The other side.
Dadongzhuang Saltworks.
Zhang Zhixian of Dong'an County personally came forward and led a group of county government officials to arrive here.
Zhang Haoxuan recovered during this period and came limping with a cane.
He wanted to see with his own eyes how his father brought Li Xiao down to his face!
Zhang Maojin also came here with his sons.
Zhang Maojin shouted at the villagers who were working: "Stop it, stop it! Why do you want to work for two foreigners?"
As Zhang Maojin shouted.
The villagers who were working didn't understand why and stopped what they were doing.
"Patriarch, why did you ask us to stop? What's the matter?"
A man asked doubtfully.
"What else?"
Zhang Maojin frowned and waved his hand angrily: "You dozens of people really like working for this foreigner so much."
"What's the point? People pay us and we work."
The man seemed very honest and honest, obviously not knowing what was about to happen.
"Yes, what a good job. I can make dozens of extra cents out of thin air a day."
"It's natural to work to make money. It doesn't matter where the person comes from, just give him money."
"Chief, what do you mean? Don't let us make money?"
Several other villagers also spoke one after another.
During this period of working, the wages were paid every day, not less than a penny.
With this extra income, I can eat some meat on weekdays.
Cutting off people's money is like killing their parents. Although Zhang Maojin is the patriarch, he can't hinder their financial path.
"Well, Zhang Liuwu, what I said is of no use, is it?"
There were many villagers behind Zhang Maojin. He waved directly, and the boss of the Zhang family called a few men and pushed Zhang Liuwu to the ground.
"Hit me ten times to serve as a warning to others. I'm not dead yet, I'm still the patriarch of the Zhang family!"
Zhang Maojin issued an order to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys and shake up the situation, so that these villagers would not cause trouble and spoil the good things.
The words fell.
Zhang Liuwu's pants were stripped off. Two villagers rolled up his sleeves and beat him with sticks, which made Zhang Liuwu scream.
The villagers brought by Zhang Maojin all missed the opportunity and did not catch up with this recruitment.
The villagers were very envious of these profitable people, and they couldn't help but be more aggressive.
In the era when imperial power did not go to the countryside, lynching in the countryside was normal.
Because the political institutions of the Ming Dynasty stopped at the county level, there were few manpower at the grassroots level, and there were so many things to do, it was impossible to control such a large area.
Many things need to be done by relying on the squire.
Without the help of the squires below, I might not even be able to collect taxes.
Therefore, even if Zhang Zhixian is present now, he turns a blind eye.
What's more, he came here for this matter in the first place.
Zhang Liuwu, who took the lead in speaking, was beaten. Now the other villagers did not dare to say anything more and could only watch helplessly.
At this time, work in the entire salt field came to a standstill.
When Li Xiongzhi's five nursing staff saw that something was wrong, they immediately walked out and shouted: "What's going on? Why has everything stopped?"
Then, when they came over here, they got into heat and something was wrong.
There were a large number of villagers standing there, as well as county government officials.
However, the five nursing homes under Li Xiongzhi were also unusual, and they did not show too much fear.
These five people used to be the private soldiers of a large merchant in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they had developed some skills.
Later, their merchant ship was robbed by well-equipped Japanese pirates, and the merchant died on the spot.
The five of them were brave and good at fighting, and were not killed on the spot. In the end, they were forced to jump into the sea, and drifted on the sea for a week leaning on a wooden box, almost dying. They were rescued by a fishing boat.
Originally it was nothing, just find another maritime merchant to continue making ends meet.
However, in the 14th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang "because the Japanese pirates still did not keep their footprints, he also ordered the people near the sea to be prohibited from having private connections with overseas countries" and directly banned the sea, and moved the people along the coast inland.
At this time, these people lost their jobs and completely changed from slaves to refugees. They didn't know how, so they ran to Peiping and found a barren mountain to open up wasteland and farm to make a living.
No, recently people have taken a fancy to their fields and directly reported them to the government. When the refugees were arrested, their fields were confiscated, and they were in trouble.
Forced to have no choice but to find the landlord, he planned to become a tenant.
But no one dares to want unauthentic refugees like them.
It happened that Li Xiao took a fancy to it again and bought it from a tooth shop to serve as a nursing home.
Although they don't know the identity of the owner.
But Li Xiongzhi told them in private that his boss's status was very high.
Since you are very tall, are you afraid of these people?
It’s just a small magistrate!
The head nurse named Liu Dakai shouted: "What are you doing? Why do you stop our workers at will? Can you afford the responsibility for delaying production?"
After finishing speaking, the other four guards took out two-finger-thick iron rods, some of which looked like steel bars, rolled up their sleeves and glared angrily.
These days, Li Xiongzhi and a few of them entertained them with delicious food and drinks, eating big fish and meat. These people had thick waists and had practiced martial arts.
Five people stood in a row holding murderous weapons, their aura was terrifying.
Suddenly the villagers retreated.
"You're rebelling! This Dadongzhuang Village doesn't allow you outsiders to run wild!"
The sixth son of the Zhang family shouted, and then he also brought a group of people over, holding hoes and other farm tools in their hands. If they really fight, these farmers are very strong.
"This salt mountain was bought by our employer, and the salt farm was also built by our employer."
Liu Dakai straightened his body and put his hands on his hips, shouting: "These workers don't owe a single copper penny for their wages. They must be married first every day and speak with conscience. Why are you making trouble here for no reason?"
"Why?"
The sixth son of the Zhang family smiled and said: "Just because this is our village's industry, this salt mountain also belongs to our Zhang family. This salt mountain is our family's ancestral property. We were deceived by these liars, and now we want to get it back! You are also friends , collect money to do things, I won’t embarrass you, just call the person in charge and get out!”
"So what if you don't let me!" Liu Dakai scolded.
I finally found a reliable employer, whose duty is to look after the salt field. If I can't handle this, what's the use?
"No? If you don't let me, I'll beat you to your knees."
The sixth son of the Zhang family yelled: "Brothers, fight me! This Yanshan clan chief wants to take it back. From now on, people in our village will make a fortune together, and everyone can come to work in this salt farm!"
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the villagers who had not entered the salt field lit up.
Several cronies of the sixth son of the Zhang family had already picked up hoes and rushed over, and the remaining villagers also rushed over.
"How dare you! Brothers, beat them out!"
Liu Dakai was also not afraid of death. He picked up the stick and rushed over, and the other four people also hurriedly followed.
Bang bang bang!
The two groups immediately fought together. There were only a few people on Liu Dakai's side, but several of them had some skills, and they knocked over several people with just a few sticks.
But they didn't dare to kill him.
It's not a joke if someone loses their life, so these villagers got violent.
They can definitely be beaten to death here.
You can only hit them on the legs, with the iron stick pointing at the legs. Once the stick hits the opponent, they will lose their fighting ability and cannot get up.
But it was hard for two fists to beat four hands. There were only five of them, and there were almost fifty or sixty people besieging them. The inside and outside were airtight.
The scene suddenly came to a standstill.
These villagers also rushed in rashly. Wouldn't it be stupid to rush to the front and get beaten?
I don’t know who shouted:
"Smash them with rocks. There are so many of us, and we will kill them even if we hit them."
Upon hearing this,
The expressions of Liu Dakai and others changed immediately.
(End of chapter)
