Dingyan County is a very strange place. No matter how honest and honest an official is, he will become corrupt when he becomes a county magistrate here.

Sometimes it’s not that you have strong willpower, but that you haven’t encountered a temptation that can shake you, and you can’t imagine the extravagance of some people.

The Jiangnan style has always been that some children have a long love and heroes are short of their spirits. Especially in the settlement of salt merchants in Lianghuai, Yangzhou, the salt merchants are rich and their luxury is comparable to that of the royal family. Their wealth has thus supported a large number of industries that live by them, and "raising thin horses" is one of them.

The dream of Yangzhou has been gone for ten years. The prosperity and turmoil in Yangzhou City and the prosperity and prosperity of the city are known to everyone in the world. After the wealthy businessmen gathered here are tired of the aesthetic taste of "big breasts and fat buttocks", the "slim horse" is born.

It is probably some girls from poor families who are selected when they are young and raised from childhood. These choices are also very strict. The items of light and jade are thin, small, pointed, curved, fragrant, soft, and positive. After they are selected layer by layer, they begin to teach them to play the piano and flute, recite poems and write, write Go, play double land, apply dominoes, and beauties. They also need to know how to keep accounts and manage affairs, manage accounting, so as to assist their owners and become a close pet.

These weak beauties are thin and slim. After more than ten years of training, they are all to please men. It can be said that every frown, smile, every move can make you feel charming, pretty on your cheeks and soft in your heart. Ordinary people can't stand it when they look at it, let alone serving on the couch.

Huang Siqiong never expected that his ten thousand taels of gold and silver, four thin horses with good size, could not shake a small official who seemed very easy to take.

Xu Yuanbao started his army from the bamboo forest and was kicked by Gong Zifang to Hou Xuanyan, and witnessed his elder brother's entire entrepreneurial process.

If you haven't learned anything else, your eating habits are as ugly as you can, which makes Huang Siqiong lose his mind and reveals his strength.

After all, Huang Jianling was an old fox and immediately realized that the disaster was coming. After all, no matter how much money he had, he could not help him facing a 200,000 army. Yangzhou was stationed in two battalions of water and fire, which could shake the world's strength, and it was definitely not something that could be resisted by one family.

Lao Huang made a quick decision and took Xiao Huang, pulled salt and countless gold and silver to Yangzhou City.

On the way, I happened to meet Hou Xuanyan who was leading the troops. After the vanguard reported, Hou Xuan spoke, "Go out and have a look." He grabbed the horse's belly and brought several generals and personal soldiers to the front army.

When Huang Siqiong saw Xu Yuanbao on the horse, she was so angry that her teeth were itchy, but she knelt on the ground and lowered her head deeply. The resentful eyes that passed away in the moment were hidden under her head after seeing Hou Xuanyan again.

Hou Xuanyan sneered: "What does this mean?"

Huang Jianling crawled on the ground and said, "Huang Jianling, the grass-roots people, have no choice but to teach their children. When I am not around, they beat Shangguan. Our Huang family is willing to hand over the rebellious son for the treatment of the Lord, hand over all the salt they hold, and pay money to help the court transport grain to Sichuan."

Behind him were several trucks of gold and silver, which seemed to be the property that the Huang family prepared to transport grain.

This condition is tempting. The generals of the Huo character are all moved by everyone. Even though Li Haoxian is the richest man in Dengzhou, he has never seen such a situation. He only realized how poor he was when he arrived in Yangzhou. Everyone's eyes were focused on Hou Xuanyan.

Even Xu Yuanbao said happily: "Brother, I guess Mr. Huang is used to being a dandy boy. Lao Huang is a good person. Anyway, I have a thick skin and flesh. Since Lao Huang is so generous, I will be beaten alone, and it is worth it for many people in Sichuan and Sichuan to survive."

Hou Xuanyan was unmoved and looked like water. He looked at the Huang family father and son on the ground. Old Huang seemed to be a kind father. In order to save his son, he looked so cautious and impeccable. But Mr. Huang did not have such good acting skills. If an ordinary playboy caused such a big disaster, he should be in a panic now.

But when Huang Siqiong first saw Hou Xuanyan and others, the resentment in his eyes was clearly seen by Hou Xuanyan, who had been paying attention to him.

Later, after seeing Hou Xuanyan's eyes, he lowered his head evasively. His eyes were more fear, not panic.

