The two of them teach during the day and practice martial arts at night.
After a while, Daqiu Jili respected the two men very much. Every child worshiped the old master as their teacher to learn how to read and write, and the young men all followed Zhao Zhongyi to practice shooting.
Zhao Zhongyi not only taught everyone how to practice the red tassel spear, but also taught everyone the military formation tactics, flags and golden drums, etc.
Soon after, a group of Nianzi attacked. Zhao Zhongyi gathered the people in the village and took the young men who practiced shooting with him to fight against the Nianzi. He first lured the enemy to let them into the village, and then formed small teams into groups to intercept and kill these Nianzi.
In that battle, more than thirty incoming Nian thieves came on mules and horses, but none of them left Daqiuji and were killed by them. However, none of the villagers led by Zhao Zhongyi died, only a few
Suffered a little injury.
After this incident, the villagers were greatly encouraged, so they practiced shooting more and more.
Even villagers from nearby villages came here to seek advice from his teachers.
As a result, things fell into place. The two men formally held a meeting in Daqiuji and raised the banner of the Loyalty Red Spear Association. They selected some brave and loyal villagers from the gun-practicing villagers in Daqiuji and accepted them as disciples.
Officially included in the meeting.
Master Zhao is known as the old master of the Red Spear Society and is also the president.
Zhao Zhongyi is known as the master of Chuan Gong and also the chief instructor.
Zhao Zhongyi selected a group of trustworthy people to join the association, awarded them second senior brother, third senior brother, etc., and then asked them to go to other villages to open altars and teach the practice.
It quickly expanded from one village to multiple villages. The old master also used the money and food donated by the villagers to recruit some scholars and established Red Spear Club schools in other villages.
These schools not only recruit students for free and teach literacy, but more importantly, they are important tools for the Loyalty Red Spear Club to penetrate into other villages. They have also become secret contact points in various places, responsible for collecting and transmitting intelligence.
The General Assembly governs various branches. Each group has teachers, senior brothers, and instructors who are in charge of intelligence, training, etc. It not only teaches marksmanship and martial arts to the members who join the association, but also organizes them to learn battle formations, flag orders, etc., all in accordance with
The military camps of the Ming Dynasty were organized according to the method.
Such as team, sentry, battalion, etc. The congregation of a village may be organized into one team or several teams, and several altars may be organized into one sentry or one battalion.
Where there is a separate forum, there will inevitably be a school.
In order to show the difference, they even wear different belts, such as red, yellow, blue, black, white, purple and other colors. On the surface, they are called students in the school district, but secretly they are actually members of the congregation.
Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, a good day.
The old master asked Zhao Zhongyi to prepare for the ceremony to be held tonight.
There are generally two things to do when opening an altar, one is to open the altar to recruit people, and the other is to open the altar to gather people to preach.
The Red Gun will have both external members and internal members.
The peripheral members are ordinary villagers who practice guns, while the internal members must go through observation and assessment, and are finally selected and go through the opening ceremony.
After the opening ceremony, they will be awarded belts, tassels, and a brand of the Loyalty Red Spear Association, and their names will also be included in the roster.
Nowadays, the Loyalty Red Spear Club is not limited to Yongcheng, but has spread to other counties in Guide Prefecture, and even entered Xuzhou, Haozhou, Yanzhou, Yingzhou and other places, blooming everywhere.
The combined population of each village that joins the Red Gun Association is tens of thousands, and there are tens of thousands of people who practice shooting outside, and there are also many internal members.
Zhao Zhongyi went to the village's big sunbath. This was once a very large village, and there used to be a lively market. However, in the past two years, the entire Huaihe River has been devastated by war, famine, and famine.
Daqiuji once had Daqiu Shrine, which was named after the shrine built on Daqiu.
It is said that in the early Zhou Dynasty, the owner of Taiqiu Shrine moved back to Taiqiu Shrine from Nanchaoge in Yin Ruins. It was called Song Taiqiu Shrine by Sima Qian because it was transformed into a Song Dynasty shrine.
Taiqiu Shrine is known as one of the oldest shrines in the Chinese nation.
Mounds were originally tall mounds of primitive nature, on which people built shrines. In ancient times, shrines were substitutes for totems, and shrines were holy places for worshiping totems.
The God of Sheji is the God of Heaven and Earth.
From a shrine to an ancient city, and then gradually turning into a village, as time goes by, many things have changed beyond recognition, just like the wars and famines over the years have also slowly destroyed this place.
If Zhao Zhongyi had not led the villagers to defeat the Nian bandits with guns, perhaps this place, like many other places, would have become an uninhabited ruin.
The Taiqiu Shrine, which was once a national treasure of China like the Jiuding, has now been annihilated.
There is only one big mound left in Daqiuji and no shrine.
Now, on this big mound, the flag of loyalty has been erected.
Early summer.
Since the Loyalty Red Spear Association was established here, Daqiuji has become more stable. After they killed more than 30 Nianzi that time, it shocked the world. The small group of Nianzi, Tang Jiang did not dare to come at all, and some big ones did not dare to come.
The traders didn't pay attention to this at first.
By the time I noticed this, the Red Spear Society had developed very rapidly. There were branches in various places, and there were people carrying red tassel spears everywhere, so they were not willing to touch this hard thorn easily.
"Big Brother!"
"Chief Coach!"
As soon as Zhao Zhongyi appeared on the drying ground, he was greeted with countless greetings. No matter men, women, old or young, he greeted him with respect, and some even handed him pancakes and other food.
"I just ate. The weather is nice today."
"Yes, it's time to harvest wheat. Take advantage of the good weather to dry, grind and harvest it."
