No one noticed that the Mai man had already gone down the city, so he naturally didn't see this scene, but when he heard the thunderous cheers from the city, he didn't look back, and still walked slowly towards the city.

After passing through a few alleys, he walked into a small courtyard, the courtyard was quiet, the courtyard was very ordinary, and it even looked a little dilapidated from the outside, but he could push open the door, and the inside was cleaned up, which could be described as dusty.

In the room, two Taoists sat cross-legged, and the Mai man pushed the door in, and the two didn't seem to see it, and they didn't even move their eyelids.

The Mai man took off his hat and revealed his face, it was Wang Ze, he didn't disturb the two Taoists, but sat down cross-legged opposite the two.

After a while, the slightly older Taoist on the left opened his eyes, and this Taoist had a white complexion, a clear gaze, and looked very clean.

The elder Taoist didn't speak, but Wang Ze already knew, he smiled slightly, but still didn't speak, but the Taoist already understood, and closed his eyes.

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Today, the people of Yuhang County are very excited, the county government is surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, the people who complain are endless, the county Cheng Gaixun is very busy, but Yao Yuan of Yuhang County does not know where to go.

After Liu Han subdued Yamada and arrested him, the Kashima samurai completely lost their fighting spirit, and the remaining seventy or eighty people were immediately arrested.

The county government jail was overcrowded for a while, and two inns had to be requisitioned as cells.

In addition to the captured Dongying warriors, to Liu Han's surprise, there were more than a dozen Dongying merchants who came to the county office, and these Dongying merchants came to ask for protection, they were attacked by the people of Yuhang, and their goods were robbed.

Liu Han didn't care about anything else, so he first sent people to protect the shops of these Dongying merchants, arrested the thugs who took the opportunity to rob, and let these Dongying merchants stay at the post station first.

The post station is not big, just next to the west gate, there are five or six post guards in charge, and there are usually no people, so many Dongying merchants live in it at once, and it immediately seems very crowded.

Liu Han asked people to patrol the whole city, put up notices, and did not take the opportunity to rob, and severely punished the rioters who robbed.

"I Dajin welcomes law-abiding businessmen to do business, for these law-abiding businessmen, I Dajin will protect, you can rest assured, the lost goods, we will find a way to recover, really unrecoverable, we are responsible for compensation, you can do business with peace of mind. ”

Hearing this, the original frowning Dongying Chamber of Commerce President Shangcun immediately relieved, Shangcun is in his forties, he is from Nandongying Island, dare to go to the sea to Dajin, are some bold or bold people, Shangcun is no exception, he has been in Dajin for a long time, is one of the earliest Dongying businessmen to Dajin, most of the Dongying businessmen who went to Dajin with him went back, a few died in the sea, he is one of the few people who have survived.

For the kindness released by Liu Han, Uemura was naturally grateful, and took the opportunity to say a lot of thanks, accompanied by a lot of caution.

In order to appease these Dongying merchants, Liu Han hosted a banquet for Dongying merchants and local merchants in Yuhang the next day in Guanhailou, the largest restaurant in Yuhang.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if Wu County wants to be prosperous and rich, it is necessary to trade all over the world, but in business, you must take the right path, do not take the evil road, and you will succeed for a while if you take the evil road, but in the end there will be retribution, and the Jiangnan Society is a lesson from the past!

Liu Han's measures worked, Yu Hang quickly settled down, and the losses of each shop were also counted, during this period, Man Tong took the sailor back to Yu Hang, and at the same time brought the silver and some jewels of the stolen Dongying people.

However, Liu Han did not immediately return the silver and jewelry to the Dongying people, but began to hear the case of these Dongying people the next day.

Han Cheng also came back at about the same time as Man Tong, and after the people of Yuhang began to get out of control, Han Cheng strongly mobilized troops to suppress it, but Chu Ning, the captain of the naval division who stayed in Yuhang, refused to send troops.

Chu Ning's reason was very simple, he only had more than 300 soldiers under his command, and the gap in strength was too great; second, his soldiers were all sailors and were not good at land warfare; his idea was to block the sea route and cut off the way for the Dongying people to escape from the sea, and let Han Cheng go to Wu County for help.

Han Cheng rushed to Wu County overnight, he thought the boat was too slow, and rushed to Wu County overnight with a few soldiers, so he missed it on the road, fortunately, he had not all arrived in Wu County, and met Mantong's sailor who went south halfway, and learned that Liu Han had rushed to Yuhang, so he turned around and rushed back to Yuhang with Mantong.

Liu Han did not start with Yamada, but started with the Nagashima samurai, who did not make a big disturbance due to Ono's orders, but during the period, a few people could not resist the instigation of the Kashima samurai and participated in the robbery, and the Yuhang store came out to correct it.

