Chapter 4212: Leveraging Strength

On November 7, the 13th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, Ganzhou Thorn Shi Lei Sitong inspected Pingxi County, and that night, in Pingxi City, Lei Sitong was assassinated by the Shatu people, and the entire Ganzhou was shaken!

Since the Shatu Seven Divisions were annexed to the Han Empire, in the past few decades, this is the first time in the Han Empire that a first-level feudal official has been assassinated by the Shatu people.

Of course, the assassination was unsuccessful, and three of the assassins who assassinated Lei Sitong were killed on the spot, and none of them ran away, and everyone was stolen.

According to the news from the Assassin's Office, Lei Si and his guards and Liu Yucheng, the overseer of Pingxi County, led a team to encircle and suppress the Assassins, and found that the three assassins who assassinated Lei Sitong were mixed in a caravan from the Shatu Seven Divisions, and after a battle, most of the Shatu caravan was killed, and among the captured Shatu people, it was not only confirmed that the assassins were from the Shatu Seven Divisions, but also found that many people in the caravan were members of the Black Wind Bandits.

The Black Wind Thieves who once ravaged the Northwest, killed countless people, and made countless merchants change color when they heard about it, all came from the Seven Divisions of the Shatu and were pretended to be by the Shatu people.

I don't know how many people were stunned when such news came out.

Encountering the assassination of the Shatu people, Lei Sitong, who has the nickname of Lei Tiger, will naturally not give up, as the saying goes, the tiger's butt can't be touched, this time, the Shatu people are not trying to touch his buttocks, but want to cut off his head, Lei Sitong is naturally furious.

On the night of November 7, Lei Sitong mobilized the Pingxi City garrison and his own guards to search the Shatu gathering area in Pingxi City and arrest the "fellow assassins" In this search, the Pingxi City garrison and Lei Sitong's personal guard battalion under the order of Lei Sitong opened a killing spree in the gathering area of the Shatu people, and directly killed more than 100 Shatu people who dared to resist, those who were arrogant and domineering in Pingxi City on weekdays, and always thought that they could make a trouble, and a strong man could make the Han people in Pingxi City bow their heads, and finally tasted the swords and spears of the Han Empire for the first time......

Early in the morning of November 8, the people of Pingxi County, who wanted to enter the city early in the morning, suddenly found that there were dozens of wooden frames on the towers of each city gate, and among those dozens of wooden frames, there were all the heads of the Shatu people.

And in Pingxi City, many people in Pingxi City got up together, and found that the atmosphere of the entire Pingxi City seemed to have changed a little, the streets of Pingxi City were full of patrolling sergeants and fast catchers, and the news of Lord Shi's assassination last night spread all over Pingxi City at once, not only that, Lei Sitong also put the weapons, bows, crossbows and arrows seized from the Shatu people on the square at the gate of the county guard's mansion, for the people of Pingxi City to visit.

For those ordinary people in Pingxi City, although they hate the Shatu people, they just hate it, and most of the people don't think too much about it, but this morning, when the people in the city saw the dense collection of various weapons of the Shatu people stacked at the gate of the county guard's mansion, all the people in Pingxi City were startled and woke up at once.

There were five or six thousand swords of all kinds, hundreds of bows and crossbows, tens of thousands of arrows, and a large number of other armor and ordnance, which were enough to arm two battalions of elite soldiers.

As long as you have a little brain, I'm afraid you will think about this problem.

It was on this day that a thorn order from Ganzhou Thorn Shi Lei Sitong, who was in Pingxi City, spread throughout all counties and counties in Ganzhou.

From now on, if a Shatu caravan enters the city in all counties of Ganzhou, all Shatu caravans will be charged three times the entry fee of all Shatu, and at the same time, the city defense passes shall strictly inspect the goods transported by the Shatu, and if it is found that the Shatu caravan is carrying swords and ordnance, it will be confiscated.

From now on, in the counties and cities of Ganzhou, it is strictly forbidden for the Shatu people to openly carry swords and other weapons in public places, if any Shatu people are found to be openly carrying weapons in the city, anyone can kill them on the spot, and kill a Shatu people who carry weapons in the city, and a reward of 500 taels of silver, if the officials dare to connive at the Shatu people who are rampant and lawless, they will be dismissed and imprisoned for the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and their families will be exterminated, and they will be tried by Lord Assassin Shi himself.

From now on, in all counties of Ganzhou, all Shatu people who dare to gather crowds to make trouble, besiege local government offices and military camps, obstruct local government service, and sergeants who perform official duties will be killed on the spot and will not be tolerated, and if the Shatu people violate the laws of the Han Empire, they will be severely punished and must not be indulged.

-- After receiving the above ban, all states and counties shall publish a list for one month, so that the people of all states and counties will be aware of it.

