Liu Mu searched the bodies of the two civilians and confirmed that they were not carrying weapons. At Zhu Pingan's signal, Liu Mu went to stand guard, leaving the two civilians with Zhu Pingan.
After the two ordinary people got the opportunity to be alone with Zhu Pingan, they couldn't wait to inform Zhu Pingan of the emergency situation.
"Master Governor, I am the chief of the seventh armor of our Dongshan Village. There is a young man in our village, that is, the fourth son. His nephew deceived his master and killed his ancestors and joined the Japanese pirates. Last night he sent us a message
, it was said that the Japanese pirate king Xu Hai was very angry after Zhejiang implemented the ten-household protection law.
Some townspeople are planning to kill us, not even our dogs or chickens!"
A thin common man said with an anxious look.
"Sir, our Dongshan Village is also a model village. My nephew said that our village is one of the targets of the Japanese pirates. If I hadn't taken good care of this nephew in the past, my nephew couldn't bear to see our family die in revenge of the Japanese pirates.
Came over secretly and told me to take my family and children out of the village and hide. My family members and my seven aunts and eight aunts were all in the village. How could I live alone as a family? So I told our elder brother about this.
Our head, A, told the village chief about this, and the village chief asked us to come and report to the governor immediately."
Another commoner said immediately.
"The Japanese pirates are trying to destroy the ten-household protection law." After listening to the complaints of two common people, Zhu Pingan immediately understood that Xu Hai was trying to scare the monkeys and threaten the people in Zhejiang in an attempt to destroy the ten-household protection law.
"Please, Lord Governor, you must save our village. The Japanese pirates will come tomorrow."
Two common people hurriedly knelt down and prayed.
"Please hurry up and protect the people within the territory. It is my duty. I will protect your village."
Zhu Pingan quickly helped them up and assured them.
"Thank you, Mr. Governor. Thank you, Mr. Governor." After hearing Zhu Ping'an's assurance, the two ordinary people thanked him again and again.
"Do you know which villages and towns the Japanese pirates will attack again?" Zhu Ping'an asked slowly after calming the two of them.
"Shangpo Village, our neighboring village, is also their target. As for the other villages and towns, we don't know. My nephew didn't say anything. He only said that they would kill the villages and towns that modeled the implementation of the ten-household protection law and kill them in a river of blood. Chickens and dogs
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The two people scratched their heads. They only knew that there was another Shangshan Village, but they didn't know about the others.
Villages and towns that model compliance with the ten-household house number protection law
This clue is enough. Zhu Ping'an, a village and town who modeled the ten-household house number protection law, couldn't know it better.
"Two fellow villagers, thank you for coming to report this important news. I won't give you any honorary commendation to avoid revenge from the Japanese pirates. Brother Mu, please take the two fellow villagers to the private house to collect the reward of twenty taels of silver. Each of you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver.
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Zhu Pingan waved to Liu Mu in the distance and asked him to take two ordinary people to a private house to receive the silver reward.
"No, no, sir. We are not here to receive rewards. We just want to save our village."
The two ordinary people waved their hands repeatedly.
"Only when rewards and punishments are clear can we make orders and prohibitions. If merit is not rewarded and faults are not punished, then wouldn't I be a coward?"
Zhu Pingan insisted with a smile.
"Thank you, Mr. Governor, thank you, Mr. Governor." The two ordinary people did not expect that there would be a silver reward, so they happily thanked them again and again.
"Two fellow villagers, you can rest assured and go home after receiving the reward. I will make arrangements right away to ensure that your village is safe. At the same time, I will give the Japanese pirates a surprise so that they will never come back!" Zhu Pingan said to the two common people.
said.
Liu Mu came over and took two common people to the house to collect the silver reward, while Zhu Pingan went back to the study to study the map.
Xu Hai tried to destroy the armor protection method of ten households, which means that the armor protection method of ten households hit them seven inches.
The ten-household protection method is an important part of Zhu Pingan's strategy to eliminate Japanese pirates. Zhu Pingan will never allow Xu Hai to destroy the ten-household protection method. If Xu Hai is allowed to bloodyly kill model villages and towns, causing white terror, then other villages and towns will have to avoid being invaded by Japanese pirates.
After the massacre, no one dared to abide by the ten-household-plate protection law.
Dongshan Village is located in Jiashan County, Jiaxing Prefecture. Jiashan County is adjacent to Songjiang Prefecture. It is not surprising that the Japanese pirates chose this place to attack.
Although the two ordinary people did not know which other villages and towns the Japanese pirates wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, the clues they provided that the Japanese pirates wanted to target villages and towns that followed the ten-household protection law were enough for Zhu Pingan to deduce.
The ten-household-number protection method was one of the two things that Zhu Pingan devoted the most energy to during this period.
Another thing is the training of new recruits of the Zhejiang Army.
Since northern Zhejiang suffered the most serious harassment and plunder from Japanese pirates during this period, Zhu Pingan paid the most attention to the implementation of the ten-household protection law in northern Zhejiang. He also issued the most documents to the local governments in northern Zhejiang and dispatched the most manpower for inspections.
Due to the real threat of Japanese pirates and Zhu Ping'an's attention, the implementation of the ten-household protection law in northern Zhejiang is the best in Zhejiang.
Among the areas with the best implementation in northern Zhejiang, the most prominent ones are Jiashan County, Pinghu County and Haiyan County.
The best county is Jiashan County.
The Dongshan Village and Shangpo Village where these two people come from are model villages in Jiashan County that abide by the ten-household house number protection law. In addition to these two villages, Hechi Village and Xitang Ancient Town are also outstanding.
The number of reports from these villages and towns exceeds that of Jiashan, and nearly 100 Japanese Tongwa suspects were arrested based on the reports.
In addition to Jiashan County, Zhaojia Village and Wangjiazhai in Pinghu County are also model villages that comply with the ten-household house number protection law.
Qingfeng Town in Haiyan County is also a model town that abides by the ten-household protection law. The people in this town reported that two local gentry were involved in Japanese affairs. Zhu Pingan ordered Liu Dadao to lead a hundred Zhejiang troops to Haiyan County to assist the Haiyan magistrate in the investigation.
Investigation confirmed that it was true that the two gentry families were in contact with the Japanese. They supported more than a hundred Japanese pirates in the name of caravans. These Japanese pirates traveled around in the name of businessmen and often disappeared for a while. If anyone asked, they would
He said he had gone to restock the goods, but after a while he came back with a dazzling array of goods.
In fact, what they call buying goods is to receive the call from the Japanese pirates outside, join them, and follow the Japanese pirates outside to burn, kill, and loot. What they robbed is what they call buying goods.
There is no airtight wall in the world. These Japanese pirates also caused trouble in the town. Some showed off how many people they had killed, some were so complacent that they spilled the beans, and some even spilled the beans after drinking too much.
In addition, their goods are not fixed and always very miscellaneous, and some of the goods have blood stains on them.
There are also many people who know the facts.
After the ten-household protection law was implemented, people in the same group and local people reported it.
After verifying that it was true, Liu Dadao led a hundred Zhejiang troops to raid the homes of two gentry at night, captured one of the more than 100 drunk Japanese pirates, and confiscated tens of thousands of taels of silver from the two gentry's homes, as well as
Fifty bows, more than two hundred Japanese swords, axes, scimitars, long swords and other weapons, and more than thirty pieces of armor.