Chapter 47: Attacked

He Xi didn't do anything in Hangzhou during this period of time. At least the data of money and grain in Zhejiang Province are remembered very clearly. Therefore, he only visited a few villages privately, and compared some Yicang. There is an estimate in my heart.

Zhejiang's money and grain mainly come from two places, one is in northern Zhejiang, and the other is in western Zhejiang.

This is so because of geographical and political factors.

Let's talk about geographical factors first, although in terms of administrative division, the northern part of Zhejiang and the southern Zhili are separated. But geographically, these places belong to the Taihu Plain. Rich in the world, a considerable part of Zhejiang's money and grain are from this generation.

Secondly, it is the west of Zhejiang.

As mentioned earlier, after Zhu Yuanzhang crossed the river, he first set Jinling, and then launched an eastern crusade in order to ensure Jinling.

The harvest of this Eastern Crusade is Zhenjiang, western Zhejiang and other places. Therefore, Zhejiang West has been operating for a long time, which is longer than the rest of Zhejiang to the hands of Daming. Therefore, although the western part of Zhejiang is not as good as the northern part of Zhejiang, it is also rich.

As for the southern part of Zhejiang, especially in the southwest, the state capital is not only geographically located in the mountains, but also at war. Zhejiang also needs to import money and grain. It's a money-losing item. As for the southeast coast of Zhejiang, it is geographically more similar to Fujian. In ancient times, it was not a rich place.

If Guo Huan wants to do something, he must do it on it.

Now in Jiaxing Mansion, He Xi has verified his judgment. The illusion has been poked out of a hole. And He Xi needs more truth.

It's just that He Xi didn't know when he crossed the canal and went to Huzhou. It seems to be following in his footsteps. A group of big men came to Liujia Village.

A big man put Uncle Liu in front of one or two hundred people in the village. Said: "You just told that person?" ”

Uncle Liu trembled and said, "Just these few words." ”

The big man said with a hideous face: "These few words are enough." He immediately pulled out a short knife from his waist and stabbed it through Uncle Liu's chest. Suddenly, blood gushed out, and it seemed that the blood was blocking the trachea, and Uncle Liu couldn't say a word. Only the larynx makes a gurgling sound. He was immediately pushed to the ground by the big man.

Dahan said: "What to say and what not to say, this is the end." Do you understand? ”

The people in Liujia Village are all Uncle Liu's juniors, and when they saw this situation, they gritted their teeth one by one, but they didn't dare to raise their heads. There was a dead silence.

In fact, these big men may not want to kill all these people. But there are too many people. It's okay to kill a few people, and wipe out a village, this is a big deal, after all, this is only a few hundred miles away from Nanjing, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, not a remote place far away from the imperial court.

The message can't be blocked.

And they have a more important task, which is to take He Xi.

These big men followed the traces left by He Xi all the way, and soon left Jiaxing and went to Huzhou.

And just after these big men left, a seller came to Liujia Village with all kinds of goods to sell. The vendor brought windmills, rattles, needlework, salt, some scissors, and so on. The sound of shouting is also a country sound. It's not like an out-of-towner.

This kind of vendor is common in the countryside of Jiangnan, and it was very common before industrial civilization.

I am also very familiar with the local people, and I don't come often, many of them only come once every ten days and a half months, and I also buy things in the county and township for the people. Although such a big thing happened in the village, life still has to be passable.

Not to mention anything else, for Uncle Liu's funeral, a lot of things have to be purchased. There are not enough people in the village.

And the villagers in the village can't hide many things.

It didn't take long to figure it out. Soon there was an excuse to go to another village.

As soon as he left the village, he was brought to Mao Xiang in a moment. Between Mao Xiang's words, he figured out what the situation was. Mao Xiao pondered for a moment, he was a little embarrassed. He doesn't have enough people. If it weren't for the entire Zhejiang Jinyiwei system, it would not be able to be trusted. Mao Xiang didn't know that he was here in person.

Even so, there are only more than 100 good players he can mobilize. He has urgently transferred a group of Jinyi guards from Suzhou. When the time comes, it will be safe.

"However, it is imperative to find He Xi immediately." As soon as he thought of He Xi, Mao Xiang had a headache. He originally thought that even if He Xi was a private visit, he would bring the guards around him, and there were a hundred households with Luan Yiwei, and without a thousand people, he would not be able to take He Xi's life. Who knows, He Xi actually left the team behind.

This made Mao Xiang difficult. He Xi is the person Zhu Yuanzhang named to protect, something really happened.

Mao Xiang couldn't explain.

He commanded the guards in a dignified manner, so he could only follow He Xi as a bodyguard.

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A lone lamp, floating on the river.

At this moment, He Xi did not live on the shore, but lived on a boat in the middle of the river.