As soon as these bans were announced, the people of Pingxi City were boiling, and they ran to tell each other, regardless of the military and civilians, everyone felt that the bans against the Shatu people were very happy, so that the people in the city could raise their eyebrows in front of the Shatu people, and no longer have to suffer from the anger of the Shatu people.

This is the case in Pingxi City, and the situation in other cities in Ganzhou is similar, the people everywhere are raising their eyebrows and running to tell each other, while the Shatu people who were arrogant and domineering in various places before have all wilted all of a sudden, and they are no longer arrogant.

Of course, for Lord Thorn, this is not enough.

Just when the people of Pingxi County saw the notice and rushed to tell each other, Lei Sitong was in the study of Guanyuan and said loudly to a knife and pen official he brought with him, "Do you want this official to teach you how to write this piece...... Let's just say that the official was besieged by hundreds of Shatu assassins from the Shatu Seven Divisions, and dozens of wounds fell on his body, nine deaths, and finally struggled to kill those assassins, and then the official found that those assassins were from the Shatu Seven Divisions, and the Shatu Seven Divisions wanted to assassinate the official naturally eyeing Ganzhou, with bad intentions, and now the situation in Ganzhou is extremely critical, but the armament is not well prepared, the city checkpoints are not well repaired, and the armor and ordnance of the sergeants around the country are old, please ask the imperial court to allocate 350 million taels of silver to make military supplies, and the official can have a good deal with the Shatu Seven Divisions to ensure that the territory of the Han Empire is not lost, anyway, the situation is how serious how to write, this will not be......”

The civil servant in the study broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, "The prime minister...... The Prime Minister's side......"

"Lin Qingtian is a fart, the assassin of the imperial court was assassinated by the Shatu people, the evidence is conclusive, the stolen goods are all found, the confession and the corpses are all there, what are you afraid of, who wants to see the head of the Shatu assassin Lao Tzu salted those heads with lime and sent them to him, so that he could put them in front of the ancestral tablet for ......" Lei Sitong scolded," What's wrong with Lao Tzu sending a few orders against the Shatu people in Ganzhou, the Shatu people are not his father, if he dares to stand up and speak to the Shatu people again at this time, he is not afraid of being drowned by the saliva of the world, even if he is the prime minister, do you really think it is fun to be pointed at and scolded by the whole world as a traitor and be the godson of the Shatu people?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Xiaguan,...... The lower official knows how to write it......" The civil servant of the classic book nodded while wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Then hurry up and write it, and after printing it, use the military department's flying post to spread it......"

"Yes!" the civil servant bowed away.

Seeing the civil official leaving, Lei Sitong turned his head, and a cordial smile instantly appeared on his face, looking at Yan Liqiang, who was also in the study, "Liqiang, what do you think of this?"

Yan Liqiang also laughed, "Congratulations, congratulations, Uncle Lei has gained fame and fortune this time, I just heard that now those people in Pingxi City who see the notice have begun to call Uncle Lei Qingtian, Uncle Lei's few prohibitions today can be described as very happy, and the merits are immeasurable, and the people of Ganzhou have been looking forward to such a day for a long time......"

"Hahaha, there will be such a thing in the future, just come to me!" Lei Sitong laughed and touched his beard, "It's just that there were too few assassins last night, not enough to kill, I was thinking about how to deal with those Shatu people on weekdays, but unfortunately I couldn't find a reason at once, I didn't expect them to send them to the door this time, giving me a chance, speaking of which, I have to thank you!"

"I just did what I was supposed to do!" Yan Liqiang smiled modestly, taking advantage of this incident, he dug a big pit for the Shatu people, and minimized the destructiveness that the Shatu people could bring in the future with the help of Lei Sitong's hand, and took precautions, Yan Liqiang breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, feeling that all this was really worth it, this time the killing situation against himself evolved into this result, it is estimated that neither Lin Qingtian nor the Shatu Seven Department did not expect it.

They can decide to start, but the outcome is not something they can decide......

"The Shatu people have suffered such a big loss this time, I don't think they will just forget it, their goal is to strengthen you, do you need a master to protect you, if you do, I will find you a few masters, so as not to let those Shatu people have a chance!"

"I will talk about the matter of the master guard in the future, I'm afraid I will have to trouble Uncle Lei, but this time the incident also touched me a little, after I am ready for these two days, I will first find a place to retreat and cultivate for a period of time, and improving my strength is the most fundamental solution......

"Yes, yes!" Rays nodded at the same time, "It's just the salt we discussed......"

"Uncle Lei, how about we limit ourselves to half a year, within half a year, Uncle Lei will finish the matter of the salt farm, and then I will finish the cultivation and take over the salt farm!"

"Half a year...... Lei Sitong pondered for a while, and finally nodded, "Almost, to take a few big salt farms, it will indeed take at least four or five months, and half a year is not too long, then we will decide......"

"Good!"