The prefect's Yamen is very interesting.
Many gentry came. Officials who were idle at home and the children of officials from other provinces had seats in the main hall.
Big businessmen and people like Liu Xiangyu who had served as minor officials or had no official career had seats in the courtyard outside the hall.
Younger businessmen and Confucian students, all of whom received their crowns through donations, were standing outside the hall.
Like Liu Chengzu and Liu Chengzong.
The crown obtained by killing the thief's head belongs to the bottom of the food chain of the government officials. Just find a corner to get it.
Anyway, the character of Black Dragon Mountain is poor as a pants, the whole mountain is starving to death, and the prefect does not expect them to donate money or food.
Therefore, the big officials were accompanied by the magistrate to raise money and food; the big businessmen were accompanied by the magistrates and magistrates; the small businessmen and donors were also accompanied by the magistrate of Fushi County.
For people with crowns like theirs, only the old slaves from the magistrate's office lead the way, and no one cares about people sitting in the pavilion.
The two brothers chatted all the way to Fucheng and exchanged what they had gained during this period.
Liu Chengzu was afraid of most of them.
Taking care of the wounded soldiers often reminded him of the night he looted Wangzhuang Fort.
The soldiers were scattered and disorganized. There was no need for officers and soldiers outside. Even if the flag army surrendered and turned against them, they might not be able to win.
Therefore, during this period of time, Liu Chengzu's focus was on educating the border troops to pay attention to this issue.
In the prefect's yamen, the two brothers were much more reserved.
I can't talk about many things, and I don't have the desire to interact with others like others.
For Liu Chengzong, this was more like breaking into the enemy.
He glanced hard into the main hall of the Yamen. Anyone sitting there could hold up half of Zhang Qing's head.
Liu Chengzong was thinking about finding these people if he encountered trouble in the future, when he felt his brother touch his arm: "Look at that person."
Follow his brother's gaze.
Among the students who had donated money, there stood a gentle scholar, smiling and chatting with the people around him.
As if feeling the gaze, the man glanced at the pavilion and turned his head nonchalantly.
He quickly turned back with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
It's breaking into the sky!
Not only did their brothers infiltrate into the enemy's territory, they also broke into the sky and penetrated deeper than they did. They had a great time chatting with the Fushi County magistrate.
It seemed that after just one look, Chuang Tuotian could no longer chat with others calmly.
Not long after, he confessed his crime to everyone around him and slowly walked up to the two of them.
He cupped his hands and said, "I think the two brothers look familiar to me. I'm going to visit Nanjiashan Liu Guoneng, sir?"
When it comes to Nanjia Mountain, it's as if the sky is falling.
"I am Liu Chengzong, Black Dragon Mountain."
"Liu Chengzu."
Liu Guoneng smiled and said: "Why don't we wait for the city affairs? I'll invite you two to Nanjiashan as guests to show your respect?"
Liu Chengzu cupped his fists and said, "Since Brother Liu is so kind, let Chengzong go. There are still guests at home."
"Okay, I'll see you outside Shunyang Gate later that night."
After Liu Guoneng left, Liu Chengzu explained: "Guan Cao has guests coming these days. If you go, come back early. Maybe you can catch up."
"Brother Cao's guest?" Liu Chengzong asked, "Who?"
The elder brother did not elaborate, but whispered his name: "Guan Du Zhang."
Zhang Wu, the former steward of Yuhe Fort, ran away.
Now he is also a leader of thieves, and his reputation is higher than that of the stars.
Cao Yao wanted to find this person since he left Yuhe Fort, but at that time he only saw a unique wanted notice in Qingjian and could not find him.
There are many wanted orders in Qingjian, and thieves emerge one after another.
But none of them are as powerful as Tianxing. A piece of paper posted by others can cover half of the wall than Tianxing's.
Above is the bandit number Guo Tianxing, and below are six portraits, from Zhang Dapai to Zhang Wu, and then Sister Zhang.
Family business.
While the two brothers were talking, a quarrel broke out inside and outside the hall.
Officials asked the gentry to donate money and grain to serve the country. The gentry asked the government to first wipe out the thieves near Yan'an Prefecture, and then talk about extending the troops to Yanchuan.
Both sides had different demands and started arguing.
The gentry in Youfu City were shouting with open arms and counting the food and wages they had donated to the court since last year, but the situation was getting worse and worse.
The gentry outside the city asked the county government to allocate weapons and let them protect themselves in each township.
There are even more radical people who directly cite the example of Sanyuan County's spring imperial robbers and the people who tore up Buddha statues and cast them into red barbarian cannons, and demanded that the cannons be cast.
To sum up, it is easy for the government to ask for money and food. To bring the situation back to normal, they donate food.
If the situation cannot be restored, the gentry will need guns and cannons to restore the situation themselves.
Apart from this, there is no possibility of donating money or food.
They can't provide food and let the army go to Yanchuan and Yanchang to quell the bandits, and then the bandits come and rob them all.
It would be better for your officers and soldiers to lie down in Yan'an Mansion and not go anywhere.
In the end, no agreement was reached. Only a few officials and gentry donated less than 200 shi of rice and grain, which was not enough for Yan'an Prefecture to send troops, and everyone left unhappy.
After saying goodbye to his father and brother, Liu Chengzong led his horse to the south of Shunyang Gate, and soon met Liu Guoneng.
Liu Guoneng not only brought himself, but also brought She Taotian. In addition, there was a man who looked like a guard officer.
The few of them didn't speak when they met. They got on their horses and walked towards Nanjia Mountain. They didn't talk to each other until they entered the mountain.
Liu Guoneng said: "I thought the tiger general was dead. When Fucheng was patrolling the city with his head, he went to see it. Only then did he see She Tuantian."
As he spoke, he bowed his hands towards Liu Chengzong and said, "I am Li Wanqing, an Orion hunter in the south of the city."
Liu Guoneng introduced another young guard officer and said: "Brother Chengzong, this is Yang Yanchang. He is a member of the Yan'an Guard Trial Hundred Households. He was also in Wangzhuang that day."
This surprised Liu Chengzong, and he clasped his fists and said, "I thought only those of us without official positions could do this. Brother Yang has a salary, so why not?"
"That salary is enough to make a fool of myself, but even before it is paid out every month, it is all borrowed by my brothers from the Poor Guards below."
Yang Yanchang shook his head and said: "You know you can't pay, but you still have to borrow it. What else will you do? We are hungry and we have to hunt down thieves in Wangzhuang. Damn it, I'll kill them first."
"Have you both seen the tiger general's head?"
Hearing Liu Chengzong's question, Liu, Li, and Yang said in unison: "The three of us went to see it, and I thought it was one of you three who died."
Everyone else read it, but Liu Chengzong didn't go. He asked: "By the way, which one of you pretended to be my name and distributed food to the people?"
The three of them smiled, and Liu Guoneng said: "It's all risky. I'm not asking you what to do if you can't take away the food. You said you would distribute it to the poor people."
"You broke the fort. We got the food for nothing. There is no reason to invite names for ourselves."
Yang Yanchang said: "Guoneng also sent a batch of food to Fucheng. I'm afraid the prefect Zhang couldn't figure it out even if he wanted to. The person who wrote the letter threatening him was in the government office just now."
Not long after, we arrived at Nanjia Mountain.
Liu Guoneng said: "Let's go, I'll take you to see my mother. I can get her a brother with an official status, so that she won't have to complain about me for not making good friends."
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The people of Sanyuan County dug out Buddha statues and cast them into three red cannons of 1,500 kilograms. They are from Wang Zheng's "Zhongtong Rilu"
