Chapter 14
Youfang Village During the Day
Ding Ermao was eating in the courtyard with a bowl of wild vegetable paste. When he saw the soldiers coming, he put down his bowl and ran. He suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but laugh.
Ding Ermao thought,"I'm already a cripple. What's there to be afraid of?"
The tax official said," Ding Ermao, it's time to pay your taxes." If you don't hand it over, we'll move your things.
Ding Ermao said,"What else can we have? Just take it."
The tax official said," Ding Ermao, if you don't pay taxes, you're refusing to pay taxes."
Ding Ermao: " Our farm was hit by a disaster this year, and we didn't get any crops. The only fat pig that was worth some money was robbed by bandits. Take whatever you can find. We're going to escape from famine anyway."
Soldier: (He searched Ding Er Mao's house for a while) Sir, there's nothing.
" Ding Ermao, if you don't pay taxes, we can send you to prison."
Ding Ermao: " Hold on tight. You don't have to escape in prison. You'll even be provided with food."
Soldier: " You're so stubborn. Let's see how we deal with you."
The tax officer said,"Let's go and have a look at other houses."
2 Daowai
County Chief Jiang and Wang Jin sat on a sliding pole and rushed to Ma Jiaba with the police.
County Head Jiang: " Bureau Chief Zheng, bring the police to Ma Jiaba first. You have to stop that madman from killing people. We will be there soon."
Zheng Xiaohong: " Captain Liu, bring your brothers and run forward. You must stop Captain Xiong from killing the innocent."
Captain Liu: Yes. Brothers, run towards Majiaba Village.
3. The Police Station
Zheng Dongchen and his classmates walked into the police station.
[Gan Wu: Young Master, why are you here?]
Zheng Dongchen: " I told you not to call me Young Master. Why didn't you listen?"
[Gan Wu: What should I call you?]
Zheng Dongchen: " Whatever, or just call me by my name."
Gan Wu: " Yes, Young Master. The words you told me to say to Head Guard Wang last time were really effective. Head Guard Wang was scared half to death and obediently treated his brothers to a good meal at Fragrance Yard. If you have such a good thing in the future, try to tell me to do it."
Zheng Dongchen: " You wish. There are not so many good things." What's going on today? Where are the police?
[Gan Wu: The people sent by Blind Bear were beaten up when they collected taxes at Majiaba. Blind Bear brought people to take revenge. Your father and the county head brought people to stop them.]
Zheng Dongchen: Yo, the blind bear is crazy about money. Why don't you send one of your brothers to catch up to my dad and ask him to send someone to tell Blind Bear that the bandits are attacking the camp and ask him to bring troops back to rescue them.
"Yes, Young Master. I'll arrange it immediately."
Zheng Dongchen said,"Go back and ask a few brothers to follow me."
Gan Wu: Good. We'll listen to Young Master's orders.
4th Street White
Zheng Dongchen was holding a banner that read " Braids Inspection Team."
Wang Guowei: " Dongchen, aren't you faking the imperial edict? Why would bandits attack the barracks?"
Zheng Dongchen: You don't believe me? There would be one soon.
Wang Guowei said,"Dongchen, don't scare me. Although I'm a little braver than before, I can't stand being scared." Let's go cut our braids, or we can go back to school.
Jiang Fengyun: " What are you afraid of? Only your life is valuable. None of ours are lives."
[Gan Wu: Young Master, I've picked five people for you. Is that enough?]
Zheng Dongchen: " We have enough people. Tell them to pick 10 big firecrackers from the shop in front. Wang Guowei, come here. Where's the money?"
Wang Guowei: " That's all I have. I don't dare to hide anything. I can't hide it from you anyway."
[Gan Wu: Young Master, you can choose. How dare you take your money?]
[Zheng Dongchen: Don't bully the people.]
[Gan Wu: Yes, Young Master has a good heart.]
5th Street White
The police were walking on the street with firecrackers.
Wang Guowei asked,"Dongchen, where are we going?"
Zheng Dongchen,"Let's cut the braids of the diehards."
Wang Guowei: " We don't need the police to follow us and set off firecrackers for them."
Zheng Dongchen: " Aren't you afraid of bandits? I'm just calling a few policemen to give us courage."
Wang Guowei,"I don't believe that they can do anything if the real bandits come."
Jiang Fengyun said,"Dongchen, the camp of the Blind Bear is not far ahead."
Zheng Dongchen: " We'll choose the eastern high ground. We'll talk about it later."