He Xi didn't know that there were two groups of people behind him, and he thought that he had done it seamlessly. He selected a few villages in Huzhou, inquired, and found that the situation here is the same as that in Jiaxing, but there are also differences in the taxes paid in each place. At most, you can levy five buckets per mu.

More than ten times the amount of taxes prescribed by the imperial court.

This also made He Xi have a speculation.

Guo Huan's case, Guo Huan is certainly the main messenger. is the head of it, but the officials at all levels involved below may not tell Guo Huan the truth, it is really this kind of going their own way, so there will be such an uneven situation.

Think about it and understand.

Guo Huan played a trick and deceived his subordinates, expecting the people below to have no reservations about him, is it possible?

However, after He Xi found that almost all the Yicang in various places had been hollowed out, he also noticed another place. That's the grain trade. It is true that in ancient times, grain was almost a hard currency like money, but grain was not money after all. The conditions for grain storage are not low, and the ten-year old grain soil is not as good.

Therefore, Guo Huan is corrupt from grain, so he naturally wants to sell grain.

It's going to be shipped.

Now He Xi still doesn't know how much grain Guo Huan has embezzled. But it is estimated that there are at least more than a million stones. This is not a small amount. There must be traces of these grain shipments.

Suzhou is the largest city in the south of the Yangtze River, and Huzhou is separated by a lake from Suzhou, so it has convenient water transportation. It is very likely that these grains were transferred from Huzhou to Suzhou and sold.

It's just that the grain trade is not so easy to check. At least not like a change in taxation, at a glance. It's going to take a little longer. Moreover, He Xi does not trust the local government at all. He was almost certain that the Zhejiang Wo case involved almost all officials in Zhejiang.

To avoid the eyes of the government, it is even slower.

The reason why He Xi didn't go to the guest house was also for this reason.

Although it was already night at the moment, He Xi still wanted to find anomalies from the complicated data. He Xi rubbed his eyes and said secretly in his heart: "No, I'm afraid it will take a long time to check it alone, but now it's too bad." ”

"Do you want to keep looking?"

He Xi wants to find out from the grain transaction, and a person's efficiency is too slow. He Xi couldn't help but think, is it necessary to take Guo Huan down and investigate again at this moment?

Just as He Xi was thinking, he only heard a sharp whistle. There was a crackling sound. A rain of arrows came in through the window. This group of people obviously wanted to put He Xi to death and shoot towards the light.

He Xi also reacted quickly, and immediately hid under the table, but it was still too late, and a sharp arrow hit He Xi in the chest.

He Xi only felt as if he was being confronted with a long stick, and his eyes turned black in an instant, and countless gold stars appeared under his eyes. Can't catch your breath. Hide under the table. It took a while to get better. He coughed violently twice. Reach for your chest. I only touched a heart guard that looked like a bronze mirror. There is a noticeable dent in it.

It's nothing else, it's just a pair of close-fitting soft armor.

This is made by skilled craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau, and it cannot even be said to be iron armor. The body is more copper, gold, and silver wires woven together, inlaid with some armor pieces. For example, heart goggles.

It is difficult for a bow and arrow to shoot through.

But the fact that the bow and arrow cannot be shot does not mean that the power of the bow and arrow can be dissolved.

He Xi only felt that his heart was beating "plopping, plopping", and he didn't know if it was because of an arrow in his chest, or if he never imagined that he really encountered a stab.

He subconsciously always felt that under Zhu Yuanzhang's heavenly power, the officials below did not dare to make such a big fuss. But now, He Xi understands that no matter what era there are, there are people who are mad.

In fact, He Xi is still too shallow. He may not have heard of it at all, after the liberation, a certain place dared to send personnel from the central government, and they burned all of them to death. What's more, in this era, the area south of the Yangtze River is quite peaceful. In fact, in the land of the border fortress, out of the county seat, it is a lawless place. What is Wangfa? They simply don't know.

He Xihe had encountered such a situation and hid under the table. Listen outside "grab." Grab, grab. Voice.

He Xi thought that he was very likely to die here. I suddenly felt my breathing strained and my heart racing. Countless unwillingness poured into my heart. The thought of a high chance of dying here. He Xi realized that there were too many things to do.

"God, you have given me such a great opportunity to come into this era. I died like this. It's really unwilling. He Xi said secretly: "No, I can't be arrested." ”

He Xi gritted his teeth and came out, ready to fight his courage and break out.

Suddenly, a bright light lit up in front of He Xi's eyes, and then it burned brightly. He Xi's face looked extremely pale under the light of the firelight.

This is "rocket." ”

He Xi's heart suddenly fell into the bottomless abyss, the boat was in the river, and there was water all around. If the ship catches fire, he has nowhere to hide.

He Xi had a sad smile on the corner of his mouth, and said secretly in his heart: "Many things are regretted when they are irreparable." I didn't expect that I was born in the 21st century, but I was going to die in this era. When I said it, no one believed it. ”

In He Xi's sight, the fire was getting bigger and bigger.