Of course Li Xin knew why he wanted to take a step to talk, but he didn't refuse. He walked straight to the other side.

After taking five or six steps away, Li Xin said coldly:

"If you have something to say, just say it and don't delay."

"The general really wants to do this!"

Li Xin sneered.

"What do you think?"

Wei Fu said anxiously:

"A few days ago, when I joined the army and went to the mansion, my brother didn't know how much food was stored at home because my family's property was managed by me. Just now, my brother said that the prince wanted to help the victims, so it was natural for the Wei family to do such a good deed.

We can’t just sit back and watch, the Wei family is willing to donate 10,000 shi of food!”

"Your Majesty, the Wei family is willing to donate 10,000 shi of food!"

After taking a look, Zhu Guoqiang sneered:

"Five days ago we said we only had a hundred shi of rice and grain, but today we have 10,000 shi! Hum hum! Wei Kun, get up and speak!"

Although he was sneering in his heart, his expression and tone softened a lot.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wei Kun breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the prince's horse:

"My lord, all the mistakes you make are all the fault of the last general. The last general..."

"Qiang!"

Before Wei Kun could finish speaking, with the sound of the long sword being unsheathed, the sword flashed past and the Japanese sword was re-sheathed.

When the knife fell from his hand, his head flew up, and blood spurted out like a pillar. The man was still standing, but he fell after his head hit the ground.

“If you don’t eat the toast, you’ll be fined with alcohol!”

Zhu Guoqiang sneered:

"If I don't kill you, how can I vent my anger?"

"Kill...kill!"

The people around him finally came to their senses. As for the servants, they were all stunned there without knowing why.

What should we do now?

They all stood there in confusion, with no idea at all, revenge? Are you kidding? This is the son of a dragon, a relative of the emperor, and a relative of the country.

Zhu Guoqiang asked:

"Prefect Zhou, do you think he deserves to die?"

The dignified commander was killed just like that?

It turns out that the rumors are true. This man is really good at killing people! And he kills without asking!

Zhou Lianggong said with trembling heart:

"Damn, damn..."

At this time, who dares to say that he should not die? If not, would he think his life is too long?

"Brother, why, why is it like this, why is it like this..."

Looking at his eldest brother whose body and head were separated in shock, Wei Fu knelt on the ground and said in horror:

"Sir, please spare your life, I, I am willing to donate food, donate food. I beg you, please forgive the Wei family for the fact that they have been serving the Ming Dynasty for generations."

“Donate food!”

Zhu Guoqiang sneered:

"Today the Japanese general has brought all the troops. Brothers have worked hard for a long time. It is not appropriate to just let your Wei family go. If you had donated food earlier, why would it be like this? If this is the case, then just give it a try.

!”

Is this human language?

Is it so difficult?

Wei Fu was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat, but he didn't even dare to express his anger.

Prince De is so domineering. Why are all the officials in Nanjing and Beijing so scared that they dare not speak?

Because he is unreasonable!

According to the normal procedure, even if the Wei family really cooperates with the captives, the court should intervene. The general who suppressed the captives has that kind of power to ransack the house. What power does he have to kill people?

But who would have thought that that man didn't play by the rules at all. Not only did he come here to ransack the house, but he also killed people with his own hands.

This isn't a house raid, it's clearly done forcefully. But who dares to say no?

The ashen-faced Wei Fu knelt there and murmured.

"Why, why is it like this, why is it like this..."

…

The Wei family was ransacked!

However, in just a few days, it had spread throughout Shandong.

The local wealthy families are intertwined.

Although the Wei family in Laizhou was a military household, the Wei family not only produced governors, governors and generals, but also Jinshi and Jinshi. Although they could not be said to have disciples and relatives all over the country, they were married to many wealthy families in Shandong locally for generations.

But the beauty of a gentleman will be cut off in five lifetimes.

Although there was a little bit of love and affection, no one dared to stand up and hug that man's beard.

Why?

He is unreasonable!

A dignified commander, kill when told and copy when told!

Who gave him the power?

No one dares to ask, and of course no one will ask. After all, one's own head is more important. At this time, no one will stand up for the Wei family unless they are concerned about their own longevity.

Four days later, as soon as Zhu Guoqiang returned to Jinan, Song Xuezhu came to see him and handed over two lists.

One is a list of all wealthy gentry in Shandong who have more than 10,000 taels of wealth. Most of the names are followed by the approximate amount of wealth. Zhu Guoqiang took a quick look and grinned in surprise. This is simply the rich list of Shandong!

The other is a list of people who donated money and food.

"Your Majesty, in the past few days, officials from all over the country have reported that the local gentry have all enthusiastically donated money and food to help the government in relieving the victims. So far, the gentry in Shandong have donated 743,912 taels of silver.

, one hundred, one hundred and sixty-four thousand five hundred shi of grain!”

Seeing that the prince did not speak, Song Xuezhu smiled and said.

"Your Majesty, the money is a little short, but now food is more important than money."

"You move quickly enough!"

Zhu Guoqiang smiled.

"They have donated so much food in just a few days. They are probably afraid that I will kill people and confiscate their homes!"

Looking at the property of those on the list, although Shandong is not as rich as Jiangnan, these gentry are all extremely rich. It is very common to have a net worth of several hundred thousand taels.

"Dozens of prefectures and counties, hundreds of gentry... just donated this small amount of food. Is it a lot?"

While sneering, Zhu Guoqiang pointed to a name on the list and asked.

"Who are Ding Yaoxin and Ding Dugu from Zhucheng? They have more than 2,000 acres of land, which means they have a net worth of 20,000 to 30,000 taels. They donated a thousand dan of grain. According to the current price of grain, it is worth almost 10,000 taels of silver. They almost donated it.

Half of my net worth."

"Returning to the throne, Ding Yaoxin is the second son of Ding Weining, the former deputy military envoy of Yunxiang, and Ding Dugu is the son of his eldest son Ding Yaokang..."

Zhu Guoqiang, a member of the Ding family, did not know much about it. In later generations, it was widely speculated that Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, the author of "Jin Ping Mei", should be Ding Weining. And his eldest son, Ding Yaokang, later wrote "Continuing the Jin Ping Mei". In history, Chongzhen was established as a slave in the fifteenth year of his reign.

When the invaders attacked Zhucheng, Ding Yaoxin and his nephew Ding Dagu successively donated half of their family property to defend the city. Hundreds of Ding family relatives were killed while defending the city. Ding Yaodou was disabled, Ding Dugu and Ding Yaoxin were killed in battle, and more than a hundred Ding family slaves were killed or injured. Ding Yaokang saw

Many members of his family were killed, so he fled to the sea with his mother and nephew to seek refuge. After returning, a large amount of his family property had been robbed, and it took several years of legal battles to recover the land.

In fact, if Zhu Guoqiang checks carefully, he will find that those who donated large sums of money and food were often those who destroyed their homes to fight against the Qing Dynasty when the slaves invaded and occupied Shandong. For example, the Zang family, a large family in Zhucheng, lost dozens of people during the fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Zang Erchang was the sixth son of Zang Wei, the right minister of the Ministry of War, who donated thousands of kilograms of food. In addition to donating military supplies to fight the Qing Dynasty, he also burned the loan notes written by tenants and people to borrow money to help the poor. Every year of famine.

, then produce corn by the roadside to help the poor and the people.

I won’t go into details, but what is certain is that the really big households did not spend much money on rice and grain, such as the Kong family in Qufu, the largest household in Shandong, and the Luwangfu in Yanzhou Prefecture.

"How much food did the Kong family donate?"

"Three thousand stones!"

"Where is Prince Lu's Mansion?"
To be continued...