Lu Ming

The peasants first dragged the bodies of the lake bandits one by one to the street outside the door - there was already a bunch of five flowers tied up there, and the lake bandits kneeling on the ground were waiting to identify the bodies.

After searching all the corpses of the little ones happily, the peasants pushed them to the pier with carts.The pier was empty yesterday, but this morning several fishing boats were called by the walkie-talkie.Now these corpses are thrown on fishing boats, and then pulled outside the Yangtze River estuary to feed sea fish.

As for the corpses of the shopkeepers, the way to deal with them is to chop off their heads, marinate them with lime, and place them neatly on the sidewalk.

In addition, people who are still alive have to be dealt with.

Those who looked seriously injured and unable to move would be treated as dead people and taken to feed the fish together.And those who can still move will be driven to the warehouse and locked up, and they will be sent to Yizhou to mine in a few days.

The living shopkeeper will still be beaten to death on the spot and beheaded.

After working like this for an hour, the folks cleaned up the corpses between the gate and the first circle of barbed wire.

Next, the peasants opened the passage between the gate and the stone building first—the corpses on the barbed wire were difficult to deal with, so we had to open a gap first and take our time.

So the poor Mr. Wu waited for two hours, and finally ushered in the redemption: "Hehe, isn't this the third master? Hey, let me say, look, this is the original owner of Zhang Sutan, Mr. Wu! "

Liu Wang, who was leading his colleagues from the intelligence department to examine the corpses one by one, accidentally walked up to Mr. Wu.Since he had met Mr. Wu when he pretended to be a servant of Yaren, Liu Wang immediately recognized Mr. Wu who was entangled in an indecent position by the wire.

Pushing up his buttocks and looking at the pale and troubled third master at his feet, Liu Wang couldn't help laughing: "What's the matter, the third master is coming back to Zhang Sutan to visit relatives?"

Following Liu Wang's words, several men behind him also let out vicious teasing laughter at the same time.

"Don't make fun of me, save me quickly, I have something to say..." If you are a scholar with integrity, in such a shameful and angry situation, you may have already yelled at him, pursuing the effect of "swearing the thief to death".

However, the third master is just a big gangster in the seventeenth century in the final analysis, he has no integrity, and the lower limit is very low, so he began to beg his opponent to rescue himself from the cage without hesitation... He really can't bleed anymore, if he bleeds, he will die up.

"It's easy to say, easy to say." Liu Wang called a few civilian husbands over with great interest, and hurriedly moved the third master out of the barbed wire.

"Thank you, brother!" The third master couldn't even stand up now, but he still gritted his teeth and saluted Liu Wang and the others.

"Don't thank me first." Liu Wang said to him with a smile at this time: "The heads of Qiao Shiqi and Niu Jinluo have already been chopped off, and they will be sent to officials tomorrow. Third master, tell me, our men Why let you lead the way?"

The third master sighed inwardly, thinking that the matter has come to this point, he can only survive by a strange move, so he raised his head and said slowly: "Master Xiong owes me, kill me, I don't accept it!"

"What does Master Xiong owe you?" Just after the third master finished saying this, a sentence came from behind everyone.The next moment, people stepped aside one after another, and Mr. Xiong, wearing a cotton robe, walked up to the third master.

Chapter 407

Seeing that everyone gave way one after another, coupled with Mr. Xiong's aura, Wu Sanye knew that the right lord was coming.

The atmosphere on the scene is very happy now, everyone is laughing and watching the play, wanting to know how Master Xiong will deal with Mr. Wu.

However, when others are happy, the third master dare not be happy.He knew that his family's life was hanging by a thread, and if he didn't deal with it well, it would be the end of the game... Before, those civilian husbands killed many brothers who were still squirming, which made the third master terrified.

So the third master hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed: "Wu Meng has seen Master Xiong."

"Now that you know it's me, tell me, what do I owe you?"

The third master can only make excuses at this meeting, and treat a dead horse like a living horse doctor: "Master Xiong owes the next money for land expropriation."

Xiong Dao smirked: "Zhang Sutan is not your family's. This is a serious official land. I got the deed from the county government. Your group of private salt dealers is an illegal building, and you dare to ask me for money today. ?”

"Master Xiong, it's true that Zhang Sutan is an official land, and I accept it." How dare the third master ask for money?What he wants is his own life!So in a hurry, the old gangster played morality and began to sell miserably: "But Lord Xiong sent his men to burn down the trestle bridge and kill people in order to expropriate the land. Is this always the truth?"

"It's a joke, you can't use some tricks to hang on to Lao Tzu's territory?"

