It has been three days since Tao Qian traveled through time and was reborn. Due to his initiative, he has fully mastered many basic information and common sense of this world.

Therefore, Tao Qian understood the meaning of the words "Demon God Army" very well.

The imperial court defined it as: rebel army.

But from the perspective of ordinary people, it is, and it is not.

At least not at first. Later, as they grew stronger, most of them did evolve into brutal and chaotic refugee armies, while a small number of them held on to the bottom line.

In the early days, the Demon God Army gathered people to rebel in the Tang County area of ​​ancient Henan Province. Later, due to a severe drought in northern Anhui, a large number of refugees joined in, and it grew rapidly.

A few days later, the rebel army gathered tens of thousands of people and directly attacked the ancient Henan Mafu City. From then on, it really became a trend.

In the following years, the Demon God Army grew at a crazy speed, sweeping through several major provinces and conquering dozens of cities one after another.

There are not only refugee soldiers in this army, but also an extremely large number of heretics, charlatans and sorcerers.

It is precisely because of the existence of these people that the Demon God Army was able to repeatedly break through the imperial court's siege.

Although the Demon God Army is not as powerful as the "Taiping Army" that has swept through more than a dozen major provinces, in the eyes of many high-ranking officials in the imperial court, the Demon God Army is more difficult to deal with.

Because the people of the Taiping Army valued the situation, they often dragged hundreds of thousands of refugees forward to confront the imperial army head-on.

The Demon God Army, however, was actively divided into hundreds or thousands of parts due to "ideas". While they were running around, they were in contact with each other, and even occasionally assisted each other.

Coupled with those left-behind sorcerers who have various means, in the eyes of the imperial court, this rebel army is like maggots on the tarsal bones, making them sick and painful, and difficult to eradicate.

For ordinary people, the significance of the Demon God Army must be viewed separately.

If there are frequent natural and man-made disasters, causing civilians to chew tree bark and exchange children for food, everyone will look forward to the arrival of the demon army.

The hungry people on the verge of despair will be eager to hear that vulgar and easy-to-understand rebel song:

The city of Bozhou is square, and rich officials go to the countryside;

The poor were forced to eat all their food, and the young and old at home were crying.

The city of Bozhou is in all directions, and the demons and gods are at work beside the vortex river;

Kill the rich man, attack the government, and all the big and small households will have food.

The sound of this song means that the order has completely collapsed. The demon god army will kill the imperial forces, then open the official warehouses to release food, plunder the money of the rich, and distribute it to the people... At this time, no hungry people will care about joining.

Demon God Army is the prerequisite.

Being able to have a bite to eat and get a handful of copper coins is a great blessing. Who can refuse?

But for places like "Xunxian County", the order is temporarily stable, the people still have food to eat, and their lives are relatively stable.

The Demon God Army is a real and irrefutable rebel army.

Once they come, everything will be over.

So at this moment, when Jia Qiang's words fell, the small businessman Li Sanyu also showed a look of horror.

He was obviously afraid that if the demon army invaded Xunxian County, not only his wealth would be in jeopardy, but also the lives of his entire family would probably be lost.

Jia Qiang also looked worried and continued:

"A few days ago, Mr. Ji, the Governor of Southern Guangdong, wiped out an army of demon gods that had fled from the ancient Henan region. For this, he was commended by the imperial court and promoted."

"Unexpectedly, the main force of the Demon God Army knew about this matter, and actually sent another more difficult rebel army. I heard that the leader of the rebel army was a ruthless character who was invincible in every battle and defeated the imperial court."

"Originally, the Governor led a large army and wanted to fight a decisive battle outside Nanzhao City."

"But who knew that that man actually played a trick and led a group of rebels to bypass Tiejiling. Now he is coming over the mountains. If he successfully breaks through, he will sweep across Xunxian County, at least.

If more than a dozen counties and cities were to seize their ships, even the provincial capitals would suffer."

"The Governor was so angry that he directly killed the intelligence officer and then dispatched new-style troops to some key counties, such as ours."

"Once there is any trouble, I'm afraid it will be a real war."

After the words fell, Jia Qiang's face became more worried.

Li Sanyu, who had listened for a while, seemed to think of something again while worrying about the war, and sighed suddenly.

Without waiting for Tao Qian to ask, he directly said to Jia Qiang:

"Boss Jia, put aside the rebellion first."

"I think what we really have to worry about is the subsequent exploitation by the gentlemen."

"Whether it is the Forbidden Immortal Hall or the new-style army coming from the provincial capital, these noble soldiers have to eat, drink and have sex when they come. They all have food and clothing."

