However, these families who followed Hou Fangyu came from Zuo Mengeng, but they were ruthlessly kept for a long time, and they had already dropped the chain, at this time the victory of the revolution was imminent, and they were promised before, as long as they protected Hou Fangyu's son, and when Nanjing City was defeated, it was naturally a big golden ticket.

People will always settle accounts, and if the result of desperate work is similar to the result of being greedy for life and afraid of death now, then no one will like to work hard.

Desperately dragging Hou Fangyu to the south, they hid in a forest, and after a long time, they saw a group of Nanming soldiers cautiously forming a loose formation towards the north.

Their weapons seemed to be barely an army, but the cowardly appearance of those who were afraid of being attacked at that moment was contemptible.

When it comes to the Nanming Army, it is like mentioning the self-defense officers of the Self-Defense Forces in Heisei Japan in later generations, those who claim to be civil servants wearing military uniforms and holding guns, and the reason why they are despised by the people is also very simple, these people can be said to be the most miserable people on weekdays, doing the lowest level of work, with craftsmanship, and they also need to pay all kinds of money to the master of a thousand households before they can go to work outside, which can be said to be the most miserable.

But then, what was unexpected was that what Hou Fangyu and the others saw was that these weak chickens who had always been in their minds kept catching those captives from the north of the city and going south, and they all looked sluggish, looking like they were very good bullies.

Everything was in a mess, and Hou Fangyu and the others didn't dare to take the lead, so they had to wait until the next morning, they felt much more peaceful, and more importantly, they hid in the woods all night, tired and hungry, so they naturally had to come out to find out about the situation.

However, the shouting and killing had long stopped, and when I arrived at the school field outside, it was such a scene.

On the most central platform, a man holding a megaphone was shouting: "Don't squeeze, get the money, hand over a prisoner to us, and you can get a reward of one or two silver, whoever cuts the queue will not have to take it, and will be beaten!" ”

Those soldiers may not know what is called queuing, but they definitely know what is called silver, they all hold cards in their hands, according to the number of cards in their hands, they received silver, and they all smiled and walked away, the purchasing power of silver in this era is enough, and the republican treasure they got, although in Nanjing official, a pseudocurrency is not recognized, but in the underground black market, it is a hard currency in an extremely hard currency, many people are prepared some, and even some big gentry and bureaucrats are also essential.

And the man looked like he had a northern accent, and he was wearing a black tunic uniform, with short hair that was immoral, and just looking at his tanned red complexion, he could probably guess that he was not from a brilliant background, but at this time his eyebrows were flying, and after the captives were contained, they were all tied one by one with ropes, and went into the distance.

Hou Fangyu's family members naturally recognized that they were basically people under Zuo Mengeng's hands, and it was also incredible to see this scene, in the original memory, it should have been destroyed and destroyed in Nanjing, why is it like this now!

Everyone would be confused, but what shocked Hou Fangyu even more was why the people of the imperial capital could be so bold and reckless in Nanjing, or buy these prisoners so much?

Originally, since Zhang Xianzhong surrendered first and then rebelled, most of the official and military methods to deal with these peasant rebels were to directly slaughter, or find an opportunity to kill them again after surrendering, but now, what is it like? Moreover, this must be supported by the local military household guard, and even the officer is helping to maintain order, looking at the appearance of the saddle before and behind the horse, but it is more fatal than giving the court officer!

Hou Fangyu's face was dark, but he went to a nearby teahouse, where many men who had benefited from selling prisoners were gathered, counting the money on the side, and some seemed to be waiting for the other brothers to finish the transaction and go to spend money together.

"Didn't you see, the black jar, throw it down, those thieves and soldiers all fell there at once, just like dead dogs, my old Hu Chong was in the front, and caught more than a dozen at once, all of them were tied with ropes, so much silver, haha, I should thank the adults of the imperial capital."

"Come on, if it weren't for Lord Banner kicking your ass in the back, would you have the guts?"

"I'll tell you, if you fight like this, it's really easy, as soon as people throw that thing like that, how many people will fall there like Yang Xiong of the Birth Gang, ha."

