In the second year of Hongwu, Guangzhou was bounded.

This is the border between the Ming Dynasty under Huang Chao and the Southern Song Dynasty, which had just established its capital Jiangling (now Nanjing), and belongs to the Southern Song Dynasty.

Since Huang Chao ascended the throne, he has been sorting out his internal affairs in his territory and has not taken advantage of the victory.

This year, floods occurred in Liangzhe area, and the Southern Song Dynasty court had just been established, and there was no intention or ability to provide disaster relief.

So the farmers in Gwangju suffered.

Natural disasters must be accompanied by man-made disasters, because landlords like to take advantage of the situation at this time, use usury and other methods, and finally purchase the land of these farmers at an extremely low cost.

Zhang Quandan is one of these landless farmers.

His family's land was not harvested. In order to support his wife and son, he had to borrow some money from the landlord Liu Laocai to buy coarse grains to satisfy his hunger.

After a month, the flood completely receded, and Zhang Quandan was just glad that his family survived, the vicious and vicious dog legs of the Liu Laocai family came to the door.

The dogs held the loan notes with his handprints in their hands and told him that he had owed ten taels of silver to "Liu Dashanren" and asked him to pay back the money quickly. If he couldn't afford it, he would use his land to pay off the debt.

Zhang Quandan couldn't count and could not read. He couldn't figure out why he had just borrowed less than a month's food money, but it quickly turned into a huge debt of ten taels of silver.

He couldn't explain it clearly, couldn't tell it clearly, and was at a loss, so he could only accept this "robbery" and gave his two acres of land to his dog.

But unexpectedly, the dogs were not satisfied after getting the ground, but instead said with greater brilliance:

"Two acres of land can't be worth 10 taels of silver! Let's do this, I see how beautiful your wife is, and she can still be worth a little money. Give me a share of the 10 taels of silver you owe will be written off."

As he said that, the dog legs started teasing Zhang Quandan's wife.

Now Zhang Quandan could no longer bear it. He picked up the hoe at his hand and smashed it hard on the head of the vulgar beast. The red and white splashed all over him, and his dog's legs were killed immediately.

The two equally vulgar dog legs next to them were scared to pee. They didn't expect that Zhang Quandan, who was honest and could not beat a single fart, would dare to kill someone, so they quickly rolled and crawled away.

Looking at the corpse on the ground, Zhang Quandan knew that he had been in trouble, so he hurriedly pulled his wife and children to run away.

He knew very well that to the south was the landlord Liu Laocai's Zhuangzi, and if he wanted to survive, he had to go north.

The family ran with all their might. After running for a long time, when they were exhausted and could no longer run, Liu Laocai's men caught up.

At the same time, the militia team on the other side of the river also discovered Zhang Quandan's family of three.

This is already within Huang Chao's Ming Dynasty, and there are militias on the border that patrol and farm.

The instructors sent by the administrative group discovered an emergency and quickly sounded the slogan of assembly.

Hearing the three sounds, a hundred farmers who had been practicing for more than a month picked up their own steel shovels and formed a queue, stepped forward to force Liu Laocai's troops to stop. The two sides surrounded Zhang Quandan and his family.

The leader pointed at Zhang Quandan and said:

"Brothers, this mud-legged owed Liu Dashanren's money and refused to pay it back. He also killed one of our brothers. It is natural to kill people to repay their lives and debts. I would like to ask you brothers to give up Takadao and let us take people back."

Hearing this, Zhang Quandan felt desperate. He finally glanced at his wife and children, and then knelt down to the militia.

He said: "The villain knows that he will die. If he kills someone, I will pay for his life. Before he dies, I only ask the adults to save my wife and son. The villain will return it to you as a cow and a horse in the next life."

Hearing that Zhang Quandan dared to plead, the dog-legged leader couldn't help but step forward to hit someone, and the instructor raised his gun quickly:

"You! Stop, I fired and went forward, and retreat!"

The dog-legged leader knew that the fire stick in his hand was so powerful that he had to retreat in disappointment and said:

"This troublemaker owes money but doesn't pay it back, but kills people. You have to die, and your wife and children have to pay off their debts."

Zhang Quandan's wife also knelt down and cried:

"You have been slandering people these days. We just borrowed some food to survive. Unexpectedly, in less than a month, the profits were 10 taels of silver. It was not enough to pay the bills by taking two acres of land from my family. I also wanted to insult me! It was obvious that Quandan couldn't help but kill the beast who insulted me!"

Then she hugged her child, and the adults and children started crying together.

After listening to this passage, the instructor basically knew what was going on.

The repeated complaints and criticisms told him that this was a typical case of "landlords forcing farmers to die to achieve land annexation."

Looking at the militia brothers around him, they all looked excited, as if they had seen some of their past shadows from Zhang Quandan.

These militias were selected from various rural areas. After enlightening the people's wisdom, each of them hated the landlords who had previously exploited them.

They have deeply realized that only when all the peasant brothers unite and overthrow the three mountains that are pressing on their heads can they truly live a good life!

The instructor walked up, helped Zhang Quandan's wife and child up, and even took out a square piece of rock candy from his purse, fed it to the child's mouth, and then said to everyone:

"In our Ming Dynasty, according to the newly promulgated [Ming Law], in our home, we have the right to stop outsiders from infringing on our own interests! Therefore, Zhang Quandan, you are protecting your land and relatives from harm, so you are not guilty!"

When the dog-legged leader heard this, he said furiously: "He is from the Song Dynasty! Your Ming Dynasty law cannot judge my Song Dynasty people!"

"The people on my Ming land are all from my Ming Dynasty!"

"You! Are you sure you must protect this mud leg today!?"

"I'll protect it today! So what can you do!"

The dog-legged leader originally wanted to make a few harsh words, but suddenly he saw a group of men holding shiny iron tools, especially a gun, so he was afraid in an instant.

"I...I..."

He hesitated for a long time, but still didn't say anything.

"roll!"

The instructor pressed forward with a gun two steps forward, and the dog legs turned their heads and ran away in shame.

After this incident, the militia continued to farm and patrol.

The instructor took Zhang Quandan and his family to the training base.

After arriving, the instructor reported the matter immediately. Soon the superior's commendation order arrived, praising him for handling the matter well, and also sent the matter to training bases on various borders for other instructors to learn.

Because of the recent natural disasters, there have been frequent disaster victims running to the border of Daming. There are many landless refugees like Zhang Quandan. After Huang Jun, the Minister of Agriculture of the State Council, learned about this, personally rushed to the front line, launched a plan for labor-for-relief, and gathered a large number of laborers.
Chapter completed!