Chapter 100: Grain Levy

Since writing a letter to her family, Zhang Ruolan has been more obedient to Li Yanqing, and between the pillows, she is even more willing to welcome all kinds of needs, which is like water tenderness, which makes Li Yanqing drunk physically and mentally, and sleeps with his pillow.

Early the next morning, Zhang Ruolan had already made breakfast. A lady who is willing to wash her hands and make soup makes Li Yanqing feel infinitely satisfied. Although he eats burnt rice every day, and he doesn't forget to put salt in the dishes or puts them a few more times, Li Yanqing still eats them with relish and treats them as the world's first-class delicacies.

When he was promoted to court, he invited Ryan Stein to interrogate the forward-looking teams who were taken. These people were originally in the Wa Kingdom, conceited and strong-willed, and were able to withstand all kinds of tests. But when it came to the end, I realized that the criminal law of Xiangshan County was invincible, and no matter how hard your heart was to defeat it, it was difficult to defeat the national law.

"It was the sect leader who said that Xiangshan County is full of gold, with tens of thousands of taels of silver in stock, and tens of thousands of stones of white rice. Those Japanese people were the generals and samurai of the Daimyo Otomo family of the Japanese Kingdom, and they also heard the news and came to Damingcai. ”

When the White Lotus Sect first arrived in the Wa Kingdom, it was not easy to preach. The Ming people of the Wa Kingdom included both the exiled people, the coastal residents who could not survive and fled, and the remnants of Wang Zhi. These people have their own beliefs, and the White Lotus Sect has really limited influence in them.

Later, the White Lotus Sect saw that its followers were limited, so they had to resort to means. As soon as he preached in other sects, he sent believers to fight. He also preached that the childless mother was the only true God, and the rest were all vain. Those who believe in demons will go to eighteen levels of hell after death, and they will be tortured endlessly. Relying on this stick method, the White Lotus Sect can barely gain a foothold in Fusang. However, it is not surprising that because of the complex origin of believers and the large number of internal factions.

This time the Zhelin Mutiny was regarded by the White Lotus Sect as a rare opportunity in a century, and it was a good time to recover the rivers and mountains and counterattack and return to the hometown. Within the Wa Kingdom, the White Lotus Sect launched vigorous fund-raising activities and raised funds for its activities. At the same time, they were recruiting a wide range of fighters for the uprising.

At this time, Japan was also attacking each other endlessly, and wars were frequent, and these Han Chinese were not considered to be ambitious. There are many people who have entered the religion in a daze, and they also believe in the White Lotus Sect's so-called nonsense that all beings are equal, vote for the supreme, and enter heaven after death. But there are not many people who are willing to do this murderous deed, and there are many people who take money from them. I only hope that according to what the sect leader said, one cent will be rewarded very much, and if you donate one tael of silver today, he will be able to return ten taels of silver if he takes the country one day.

These false widows are poor ghosts who have only one life left, and they sell this life for money and food. And the big friend's family, in order to make a fortune and leave, also made a bloody investment, but I didn't expect that more than 20 muskets were cheaper than Li Yanqing.

Li Yanqing asked again: "Do you want to die or live?" Those who want to die will all cut off their heads and shave their heads, and hand them over as real widows. If you want to live, go to Gongdu and do hard labor for a few years, and when you have finished your work, you will be forgiven of all your sins. ”

These people replied without a word: "I will go to work if I am willing to do it." ”

Li Yanqing said to Bu Jialao again: "These people are White Lotus Sect disciples, maybe there are martial arts masters in them, if you let them run away, I can settle accounts with you." ”

"Don't worry, Your Excellency, we have enough muskets to make sure that even any master can make a honeycomb. But how many years are they going to work? ”

"Until you die. If there are still living people in two years, it means that the progress of your project is too slow. However, their wages are indispensable. ”

Ryan Stein said: "It seems that the White Lotus Demon is really moving us this time. Xiangshan County has insufficient troops, is it really not to ask for help? ”

"Brother Ryan, are you scared? You have to think clearly, these thieves are just deadly, and if they call in helpers, they will ask for money. We finally have the benefit of salt and sugar for money, and if an army takes the opportunity to live in, we are afraid that we will have to be pants. You are a brocade official, and you don't know how hard I work as a pro-people official. ”

"But with the force of Xiangshan in front of you, can you defeat the chaotic soldiers?"

"We've reported everything we should have reported, maybe Zhelin won't be able to make trouble at all. Besides, maybe as soon as the rebels arrived in Guangzhou, they were cut down, and we may not take the opportunity to make money. ”

What he said was light, but he didn't dare to feel at ease in his heart. It seems that this Zhelin mutiny is bound to be born, and Xiangshan drying salt and boiling sugar seems to be a little too famous, which makes the people of the White Lotus Sect worry about it. These people are the henchmen of the Ming Dynasty, and they are worried about it, so don't think about peace in Xiangshan. The strength at hand is limited, and it is indeed difficult to say whether this battle can be won.

He passed down several orders, first shrinking all the salt in the city, and then moving the prepared salt and sugar to the warehouse, and began to collect rice and grain in the city, and hoard grain.

Those grain merchants didn't get the news in advance, and when they saw the official messenger entering the door, they just thought they wanted to collect taxes, and hurriedly handed over the vouchers for paying taxes this month. The big bald head who led the team shook his head, "We are not here to collect taxes, but to buy rice." We have all the rice you have here. Money? What money? The money for the rice, come on, give him the money. ”

I saw an errand officer come over with a white strip stamped with the official seal and put it on the counter. "Put this away, if it's gone, it won't be easy to settle in the future."

As soon as the boss wanted to say something, he saw that several officials had already raised their muskets, "Recently, it was reported that some White Lotus disciples intended to hoard rice grain, raise the price of rice, and plot against it. Our eldest lord was ordered by Wu Junmen to deliberately stabilize the price of grain in Xiangshan, why, do you have an opinion? And your fellow men also came out to help load the carts and bring food to the yamen. ”

Seeing that the originally empty warehouses were full, Li Yanqing felt somewhat relieved. This time, even if the rebels besiege the city, there is a lot of food to support it for a while. Qin Ruizhu played the abacus quickly, and made a record of the grain statistics in the warehouse, but she frowned while she was busy: "The master made such a big move this time, I don't know how many gentry I have offended, I'm not afraid that they will jointly sue you in the future?" ”

Li Yanqing stretched her waist and suddenly hugged her, "Afraid?" I'm just afraid that when the soldiers besiege the city, there will be no food in the city, or the price of rice will rise three times a day, and then there will be chaos. As for these grain merchants, I don't believe that I have taken their grain, and they dare to go to the rebel army, for fear that they will be ghosts. When this is done, let them sue me, and see who can sue me." ”

The person who delivered the letter over there also took Li Yanqing's handwritten letter and distributed it to the patriarchs of the eleven capitals, so that they could take their families and go into the city to avoid trouble. If you go late and can't enter the city, then you will bring on yourself in good fortune and misfortune, don't blame the government. Liang Ruimin was the first to respond, and brought the whole family into the county seat.

Chen Rongtai read the letter, but he tore it to pieces, "A bunch of nonsense, what kind of military disaster?" It is clear that he took the opportunity to trick us into the city, so that it would be convenient for him to extort money, and the old man would not be able to do this. ”

Before the words fell, he saw the chief sent to Guangzhou running in and saying, "The old lady is not good, the young master was taken by the government in Guangzhou." ”

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