Chapter 4 The trend is established

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As soon as Li Cun and others arrived at the core area, where the core members of the uprising led by Fang La were located, Zhang Shi took off Fang Geng's head from his waist and held it up high, saying loudly: "The traitor Fang Geng."

He has been executed by my brother Xuzhou Li Cun, and now I will dedicate my head to my thirteenth brother to avenge him!"

As soon as Zhang Shi said this, everyone around him immediately looked at Li Cun and Zhang Shi.

Shao walked to Fang La and whispered to Fang La what had just happened at the gate of Qiyuan.

It was Fang Geng who captured Fang La and locked him up in a granary.

The person who usually has the least dealings with Fang La is Fang Geng, who has always looked down upon Fang La.

Even Fang Youchang sent Fang Xiong to report Fang La because he was instigated by Fang Geng, who wanted to become an official.

Therefore, if there is one person in the Fang Youchang family that Fang La hates the most, that person must be Fang Geng.

Unfortunately, as soon as Fang La and the others rushed into Fang Youchang's house, Niu Meng and Fang Geng, who had seen something bad, immediately jumped over the wall and escaped decisively. More than a dozen people who were ambushing outside the wall were unable to stop the brave Niu Meng and Fang Geng.

Fang Geng.

This makes Fang La hate him!

But in order not to lose something, Fang La could only watch Fang Geng escape.

To Fang La's surprise, Fang Geng was intercepted and killed by Li Cun.

This made Fang La very fond of Li Cun, a new friend whom he had only met briefly.

Moreover, Shao also specifically told Fang La that Li Cun was very powerful in martial arts and Fang Baihua was no match for Li Cun, hinting to Fang La that Li Cun was a talent who could help him conquer the world.

Therefore, after taking Fang Geng's head from Zhang Shi and handing it over to his cousin Fang Jing, Fang La immediately grabbed Li Cun's hand enthusiastically, shook it, and said: "The little man Fang La, if he has no son,

Brother Hou Xian saved his life with all the heroes, but he will die an untimely death, and his family will be hurt. Today's kindness is deeper than the sea, and I will never forget it! I only hate Fang Geng, that guy, who came out of nothing to harm my family. If this hatred is not avenged, for my brother

I really can’t sleep or eat well! Fortunately, my virtuous brother avenged this great revenge on my brother’s behalf, and I will definitely avenge him one day!”

Being grabbed by a man and shaking his hand made Li Cun, a straight man, feel very uncomfortable. Therefore, he took out his hand without leaving a trace and made a fist: "Thirteenth brother is Zhang's best friend. How could Li Cun not try his best?"

Reason?"

Zhang Shi is a scoundrel, but he is a scoundrel who doesn't get along very well.

This is not because Zhang Shi does not work hard enough. On the contrary, Zhang Shi has been working hard to get ahead.

But Zhang Shi's father was a thief who was escorted to Qingxi County. Later, he was too embarrassed to return home after serving his sentence, so he married an old and lustful prostitute in Qingxi and gave birth to Zhang Shi and his brother Zhang Chao.

He is an outsider, his parents are of very poor background, and Zhang Shi is naturally timid. This will inevitably make people look down upon Zhang Shi.

In fact, even Fang La looked down on Zhang Shi.

But in order to maintain his forthright image and have a certain level of authority, Fang La smiled at Zhang Shi every time he saw him, and even took the initiative to chat with Zhang Shi.

And Zhang Shi didn't know whether he couldn't see Fang La's true attitude towards him, or whether he was pretending not to be able to see Fang La's true attitude towards him. Anyway, Zhang Shi always talked about his friendship with Fang La when he met people. If there was any trouble with Fang La here,

Zhang Shi is always the first one to come over and help.

Fang La couldn't drive away Zhang Shi, who responded positively to him in everything, so he could only pinch his nose and let Zhang Shi go around in his name, cheating, eating and drinking.

In other words, Zhang Shi was not actually a direct descendant of Fang La's close confidant.

It was Zhang Shi who rescued Fang La before and accidentally heard the news that Fang La was arrested by Fang Geng. In order to become famous, he took the initiative to drag Li Cun who was drinking with him to find Fang Fei.

Fang Fei took Li Cun and Zhang Shi with him because it was better to save people with two more people than two less people.

To put it another way, if Zhang Shi was on the Shui Bo Liang Mountain in "Water Margin", at most he would be Shi Qian and Duan Jing would have an ordinary status, and they might not even be qualified to sit in a top position, that is, they would be a small boss. and so on.

Therefore, seeing Li Cun praise him in front of so many people, Zhang Shi was extremely grateful to Li Cun!

At the same time, Zhang Shi straightened his waist and his face was even more glowing, giving him a feeling of elation and elation.

Seeing that Li Cun did not forget to praise Zhang Shi at this time, Fang La secretly said: "This man has not forgotten his roots. He is a compassionate and righteous person. He also has good martial arts, which can be used as an arm." Then he turned to Zhang Shi and said with a smile: " Brother Zhang Shixian, thank you and Brother Zihouxian for helping me avenge this great revenge for my brother."

Zhang Shi waved his hands repeatedly: "What are you talking about, Brother Thirteen? I used to take care of Brother Thirteen a lot, so it is my duty to do some small things for Brother Thirteen."

Fang La patted Zhang Shi on the shoulder: "Good brother."

Soon after, another one or two thousand villagers were summoned to Qiyuan by Fang Hao and others. When Fang La saw that most of the people had arrived, he said to everyone: "Wait a moment, everyone, Xiao Ke will come as soon as he goes."

After speaking, Fang La took Fang Geng's head from Fang Jing's hand and walked towards the high platform.

