Fang Yuan's side dealt with Jing Jie and Liang Min, and the war to exterminate the Haisha Gang was nearing the end. Under the attack of land and water, the Longmen Wharf, the old nest of the Haisha Gang, only lasted less than three hours before being conquered by the Ming army.

Fang Yuan stayed at the Ganlu Temple on Beigu Mountain that night. Ganlu Temple is located at the top of the back peak of Beigu Mountain, which is the place where Sun Quan and Liu Bei formed an alliance and entered the sister Guhao.

The host of Ganlu Temple had already heard of Fang Yuan's name, and immediately vacated most of the monks' houses in the entire Ganlu Temple for Fang Yuan and his party to live. In return for the favor, Fang Yuan did not want to disturb the people, so he offered two hundred taels of silver for incense money.

At the next hour, Wang Bingjian, the prefect of Zhenjiang, had captured the lair of the Haisha Gang, leaving the commanders of the guards to clean up the battlefield, and only brought the previous forehead official Song Qing and the captured Haisha Gang leader Xu Bao to come to Ganlu Temple to report the battle situation to Fang Yuan.

In this battle to suppress bandits, the Ming army captured Xu Bao, the leader of the Haisha Gang, and the remaining hall masters of the Haisha Gang were killed, caught, and a total of 3,000 Haisha Gang gangs were killed and killed by 1,500 people, 1,200 people were captured alive, and 300 people escaped.

One hundred and thirty-six children were rescued, and 78 innocent children died in the war.

150,000 taels of dirty silver and 30,000 taels of smuggled salt were seized, equivalent to 300,000 taels of silver.

Fang Yuan listened to Wang Bingjian's report on the battle record, and he could be regarded as having wiped out the Haisha Gang, and even seized nearly 500,000 taels of dirty silver and private salt that Fang Yuan did not expect. It can be seen that Wang Bingjian is not greedy, even if there is embezzlement of silver from it, it is not a huge amount.

Fang Yuan was quite satisfied with his achievements in suppressing bandits this time, and said with a smile, "Governor Wang, this time is really hard!" ”

Wang Bingjian said humbly, "How can you work hard for the court and Fang Junmen?" However, the lower officer wants to ask Fang Junmen, how to write the report document for the suppression of bandits? ”

What he secretly refers to is whether to involve the Xuanjia Army, or to clear the relationship between the Xuanjia Army, just as a case in Zhenjiang Mansion to cover up the scandal for the Xuanjia Army.

This Wang Bingjian is really good at being an official, he knows what his superiors are anxious about, and thinks about what his superiors think.

Fang Yuan's consistent style is to have rewards and punishments, although Wang Bingjian is a mixed official, but that is due to the general atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, as long as he catches up behind his back, this person still has something to create. This time, he simply and neatly won the Haisha Gang, made a great contribution, and was more knowledgeable and knowledgeable to hide the scandal of the Xuanjia Army, and he must be rewarded.

Fang Yuan said loudly, "Xiao Yuan, take out the paperwork, I want to send the governor's paperwork." ”

Xiao Yuan hurriedly took out the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and prepared to record.

Fang Yuan said, "Wang Bingjian, the prefect of Zhenjiang, has made great contributions to the sea and sand gang that smuggled smuggled salt and killed the people. Wang Bingjian was specially promoted to the prefect of Zhenjiang and Changzhou, and the official was promoted to one level, which was from the third grade. ”

Since Wu Zhao, the prefect of Changzhou Prefecture, was exempted from official and exiled by Fang Yuan, the position of prefect has been vacant, and Fang Yuan directly promoted Wang Bingjian to the prefect of Zhenjiang and Changzhou this time.

Wang Bingjian was a blessing in disguise, and he was greatly grateful for Fang Yuan's promotion, and he was busy saluting and thanking him.

Fang Yuan glanced at the former magistrate Song Qing, who was an official with an upright character and a concern for the people, so he continued to order, "The former magistrate Song Qing is upright and strong, and he should be a model for all officials, and the special official will be reinstated and promoted to the governor of Zhenjiang Prefecture." ”

From the governor of the state government to the governor of the state government, it is an exceptional promotion that skips the ranks. Song Qing lost his official position, and he had already suffered the cold eyes and harsh criticism of his family and clansmen, Fang Yuan's sudden promotion gave him a chance to be reborn, he was grateful, and he knelt down with tears in his eyes to thank him, "Fang Junmen's kindness, it is difficult to protect the bones of the lower officials." ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Song Tongzhi, you don't have to break your bones, I just want to do my duty as Tongzhi and don't forget your original intention!" ”

Fang Yuan promoted Wang Bingjian and Song Qing, and ordered the two to go down, verify the parents of the robbed children one by one, and send them back to their families. If a child dies in the war, he will be compensated with thirty taels of silver from the money confiscated from the Haisha Gang.

After Wang Bingjian and Song Qing went down, Fang Yuan ordered Jinyi Wei to escort Xu Bao, the leader of the Haisha Gang, who had been captured.

Xu Bao, who was tied up with five flowers, was escorted to Fang Yuan, Xu Bao fixed his eyes, Fang Yuan, Qin Zhan, and Chigutai were all there, weren't they the Xi family who had come to the Haisha Gang to discuss the deal before?

Xu Bao didn't know the true identity of these people, and saw Liang Min, who was called a brother and brother, in the crowd, as if he had seen a savior, and hurriedly shouted, "Brother Liang, Brother Liang, help me!" ”

Liang Min is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself, and he is even more angry and annoyed that Xu Bao has been a traitor and has lost his military position in the Xuanjia Army, and he lowered his eyes and turned a deaf ear to Xu Bao's plea for mercy.