The third master will look sincere now: "Although this port has flourished in Master Xiong's hands and has become a place to make money. But when Master Xiong came to the future, the brothers spent their lives to build the old port."

When Xiong Dao heard this, the expression on his face changed slightly.He knew that the third master was making excuses, and his purpose was nothing more than to survive.However, what the third master said just now, although it was a mistake, still inadvertently collided with Xiong Dao's idea from later generations.

When the shantytowns were demolished in later generations, many houses were actually built illegally by private individuals a long time ago.However, in the case of a fait accompli, the government finally paid the compensation.This is the same as "de facto marriage is protected by law". If we want to follow the concept of later generations, compensation for demolition can be justified.

As for this aspect, the Travelers have always done a good job, and it is not too much to say that they have a clear conscience: Even the savages in Tainan, after the establishment of the Chikan District Government, implemented policies for the savages in time and issued land acquisition compensation , and also guided Savage to open a fried chicken shop.

The topic returned to Mr. Wu.This matter actually depends entirely on how Xiong Dao decides - according to the "contradiction between the enemy and ourselves", the third master deserves what he deserves. Fighting against the heavenly soldiers, ransacking his home and beheading him is all right.

And if we follow the "government demolition" route, then in the final analysis, the old trestle bridges that were burned at the beginning can also be regarded as the assets of the third master.Although in order to hurry, the old bear drove away the third master and his group, but now that the matter has settled, it can be justified to make up for it by turning around.

After thinking about this, Xiong Dao decided to look at the third master's reaction again, so he said with a sullen face: "That day, you refused the toothpaste's offer, and even sent someone to burn down my house. How to say?"

I don't want the old gangster Wu San to be eloquent at this time: "When talking about business, there must always be back and forth, and testing each other is also the meaning of the question."

When the third master said this, he bowed firmly: "Now I admit it, I am willing to sell Lao Gang, and I also ask Master Xiong to transfer the money."

Seeing the brazenness and seriousness of the third master, everyone around burst into laughter.

And Xiong Dao also couldn't help laughing: "My surname is Wu, you lead the way for the lake bandits and want to loot the port. This is a capital offense. Let's pay for each yard, and I will give you the money, but I still want to chop off your head." !"

"Master Xiong, I don't have a family, if I really want to chop off my head, I'll save my money."

"Well, you're lucky." Xiong Dao didn't want to continue at this time, the two sides have a huge disparity in status, it's meaningless to entangle any more, the left and right are just an ant, so let it go if you let it go: "Take money for money." Fate, do you want to do it?"

"Deal!" The third master finally waited for this sentence.

"But the death penalty is pardoned, but the living penalty cannot be escaped." Xiong Dao turned around and left at this moment, and explained to his subordinates: "Send him to hard labor for three years, as a warning to others, otherwise they will all come here to fight against me."

"As ordered!"

So the third master, who saved his life by relying on his own quick wit and the mental cleanliness of the time-traveling crowd, was locked in the warehouse and stayed with a group of minor injuries.They will be transported to Yizhou in the near future, and after a period of labor reform, they will become imperial citizens according to the situation.Of course, the premise is that they can live to that day.

Compared with the lucky third master, the rest of the big and small leaders of the lake bandits are completely finished.All the identified leaders, including big bandit leaders like Qiao Shiqi and Niu Jinluo, had their heads beheaded without exception, and specimens were made of lime.

Then these specimens were put on a cart in the afternoon and sent to Jiading County in a big way—everything that was seized had to be handed over to the public.

When the convoy arrived at the customs chamber, it had already caused a sensation, and the explosive news began to spread, "The bandits from Taihu Lake ransacked Zhangsu Port, and they were defeated by Master Xiong's servants, and even the famous shopkeepers lost. Head off!"

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A certain port called "Zhangsu Port" by the locals in Jiading, and the owner of the port, Mr. Xiong, has become a well-known God of Wealth in the past half a year. I don't know how many people in Songjiang Mansion are working at the port. Eat, Mr. Xiong's status in the mouths of ordinary civilians has already caught up with Ma Ali.

So when the servants escorted the cart into the county, the team was already crowded with people.Crowds attracted by sensitive words such as "Lake Bandit", "Master Xiong", and "Killing heads rolling" made all kinds of noises while following the car, including but not limited to exclamation, cursing, crying, shouting, etc. Laughing and so on are extreme human emotions.

You must know that the bandits in Taihu Lake do a lot of evil on weekdays. I don’t know how many children of rich families have been tied up for flesh tickets, and how many civilians have been looted and killed. So after seeing the heads of the bandit leaders on the cart today, people began to kneel along the way. , while kowtowing and crying for the dead relatives.

