At the end of April, Ehu Town Pier.

Chaoguan, east of Ehu Town, has now been turned into a military station, and eunuch Wang Heng is organizing the suppression of bandits.

It's really nonsense. The eunuch who was hated by everyone last year has become the hope of officials, gentry and merchants.

The county magistrate was eggless, and the gentry were not united, so they had no choice but to ask the eunuch to take the lead. At this time, 1,500 rural warriors had been recruited, and there were more than 600 eunuchs' personal armed forces, who were practicing day and night, and were equipped with warships converted from merchant ships!

Shanglu Town is not far from Ehu Town. A tributary of the Xinjiang River originates from the Wuyi Mountains.

Therefore, Shanglu Town is also a big commercial town. It can be connected directly to the mountains along the river, and then you can reach Fujian by taking the trail.

The rebellious members of the Esoteric Cult can attack Ehu Town and Xinzhou when they advance, or they can hide among the mountains when retreating. This town is surrounded by mountains on all sides, making it very difficult to eliminate them.

"Brother Chun," Zhao Zhenfang took out a purse, "I embroidered this with my own hands. Please pass it on to my second brother."

Fei Chun took the purse and put it away, smiling: "I can do it, don't worry, sister."

Zhao Zhenfang is twelve years old and is living a good life. She usually plays with the second lady, reads and reads together, and learns needlework together. She is better at embroidery than Fei Rumei.

The Lou family sent their eldest daughter to Luling County, but kept Zhao Zhenfang as her second daughter's playmate.

Zhao Zhenfang reminded in a low voice: "There is something in my purse."

"I don't have to worry about it, sister." Fei Chun had already found some money in his wallet, which should be Zhao Zhenfang's private money.

Zhao Zhenfang warned again: "Let your second brother work hard. If money is tight, use my money to tell him not to save it all the time."

Fei Chun smiled and said, "Brother Han is rich."

After saying goodbye, Fei Chun led the team to set off.

Upstream from Chaoguan, the eunuch Wang Heng also led his troops on the expedition.

This guy took 2,100 soldiers and quickly took a boat to Shanglu Town.

The two evil spirits stationed spies along the river, and even local farmers took the initiative to report the news. When the eunuchs arrived at Shanglu Town, the cult members had already gathered three thousand troops and were waiting.

The situation in Shanglu Town is very abnormal. It produces paper, tea and other commodities. It is also located on a waterway, and its business is relatively prosperous. However, there is a serious lack of arable land. Except for the fertile riverbanks, most of the rest is barren mountainous land.

Therefore, the peasants were miserable and joined the Tantric rebellion one after another.

The two sides fought a battle by the river. Although Xiangyong had fewer troops, his weapons were relatively sophisticated and he also organized military formations. It would be difficult to defeat Zhao Han with this kind of thing, but it was very easy to defeat the secret cultists.

After just a cup of tea, the esoteric cultists began to collapse, and the demonic path led the followers to flee to the mountains.

Wang Heng raised his sword and shouted: "Kill the thief, kill the thief!"

The village heroes followed the eunuch in a mad pursuit, but Wang Heng actually rushed to the front, slashing down several people with his sword, and even killed the secret leader Ma Liaoyang with one sword.

Seeing the thief's head being beheaded, the village warrior became energized and chased him into the mountains.

On the hillside, the deputy cultivator Zhang Puwei held a mahogany sword, muttered something and started to dance the great god, and suddenly shouted: "Respectfully ask the ancestor to drop the stone, hurry up like a law!"

Countless rocks fell from high altitude, causing chaos in Xiangyong.

Zhang Puwei was still dancing with her sword, threw out a handful of beans, and shouted: "Throwing beans makes an army!"

Hundreds of believers who were ambushing in the mountains suddenly came out with bamboo guns. Two thousand Xiangyong collapsed in an instant, and fled out of the mountain in embarrassment surrounded by Wang Heng.

The church members who had fled earlier also began to turn around and fight back, chasing Xiang Yong back to the shore.

Most of the villagers didn't even have time to escape back to the boat, so they could only run along the river bank.

In this battle, Ma Liaoyang, the leader of the Esoteric Cult, was beheaded by the eunuch Wang Heng himself. However, he won first and then lost. When he returned to Chaoguan to count the number of soldiers, he found that only more than 800 of the 2,100 soldiers were left. In the afternoon and evening, hundreds more fled back one after another, and their strength was reduced.

About 500 people were killed.

Although Wang Heng was resentful, he immediately reported victory and said that he had killed the secret leader.

It's a pity, it's better not to cut it.

Ma Liaoyang and Zhang Puwei, two demons, secretly had conflicts after the incident.

After his death, Zhang Puwei was promoted to the leader of the cult. Not only did he stay in Shanglu Town, but he also sent people to preach along the Qianshan River. Secret believers began to appear around the county.

As far away as Nanfeng County, the Tantric Cultists have already captured the county seat!

Pingxiang County rebelled against the thieves and captured the county seat!

Duchang County rebelled against the bandits and captured the county seat!

The field soldiers in Ruijin County were chased into the mountains by Xie Xuelong. A large number of them froze to death in the winter. They also came back in early spring. They became more violent and began to kill the landlords for food. After they had enough food and clothing, they captured the county seat!

