Although it is the early spring season of February, the weather is still very cold due to the proximity of Daigun to the north, and there are still many icicles hanging from the trees under the eaves.

Zhao Gancheng walked out of the house, stood on the steps under the eaves, just met a gust of cold wind, couldn't help but shiver, inserted his hands into the sleeves of his left and right hands, and sighed in his heart, he was still old, if it was ten years ago, he would be afraid of this cold.

At this time, a man about thirty years old came in from the door of the main courtyard, saw Zhao Gancheng, bowed to him, smiled flatteringly, and said: "Master, this spring equinox has passed for several days, why hasn't the spring plowing in our village started yet?" The folks are all ready, just waiting for you to preside over the spring ploughing festival, if it is delayed for a few more days, it will be ......"

Zhao Gancheng waved his hand and said, "I know that my body has been unhappy for the past few days, so it has dragged on for a few days, just two days, and I will inform you that a spring ploughing festival will be held." ”

It turns out that spring ploughing is the beginning of a season of crop cultivation, so every year before spring ploughing, each village should hold a grand spring ploughing festival to worship the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, hoping that God will bless it, and the wind and rain can be smooth and harmless in this year. The person who presided over the spring ploughing festival was the most powerful person in each village, and of course there were several villages who jointly held the spring ploughing festival and invited some celebrities to preside over the spring ploughing festival.

Since Zhao Gancheng is just fifty years old this year, since he became the head of the family and took over the Zhao family, he has presided over the spring ploughing festival in Linhe Village for twelve consecutive years. This year is no exception. This young man's name is Zhao Bing, he is a distant nephew of Zhao Gancheng, he is quite shrewd, and he usually flatters Zhao Gancheng very well, so every year Zhao Gancheng will let him go to Zhang Luo for some things. Of course, Zhao Bing can also make some extra money from it.

After listening to Zhao Gancheng's words, Zhao Bing didn't say anything, and said: "Master, what I told you last time, take my family's twenty acres of land in exchange for Qi Laoliu's daughter, what did you say?" ”

Zhao Gancheng was a little annoyed, and said: "Okay, okay, I know, after the spring ploughing festival, I will help you say it, as long as I open my mouth, does Qi Lao Liu dare to say a word?" His daughter has been a five-man in my family, and she is almost twenty, she should have been married a long time ago, and she is really waiting to marry the prince. ”

Zhao Xin hurriedly said: "That's that, what kind of person are you, stomp your feet, this river is about to turn over Lang, that's ......."

At this time, as soon as the door of the east room opened, a young man of twenty-seven or eighteen years old came out of the room, saw Zhao Gancheng, and said, "Dad, you have gotten up." ”

Zhao Gancheng nodded, "um", waved his hand to Zhao Bing again, and said, "Enough, you can be busy with your going, I will do your business in a hurry." ”

Zhao Bing bowed to the young man again and said, "Second Young Master." Then he turned to leave.

This young man is Zhao Gancheng's second son, named Zhao Xin, twenty-seven years old this year, in the Daijun City to manage the Zhao family's two shops, after Zhao Bing left, Zhao Xin said: "Dad, what do you think, you can't delay it anymore." ”

Zhao Gancheng said: "Such a big thing, even I, as the head of the family, can't be the master, I have asked someone to invite a few of your uncles and brothers to discuss together." ”

Zhao Xin nodded, at this time, people came over one after another, and entered the house in turn, there were six brothers of Zhao Gancheng, as well as their sons, some people brought one, some people brought two, plus Zhao Gancheng's father and son, a total of more than 20 people, full of a large room.

After everyone sat down, Zhao Gan Chengcai said: "Brothers, a few days ago, we had a conflict with the officials sent by Daijun, we killed more than ten of them, and we ourselves injured more than 20 lives. Last night, Xin'er rushed back from Daijun and said that we had gone too far in this matter, so we ......"

Before he finished his words, the sixth Zhao Tiecheng immediately said helplessly: "What's too much, the grandchildren of that state are so ignorant of what to do, they actually came to our village to check what land and what household registration they wanted, they just blinded his dog's eyes, and he didn't look at who our grandfathers were, is it easy to provoke?" In the past ten years, we have been in this waterfront village, and we are still afraid of who will come. ”

Zhao Xin smiled bitterly and said: "Sixth uncle, it's different now, you caused a big disaster that day, this time Wu Anjun will definitely not give up, if we don't hurry up to remedy, I'm afraid a big disaster will come." ”

The third child, Zhao Qiancheng, took a sip and said, "I'm afraid that he is a bird, what Wu Anjun, don't you know about me?" Gao Yuan relied on him because he was Li Mu's son-in-law, and Li Mu had no son, so he became Wu Anjun, but he was just a soft eater, what was there to be afraid of. ”

