It's not once or twice that there are robbers and thieves in Yichun County, but Zheng Qiuping, the magistrate of the county, has never taken these little thieves seriously.

However, the first time the bandits and robbers robbed the wealthy landlord, this kind of thing was the first time.

Zheng Qiuping immediately couldn't sit still.

He called the messenger and said, "Invite Commander Liu immediately!" ”

Yichun belongs to Yuanzhou, and the county yamen and the yamen of Yuanzhou Mansion are on the same street, and to the right of the yamen is the place where the command of the guard post is located.

Since the founding of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the Yuanzhou Mansion has set up the Yuanzhou Health Office, with a guard commander and five thousand households, one for each thousand households, ten for one hundred households, and a total of 1,120 people for one thousand households.

Yuan Zhouwei had 5,000 households, with a total strength of 5,600 people.

However, this is only a number on paper, in fact, since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the local guard has been rotten.

The local government could not stop the soldiers of the guard from fleeing.

Until the Chongzhen period, the strength of the local guard was no longer one in ten, and a dignified Yuan Zhou guard could no longer muster a force of 500 people.

Liu Shizhong, the commander of Yuan Zhouwei, is the commander of the guard in the hereditary family, and he is the military attache of Zheng Sanpin.

As soon as he heard that the county lord had been invited, Liu Shizhong came to the county government with a big grin.

Before entering the county yamen, Liu Shizhong shouted in a loud voice: "Lord Zheng, why are you looking for me?" ”

As soon as he saw Liu Shizhong, Zheng Qiuping was like seeing his own father.

He stepped forward and grabbed Liu Shizhong's hand, and said in an extremely earnest tone: "Brother Liu, you have to pull your brother this time!" ”

Liu Shizhong quietly pushed away the palm that was pulling his wrist and said, "Master Zheng, what happened, why are you so panicked?" ”

"Oh, something is wrong, a group of anti-thieves ransacked the house of Master Yan in Wentang Town, and all the relatives of Master Yan in the mansion were killed by the anti-thieves!"

When Liu Shizhong heard this, he was taken aback.

Wentang Zhenyan's family is not a small family in Yichun County, the old man of Yan Zhenchuan is the last Yichun County Cheng, and his grandfather is also Yichun County Cheng.

The Yan family has lived in Wentang Town for three generations, with more than 2,000 acres of fertile land at home, and is also operating a rice grain business in Yichun County, which is one of the best families in Yichun County.

I didn't expect such a huge Yan family to be ransacked by a group of anti-thieves, this is okay!

Liu Shizhong, as the hereditary commander of Yuan Zhouwei, has a lot of dealings with the Yan family on weekdays, and he even has a 10% stake in the Yan family's rice shop.

Now that he heard that the Yan family had been ransacked by a group of thieves, Liu Shizhong couldn't bear it.

As for Zheng Qiuping looking for him, Liu Shizhong is clear in his heart, as the residence of a county, there was a group of thieves under his rule who ransacked the wealthy family, if this matter reached the ears of the prefect who was inspecting Pingxiang County and even the governor of Nanchang, I am afraid that he would have to be criticized, and if he didn't do well, he would have to lose his official position.

So now Zheng Qiuping's only remedy is to catch all the thieves, and then punish them properly, so that he can make up for his mistakes.

Zheng Qiuping has the need to suppress bandits, and Liu Shizhong also has the need to suppress bandits, Yan's family was ransacked, but Yan Zhenchuan's son is still there, as long as he succeeds in suppressing bandits, Yan Zhenchuan's son will still have to tie himself up in the future, and Mi Xing's shares can be more than one percent.

He said to Zheng Qiuping in a 'righteous and awe-inspiring' manner: "Lord Zheng, it is the duty of the official to suppress the bandits, you don't have to worry, the official will order all the soldiers and horses to exterminate the group of anti-thieves who don't know the height of the sky!" ”

Zheng Qiuping couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, he arched his hand and said, "Then everything will have to trouble Commander Liu!" ”

"It's incumbent!"

As soon as the two finished talking, the official outside came in and reported that someone was looking for the prefectural magistrate.

Zheng Qiuping asked, "Who is looking for me?" ”

"It's the eldest son of the banquet mansion, the banquet Wencai."

As soon as he heard that the person was Yan Zhenchuan's eldest son, Zheng Qiuping hurriedly said to the officer: "Please!" ”

Moments later, a man's cry was heard outside the door.

I saw a young man wearing filial piety clothes kneeling down for Zheng Qiuping as soon as he entered the room.

shouted in his mouth: "Uncle, my father died a miserable death, my father died a miserable death, please uncle immediately send troops, kill all the bandits, and avenge my father!" ”

Zheng Qiuping hurriedly picked up Yan Wencai, who was kneeling on the ground, and squeezed out a few tears with all his strength: "Hey, I also just heard the bad news of Brother Zhenchuan, and my uncle is also grief-stricken."

Don't worry, I have already discussed with Commander Liu, and I will immediately send troops to wipe out that group of rebels in one fell swoop. ”

Only then did Yan Wencai notice Liu Shizhong, who was standing beside the county commander.

He hurriedly saluted: "Uncle Liu! ”

It's all in plain sight!

Liu Shizhong looked at Yan Wencai, and his heart was also 'extremely sad', he said to Yan Wencai: "Virtuous nephew, don't worry, this official will go to order troops and generals immediately, and avenge your father!" ”

"But it's .......," said Liu Shizhong, who couldn't help but start touching his beard with his hands.

