As early as three days ago, Qin Feng led 400 soldiers and traveled day and night to Xiahaizi, Yan'er. Then he met up with Han Shanjun and others, preparing to ambush the smuggling caravans of the eight major Shanxi merchants here.
There are more than 800 people in the smuggling caravan, and there are only more than 400 on our side. We are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered. Fighting head-on is the worst strategy, and outsmarting them is the best strategy.
Ever since, Qin Feng began to make a plan: the first step was to insert some wooden stakes next to Xiahaizi, and then write the words "The plague is spreading and the lake water is poisonous!"
In the second step, use a Luoyang shovel to test, dig a deep puddle near a water vein, and poison the puddle.
The third step was to graze the more than two hundred big fat sheep they brought next to the water hole, and then have a few soldiers pretend to be herdsmen, set up a tent, and pretend to herd.
The fourth step is to ambush people and horses around, patiently waiting for the smuggling caravan of the eight major Shanxi merchants to enter the carefully set trap.
Fifth, let the golden eagle-Lightning conduct reconnaissance in the air to monitor the movement of the caravan.
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As expected, this 'little sheep' really fell into a trap!
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As for the smuggling caravan, when they came to Xiahaizi, they saw the words on the wooden stakes. They were worried that the lake water would be infected by the plague, so they did not dare to drink it.
Then they looked around for water sources, and naturally found the dug puddle... and drank the water in it. As a result, they were all poisoned and lost their fighting ability, and they became prisoners obediently.
The whole process was seamless!
Someone must have asked, since the water in the pit is poisonous, why are the sheep okay after drinking it?
It's very simple, because what Qin Feng administered was not ordinary poison, but the poison of the mulberry tree!
When we were excavating ancient tombs of the Huns, we discovered a large area of mulberry trees nearby. The roots, branches, leaves, and fruits of this tree are highly poisonous. Once eaten, it can cause severe headaches, abdominal pain, vomiting... and even... It's a loss of life.
Miraculously, there is one animal in the world that is completely immune to the poison of the mulberry tree, and that is the sheep!
The stomach of sheep is quite special. It is like an efficient living microbial fermentation tank, which can produce complex and diverse symbiotic bacteria, protozoa and anaerobic fungi. These things can quickly decompose the toxins of the mulberry tree and convert them into beneficial substances.
Therefore, if the sheep eat the branches, leaves and fruits of the mulberry tree, not only will they not have any problems, but they will also provide fat!
Masan trees are not widely distributed in the north, so very few people know this.
Qin Feng happened to know this, so he used this knowledge to take down the smuggling caravans of the eight major Shanxi merchants without any blood.
At this time, someone took the Thirteenth Young Master Fan Renxiong over. He was also poisoned and suffered severe stomach pain. However, his strong desire to survive made him shout: "You bold thief, how dare you do this in broad daylight?" Robbery the caravan, do you know that these are military supplies and are to be delivered to Xuanfu Town?
You have robbed military supplies, and the imperial court will not let you go. I will chase you to the Lingxiao Palace and to the Gate of Hell on earth. I will not stop until I kill you all!
If you know the truth, let go of me and the guys in the caravan immediately, and return all the goods. I am magnanimous and can forget the past, and I will give you three thousand taels of silver for your hard work. Let's all make friends, okay? "
Fan Renxiong used both soft and hard tactics, and even made up a lie about delivering supplies to the border troops. If it were an ordinary person, he would probably be frightened by him.
It's a pity that the person who robbed this time was not ordinary people, but the deadly Prince of Hell!
"Haha, if you want to transport supplies to Xuanfu Town, why don't you go inland and instead go to the sparsely populated Gobi Desert... I'm afraid these military supplies are not sent to Xuanfu, but to the Jurchens in Liaodong. ?”
"Ah, who are you?"
