Huashan, Wangshun Mountain, Lishan Mountain in the east, Caishan Mountain lies between the Yellow River and Luoshui, Taibai Mountain, Zhongnan Mountain in the south, Qishan Mountain and Chencang Mountain in the west, Yaoshan Mountain and Huanglong Mountain in the north. The majestic mountain range stretches like a natural city wall around the 800-mile Qinchuan River. This place is the essence of Guanzhong, the terrain is flat, the ditches are vertical and horizontal, known as the granary, two-thirds of the grain in Guanzhong are produced from the plain with Chang'an as the center.

After the prosperity of the Xia Kingdom, more than ninety percent of the workshops are alive in the narrow area of the former Gyeonggi Province with Chang'an as the center, there are canals and galloping roads extending in all directions, and the silk, cotton cloth, woollen wool, preserved meat, porcelain, blades, farm tools, and clever things made in Guanzhong are exported to all parties, and the white cotton of the Western Regions, the dried coal of coal meat in northern Shaanxi, the mink wool of Mobei, the brocade tea of Shudi, the salt of Qingtang, the porcelain silk silk of Bianluo, and the medicinal materials and spirits of Liao are all gathered here, or enter the workshop, or continue to be transferred to all sides by the caravan.

Hundred years of accumulation, so that the Guanzhong people have restored the self-confidence of the world, in the people, skilled craftsmen are everywhere, everywhere to eat meat and drink wine loudly to be proud, women to be full and fat as well, foot binding is not good, in addition to the regimental training army twice a year in the review, but also the bow and arrow club, the sword and gun club, the iron cavalry club and so on. The imperial court has not used troops in Guandong for a long time, but the argument of restoring the majesty of the Han and Tang dynasties has been brewing. Chang'an was dissatisfied with the status of the eastern capital, and several times pushed for the royal family and the five prefectures to move eastward, and the troops stationed in Guanzhong did not fight, and they also practiced at all times, grinding their minions like a tiger trapped in a cage.

Guanzhong is adjacent to the Great Song Dynasty, and to the east of Hangu, 150,000 soldiers from Luoyang are threatening Guanzhong. It also caused the Guanzhong people, especially the Guanzhong sergeants, to be psychologically hostile to the Kanto region. From generals and lieutenants to ordinary sergeants, many of them were close to the merchants of Chang'an, and some even bought the bonds of large commercial houses to eat the interest on their debts.

Before it was dark, Zhou Tingzhi, the head of the Dongshi Chamber of Commerce, rushed to the iron barracks in Weinan County, where Qiu's workshop was located, on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, to implore the garrison to assist in restoring order in the autonomous area of the Chamber of Commerce. Captain Lu Dejing nodded briskly in agreement. Lu Dejing's battalion infantry is mostly the elite Mo swordsman in the Xia State Army, and the sergeants are all wearing heavy armor, and they are good at using two weapons, Mo knives and long-handled axes, which were originally used to deal with the enemy's cavalry, and they were used to deal with the apprentices.

"Thank you Captain Lu, for helping Dade today, my East City Chamber of Commerce is grateful, and there will be a good reward in the future." The look of gratitude in Zhou Tingzhi's eyes was indeed from the bottom of his heart. Although the thousands of city guards of the Chamber of Commerce, formed by the guards of various workshops, surrounded the Qiu Clan's workshop, the combat strength of the city guards was really worrying, not only was it not very advantageous compared with the workers, but they also cowered, and took the opportunity to talk to the merchants with great fanfare. Now the apprentices in each workshop are faintly unstable, and the owners of those workshops even came to Zhou Tingzhi to transfer the guards of the workshop back to suppress the apprentices.

"There is no need for this kind of reward," Lu Dejing said with a smile, "Although the workshop is an area of the Chamber of Commerce, it is also in the territory of Weinan County, the eastern capital where our battalion is stationed, and it is also the bounden duty of our battalion to maintain local peace." He gave the order as he put on his helmet and armor.

Outside the barracks, the iron armor was sonorous, and the sergeants in the battalion quickly beat their horses out of the camp after receiving the order, and notified half of the sergeants scattered in Weinan County to return to the camp as soon as possible and prepare to go out to quell the chaos. Although there were seven or eight thousand rebellious workers, and there were workshop walls to rely on, in Lu Dejing's eyes, these untrained rabble, a few archers in the battalion with several volleys of city guards, could kill some of the recalcitrant ones and force the front to disperse, and then the heavily armored Mo knife men stepped forward to chop melons and vegetables to crush all resistance.

