"There are rice shops in the capital that have begun to sell cheap grain!"

This news spread all over the capital in just half a day like a bird, not only Zhu Chunchen, but also other nobles in the capital naturally knew the news.

It is no exaggeration to say that food is the most important strategic material of a country, and it has been the case since ancient times, but such an important material is not in the hands of the state, which has to be said to be a sadness.

Is there any food in Beijing today? The answer is, of course, yes, but all this grain is in the hands of the princes and nobles, and the grain in their hands is enough for hundreds of thousands of people in the capital to eat for several years, but for the sake of profit, they just refuse to lower the price of grain, and they have reached the point where they will do everything in order to collect money, and they will not stop until they blow up the last copper plate in the hands of the people.

But now there are people who want to sell cheap grain, which undoubtedly greatly touches their interests, although this matter anger, jealousy, fear and other feelings fill their hearts, in the face of this kind of violators who interrupt their market monopoly position, the nobles naturally cannot tolerate such behavior, but since the matter has happened, it is useless to be angry again, although these nobles are full of fat and fat every day, but they are not idiots, and they will not do this kind of thing to show their identity and suppress the grain store.

In fact, which of these noble relatives is not a local snake who has been camping in the capital for hundreds of years, and the identity and origin of these grain stores have not yet been opened, and these grain stores have been opened by Yueyang, the loyal and brave Marquis Yueyang, who has recently turned purple in the entire Ming Dynasty.

The noble relatives are a special group, their ancestors are all people who have made great contributions to the country, but under the suppression of the imperial court's policy system and the clerical management group, they have all been reduced to a group of people who only know how to eat, drink and have fun. But don't think that they have all degenerated into idiots, on the contrary, they have received a traditional elite education since childhood, and they are a group of people who know how to forbear.

The reason why Yang Sichang called Tang Hu to Guozijian to buy food was instigated by these people behind it, and Yang Sichang originally wanted to refuse this thankless thing. But it's really hard to offend these people, so they can only be perfunctory. These people didn't hear the good news from Yang Sichang, but they came with the news that all these rice shops were open, and they were selling cheap rice. When the news came, the nobles were all angry, and even the new rice was sold at a flat price, who would come to buy their old rice? Who do they sell those hoarded aged brown rice to?

The nobles were naturally angry, but they had not lost their minds, and they had to watch again, because many knew that someone would jump out. It turned out that their guess was right. The first one to jump out is the Chengguo Mansion, which occupies nearly 30% of the grain market in Beijing.

When a group of more than 100 people, dressed in Beijing camp uniforms, came to a grain store closest to the inner city with knives, guns and wooden sticks under the leadership of a thousand households, they saw such a scene. In front of the rice shop, more than a dozen men were sweating and scooping white rice to sell grain, and a slightly chubby shopkeeper was collecting cashiers next to him, and the sound of clanging metal was endless.

Seeing this scene, a trace of anger flashed in the eyes of the Qianhu led by him, and he said viciously: "Come on, everyone will tell me to surround this rice shop." No grain is allowed to be sold! ”

"Order!"

After receiving the order, more than 100 soldiers from the Beijing camp all rushed over like wolves and surrounded the rice shop, and dozens of people armed with knives and guns wanted to drive away the people who were buying grain, and the common people stopped doing it when they saw this situation, and they shouted one after another.

"What are you doing here?"

"Huh. What are you doing, why don't you let us buy food, what do you want to do? ”

"That's right, Lao Tzu's daughter-in-law is still waiting for the rice to be put into the pot at home!"

The leader of the thousand households shouted with a hideous face: "Get out of here." You are not allowed to buy food here. I want to buy food somewhere else! ”

The common people are not stupid, as soon as they heard the words of this Qianhu, they immediately realized that these soldiers in the Beijing camp must be people sent by other grain stores to take revenge, after all, there are too many people who have offended the cheap rice sold in this rice shop.

