If you spread out a map of Jingzhou Mansion, it is not difficult to find that Huya Mountain is really a good place to cause trouble. Although it belongs to Yiling Prefecture in terms of administrative division, its actual location is at the junction of three prefectures and counties, including Yiling Prefecture, Yidu County and Changyang County. Moreover, this place is also the confluence of the Jianghan Plain and the mountainous areas of western Hubei Province, and is also next to the Yangtze River waterway, across the Yangtze River is the endless Jing Mountain. In the vicinity of Huya Mountain, there is also a Qingjiang River leading to Shizhouwei nearby.

Huya Town is at the foot of Huya Mountain, close to the Yangtze River Wharf, and the traffic can be regarded as extending in all directions, so it is inevitable that it will be mixed.

And such a place where the south and the north are mixed, for a long time, has not been strictly controlled by the Yiling Prefecture - like most county-level prefectures in the Ming Dynasty today, Yiling Prefecture has a high degree of autonomy. Prefecture officials are elected by large local taxpayers, and then reviewed by Hubei Province and Jingzhou Prefecture, and finally reported to the imperial court and appointed by the imperial court.

As long as Yiling Prefecture can complete the tax amount, the imperial court will not be much in charge of administration. As for local public security, it is directly managed by the Jingzhou Prefecture's police patrol yamen, judicial department's yamen, judges' yamen, and garrison yamen. However, the financial resources of Jingzhou Prefecture are limited, and it also bears the security of Badong, Changning, Guizhou, Xingshan and other places in the west on the front line of the Yangtze River, so there is not much spare power to manage Huya Mountain in Yiling Prefecture...... As long as the local landlords (a group of farmers led by Ding Papi) can maintain a semblance of stability, the old men of Jingzhou Mansion will not be too lazy to meddle in their affairs.

However, in recent times, Jingzhou Mansion has indeed been very negligent, and Huya Town has become a base camp for anti-thieves. At night, I don't know how many clippers and horses come and go on the plains, hills and rivers around Huya Town, carrying all kinds of news. The four public security officials of Jingzhou Mansion actually didn't know anything...... At least in the eyes of the heroes in Huya Town, the government doesn't know anything!

The clipper boat that Li Gongzi took also mysteriously docked at the end of the night of the first ten days of February.

As soon as the boat approached the dock, a group of men with waist knives and bulging clothes, most of them wearing chain armor and cotton armor, surrounded them.

The chubby merchant-looking man under the group of people under Niu Jie got out of the boat, bowed respectfully, and then stepped aside. One of them approached the fat man, whispered a few words to him, and ran back into town.

Ushisuke also got off the boat, looked around, and found several open and secret sentinels, several of which were carrying arquebuses.

"Fat Liu," Niu Jie asked the fat man in a low voice, "Are all your people here?" ”

"It's all here!" Liu Fatzi said, "A total of 1,014 people, all of them!" ”

These 1014 talents are the real backbone of this "Huya Mountain Uprising"! And it is also the result of many years of layout of the Trade Department of the Dashunhu Government - don't think that the Criminal Department, Jinyiwei, and Dongchang of the Ming Dynasty are all blind and deaf people who do not act...... Over the years, there have been thousands of fine works in their hands!

Behind these 1,014 people, there are at least two or three times as many Dashun heroes.

However, as long as there is a vigorous scene in Jingzhou, the blood of the martyrs will not be shed in vain.

On Niu Jie's way to Huya Mountain, his subordinates had already informed him of the bad news that the Ming army had invaded Hanzhong - of course, his subordinates did not know about the death of Shang Kexi and Shang Zhixin in Hanzhong. It's confidential...... Now the gossip that the Ming court has made public, and the situation is still very good!

It's a big good, not a small good!

Wu Sangui, who went south from the Guandao, has already hit Luoyang! Stilwell, who attacked on the Qishan Road, also laid down Qiuchi Mountain, Xuanshui Town, and Zhifangtoupu - these three places together may not be enough for a county, but Niu Jie knows how important it is!

Qishan Road is already halfway over, once Chengxian and Xiaochuanzipu have fallen (in fact, Xiaochuanzipu has fallen, and the county seat of Chengxian County is being attacked by Liu Sheng, and it is almost over), the entire Qishan Road will be finished......

If Qishan Road and Sanguan Road are lost, Hanzhong will inevitably not be protected, and Hanzhong will not be protected...... Can Sichuan still be protected?

