Chapter 191
Before dark, Zhao Peng recruited more than 12,000 people willing to follow him south, of which more than 8,000 were young and strong, and the remaining four thousand were women and children.
With so many people, they were enough to transport all 10 million taels of silver and more than one million taels of gold to Nanjing. As for the ship issue, during the day, a Jinyiwei had already ordered a Jinyiwei to ride a fast horse seized from Yansheng Gong's Mansion and ride it to the lake to find Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei's ships on hand were not enough, and it didn't matter if it was not enough. He would go to Wu Shengzhao, the navy of King Lu who was active in Weishan Lake for help.
Wu Shengzhao was originally a pirate in Zhoushan area, but later he was recruited by Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan and became a navy of officers and soldiers. Zhang Huangyan had a good personal relationship with Lu King Zhu Yihai, so he asked Wu Shengzhao to go to Shandong to help. Although this person was greedy for money, he was still quite righteous. At that time, Zhao Peng could take out 100,000 taels of silver to him as a reward.
In this way, there was enough manpower and a ship. Wu Shengzhao was willing to go south and assist him in transporting gold and silver. It was estimated that he would pay 560,000 taels of silver, and a total of 660,000 taels of freight. This was for more than 10 million taels of silver, more than one million taels of gold, and countless jewelry. For such a large amount of money, this freight was actually not expensive.
As for the fact that after recruiting so many people to go south, the identity of his Jinyiwei will be known by these people from the north. It doesn’t matter. So what if he knows it? The Yan Shenggong he robbed was Yan Shenggong of the Qing Dynasty, and not Yan Shenggong of the Ming Dynasty.
Don’t forget that there is a Yanshenggong in Quzhou. Moreover, the Yanshenggong in the south is more pure than the Yanshenggong in the north. He moved south with the Song Dynasty, but the official Yanshenggong of the Kong family at that time was the descendants of his brothers. Now no one in the northern branch has inherited it. The position of this Yanshenggong is nothing more than the Kong family in Quzhou, and the Kong family in Quzhou will not run back to Qufu to shave a money and stick to the rat tail under the Qing Dynasty.
There are still many vehicles of all sizes and sizes in Yansheng Gong’s Mansion, and Zhao Peng ordered all the vehicles to be gathered together.
"Everyone who is willing to go south with this king, go back to cook and pack your luggage first. Come and gather at the morning of the morning at Mao. Go south on time, remember to come on time and be late." Zhao Peng said to the people who are willing to go south.
As the sky gradually became dark, Zhao Peng asked the people who were willing to follow him to go home to make fires and make meals first, while he took the Jinyiwei and started working while eating dry food.
During the day, the people who came to the Confucius Mansion to collect food and food have dispersed, and many items have not been distributed yet. It is expected that more people will come to collect them tomorrow morning. No matter how much Zhao Peng has to do, he is loading gold, silver and treasures overnight.
"Working overnight, you must load all the cars before dawn. Also, remember to lock each box and put a seal on it. Prepare to use it as a reward and a box of silver for Wu Shengzhao to be rewarded." Zhao Peng ordered.
"What should I do if these Kong family members do? Are they all..." Wang Quan made a move to wipe his neck.
"Just do things according to the old rules." Zhao Peng said lightly. It means to destroy the family. Doing things according to the old rules means killing men and keeping women. One of the males in the Yansheng Gong Mansion cannot be kept. As for the female family, it will be given to the local people as their daughters-in-law.
Large wooden boxes filled with gold, silver and treasures were carried up from the cellar. Many boxes were originally unlocked, but it was not easy to find the lock in the huge Yansheng Gong Mansion? The Jinyiwei hung the locks found on the box, and after locking them, they posted the seal with the words "Tai'an Monkey King" and then carried the boxes into the car.
After a busy night, I finally put all the boxes containing more than 10 million taels of silver, more than 1 million taels of gold and various jewelry on the cart. For just more than 10 million taels of silver, there were more than 625,000 kilograms (an kilogram, 596.8 grams per kilogram, equivalent to 356 tons). So many goods were loaded with more than 800 large trucks, and there were also food on the road, loading fifty large trucks.
Because these people who went south were ordinary people, it was already very good to travel for more than twenty miles a day. From here to the Weishan Lake, we set off the next morning, and it is expected that we will not be able to reach the lakeside at noon on the third day. There are more than 10,000 people, and there are a lot of food and drinks on the road, so we loaded fifty cars of food.
Before dawn, the people who were willing to follow Zhao Peng and others to the south came to gather.
Seeing that the people brought bottles, quilts and torn clothes with them, Zhao Peng became angry: "What are you still bringing these bottles, bottles, and jars? What are you afraid of when you arrive in Nanjing?"
