Wishing the house.

The bearded man who went to Heifeng Village that day and persuaded Yang Jun to plunder was reporting the news at the moment: "More than 300 archers were recruited from various townships, and the swords, guns, bows and arrows were uneven, and they had never experienced a battle formation. The magistrate invited an old scribe to be responsible for training those archers, and I am afraid it will not be easy to break through the thief village. ”

"Let the scribes train the archers?" Zhu Zongdao laughed when he heard it.

The bearded man said again: "The county government has not seen any changes, and our people have not been harassed, and Xiang Zhixian only drank with the old official yesterday." ”

Zhu Zongdao frowned and said, "The post I appointed was not troubled by Bai Chongwu?" ”

"Nope." The bearded man said.

Zhu Zongdao shook his head and said: "Something is wrong, it's too abnormal, he should take the opportunity to get my people, I'm afraid there will be ghosts if I don't do anything." ”

The bearded man guessed: "Could it be that Xiang Zhixian is going to attack the eldest brother?" ”

Zhu Zongdao sneered: "I am the master bookkeeper and an official." arrested Yang Jun and Yang Ying alive, and confessed that I sent you to pass the word, and we can also push it all away, saying that it was a thief who was spewing blood. ”

"But Li Tong's Langjun was injured by the bandits," the bearded man reminded, "If the general sentence colludes with the magistrate and charges the eldest brother with a crime, I'm afraid it will be ......."

Zhu Zongdao was silent instantly.

He was a thief who washed his money ashore, tasted the sweetness of being an official, and would not abandon the official and run away easily, always holding a little luck in his heart.

It's like before, the barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes, and the single one wants to do whatever he wants.

Once you put on your shoes, you have to take care of them even more, not to mention taking them off and throwing them away, even if they get dirty, you feel distressed.

The bearded man said: "If you really want to attack us, I'm afraid that after the archers are trained, they will not attack the Black Wind Village, but first come to surround the eldest brother's house." ”

Zhu Zongdao still refused to believe it, and shook his head vigorously: "If you want to arrest me, how can you use training?" ”

It's really a profit that makes the mind faint, Zhu Zongdao is reluctant to give up the official hat, and his IQ has almost dropped to a negative number.

He knew that the bearded man was reasonable, but he didn't want to believe it.

Although I don't believe it, I have to guard against it.

Zhu Zongdao instructed: "During this time, the brothers should not walk around, and they all came to my house with weapons. ”

The former subordinates of this guy were all scattered when they were recruited, the weak ones were placed in various villages to work as farmers, and the strong ones were sent to Yangzhou to serve as an army.

Xiang Jun worked hard, escaped some one after another, and came back to Zhu Zongdao.

Zhu Zongdao happened to lack henchmen, so he began to mess around, Sven to be a scribe, reckless to be a soap officer, and nothing to be stuffed into the county lieutenant to be an archer.

It is precisely because of the broken rules that the contradictions with the old white staff have intensified, and there is such a mess.

……

County office, inner courtyard.

Xiang Zhixian asked: "He is still not afraid of crime and absconded, is it because I have not done it enough obviously?" ”

"Why don't you send a few strong men to monitor Zhu Mansion and deliberately let him find out?" Bai Chongwu suggested.

Xiang Zhixian nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

The plan of the two is to scare Zhu Zongdao away.

Once you have fled, you can be considered to have absconded in fear of crime, which is much easier than forcibly evading the charge. After all, the chief bookkeeper is also an official, and it is not good to do it too outrageously, and direct arrest is a last resort.

Therefore, he ordered Zhu Zongdao to stay at home and not to walk around, and while not moving Zhu Zongdao's cronies and scribes, he also excluded Zhu Zongdao's henchmen and archers, and prevented those archers from participating in the suppression of bandits.

The three-pronged approach is almost not clear.

The sinister and ruthless Zhu Zhuzhu actually looked incomprehensible, which greatly surprised Xiang Zhixian and Bai Chongwu.

"Xianggong, Lu Guanren asks to see." The old slave came to report.

Xiang Zhixian asked, "Which Lu official?" ”

The old slave replied, "The one who does business in the west of the city." ”

"A businessman who buys and fights dares to call me an official," Xiang Zhixian sneered, "Let him wait first!" ”

Bai Chongwu said: "Since the county has a guest visiting, he will retire first. ”

Xiang Zhixian said: "It's also available." ”

Bai Chongwu bowed down and left the inner courtyard, and met the Lu official halfway. The two glanced at each other, Bai Chongwu nodded slightly, and Lu Guanren bowed his hand.

Lu Guanren is the richest man in Xixiang County!

The stolen goods in Heifeng Village were sold through Lu Guanren after being sold by the little white staff.

At the same time, a part of the tea leaves of the old white man's family is smuggled into the market through Lu Guanren every year.

Let's put it this way, with today's Sichuan tea ban system, coupled with the exploitation of the officials of the Tea and Horse Division, the tea growers would have gone bankrupt long ago if they did not engage in smuggling.

Lu Guanren calmly walked into the inner courtyard, and when he saw Xiang Zhixian, he instantly became terrified: "Please forgive me!" ”

Xiang Zhixian smiled all over his face, and said in a kind tone: "Why do you have to be like this, sit down and talk quickly." ”

can become the richest man in a county, how can he not have an official background?

