Xiong Tingbi stationed troops in Huangshi Port.

This time he brought three brigades, but the entire team dragged across the river for dozens of miles, and the forward arrived at Huangshi Port was the one who was in charge.

The login process is simple and there is no battle.

Although Huangshi Port was previously occupied by the rebels, as a small town lacking fortresses, facing Xiong Tingbi's countless cannons on his ship, it was obvious that defense was meaningless, so the rebels simply gave up defense and retreated directly with the elderly, weak, women and children. By the next day, Xiong Tingbi's vanguard, and his central army had completed the landing.

Then……

"Mr. Xiong is not here to suppress you."

He looked at the captured workers in front of him.

These workers investigated him nearby, and because of lack of experience in this area, they were caught by the guards of the Dingsheng Army.

"I'm not here to suppress it. Could it be that I'm here to give gifts to my brothers? Brothers, then we have to thank Xiong Jieyuan."

The obviously led worker said with a sarcastic smile.

Then several other workers laughed, and it was obvious that they were not afraid of death.

"Yes, I'm here to give you gifts."

Xiong Tingbi said calmly.

The workers were stunned immediately and looked at him in confusion.

"The gift I give you is to give up this matter. No matter what you have done before or how many officials and gentry you have killed, you can give up. The source of this matter is that the Huang family owes workers wages, and the magistrate Yang He was bribed by him and refused to uphold justice for the workers. Instead, he led the militia to suppress it.

All of this crimes were caused by Yang He and the Huang family, because the court failed to uphold justice for you in time.

And now they are dead.

You have also taken revenge, and they have received the punishment they deserve, and the matter can be over.

As for the subsequent capture of Huangzhou Prefecture, Wuchang, and Daye, they were all the causes, which was understandable, so they could all be forgiven.

Xiong can guarantee that he will not pursue this matter again afterwards.”

Xiong Tingbi said.

He was not ready to solve the problem by force!

If it is really done by force, no matter how you calculate it, it will be a loss. All these mine factories are shut down, all the workers are dead, and they will flee to the mountains and forests to become bandits even if they don’t die. Then it will be difficult to rebuild the place again. For the Hongguang Dynasty, after losing these, the arms are unsustainable and the exports to the outside world have been reduced by half. Without the influx of silver from outside, they cannot even pay military salaries, and the rule of the court is on the verge of collapse, and this is the best result, and there is no need to say the worst result.

Yang He and the gentry were already dead. Even if all these workers were killed, they would still be dead. There is no need to do too much for a group of dead people, let alone some people who are still alive.

Xiong Tingbi didn’t know how these bastards treat workers on weekdays.

He has warned these bastards not to force the workers to rebel, but these bastards just don't listen, and now they deserve it to be destroyed.

Why did he avenge them?

What he wants is to restore order, especially to resume production, and then continue to live until next year's alliance.

"Will you be so kind?"

The worker said in disbelief.

This really confused them. Of course, they knew very well what they had done and were doing their best to prepare for a bloody battle to the end.

pardon?

This is too exaggerated.

"Not only that, all the mines and factories here will be taken over to the court in the future, just like those state-owned factories in Yingtian, they will be managed by the court.

There will be no owed to your wages, and you will also raise your wages and build a house for you so that you can have food and clothing like Yingtian workers. As for what happens in the future, you can wait for the alliance to end. If the alliance fails, the court will surrender to Yang Feng, and you can really live the life of Yingtian workers.

Even if the alliance is victorious, Yang Feng will not be involved in Huguang in the future. Everything I promise now will remain unchanged. You can continue to have food and clothing.

Mr. Xiong doesn’t want to fight, and you don’t want to come.

Then why not wait for the outcome of the alliance?

Xiong brought 30,000 elite troops this time. Although he couldn't guarantee victory in the Red Turban Army, he was still more than enough to deal with you. If he really fought, he would definitely be a river of blood. Xiong didn't need to dye his official robes red with your blood. Since that's the case, why not take a step back?

There is only one year left.

Why don’t you wait for the previous year before talking?”

Xiong Tingbi said sincerely.

This is really his purpose. All he wants is to resume production, ensure that order does not collapse, and then hold on until next year's alliance.

Yang Feng will definitely take advantage of the situation to rob the enemy after he really fights.

Here and Huangzhou Prefecture, there are hundreds of thousands of rebellious workers and unruly people, not to mention that there are more in Wuchang Prefecture City later. If they fight to the death, they are really not easy to deal with. You must know that these people guard the military base and the warehouses of countless arms dealers. They do not say that they have a bird gun, but there are always tens of thousands of cannons, even hundreds of cannons.

What's more, they are all specializing in building arms. If they really fight to the death, they will continue to build it.