Yangzhou is not an ordinary place, and there is no chance of any mistakes. Hou Xuanyan pulled the horse's reins and said loudly: "The imperial court's decree for the rectification of salt mines has just been issued. The Huang family is the first to resist this politics. This matter is definitely not something that can be done perfunctorily by a few cars of gold and silver."

After saying that, he turned around and asked, "How far is this place from Dingyan?"

Xu Yuanbao blurted out: "It's coming in half an hour."

Hou Xuanyan nodded and said in a deep voice: "Take down the Huang family father and son, send a message with fireworks, and notify the navy to take action."

Huang Jianling's heartbeat almost reached his throat. It turned out that his old nest was surrounded. Although Dingyan County was from top to bottom, his father and son fell into the trap on the water, and the last road on the water was blocked. There was no way to heaven and no way to the ground.

The generals of the Huozi camp were a little unbearable. In their opinion, the Huang family had already shown enough sincerity. I don’t know why the general, who has always been generous, was unreasonable this time. He actually wanted to mobilize the navy, which was to drive the Huang family to kill them.

Hou Xuanyan led his troops to continue walking forward, and asked as he walked: "Yuanbao, have you noticed anything strange in the Huang family?"

Xu Yuanbao shook his head and said, "What's wrong with that? If you have to say there is, his family is too rich."

Hou Xuanyan shook his head and said, "The Wu family in Jinling and Gu family in Suzhou are also rich businessmen, but they will not make such strange moves. Their children must have been influenced by their parents since childhood, so no businessmen blatantly make things difficult for the government."

Xu Yuanbao didn't care and said carelessly: "What's the matter with my brother? We'll be there in half an hour. Then, turn the Huang family upside down. What other secrets can he hide?"

Hou Xuanyan chuckled and cursed: "You guy can see through it. We are now strong and powerful, so we don't care about the damn dragon and tiger den. Let's talk about it after it is removed."

Looking at Dingyan County from a high place outside the suburbs, the large manor covering an area of ​​more than ten acres can be seen in the distance, with magnificent carved beams and painted buildings. Even though Hou Xuanyan had been in a wealthy place in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, it was rare to see such a luxurious house.

Compared with wealth, power, family background, Dingyan and Huang's family are not ranked in Jiangnan, but they are so high-profile. It seems that Lao Huang is just like this.

When Hou Xuanyan came to the city gate, Zhang Mingzhen's men had already controlled the entire county town. After seeing Hou Xuanyan, the navy general opened the city gate and welcomed him in.

When he arrived at the Huang Mansion Gate, Zhang Mingzhen stood in front of the flower hall with his hands on his back, looking angry.

Hou Xuanyan stepped in and threw the whip in his hand. Hu Bawan reached out to catch it. Seeing Zhang Mingzhen's face, Hou Xuanyan knew that something must be wrong and said in a voice: "Hou Fu?"

Zhang Mingzhen turned his head and saw that it was Hou Xuan who had played it. He stepped forward and said, "Duke, this time I caught a big disaster."

Seeing his tone trembling, Hou Xuanyan must have been extremely angry and felt a sank in his heart: "Speak slowly."

Zhang Mingzhen sighed and said, "Duke please come with me." After that, he turned around and left. The generals and Hou Xuanyan followed closely and came outside the yard.

After leaving Huang Mansion near the suburbs of the city, after walking about a few hundred steps, he came to the salt drying field. Several large boxes were all open. Hou Xuanyan stepped forward and saw that they were all armored and iron tools. The generals had already started cursing. Huang Jiaming kept so many contraband items, was he trying to rebel?

Zhang Mingzhen took a step forward and said, "Duke, there is still something in front of you!"

Hou Xuanyan continued to walk forward, and in the warehouse where the salt was stored in front, the door was slowly opened, and the things inside completely shocked everyone.

The dark muzzles, the half-human-sized gun barrels, and boxes of gunpowder were lined up on the ground.

Hou Xuanyan took a deep breath and asked, "Where did these things in the Huang family come from?"

Zhang Mingzhen had already tried the Huang family and said angrily: "These people entrusted famous people to sell salt, but in fact they purchased iron, armor, artillery, and grain from various places. They arrived in the north from the sea estuary at night to trade with the Qing Dynasty." He lowered his voice and leaned closer and said: "There are firearms from Zheng Zhilong, Duke Pingguo.

