The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 314 By Order of the Governor
On February [-], Xu Fu, the chief soldier of Denglai, recruited Yang Zhen, the general of Laizhou, to discuss the matter. Yang Zhen rushed to Dengzhou with his own soldiers.

On the morning of the 21st, a group of Ming troops appeared outside Laizhou City.

The garrison generals were shocked, thinking that another rebel army was coming, so they quickly closed the city gate.

Soon, Ren Dong, the prefect of Laizhou, went upstairs. After asking the other party, he realized that it was Yanxiong's Ministry of Lushun.

Two battalions came from Lushun to support the suppression of the rebellion, Wang Weizhong was left to garrison Dengzhou, and Yan Xiong's troops were ordered to return to Lushun.

But Yan Xiong's department stayed there from the first month until now, and has not left.

Ren Dong asked, what are you doing?The army cannot enter the city.

Yan Xiong shot an arrow, and there was a letter.

After Ren Dong opened it for a look, he hesitated for a while and ordered to open the door.

At this time, Yang Zhen was not there, and the generals stationed there had no choice but to bite the bullet and open the city gate.

This letter was written by Liu Yuan in the name of the governor of Denglai. It means that the gold mines outside have already signed contracts with people, but there are powerful gentry who occupy many people and dig gold mines everywhere. This is stealing state-owned assets. do you know?

The governor's yamen will send someone to deal with these people, so please let them go.

As soon as Yan Xiong's soldiers entered the city, they immediately divided into several groups, and went to the powerful families that had collected better in advance, including the Yu family before sending a soldier.

Xiao Qi'an is at home. There are more than a dozen houses in his family, which are very luxurious.

At this time, he was in the kiln of a big house, with the housekeeper Xiao Rong by his side.

Xiao Rong squinted his eyes and looked ahead, his eyes were full of greed.

In the underground kiln, everything except white is yellow.

Silver and gold are piled here.

In order to prevent it from being stolen, the gentry in the late Ming Dynasty melted the silver quite large, each weighing dozens or even hundreds of catties, and it was impossible for one or two people to carry it away.

"Yu Yunjiu, that idiot, told me that the Three Caves of the Rabbit built a fort on the side of the mountain outside, and hid a lot of silver and gold in that fort." Xiao Qi'an held a piece of gold that had just been brought in in his hand, hahaha Laughing: "It was broken by the rebels, and all of them were taken away. I laughed to death."

"My boss is wise." Xiao Rong flattered him, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart.

Last year, Laizhou City was almost destroyed. Once it was destroyed, the Xiao family's wealth might also be looted by the rebels.

It is reasonable for the Yu family to hide the money outside, but they were unlucky and were discovered by the rebels and broke it.

Xiao Rong looked at the gold and silver in the kiln, and finally couldn't help it: "Master, last year guarded Laizhou, the master mobilized everyone to go to the city, and agreed that each person would have three taels of silver per day. Right now——" Xiao Rong said in a low voice , a little embarrassed.

Last year, the rebels attacked fiercely. Ren Dong and others mobilized the city's gentry and powerful people to come out to help.

Xiao Qi'an paid a lot of money and raised more than 200 young and strong men from his family to go to the city to help the officers and soldiers defend to the death.

But after the war, the money he promised has not yet been paid.

Xiao Qi'an's face darkened, and he turned his head to look at Xiao Rong coldly.

Xiao Rong hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to breathe in fright.

"Those bastards, if I hadn't asked them to defend Laizhou, they would have been killed by the rebels after the city was broken."

"I saved their lives now, so they still have the face to ask me for money?"

"The rebels are about to attack. It's fine if I follow the example of Zhu's family in Dengzhou and send some money."

"These untouchables were killed by the rebels sooner or later. Didn't you hear that Dengzhou had no food at the end and started eating untouchables?"

It turned out that the person who dug gold with him in Linglong Town recently was the Zhu family, a landowner in Dengzhou. As soon as Kong Youde took over Dengzhou, he offered money and food, but Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng did not touch him.

As soon as the officers and soldiers came back, he offered money and food to the officers and soldiers, but no one held him accountable for the time being.

So Xiao Qianjue said that even if the city of Laizhou was destroyed that day, he still had a chance to survive, and these untouchables would be unlucky.

Xiao Qi'an scolded Xiao Rong, but Xiao Rong didn't dare to speak back, so he could only listen silently.

