Chapter 19 A salt lord came to Yangjiatun to loot
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Zhanjiatun is one of the big tuns, with more than 130 military households, and the total population has thousands of people. Their land, likewise, is gone. Zhanjiatun is not close to the sea, and even has to run twenty or thirty miles to catch a fish, and can only live on the wild vegetables and grass roots of Laoshan Mountain, which is worse than Yangjiatun, no wonder they are the most active in launching a riot.
Zhan Yingwei is a rising star in Zhanjiatun, his physical condition is good, he can fight, there is a group of brothers around him, and the family is the poorest, and it is very natural to want to violently resist Wang Shixin. In fact, all the poor military households in Fushan want to rebel against Wang Shixin, the key is whether they have the ability and whether there is anyone to organize them. No, Zhang Zhun showed a little skill, Yang Qianqiang and others immediately leaned over, and Li Jiaxi and others made it clear that their purpose was to kill Wang Shixin.
"Keep an eye out for them." Zhang Zhun said quietly.
It is naturally good for someone to take the lead, even if they can't win, they can have a great impact on Wang Shixin and consume part of his strength. At the same time, you can also test the reactions of all parties to facilitate Zhang Zhun to make a judgment.
After all, killing Wang Shixin is not just about eliminating one person from the top, but about challenging the entire ruling class. Bureaucrats such as Aoshanwei, Laizhou Mansion, Laizhou Garrison, Denglai Governor, Denglai General Army, Shandong Governor, Shandong General Army, etc., can't sit back and watch a thousand households be killed in vain, right? They're definitely going to fight back like crazy.
"Good!" The mouse agreed, and went sneakily.
In the following days, Zhang Zhun continued to train his Zha Yu team, teaching all kinds of assassination essentials, so that when others launched a rebellion, he could quickly join the battlefield and get a piece of the pie. He believes that his fishing team, when it really fights, will never lose to any opponent.
However, the news of the riot soon fell silent, and Zhan Yingwei had no news.
In the whole Fushan Station, there was no news of any disturbance, and the silence was terrible.
This silence is abnormal, and something must have changed.
Sure enough, a few days later, the mouse came to report, saying that he had heard the exact news that Zhan Yingwei was "missing".
"Missing? Was it assassinated? A slight sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"I don't know. Anyway, the family couldn't find the body. The mouse said.
He inquired that on the eighth day of the second lunar month, Zhan Yingwei went to Maojiatun, possibly to contact someone from Maojiatun. When he went, he also brought two brothers with him, both of whom were a bit of kung fu, and they also carried short knives to defend themselves. However, the three of them went out in the morning and did not arrive at Maojiatun in the evening. The next day, the people of Zhanjiatun heard the news and hurriedly came out to look for it, but they were stunned that they couldn't find it.
They found traces of a fight on the way to a place called Zhangshugou, and there were faint traces of blood under the soil, and it was very likely that Zhan Yingwei was ambushed. However, Zhan Yingwei's body was never found, and there were no witnesses around. Although the people of Zhanjiatun were holding back the fire in their stomachs, they couldn't find a way to vent. The people in Zhanjiatun suspected that Wang Shixin had done it, but there was no evidence.
"The body must have been thrown into the sea, and there is no easier way to dispose of it than this."
Zhang Zhun said indifferently.
You can imagine it with your heels, it must be Wang Shixin who sent someone to plot against Zhan Yingwei. Others have no motive to kill, and they don't have the strength to kill. Shixin, the king of the thousand households of the Fushan Institute, was originally a very insidious person, and the people of the whole institute called him King Yama behind his back. It is not surprising at all that such a means are used to solve hidden dangers. The reason for such a despicable method as assassination was because he feared provoking greater unrest.
At present, the situation in all parts of the country is very tense, except for the rebel army in the northwest, other places are also brewing uprisings. Especially in Shandong, it has not stopped for more than ten years, and it can really be described as a series of wars and disasters, and the people are not able to make a living. The long-term drought has made the riots here very high, and as long as there is a little spark, a fire can be ignited immediately.
First, in the second year of the Apocalypse, the White Lotus Sect Wang Haoxian and Xu Hongru launched an uprising, occupying all parts of Yanzhou Mansion, and even the descendants of Mencius were killed, and the world was shaken. Hanlin wrote blood one after another, the court was furious, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse strictly ordered it to suppress it and mobilize heavy troops to enter Shandong, but so far, Wang Haoxian and Xu Hongru have never been caught.
Then in the fourth year of Chongzhen, Kong Youde occupied Dengzhou Mansion and made a rebellion and cannibalism. The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who suppressed them were also uniformed bandits, burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil, even more ferocious than the rebels. This civil strife has turned Dengzhou Mansion into a thousand miles of red land, with white bones exposed in the wilderness, and no rooster crows for thousands of miles. The situation in Laizhou is slightly better, but not much better.
Immediately after last year, in the sixth year of Chongzhen, the White Lotus Sect Wang Yilun launched an uprising in Jinxiang, with as many as 60,000 or 70,000 rebels, affecting several nearby counties, Yanzhou Mansion was frightened again, and Zhu Yipai, the king of Lu, was so frightened that his hair turned white. Although the rebel army was quickly suppressed and Wang Yilun's whereabouts were unknown, many weaknesses of Shandong's officers and soldiers had been exposed.
