Patriarch Chen, is there anything else you want to know about my Zhejiang Army, other than military secrets, I will certainly know everything.”Zhu Pingan looked at Chen Dacheng with a serious face and asked softly.
“Thank you, my lord, I have no more questions.”Chen Dacheng once again cupped his fists and bowed deeply to Zhu Pingan.
After rising, Chen Dacheng slowly scanned the people in the courtyard and raised his voice and shouted, “All clansmen, all townspeople, we, the Yi Bird Chen Clan, we, the Beilei Village, have been competing for the mines for decades, and have never been weak throughout our lives, and have reigned supreme for a hundred miles around!However, our village every year to fight for the mine are dead and wounded constantly, the most dead and wounded nearly a hundred people, when there are also dozens of people, the death of the silent, no reputation; village perennial white flag constantly, white affair; we died and wounded so many people, occupied several mines, but also failed to make our Yiwu Chen, our Peilei village prosperity, on the contrary, our days than before the fight for the mine is even worse, clothing does not cover the body, food is not enough to eat, and also to put up with the corrupt officials of theWe have to endure the bullying of corrupt officials, and now we have to worry about Japanese invaders burning, killing and looting ……”
Listening to Chen Dacheng’s words, the layers of onlookers in and out of the courtyard could not help but be overcome with sadness and emotion.
“Nowadays, the government issued a strict order to prohibit the competition for mines, recognising the existing minerals, there will be no competition for mines in the future; however, my Yiwu land is barren, mines are also poor mines, digging mines, planting fields, the life is also not easy. Moreover, nowadays, the Japanese are getting more and more serious, this year there will be two groups of Japanese invaders to commit my Yiwu, if we don’t eliminate the Japanese invaders, our fields will be destroyed by the Japanese invaders, our mines will be occupied by the Japanese invaders, and our townspeople will be bullied and humiliated by the Japanese invaders!”
Chen Dacheng eyed the crowd of country folk, reached out and pointed in the direction of the seashore, and said in a low tone.
A crowd of country folk also looked despondent, yes, the land is poor, the mines are poor, the people are poor, the difficulties are many, life is not easy.
“Now, the Jiangzhe Tidings and Regulations Inspection Division Acting Deputy Ambassador Zhu Pingan Zhu Ta-Jin, the court’s fourth-grade official personally came to my Yi Bird to recruit soldiers, do not mind that my Beilei village people are poor, condescending to come to my Beilei village, personally invited,, this is the adult appreciation of lifting up us, this is to give us the face of the face. The Zhejian army is different from the official army of the guards, capable of fighting and daring to fight, with strict military discipline, trustworthy. Recruitment to participate in the Zhejiang army, every month there are one and a half silver salary, performance appraisal is excellent, there are additional bounties, kill a Japanese business silver thirty taels, in the future, the Japanese meritorious can also be promoted to the military officer, the success of the win a wife and son of a great future, failure is also for the country and the people of the great heroes, can not be in the annals of history, but also can be in the history of our county.”
Said this, Chen Dacheng facing the crowd, forcefully waved his right hand forward, impassioned, “So, my Chen’s children, my Peilei village townspeople, where over eighteen years of age, there are brothers to support their parents, able-bodied, early tomorrow morning to me to go to Yiwu county town to sign up for enlistment to join the army to go!As for whether or not you can be selected, it depends on your own abilities!”
“Obey the patriarch’s order!”
After Chen Dacheng spoke, the crowd of townspeople and clansmen responded, each in an excited mood.
In fact, after seeing the mine management notice and the recruitment notice, many of them wanted to sign up for the recruitment, the Zhejiang army treatment is good, and is not a military household, just the patriarch gave the word, not allowed to sign up for the enlistment of soldiers, that’s why no one went, and now the patriarch has given the word and agreed to encourage them to sign up, how can they not be excited and thrilled.
When Zhu Pingan and Liu Dazhou saw the enthusiasm of the Chen Clan and the Peilei Villagers, they couldn’t help but have a smile on their faces.
“Clan Chief, you really agree for us to go and enrol?”One of the townspeople was uneasy and confirmed once more.
“Nonsense, tomorrow, I’ll see if any of you are fit but don’t go to enrol, turn around and have your legs broken ……”
Chen Dacheng couldn’t help but laugh and curse.
“Hehehehehehe ……”The townspeople giggled, patting their chests with a thud, “The clan has spoken, then we will definitely all go tomorrow.”
“Men are born in heaven and earth, if they don’t do something great, wouldn’t it be a wasted journey. If it wasn’t for the fact that my younger brother is still squatting in jail and there is no one to support my parents, I would be the first to go to the county town tomorrow to sign up for the recruitment!”
Chen Dacheng sighed a long sigh without regret, lowered his eyes, pursed his lips, and said despondently.
Eh?
Zhu Pingan heard, could not help but flabbergasted for a moment, Chen Dacheng agreed that Chen Clan members and Beilei Villagers to sign up for the army is already a good start, but if Chen Dacheng can take the lead in signing up for the army, then, with Chen Dacheng’s influence, it will certainly be able to greatly stimulate and encourage the entire Yiwu County to sign up for the army.
If there was an opportunity for Chen Dacheng to take the lead in enlisting in the army, Zhu Pingan naturally did not want to miss it.
“Patriarch Chen, just now you said that your brother is squatting in jail, I wonder what your brother has committed and is behind bars?”
Zhu Pingan inquired to Chen Dacheng, wanting to understand the situation and see if there was something else going on.
Of course, Zhu Pingan would certainly not bend the law for the sake of letting Chen Dacheng sign up to enlist in the army.
“My brother he didn’t commit any offence.”Chen Dacheng said firmly.
“Didn’t commit any offence but was imprisoned?”Zhu Pingan looked at Chen Dacheng in doubt, Governor Zhao did not look like someone who abused lynching either.
“My brother he is innocent, he was bent into becoming a murderer by the Yamen.”Chen Dacheng mentioned his brother, can not help but emotionally agitated, “my brother he is our Beilei village famous nerd, weak scholar a, hands without binding chicken power, in addition to reading for the right, that the field can not be ploughing, mining can not be dug, for the goodness of the people, weekdays, even an ant do not want to step on the death of the, and how it will be baron to kill the younger brother-in-law it.”
“Right, we are more than familiar with Chen Erlang, Chen Erlang he even dare not look at our competition for the mine, how would he dare to kill his wife.”
“That’s right, Chen Erlang was famously fond of his daughter-in-law, he couldn’t even scold her on weekdays, so how could he be willing to kill her with a cruel hand. Besides, their husband and wife usually quarrel less, quarrel are not heard, for no reason and how will kill his wife it, there must be grievances.”
“That’s right, the day before also see Chen Erlang with his daughter-in-law to visit the temple fair it, all the way to talk and laugh, love can not, the next day Chen Erlang killed his wife? He also took his daughter-in-law’s head off, which is not at all consistent with common sense ah. Moreover, Chen Erlang is very weak, not necessarily beat his daughter-in-law, where would kill his wife without a sound, why the left and right neighbourhood did not hear a little noise?”
The townspeople in the courtyard, after Chen Dacheng’s words, couldn’t help but voice their opinions. People all felt that Chen Erlang was wrongly accused and innocent, giving reasons for their doubts.
Hmm?
Chen Er Lang killed his wife and took his daughter-in-law’s head off?
After listening to the words of Chen Dacheng and the onlookers, Zhu Pingan immediately understood the reason why Chen Erlang was behind bars, and also roughly understood why Chen Dacheng was at odds with Governor Zhao, it was all because of Chen Erlang’s wife murder case.
