Finally, the time was approaching, and the news of Hujiazhuang came. Zhao Shi earned Hujiazhuang and seized countless people.

According to Zhao Shi's instructions, Ji Xiancheng returned with Yu Zhilong's personal soldiers and told Yu Zhilong about the whole process and results of taking Hujiazhuang.

When Yu Zhilong seized Liujiazhuang, basically at the same time, Zhao Shi led a few skilled subordinates, dressed in government uniforms, and mixed into the village in the name of purchasing and eating in the village. Zhao Shi was careful, and this time he specially brought a messenger, this messenger named Ming Shijie, who was captured in the quarry. During the interrogation, Zhao Shi found that this person was relatively good in nature, and there were not many evil deeds, and he had been able to eat yamen food in the past two years by relying on the way of the clan, and he had been on duty in the quarry several times. Zhao Shi asked Mu Chun, because of his good surname, Ming Shijie had taken care of the old, sick and disabled coolies in private, and some of them couldn't stand the whipping of the house slaves because of the old illness, so they secretly begged Ming Shijie to ask the house slaves for a favor, because Ming Shijie had a relationship in the clan, and the house slaves gave more or less face. But Ming Shijie himself doesn't like to stutter, and several leaders of the government team see that Ming Shijie usually doesn't take the initiative to be filial, and he doesn't like it in his heart, and he often supports him to do errands.

Shi Tou was taken to Liujiazhuang by Yu Zhilong this time, and Zhao Shi had a conversation with Ming Shijie before leaving, and finally dispelled his concerns, and was willing to go into Hujiazhuang with Zhao Shi to investigate.

Because of the familiar face of Ming Shijie, he came forward to greet him, and the soldiers guarding the village gate did not carefully check Zhao Shiren and others. After some observation, Zhao Shi confirmed that Hu Jiazhuang was unaware and defenseless, so he had a plan, and after arranging a stop, he went to the Hu family's mansion and visited the Hu family master in the name of Shi Tou.

Shi Tou's name still has some effect in Hujiazhuang, and the old man of the Hu family heard that a messenger was sent by Shi Tou, and he did not delay if he had something to do, so he invited Zhao Shi and Ji Xiancheng to enter.

Zhao Shi pretended to be Shi Tou's rumor, saying that he had recently discovered that the quarry's drivers had moved abnormally, and they were privately connected in tandem, as if they were going to sabotage and make trouble. Originally, it was going to arrest its head and strictly control it, but when it came to discover, the coolies had secretly connected with most of them, and they were worried that if they were not handled properly, they would arouse public anger and be discordant. Second, the yacha have been very sick recently, and the leader Shi felt that his strength was not enough, so he sent a few subordinates to ask the Hu family and the Liu family to send some volunteers to the quarry to assist in the bombing. Because of the suddenness of the incident, Zhao Shi implored the master of the Hu family to quickly gather the volunteers and set off immediately, sooner rather than later, in case the quarry changed.

The old man of the Hu family saw that Zhao Shi's face was anxious, and he said it in an orderly manner, and he did not doubt him. According to Zhao Shi's instructions, Ming Shijie took out a hundred taels of silver from the package and handed it to the master of the Hu family, saying that it was the early gratitude of the head of Shi, and there was a generous reward afterwards, in fact, this silver was the private property of the house slave and Shi Tou seized by Yu Zhilong in the quarry.

The situation of the quarry, Master Hu heard a little, the people of the drive to make trouble and slack work happened from time to time in a year, the Hu family and the Liu family because of the proximity to the quarry, once there is something, the leader of the yacha is often the first to ask them for support, if the strength is still not enough, only to ask the county for help. Ming Shijie told Zhao Shi these details on the road, and Zhao Shi had this plan.

The Hu family has a lot of shares in the quarry, of course, they don't want to have a large-scale trouble, listen to Zhao Shi said that the situation is serious, since it is urgent, the old man of the Hu family ordered to call the leader of the Zhuang volunteers, and ordered him to immediately gather most of the volunteers, led by Zhao Shi, and rushed to the quarry.