Come to think of it. The common people were angry, is that what other rice shops sell called rice? That's just gold, and finally there is a rice shop that sells cheap rice, and you go and don't let us buy it, so you can't give us a way to live?

At this moment, the shopkeeper of the rice shop walked out of the crowd and said to the Qianhu Yi who was the leader: "This military master is invited, dare to ask this military master's surname, why do you fence our rice shop?" ”

The Qianhu squinted and forgot the shopkeeper's words and sneered: "You are the shopkeeper of this rice shop, Lao Tzu sues you, your matter is committed, not only is this rice shop not allowed to sell rice, all your Xinglong rice shops must be closed, and all the grain will be seized." ”

The shopkeeper became angry when he heard this, "This military master, if the grass people are not mistaken, you should be the people of Jingying, when will the people of Jingying also have the right to seize the rice shops on the market?" Do you still have a royal law? ”

"Smack......

Qianhu didn't say a word, and he gave the shopkeeper a slap in the face, and then sneered: "Lao Tzu will teach you to be good today, and Lao Tzu will be the king today, not only will your rice shop be sealed, but all will be confiscated, and the brothers will bring back all the grain here!" ”

"Yes!"

These soldiers in the Beijing camp were excited, the grain sold in these rice shops was all new rice this year, and it seemed that there were quite a few of them, and after these things were confiscated, they would naturally benefit from them, and they could make a fortune again. Thinking of this, these soldiers in the Beijing camp all became excited and rushed towards the rice shop one by one.

The soldiers of the Beijing camp came to confiscate the rice from the rice shop, and the guys in the store naturally stopped, and they ran out one after another to stop these soldiers of the Beijing camp, and a physical altercation began to break out between the two sides. It's just that these bare-handed shop guys are the opponents of these Beijing camp soldiers with weapons in hand, and soon these more than ten guys were knocked to the ground by more than a hundred Beijing camp soldiers.

At this time, the shopkeeper of the rice shop was also beaten by the thousand households and fell to the ground with blood on his face.

Looking at the guy and the shopkeeper who fell to the ground, Qianhe's fierce face finally showed a smile, he walked to the shopkeeper lying on the ground, squatted down, patted his face with his hand, and said softly: "Do you know why you were beaten?" Because you provoked people who shouldn't be provoked, today is just a lesson for you, if there is a next time, it will not be as simple as being beaten and confiscated food, you will die! ”

After all that's said. Qianhu stood up at this time, looked at the people around them with a look of panic and the grain store full of grain, a trace of greed flashed in his eyes, and he waved his hand: "Come on, seal these rice shops for me, and transport all the grain!" ”

"Order!"

Just as these soldiers from the Beijing camp were excitedly rushing into the rice shop, a voice full of anger sounded behind them.

"I want to see who dares to seize our Xinglong grain store today!"

As the words fell, a fat man in a blue robe strode from outside, only to see the fat man walk in front of the rice shop. Looking at the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper who had fallen to the ground, there was an unconcealed anger in his eyes. I saw him look down at the guy on the ground, and asked angrily: "I am Tang Hu, deputy director of the Shanxi Finance Department, who are you who dare to seal my Shanxi grain store for no reason?" ”

"Tang Go?" When this Qianhu heard this, a strange look appeared on his face, and then he looked up to the sky and laughed: "Deputy Secretary for Finance...... What kind of bird officer is this? Do we have such an official in Daming? Speaking of this, his face became fierce again, pointing at Tang Hu and smiling: "If you are verbose, believe it or not, Lao Tzu even beat you together!" ”

"Oh? I really don't believe it, you can try it! "Tang Huneng was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and naturally he was not incompetent. Although he hurried over after hearing the news, he was not unprepared, and with a wave of his hand, dozens of young men in short shirts immediately rushed out from behind. I saw that after these people appeared, they all stood behind Tang Hu and looked at Qianhu and the soldiers of the Beijing camp behind him with unkind eyes, and these people had a smell of marching in the army whether they were marching or moving.

