Taiping Bridge.

Wu Yangchun stood at the west end of the bridge, looking at Huizhou City opposite without tears.

He escaped again.

But it can't be said to be an escape, his home was not in Huizhou City.

He is Xinan, which is also the west of modern Huizhou District, and a large number of such top families in Huizhou do not live in the city, but gather clans and live in the countryside. After escaping back to Huizhou before, he immediately rushed to Xiuning overnight for help, and the cavalry was found by him, and then he ran to Tunxi to gather the men there, and then returned from Tunxi, but he didn't expect to encounter the fall of Huizhou.

He's lucky.

Those in the city were not so lucky.

At the gate opposite him, the fleeing gentry were crying and swarming out......

And then they were out of luck.

There is still a distance of about twenty or thirty zhang from the city gate to the Taiping Bridge.

It is also the confluence of Xin'an River, Lianjiang River and other rivers, and the converging river water forms the main stream of Xin'an River in the downstream Yuliang Dam, and the importance here lies in this, because after boarding the boat in Yuliang Dam, the next thing is a total of 330 miles of drifting, the end point of this big drift is Yanzhou Fucheng, that is, Jiande, and then start to go straight to Hangzhou.

At this time, a large number of Diao people supporting bamboo rafts and boats floated over from upstream, and they all spontaneously came to help Song Qi attack, but Song Qi did not wait for them.

They landed in the vicinity of the Taiping Bridge, and happened to collide head-on with the fugitive gentry.

O fat sheep delivered to the door!

These fleeing gentry all have large bags and small bags, and at a glance they know that they are full of gold, silver and jewelry, and basically there is no protection, what is this not a fat sheep? Seeing them, the Diao people almost cheered and flocked up. An old countryman was so frightened that he suddenly lay on the road, and the bag of jewels in his arms was all spilled out, flashing in the sun, and he wanted to paddle it, and then a Diao Min arrived, raised his foot and kicked him aside......

"My baby!"

The old man struggled to pounce back.

It looks like a grunt that pounces on a ring.

The jewellers across from him didn't care about him, and one of them kicked him away with a casual kick, and he wanted to continue to tuck over and pull the jewels all over the floor, but then a man stepped on his back.

He screamed.

Then another person stepped on it.

Like a toad being trampled on, he raised his head again and screamed, and then the third man stepped on it, and he kept screaming like a toad in the trampling, but the sound became smaller and weaker. And the people who rushed by him scattered the fleeing gentry at once, and a few who still wanted to resist were immediately drowned in the group beating, and some of them simply fled south when they saw that the situation was not good. But at this moment, more people from the direction of Yuliangba flocked to this side, and the entire team of fleeing gentry was completely dispersed, and between the city wall and the river bank were full of gentry like mourners, and behind them were the chasing people, and soon they were knocked down one by one and the gold, silver and jewelry were robbed.

They were left sitting on the ground, weeping heartbroken.

"I'm all gone!"

Wu Yangchun sighed.

Of course, he actually wanted to say that the silver was lost.

Although the Wu family is not in the city, they still have an industry in the city.

As a person who originally took out 50,000 taels to bribe Tian Ergeng in order to save the family business that was remembered by 9,000 years old in history, his family's industry in the city is not small.

"Baichang Gong save me!"

At this time, one of the villagers rushed away from the interception and rushed all the way to the Taiping Bridge, shouting at Wu Yangchun as he ran.

But then he was pounced on by the men behind him.

He struggled to hold on to the small box he was holding......

"Baichang Gong!"

He continued to cry out for help.

However, his voice was already very weak here, at least Wu Yangchun and the people around him didn't think they could hear it, and it was said that this bridge was seventy or eighty zhang long! How can anyone speak so far, and it's not a demon like Yang Rei, in short, everyone hasn't heard anything, and if they don't hear it, they don't hear it.

"Wang Gong, this is not good.

As long as Yang Xin doesn't want silver, he doesn't use money for those who take the initiative to submit, but these Diao people want everything!

Don't talk about silver, they all want it!

In the end, peace is the most important thing!

Whether it is our land or silver, it is only useful in the peaceful and prosperous world, if there is no peace, the land and the silver are the things that urge life. Now we can't control this situation, and the court has no ability to take care of us at this time, Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Shun's agreement is to sell us, they won't care about it here, and only Yang Xin can restore peace and keep us.

He wants the land, so let's ask for it!

We Hui people are all in business.

In the end, none of us are telling the truth, we have to rely on those fields to survive.

But if you continue like this, you won't be able to live. ”

Wu Yangchun said in a low voice.

Next to him, the leader of the Xiuning gentry, Wang Xian'an, the old eunuch, sighed.