These Toei samurai were sentenced to one day in the flail to compensate the shop for the damage and the medical expenses of the injured.

This sentence is actually light, and Liu Han did not hide it, and directly told everyone that this time it was because there was a reason for the incident, so the sentence was light, and if there was a robbery in the future, it would be punished severely.

Ono naturally has no objection to the punishment, he will pay as much silver as he should pay, and those who are sentenced to the flail will be pulled to the county outside the flail to show the public.

A trial ensued against Yamada, who confessed to all the crimes and offered to punish only one of him and spare the others, but Yoo Han did not agree.

"Whoever is guilty, thou art the chief, and the greatest sin is the heaviest punishment: ten lashes and twenty rods. Liu Han said and threw down three wooden sticks, one wooden stick represents ten strokes.

Ono was surprised on the side, Yamada's crime seemed to be the greatest, and he was only beaten thirty times, which was already a very light sentence.

Yamada himself was also very surprised, he thought that he would cut off his head anyway, and he pulled out a knife at Shangguan, how could this Shangguan let him go, but he didn't expect it to be over with thirty strokes.

Han Cheng didn't understand it very much, he felt that this treatment was too light, Yamada should at least serve hard labor, and the two who injured people should be exiled for eight hundred miles.

"Do you know why I let you go?" Liu Han looked at him and Ono Kamimura and said, it was also Han Cheng who said, Yamada shook his head, Ono didn't understand, Han Cheng was angry on the side, and the people of Yuhang, who were watching the execution, all made a noise of dissatisfaction when they heard the verdict.

"It's very simple, during this period, although you robbed property and injured people, you didn't kill anyone, you didn't rape women, which shows that you still know the stakes, and you still don't want to make things out of control, but you just want to get your property back because of this, so you can still be saved. ”

"The purpose of punishment is to punish the former and the latter, to cure the sick and save people, not to punish for the sake of punishment, but if there is a trace of kindness in the heart, it is necessary to save them, not to kill them with a sword. ”

Liu Han didn't hide it, his voice didn't seem to be loud, but it was infused with internal force, and the people inside and outside the county government could hear it clearly, and the people's reactions slowly calmed down.

However, Liu Han did not completely let go, and the two Kashima samurai who set fire to it very heavily were sentenced to one month of hard labor, and they were in the hard labor field in Yuhang.

The remaining Kashima samurai were sentenced to ten lashes or flails, and seven or eight were released after being beaten on the spot with five boards.

For the loss of property of Yuhang merchants, Liu Han from the compensation for the silver brought by Mantong, and finally, Liu Han dealt with Mantong, and the sailor had a misjudgment in this raid of the Jiangnan meeting, although there was a reason for the incident, but Mantong was the main general, and should bear the main responsibility, in accordance with the military law, in front of the officers and soldiers of the whole army, he was whipped ten times, and all the officers and soldiers of the sailor were punished.

The result of this treatment was told to Man Tong in advance, and Man Tong was a little dissatisfied at first, but Liu Han persuaded him.

"In the future, the sailors will act independently, if they rob at sea, what can you do? Therefore, the military discipline of the sailors should be strengthened, and if there is no military discipline in an army, it will be a rabble, a bandit, and to strengthen discipline, start with the generals. Besides, with the general's cultivation, ten lashes are considered a fart, just pretentious. ”

Liu Han's words made Man Tong reluctantly accept the disposal, and Liu Han was not wrong, ten whips were not a matter for him at all.

As Man Tong accepted the punishment of ten lashes in front of all the sailors, Yuhang was completely calmed down, the market returned to normal, and as the news spread in all directions, there were ships docked at the ferry wharf.

"Yuhang is a place with great achievements, General Man, Gaizhi County, the key to the development of Yuhang is to go to the sea for business, and to encourage Dajin merchants to go out. ”

Man Tong was full of confidence, and Gai Xun's smile was a little reluctant, his county order was temporary, whether he could sit firmly or not, he didn't dare to have much expectation, the reason was very simple, he was born as a civilian, and it was already unexpected to be a county magistrate.

"I know that you feel that the treatment of Dongying people is too light, but this way, I have considerations, Yuhang wants to develop, it is necessary to develop the sea to do business, Yuhang, it can even be said that Yangzhou, Wujun, and even the Great Jin, need overseas businessmen to come in, to do business, to do business, only in this way, the people of Yuhang can get rich, the people are rich, and the world can be stable.

You have to remember that no matter who you are dealing with, whether it is a Jin person or a Dongying person or a Hu person, you must be fair and just, and don't have the idea of Hu Yi. ”

Han Cheng had to bow down, and Liu Han patted him on the shoulder meaningfully.

