The eldest child is named Yang Chun, he is fourteen years old this year, and his family is from Chongzhou.
When he was a child, the conditions of Yang Chun's family were quite good. Because his grandfather Yang Zhankui had a reputation as a scholar, he worked in the government office, which was a very lucrative position.
When the imperial court recruited a large army to attack Jinchuan the year before last, Yang Zhankui took charge of the military and rice transportation as a student. He led more than a thousand civilians recruited from various villages in Chongzhou and pushed chicken carts filled with food across mountains and rivers to the front line. The result was good.
It rained heavily when we arrived in the Songpan area, causing many chicken buses to fall into ditches due to slippery roads.
To make matters worse, a large number of Qing soldiers who had retreated from the Jinchuan front line fled in panic. The civilians thought that the Japanese soldiers were coming and were so frightened that they abandoned their food and fled, resulting in the destruction of all the troops transported this time.
After investigating, no one would listen to Yang Zhankui's explanation of the causes and consequences, who made him the person in charge of supervising the military affairs.
Soon, Yang Zhankui was deprived of his honorary title and kicked out of the Yamen. He was also ordered to pay the price of one thousand taels of abandoned soldiers and rice, otherwise he would be imprisoned.
The final result was that Yang Zhankui sold all the house and land in his family to repay the price of rice. The Yang family, which was originally a wealthy family in Chongzhou, was immediately ruined and became a poor person at the bottom.
The family suffered such a big change, and twelve-year-old Yang Chun had to interrupt his studies at private school. In order to make a living and reduce the burden on his family, he became a pony boy in the Salt Gang with the help of relatives.
In the past two years, Yang Chun followed the adults in the gang almost all over the province of Sichuan, experiencing countless days of living in the open, and even experiencing the warmth and cold of the world. This made Yang Chun, who was only fourteen years old, look a bit dull and insignificant.
Talkative.
Previously, the soldiers at the tax collection camp at the east gate all knew Yang Chun and knew the young man's character, but today there was a different group of soldiers, who had just come down from the front line.
The superiors arranged for these soldiers who had withdrawn to rest and recuperate to collect taxes at the city gate, in order to bring some benefits to these guys who had been languishing in the mountains for several months.
Since they are out-of-town soldiers, these camp soldiers are definitely not as easy to talk to as the local soldiers, and they also have a dark heart.
According to the old rules, Yang Chun only had to pay six copper coins for the goods loaded on his packhorse, but these foreign soldiers insisted on paying ten.
The extra four coppers may not seem like much in the eyes of others, but for Yang Chun, who has several younger brothers and sisters waiting for dinner, it is unacceptable.
The other horsemen were also asked to pay more. Under the threat of the camp soldiers, both senior and junior, they did not dare to resist and could only pay the money obediently.
Yang Chun refused to hand it over.
Seeing that the half-grown child in front of him refused to pay, the soldier who collected the money became a little angry. He pushed Yang Chun with the scabbard in his hand and said impatiently: "Pay me, I didn't see there were many people behind me."
Wait!"
Yang Chun still didn't move.
"Hey kid, you're deaf!"
The battalion soldier lost his temper. Without saying a word, he raised his scabbard and struck Yang Chun.
Yang Zhi happened to see this scene and couldn't help but said "Oh!" "He's been beaten!"
"ah?"
Jia Liu looked back and saw the half-grown child stretching out his right hand to hold the scabbard dropped by the battalion soldier.
"Damn it, you still dare to block it!"
The battalion soldier who beat the attacker did not expect that the half-grown child would dare to resist. He was so angry that he wanted to take back the scabbard and hit him again. However, the scabbard was held motionless by the half-grown child and he could not pull it back no matter how hard he tried.
After trying several times in succession, the faces of the battalion soldiers who hit people turned red.
“Someone is resisting the tax!”
The other two soldiers from the camp who were collecting money saw that something was wrong and immediately rushed forward to catch Yang Chun.