The fifth Zhao Zhuocheng also said: "That is, Zhao Jia is still the father-in-law of Zhao Guo, he stayed in Daijun for a month, and he didn't be able to do anything to us, and now he has a soft rice eater, what can he do to us." He won't give up, I don't want to give up yet, we hurt more than 20 lives that day, and this account will have to be settled with the plateau sooner or later. ”

His words immediately aroused the same resonance of many people, and they said: "Yes, yes, that day we found Daijun and also found the plateau to settle accounts." ”

Everyone, you said, I didn't take the plateau in their eyes. And Zhao Xin broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, although Zhao Xin is not very old, and he has not seen much of the world, but after all, he has read books for more than ten years, and he is one of the few intellectuals in this family, and he also understands some of the current general trend of the world, and in the past few years, Zhao Xin has been taking care of the family business in Daijun City, and has traveled to the north a few times to discuss business with Hun merchants, so he has a lot more knowledge than his uncles and brothers in the family. After experiencing the changes in Daijun, Zhao Xin also knew that the old order of Daijun had been broken by the removal of the bottom.

After Gao Yuan issued a new decree, Zhao Xin was also worried about his family, because many of Gao Yuan's laws and regulations were aimed at the Zhao family and harmed the interests of the Zhao family, so Zhao Xin was also thinking about how his family should get along with Gao Yuan in the new situation?

Before Zhao Xin could come up with a good way, news came again, the officials sent by the plateau to Linhe Village to check the land had a fierce fight with the villagers of Linhe Village, and more than a dozen people died.

But what Zhao Xin didn't expect was that the life of a local tyrant in the past ten years had made several members of the Zhao family unable to recognize the general trend at all, and they thought that on this one-third of an acre, it was really their own family that had the final say.

At this time, Zhao Gancheng said: "Everyone be quiet, listen to Zhao Xin first." ”

Hearing Zhao Gancheng say this, everyone else also quieted down, Zhao Xin said: "Uncles, brothers, the current form is different from the past, in the past, Zhao State's attention was on defending Qin State in the south, so there were not many troops left in Daijun, which allowed us to dominate the side in this area in the past ten years, but now that Zhao State has perished, the rest of the people have fled to Daijun, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops alone, we can no longer ignore the power of the government as we have done in the past ten years." If we continue to fight against the government, we will have no chance of winning at all. Moreover, Gao Yuan is ruthless, and he killed Zhao Jia as soon as he arrived in Daijun, so he will never give up on us. ”

After Zhao Xin finished speaking, there was silence in the room for a while, only to see a young man stand up with a "huh", and said: "I don't believe it, Gao Yuan really dares to do anything to us, if he really dares to come to beat us in Linshui Village, I will fight with him, and let him know that our Zhao family is not easy to mess with." ”

This young man's name is Zhao Ping, the son of the third Zhao Qiancheng, he has been martial and aggressive since he was a child, and his family has invited several teachers to teach him, so he has also practiced a good style, several young children of the Zhao family are not his opponents, and they usually don't accept anyone, in the younger generation, there is also some weight, his words, immediately attracted the approval of several young children, they stood up, patted their chests and stomped their feet, swore and swore impassionedly, and did not take Zhao Xin's words seriously.

And Zhao Xin was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, but he had no choice but to look at his father, hoping that he could support him.

In fact, at this time, Zhao Gancheng was also a little hesitant in his heart, he was only half-convinced of Zhao Xin's words, and he didn't fully believe it. There is one thing he is quite worried about, that is, on the day of the conflict, only seventy or eighty people were sent by Daijun, and there were only fifty or sixty soldiers, and five or six hundred people were dispatched to the village at that time, and they had already surrounded them, but the result still made them stand out from the encirclement, and the number of their own deaths was twice as many as that of the other party, such combat effectiveness, Zhao Gancheng was still a little jealous.

After all, Zhao Gancheng is the head of the Zhao family, and his knowledge is still higher than that of others, if the soldiers under the plateau are all so strong, then it is only used for four or five hundred people, and it is not something that his village can resist.

But just when everyone in the Zhao family was discussing, they saw a family member running in in a hurry and stammering: "Master, master, something is wrong, there is an army, and the army surrounds us." ”

When the people in a house heard this, they couldn't help but be surprised, even Zhao Xin was very surprised, he didn't expect that the plateau's action would be so fast, and he only received the news yesterday, the plateau sent an army to attack his village today, it turned out that Zhao Xin thought that the plateau would discuss how to discuss for a few days, or he would send someone to Linshui Village to negotiate with the people of Linshui Village first, and would not send troops as soon as he died, if the Zhao family made some concessions and gave the plateau some face, then the matter was not irreparable.

Although Zhao Xin also knows that the times are different, after all, the Zhao family is a local powerhouse in Daijun, even if the plateau is strong, but it is also a foreign force, how can it not be so desperate.

At this time, Zhao Gancheng got up and said, "Pass the order, order the villagers of every household to take up arms, assemble in the square in front of the village, and prepare for battle." Let's go to the village wall and have a look. ”