Zhou Shixiang thought he could not do it, but Boss Hu's concerns were reasonable. Once these Qing army prisoners knew their background, they would probably not guarantee that they would surrender. If chaos arose, it would inevitably be another fight, which would only increase the variables. But after thinking about it, there was no good way to solve this problem for the time being, so Boss Hu locked up the person first.

Seeing the "Ming Army" tied the ropes, Shao Jiugong and the others cooperated very much, and they had no intention of resisting. I think they knew this was a convention. In this way, after counting, together with the general Shao Jiugong, there were 63 Qing army prisoners. The rest were either burned to death by fire or died in the battle of seizing the gate. I don’t know how many people are still in the city.

In case of precautions, Boss Hu asked Ge Wu to block Ximen with a few people, and personally led the prisoners to the prefectural yamen. Zhou Shixiang asked to lead people to search the remaining Qing army in the city. The performance of killing Kong Guoliang had already established prestige among the people of Daqiao Mountain, and also made everyone fully recognize his ability. He heard that the impact of killing Yunlong and killing Kong Guoliang on the spot brought to people was absolutely different. In their eyes, Zhou Shixiang is completely a big man, a great hero, and a hero with both civil and military power!

Without saying a word, Hu asked Peng Dazhu to lead six people to follow Zhou Shixiang. He led people to defend the West Gate to the death, and more than ten people were killed or injured by his subordinates. Now there are only twenty people who can move, and they have to take care of the prisoners. Their personnel are so nervous that they can give Zhou Shixiang seven people. Zhou Shixiang asked another Qing army prisoner, and when he found out that the Qing army asked him to help him call for surrender.

After leading the people around the city, except for a dozen Qing soldiers who escaped, they learned that their lives were willing to surrender after shouting, but they did not find any other Qing army traces. Instead, there were many discarded swords and voluminous uniforms on the street. I think the Qing army who escaped from the barracks disguised themselves as the people and mixed in the crowd when they saw that the situation was not good.

As long as the Qing army did not join forces, Zhou Shixiang would not worry, and no matter how many people there were without organization, it would not be worth worrying.

The wind has weakened a lot compared to before. As the wind weakens, the fire also weakens accordingly. However, the thick smoke is larger than before. People cannot see far, and the air is filled with the smell of choking smoke and the burning smell of corpses.

When Zhou Shi met, some people had already spontaneously organized to put out the fire, and saw that there were many places in the city. The spontaneous organized people were too ineffective in putting out the fire, so he took Peng Dazhu and the others to escort the captives to the prefectural office, hoping to ask Boss Hu to organize people to mobilize the people of the whole city to participate in the fire extinguishing, otherwise the fire would be allowed to burn. After dawn, most of the Luoding City would be ruins.

The purpose of Zhou Shixiang changing his mind and not joining the army in Guangxi was to use the bandits of Daqiao Mountain to seize Luoding City, thereby gaining the recognition of the Yongli court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and organizing troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty without having their own territory, rather than relying on others. The key to this plan is Luoding. If Luoding City becomes a ruin, then this plan will lose its meaning. At least, Zhou Shixiang can no longer rely on Luoding to obtain manpower and money and food resources.

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When he arrived at the prefectural yamen, Boss Hu had just imprisoned Shao Jiugong and other prisoners, and was about to send someone to inform Duke Xiang of Song and Ge Liu of the East Gate to meet. When he saw Zhou Shixiang and the others back, he was so happy that he heard that Zhou Shixiang wanted him to organize people to put out the fire, he immediately responded.

Boss Hu was originally from a poor family. If the Manzhou people had not encircled his land and wanted to be slaves, he would not have fled south with his mother and brothers. Therefore, although he was a bandit, he still sympathized with the poor and could not stand the suffering of the people. Zhou Shixiang said he wanted to put out the fire, so he naturally had no objection.

Unexpectedly, Boss Hu had no objection, but Ge Wu's group of people were unhappy. They shouted that they were going to kill people and set fire to make a fortune. Now they finally defeated the Qing army and controlled the situation in the city. How could they not take advantage of the fire and help put out the fire?

When Ge Wu shouted, the others immediately started to shout, and they were eager to go out and grab one.

It’s really a dog that can’t change it!

Zhou Shixiang secretly scolded the bandits and was really indifferent to the air. He forced himself to be angry and said to them: "Everyone came to the city with his head to make a fortune. I understand this, and I don't stop everyone, but I want to ask everyone, do you want to grab the big one or the small one?"

