In October of the second year of Tianqi, Songjiang, Shanghai, Xu family.
"Old lady, the news is true. A large number of villagers came to our Xujiazhuang and threatened to raid our Xujiazhuang!"
Xu Guangqi's grandson Xu Ermo started talking to Xu Guangqi's mother Qian.
"What can we do, old lady?"
Xu Ji asked Qian in a panic.
Qian said calmly: "What are you afraid of! There have been armed fights among gentry and gentry to fight for land. They have villagers, but we don't have villagers?"
With that said, Mrs. Qian stood up with the support of her maid and ordered: "Gather all the people in the village and send people to tell our relatives and friends, as well as the spinners and weavers of Xu's cotton yarn and weaving shop. We, tell them, now there are people who are coming to snatch our jobs, seize our property, and make us have a hard time, we can’t just let them succeed, we have to protect ourselves!”
And Qian continued: "After everyone is gathered together, most of them are arranged to go to the cotton mill. That is the key. If we save it, even if the Xu family is robbed by these rioters, we can start over. , the emperor can also explain it!"
"yes!"
Xu Ermo replied.
Then, Xu Qian ordered her other great-grandson Xu Erqin: "Erqin, take all your family members and go to your mother Wu's house to hide immediately. Remember, no matter what happens to the Xu family next, don't come back! This place is just Just keep me and your father."
"Okay, old lady!"
Xu Erqin replied and immediately ordered his servants to prepare the carriage.
…
at this time.
A large number of troublemakers, secretly organized by the reactionary gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, began to appear outside Xujiazhuang.
These people all went bare-chested and wiped their foreheads, with the four words "Walking for Heaven" written on their foreheads.
Obviously, due to the popularity of various scripts nowadays, these troublemakers were also deeply influenced by "Water Margin".
"The Xu family is innocent!"
"Robbing the Xu family!"
"Beat the Xu family to death!"
At the same time, the troublemakers were still shouting slogans in unison under the command of the leader.
And these men were armed with short spears and axes.
It was obvious that they were prepared in advance, and there were powerful people behind them to provide weapons and weapons. Bure would not have so many weapons.
The rioters who were at the forefront began to push down the Xu family's water tanker, and then opened the Xu family's canal.
Then, after the troublemakers entered Xujiazhuang, a group of rioters armed with weapons rushed directly towards the village where Xu family tenants gathered, making a great noise and beating up the tenants' families. , and even directly raped the woman after catching her, and directly stole homespun cotton and food.
"Go down and tell the people who are in charge of your own clans and houses. What are the tenants of the Xu family worth grabbing? Don't be short-sighted. Go and copy the Xu's Cotton Mill first. It's serious and copy the spinning machines there!" "
At this time, the leader who was in charge of the rioting people and was called Qin Dao Scar because he had a scar on his face gave orders to a few people around him.
Soon, these rioters who almost lost order because of robbing the Xu family's tenants regained order under the restraint of their respective tribesmen, and continued to come to the Xu family's cotton mill.
Not long after, these people arrived outside Xu's Cotton Mill and surrounded Xu's Cotton Mill.
But this time.
There are also many people around Xu's Cotton Mill.
Almost all Ding Xiangyong from the Xu family came here, as well as their relatives and friends.
Even Qiao Keke from the Dongchang Anti-Corruption Department and a group of his subordinates came here.
Of course, all the spinners and weavers from Xu's Cotton Mill also gathered.
Because Qiao Ke was an official, he and Xu Yue, the director of the cotton yarn factory, became the leaders here.
At this time, Qiao Keke shouted: "Now listen to my order and let me hold the guys in your hands more securely. Don't be afraid. These robbers want to smash our cotton factory, so we will let him They have come and gone, kill them, the court is on our side, I can guarantee that if you kill these people, the government will not blame you!"
