"Shi Captou, have you heard about what happened at the Dongshan Iron Station?" A clerk from the sixth room stopped the county government bureau chief who was about to leave.
Shi Baotou grasped the handle of the knife with one hand and said disapprovingly: "They are all rumors and cannot be taken seriously."
"It seems that you don't know, Shi Baotou, that Zheng Shoubei from Lingqiu has led the soldiers and horses of the garrison camp to Dongshan Iron Field. If it is just some rumors, how can the soldiers and horses of the garrison camp be dispatched. "The scribe said to Shi Baotou solemnly.
Hearing this, Shi Baotou was stunned for a moment.
He said hesitantly: "Fake news! Haven't we always been in peace? Why did we suddenly use weapons?"
"If Mr. Shi doesn't believe it, send two white servants to the garrison camp outside the city to have a look, and then you will know whether what I say is true or false." The clerk said.
Seeing that the other party was so sure, Shi Baotou began to be inclined to believe what the other party said.
"The garrison camp is just outside the city, not far away. Send someone there to find out the news. You can come back without a stick of incense." As soon as the clerk finished speaking, he turned around and said, "Master Jia is here, you can go Ask Master Jia, he came to see the elder just because of the Dongshan Iron Works."
I saw Master Jia walking out of the Yamen.
When Shi Baotou, who was standing at the yamen gate, saw him, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and shouted respectfully: "Master Jia."
"Is Shi Baotou ready to go out?" Master Jia asked with a smile.
Before Shi Baotou could answer, the clerk on the side stepped forward and said, "Master Jia, is it because you always come to see me about the Dongshan Iron Works?"
As he spoke, he winked at Shi Baotou.
"Yes, Master Jia, tell me what happened at the Dongshan Iron Station?" Shi Baotou also inquired.
When Master Jia saw two people surrounding him, he knew it was hard to leave without saying anything. Then he looked around and whispered: "The Tiger Character Banner is preparing to take away the miners from the Dongshan Iron Field. Zheng Shoubei has already led troops there. Blocked."
As soon as he finished saying this, Shi Baotou in front of him looked shocked.
There is no one in Lingqiu who doesn’t know about the Tiger-Character Flag. For a long time, the Tiger-Character Flag has the final say outside Lingqiu County. The county government is more in charge of matters in the county, and it cannot be with the Tiger-Character Flag. Flag-related matters.
Although those who work at the yamen gate feel aggrieved, no one dares to provoke the Tiger Character Flag, a man-eating tiger.
However, he never expected that the Lingqiu garrison, which had been in office for more than half a year, would be brave enough to lead troops to confront the Tiger Flag.
"What's the attitude of the great master?" The clerk asked Master Jia.
Master Jia hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "The eldest master spends all day in his study copying copybook calligraphy, how can he have time to care about other things."
"My lord, you don't care about anything?" the scribe said in surprise.
Master Jia sighed and shook his head.
"The eldest master can't just ignore it!" Shi Baotou frowned and said, "Zheng Shoubei provoked the Tiger Flag for no reason. Once he really used weapons and angered the Tiger Flag, we in Lingqiu County can't stop the Tiger Flag. The troops and horses of the flag.”
The few soldiers and horses in the Lingqiu camp are no match for the soldiers and horses left in Lingqiu by the Tiger Character Banner.
It’s not that he looks down on the Lingqiu garrison camp, it’s actually that the Lingqiu garrison camp was defeated by the troops of the Tiger Flag. It’s only been a few years, and the soldiers of the Lingqiu garrison camp are basically the same people as before. , and the strength of Tiger Character Flag has increased countless times.
"I can't persuade you!" Master Jia dropped this sentence and walked around Shi Baotou and walked onto the street.
As soon as he left, Shi Baotou's face turned ugly.
"Okay, don't think about it. Our guard is to blame for this. Why did he provoke the tiger-character flag if you said it was fine!" The clerk patted Shi Baotou on the shoulder.
Shi Baotou turned around and said to the scribe: "Zheng Shoubei dares to lead troops to the Dongshan Iron Field. Do you think the imperial court is going to take action against the Tiger Flag?"
Now this Lingqiu garrison has been in Lingqiu for so long and has always been on the same level with the Tiger-Character Banner. This time the troops are suddenly facing each other, and he can't help but think too much.
It is no longer a secret that the imperial court is on guard against the Tiger-Character Flag, and as Datong is the place where the Tiger-Character Flag originated, this kind of precaution is the most obvious. People who work at the Yamen Gate have long been aware of this.
"The imperial court really wants to take action against the Tiger Flag. How come our eldest master didn't reveal any information at all?" The clerk frowned.
There are no secrets in the yamen.
As a small official working in the yamen, no matter what official documents are sent to the yamen, they cannot be hidden from the people in the sixth room.
Shi Baotou curled his lips and said: "The elder has been in Lingqiu for several years, and he has long been unclear about the tiger-character flag. I believe the officials above are not unclear about it, but Zheng Shoubei is different. He I have been in Lingqiu for less than a year, and I don’t have a deep friendship with Tiger Character Banner.”
"You mean to say that the officials above don't trust us and only told Zheng Shoubei about the attack on the Tiger Flag?" The clerk frowned.
He felt that what Shi Baotou said was reasonable.
Anyone who can be a head catcher in a yamen that eats people without spitting out their bones is a human being.
Shi Captou said: "It will be clear in a few days whether it is true or false. The imperial court is really going to take action against the Tiger Flag. It won't be hidden for long. Sooner or later the news will be revealed."
"That's right." The scribe nodded in agreement.
Shi Baotou said again: "Let's go to Jiqing Gambling House together."
"How long has it been, and you are still in the mood to gamble! Once the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Character Banner attack the county, it is not certain what will happen to us people in the future!" The clerk frowned and looked at the head Shitou in front of him.
Shi Daotou said: "It is precisely because the Tiger Character Banner will attack the county town that we should go to Jiqing Gambling House. Wang San in the gambling house is from the Tiger Character Banner."
After he explained, the scribe suddenly understood.
"Let's go, let's go, go to Jiqing Gambling House quickly." The clerk pulled Shi Baotou away.
Wang San is one of the earliest secret spies of the Huzi Banner Foreign Intelligence Bureau.
At that time, the strength of Tiger Character Flag was not very strong. Wang San often needed to go through gambling houses to win over the police officers in the yamen. As time went by, his identity was no longer a secret.
So many people in the yamen knew that Wang San was a member of the Tiger Flag.
Later, Wang San simply made friends with people in the yamen and worked as a broker.
And with Tiger Character Banner as his backer, even if everyone in the yamen knew his identity, no one would dare to provoke him. Even if the court later started to target Tiger Character Banner, Wang San did not face any difficulties from the yamen in Lingqiu. .
Almost all the petty officials in the county government are human beings.
Regardless of the outcome between the imperial court and the Tiger Flag, they all knew that it would be difficult to hold Lingqiu County.
For the sake of their own safety after the fall of Lingqiu, some petty officials in Liufang went to people in the city who were familiar with them and sold them in advance.
