Lin Jinxiao led a thousand sergeants from the coastal defense battalion to Haiyuan Village, the most famous fishing village on the Donghua River, a hundred miles away by land and water along the water transport terminal of Luyan Port.
After a day's journey, we finally arrived at the fishing village pier at dawn.
However, before the soldiers entered the village, they were attacked and blocked by unknown forces. Nearly a hundred soldiers were killed or injured in one time.
Commander-in-Chief Chen Chuan was a general who fought with Princess Jinshu in his early years. Because he loved killing, he left no dogs or chickens behind wherever he went. Three years ago, he slaughtered hundreds of households in the village while capturing spies in the Battle of Pingbei and was demoted to
Colonel.
When he saw his sergeant being shot and killed by a group of unruly people, and the injuries were so serious, he immediately flew into a rage, and immediately swore to Lin Jinxiao and said:
"Our Dahe Empire has never encountered such a shocking thing in its history. Lord Defense Commander, please allocate a hundred people to the generals. The generals will definitely make sure that there is no living thing within dozens of miles of Haiyuan Village in an instant.
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Li Ce was also very angry. While calling the sergeants to count the injured brothers, he shouted to Lin Jinxiao: "Brother, Du Sankui must have been ordered by the Qi family to act so boldly. Why not arrest the Qi family and bring them to justice?"
Lin Jinxiao looked at the white fish belly exposed in the east and calmly shook his head: "Even if the Qi family dared to assassinate me, they did not have the guts to instruct Du Sankui to fight against the government. Today's move is a treason. Confiscating the family and annihilating the clan is no longer the same thing as what they threatened last night.
An assassin’s bluff.”
After thinking about it, he ordered the captain Chen Chuan: "Everyone should dock at the shore to rest, and join forces with the two army commanders before making a decision."
"Sir, why should you be so cautious? Du Sankui dares to openly rebel. If he is not caught and brought to justice as soon as possible, he will definitely cause greater disaster."
Chen Chuan pleaded again without giving up: "I heard that Du Sankui's home is full of watchtowers, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. I just want to go to the meeting."
"It is not difficult to capture Du Sankui. Stabilizing people's hearts and minds is the top priority right now. I have just issued an order to equalize land. If anyone is deceived at this time, the consequences will be disastrous."
Lin Jinxiao secretly clenched his fists: "Since Du Sankui dared to send someone to assassinate him, I'm afraid he is no longer in the village at this time. He is so bold and reckless that he is not stupid enough to leave no escape route for himself."
After listening to his words, Chen Chuan's passionate mood finally calmed down and he asked solemnly: "What do you have to say, sir?"
Lin Jinxiao raised his eyebrows and ordered to Li Ce: "Immediately ask someone to draft an official document and send it to the counties. Du Sankui, a villager in Haiyuan Village, colluded with the Dongsang people to do evil, and ordered the counties to arrest the traitors who collaborated with the enemy and treason. If anyone dares to help the tyrants, they will be punished.
He will be punished with the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason."
"Collaboration with the enemy and treason?"
Chen Chuan looked confused: "Sir, there is no evidence, how can we determine that he is a collaborator with the enemy and treason?"
"How big is the difference between conspiracy and treason? When we capture this person, there will be evidence of guilt."
There was a hint of cunning in Lin Jinxiao's eyes.
Even if Du Sankui did not collude with the Dongsang people, he still had to establish irrefutable evidence that this person had colluded with the Dongsang people.
Otherwise, if this incident triggers a civil uprising, the situation in the six eastern counties will surely fall into even greater chaos.
After the ship docked, the soldiers who had retreated from the village entrance on land gathered together. The two army commanders came over in embarrassment and reported: "Defense Commander, the general was ambushed at the entrance of the village and suffered heavy losses. This time
Along the way, there were voices from the villagers rising up, and everyone was cursing the adults."
"This is unreasonable, these unruly people."
Chen Chuan was furious again, clenching his fists and saying: "My lord, put yourself in their shoes, how dare these unscrupulous people curse you."
Lin Jinxiao, however, asked with a sneer unhurriedly: "Why are they cursing me?"
