Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 281 Recruiting

   Zhao Hanzhang's action made the rioters panic. They were holding sticks and hoes and wanted to rush up, but they didn't dare.

   Ji Yuan rode on a horse, and Qiu Wu and others surrounded Zhao Hanzhang to prevent them from rioting.

  Ji Yuan said loudly, "Rebel is a big crime to kill the whole family, so why don't you lay down your weapons!"

   "Anyway, we're going to die, and we won't lose if we pull a few backs before dying!"

   "That's right, we're going to starve to death, and beheading is even more enjoyable."

   "Bah, who said you were going to die?" Zhao Hanzhang said: "I can testify for you that you were murdered in righteous anger because you were murdered by the county magistrate, not a rebellion. The court is just, and I can keep you from dying."

"Hahaha, the court is just," a man laughed and came out from behind the crowd, he was thin, his cheeks were sharp, but his eyes were bright, and he was staring at Zhao Hanzhang with a cold sword in his hand, "The court is fair. , then where do we get such a heavy tax? You officials are clearly trying to kill us, brothers, don't listen to him... Huh?"

   He looked Zhao Hanzhang up and down in surprise, his face darkened, "Where is the female doll pretending to be an official, arrest her for me!"

  It was only then that everyone reacted. It seemed that the person standing in front of them talking to them was a girl in armor. Someone immediately became bold and rushed towards Zhao Hanzhang.

   Qiuwu wanted to step forward to protect him, but Ji Yuan stopped him and let Zhao Hanzhang deal with it himself.

   Zhao Hanzhang threw the person he was carrying into the arms of the person who rushed up, and the spear in his hand swept across their waists and legs like a dragon, hitting the person so hard that they couldn't move.

Seeing Zhao Hanzhang's martial arts skills, the leader's eyes narrowed, and he clenched the knife in his hand and was about to shoot, Ji Yuan said in time: "Everyone, my girl is indeed an official, she is the magistrate of Xiping County, and she received the word of He Inspector himself. admittedly."

  The news of the common people is lagging behind, and they don't know that the magistrate of Xiping County is a woman, but there are also well-informed people, such as the one headed.

   He looked at Zhao Hanzhang in surprise, "Are you Zhao Sanniang from Xiping County?"

   Zhao Hanzhang nodded, looked him up and down and asked, "Your Excellency is Chen Wan, right?"

   "I didn't expect Lord Zhao Xian to know me too."

   Zhao Hanzhang: "I have long admired the great name."

   She put the spear behind her and asked, "Can we talk now?"

  Chen Wan raised his head and sighed: "Zhao Xianjun is a good official, it's just that our luck is not good and we didn't meet each other. It's too late to talk about it now."

   "I haven't talked about it, how do you know it's too late?"

   "We killed the county chief, surrounded the county government office, and robbed so many wealthy households. We can't survive. We can only take advantage of the situation and fight for a few more days."

   "Yes, one more day is a day, and we will never lay down our arms."

  Chen Wan in turn persuaded Zhao Hanzhang, "Zhao Xianjun is a good official, we will not embarrass you, you can go, we will never stop it."

   Zhao Hanzhang smiled slightly and said, "If I say that I have a way to protect you, and I am willing to give you food relief to help you tide over the difficulties, are you willing to surrender to Fu'an?"

  Chen Wan didn't speak, and the people behind him had already shouted, "You can't be trusted when you're an official."

   Zhao Hanzhang just stared at Chen Wan.

  Chen Wan did not move like a mountain, "Zhao County is only the magistrate of Xiping County. Can you manage to go to Yangyang County? And we also killed the county chief. This is a major event in Runan County."

   Zhao Hanzhang said: "I swear in the name of my grandfather."

   When Chen Wan heard it, she was indeed moved.

He thought for a while and hesitated, especially since there were so many people behind him, his chest heaved sharply, his fists clenched tightly, "...We surrounded County Magistrate Sun all day and night, I'm afraid he has already hate us to death..."

   Zhao Hanzhang: "I will solve it. In the future, the magistrate of Yangyang County will not be named Sun."

Chen Wan's eyes flickered, and he was still hesitating. A blood-soaked rioter ran from a distance, crashed directly into Chen Wan's arms, pointed in the direction he came from, and shouted: "Brother, there are a lot of officers and soldiers over there, Arrested all of us..."

  Chen Wan immediately looked at Zhao Hanzhang.

   Zhao Hanzhang nodded at him with a smile, and said, "That's my younger brother, the shot is not serious, please forgive Chen Yishi."

"So, Sanniang is not incapable of quelling the rebellion," Zhao Hanzhang, who had been smiling and persuading all the time, suddenly turned a straight face and glanced sharply at the audience, "Sanniang came to Haoyang last year and killed a Liu at that time. Wu, I seriously injured a Liu Jing, after more than half a year, my troops in Xiping are stronger, maybe you think that you are more powerful than the Xiongnu army by three points?"

   When everyone heard this, they took two steps back tremblingly.

  Chen Wan saw everyone's cowardice. He knew that whoever cowardly fought first would lose in a battle. When they came here today, they wouldn't surrender, and they wouldn't be able to win.

   Seeing Chen Wan's sway, Zhao Hanzhang said loudly: "And the reason why I didn't do it, but persuaded to surrender first, was not to pity my soldiers, but to pity you!"

"I know that the taxes issued by the imperial court this year are too heavy, but this is not the original intention of the imperial court. This is all the result of the prefect's deception." Zhao Hanzhang said: "The imperial court does not know that my Runan County has suffered minor disasters in the past two years. Continuously, the people are displaced and the population has dropped sharply, so the taxes issued are calculated according to the total population in previous years.”

   "The tax paid by the first ten people now needs to be paid by two people. This is the reason why everyone is overwhelmed. This is all the fault of the county magistrate, so I understand your righteous indignation, so I don't want to face each other."

   Zhao Hanzhang sighed deeply and said, "Now that the culprit is dead, I am also willing to vouch for you and report it to the court to re-check this year's taxes."

   "I can swear, if I can't rectify your names, then I will let you all move to Xiping County to protect you from the Zhao family, how about that?"

  The Zhao family is the largest family in Runan County, and it is also the most famous. Its name is much more useful than that of Zhao Hanzhang.

   In many places, it is normal for people to recognize noble families and not to recognize the emperor.

   Although Chen Wan is not from Runan County, but he also knows Zhao's reputation in Runan County, he glanced back at the excited people, and finally nodded.

   Zhao Hanzhang raised the corner of his mouth lightly, stretched out his hand and said, "Then please put down your weapons first."

  Chen Wan thought for a while, and threw the big knife in his hand forward. As soon as he put down his weapon, the people behind him followed suit.

Zhao Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, strode forward, grabbed Chen Wan's hand, and laughed loudly: "Okay, Chen Yishi is worthy of being a righteous person, please come with me as an escort, and let the righteous people in the city lay down their weapons. How about the people who followed us out of the city and waited?"

  Chen Wan squinted, "Out of the city?"

   Zhao Hanzhang said meaningfully: "Yeah, go out of the city, otherwise how can I send Magistrate Sun away?"

   I'm too sleepy to come back after going out, so I wish everyone a happy and healthy Dragon Boat Festival, and I will continue to update tomorrow.

   (end of this chapter)