Jiang Fengyun: " Officer, follow me. We'll go to the high ground over there."
6 Highland White
Zheng Dongchen,"Can you see the situation in the military camp clearly?"
Jiang Fengyun: " I can see it clearly. We're higher than the military camp."
Wang Guowei asked,"What are you guys planning?"
Jiang Fengyun,"We're here to attack the military camp, of course."
Wang Guowei: " Aren't you guys crazy? You brought a few policemen to attack the military camp."
Zheng Dongchen: " Officer, can our guns reach the barracks?"
Policeman: (Eyeballing) The distance is enough, but I don't think it's lethal.
Zheng Dongchen: " If we fire here, will the camp fight back?"
Policeman: " If we only fire a few shots and the target is small, the people in the military camp will think that someone is sniping and will not return fire.
Zheng Dongchen said,"Then let's shoot a few more times." Jiang Fengyun, hang the firecrackers we brought on the tree beside you. When you set off the firecrackers later, we will shoot at the camp. When they return fire, we will rest. If they don't fight back, we'll set off firecrackers and shoot at them to make it look like someone is attacking the camp.
Policeman: Then how long are we going to shoot?
Zheng Dongchen: " If you see anyone riding a horse or a motorcycle out of the military camp, shoot at them. Don't shoot."
Jiang Fengyun,"Then how long do we have to set off the firecrackers?"
Zheng Dongchen said," If you see someone riding a horse or a motorbike out of the barracks for 15 minutes, we'll set off all the firecrackers we brought. Then we'll go back."
Wang Guowei thought,"Isn't it a waste to set off all the firecrackers?" He hadn't even paid for the firecrackers.
Jiang Fengyun: " Dongchen, why do we have to do this? Look at the police. They have doubts."
Zheng Dongchen: " My goal is to make the bear withdraw his troops and return to the county town as soon as possible. Those riders and motorbikes are here to deliver a message to the bear. We asked you to shoot them a few times first and then let you finish setting off the firecrackers in fifteen minutes. This is to make them think that we are attacking the military camp in a hurry and will ask the bear to return to the county town as soon as possible."
Policeman: " We understand. We'll execute it immediately."
Jiang Fengyun,"I understand. I'll do as you say immediately."
Wang Guowei: " Then what should I do? I'll go with Jiang Fengyun."
Jiang Fengyun: " It's up to you whether you want to go or not. I say you should just stay here. Maybe the bullet will hit your butt and split you in half."
Zheng Dongchen: " Tell everyone not to show their heads. Be careful."
Village White of Youfang
Blind Bear led more than 200 soldiers and Jiang Zhongxiong and Zheng Xiaohong led more than 30 policemen to confront the villagers.
Soldier: " Captain, we're here to collect taxes. A few villagers suddenly took away our guns."
Blind Bear: Idiot, you f * cking used a gun as a fire stick.
Soldier: " The villagers suddenly ran out of their houses. They were all armed with firearms. If I didn't run fast enough, they would have taken my gun."
The blind bear thought,"Get lost. You still have the face to say that." Tell the villagers that if they don't surrender, I will attack.
Soldier: " Villagers, listen up. We are the garrison. If you don't surrender, we will attack you."
Villager: " If we hand over the hostages and surrender, we'll be at your mercy. At most, we'll die together."
Soldier: Villagers, we won't hurt you.
Villager: Who would believe that? You've harmed us enough. You never keep your word.
Soldier: Should we attack?
Blind Bear: " Attack my ass. You don't have eyes. The villagers are all armed with gunpowder guns. One hit and a large area."
Soldier: County Chief Jiang is here. Ask the police to negotiate.
8 Oil Workshop Village White
Blind Bear walked towards County Head Jiang and the others.
County Head Jiang: " Captain Xiong, what's the situation up ahead?"
Blind Bear: " They're all a bunch of unruly people. They captured more than ten of our soldiers and refused to let them go."
Zheng Xiaohong said," I'll leave this to Chief Jiang. I guarantee that none of your soldiers will be harmed."
County Chief Jiang: " The garrison is not an important place. If anything happens to you, the responsibility will be huge."
Zheng Xiaohong: " When we came here, we heard that a group of bandits was quietly heading towards your encampment. I wonder if it's true?"
Blind Bear: " Don't fool me. How dare bandits attack the garrison in broad daylight?"
Soldier: (on horseback) Captain, bad news, bandits are attacking the garrison.
Blind Bear: " Quick, gather the team immediately. Let's go back."
