Chapter 740: On Longnan County
.Longnan County is located at the southernmost end of Jiangxi. There is Longtou Mountain in the north of Guxian County. The county town is south of the mountain, so it is named Longnan. But the name is quite grand. In fact, it is a small town among the mountains.
Of course, there is no need to be that big, because the poor mountains and rivers are not crowded, and in recent years, bandits have been rampant, and those who can move away have long left, leaving only a few hundred families, and they have struggled to survive here. It is indeed very difficult. Apart from the county magistrate, the most prominent figure in the county is actually a bayonet butcher who is popular, such as studying, accumulating good families, gentry and officials, all of them are owed.
But in the past few months, tens of thousands of soldiers have been stationed in Longnan City, making this small county town more lively than ever before and made the county's business prosper. Restaurants, gambling workshops, and yards... spring up like mushrooms after a rain. Even County Magistrate Hao, who had been in office for half a year, has no idea where so many people have emerged.
County Magistrate Hao was originally an idle chief of the Nanjing Ministry of War. He came to such a complicated place and had to face countless Shangguans, arrogant soldiers, difficult county citizens, cunning businessmen, and even tough mountain people... He worked diligently every day, crossing the bridge with his eggs and making trouble all day long. If he had a little temper, he would have to rely on Shunqi Wan all day long to survive.
Fortunately, he was open-minded, quickly admitted his mistakes, and was also lucky. He took out his strength to support him, but troubles were still endless. Just after he had finished the food and grass overnight, he wanted to have a good rest today. Who knew that he had just finished cooking the bath water and was about to tuggle with his wife, preparing to wash the couple together. When he heard a knock on the door outside, he said, "Grandmaster, fight again!" County Magistrate Hao said depressedly: "Another nonsense, I haven't fought for half a month." "It's on the street, the soldiers and the mountain people are fighting again..." The person who reported the news was the head of the county Tanqu. He is very mature and will not be so panicked.
County Magistrate Hao took a deep breath, patted his wife's fat buttocks, and said hatefully: "Wash it white, wait for me to come back." Then, under her resentful eyes, she hugged her clothes and hats and went out to the outside room as if she was running away.
While wearing his clothes and walking out the door, he asked the sweaty head-in-law and said, "What's the matter?" "It was the same thing yesterday..." The old arrester replied.
"Oh... these uneasy things!" County Magistrate Hao said in a slight slump: "It's so scary..." It's not that he is timid, but that he is too young. Just because he has a sesame official, he has more than a dozen old, weak and disabled people under his command. He has no deterrence to those mountain people who are ganging up or the fierce soldiers.
But I dare not be a little negligent. This conflict may not be big at first, but with the joining of both sides, it will soon turn into a big fight of hundreds of people, and it will be easy to use a knife at any time, and the casualties will be common. But no matter what the result is, he will have to wipe his butt in the end, which is really bitter...
County Magistrate Hao, who had eaten a lot of Coptis chinensis, ordered the yamen runners and rushed out. In a blink of an eye, he arrived on the street... It was not that they were so amazing, but that Longnan County was too small. He could urinate on the street and flowed forward one by one and then left the city. But when he arrived at the scene, he found that he was still one step late. It was not that the situation was out of control, but that someone had been controlled first.
I saw more than a dozen men dressed in costume formed a strange formation, separating the two sides of the troublemakers on both sides. Although these men were not large in number, they could only fight from afar and could not meet one.
When he saw this situation, County Magistrate Hao knew that a big man had arrived, and his eyes quickly patrolled the crowd, and he immediately looked at the guide → the young man surrounded by a few middle-aged scholars. "Oh..." After seeing the figure of the man, County Magistrate Hao's legs became weak, and he hurriedly pushed the crowd away, and paid a big gift to the young man, saying, "I am honored by Master Jingli..."
As soon as this said, the originally noisy crowd suddenly became so quiet that they were afraid of others. Everyone's eyes fell on the objects he was kneeling down, a man wearing a cloth robes and a hat on his head.
