From the moment when the people in the city gathered and killed the officials.
They suddenly discovered that this group of people who were tyrannizing over the people were nothing special. They all had two eyes, one nose, one mouth, and one life!
Why are you superior to me just by wearing that official uniform?
If you want to take something that belongs to me away from me, then you have to be prepared.
Either I die or you die!
Soon, this idea spread to the hearts of many people in the city.
The common people took out sickles or hoes from their homes, gathered together, and launched an attack on the homes of the common people, the greedy officials, and the corrupt gentry and landlords!
Among them, the most severely affected were the residences of several large salt merchants in the city.
"Sir, what's wrong, there are many people gathered outside the house, holding hoes, sickles and other weapons in their hands."
"Right now, they are breaking down the door outside!"
I saw the housekeeper of Li Mansion running in hurriedly and reporting to Li Yide.
"What? These thugs are so impatient that they even dare to break down the door of my Li family!"
"Let all the servants in charge of guarding the hospital get their weapons and armor and beat me hard, life or death!"
After hearing the news sent by the housekeeper, Li Yide couldn't help but became furious and immediately ordered.
"Master, isn't this too risky? After all, armor and weapons..."
After listening to Li Yide's instructions, the housekeeper's face was filled with hesitation.
"How long have you been thinking about this? Sir, let me tell you, if this group of unscrupulous people rush in, none of us will be able to escape."
Li Yide looked ferocious, then grabbed the butler's collar and spoke word by word.
"Yes, it's master, I'll give the order right away."
The housekeeper was frightened by the expression on Li Yide's face and responded quickly.
Just as the housekeeper wanted to leave the room, he was stopped by Li Yide.
"By the way, I sent you there earlier to ask for help from the Commander-in-Chief. What did he say?"
"Sir, the commander-in-chief said that reinforcements will arrive soon, so you don't have to worry!"
Upon hearing this, the butler turned around quickly and responded respectfully.
"Well, in this case, I'll be relieved, sir. You can go down."
Li Yide was very satisfied with the butler's answer, and then waved his hand to indicate for him to go down.
"Yes, sir."
After the housekeeper responded, he left quickly.
Li Yide looked at the butler's leaving figure and sneered: "Humph, a bunch of poor people also want to fight with me?"
"See how I deal with you, I'll beat you until you're full of teeth!"
…
"Everyone, please work harder, we will knock this door open soon!"
"Yes, we must make these hoarding and profit-seeking salt merchants pay the price they deserve!"
"I'll count one, two, three, let's all work together!"
Outside Li Yide's mansion, a large group of angry people were gathering at the moment.
The common people found a log from nowhere and knocked it against the splendidly decorated door in front of them.
"One, two, three, everyone, try your best!"
Then there was only a muffled sound, and the door in front of him was motionless, with just a little paint peeling off.
"Keep going, you'll be able to open the door soon!"
Everyone was not discouraged, and quickly took a few steps back, regrouped, and slammed the log against the door!
I don’t know how many times I tried, but finally, when the log hit the door, it made an overwhelming ‘squeak’ sound!
When the people present saw this, they all cheered, which meant that with one more move, this door that blocked many people would be completely destroyed.
At this moment, a change occurred. The already crumbling door was suddenly opened, and countless guards wearing armor and holding weapons rushed out from inside.
Without any hesitation, he picked up the weapon in his hand and started slashing at the people at the scene.
And most of the common people have weapons such as sickles and hoes in their hands. How can they defeat the servants who are wearing armor and are strong?
As a result, heavy casualties soon followed, and the goal had to be temporarily abandoned.
At this moment, the sound of neat footsteps came from a distance.
I saw a line of soldiers, marching in neat steps, rushing towards Li Yide's mansion.
"Ah, the officers and soldiers are here, everyone, run away!"
"Everyone, run this way!"
"Ah, there are officers and soldiers here too!"
"Since we can't run away anymore, let's fight them!"
"Yes, let's fight them!"
Soon, the remaining common people waved the simple weapons in their hands, roared and rushed towards the soldiers, and were soon strangled to death.
A nauseatingly strong smell of blood filled the air.
"Quickly go in and see if anything happened. This is what the commander personally ordered us to do!"
After dealing with the people at the scene, the leader of the group of soldiers quickly stood up and gave instructions to his subordinates.
"yes!"
After receiving the order, these subordinates quickly entered Li's house to check the situation.
And Li Yide felt relieved after seeing these soldiers personally sent by the capital commander.
"You guys came just in time, something almost happened."
"Everywhere, the commander personally asked me to come to protect your safety."
"As long as we are here, this mob will never harm you!"
The previous officer saw this and assured Li Yide.
Seeing this, Li Yide nodded, and then called the housekeeper. After whispering a few words in a low voice, the housekeeper took the order and left.
After a while, the housekeeper came back quickly, followed by several slaves, and the slaves all held a tray in their hands, which was full of white silver.
The attention of the soldiers on site was attracted by the silver, and their breathing became rapid.
"This is a little bit of Li's thoughts. From now on, I'll leave it to you all!"
Li Yide had a warm smile on his face, and then said to everyone.
"In this case, we can't refuse!"
"Don't worry, as long as we are here, nothing will happen!"
The previous officer, after taking the largest share, distributed the remaining silver coins to the soldiers at the scene.
"So good, so good."
After Li Yide finished speaking, he picked up the teacup on the side and took a sip.
…
On the other hand, Jiangxi Governor Cao Shunhe has been under house arrest since he returned to the government office.
The guards would not allow him to leave the study. As long as he wanted to leave, he would be politely persuaded to go back. Even when he went to the toilet, someone would follow him!
At this moment, Cao Shunhe had already deduced from their daily conversations that there should be a riot in the city!
"It must be those salt merchants who went back on their word and failed to act in accordance with the previous agreement, which caused a riot in the city!"
Thinking of this, Cao Shunhe put down the book in his hand, looking depressed.
"When will the imperial army arrive here?"
Cao Shunhe turned his gaze to the guards who were responsible for monitoring him outside the study, and said silently to himself.
"No, I have to find a way out of here."
"If this continues, the people in the city will suffer!"
"When the time comes, they will definitely mobilize the soldiers from the garrison to quell the riot. How can the unarmed people stand up to the officers and soldiers who are armed to the teeth!"
Cao Shunhe thought so, and then made up his mind to escape from here!
(End of chapter)
