Chapter 513 The dark side of Ren Xia, the greater use of Zengtoushi
It was not until the early morning of the next day that Zengtou City, which had been fighting all night, finally gradually calmed down. After all the stubborn villagers were either wiped out or captured alive by mountains of soldiers and horses, Xiao Tang immediately sent troops to appease the people in the city.
The villagers said that this time the main culprit in Zengtou City was destroyed, and the people under his command were not intending to cleanse all the villages in the territory and abduct innocent people from house to house.
After all, the gold and silver treasures looted from the Zeng family's mansion alone amounted to more than 2.4 million guan, 600,000 dan of rice and wheat, plus nearly 10,000 cattle, sheep, pigs and other livestock.
There are more than a thousand pack horses, mules and donkeys, and more than 3,500 horses can be used for battle...
The money and supplies seized from breaking through Zengtou City was actually equivalent to what was gained from breaking out ten big bully families. This is not surprising. After all, Zengtou City was the second largest city in the Song Dynasty, second only to the Xiao family for raising horses.
, the place where the horse trade flourished was powerful, and horses themselves were extremely scarce in the Song Dynasty, and they were priceless and important resources. What's more, in order to suppress the Xiao family, Zengtou City not only sent troops to Daming Mansion, but also to the Dezhou government.
He tried his best to manage money, but also used money to make money, and tried every means to seize the various businesses controlled by Xiao Tang in Hebei and Shandong...
However, in the end, Xiao Tang was still given the advantage.
Last night, Zeng Nong, the lord of Zengtou City, finally learned that the strongman commander who led several mountains of troops to attack Zengtou City was actually the Zeng family who had tried their best to defeat him and replace him in Hebei Province.
Xiao Tang, who was the most powerful person in the world, was stunned. Then he laughed like crazy and shouted: "That's it! That's it! There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Since you, the little thief, are not dead, it's not you."
This Khitan dog deserves to die, because our Jurchen sons and daughters are about to die! Xiao, don’t be complacent, because you have killed everyone in our Zeng family, and I will wait and see how long you can continue to be arrogant!?"
Zeng Nong was so mad that he just yelled and hurled his head against the wall and committed suicide. Since then, all five members of the Zeng family and Zeng Nong, his father and son, have died, and the name of Zengtou City on the border of Hebei Province in the Song Dynasty has been completely eliminated.
Of course, what made Xiao Tang feel a little regretful was that Xi Sheng, who followed Xiao Tang's order to cut off the west village of Zengtou City and head to the north village, reported to him that Shi Wengong, the gun and stick instructor of Zengtou City, was escaping to the west alone, but he ran into
Xi Sheng led the large formations set up by the two mountains of Funiu Mountain and Xiong'er Mountain. Shi Wengong rushed left and right in the front formation and fought fiercely. Among them, Teng Si, the food-loving tiger, and Teng Kan, the tiger descending from the mountain, saw that they were coming to cover She She.
He mounted his horse and planned to kill the fellow, but Shi Wengong only fought for six or seven rounds before riding his horse straight to the southwest and escaping again.
The formation set up by Xi Sheng was mainly to intercept the large group of people in Zengtou City who might be escaping to the west or north. However, firstly, Shi Wengong was really proficient in both marksmanship and riding skills, which enabled him to handle the sudden cavalry charge with ease. Secondly, Xi Sheng
Although the Liuhua formation deployed by Sheng was able to exert great effect when the two armies faced off, when intercepting one person and one cavalry, Shi Wengong only missed the formation and rushed towards the direction that the military formation could not cover.
, although there were many soldiers and horses in the two mountains in the west of Beijing, they did not have time to surround Shi Wengong...
So this time I let Shi Wengong escape.
In addition, Su Ding, the assistant gun and stick teacher in Zengtou City, was hit by an arrow in his right arm and did not show up when Xiao Tang launched an all-out general attack on Zengtou City. His whereabouts were also unknown after a night of fighting.
Xiao Tang secretly thought that Su Ding was fine, and Shi Wengong had caused a lot of trouble for several people after several fierce battles. And based on his temperament, since he had already formed such a feud with Shi Wengong, he expected that
He was also determined not to willingly join the group.
Now that Zengtou City has been wiped out, where will Shi Wengong, who refused to surrender to the army due to his unruly temperament, escape to? Even if he finds himself in a powerful town as a gun and stick teacher, if he meets Xiao Tang again,
There was a conflict between the Green Forest troops under his command. Now that Xiao Tang could destroy the Zengtou City gang, he was confident that he would teach Shi Wengong another disastrous defeat.