Since he was recognized, the man had to take off his hat and reveal a handsome and young face. The crowd couldn't help but feel uproar, thinking: ▲ Which young man from this family is this? Could it be that the county master was dazzled and he was worshipping the wrong person?" The old captain behind Hao County Magistrate also whispered: "Grandmaster, have you seen it?"
"Damn..." County Magistrate Hao smiled bitterly in his heart. I don't know ninety-nine of the court officials, but I won't admit my mistakes. He turned around and glared at his subordinates and said, "All of them are just scattering?" The yamen runners woke up as if they were dreaming, and quickly knelt down in a mess.
This young man was Shen Ju. He led his staff and guards to cross mountains and ridges along the way, and he took a short walk. Therefore, although it took a day, he arrived in Longnan City earlier than Qi Jiguang's large army.
After entering the city, I was about to go to the county government, but I saw soldiers wearing brown military uniforms and some men with no hats, blue short shirts and wide sleeves, and vertebral legs wrestled into a group. "Sir, since we meet, we have to take care of it..." Shen Mingchen suggested: "Otherwise it will damage prestige."
Shen looked at Yu Yin, and saw that he nodded, so he ordered Sanchi, "Pull them apart..." So the scene that County Magistrate Hao saw appeared. "County Magistrate Hao, why did the conflict arise? Shen did not let the county magistrate kneeling on the ground get up, but asked in a deep voice: "Is it a common thing or an occasional?"
Although the question was suddenly asked, County Magistrate Hao answered: "Report to the Supervisor, these people had a conflict yesterday. The subordinates were not very concerned and only separated them at that time. They didn't want to make trouble again today. Please punish the Supervisor." This was really a scene. The image of a responsible and responsible county magistrate was immediately shaped. A smile flashed through Shen's eyes, and then he said seriously: "Get up and reply."
County Magistrate Hao then got up from the ground and reported loudly: "I dare not hide it from the Lord. Since the establishment of the Governor General Headquarters, such incidents have not been too few. Especially after Zhang Butang went to the place, military discipline has become more and more relaxed, and harassing the people has been caused by many incidents. It is common for people to eat, drink, openly rob and steal for secretly. Many mountain people are violent in nature, so there are conflicts from time to time..." The people who were watching nodded secretly and said to themselves: 'Don't look at the county magistrate who is usually angry inside and outside, it can be seen that the main master is really brave to speak. 1, 1, 1, 1
But some people are happy and some are angry. The words of County Magistrate Hao made several officers in the crowd irritate their noses, and immediately lined up everyone up and shouted: "Who is surnamed Hao, why are you swearing at others!" Then he knelt in front of Shen and said: "Don't listen to his nonsense. We are all old troops who have been fighting against the Japanese for many years, and we abide by the law the most! Even if we fight, these local people are in the wrong first!"
Chen saw the faces of several people flushed. It was obvious that they were not angry or angry. Instead, they had just drunk two cups, but he didn't point it out and said lightly: "It's because of the order of the prince, the prince is reasonable. The mother said that the mother is reasonable. It seems that the official has to ask him personally."
Seeing that the adults were going to ask about the case on the street, County Magistrate Hao quickly ordered the yamen runners to call out a chair from the shop facing the street, and sat down, and asked both sides to kneel on the left and right. At this time, more and more people were watching the fun, surrounded by three floors inside and outside. More than half of them were soldiers wearing brown clothes, shouting to cheer up their comrades.
Although no one dared to challenge Shen, as more and more people were wearing military uniforms, they still raised their anger to the soldiers kneeling on the ground. From panic at the beginning to fearlessness.
Yu Yin and Shen Mingchen stood behind Shen Zui's chair, and the latter bent down and whispered: "Sir, you must not fall into the wrong person..." He had the deepest impression of Chen Jue along the way, which was that he was so easy-going that he had no airs and was like a friend with everyone around him... In addition, Chen was less than 30 years old, which forced Yu Yin to worry that he would let these arrogant soldiers and generals bully him. A person's multifaceted nature can only be understood through time.
