"Have you counted all the money?" Liu Fan asked lazily

"In the midst of statistics, gold and silver and other property are being buried deep underground by bandits and are being excavated, and the amount of grain, salt and other materials is too large to be calculated for a while!" Wu Tao replied excitedly: "According to the quartermaster's rough estimate, the goods seized in Daqingshan this time are about nearly 200,000 taels."

"What? Two hundred thousand taels? Depend on! It's worthy of being a salt lord, it's really rich! Liu Fan was shocked

"Tell the soldiers to transport me back to Shihe! Now we don't have to worry about running out of money! Liu Fan said excitedly

"Yes! My lord! And what about that Fan Chongxing? Just let him run away? If you let the tiger return to the mountain, there will be trouble! My lord! Wu Tao said

Liu Fan groaned and said, "Hmm! This is a problem, and all kinds of signs show that this Fan Chongxing is not a simple character! You send someone to investigate the neighborhood, and then find someone to communicate with the prefect to issue a sea fishing document! If you can find it, you can find it! If you can't find it, forget it! In the future, our strength will be stronger and stronger! A little bandit can't make any waves! ”

After dealing with the matter of Daqingshan, Liu Fan began to launch an operation to exterminate the salt lords in the whole of Jiaozhou. In the next month, the Broken Army squad attacked everywhere, exterminating a total of more than a dozen large and small salt lord bandits, except for the powerful caravans of the landlords and the military households that made salt, Jiaozhou no longer saw large-scale illegal salt dealers. However, neither of these can be solved by force. Liu Fan thought about it again and again and decided that he should deal with the problem of military households first and monopolize the salt production in Jiaozhou.

On the fifth day of the sixth month of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Liu Fan personally selected a box of jewelry, a few calligraphy and paintings and some other gifts from the bandits, and brought his personal soldiers to Jimo to visit Zhang Yiheng.

Jimo is a famous ancient city on the Jiaodong Peninsula, named because it is located on the shore of the Ink River. During the Warring States Period, Jimo had stood majestically in the east of Qi State, facing Linzi in the west, and boasting of wealth. The historical famous Qi Wei King's "blockbuster" Tiandan's fire bull array to break the enemy all occurred here, Jimo has been an important economic and cultural town of the Jiaodong Peninsula since ancient times, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, set up a guard in Jimo, which has become one of the largest military forces on the Jiaodong Peninsula. Liu Fan also took a fancy to Jimo's strong influence to find a breakthrough.

Liu Fan led his personal army to the gate of Jimo City, because there were no official procedures such as an order, the gatekeeper would have entered the city with weapons and horses, and he was afraid of accidents. Liu Fan came to visit a friend this time, not to cause trouble, and he didn't force it, so he asked the pro-soldiers to wait at the city gate, and he took a few people to rush towards the Zhang Mansion in Jimo City!

After Liu Fan left, the deputy of the pro-army team was worried, because they didn't bring a camp tent or anything when they marched, but they just carried some weapons and dry food with them, Liu Fan didn't explain anything when he left, and they couldn't stand like this for a day with more than 100 people! Who knows when Liu Fan will come back! I didn't dare to go to the shade under the city wall to rest like ordinary farmers. This means that so many people come and go in Mocheng every day, they are so conspicuous, as soon as people inquire, the face of the broken army is gone, it is too disgraceful to do that, if Liu Fan knows it, it would be strange if he didn't kill him.

The deputy of the team thought for a long time and finally came up with a good solution, that is, to rest in batches, two teams of people, one team stood in line on both sides of the city gate, and did not interfere with the work of the gatekeepers, and the other team went to rest, and rotated once every two hours. In this way, it can not only start the reputation of the Broken Army in Jimo, but also monitor the soldiers at the city gate nearby, and once an accident occurs in the city, the Broken Army can quickly control the city gate and respond to Liu Fan and others. The deputy secretly applauded his method, but he didn't expect it to cause some trouble. The Broken Army has been cultivated by Liu Fan for a long time, and they also love the people very much, but those soldiers guarding the city gate are used to being powerful and blessed, and it is common to beat and scold the people.

