Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

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Chapter 43: On the Fire of the Revolution

Chapter 43: On the Fire of the Revolution

Haiwen rode on the fast horse that was originally prepared for escape and joined the team.

He rode side by side with Great Charles and was in the lead.Big Charles was taken aback when he saw him, and then said: "Your Excellency is really good at tricks! Haha!"

Big Charles is a different person from last night again.Haiwen said to him: "Let me say it first, Charles, your people will follow to maintain order in a while. People from the police force, you and my servants, there are only more than 100 people. But our team is more than a thousand. People! If this is not controlled properly, there will be trouble."

"Hey, what can go wrong? Let's get a fucking family first!" Charles yelled excitedly. He clamped his legs and urged the horse to run forward. He shook his arms excitedly and shouted: "Damn it!" Landlord -!"

People also shouted: "Hit the landlord, share the gold!"

This picture is only short of the so-called "perfect" with a cheerful song.

At this time, Smiley Cat and Fassnut also rode over, and Smiley Cat and Haven said, "My lord, follow your instructions!"

"Okay! Go to the nearest one to the east first." Haiwen pointed to a manor on the east.

At this time, the team had already left the town, and the first farmer's manor was very close, only about a mile away from the town.The house can already be seen from here.It was the manor of Master Werther, and there were more than 200 peasant households under him, with more than [-] mu of land.There are also many chickens, four pig pens, and several cattle.

Haiwen and the others did not stop, leading the people all the way into the landlord's manor.There were originally two guards at the gate of the manor, and some farming serfs.When the mighty team ran towards them shouting the slogan "Beat the Landlords", they dispersed wisely.Hai Wen rode at the front and shouted to the serfs: "Poor people, join us! The farmers in Yema Town have been overthrown, and now it's time for the farmers to collect their debts!" He raised his voice and said loudly: "Shout to me: 'Down with the landlords, and the poor demand their debts!'"

The slogan was simple and rude, and it infected more people in no time.So the poor shouted this word and poured into the manor of the landlord.At first the serfs were still watching and confused, but when they saw that this army was composed of poor people like them, they excitedly joined the army one by one. "Down with the landlords, and the poor collect their debts!" ​​With this slogan, more and more people came, and the power of the revolution was already unstoppable.

Then there was a lot of chaos, and the poor family members and women were kidnapped and dragged out by the poor before they knew what happened.Haven and Fassnut said: "Go and protect those people, don't hurt them. The revolution is ruthless, but it won't kill all innocent women and children."

"Yes, my lord." So Fasnat pushed aside the crowd and protected the old and weak women and children.Last night, Fasnat moved the corpse at the gate of the Yizheng Hall. Everyone knew him, so they were also afraid of him.He stood in the crowd and drew his sword. Before he could speak, the people dispersed—robbing money is important, and there is no need to have trouble with such an evil star.

Looking at the family members of those landlords, Haiwen thought to himself: I have to house them, and then I need to let them participate in labor in exchange for rations and salaries, but the most important thing is ideological reform.I have to let these landlords realize how evil their behavior of exploiting the people is, and let them change their past.

People started moving things, they moved everything, as if they wanted to tear down the house too.Small items include clocks, candlesticks, and tableware; larger items include hanging pictures, rugs, and vases.There are also some pragmatic people who carry food, or take some things like wine barrels, bacon, pots and pans; occasionally lucky people can find coins, and when they see money, a group of people rush forward , often the first person to find out won't get much, and if he doesn't make it, he will be beaten.

Others came too late to get anything, and these were often the most violent.They would rush into the farmer's house, spit, smash doors and windows, and roll around on other people's beds.

At this time, Haven heard an old voice behind him: "My lord!" He turned around, and saw the old Ramon and the young Ramon behind him.Not only them, but also many people from the Yizheng Hall.The candid red brick is there too.

Hai Wen asked, "What's the matter?"

Old Ramon said: "My lord, this is too much! Look, this is simply a riot! This... this is an evil thing, good people have become robbers and bandits-how can we do such a thing What? I beg you to stop all this."

Haven said: "This is not a riot, this is a revolution. This is a moment to change destiny and the system."

"what did you say?"

Haiwen continued: "The atrocities committed by farmers today are the roar of the oppressed and the fire of justice against the exploiters. Old Ramon, I know you have a kind heart, and you can't bear to see murder and arson. But have you ever wondered who made it all happen today?"

