Chapter Thirty-Nine: True and False Bandits Engage in Destruction
"Bastard!" The furious afterglow swept the furnishings on the table to the ground, his face flushed, and his nose was one by one, looking very terrifying.
Zhao Deng, who was on the side, didn't dare to come out. He had never seen his brother-in-law look like this, where was he still half gentle and elegant, like that, he was clearly a fierce beast waiting for an opportunity to devour people.
"What have you Zhao Deng learned these days, there are hundreds of people under him, and he was so frightened by dozens of people that he hid in the Zhuangzi and didn't dare to come out, it didn't look at Xue Niang's face, I have to get rid of your captain today!" Yu Feng pointed at Zhao Deng and scolded with hatred that iron is not steel.
No wonder he's angry, these days, he's been smooth. The newly recruited salt in his hand has gradually come in handy, and he has been assigned to various places to set up cards to fight smuggling, and the effect is obvious. When he was sent out that day, he also disposed of the few disobedient salt lords one by one.
The so-called disposal is to cut off the head with a knife, then sprinkle a bag of salt on the corpse, and then put it at the checkpoint of the inspection department to show the public.
Except for those big salt merchants, Yu Feng is temporarily unwilling to conflict with them, it can be said that Yu Feng's career has embarked on a period of stable development.
But it was at this time that Zhao Deng suddenly ran from Zhaojia Village, saying that there were Japanese pirates suddenly appeared on the sea, and he also went ashore from the beach of Zhaojia Village. You must know that the salt pan is released every time seawater enters. Echelon drying. Add lime and other substances to boil and dry salt. If it is arbitrary, let the sea water soak. I'm afraid this salt pan will be scrapped.
At that time, it was Zhao Deng's Yanding Brigade who was stationed and trained in Zhaojia Village. Hearing the people in the seaside salt field exclaiming that the Japanese were coming, and all the people, who were desperate, ran to the Zhuangzi of Yu Feng, Zhao Deng was stunned all of a sudden.
This widow usually hears a lot, it is extremely vicious, thirty or twenty people of the widow, beating a guard guard soldiers to flee in despair, that is a normal thing. Anyone can escape, but he Zhao Deng can't escape! Don't say that my father and sister are here, this brother-in-law's foundation is all here, if I run away like this, I'm afraid that even if my sister intercedes, my brother-in-law won't kill him, I'm afraid that he will never use himself again in the future.
Catching a villager drying salt on the seashore, and learning that there were as many as forty or fifty Japanese robbers coming from a small boat on the sea, Zhao Deng immediately made a decision that he regrets until now: stick to the manor!
Hundreds of salts, guarded in the Zhuangzi with high walls and deep ditches, these Japanese robbers may not be able to get in, no matter what, the people in this Zhuangzi cannot have a little mistake. It can't be said that Zhao Deng's decision at that time was wrong, it can only be said that he was a little more conservative, but fortunately, those would-be robbers made a noise around Zhuangzi, I don't know if they saw them waiting for the battle or didn't have the intention of attacking in the first place, they went around a few times but didn't attack, and left with a roar. It was at this time before leaving, that the act of destroying the salt pans was a bit strange.
"Go back!" Yu Feng glared at him, and went out angrily, hearing Zhao Deng say this, he had to go back to see how he wanted to, comfort and comfort the frightened family, and comfort the villagers Yanding, all of which were about to be done, in addition, he was also in a hurry to go back and see the destroyed salt pans, now there is a ration of production every day, this delay, I don't know how long it will take to recover. At present, his sales are on track, according to the quota of salt merchants and salt sellers in various places, there are regulations on how much sales are sold every month, and the salt farm is still a little busy with full production.
Zhao Deng came with a few people from the horse team, Yu Feng usually doesn't ride a horse, but when he returned to Zhuangzi in the past, he still occasionally went to Qiu Shi to go around, and he may not be able to fight on a horse, but it is no problem to drive dozens of miles. Leaving a few people to guard the inspection yamen, Yu Feng took all his direct subordinates and went out of the city in a hurry, but he was surprised to see a few old guards guarding the city gate: What is going on, the inspector took so many people out, who is going to be unlucky?
Back in his manor, Yu Feng first went to visit Xue Niang, Xue Niang and Wu Yanran and Zhao Zongqi's family were together, but there was not much panic, as Yu Feng's family business became bigger and bigger, this Xue Niang gradually had the bearing of being a housewife, but it was also calm, seeing that the family was fine, Yu Feng was suddenly relieved.