For the same reason, some pointed to people's heads and laughed and shouted "Retribution", and some cursed. In short, the enthusiastic onlookers followed the cart all the way to the Jiading County Government, and surrounded the gate with water.

Not long after, after jumping around in the back house and scolding a group of thieves for not being human sons, the county magistrate hurriedly changed into an official robe, ordered the yamen servant to open the middle door, and came out with a smiling face.

Today is not an announcement day, so the county magistrate originally came to drink tea in the back house.

Who ever wanted to see the city gate rushing to report a bad news to the county magistrate: Master Xiong's servants have brought a large number of heads to hand over to the government!

After hurriedly sending someone out to inquire about it and came back, Lai Xianzun, who learned the details, couldn't help it immediately, and started jumping and cursing.

As an official who is familiar with the social situation, Lai Xianzun can guess with his heels that this gang of lake bandits ran to loot the port at a critical moment, and who is behind it... The evil gentry, it's just those tricks over and over again.

However, what the county magistrate did not expect was: in just a few days, the conflict between the two sides has intensified to this extent?This made him extremely uncomfortable who was used to the slow pace of the Middle Ages.

What Lai Xianzun didn't know was that the Land Deed Alliance was actually involuntary.Under the pressure of Xiong Dao's deliberate vicious means, the gentry, who had no resistance to night vision goggles + kerosene arson, also gritted their teeth and ran all the way on the fast lane.

Of course, while scolding the evil gentry, the magistrate did not forget to cast a big curse on Xiongyi.Sandwiched between two behemoths, he now just wants to pass his term of office in peace, but after only two days of life on the front foot, Xiong Dao came to "gift" again on the back foot, which made Lai Xianzun's little heart jump wildly and his blood pressure soared .

However, scolding is scolding, since people have "gifted gifts" to the door, even if the county lord is now wishing to close the county government and go to Xinmatai for three months, he still has to come forward to receive him.

So, surrounded by the masses of melon eaters, the county magistrate was dressed in official robes, with a gratified smile on his face, went out of the gate, stretched out his arms, and stopped Yan Tiexia, the foreman of the guard who was about to worship, and this man who was in court not long ago The gangsters who played hooligans on the Internet talked happily and took all the steps to meet the expectations of society.

After enduring the nausea and completing the welcome steps, Lai Xianzun, accompanied by the head arrester in the punishment room, inspected the heads of all the bandit leaders in public, and then he hastily announced two points: First, these heads will lead to misfortune...wrong, It was sent to the government office to ask for credit.

Second, the people who came to the house of the county magistrate hurriedly counted the rewards offered to these thieves over the years-the county magistrate planned to pinch his nose to bleed the blood, and quickly send some money to send these scourges away.

At this time, Mr. Yu from the county government jumped out.The toilet paper workshop in this old guy's house was just commissioned and started two months ago, but in just these two months, the Yu family has already made a lot of money every day, and the cherries... luxury cars are free.

So Master Yu must help out: How can the county government reward you with money?So Master Yu temporarily filled it with half a box of broken silver.

The next moment, at the gate of the crowded county government, Yan Tiexia with a beard stood on a big cart, holding a handful of broken silver in his hand, and shouted to the people who were eating melons: "I, Master Xiong, said , young and old, have fun!"

The echo of the mountain shout and tsunami: "Happy!"

"Hula" a handful of silver was thrown out.

"My master said, revenge for revenge, revenge for injustice!"

The echo of the mountain shout and tsunami: "Revenge!"

"Hula" threw out another handful of silver.

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While Yan Tiexia was pretending to be aggressive at the gate of the county government office, Xiong Dao, who was sitting in the office of the Port Office, was discussing the next plan with Lu Cheng.

"Has Dad set off yet?" Xiong Dao asked.

"Hurry up, we will definitely leave within a week."

"In this case, there are only a few days left for us."

"Yes."

"If that's the case, then you still need to set fire to the gentlemen!"

"Right, let the masters make some big news."

"Emmmm..." After Xiong Dao pondered for a while, he rang the bell and ordered Liu Wang to be called over: "Tomorrow night, I will set another fire, and run a little further this time."

"As ordered!"

Chapter 408

The big drama that happened at the gate of Jiading County Yamen spread the incident of the Lake Bandits even more forcefully.And every dissemination of information is a harm to the Land Deed Alliance—there is no impenetrable wall in the world, not to mention the fact that the truth will be spread intentionally.

At the same time, the Land Deed Alliance has already turned against Yingtian.