Due to the continuous deployment of troops to suppress the rebellion of Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, and Luo Rucai, Shandong's troops have become much more empty than before. Those who are now staying in Shandong are all old, weak, sick and disabled. For example, the soldiers originally stationed in the Jimo battalion have been transferred to the front line in Henan. For example, the entire Aoshan Guard, including the Xiongya Institute and the Fushan Institute, the soldiers with combat effectiveness, all combined, will definitely not exceed three hundred. If anyone launches another uprising, the officers and soldiers of Shandong may not be able to resist it. Therefore, although Wang Shixin is very taboo about Zhan Yingwei, he does not dare to do it publicly.
A grim smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Zhun's mouth.
It seems that Wang Shixin is also afraid of causing public anger!
It's just that how long can he suppress the anger of the people?
Zhan Yingwei's death will only make the anger in the hearts of Zhanjiatun military households more and more blazing, and once it breaks out, the destructive power will be even greater.
The more mad Wang Shixin is, the faster he will perish.
This is a truth that history has proven.
Stimulated by this news, Zhang Zhun once again strengthened the training of the Zha Yu team.
A violent storm is coming again, strengthen your strength and be prepared!
In February, another group of young adults joined the team, all of whom were in front of and behind the house, and after repeated consideration, they decided to train Zhang Zhun to assassinate. Their purpose is the same as that of Li Jiaxi and others, not just to tie fish, but to pierce people. They are very dissatisfied with the status quo, but they actually want to resist very early, but they don't have that kind of strength. Now, with Zhang Zhun taking the lead, they are no longer willing to endure it.
By mid-February, Zhang Zhun's fishing squad had increased to 42 people, all of whom were children of young military families in Yangjiatun. The oldest is twenty-nine years old, and the youngest is fourteen. Due to the increase in the number of people, Zhang Zhun canceled the title of master and asked the team members to call themselves captains.
The success rate of Yang Zhiyuan and Hao Linyong has been fifty percent, and the level of Zou Mingjia and others has also improved significantly, almost three percent. In between training, it is generally these veteran players who perform Fishing Kung Fu, which not only satisfies the performance of the veteran players, but also greatly encourages the training enthusiasm of other team members.
The standard for assessing whether or not to pass is still to tie the fish. As long as you catch the fish, you will pass the exam and you can learn more skills. After all, it is much more difficult to tie a fish than to tie a person, and having the level of a fish piercing means that it is a breeze to tie a person.
On February 19, Zhang Zhun and others were training, and the rat hurriedly came to report: "Yulin, it's not good, the salt lord is here!" ”
Everyone's faces changed slightly.
The so-called salt barons are actually illicit salt traffickers. The salt tax in the Ming Dynasty has always been very high, the cost of salt is only a few pennies a catty, and the retail sales are more than 100 yuan, and there are dozens of times the windfall profit in the middle. Stimulated by such huge profits, the smuggling molecule came into being. They traveled all over Shandong, collecting the sea salt that the people cooked themselves, and then selling it to the big cities at a low price for huge profits.
Shandong's salt administration is extremely chaotic, as long as there are people who have a little way, they are engaged in the private salt business, and there is no need to look at the face of the salt inspection department. In fact, the Salt Inspection Department itself is the largest salt lord and is engaged in the largest illegal salt trafficking business. Large and small salt lords are rampant and domineering, controlling the private salt business in Shandong, and there is almost no official salt in sight.
Emperor Chongzhen shouted that there was no money all day long, but in fact, the money was earned by the bureaucrats at all levels below. They don't care if your emperor has money or not, as long as they have the money to spend all their time. In the past, when Wei Zhongxian was still alive, the state could still receive a little salt tax, but after Wei Zhongxian was removed, the salt tax was less than 30% of the original, and there was a trend of continuing to decline. This is a great irony.
The sea salt boiled in Yangjiatun was sold to various salt lords in Jimo County, and after receiving the private salt at a low price, they transported it to Jimo Ying or Jiaozhou and other places to sell, or gathered it and handed it over to their own families, or sold it to a larger salt lord.
Originally, the price of salt barons to military households was very low, and each catty of sea salt was only three or four cents, which was almost a business. However, sometimes, the salt lord is not even willing to give this price, so he simply grabs it directly, goes to the people's homes, and snatches the private salt directly, so that there is no need to pay a penny.
Because Yangjiatun is located in the southernmost part of Fushan and the farthest away from Jimo County, it has not been looted before, but Hou Beitun, Hou Nantun, and Renjiatun have all been patronized by salt lords. Speaking of salt owls, everyone's hatred for them is not under Wang Shixin. Because it is rumored that Wang Shixin himself is one of the leaders of the salt barons, and there are many salt barons who are active on the ground in Fushan, and they have to pay Wang Shixin a "protection fee".
Now, the salt lords' looting ideas have finally hit Yang Jiatun's head.
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