"It stands to reason that this money must come from military salaries and the imperial court."

"But you and I both know that the rules have been changed a long time ago. If they are stationed locally, they must spend local money and food, and they have to come from the local area."

"Will those big officials come out? They won't. They will even take this opportunity to make a lot of money."

"And usually when there is a situation like this, the gentlemen always use the same trick."

Speaking of this, Jia Qiang and Li Sanyu almost said the same two words at the same time.

Tao Qian, standing next to him, also guessed it.

"Raise taxes!"

After spitting out these two words, the faces of all three people, including Tao Qian, turned sad.

The fragrant and gurgling mutton pot in front of me suddenly became tasteless.

The words "increased taxes, magistrates, and wantonly amassing money" stirred up a memory in Tao Qian's mind that he had both as a scholar and as a patriot.

Involuntarily, Tao Qian said it.

"I have heard that some places were ruined by corrupt officials with all kinds of exorbitant taxes before the rebels arrived."

"In those places, the people are just like fish and meat, left to be slaughtered."

"When a baby is born, he or she needs to pay a birth donation. If you marry a wife, you need a wedding donation. When you die, you need to pay a coffin donation. If you raise chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, cows, etc., there are also livestock donations and slaughter donations waiting for you."

"When you watch an opera or sing an opera, you have to pay a theatrical donation. If you become a prostitute, you have to pay a prostitute's donation. If you become a stonemason, you have to pay a rock-cutting donation. If you go fishing on the river, you also need to pay a boating donation."

"Even if you go to collect excrement and beg and sell straw sandals, you still can't escape from donating excrement and begging and selling straw sandals."

"Even if you lose your fighting spirit and lie down to smoke a big cigarette and wait to die, there will still be cigarettes waiting for you."

"In short, they will never stop until they knock your bones out, suck out your marrow, and eat you clean."

"There is nothing more absurd in the world than this."

Tao Qian's words seemed to scare Li Sanyu and Jia Qiang.

Although the two of them were more knowledgeable than Tao Qian, they had not read as many books as him, not to mention that Tao Qian still had the memory of a patriot in his mind.

The patriot's hometown was farther south in Guangdong. He was forced by the local gentry to carry out reforms and his family was ruined. He witnessed too many tragedies in the world with his own personal experience.

In some places where disasters are serious, the wealthy gentry and corrupt officials do not regard the people as human beings.

Before the rebels arrived, the place was destroyed by their pack of jackals.

After Tao Qian digested the memory of the patriot, he was fully aware of it.

"Because our Xunxian County is a port town open to the outside world, it has convenient transportation and developed commerce. Although many people have difficulty in having enough food and clothing, compared to other areas, it is considered a happy place."

"Besides southern Guangdong, there are many provinces where warlords and feudal lords have emerged, and they are separatist. In addition, Taiping, demon gods and other rebellious armies are wreaking havoc. It is not an exaggeration to say that all lives are in ruins."

"In addition, there are horrific natural disasters such as floods and droughts, earth dragons turning over, sandstorms and tornadoes, acid rain and red moons."

"There are also those monsters, ghosts, weird gods and gods that are gradually becoming more and more unscrupulous."

"In such a world, let's talk about the end of the dynasty..."

After talking about it, Tao subconsciously realized something and stopped immediately.

Li Sanyu and Jia Qiang also understood and kept silent.

After eating here, the three of them obviously lost interest.

Tao Qian went to pay the bill, and then sent the two drunken people back to their respective shops.

Tao Qian himself originally wanted to go back to the bookstore, but halfway there, he suddenly heard another noise.

The source is surprisingly still the core area of ​​Caishikou, the area where the "soul-calling pole" is erected.

But this time, the source of the noise was not scenes like beheading.

It was a "notification board" on one side, where a large number of people had gathered at the moment.

As soon as Tao Qian approached, he immediately heard the voice of a policeman reading loudly a notice and a wanted order.

"Residents of Xunxian County should pay attention starting from today."

"The news from the provincial capital is that a large number of criminal thieves, murderous gangsters, and some evil sorcerers have recently arrived in southern Guangdong. It is said that many victims have appeared in neighboring counties and cities. We have traffic in Xunxian County

With such convenience, I’m afraid it’s hard to escape.”

"Here are the wanted orders from the provincial capital. The most brutal gangsters are on the list. You should see them clearly and remember them clearly."

"Once you find something, report it immediately."

"If confirmed, there will be a reward of silver grain."
To be continued...