Old Ramon hesitated to speak, he looked at Haven and said nothing.

"Do you want to say that I made all of this?" Haven asked.

Old Ramon didn't dare to speak, and lowered his head; but Red Brick said, "Isn't it you?"

"Those farmers made all this happen." Hai Wen said to those colleagues in the Council Hall, "You are all educated people, you are somewhat wise. Think about it, why do poor people hate landlords so much? Isn't it because they exploited the poor in evil ways? Every copper corner in the landlord's house today is actually from the blood and sweat of the people. So I shouted slogans, saying 'debt collection' instead of 'robbers'. The people did not Wrong, they are just asking for what belongs to them.”

Red Brick nodded heavily, he sighed, and said, "My lord, when we were all eating, you said you were going to do 'good deeds' and let me watch carefully. Now I saw it, my lord, you are better than those People who can only use their mouths to do good deeds are a hundred times more powerful. It is very good to defeat the landlords and the poor to collect debts! That's how it should be!"

Old Ramon pondered for a while, and said: "You...what you said is roughly correct. It's just...that the laws of this country have written about landlords and serfs. It seems...that this is all within the rules. Right? Serfs and landlords...although they exploited a bit...but I...I see this...this..." He swallowed, and said bravely, "It's all in line with the rules."

Haiwen told him: "Rules are made by people, and they can be changed by others. But conscience is in everyone's heart, and everyone has a steelyard in their hearts. What is right and what is wrong, poor people know it, and landlords know it even more. "

At this time, little Ramon said: "My lord, you are right. But I think you still have to take care of it. Otherwise, everyone will have to burn down the house." At this time, the smiling cat also ran to him and said: " Yes, my lord, you have to take care of it! Otherwise, the money will be divided among the poor, and we will drink the northwest wind!"

That's kind of the point.Haven thought to himself, so he called Charles and said, "Charles, Charles! You tell your people to stop, I have something to say!"

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"Charles, Charles! Tell your people to stop, I have something to say!" Haiwen shouted.

"Damn it, the money will be gone! Damn, hurry up and move—you, you muddy legs, don't touch that vase, it's mine! Just move it and I'll blow your dog's head off!"

"Big Charles!" Hai Wen said coldly, "It seems that you didn't have enough of the banquet last night!"

Hearing this, Charles was startled, turned around and looked at Haiwen and the smiling cat beside him, and then said with a smile on his face: "My lord, let's have a good talk, what are you talking about, it's over, it's over .”

Hai Wen said: "Listen, after moving this family, we have to make a rule with these people. Otherwise, if things go on like this, we won't get anything."

Big Charles nodded and said, "What do you mean, my lord?"

"You take people to the south, Smiley Cat takes people to the north, and surround the house first. I have to let them calm down and set a rule."

"it is good!"

So the two parties, one from the south and the other from the north, surrounded the house.After that, Charles took the lead in shouting: "Listen up, you bastards, the mayor has something to say!" His first shouting didn't have much effect, and he shouted twice in a row to attract people's attention. force to attract.Then someone noticed that he was surrounded by soldiers with knives and shouted in horror.

Haiwen walked into the crowd, on the steps of the main gate of the landlord's house, and said loudly: "Everyone, look here!" Then people turned their eyes away, and many people who were still moving things put down their things and gathered in the house ahead.Haiwen glanced over and found that there were many more people in the team.They should all be serfs liberated from here.

The prestige of yesterday's murder is still there, and wherever his eyes pass, there is dead silence.Seeing that the crowd fell silent, he said, "My friends, no one can really become rich if you continue to rob like this. At most, you can grab a few copper coins and drink a few glasses of malt wine. I will bring you here Here, it’s not just about defeating the landlords, but also about making you rich.”

Someone below started to mutter, and Hai Wen continued: "Suppose the landlord's family has a thousand gold coins, and each of you will share one. Then no one can really become rich. After spending one gold coin, you still have to live." A poor life!"

At this time, Red Brick shouted from below: "Then what do you say, my lord? I listen to you!"

Red Brick was not the one he hired, so Hai Wen was quite surprised to see this scene.However, another person from the Yizheng Hall agreed with Red Brick, and that person said: "Yes, my lord, you lead us to fight the landlords, we will obey you!"

