The trip to Qingzhou lasted for more than a month, and it was still very rewarding for Gu Haotian, in addition to Qin Ming, Huang Xin, and Zhang Suo, these planned figures, Lu Fang and Guo Sheng were also unexpectedly recruited, although Hua Rong did not come over for a while, but there was no need to worry, Gu Haotian believed that it was only a matter of time.

After Qin Ming, Zhang Suo and others went to Liangshan, they were all shocked by the size and strength of the manor. After a few days of understanding and contact, they were also very impressed by the purpose of Liangshan Manor to continue the Yanhuang bloodline and protect the world of the Han family, so they willingly joined Liangshan's group.

Gu Haotian consulted with Wen Huanzhang and others, Zhang went to the Civil Affairs Department as the deputy director, Qin Ming, Huang Xin, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, and the 500 new arrivals from Qingfeng Village and Opposite Shadow Mountain were all trained in the training camp.

After everything was arranged, Gu Hao was relieved to discuss the recent situation with the relevant personnel. It has been more than a month since Song Jiang whistleblowered, and intelligence from various places shows that the relevant yamen in Tokyo City have received public notices from Yanggu County and Dongping Prefecture. According to Zhu Gui's urgent information, after receiving the letter, Captain Gao immediately asked the emperor to ask for troops to be sent to suppress it, but because Cai Jing thought it was not appropriate to be reckless, he temporarily ordered the Jeju Mansion to investigate. "The storm is coming! Now it's time to test Liangshan Manor, how did you implement our decision last time? ”

When he went to Qingzhou a month ago, the manor management office had issued a number of measures, and Gu Haotian took the opportunity to ask.

"The battalions of the escort team have strengthened their training, and the recruits in the early stage can enter the camp after half a month." Xu Guanzhong first reported on the situation of the escort team.

"The relevant personnel of Gujiazhuang have been recalled, and now only Liu Yuan has taken dozens of people to stay, and the Yuncheng Shilixiang Restaurant has also been changed, I asked Cao Zheng to take over as a businessman in the capital, and Gu Tao temporarily went to the Lijiadaokou Hotel. In the Jeju Poison Dragon Gang, Di Cheng and Ba Saburo have gained a firm foothold, and I have let Li Li enter the gang, just wait for the opportunity to get rid of the red-faced catfish. ”

When Gu Haotian was not in the manor, Wen Huanzhang was the de facto manager, and the three things he said were exactly what had been agreed before, and now they have been done, saving Gu Haotian a lot of energy.

"It's just the market at the entrance of the Li family, but it's a little troublesome!" Zhao Ding said with some concern.

"If the manor has the strength, it will naturally protect the peace there, and then we will run it at will, and who will not come in front of the interests. If you don't have the strength to hold it, no matter how good and big you do, in the end it won't be cheap for those corrupt officials. ”

Xiao Jiasui has always been tough and has a unique way of looking at problems. However, his argument won the applause of the leaders of the escort team present, such as Lin Chong, Yu Sheng, Zhou Yunqing, Ruan Xiaoer and others.

Gu Haotian also agreed with Xiao Jiasui's idea, so he ordered: "The Commerce Department and the Intelligence Department have released Fengsheng, and this year's Immortal Drunken Auction will be held at the Lijia Daokou, and it will be supplied in sufficient quantities and the price will be favorable." As long as these people are attracted here, they see all kinds of fruits, and the nature of profit-seeking by merchants, and they will not be able to refrain from coming at that time. ”

"It's a pity that the salt field has not yet landed, it seems that I have been going to Laizhou Bay recently, if I can occupy a few salt farms, I am afraid that in the future, black and white will compete to run to Lijia Road."

"This time, there is no need for the petty officials to go in person, just let me go, besides, there will be any disputes with the court in the near future, and the petty officials will sit at home."

Xiao Jiasui followed Gu Haotian to Qingzhou this time, and he didn't do anything, so he rushed to go.

And Wen Huanzhang, Zhao Ding and others also felt that it was better for Gu Haotian to stay in the manor temporarily. In the end, it was decided that Xiao Jiasui would lead the team, and the six battalions of sailors of Li Jun and Zhang Heng would be transferred, Jiao Ting would lead the seventh battalion of infantry, and Hao Siwen would lead the first battalion of cavalry.

In the next two days, Gu Haotian handed over the sea salt refining method he had originally written, as well as the locations of several salt farms along the coast of Qingzhou and Victoria in his memory, to Xiao Jiasui and Gu Tao, and carefully considered the relevant measures, and at the same time selected more than ten cronies to grant the refining method.

On October 1, Xiao Jiasui led the team to set off, and Gu Haotian and everyone were sent to the Golden Beach Pier.

