Chapter 40 Entering the Tao
Some people say that human joy is always short-lived, but pain is indeed eternal.
When the disciples were secured in the field register, they were led to their own land by the field officials below Duman.
The disciples, who were originally so happy, ended up burying themselves in the ground and crying.
They had so much sadness and grievance that they couldn't express it, they could only cry.
Maybe this is what crying means to humans.
At this time, Zhang Chong, Duman and the others were also cleaning up.
I stayed in Xuejiabi for more than a month. On the one hand, I practiced martial arts and on the other hand, I distributed food and land. I gained a lot.
Now Zhang Chong has an army that can initially fight against him, and he also has a group of field officials who have practiced general affairs.
Although they are not the best, they are all hopes for the future.
This time the land was divided, Zhang Chong recruited twenty-three Jianfu tribesmen. They all knew some weapons and easily integrated into the team.
This team was organized and trained by Zhang Chong to Li Damu, and he became another one of Zhang Chong's subordinates.
Zhang Chong now has ninety soldiers, which makes up a hundred-man team. With the addition of some of the field officials, baggage teams, slaves, and craftsmen from the old camp, Zhang Chong can be considered open for business.
It can be said that Xuejiabi is the place where Zhang Chong started.
But although Liangyuan is good, it is not a place to stay for a long time.
As their momentum in Xuejiabi grew bigger and bigger, some powerful Wubi nearby began to pay attention to this place. Recently, they could be seen wandering around here from time to time.
Therefore, Zhang Chong decided to wait for his father and others to come back, and then go to Mount Tai, which was the place Zhang Chong selected to station troops.
Mount Tai has deep forests and dense forests, which is a natural place to hide troops. Historically, Red Eyebrows have been dormant in Mount Tai.
Moreover, in the past few decades, mountain people have continued to cause rebellion. Although they have been suppressed many times, those rebels still live in Mount Tai. If these rebels can be united, the anti-Han forces can be strengthened.
But more importantly, Taishan is close to the hometown of Zhang Chong, a member of the team, and has local advantages there.
In the future, it will be convenient to replenish personnel, supply materials, and supply intelligence, and even the morale of the military will be more stable. This is the advantage of stationing on the inside.
But all this has to wait for the little dad to bring the big beard.
As long as the team relies on the largest anti-Han force in the world, Zhang Chong and his small team can gain a world perspective and not be truly grass bandits.
But when will the little dad come back?
What is little daddy Zhang Bingnan doing at this time?
Believe it or not, he is now joining Taiping Dao.
By the way, that day Wang Zhang protected his little father and left Xuejiabi, walking all the way through the mountains and forests toward Licheng, Jinan.
Because they can no longer use talismans to inspect, they cannot take the main road and can only take long detours in the countryside.
After arriving in Yuncheng, my father found a friend who put them on a cargo ship bound for Gucheng.
But when Gucheng wanted to continue looking for a way to get on board, they were stopped by Gucheng's thieves.
When the thieves saw that they were unfamiliar, they had to check the talismans. When they were in a dilemma, a man came to rescue them.
The county official with a black ribbon and copper seal whispered a few words to the beggar, who bowed his head and said yes, and then went to work elsewhere.
When my father took a look, wasn't this the county official who was in Gucheng earlier? At that time, he was quite aloof and his name was Wei.
The county official saw it and introduced with a smile:
"Wei Meng, I didn't expect to meet you here. Where are you planning to go? I wonder if I can give you a ride."
This is really luck, whatever you want comes to you.
The little dad was happy, nodded and said:
"Wei Jun, we have something to do and want to take a boat back to Licheng. Do you think we can take it there?"
Wei Meng smiled meaningfully, then shook his head and said:
"I'm afraid that won't work. I'm going to Lu County in Jibei Kingdom for work this time. I can at best take you to Guangli. But after I get there, I can find another ship for you to see if we can go to Licheng."< br>
There was nothing dissatisfied about the two fathers, so they naturally happily followed Wei Meng on the boat.
