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Chapter 141 Building Harmony Together for the Second Year of Senior High School
Wu Ming Jinxuan received him in the lobby. First, the lobby was used for hearing cases, which meant that the thief was not a guest, but the latest chapter of the thief. Secondly, expressing the relationship between oneself and the thief can reveal the sun and the moon.
Seeing that the envoy of Kun Thief was only in his early twenties, fair and clean, with a slightly rich body and a peaceful expression, he couldn't help but sigh secretly. He is clearly a son of a good family. Even if he cannot obtain any honors, he can still be a peaceful and prosperous citizen. Why would he become a thief?
This was the first time Xiong Buyou saw the magistrate of this county. He looked at it curiously for a long time. Except that he was a middle-aged scholar, he didn't see anything special about him. Looking at the government officials around him, they all looked thin. , describing obscenity. The clothes he wore were too old. This county government office is quite chilly. The paint on the pillars and beams is peeling off, cobwebs are growing thickly, the walls are moldy, large pieces of wall covering are peeling off, and many of the square tiles on the ground are broken.
Xiong Buyou also had a good impression of the Daming County Government for a while - compared to the "White House", this county government was really hard and simple to the extreme. In fact, he didn't know that this shabby government office could be regarded as a kind of official superstition "not repairing". "Yamen", as long as this yamen has not collapsed, the county magistrate will never spend money to repair it.
Wu Mingjin felt a little disappointed when he saw that this man came to the hall without the fear and trembling of a commoner. Seeing him look arrogant again, not to mention kneeling and kowtowing, not even bowing, I couldn't help but feel angry in my heart. I just wanted to scold him, "Hey, why don't you kneel down when you see me?", which dampened his spirit. One look at the group of government officials in his hall who usually had their chests and bellies bulging and their bellies were full of fierceness. They all looked humble and did not dare to look at the two thieves. Then he looked at the dozen grey-robed thieves outside the hall who were armed with live ammunition. , the anger that had just aroused suddenly faded by half. At this time, a servant brought a cup of tea and handed over a note, but it was written by Master Wang. There was only one ink word on it: "forbearance".
Xiong Buyou didn't talk nonsense to him and handed over the letter written by Yu Eshui. Wu Mingjin opened it and saw that the writing was very vulgar, half written and half white, and the calligraphy was unsatisfactory. It was obvious that he was an uneducated person. But the meaning is still clear. First of all, yesterday, Liu Xiang's bandits and Westerners jointly invaded Bopu and were defeated by them. They sank three enemy ships and captured more than 500 pirates. The pirates had fled in panic.
It turns out that pirates came to attack last night, and the black ones took advantage of the black ones. Wu Mingjin was originally worried about the frequent pirate attacks here, but now that the letter said they had retreated, he was relieved. No matter what, at last the people were not harmed by them.
The second part is that Australian maritime merchants are also descendants of the Chinese, but they left overseas to avoid the chaos in the late Song Dynasty. Now that they have returned to China, they will never harm their compatriots. What they pursue is "eliminating the strong and supporting the weak, protecting the country and bringing peace to the people." Our purpose is to protect the peace of the place and have no intention of causing trouble.
Huh, that's all it is. Wu Mingjin didn't look carefully, and the actual content was further down. He said that pirates often broke in and bandits were rampant here in Lingao. The people lived in poverty and the county government was difficult to implement. The rain and open air of the Ming Dynasty did not benefit all the people. Therefore, Crossing the generals organized group training and joint defense in the villages in the northern part of Lingao County. I hope Wu Daling will approve it and provide support.
Finally, the letter also guaranteed that once the joint defense of each village is realized, the pirate and bandit troubles in the county will be completely eliminated. Not only that, the county's food supply in summer and autumn will not be a problem.
It's really Sima Zhao's heart. Wu Mingjin looked at the two envoys below. They had arrogant expressions on their faces that showed no distinction between superiority and inferiority. Wu Mingjin thought to himself, isn't this obvious? The thieves are trying to use this group to practice joint defense and destroy all the people in each village. The control of Tuan Lian Xiangyong is in his own hands. From now on, government orders will not come out of the county government, but will come out of Dongmen City.
Seeing that he was silent while holding the letter, Xiong Buyou said:
"Wu Ming Mansion has been suffering from pirates invading the county. Now I will give you a small gift." With a wave of his hand, the workers who came in with carts unloaded many wooden boxes and straw bags from the wheelbarrows and moved them to the courtyard of the county government office. After Chen Fang, everyone only smelled a smell like salted fish. Wu Mingjin was secretly puzzled and asked a yamen servant to check. The yamen servant then opened a wooden box. Suddenly, everyone could see clearly that there was a human head preserved in salt in the box.
Looking at those wooden boxes and straw bags, it’s obvious what’s inside. A chill ran across Wu Mingjin's back. He suppressed his panic and asked: "You are so bold, where did you get these heads?"
"Reporting to the Ming Mansion, these are the pirates who invaded our Lingao County yesterday. According to their confessions, they are Liu Laoxiang's men from the Juqu in the East of Guangdong. Please check it with the Ming Mansion."
Seeing that there were so many heads, Wu Mingjin hurriedly called a man to check. After inspection, it was found that there were also heads of red-haired people and Nanyang people, and several of them were wanted by the government. It is true that they are pirates.
Killing so many pirates in one battle is unique in the history of this county - no, let alone this county, not even the official army has done it in the past ten years. Wu Ming couldn't help but be secretly shocked. The pirates operating in Fujian and Guangdong have been wreaking havoc in Fujian and Guangdong for more than ten years since the end of Wanli. Even with the combined efforts of the two provinces and the encirclement and suppression of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, they are still unable to win, and can only win with pinched noses.
