Competition for mines?”
When Zhu Pingan heard the tea stall owner’s reply, the first reaction in his mind was Yiwu’s fight over mines, and he could not help but blurt out.
“Oh, Your Excellency has also heard of our Yiwu’s fight over mines?!”The tea stall owner’s mouth opened wide in surprise.
“Slightly heard of it.”Zhu Pingan nodded.
“It’s really accurate by Your Excellency, this shouting and fighting below is really a fight over the mines.”The tea stall owner said admiringly.
“It’s really a mine fight, I wonder if I can trouble the boss to elaborate?”Zhu Pingan arched his hand and asked for advice.
“This is the honour of the little one. It’s just that, the little one hasn’t read a book, so perhaps there’s no order in telling it, and I’ll say wherever I think of.”
The tea stall owner scratched his head and said with an embarrassed face.
“Hehe, no harm done, just say whatever comes to mind, boss.”Zhu Pingan said with a smile.
“Then the little one will be brazen enough to talk about this mining dispute in our Yiwu. Speaking of which, the little one’s family is also an outsider, not a local Yiwu clansman, otherwise, the little one’s family would not have the time to support a tea stall next to this official road, and also have to participate in the mining dispute down there, or else the clansmen cannot tolerate clansmen who don’t make an effort.”
The tea stall owner cleared his throat and said to Zhu Pingan and the others.
“This is true, our clan rules also all stipulate that if there is an armed fight involving the clan, all the young and strong men of the same clan have to participate, and if they don’t participate they will be expelled from the clan, kicked out of the genealogy, and never be able to offer sacrifices again.”After hearing this, Liu Dazhou could not help but follow suit and nodded his head as he interjected.
Zhu Pingan nodded silently, feudal society is the clan system’s heyday, there is a “state power is not under the county, under the county, but the clan, the clan is autonomous, autonomy rely on ethics, ethical creation of the township squire” said.
“Our Yiwu ah mountainous land is scarce, crop farmers have a hard time, thanks to God’s favour, there are a lot of mines in the mountains, silver ore, tin ore, copper ore, iron ore, ah ah a lot of Yiwu people rely on digging to supplement the family. There are mines, there are fights, Yiwu locals clan fight, Yiwu people and Yongkang people also fight. He said he first found, he said the mine in their clan range, he said the mine is close to them, the public said that the public has a reason the mother-in-law has a reason, we all do not want to let, and can not persuade anyone, and finally who snatched is who, this fight ah as if it were a regular meal, the armament is also common tight, deaths and injuries are also a common occurrence. The poor ah, young boys, old masters, and the old lady small daughter-in-law, just so dead …….”
The tea stall owner thought of the scene of the people who fell after the armed fight and couldn’t help but sigh and said slowly.
“This armed fight down there has been going on for two or so months now, it’s the largest in recent years. The source of this armed fight is a silver mine in Beilei, Beilei is a small town in Yiwu, not far from the place below, Yongkang people found a silver mine in the barren mountains of Beilei, because Beilei is in Yiwu, Yongkang people in order to seize this silver mine, gathered more than a thousand people to cross the border to the Beilei, to occupy the next silver mine. Yiwu people know, certainly do not do ah, this silver mine in our Yiwu, is our Yiwu, you Yongkang people have what qualifications have what face to occupy the mine. Pei Lei’s big household Chen Dacheng Chen Da Guanren summoned to lead the same clan of people to protect the mine. But Yongkang people are many ah, Yongkang people said they first found is theirs, relying on the strength of the crowd, forcibly occupy the mine, Chen Dacheng they suffered a loss, was killed several clansmen. The Yiwu tribes intermarried with each other, most of them are related, Yiwu Chiban, Maodian and other places heard that Chen Daiguan and their Peilei people suffered a loss, but also actively participate in helping Chen Daiguan to protect the mines, plus the Peilei people a total of 2,000 people, and the Yongkang people armament fight. This armed fight has been going on for about two months now, and we Yiwu people are getting more and more dominant.”
The tea stall owner continued.
“So it’s a silver mine, no wonder it’s such a big formation.”Liu Dazhou and the others heard this and suddenly came to a realisation.
“Many thanks to the boss for clearing up the confusion. Let’s go, let’s go to the front to see Yiwu’s mining struggle.”Zhu Pingan thanked the tea stall owner and then said to Liu Dazhou and the others.
“My lord, you guys have to be careful, don’t get too close, because once the armed fight starts, it’s a clan-only fight, if it’s not my clan, it’s a mortal enemy.”The tea stall owner worriedly reminded Zhu Pingan and the others, saying.
“Thanks for the reminder, boss. We are up here, watching from afar, and won’t get too close.”Zhu Pingan thanked the tea stall owner once again.
“Right, right, just watch from above from a distance.”The tea stall owner nodded vigorously.
“Boss, please leave the food for us, we’re still coming back to eat.”Liu Dabao and the others reminded.
“Don’t worry, military lords.”The tea stall owner patted his chest, “When you guys come back, it’s guaranteed to still be hot.”
Zhu Pingan, escorted by Liu Dazhou and the others, walked to the front of the slope and saw from afar a shocking armed fight below.
The distance was still far away, it was not very clear to see, but it was also shocking, the crowd was densely packed, there were as many as three to four thousand people, it was like a small battle, the crowd was charging back and forth, the shouts and killings were earth-shattering.
“Forward some more.”Zhu Pingan looked down the slope, more than a hundred metres forward there was an undulating plateau, where he would be able to see more clearly, at the same time, this plateau was high up, and there was still a long distance from the armed fight below, safe enough.
So, Zhu Pingan led Liu Dazhou and the others slowly down the slope to the high ground to observe the fight below.
With the distance closer, it was clearer to see and more shocking.
More than three thousand people, men and women, young and old, one side of the people more arms tied with red rope, should be Yiwu people undoubtedly, no matter young and old or sister-in-law, all swarthy ferocious mess, hand holding knives and forks and sticks, kitchen knives and axes, hoes and scythes and other agricultural tools, there are also a lot of tasseled gun as well as homemade weapons, eyes with a ferocious light, such as fierce tigers down the mountain, deadly roar, brazenly rushed towards the people of Yongkang, a largeSlashing and killing, killing the four directions ……
Some of them were pierced by the lance, spraying blood from their mouths, and pounced on the Yongkang people with their lances to die with them.
Some had their legs cut off, and when they were pulled out of the field by the talents of their clansmen, they climbed into the battlefield again as if they were at home in death.
Some fathers were hacked to death by the Yongkang people, the older brother, without speaking, picked up the hoe in his father’s hand and rushed in, splitting his head and ramming a Yongkang person to death, only to be stabbed to death by more Yongkang people, the younger brother wiped his tears, took over the hoe in his brother’s hand, and likewise rushed in without any hesitation, not knowing what death is.
……
Look at the scene, Yiwu people occupy an absolute advantage, Yongkang people are retreating, has been the appearance of rout.
Liu Dazhou’s mouth was open like a box, sucking in cool air sound after sound, shocked and could not say a word.
Zhu Pingan was the same, standing on a high slope, speechless for a long time, sighing long and hard.
This scene is unforgettable!
Its gas enemy, its habit of humour and self-lightening, two lifetimes, have never seen such a humourous person who does not fear death! With a modern buzzword is: horror as such!
No wonder in future history Qi Jiguang saw the armed fights of the Yiwu people and made up his mind to recruit soldiers in Yiwu!
It’s a natural breed of soldier!
