In the past few years in Dahewei, Shen Yong and Shen Liang have barely survived, and there have been many times when Shen Liang wants to be a salt or a bandit and pirate, just for his brother, sister-in-law and nephew to be better, but in the end he has not passed the level in his heart.

From officers and soldiers to bandits and robbers, this change is very natural for many Ming officers and soldiers, but for some people, this hurdle cannot be overcome.

Now with Min Yuanqi as Shangguan, Shen Liang knows how to do it, and Shen Yong also knows how to do it.

"I see that hundreds of household officials will also want to do it." Shen Yong said in a deep voice: "I just don't know how many people are following Lord Baihu tonight." ”

"If you don't go to the official hall tonight, you won't have another chance in the future." Shen Liang smiled and said, "If Min Baihu doesn't do it tonight, I won't say anything, pat my ass and come back, let's just do nothing." ”

"You can count it."

The two brothers bowed at the top of the house, and each other's expressions were extremely solemn. Shen Liang carried the assembled spear and walked proudly, his figure gradually sinking into the heavy darkness.

Shen Yong clenched his fists, but finally looked back at the thatched hut behind him, the woman in the house was holding the soles of her shoes under the lamp, and a son and a daughter were playing under the lamp.

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Shen Liang walked slowly on the road in the village with a spear.

Soon after dark, the lights were still on, and after a moment or two, when there was nothing to do, the lights would be turned off and they went to bed.

There were some abnormalities tonight, there were more people with lights on than usual, and groups of people were talking in front of the houses, and when they saw Shen Liang coming with a gun, the military households stopped talking one after another, and looked at this young man with a gun in surprise.

Wang Mingyuan had already been placed in the official hall, and this person was still angry, although the old servant of the Wang family advised the eldest young master to go back to his hundred households first and then make plans, this person refused to go back even after being killed, so he waited in the official hall for Han Sen to come back with news.

Because the matter has not been decided, the military households under the hundred households are also uneasy, and today this matter is not threatening and affecting one or two families, but all the people of the entire hundred households.

The salt pond by the sea at the east end of the village has tied everyone together, everyone is working together, looking forward to it together, waiting for the best result together, if the final result is disappointment, no one knows what these angry military households can do.

When Shen Liang walked to the official hall with his gun, many banner soldiers hugged their arms and watched coldly, and a few banner soldiers subconsciously turned back to the house, wanting to take out the spears or waist knives hidden in their homes, but the women hurriedly stopped, and some old men whispered: "Han Zongqi hasn't come back yet, I have to see what Li Qianhu and Min Deputy Qianhu say......

"This person may not be going to the official hall to help, a foreign craftsman with a foreign surname, what can he do."

"Maybe it's to ask for some benefits, if he dares to make trouble, he will definitely make him ugly."

The military households vaguely felt that Shen Liang was going to the official hall to help, and some people were suspicious and even a little hostile. This is not surprising, although each hundred households are not the same surname, and the same surname clan is mainly different from the folk villages, but if it is with the households to compete for water sources, land boundaries, each hundred households will also work together, although not the same clan and surname, but in a hundred households for more than 200 years, they have long been connected by blood and trust each other. In these years, the closest thing is the clan, followed by the neighbors, there are some people in the villages who do not go out of the house within 50 miles of their lives, in their eyes only the interests of their own families and relatives are true, followed by the neighbors, as for the distant outsiders, life and death do not have to care, those distant disasters and the tragedy of the war and bandits, just after tea and dinner, they will panic and nervous.

The wariness and hostility towards outsiders are deep-rooted, and it is also that most of the military households here in Dahewei have the experience of going north to transport grain, and they have changed to ordinary villages, and their wariness and hostility towards outsiders, including the suppression of people with foreign surnames, may take decades or even more than a hundred years...... Even in a few hundred years, it won't be much better.

Shen Liang didn't care about anything, he just held the spear in his hand and continued to walk forward unhurriedly.

There were a few dogs barking in the distance, there were not many dogs in the village, and everyone couldn't eat enough, so how could there be any surplus food to raise dogs? In these years, the rich have a lot of dogs, used to look at the home care home, ordinary people have only one purpose for raising dogs, that is, to use the food saved in their mouths in the spare time, and raise the dog to kill and eat meat at the end of the year, even if it is such a goal, you have to have a certain family background to dare to do this, some people, even chickens can not afford to raise.

In the midst of the barking of dogs, a voice came, followed by a loud shout: "Han Zongqi is back." ”

Everyone was in good spirits, and many of the flag soldiers who had gathered at the door of their homes to chat hurried to the official hall, and it didn't take long for a large crowd to gather before the official hall.

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Han Sen came back, set off in the morning, and before noon he rushed to the city of Qianhusuo, and then asked to see Li Kecheng of Qianhu and Min Qiande, who signed the book.

Things turned out to make him quite desperate.

When Han Sen arrived near the Hundred Households Official Hall, the footsteps of this chief flag officer were unusually heavy, the closer to the official hall, the denser the crowd became, and many familiar faces appeared on both sides of the road, seeing Han Sen coming, everyone was saluting with their hands crossed, and their faces were full of eager expressions, but when people saw Han Sen's face, they couldn't help but sink their hearts.