Afterwards, a black and thin old slave whom Haiwen had never seen shouted: "Mayor, we will do whatever you say! My son was killed by the landlord, and you beat the landlord to death. You report to my son." You are a hero!" Then the old farmer raised his hand and shouted: "Hero!" Then the other serfs followed him and shouted.Hai Wen, these serfs, had never met each other. They hadn't listened to Hai Wen's speech before, and they didn't even grab much food, but they were the most active.

Haiwen thought to himself: Taizu's words are really good. "Poor peasants are the most revolutionary." These people are one poor and two hundred, and they are the most dissatisfied with reality. Once awakened, their subjective initiative is the greatest.Since they have nothing, they are the best at sacrificing.

Haiwen said: "In this case, let's start with the third chapter of the contract. First, you can take whatever belongs to the landlord! But you can't touch what can't be moved, let alone smash it. We can move it slowly in the future. And you also You can’t rob others! You can’t even rob the serfs, if I find out, I’ll tie your hands and drive you back to the town!”

After finishing speaking, the people below applauded loudly, and some people shouted long live.Haiwen continued: "Second, do not harm the family members of the landlords. These people are guilty, but they are not worthy of death! In the future - I will try their crimes, and then send them to reform through labor, let them have a taste Farmers' hard work!"

This time the serfs shouted loudly, some people cheered, stamped their feet and clapped their hands.Haiwen was very satisfied, so he said the third rule: "Third! The properties of these landlords should be confiscated according to the law." He said that the place became quieter, and someone groaned, and Haiwen continued: "But, here is your hard-earned money! So you can take your part. Now I will tell you what you can and what you can't take!"

Everyone listened intently, Haiwen coughed his hoarse voice, and continued: "First of all, you can take away silk, sheepskin or other expensive clothes! But ordinary linen and cotton, you have to give me Leave!"

The people below were whispering, and many people didn't know what Hai Wen meant.Red Brick asked, "My lord, what do you mean? Do you want diapers too?" Then someone laughed, and Hai Wen also laughed, and then he said:

"I want the poor man's cloth because I want to give these things to the poor! Not every poor man in Mustang Town has snatched clothes. This winter, there will still be a lot of people who have no clothes to freeze to death on the streets. I want you to give these The things that the poor can wear are collected and distributed to those who have no clothes. I don’t want to see people freeze to death on the street anymore!”

This is not the first time he has said such unbelievable things.People here have never heard such words.Never seen a mayor like him.The huge surprise silenced the crowd, and the way people looked at Haiwen was changing.

Haiwen continued: "Chickens and pigs can be taken away, but cattle are not! The cattle must be kept to cultivate the land. After we finish fighting the landlords, we will divide the land of the landlords. At that time, I will use the cattle to distribute them uniformly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a farmer screamed from below: "What? The land is still divided?" At this moment, the people really exploded, and the whole crowd "boomed", and the eyes of those poor people were red. Everyone was so excited that they wanted to rush to Hai Wen's face.Hai Wen hurriedly asked someone to maintain order, and the smiling cat also hurriedly stood in front of him.

Haiwen went on to say: "We have to wait until the landlords are overthrown about the field. There are still many landlords. We have to knock them down one by one, and then go to liberate the serf brothers like you! When everyone is liberated, we will Then enclose the landlord’s land, hold a meeting, drink wine and discuss who should plant which field—is this good?”

Of course that's fine.People's reactions have been predictable.Looking at these enthusiastic people, he suddenly thought: Was it the same when the ancestors were revolutionizing?

Finally he said: "The landlord still has gold coins, silver coins and copper coins. Among these money..." He pondered for a while and decided to play tricks, "The gold coins are all yours, and the silver and copper coins need to be turned in. I will use the turned-in money Confiscate, come to build more public facilities for our town. You can take anything I didn’t mention. If someone violates the above, I will tie his hands and kick him out of our team. This is the third chapter of the agreement. If you agree Now, let's move on to the next manor—do you agree?"

"Agreed!" The excitement of the people was beyond words.At first, some people knelt down and kowtowed to him, worshiping him like a god, and Hai Wen hurriedly got those people up.

The three chapters of the agreement are not a constraint for the people, and they can even be said to be a surprise.But Hai Wen knew that he played tricks in the end.

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He played tricks at the end.

The gold coins in the landlord's house are actually much less than the silver and copper coins, even if the total value is calculated, it is much less.Because most of the purchases use silver coins, and the landlords also use silver coins to pay wages to their servants; most of the grain is sold in silver coins, and the surplus grains of the landlords are also sold to ordinary people, and the money collected is naturally mostly silver coins and copper coins. .

