Two days after the strike~ city, the Shanxi Governor's Mansion began to act, and as soon as it moved, people were stunned, Shanxi Governor Liu Juntao not only did not compromise, but also issued a decree, all over the city: not a consultation, but an order.

The notice should be reopened immediately by all those who have stopped ~ the city, otherwise they will be severely punished.

The notice also uses the phrase "don't say it in advance", which makes people feel chilled. Thinking of Liu Juntao's usual methods, all those who participated in the class strike and boycott~ city were beating the drum in their hearts.

As soon as the notice was issued, the city alliance had a tendency to collapse, Zhang Yongxiang, Wu Yue and others were busy recruiting businessmen and students to discuss matters, and the staff officers behind them also went out, and under their encouragement, everyone was determined to fight to the death and persevere to the end.

Moreover, there is also a paragraph in Liu Juntao's notice that makes the merchants extremely angry, not only to resume the market immediately, to surrender to the Governor's Palace, but also to reduce the price of 70% within half a month after the market opens...... How can this be endured by the people?

Therefore, after some conspiracy, the cities and cities~ continued, and a large number of their men, house slaves, and tenants came out in all directions, plus the student march, which made the crowd of petitioners in the cities even more immense. They either listened quietly all over the streets, or gathered in front of various officials to cry and complain, and even all kinds of ruffians took advantage of the opportunity to rise, and the scenes in Shanxi were chaotic.

Faced with this situation, the officials of the cities were either at a loss or secretly happy, and only watched from the sidelines of the local people.

They are two different worlds from the local scholars and merchants, and they are deeply dissatisfied with the hoarding and price hikes of the merchants in their clan, but they can only endure it silently.

When Liu Juntao arrived, hope rose in everyone's hearts.

The Shanxi Governor's Office ordered all merchants to open the market immediately, and the price of special goods was reduced by 70% within half a month, which was even more welcome. These profiteers ~ the city, the loss of everyone these days is not small, if the price of goods can be reduced by a few percent, how much to make up for some back. They all hope that Liu Juntao will take ruthless measures in the future.

The two sides are still in a stalemate, and it seems that the two sides are not at odds with each other.

Three days later, one afternoon, a man with black eyes and rags was carried out of the carriage and escorted into an unremarkable house in Datong Town.

When he came to his senses, he found himself in a dark house, and there were several people standing silently in the room, and he faced the light, but he couldn't see the faces of the people in the room.

But the eerie atmosphere in the room, as well as the dazzling array of torture instruments hanging on the walls, made him creepy. If there was no smell of blood coming from inside, his body trembled more and more, and if it weren't for someone else's coercion, he would have collapsed to the ground.

A gloomy laugh sounded: "In front of my strong master's methods, no one dares not to recruit."

The person who spoke couldn't see clearly, but he felt that he was tall and thin, and a pair of eyes like poisonous snakes stared at him in the dark, which made the man dizzy for a while.

The voice on the yin side continued: "There may be someone who has heard of the name of Jinyiwei at your feet. ”

He fiddled with the artifacts in his hand one by one and said: "This is the torture instrument of Jinyiwei, this is the nail finger, this is the brain hoop, this is the brush spider... If you don't move, you will be stripped naked and pressed on an iron bed, poured hot water on you, and then while it is hot, this iron brush full of iron nails will scrub vigorously where you have been burned, and slowly brush out the white bones! ”

The man's body trembled violently, and with a "snap", a book was thrown in front of him, and a stern voice said: "As a scribe of Taiyuan Deputy General Zhang Gongwei, you should be loyal to the country, but now you are aiding and abusing and assisting him to capture the enemy. Remember clearly one by one on the book, if you recruit them one by one, report and make meritorious contributions, Ningbei Bo is benevolent, and will definitely spare your dog's life, if you dare to resist, hum! Whether you want to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, or stubbornly resist the loss of life, give you a quarter of an hour to consider! ”

As soon as the voice fell, the man fell to the ground and kowtowed desperately: "The villain is willing to move, the villain is willing to move." ”

Soon after, Huang Wu, the head of the inspection department, who had been standing quietly in the dark, got a detailed transcript, he looked at it with a blank face, and ordered the man to be escorted to the inspection department's cell.

After the man was escorted away, he only heard Qiang Ye say lightly: "Next." ”

Soon after, another obese man, trembling all over, was escorted into the house. A dozen adulterers have been interrogated by each of them in the house today, and they may be busy until late at night in the next few days.

In Taiyuan City that day, the deputy general Zhang Gongwei walked back and forth in his house, like an ant on a hot pot. Several of his henchmen disappeared out of thin air, and some important books also disappeared, which made Zhang Gongwei feel that things were not good.

He conspired with everyone to participate in the strike~ The city has always been calm on the Governor's Palace, but the calmer Liu Juntao is, the more worried Zhang Gongwei is.

The storm is always calm before it comes, but then there is a storm, Zhang Gongwei has lived in officialdom for a long time, relying on observing words and feelings, and he faintly feels that the power behind the calm of the Governor's Mansion is huge.

Ning Beibo is not moving now, but once he moves... Even if everyone at the meeting was loud, were they Ning Beibo's opponents?

The henchman disappeared, indicating that Ning Beibo had already started to do it. The future must be thunderous, and Zhang Gongwei, who has studied Liu Juntao's starting experience, can already be determined.