After standing still on the high platform, Fang La held up Fang Geng's head and cried with tears: "Little Ke Fang La, I had no grudges with Fang Geng in the past, but he framed me for fame and fame, and wanted to harm my family. People and gods are angry. How can we get rid of this endless hatred without punishing him!"

Fang La smashed Fang Geng's head against the forty or fifty heads, and then said angrily: "All countries in the world are the same..."

When Li Cun heard this, he saw that what Fang La said was the same as before, and thought: "His speech on rebellion must have been carefully prepared, and there may not be a second one."

This level of brainwashing is okay for fooling the Southeastern people who have no experience and feel the same way. For Li Cun, who has been baptized by the explosion of information in later generations, let alone hearing it once, even if it is the first time, it is absolutely impossible. Nothing will be touched.

Therefore, after listening casually, Li Cun focused on the core members of the uprising around him, and then shouted "No!" and "Is this reasonable?" while finding an opportunity to ask Zhang Shi next to him: " Who is around?"

Zhang Shi looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him and Li Cun, so he lowered his voice and replied: "Most of them are from the Fang family, and some are close friends of Brother Thirteen."

Without Li Cun asking any more questions, Zhang Shi pointed at an old man who was as thin as a bamboo pole: "He is Fang Fei, the patriarch of the Fang family."

This is really a bit beyond Li Cun's expectation - Li Cun always thought that Fang Fei would be a fat old man, but he didn't expect that he would be a thin old man.

Zhang Shi pointed at two men in their forties, one thin and one fat: "Those are Fang Wu and Fang Qi, the cousins ​​of Thirteenth Brother. They have read books and are said to have studied military tactics. They are here in Qingxi. Very famous."

"That's Lu Balang Lu Mai, Thirteenth Brother's best friend, who is very skilled in martial arts."

"That's Guan Sunzhong, that's Fang Shizong, they both learned sticks."

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After listening to Zhang Shi's introduction one by one, Li Cun knew that more than half of these core members must be Fang La's relatives, and they were blood relatives within the three clans.

The other half of the core members are either like-minded with Fang La and often discuss the feasibility of an uprising with Fang La, or they are coerced by Fang La out of loyalty to save Fang La's life, or they simply want to rely on uprising to fight like Zhang Shi. A person who is famous and rich will not be willing to live an ordinary life.

In short, these core personnel are all related to Fang La, and Fang La is also the link between them.

It's no wonder that Fang La became the leader of this rebel army.

The nearly two hundred years of land annexation in the Northern Song Dynasty allowed the upper households (that is, bureaucratic landlords and bully landlords) like Fang Youchang to occupy 99% of the wealth and land, while the poor worked hard all year round and ended up with more than one cent. There is no money left, and there are always endless exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes that have accumulated debts that they can never repay. It is like falling into a quagmire, sinking deeper and deeper, always struggling on the verge of death, and what is worse, the wife and daughter Being usurped by creditors like Fang Youchang, they themselves have to become the private servants of these creditors and do business with them at will. There is really no way to survive.

And because Zhao Ji was arrogant, extravagant and fond of flowers and stones, the former prime minister Cai Jing and the current prime minister Wang Fu, in order to retain their power, presided over the Suzhou-Hangzhou Yingfeng Bureau, specifically soliciting exotic flowers and stones and other objects, and transported them to Bianliang City in Tokyo to please Zhao Ji. .

The officials of the Yingfeng Bureau headed by Zhu Meng took chicken feathers as arrows. When they heard that a commoner's house had stones, more exquisite flowers and trees, or other precious treasures, they led soldiers to break into that house and put a yellow seal on it. Even if it is a tribute to Zhao Ji, the people must take good care of it. If there is any damage, they will be charged with "disrespect" and be fined lightly, or put in jail. Some people's flowers, trees, and stones were confiscated. It was tall and inconvenient to carry, so the soldiers demolished the house and destroyed the walls. The officials and soldiers also took the opportunity to extort money from the families who were expropriated, often going bankrupt, and some families sold their children and daughters. , fleeing everywhere.

Also, all the flowers, trees, and stones that should be chosen by the Bureau, no matter how big or small, whether they are in high mountains and ravines, or in deep waters and rapids, will be transported out by all possible means regardless of the people's strength.

In addition, wherever the fleet carrying flowers and stones passed, the local people had to provide money, grain and civil services. In some places, bridges were demolished and city walls were even destroyed to allow the fleet to pass.

This is one of the reasons for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty - Hua Shi Gang.

The disturbance caused by the Huashi Gang affected the Huaihe River and the south of the Yangtze River, and was most severe in the two Zhejiang areas.

This heavy burden was ultimately passed on to the people, especially the extremely poor who relied on selling their labor to make a living, making them miserable.

Moreover, the Northern Song Dynasty always issued invitations to those rebels who made violent disturbances, and then spent money to support them so that they would stop causing trouble and suppress other uprisings.

This undoubtedly gave the uprising people a glimmer of hope and made them think: If they succeed, they can become dignitaries of the new dynasty; if they fail, they can also accept the recruitment of the old dynasty. Everyone is better than the life they are living without seeing the light of day now. many.

It is precisely because of this that Fang La and others were stimulated to kill Fang Youchang's family, and listened to Fang La's bewitchment. The key point was that Fang La also used ghosts and gods to build momentum for the uprising under the pretext of "Detian Talisman". The key point was that Fang La also proposed How could these people, who are suffering from exploitation and oppression, not respond positively to the slogan "Take everyone's wealth and spread it to raise others"?

"good!"

"good!"

"good……"

Amid the overwhelming echoes, Fang Fei lowered his voice and said to Li Cun and other core personnel: "The situation has been established. Go and recruit brave people!"

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Chapter completed!