"Arrest all these fine works, and leave no one behind!" Ma Hou roared angrily, an excited smile on his face.

The reason why he did it directly was not only to stand up for Zhou Kun, but also to fall in love with the wealth of this group of Fujian grain merchants. In just a few days, this group of grain merchants has collected thousands of stone grain, and the funds in their hands must be abundant. As long as you take down these grain merchants, these grains will be your own!

This is worth thousands of taels or even tens of thousands of taels of silver, compared to these money and grain, Zhou Kun gave himself a mere one hundred and fifty taels of silver!

Looking at the mansion in front of him and imagining the mountains of grain inside, Ma Hou was extremely excited. In times of war, what is more important than money and food? In times of war, what are the lives of some merchants? Ma Hou has decided that after taking the grain, he will first arrest all the grain merchants and see if he can extort some ransom. As for whether there is gentry support behind it, Ma Hou doesn't care. Because Ma Hou knew that the Jiangxi Imperial Court would not last long, and these gentry were almost finished.

Even if he robbed these grain merchants and killed people, he was not afraid of the revenge of the gentry behind them, and it was a big deal to wait until the imperial army entered Jiangxi, and he would take his team to join the imperial court, not to mention keeping the Jiupin inspection position, maybe he could go up one liter.

However, Zhang Huangyan on the other side was really angry, these inspection divisions in front of him are really fucking up, how can anyone use a knife without asking.

"Retreat into the courtyard first!" Even though he was angry, Zhang Huangyan still kept calm, and quickly retreated with his subordinates and retreated into the courtyard.

Two of his subordinates blocked the gate of the courtyard with long knives, slashed wildly, and blocked the people of the inspection department.

"Dare to resist with weapons, it is really the work of the officials and soldiers!" Ma Hou was overjoyed, so there was even more reason to win the other party.

"Rush in for me, dare to resist and kill!"

However, the "business guys" blocking the gate of the courtyard were very fierce, and as soon as several soldiers of the inspection department rushed to the gate of the courtyard, they were slashed by them, and two were cut on the spot, and the others were so frightened that they retreated, not daring to press too hard.

"Archers, shoot them with arrows!" Ma Hou was furious and shouted loudly.

"Horse inspection, horse inspection." Squire Lu, who was stunned on the side, finally reacted and hurriedly walked in front of Ma Hou.

"Ma Patrol is angry, the courtyard is not a fine work of officials and soldiers, but the Wu family business on the other side of the mountain, who has been doing raw silk porcelain business with us in the past, are you mistaken?" Squire Lu persuaded. If the courtyard is a meticulous work of the officials and soldiers, then he can't get out of it if he cooperates with them, but how can Squire Lu, who is not a member of the Wu family, not know?

"Master Lu, you have been deceived, if it weren't for the careful work of the officials and soldiers, how could you hurt people with weapons?" Ma Hou sneered.

"Alas, Ma Patrol, what do you have to say. Let's talk slowly, there is no need to use knives and guns. Or you name a number of horse inspectors, and I will persuade them. Squire Lu sighed. How could Squire Lu not know the purpose of the Marquis, it was nothing more than for the silver.

"There's not much to say now, unless they surrender." Ma Hou said coldly. As for the silver, as long as it enters the courtyard, all the money and grain in it will be his own.

I have to say that with the uprising of the rebels in Jiangxi, all parts of Jiangnan have lost order, if it were changed to previous years, a petty official like Ma Hou would never dare to be so arrogant. Squire Lu also understood this situation, so he could only sigh helplessly, knowing that the other party was greedy, he stopped persuading, and turned away from the mansion.

"Go back and gather the servants and tenants in your family, and let everyone gather together to prevent change." Waving to an entourage, Squire Lu commanded in a low voice. Squire Lu was worried that the murder of this surnamed Ma would be red-eyed, and he was crooked about his family's wealth, so he had to take a dike or two.

In this Tong'an Town, the Lu family is the only squire, and most of the fields in Tong'an Town belong to the Lu family.

Several archers from the inspection division stepped forward in a row and shot at the courtyard gate. The two people guarding the door hurriedly used their knives to block the feather arrows, but they were still shot, but fortunately, the bows of the inspection department were all soft bows, and the archers also lacked practice, and the feather arrows were not deep into the flesh, so there was no worry about their lives.

"Kill!" The two men looked at each other, and both were shot with rage, and they were about to raise their swords and rush over to kill the damned archers.

"Come back!" At this moment, Zhang Huangyan's order sounded. The two of them were very unwilling, so they had no choice but to retreat back to the courtyard.