"Brother, all the gold and silk treasures, rice and wheat grains in the Zeng Mansion have been loaded onto the vehicle. The more than 2,300 prisoners in Zengtou City have also been tied up and are waiting to be escorted to Erlongshan Dazhai."
At this time, Shi Jin, Shaohuashan Zhu Wu, Chen Da, and Yang Chun had already counted the money, food and materials seized, as well as the number of defeated Zengtou City soldiers captured after several battles, and came to report to Xiao Tang.
Among them, Shi Jin couldn't help but said angrily: "But among the bird people hanging around in Zengtou City, many of them have also worked as helpers for the few birds in the Zeng family. According to me, this village will be washed away."
It’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s too much! My brother Renyi only captured all the thugs in the city who were stubbornly resisting, but he didn’t go from house to house to raid all the bankers who were working as collaborators!”
Xiao Tang shook his head, and sighed and said: "As the saying goes, please forgive others... Most of the villagers in Zengtou City rely on the power of the Zeng family to make a living. Are they not replacing them?
The stablemen who make a living by raising horses for the Zeng family are the tenants who live under the name of the village occupied by the Zeng family. After all, we are attacking as strong men in the green forest. How can these farmers disobey the orders of the Zeng family?
However, Zeng Nong and the five tigers of the Zeng family have been eliminated. Those guys have occupied the village for many years, and the land deeds that have been seized are of no use anymore. Before the government or other big families from other places covet this land, I
I plan to inform the Xiao family to gather Bian Xiang, Yang Lin and other brothers to make some plans to see if they can acquire most of the land in Zengtou City, Texas. Since I have received 2.4 million yuan from the Zeng Mansion, I expect to spend some money on it.
The expenses are enough to merge Zengtou Market under the name of Xiaojiaji."
"......ah!?"
Shi Jin opened his mouth and didn't close it for a long time. As Xiao Tang walked in the green forest for a long time, even Shi Dalang almost forgot that he, the sworn brother, had another official who was walking in the officialdom.
Identity level!
After Xiao Tang served as the vanguard to conquer the Zhang Di banditry in Mingzhou, his general manager Yang Xu took over the task of taking in a large number of refugees who suffered from banditry. At the same time, he also purchased a lot of unowned land under the control of various states in Hebei. Because
The Song Dynasty implemented the land policy of "no land establishment" and "no suppression of annexation", and maintained a laissez-faire attitude towards the annexation and free sale of land, which made the amount of private land in the country greatly exceed that of official land at that time (as of the period of Wang Anshi's Reform,
The proportion of official land in the entire Song Dynasty only accounted for one-seventy-fifth).
In fact, the so-called official land includes state-owned land such as camps, farmland, school fields, and horse ranches. The Song Dynasty court would also convert official land into private land in various ways (the Song Dynasty levied fixed taxes based on land area), regardless of Whether it was Xiaojiaji or Zengtou City that was able to annex a large amount of land and cooperate with the local government and military departments to conduct military and horse trade, and it relied on the horse market to become prosperous and powerful, it also benefited from the Song Dynasty's land policy of frequent transfer of land ownership.
Even though the Daming Prefecture and the Dezhou government thought that Xiao Tang had already been killed in Liaodong, they took advantage of the Zeng family and his sons and turned a blind eye to Zengtou City's attempt to occupy the Xiao family's various livelihoods. Now that Zeng Nong and the five tigers of the Zeng family are all dead, Xiao Jiaji is still one of the top local tycoons in Hebei. What's more, when Xiao Tang "comes back to life", he will come forward to annex the land of Zengtou City. Isn’t it still a piece of cake?
But what the hell kind of behavior is this? My brother wiped out the entire Zeng family and took away all the gold, silk, money and food from the Zeng family, and now he plans to use it to buy the Zeng family’s land, and at the same time, let the Zeng family name it The villagers started working for him, and he accepted them as village heroes under the power of the Xiao family...
This can basically be summarized as destroying your family, killing your children, stealing your money to buy your land, and even recruiting your people to be my little brothers after eradicating your power...even if The most ferocious grass bandits in the green forest, the most they can do is kill all the farmers under Zengtou City, steal all the gold, silver, grain and grass, and burn all the villages into a white field, and the land left behind is for them. It is of no use anymore. But Xiao Tang can secretly use the Green Forest troops to destroy Zengtou City, and in turn, he can use the energy on the White Road to annex the entire Zengtou City. This method is no better than looting Zengtou City. Can you earn greater profits in one go?
Shi Jin moved his lips, but hesitated to speak. Even though Shi Dalang still respected Xiao Tang very much, he still couldn't help but slandered: It was useless for me to praise my brother's benevolence and righteousness just now. It turns out that he can still earn it if he talks about it in detail. This is a huge benefit!
