Thinking of Gou Jiazhuang's fate, Huang Yukun couldn't help but feel a chill. The death of the third brother at the hands of the thief is not counted, is it really going to destroy their door?

Thinking that my father suddenly sent my eldest brother and son to Fucheng to buy a field and buy a new Zhuangzi a few days ago, and brought a lot of silver taels. Originally, he was still puzzled, the family had no intention of buying land, and the eldest brother was originally the leader of the village in the village, and rarely left Zhuangzi, let alone left for such a long time - could it be that his father had already planned for the worst and was ready to leave a way out for the Huang family in Fucheng?

He suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he said carefully: "Master, do you want to repair the wall again......

After the defeat of Bairentan, although Huang Shoutong was injured, he was always concerned about his own defense and prevented thieves from retaliating. In the past few months, the walls of the fortress have been heightened, piers have been built, artillery and bird guns have been brought from the mainland, and a large amount of gunpowder and iron have been collected and manufactured. Grain was stockpiled, and several new wells were dug.

The villagers waited day and night, and such tense days lasted for a long time, until the Lingao Political Consultative Industry Association meeting was held.

Since he reported the situation at the meeting, his father didn't pay much attention to the matter of Huangjiazhai's defense. Just a general watch for bandits and pirates. Huang Yukun also knows: No matter how well the wall is repaired, it can't withstand the artillery of the thieves. It is a matter of time and place for man to destroy himself.

In the end, the taste of fish and meat is uncomfortable, and the father and son of the Huang family have been secretly discussing how to deal with the thieves for several months.

Temporarily retracting the minions and lying on the ground is naturally the best choice at the moment, but they think that the thief will not let them go. The way to maintain long-term peace and stability is naturally to lead the officers and troops to suppress them, so that they can be wiped out.

The officials and troops of this prefecture are theoretically all over the island, and there are also guards in this county, but only the more than 2,000 officers and troops of Baisha Water Village in Haikou Qianhu in Qiongzhou Mansion can really be called able to fight.

Although the father and son of the Huang family are very respected by the county in Lingao, they are just a local tyrant in the end. Don't say that the soup ginseng in Qiongshan County will not buy his account at all, even the thousands of households in this county will not bother to pay attention to him. Huang Shoutong has had enough of their white eyes since he was a teenager.

has no ability, but one by one; is incompetent, and he does not allow others to show his ability; If you don't want to do something, you have to fight for credit. This is the general conclusion that Huang Shoutong has come to after decades of cooperation with the official army. In addition to suppressing the few iron weapons, the officials and soldiers who used bamboo and wood as soldiers were still daring to fight, and the performance at other times was really not flattering.

Even if Tang Shen is willing to go out, he is not the opponent of this gang of thieves. If you want to exterminate the thieves, you have to be exterminated by the provincial capital. It is possible to dispatch 4,000 to 6,000 soldiers, and 2,300 large war ships. Huang Shoutong himself was taken aback by this number. There must be no one or two hundred thousand men to be dispatched!

This is far beyond Huang Shoutong's ability to do things. So things cooled down.

Now seeing that he is about to become a killed chicken, the Huang family father and son can't help but put this matter on the agenda again.

"It's in vain to repair the wall," Huang Shoutong said, "or invite the officers and soldiers to come and suppress it." ”

"It's hard to do-" Huang Yukun had thought about it a long time ago, but there was still no good way to get along with the officials and soldiers.

"Of course, we can't do it on our own, but what about the gentry of the whole county," Huang Shoutong said, "Aren't they going to do it now?" Can the gentry be willing? With our intermediary contact, we may be able to initiate a joint post. ”

The gentry of the whole county wrote a letter to the province, this is not a trivial matter, regardless of the governor or governor, there must be an attitude to show it. If you send people to do some more activities, the matter of the official army attacking and suppressing may be eyebrow-raising.

"Son, I'm going to send someone to do it!" Huang Yukun is young in the end, and as soon as he heard that there was hope for things, he immediately took action.

"Slow!" Huang Shoutong stopped him, "Don't worry. This will not see the true face of the thief, and there are probably many people who have not yet come to their senses and plan to make a compromise. When the eighth child made Lingao angry and resentful, everyone naturally agreed. ”

"Daddy is taught!"

"Also, from tomorrow, you still go to the county school to go to the attached school, listen to what the students say, and fann the flames by the way. If the students of the county can also make a post, this matter will be more certain. ”

"Okay, after you go back to the county, go see Mr. Liu." Huang Shoutong instructed him, "Go and ask him what he thinks--you might as well get straight to Mr. Liu." He doesn't have much land in his own house, but there are about a few acres of land in his name. He couldn't stay out of it. ”

"My son understood."

"And Zhang Youfu, I have to visit a few times."

"This man is desperate to do things for the thieves, go and visit him......"

