Chapter 20:

When I returned to Zhuangzi, the sky had completely cooled down. On the way back, many people stuffed withered grass into their rags. Fortunately, there were so many people that they slept together in the middle of the night, but there was no wind and cold. Put it down, the women are sleeping together with the men.
"Finally here." Walking out of the woods, I finally saw fields. There are not many crops that can be harvested in winter. Now the fields are only cabbage and spinach.
These dishes are a rare green on the table in winter.
But it can only be eaten for a period of time. Most of the cabbage still has to accumulate into sauerkraut. The salt in the village is bought by Brother Dao. The private salt dealers we find are much cheaper than the official salt.
Sometimes Brother Dao took his brothers to hunt in the woods-the only thing he got was a pheasant and a hare. They were not skinny, they could only stuff their teeth, but they were meat.
There are no livestock and no meat in the village.
Seeing Lin Yuan coming back with grain, everyone in the Zhuangzi sighed with relief. There was a lot of grain in each cart, which was stacked up full. Four strong men were required to pull in the front and a few people to push in the back. The food they harvest in autumn is enough for them to eat for one or two years.
This is the advantage of fewer people, but it also has disadvantages.
They don't have weapons. Now let alone iron, copper can't be bought. The asking price of iron is higher. A pot of iron will exhaust all the savings of a small family.
Lin Yuan was thinking about how to get iron, but even if he got iron, it would be useless without a blacksmith.
The sharpness and durability of the sword require the hard work of a blacksmith.
If the casting skill is not enough, and the tempering is not good, the sword is very easy to break. If you really fight with people, a sword that is easy to break does not increase your chances of winning, and may even die in vain.
In fact, the axe is quite good. Lin Yuan touched his chin. It was not easy to break, and it was easy to use force. It didn't need any tricks. To catch it was just a slash, but it was heavy.
The most important point is that these people who do farm work are in hand.
Although they make the quite easy.
Lin Yuanchong, Jiang Gui who just got out of the wagon, said, "Brother, do you know where you can buy an axe?"
Jiang Gui: "Yamen used to have a way, but now..."
I don't know if the yamen is still there.
Lin Yuan sighed and could only postpone it.
"Axe?" Zhu Chongba suddenly stuck his head out, showing his white teeth, "No one sold it, right?"
You can hardly buy anything related to iron.
Lin Yuan sighed, desperate in his heart. Where did the rebels raided the iron tools, he seemed to want it too!
"But I know about iron ore." Zhu Chongba said again, "It's just being guarded by heavy soldiers. Even if you steal it, you may not be able to steal it."
Zhu Chongba: "But now the four places are chaotic, and the military strength is not as much as before."
Lin Yuan's eyes lit up.
"Big brother! Second brother!" Lin Yuan called towards Brother Dao and Yang Zian, "I have something to discuss! Go to the meeting room!"
The meeting room, as the name suggests, the meeting place, Lin Yuan took the name, he is not a real ancient person, although he has the memory of the original owner, but the memory does not mean that I can remember all the books read by the original owner, so it is more popular. Right.
Brother Dao stood on the ground with his and touched the back of his head: "It's weird, I didn't come back to rest, and I want to discuss matters again, right?"
Yang Zian said sarcastically: "It's better than you worship the handle everywhere."
Brother Dao was not happy anymore: "How can I be called to worship? I'm brothers with siblings. I tell you, this world can be worse. A few more brothers are better than fighting alone."
Yang Zi'an: "Okay, you have reason, let's go."
Brother Dao didn't move, stood still and cheated, saying "I won't go if you don't apologize".
Yang Zi'an is not used to him: "Do you want to go or not."
Brother Dao followed desperately.
Lin Yuan first introduced Zhu Chongba, but did not introduce it in detail. He only said that Zhu Chongba was from the Beggar Gang and he was trustworthy.
Brother Dao looked at Zhu Chongba's gaze at once—this is a good seedling to worship!
"Big brother and second brother, you also know that nowadays the people don’t have a living, and the bandits are everywhere. I expect that soon, the world will be in chaos. When we are here, it will not be considered safe." Lin Yuan said calmly, everyone in front of him. Believe it, let alone, if they really have two minds, where can they report? Go to Wucheng? No one is so stupid, and they all know the bottom line, there is no need for it.
"So what?" Li Congrong was taken aback.
The others just looked at Lin Yuan, everyone knew the truth, but they didn't know what to do.
Lin Yuan only remembered that Zhu Yuanzhang joined the Red Scarf Army at the age of 25. Now Zhu Yuanzhang is 19, which means he will be recruited by Guo Ziyi in the thirteenth year of Emperor Yuanshun to Zhengzheng. Then the Red Scarf Army rebelled. Before Yuan Shun Emperor Zhizheng thirteenth year.
There is no climate that cannot be achieved in one or two years of rebellion. After careful calculation, it should be the rebellion of Emperor Yuan Shun in ten or eleven years.
The leaders of the Red Turban Army are Han Shantong, Liu Futong and Xu Shouhui.
Han Shantong was later the emperor of the "Da Song" who established himself as the emperor. He was not only the leader of the Red Turban Army, but also the folk Bailian Sect.
"At the moment, we need more people." Lin Yuan said, "Only in this way can we be able to protect ourselves. These people must also have weapons, otherwise people will be swords and I will be fish."
Everyone swallowed, including Zhu Chongba.
Jiang Gui: "What...what does it mean? Raising private soldiers? This, this is something to lose your head, if it is discovered by the court..."
Brother Dao also agreed: "Yes, how many soldiers are there in the court, shall we go and stuff them?"
Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "We didn't rush to the court's eyelids to raise. We are surrounded by mountains and rivers, far away from the crowds. We are originally hidden. As long as we act carefully, we won't be discovered by the court." I didn't say a word, let alone in a few years, the eyes of the court would be attracted by those big heads.
Han Shantong died in the encirclement and suppression of the Yuan court.
"If we want weapons, we have to have iron." Lin Yuan looked at them, "Big brother, second brother and third brother, please listen to your brother, no one can be spared in the troubled times. If we don't turn back, we will follow the tide. This is also the way. , But the world is in chaos. Are we really a treasure of the world?"
"At that time, we will not have the ability to protect ourselves. We are the fat sheep to be slaughtered." Lin Yuan said, "Leave aside this, just talk about the bandits. Can we fight the bandits?"
The only weapon is the hoe, and now the gangsters who still have the weather have weapons, even if they are not sophisticated, they are better than the dozen hoes.
Everyone keeps their heads down, raising private soldiers... Their ancestors have been good people for generations, so what is the difference with rebellion!
Zhu Chongba died of the whole family, and instead said: "I think Brother Lin is right. Even if they are not contrary, they must have the capital to survive. Food must be used to fill their stomachs and weapons must be used to resist bandits. Into a ball."
Brother Dao made a face of the world collapsed: "I... I have to think about it."
Yang Zian did not speak either.
Jiang Gui was fidgeting, like a thorn under his butt.
No one wants to rebel, and can live safely and smoothly, who wants to rebel?