County Head Jiang:
[Blind Bear, I'll leave this matter to you.] The bandits in Guang 'an are too rampant. I have to go back and take a look.
Blind Bear took the horsewhip and reorganized his team, returning to the county town very quickly.
County Chief Jiang: (To Zheng Xiaohong) Is this your masterpiece?
Zheng Xiaohong: You've wronged me.
County Chief Jiang: It's good that they went back. They're just a hindrance here.
9 Fake White
Scarface was sitting in the hall, smoking.
Scarface asked,"Old Fourth He, what did you get from this trip down the mountain?"
He Laosi: " Big brother, the cigarette business isn't very good. More than 100 brothers who were captured were captured and brought to the camp of the Blind Bear. I didn't hear that the Blind Bear wanted to do anything to them. We are actively organizing a rescue."
Scarface asked,"How's your communication with the 20th division going?"
He Laosi: " Brother, I was just about to report to you about the contact. We contacted Deputy Lin of the 20th division and he promised to give us a reply as soon as possible."
Spray of Flowers: Is that Lin guy reliable? Don't become Song Jiang. If the amnesty fails, he might be destroyed by the imperial court instead.
He Laosi: " Deputy Commander Lin is very reliable. He has helped us with our tobacco business several times. He has also earned a lot of money from us. If we are also recruited by the 20th division, he will be a stable source of income."
Scarface said,"Hurry up."
He Laosi: Yes, big brother.
Scarface: " Bring Head Guard Wang with you the next time you go. He once told me that he has a roundabout relative in the 20th Division. Tell him to contact him."
He Laosi: Yes, I'll take Mr. Wang.
Swine Fever: Brother, are you envious of the blind bear?
Scarface: " The blind bear is so much more ruthless than us bandits when it comes to asking for money. I've robbed them a little and they've suffered a lot. I'm not even a decent person."
Oil Workshop Village White
County Chief Jiang, Zheng Xiaohong, and the others came to the village.
Wang Jin: " County Head, don't go any further. The villagers have shotguns. They can hit us."
County Chief Jiang: Director Zheng, how many people in the village participated in the brother-in-arms gathering?
Captain Liu: " As far as I know, Youfang Village is close to Huaying Mountain. In order to seek protection, many villagers have participated in the brother-in-arms gathering. The villagers in the village also like to practice martial arts."
Usually, when bandits went down the mountain to rob, they would take a detour.
County Head Jiang: " Then according to what you said, Youfang Village wouldn't have been robbed by bandits last time."
Captain Liu: " It's all the fault of the Ma Family. He drove the entire village to the village dam to catch the able-bodied men. The young and strong men in the village either ran or were caught. When the bandits came, he ran away with the villagers."
County Head Jiang: What should we do today?
Zheng Xiaohong,"I'll try."
County Head Jiang: " You go ahead. Do you want to bring someone along?"
Zheng Xiaohong: No.
Wang Jin said,"Old Zheng, don't show off."
Zheng Xiaohong,"It's okay."
Zheng Xiaohong walked to the middle of the village.
Zheng Xiaohong: " Fellow villagers, I am the police chief, Zheng Xiaohong. Listen to me. Give me the soldiers you captured. I promise I won't make things difficult for you."
Villager: How can we trust you?
Zheng Xiaohong: " I used to be a fellow brother. You should know me."
Villager 1:(Hiding behind the wall) I know him. He used to be our brother, but now he's the police chief.
Villager 2: Could there be a trap?
Villager 1: Brother Zheng is a righteous person, he probably won't.
Villager 2: Director Zheng, our Youfang Village has suffered a disaster this year. There was a flood and we were robbed by bandits. Can you exempt us from taxes this year? If it's exempted, we'll let them go.
Zheng Xiaohong: " Alright, I'll discuss it with the county head right away and exempt you from taxes."
Military Camp White
The blind bear ran back to the camp.
Blind Bear: Where are the bandits, where are the bandits? Have they all been chased away?
Soldier: " Captain, the bandits are on the opposite mountain and shooting at us non-stop. We're following your orders and don't dare to leave the camp. We're only fighting back inside the camp."
[Blind Bear: How long has it been since I last shot?]
Soldier: " It's been a while since they fired. Maybe they saw how powerful our counterattack was and didn't dare to attack."
Blind Bear said," Although the mountain on the other side isn't very high, I can see the military camp clearly from my vantage point. It's indeed a good place to attack and defend." Send a few people over there to take a look.
