Qu Lie is also very anxious now, this time he led the troops to surround the mosque, not just to make a show, if Qiu Ju failed to come back on time, or failed to persuade the Tang prefect and the Lu family, then he could only order the mosque to be demolished, no matter what obstacles they encountered, they would tear down the mosque in front of them, and even kill people, after all, the military order was as big as the sky, and the Ming court would not allow any deception.

However, Qu Lie also knew that he brought these thousands of people to the old port, if he really forced the demolition of these Muslim mosques, it was likely to attract the crazy revenge of these Muslims, and then he would have to kill people if he didn't want to kill people, although after such killing methods, it might cause disgust among local Muslims, but it could be more powerful, so that they were in awe of the imperial court, and it would be more convenient to manage in the future.

Thinking of this, Qu Lie sighed, he is a martial artist, that is, a knife in the hands of the imperial court, as long as it is beneficial to the imperial court, then his knife will see blood, as long as that Qiu Ju fails to come back, then he can only kill.

Time passed minute by minute, the Ming army and the Muslims guarding the door of the mosque were still confronting, neither side had any concessions, seeing that the seven-day period was about to arrive, but Qiu Ju still did not have the slightest news, which made Qu Lie secretly hate in his heart, and once again went out of the army to the door of the mosque, staring at the Muslims in front of him who swore to protect the temple with murderous faces, the time has come, it seems that he is a villain.

"Grand Imam, hurry up and get your people out of the way, or don't blame me for being ruthless!" Qu Lie shouted again at the Grand Imam who was sitting in front of the door with his eyes closed, but the Grand Imam remained motionless. Not even his eyes opened. It seems that he has made up his mind to live and die with this mosque.

See here. Qu Lie gritted his teeth and slowly raised his right hand, as long as his hand fell, the soldiers behind him would pounce on him like tigers and wolves, as long as someone dared to stop them, they would be their enemies, and anything could happen at that time.

But at this critical moment, Qu Lie suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him. Immediately after that, a familiar voice shouted: "General Qu, please hurry up, this official has persuaded Ye Lu and the others to agree not to demolish the mosque, and now the Admiral has ordered you to no longer have to obey the previous military order!" ”

Hearing the shouts behind him, Qu Lie was also relieved, and when he turned around, he happened to see Tang Bohu wearing an official robe, riding on a horse and galloping towards this side, but looking at his appearance, he shouldn't be very good at riding a horse, so now his hat is crooked. The clothes are also very messy, and it seems that I have suffered a lot from the port here. In addition, behind Tang Bohu. Qiu Ju and the others also followed closely, although they also looked very embarrassed, but they all had excited expressions.

"The last general will see Lord Tang, since the Admiral has an order, then please show the order of the Admiral, and I will also let the brothers retreat!" Qu Lie held back the ecstasy in his heart, and tried his best to make a calm appearance and said to Tang Bohu.

At that moment, Tang Bohu immediately took out Shen Ying's warrant, after all, Shen Ying is the commander in charge of the military, and only he has the power to order the army, so even if Tang Bohu comes in person, he needs to show Shen Ying's warrant, otherwise Qu Lie and they will not obey the orders of a civilian official like Tang Bohu.

After Qu Lie verified that the warrant was correct, he saluted Tang Bohu, and then waved his hand, and thousands of murderous Ming soldiers immediately stabbed into the sheath and returned the arrows to the cage, and then under the leadership of the generals, a team returned to their barracks to rest, as for the next thing, that is Tang Bohu's free play time, after all, he ran all the way from Malacca Port to the Old Port, and he must also have the intention of buying people's hearts, and now it is he who sets up a good official image for the people of the Old Port to save the people from fire and water. So there is no need for Qu Lie to intervene.

"Fellow villagers and elders of the old port, this official is Tang Yin, the prefect of Malacca Port in the Ming Dynasty, some time ago and His Excellency the Grand Imam finally persuaded the Admiral to send troops to aid the old port, and four days ago he helped the Qiu patriarch to persuade the Lu family and other families, so that they gave up the request for the old house, in order to prevent the conflict between the people of the old port and the Ming army, the official came here by boat without sleep, and finally let the official stop this conflict, and now the official is here to assure you that no one will demolish your mosque in the future!" Tang Bohu climbed onto a big rock on the side of the road and shouted loudly.

This time, Tang Bohu personally ran from Malacca to the old port, which is indeed the intention of buying people's hearts, after all, he has learned a lot of officialdom methods during this time, and if he wants to govern a good place, he sometimes needs to use some necessary means for officials, this sentence has won his approval, and now Tang Bohu is also practicing and learning.

