Chapter 233: The More Unexpected Before the Spring Festival

Chen Shizi has been dreaming these days, mainly because the dozen people who controlled him received orders from Dengzhou and had already returned to Dengzhou. The deputy were all Chen Shizi's own backbone subordinates, and they could control the hundreds of core personnel under his command.

Since Jiang Feng's man left, wouldn't he say that he could firmly control these powerful subordinates? After all, in name, Chen Shizi is still the leader. It's really a great thing that fell from the sky. I didn't expect that the excitement given by this good thing had not been eliminated.

The second great news came again. The whole Shandong Province, more than ten days after Jiang Feng received the order, knew that Jiang Feng had received the official documents from the capital to drive to Jizhen in the northeast of the capital. The salt merchant Yan Xiao, who had already paid the silver money from Jiang Feng before the New Year, was so angry that he jumped.

I thought to myself that such a change would have cost me all my money. Fortunately, Huang Ping made a promise that Jiang Feng’s various quotas could be realized here, which would stop the trouble.

Jiang Feng's departure gave Chen Shizi even more great surprises, which means that he is the largest on the Green Forest Road in Shandong. The salt owls all over Shandong have learned about the benefits of the order established by Jiang Feng in the past six months. Although Jiang Feng left, they also need a powerful force to maintain this order.

Chen Shizi, who was calling for wind and rain in Dongchang, Yanzhou, southern Shandong, was the best choice. Everyone was not hesitant to spend the second portion of money and sent gifts to Chen Shizi's manor in Meng County in the name of New Year's goods. These things naturally made Chen Shizi happy, not only mastering the army.

And if you have wealth, you will naturally come to your door, so you can find such a good thing.

Now everything is as usual in Dengzhou Prefecture. When the prefect Wang learned that Jiang Feng was about to set off to Ji Town to fight the Tartar soldiers, he cried with joy in the arms of his wife in the fifth room, thinking that you, the damn plague god, are finally leaving. Now it's time for me to be proud.

In the past year, the prefect is the prefect and the accountant in Dengzhou Camp. He dared not speak loudly at all and had to be careful when acting. Now the mountain above his head is really open and God is finally leaving.

However, the next day, his thoughts were ruthlessly dispelled. Jiang Feng visited various yamen in Dengzhou Prefecture City. He first said with great enthusiasm that he was about to go out to fight with foreign races. How could a real man take his family with him when he went out to fight? So he stayed in Dengzhou except for himself.

In order to prevent the so-called slut, two hundred soldiers were left to guard the house and protect the hospital. I hope that all the adults would take care of them. This made the prefect Wang's thoughts of being more active again. Two hundred soldiers were guarding them, which was a force that no one could afford to offend the entire Dengzhou Prefecture City. What's more, Mrs. Jiang is the daughter of Zhejiang governor Liu Shunhua. If you can offend there, you should be honest.

The official document issued a statement that two thousand soldiers in Dengzhou camp were allocated to garrison in Jizhen, and two thousand soldiers were replaced. It was not easy to travel between the two provinces. Therefore, the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office gave one and a half months to prepare, which happened to be the third day of the first lunar month next year.

Of course, the whole family was busy and messy. During this period, Jiang Feng also sent a letter to Lu Bing, the capital and Liu Shunhua, the governor of Zhejiang. The above first expressed his noble spirit of willingness to go to the battlefield to fight, and his loyalty to the current emperor.

At the same time, it is also said that if the war is over, I hope to return to Dengzhou as soon as possible. After all, the family and foundation are here, and Lu Bing still has a silver note of 5,000 taels attached to Lu Bing's heart. What the letter to Liu Shunhua said was simple, let his father-in-law try his best to mobilize the relationship in the capital, and it is best not to go. Secondly, if you cannot stop this order, at least you can guarantee that you can return to Dengzhou after the battle outside the border is over.

It was already mid-December after these two people received the letter. Although all the officials in the court were watching jokes and came to see the two eunuchs of the Silijian to deal with the frontier, no one would foolishly stop Luo Jing and Zhang Zhinian's orders. If they were hated by these internal officials, it would not be fun.

