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As soon as the day dawned, as soon as the city gate opened, He Shaoyun entered the city. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

What he didn't expect was that not long after he went to find He Jianji, several brothers from the Fine Battalion each took two holy soldiers and directly smashed open his store that had not yet opened, and seized all the private salt in the back hall of the store and sealed it.

After a while, dozens or hundreds of nearby neighborhoods were organized and surrounded the He Ji grocery store, and a holy soldier who looked like a pawn jumped on a table and shouted: "Fellow villagers, in the past two days, have you noticed that this He Ji grocery store is gone, and the price is getting more and more expensive?" ”

"Yes, yesterday I secretly came to buy private salt, but the shopkeeper said that it was sold out, and said that there was only a share of three catties today, and it cost 2 yuan a pound of silver. We won't be able to eat salt anymore! ”

"Fortunately, my wife bought a pound of salt the day before yesterday and went back, and I scolded her for buying it too expensive!"

In the crowd, everyone was gossiping.

"It's a conspiracy! A conspiracy against our people in Daozhou! Our holy army received a report that a group of profiteers hoarded Chinese medicinal materials and private salt in the city, raised the price, and wanted the people of Daozhou to not be able to afford medicine and salt. The pawn commander stood on the table and continued indignantly, "For such a profiteer, do you think you should be arrested and killed?" ”

After speaking, with a wave of his hand, a group of holy soldiers took out more than fifty loads of coarse salt from the store and placed them at the gate of the grocery store.

"Knock, you have hoarded so much private salt, and you still say that there is no stock? This profiteer is really immoral, he should be killed! ”

"Fortunately, the Holy Army is aware of everything, otherwise we really can't afford to eat salt!"

"Arrest it, kill it!"

"It's okay to arrest it, just kill it, it's all from the villagers."

"How can such profiteers treat us as villagers? It's light to kill him! ”

At the entrance of the grocery store, the crowd was talking.

Behind the crowd, two figures stood there, it was He Shaoyun and He Jianji. He Shaoyun found He Jianji early in the morning and told him what happened, He Jianji was shocked, and hurriedly sent a team of holy soldiers to Dongmen Village to catch He Shaocai, who was still asleep, and happened to pass by the grocery store when he entered the city.

Looking at this scene, He Shaoyun was dumbfounded. He Jianji next to him pushed him and said, "Uncle Yun, now that the matter is over, I'm afraid you can't keep this grocery store." Come with me to see Master Chengxuan first, remember what I just explained to you, cooperate with the Holy Army, and strive to make some more meritorious contributions, and I will beg Zeng Chengxuan again, maybe there will be a turnaround. He Jianji, who served as the secretary of the temple, was more familiar with Zeng Guanlan.

At noon, at the entrance of the Daozhou vegetable market, He Shaoyun and more than a dozen other people were tied hand and foot tied and fell to the ground.

Knock knock, a few drum beats sounded, and a young man wearing a yellow scarf and looking like a scribe, surrounded by more than 100 holy soldiers, walked over. Seeing that there were more and more onlookers around him, the young scribe walked to the middle and shouted: "Fellow villagers of Daozhou, I have been ordered by the Holy King to try the case of hoarding medicinal materials and illicit salt in Daozhou recently, and now all the profiteers who hoarded and raised prices have been arrested. ”

Seeing that everyone's eyes were attracted, Zeng Guanlan shouted at He Shaoyun and the others who were kneeling in front of him: "You profiteers who see money, do you have anything else to say?" ”

"I'm not convinced! Why do you say that I am a profiteer, I am doing business in an upright manner, whether I want to sell or not, it's all my business! A stocky middle-aged man shouted.

"Yes, we are not convinced! You guys are grasping people indiscriminately, all the folks, they are all in charge for us! ”

"You bandits! Thieves! Arrest us good businessmen! ”

…… Several businessmen who were kneeling on the ground shouted one after another, causing the crowd of onlookers to point their fingers and talk about it.

"Shut up! You're all profiteers, and I'm a profiteer too! Suddenly, a roar came from the kneeling line.

But it turned out to be He Shaoyun kneeling in the middle!

