"Have all the thieves been killed?"
Sun Siwen looked at Zhou Qing and asked with suppressed excitement.
"Yes."
Zhou Qing respected his master's friend and elder Sun Siwen very much. He nodded at this moment and said: "But there are still some remnants of thieves who have escaped. Inspector Ma and the others are leading people to search in the city. Now the city gate has been blocked. , these people won’t be able to escape for long.”
"Okay, okay!" Sun Siwen stroked his hands and cheered repeatedly.
After suffering all night, it was only then that the stone fell from my heart.
Lu Yuan gave him a funny look, then turned his head and said to his disciple: "Now that the thieves have been eliminated, you should immediately take people to count the properties of these traitors. After sorting out a rough number, report Come with me.
Also, send a team of people to the streets to maintain order, if anyone in the city dares to take the opportunity to cause chaos.
You're welcome, treat them as traitors and kill them all. "
"yes."
Zhou Qing immediately accepted the order and continued working.
After he left, Lu Yuan looked at Sun Siwen, who had become much more relaxed, and said, "Brother Sun, although the traitors in the city have been eliminated, these are actually just small thieves and can be easily removed.
Without them, the people in the city would be good people and they would naturally submit.
But last night we killed the chiefs of those Miao people with three surnames. Those Miao people live near mountains and rivers and move among the mountains. They have never been very obedient to Wang Hua.
Now that their clan leader is dead, we will break with them, and there will be no possibility of reconciliation.
If they are not handled properly and they stick to the mountains and harass the local area, there will never be peace in Wugang County. "
This kind of barbarian people living in the mountains has always been a headache for the court to deal with.
They don't provide much tax, the people are poor and barbaric, and they rebel from time to time.
Send people to quell them, but they turn around and burrow into the mountain. Your army can only stare outside the mountain and can't do anything at all.
Therefore, those Miao people always surrendered and then rebelled, and rebelled and surrendered again. This has always been a stubborn disease of Dongting County that cannot be eradicated.
But in the situation last night, it was impossible for Lu Yuan to let those Miao clan leaders alone without killing them.
Otherwise, these Miao people, who are afraid of power but not moral, may think that the government is afraid of them, and may become even more arrogant and become more difficult to govern.
Therefore, they simply stopped doing one thing and killed them all together without stopping.
But killing is fun, but dealing with trouble is not so fun.
There are tens of thousands of Miao people with three surnames in Wugang County, including men, women, old and children. This is a huge force.
If not handled properly, this can really explode.
"The problem of the Miao people has always been a stubborn problem. Nowadays, there are wars everywhere in Dongting County, and it is also because of the rebellion of these Miao people."
Speaking of the Miao people, Sun Siwen also had a headache at this time. He was just a civil servant who was good at teaching, and asking him to deal with these military matters was a complete mess.
At this time, he could only look at Lu Yuan for help: "Brother Lu, what can I do to deal with it?"
Lu Yuan had already planned this, smiled, and said: "Those Miao people only rely on the advantage of the mountains to fight against the government. They relied on the government's unfamiliarity with the mountain environment to fight against the imperial masters.
But the soldiers I recruited are all mountain hunters who travel through the mountains.
When it comes to their familiarity with the mountains, they are no less familiar than the Miao people.
With these soldiers here, most of the Miao people's mountainous advantages have been lost.
And now that the city gate is closed, news in the city cannot spread. Those Miao people probably don't know that their clan leader is dead.
I plan to wait until the remnants are cleared out in the city today, and then send out troops to attack tomorrow, before the Miao people can react, and raid their villages one by one.
After breaking through the Miao people's stronghold, taking control of their families, and killing the leaders, even if they wanted to rebel, they would not be able to rebel. "
Just like the Hongmen Banquet, Lu Yuan's method is to kill.
He has always believed that there are endless troubles in the world, many of which cannot be dealt with at all.
Or the way to deal with it may not satisfy everyone.
But all troubles and problems arise first because of people.
So since the trouble can't be solved, then solve the people who caused the trouble, and there will naturally be no more trouble.
The same is true for the five-surnamed wealthy families and Jianghu gangs who were killed last night, and the same is true for the current three-surnamed Miao people.
Hearing that he wanted to kill people again, Sun Siwen felt a little uncomfortable, but he also knew that this was the best way, so he said: "I said before that the civil affairs in the county belong to me, and the military affairs belong to Brother Lu. I am not familiar with military matters. I’ll leave the matter to Brother Lu.”
Lu Yuan nodded: "Leave this matter to me."
Afterwards, Sun Siwen, who hadn't slept much all night, couldn't hold it any longer, so he got up to say goodbye and returned to the bedroom to rest.
Lu Yuan looked at the bright sky and then continued to practice.
When his cultivation level reaches his level, his energy is several times or ten times that of ordinary people. It is not a problem at all to stay awake for several days.
The matter has not been dealt with yet, and it is not time to rest yet.
…
In the afternoon, Zhou Qing came back again.
After a busy day and night, even a third-rate warrior, this apprentice is a little tired.
However, perhaps because of the large number of murders, Zhou Qing's spirit still seemed a little high. At this time, he directed people to carry boxes of gold and silver jewelry into the backyard.
He stood aside and reported to his master: "Master, this time I counted the belongings of seven families and found more than 1,700 taels in cash, more than 39,000 taels in silver, and more than 700,000 copper coins.
The remaining jewelry, antiques and other items should be worth more than 50,000 taels after depreciation.
There are also land deeds, houses, shops and other assets. According to a rough calculation, the value is no less than one hundred thousand taels of silver.
This time the bandits were cleared out and the property obtained was no less than two hundred thousand taels of silver. However, it still takes some time to sell if you want to fully realize it. "
Zhou Qing said quite excitedly.
The huge sum of two hundred thousand taels of silver was an amount that he had never seen before.
Lu Yuan was also surprised that so much money could be found in a small county town.
You must know that even after selling his official position several times before, coupled with his original family wealth, his savings only just exceeded ten thousand taels of silver.
But now, in less than a day, he got two hundred thousand taels of property.
Although it is impossible for him to take all this money by himself.
Some will also be distributed as rewards to the soldiers to fulfill the original promise of helping them settle down. At the same time, a part of it was left to Sun Siwen as funds to restore production in the county.
But even if the above is taken away, Lu Yuan can make a hundred thousand taels of silver, and there will be no problem.
Anyone who hears that assets increase tenfold in one day will be pleasantly surprised.
"Very good, take a look at it, seal up all the money, and then personally take people to guard it strictly." With so much money put together, Lu Yuan was worried about whoever he gave it to, so he could only send his most trusted disciple. Guard.
As for himself?
Tomorrow we will launch a crusade against the Miao people. Of course, such a major operation cannot be left to those subordinates. We have to watch it in person.
"yes."
Zhou Qing also knew that money and silk touched people's hearts and was of great importance, so he nodded solemnly.