"The enemy has no cavalry, and it's a pity to use elite Mo knife hands." Lu Dejing licked his lips while thinking, Guan Zhongjun hadn't seen blood for a long time, and there was a feeling of excitement in his bones.

The battalion of 500 people gathered quickly, Qiu's workshop was only more than two miles away from the camp, and the captain Lu Dejing did not ride a horse, and the sergeants were dressed in soft armor, carrying dozens of pounds of iron armor and Mo knives and other blades on their backs, and rushed towards the workshop where the movement was getting bigger and bigger.

Almost at the same time that Lu Dejing's camp rushed to Qiu's workshop, Yuan Xingzong, the Relief Bureau, also arrived on horseback, and he bowed his hand to Lu Dejing on his horse: "Prime Minister Liu Cheng has issued an order to give the subordinate officials full authority to deal with the chaos of the workers here, and also ask Captain Lu to restrain the soldiers, and Shao'an is not impatient." Behind Yuan Xingzong, there were also more than a dozen subordinate officials such as Chen Youyi and Fu Zhiren, except for some swords at their waists, they rarely brought other blades.

Lu Dejing frowned and took the pigeon book handed by Yuan Xingzong, there was a secret seal of the Prime Minister's Office urgent official letter, if it was forged, this Yuan Xingzong would have committed a capital crime. Liu Yi has gone through two generals, Anton and Anbei, with outstanding military achievements, and he is one of the ministers he admires the most in his life. "In that case," Lu Dejing muttered, "I'll just take a moment and wait to see how Lord Yuan will deal with it." He handed the pigeon book back to Yuan Xingzong, turned around and ordered, except for the sergeant who was on guard, the sergeant of the whole battalion put on iron armor and sat on the ground.

Zhou Tingzhi was anxious when he saw it, and stepped forward and said, "Saving lives is like fighting fire, Lord Yuan, what are you talking about, have you seen that the other guards of the shopkeeper Luo have been hijacked by these Diao people?" He scurried around like a headless fly, and when he saw Cui Qianqing, who had arrived a few minutes earlier, he jumped over as if he had a savior, and screamed: "Lord Cui, Lord Cui, you have to make decisions for us!" ”

Chang'an ordered Cui Qianqing's face to be cloudy, but he didn't expect the Prime Minister's Mansion to directly order Yuan Xingzong to deal with this matter. Some of the functions and powers of state and county officials are not directly interfered with by prime ministers according to convention, and although this incident of rebellion among workers is not within the scope of practice, it makes Cui Qianqing feel disgraced. He took a step back and said to Zhou Tingzhi: "Zhou Huishou rest assured, the Prime Minister's Mansion has an order, and this matter is fully responsible for Lord Yuan, and this official also believes that Lord Yuan will definitely deal with it properly." Cui Qianqing had already prepared a conscription order, mobilized 25,000 soldiers from the counties near Chang'an Prefecture to train 25,000 soldiers, imposed martial law in the whole prefecture, and controlled the chaos with the momentum of thunder, and only asked eleven civil protectors from the prefecture to sign it. After learning that Yuan Xingzong was handling the matter, he immediately hid this official letter of conscription, and kept the idea of watching from the sidelines.

Although Yuan Xingzong was authorized to deal with the chaos of the workers and apprentices, he was only counted on by the two dozen or so subordinate officials of the Relief Bureau around him, and the third-class officials from Chang'an Mansion and Weinan County who came to obey the orders were not easy to use. Weinan County Ling Tan Huikai looked nervous, like an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth, seeing Yuan Xingzong and Cui Qianqing arrive, he walked up quickly, and asked, "Two adults, when will you start to quell the chaos?" ”

"Quelling the chaos?" Yuan Xingzong's eyes lit slightly, and he asked in a deep voice, "Why did this matter start, can you find out the reason?" ”

"This," Tan Huikai's face froze, and he said in a low voice, "Those Kanto people shouted that the Qiu Dong family in the workshop owed the wages of more than a hundred due apprentices. When they were making a fuss, the guards panicked and shot a man with an arrow, and then the chaos was out of control. Now the workers want the proprietor Qiu Darui to come out and speak, and the court also wants to promise to send them to Shishan to receive the granted land, otherwise they ......" He was a little hesitant. "This guy is too arrogant." Some people hate it.