"Hmph, Zhang Youfu is an old slippery head, and he may not really sell himself to Kao. He is not expected to do anything in this anyway - he is close to the thief, so you should go and see him and probe his mouth. ”

The grain households in the county, but all the ones of some size, have been in a panic for the past few days, and as soon as the night falls, the family members in charge of the matter gather under the lamps to whisper, discussing the countermeasures of Zhangtian this time. The belongings that were originally dug out will be buried again, and some people will be sent to buy tickets to Qiongshan in a hurry, and send the cage luggage to relatives in Qiongshan County and neighboring counties.

Gao Guang Shipping's tickets suddenly sold well, and this abnormal phenomenon was immediately reported to the General Administration of Political Security by the port office and the shipping company at the same time, Ran Yao did not dare to slack off, and quickly sent someone down to investigate.

"Exodus?" Wu De glanced at Zhou Botao, who hurriedly came to report to him.

"That's right, after the grain came out, the grain households in the county were all disturbed. The phenomenon of transferring property to other counties is very serious. ”

"Well, just let them transfer." Wu De said, "Anyway, they can't take the land with them, and we are not rare in silver and copper coins." ”

"You mean—"

"Isn't it a bad thing for us that they left Lingao automatically." Wu De glanced at the report.

The big families can't take away the land, and they can't take away the long-term workers and tenants. The land and people left behind naturally became their property. It's a pity that most of the people still have to hold their positions -- or just let Chen Minggang and his gang make a complete fuss and put some pressure on them.

"Kao, it turns out that you have this hand, it's a disguised land reform."

"No, it's not land reform." Wu De shook his head, "It's just a side effect. He then asked, "Is the surveillance report out?" ”

"Out." Zhou Botao took out a few pages.

"Is there any focused dry goods?"

"There is one thing that you must be interested in," Zhou Botao said, "Huang Yukun, the son of Huang Shoutong, the leader of the township who fought with us last year, has returned to the county to study." ”

"Oh, that old fellow who dashed through the trench and held out for a few minutes before falling off his horse." Wu De still remembers the old man - he made such a deep impression on the traversers back then, "I remember that he was not dead. ”

"I ran away with a little injury, but then I was much more honest. When he negotiated the meeting of the industry association, he sent his second son, this Huang Yukun, to hold the meeting. Whether it is a reasonable burden or a crack down on bandits, he is very cooperative. ”

"And then?"

Zhou Botao handed over the Huang family's file, "It looks like this old boy has a small movement behind his back." ”

Wu De opened the surveillance report, and Zhou Botao introduced: "Huang Yukun said that he came to the county to study, but he was just a hyperplasia, and he had not been seen after the county school was repaired, and he suddenly came this time, and his behavior was very suspicious." ”

The report listed that he immediately visited several major gentry in the county after arriving in the county seat, and also went to meet Liu Dalin, and the two talked for almost two hours. The eyeliner developed in the county school miscellaneous service also reported: Huang Yukun always talks about the autumn fu with the students intentionally or unintentionally when he is resting.

"It's suspicious indeed."

"And the Huang family should belong to the most dangerous 'reactionary elements,'" Zhou Botao said eloquently, "According to Zhang Youfu's revelations, Huang Shoutong and Liu Dalin were the two people who took the most active hostile actions after the D-day. Moreover, the Huang family has a personal enmity with us - the third son of his family was beaten to death by Guo Yi. So it is very likely that Huang Yukun's move this time has ulterior motives. ”

"Then keep an eye on him and see what he wants to do." Wu De said with a smile, "Actually, I don't object to a few loyal ministers and righteous people in a few big households. ”

"Not against him right now?"

"Just keep an eye on him, don't let him mischievous. Now we have to clean up the officials, and it is not yet the turn of the gentry. ”

After cleaning up Chen Minggang and his gang of officials, the next step is to clean up a few disobedient big households to set an example. This is the stated goal of the Executive Committee. Boil the frogs in warm water and come one by one.

"How's work on Friday?"

"The rumors have been released, and people have been sent to keep an eye on him," Zhou Botao said, "I can't find out what is ...... Zhou Qi and Qiu Hong for a while."

"There's no cat, do you want to make a cat!"

"This—" Zhou Botao knew what he meant, but it wasn't easy: the ancients weren't fools. It's so rudimentary that people don't necessarily believe it, "I'll think about it again." ”

"Hurry up, Zhou Qi has had more opportunities to be alone with his master recently. It's time to frame him. Wu De planned to create a serious estrangement between Zhou Qi and his master, and then win him over.

One of the purposes of wooing Zhou Qi was to get him to act as an advisor. What are the shortcomings and ways of cheating in the old grain collection system...... This is the secret of this special industry, and it is impossible to see how many ancient books and materials, Zhou Qi has followed Chen Minggang for more than ten years, and there must be a lot of accumulation in this area.

Another purpose is to let him expose the officials when they are liquidated -- since Zhou Qi is Chen Minggang's big apprentice, he must know a lot about the scandals in the Yamen Xu officials, and it is a good material to criticize people and criticize them. Most people associate private affairs with official affairs. Scandals in private affairs can not only rectify people, but also make them popular with the masses