"What do you think people care about your good fortune? What is this, by the way, it is the adult of the Sixth Ministry, who signed a Nanjing Treaty with others, so there is such help. ”

"This will be peaceful in the world in the future, when the emperor ascends the throne, the officials in the imperial capital will naturally know who is the true son, when the time comes, the elder brother can also go to the imperial capital to be an official, I heard that the imperial capital is very rich now, let's rob a shop together, get some dry shares or something, then won't it be issued."

"Isn't it, you have to eat some of the benefits."

They muttered to each other, but they were also excited and had nowhere to look, the key is that in what they said, although they were upside down, they also said very clearly, in the previous battle, the people from the imperial capital intervened, and again, they also used those gods that made people fly in the air weakly, and Zuo Mengeng's army was almost unable to resist.

Hou Fangyu roared in his heart, "Heaven and earth, why don't you give me those divine objects, if you give them to me, I can kill all those who are not subordinate to me, and I can also take all the beautiful women into my arms, I hate it." ”

However, in this situation, it seems that the people in the city are defenseless and malicious towards the imperial capital, how can this be good? Moreover, in doing so, officials from all over Nanjing not only did not stop them, but also had the idea of taking a piece of the pie, which shows what does this mean, these people, not only did not submit to him, but also dared to resist like this, which was simply destroyed!

After waiting for a long time, a muttering voice suddenly said, "...... Hou Fangyu ......"

He was taken aback, and hurriedly paid attention to the movement there: "Now there is no ticket in the whole city that is more expensive than Hou Fangyu, the adults of the six departments have made a bloody capital this time, a thousand taels of silver, I heard that his father, when the person who captured him entered the door, he was scared to death on the spot, or the person who did the book of the household department, what a waste." ”

"But isn't it, these adults, one by one, are too useless, I heard that the people who went to arrest Hou Sui, just pulled out dozens of carts, all of them were good things, all of them were cheap people in the imperial capital, and people were making a fortune, his son Hou Fangyu, the red-haired man who took refuge in Europa, was a traitor, and he was a public knowledge, and now the adults wanted to arrest him, I don't know how much silver there was around him, who caught him, it was simply green smoke on the ancestral tomb."

"Where is it so easy to catch, but people heard that they ran away, otherwise, it would have been released."

Next, these people began to talk about the gossip of the Nanjing gentry, and the words were all spread in the mouths of the subordinates, if it was usual, Hou Fangyu would have drunk the Ling Jiading to beat these dead guys, and then sent them to their own hundred households for punishment, but at this time, they just begged not to look at it.

Hou Fangyu was wearing a new set of clothes at this time, which was glamorous, and he was mixed in the poor army as a scholar, which was already eye-catching, and he was originally YY to see that Zuo Mengeng was good, so he had a good look at his majesty and showed his demeanor.

But now they are fleeing, that is, these people have no experience in fighting and have not noticed the abnormal Hou Fangyu.

It took him a while to recall what he had just heard, and suddenly remembered the word Hou Sui, but he really understood something, his father Hou Sui died?

How is this possible, his father is a real gentleman, a real official, and someone dares to force him to death? Even if he colluded with Zuo Mengeng, it was also an "internal contradiction of the ruling class", is Xiucai's rebellion a rebellion, although they claim that his father was scared to death, but Hou Fangyu must have counted the accounts on the people in the imperial capital and Nanjing.

Holding back tears, this night passed, the battle in Nanjing City seemed to have stopped, and almost all of Zuo Menggeng's people were arrested, even if they could move, they didn't seem to have much strength and couldn't move.

Hou Fangyu hurriedly changed into a small dress, mixed in the crowd, and still took Zhang Dai with him in the back, but Zhang Dai also saw the situation clearly, but persuaded him: "Virtuous nephew, as long as you say that you are deceived and held hostage by Zuo Mengeng, even if you do these things, I will protect you, and you can turn big things into small things, which is also a beautiful thing." ”

Hou Fangyu smiled and said, "Uncle still wants to stay out of the matter?" I have your signed paperwork here, and as long as I take it out, you won't be able to escape!" ”

"The most important thing now is to quickly find out what is going on in the imperial capital, in case the people from the imperial capital really want to come in, they can find a way to resist it."