"Fellow villagers, I, He Shaoyun, am not human!" He Shaoyun's face was full of remorse, and he cried bitterly and said: "I opened a He Ji grocery store in the south of the city, and the private salt I bought was 3 cents a pound of silver, and I could usually sell it for 5 cents of silver a pound, but I was still insatiable like them. A few of them found me, colluded with the Qing demon spies, and discussed hoarding private salt together, and wanted to raise the price to 5 yuan per catty of silver, so that the neighbors in Daozhou would take out all their belongings to buy salt and make a lot of money. ”

"That's not all, you, you, and a few of them, pigs and dogs are not as good! Mix sand with good coarse salt and sell it to the folks! Do you still have the face to say that you are a kind businessman? He Shaoyun scolded his peers beside him.

The onlookers roared and scolded angrily, holding vegetables and mud in their hands and smashing them on the profiteers who were kneeling on the ground.

"Profiteers! You deserve to be caught, you deserve to be killed! ”

"I didn't expect that Zhang Ji Grocery Store would do such a thing that lacked morality, and I exaggerated that the boss was a good person before!"

Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Zeng Guanlan stretched out his hands and pressed them to stop everyone's messy discussions, and said loudly: "For profiteers, our Taiping Holy Army will resolutely crack down!" But for honest businessmen who benefit their neighbors and serve the people, our holy army vigorously supports them! In the past few days, there is a pharmacy and two grocery stores, not tempted by the demons and spies, not moved by money, and still selling medicinal herbs and salt at the usual prices. Here are the three bosses of Yanshoutang, Li Si Grocery Store, and Wang Ji Grocery Store! ”

Out of the crowd came three middle-aged men dressed as shopkeepers, wearing a big red flower in front of them, and stood in front of them twistingly.

"On behalf of the Taiping Holy Army, I announce that three shops have been awarded the title of Honest Shops! Each shop will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver to reward you for your honesty and kindness in doing business! In the future, our Holy Army will give priority to purchasing goods in your shops! Zeng Guanlan announced.

The three shopkeepers immediately smiled and thanked each other! The Holy Army needs a lot of things, and it will bring them a lot of profits.

The three of them arched their hands and said: "The holy army is merciful, treat the people of my Daozhou as relatives!" The villain admires! He also said to the onlookers: "Folks, you don't know that the medicinal herbs and salt sold in our store yesterday and today were all transferred from the holy treasury by the Holy Army, so let's sell them to everyone at a low price!" ”

"Huh? It turned out that the Holy Army sold us their own things at a low price! ”

"I didn't expect that there really was such a good army. This holy army deserves our support! ”

"Go back and let my two boys join the Holy Army!"

Everyone discussed softly, and obviously, they all praised the Taiping Holy Army's approach.

Zeng Guanlan smiled and nodded, he was very satisfied with the performance of the three shopkeepers, it was worthy of meticulous work, and he didn't know what method to use to make these three shopkeepers cooperate so much.

After rewarding the shops that are very cooperative, the next step is to punish the shops that do not cooperate.

"For the remaining ten shops that collude with the demons, hoard goods, speculate, raise prices for profit, and lack conscience, I announce on behalf of the Taiping Holy Army that all of them will be seized and all the goods will be filled into the Holy Treasury! Then the Holy Treasury will come forward and sell it to all the folks at half price tomorrow! Zeng Guanlan announced.

"Great! There are bargains to buy! The onlookers of Daozhou cheered!

"Oh, you said that this long-haired army is too good at buying us people. Sold at half price, I'm going to buy it too! ”

"Don't scream with long hair, it's the Holy Army!"

"Oh, it's not a slip of the tongue! You're serious! It's the Holy Army, the Holy Army! ”

"It's pretty much the same, it's good for our people, it's the Holy Army!"

Listening to the discussions of the people around him, Zeng Guanlan couldn't help but sigh, this people are so simple, whoever is good to him, he will go to.

Subsequently, he announced that the owners of the nine shops had colluded with the demons and committed the crime of collaborating with the enemy, plus disrupting the prices of Daozhou and winning huge profits, and sentenced him to beheading as a punishment! He Shaocai, who was also arrested on the spot, was sentenced to behead and hung the city gate for a day! He Shaoyun was willing to pay compensation to the buyer because of his meritorious report and remorse, so he fined the grocery store and 20 sticks as punishment.

After a few drumbeats, a cannon rang out, and ten bloody heads fell to the ground and rolled on the ground, reminding everyone of how cruel the Holy Army was to those who challenged them.

However, after some accusations just now, the onlookers found that they did not sympathize with the beheaded profiteers. At this moment, the people in the city suddenly realized that at some point, they had regarded the Holy Army as the original Manchu government and accepted the results of their trial.