The war in the north has been in full swing for decades, and it has been at its end. Natural disasters and man-made disasters have exhausted food. Zunhua Iron Factory has been closed by the court for a long time. Where did weapons and armor come from? No wonder they fought on multiple fronts and had not yet shown any scarcity. Hou Xuanyan had long felt something was wrong.

After a while, a navy general ran over happily and said, "Sir, I have found a lot of food in front of me."

No matter who it is, from the outside, you will be attracted by the magnificent house of the Huang family. But you will be amazed only when you really come to the warehouse that is connected to it. Compared with the situation here, the house is nothing.

The white rice was hidden behind a few bags of salt and piled up like mountains.

"Where is the magistrate of Dingyan?"

Hou Xuanyan's tone seemed plain, and those who knew him could hear the anger contained in it.

Two personal soldiers escorted Dingyan County Magistrate Sun Peiliang, walked to everyone, and knelt down on the ground with a thud.

"Duke, Duke, the officials should be punished by ten thousand times, and the officials should be punished by ten thousand times." After saying that, he pounded his head on the floor without any defense, because he knew that the sin he committed would not have a chance to survive.

Now when I first came here to become an official, I gradually lost myself in the face of the endless wealth of the Huang family. It was a wealth he could not imagine. He had read thousands of books and had never heard of it.

Hou Xuanyan looked carefully and found that he still had the impression of this little official. He had personally taken the exam in Suzhou. At that time, he was full of energy and full of poetry and books, talking about the planning and concept of governing a county.

Now he is a watchdog of the Huang family, covering up such acts of traitoring the country and betraying the enemy for them.

The Qing Dynasty occupied the Central Plains, killed countless people, and plundered all the money accumulated by countless families. Then, they used these blood-filled money to exchange for the iron, firearms, and food in the hands of some merchants in Jiangnan to support their own troops. With these troops, they continued to invade the land of the Han people, plunder wealth and children, and formed a kind of destruction.

Hou Xuanyan knew that Shanxi had the notorious "Eight Great Imperial Merchants" and started with this. Unexpectedly, there were similar merchants in Jiangnan. However, it is understandable that the Qing Dynasty had occupied the Central Plains, and most of the strategic supplies of the Eight Great Imperial Merchants were acquired by the south. In the past, the important towns in Datong were at the junction of Manchu and Han, so traitors such as the Eight Great Imperial Merchants appeared. Now that the two Huai Rivers have become the forefront of the war between Manchu and Han, there will definitely be Huai merchants taking advantage of the national crisis to make a fortune.

The Huang family has an incompetent Huang San, so it was exposed. I am afraid there are many such merchants.

"Zhao Yuanhua became the commander of the Jinyiwei, and Qianxiang Camp fell to this point! He transferred Hong Yizhuo back and asked Zhao Yuanhua to go to Sichuan, demoted to the deputy commander of Qianxiang Xiying, and Liu Ting as the commander."

When Xu Yuanbao heard that the little Taoist Hong Yizhuo was about to come back, he looked happy and pointed at the county magistrate on the ground and said, "Brother, what should I do with this dog official?"

The disgust in Hou Xuanyan's eyes was no longer able to hide. He lowered his body and held his shoulders, saying word by word: "You fled from the north and told me that the family members and their families were all dead at the hands of the Tartars. At that time, your eyes were weeping blood, and your voice was bladed, and hatred was higher than the sky. Now you are fascinated by money and beauty, and you are sent to your enemies and let them continue to slaughter their compatriots."

County Magistrate Sun Peiliang was in great pain on his face, and a big man cried loudly with a hideous face.

Hou Xuanyan glared and continued to say with a serious expression: "Have you ever thought that your parents gave birth to you and raised you with great difficulty; your fellow villagers' familiar faces; your wife accompanied you with hardships from poverty to suffering; your youngest son and your bloodline. They all died in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, but now you have become a dog of your enemy. Do you have the face to die? Do you dare to die? How do you face them if you die?"

Sun Peiliang's face turned purple and blue, his whole body twitched slightly, and his mind was filled with the terrifying scenes that Hou Xuanyan said. Faces appeared in front of him, and his heart was painful like minced meat. After hearing the last question, he was shocked, bleeding from his seven orifices, and died of anger.

Hou Xuanyan kicked him away and returned to the Huang family compound. He surrounded the family slaves who were kneeling all over the ground.

The Huang family members in front of them were all dressed in brocade clothes and jade belts, and were covered in pearls and treasures. They knelt on the ground, and they didn't dare to breathe. It was obvious that many of them knew their own activities.
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