I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Seeing a large number of officers and soldiers coming, the situation outside the salt field, which was about to become unsustainable, eased up. Although the common people did not dare to be too radical, they still had some complaints.

On the wall of the Haiyang Salt Field, the salt workers looked at the cavalry coming from a distance, and the large number of infantry behind them, all looking at each other with extremely ugly expressions.

I was planning to increase the heat and make these rioters riot, but I didn't expect the officers and soldiers to come at this time, so I'm afraid they won't be able to riot.

This group of rioters didn't have the courage to make trouble under the noses of Yang Zhaoji's troops, so it seemed that they could only delay it to buy time later.

A chief executive came first on horseback, and shouted at the top:

"Listen, Yang Yufan, the son of Marshal Yang, the general soldier of Shandong, has been ordered to lead the troops to guard the Haiyang Salt Field. Open the door quickly!"

The Yan Ding didn't dare to deal with it. The Yan Ding leader ran over, glanced at these armored officers and soldiers, his feet were trembling, and said bravely:

"Even if Marshal Yang came in person, he can't directly enter the official's salt field!"

"Officers and soldiers have no right to interfere with the salt affairs of the salt farm. If things were done like this everywhere, wouldn't the government and the yamen be messed up!"

Mr. Qian was obviously very angry when he heard this, squinted his eyes and looked at the Yan Ding leader who was speaking, then took out an official document, held it up and said:

"The imperial government decreed that officers and soldiers from all over the country stationed in the salt field to assist the local supervisory department in supervising the salt administration!"

"This is an official document!"

A small basket was dropped from the wall, and the official documents were picked up.

The leader of Yanding got it in his hand, but he didn't need to read it to know that the official document was true, and it was also true that the imperial court ordered the local garrison to interfere in the saltworks.

But if you let them in now, you will obviously be scolded and physically punished by your boss, so try to hold them back as much as possible!

Mr. Qian waited below for a long while, but he didn't see any movement from above.

"Have you seen enough?"

The leader of Yan Ding poked his head out and said with a smile: "It's not the little ones who let you enter the city. It's really an official document that I don't understand. It has been submitted to the master. Please wait."

"I don't even know the official documents, what are you doing?" Mr. Qian was furious, but there was nothing he could do, he couldn't force his way in.

Yang Yufan also came on horseback and asked about the situation.

"What the imperial court wants are salt farms, salt farms, and salt goods. The imperial envoy and father commander have just arrived in Dengzhou Prefecture. It is not appropriate to go to war now and surround the salt farms!"

As soon as the words fell, the officers and soldiers divided into several teams and surrounded the Haiyang Salt Field in an impenetrable manner. They had already dispatched a team of blunderbusses to occupy the small slope in the distance, ready to fire at any time.

At this moment, Mr. Qian pointed to the sky and said, "Xiao Shuai, look!"

As soon as the words fell to the ground, the officers, soldiers and common people also noticed the abnormality in the sky, and they all raised their heads to look, discussing and pointing.

Yang Yufan raised his head and looked, feeling bad.

"Is this a fire?"

At this moment, several streaks of black smoke were slowly rising from the wall, straight into the sky. It seemed that the salt field was on fire. Looking at the salt on the wall, it seemed that nothing had happened.

"Why did the fire start at this time?" After all, Yang Yufan was only 15 years old, and he frowned, but he didn't find any clues, he just felt strange.

Qian is always an old fritter, came to him and said:

"Xiao Shuai, something is wrong."

"Why not?"

"You see, Haiyang Saltworks has never had a fire before, but it happened when we came here. It has been almost half an hour, and there is no news from the official document."

Before Mr. Qian finished speaking, Yang Yufan was shocked.

"No, this Li Yan wants to destroy the evidence! Well, he's delaying this. Does he really think I dare not rush in?"

Yang Yufan talked to himself up to this point, and made a decisive decision, saying:

"Decree that a part of the troops will be assigned to control the people, and the rest will follow me to attack the saltworks!"

Some generals still had doubts, and they came forward and said:

"Xiaoshuai, this is an official salt field after all. If there is no evidence for a strong attack, it may affect the reputation of our army and the commander in chief."

"I know that leading the officers and soldiers to storm the salt field, if Li Yan doesn't have ironclad proof that he must die, it's really not a good thing to say, but I can't just sit idly by!"