Yan Wen, who has lived in the city for a long time, knew Liu Shizhong's meaning at a glance.

He immediately said: "Uncle Liu, the little nephew is willing to donate 100 stone of rice as the cost of the labor army!" ”

When Liu Shizhong heard about the hundred stones of rice, his eyes suddenly lit up.

However, he did not show a smile, but said with a bitter face: "Virtuous nephew, this is too much of an outsider, your father and I are brothers and sisters, and it is my duty to avenge him, whether it is public or private."

However, you also know that the imperial court does not send a single grain to my guard, and it is very difficult for me to support so many people! ”

Yan Wencai was really sick when he heard this, but he still endured the feeling of wanting to vomit and said to Liu Shizhong: "Please leave everything to Uncle Liu!" ”

Liu Shizhong quickly gathered all the officers and soldiers of the guard in Yichun County, and after counting them, he found that there were less than 300 people who arrived.

However, there are 300 people, and Liu Shizhong also feels that he has a chance of winning.

Because according to the Yanfu family who came to report to the official, there are no more than twenty or thirty anti-thieves, and there are nearly 300 of them, which is ten times the strength of the anti-thieves.

Attacking the enemy with ten times the strength is as simple as crushing a bed bug.

After Liu Shizhong finished ordering his troops, he led his men and horses to Wentang Town in the southwest and rushed directly to kill them.

At this time, Wentang Town was a different scene, the people of the town were all elated, and everyone was carrying a burden on their shoulders.

The basket under the burden was filled with golden rice.

Those who did not have enough baskets at home even took wooden barrels, bamboo baskets and other things, and swarmed to receive food.

Mo Qian led people to guard the granary to prevent the people from fighting for food.

But he soon found that his fears were unfounded, and instead of looting, the people began to distribute the grain in an orderly manner under his own organization, and there were a few strong laborers who distributed the grain in the granary.

The people who received the food were about to crack their teeth when they laughed, and when they passed by Mo Qian's side, they praised Mo Qian and said, "Good people, good people!" ”

Indeed, Mo Qian's actions were of course a good person in the eyes of the people in the town.

Although they have lived here for generations, they have lived in poverty.

If there are a few acres of fertile land in the family, the fertile land will eventually fall into the hands of the landlord Yan Zhenchuan.

In the end, everyone had to become tenants of Yanzhenchuan, and most of the grain harvested every year had to be handed over to the landlord, and the remaining little grain was only enough to maintain their own half of food and clothing.

Looking at the smiles on the thin faces of the people in the past, Mo Qian felt very relieved in his heart.

Although the Yan family's grain depot is large, it can't withstand the large number of people in the town and even the surrounding villages, and soon the grain in the granary is clean.

After the food was distributed, Mo Qian stopped the people who were about to leave Yanfu.

He shouted, "Folks, please stay!" ”

When the people heard someone shouting at them, they couldn't help but put down the flat burden on their shoulders and looked at Mo Qian who was standing at the gate of the Yan family.

I saw Mo Qian take out a thick pile of paper from his arms and said: "Folks, this is the tenant contract signed by the unscrupulous landlord of Yanzhenchuan and you, this dog thief has killed his life and lost his conscience for the sake of land, and today, he has been killed by us."

From now on, you are no longer tenants of the Yan family, folks, go home, go and get back the land that belongs to you! ”

After saying that, Mo Qian threw the pile of contracts into the brazier prepared in advance.

Seeing the contracts burned to ashes by the flames, the people froze.

But in just a few moments, the people cheered!

The fertile land that was once annexed by the landlord has one day returned to his hands, can the people not be excited?

Looking at the people who were cheering and leaving, Mo Qian said to Lu Zhao and the others beside him: "Let's also withdraw quickly, it won't take long for the officers and soldiers to arrive!" ”

Mo Qian now has four followers by his side.

They are Lu Zhao, Peng Jinhong, Yi Jiu and Yi Chenggui.

Lu Zhao was grateful to Mo Qian for helping him get revenge, so he was full of gratitude to Mo Qian.

He tried to persuade the big boss Zhang San to go down the mountain many times before, but Zhang San ignored it.

So Lu Zhao doesn't have much loyalty to Zhang San, if it weren't for Lu Zhao's previous boxing practice and half-hung kung fu, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to enter Zhang San's eyes and be the second leader of Wuyun Mountain.

Peng Jinhong is because of Lu Zhao, so where Lu Zhao is, he is.

As for Yi Jiu and Yi Chenggui, it was completely out of trust in Mo Qian.

In their minds, the status of a scholar is far higher than that of a bandit leader.

Although Mo Qian has also become a bandit, Mo Qian is a scholar, and the mind of a scholar is bright.

Otherwise, why did Mo Gongzi immediately lead everyone to win such a big battle as soon as he went up the mountain, and directly robbed a landlord's house.

Zhang San has been the king of the mountain for a few years, but he still only has so much land of one acre and three points, and when the two sides are compared, fools know who is more capable.

Each of the five men carried a heavy bag of rice, which was their ration for many days to come.

I also know with my ass that the looting of the property of the big landlord will definitely attract crazy revenge from the government.

Thirty-six plans, go as the best plan, Mo Qian took the four of them directly to Mingyue Mountain behind Wentang Town.

As for Zhang San and his sixteen subordinates, they were taken back to Wuyun Mountain by Zhang San.

As for why Zhang San didn't join Mo Qian and the others, the main reason was that Zhang San glanced at the towering Mingyue Mountain, and immediately vetoed the idea of hiding on the mountain, and instead chose to return to his old nest, Wuyun Mountain.