"I don't know if you and others have killed good people and taken credit for their merits," Wu Mingjin suddenly scolded.
"What did you say?" Wu Mingjin said in Mandarin, and Wang Ruixiang could understand it. Now that he heard what he said, he couldn't help but feel angry: Only officers and soldiers can do this to give birth to a son without an asshole. What a villain. The heart of a gentleman is in his heart.
Xiong Buyou said: "The Ming government has sent us a message. We are not in the official position, and we do not ask for rewards from the government. Why do we do this thing of killing good people and taking merit? We are just here to express our feelings to the Ming government, and we do not ask for rewards from the government." . The fact that this county can destroy this bandit is also because the Ming government has done a good job in educating people."
This is actually flattery. But he was right. The thief does not need to kill and behead to show his merit. It seems unnecessary to kill the good and take the merit.
If so many pirates were reported to the house, it would be a big achievement test. Wu Mingjin's already extremely gloomy mood suddenly became brighter, and his heart became warm as an official. His expression turned kind involuntarily, and he said warmly:
"These heroes are all extraordinary talents. Why don't they serve the imperial court but live in the wilderness?"
Xiong Buyou was secretly amused. If it weren't for your good official reputation, the governor would have rushed into the city to "fight" you away. It is polite enough for us to pursue gradual and peaceful evolution now.
After Chuanchuan Group has established a foothold on the Bairen-Bopu front line, the next policy policy of the executive committee is to surround the city with rural areas. Through the method of village joint defense, each village will be initially included in the administrative system of Chuanchuan Group, and Lingao will be weakened. The central role of the county seat. Chuanchuan Group uses a series of agricultural technology collaborations to win over local farmers. In order to achieve the ultimate goal of controlling the village.
But to implement this strategy, the people must feel that Bairencheng is not a gang of rebels. The attitude of the county government is very important in this. Especially Wu Mingjin's attitude. If he insists that the Crossing Group is a rebel pirate, ordinary people will have a lot of scruples when they come into contact with them.
"There are also flags, documents, talismans, and weapons collected from pirates here, and they are all brought to the county." Xiong Buyou was very polite. This "generous gift" was enough to touch Wu Mingjin's heart. In the situation where wars were going on everywhere, the army was defeated repeatedly, Yu Shuai was accused, and the Ming court had to rely on recruiting Zheng Zhilong, a giant bandit, to stabilize the coastal situation, Lingao was very happy. The county's record of defeating Liu Xiang's men and killing 400 Chinese and foreign pirates will become a highlight.
Xiong Buyou saw that he was silent and wanted to leave. Wu Mingjin only nodded slightly and announced: "Quit."
Wang Ruixiang followed Xiong Buyou out of the county government office and saw that the workers beside the wheelbarrows were all happy. It turned out that the county sent people to exploit the rewards, and also sent twenty jars of wine and two wind pigs. It's probably a reward.
Returning to Bairen City, he reported the whole story to Wen Desi. Wang Ruixiang couldn't help but ask, "That's it."
"Just watch, he will most likely contact us in the past few days." Wen Desi said, "There are many people in the lobby, and there are some things he can't say."
"These gang of dog officials really have a lot of twists and turns." Wang Ruixiang said with emotion.
"If he and Hai Rui were so upright and inhumane, we would have to use some violence." Wen Desi said, "Fortunately, he is not. This will be much easier to handle. Just wait."
Sure enough, at dusk the next day. A sneaky man came to the checkpoint by the Wenshui Bridge. He asked the sentry that he wanted to see a "short-haired official." Luo Duo, the person in charge of the checkpoint, did not dare to neglect and quickly called the executive committee meeting.
The visitor was taken to a secluded house of the security team. After some interrogation, it was found that this person was Zhang Youfu's servant and wanted to invite the short-haired official to a banquet.
Wen Desi remembered that Zhang Youfu was the envoy sent for peace talks after the county failed to encircle and suppress them a few months ago. His sudden request to meet was obviously on someone's behalf. I agreed immediately. The servant said that Zhang Youfu's mansion is outside the west gate. Wen Desi decided to go there in person. Zhang Youfu could speak several dialects, including Cantonese, so communication was not difficult.
After dark, two sedans came to Zhuangzi. Wen Desi and Xi Yazhou went together. For safety reasons, Bei Wei selected eight people from the reconnaissance team to follow him for protection. In addition to protecting guns, he also specially provided Wen Desi received a signal tube - once something changed, he would send out the signal tube and he would immediately bring people to rescue him.
Wen Desi and Xi Yazhou were carried by Zhang Youfu's tenants and wandered through the dark fields. Although there were lanterns in front of them to guide the way, the brightness was as bright as a will-o'-the-wisp. If it weren't for the eight people from the reconnaissance team, I would have felt a little frightened.
The sedan was broken and stuffy, and the tenants were not very good at lifting the sedan, so the two of them bumped around in it. After walking for half an hour, the sedan finally landed. When I came out, I saw an ordinary farmer's yard in front of me.
There were people waiting at the entrance of the courtyard for a long time. When they saw their arrival, they quickly took them in and the door was immediately closed.
The yard was also dark, and although there were a few lanterns lit on the porch, everything in the yard was still indistinct. You could vaguely see wheelbarrows, piles of grain and hay, stone mills and other things parked there.
Although Zhang Youfu claimed to be a landlord, he actually lived in a shabby settlement. The so-called Zhuangzi was just a large courtyard. He lived in five main rooms, while the long-term workers and servants lived in the lower rooms. There were also some livestock sheds along the wall. But the wall was built very high, and it could be seen that it was made of masonry, and the door was made of thick wooden boards covered with iron. This is all to protect against bandits. ,.