However, many people were still reluctant to throw away these ragged things. Zhao Peng was furious and directly ordered the Jinyiwei to steal some of the ragged jars from them and smash them, and then throw all their torn quilts and clothes into the stinky ditch.
Seeing that the people were reluctant to leave, Zhao Peng opened a small cloth bag, took out a handful of broken silver and handed it to the people: "I have bought all of you all the things. Each of them has two taels of silver, is it enough to buy your bottles and jars?"
The people took the silver with satisfaction and thanked her for their gratitude. The smashed bottles and jars and torn clothes that were thrown into the stinky ditch were definitely less than two taels of silver. This bandit is very generous to him. Since this is the case, what else is there to be dissatisfied with? Moreover, those who carry bottles and jars are all with their families. Each family gets more than fifty taels of travel expenses. No matter how few people are, each family has a couple, and there are 100 taels of silver.
With the money, when you go to the south, you are afraid that you can’t buy anything?
Guzi
Zhao Peng took out his pocket watch, glanced at the time, and pointed his hand at five o'clock in the morning. He gave an order: "Go!"
When the city gate was opened, most of the Jinyiwei took the people with them. Zhao Peng took more than a dozen Jinyiwei to stay, then closed the city gate, climbed to the city to wait for the people who came to the city to collect food and food tomorrow morning.
Before Chen time, a large number of people were crowded at the city gate waiting.
Zhao Peng stood at the top of the city and looked down at the city. He saw that there were densely packed people under the city, with at least more than 10,000 people crowded. The people under the city shouted anxiously at the top of the city: "Open the door, isn't the King of the Monkey King going to open the warehouse to release grain? We are almost starving to death!"
"Open the door quickly, the family has been unable to get rid of the blame for several days."
Zhao Peng turned around and ordered to the Jinyiwei: "Go and open the city gate!"
The city gate was wide open, and a large number of people flocked into the city. Zhao Peng stood on the high platform in the middle of the square, spread his arms and shouted, "Dear fellow villagers, have you seen behind me? The things piled up everywhere are all yours! Now the Japanese king is going to take people south. Everyone goes up to get them. Each person is limited to one bag of food, a piece of meat, a bag of salt, and a piece of cloth. Don't think that if we are not there, we can be unconscious. If we are discovered, we will definitely be severely punished."
"Why is this little thing? Didn't we say yesterday that everyone still had a piece of silk, ten eggs, and a chicken or duck?" a tenant asked dissatisfiedly.
"Dear fellow villagers, I'm really sorry. Yesterday, chickens, ducks, eggs, silk and other things shine yesterday. Today, everyone can only hand out a bag of food, a pound of meat, a bag of salt and a piece of cloth. Come and get it yourself." Zhao Peng shouted loudly.
Although there is less silk, a chicken or duck, and ten eggs than yesterday, the people still have nothing to complain about. Who makes me uninformed? There are many good things missing. It is said that those who queued up early yesterday can still get a pack of candy! Some neighbors even received white white sugar, which is really a good thing! What a pity, there are no more those things today.
The people lined up in line and collected things in an orderly manner. At this moment, Zhao Peng suddenly frowned: I saw a few guys with green skins trying hard to squeeze forward and jump in line. The old women in front were pushed by them. A child fell to the ground and cried. The green skins stepped on the child directly.
Zhao Peng was furious and pulled out his knife and walked over. He took action like lightning, and his hand raised his knife and fell, and a head fell to the ground. Then he turned around and another green-skinned head fell to the ground, and then another knife cut off the third head.
"Ah!" Seeing the murder, the crowd screamed.
With a bloody head in his hand, Zhao Peng walked up to the platform and shouted loudly: "There are people who went to the line, bullying women, children, elderly and weak, this is the end!"
The commotional crowd quieted down. Then, people lined up in an orderly manner, one by one, and came forward to consciously take their own thing.
Seeing that the order of the tenants had been stabilized, Zhao Peng estimated that there would be no trouble. He took more than a dozen Jinyiwei to take all the male members of Yan Shenggong's family into the cellar, sealed the entrance of the cellar, and then took all the female relatives to the square: "Dear fellow villagers, these are women from Yan Shenggong's family. If there are those who have not married yet, they will be queuing up to collect them. The first one will be obtained first. If it comes too late, it will be gone, and the quota will be limited!"
Some bachelors crowded up, and several Jinyiwei maintained order. After a while, each of the bachelors in front led a young woman to the house happily, and the bachelors in the back could only bring back a half-old Xu lady.
The people who were queuing for the things were still in order, and they were happily waiting to collect the items. While everyone was not paying attention, Zhao Peng quietly slipped away with more than a dozen Jinyiwei.
"Anyway, there are enough things here that they can't get until tomorrow morning. Let's go and catch up with our team." Zhao Peng said with a happy smile.
"Boss, we are really returning home this time." said a Jinyiwei.
Chapter completed!