Chapter 52: Misconduct

The life of wine and meat and uncontrolled is so uneasy, which made Pan Luohuan really proud for a few days, but the letter from Chongqing Mansion made his mind numb by alcohol sober again. Pan sent a letter asking him what the situation was in the mountains, how much was the population, food, and taxes, and where did he know? In the past few days since he came to the mountain, he has been drinking all day, and Yu Zhu, who is familiar with the situation in the mountain, has disappeared, leaving only a dumb collector soldier. And he himself was originally unlearned and unskilled, and this trip did not bring a knife and pen, and he was accompanied by rough people who danced knives and guns, how to carry out political affairs? As for that Tang Xiangwei, he was even more angry when he thought about it. Thinking of asking Tang Xiangwei to find a woman for himself to play with several times, he shirked it in every possible way, and Pan Luohuan couldn't beat him in anger. Not only did he not go to find a woman for himself, Tang Xiangwei also prevented others from going, and even scared him that the people in this mountain are fierce, and the woman's personality is also extremely strong, for fear of causing trouble and provoking a civil uprising. "Well, when I personally deal with what my uncle has explained, I will slowly settle accounts with these people," he thought to himself angrily.

Pan Luohuan actually knew that his uncle had regarded the Jiguan Mountain area as the family territory, so he sent himself to sit here. If he hadn't managed this mountain well, his uncle would have had to pick his own skin. So even if he was reluctant in his heart, he was still ready to go to the villages in the mountains to take a walk, in addition to understanding the situation, but also to show his prestige. He wanted to let the recalcitrant people in the mountains know that he was the master here, not Ouyang Xuan. Therefore, this time he went to patrol the villages, in addition to bringing all the soldiers, Pan Luohuan also beat gongs and drums along the way, making a huge noise.

Pan Luohuan was still sitting on the sliding pole, followed by several people who had been forcibly recruited in Wanjiazhai, and these people carried wine jars and wine utensils on their backs, so that he could drink at any time. When Wanjiaping was levied on the people, some of the mountain people tried to escape, and Pan Luohuan was angry, so he ordered someone to tie them up in the open space in the center of the village and beat them severely, and the rest of the people obediently obeyed when they saw this. Taking advantage of this opportunity to kill chickens and monkeys, Pan Luohuan released cruel words, asking the people of Wanjiazhai to prepare a population inventory and grain taxes, otherwise he would have to be served by Wang Fa when he returned from his inspection. In his opinion, what Tang Xiangwei said about the fierce folk customs is just a false rumor, as long as he sacrifices thunderous means, he is not afraid that these people will not obey. It's just that what he doesn't know is that these 10,000 mountain people have been oppressed by the Xiongben bandit gang for many years, and they have long lost their blood. If it were the mountain people from other villages, it was estimated that they would not be able to hold it down on the spot.

During this time, on the way from Wanjiazhai to the villages in the deep mountains, there was an endless stream of people coming and going. In addition to farmers and hunters who were busy with the autumn harvest, there were also migrant workers who built forts and roads along the way. Pan Luohuan and his entourage were everywhere, and people along the way avoided one after another, but some sections of the road were narrow, and the road was being renovated, so it was impossible to avoid them in time. Pan Luohuan was disgusted that the mountain people who built the road were slow to avoid and did not kneel, so he whipped and beat him, he had no idea that the original tradition of equal deliberation in the mountain villages, and the Thunderbolt Army had abolished the stereotypes such as kneeling. The beaten mountain people cried out in pain, and they all glared angrily, but they were pulled by the people around them. Walking all the way to the mountains, there were more people who did not kneel, and Pan Luohuan was also tired, so he ordered his soldiers to punish him. Unexpectedly, these warriors did not take it lightly, and injured the arm of a man who looked like a foreman, which annoyed dozens of mountain people who were building the road, and they picked up the tools in their hands and were about to rush up desperately, but fortunately they were stopped by the wounded foreman. This foreman is Lu Wen'an, the general manager of the engineering company. Although these dozens of mountain people are definitely not opponents, their brave blood and anger in their eyes still make Pan Luohuan both afraid and angry, he now knows that Tang Xiangwei said that the mountain folk customs are true, which makes him no longer obsessed with "educating" the mountain people along the way who do not bow down, and only drive away the pedestrians on the mountain road.

Stop and go all the way, and it was already afternoon when I arrived at Liuli Village. Liulizhai closed the door of the village in broad daylight, obviously not welcoming their arrival, which made Pan Luohuan furious, the Liulizhai inspection appointed by the imperial court actually couldn't enter Liulizhai? He immediately ordered Tang Xiangwei to go and negotiate.

The negotiations were clearly a failure. The meaning of Liulizhai is very clear: the new inspector ordered someone to injure the son of the owner of the village for no reason, and the murderer must be punished and apologized; The previous inspector had made a promise that Liulizhai would not levy grain. If these two conditions are agreed, you can enter the village. Such a reply made Pan Luo angry and angry. If he agreed, how could the dignified court officials gain a foothold in this mountain? And with such an example, other cottages will definitely follow suit. It seems that these Diao people are really going to rebel? At that moment, he ordered Tang Xiangwei to attack Liulizhai, and wanted to use blood and fire to establish his authority of Pan Luohuan in this mountain, and by the way, also establish the authority of the lower government.

This order to attack Liulizhai surprised Tang Xiangwei. On the one hand, he was surprised that Pan Luohuan dared to massacre civilians without authorization, and on the other hand, he knew that it was impossible to win. He heard Yu Zhu say that the Xiong Ben bandits had attacked Liulizhai twice, but they were defeated miserably. More than 100 of his subordinates, although they are the elite of the Chongqing Mansion Army, are definitely not the opponents of Xiong Ben's tiger and wolf men seen in Hengyuan Town. What's more, there were hundreds of mountain bandits attacking Liulizhai at that time, and they had excellent swords and sufficient equipment. With more than 100 people to attack Liuliba, what are you kidding? Seeing that Tang Xiangwei was embarrassed and refused to obey his fate, Pan Luohuan was even more angry, not only did this man in the mountain disobey him, but even his subordinates dared to disobey military orders. In a fit of rage, he whipped Tang Xiangwei again. Whipped himself again in front of a group of subordinates, which made Tang Xiangwei's face flush, but reason still made him calm down quickly. He covered the whip marks on his face, forcibly suppressed the resentment in his heart, and described in detail the fiasco of the mountain bandits' attack on Liuliba. However, he was stubborn, sent two soldiers to the gate of the village, and repeated the cruel words of Wanjiaping about serving the king if he did not pay food, and then he led the people to the next cottage.

Pan Luohuan, who touched a nail in Liuli Village, really lost a lot of arrogance when inspecting other cottages. Although his tone and actions were still looking down on all beings, the various stockades did not give him a closed door. Although the villages had a cold attitude and kept silent on the topic of taxation and labor, they also tried their best to provide drinking water and accommodation, and some cottages even provided Pan Luohuan with meat to accompany wine. After a few days of inspection, although the mountain people did not get close to him, they did not stand on the opposite side of him. If Pan Luohuan had acted for such a long time, he might have been able to take root in this mountain.

But dogs can't get rid of the habit of eating after all. On the last day of inspecting Yanfeng Village, Pan Luohuan's actions completely ignited the anger of the mountain people.