The news of the lake bandit's disastrous defeat was passed back by the spies arranged last night.By noon, some scattered lake bandits were also brought before the fidgeting gentlemen, and then the details of what happened last night were clarified.

Within the title deed alliance, a wave of violent quarrels erupted immediately.

This is true of any war. When the front suffers a disastrous defeat, the rear will inevitably usher in a series of actions of accusation, division, and reshuffle.

The problem the league is facing now is that some people have retreated.

The reason is simple: the means are exhausted.

... As far as the traditional gentry is concerned, even if all the tricks are counted, using the lake bandits, a method with strong side effects, is already a top-level move.This is the last resort that can be used under the table, and it has already stepped on the bottom line of the rules.

This kind of method that can barely be called "private" will inevitably call for some impeachment and official crackdown afterwards. The only difference is that the regional alliance is strong enough to be free from fear of backlash.

However, the same is true for Xiong Dao.Yes, you can invite the Lake Bandits, and I can also secretly send someone to set fire... Even if everyone knows who did these things, both sides have a fig leaf that can make the government pretend to be deaf and dumb, and they are nothing more than hurting each other.

The problem now is: Xiongdao and his port are like a thorny copper pea, not only to resolve all the secret means of the regional alliance one by one, but also Xiongdao is also constantly "returning" in "private" to make the lords It's hard to get off a tiger, and it hurts so much.

Just from the point of hurting each other, the gentlemen have lost a lot.

So naturally some people backed down.

The part of the gentry who planned to back down could see clearly: Since the previous methods were useless, if they wanted to confront Xiong Dao again, they could only use the power of the "system".

To put it bluntly, this kind of institutional power is the official army-no matter how you go around, the last one to come forward must be the official army, and only the official army.

And where is the official army so easy to use?This is not the private use of bandits. If you want to mobilize the army, you must go through a series of bureaucratic systems such as the provincial governor's yamen, military preparations, and so on.

The price spent in this process is beyond the psychological capacity of some people.You must know that the Lake Bandits will be wiped out as soon as they are wiped out. To be honest, the Land Deed Alliance has not paid a big price so far.

But if the official army is used, it will be necessary to use the power of the respective families in the court to calm the situation-no matter what the outcome is.

In other words, if the means of confrontation are upgraded again, it will turn from darkness to light, and all participants should pay "their own blood."This price is not only huge, but if it is not done well, it will be a major crime of rebellion, which will be ransacked and beheaded!

Is it worth it for the money in Xiong Dao's hands?

The most important thing is that the official army needs to be well-known.To put it simply, the Land Deed Alliance must publicly label Xiong Daoxian as a "rebel" or "bandit" before they can carry out follow-up actions.

There are too many variables in the middle, the price paid is not proportional to what you get, and the risk is extremely high, and the backlash is huge, so some people shrink back.

In fact, after a night of deep thinking, the number of people who expressed their retreat the next day increased by a few more, so the number of "peacemakers" soon exceeded the number of "battle factions".

At the same time, the heads of the lake bandits were sent to the Songjiang government office with gongs and drums.

After receiving the head, the government office was much more motivated than the county office.The old man Fang Yuegong not only publicized the feat of "resisting the bandits", but also issued an official document clamoring for "poor governance" of the matter.

Feeling that the external environment is becoming more and more unfavorable, the peace-seeking lords have strengthened their original idea: take a step back and see peace as the most important thing.

During the heated debate between the two factions, another night passed, and then everyone shut up.Even the most stubborn Xu family and the most ferocious dancer Mr. Huang have begun to express their support for the truce between the two sides. Last night, the mulberry garden was burned and the fish pond was poisoned.

This time the garden burning incident directly drove the main fighters into the abyss: the burned Zhuangzi were not in the blockade around the port, but in other places far away from the port.

In addition, some cotton stalks used to keep warm in winter were burned at the same time.

Xiong Dao made a move this time, blatantly expressing an attitude: from now on, all the masters and villages all over the south of the Yangtze River can close their doors and go out of business.Because the meaning of the step of burning cotton stalks is very clear: when the cotton matures in the coming year, there will be surprises for all the masters...

The stunned main fighters were completely wilted this time.They can't gather internal strength, and they can't do anything about the enemy's upgraded full-screen strike method.Considering the imminent huge loss, the gentlemen who were on a roller coaster finally realized the reality and decided to seek peace and withdraw their troops.

Soon, the person in charge of the peace talks set off to Zhang Sugang to ask to see Xiong Dao.

Xiong Dao didn't put on any airs, and greeted the middleman with a smile, which was the same as when Xu Jin met Du Yaren.