Chapter 115 Liangshan Volunteers 1

It is said that there are nearly a thousand people in Liangshan. These are all old subordinates when Zhou Mengde made his fortune. Later, only a few hundred people came to join him. In this way, Liangshan's followers are only 1,600. This more than 1,000 people are divided into two classes inside and outside. The inner class is specially responsible for guarding the city and maintaining order and protecting the important people in the religion. The number is There are about 600 times when the essence is not high.

The foreign class is the reserve force of Liangshan. For the grass-roots members who worship the royal mother's religion, they are usually assigned to the mountains around Liangshan to cultivate land, raise cattle and sheep, and buy family businesses. These people's lives are very good, at least much better than the people around them. The houses are built according to the style of the mountain, all of which are two-story private houses with stone and wood structure. These stones and timber are taken from the quarry and woodland in the nearby mountains. They are collected uniformly, and the 100 private houses are also built uniformly.

After building these private houses, Zhou Mengde concentrated all his efforts to build a spire cathedral in the open space leading to the mountain gate. It is said that it was Zhao Ze's idea to build this church, and the drawings were also drawn by Zhao Ze. After the church was built, it was stipulated that there would be a meeting here every seven days. The priest would lead everyone to read the teachings, and at the same time, everyone entered Church members need to hold a candle in their hands until they read it aloud before they can put it out.

But there are 1,500 or 600 people. They use more than 1,000 candles every seven days. Zhou Meng was a little heartbroken. Later, he modified it and changed it to light nine hundred and eighty-one candles in front of the altar.

After the church party every seven days, the participants can have dinner together and eat more abundantly than usual. However, the church can only accommodate about 200 people. If you want to participate in on the day of the party, you must perform well at ordinary times. This is in charge of the black stewor under the five masters, and each stewer is required to lead. Two hundred people, so we need eight stewers.

And the eight stewants will appoint two more captains of the hundred, which does not need to be detailed.

It is only said that the division of labor in the worship of the Queen Mother is becoming more and more detailed. The believers believe in this holy religion while eating and drinking. They do everything they do to the requirements of the master, and the requirements of Zhou Mengde are not high, which is similar to the selection of soldiers in the Song Dynasty. Old and weak women and children plough fields and weave cloth at home to visit their homes. The strong people usually farm and gather once a month. Training.

Of course, this refers to the ordinary congregation of 1,000 people. The about 600 upper-class believers, that is, the pro-military, are not included. They have to practice every day. After the practice, they learn the teachings, classics, writing and painting, if they can accept it.

Since September, Jingdong Road has encountered a rare drought. As in previous years, the drought has starved all over the land, the people have been displaced, the land has been abandoned, the crops have withered, and the houses have collapsed. People in several states have fled their homes and fled to Kaifeng for protection.

When someone passed through Jeju on the way, I heard that Shuibo Liangshan was recruiting talents, not to mention food and clothing, but also houses and land. As long as you join their worship of the Queen Mother, all this can be achieved.

When people are desperate, they don't care what will happen in the future. They can live and be content to live. Among these people who have left their hometowns, there are many strong people with flexible minds. Thirty or fifty people gathered together to discuss this. They said that the journey to the capital is a long way. On the way, there is no money or food, they will not to starve to death or die of disease. It is better. Take root in this way, go up to Liangshan, and die to be a full ghost. No matter what it teaches, it can make me eat and wear warmly. It's my own parents.

This is a good proposal. It didn't take long to spread among the people who went to Beijing. After hearing the news, many hungry pedestrians immediately stopped and turned to Shuibo Liangshan. They could get the boat ride, the boat's swimming water, and no matter how bad it is, they have to get a piece of wood. Go to Liangshan with his arms.

At the beginning, no one took the lead in this vast mountain team, and no one commanded it. It was all supported by a glimmer of hope of survival, supporting them to look at Liangshan and escape all the way, day and night.

A lot of things can happen in a day and a night. The day before yesterday, I collected more than a dozen people who fled here. In the blink of an eye, I slept for a night and felt kung fu. Thousands of people came to the golden beach at the southern end of the long and narrow water Boliang Mountain. These people either sit or stand, lie or lie down, doze or sleep. In short, they have a variety of postures and expressions are different. Different.

However, these people have one thing in common, that is, their eyes are blue, and the corners of their mouths are salivating. They are so hungry that they are going to eat people.

At this moment, the medium cannon of Liangshanzhai sounded, and a team of hundreds of people rolled in the mountains. About a hundred of these people rode on black-faced war horses, and the rest of them were dressed in short clothes, carrying burdens and burdens. After leaving the mountain gate, they walked towards the Golden Beach.