Gu Xi
It is the Dragon Boat Festival, but it is also the wheat harvest season in Guide. They have started to harvest wheat a few days ago. They are now busy and have to finish the harvest as soon as possible when the weather is good.
The entire summer wheat harvest lasts about half a month.
"How was the harvest?"
"This year's wheat is average and not growing very well. The weather has been bad in the past few years, and the war has been chaotic. The water conservancy is also in disrepair, and there is not much time to take care of it. It's good to be able to harvest some." A few old men looked at the fields just picking.
Maizi said after returning.
Although the ears of wheat are not full enough, everyone is still full of joy when looking at these golden straws.
After surviving a long and cold winter and a hungry spring, we finally harvested in this warm summer.
Seeing the new wheat harvest, everyone can finally feel more at ease.
"When the new wheat comes, I will send two buckets to the old master and the instructor later." An old man said with gratitude. The world is too chaotic these days, and it is difficult for ordinary people to survive. Even if they stick together, there is no capable person to command and lead them.
He is also very powerful against the bandits and officers and soldiers.
It is not easy for Daqiuji to have the stability it has now, and they know exactly who is responsible for it.
"When the new wheat comes, everyone should store the grain first. The old master and I are just two people. We can eat as much grain as we can. No need to use it."
He smiled and greeted everyone, and when he met a congregation member, he would come up to explain and open the altar in the evening.
Because Daqiuji is the main altar of the Red Spear Association, many people come here every day, and it has even become the market center of various villages that have branch altars.
Everyone will also bring some things here to exchange what they have, because the Red Gun will be responsible for maintaining law and order here, and ensuring that transactions are fair and will not collect taxes and fees randomly. Not only are the villagers willing to come here to exchange what they have, there are even some vendors.
Come too.
Slowly, some traditional handicraft industries have been restored, such as blacksmithing, silvermaking, papermaking, tie weaving, winemaking, printing and dyeing, and even tofu grinding, vinegar making, soy sauce making, oil pressing, tailoring, stonemason, shipwright, and radish craftsman.
Castration, kiln burning, carpentry, etc., there is a new shop opened every few days.
Just because this place is becoming more and more stable, because there is a red gun team standing guard here every day, there is no messy distribution, and there are no all kinds of requests for cards.
This makes today's Daqiu Ji actually a bit more lively than Yongcheng County.
In fact, the Daqiuji under the control of the Red Spear Association will also collect money, but the rules are the rules. Whether they come to open a shop or workshop, or to sell things, they will all charge a cent, that is, one cent per hundred.
.
And some small transactions by ordinary people do not charge money.
Besides, there is nothing else.
Safety and fairness are the important reasons that attract nearby merchants and people to trade here. Many landowners and gentry even come here to live temporarily because of the stability here.
Zhao Zhongyi used to be an orphan in Huangtian Port outside Jiangyin City. He made a living by doing odd jobs, but he was eager for justice and generous. When Jiangyin raised righteousness, he was still called Zhao San at that time and called on the villagers to respond to the righteous men in Jiangyin City.
The villagers ridiculed him and were even beaten by the servants of the landlord Zhao Si.
But he still asked for the word loyalty from the old master, and asked the widow next door to sew a loyalty flag for him. One person held the flag sewn from bedsheets to support the Jiangyin rebels.
The old master was moved and took his sword with him. The two entered Jiangyin City to join the rebel army and fight against the Tartars.
Last year, I went north to Shandong with the imperial camp. Finally, I decided to stay and was sent to Yongcheng to establish an underground organization. They used the banner of the Red Spear Society of Loyalty. After nearly a year of development, they have achieved today's results.
Now Zhao Zhongyi is the senior brother who teaches martial arts respected by the villagers, and is the chief coach of the guild. No one knows that he is actually the head coach of the regiment in the Ming Dynasty, and is regarded as the seventh rank.
Everywhere he went, everyone greeted him.
"The forum opens tonight, there is something important to announce!"
"Okay, I'll definitely be there."
"Opening ceremony tonight!"
"punctual."
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After walking around, he greeted the core members of the village and asked them to spread the news separately.
Then he went to the entrance of the village again.
There is a team of red gun members standing guard there with red tassel guns. Although it is the busy season for harvesting wheat and farmers, there are still red gun teams patrolling the village in Daqiuji.
This Red Spear Team is an emergency mobile force directly under the Red Spear Association. It is also called a guard. It has a small number of people, a total of 500 people, but it is divided into four sentries and a guardian team, which is the establishment of a standard combat battalion.
Normally, the four whistles are on duty in turn.
These five hundred people were drawn from the core members of the entire Red Spear Club and were on duty in turns.
They are assigned to work shifts and receive additional ration subsidies.
It is precisely because of the existence of this red gun team that Daqiuji is becoming more and more stable now. Not only the Tang generals and Nianzi from the nearby ten miles and eight villages do not dare to mess with them, but also the Tatar green battalion in Yongcheng County is guarding them.
None of the Qing soldiers at the head of the camp dared to provoke him easily.
Nominally, Zhao Zhongyi sent money to the Yongcheng County Magistrate, and even sent gifts and reports to the Guide Magistrate, so in the government they belonged to the township group under the leadership of the government.
The world is so strange. They are obviously a secret society and an anti-Qing organization, but just because they gave away money, they were still recognized by the government as a rural brave organization organized for the gentry and righteous people.
After Zhao Zhongyi gave money to Fatty Wang, the defender of Yongcheng Green Camp, he also directly received a batch of "broken and obsolete" swords, guns, shields and helmets from him.
The two parties also treated each other as brothers and agreed that if thieves such as Lao Tang and Nianzi invaded the country, Zhao Zhongyi's Daqiu Xiangyong would assemble to help defend them.