At this time, Zhang Gongwei suddenly regretted it very much, why did he have to wade into this troubled water? Even if it's your own uncle, you can completely avoid it, so why do you have to get involved?

With Liu Juntao's ruthlessness and unscrupulousness, it is good that he doesn't want his family to be ruined in the future.

Zhang Gongwei walked around the house for a long time, and suddenly gritted his teeth, and a hideous look appeared on his face: "Dead Daoist friends don't die poor Dao, uncle, don't blame me in the future." ”

He drank a servant: "Prepare a horse for me quickly." ”

Two days later, in the evening, Zhang Gongwei secretly went to the Shanxi Governor's Mansion and saw Liu Juntao, only to see him kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly: "Duxian, the villain is blinded by lard, the little one should die, the little one should die... The villain wants to atone for his sins, I want to report, I want to report! ”

On the third day, the governor's palace announced that the deadline had passed, but not a single shop in the city had opened, and no merchant had surrendered to the general's palace......

In fact, some small shops were afraid of the notice of the General's Mansion and secretly opened their doors, but then they seemed to be robbed and smashed by some hooligans and ruffians, and the shopkeepers were beaten.

After such a few incidents, the facades of the cities were still depressed, and every household was closed.

Of course, the streets of the city are still full of people, and those with a discerning eye can see that most of them are officials and generals, merchants, family slaves, etc., as well as a large number of local ruffians.

They gathered in groups of three or five, either shouting loudly or holding a large number of anonymous posters, and continued to post posts all over the city.

In front of the mansions of the local government officials and guards, at this time, there was a large number of people and a large number of businessmen petitioning.

Xuezheng Zeng Shuxian and others from Datong Zhencheng Academy went out again, and led hundreds of students with Wu Yuan and others to fiercely discuss the scourge of business taxes.

After a few days of operation, the petitioners of the city of Ba~ entered the formalization, and a large number of banners were arranged in the venue in front of the two ya, as well as many tables and chairs for students and businessmen to enjoy and sit in. There is also a theater troupe next to the venue, which is convenient for everyone to relieve their stress and drowsiness when they are sleepy.

As before, there were no soldiers on the streets of Datong Town, and no officials came out to convene the city and persuade the people.

When the petitioners poured into the prefect's yamen and the residence of the chief military officer of Datong Town, the prefect of Datong and the chief military officer of Datong Town, Xue Tong, once again stated their opinions a few days ago, after which the two returned to the yamen to rest and never show up again.

It has been five days since the city of Ba~ and there is still no substantial movement in the Shanxi Governor's Mansion in Datong Town, although he said murderously on the notice, but only heard the sound and did not see the movement.

This situation made everyone in the city secretly breathe a sigh of relief, it seems that Liu Juntao is just talking, and he doesn't dare to do anything to everyone.

Also, this is the joint action of all businessmen and businessmen in Shanxi, representing the popularity of the people in Shanxi, even if Liu Juntao is unscrupulous, how dare he oppose the entire scholarly and merchant class in Shanxi Province?

Zhang Yongxiang, Wu Yuan and others were proud, as long as everyone held on for a few more days, Liu Juntao would definitely give in.

At this time, it was Wu Yuan who was giving a speech, and his generous speech aroused the cheers and applause of everyone present.

Wu Yuan spoke for half an hour in one breath, his mouth was dry and he drank tea to moisten his throat, he coughed lightly, and was about to continue his speech.

At this moment, suddenly there was a tsunami-like voice from the east side of the city: "Wan Sheng! ”

The sound reverberated through the city, and the whole city was immediately quiet.

Then the ground seemed to tremble faintly, like the sound of a large group of people marching in unison.

Like a wolf rushing suddenly, the slaves and ruffians who had gathered in various streets rushed back one after another, and several people clamored: "The Tiance army has entered the city, with complete armor and stomachs, and there are tens of thousands of people with knives and guns. ”

They suddenly appeared outside the city, holding the written order of Liu Juntao, the governor of Shanxi and Ningbeibo, and the soldiers defending the city did not dare to stop them.

They're coming!

"The Shanxi Governor's Mansion wants to suppress the scholars and the people, how can this be good, please Zeng Weng, Mr. Wu hurriedly come up with a strategy!"

The officials and generals and the people of the merchant mansion were all talking and looking in a hurry, they were making a loud noise, all of them were dead-faced, and many people had already made up their minds to run!

Wu Yuan's face was pale, but he didn't expect Liu Juntao to dare to send troops into the city.

Zeng Shuxian's face turned pale, he coughed, and said: "Don't panic, don't panic, the old man doesn't believe it, under such a bright and prosperous situation, Ning Beibo dares to do such things as anger and resentment, and oppress scholars and people." Isn't he afraid of the chisel of the official and the iron pen of the green history? ”

Wu Yuan also said loudly: "Yes, I, we and others ask for the people's life, passionate and righteous, although they die and ignore it, the husband is also great in death and life, and the husband is more important than the community, that is, Liu Juntao oppresses the scholar to reward, we are calm and not afraid!" ”

His words caused a cheer, and Wu Yuan waved his hand and shouted: "I'll wait to reason with the Tiance army to see if they dare to brave the world's condemnation and slaughter merchants and scholars!" ”

The crowd flocked forward, and the merchants and students united as one, holding banners high, chanting all the way, and headed towards the east of Datong Town.

There are also a large number of house slaves and ruffians holding tiles and stones, or rushing in groups of three or five, or scattered around, and everyone walks in a mighty way!