Not long after, Xiao Qi'an finished counting his silver and gold, and returned to the top satisfied.

Xiao Ronggang and Xiao Qi'an separated, and a team of servants and tenants from the mansion surrounded them.

"Director Xiao, what does my boss say?"

Xiao Rong sighed: "Wait a minute, my boss is recent and I'm in a bad mood."

"Damn it, it's been almost a year since I still haven't paid the money I promised."

"He recently occupied the Linglong Gold Mine, isn't he in a good mood?"

"The old five guarded Laizhou and died in battle. Didn't he pay a single copper coin? The old five's wife and daughter are pitiful."

All the servants cursed one after another.

Xiao Rong had no choice but to comfort everyone: "Keep your voice down, don't you all want to stay?"

In the current world, if you stay in a big family, you can still have some food and drink, why don't you try going outside?

Ding Qiqi was speechless and shook his head.

Everyone was scolding vigorously, but I don't know how long it has passed.

Suddenly, someone behind him sternly said, "You don't want to be at Xiao's house anymore, do you? Tell me if you want to leave."

Xiao Qi'an appeared behind everyone like a ghost, accompanied by a few children from the Xiao family, all of them carrying knives.

"Boss." Everyone's faces changed drastically in fright, and some of them knelt down on the spot in fright.

A cousin of Xiao Qi'an put one hand on the knife and said sharply: "In the future, whoever talks about the affairs of the master behind his back will be kicked out of the Xiao family."

Everyone said they didn't dare.

"Get out" Xiao Qi'an yelled violently, and everyone scattered like birds and beasts.

Xiao Qi'an glared at Xiao Rong fiercely, and Xiao Rong's face turned pale.

If Xiao Rong hadn't been his cousin, he would have driven him away long ago.

"Uncle Rong." A cousin of Xiao Qi'an said loudly: "Are you an idiot, who will give you money, who will give you clothes, who will give you food and drink?"

"Yes yes yes—" Xiao Rong was about to kneel down with a weeping face.

Sudden.

Bang, there was a gunshot outside.

Everyone in the yard was taken aback.

What happened?
Before they could react, the gunshots rang out again, accompanied by screams.

"bang bang"

"Kneel down and don't kill." The shouts outside became louder and louder.

Xiao Qi'an was dumbfounded, not knowing what happened.

The rebels are attacking again?

He hurriedly took people out, and at the same time called Xiao Rong: "Quick, go and call someone."

When he ran to the front yard, he saw the servants and servants of the Xiao family fleeing in all directions, and groups of officers in armor and armed with guns rushed in.

"What are you doing here?" Xiao Qi'an was not afraid when he saw that it was an official army. In broad daylight, the Ming Dynasty still had the law.

He led people to stop this team of officers: "Where's General Yang in Yang Zhen?"

He participated in defending the city last year, and he is also close friends with Yang Zhen.

"Who is Xiao Qi'an?" Yan Xiong asked in a deep voice.

"I am." Xiao Qi'an said: "Which army are you? Where is Yang Zhen? Why did you break into my house?"

"Xiao Qi'an." Yan Xiong suddenly said loudly: "You colluded with the rebels and privately searched for gold mines, all of which are serious crimes. Come and take it down."

Xiao Qi'an was startled and frightened: "What nonsense are you talking about?" If I want to collude with the rebels, I won't stick to Laizhou last year.

But before he could quibble, the Ming army had already rushed forward.

Beside Xiao Qi'an, there was someone holding a knife, but he didn't dare to resist.

Unexpectedly, someone on the opposite side suddenly screamed: "Ah, they used the knife."

"Kill," someone in the crowd yelled.

"Bang bang bang" there was a sudden burst of gunfire.

On the 21st, under the order of Liu Yuan, governor of Denglai, the governor's yamen sent troops to arrest local mobs who privately ransacked gold mines.

Someone armed with a weapon resisted the army and was beheaded on the spot.

This incident had a great impact, and it lasted for two months. Because the rebellion had just ended, many local rebels fled into the mountains. Troops were sent incessantly to eradicate it, and it took two months before everything was pacified.

It is said that the heads of mobs beheaded in the past two months amounted to more than a thousand.

Immediately, in both places, the surviving tyrants and gentry trembled.

(End of this chapter)