Chapter 6 Thinking After the Fight
What is an armed fight? Armed fight refers to a mass incident in which a deadly weapon is carried to fight or fight.
In ancient China, due to factors such as news and inconvenience of transportation, people prefer to divide people into groups based on regional differences. Because of the extremely powerful clan power in the feudal society, the government was unable to manage it. However, various villages, villages, villages, or various regions often had conflicts that could not be mediated due to water sources, hills and various problems, and finally they could only choose to resolve them by force. Therefore, armed fighting among the people became popular in various places. Especially in southwest areas such as Guangdong and other southwest areas, it was the most popular and bloody. In the late Qing Dynasty, a large-scale armed fighting between Tu Hakka in Guangdong was as high as one million, which was the bloodiest armed fighting in China. The result was that there were basically no Hakka on the west bank of the Pearl River in later generations... (Refer to Liu Ping's "Forgotten War - Research on the Guangdong Tukka Armed Fighting in the Tongzhi Period of Xianfeng")
Yueyang naturally didn't know about these things. At this time, he was shocked by the scene in front of him. More than a thousand farmers from Wuli Village, tenants and five or six hundred people brought by the Wang family were already fighting with each other. They used wooden sticks, hoes, shovels and other objects to fight each other. The sound of killing, screams, and curses were heard, and people were knocked to the ground from time to time.
Yueyang found that among the crowd fighting, Hu Laosan, the guard guard, was even ahead. He slashed and blocked a wooden stick in his hand, and from time to time, knocking a man from the Wang family to the ground. Most of the people who were knocked to the ground were beaten to the head and bleeding. The scene was very bloody. Because there were fewer people in the Wang family, and whether there were any fierce people like Hu Laosan, the fight began about a quarter of an hour later, the Wang family was beaten to retreat step by step.
Yue Yang, who was watching the battle on the side, was frightened. Born in modern society, he had never seen such a large-scale bloody scene. People were knocked to the ground, but no one cared about those who fell in pools of blood. Anyone who could still stand was attacking his opponent.
Yueyang stood under a big tree, and Shunbao and more than a dozen servants stood around to protect him. At this time, Yueyang felt his legs tremble. He really didn't expect that the civilian fighting would be so bloody and cruel. Although he also wanted to order the people of Wangjiazhai to stop immediately, the remaining rationality told him that if he did this, he would not benefit him and the people of Wulizhai.
Yue Yang bit his lip tightly, and his back leaned against the big tree behind him. He tried hard to suggest himself, "You are the leader of Wuli Village, the young master of Yuejiazhuang, and you can't fall down!"
Seeing Yue Yang with a pale face, Shunbao whispered to him: "Young Master, don't be afraid. We have a lot of people. The people from the Wang family are definitely not our opponents! Besides, if you have a young person, they will never hurt you!"
Time slowly passed about two quarters of an hour, and the people of the Wang family gradually stopped supporting them. After more than 200 people fell down, the remaining more than 300 people fled towards the way they came. Wang Chenglin, the second young master of the Wang family, also escaped under the protection of several servants. Until then, the people in Wulizhai held up the wooden sticks, farm tools and other objects in their hands and cheered loudly.
"We won!"
"The bastards of the Wang family know that grandpa is amazing, haha!"
"Young Master, we won, and all the people in the Wang family were driven away by us!" At this time, Hu Laosan, who was covered in blood, walked to Yueyang and shouted excitedly.
"Well, yes, we won!" Yue Yang also forced a smile, but this smile was even worse than crying.
Looking at the wounded people in front of him, Yue Yang took a long breath and said to Hu Laosan: "Master Hu, immediately organize people to gather all the injured people on the ground, ask the doctor to help them heal them, and pay for all the expenses!"
"This..." Hu Laosan hesitated and asked: "Young Master, do you need treatment for even those from the Wang family? But... that costs a lot of money."
"Silver is important or life is important." Yue Yang glared at him, "Although they are from the Wang family, these people are also from our Yingzhou Prefecture, and they are also a group of people who have suffered from digging food from the soil. They look down every day and don't look up. Maybe some people are still relatives with our Wuli Village. Now that the fight is over, we will naturally have to help."
Seeing Yue Yang showing an unhappy expression, Hu Laosan naturally did not dare to say much. He lowered his head and responded, and then went to organize people to treat the injured. Yue Yang looked at the wounded people all over the ground, but there was no trace of joy after victory. He sighed and turned around and said, "Shunbao, let's go back."
"Yes, Master!"