Liu Han stayed in Yuhang for seven days, and after handling the affairs of Yiying, he handed over the county affairs to Gai Xun, and handed over the unfinished business of the Jiangnan Association to Han Cheng, so that he could continue to stay in Yuhang.

Early in the morning, at the water wharf, Liu Han took Wei Bao and the five people to prepare to get on the boat, Han Cheng and Gai Xun stood on the shore to see each other off, in the mist, a few people ran out of breath, Liu Han couldn't help but smile bitterly, originally chose to leave at this time, just didn't want to alarm too many people.

Don't look at him only in Yuhang for seven days, but these seven days have conquered the people of Yuhang, the streets and alleys are full of talking about this majestic Tiger Benwei Lord, blowing him into the sky, and sending him a tree monument, Wei Bao quietly went out to inquire, and heard that the people were going to give him Wanmin umbrella, which startled him, so he was very low-key when he left, and didn't want to alarm anyone.

Unexpectedly, it was still noticed, and when these people arrived, Liu Han breathed a sigh of relief, it was Zhou Se Gu Tong and them, and there were actually Ono and Yamada.

"My lord, if you want to leave like this, you don't know that you will be old, this is not an adult's. Zhou Se pretended to be angry and said.

"It's mine, it's not, I just don't want to alarm the big guys, less trouble, besides, I still have to go to Ning County to have a look." Liu Han smiled and said to the big guy.

"This time, we are thanks to my lordship, I thank you on behalf of the Dongying people!" Ono said and bowed deeply to Liu Han, he looked much more relaxed, this is true, if it is a different person, this time the Dongying people of Yuhang may be uprooted.

"It's serious!" Liu Han hugged his fists and saluted back: "There is a cause and effect, I Dajin can tolerate the world, and I will definitely be able to tolerate you Dongying people, if you still want to study, you can go to God, the emperor doesn't have those stinky rules, otherwise it is okay to go to Yangzhou, let Lu Qiao Yuwen and them recommend you to enter Yangzhou Academy." ”

Ono was full of joy and admiration in his heart, not because of the introduction of him to school, but because of the broad-mindedness shown by Liu Han, he bowed deeply again, and the words of thanks were superfluous.

"Be honest in business and abide by the law!"

Liu Han turned around and instructed Yamada again, but Yamada knelt down in front of him, and slammed his head on the ground: "My lord, the Alien Savage deeply feels the virtue of the Lord, and I hope to serve under the Lord's command, so I beg the Lord's to take him in." ”

Yamada suddenly made this request, Liu Han couldn't help but be stunned, a trace of anger flashed in his expression, and he raised his eyes to look at Ono, wondering if it was discussed with him, Ono was obviously very surprised, and looked at Yamada very surprised.

"Yamada-kun, you're so reckless!"

Yamada suddenly came to this hand, Ono was also stupid, and only came back to his senses after half a sound, stomped his feet and scolded, Liu Han thought about it slightly, and said gently: "I am a Dajin official, if you want to join the Tiger Benwei, you have to be approved by the palace, I have no right to decide, if you want to join my disciple and become my private soldier or apprentice, it is impossible now, I will talk about it when I have the opportunity later." ”

Liu Han refused, but Yamada insisted, he knelt at Liu Han's feet, his head still on the ground: "I was originally a Kashima samurai, the head of the family was destroyed in the war, and since then I have become a wandering samurai, I have to cross the sea to Dajin to make a living, and I also hope to worship a famous teacher in Dajin and go further in martial arts, but after I arrive in Dajin, no matter which sect I go to, I refuse to accept me, and now, I finally met a famous teacher, and I ask the adult to accept me!

Liu Han didn't hesitate: "Absolutely not, Ono, Man Tong, you help me persuade him, this matter is not discussed!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Han turned around and got on the boat, Yamada still maintained the posture just now, Ono sighed and said to him, "You are too reckless!"

Man Tong also said: "Yamada, there is such a apprenticeship. ”

Yamada looked up at him, Man Tong said: "A master like Lord Liu, in my Dajin is also the top, I don't know how many people in the world want to worship under him, if you know that he wants to accept apprentices or disciples, don't dare to say too much, from Yuhang all the way to Wu County, it is not a lie, you can kneel down like this and worship under Lord Liu, I can only say, you underestimate Lord Liu too much! Or, more seriously, you are insulting Lord Liu! Lord is magnanimous, not angry with you, you better get up." ”

Yamada raised his head and looked at the sailboat that was gradually moving away, revealing deep disappointment, Ono sighed deeply, even in Toying, it is not so simple to learn from a teacher.

(End of chapter)