However, as soon as the group returned to Zhonghua Hall, they saw Shi Qian hurriedly coming over with an envelope, which was an urgent letter from Jeju.

It turned out that Zhao Nengtan's Jeju Mansion received instructions from the imperial court to investigate the Yangsan Manor, and the newly arrived prefect ordered Huang An to take people to Liangshan to verify it recently.

It's time to come after all! After Gu Haotian and Wen Huanzhang watched it, they all felt that the time for a showdown with the imperial court was coming. Anyone who looks at the current scale of Liangshan will feel that it does not look like a manor, and only the water village on the golden beach is incomparable to the ordinary military village.

"The people of Huang An must not let them get close to the manor, otherwise there is only one way to openly confront them." Xu Guanzhong quickly realized the problem.

"Even if it is a confrontation, it is not appropriate to come forward with the manor at the moment, after all, it is justified for the government to come to inspect the territory, we will come out directly and do not take advantage of the righteousness, we must think of a way to make the officers and soldiers suffer, and it is good not to damage the reputation of the manor."

Zhao Ding's worries are very reasonable, if the world thinks that Liangshan has violated the rules and regulations, harbored evil intentions, and openly confronted the government, it will be greatly detrimental to the future development.

After a few discussions for a while, Gu Haotian put forward an idea of creating public anger and causing a civil uprising, and everyone's eyes lit up and they felt good, so after thinking about it, they summoned the relevant personnel to deploy.

Let's say that Huang An, the envoy of the Jeju regiment, was originally a drunken man, and after receiving the order of the prefect on this day, he was overjoyed, and he had heard for a long time that the manor of the ancient petty official was extremely rich, but this time it was a big fat difference.

The next day, Huang An rushed to Yuncheng County with 50 or 60 people, and then led the way by Zhu Tong, the governor of the governor, and took several boats collected to Shijie Village on the other side of Liangshan. It was evening, and Huang An thought that it was getting late, so he ordered to rest there.

At that moment, dozens of sergeants went into the village to look for a house to eat in the name of an official errand, and the chickens and dogs jumped up. However, the most coincidental thing is that there happened to be a family in the village that day, and after a sergeant saw it, he immediately thought of Huang An's hobby and hurriedly ran to report to Huang An.

Not long after, a group of officials came to Shijie Village, a family that married relatives, and it was Huang An who took the lead. I saw him swaggering into the house, and in front of everyone's eyes, he actually poked his head into the new house, but the slender bride was startled.

"Hey, hey! Yes, I didn't expect the lord to have a good fortune tonight. ”

Huang An's heart rose when he saw it, and he never left after being at home. Zhu Tong persuaded a few words on the side, but he was scolded, so he had no choice but to leave.

At the end of the night, a fierce quarrel broke out in the family of the marrying family in Shijie Village, and then the news of the officers and soldiers insulting the daughter-in-law of Ruan Laojiu's family spread throughout the village, and the people of the whole village were filled with righteous indignation, and each took his own besieged him.

Huang An couldn't imagine that the local people were so fierce, and when he fled in panic, he was pressed to the ground by several people and cut off one of his ears. By the time Zhu Tong led someone to pick them up, Huang An's face was covered with blood, and only more than 40 people came out. Huang An was furious and took his men back to Jeju overnight.

Early the next morning, the news that Jeju officials had spent the night in Seokjie Village and ruined their newly married women quickly spread to all corners of Yuncheng County, and even the streets and alleys of Jeju Prefecture were also spread everywhere.

And Huang Anmeng was unwilling to give up on this humiliation, but he couldn't make a scandal to himself, so he lied in front of the prefect that Liangshan Manor violently resisted the investigation and asked to lead troops to clean it up. The prefect was suspicious of Liangshan Manor, and saw that Huang An's blood had not dried, so he immediately responded.

However, not long after Huang An left the palace, the information of his blame for Liangshan and the communiqué's personal vendetta was spread again, and when he mobilized more than 1,000 soldiers and nearly 100 ships to kill Shijie Village, his ugly deeds were already known to passers-by.

In Shijie Village, news of officers and soldiers entering the nest has been coming in the past few days, and people from all walks of life have come to investigate the truth of the day. By the time Huang An led the army to kill, there were already many people in the rivers and lakes and idlers around the village.

At about midnight that day, the Jeju officers and soldiers viciously killed the entrance of Shijie Village, the people in the village had no way to retreat, but rose up to resist, the whole village men, women and children used the water network to facilitate the fight with the officers and soldiers, but after all, the strength was very different, and they were gradually surrounded on a lonely island.

