Earlier, when Li Wenliang led a large group of troops to rush outside the city, they were directly stopped by the soldiers guarding the city! They would not let them into the city even to the death!
Ever since the last time Magistrate Qian mobilized troops and the local generals were trying to avoid this incident, Magistrate Qian had scolded him and had to put more effort into city defense. So this time Li Wenliang brought his people and was refused entry into the city.
Upon seeing this, Li Wenliang had no choice but to take a few soldiers into the city to negotiate with Magistrate Qian. But Magistrate Qian always avoided seeing him. Even when Li Wenliang asked his servant to tell him the purpose of his visit, Magistrate Qian still scoffed and didn't believe it!
He felt that those soldiers had been poor for a long time. How could they come to the city to buy things if they didn't hurry home and dig a hole to hide them when they had their pay? This is simply a fantasy!
After Sun Ergou took his wife and children into the city, although he felt that there were too many people in the city, he excitedly rushed to the silver shop first and chose a silver hairpin for his wife! Although it hurt him a little to spend three taels of silver, he was also very happy to see his mother-in-law happy!
Then he went to eat at his son's strong request. But not only did he buy meat buns for his son, he also bought an extra chicken for their mother and son! And he rewarded himself with a pig's ear and a jug of wine!
After the family finished the meal happily and were about to pull a few feet of cloth and buy some food, they were surprised to find that the streets that used to be so wide were actually unwalkable. There were people with their families everywhere. Navy soldiers!
When the family of three finally squeezed into the cloth shop in the crowd, they found that the cloth shop was crowded and they had to queue up if they wanted to buy cloth! This surprised him even more!
When it was finally his turn to finish pulling the cloth and walk out of the cloth shop, he was surprised to find that there were more people on the street than before, and he could no longer walk at all! At this time, let alone buying food and taking it home, it was already very difficult for their family of three to squeeze out of the crowd!
In desperation, Zhang Ergou could only decide to go to the city to buy food another day. At the same time, he was afraid that his son would be injured or lost in the crowd, so he simply put him on his neck. He held his wife in one hand and walked slowly along the street with the cloth under his other arm.
It took him two-quarters of an hour to walk through the streets for two days, but he saw five fights! Three of them occurred within navy soldiers, and the cause was nothing more than collisions with each other! In the other two cases, navy soldiers were beating thieves!
And he clearly saw that one of the thieves was dead! He was beaten until he vomited blood, and his ribs were obviously broken and stuck in his lungs! The ones who hit him were several navy soldiers who did not recognize each other.
He could guess the reason. It must have been that the thief stole the salary that a soldier had just received, and was later discovered by the owner! Then the soldier chased after him, but the thief did not escape! Because the streets are full of navy soldiers, and when they see their brothers having their money stolen, these people will definitely put out their hands to stop the thief.
Since you stopped him, you must give him a beating! Anyway, there are so many people and it's so chaotic now. They just beat them until they can't move and just leave them on the roadside. No one can find the person who did it!
Zhang Ergou naturally doesn't want to meddle in these nosy matters, not to mention that he also thinks these thieves deserve to die! How could they steal the money and money that I had sacrificed my life for so easily? But what he is more worried about now is that there are too many people here and it is easy for something to happen, so he is more careful to protect his mother-in-law by his side.
At this time, in the government office, a team leader who came to report was eagerly reporting what happened on the street to Magistrate Qian. As a result, after hearing this, Magistrate Qian immediately panicked and said subconsciously: "Hurry up and close the city gate, we can't let them go to the city anymore!"
The squad leader who came to report the news smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, the city gate cannot be closed at this time! I just came back from the city gate and saw how many people were coming in outside the city! If the city gate is closed, these Qiu Ba will make noise Things are getting bigger!"
When Magistrate Qian heard this, he became even more confused and kept saying: "What should I do? What should I do?"
At this time, his master couldn't stand it anymore and said softly: "Dong Weng, Mr. Li from the Navy is still outside. Didn't he say he brought someone to maintain order? Why don't you invite him in to discuss it?"
Magistrate Qian's face turned red when he heard this! But he still kept saying: "Please! Please!"
After a while, Li Wenliang, who had been left out for a long time and looked ashen-faced, walked in quickly. However, he also knew that business was important, so before Magistrate Qian could speak, he said loudly: "Master Qian, I'm asking you to tell me something but you don't care. Now that it's such a mess, you think of me?"
Magistrate Qian couldn't care about anything else at this time and hurriedly said: "I'm really busy with official duties and can't take care of it! Mr. Li, let's not talk about anything else. How to deal with this situation now?"
Li Wenliang snorted, but he still followed his own thoughts and said: "Now transfer all your people to me, and at the same time pass my order to the east city gate, and tell the soldiers left there to divide 600 People are entering the city, and another 400 people are maintaining order outside the city. No one is allowed to enter the city for the time being!"
Magistrate Qian said hurriedly: "It's absolutely impossible! What if we stop them and cause trouble!"
Li Wenliang said: "You don't understand what it means to be a soldier, and what it means to stop when you order something! Don't worry, my men all wear armbands. Those soldiers don't dare to make mistakes when they see it!"
After speaking, Li Wenliang directly wrote a warrant on Magistrate Qian's desk and asked him to send it away. Then he turned around and said to Magistrate Qian: "Now send out all the people you have and ask them to shout on the streets. You won't be able to tell the truth." If we go back, we can only leave the city through the north and south gates!"
Seeing this, Magistrate Qian hurriedly waved to the class leader, telling him to do it quickly. When the squad leader saw that someone was making the decision, he immediately agreed and ran out. Li Wenliang followed him out, and the watch team leader gathered everyone in the yard, explained the precautions and sent them out.
Li Wenliang saw that he was smart, so he called the supervisor and took him towards the east city gate. There are too many soldiers waiting to enter the city. If he is not there to guard them, he is afraid that the people below will not be able to suppress them!
Fortunately, the intensive training during this period has paid off. All the soldiers know that the person wearing a red cloth with the word "gendarme" written on his left arm is someone they can't afford to offend! So when the military police said that no one would be allowed to enter the city for the time being and could only enter in batches, they just complained loudly but did not become as impulsive as before. After all, they brought their families to the city just to share their joy, and they were not willing to give up this opportunity in vain!