"If you set fire at this time, you must be afraid!" Yang Yufan hesitated for a moment, and ordered again, "If officers and soldiers from all over the country are afraid of taking responsibility and dare not enter the saltworks, how will the government order be conveyed?"

"Just pass the order like this. If there is any fault, I will bear it alone!"

"Respect!"

Yang Yufan was very tough, and he spoke clearly. The generals below had a backbone, and immediately went to each other to convey the military orders.

"Mobilize the artillery!" Mr. Qian came to the rear army on horseback, and said to Mr. Bai of the supply battalion: "The commander-in-chief has an order to attack the salt field!"

When Mr. Bai heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and when he heard that this was Yang Yufan's military order, he turned his head and shouted:

"Call out three suppressing captive cannons, aim at the gate and bombard me!"

Not long after, the three township cannons were pushed onto the small slope, and the black muzzle was aimed at the closed gate of the Haiyang Salt Field.

The officers and soldiers also drew their swords and guns, and slowly lined up.

The blunderbuss lined up in a row, pointing their muzzles at the top of the wall.

With such a formation, it was clearly intended to storm the salt field. The surrounding people knew that Yang Zhaoji's army had such a strong military order, and they would never do this without major incidents.

They all receded like the tide, for fear of affecting themselves.

Yang Yufan raised his goose-winged knife, pointed at the top of the fence, and shouted loudly: "I will give you one last chance. If Li Yan hoards salt goods privately and spreads rumors to cause trouble, it will be regarded as treason and killing the nine clans." mortal sin!"

"At that time, you are all guilty of the crime of cooperation, and you will all be beheaded!"

"Now open the door and put down the knife and gun, open the fence, and save a life!"

The leader of Yanding is a confidant of the Li family, he has received a lot of favors, and it is difficult to make a decision at the moment, he keeps looking at the billowing black smoke behind him, feeling anxious.

"Okay, this is you looking for death, no wonder this general!" Yang Yufan snorted coldly, swiped down the goose-wing knife, and said loudly:

"attack!"

With an order, the mountain top also roared.

Three blasts were heard, and the Zhenlu cannon spit out flames. The three solid bullets missed two of them, but the last one hit the gate impartially.

Zhenlu Cannon is the product of the Ordnance Department's imitation of the Dutch Navy's ship-borne gun captured in the Penghu naval battle. It is powerful, and has improved wheels and loading methods. Now it has been fully used as the main artillery by Jiubian Elite.

With just one shot, the gate of the salt field was shattered and fell apart!

At the same time, the blunderbuss team also released a round of guns in unison. Many people on the fence were unable to dodge in time and were swept down.

"Enter the saltworks, anyone who resists will be shot to death!"

Yang Yufan was the first to rush into the salt field with his sword across his horse, aiming at the leader of Yanding who had just escaped from the wall with his sword.

This conflict decided the ending almost instantly.

Although Yan Ding was all brave and ruthless people, Yang Yufan led the main force of the imperial court whose armor and armaments had undergone systematic innovation.

Yang Yufan's army can go out to fight as an elite.

It is okay for the Yanmen to bully the coastal people on weekdays, and it is similar to the guard soldiers, but no matter in terms of numbers and combat effectiveness, they do not have the capital to resist even for a moment.

Chapter 478 It's hard to believe

In the main hall, Li Yan changed seats and sat quietly.

Behind him, there was a Yan Ding and a man who looked like a housekeeper standing with their hands behind their hands. Hearing the sound of the cannon outside, both of them trembled, but recovered quickly.

The steward lowered his head when he heard the shouts of killing getting closer and closer outside, and said:

"Boss, it seems that the officers and soldiers have broken through the wall and are coming here. You are right, they really stormed in."

Li Yan nodded slightly, his face still calm, took a cup of tea, and asked:

"How is it burning?"

Yan Ding quickly replied: "I don't know yet, people have already ordered people to set fire to the backyard and the saltworks, and the account books and official documents are burned very quickly."

Li Yan let out an "um" and sat there with his eyes closed.

As soon as the words fell, there was a short shout of killing from outside, and the screams of a dozen Yan Ding came in, followed by the sound of hurried and disturbing footsteps.

After a while, the face of a young general appeared in the hall.

The person who came was Yang Zhaoji's son, who is currently guarding Yang Yufan in Yidu, Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province.