What's more, Lu Guanren still buys servants (contractors), and it is impossible to win the bid without the cover of an official.

This kind of rich businessman does not want to offend the county.

Lu Guanren bowed down: "The county respects Rong Bing, and I wish the master book to collude with the thief and force me to sell the stolen goods for the thief." I am a law-abiding businessman, and I would never dare to do such a thing, but I can't resist being persecuted. ”

"Is that so?"

Xiang Zhixian looked surprised, but he was wondering in his heart what the other party's purpose was.

Lu Guanren also said: "The stolen goods of Heifeng Village were forcibly sold to me by Zhu Zhuzhu through the hands of Bai Zongmin of Xia Bai Village. ”

"Okay, Bai Zongmin is also colluding with thieves!" Xiang Zhixian finally understood that the old white staff had a really big appetite, and he wanted to go through the main book of Zhu not to mention, and he planned to kill the little white outside.

Is this one fish and three eats?

Lu Guanren continued: "Bai Zongmin also smuggled tea, and he was also forced into me by the Zhu master book. The commission surnamed Zhu is too fierce, so I sell the forbidden goods privately, but there is no half of the profit, and please be sure to call the shots! ”

Xiang Zhixian began to ponder, and his heart was itching, he was going to be co-opted and corrupted.

It feels so good!

In the face of the harsh tea ban, a smuggling system has already been formed in Sichuan and Shaanxi.

Zhu Zongdao is also the county lieutenant, not only responsible for arresting thieves, but also responsible for anti-smuggling.

According to the usual practice, local merchants smuggled tea to secretly honor the county lieutenant.

How could I wish Zongdao to stretch his hand too long, not satisfied with that little filial piety money, and actually took a cut in person.

Although it was not much and it was still within the acceptable range, Lu Guanren was already extremely dissatisfied.

This time, he was persuaded by the old white outside, and he didn't mind pushing the boat down the river and sending that Zhu Zongdao a ride. Help the old white staff again, and kill the enemy and the little white outside.

He can also export his evil anger for Li Hanzhang, and take the opportunity to take the line of Li Tong's judgment, so that when smuggling goods through Yangzhou, he can easily clear customs - this is the point!

At the same time, the future smuggling will also give a filial piety to the magistrate, so that the magistrate and the gentry and businessmen can get along harmoniously.

Smuggling tea, it is the Tea and Horse Division that loses profits, Guan Li Tong and Xiang Zhixian are, they wish they could pick up filial piety money for nothing.

Xiang Zhixian stroked his beard and pretended to be angry: "I already know about this matter, Lu Guanren was persecuted, and he didn't earn half a penny. Heifeng Village must be suppressed, and Zhu Zongdao and Bai Zongmin must also be arrested! ”

Lu Guanren reminded: "These two people colluded with thieves to rebel, stubbornly resisted arrest, and deserved to die!" Fit the ...... Killed! ”

"Indeed."

Xiang Zhixian suddenly felt that his vest was cold, this Xixiang County was too dark.

One or two, he wants people's lives at every turn, and he is afraid that he will be killed by someone one day!

In fact, everyone is still very disciplined, and I wish the main book to break the rules first, so don't blame others for completely tearing their faces.

Whether it is a wealthy merchant in the county or a rural gentry, they all want to seek stability, and it is precisely they who are the most obedient, and at the same time, they hate the recklessness of Zhu Zhu's book the most.

Is it bad to make money with harmony?

Xiang Zhixian sent the richest man away and went to the archer school in person, he decided not to wait for Zhu Zongdao to abscond in fear of crime, and directly took the archers to surround the house and hunt him.

"Gather troops!"

"Dangdang, dang!"

The gong rang for a long time, but the archers could not gather, and Zhu Ming and Zhang Guangdao were not there.

Xiang Zhixian was a little angry, and reprimanded sharply: "This county has gathered troops, three are headed, two are not there, and there is no military discipline?" ”

Chen Ziyi stepped forward and said: "County Zun, the weapons issued by the yali are unbearable, Zhu and Zhang are both headed, and they personally led people to make weapons. ”

Xiang Zhixian was speechless for an instant, he also saw it yesterday, it was all a bunch of.

After waiting for two hours, Zhu Ming finally brought someone back.

More than a hundred archers, some carrying bamboo, some holding pot lids, are more like the leaders of the men who are busy cooking.

"This is your weapon?" Xiang Zhixian asked.

Zhu Ming arched his hand and said: "We can only make do with it, chop bamboo, buy pot lids, we all pay for it ourselves, can the county allocate some money to make up for it?" ”

Xiang Zhixian had seen Zhu Ming's knowledge, and he had regarded him as a fellow practitioner in his heart, so he nodded and promised: "Go back and let someone send the money." All three of you, come and take matters into consideration. ”

Zhu Ming, Zhang Guangdao, and Chen Ziyi immediately gathered around Xiang Zhixian, and the rest of the archers were sent far away.

Xiang Zhixian whispered: "I have found out that the head of the county, Zhu Zongdao, secretly colluded with bandits, and secretly hid soldiers and armor with the intention of rebellion. If you resist arrest, you must be killed! ”

"Obey, be sure to kill!" Zhu Ming said first, and the word "kill" was specially accented.

Xiang Zhixian smiled and bowed: "The son can be taught." ”

Sure enough, he is a scholar, and he is all the way with us, and he doesn't need to say anything clearly.