Next to it is an iron ore and a coal mine, and you can get whatever you want.

He needed to invest tens of thousands of troops and even take time to reserve ammunition from various places downstream to engage in continuous battles with them.

These reserves were all prepared to resist the Red Turban Army. He consumed the reserves and the military base here was destroyed. If the Red Turban Army launches a large-scale attack, would he push his head out? They did kill a large number of gentry, and many of them were his old acquaintances, but if they had to avenge these gentry, the end result would not be the death of these gentry, but all gentry in Huguang and Jiangxi could have been involved.

These people are not scary to cause trouble.

He is indeed confident and capable of suppressing, but he is nothing more than killing many people.

But Yang Feng, who was behind, couldn't stand the attack after taking the opportunity to attack.

He has been exhausted in order to resist Yang Feng over the years, but he can only be said to have some confidence.

If there is another fire behind...

Then he might as well lay down!

So no matter what, we have to stabilize these workers first.

"If your alliance loses a year later, will you really surrender obediently?"

The worker asked.

"If the alliance loses, it means we can't defeat the Red Turban Army. Since we can't defeat it, are we waiting for the family to be confiscated if we don't surrender? What's more, you will definitely rebel again at that time. We have the Red Turban Army that we can't defeat, and you will rebel behind us. Will it be a suicide if you continue to resist stubbornly?

Yang Feng just divides the land, and he doesn't have to take our lives.

Without the fields, we can still do business, and without life, we will lose everything. We cannot see how those surrendered in Zhejiang and Susong have lived.

You can rest assured that as long as the alliance loses, we will surrender immediately."

Xiong Tingbi said.

The workers looked at each other, obviously a little moved.

"Everyone, please go back and tell others, including the brothers in the city, that this is what Xiong said.

As long as you agree, Xiong can request the court to reorganize the original 8th Brigade mutiny brothers into a first army. From then on, Huangzhou Prefecture City, Wuchang Prefecture City, Wuchang County, and Daye County will be stationed, and the court's troops will not enter these four cities in the future. However, the court officials still have to enter the city. In addition, all factories and mines here will be managed by the court, and will be supervised by the garrison troops in the future. If there is any wage arrears, the garrison troops on the left and right are yours, and you can just send troops to arrest them."

Xiong Tingbi said.

This plan is still very good in his opinion.

This is actually equivalent to allowing these rebel soldiers and unruly people to be semi-independent, but industrial production can be maintained, and chaos will not spread outward.

There is no trouble in other places, and the troublemakers in other places do not have cannons.

But once it spreads outward, it will be impossible to control it. The factories here are constantly making cannons.

The workers looked at each other and nodded to the one who led them.

"You really let us go?"

He said.

"Please do it!"

Xiong Tingbi said in a call.

The worker looked at the others, and then turned and left.

Looking at their backs, Xiong Tingbi sighed exhausted. It was obvious that his mood was still heavy. This was what he promised, not what the court promised. How to make the Dukes of Gungu accept this plan is the real problem. His plan must be like stabbing a hornet's nest. No matter the big bosses in the court or local gentry, they may not be so easy to accept, especially these workers have killed too many gentry in Huangzhou Prefecture City and Wuchang Prefecture City.

These two prefectures happened to be the first and second in the imperial examinations in Huguang, and almost one-third of the officials of the imperial court came from these two prefectures.

Can they accept it so easily?

How do you calculate the lost property for everyone’s dead relatives and friends?

Fortunately, even if it is suppressed, it is necessary to suppress the Dingsheng Army. He does not agree to the suppression, so the imperial court cannot rely on militia to suppress it.

"I hope I can survive!"

He sat there muttering to himself with his eyes closed.

Then……

"I'll kill you dogs!"

Suddenly there was a howling of grief.

Xiong Tingbi's head buzzed, and he opened his eyes instantly and then jumped up...

"stop!"

He instinctively yelled.

Behind a field cannon not far away, Huangzhou Prefecture Ji Zanhua Zhen Shu had a ferocious face, and rushed to the cannon like crazy with the ignition rod. Then he pulled the cannon body and pounced into the ignition hole without hesitation. The next moment, the flames at the muzzle suddenly erupted, and the loaded shotgun roared out. The workers who were leaving were splattering blood and flesh in the impact of the shotgun.

The two soldiers behind Zhen Shu were carrying the secondary stretcher, and there was a soaked corpse on the stretcher, but because the weather was cold, they could still see clearly.

That was his father, the local scholar Zhen Qixian.

Behind the stretcher, there were a lot of angry officers, each carrying short guns.

Xiong Tingbi sighed and sat down dejectedly...

He finally understood that everything was just his own delusion after all, and this was a blood feud, which could only be solved by blood.
Chapter completed!