Although Lu Bing was a Count, he was unwilling to offend the two eunuchs who might be the inner minister in the future for 5,000 taels. He just replied that he would be willing to go back to Dengzhou to take office after the battle ended. He knew a little about the private salt transaction in Shandong, but it was a common practice for officials to handle private salt. Moreover, Huang Ping, the younger brother of the eunuch Huang Jin, was involved, so he turned a blind eye. Lu Bing's judgment that Jiang Feng was so unwilling to leave, probably because the profit of private salt was too large, which was understandable.

Zhejiang governor Liu Shunhua naturally would not stand idly by for his son-in-law's business, but the only Yu family who could count on him had not made an accurate judgment on Liu Shunhua's political future, so even though he was already a relative, he still politely refused to talk to the eunuchs, but made similar promises to Lu Bing.

The causes of many so-called major events are not analyzed by modern historians. There are economic and political issues of one kind, but more of them are just some misunderstandings.

Under the severe weather of nine-year-old winter, the Mongolian Tartars desperately attacked the border of the Ming Dynasty. After paying enough losses, they finally gave up their plans to loot. Winter is about to pass, and the damage from the fight of freezing and hunger has reached the damage they can bear.

Now all they have done is to stick to this winter and make plans when spring is in full bloom. The soldiers of the border guards on the Jiubian have achieved a lot of military achievements. At least the Tartar cavalry who were frozen to death on the grassland and chopped off their heads. This is also a military achievement.

All borders need a lot of money and food, and these generals can live a more relaxed life. Of course, everyone knows that after the Mongolian tribe recovers its vitality in spring and summer, they will definitely have a large-scale invasion southward. So they are also preparing in full swing.

But at this time, some of the officers and soldiers who were drawn from all over the country were ready to set off, while others were already on the way. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, we should not expect any smooth and rapid information circulation. The eunuchs knew that the "great victory" on the border was already the 28th of the twelfth lunar month.

It’s good if you win, and the officers and soldiers who set out will let them set out. As for how difficult it is to walk on the road of the first month, they will not do their business.

The drought in Shandong is actually far from recovering, and although the various places can barely maintain their lives, there are many farmers who have gone bankrupt and no land to plant. Chen Shizi has more than 200 heroes who are good at riding and fighting. These people are trained by people from Dengzhou.

However, now he is controlled by Chen Shizi. He raised more than 500 people in Zhuangzi in Mengxian County. His old subordinates were only 20 when he became a bandit in the northern part of Jinan Prefecture. These people were much worse than those of the heroes trained by those in Dengzhou later.

After more than a year, trust was naturally biased. In many major opinions, Chen Shizi was more adopted by the confidants whom Chen Shizi won from these heroes. Among them, there were a few young people from southern Shandong who were the most trusted. These people were unable to live at home during drought, and the land was swallowed up by local big families. In desperation, they could only come out to become bandits. Chen Shizi knew that the officers from Dengzhou could not rely on them at all.

So he focused on making friends and attracting some confidants. It was quite effective over the past year. Jiang Feng wanted to allocate them. After the officers from Dengzhou left, he immediately used his former confidants and confidants he had won over the past year to take charge of his subordinates.

Those young people from Lunan had a man named Wen Dao because his brain was very useful and planned a lot of things for Chen Shizi. After Chen Shizi's confidant went to Wen Dao's hometown to verify, he trusted Wen Dao even more.

Now there are many people surrounding Chenjiazhuang outside Meng County. Because Chenjiazhuang is recruiting Zhuang Ding today, people around Meng County who have not been able to survive for many years have come to surrender. This is also Wen Dao's plan, saying that next year, Boss Chen, you will protect the entire Shandong private salt.

Now there are some people who are understaffed by more than 500 people. It is better to take advantage of the disaster year when the victims and poor families are helpless and gather more people and train them. This is definitely much more at ease than driving those small green forest forces and horses with different intentions.

Chen Shizi is not short of money now, and he often worrys about not having enough people in his hands. When he heard this, he immediately agreed. Now his appetite is quite large. Once Jiang Feng leaves, his men will control the private salt transactions in Shandong, what a great prospect it would be.