"You are the Young Master of the Fan family. Please introduce yourself. I am Qin Feng. I am the right guard of Yulin - the Zhenbei Qianhu Office - the Qishabao family. I am currently the garrison officer of Baichengzi!"
While speaking, Qin Feng took off the black cloth, revealing his true colors, and also took out the garrison seal and showed it to prove that what he said was true.
Fan Renxiong was dumbfounded. He had heard from Ninth Brother Fan Renjie before that the plan to control the Suide-Xue family failed because of a man named Qin Feng.
Ninth Brother was very angry, so he sent people to kill Qin Feng on the way, but failed.
He also sent people to the Seven Kills Fort, planning to assassinate Qin Feng, or kill several of Qin Feng's relatives to vent his anger... but failed.
Later inquiries revealed that Qin Feng was appreciated by Yang He, the governor of the three sides, and became the garrison officer of Yulin Town-Baichengzi, and was responsible for the formation and training of the new army.
Moreover, the Qin family is very thin, with no relatives and only one fiancée. She was picked up by Qin Feng in advance, so she can’t be killed even if she wants to!
Brother Ninth, Fan Renjie, refused to give up and wanted to contact Jiang Rang, the chief soldier of Yulin Town, through Jiang Xiang, the chief soldier of Datong Town, and secretly put some shoes on Qin Feng. It would be best to find an opportunity to kill him.
Unexpectedly, before the plan was implemented, Qin Feng took action first!
"Qin Feng, as a garrison officer, you led troops to rob a merchant traveller. This is a crime of beheading, do you know?"
"Fan, as businessmen, you smuggled supplies and collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country. This is a crime that will annihilate the nine tribes. Do you know?"
"I...I...what on earth are you going to do?"
"Nothing. Qin has some problems related to the eight major Shanxi merchants. I hope Mr. Fan can tell the truth. In that case, Qin can be merciful and let Mr. Fan die a happy death. How about that?"
"Bah, you are just daydreaming. I would rather die than surrender. Don't even think about knowing anything!"
Fan Renxiong was almost going crazy. Others who interrogated the prisoners told the truth and gave you a way to live... As for Qin Feng, he told the truth and only gave you a happy death.
Either way, it's death. Why should I explain it? It's better to die a little harder!
"Haha, Mr. Fan refuses to cooperate, so don't blame Qin for his bad skills. Let's do this. I will give you a living biology class. The name of the subject is: classification of human pain-sensing nerves, sciatic nerve, trigeminal nerve, intercostal nerve, Spinal nerves... let's try them all to see which one hurts the most!"
While talking, Qin Feng took out a few steel needles and began to teach seriously.
Fan Renxiong screamed immediately. At first it was a human voice, but later it sounded like a dog barking, a wolf howling, a cow roaring... it simply became a symphony of hundreds of thousands of people.
Half an hour later, the living biology class ended successfully. As a reward for the lecture, Qin Feng learned a lot of things:
Around the 40th year of Wanli, the eight major Shanxi merchants colluded with the Jurchens. The former sold a large amount of materials to the latter, and the latter used these materials to equip the army, attack Ming cities, massacre the people of Ming Dynasty, and then robbed the bloody wealth. Pay to the eight major Shanxi merchants, and this cycle repeats.
The eight major Shanxi merchants are not monolithic, and have many internal conflicts. Among them, the three families of Fan, Zhai, and Huang have the greatest conflicts, with intrigues and flattery!
The Fan family is not quiet either. The twenty-six sons are fighting fiercely among themselves.
Fan Yongdou had forty-six wives and concubines, and one person was too busy to take care of them. The wives and concubines could not bear the loneliness, so they gave Fan Yongdou many cuckolds, some of which were given to me by his sons as filial piety... This The family is such a mess!
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After asking about the matter, Qin Feng kept his word and gave Fan Renxiong a happy death. He wiped his neck with a knife and asked him to report to the gate of hell.