Seeing that the sky was about to set, the leader of the volunteers hurriedly gathered most of his subordinates, about 100 people, prepared torches, held knives and guns, led by Zhao Shi and others, and went straight to the quarry.

The group set out, walked for six or seven miles, turned a mountain col, and the woods and grass beside the road were luxuriant, sometimes scattered. Zhao Shi led the way in front of a few people, saw the ground, Zhao Shi shouted, while the leader of the volunteers was unprepared, he drew his knife and cut it, the leader was ordered to rush to the quarry at sunset, and he was unhappy in his heart, but Master Hu sent him to do it, and he complained in his heart, and he didn't notice it, and was cut to the ground by Zhao Shi.

The volunteers behind were shocked, and in an instant, countless people came out on both sides of the road, raising swords and swinging sticks to surround them, and it was the night when the night was rising, and the volunteers did not know how many opponents there were.

The volunteers were all frightened, the leader was lost, there was no one to command, they fought separately, and the defeat was even more rapid. Zhao Shi shouted and encouraged his subordinates. Ming Shijie took the opportunity to shout: "Put down your weapons, those who surrender will not die!" Put down your weapons, and those who surrender will not die! ”

The fighting spirit of the volunteers had been lost, so they abandoned their weapons and surrendered, but none of them escaped the net.

Zhao Shi and others changed their weapons, left men and horses to guard the prisoners, led people to kill a horse gun, and the guards did not notice it, and they were broken into the door when they boarded, and hundreds of people fought with open fire and killed into Hujiazhuang. Because half of the volunteers in the village had been wiped out, the resistance was not large, and they could not effectively resist in a hurry, Zhao Shi led people to kill the Hu family's mansion, except for women, children, slaves, and maids, and killed the Hu family.

According to Yu Zhilong's instructions before leaving, Zhao Shi also strictly ordered not to enter the house without permission, and those who violated the order were killed! This time to capture Hujiazhuang, basically there was no unauthorized robbery, a few blind people, was discovered by Zhao Shi, on the spot military discipline, the rest of the cowardice.

After taking Hujiazhuang, Zhao Shi immediately picketed military discipline, arranged meals, and counted the seizures, just like Yu Zhilong. When Yu Zhilong's personal soldiers came to report all the battle conditions and results of Liujiazhuang. Zhao Shi decided that the troops would continue to rest and recuperate, and would not be dispatched for the time being, so Ji Xiancheng immediately returned with Yu Zhilong's personal soldiers and told Hujiazhuang the whole situation. At the same time, night patrols were arranged, and the villagers of Honjo were strictly forbidden to go out.

Yu Zhilong learned about Zhao Shi's results from Ji Xiancheng, and finally was completely relieved, so Ji Xiancheng went down to eat a full meal first, and then rested for the time being. All of tonight's objectives have been achieved, and the troops can rest here for the night.

It was not dawn. Yu Zhilong woke up early, washed up briefly, asked his relatives, and returned to the various departments in Daozhuang who were already having dinner. Before going to bed last night, Yu Zhilong had already ordered some of his own soldiers to supervise and cook morning dinner.

After all the troops had finished eating, Yu Zhilong asked people to sound a gong in the village to announce that all the heads of households in the village should gather in front of the street in front of the Liu family's mansion, declaring that the rebel army had captured the Liu family, and that the rebel army was sympathetic to the villagers' hardships and was willing to distribute acres and assets to the villagers. Anyone who attends will also receive a silver tael for free! After a while, the sound of gongs and shouts rang out all over the village.

When the sky was bright, hundreds of villagers gathered in front of the mansion, looking at these uninvited guests from yesterday, lined up on both sides of the gate, holding knives and guns, silent, the villagers were worried in their hearts, and they didn't know what would happen. Some farmers have recognized the origin of these people, mainly composed of quarry drives and coolies. The locals all know that they are subjected to inhuman torture in the quarry, and if there is no accident, it is estimated that sooner or later they will be confessed to their lives in the quarry. Now they participated in the rebellion, and they killed a lot of volunteers in Honzhuang last night, especially many children of the Liu family, the government will never give up, but I don't know how these rebels will treat their villagers.