That Huang An stood at the entrance of the village and looked at the villagers who were retreating and couldn't help laughing proudly, he intended to stand up in front of everyone, and when he gave an order, the whole village suddenly burst into flames and thick smoke billowed into the sky.

"Such officers and soldiers, what a bandit!"

"Bandits robbed, there is still a line left, this officer and soldier are not even as good as bandits!"

"Forcing the people to rebel is nothing more than this, pity a village of old and young!"

……

Huang An's brutal behavior caused people from afar to be indignant, but they were helpless.

When the villagers on the lonely island were in danger, they saw more than ten fast boats sailing in the water, and there was a small official with a jade tree facing the wind standing on the bow of the boat, and he shouted from afar:

"Huang Tuanlian, stop hurting innocent people, everything is easy to say."

At this time, among the people who watched was Gu Haotian, who recognized him, and when he appeared, there was a lot of discussion.

"Oh! The ancient officials are here, and the old and young in this village may be saved. ”

"It's worthy of the jade-faced Meng Wei, even if you dare to come to such troubled waters, I'm afraid it will be troublesome in the future."

"That officer and soldier are gaining power now, and they may not be able to give face"

……

But that Huang An was really arrogant, but he pointed at Gu Haotian and scolded loudly:

"This official clears out the Diao people, takes care of your bird affairs, and besides, you are not a good thing, and the old man will have to clean up your broken manor when he is free."

Huang An's reply caused an uproar among the crowd watching for a while.

"Dare to love this guy's original idea of beating the manor of the ancient little official, no wonder he came to this small fishing village where birds don't."

"In this world, no one can live in peace! This ancient petty official took over the people to build a manor, and it didn't take a few days to live a good life, and some people were red-eyed. ”

"It depends on the temperament of this little official, if he is wronged, there will be no jade face in the rivers and lakes in the future."

……

"Lord Huang, if there is anything illegal in my manor, although I came to investigate, the innocent people and children in this village beg to be spared." At this time, Gu Haotian opened his mouth to save him again.

"Hey, hey! You kid can't protect himself, and you still have time to take care of others, get out of here, or I'll clean up with you. ”

"Lord Huang, the officers and soldiers have lost money, and my manor is willing to make up for one or two, but I beg to let the people of this village go."

"Just put the money in your manor away, and the official will take it and get out of the way."

Huang An's words were already naked, and everyone watching from a distance was in an uproar.

This is, Gu Haotian seemed to be angry, and he straightened up and said loudly:

"Huang Tuanlian, I don't care about how your Jeju officialdom plotted against my Liangshan Manor for the time being, but I am in charge of the people of this village, otherwise I will have no face to face the four sons of the jade-faced Meng Wei sent by friends in the rivers and lakes."

and said Gu Haotian's angry words, which immediately aroused the applause of the people who were watching. But Huang An was annoyed and angry, and he immediately ordered an attack on Gu Haotian and the others.

However, Liangshan's ships were not easy to deal with, as soon as the two sides came into contact, the officers and soldiers overturned several boats, and the besieged people seemed to see hope, and immediately became brave, and dozens of men at the head slashed and stabbed, and instantly put down dozens of officers and soldiers.

In this way, the two sides struggled for nearly an hour, and the remaining officers and soldiers were helpless against a group of villagers and more than ten boats from Liangshan. Not to mention the rising number of casualties, even the ships have been seized more than a dozen times.

Huang An shouted angrily, picked up a spear and jumped on the bow of the boat to kill Gu Haotian, but before the boat could go two feet, I saw a strong man flash out of Gu Haotian's side, and fired a bow and arrow at Huang An, only to see the iron helmet on his head suddenly penetrate. Huang Anpo's powerful force overturned him in the cabin, and he was suddenly scared into a cold sweat, and he no longer dared to go into battle.

After half an hour, the officers and soldiers had been completely defeated and retreated, Huang An saw that the situation was not good, gathered the remnants of the defeated soldiers and fled in embarrassment, and the people of Shijie Village wanted to chase after them, but they were persuaded by Gu Haotian's kind words.

At the time of the pillar incense, the war was over, and everyone in the audience was impressed by the heroic appearance of the people in Liangshan, and they gathered around.

Gu Haotian said in a timely manner:

"Friends, please testify, my Gu Haotian and Liangshan Manor have always helped the poor and treated people with benevolence and righteousness, but today everyone has also seen and heard that some people can't see us doing good deeds and good deeds, and don't want us to live a peaceful life, sweeping Shijie Village, it's just Xiangzhuang dancing with a sword, but its purpose is Liangshan, the Pei Gong. I hereby swear that I, Gu Haotian, all the people of my Liangshan Manor, as long as there is a breath of air, will never stop supporting justice, and the heart of punishing the evil will never change. ”