If you want to ask why these people come out, of course, they are to help the refugees on the Golden Beach, but you can't invite people to eat this meal casually. If you want to eat, you have to pay a little price first. This price is not high. As the leader said, "You are all kind people of the Song Dynasty. You should have stayed at home and live a good life. How can God play tricks on people for a long time? The drought has caused you to be displaced. You have nowhere to rely on the young. Even if you have the strength, you have nowhere to exchange rice. However, when you come to Liangshan, I can tell you that you have come to the right place. As long as you agree to the conditions I put forward, the steamed buns in front of you are yours. Of course, there will be more steamed buns in the future. There will be clothes in the house. It's easy to ask for a wife. As long as you follow us, you will have everything."

Next, the man led the team briefly explained his conditions, but when he saw that there were too many people present, he had to take out the unique weapon that had been prepared for a long time and shouted again. After this time, everyone present was stunned. He said, "Is this still a person?" Such a loud voice, a hundred steps of infighting. I can hear it clearly.

It seems that this Liangshan hero is indeed within reach.

After the leader shouted, his soldiers shouted that the soldiers lined up one by one to get steamed buns. Those who had eaten steamed buns went to stand there and waited for someone to take them up to the mountain.

It is said that going up the mountain is actually a temporary residence in front of the cottage, a large tent sewn with hemp. These tents are distributed in a hill the size of a football field. The place is large enough to accommodate those exiles. After a night of rectification, someone came to instill in them the worship of the Queen Mother the next day. After seven days in a row, he finally conquered these fallen grass people and made them believe that life can be like this.

As for what the believers who came to indoctrinate them said specifically, there is no need to mention that after half a month of streamlining, there are as many as three or four thousand people excluding the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, if at least 6,000 people are included.

These 6,000 people, plus more than 1,600 numbers in the previous cottage, are cost-effective after registration. The number of people and horses in Liangshan has reached more than 7,8 hundred. If these more than 7,000 people are put in one place to eat and drink every day, it will be amazingly big. Zhou Meng's original financial resources are only barely enough to support these. People use it for half a year, and it must be mobilized up and down. Some of the food and grass are bought in the surrounding area, some are fished in the water, and the other part is picked in the mountain wild fruits. If you encounter the right wild animals, you can also shoot some wild animals. The last move is to divide some old and weak women and children to grow melons and beans.

To sum up, this is the self-sufficient approach that Liangshan can take.

For this reason, Zhou Meng had to discuss with several masters about how to get out of the current predicament. Can Cao Mengde, who was learning from the Three Kingdoms, also separate an army and appointed one person as a gold-touching lieutenant, which is actually a grave digging force.

Everyone knows this, and Gongsun He is even more aware of it. He immediately raised his hand and objected, saying, "Digging graves and stealing treasures is a matter of hurting heaven. If you do too much, you will be punished by God. I don't want to reduce my life anymore. Please be smart."

Zhou Meng had to see that the owner of the second village objected. He couldn't whisper to beg him, so he had to turn to Xiao Mantian, the owner of the third village, to see what he said.

Xiao Mantian thought for a moment and only said one word "anti"

Cai Fu was stunned when he heard that his husband said such rebellious words.

Xiao Mantian explained, "When we were in Longshu Mountain, we were hunted down by the government. Now if we don't do well today, there is a famine on Jingdong Road, and there are drifters everywhere. In this troubled world, where should we go? Is it difficult to wait for death?"

Zhou Meng frowned and looked carefully before he said, "This matter is too big. Don't be too hasty. We, Liangshan, have finally got the recognition of the government today, and it is not the grass bandits in Longshu Mountain in the past. Once it is reversed, I'm afraid there is no place for us in the world. The government will definitely do its best to kill us. Scrape all before you give up"

Cai Fu nodded and said that he did not agree with his husband's approach.

Next, Zhou Meng had to look at Zhao Ze, hoping that he could give some advice, because Zhou Meng had to know that Zhao Ze had a lot of ideas.

Zhao Ze has been busy with the resettlement of the exiles these days. He was so tired that he didn't sleep for a few days and nights. At this time, he asked him to find a way, which was no different from playing the piano to Niu. Zhou Meng had to ask for a long time. Zhao Ze only said, "I'll have a good night's sleep, and I'll give the master another answer tomorrow."

Zhou Meng has to look at Zhao Ze's drowsy and yawning. Even if he comes up with it, it may not be a good idea. In this case, it's okay to wait for one night. Anyway, there are still a lot of things to discuss tomorrow. That's it tonight.

After the meeting, the five masters left the Juyi Hall and returned to their respective cottages.

Zhao Ze's cottage is located under the snowy mountain on the left side of Liangshan. There are several abandoned temples nearby. Now it has been reused and converted into a temporary barracks. His residence is a big temple in the middle. This big temple has now been changed. After being repainted, it has become Zhao Ze's mansion, half surrounded. The wall is high, and there are flowers and vines on the wall. There are several old trees, some flowers and plants, and a large pond in the yard, leading to the spring water on the mountain.

After Zhao Ze returned to the village, he was so tired that he entered the house. After saying hello to Guan Mei, he went to bed and fell asleep.

Even Shangguan Mei's self-cooked tonic soup has not been enjoyed.