He was followed by a few CEOs, and he didn't ask the master after he entered the door. He led the officers and soldiers into the room and arrested everyone who could see.

The Yan Ding didn't resist for long, and the combat power was not directly proportional after all. This may be the only thing that Li Yan didn't expect.

It may be that the fighting power of this official army is too strong, or it may be that Li Yan overestimated the group of brave and ruthless people under him who only know how to bully the people. Anyway, when the official army came in, except for a little resistance at the gate, the rest Everything is a matter of course.

The more than 2000 people he had looked down upon in Haiyang in the past were almost powerless to resist this army of only over [-].

He originally thought that he could buy some time for himself.

Now it seems that it can only be left to God's will, what should be done has been done, what can be burned, and how much can be burned, he can no longer control it now.

"Search for me! I don't believe that Li Yan is the only one, there must be other accomplices..." Yang Yufan put away his knife, glanced around the hall, and said loudly:

"One counts one by one. Find out all the local bedbugs who are against the imperial court. Once the criminal evidence is found, the stolen goods will be seized and handed over to the Minister of Salt Affairs!"

The two chief executives gave a loud shout of honor and went down with their servants.

At this time, Yang Yufan turned his head and glanced at Li Yan, without saying anything, he waved his hand and said, "Take it down!"

As soon as the words fell, two servants stepped forward and restrained the servant and the housekeeper behind Li Yan respectively, without showing any affection.

Li Yan didn't say anything, because it was useless to say more at this time.

He was still holding the cup of green tea in his hand, but the faint ripples on the surface of the tea showed that his heart was not as calm as it seemed.

"Little Yang Shuai, I, Haiyang Salt Farm, run salt for the official family!"

"Now you force your way into my salt field, kill my salt, and oppress the people along the coast. If you can't find anything, do you know how serious your crime will be?"

Li Yan looked at Yang Yufan who did not reply, and said with a sneer:

"You don't know, it seems that Yang Shuai didn't teach you how to deal with people like us. You are not only sending yourself to a dead end, but also burning your father's years of hard work!"

"Such a crime, even if Qi Jiguang is alive, he cannot escape death!"

At this time, Yang Yufan glanced at Li Yan, saw the menacing look on his face, laughed, found a seat beside him, and said:

"You tell me father is handsome?"

"Then let me tell you, I am the one who is here today. If my father-in-law comes, he won't say a word to you, and he will do the same!"

"Bullying the coastal people? Li Yu, Li Dashan——!"

"All along, it's you, the owners of the salt field, who bullied them, so you need local tyrants, right?"

Yang Yufan clapped his hands on the table, swept the tea bowl to the ground, and said loudly:

"These people don't know anything, they just want to sell salt to make a living. The new salt law promulgated by the imperial court is to integrate the old salt administration that has been corrupted for many years, so that people everywhere can live."

"It's good for you, spreading rumors, trying to use the people to fight against the court, inciting the people to make trouble, so that you can be cannon fodder to save your wealth and life."

"If it weren't for His Majesty's sage and arbitrariness today, and the princes of the court dare to do things, I am afraid that you will succeed!"

Speaking of this, Yang Yufan even jumped up against the case, turned his back to Li Wei, stretched out his hand and said:

"You don't need to talk to me anymore, even if no evidence can be found today, the crime will be all my fault, and Yang Yufan, the defender of Yidu, will bear it alone!"

As he spoke, he turned his head and stared at Li Wei with a murderous look on his face:

"But if the evidence is found, I promise to report the exact evidence to the imperial court, so that your entire clan will be exterminated!"

Hearing this, Li Yan understood.

This Yang Yufan was not impulsive. Although he was only 15 years old, he clearly understood the consequences of doing this.

"Handsome!"

At this time, a chief executive ran back, followed by four or five servants, carrying a large box, and said excitedly, "We found them all in the treasury!"

"When we went, there were still people burning official documents and account books, and we asked us to intercept them, and they are all here!"

Li Yan was shocked when he heard this, but he didn't know what he had found. He was still able to sit on the chair and stretched his neck to look over there.

Yang Yufan went over immediately, ordered someone to open the box, squatted down, picked up the account books and official documents, and looked through them, only to see a few of them, which were clearly marked.

"In the 20th year of Wanli, I lost 30 stones of official salt with the Zhao family..." Yang Yufan saw this, turned his head and asked, "The Zhao family, is that the Zhao family from Laiyang?"