After seeing these people, Qianhu was slightly startled at first, and then looked at Tang Hu and slowly showed a sneer: "This Tang Hu Tang, this official has to admit that these people behind you are indeed not as useless as these wastes just now." But do you think these unarmed guys can help us? ”

"Unarmed?" Tang Hu also smiled, looked at him and said playfully, "Do you think this official will come over unprepared?" ”

As soon as Tang Hu's words were finished, the Qianhu and Jingying soldiers immediately saw that these strong men behind Tang Hu all took out a pair of short-eyed guns from their arms. The swarthy muzzle of the gun was pointed at these people.

Although this kind of firearm is easy to carry, it is difficult to build because of the high cost, and the range is too short, so it is not loved by the Ming army to be equipped with very few, and now seeing that the people brought by this soup guard actually have a short gun, this Qianhu was also taken aback.

An unarmed opponent is naturally different from a heavily armed opponent, and now this Qianhu can no longer show the calm expression just now, only to see him say sharply: "Tang Hu, don't forget that this is the capital, it is a big crime for you to bring firearms into Beijing without authorization, why don't you quickly throw down the firearms and arrest them and follow me to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to confess their guilt, otherwise the court will not spare it once it is investigated!" When he said this, this Qianhu said it very loudly, if ordinary people couldn't keep it, he would be under him.

Tang Hu sneered, pointed to the shopkeeper and shopkeeper lying on the ground and asked, "These people were also asked by the imperial court to beat you?" If Tang is not mistaken, if you Jingying people are not allowed to mobilize more than 50 people out of the camp unless they have a holy decree, otherwise they will be complicit in rebellion, so please show your holy decree now, right? ”

"You ......" this Qianhu was dumb all of a sudden, according to the Ming Dynasty Law, the Beijing camp as the most important force to protect the capital must not be mobilized unless there is a holy decree, otherwise it will be a conspiracy, this is in the early Ming Dynasty Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang was decided, but over the years, the Beijing camp has long become a gathering place for local ruffians and hooligans and a place for nobles to take turns to sit in the village, and the combat power of the Beijing camp has long been abolished, and this rule has long been useless, but now it has been openly mentioned, and this thousand households are speechless.

Seeing the dumb Qianhu, Tang Hu sneered and looked at the shopkeeper lying on the ground with a bloody face and the guys all over the ground, and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes: "I don't care who you sent to make trouble, now immediately let your subordinates throw down their weapons and wait for them to fall, otherwise you will blame the official for being unkind to you!" ”

"You dare!" Qianhu shouted, took out his waist knife and pointed at Tang Hu and said loudly: "I am the Ming Jingying Qianhu, I see which of you dares to touch us!" ”

Seeing the appearance of this Qianhu, Tang Hu had already seen the other party's lust, and the corners of his mouth just lightly squirted out a sentence: "Break his legs"

"Bang ......"

Two crisp gunshots in a row. The Qianhu, who was still pointing a knife at Tang Hu just now, immediately knelt down, a blood hole appeared in each of his thighs, and looked at Tang Hu with an unbelievable gaze, as if he still didn't believe that Tang Hu dared to injure him, the Jingying Qianhu, in public, he shouted frantically in a trembling and angry voice, "Ah...... Damn it...... You're dead...... How dare you hit me? Do you know who I am? Hahaha...... Just wait to die, they'll skin you! ”

In the face of the crazy screams of this thousand households, Tang Hu did not panic, but looked at the surrounding soldiers of the Beijing camp and said slowly: "I repeat, put down your weapons and surrender on your knees." Otherwise, there will be no mercy! This is the last time I say this to you, and there will be no next time. ”

Looking at Tang Hu's cold eyes, although he had a strange smile, these soldiers in the Beijing camp immediately realized that this scholar who laughed like Maitreya Buddha was really not joking, and he would really kill people if he didn't put down his weapon. Maybe he didn't dare to kill the thousand households who were kneeling on the ground and wailing, but there was no problem in killing these little soldiers. Looking at Tang Hu's cold extension and the strong men holding short guns behind him, these soldiers of the Beijing camp were timid.