The conditions given by Chenjiazhuang are very simple. As long as you join Chenjiazhuang, you can at least have enough food. If you cook well, you will have money. This is a great thing, so Chenjiazhuang is extremely crowded. No matter they are strong and thin, or older, they will express themselves loudly.

It seemed like the scene of a eldest daughter throwing a ball and smashing her son-in-law. Chen Shizi sat in a shed with wind shelter behind, drinking hot hot wine, baking a brazier in front of her, and smiling at the situation in front of her, he had already seen his bright future for next year.

At noon, more and more people gathered. Suddenly, a few horses rushed over from outside. The horses were dressed as constables. The horses were already running out of their temper and had no intention of slowing down to avoid the crowd. More than a dozen people outside could not dodge and fell to the ground and were injured.

The crowd suddenly became crowded and chaotic, and the constable immediately shouted:

"Someone reported that the Chenjiazhuang Bailian Yumin Cult gathering, disperse quickly, otherwise you will be taken to the official!"

Judging from this dress, they should be the constable in the county government office. Although they had only four people, facing nearly a thousand people below, they did not look afraid at all, but instead shouted loudly.

This is in line with the common sense. The blood-devouring and ferociousness of the White Lotus Sect disappeared in the past few days of peace. As long as four or five horse-riding constables come to the outside, they will be scared away. The venue suddenly became quiet. The White Lotus Sect's cult gathering is a big or small crime. In the direction of the big, it is also possible to kill the head and destroy the family.

Everyone present was asking for a job in Chenjiazhuang. When they thought of him suddenly contacting Bai Lian, someone suddenly shouted in the crowd:

"This year, the land was sold to Lizheng. Two of the children in the family starved to death. When they came to Chenjiazhuang to find a job, they said it was the White Lotus Sect. Is this said that it is called the White Lotus Sect?

As soon as this sentence was said, the family who came to find a job in the twelfth lunar month must have been a poor man who was struggling in this small disaster year. When he heard someone shouting, he immediately started to clamor.

Several constables had already rushed into the crowd. When they heard this shout, they couldn't help looking at each other. Could it be that the person who went to the yamen to complain was wrong? But the people around were already crowded, and several constables were used to being rampant. They thought that if I said it was wrong, I would just say it was wrong. Otherwise, it would be a crime to say that you gathered together to make a mistake. They whipped it around.

This aroused public anger even more. The crowd pushed and shoved but was afraid of the whip and dared not approach it. The constable was even more proud immediately, but saw a few people around him staggering out, as if they were pushed out by the person behind him. The constable's whip would naturally not let go, and he whipped it hard.

But it seemed that I couldn't stop it anymore, and I rushed over even after being whipped.

Chen Shizi stood up when the constables appeared. He had some money-related friendship with the local magistrate. Seeing the constable coming and shouting "White Lotus" to make trouble, he was immediately furious and was about to stand up to argue.

I saw the horse-riding cadre in the crowd neighing, and the people stood up, and the cadres were all pulled down. Chen Shizi jumped up anxiously behind him. Just as he was about to shout his subordinates into the crowd, he heard the screams in the crowd, and then someone shouted:

"Beat the yamen runners to death!"

"Beat the yamen runners to death!"

"Friends, no one can escape from our relationship when we come here today. When we go home and starve to death, we will die of beheading. Let's go to the county town to open a big family and be a one to die of fullness!"

More than a year of suffering finally broke out at this time. Chen Shizi was pulled into the village by his subordinates, and more than a thousand poor people outside swarmed towards the county town. Chen Shizi was already panicked and said in a stack of voices:

"What to do, what to do."

"There are too many things that cannot be shabby in our village. Today, sooner or later, a large number of officers and soldiers will be attracted, and then we will be done."

Hearing the knife said coldly, his eyes flashed with cold light, and his subordinates around him shouted:

"We will just wash Meng County, Boss Chen, we can't go there with our brothers!"

Ten days later, that is, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the eight hundred miles from the Sansi Yamen in Shandong will enter Beijing urgently:
Chapter completed!