Before setting off, Hu Zongxian had already planned the best marching route.

On this trip, they started from Hangzhou, followed the official road, and traveled all the way to the west.

At present, they have arrived at Huizhou Mansion, and the next goal is to penetrate directly into Raozhou Mansion, and after sweeping away all the forces that dare to resist, they will enter Nanchang Mansion.

"Your Excellency the Governor, there will be something I don't understand."

At this moment, Qi Jiguang stepped forward, his face was full of incomprehension, and then asked Hu Zongxian.

"Oh, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

When Hu Zongxian heard this, he immediately turned his gaze to Qi Jiguang.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the last general still can't understand why Cao Shunhe, the governor of Jiangxi, as the governor of a province, can be united by many officials under his command to stand up together?"

"He is a feudal official appointed by His Majesty himself! It stands to reason that it should ......"

Qi Jiguang hesitated, not daring to say any more.

"The specific situation is not very clear to the official, but from the fact that the local salt merchants in Jiangxi are so rampant, it is enough to get a glimpse of the leopard."

"Who do you think gave this group of salt merchants confidence?"

"Don't say anything about openly bribing officials, you dare to put the governor of a province in the air!"

"Some things can't be done with the money in their hands alone, they are just doing things for the people behind them!"

Hu Zongxian glanced at Qi Jiguang, and then gave his opinion.

"Your Excellency, you mean, there is ...... behind this matter?"

After listening to Hu Zongxian's opinion, Qi Jiguang's pupils contracted suddenly, and then he pointed to the sky with his finger.

Seeing that Qi Jiguang understood what he meant, Hu Zongxian nodded and added.

"So Your Majesty wants to bypass these officials in the capital and let Jinyiwei send a secret decree."

"This time, none of the local officials in Jiangxi can run away if they are implicated!"

"This official wants to let these people know that they can't afford the consequences of deceiving His Majesty!"

……

Early the next morning, when the people in the city went to the salt shop to buy salt with joy, they suddenly found that although the price of salt had fallen back to the previous level, the salt sold in the salt shop was more than half!

The people, who had bought salt for seven cents, left satisfied.

The crowd with a long queue behind them could only watch with their eyes open, and hoped that it would be their turn soon.

Just when the people at the scene were waiting in line with peace of mind, there was a quarrel from the front.

"Why is there no salt when it comes to me?"

I saw a middle-aged man in a coarse linen robe, angrily throwing the bag in his hand to the ground and questioning.

"I'm sorry, the salt has been sold out, you can go and see somewhere else!"

Seeing this, the guy yawned and said perfunctorily.

"Hmph, you obviously have salt, but you just don't want to sell it!"

"Don't forget, your boss signed an agreement with the government yesterday."

After listening to the guy's explanation, the middle-aged man was angry, pointed at the person with his finger, and reprimanded.

"Hmph, I said no, no, get acquainted, and leave quickly."

"Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude!"

As soon as the man's words fell, several thugs with strong bodies and fierce faces stepped out of the salt shop.

"Hmph, I can't buy salt today, so I'm not leaving here!"

The middle-aged man was not stunned by this at all, and responded.

"Toast and don't eat and drink, come on, call me!"

Soon, the thugs rushed up, kicked the middle-aged man to the ground, and then surrounded him, punching and kicking.

Since he hadn't eaten salt for a long time, the middle-aged man was so weak that he couldn't resist effectively at all!

Therefore, he can only be like a stake, allowing a storm of punches and kicks to fall on him.

"What are you doing? Don't hit anyone! ”

"Yes, don't hit anyone!"

The behavior of the salt shop naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of many people at the scene, and then angrily reprimanded.

"They have salt, but they don't sell it to us!"

"Everyone, let's fight!"

Someone in the crowd shouted.

And his words, there is no doubt, completely ignited the anger of everyone present, and the crowd quickly swarmed up, dispersed the group of thugs who had beaten the middle-aged man before, and rescued the person.

At this moment, the middle-aged man is already more in and less out.

I saw that he turned his head with considerable effort, and he was weak.

"Salt, they have salt!"

After speaking, the middle-aged man tilted his head and lost his breath.

"Someone's dead! Killed! ”

"Everyone fought with them, and snatched the salt back from their hands!"

"Yes, get the salt back!"

The death of the middle-aged man made everyone present angry, and soon, the crowd poured into the salt shop.

"What are you going to do? Don't come, I tell you, the government will be here soon! ”

"You are committing a ...... in doing so Yes! ”

Before the man could finish his sentence, he was overwhelmed by the angry crowd.

Soon the rest of the men in the salt shop, including the previous group of thugs, were also killed!

"Salt, there's salt in it! That's a lot of salt! ”

Immediately, a voice of surprise attracted the attention of everyone present.

The crowd followed the sound and saw a mountain of salt piled up in the warehouse behind the salt shop.

"Don't fight, line up, come one by one, everyone has a share!"

Soon, someone in the crowd stood up and was responsible for maintaining order at the scene and distributing free salt to the people.

"Here, next, next!"

Just as many people at the scene were methodically queuing up to receive salt, there was a sound of messy footsteps from a distance.

"Ah, the official is here!"

"The official is here, everyone run!"

"What to run, if we run, we will have no salt!"

The people at the scene, except for a very small number of people who had escaped, gathered here and confronted the officials who had arrived.

"You people, you dare to openly grab salt!"

"If you obediently put down the stolen salt now, this official can not hold you responsible!"

Among this group of officials, the leader stood up and said so.

"Bah, wicked officer, you are dreaming, you are with those salt merchants!"

"If you want salt, step over our corpses!"

"Yes, step over our corpses!"

Seeing that the attitude of the people was so resolute, this group of officials did not dare to make up their minds rashly.

"What are you doing? They dare to gather and openly grab salt, they are no longer ordinary people! ”

"They're thugs, they're bandits! Is there any need to show mercy to thugs and bandits? ”

"It's all for this official!"

Under the orders of the chief, this group of officials had to bite the bullet and join the ranks of suppressing the people at the scene, and the people were not to be outdone, and the two sides scuffled together.

And how can those unarmed ordinary people be the opponents of this group of officials? Soon he suffered heavy casualties and had to give up the salt shop that he had occupied.

When this group of officials came back to their senses, in front of them, hundreds of people had already fallen, and some of them looked at the blood stained on their hands with blank expressions.

"My lord, we ......"

"It's just a few pariahs, where is there so much nonsense?"

"You go back and report the news, and say that the people here have been completely suppressed!"

I saw that among this group of officials, the leading commander had his back to everyone, and impatiently interrupted the words of his subordinates, his face full of disdain.

"My lord, we are surrounded......"

"What?"

As soon as the subordinate's words fell, the leading commander, just when he wanted to turn around to check the situation, he was slapped on the head with a shovel, and he died!

In the face of several times the number of people, this group of officials had no determination to resist, so they quickly followed in the footsteps of their superiors.

"Everyone, rush and kill all these hoarders of salt merchants!"

Gradually, the whole city gradually became riotous, and countless people joined in.

(End of chapter)