If Jie Xuelong were still alive, these rebels would not be able to stand up at all.

Either they were killed in the mountains and dared not come out, or they were directly wiped out by the governor. Once Xie Xuelong died, no one could suppress the rebels anymore, and Jiangxi lost four counties one after another.

Compared with the rebels who attacked the county town, Zhao Han, who took the initiative to withdraw from the town, seemed so gentle and friendly.

Sichuan direction.

The rogue bandits captured Kuizhou Prefecture (northeast of Chongqing) in one fell swoop, and then they were kicked to the iron plate and driven back to Shaanxi by Qin Liangyu's troops. They were really helpless.

Hannan direction.

The rogue bandits plundered many places in Henan and Huguang, taking countless prisoners and plentiful food. Facing the encirclement and suppression by the officers and soldiers, they gathered again in Hannan and fell into the shrinking encirclement network of the officers and soldiers.

However, drought broke out again in Shaanxi and Shanxi. There was no rain for ten consecutive months, and new rebels emerged one after another.

Emperor Chongzhen finally allocated funds for disaster relief, and he used private money.

This was the first time that Chongzhen used internal funds to do something, which was very rare. The previous Ming Dynasty emperors refused to do so.

In this difficult time, the Tatars will break through and enter again.

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"Zhaochen is really willing to divide the land?" Liu Ziren was half convinced.

Fei Chun said with a smile: "Isn't that right? The young master and Brother Han are doing business together in Jiujiang. They made a fortune last year. They are short of manpower to help. As long as you go over, your family will be able to get land."

Xu Ying wondered: "But I just got admitted as a scholar."

Fei Chun said: "It is better to be admitted as a scholar. There are many famous teachers and scholars in Jiujiang. You can study and help with work at the same time. You can make money and take the imperial examination."

Liu Ziren said: "How about Xu Ying and I go first and leave our family behind in Qianshan?"

"Are you relieved to leave your family behind?" Fei Chun said deceptively, "Young Master and Brother Han have bought a lot of land in Jiujiang. It doesn't matter if we give you dozens of acres as a family!"

Liu Ziren hesitated and said: "But the fields have already been planted with food, how can we stay away from people?"

Fei Chun said with a smile: "How many bushels of land do you have left after paying the rent and miscellaneous stalls? Don't worry, I will give you food after I go to Jiujiang."

When they returned home, they couldn't resist the temptation of land and decided to move their family to Jiujiang.

They didn't believe Fei Ruhe, but they believed Zhao Han could fulfill his promise.

In confusion, the two families boarded the pirate ship.

During this trip, the Lou family also sent a boat, claiming that Fei Rulan was returning to her grandmother's house to visit relatives. She also said that Fei Ruhe had followed her cousin and made a lot of money doing business in Jiujiang, thus concealing Fei Ruhe's whereabouts.

After picking up the Xu and Liu families, when the boat just passed Hekou Town, Fei Yuanjian suddenly waved from the shore.

After the guy got on the boat, he asked directly: "I heard that Ruhe did a big business in Jiujiang?"

"You know everything?" Fei Chun said in surprise.

Fei Yuanjian smiled and said: "It has spread throughout the Fei family, and Mrs. Lou talks about it to everyone she meets."

Well, Mrs. Lou also took great pains, fearing that her son would be suspected of being a rebel.

Before Fei Chun could speak again, Fei Yuanjian said: "I didn't pass the scholar exam this year, and I probably won't pass the exam, so I will simply join Ruhe and the others. My mother (Chen) also said that she would go to Jiujiang to see the world.

Okay, travel for a year and then come back to get married and start a business."

"That's just right, the young master is short of manpower." Fei Chun secretly laughed in his heart: If you go, you probably won't be able to come back in a year and a half.

As a result, Fei Yuanjian, Fei Yu and his master and servant also took the initiative to board the pirate ship.

Everyone went down the Xinjiang River and soon took a tributary to Nanchang.

Xu Ying and Liu Ziren both couldn't tell the direction.

Only Fei Yuanjian raised doubts: "This seems to be the wrong move."

Fei Chun explained: "There are rebels in Duchang County, and the water bandits in Poyang Lake have also rebelled. They can only go up the Gan River from Nanchang."

"That's it." Fei Yuanjian believed it immediately, because it was all the truth.

After arriving in Nanchang, Fei Chun called everyone into the cabin to eat and took the opportunity to let the boatman sail south.

After traveling for several days, everyone began to feel confused. Why hadn't they arrived in Jiujiang yet? But they had never traveled far and didn't know how far Jiujiang was, so they could only hide their doubts in their stomachs.

Until they entered the Helu River, Fei Yuanjian finally couldn't help but said, "Didn't we enter Poyang Lake? Why did we enter a small river!"

"Please speak inside." Fei Chun smiled slightly and invited Liu Ziren and Xu Ying in.

Fei Rulan sat in the cabin, stood up and saluted: "Bless you, three gentlemen. I am Fei Rulan, brother Han's first wife."

Zhao Han is married?

Judging from this name, she is still Miss Fei.

Facing the female family members, the three of them did not dare to neglect and called them brothers and sisters one after another.
To be continued...