits are not willing to fight and kill. Bullets don't have long eyes, right
"Brothers, let's go." Nan Batian reined in his horse, turned around and walked away.
In just a moment, more than a hundred bandits from Qingniuzhai disappeared on the horizon, and Meizhen returned to peace, as if nothing had happened.