"Rush in!" Ma Hou had been hiding behind to command, and when he saw that the two guys who were blocking him had fled, he was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly shouted.

"Rush into the yard, catch this guy, and everyone will be rewarded with a stone of food!"

"Rush!" The archers of the Inspection Division were immediately overjoyed, and they rushed towards the courtyard with their weapons raised.

"It's over......" Squire Lu, who was watching the battle from a distance, closed his eyes and secretly screamed that it was not good, knowing that the Wu family's grain store was now over.

Although Ma Hou only targeted the grain store, only for the money and grain inside, and had nothing to do with himself, Squire Lu still didn't want this to happen. The past friendship with the Wu family is one thing, and more importantly, Squire Lu doesn't want the inspection department to mess around. Ma Hou was able to rob the Wu family's grain store today, will he attack other businessmen in the future? Then the world will be in chaos. Moreover, the Wu family is also very strong in Fujian, and it will definitely refuse to give up, and now that the Wu family has rebelled and occupied Shaowu Mansion, will they send troops to kill here to take revenge? In that case, Xincheng County and even De'an Province will be in chaos.

"Bang bang bang", just when Squire Lu was in a hurry, suddenly a sound like bursting beans sounded, and then I saw the soldiers of the inspection department who rushed into the courtyard of the grain store crying and escaping from the courtyard door, and more than a dozen "guys" chased out with knives and guns, chasing and killing the fleeing soldiers of the inspection department, and after a while, more than ten soldiers of the inspection department were cut to the ground.

"What's going on?" The transformation came too quickly, and Squire Lu was a little confused.

It's really a meticulous work by the officials and the army! Ma Hou was also in the queue of escape, so he ran away and cursed secretly, with endless regret in his heart, he knew that it was the official army, even if he gave him 10,000 taels of silver, he would not come!

Just now, Ma Hou commanded the soldiers of the Hundred and Ten Inspection Division to rush into the courtyard, but they were greeted by a row of "business guys" armed with firearms.

Ma Hou was stunned at that time, what is the situation, how can these business guys have so many firearms?

"Don't move, everybody." Ma Hou just shouted and tried to talk to the other party, but the other party did not hesitate to open fire. More than a dozen muskets fired at close range, and seven or eight soldiers of the Inspection Division were killed on the spot.

The other soldiers were immediately frightened and turned around and fled. It's okay for these soldiers of the Inspection Department to bully and bully the common people and catch thieves on weekdays, where have you seen this, the companions around you were shot to death seven or eight at once, who is not afraid?

Fuck, can't you say something well, why just fire it! Ma Hou ran away and scolded secretly. He didn't feel distressed when seven or eight of his subordinates died, but what should he do now, how should things end when things are so big?

What else is going on, Ma Hou quickly understood, the other party is probably really an official and military work, and it is impossible for ordinary business guys to have so many firearms. I don't have a firearm in my own inspection department, and I use bows and arrows, how can there be so many private businesses?

"Horse inspection?" Seeing the chaotic soldiers of the Inspection Division running past him, Squire Lu shouted at Ma Hou in the rout.

"They are really meticulous work by the official army, Lu Zhengben, if you collude with the official and military to do detailed work, he will not let you go!" Ma Hou yelled at Squire Lu and ran away.

What is really a meticulous work of the official army? Squire Lu was a little dazed. Soon saw Zhang Huangyan, who was chasing after his men, and hurriedly greeted him, "Virtuous nephew ......"

"If you have anything to say, I'll kill all these dogs first." Zhang Huangyan shouted at Squire Lu, ran a few steps, raised his knife and slashed at a rout of the inspection department, and cut the rout to the ground in an instant.

Looking at this "virtuous nephew" who is like a mad tiger, he no longer has the gentle and elegant appearance he used to have, no matter how stupid Squire Lu is, he understands that he is really right by Ma Hou, this is not the Wu family's business name at all, I am afraid it is really a work of the official army. How can there be such a fierce talent who can lift a knife to kill!

led his subordinates to chase and kill more than a mile, and personally hacked to death the three bastards of the inspection department, Zhang Huangyan's anger in his heart was vented, and he finally stopped the pursuit. These soldiers of the Inspection Division can't fight, but they run away very quickly, and they run like rabbits one by one, and it is not easy to catch up.

Calming down, Zhang Huangyan began to think about what to do next.

After a battle with the Inspection Division, I am afraid that the identity of my group can no longer be hidden, and even the Squire Lu may also be suspicious.

More importantly, will the soldiers of the Inspection Division who fled back attract the main force of the rebels? Although there is no rebel army here in Xincheng County, there are thousands of rebels in Jianchang Mansion, and Jianchang Mansion is not too far from here, only more than a hundred miles.