"That's right, fellow villagers, as well as my Xu family members, as well as the spinners and weavers at the cotton yarn mill, everyone should know that since the establishment of this cotton yarn mill, everyone's life has become much richer. Isn’t there a lot of wages and dividends earned every year? Some families built brick houses because of this, and some families finally let their sons go to school, but now these naughty neighbor bandits can’t see us. Okay, unless we take away their profits and now they want to build our yarn factory, do you think we can agree?!"
Xu Yue also shouted loudly.
"No!"
"No!"
"No!"
The people who were guarding the cotton mill shouted loudly, and the crowd was furious.
Zhu Youxiao's original request to the cotton yarn mills to use the low costs brought by the cotton yarn mills' more advanced spinning technology to give workers higher wages through part of the dividends worked here, making the workers willing to protect the mills.
"Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
Some workers even took the initiative to shout.
Others followed suit.
When the people making trouble outside saw this, they did not dare to act rashly. After all, there were many people guarding the cotton yarn factory, and they did not look easy to mess with. Each of them was carrying various weapons that the cotton yarn factory had prepared long ago. , there are even bows, arrows, firearms and other equipment specially approved by the imperial court.
"Qiao Jintou, where is Zhong Cheng?"
Seeing that he didn't have to work hard to encourage the people who were guarding the cotton mill, Xu Yue saved his energy and asked Qiao for help.
"His whereabouts are unknown, and the governor's Yamen can't find his people, and Li Zhaoke, the deputy commander of the governor's Biao camp, has a governor's warrant that prohibits him from acting without authorization. Therefore, now the governor's Yamen can't count on him, but the court has Bian has already sent 5,000 people from the Guards Battalion and Dongchang. As long as the cotton factory holds on for a while, everything will be fine when the people from the imperial court arrive."
Qiao Ke said.
Xu Yue nodded, and with some confidence, he couldn't help shouting: "Kill a rioter, and the Xu family will reward you with fifty taels of silver!"
The people guarding the cotton yarn factory couldn't help but feel even more excited when they heard what Xu Yue said.
"Tell the people below that whoever breaks into Xu's cotton yarn factory first will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"
At this time, Qin DaoShang also used money to motivate all the rebels he had gathered. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said: "We must take down the Xu family cotton yarn factory! Otherwise, all our Jiangnan textile interests will be lost to Xu." The hands of the family and the imperial court!”
And because of this.
Both parties are increasingly at war with each other because of their own interests and money incentives.
boom!
But the cotton yarn factory has people from the east factory to help, and there are all kinds of military firearms that have been prepared long ago.
Therefore, at this time, Qiao Ke personally lit a squatting tiger cannon, and directly killed a rioter with one cannon, and shouted: "Fight them all! Kill these rioters!"
Therefore, Dongchang's subordinates hurriedly started shooting with muskets.
At the same time, because the workers in the cotton yarn mill had undergone some training in accordance with Zhu Youxiao's instructions, they picked up the bows and arrows and firearms prepared by the cotton yarn mill and started shooting at these rioters.
After a wave of indiscriminate shooting, these rioters were killed and injured many times.
"Kill!"
Then, other people guarding the cotton mill rushed directly towards the rioters with spears and machetes, stabbing and slashing indiscriminately.
These rioters did not take advantage for a moment and even began to retreat.
Qin Daobao was quite disappointed when he saw this. He couldn't help but said to Kuang Yonghui, a scholar disguised as a rioter next to him: "Sir! It's obvious that the people in the cotton factory were well prepared, and the people in the Xu family obviously sent many people to protect him. In the cotton yarn factory, Sun Chengzong really colluded with the Xu family, otherwise they wouldn’t have so many artillery guns, we don’t have as many as them, and even the people from the Dongchang factory took the initiative to help!”
Kuang Yonghui couldn't help but cursed: "The Xu family colluded with the government, it's really too much!"
Then, Kuang Yonghui ordered: "Since the cotton yarn factory cannot be taken down for a while, then go directly to the Xu family compound and arrest all the Xu family's family! I don't believe that the Xu family sent so many people to protect the cotton yarn factory. He still has enough people to protect his house!"
As he said that, Kuang Yonghui sneered.
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