The servant who was beating old man Zhang with a whip was so frightened that his hands were shaking, and the whip in his hand fell to the ground with a snap.
The people watching were like sea water at ebbing tide. They all dispersed with a roar and ran home. In the end, only the servants of the Wang family were left in the market. More than a hundred servants stood beside Wang Mingquan, their faces pale, but
He dared not leave Mr. Wang and run for his life alone.
Wang Mingquan was also very scared. He had heard about Xing Guobo's soldiers attacking Jinan and killing the governor. But this time, newspapers were being burned and smashed all over Shandong, and he had never heard of Li Zhi killing people. It was precisely because of Li Zhi's silence some time ago.
, Wang Mingquan became emboldened and dared to tie up Li Zhi's soldiers. Wang Mingquan guessed that Li Zhi was unable to fight against the entire Shandong Shilin for some reason.
Maybe Li Zhi's power is limited to controlling a few cities and cannot reach the countryside? Controlling a city is simple. A few thousand people can occupy the city and kill. But how many people are needed to control the vast countryside?
Wang Mingquan wants to fight with Li Zhi, because the fight is for his life. If Li Zhi gradually penetrates into Shandong and collects taxes from the gentry in Shandong, Wang Mingquan's huge industry may fall apart. If Wang Mingquan, like the gentry in Tianjin, only pays taxes
If the land rent is higher than the land tax, what will he use to support his servants, accountants, servants, wives and concubines? Wang Mingquan's sons have many wives and concubines. If the common people who donated the land are gone, how will Wang Mingquan's sons live?
Moreover, Wang Mingquan has always been the one who speaks out about Huadian Township for decades. Wang Mingquan is really not used to the presence of a voice that goes against his own in Huadian Township.
Wang Mingquan had a hundred reasons to fight with Li Zhi. But he didn't expect that Li Zhi would react so quickly.
Fifty big horses carried fifty soldiers of the Tiger Division, wearing full-body steel armor, and charged menacingly towards the market in Huadian Township. The crowd watching the excitement in the market dispersed in the blink of an eye, leaving only
One hundred servants surrounded Wang Mingquan. One hundred servants surrounded Master Wang, and kept moving back because of fear.
But what they eat is the servants' food, and because of their own personal interests, they are unwilling to put down the swords and sticks in their hands.
Wang Mingquan's face was pale, but he kept calm. He thought that with so many people protecting him, Li Zhi's soldiers wouldn't dare to kill all his one hundred servants, right?
The tea shop owner who was tied to the flagpole looked at the soldiers of Huben Division in surprise, his face flushed with excitement. Sure enough, he was right to read the newspaper. Since Xing Guobo decided to run a newspaper in Shandong, he had the means to protect it.
The head of the Wang family thought he could run rampant in Huadian Township with the help of a hundred servants, but in fact he was just flying moths into the flames.
The servant who broke out from the encirclement pointed his hand on the horse and said: "Platoon leader, these are the Wang family members who want to kill us."
The platoon leader waved his hand and said: "Kill all those who resist with arms, no one will be spared!"
Fifty soldiers roared, drew the sabers on their backs, and rushed towards a hundred servants. The horses' hooves hit the ground, making the ground of the market tremble slightly.
One hundred servants looked at the fifty big horses charging towards them, and finally they couldn't hold it any longer and ran away. Those big horses weighing six or seven hundred kilograms could kill someone alive if they collided with them. One hundred of them
The servants grabbed their knives and sticks, abandoned the head of the Wang family, and ran around in the market like a herd of panicked elk.
The soldiers of Huben Division were not prepared to let them go.
The sharp crucible steel saber was pulled out, and the horse quickly caught up with the fleeing Wang family servants. The infantrymen on horseback gently held the steel saber in their hands. They did not need to use force at all, and they could use the strength of the horse to cut the steel saber.
The knife pressed into the fleeing servant's flesh, creating a fatal wound.
The servants whose bodies were cut open by the steel knife felt cold, and blood surged out like a fountain. They screamed and fell to the ground. They covered the huge wounds and kept rolling on the ground.
The soldiers of the Huben Division on horseback cut down one of them and then chased the next one without hesitation.
These servants were very vicious and somewhat brute when they bullied ordinary people, but in front of the elite Tiger Soldiers, these one hundred servants were like a group of children, with no power to fight back.
Only then did the servants who fled in panic realized that their lives were lost. Li Zhi's God of Killing could not only control the city, but could also rush into the countryside and kill.
They threw away their swords and sticks and fled forward desperately.
But how can human legs outrun horse legs? Screams kept ringing from every corner of the market, and fewer and fewer Wang family servants were still alive. Some of the servants who fled in panic ran into the courtyards of residential houses next to the market.
The soldiers of the division broke into the house, rushed in, captured the fleeing servants, and hacked them to death in the market.
Wang Mingquan stood next to the flagpole of the market, watching more than a hundred servants being slaughtered by the soldiers of the Huben Division like chickens and dogs. His face was pale and his whole body was trembling. The soldiers of the Huben Division seemed to deliberately spare Wang Mingquan's life.
As if to let Wang Mingquan see clearly the consequences of going against Xing Guobo, he never took action on this scholar.
But Wang Mingquan knew that it would soon be his turn. In Tianjin, Li Zhi resisted the pressure of scholars all over the country to attack the gentry and treat the poor well. In Li Zhi's eyes, the landlord was not more valuable than the life of a servant. Since Li Zhi
Zhi killed all his servants, will he definitely do it to himself later?
Wang Mingquan's legs went weak, and he bent down a little, and finally knelt on the ground. He turned his head and looked at the flagpole, and saw the red-faced old man Zhang, and the two soldiers of the Huben Division who were looking at him coldly.
Wang Mingquan knelt on the ground and moved over to untie the two soldiers of Huben Division. He kowtowed desperately on the ground and shouted loudly: "Grandpa Soldier, spare your life. Wang Mingquan has now seen the power of Uncle Xing Guo, and from now on he only dares to be of the same mind as Uncle Xing Guo."
Grandpa Da Bing spared my life! It’s also a meritorious deed!”
The two untied soldiers let go of the ropes and breathed a sigh of relief. They moved their bodies that were tied stiffly by the ropes and said coldly: "You are the first one who dares to tie up our soldiers from the Huben Division and even says that they will beat us to death."
Wang Mingquan was stunned by these words, trembling all over and speechless.
The platoon leader on horseback came over and raised his gun and pointed it at Wang Mingquan on the ground.
Wang Mingquan waved his hand and said: "No! Don't kill me! Master Jun, don't kill me! All my family's property will be given to you!"
The platoon leader sneered and pressed the trigger.
Only a clear snap was heard, and the bullet entered Wang Mingquan's left chest. A bloody arrow emerged from Wang Mingquan's chest. Wang Mingquan looked at his body in disbelief, and fell to the ground with a plop.
The other soldiers had finished the killing and gradually gathered back. The platoon leader who led the team waved his hand and said: "The Wang family's house was ransacked! The bodies of Wang Mingquan and his servants were hung at the county gate for public display!"