Fang Yuan sat leisurely on the chair, looking at Xu Bao, who was still flying and domineering before, but now he was like a lost dog, he smiled and asked, "Gang Master Xu, let me ask you again, is Governor Fang Yuan a good man and a woman?" Is it a fishy official? ”

Xu Bao said hesitantly in front of the Xuanjia Army, "This, this, I, I haven't said this." ”

Fang Yuan saw that he flatly denied it, and he didn't dare to do it, and smiled disdainfully, "Let me ask you again, did you really buy off Governor Fang Yuan?" ”

Xu Bao panicked and didn't know what to do, and pointed at Liang Min in fear and said, "Liang Min is the commander of the Xuanjia Army, and the Xuanjia Army is really my backstage!" ”

Qin Zhan scolded angrily, "Open your dog's eyes and take a look, sitting in front of you is Fang Yuan, the governor of the Ten Mansions!" You dared to point your gun at Fang Junmen before, are you tired of being crooked?! ”

Only then did Xu Bao know what trouble had happened, he was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy, "Governor Fang, I, I am not as good as a beast, and my life is cheaper than a pig and a dog." Governor Fang's daughter is noble, why bother to meet a pig and a dog, and spare my life! ”

Fang Yuan looked at Xu Bao's cowardice, his eyes fell on Liang Min and smiled, "Commander Liang, this is your brother who is a friend of life and death?" ”

Liang Min was so angry that he trembled, and pointed at Xu Bao with a waist knife in his hand and shouted angrily, "Liang is a good man, he is in the company of ants like you, and he is angry with me!" I'm mad too! ”

Fang Yuan smiled coldly and said, "Gang Master Xu, what you committed is the death penalty of Ling Chi, the capital crime of the Nine Clans. I give you one last chance, and if you know where the sin is, I will spare you the penalty of death by hanging instead, and I will pardon your family, and you will be the only one who is guilty. ”

Xu Bao trembled, and said in a slur manner, "I smuggled smuggled salt, and I deserved death, and I am willing to give all the smuggling proceeds to Governor Fang, leaving nothing behind." ”

Fang Yuan continued to ask, "What else?" ”

Xu Bao said hesitantly, "I have offended Governor Fang, and in the future, I will only be a dog of Governor Fang, and whoever Governor Fang asks me to bite, I will bite whoever I want, I just hope that Governor Fang will spare my dog's life!" ”

Fang Yuan asked again, "What else?" ”

Xu Bao racked his brains and couldn't think of anything else that had offended Fang Yuan, so he shook his head, "No, it's really gone." ”

Fang Yuan sighed deeply, as long as Xu Bao was willing to repent for the death of seventy-eight innocent children, Fang Yuan would also exempt him from Ling Chi's torture and give him a good time. However, from beginning to end, this Xu Bao did not think that robbing the children of the villagers was a crime.

Even the brutal Mongols did not kill children below the wheel, which shows that this person really exterminated humanity and should be cut with a thousand knives. This is the first time that Fang Yuan has resorted to the torture of Ling Chi since he ran Jiangnan, "A vicious dog that exterminates humanity, I am still worried about being bitten back!" Come! Drag him to the Jingkou Execution Ground, and tomorrow at noon, he will be executed in public! ”

When Xu Bao heard this, he was so frightened that he fainted, and was dragged down by Jinyiwei like a dead dog.

Fang Yuan's well-organized award was awarded, and when the punishment was punished, only Liang Min, who colluded with the Haisha Gang, was left and had not yet been released.

Liang Min made a fox friend by mistake, and lost face in front of Fang Yuan, and said dejectedly, "Fang Junmen, if I stay in the Xuanjia Army, it is also a joke, I will roll up and leave, and there will be a period later!" ”

Fang Yuan stopped Liang Min and got up and walked up to him, "Commander Liang, I arranged an errand that is more suitable for your temperament, let's go back to your old job!" ”

Liang Min was stunned and asked, "The old business?" ”

Fang Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, old business, after the war, the gang that incorporated the Haisha Gang continued to use Longmen Wharf as a base, and no longer sold illicit salt, but robbed the merchant ships that sold smuggled salt from the canal and the Yangtze River. The old rules, the stolen private salt, we will share half of it. ”

Liang Min suddenly realized that Fang Yuan was going to use violence to deal with the smuggling of smuggled salt by the people, and the sale of illicit salt was robbed, and no one could only suffer a dumb loss and did not dare to report to the official.

Looting for a living is his old business, not to mention that he still has an official license, robbing under the protection of Fang Yuan, and not to mention being bound by the cumbersome military discipline of the Xuanjia Army, Liang Min readily agreed, "Okay, everything is subject to Fang Junmen's arrangement." ”

Fang Yuan found Jing Jie again and explained the task, "The third child, the former Jinshan Wei Tongzhi Hou Chengzu, now the Xuanjia Army is appointed as a hundred households, and Hou Chengzu is promoted to the commander of the logistics battalion and takes over the position of Liang Min." You immediately go back to the Taihu Military Base, count the inventory of the Xuanjia Shengong, and check it with the factory accounts of the Changshu Arsenal. ”

"In the battle to exterminate the Haisha Gang, all the sergeants participating in the battle will be rewarded with two taels of silver and fifty catties of salt."