For Tang Bohu's personal arrival, the people of the old port are also very grateful, and now they hear that the other party is working so hard along the way, in order to save them from conflict with the Ming army, which makes many people moved to tears, although Qiu Ju, who came with Tang Bohu, knew that the prefect was buying people's hearts, but he didn't say anything.

With Tang Bohu's assurance, the Muslims in the old port all put their hearts down, and some of them walked over and wanted to help the Grand Imam up, but as soon as these people touched the body of the Grand Imam, their faces changed, and one of the old men sighed, turned his head and shouted to everyone behind him: "The Grand Imam has returned to the arms of Allah!" ”

Muslims are more open-minded about life and death, they believe that there is life and death, and the death of a Muslim is a return to the arms of Allah, so there is no need to be too sad. When they heard the news that the Grand Imam had died, many of the Muslims present wept secretly, while the steady people began to recite the Qur'an in a low voice to express their sorrows, and for a time there was a low chanting sound in front of the entire mosque.

When Qiu Ju next to Tang Bohu heard the news of the death of the Grand Imam, his face also showed a sad look, when he left the old port a few days ago, he had already found that his third grandfather was seriously ill, but in order to protect the mosque in the old port, he still held on to his body to maintain the order of the old port, and it was not easy to survive to this day.

As one of Qiu Ju's closest juniors, although Qiu Ju was extremely sad, he still held back his tears, walked quickly to the side of the Grand Imam, and then gently poured his body, his head was facing the sky with his head and feet facing the sky, and straightened out the limbs of the Grand Imam, and then let the Grand Imam be carried to his home to prepare for the funeral.

Tang Bohu didn't expect that as soon as he arrived in the old port, he encountered the death of one of the most important elders among the Muslims in the old port, which made him a little helpless, originally he also wanted to use the prestige of the grand imam to make it more convenient for him to take over the old port, but now that the other party has died, it seems that he can only rely on Qiu Ju's influence.

When Qu Lie, who returned to the barracks, heard the news of the death of the Grand Imam, he was also frightened into a cold sweat, thinking that it was fortunate that he didn't do it, otherwise if there was a conflict between the two parties, even if he didn't move the Grand Imam at all, I am afraid that the death of the Grand Imam would also depend on his head, and then the old port would really be in chaos, and it would probably not be easy for the imperial court to rule here.

Tang Bohu did not come alone this time, and a group of officials also came to the old port with him, and soon began to take over the government affairs of the old port, such as population statistics, planning the port, determining taxes, etc., Tang Bohu was also very busy, but no matter how busy he was, he did not forget to attend the funeral of the grand patriarch, after all, although the grand patriarch died, the Qiu family was still the first family of the old port, without the help of the Qiu family, it was difficult for him to take over the old port smoothly.

Qiu Ju has been instructed by the Grand Imam in advance, and he himself has a very clear understanding of the situation in Nanyang, now the Ming has the intention to expand in the Nanyang, Malacca is the first step of the Ming Dynasty, so as the largest Han settlement in the South Seas, the old port can not escape the palm of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, in addition, these Han people in the South Seas are too bitter, they have no strong support, they can only endure in silence in the disasters again and again, whoever is strong will depend on whom, there is no position at all, and now they can return to the rule of the Ming Dynasty, As long as Da Ming does not give up Nanyang for a day, then they don't have to look at other people's faces to live.

It is precisely because he understands this, so Qiu Ju is also very cooperative with Tang Bohu's takeover of the old port, and takes the initiative to persuade the various imams of the old port to hand over the taxes and other rights in his hands, and even he himself takes responsibility and directly hands over the military power in his hands to Qu Lie, after all, now that there is the protection of the Ming Dynasty, there is no need for the Han people in the old port to maintain an army, as for what Qu Lie will do with the original old port army, it is not his business.

Tang Bohu is also very satisfied with Qiu Ju's performance, after he inspected it for a period of time, he divided the old port and the nearby area into a county, and Qiu Ju temporarily took the position of county governor, after all, Tang Bohu is only a prefect, and he has no power to appoint the county, but he does extraordinary things at extraordinary times, and now the old port needs to settle down with the help of Qiu Ju's reputation, and his measures are also to stabilize the people of the old port, I believe that in the future, Zhou Zhong will not only not blame, but will even directly admit his arrangements for the old port.

Tang Bohu and Shen Ying brought the old port into the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and the news was soon reported to Zhou Chong of Shuangyu Port, which made Zhou Chong also very excited. (To be continued......)