Chapter Forty-Six: The Kidnappers Have Returned

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"Let's talk about it, the two of you, the lack of medicine and salt in Daozhou is definitely not something that happened suddenly today, why can't you find it out earlier and report it in advance?" Feng Shaoguang asked. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Subordinates are negligent, please punish the Holy King!" Huang and Wu confessed in unison.

"Holy King, the salt eaten by the people of Daozhou has a share of 30% of the supply of official salt, and 70% of the supply of private salt from Guangdong, but the official salt of the Qing Demon is monopolized by local salt merchants and mixed with river sand, and the quality difference is high. However, since Daozhou was occupied by our holy army, the official source of salt for salt merchants has been cut off, and private salt dealers from other places are also afraid of our holy army and dare not come to sell it, resulting in a shortage of salt in Daozhou City. Wu Ruxiao went on to explain.

"The Holy Army has only occupied Daozhou for less than a month, so the amount of private salt that has flowed into it shouldn't be so small, right? Besides, the official salt seized in our holy treasury was not taken out for sale? Feng Shaoguang asked.

"Back to the Holy King, it stands to reason that the inflow of private salt is enough for half a year. The smugglers from Guangdong deliver goods twice a year in spring and autumn, and now they have just delivered in February, so they should have stocks in March. ”

"Since you know that there is stock, that is, you also know that someone deliberately does not sell salt, resulting in a shortage of salt in the market?" Feng Shaoguang asked.

"Subordinates are derelict in their duties! The subordinates also found out this just now after being mentioned by the Holy King. ”

"Forget it, it's all a bunch of old brothers, don't play false. You could have done better, though. This time, they must have premeditated, and they can't blame you. Feng Shaoguang waved his hand, and then said: "However, if you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you make mistakes, you will be punished, which is the foundation of my holy army, so you will remove all the credit for the time you have entered Daozhou." Next time, if there is a next time, never be spared! ”

"Thank you, Holy King!" Huang Yiyun and Wu Ruxiao both breathed a sigh of relief. The Holy Sect and the Holy Army are the same as the original Taiping Army, the rewards and punishments are extremely clear, and it seems that the Holy King is indeed thinking that he is the old brother of the Holy Sect, and he will be punished lightly.

"Go back for a while, and pretend you don't know about it. Wait for this king to send a detailed investigation of the news, and then make a calculation! ”

"Subordinates obey!" Huang Yiyun and Wu Ruxiao retreated.

Feng Shaoguang also followed out of the room, and was about to go to the small garden in the backyard of the state government to take a walk, thinking about how to deal with it, Zeng Guanlan came in a hurry again.

"Holy King, there is a happy event!" Zeng Guanlan looked happy.

"Where does the joy come from?" Looking at Zeng Guanlan's cheap smile, Feng Shaoguang couldn't help but feel better.

"Holy King, Fan Ruzeng and Tan Tiyuan, the two boys, are back, waiting in the corridor of the state office, waiting for you to summon them."

"Oh, Guanlan, didn't I tell you, these two boys and Liu Shengbang, whoever comes back will come to see me directly, what are you waiting for, go! Did the target person bring it back?. Feng Shaoguang couldn't help asking.

"Don't worry, the Holy King has brought it back. Listen to that Fan boy, there is other news to report to the Holy King! Zeng Guanlan replied.

"Good! Guanlan, I just have something for you to do. You will find Liang Litai, in addition, in the future, you will arrest the affairs of the camp, as for Litai's side, he is not suitable for this, let's go to the battlefield, I will explain to him. Feng Shaoguang continued as he walked out: "You immediately send the brothers who stayed in Daozhou City to carefully investigate the medicinal herb shops, medicinal herb merchants, grocery stores, and private salt merchants in the city and suburbs, and find out why there is a shortage of salt, and who are doing ghosts?" Is there any connection with the Qing Demon? ”

"Guanlan obeys! It's just that, Holy King, when Guanlan first took over the fine camp, he encountered such a big event, why don't you let Litai help me finish the case first, and then transfer out of the fine camp, I don't know if it's possible? Zeng Guanlan said hesitantly.

"You kid! I knew to give him a sloppy eye. It's up to you! Feng Shaoguang knew that Zeng Guanlan was worried that he would offend Liang Litai, so he deliberately offered to let Liang Litai help, so as to fight for him to make up for it. Feng Shaoguang was also rarely confused, and it could be regarded as a step down for himself. After all, if there is such a big thing in Daozhou City, Liang Litai, as the commander of the fine camp, has not a trace of awareness and precautions, how can it be a dereliction of duty! However, his appointment as the commander of the fine battalion is also his own arrangement, and according to his personal wishes, he also prefers to go to the frontline battlefield to lead the troops, so he also has a certain responsibility.

Asked Zeng Guanlan to quickly make arrangements for the camp, Feng Shaoguang walked out of the front hall by himself, but saw several people standing in the corridor. Seeing Feng Shaoguang coming over, several guards hurriedly stepped forward to guard and separate the people.

