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246. Soft ground and hard ground

When Zhu Yuanzhang was depressed, the villagers shouted: "Kill this guy... and kill him!"

These villagers had just experienced a great disaster of life and death, and then heard Li Qing's words again. They were so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. The so-called clay Bodhisattva also has three parts of fire, let alone living people?

"It's so hateful for officers and soldiers!"

"We good people have followed the rules for life. Unexpectedly, the thieves did not come to kill us, but the officers and soldiers were going to kill us!"

"Kill him!"

"Chop him into pieces!"

A group of villagers who were stunned by anger began to surge forward.

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly ordered the soldiers: "Push them away and don't let them squeeze in... Why are you making trouble at this time? It's useless for me to keep this hundred households."

The soldiers quickly formed a wall of people and pushed the villagers who were pushing them aside. Only then did the villagers realize that where did the people who saved them come from?

A strong man was squeezed out from the crowd of villagers. It was probably the one in this village who was more capable of fighting. He asked Zhu Yuanzhang with courage: "Where did the benefactors come from?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly: "Baishui Zhu Ba!"

"What?" The villagers who were still rushing inside and wanted to come in and beat Li Baihu all took a few steps back. A few timids even stepped back and fell back. There were a while of violent chaos in the crowd. Several children's mouths were flattened and they were about to cry. The mother next to them quickly covered the child's mouth. Some people turned around and wanted to run, but their feet became soft and they couldn't move. It seemed that they were so scared that they didn't even have the strength to run... The people's expressions of joy from the survivors suddenly turned into fear and fear, their whole bodies were trembling, and the scene suddenly became awkward.

Speaking of the name of Baishui Zhu Ba, the people of Baishui will raise their fingers and say "Okay", because it has been more than three years since Zhu Yuanzhang started the business, but Huanglong Mountain Village has never bullied and robbed the people in Baishui. At most, they collect some taxes from wealthy families. Therefore, the name Zhu Ba has a good reputation in Baishui. It is like a Buddha born in all families, and everyone loves them, and flowers bloom when they bloom.

But in places other than Baishui, his name is not very good! The farmers of this era rarely ran around. Some people never left their villages in their lives. Those who walked farther away could only sell pigs, sell some vegetables, buy some salt, etc. in county towns about ten miles away. Their understanding of the world mainly comes from the announcements posted by the government or the stories told by the storyteller, or it was passed down by the villagers.

The source of information is so narrow, of course it is easier to be deceived by the government. In the official's notice, Baishui Zhu Ba is a villain who preys on the mountain, kills people and sets fire, and robs the people of the country, and does everything evil... Speaking of his name, it can even stop children from crying at night. When mothers meet children who cry at night and refuse to sleep, they will say, "If you cry again, Baishui Zhu Ba will hear you and catch you and eat it." So the children dare not cry again and go to bed obediently.

Of course, in the west of Chengcheng, some villages at the junction with Baishui, Baishui Zhuba is still a bit famous, but this situation is limited to some villages in the west, so the villages in the north are not very good.

This is the case in this village now. When the person in front of him was the "notorious" Baishui Zhuba. The old people and children in the village were so scared that they dared not take a breath. The young and strong feet were also weak. The women were even more afraid. The elderly and weak women were worried that they would be little, while the young and beautiful girls were worried that they would be arrested to be the wife of the village...

Seeing the strange atmosphere, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly cleared his throat and wanted to say a few words to comfort them. Unexpectedly, before he could open his mouth, a middle-aged man with a very timid voice fell down and said: "Please spare my life... The little man has no wealth at home, but only his daughter is still able to see people. Please use her as a wife to suppress the village and let the villain go." While speaking, the man also pushed a little girl from behind. He looked about twelve or twelve years old and looked quite simple.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

"Puu!" Someone knelt down again, and then another little girl pushed it out.

"Pu!" Another person knelt down. The family seemed to have no daughter. A thin woman in her twenties walked out in tears, protecting her two children behind her: "Your Majesty, please catch me. My child is still young, please give them a way out."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

"Mass work is really difficult to do!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly.

Since ancient times, for the peasant uprising army, there have been differences between "soft land" and "hard land". The so-called "soft land" means that the places where they take root and sprout and have a better mass foundation, they are more likely to get support from local people when marching in these places, and it is easy to do things. The so-called "hard land" means that the mass foundation is poor and does not receive support from local people, and there will even be places where the people communicate to the government.