Soldier: What if they're up there?
Blind Bear: " What else can we do? Are your guns fire sticks?" If there is anyone, I will immediately lead my men to attack.
Oil Workshop Village White
Zheng Xiaohong stood in the middle of the village street.
Villager 1: Director Zheng, it's not that we don't believe you, but we've suffered too much. Ask County Chief Jiang to write down the exemption of our taxes for this year and we'll release them immediately.
Wang Jin: " County Head Jiang, you can't write it. It's fine if you lie to them."
County Head Jiang: Am I that untrustworthy?
Wang Jin: " Are you really going to exempt them from taxes? Those villagers can be sentenced to jail."
County Head Jiang: Do you have any good ideas?
Wang Jin: " County Head, how about this: " In view of the two disasters that Youfang Village suffered this year, the Guang 'an County Government will temporarily exempt them from taxes.”
County Head Jiang: Is there a difference?
Wang Jin: " Temporarily exempt. It's not that I don't want to accept it. I'll still accept it in the future."
County Chief Jiang: As you wish.
13 Hills White
Blind Bear led the soldiers to survey the terrain on the hill.
Blind Bear thought, What's going on?
Soldier: It looks like firecrackers.
Why are they setting off firecrackers? Why did he set off firecrackers for no reason?
Soldier:
Blind Bear: " What's the ancestral sacrifice in autumn? Is this the season for your family to sacrifice their ancestors?"
Soldier: " Look, a lot of the grass here has been broken. There are still quite a number of them."
Blind Bear: " This is an important location. Arrange for soldiers to set up a mobile sentry here."
Soldier Squad Leader: " There's no water here. How can the soldiers stay?"
Oil Workshop Village White
Captain Liu: (Giving the tax-free signature written by County Chief Jiang to the villagers) Villagers, County Chief Jiang's signature has been given to you. You can let him go now.
Villager 2: County Head Jiang personally signed and temporarily exempted our Youfang Village from taxes. Do you think it's fake?
Villager 1: I don't know County Head Jiang's signature. (To the public, loudly) Bureau Chief Zheng, we only recognize you. Do you think that County Chief Jiang's signature is real?
Zheng Xiaohong: County Chief Jiang's signature is real. I saw him sign it.
Villager 2:
Villager 1:"Let's go. As long as it's tax-free, we've achieved our goal." (Loudly) Director Zheng, we believe you. We'll release him in a while.
15 Hills White
Soldier: Captain, why didn't the dozen brothers who went to collect taxes come back? Could it be that they would dare to not let go if the captain went to ask for him?
Soldier 2: If they don't let go, the captain will kill them.
Blind Bear: " It's easy to exterminate them, but they might harm those dozen brothers. I'll hand this hot potato to Jiang Zhongxiong and the others. If they want to fight, it's them. We just want people. It's their business if they suffer losses. It has nothing to do with us."
Soldier 2:" Who is our captain? When have you ever suffered a loss? Let me tell you, you'll be able to live a good life with our captain. There's no way you'll miss out on anything."
Guang 'an Alliance
The alliance members were having a meeting.
Liu Xilai: Has the county government decided on the candidate for the school principal? It's difficult for the Alliance to hold on in Guang 'an by ourselves. It's also difficult for us to get a position in the government.
Mr. Zhou: " The headmaster has not been decided yet. I heard that County Chief Jiang brought the police to the countryside to deal with the villagers who beat up the soldiers and collected taxes."
[Member 1: Good fight. The soldiers of the Blind Bear are really lawless. They have caused chaos in Guang 'an.]
Member 2: The garrison soldiers go to the streets every day to donate, making it impossible for the shops to open.
[Member 1: Guang 'an is the 20th division's garrison. Why is Blind Bear garrisoned in Guang' an? Why is he complaining?]
Mr. Chen: The warlords only care about making money for themselves. They don't care about the lives of the local people. If the Guang 'an Alliance doesn't take any action, it means that we've tacitly approved of the warlords' actions.
Teacher Zhou: " We have neither money nor power. It's difficult for us to make a difference."
Member 1: We can also organize a student strike like how we expelled Principal Wang last time.
Member 2: Many parents didn't understand the last strike. Some parents even said that students didn't study hard and were involved in politics. If we strike again, many parents might not understand.
Teacher Chen: " It's very likely that the parents don't understand. This time, we can't just have the teachers and students go on strike. We also have to mobilize workers, farmers, and businessmen to go on strike with us. They will suffer a lot."