Chen nodded, but without looking at him, he still looked at the leaders on both sides with a kind look, "What are your names?" "Go back to the commander, my name is Hu Da, and everyone calls me Crazy Tiger." The iron tower-like soldier was as strong as a cow, full of fierceness, and his face was full of indifferent.
The young man in a blue short shirt and a cone bun said in a somewhat stiff official language: "We are called Lan Xiaoming." "Your surname is Lan?" Chen smiled and said, "Which village is from?" "What are you going to do?" The young man looked at the young Han official alert, obviously not thinking that he would help him with books: "What do we do with our household registration?" "Okay, I won't ask." Chen smiled and said, "Then tell me the whole story for me?"
"What dragon, what vein?" the young man said with wide eyes, causing the onlookers to burst into laughter. Hu Dashou took the opportunity to rob Bai and said, "Supervisor, they injured several of us brothers yesterday, we are here to seek justice." "Oh?" Chen said calmly: "Is that right?"
"Yes." Hu waved his hand and saw several soldiers who were bruised and swollen at first sight were supported by someone and walked forward. He knelt in front of Shen and howled, "The Supervisor is the decision for us, the mountain people are so cruel to beat people..."
"You ten-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand-thousand
Seeing that there were miserables on both sides, Chen asked again: "Why did the dispute arise?" In his narrative between the two sides, he roughly understood the story. It turned out that these mountain people often sold their homemade local wine, wild game, and some herbs and furs to the city for the rare salt, medicinal materials and other substances in the village. Hu Da and others were their old customers. Both sides had been bartering and were still in harmony with each other.
Recently, Hu Da and his team exchanged a truckload of wine and meat for the mountain people... This is a fact that both sides recognized. After the differences came out...
Lan Xiaoming said that out of trust, they did not check it on the spot. They did not find it hidden underneath when they picked up the village to divide the salt. Four stones the size of a fist were only a few dozen kilograms of salt in total, and half of them were stones. Of course, Lan Xiaoming quit and brought his brothers to Hu Da to question it, which happened to block them in Hengjl.
Of course, Hu Da and others did not admit it. They said that the mountain people blackmailed them. The two sides were dissatisfied with each other and started to fight. As a result, they were stopped by the magistrate Hao who rushed to the news. But they were already angry and were willing to give up. As a result, Hu Da brought people to smash the She people's place today, threatening to drive them out of the county town if they didn't take out a hundred taels of silver for the medicine. Lan Xiaoming immediately took the people to the top, and the two sides would start a fight again. Of course, this was just Lan Xiaoming's side's statement. Hu Da had another remark. He said that he did not add stones to the salt, and the other party was pure.
It was blackmailed and injured their brothers. Today I was just here to seek justice. Lan Xiaoming was so angry that he was smoking and blushed and said with a red face: "He said nonsense, it was them who beat people. We considered this to be the county town, and we were afraid of causing trouble for the villagers, so we never took action." The two of them held their own words and scolded each other. If Shen was not here, they might have to fight again. "Sujing, Sujing!" County Magistrate Hao opened his throat and did not work. Shen did not express anything, as if he was despised.
▲It seems that young people are really not good... Shen Mingchen and Yu Yin looked at each other, thinking how to help him support the scene? The former was about to speak, but He Xinyin stopped him with his eyes. Shen Mingchen had to whisper: "Don't I want to show off, I have to save the scene for the adults!" But He Xinyin said with just one sentence: "Do you know Xu Hai?" and let him stand back obediently.
When people reminded him that Yu Yin and Shen Mingchen looked at Shen Ju again, they realized that although he was silent, his expression was very calm, as if what he was facing now was just a trivial matter. The reason why he was reluctant to speak was obviously waiting for someone to come. ▲ Liu Xian..., the two of them woke up at the same time, yes, if they were not dealt with in front of that guy - his soldiers would not only not be able to beat the mountain and shake the tiger, but also make the other party feel dissatisfied...