Yang Chun first yanked the battalion soldier who made the move first and threw him to the ground. Then he reached out and caught the two battalion soldiers who were rushing over at the same time, and threw them to the ground as if they were throwing chickens.
His movements were so fast and his strength so great that he blinded the master and servant Jia Liu and Shuan Zhu who were not far away.
Three battalion soldiers were knocked to the ground one after another. Yang Chun's actions were undoubtedly the biggest challenge to the authority of the battalion soldiers.
"catch him!"
"Kick him to death!"
"..."
A dozen soldiers from the camp rushed over with their swords drawn, and then everyone in front of the city gate, including Jia Liu, saw a young man using a pole on horseback to topple all the dozen soldiers with swords on top of each other.
land.
It's him, it's him!
Jia Liu's eyes widened, his breathing quickened, and his heart beat violently.
It’s really hard to find anything without wearing iron shoes, and it takes no effort at all!
I didn't expect that the powerful person I had been looking for would turn out to be such an unattractive young man.
The commotion became louder.
The horsemen who came with Yang Chun were either frightened and ran away, or they stepped forward to grab Yang Chun, and some even took the pole from his hand, fearing that the boy would beat him to death on impulse.
Soldier, that would really be a big disaster.
A group of battalion soldiers armed with firearms, led by a general-looking officer, rushed down from the city. When they saw the wailing subordinates lying on the ground, the officer became furious and pointed at Yang Chun, who was being persuaded by the horsemen.
He shouted: "It's a thief, capture him and report him for credit!"
In one word, Yang Chun was identified as a traitor to the Fan soldiers.
"What a thief, don't scare other people's children. I'm from the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army. I've seen what happened just now. It's nothing serious. It's just that this child was a little impulsive..."
Jia Liu came forward and threw his Butha Baitang'a waist card into the master's hand.
The Han Army’s Zhenglan Banner?
The general manager was stunned. He lowered his head and saw that the sign in his hand was indeed used by the Eight Banners soldiers. Hearing that the other party was fluent in Beijing movies and that there was indeed a group of Eight Banners soldiers from Beijing who had just arrived in Chongzhou, he had no doubt about Jia Liu's identity.
The next step is to discuss the aftermath with General Manager Jia Liu.
Although the commander-in-chief was a seventh-grade military official, he obviously had no official authority in front of Jia Liu, the number one Butha of the Eight Banners of the Han Army.
It happened that Zu Yingyuan was passing by with a group of people and saw Jia Liu talking to the officers of the Green Camp. He also saw many Green Camp soldiers lying on the ground, so he thought that Jia Liu was working with the Green Camp.
"Captain Jia, we are here!"
Zu Yingyuan was very loyal. He shouted hello and rushed forward with others.
Wang Fu was the thief, and he ran and shouted: "Call people, call people, all the people from the Manchu Eight Banners, the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Han Army, come here!"
Things seem to be getting bigger.
"Okay, why bother with a child? These ten pieces of silver can be used as compensation for the medical expenses of the brothers on behalf of the child..."
"How can I let you spend money? Hey, you are so polite!"
Luying saw that more and more Eight Banners disciples were gathered together, and knew that his family would definitely be unreasonable. He was afraid that the matter would become a big mess and no good results would be gained, so he took advantage of the situation and accepted the 10 taels of medical expenses from Jia Liu and settled the matter.
After letting the crowd disperse, Jia Liu walked up to the young man and said with a smile: "It's okay."
Yang Chun knew that the other party had saved him, but he was not good at words and didn't know what to say, so he nodded.
Yang Zhi was unhappy: "Little guy, why don't you thank my young master?"
Yang Chun was startled for a moment, then quickly bowed to Jia Liu and said, "Thank you!"
Jia Liu looked at the goods carried by the half-grown child on the horse, and suddenly asked him: "How much money can you make in a year in this business?"
"ah?"
Yang Chun hesitated for a moment and told Jia Liu that he could earn five or six taels a year by running goods with the caravan.
