The rise of the poor

The guests and friends enjoyed the celebration banquet. The soldiers of the Zhejiang Army fought for a whole day, first breaking out of the camp, then seizing the door, then ambushing, and chasing down the Japanese pirates. At the end of the day, their chests were already hungry.

Suzhou is rich and powerful. Although the venue is a bit rudimentary, the food is definitely a super luxurious version.

All kinds of meat, all kinds of delicacies, served one after another, table after table, there were more than 30 dishes, almost all of which were hard dishes.

The wine was also served, and Zhu Pingan allowed each person to drink one bowl, but only one bowl, and he had to clean the battlefield later.

Of course, because they were going to clean up the battlefield, the soldiers of the Zhejiang army ate very quickly and devoured a battle feast.

"Help me send this handwritten letter to the mansion and give it to Madam." Zhu Pingan wrote a handwritten letter and asked someone to bring it to the mansion and hand it to Li Shu.

The general meaning is to clean up the battlefield and return home later, don't read, and go to sleep first, I will return in the moon.

"Young Master, Young Madam has been waiting for you for a long time, you can go back to the house, we will do the job of cleaning the battlefield."

Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and others persuaded Zhu Pingan to return home.

"It doesn't matter. It's not too short of a moment. The battlefield this time has caused serious damage to the surrounding area. I don't worry if I don't watch it personally. The forest must be completely extinguished, which is related to the safety of the surrounding villages, and it must not be sloppy at all; the river must be clean, which is related to the downstream." Don't be careless about drinking water." Zhu Pingan waved his hand and insisted.

In winter, the days are short and the nights are long. When entering the city, it is sunset and dusk. After the celebration banquet is finished quickly, it is already dark outside.

"Shangzhifu, it's getting late, we're going to clean up the battlefield now. Shangzhifu can send dozens of soldiers to go with us, send a message to the city every half an hour, and Shangzhifu can send a message to the outside of the city. You know the situation."

Before leaving, Zhu Pingan suggested to Shang Zhifu.

The reason why Zhu Ping'an proposed this was because he didn't want to come back from cleaning the battlefield and be locked outside the city gate for verification and identification.

It's okay during the day, but it's better to say goodbye at night. Everyone has worked hard enough cleaning the battlefield. It's cold, sleepy and tired, and then they are locked up outside the city for verification and identification. Thinking about it, I feel miserable.

Before, facing the siege of the Japanese pirates, Suzhou City could not mobilize manpower to follow him to ambush the Japanese pirates. Now that the Japanese pirates have been repelled, there are enough manpower in Suzhou City to follow him.

"Well, Zi Hou's words are justified. I asked Vice General Zhang to take 500 people with you to clean up the battlefield."

Shang Zhifu nodded, accepted Zhu Ping'an's opinion, called Deputy General Zhang, and asked him to order five hundred soldiers to accompany Zhu Pingan, and at the same time told him to send ten people back to the city every two minutes to report the situation on the battlefield. .

After Shang Zhifu explained to Deputy General Zhang, he said with some regret, "If I hadn't been sitting in Suzhou City, I really wanted to go to clean up the battlefield with Zihou and you, to see and learn a thing or two."

"Your Master Shang's sea-fixing needle sits in Suzhou City, so we can clean the battlefield outside with confidence."

Zhu Pingan said with a smile.

It was getting late, and Zhu Ping'an asked Shang Zhifu to resign to clean up the battlefield after some politeness.

All the soldiers of the Zhejiang Army, plus 500 people led by Vice General Zhang, and [-] young and strong people recruited and selected in the city.

In fact, there were as many as 4 to [-] young and strong people in the city who signed up for the recruitment, but cleaning the battlefield does not require so many young and strong people. Zhu Pingan asked Deputy General Zhang to help select [-] young and strong people.

"Hahahaha, Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry, Master Zhu chose me to clean the battlefield this time, and you lost the election. However, don't be discouraged, I will give you a detailed description of the situation of cleaning the battlefield when I come back, hahahaha"

"Thanks to the blessings of the ancestors and ancestors, Tie Dan, you can be selected to help the benefactors clean the battlefield this time. You must do a good job. I will burn incense to the ancestors and ancestors when I get home, and tell them the good news."

"Mother, don't worry, I will help my benefactors clean up the battlefield this time, and I will definitely do my best."

The young and strong people who were selected were proud of themselves, looking forward and looking forward, as if they had won a great honor, and their relatives and friends were all proud of it.

The young and strong people who were not selected were downcast, as if a million-dollar prize had passed them by.

"Hey, this time I had diarrhea last night, and my strength was a little lacking, so I wasn't selected, and Tie Dan took advantage of it. If I let Tie Dan hold both hands before, he wouldn't be all .”

"You little bastard, I told you to exercise more, but you just didn't listen, so you lost the election. It's really embarrassing to your ancestors."

"Hey, Dad, don't fight anymore. I didn't get selected this time. I have a long memory. I'll exercise hard when I get back. Don't worry, I will definitely be selected next time."

The young and strong people who lost the election were dejected, envious and dissatisfied, and said to comfort the disappointed family members.

Zhu Pingan took part of the Zhejiang army to lead the young and strong people. Every ten young and strong people formed a small team, led by a Zhejiang army general, who acted as a temporary captain and was responsible for commanding and maintaining order.

In order to facilitate the cleaning of the battlefield, Zhu Pingan asked Shang Zhifu to assist him, and collected dozens of ships and hundreds of carriages from Suzhou City, and also took thousands of torches, shovels, long iron hooks and other tools from the warehouse of Suzhou Mansion for distribution. down.

Zhu Pingan divided the people into two groups, one went by boat and was responsible for clearing the river; the other rode on mules and horses and went on foot to clean up the woods.The soldiers of the Zhejiang Army were also evenly divided into two teams by Zhu Pingan.

Everything is ready to set off.

"Zi Hou, all officers and men, fellow countrymen, everything is going well, I am waiting for your return in Suzhou City."

Shang Zhifu led the officials of Suzhou City to see him off at the door.

"Thank you, Mr. Shang/Master Zhifu." Zhu Ping'an, all the soldiers and fellow villagers returned the salute, turned and set off.

"Hehe, this time we are so amazing that we were able to assist Master Zhu and the soldiers of the Zhejiang Army to clean up the battlefield. Let me tell you, this battle is the most successful one in the defense of Suzhou City. The results of the battle were even greater. I heard that Master Zhu and the soldiers of the Zhejiang Army killed more than 2 Japanese pirates in this battle."

On the way to clean the battlefield, the young and strong people couldn't help the excitement in their hearts, and said to their companions with a smile.

"It's more than [-]. I heard there are [-] to [-]. This time, only two Japanese chieftains escaped, and the other pirates were all killed."

The person in the same company corrected him solemnly.

"What five or sixty thousand? I heard that there are one hundred thousand." Somehow it was passed on, but it was passed on to one hundred thousand.

"How can there be so many Japanese pirates? The total number of Japanese pirates who came to attack our Suzhou this time is only [-] to [-]."

Someone questioned.

"What do you know, there were [-] to [-] Japanese pirates who came to attack our Suzhou at the beginning, but they still have reinforcements, and another [-] to [-] reinforcements came later."

Questions will be answered soon.

"So it is."

Everyone around believed it. (end of this chapter)