Ouyang Jun's business was actually to take people out of Hangzhou.
Due to the impact of goods in the north, a large number of small farmers in Jiangnan went bankrupt. Many farmers made a living by planting mulberries, raising silkworms, and weaving. Now the raw silk business could still be done, but the cloth business really could not be done. The cloth merchants in the Song River area suffered heavy losses, and the people at the bottom could not hold on.
Jiangnan was rife with usury, and if the farmers' funds were cut off, they would immediately fall into the abyss. If the number of people who went bankrupt was small, it would be fine, but now the farmers who went bankrupt were almost everywhere. The officials were not aware of this, or they did not care. But the 'Revolutionary Army' had long expected this.
Breaking the self-sufficient small farmer economy was the only way to an industrialized society, but the pain was also extremely great. Selling children and even hanging themselves began to appear on a large scale in Jiangnan. As for escaping … the usury officials would not let the bankrupt farmers escape easily.
Under such circumstances, someone looked for Ouyang Jun and asked him to help take some people out of Hangzhou. As long as the people were sent to the dock, they would naturally pay. This matter seemed simple, but Ouyang Jun smelled a trace of abnormality. These days, there was only one force that was willing to spend money to take care of the poor people.
"No matter men or women, old or young, as long as you send people to the dock of Hangzhou Bay, one person will be five cents." Ouyang Jun felt that it was a bit unsafe to do this alone, so he came to Luo Lie again. After all, he could only run, and Luo Lie had to fight.
"One person is five cents?" Luo Lie felt that this business was too profitable, "Do women and children also count as five cents?"
"The people who looked for me said so, and they even paid a deposit." Ouyang Jun easily persuaded Luo Lie, and the two of them took their own people to run inside and outside the city. In one day, they found hundreds of old, weak, women and children, and went out of the city.
Sure enough, when they were leaving the city, some of the servants of the local officials came out to stop them. These people were like wolves and tigers, insisting on capturing the fleeing farmers. In the end, they were violently beaten up by Luo Lie and his men, and many of them were killed. The local tyrant immediately fled with his tail between his legs.
The crowd was led to a remote riverside pier, and the person in charge of receiving them even prepared some simple meals. Most of the refugees were silent. After receiving their respective meals, they ate in silence. Occasionally, there would be a few cries, which came from the children in their mothers' arms.
The person who came to pick them up really did pay the bill. He straightforwardly paid them one or two hundred silver coins. Ouyang Jun divided the money with Luo Lie and asked the people who were waiting for them, "How are you going to take these people away?"
"A ship will come." The person who received them was an old man with a hunched back. His movements were not very agile, and he could not even speak clearly. "The Grand Marshal will send a ship to pick us up. The Grand Marshal was a good person and could not bear to see the common people suffer. His ship will definitely come. "
Ouyang Jun and Luo Lie looked at each other, knowing that they had guessed correctly. Ouyang Jun asked again, "Old man, you are already so old, why do you still want to take this risk? Even if you want to earn this money, can't you let your children and grandchildren do it? "
The hunched old man's eyes were blurred, and he looked like he was going to die half buried in the ground. In response to Ouyang Jun's question, he shook his head and said, "I am not doing this for money, and I don't have children or grandchildren. I am doing this for righteousness. Where righteousness is, even if there are tens of thousands of people, I will still go. "The old man's voice was filled with indignation. After he finished speaking, he busily took care of the refugees.
The sky was getting dark, and the temperature plummeted. The pier in the wilderness became cold.
Ouyang Jun and Luo Lie agreed with the hunched old man that they would bring people back tomorrow, and then they left with their subordinates. But on the way back to the city, they encountered thousands of officials and servants holding torches and bringing hunting dogs. The other side had a large number of people, scaring the two into hiding again and again. They saw the officials and servants carrying swords and spears, shouting and cursing loudly as they ran toward the ferry that they had just left.
"What should we do?" Ouyang Jun wanted to say, 'Since the money is already in hand, the rest has nothing to do with me.' But when these words came to his mouth, he couldn't say it. Based on his understanding of the officials, these servants were extremely ferocious. During the day, they were cleaned up by Luo Lie, so now they must be eager to take revenge. The hundreds of old, weak, women, and children at the ferry would most likely meet with misfortune, or even all of them would die.
Sigh …. Luo Lie sighed and stamped his foot, "Most of the people at the ferry are women and children. I brought them out, but I can't just watch them die. I will go and kill these servants, and that will be considered as doing my duty. "
Luo Lie turned around and left, and the soldiers behind him who had been drilled to the point of suffering also followed. Ouyang Jun scratched his head in distress, turned his head to look at his subordinates who were hiding by the side of the road, and asked, "What do you think we should do?"
Ouyang Jun's subordinates were mostly slippery, and they all looked left and right without saying anything. He could only stomp his foot and say, "Sigh, I can't count on you. You can all disperse, I will go and help. If that fool Luo Lie uses force, I'm afraid he will make a big deal out of it. I have known him for so long, and today's matter was also caused by me, so we can only face the difficulties together. "
Ouyang Jun also left, leaving behind his hundred or so subordinates. Among these people, some left silently, some stood in a daze, and some chased after Ouyang Jun.
When Ouyang Jun returned to the ferry pier, the sky was completely dark. In the darkness, there were hundreds of torches, people drinking and dogs barking, and the scene was chaotic. He saw Luo Lie hiding in the dark and not making a move, but when he took a few steps forward, he heard a burst of cursing coming from the direction of the pier, "This old man's family is already ruined, all thanks to you thieves. Today, I will perish together with you! "
This old voice sounded like the stooped old man who had just paid the bill, and the officials and servants who had already surrounded the pier retreated in panic when they heard his angry voice. Immediately after, there was a violent explosion, and the air surged with a boom, and a large number of torches in front of them were immediately extinguished. Many of the officials and servants who had been aggressive just a moment ago were killed by the explosion.