In a few days, it will be the day when General Li will lead the army to set off, but there will be chaos on his side, if the main force of the rebel army goes to Shanguan, the mountain road can be blocked, and the army without much food may have to return in vain.

Thinking in his head, his mood is very heavy, but now, Zhang Huangyan has no choice, the No. 100 soldiers of the Inspection Department are killed, and he can't help but resist.

Just in his thoughts, Zhang Huangyan returned to the door of the grain house, and saw Squire Lu standing there, waiting for him with blank eyes, and there were dozens of young people in the town standing behind Squire Lu.

"That, virtuous nephew, are you ......" Seeing Zhang Huangyan come back, Squire Lu said hesitantly. Zhang Huangyan frightened him just now like a mad tiger, and Squire Lu was still a little frightened.

"Lu Shibo, why don't we go to the courtyard to talk?" Zhang Huangyan smiled.

"Okay......" Squire Lu took a deep breath and smiled.

Giving way to Squire Lu in the living room, Zhang Huangyan personally made a cup of tea for Squire Lu and put it in front of Squire Lu.

"Lu Shibo, please ......"

Squire Lu picked up the tea bowl, but did not drink it, but played with it in his hand, but his heart was hesitating, and he didn't know what to say.

"If there is anything you want to say, just say it." Zhang Huangyan said with a smile.

"Virtuous nephew, are you really from the Wu family?" Squire Lu crossed his heart and finally spoke.

"It's not." Zhang Huangyan shook his head, "Now that I am no longer hiding it, I am not the young master of the Wu family." My real name is Zhang Huangyan, a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang, and I am now a general of the Fujian Navy Division. ”

The doubts in his heart were confirmed, and at this moment, Squire Lu was a little panicked. From the position of the gentry, he had already chosen to support Zhu Yousong, the prison state in Nanchang, like other gentry, because he was also afraid that the emperor would be in Juntian in Jiangxi in the future, and he did not want to see his thousands of acres of land divided. From this point of view, Squire Lu and Zhang Huangyan in front of him have a hostile relationship.

"Shibo has been helping us buy food before, and I thank you here." Zhang Huangyan continued.

"No, you're welcome." Squire Lu reluctantly said. If Xindao had known that you were an official and a soldier, the ghost would have helped you buy food? Lao Tzu must beat you with the soldiers of the Inspection Division.

"But I'm afraid this will also affect Shibo, now that the people in the Inspection Division have been killed by me so much, the rebels have already known the news of Shibo's cooperation with my Praetorian Guard, I'm afraid they won't let you go." Zhang Huangyan said with a smile.

You still know this, Lao Tzu was miserable by your little bastard! Squire Lu took a deep breath and secretly said that he was not angry, not angry. In fact, there is no way to get angry, although there are only one hundred and ten people under this kid in front of him, and there are only more than twenty people left in this house, but in the battle just now, even the hundred and ten people of the inspection department were beaten away, even if he summoned the young people in the town, he was not the opponent of the other party.

"Has Shibo ever thought about what to do next?" Seeing that Squire Lu still didn't speak, Zhang Huangyan asked.

"What did my nephew teach me?" Squire Lu asked rhetorically.

"You might as well tell Shi Bo directly, I am here to clear the way for the army. General Li of Fujian is about to lead an army of 30,000 from Shaowufu into Jiangxi, and cooperate with the main force of the Nanjing Praetorian Guard to launch a general attack on the Jiangxi traitors. ”

"Half a year ago, the 200,000-strong army of Jiangxi anti-thieves was completely annihilated in Nanjing, and Yuan Chonghuan, the puppet cabinet minister, was captured and Ling Chi in Nanjing. His Majesty has made up his mind to completely eliminate the traitors. Lu Shibo, no matter what you have done before, whether you have chosen to support the rebels or not. But after all, you helped me before, and you can be regarded as a meritorious service to the Praetorian Guard. As long as you continue to cooperate with me in the future, I guarantee that you will be okay in the future. Zhang Huang said.

Squire Lu suddenly had a surprise in his heart, Zhang Huangyan's words meant that his net worth and life were saved.

"Can my family's field be kept?" Squire Lu hurriedly asked. 、

Zhang Huangyan shook his head: "Juntian is a national policy formulated by His Majesty, and your land will definitely be distributed to the tenants and poor. But other wealth can be preserved. ”

"Without fields, what will the family eat?" Squire Lu sighed.

"O Shibo, you are much better off than the poor hired peasants who do not have their own fields. There is no land, but you can do business, and life is definitely better than that of ordinary people. Zhang Huangyan said with a smile.