Someone asked, now that both the people and the stolen goods have been captured, why not hand over Fan Renxiong and the captured materials to Yang He, the governor of the three sides, and then report them to the court to convict one of the eight Shanxi merchants for collaborating with the enemy?
It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t!
For one thing, Qin Feng was the garrison officer of Baichengzi, and he led his men hundreds of miles away to intercept the caravan. If this was revealed, he would first be charged with "leaving his post without permission," which is a serious crime of beheading!
Secondly, the eight major Shanxi merchants have been operating in Shanxi for many years and have created a very large network of relationships, including not only local wealthy businessmen and bullies, civil and military officials, but also important cabinet ministers, palace eunuchs, and relatives of the emperor... they are all included.
If the matter is reported, there will definitely be someone who will come out to obstruct, make peace, and look down on others... In the end, the big issue will be reduced to a trivial matter, and the trivial matter will be reduced to nothing. There is no way to put the eight major Shanxi merchants to death!
Third, once this matter is reported, the eight major Shanxi merchants and their related people will definitely carry out extremely crazy revenge at all costs.
Qin Feng is just a garrison officer. He is too weak to withstand such crazy revenge. He will definitely lose his life and everyone under his command will also be implicated.
Considering the above three points, it is better to hide the matter and just make a fortune secretly.
As for the eight major Shanxi merchants, sooner or later they will die without a burial place!
The book returns to its true story.
After dealing with Fan Renxiong, Han Shanjun came to the side and pointed at the captured guys: "Sir, how should we deal with these guys?"
"Hmph, they forget their ancestors, collaborate with the enemy and betray the country. These people don't deserve to live in this world. Dig a big hole and bury them alive!"
"Ah, more than eight hundred people, all buried alive?"
"Bury them, leaving no one behind!"
It is normal for two nations to fight to the death for their own interests... After the fight is over, it is not impossible to turn enemies into friends and coexist peacefully.
He is obviously a descendant of the Han family, but for a little yellow and white thing, he secretly funds the enemy and lets the enemy kill his own blood compatriots. Such behavior is really hateful.
Qin Feng would not show any mercy when he saw such traitors and scum killing them one by one!
Looking at Qin Feng's cold gaze, Han Shanjun couldn't help but shudder. When he was a bandit, he often did things like licking blood with the tip of his knife, but this kind of grandiose act of burying more than 800 people alive at one time was a big deal. Never done it either.
Not to mention doing it, I just haven’t heard of it.
And Han Shanjun could feel that if today's burial was not eight hundred people, but eight thousand, eighty thousand people... Qin Feng would still be ruthless. This is a natural human killer, with a heart of stone, ruthless and ruthless!
Such a person will definitely achieve great achievements in the future, and will also cause endless killings!
Thinking of this, Mr. Han Shan did not dare to say anything more. Instead, he led his men to quickly dig a deep pit and threw all the more than 800 prisoners into it, burying them alive and trampling them down without leaving any traces!
The puddle was also covered up to prevent unsuspecting people from drinking the water and being poisoned by the mulberry tree in the water.
While digging holes and burying people, Qin Feng checked the seized goods. They totaled 30,000 jins of brass, 200,000 jins of fine iron, 800 large bags of cotton, 200 large boxes of cotton cloth, and 100 gold sore medicines. The boxes...are all military supplies.
In addition, more than a thousand taels of gold were found, which was used by the caravan for expenses along the way.
Qin Feng was worried about the equipment of the army. Now that he has these things, it can be regarded as a big problem solved. It is more than enough to equip eight thousand people.
Immediately afterwards, someone brought over a particularly strong male camel ridden by the Thirteenth Young Master Fan Renxiong. It carried two large boxes with seals and copper locks on them.
According to Fan Renxiong's account, there were three treasures in the box, which were gifts from the eight major Shanxi merchants to the Jurchen Great Khan, Huang Taiji.
Now, Qin Feng accepts it with a smile!