In this way, Xiao Dad and Wang Zhang took Wei Meng's official ship and embarked on their way home again.
After Wei Meng got on the boat, she didn't talk much with her father. She just asked her husband to prepare some millet and water for them and then walked away. Her father was also happy.
The next day they disembarked in the light.
Wei Meng told them that a ship from Licheng would be unloading here tomorrow. He had already greeted the Cao officials in Guangli and would arrange for them to board the ship when the time came.
My father thanked me profusely, but I got a meaningful word from Wei Meng:
"Yesterday you ferried me, and today I ferried you, everything is a combination of causes and conditions."
The little dad couldn't figure it out, he just thought this person was really weird. But it doesn't get in the way, and anyone who can help him is a good person.
In this way, after my father and Wei Meng and his party said goodbye, they and Wang Zhang were going to find a pavilion to rest so that they could go back by boat tomorrow.
Guangli is a small place, but it is the only way to Lu County, where Jibei National Government is located, so it can be considered prosperous for business travel.
Dad and Wang Zhang were not official people, otherwise they could go to a nearby inn to rest, so they randomly found an abandoned pavilion and planned to spend the night.
But in the evening, Wang Zhang woke up his little dad.
The little dad was sleepy, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a group of men in linen clothes and hemp shoes surrounding them.
Seeing his little father looking at him in confusion, Wang Zhang's face flushed with shame.
He was also a retinue, so it stands to reason that no matter how fast he sleeps, he will not lose his vigilance and let others touch him.
However, I have been working hard these past few days and haven't rested at all. As soon as my eyes hit the ground, my eyelids were locked shut.
"Did you all hear it?" The person who spoke was a man with a sinister expression.
The little dad was confused, "Huh? What? What did you hear? I've been sleeping the whole time and don't know anything."
Seeing that the little dad didn't look like he was pretending, the man and his companions looked at each other, and when he saw that everyone believed him, his expression softened.
He forced out a smile and said sternly:
"Friends, have you ever heard of the Taiping Road that helps people in distress?"
Dad and Wang Zhang looked at each other and said sincerely, "I don't know."
In this way, Xiao Dad and Wang Zhang were pulled by the leader to promote the teachings of Taiping Dao, and inexplicably became members of Taiping Dao.
I forgot to mention something, but finally they told their little dad that our leader is a disciple of the great virtuous master, Tang Zhou of Jinan.
After a simple initiation ceremony, Xiao Dad and Wang Zhang officially became members of Taiping Dao. After that, the group took their father and Wang Zhang to a Wubao outside the city.
At this time, there were hundreds of people gathered in Wubao, old and young, and all kinds of people.
Wang Zhang felt that the situation was not right, so he muttered to his father to see if he could take the opportunity to run out.
The little dad nodded and waited to see what happened.
The sinister man entered Wubao, abandoned his team, and went to report the situation to a middle-aged man holding a three-section staff.
This gentleman's name is Shan Ming, he is a native of Guangli, and this Wubao belongs to him.
He was a disciple of Tang Zhou and was sent back to his hometown four years ago to promote the teachings and develop Taiping Tao.
There shouldn't be too many local rich kids like him joining Taiping Dao.
Just because people like them can't achieve anything high or low. If you want to move up, local positions are monopolized by powerful men. It is difficult to become a pavilion chief, let alone unrealistic things like promoting filial piety and integrity.
In the past two hundred years of the Han Dynasty, people like them have no way to rise.
Some people say, there is no need to make progress. Isn’t it good to maintain the current life?
It can only be said that they are naive. For local tycoons like them, if they cannot gain power, then they will be the prey of the powerful. After all, they are much fatter than those wealthy people in Guizhou.
Therefore, in order to protect themselves, these small local tycoons joined Taiping Dao one after another and used the banner of Taiping Dao to deal with those powerful people.
Shan Ming summoned all the believers he had snagged over the years.
There were his family, relatives, guests, disciples, and some evil young rangers nearby.