This is really exhausting work to earn hard-earned money.
Jia Liu shook his head and said directly to the half-grown child: "Well, I see that you are good at it, why don't you become a groom for me... Well, I will give you twenty taels a year, how about it?"
After saying that, without waiting for the other party to agree or disagree, he directly took out a five-tael silver ingot from the wallet and stuffed it into the other party's hand. He said with a smile: "This is paid to you in advance."
It looked like a half-grown child could do nothing without being his groom.
Yang Zhi muttered beside him: This kid has become a groom, what should I do?
Yang Chun was also confused by Jia Liu's move and stood there in a daze.
"Forget it, I'll tell you the truth, you should be the horseman, because even though I saved you, I can't protect you every day. Do you think they will spare you after you injured so many soldiers?
"
Jia Liu is very candid.
Yang Chun was silent. He knew that what the other party said was true. Even if those soldiers did not come to trouble him, he would not be able to continue working in the caravan.
If there is no work, what will the brothers and sisters at home eat?
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you. You are so skilled. I will let you take the martial arts exam in a few years, and then I will find you a job. It will be better than running goods in a caravan all your life, right?
"
Jia Liuyi wanted to take the thug in front of him under his control, and even planned the future for him.
Seeing that the young master really liked this half-year-old child, Yang Zhi also advised him: "Little guy, my young master always means what he says. This is your opportunity, you must seize it."
The half-grown child seemed to be thinking, and after about a dozen breaths, he finally spoke, but instead of agreeing, he made his own request.
"If you want me to do it with you, twenty taels is not enough. You have to pay more."
Um?
Jia Liu felt that these words were familiar.
Yang Zhi chuckled: "Little guy, twenty taels is a lot. You only earn four or five taels a year..."
Jia Liu interrupted and asked the half-grown child directly: "Tell me, why did you add more money?"
Yang Chun hesitated for a moment and said calmly: "You are a military commander of the Eight Banners. If I work as a groom for you, I might have to go to the battlefield with you... It's not cost-effective to ask me to work for you for twenty taels."
Jia Liu nodded slightly. Not only was this boy good at martial arts, but he also had a very smart mind. He was completely different from the dull and simple-minded person he looked like on the outside.
"How much do you want to add?"
"Thirty taels a year."
"..."
Jia Liu thought how much the half-grown child wanted from him, so he added ten taels without thinking and agreed on the spot.
With such a good skill, let alone thirty taels a year, he has nothing to say.
"Take these ten taels of silver and give them to your parents or keep them for yourself. It's up to you... I have something to do now. You can go back and find me at the military camp outside the city in the evening."
After asking Yang Zhi to give the half-grown boy ten taels of silver, Jia Liu was about to enter the city. He remembered something again, "Oh, yes, I am the first Butha Jia Dongge of the Han Army Banner. Go outside the camp and tell me my name."
It’s done.”
Looking at the two real silver ingots in his hand, Yang Chun was a little dazed. He hesitated and said in a low voice: "Aren't you afraid that I will take your money and run away?"
Jia Liu laughed and waved his hand to signal Shuan Zhu to enter the city with him.
"Master, you haven't asked his name yet?"
Yang Zhi thought to himself that the young master didn't even ask the person's name, so don't take advantage of him again, and you won't be able to find the person later.
Ask the half-grown child for the young master: "What is your name?"
"My name is Yang Chun, and they all call me Xiao Chunzi."
"Yang Chun, Xiao Chunzi?"
Jia Liu couldn't help being happy when he heard the name. He shook his head and said, "What's the name of a manly man? Chun. I'm still a little Chunzi. I thought you were a eunuch in the palace."
Yang Chun didn't say anything. In fact, he was not satisfied with his name, but who knew that his father gave him this name?
"Well, since you have met me and are willing to have sex with me in the future, why don't you call me Yang Yuchun."
Jia Liu thinks the name is good.
"Xiao Chunzi, what do you think?"
Shuan Zhu felt it was necessary to consult the children's opinions.