And most importantly, people in this place are superstitious. "Gold coins bring disaster", he has heard these words more than once.Rich people are willing to exchange gold coins for silver coins or other valuable things, such as the Charles family before.

He had to do this, otherwise Mustang Town's finances would not survive.

"Very good! I want you to tell every serf you see what I said and did today! Tell them, as long as they support me, I will give them justice and fairness!" He said at the end, "Okay, all that needs to be said has been said, everyone, we will go to the next manor in half an hour! Within three days, the landlord's manor in Mustang Town will cease to exist!"

They swept across four manors that day.From morning to night, I ran five or six times in and out of the city.Many people who came out of Wild Horse Town early in the morning were exhausted, and they moved enough things to return home; but Haven's team did not decrease, but was still growing, because every time they went, more serfs would join.

Although there were some caretakers in the landlord's house, no one dared to stop this thousand-strong army.After sweeping the last manor, the team of serfs rested on the spot.Haiwen ordered people to move the found things back to the Yizheng Hall. He asked the old and young Ramon to be in charge of counting, and asked Red Brick to take care of the supplies.Towards evening, everyone was very tired, so they stayed in the last landlord's house to rest.The house is very large, and it is not a problem to accommodate hundreds of people. Everyone is poor and careless, and they can sleep if they have a place to sleep, so many people brought some straw and spent the night on the corridor and under the eaves.

Haiwen didn't plan to leave either, he would continue to lead these people to sweep the manor tomorrow morning.The information in this era is underdeveloped. If the news of their riots wants to spread, it will take three to five days. This gives them enough time to attack the remaining manors.Moreover, Hai Wen felt that even if the news of the peasant riots reached the ears of those landlords, they would be reluctant to run away with their families.These people looked down on the serfs, probably thinking in their hearts: a group of mud legs can't make big waves.

They will definitely try to stop it, but when they see the power of the people, I am afraid they will give up this behavior of blocking cars with arms.After Haiwen disbanded, he once again called on people to gather here tomorrow morning and continue to sweep the remaining landlords' manors.

Smiley Cat and Fassnut stayed behind to protect his safety, and Big Charles took the servants back to check and receive the goods.This guy really made a fortune. Charles has very poisonous eyes. He can often guess where the landlord hides the money by walking around, and he can also tell the value of various things at a glance, so although he doesn't move much. , but they are all the most valuable; on the other hand, Haiwen raised a lot of public funds.These farmers respected and feared him, and most of them obeyed his rules.Moreover, Haiwen also arrested two people who violated the rules, and tied them up for public display to warn everyone.In this way, order is stabilized.

He ordered people to search out the grain from the landlord's house, slaughtered some livestock on the spot, and cooked them in a big pot to reward the three armies.Most of the people around him at this moment are serfs, and there are many people who have never eaten meat in their lives.So as soon as the fragrance came out, many people's eyes were straightened.That saliva can choke himself to death.

Haiwen stewed meat porridge to distribute to the poor, but the bowls from the landlord's house were not enough.Therefore, a group of people should take their bowls to eat first, and then free up the bowls for others after eating.But when it comes to eating, everyone flocks to it, wishing to overturn the pot, and it becomes a problem who will eat first.Haiwen ordered Smiley Cat and Fassnut to maintain order, and then loudly said to the people: "The bowls are not enough, now all line up! The elderly, children and women come first, and the young men eat second!"

Then someone shouted: "Why let them eat, but not me?"

Haiwen said: "Because compared to you men, the elderly, women and children are weak, and the weak need protection! The strong exploit the weak, just like the landlord exploits the serfs! In my town, every weak person should be protected. "

At this time, a man with a fleshy face shouted: "But they are all useless waste! We are the strong laborers. We moved things for you and did hard work for you! You should let us eat!" He came up to grab the bowl, but the Smiley Cat stopped him and raised his hand to hit him, but Hai Wen yelled "Stop", and then said to the man:

"Old people, children and women are not useless waste. Children are the future men, women can do manual labor, and can also feed our offspring, and the old man used to be a strong man like you-although you are young and strong today, But one day you will get old too. Think about it, when you are old and weak, don't you want to be protected by people?"

The man had nothing to say, and retreated to the queue obediently.Then the old men and women applauded, and the children screamed excitedly.The smiling cat said to him: "My lord, right now I think you are more of a ranger than me."