In ancient times, people had to pay a gate tax when they entered the city, and they had to pay a certain amount of money according to the number of people or goods. Today is no exception, and the soldiers defending the city also let the people entering the city line up to pay the money as usual. At this time, an old man passed by the city gate with two baskets of vegetables, and the soldiers guarding the gate not only collected the money, but also rummaged through the old man's vegetable baskets, picked out a few fresh melons and fruits, and left. The old man begged a few words on the side: "Master Jun!" Commander! It can't be like this! If this dish is spoiled, no one will want it! You're good to go! Let the little old man go! ”

The soldier guarding the door said impatiently, "Fuck your uncle!" Lao Tzu quenches your thirst with a few broken melons! It's crooked, too! Look for death! Before the words fell, he kicked over the old man's vegetable basket, and the fresh vegetables and fruits rolled to the ground. Being trampled under the feet of the crowd of people who come and go, it looks like a waste! The old man crawled on the ground and quickly picked it up, but to no avail. A few onlookers laughed, and a few of them stepped forward before they got on their feet. But they didn't see the soldiers of the Broken Army around them staring at them with red eyes, and the weapons in their hands were clutched fiercely, eager to pounce on them and smash them.

The team mate, who was resting in the distance, saw the situation and immediately rushed over. Seeing the scene in front of me is also an abnormal atmosphere. But this is not his scope of responsibility, he can't cause trouble for Liu Fan, so he forcibly suppresses the anger in his heart and keeps silent.

However, a few soldiers were unconscious, and still laughed at the old man unscrupulously. When the old man wiped the vegetables on the ground and put them in the frame, he kicked the vegetable basket down again. I also stepped on a foot in the past to "pick up!" Keep picking up! I'll let you pick it up! "Then I'm going to step on the other ones that aren't bad!

Before his feet hit the ground, he heard a "poof", a cold thing pressed against his neck, and the sound of grinding his teeth came from his ears: "Your feet dare to take another step forward!" Lao Tzu cut off your dog's head! But the deputy could no longer suppress his anger and drew his sword on the soldier's neck. The soldiers of the surrounding Broken Army saw this "uproar" in order to come up! Quickly control the city gate soldiers who have not yet reacted!

At this time, the gatekeeper was in a cold sweat, and persuaded the deputy of the team, "This military gate! There's something to say! There's something to say! Everyone is their own person! There's no need to hurt the harmony! Poor discipline in the lowly position! Forgive sins, forgive sins! ”

The deputy of the team turned a deaf ear and continued: "Dog! Pick up these dishes for me! Otherwise, Lao Tzu will start the killing ring! ”

The ruffian, who was controlled by the knife, said with a crying voice: "Yes, yes, yes! My lord! Pick up the small ones! Just pick it up! Can you always get the knife out of the way first? The little ones can't move! ”

The deputy of the team took the knife and snorted coldly: "A few of you will also pick it up for me!" And how many dishes are broken! Compensation according to the price! Let Lao Tzu see that you are bullying the people and ask Lao Tzu if his knife agrees! ”

After the deputy of the team finished speaking, he quickly stepped forward to help the old man and said with a pleasant face: "Uncle! Are you alright? We don't dare to act without a military order, and we will let you be wronged! It's our fault! You can rest assured, our army is a team of ordinary people, and we will not sit back and watch any people be oppressed! We've got your back today! Anyone who oppresses the people is an enemy of our captives! We won't let anyone go! With that, he turned back and glanced coldly at the city gate officer.

The city gate officer was uncomfortable with him, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, the military gate!" The lowly will educate them well, and as for this old man, we will also compensate according to the price! ”

The deputy snorted coldly, "Humph!" Preferably so! Today, we are here watching you! Let us see you oppressing the people! It's not that simple! When the time comes, I'll ask my family to reason with you! ”

The city gate official secretly complained in his heart! You said that you evil gods are fine, why don't you rest under the city wall and care about us little pawns, and you help the mud legs bully us, it's really sick! Thinking like this in my heart, I said, "Yes, yes, yes!" Military Gate! The small ones must do as you say!! ”