The members of the Fan clan of Shanxi merchants all stopped smiling after hearing this.
The whole room suddenly seemed to be frozen.
Fan Yongdou glanced at his father Fan Ming first: "Father? Did you say you came to arrest us?"
Fan Ming rubbed his hands, turned the ring on his thumb, then looked up at Fan Cheng and asked, "Have you told Wang Guoqi and Wen Shoubei?"
Fan Yu nodded: "Wang Guoqi's people discovered it first. He specially ordered people to inform us Shanxi merchants, and he had people close the city gates first so that we could be prepared. Wen Guards also asked people to Go and inform General Ning of Geyu Fort. Now everyone is suffering from both losses and prosperity, and we will not let the imperial court take it away easily."
Fan Ming nodded after hearing this and looked at Fan Yongdou: "In that case, let all the people in the clan prepare to assist Wang Guoqi and Wen to defend the city. Send the order. The people outside are not from Jinyiwei and Dongchang, but people pretending to be from the imperial court. The foreigners who attacked Zhangjiakou Fort! Let everyone cheer up and get through this. When the time comes, each household will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver!"
"yes!"
Fan Yongdou replied and immediately retreated.
"What you just said was wrong. This emperor may not be stupid, but has been eyeing us for a long time. The imperial guards have all arrived at Zhangjiakou Fort, and we only know the news. It can be seen that he is well prepared! Please ask the Mongols and Jurchens now It’s too late to help, so we can only count on Wang Guerji and Wen to guard them.”
At this time, Fan Ming frowned and spoke to Fan Cheng.
Fan Cheng also became worried.
And at this time.
Wang Wei, the guerrilla general stationed in the Zhangjiakou Fort, also looked worried. After all, he had a guilty conscience and had secretly done many things with the Shanxi merchants in the Zhangjiakou Fort. Even his family was one of the Shanxi merchants in the city, and even his guerrilla generals His job was also bought for him with money from the clan.
The same goes for guard Wenquan. His elder brother was Wenqiu, the governor of Jiliao. He became the guard of Zhangjiakou Fort. In name, he assisted the imperial court in guarding Zhangjiakou Fort. In fact, he participated in the smuggling trade with Shanxi merchants.
"What do you think these factory guards are doing here?"
Wenquan asked Wang Wei first at this time.
Wang Wei said: "Besides smuggling to fund the enemy, there is no other possibility. If it is really the case that you and I are free of charge, there is no need to send so many people."
With that said, Wang Wei asked Wen Quan: "Are we going to open the city to these factory guards later?"
"First ask about the purpose of our visit. If we are really here to investigate the smuggling of enemy funds or even confiscation of homes, we will kill all these people directly. There will be no evidence. Then we will go to the court and say that there was a raid by foreigners, which led to the death of Jinyiwei and Dongchang. Unfortunately, we were killed by foreign invaders, and then we got some Mongolian soldiers to cut off our heads and send them to the capital. They said that we had repelled the invading enemies, and the court could not find any reason to punish us."
After Wen Quan said that, he looked outside.
At this time, more than 2,000 Dongchang staff and royal guards appeared outside Zhangjiakou Fort, as well as the accounting office of Qian Fake in the inner study hall.
The inner court is the emperor's own absolute territory, so Zhu Youxiao can train his own inner court personnel in any educational method he wants.
For this reason, Zhu Youxiao vigorously popularized arithmetic and economics knowledge in the inner study hall, and also trained a group of inner study eunuchs who could serve as accountants.
The eunuchs in the inner book hall had received traditional education, had a high level of education, and were among the most intelligent among the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, they would not have been selected to study in the inner book hall.
Therefore, although these people cannot become particularly powerful mathematicians after receiving basic arithmetic training, they can still be competent as temporary accountants after learning some accounting methods.
With this group of people, Zhu Youxiao would find it much more convenient to conduct house raids and even manage internal finances. Especially when encountering such large-scale house raids, he would not have to go outside to look for accounting offices and leak secrets.
As soon as Xu Xianchun and these people appeared outside the gate of Zhangjiakou Fort, he raised his eyebrows when he saw that the gate was closed and said: "It seems that the people inside do not welcome us. Logically, officials and squires who understand the rules should come out to greet us!"
With that said, Xu Xianchun ordered Lu Chaohui, a member of the Jin Yiwei Bai household: "Shout!"
"yes!"
Lu Zhaohui responded and shouted loudly: "People in the fort, listen! We are from the East Police Factory. We have been ordered to come here to handle the case. We advise you to open the city gate as soon as possible, otherwise we will regard you as resisting the order." inverse!"
After Lu Zhaohui finished shouting, Xu Xianchun, who was a little tired, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and then waited patiently for the other party to open the door. He was not in a hurry, because this time they captured the Shanxi merchants in Zhangjiakou Fortress, and their factory guards had already been prepared. They brought two thousand men and horses, all of whom were selected from the factory guards, and this was enough to surround the entire Zhangjiakou Fort.
In addition, there are 3,000 white pole soldiers and 3,000 Zhejiang soldiers to assist.
However, according to Zhu Youxiao's specific intention, in order to dig out more colluders with Shanxi merchants, so as to handle a major case thoroughly and to deter border towns, the Baigan soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers did not appear directly. In Zhangjiakou Fort, they instead lurked in a nearby ravine to prepare for support if the situation went bad.
"May I ask what case you are dealing with!"
Wang Wei asked at this time.
"Presumptuous! Is this what you can ask? If you still regard yourself as the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, open the city gate immediately!"
Seeing this, Xu Xianchun gave orders personally.
Wang Wei glanced at Wen Quan: "They refuse to explain their intention, what should I do?"
Wen Quan, who was more assertive, frowned and pondered, and finally said: "Forget it! We would rather kill them by mistake than let them catch our secret and bite them to death because they are foreigners pretending to be foreigners! You just lead your servants directly." Go out of the city and kill these imperial guards, and I will fight with them on the city wall."
"good!"
Wang Wei replied and immediately got off the city wall.
At this time, Wen Quan shouted: "I have never heard of anyone from Dongchang coming to our remote wilderness to handle a big case! You Mongolians are really cunning, trying to get through this way." ?no way!"
With that said, Wen Quan gave an order: "Soldiers! Guard the city gate! No one is allowed to come in without my order."
Xu Xianchun's face turned cold when he saw this: "It's just as your Majesty expected. If you come to this town to handle the case, you really can't handle it without some people. These people take advantage of the high mountains and the emperor's distance to dare to ignore the emperor's decree!"
With that said, Xu Xianchun pulled out his knife and said nervously: "Get ready to meet the enemy!"
Sure enough, at this time, a large number of cavalry rushed out of the city gate cave, led by guerrilla Wang Wei himself.
Wang Wei shouted: "Kill!"
At this time, Wen Quan on the tower sneered proudly.
By coincidence, Fan Ming, who had also come to observe the situation on the tower, also came over. Seeing this scene, he said: "Wen Shouwei, thank you for your hard work!"
Wen Quan waved his hand: "What's the point! Let's make a fortune together."
At this time, Xu Xianchun, his Dongchang squadron and the Jinyi Guard Tiqi all drew their swords.
Although Xu Xianchun was nervous, he did not want to retreat with his factory guards, but still shouted: "You are so brave! Aren't you afraid of being executed by the Nine Clan?!"