"When the ......"

As the first sound of weapons falling to the ground came, more and more weapons were thrown to the ground.

"Good!" Tang Hu looked at the weapon that had been left on the ground, with a habitual smile on his face, and waved his hand. The strong man behind him immediately stepped forward and drove the more than 100 soldiers of the Beijing camp to the side and made them kneel in several rows.

Then he helped up the rice shop guys lying on the ground one by one, fortunately, most of these guys were only flesh wounds, but there were still three guys who were seriously injured and are still unconscious.

Look at these dying guys. Tang Hu took a deep breath and immediately ordered a few people to send these seriously injured guys to the hospital for treatment, and then the shopkeeper who had just been pulled up said, "These guys beat you just now, do you want to take revenge?" ”

"Revenge? Of course I did! "This shopkeeper was slapped and slapped by Qianhu just now, and his head was almost beaten into a pig's head. It's a bit unfavorable to speak at the moment.

"Good!" A hint of fierceness flashed in Tang Hu's eyes and he said to the shopkeeper: "Don't they like to hit people with their hands? You and these guys take the guy and break all their hands for me, remember...... It's a complete interruption! ”

"Ah......" The shopkeeper was taken aback after hearing this, and looked at Tang Hu hesitantly and whispered, "My lord." This is not Shanxi, this is the capital. ”

"What's wrong with the capital!" Tang Hu said sharply: "Have you forgotten how Master Hou taught us?" We don't bully others, but we will never let people bully us, whoever dares to hand us a claw must be ready to be cut off! Have you forgotten how he dealt with you? Don't you even have the bloody nature of revenge? ”

"Yes!"

The shopkeeper was also ruthless after hearing this, anyway, there was a tall man on top of the sky when the sky fell, what was he afraid of. He casually grabbed a wooden stick with a thick arm from the ground and walked to the Qianhu and smashed it against his arm, and then only heard a crisp sound of "click", the right arm of the Qianhu was broken by the wooden stick, and the Qianhu immediately let out a miserable scream, and fainted in pain, and then the shopkeeper did not let him go, and he was stunned to use the wooden stick to break the left arm of the Qianhu Qianhu before stopping.

The shopkeeper's ruthless methods were also startled by the people around him, but he didn't expect the shopkeeper who always seemed to be smiling to be so ruthless, it seems that honest people will get angry when they are provoked.

The shopkeeper all moved, and those guys naturally didn't be polite, or picked up the wooden stick from the ground, or took out the guy from the store and ran towards the Beijing soldiers who were kneeling on the ground, and then the stick in his hand smashed at them headlessly. These Jingying sergeants wanted to resist just now, but when the first sergeant to resist had just made a move, he remembered with a crisp gunshot, and he immediately fell to the ground holding his thighs and wailing.

With this example, the remaining Jingying sergeants were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat, and then they didn't dare to move, and they were planning to find a doctor to get the bones back, but if they were hit by lead bullet in the thigh, they would lose their lives, and with these scruples, they could only honestly kneel on the ground and let these guys break their arms.

With a click and wail, I remembered that the more than 100 soldiers of the Beijing camp who came this time were all planned to have their arms drawn, and many of them were lying on the ground in pain and wailing and rolling, and they no longer had the ferocity they had when they hit people and smashed the store just now.

Seeing that these people were all beaten, Tang Hu ordered his men and the people he brought to throw these people into the street.

Seeing that these soldiers were all thrown into the street with their hands broken, Tang Hu said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper Yang, are you okay with your injuries, can you still do things?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head: "It's okay, the villain can still do things!" ”

Tang Hu sneered: "That's good, you take your guys and start selling rice immediately, I want to see today, who else dares to open their eyes to seal our rice shop?" (To be continued......)