In fact, part of the reason for Chenzhou's rebellion was due to the local officials' extortion at every level, which made it intolerable for the people.
But after all, this was an order personally issued by the "General to Counter Rebellion", so even if the county magistrate had complaints, he would not dare to disobey, otherwise he would be labeled as not supporting the counter-rebellion and his life would be lost.
So there was a strange scene of people from a village going to the county government office to collect salt.
The salt will be distributed to as many people as they come, and to those who don't come, there will be none.
And when the salt is distributed, everyone's hands must be carefully inspected.
Everyone knew that it was Kang Duo who was trying to identify whether there were rebels mixed in.
The rebels and family members who originally wanted to sneak in naturally did not dare to come.
Kang Duo had already ordered the closure of all the original private salt official salt shops in Chenzhou City and various counties.
Anyone who dares to disobey will be deemed to be treasonous, and his entire family will be executed. If the county magistrate fails to carry out the inspection, he will be guilty of the same crime as the salt merchant. Buyers and sellers are equally guilty.
Anyone who dared to disobey orders was caught and killed.
After killing a few, no one dared take the chance.
So the rebels just couldn't get salt this month.
The next month, it was like this again.
The rebels were exhausted and their feet were weak.
If Kang Duo were to call now, they would not have the strength to resist.
From now on, even if Kang Duo doesn't call, they will have no choice but to go back home. The nearly one year of hard fighting, murder and arson have become a joke.
Wu Mian was very anxious and told the soldiers who often went to Chenzhou City to buy food and supplies to inquire about it. He said that if there was any private salt, he would just buy it back no matter how much he paid. He didn't believe that no one would do such a profitable thing.
The soldier took the order and went to Chenzhou Mansion.
The soldiers sat in several restaurants and teahouses for a few days, listening to the chats of the drinkers and teahouses.
It will be sunny and dry for many days without rain.
If he could get salt, it would be easier for him to take it back.
The hard work paid off, and today, he finally heard some news in the teahouse.
A tea guest said: "This year is really fucked. There is no salt. How can we marinate bacon?"
Another said: "Hey, I pickled it at home."
The first one hurriedly asked: "Where did you get the salt? Nowadays, restaurants are closed because there is no salt."
The tea guest laughed: "Ah, I saved it before."
Then it branched out.
The tea guest sat for a while and then went out.
The soldiers hurriedly followed the man.
Seeing that there was no one around, he took out a knife and put it against the tea guest's throat: "Where did you buy the salt?"
The tea guest trembled: "I saved it at home."
The soldier said viciously: "Speak quickly, or I will kill you."
The tea guest could only say: "A relative of mine is a traveling merchant and brought ten kilograms of salt into the city with his goods. I bought it from him."
The soldier smiled and said, "Take me there."
The tea guest was silent.
The soldier stared: "Huh?!"
The tea guest said with a sad face: "It's not that I don't want to help you, this is a matter where the whole family will be executed."
The soldier sneered: "If you don't take me, I will kill you now."
The tea guest said helplessly: "Master, please don't say that I took you there."
The tea guest led his soldiers around the city of Chenzhou. Patrolling officers and soldiers passed by several times. The tea guest looked at the officers and soldiers, but did not dare to say anything.
Because the soldiers stood behind him and secretly pressed the small dagger against his waist.
The soldier became impatient: "If you dare to circle again, I will kill you first."
The tea guest had no choice but to take him to a remote small courtyard: "This is it."
The soldier smiled: "Take me in. If it's a trap, I'll kill you first."
The tea guest waved his hand: "Don't dare, don't dare. Hero, spare your life."
He stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a long time, the door opened a crack, and a dark-faced man stretched out his head to take a look.
Seeing the tea guests and the soldiers, the man frowned: "What are you doing?"
The soldier smiled and said, "I heard that you have salt for sale. No matter how much it costs, just give me two or three kilograms."
The man was so angry that he said to the tea guest: "Why are you like this? You are trying to kill me."
The soldier quickly looked at the hands and face of the person in front of him.
The man's skin was dark and rough.
If it is Kang Duo's soldier pretending to be someone who is used to holding a sword, there must be a cocoon in the tiger's mouth. People who have been shooting arrows for a long time will also have calluses on their index and middle fingers.
But this person doesn't have either. Instead, his palms are rough, his shoulders are broad, his feet are broad, and his legs are much thicker than his arms.
At first glance, he looks like someone who often walks long distances with heavy loads.
There is nothing wrong with being a traveling businessman.
The soldier was relieved and turned sideways, letting the man see the dagger he had pressed against the tea guest's waist.
The man immediately stopped talking.
Guard: "Let's go in and talk."
The man could only get out of the way.
The soldiers held the traveling merchant hostage and entered the courtyard: "I'm offended, but I have no choice but to do so. If you give me salt, you will not be short of money."
The tea guest was about to cry and said to the traveling merchant: "Hurry up and let him go."
The traveling merchant sighed and could only go in and take out a small jar of salt, which weighed two or three kilograms.
The soldier said to the traveling merchants and tea drinkers: "Each of you eat a little."
Traveling merchants and tea patrons can only dip a little with their little fingers and put it in their mouths.
The soldiers also got a little bit of it, it was indeed salt.
He waited for a while to make sure he was okay, then took out some broken silver and put it in the merchant's hand. Then he took out a piece of oil paper, wrapped it carefully in salt and stuffed it into his arms.
He was already a bit fat, and now he has a slightly bigger belly, but you can't tell.
The tea guest reminded him in a low voice: "You will be searched when you leave the city."
He was not worried about the soldiers, but he was afraid that the soldiers would be caught and implicate him.
The soldier looked at the traveling merchant: "Since you can bring the salt out, you can naturally bring it out. You can send me out of the city. Otherwise, if I get caught, it will be no good to you."
You Shang sighed: "It's evil, it's evil. Originally, my wife wanted to eat bacon, so I took the risk and brought back a few kilograms of salt. Now I'm really in big trouble."
The traveling merchant took his soldiers to a city gate, and the guard came to search him. The traveling merchant didn't know what he stuffed into the guard's hand, and whispered: "This is my relative who wants to leave the city."
The guard understood immediately, touched the soldier a few times with his hand, and then let the soldier go out.
The soldier slowly walked out of the city, looking back as he walked to make sure no one was following him, then he went to where the horse was hidden, picked up the horse, and ran all the way into the mountain.
The person guarding the intersection saw him coming and immediately asked: "The password."
The soldier hurriedly reported the password and was let in.
He jumped off his horse and ran inside excitedly: "I bought salt, I bought salt."
Everyone gathered around.
The soldier took out the salt and said, "Look."
He took out the paper package from his arms and opened it.
A sharp whistling sound sounded from behind.
The soldier looked down in surprise at the arrow that suddenly came out of his left chest. He vomited a mouthful of blood, which turned the white flowers red, and then he fell forward and stopped moving.
Wu Mian screamed in fear: "You have been fooled, retreat quickly."
Countless feather arrows fell like raindrops.
The sound of "swish swish" is accompanied by a cold wind.
Several more people around Wu Mian fell down.