"Who is this old man?" Ouyang Jun rushed to Luo Lie's side, and when he heard the explosion, he asked in astonishment, "Why is he so unyielding? He doesn't seek fame or fortune, and would rather be smashed to pieces than give in and beg for mercy. "
"You don't know, so I don't know either." Luo Lie sighed, "Perhaps he is a nameless person. Sigh … my name also has the word 'Lie' in it, so I thought I was strong and unyielding, but in fact, I am not even one ten-thousandth of that old man. "
In the direction of the pier, there was still a surge of people, and the officials and servants who had been bombed fled for a while, but under the command of the person in charge, they once again surrounded the pier. At the pier, there were cries and howls, and countless old and weak women and children were forced to step into the ice-cold river. Under the crowd, some people had already been washed away by the river.
Just as Luo Lie was about to attack, the sound of an engine could be heard coming from the river. In the darkness of the night, there were boats rapidly approaching on the river, and there were even people shouting, "Imperial Guard, go down to rescue people."
About twenty or thirty people took the initiative to jump from the boat into the water, and they heard the sound of people jumping into the water. The officials and servants on the shore had just been bombed, and they were flustered and exasperated, and were about to push the fleeing old and weak women and children into the river to drown them, but when they heard the shouts on the river, they were all stunned.
After a while, soldiers with guns on their backs emerged from the river to rescue people. They were already drenched from head to toe, and there were not many of them, so they could not use their weapons. But when they saw the situation on the shore, someone immediately shouted, "Imperial Guard, go forward! Put up the bayonets and stab these bastards to death. "
There were only three or four soldiers on the shore, but the sound of them pulling out their bayonets was neat and neat. They were clearly facing hundreds of enemies, but they were like tigers pouncing on a pack of wolves, without any fear. In the cold winter, the river water was bone-chilling. But these wet people untied the guns on their backs, inserted the bayonets into the deck, and immediately rushed forward with a howl.
Even if it was sudden, these soldiers showed very high combat skills. They cooperated in pairs, and their steps were steady. Although the guns in their hands were only about 1.56 meters long, they were not afraid of the spears of the servants, who were generally more than three meters long.
When the officials and servants saw their opponents rushing to the shore, they immediately crowded and retreated, not daring to touch the sharp edge of the strong enemy. But the brave and fearless momentum of the guards made Luo Lie very excited, and he shouted, "This is it, this is it, this is it, I want to train such strong soldiers. Wahahaha …, I can't stand it. Boys, follow me to kill for a while. "
Hey, hey, hey …, Ouyang Jun shouted a few times, but he couldn't stop his friend. He could only watch as he led hundreds of people to kill the officials and servants. The servants had many people, but they were all crowded together, and the level of the people commanding them was not high. They only knew how to swarm together. This pincer attack made them think that they were in an ambush, and they were in an uproar.
In a village fight, the tolerance for casualties was very weak. And these officials and servants in front of them were actually the lackeys of the rich, and their fighting strength was not even five percent. In panic, they had no tenacity at all, and their morale melted like snow in an instant, and the soldiers were defeated like a landslide.
Luo Lie was killing to his heart's content. He had been hiding behind to identify the leader of this group of servants. When he made a move, he directly killed the enemy leader. This chaotic battle came and went quickly. It only took a few moments for it to stop. Not many people died at the scene, and a large number of officials and servants fled. On the other hand, the guards who had come ashore were baffled by his actions.
"Which part are you from?"
When the battle was over, a platoon leader of the Imperial Guard on the shore stood up. His question stunned Luo Lie. Ouyang Jun could only brace himself and explain that he was escorting a group of refugees in the city, and they were transported here under the guidance of an old man. But he didn't expect to be discovered by the officials in the city, and the battle just now happened.
And the old man who was in charge of this matter had died heroically for the country.
There were still some subordinates of the old man at the dock, and the old, weak, women, and children who were received confirmed this matter. Ouyang Jun didn't mention the reason why he was doing this for money, and he felt that he could leave after explaining the matter clearly. But unexpectedly …
"It's really hard for you to fight behind the enemy lines. We are also very sad about the sacrifice of Comrade Old Hu in the Hangzhou Revolutionary District. But our business will not stop because of this. What are your names? I will report this matter, and the General Staff will definitely record your merits.
We still have a mission to send this group of refugees away, so we can't stay to help you. Since you are from Old Hu's development, we can trust you. It seems that you have developed well, and you have a lot of people. This time, we just happened to send a batch of weapons, so we will leave it to you to receive. "
The platoon leader of the Imperial Guard shook hands with Ouyang Jun and Luo Lie and saluted. A steamship had already docked, and the people on the ship carried boxes of weapons and ammunition to the shore. The old, weak, women, and children on the shore quickly boarded the ship and left quickly.
Before the platoon leader left, he waved to the shore and shouted, "Comrades, don't be discouraged, don't be afraid of sacrifice. You must persevere. We will liberate all of China soon. "
Waiting for the steamship to leave, in addition to the corpses on the ground, there were piles of wooden boxes of weapons. Ouyang Jun and Luo Lie, who were surrounded by one or two hundred subordinates, were dumbfounded. After a long time, Ouyang Jun poked Luo Lie and said, "Just now, I couldn't stop you no matter how I shouted. The one you killed seemed to be the prefectural magistrate of Hangzhou. "
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