They all joined the Taiping Dao because of Shan Ming, so Shan Ming's words were much more useful than that of Lao Shizi Taiping Dao.
A few days ago, Shan Ming received a letter from Jinan Dongpingling.
Shan Ming looked sad when he saw what the teacher said in the letter. Firstly, doing this would compromise his strength. Secondly, the matter was closely related and he was afraid that if something happened, he would not be able to handle it.
But the teacher in the letter was so confident that Shan Ming had no choice but to burn the letter and do it.
At this moment, all the people who had dispersed gathered with their own troops at Shan Ming's Wubao.
Shan Ming looked at the people present, shook the three-section staff, and said in a loud voice:
"I called you here today because someone dared to rob you of your followers.
So what is Dongjun’s self-divination? My teacher is a disciple of the Great Master, so what about his self-divination? Nothing.
Now he sent a man named Liang Zhongning to preach in Jibei Kingdom, but he didn't take me seriously at all.
They entered Jibei Kingdom to preach, and the believers were snatched away by them. Who will we rely on to support them then?
So, I didn’t say anything, since this guy put his dog’s claws in, we will chop him up, and let those clowns from East County know how powerful we Jibei people are. ”
"Okay!"
"Be awesome to them!"
"Kill, let's kill it."
With everyone taking the lead and encouraging each other, everyone fought bravely to be the first, determined to let those Dongjun people know how powerful their countrymen were.
Seeing that his morale was available, Shan Ming added another fire:
"All the seizures this time will be shared equally by everyone, and God will not take a cent from the treasury."
This time, everyone screamed more realistically.
None of them thinks that there is anything wrong with doing things to their own comrades. This is the drawback of using others to do things.
After a while, a team of several hundred people poured out of Wubao and headed west.
At this time, Shan Ming was sitting on a shoulder cart carried by two people, swinging all the way in the center of the team. Looking at the team with high morale, he clasped his shoulders and became angry:
"Liang Zhongning, Liang Zhongning, let's see how you die this time."
Shan Ming didn't have much military talent, so he looked at no one and was complacent.
There are some knowledgeable people in his team, and he is sarcastically saying:
"Little dad, look at this team of people. They don't look the same as they walk or stand. They laugh and laugh. They look like bandits. No, they're not even as good as bandits."
The one who said this was Wang Zhang. He was born in the military and had always looked down upon such stragglers without a banner.
He also took a closer look at these Taiping Roads, and there were still dozens of capable people in them. They were all in the middle of the team at this time, surrounding Shan Ming's shoulders.
On the outermost edge of the team were a group of beggars and traffickers who were ignorant and had no idea what they were doing.
They were pushed and pushed by the capable backbones of Taiping Road, stumbling along the way.
These are the fate of filling gullies.
The little dad actually doesn't quite understand. Whatever Wang Zhang says is what he wants. He only cares about when he can leave on a business trip.
Just as he was about to talk to Wang Zhang about this, he felt that someone was sneaking around behind them, keeping an eye on them.
He glanced at Wang Zhang.
Wang Zhang had noticed it a long time ago and received instructions from his father. He turned back, pushed aside a group of thin and consumptive beggars, picked up a baby and carried it to his father.
"What are you doing, following us all the way?"
"Uncle, I'm afraid, I used to be a fisherman, and the man from Taiping Road said he wanted to buy fish. I sent the fish, but as soon as he came, he asked me:
‘Do you know that there is a way to save people in distress? ’
Uncle, what do you think I know? When I said I didn't know, they dragged me into Taoism. The fish was taken away and no money was given! It is said to be a religious offering. ”
The little dad secretly thought, why are these routines all the same? I felt sorry for him and asked:
"Then why do you follow us?"
"Uncle, I think you have a kind face and are a good person."
This answer surprised my little dad, but after looking at the Taiping Taoists around him who looked more like gangsters than good people, he wasn't surprised either.
"Okay, then just follow us this way. By the way, I haven't asked you your name yet? What is your name?"
"My, my, my name is Liu Bo."
(End of chapter)