Then they shared the victory supper, after which they all got a good night's sleep.The next morning, under the call of Haiwen, the team set off, and the army rushed towards the remaining manor.On the second day, people's enthusiasm remained undiminished. Later, the team was divided into two groups, with Haiwen leading the group, and Smiley Cat and Charles leading the group to sweep the farms on both sides of the north and south.Three of them fled on the lookout, and the remaining three resisted sporadically, but none of them were a threat.In the end, everyone gathered in Mustang Town at dusk. Together, Haiwen and Charles attacked three landlords from each of the two armies. As a result, the properties of the ten landlords who were executed that night were all emptied.

Moreover, Haven's army of serfs had expanded to nearly 2000 people, and he brought these people to live in Mustang Town.Haiwen's own house, the council hall, and the yard of Charles's house can accommodate a thousand people; before the old mayor's house could accommodate some people, the old mayor had no children, and the house was confiscated after his death. It was still unclaimed land; in addition, most of the landowners he executed also had houses in towns, and some people could be housed here and there.In the end, there were more than 100 people left, and these people were placed in temples, hotels and other homestays.Fortunately, serfs did not have high requirements for housing, and they could sleep if they had a place to sleep.

Of course, this is not a long-term solution. The landlords will be divided into fields, and then houses will be built for the farmers.Many serfs used to live in dilapidated thatched huts of landlords, and some even had to sleep with livestock. These problems will have to be resolved in the future.

At this moment, Charles the Great was driving two carriages full of cargo through the street. Hai Wen saw him at the window, and shouted, "Master Charles, don't go, I have something to ask you!" He ran downstairs while saying that. go.

Charles ordered someone to pull the car away first, and stayed behind to wait for Haven.After the two met, Hai Wen asked him: "Are you thinking about how much money these houses can be looted together?"

Charles held out five fingers.

"Five thousand gold coins?" Hai Wen asked.

"Five thousand?" The corners of Charles' mouth were crooked, "Fifty thousand can't beat it! Damn, why didn't I know these people were so rich before? Damn, look at that silk and satin, and this porcelain, ouch , here are a few big bags of pepper, all kinds of small spices. Damn you, my lord, you are the mayor of the town. You made so much money from the first transaction--you have a trick, next time Where are you going to get rich?"

Haiwen said: "I don't care about the ones you moved away, the rest of the money belongs to the public..."

"Come on, my lord!" Charles poked him with his elbow, "Isn't the government's money your money? You're not afraid to support yourself by eating so much gold!" He put his mouth close to Hewen's ear and said in a low voice , "I saw a lot of mud-legged people sending you money, right? Now these mud-legged people think you are a god! I think this time, you made the most money. I guess... a Do you have to have [-]?"

"I'm asking Ramon to count the bills. But these are public funds." Haiwen said solemnly, "The public funds are reserved for big things, and this amount alone is not enough. I need more money."

Charles froze for a moment, and said, "Do big things? Do big things... Can you still make a lot of money?"

"Of course there are, and not only I want to make money, everyone has money to make."

"You're joking again. We all know that Yema Town is only one acre of land! How many catties of oil and water can you scrape?"

Haiwen stared at him and said, "Charles, you just need to follow me to make a fortune. Isn't it great that I conspire with you to help everyone make a fortune happily? So you don't need to know about the extra things."

Charles stared at Haven, then glanced at the smiling cat on his right.The smiling cat was also staring at him. The fat cat put its right hand on the handle of the knife with a smile on its face.Charles' eyes flickered, and then the expression on his face squirmed, and he said with a dry smile: "Uh...Your Excellency is right, I just need to earn a little money, and you can tell me anything."

"Very well, now you go to prepare some farm tools and weapons, as long as you get something that can be used for fighting, it is best to arm the peasants in the city into militias; Gather me, and I'll take care of this."

Charles was dumbfounded, and asked, "Are you trying to rebel?"

"Don't forget, there is still one of the largest farms that we haven't opened yet." Haven looked towards the east, "Mander Wayne, the largest slave owner in the east. This is a tough bone."

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ps: Update a side story at night, and then update the final chapter of the first volume the next day.

It's coming soon.I feel that the situation is not optimistic

Extra episode, about Ranger

Extra:

The original plan was to write about the exquisite agricultural products of Yemadi.

But suddenly inserting a chapter on how to farm the land on the eve of the war seems stupid to me.