"I came to Luoding to do the big votes. Yesterday, there was a saying that the big ones were snatched by the big ones, and the small ones were snatched by the small ones?" Ge Wu wondered, were there any robbery?

"Of course the robbery has to be divided into size!"

In order to make these men hear it clearly, Zhou Shixiang specially raised his voice and then said, "There are fires everywhere in the city. You are going to rob the small ones. Because the fire suddenly comes, the people are busy running for their lives. How many valuable items can be brought out in the family? Which family has money and which one has no money, can you tell them clearly? If you really want to hide it, you can search it? I'm afraid that before you find it, Luoding City will be burned out by the fire. By then, I'm sure that what you can rob is better than burned by the fire!... To put it bluntly, this principle means picking up sesame seeds and throwing watermelons, losing the big ones because of the small ones. Isn't it just a reason to rob the small ones!"

"That's what it means, but," Ge Wu seemed to understand, "How can we win the big one?"

"I ask you, what's the most prosperous thing in this world?" Zhou Shixiang tried his best to persuade these people to do what they wanted.

Ge Wu said without thinking: "Of course we are doing business. We are the ones who like to rob these people the most, and we are very rich!"

"Is there no other way to make a fortune except for those who do business?"

"There must be some, and the landlords must have money, but it seems that there are many people who are not as good as business."

When Zhou Shi met Ge Wu, he didn't think about him, so he had to ask him directly: "Then I ask you, do these people want to pay taxes to the government?"

Ge Wu nodded and said, "That must be something. Those who travel the business walkway are afraid of being stuck. After the jams along the way, most of the money will be paid into the hands of the government. Those who have more land at home will definitely have to pay taxes. However, if there are people in the government and have fame at home, they will not pay much."

"Why should the government ask these people to pay the money and food?"

"If you don't pay this, you'll have to resist food and donate. Then the officers and soldiers will come to fight."

"So, isn't the government doing robbery? When we go to steal the people, but the people don't give them, we also want to beat and kill? So, this government is the richest business in the world. Whether it is a merchant or a landlord, all of them have to pay money to the government. If that's the case, why can't we be the government to steal the big one? As long as we become an government, no matter what the people in Luoding City do, they have to pay grain and tax for us! In this way, everyone just sits and collects money. This is not faster than robbing them with a knife? Besides, we can grab it ourselves, how much can we grab it, and how much can we get?"

"Scholars are thoughtful. There are all kinds of robberies. Isn't this the reason? Then the government is just doing the same business as us!" Ge Wu spent a lot of effort and finally understood what Zhou Shixiang meant and rubbed his hands excitedly. "Since we want to be an official and want to grab the big ones, we can't watch the fire burning anymore. You must know that the fire burning is all our things! All the valuable things in the people's houses are called fire burning. What do they give us?"

"Brother Zhou, stop talking, I, Ge Wu, understand! I didn't say anything, brothers, listen to you, let's go put out the fire!"

"Yes, go to put out the fire, you can't burn all the good things!"

He became active again, and Boss Hu was also impressed by Zhou Shixiang's reasoning, and he robbed him and became an official. Hu Quan is the boss of the official, a true general. Tsk, the future is bright...

"Everyone will go to put out the fire now. When the fire is extinguished, the brothers will come to be the government. As soon as the sky is dawn, everyone will go down to count the number of people in the city. All the rich and poor are all out. Then, a charter will be made. Whoever dares not hand over it at that time will go and beat them."

"good!"

The men responded in unison. Ge Wu pulled his legs and wanted to put out the fire, but after taking two steps, he turned around and said with a look of embarrassment: "This city is so big, it's probably not possible with our few manpower."

Zhou Shixiang was about to say that it was not to let them participate directly in the firefighting, but to organize the panicked people to participate, even if they were forced by a knife!

Just as he was about to speak, Zhao Sihai ran over again in panting. He saw Zhou Shi's eyes with his head and hurriedly shouted: "Scholar, Mr. Song has organized hundreds of young and strong men to help the people in the city to put out the fire. He asked me to inform you that some rascals in the city are taking advantage of the fire. In addition, some Qing soldiers are catching up in the water. He asked Brother Hu to lead people to deal with them quickly, otherwise the situation would be too chaotic and difficult to deal with."
Chapter completed!