Thinking of this, Ushisuke took a breath and said in a low voice, "Let's go!" Let's go into town! ”

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The big mansion of the Ding Papi family has now been requisitioned by the head of the Trade Department of the Dashunhu Government, who arrived in Huya Town ahead of schedule, and has become the general headquarters of the armed uprising in Huya Mountain!

The day after Li Gongzi arrived in Huya Town, the spacious courtyard of the Ding family's mansion was already crowded with heroes from all over the town and nearby Huya Mountain.

Zhang Xiucai and Wang Sihu are the hosts of Huya Town, and both of them have changed into narrow-sleeved arrow suits worn by heroes, both of which are blue, and greet guests at the gate of the courtyard.

Wang Sihu, a working person who returned no matter how much he ran to the rivers and lakes, saw so many "heroes" at once, his head was dizzy, and he didn't know how to speak for a long time - who is not the number one person in Huguang Jianghu? Wang Sihu doesn't have the qualifications to see them on weekdays, but now he can be on an equal footing with them!

Life is proud!

And Zhang Xiucai is a character, his family has been a scholar for generations! Those Jianghu figures in the Ming Dynasty, unless they reached the level of Zheng Zhilong and Shen Tingyang, they would still be a head shorter when they saw the scholars. Therefore, Zhang Xiucai is not afraid of these people, no matter how familiar they are, they will hold hands and greet each other, and do not forget to pursue the generosity and benevolence of "Li Gongzi".

"Brother, don't worry, Li Gongzi didn't come empty-handed, he came on a river boat that sailed downwind, and in addition to weapons on board, it was gold and silver...... I'm afraid it's not less than 100,000 taels! A copy of yours is indispensable! ”

"Brother, don't worry, Gongzi Li is the nephew of King Li Chuang, and he is also a county king in Sichuan, let's follow him, are you afraid that there is no fragrant and spicy food?"

"Yes and yes, all gold and silver! When the time comes, the heads will be divided between gold and silver......"

Hearing Zhang Xiucai's assurance, a group of heroes were all overjoyed - not because of the 100,000 taels of gold and silver, but because of the identity of Li Gongzi!

It's a big fish!

If it is tied up and dedicated to Zhu Weishuai and Pan Dugong, it must be a high-ranking official, and the horse must be ridden!

What the? Do these heroes really think so?

Of course!

Now there are indeed underworld forces on the ground in Jingchu...... At the end of the Ming Dynasty, this is the way of the world, and the organization of the Yiguan Party and the Shachuan Gang will have to be swept away by the future generations! But how could the Emperor of the Zhu family have such strength? Since it can't be swept away, it can only be co-opted into some.

Of course, the sweep still has to be swept...... The main thing is to let those who are incorporated as officials go to sweep up those who are still running the rivers and lakes! It's also impossible to sweep it, but it's better than not sweeping at all.

In the Jingchu area, because there is still a great cause to prevent thieves and rebels, and there are too many landless peasants entering the city, there is no way out all of a sudden, so the forces in the rivers and lakes have more room for survival, and the imperial court is to absorb and control them as much as possible.

As for the heroes on the Jingchu rivers and lakes, all those who can become big have secretly taken refuge in the government and are willing to act as lackeys and minions.

Even the village owners from the ravines in the Badong and Guizhou areas are all guys who step on two boats with one foot - if you don't do this, it will be cold a long time ago!

However, this kind of secret defection to the imperial court must be kept secret, it is not that it is not honorable to be a lackey, this is a good thing for the country and the people! It's just that these heroes have to act as the eyes and ears of the imperial court and monitor the remnants of the anti-thieves in the Jingchu area, so their identities must be kept secret.

Of course, there are also many people in Jingchu who have not found a way to join the imperial court...... Some of them also received invitations from "Li Gongzi"!

It's just that these people either don't have a seed and don't dare to come to Huya Mountain to take refuge in King Chuang. Either there is no product, and the anti-thief is reported to the imperial court. Either on the way to Huya Mountain, he encountered officers and soldiers sweeping the black, and now he is on the way to distribute Tianshan!

Zhang Xiucai invited all the heroes into the courtyard, arranged food and drink for them, and then led the dizzy Wang Sihu to report to Niu Jie: "Li Gongzi! The heroes are all here, just waiting for your lecture and reward......"

"Good!" Ushisuke snorted, "It's time, it's time to do something big!" ”

He couldn't sleep for a few nights in excitement, and he was still a little nervous - he knew that the factory guards of the Ming Dynasty were not so useless, and the matter of thousands of people gathering in Huya Mountain would definitely be found out by them.

The encircled and suppressed army is on the way over, and now he is competing with them for time!