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Shi Qian went on to say, "Fang La knew that the brothers led by Bai Sheng and I were all from Liangshan, but he disdained us and sent out his nephew Fang Jie, who led the Eight Heavenly Kings and several hundred followers. Relying on their numbers, they killed more than 20 of our brothers on the spot and captured the rest. Fortunately, I reacted quickly, otherwise I would have died on the spot and Liangshan would not have had anyone to report the news!"

When Lin Chong heard this, he could no longer contain his anger and slammed the table, saying, "This is intolerable! Third brother, go and rest first. I will definitely avenge you!"

Lin Chong selected nineteen agile brothers from the Royal Guard Battalion and equipped each of them with an MP40 submachine gun (also known as the "Schmeisser submachine gun"). The gun is 630 mm long (when the buttstock is folded), weighs 3.97 kg when the empty gun is used, uses 9x19 mm Parabellum ammunition, has a theoretical rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute, and is fed by a 32-round magazine. The effective range is within 100 meters.

Lin Chong personally led the team, led the 19 brothers of the personal guard camp, and through the transmission function of the space-time router system, directly arrived at Fang La’s old nest, Qingxi Bangyuan Cave area. This place is indeed steep, with high mountains and dense forests. It is a rare and excellent place to station troops and recuperate.

At this time, the ruling group of the Song Dynasty court was even more corrupt. In order to consolidate their position in the court, Cai Jing and his son advocated "prosperity and happiness" to satisfy their ever-expanding desires. Tong Guan ordered the establishment of manufacturing bureaus in Suzhou and Hangzhou to make imperial utensils. He also introduced Zhu Zhen from Suzhou to present flowers and stones to curry favor with the court.

As the saying goes, if something is good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom.

In order to meet the needs of the Northern Song Dynasty court to build gardens, lower-level officials extorted as much as they could from the people of Jiangnan under various pretexts and transported the stones and woods to Tokyo. In order to transport the stones and woods from the people, large and small ships kept shuttling on the Huaihe River and the Bian River, which was the so-called "Flower and Stone Gang".

In addition, the Northern Song court had to pay tribute to the Western Xia and Liao kingdoms every year, which was eventually passed on to the people as taxes. This undoubtedly greatly increased the exploitation of the people in the southeast region.

The people in the southeast have been exploited for a long time!

Because the reality is so cruel, the lower-class people in Jiangnan who are unable to change their own destiny have to seek illusory spiritual sustenance.

Fang La had already realized many things that others had not understood when he was young, and he had planned to put on the cloak of the Holy Religion for himself, "using unorthodox teachings to confuse people", and called himself "The Holy Lord". He promoted the cult in the local area and preached widely, with many followers.

Fang La was from the village of Que in Qingxi County, Muzhou. Muzhou is now Jiande County in Zhejiang, and Qingxi is now Chun'an County.

Qingxi in Muzhou is a large county. Its mountainous area is rich in lacquer, pine, fir and other trees. It borders Muzhou in the northeast corner and is close to Shezhou in the west, with a dangerous terrain.

Fang La himself also owned a lacquer garden, so he was naturally the main target of exploitation by the Northern Song Dynasty's Construction Bureau. Although Fang La was resentful, he did not dare to vent it, and the local people could not bear the disturbance caused by the flower and stone levy.

Fang La took this opportunity to secretly make friends with those poor but idle people, and often gave them financial help and care. As a result, these people followed Fang La wholeheartedly and embarked on the road of rebellion.

Therefore, at this time, a large number of people and the backbone of the rebellion had gathered in Fang La's Lacquer Garden. In addition to the so-called Eight Heavenly Kings, there were also hundreds of nearby bandits such as Fang Qifo and other armed forces.