Geng Dunru heard Yan Hong's tone so unkind, and he had no excuse at all, so he had to smile and say, "How can you let the government break the bank." If it is not enough, the little old man will go bankrupt and provide for these villagers. This side please. "Pinch your nose and lead the way. The hundreds of strong men in Gengjiazhai opened the road in front, followed by the strong men of the surrounding villages, and in the middle was Yan Hong's official team. The group walked around and came to Gengjiazhai. When Yan Hong looked up, he saw that this Gengjiazhai was a very large manor, there were village walls built outside, although they were not high, but they were very strong, and there were watchtowers at the four corners, and there were many Zhuang guests with weapons on the wall patrolling back and forth.

This kind of civil armed forces is in a gray area at this time, and the Ming Dynasty does not encourage but deliberately eliminate group training, but it is still illegal for the people to have more than ten weapons. And judging from the situation of Gengjiazhai, I am afraid that the number of Tibetan soldiers has already exceeded the scale, and finally knows the severity of the road, and does not wear the iron armor outside.

Geng Dunru saw the ridicule on the corner of Yan Hong's mouth, and hurriedly explained: "Master Qincha, I have been making trouble with the Japanese Invaders all these years, and in order to be afraid of the harassment of the Japanese Invaders, I had no choice but to build the village wall, set up a watchtower, and built some blunt knives and short spears, just to defend myself." As soon as the Japanese invaders were destroyed, we handed over the weapons to the government, and we did not dare to keep them privately, and the walls and watchtowers were all demolished. ”

Someone among the dozen or so patriarchs said: "Master Qincha, this Geng family is very domineering, not only has a blacksmith furnace in his Zhuangzi to make weapons, but also bought ordnance from the military guards. ”

Yan Hong smiled: "Well, this one." Imperial Court Law. Civilians are not allowed to possess strong crossbows privately. The owner of Geng Zhuang still checked it when he turned around, if there were really forbidden things such as crossbows and bows, he would hand them over as soon as possible, and there would be no loss. If you hide it and don't hand it over, you will inevitably tell the truth, and if it falls into the hands of the thief, you won't be able to say it clearly. ”

Geng Dunru had no choice but to nod his head and say yes, and greeted the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of these patriarchs in his heart. Fortunately, it looks at Yan Qincha's momentum. I didn't mean to make a big fuss, so I hurriedly ordered to take everyone into the village. Those strong men from all villages were waiting outside the village, they were not soldiers, and they had no rules, just looking for a place to rest. However, Yan Hong also found that these people are very hard-working, and they don't take it seriously if they don't have tents, covers, etc., and they can sleep against a big tree. If you practice it, you might be able to become a qualified soldier.

When they entered Geng's village, they lit incense candles in the village to welcome. Someone else prepared a sumptuous banquet and invited the chief to sit down. Shogishi accompanied. The attachés sat down at the other tables, first offering tea and then fruits. Yan Feng and Yan Fu escorted behind Yan Hong. Shao An and Tao Zhi were very alert, and the two had a cup of tea hastily, and then took turns to lead the patrol.

Above the chief, Yan Hong, Jiang An, Geng Dunru, and several nearby patriarchs, as well as the two elders of the Geng family, were seated, and the other patriarchs and village elders were seated at the three tables next to them. Yan Hong said: "It's still early, I'll take this opportunity to be a Lu Zhonglian with you, what grudges you have in the past, as soon as you say it today, I will break it off with you." ”

When those patriarchs and village elders heard this, they thanked them one after another, and each stated their grievances. It is not how many steps have been forcibly pushed back by the boundary markers of their own fields, resulting in the loss of how many acres of fields; It is the canal that irrigates the land of the house is forcibly diverted, so that there is no water available to it.

In short, Geng Shaoquan's name is inseparable from these accusations, and there is also evidence presented. Yan Hong listened and instructed the accompanying clerk at the other table, and wrote them down one by one with a pen. Those big families and clansmen of the Geng family, the more they listened, the more ugly their faces became, and they knew that this time it was going to be worse, and the people from these dozen villages came prepared, and the evidence in their hands was very sufficient, and there was no way to deny it. It is easy to take advantage of oneself and suffer losses, if Qin Cha really lets himself return the land he occupies, how can he be ruthless? If you want to talk about a lawsuit, the evidence of the other party is here, how to win? If you want to talk about fists, not to mention Zhejiang soldiers, even the thousands of men outside the wall, today's Gengjiazhai may not be able to resist. How good is that?

Geng Dunru waited until the Qincha record was complete, and he couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his head with his sleeve and said, "Ahem...... Geng Shaoquan is a strong guy. has done a lot of illegal and immoral things, so that the old man can't hold his head up in front of the villagers, ashamed, ashamed. It's just that the things on this field can't be explained clearly in a few words, why don't we set up the banquet first, eat and drink, and then reason? ”

Yan Hong said: "Don't be in a hurry to eat and drink first, this thing must be done." Geng rebels against the usual days of oppression of the villagers, and commits many illegal acts, and the official will definitely return justice to everyone. It's just that the rebels knew about the rebellion that day, and some of the rebels were defeated and fled, I don't know if the old patriarch knew the whereabouts of these people? ”

When Geng Dunru heard this, he hurriedly ordered: "Bring people up quickly!" After a while, I only heard a staggering footsteps, and more than a dozen young men were pale and vain, and they were pushed over, and as soon as they reached Yan Hong, they were kicked to the ground.