Fortunately, each person quickly got three taels of silver, and when he found that these evil gods were still able to keep their promises, the uneasiness in his heart lightened slightly.

Yu Zhilong gathered the villagers and leaders outside the gate, saw that the people had basically arrived, took two steps forward, boarded a square table that had already been set up here, and said to the villagers: "Fellow villagers, we are not bandits and rogues, we used to be poor people who couldn't survive, and now what we are doing is killing officials and rebelling!" Do not be afraid, not only will we not harm the people, but we will do our best to protect you in this dark world! ”

Yu Zhilong ordered all kinds of account books in the village to be held in rattan baskets, baskets to the street, and ordered several Liu family's stewards and subordinates to classify them into stacks of decorations on the street, including land deeds, deeds of extermination, deeds of sale, pledge documents, etc. The subordinates randomly took the basic account books and read aloud the dates, signatories, and contents of these deeds, proving that these were indeed all kinds of contracts collected and kept by the Liu family.

When the villagers heard these blood and tears, they remembered what happened to them, and they were sad and confused, and they didn't know what Yu Zhilong was going to do.

"I have already discussed with the old man of the Liu family, and the old man of the Liu family is willing to take the initiative to end these debts and destroy these account books, and the debts of the previous villagers and all kinds of labor apportionments will also be invalidated! Next, please ask the master of the Liu family to destroy these account books by himself! ”

Yu Zhilong waved his hand, and two pro-soldiers came out from behind the gate with Mr. Liu, one pro-soldier handed Mr. Liu a torch, and the other pro-soldiers poured a few barrels of vegetable oil on these account books. Old Man Liu's face turned pale, he held a torch, moved to the front slightly, and personally lit stacks of account books under the eyes of hundreds of villagers. Soon the flames lit up, and the flames were more than a man high, and the villagers rushed to the front in surprise to see the books disappear with their own eyes.

Master Liu couldn't support it anymore, his legs were weak, he sat on the ground, and no one cared about him.

"The Liu family has been stealing in the village for a long time, not only to get rid of money, but also to collude with the county Yin and the county's Daru Huachi, etc., most of the land and mountains and forests in the village were forcibly taken away by the Liu family under various names, today I Yu Zhilong hereby declare that the Liu family's acres of land will belong to whoever owns it, and the village has no land for a while to receive a new title deed for free!"

"In addition, because the villagers have been working hard for many years and have accumulated wealth for the Liu family until now, there is no merit and hard work, I Yu Zhilong specially gave each family two horses of cloth and silk, three buckets of grain and rice, and each household is divided according to the head, regardless of age."

"Folks, I Yu Zhilong today not only laid down Liujiazhuang, but also laid down Hujiazhuang, in the future, there will be Linqu, take the benefit of the road, as long as I Yu Zhilong is here, you will not pay those harsh taxes in the future, and there will be no more those apportionment of labor. My soldiers Yu Zhilong are the backbone of everyone, no one can oppress our people, where there is injustice, we will fight wherever we go! If the landlord dares to take away our land and force us to sell our sons and daughters, we will raid his house and divide his land, cattle and sheep! If the Tartar court dares to come and kill us, we will rebel against him, lift the throne of the Tartar Emperor to him, and lay down a country of our own Han people! ”

"Last night, our army entered the village, and I have issued a military order that it is strictly forbidden to enter people's houses without permission and not to disturb the people. However, there are still some soldiers who violate our military orders. Here, I must give you an explanation! ”

As soon as the words fell, Wu Side took the lead in pressing more than 30 soldiers with their arms tied behind their backs to come out of the courtyard, pressed these soldiers on the street, lined them up, and made them all kneel in front of the villagers.