Indeed, Yang Xin only collected the land for those who took the initiative to surrender, and would not even rob the property, even if it was those in Zhaoyi City, and later returned to the gentry like real estate or something, as for the gentry who would not live, that had nothing to do with him. And he encourages industry and commerce, and will also help, this traitor's ability to play this is obvious to all, basically his control area, industry and commerce will soon become prosperous.

He was only forbidden to annex land, not allowed to grow cotton, and restricted silkworm raising, but for mining and running factories, and engaging in shipping, these were completely liberalized, and the things that were forbidden by the imperial court in the past were casually done under his control.

Not even a gold or silver mine.

As long as you pay taxes, industry and commerce can be done as you like.

It is precisely because of this that although the gentry who have confiscated the land by him are still scolding him, it is limited to a few scoldings, and no gentry will resist because they cannot survive under his rule.

On the contrary, they are all living well.

For example, the gentry who surrendered in Wuxi, at this time, while scolding Yang Xin, while enjoying the relaxed environment he created, especially the support of the advanced financial system, while shouting that life could not go on, while still living a taste, quite a bit of pain and happiness.

Although they lost their land, because of the stable order under Yang Xin's control, the encouragement of industry and commerce, the clean and efficient government, and especially the greatly increased purchasing power of the common people, these industrial and commercial families not only did not collapse because of this, but quickly adapted to the new situation. In the final analysis, in an environment that does not restrict industry and commerce, or even supports them, and does not treat businessmen as fat sheep, as long as there is capital, business networks, and technology controlled in their hands, it is not difficult to make a fortune and live a good life.

Taking the Hua family as an example, they did lose hundreds of thousands of acres of land, but the Hua family's collection of books accumulated over hundreds of years, those printing factories, and the outside business channels are all there.

They can't really take rent.

But they can still rely on these preserved days to live a fine life of fine clothes and food.

They are still rich.

Yang Xin does want land, but he can also ensure order while asking for land, and can also give the respect and support that businessmen dream of, and ensure that businessmen will not be knocked out by corrupt officials.

In the final analysis, the families of Huizhou are not pure land gentry.

None of them are dependent on the land.

Losing their land doesn't really hurt them severely.

But now?

Nothing!

There will definitely be no land, no silver, no more lives, after this chaos, I don't know how many wealthy families have been erased, and this is just the beginning, if the chaos continues, the order completely collapses, and more people will die at that time. It would be nice if the gentry could put an end to this chaos, but the current situation is that they are simply not capable of solving it, and even if they continue to drag it on, more and more places will be burned by this fire.

All the gentry will be reduced to ashes in the flames.

There is no other way.

Either go and surrender to Yang Xin and ask him to restore order and hand over the land to keep the rest, or wait for this fire to burn on his head and burn everything and even his life.

This multiple-choice question is not difficult to do.

"Old decay go to Congshan Pass!"

Wang Xian'an said slowly.

As he spoke, two lines of tears flowed down his eyes.

"I don't understand, how did this Ming become like this, are we wrong, or is this world wrong?"

He said indignantly.

After saying that, he walked away on crutches and hatefully.

Wu Yangchun silently looked at the other side, the struggle of the village sage who gave up his life and money finally angered the two who robbed him of the box, and the two of them simply lifted him up and threw him directly off the bridge. But even so, the village sage was still holding the box in his arms, and he just held the box like that, screaming and falling into the water of the Xin'an River.

Wu Yangchun sighed.

This is the consequence of sacrificing one's life and money.

And at this moment, Wu Wenjie ran over in a panic on a horse.

"Master, master, a group of Diao people went to Xinan!"

He shouted.

Wu Yangchun's face changed instantly.

"Quick, go back!"

He yelled.

Immediately afterwards, he got into the sedan chair, and then surrounded by Wu Wenjie and a group of cronies, he rushed towards the south of the river in a panic.

The remaining gentry who followed them and were ready to go to Huizhou to rescue stood there looking at each other, and then left one by one with their cronies, and the chaos continued under the city of Huizhou behind them. Even in the city of Huizhou, there has been billowing smoke, it is obvious that in such chaos, order will inevitably get out of control after all, after all, there are too many rich people in the city, and it cannot be expected that order can be maintained at this time.

At this time, the fire of this prairie fire was still burning in this narrow basin that was actually no more than 100 miles long from north to south and no more than 20 miles wide from east to west.

and even spread outward.

Wu Yangchun did not escape after all, and when he hurried back to Xinan, the Wu family was already overwhelmed by the reveling tenants and slaves, and on the way to Xiuning, he was recognized by several militia routs, and then shot and killed by these men who robbed him of his belongings.

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