Chapter 104: Jingmen County
Su Yi's gaze looked in the direction of Bowang County, Gao Heihu was rude, and although Liu Shisan was ruthless, he lacked strategy, these two people hid in the city with a team of guards, and it would definitely cause unnecessary trouble after a long time.
For now, I can only rush to Bowang County as soon as possible and bring them back to Taohuazhai.
Su Yi suddenly smiled bitterly, he was used to being a thief, only when he returned to Peach Blossom Village would he have a sense of security, the situation in the vertical and horizontal mountains was complicated, and Baihu Village suffered such a big loss, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not attack some small cottages, so as to vent his heart.
Ji Fu took refuge in the White Tiger Village again, if the White Tiger Village was provoked by her, he might not attack the Peach Blossom Village.
Qin Yu had just trained a few blacksmith apprentices, and the military strength of Peach Blossom Village was also expanding rapidly, so there must be no mistakes at this time.
Thinking of this, Su Yi suddenly made up his mind, and after repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, he decided to return to Bowang County.
Without the escort of Gao Heihu and others, it would be difficult for him to cross the vertical and horizontal mountains alive and return to Peach Blossom Village.
What's more, let him leave Gao Heihu and Liu Shisan, he can't do it. There are not many generals in Peach Blossom Village, if Qian Leopard, Meng Hai and Scar are barely considered third-rate generals, then Gao Heihu is enough to step into the sequence of first-class generals.
This kind of talent is so folded in Bowang County, how can he be willing.
Su Yi went to a remote county town in the north of Bowang County, this county seat is different from other places, called Jingmen County, it was originally an important place leading to Saiwai in Liaodong, and it was once a prosperous place of trade, but Gongsun Yiqing hated the Hu people deeply, and did not want the merchants in the Guannei to trade with the Hu people, so he ordered to cut off the road to the Guanwai, and the county seat became increasingly dilapidated.
Later, the merchants of Liaodong volunteered to build roads, and Gongsun Yiqing also knew that it was impossible to curb these merchants from trading with the Hu people, so he turned a blind eye to this, as long as these chambers of commerce did not openly smuggle contraband through pipelines, he did not bother to pay attention.
The roads near Jingmen County were repaired at the expense of these chambers of commerce, and in the process of repairing the roads, these chambers of commerce were quite strict with the laborers, and more than 100 workers died before the roads in the vicinity were repaired.
Behind these chambers of commerce, there are several family valves supporting them, and the local government does not dare to delve into this matter.
Over time, few laborers were willing to stay and work, and Jingmen County was transformed from a trading city into a place for these laborers to gather and live.
When Su Yi came to Jingmen County, it was getting late.
Although this Jingmen County is dilapidated, it is also close to Bowang County after all, there are 3,000 households in the city, densely populated, and on the most lively street in the east of the city, there is a courtyard, this courtyard covers an area of ten acres, more magnificent than the county government, and there are many shops around, all of which are the property of the owner of this courtyard.
And the owner of this courtyard is the Wanjia Chamber of Commerce, which contributed the most money during the road construction.
The 10,000 chambers of commerce have a close relationship with the Mi family, have business in all parts of Liaodong, and have strong financial resources.
The official road was cut off, and the businessmen who wanted to go to the outside world to do business were at a loss, Gongsun Yiqing had never been impressed with this kind of business dealings, and he didn't bother to pay attention to this kind of thing.
The Chamber of Commerce kept sending out laborers, and when these roads were repaired, they could take advantage of the road construction as a pretext to collect the toll money from merchants and merchants.
If these merchants want to go to Guanwai to do business, unless they risk passing through the vertical and horizontal mountains, they can only take this road, and they are at the mercy of Wanjia and other chambers of commerce.
Wanjia Chamber of Commerce was in a hurry, because a large number of laborers died during the repair of roads, and it was freezing in Liaodong at this time, and there were fewer and fewer laborers who were willing to stay and work.
The number of labourers has decreased, but the work has not decreased, and the workload assigned to each labourer has increased considerably. The people of the Northland are fierce, and these laborers are forced to have no choice but to deal with the power of the Chamber of Commerce.
Other businessmen who had not been able to participate in the construction of the road, seeing an opportunity, secretly supported these laborers and the chamber of commerce against each other, and at the end of the year, the two sides fought openly and secretly, and many people died in each.
There was also a complete antagonism between the Chamber of Commerce and labor.
That night, the fire in Jingmen County was bright, and the shouts shook the sky, and the people in the city lit up the lights one after another, lying at the window to pay attention to the situation outside. Su Yi hid in the inn, and was also awakened by this movement, he secretly opened the window through a gap and looked out coldly.
The sound of killing in the east of the city shook the sky, and the momentum was terrifying.
Su Yi was slightly stunned, returned to the bedside, picked up a long knife, took advantage of the night to go through the window, and ran towards the east of the city.
The east of the city is where the county government is located, and most of the rich families in the city buy properties there, and more importantly, the courtyard of the Wanjia Chamber of Commerce is located in the east of the city.
There was chaos in the city, and many laborers rushed towards the east of the city with sticks, and Su Yi mixed in the crowd and quietly followed. Hundreds of people surrounded the yamen with torches and sticks.
In the county office, a group of catchers confronted each other with knives in messy clothes.
The two sides were at loggerheads for a while.
The county commander hid behind this group of hunters, although these laborers were terrifying, he was still a little dignified, hiding behind the crowd and slowly asked, "Who is your leader?" Dare to gather a crowd to make trouble, are you not afraid of being punished for the crime of treason? ”
"Whoever dares to gather a crowd to make trouble is intent on rebellion, and the official will kill him!"
This county order is quite smart, knowing that he can't offend a group of laborers at this time, he deliberately singled out the leader and put the blame on him. These laborers were instigated, and when they heard the prefectural order saying that only the leaders should be killed, they were relieved.
The county order followed the temptation and said: "You are all people from good families, why are you instigated by the thugs to come and make trouble? Those who gather a crowd to make trouble and attack the county government will be punished as a conspiracy, and this rebellion will be linked to the nine clans! ”
When he said this, the laborers who surrounded the county government were even more hesitant, and many of them were reluctant to retreat.
"Murder pays for life!"
I don't know who shouted in the crowd, and the catchers at the gate raised their knives one after another, and those laborers saw this, and they all subconsciously raised their sticks, and the scuffle was about to break out.
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