"Resist, what to resist, those officials and gentry have already collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, they ......"

Hou Fangyu hated betraying the country and having no way, but he slowly discovered that Nanjing had indeed defeated Zuo Mengeng, even if the incompetent army was, it would be easy to deal with a group of people who were knocked down by tear gas narcotic drugs.

Halfway to the road, but found the most embarrassing place, that is a few men playing gongs and drums, said the latest wanted warrant, caught Hou Fangyu rewarded five thousand taels of silver, it turned out that now after the peace, check the loss, found that the reason why the loss is so big, is because Hou Fangyu, a traitor in the gentry, made the city gate fall suddenly, the thief army turned out, did not stop and went straight to the city gate, that's it.

Hou Fangyu was at a loss for a while, because the big photo was actually what he looked like, but he was dressed as a showman and wearing a square scarf, which was very different from his appearance at this time.

Of course, he looked at the people sent by Zuo Menggeng around him, and his eyes seemed to be different, but he scared a few words, they were all Zuo Menggeng's rebels, and the most important thing now was to go to his general, that was the way to save his life.

Fortunately, there is still Zhang Dai around, Zhang Dai went out of the horse, as a great gentleman, he knew a lot of people, and soon found an official who knew him, and arranged a carriage to leave the city with a wave of his hand.

In the past two days, the dishes accumulated in each village will be rotten if they are not sold.

At this time, the Yangtze River was not very peaceful, but he took a car to Suzhou, his father Hou Sui lived in Suzhou, waiting for his son to gain power and then go to Nanjing, originally planned to let Hou Sui enter the cabinet at once, and concurrently serve as a household secretary, ruthlessly loot a sum of money, and then put Hou Fangyu on the throne.

After waiting for a few days, he arrived in Suzhou, and he found that the house where his father lived was indeed fine, but the people inside had changed, and what hung on it was the words "Representative Office of the Ministry of Commerce of the Imperial Capital in Suzhou", which had been completely occupied by the people of the imperial capital.

But this kind of behavior, but Hou Fangyu asked the unanimous praise, the original Hou Sui after the house, part of the money distributed to many poor people not to mention, they also opened a Suzhou primary school in Suzhou, the whole city can not afford to study private school children are recruited, although part of the course is not the Four Books and Five Classics, but in the end it is also a great good, so it is naturally praised by everyone.

"That's all earned by my father, and my father worked hard to earn it from the Daming treasury!"

Hou Fangyu gritted his teeth with hatred at this time, he was ruined at this time, he was wanted, his father died, his family property was robbed, and he could be said to have nothing.

The most annoying thing is that he went to the suburbs and saw that his father was hastily buried in a mass grave, and a wooden sign was hung indiscriminately, saying the tomb of Hou Sui, after he inquired, it was a few hypocritical world friends who helped bury it, but it was a taboo in itself, so naturally he didn't dare to bury it.

But Hou Fangyu's mind at this time was completely distorted, and there was only hatred: "My family treats you well, not to mention destroying my family and breaking my family to help me raise troops at this time, even my father is buried in such a hurry, you wait, when I become rich one day, I want your family to be ruined!" Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don't bully young people to be poor! ”

Pity these people because they regret the ridiculous Hou Sui, but they are remembered.

However, they naturally didn't know this, and in their opinion, Hou Sui was already in the past.

The people of the whole city were rejoicing, although there was still a war in the upper reaches, and from time to time I heard that an old friend was killed in a certain place, and Jiangyin seemed to be captured, but the people of the imperial capital occupied the territory in Suzhou, claiming that Suzhou would not be conquered by outsiders, but it protected the whole city and gave the people of the city a reassurance.

What is most important to ordinary people? It's safe.

The most basic requirement for economic development is a secure situation.

The real big thing, of course, is that the business center of Suzhou began to be built, compared to the previous design of the elders in the middle and west, the local craftsmen in Suzhou still have some unique features, even the bell tower is also well decorated, and the new building has a lot of good design.

(End of chapter)