Member 1: I agree with Teacher Chen.
Other members: We also agree with Teacher Chen's opinion.
Mr. Zhou: " Since everyone agrees with Mr. Chen's suggestion of starting a strike, a strike of business, and a strike of classes, then I'll divide the work. Mr. Chen Guoying will be in charge of organizing the factory strike, Mr. Liu Xilai will be in charge of organizing the shop strike, and the rest of the teachers will be in charge of organizing the strike of classes." Does anyone have any other opinions?
Other members: We have no objections.
Oil Workshop Village Bai
The police and the villagers confronted each other in the village.
Policeman 1: They're out. Look, they're all out.
A dozen soldiers walked out with their hands raised.
Captain Liu: Please return the guns to them. We promise we won't make things difficult for the villagers.
Villager 2: What a good gun, aren't you going to return it?
Villager 1: Give, give it back to them. Leave some bullets as a souvenir.
Villager 2:" Police brothers, send two brothers into the village to carry guns. We won't make things difficult for you."
Captain Liu said,"Go, two people go and carry the guns."
Policeman: They won't really shoot, right?
Captain Liu: If they wanted to shoot, they would have done so long ago. Why would they wait until now? Hurry up.
Zhenhua Factory Office
The general manager, Liu Shiyun, was looking at the list of goods.
Factory Manager: We've stopped production for a few days because of the commotion in the garrison. When do you think we'll start?
Liu Shiyun: " Tomorrow then. How was the sales of our last batch of clothes?"
Factory Manager: The goods we shipped to Chengdu have long been out of stock. I still called to urge the goods today.
Liu Shiyun,"Then hurry up."
Teacher Chen knocked on the door.
Liu Shiyun: Please come in.
Manager: General Manager, you guys can continue chatting. I won't disturb you any further.
Liu Shiyun: " Alright, inform everyone to resume work as soon as possible." Guo Ying, why do you have time to visit me?
Teacher Chen: " Shiyun, the factory manager must be busy. Look, he's lost weight."
Liu Shiyun: " We've been counting the goods that were seized by the bear for a few days. Now that we've finally finished counting, we'll resume work tomorrow."
Mr. Chen: " The soldiers of the Blind Bear were beaten up while collecting taxes in the countryside today. I don't know how they've been dealt with. There's no news yet." I was afraid that he would come and cause trouble again, so I came to take a look.
Liu Shiyun thought,[The blind bear is always making a ruckus like this. Is there still an end to this?]
Chen Guoying: " Yes, our Guang 'an Alliance is preparing to strike, strike business, and strike school for three days to expel the garrison of the Blind Bear."
Liu Shiyun: What do you want us to do?
Chen Guoying: " I hope you workers will go on strike and march with us to the county town to demand the expulsion of the Black Bear garrison."
Liu Shiyun: Let me think.
Chen Guoying,[Shiyun, if you're in a difficult position, just pretend I didn't say anything.]
Liu Shiyun: " Alright, I'll inform the factory manager to go on strike for three days."
Oil Workshop Village White
The soldiers raised their hands and met up with the police.
Wang Jin: (To the tax officer) How did you get more than ten people to have their guns taken away?
" Chief, we were suddenly surrounded when we entered the village. There were black muzzles on both sides. We couldn't see them at all, so our guns were taken away. Aren't they the same as soldiers?"
Wang Jin,"Sorry, they're all a bunch of trash." County Head, are we going back just like this?
County Head Jiang: " What can we do if we don't go back like this? Are you going to wash Youfang Village with blood?"
Wang Jin: I didn't mean that.
County Chief Jiang: " Count the soldiers of the Blind Bear and see if there are any missing. If there are any missing, he will cause trouble again. Let's go back to the county."
20 Barracks White
The blind bear cursed in the barracks.
Blind Bear: " You guys are really good-for-nothings. You've followed me for so many years, but you haven't improved at all. The firecrackers on the other side scared you so much that you didn't look like you."
Soldier: " Captain, not only did they set off firecrackers, but they also fired at us. Look, there are gun holes in the walls."
Blind Bear: " You guys didn't even see anyone and you just randomly shot. Bullets are free."
Soldier: " There's smoke and gunshots. How can we tell? Captain, do you think they're bandits?"
The Blind Bear asked,"Bandits, do you see them?"
Soldier: I didn't see them, but didn't we lock up more than 100 bandits in the barracks? Maybe they're here to scout the way.
The Blind Bear thought, Are they still obedient?
Soldier: Hard to say.
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