Han Sen didn't talk to these people, but took heavy steps and moved step by step to the Hundred Households Official Hall.

Passing through the gate of the three rooms of the official hall, the main hall and the eaves of the wings on both sides are full of people, and the flag army is also standing in front of the school field and the warehouse on the west side of the martial arts, the main hall of the official hall is usually not open, Min Yuanqi has nothing serious to do, and hundreds of households rarely come to Shangguan to inspect, only when there is Shangguan to inspect office affairs, the lobby of this official hall will be open.

In my impression, more than 20 years ago, there was a royal historian to Dahewei and Huai'an Zhuwei to inspect, when the military household roster was cleared, each hundred households opened the main entrance of the official hall in this way, and the imperial historian entered the inspection with his entourage.

Think about it, although the Ming Dynasty had the Jurchen Tartar external trouble, it was still safe inside, and the disaster was not very serious, but the peaceful years were gone forever.

Han Sen didn't feel too much emotion, he was just a little surprised, and when he saw Min Yuanqi and Wang Mingyuan and others sitting in the main hall, he understood the reason, but his mood was even heavier.

Wang Mingyuan and the second sister who rushed to hear the news sat together, the expressions of the two brothers and sisters were obviously different, the second sister Wang was much calmer, it may be that the worst result that this girl had predicted was that her father was abused for a day or two, and the food was gone, but people would definitely let it out...... This is inevitable, as long as the two capitals are still there, the local government is still there, and a salt lord will not be able to blatantly kill a hundred household officials under the premise of no conflict of interest, although the Ming Dynasty is now undisciplined, and the military and bandits are not distinguished, but there is still the most basic order here in Jiangbei, killing officials and rebelling, the government will definitely be forced to react, after the battalion soldiers enter the suppression, of course, Yang Shida's few people can't resist the enemy, either they are captured and beheaded, or they have to flee as bandits, and now Yang Shida is doing well, killing an unrelated hundred households, forced to go into exile, This is obviously an impossible option.

In contrast, Wang Mingyuan was pale, with an angry and embarrassed look, after he entered the official hall, he adopted an aggressive attitude towards Min Yuanqi, but after the second sister came, he persuaded a few words, and everyone decided to wait for Han Sen's news together.

There are also Ding Ruqi and Guan Lei standing beside Wang Mingyuan, the two of them are one of the few scholars in the hundred households, they have passed the county examination, but they were swept down in the government examination, Wang Mingyuan is more talented, successfully passed the government examination and the hospital examination, and became one of the talented ministers of the Ming Dynasty, Ding Ruqi and Guan Lei are less talented, although the efforts of the two are not less than Wang Mingyuan.

There may also be family reasons here, after all, Wang Mingyuan is the son of a hundred households, and he has more resources than Guan Lei and Ding Ruqi.

The two of them stood beside Wang Mingyuan and were also friends of the same year who came to support the school, Guan Lei and Ding Ruqi were also extremely dissatisfied with Min Yuanqi's troubles, in their opinion, the salt lord's illegality should also be to control the government, not to do it without permission, and as a result, it caused a disaster that affected others, which was of course Min Baihu's mistake.

Ding Ruqi should be cautious and only comfort Wang Mingyuan, but Guan Lei is as his name suggests, although he does not dare to quarrel with Min Yuanqi, a trial hundred households, his words are very sharp, and he clearly expresses his views and opinions.

Regarding the views and opinions of Guan Lei, Wang Mingyuan, and Ding Ruqi, Min Yuanqi did not refute them, but just laughed at them.

Min Yuanzhong, Yang Zhijin, Gao Cuncheng and others were not angry, and several small flag officials also respected and cared for the scholars, but at this time, they did not give an inch, and everyone quarreled fiercely in the official hall.

When there was chaos, Min Yuanqi still maintained a calm and calm attitude, not many people paid attention to this, only Wang Ermei noticed this unusual point, she often glanced at Min Yuanqi, but the two sides occasionally had a collision of sights, as a girl who was not out of the cabinet, such a sight collision was really inappropriate, and the second sister was embarrassed to look at it again after that.

When Han Sen walked to the main hall of the official hall with heavy steps, everyone stood up except for Min Yuanqi.

"There is a negative trust...... When Han Sen walked in front of Min Yuanqi, he finally gave a fist salute with a dejected face, and said: "After a trip in vain, there is no hope in the city. ”

When Han Sen decided to go to Qianhu City in the morning, he could see that Min Yuanqi's attitude was not in favor, and he even knew that Min Yuanqi thought that this trip must be in vain. At that time, Han Sen didn't think so, he felt that Min Yuanqi might have thought about the situation too severely, and he also underestimated the Thousand Households Lord.

Li Kecheng, a thousand households, is greedy and incompetent, this is the consensus of many military households, but there is a commander behind him, the Li family's power in Dahewei is not under the Min family, even if there is a small dispute, the hundred households and the banner army under his command were beaten and imprisoned by outsiders, and as a thousand households, they can't completely ignore it.