For Huanglong Mountain Village, Baishui is soft, while Chengcheng is undoubtedly hard, and it is not easy to do anything here. Take the villagers in front of you as an example. How to soothe their emotions and make them believe that Zhu Yuanzhang is a good person is not something you can do with just a few words. Even if you kill the officers and soldiers and save their lives, they will only think that it is the relationship between the officers and soldiers and Zhu Ba who enters the front door and the tiger enters the back door, and it is a feather feather.

Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about how to appease these villagers. Suddenly, the desperate man standing beside him took a step forward, blocked Zhu Yuanzhang, and spoke: "Friends, don't be afraid, Brother Zhu Ba is not a bad guy!"

When he spoke, the frightened villagers were stunned. Someone said in surprise: "Chencheng accent?"

It turned out that when Pinsula said this, he used the very standard Chengcheng dialect.

The people in the entire Shaanxi-xi range have Shaanxi accents, which are not much different, but the accents between each county are subtle. You can hear whether locals can just open their mouths.

Chinese people in this era, cough... no matter which era, they should have a strong rural complex and are more likely to trust their hometown people. When they hear Pinming Sanlang's authentic Chengcheng accent, their fear suddenly becomes smaller and they are willing to listen to what Pinming Sanlang said.

"Don't be afraid, everyone! Brother Zhu Ba is not a bad guy, he is here to help everyone!" Psiege shouted loudly: "We will never harm you. On the contrary, we will try our best to make you live a good life. Please believe me."

He yelled a few times, and the villagers' emotions gradually calmed down. Then, someone asked carefully: "What do you call this big brother? Which village did you come from?"

Pinming Sanlang shouted loudly: "My name is Pinming Sanlang, I am from Nanyao Village."

"Wow? Nanyao Village?" Several villagers exclaimed at the same time: "Brother Zheng Yanfu is from Nanyao Village. Are you the brother of Brother Zheng Yanfu?"

Hearing the long-lost name, Sanlang's mood couldn't help but feel a little turbulent. He took a deep breath and suppressed the urge to report his name: "I am the good brother of Brother Zheng Yanfu. When I rebelled with Brother Zheng and went to Dongzi Cliff, I later became defeated and died, so I went to surrender Brother Zhu Ba... Please believe me, Brother Zhu Ba is definitely a good person, we will not harm you, please stand up and don't kneel on the ground."

Chengcheng is a hard land for Baishui Zhu Ba! But for Chengcheng Zheng Yanfu, it is a soft land! Even if it is not Zheng Yanfu himself, but his brother, he can still be as good as a fish in water.

The villagers who just regarded Zhu Bayi's group as terrifying and ferocious, changed their attitudes at this time and they all got up from the ground: "It turned out to be the brother of Zheng Yanfu..."

"Brother Zheng Yanfu's brother is definitely not a bad person!"

"Oh, when Brother Zheng Yanfu started to get up, he also asked someone to contact our village..."

"We were timid at the beginning and didn't follow Brother Zheng Yanfu, alas!"

"I have lived like a dog in the past few years. I might as well follow Brother Zheng Yanfu to fight for a fight, and I will be happy if I die..."

The villagers started talking nonsense.

Sanlang quickly interrupted them and said loudly: "Please listen to Brother Zhu Ba's words..."

The scene became quiet, and a group of villagers all looked at Zhu Ba.

Zhu Yuanzhang patted the desperate Sanlang's shoulder. Sure enough, it was correct to bring him here. If he hadn't brought him together, things would be troublesome now. He cleared his throat and said, "Friends, the officers and soldiers have committed such evil deeds to you. We should spread this matter so that all the people in Chengcheng know... I would like to ask everyone to help, go to the surrounding villages, and spread the things the officers and soldiers want to do to you tonight as far as possible."

"Well, if you don't say it, we will spread this matter!" The villagers were quite surprised.

"It's not that you will pass it slowly after dinner!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted: "It's just that you'll travel around, the faster you spread, the better."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because! Our Huanglong Mountain Village is about to attack Chengcheng!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "Although the officers and soldiers are useless and will not cause us much trouble when defending the city, the wealthy families, landlords and gentry in Chengcheng will definitely organize the village warriors to enter the city to help the officers and soldiers defend the city, or just gather from all directions to hinder... I hope everyone notifies the people of the towns of all the evil deeds of the officers and soldiers, and do not join the village warriors organized by the rich gentry, because the officers and soldiers are not worth your help at all! Is it worth it to fight to the death with the heroes of our village in order to help these beast-like officers and soldiers?"

"this……"

"It seems to be a bit unworthy!"

"It doesn't seem to be, it's definitely not worth it." A young man jumped up: "Okay, I'll help you... I'll go to the village to the west."

"I'll help you too!" Another young man jumped up: "I'll send a message to the village in the south."

"Go all! Go all!"
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