Cui Qianqing asked sharply, "Otherwise, what?" ”

"Otherwise, they will slaughter the shopkeeper and foreman of Qiu's workshop and return to Kanto." Tan Hui said stupidly. Even if this sentence was relayed once, he felt embarrassed.

"How bold!" Cui Qianqing's face turned pale, "Dare to threaten the imperial court!" He flicked the sleeves of his robe, turned to Yuan Xingzong and said in a deep voice: "Lord Yuan, you see how this matter should be handled!" ”

Zhou Tingzhi next to him also pleaded: "My lord, you must not let this group of lawless people succeed, now just because of the chaos here, the workshops around the neighborhood are a little unstable, if they let them fulfill their wishes, the traitors next to them will follow suit and compete to blackmail the proprietor, which will inevitably cause all industries to wither, and the foundation of Guanzhong will be shaken, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Yuan Xingzong glanced at him and said coldly: "This official has his own measure," and asked, "The apprentices on the owner side are all in the workshop, where is Qiu Darui, the owner of the workshop on the other side?" ”

"This," Zhou Tingzhi was a little hesitant. Next to him, Tan Hui said: "Dong Zhu Qiu went back to Kanto to urge the goods." Seeing that Yuan Xingzong's face changed slightly, he explained, "When I was leaving, I came to this county to do customs clearance documents. ”

Yuan Xingzong nodded and said in a deep voice: "The top priority is to calm down the chaos, not to get worse, everything will eventually be judged by the law." The official is responsible for the court, coordinate this matter, since this is the case, and send someone to shout to the workshop, if those workers have grievances to tell, the official can come forward to listen, if there is a side request, can also be said to the official in person. ”

The Zhuang Kuai of Weinan County trotted forward, and shouted at the wall of the workshop with a loudspeaker rolled up in thick paper, and after a while, news came from the front that the workers wanted to see the official of the imperial court. However, the Relief Department ordered Lord Yuan to only bring two people to listen outside the wall, and the officers and soldiers next to him were not allowed to come forward, otherwise they would shoot arrows and kill people.

Tan Hui hurriedly stopped: "Lord Yuan, these rebels are said to have killed two foremen, and it is dangerous to go. ”

Yuan Xingzong smiled slightly, and said to Cui Qianqing, the Chang'an commander beside him: "They are afraid of the official army and know how to plan for themselves, they are not crazy people, so the official will go forward and listen, so what's the matter." He ordered Chen Youyi, who was born in the Kanto Shigong, to accompany him to listen to the Kanto apprentices, and Fu Zhiren stayed in place to preside over the overall situation.

"Those apprentices have already detained more than 100 people such as the shopkeeper, but they are afraid of fraud, and adults should not go to the danger lightly." Fu Zhiren also persuaded.

Yuan Xingzong smiled slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zizhan has two sentences in making a fuss, do what you should do, and stop at what you can't stop. He paused, looked at Cui Qianqing, Tan Huikai, Lu Dejing, Fu Zhiren and other officials around him, and said slowly: "Today's events affect the fortune of the people in the world, and the hatred or hope left for future generations is all in your thoughts. This ruler is going to do what is possible, that my people may not be poisoned. He looked up at the blood-like scarlet clouds in the sky, and sighed: "Humans are not beasts, no matter what happens, you should remember Mr. Zizhan's later sentences, and you should stop where you can't stop." ”

Yuan Xingzong and Chen Youyi both went on foot, and the wide robes in summer looked particularly thin in the morning breeze, but their bodies were straight. The back, in the wisps of morning light, looks particularly tall and dazzling.

At this time, Captain Lu Dejing also received a military order from the marching department, and only five hundred sergeants were restrained to stand guard next to the workshop. He held the unsheathed horizontal knife and watched Yuan Xingzong and the two drift apart. On the horizon, thousands of morning rays of light are projected from the horizon, the boundless morning glow is like the sea surging, and the blood-red clouds have turned into countless phantoms, and it is like thousands of troops and horses are rushing forward.