The kind words soothed them a few words, and Yu Feng hurried to the side of the salt pan by the sea. At present, the Japanese have already gotten on a small boat and fled away, but the salt pans are already in a mess, and it seems that even if the weather is good, there will be no three or five days, and they do not want to resume production at all. As for the stocks that were produced at that time and piled up at the edge of the salt works and could not be transferred, they were also soaked in seawater, and I am afraid that they could not be used.
The villagers in the village, except for a few who ran into the mountains, most of the villagers hid in his manor, and the Zhuangzi was the safest place in Zhaojia Village, and there were a lot of armed saltmen there. Of course, if the person runs away, even if it is lucky, no one will take care of the bottles and cans at home.
Yu Feng sent someone to count the losses of the villagers, if there was some damage to the villagers' property, he had the heart to take out some money to help the villagers, after all, this is his base, and it is also the place where the backbone of his subordinates are born.
Unexpectedly, the result of this statistic was unexpected. These would-be pirates seem to have a very high vision, except for a few silver coins that were not very well collected and were taken away, and those things that were used at home, these would-be pirates didn't look down on them at all. After Zhaojia Village had the aftermath, the families were quite passable, but even the grain that every household had no time to take away, the Japanese robbers did not move a bit, and these Japanese robbers did not seem to come to Zhaojia Village to loot, but as if they came specifically to destroy the salt fields here.
"Yanran, this salt field, we must immediately organize manpower dredging, this is our foundation, we can't delay!" Yu Feng said to Wu Yanran beside him.
"Well, I'll arrange someone to do it right away, but everyone in my heart is scared, for fear that the would-be will go and return!" Wu Yanran replied crisply, when the widow came, she took her fire gun and hurried to Xue Niang to protect Xue Niang, based on this alone, Yu Feng valued this Wu Yanran even more.
"Yes! Virtuous son-in-law!" Zhao Zongqi interjected next to him: "The Japanese robbers all came in small boats, and their big boats must be parked on the sea outside. ”
"If you dare to destroy my inheritance, no matter who it is, you have to see if my spear agrees!" Yu Feng said with a cold face, no matter who it is, he will not take a step back, if this level can't be passed, there is no need to talk about the back. The three hundred salt dings in Zhaojia Village plus the more than 100 old salt dings he brought back, if even this small group of Japanese robbers can't resist it, then in this Ming Dynasty, there will be no stage for him at all.
"Actually, these widows may not all be real widows!" Seeing Zhao Zongqi's worried look, Wu Yanran said softly: "The combat power of the real widows is strong, but they will not have many manpower, but the hateful thing is that those Han people who are attached to them are fighting for the tiger!" ”
"Aren't they all widows?" Yu Feng turned his head and asked Wu Yanran in surprise.
"Not really! When those Japanese were noisy outside Zhuangzi, I heard a lot of Fujian accents, which means that there are not many real Japanese among these people! The real woes came to my Ming Dynasty scourge, where rich and barren, they are black, there is no local people to guide the way, how can there be a harvest! ”
"These vassals may not be very strong, and Lord Zongqi is not too worried!" Wu Yanran seems to be very confident in Yu Feng's subordinates.
"However, we are always so deterred from coming, and the people who work by the sea are uneasy, but I hope to touch them once and for all, and let them know that this Zhaojia Village is a place where they can't come and go back!" Yu Feng said hatefully, he was really annoyed.
According to Zhao Zongqi's judgment, it will not be tomorrow morning at the latest, if these are the widows who are exploring the way, then the brigade of widows will go ashore. According to this arrangement, Yu Feng began to make arrangements.
According to Zhuang's self-defense, it is absolutely undesirable, Zhao Deng's three hundred salt dings were pulled out of the outside of Zhuangzi and arranged not far from the seaside, and his own direct subordinates divided half of them to protect the people in Zhuangzi, and the other half was Zhao Deng's salt dings to suppress the position. It is said that if the battle is held down, everyone knows that if these 300 people fight well, they are the reserves that can be put into the battlefield at any time, and if they cower or even flee, these people are the battle team. After all, this time, instead of fighting with those salt sellers, he had to make such an arrangement in the face of the infamous Japanese robbers.
As for the seaside, in addition to the villagers who took the initiative to ask to watch the movement of the sea, Yu Feng also arranged for many people to pay attention. As long as they are responsible for paying attention to the news sent back by the sea, the salt on their side can act immediately. In order to guard against the Japanese robbers from coming at night, a huge pyre was placed on the seashore every few dozen steps, and at night, the seaside was lit with red firelight, almost daylight, and it was impossible for the Japanese to find something that could not be found when they went ashore.
This night, all the people, their clothes and armor are incomprehensible, and the soldiers do not leave their bodies, waiting quietly.