Yan Hong is not a god, how can he recognize whether these dozen people are Taiyong who fled back? Anyway, I think that this Geng patriarch will not be so confused that he will make a mistake and tie up some unrelated people to death. So he asked, "Why are these people so poor?" Since they followed Geng Shaoquan to rebel, they are all fierce people, why do they seem to be unable to walk now? ”

Someone in the patriarch of the outer village said: "The eldest master doesn't know, this is also where the Geng family is strong." They set up a water prison in the village, and anyone who owed a debt and could not pay it for rent was pressed in the water prison, and the family had to collect all the money before they could release them. And we, the people of the village, offended him, and were also arrested and tortured. The water prison is not only used by Geng Shaoquan, but also by this old man on weekdays. It seems that these thieves have also suffered this. ”

When Yan Hong heard this, he glanced at Geng Dunru and said, "I didn't expect that Old Man Geng is still so majestic in the village?" ”

Geng Dunru's face turned red and said: "These thieves dare to offend the Qin Cha and kill them without using the water prison to kill their prestige, how do they know the power of the national law Wang Zhang...... This, the little old man is a countryman, he has no knowledge, if he violates the rules, he hopes that the old man will be gracious, and the little old man will turn around and let the villagers dismantle the water prison. Admit punishment and admit punishment. ”

Yan Hong ignored him and turned his head to interrogate those arrested Tai Yong. These people have been locked up in the water prison for a few days, and they are already no human beings, ghosts, ghosts, ghosts As soon as Yan Hong asked, he admitted one after another, some begged for mercy, and some begged for a happy time. It saved a lot of effort.

Yan Hong ordered someone to escort them back to the water prison first, carefully guarded them, and then said: "The water prison is not necessarily bad, but it depends on who it is used on." It's not bad to invite a traitor like this rebel who kills officials and rebels to taste the water prison. But if an ordinary tenant owes rent and less interest, you torture him with this torture, and even if you force the rent out, won't you have a great grudge? If you don't get it right and then kill someone, even if the government doesn't ask, your old man is so old, why don't you accumulate more blessings for yourself? It's the same with the rank of officer, if you don't tell me in your house, there is no cell, I am not a magistrate, and I have no intention of pursuing this matter, but I just hope that it will be done in moderation. Don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself, don't do anything to the end, and it's good for everyone to come back and meet. ”

Although Yan Hong's own family is a rich and noble son, before crossing over, it was a bottom-level fishing line. I have heard a lot about the rich being unkind, colluding with officials and businessmen, and oppressing the poor. He has no intention of reversing this way, but at worst, controlling the contradiction between the rich and the poor within a certain range and so on is actually good for the country and for everyone.

Geng Dunru and a few other members couldn't help nodding and said, "What the big master said, what the big master said." ”

Yan Hong then took someone to take stock of Geng Shaoquan's family property. I saw that the properties that originally belonged to Geng Shaoquan had been sealed, and there were special patrols outside the warehouse, and the chains on the door were the thickness of thumbs, and they were locked with copper locks.

When he opened the door to see, this Geng Shaoquan had been a thief for many years, and he really had some family background. There are about 500,000 copper coins in the family, and more than 4,000 taels of silver and silver tickets can be made up, in addition, there are hundreds of stones of good indica rice, as for japonica rice and brown rice, there are even more, and there are about 500 stones of salt with white flowers. In addition, there are some swords, guns, weapons, cloth, silk and so on. In addition, there are some gold and silver jewelry, jewelry treasures, many of which are women's items, which must have been used by Geng Shaoquan's wife and concubine, and now they have all been confiscated. In addition, some rhino horns, ivory, jadeite, and sand gold were used by the Yang family in Banzhou to trade salt, and all of them were confiscated.

This time, he copied Geng's family, and the harvest was not small, and he got more than 10,000 pieces of silver, not counting the land and shops in his name. Yan Hong thought secretly: It seems that he still underestimated the wealth of the Geng thief, he is really a big fat pig, and when he turns around and sells his land and shops, with this wealth, Qi Yuanjing's reward over there should not be a problem. Although compared to the current Yan Hong, the cash in his hands is hundreds of thousands, and Geng Shaoquan is just a small head, but this absolute number is still not small. It is certainly not a bad thing to be able to copy such a sum and reward more resources.

After this matter was dealt with, more than half of Yan Hong's heart fell, as for those land disputes and life lawsuits, he couldn't understand it in three words. What is involved here is the entanglement of interests and secondary distribution in all aspects, and everyone has their own little ninety-nine, which is not a matter of urgency. Yan Hong was also a little hungry at this time, so he returned to the room and sat down at the chief.

Geng Dunru hurriedly ordered a banquet to be arranged, and personally poured wine and cloth dishes for Qincha. I just hope that Qin Cha will raise his noble hand and spare his Geng family. Yan Hong said: "Master Huang An Geng, he is a middle-class nobleman in the country, a first-class noble figure, since you are his fellow clansmen, I can't help but sell this face, but these people have been greatly wronged, and this matter is not easy to pass like this." In my opinion, the villagers should still be in harmony. Teeth touching tongue is not a big deal, blindly fighting bravely, after all, it is difficult to last long. Right? (To be continued......)