Shunbao, who has been a book boy since he was a child, has a good ability to observe his words and expressions. Seeing that his young master seemed to be in a bad mood, he quickly agreed and called several servants to escort Yueyang back to Yuejiazhuang.
It was already afternoon when we returned to Yuejiazhuang. After Yueyang arrived at his yard, he locked himself in the study on the west side. He didn't come out until the meal time at You hour. The Linglong sisters couldn't help but get anxious when they saw this situation.
Yulong walked into the living room with a food box and asked Yuling, "Sister, what's wrong with him? Why did he lock himself in the house after he came back from the river and never come out? Now it's dinner time."
Yulong shook his head, "Sister doesn't know either, but I heard from Shunbao that our Wuli Village defeated the Wang family today, but today's scene was too tragic. I guess the young master couldn't accept it for the time being."
Yulong thought for a while: "Ah...this is the case, then why don't we go in and persuade the young master, otherwise if the old lady knows, we will definitely blame us for not serving the young master well."
Yuling hesitated and nodded: "This...that's OK, let's go in."
When the two entered the study, they saw Yue Yang sitting behind the desk. Although he was holding a book in his hand, the focal length in his eyes floated to somewhere.
The Linglong sisters looked at each other, and Yuling then stepped forward and said softly: "Young Master, are you still worried about what happened today?"
Yue Yang sighed slightly and said, "Yes, Linglong, you don't know. Today's scene is really tragic. There are thousands of people fighting each other. Countless tenants and people formed a ball to grab the water source. Hundreds of people were injured or even killed. They were all the people of the Ming Dynasty. Why did they go with this?"
Yulong, who was standing beside him, said, "Young master, I heard that you are kind-hearted when I was still serving the old lady. But you should know that the Sanggan River is the lifeblood of our Wuli Village. The Wang family already has a muddy river. Although the water volume is a little less, it is still possible to use it. But they are still not satisfied and want to dig a canal from us. If the Wang family succeeds, they will be happy. What should we do? Do we deserve to die in the fields of our Wuli Village? And if this is to blame the individuals of the Wang family. If they hadn't encouraged their tenants to come and cause trouble, why would things turn out like this? Do you think this is the case?"
Looking at Yulong's cute look with her cherry lips and her mouth bulging, Yue Yang couldn't help but smile, and the depression in his heart eased a lot. He couldn't help but reach out to pinch her pink face and tease her, "Hehe, I didn't see it. Yulong in our family is quite jealous of evil!"
Yulong, whose face was pinched by Yue Yang, turned red and said shyly: "No, I heard from Shunbao and the servants in the family that the young master is so powerful today. Originally, the second young master from the Wang family was aggressive and aggressive, and Master Hu was so full of words that he had to say. Fortunately, his salary arrived in time, which scolded the second young master Wang speechlessly. Later, the young master loudly ordered the tenants and villagers to fight against the people of the Wang family. The scene was so majestic! The young master is really amazing!" At this point, Yulong looked at Yue Yang with a hint of admiration.
Yuling also echoed: "Long'er's words make sense, but the most hateful one was the second son of the Wang family. He actually incited their tenants to come and grab the water. In fact, he was the one who should be punished the most." Speaking of this, Yuling looked at Yueyang with a hint of tenderness.
Yue Yang didn't pay much attention to the Linglong sister's gaze. He just shook his head and sighed: "Actually, this is due to the lack of water. If the river water is sufficient, those people will not only fight for that little water. But there is one thing that I feel very strange. Since the weather is dry, why don't you dig more wells? Isn't this all all all all all all alleviating the drought?"
After hearing Yue Yang's words, Linglong's sisters were also hoarse. Yuling shook her head in confusion and said, "This... I don't know, but I have heard that digging a well is a laborious and time-consuming job, and it may not be able to dig out water. There will be a lot of money to spend during this period!"
"That's it!" Yue Yang thought for a while and said, "Yulong, go and call Shunbao and the butler in the front yard immediately. I have something to ask them."
"yes!"
Soon, in less than a quarter of an hour, Shunbao and the butler of Yuejiazhuang were called to the living room in the backyard.
The housekeeper of Yuejiazhuang is Yue Laifu. He is a middle-aged man in his forties. He is white and fat and has a lot of fun. However, Yueyang will not neglect him for this, because he heard from the Linglong sisters that Yuelaifu's ancestors were all Yuejiazhuang's housekeepers for three generations, and there is no doubt that his loyalty to Yuejiazhuang is true. Even the old lady values him very much. And another more important reason is that Yue Laifu is the father of Yueyang's book Tong Shunbao.
Chapter completed!