At this time, the crowd started to stir up. A group of officers and soldiers surrounded an old man wearing the uniform of a second-rank military general and hurried to the scene. When they saw that it was Shen Ju, the old man quickly worshiped and said, "Mr. Liu Xian was wrong to welcome him. I forgive him for his crimes." When he saw Lord Rong kneeling down, all the officers and soldiers dared not stand, so they knelt down and kowtowed to Shen.
Shen smiled kindly and said, "I didn't say anything, I can't blame you." Having said that, he didn't get up.
"I heard that the adults' team has just arrived in Anji." Liu Xian didn't care and said intimately: "I still want to go north in the past two days to welcome you. I don't want you to come like a fairy."
Shen laughed and said, "You don't know. I have never liked Zhang Yang to take a few gentlemen and ride a donkey. I have walked so freely all the way, saving countless social engagements and seeing countless beautiful scenery. It's really a killing of two birds with one stone." He said it easily, but he didn't know that Liu Xian was just worried about this. When he saw Shen, he took the initiative to raise the verbal talk. He really wanted to ask, what are you going to do? Unfortunately, this place is not the place where you talk, so he had to keep the verbal talk in his heart and smiled dryly: "Sir, I'm so excited..." Shen seemed to have come back to his senses and said, "Why are you still kneeling? Get up quickly...
Liu Xian smiled bitterly in his heart and said, "Don't you just want to use me to establish your authority..., I guessed it well. He patted the soil on his knees, then got up and clasped his fists and said, "_A little friction, you don't need to worry about it, let the people below deal with it. Finally, the welcome banquet has been prepared, please enjoy the grandma."
If the young young man was just a little young man, he would run away, but Chen said without moving: "I have always had a beginning and an end in my work. Since I have started, I should just finish the judgment..." "Oh..." Liu Xian dared not say half of the words, "Ji kicked the bull and said, "What's going on in the bastard?"!"
Niu Datong repeated the words again. Of course, the She young men over there were not convinced and defended them. Both sides returned to the starting point.
When Liu Xian heard this, he whipped Niu Da and said, "No matter what, it's Xu's fault. Don't admit it with the Supervisor!" As soon as he saw Liu Xian, Niu Da immediately became honest and kowtowed quickly, "It's all my fault, please punish the Supervisor..." The soldiers who fought with him also followed behind kowtowed like pounding garlic.
Liu Xian took advantage of the situation and bowed: "Sir, please calm down. These are veterans who have been fighting against Japanese devils on the coast for many years with General Mo. They have suffered a little injury and made a little contribution. They are all unsuccessful in educating them. General Mo took them back and punished them heavily, which also shocked those arrogant soldiers and generals." This seemed to be admitting their mistakes, but in fact they avoided the important things and wanted to fool them.
It was fine if he didn't say anything. When he said this, Shen Mingchen and Yu Yin felt that this was extraordinary, so they used a light cough to remind Chen Ju.
Chen nodded slightly and signaled to receive it. He said lightly: "Boss, it's not that I am telling you that the rest of Yan is a good thing, but you can't tell the difference between Qinghong and Qinghong. If the soldiers are wronged, they will also be damaged. "They dare not!" Liu Xian said confidently: "It's all the soldiers I brought out. Even if they die, they don't blink." "What do you do if they let them die?" Chen grabbed his words and said: "I will test the injuries on their bodies and see who beat whom." "Ah, is it necessary?" Liu Xian said a little surprised, and Hu Da and others were even more panicked. "Yes!" Chen shouted: "Come on, take off the clothes of both sides' injuries, and make a decision after I checked the injuries!" "Yes!" The yamen runners said loudly together, even the most insensitized people knew that there was a good show.
Chapter completed!