The two army commanders frowned and did not dare to say a word.
"But it doesn't matter."
Lin Jinxiao said bluntly.
"They. They called you a dog official. They imposed excessive taxes and took back the land of the gentry, leaving the common people with no land to farm."
After Army Sima Zhang Yu finished his answer, He Ying continued: "We also found out some things along the way, saying that there is a gang force hidden in the Donghua River area, called the Yulong Gang. They specialize in water transportation and deal with water transport.
The government is against him, and the leader of this gang is none other than Du Sankui."
"Yulong Gang?"
Dragon in the water.
Lin Jinxiao shook his head with disdain: "What a loud tone."
No wonder Du Sankui is so confident.
What's more, I didn't expect that these wealthy gentry would be so despicable and shameless. They would rather waste their land than reduce the land rent, and instead put the blame on the government.
They were given preferential treatment and orders, but instead of being toasted, they were given a fine drink.
If this is the case, then he can only go on a killing spree.
He stared deeply at the demoralized soldiers, and first asked Chen Chuan: "Colonel Chen, I give you two hundred men, are you confident that you can capture Du Sankui's house within an hour?"
"In the end, the general will definitely live up to his mission."
Chen Chuan answered quickly and confidently without thinking, he was determined to win this matter.
"Okay, after you take Haiyuan Village, immediately rush to Haining County at starry night. Along the way, you will send orders to all county officials, seal the official roads and strictly check the city gates, leaving only the waterway leading to Haining County. If you dare to support Du Sankui and Yulong
The gang of thieves will be killed without mercy by officials or civilians."
"The last general takes orders."
Chen Chuan excitedly clenched the sword in his hand, immediately went to count the sergeants, and hurried back to Haiyuan Village.
Lin Jinxiao left several teams of sergeants to escort the wounded and the bodies of the fallen sergeants back to Luyan Port, while he took the rest of the people to board the ship again and headed for Haining County.
Li Ce stood beside him, looking at his calm and calm figure, and said uneasily: "Brother, there are Dongsang thieves in Haining County now. If Du Sankui is lured here, wouldn't it just encourage Dongsang?"
The arrogance of the San people."
"What I want is for him to join the Dongsang people."
Lin Jinxiao glanced at Li Ce meaningfully: "Sanlang, after dark, you personally lead a small group of people to take a shortcut to Haining County overnight, meet up with You'an, and strengthen coastal defense with him. If you encounter Du Sankui, you will definitely
He is intercepted and cannot be allowed to join the Dongsang people."
Li Ce finally understood his brother's intention and nodded understandingly: "I will accept my order."
As expected, his brother is still the brother he admires.
In this way, possible civil uprisings were easily defused, and all the targets were turned to foreign aggression. Anyone who dared to support Du Sankui would be a traitor.
Really clever.
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A few days later, Du Sankui colluded with the Dongsang people to cause rebellion. Lin Jinxiao led his army to pursue them. News that the rebels were fleeing along the waterway spread in Luyan Port.
Those wealthy families or followers of the Yulong Gang who had connections with Du Sankui began to draw a clear line with this person. Many wealthy gentry who had been attached to the Qi family also went directly to the county government office to discuss with the county prime minister Sun Wucai, regardless of the Qi family's face.
Respond to Juntian’s orders.
What's more, some are so guilty that they sell the land they occupied back then to the farmhands at the original price, or they follow the government's orders and sign contracts with the farmhands, leasing the land to the farmhands at the official land lease price.
At first, Sun Wucai was happy because of this incident. He felt that he had done a big thing for the magistrate by staying at the county government office. He nodded and bowed to receive these wealthy gentry every day.
But in hindsight, he gradually realized that these people were probably connected with Du Sankui and the Yulong Gang. Worried about being implicated, he simply changed his stance. Not only did he no longer recommend Xiaolian, he also took the opportunity to ask big business owners to donate.
A lot of money and food are abundant in the granary for disaster relief.
"Well, I am really too smart."
On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sun Wucai was sitting in the main hall of the county government office, stroking his beard and praising himself contentedly.