"See the Holy King!" The two walked out of the crowd, and before they got close to Feng Shaoguang, they had already made a big salute.

It was Tan Tiyuan and Fan Ruzeng.

"Two brothers, hard work! Is it still going well? Feng Shaoguang asked with a smile on his face.

"Back to the Holy King, most of them were brought back smoothly. However, Jiang Zhongjun's family was found out by him and failed. The people brought back have now been arranged to rest in the courtyard next door to the state government! The two replied respectfully.

"Okay, brothers can return to Daozhou safely, this is the most important thing! Brother Tan and Brother Fan, you can accompany me to the reception hall to sit down and talk about the journey. Feng Shaoguang proposed. He knew that occasionally asking the middle brothers to sit with him was also a reward for these brothers, and it was estimated that these two people would talk about this matter for a long time in the future, which could be regarded as a means for him to win over the sect.

In the reception hall, Tan Tiyuan and Fan Ruzeng talked about the process of receiving the target person.

After Tan Tiyuan and others arrived in Xinning, they first found Liu Changyou's house in Jinshi Town, on the outskirts of the city, and under the pretext that their group was a soldier sent by Liu Changyou, they successfully took out Liu Changyou's blind wife, Liu's wife Li, his younger brother Liu Youqing and his four minor sons, and sent someone to Dong'an first. Jiang Zhongyuan's family is wealthy, with many families and considerable influence. Tan Tiyuan stepped on the point to observe, waiting for the opportunity.

Until a few days later, when he saw a group of family members going out into the city, Tan Tiyuan and a dozen other brothers hurriedly hired two carriages and came to Yangxi Village in the north of the county, first forcibly took Jiang Zhongyi's widowed mother who lived in the east of the village to the carriage, and then returned to Jiang Zhongjun's house in the west of the village, wanting to deceive that Jiang Zhongyuan was sent to pick up the whole family to Yongzhou Mansion.

On the third day, before entering the village, they were surrounded by the Jiang family's nursing home, Tan Tiyuan and others rushed out, and three brothers were injured. Helplessly, seeing that Liu Changyou and Jiang Zhongyi's families had been picked up, they went to Dong'an to meet and returned to Daozhou together.

Fan Ruzeng and the others pretended to be tea merchants, went all the way down the river, and arrived at Hengzhou Mansion first, and sent a fine work to inquire about the news of the Qing demon, and at the same time and the guards to find the whereabouts of Peng Yulin's old mother. Because Hengyang City is larger, it was impossible to find it for a while, and then he inquired about Peng's hometown Zhajiang Town outside the city, and finally found out the whereabouts of his old mother, and learned that Peng Yulin had a married wife in his hometown, but somehow he has now divorced. With Fan Ruzeng's cleverness and his underage age, he picked up the old man with a little coaxing, and did not go to Leiyang, but sent someone to take her to wait in a small town by the Xiangjiang River.

However, he said that he had made a detailed effort to inquire about the news in Hengzhou Mansion, and went all the way north to Hengshan Realm, and heard that the Taiping Army would join forces with Liling, Liuyang and other anti-Qing Tiandi congregations, with a total of more than 80,000 people besieging Changsha City, and Changsha was about to be broken at any time, and the news was in danger. Busy leaving a few people to continue to investigate, the rest of them are busy looking for Fan Ruzeng and them, and bring the news back together.

Fan Ruzeng and several guards went straight to Leiyang City, and it was easy to meet Peng Yulin, who was the shopkeeper, in a pawn shop opened by a wealthy merchant surnamed Yang, and coaxed him again, saying that his wife was suffering from a strange illness and had gone to a divine doctor in Daozhou City for treatment, so that Peng Yulin could scrape together some silver taels and rush to fulfill his filial piety. A half-old boy brought a token of his mother, but Peng Yulin didn't believe it.

Fan Ruzeng and the others were divided into two groups, but they smoothly brought the two of them all the way to Yongzhou Prefecture. happened to encounter Yongzhou City has been captured by the Taiping Holy Army, Fan Ruzeng was relieved to let the two groups of people get together, Peng Yulin and his wife met and found that they had been deceived, but they were already on the territory of the Holy Army, and there was an old mother in the hands of Fan Ruzeng, so he had no choice but to follow him to Daozhou.

After listening to the two of them, Feng Shaoguang suddenly remembered something. Historically, Peng Yulin was next year, because Ding Wei was at home, at the invitation of Zeng Guofan, he founded the Hunan Army Naval Division in Hengzhou with Zeng Guofan, purchased foreign cannons, and built big ships. Then he defeated the Taiping Army's Yangtze River Water Division step by step and became the commander of the Navy Division in the late Qing Dynasty. Together with Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang, he is known as the Three Masters of the Qing Dynasty, and is the founder of the Hunan Army Naval Division and the founder of China's modern navy.

So, his wife will die of illness next year? Feng Shaoguang couldn't help sighing, his plan to use Peng's mother to tie up Peng Yulin would come to naught.