To the east, Huashan, Wangshun, Lishan, and Yaoshan lie between the Yellow River and Luoshui, to the south, Taibai Mountain, Zhongnan Mountain, etc., to the south, Qishan, Chencang Mountain, to the west, Yaoshan, and Huanglong Mountain. The majestic mountains are stretched and winding, like a natural city wall surrounding the 800-mile Qinchuan. This place is the essence of Guanzhong. The terrain is flat and the ditches are crisscrossed. It is known as a granary. Two-thirds of Guanzhong's grain is produced in the plain centered on Chang'an.

After the great prosperity of industry and commerce in the Xia Kingdom, 90% of the workshops were in the narrow area of ​​the former Gyeonggi Province centered on Chang'an. There were canals and roads connected to all directions, including silk, cotton cloth, wool, jerky, porcelain, weapons, farm tools, and clever things made in Guanzhong to all sides. White cotton from the Western Regions, charcoal jerky from northern Shaanxi, mink wool from the northern desert, brocade tea from Shu, salt from the Qing Tang, porcelain from Bianluo, and medicinal and strong wine from the Liao Kingdom all gathered here, either entering the workshop or continuing to transfer from the caravan to all sides.

A century of accumulation of life has restored the confidence of Guanzhong to the world. Among the people, skilled craftsmen are everywhere, and they are proud of eating meat, drinking and talking loudly. Women should be full and plump, and they cannot bind their feet. In addition to the two annual inspections of the regiment training army, each prefecture and county also formed a bow and archery club, sword and gun club, iron cavalry club, etc. The court has not used troops to Guandong for a long time, but the argument of restoring the grand style of the Han and Tang Dynasties has been brewing. Chang'an was dissatisfied with the position of the Eastern Capital and promoted several times to request the royal family and the five prefectures to move eastward. The troops stationed in Guanzhong had no war and practiced all the time, polishing their minions like tigers trapped in a cage.

Guanzhong was adjacent to the Song Dynasty, and to the east of Hangu natural danger, Luoyang camp stationed 150,000 troops threatening Guanzhong. This also caused the Guanzhong people, especially the Guanzhong soldiers, to slight psychological hostility towards Guandong. Many of the Iron Bones Army, from generals, school lieutenants to ordinary soldiers, were closely related to the merchants in Chang'an, and some even bought bonds from large merchants to pay for bond interest.

It was not clear, and the first time of the East City Chamber of Commerce, Zhou Tingzhi rushed to the Iron Bond Army camp in Weinan County, where Qiu's workshop was located, and on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, he begged the garrison to help restore the order of the Chamber of Commerce's autonomous region. The Iron Bond Army Captain Lu Dejing nodded happily and agreed. Most of the infantry soldiers of Lu Dejing's battalion were elite Mo Dao's hands in the Xia army. The soldiers were all wearing heavy armor and good at using two weapons, Mo Dao and long-handled axe. They were originally used to deal with enemy cavalry, and used to deal with workers and disciples, that was to kill chickens.

"Thank you, Captain Lu. Today, I am grateful to the East City Chamber of Commerce. I will be very grateful to you in the future." Zhou Tingzhi's expression of gratitude was indeed heartfelt. Although thousands of chamber of commerce and city guards formed by the escorts of various workshops surrounded the Qiu Workshop, the combat power of the city guards was really worrying. Not only did they not have much advantage compared with the workers and disciples, they also shrank and took the opportunity to negotiate with the chamber of commerce to fight desperately. Now the workers and disciples in each workshop are in a vaguely unstable trend. The owners of the workshop even came to Zhou Tingzhi to draw the guards of the workshop back to suppress the workers and disciples.

"There is no need for this kind of reward," Lu Dejing smiled. "Although the workshop is a chamber of commerce, it is also in the territory of Weinan County, the eastern capital where our camp is stationed. It is also the unshirkable responsibility of our camp to maintain local peace." He gave an order while wearing a helmet and armor.

Outside the barracks, the iron armor was strong. After the soldiers in the barracks were ordered, they quickly drove out of the camp and informed half of the soldiers stationed in Weinan County to return to the camp quickly and prepare to go to quell the rebellion. Although there were seven or eight thousand rebels and had workshop walls, in Lu Dejing's eyes, these untrained mobs, several archers in the camp, took several rounds of city guards to shoot, and forced the scattered ones in front of them. Then, the heavy armored Mo Dao hand formed a formation to cut melons and vegetables, and crushed all resistance.

"It's a pity for the enemy to use the elite Mo Dao hand." Lu Dejing licked her lips while thinking. It's been a long time since the Guanzhong army saw blood, and she felt an excitement from the bottom of her bones.

The five hundred people gathered quickly. The Qiu Family Workshop was only two miles away from the camp. The captain Lu Dejing did not ride a horse. The soldiers were wearing soft armor and carried dozens of kilograms of iron armor and Mo Dao on their backs, and walked towards the workshop where the movement was getting bigger and bigger.

Almost as Lu Dejing's camp team arrived at the Qiu Family Workshop, the relief department ordered Yuan Xingzong to arrive on a horse. He immediately bowed to Lu Dejing and said, "Prime Minister Liu has issued an order to grant the subordinates full authority to deal with the affairs of the workers and disciples here. He also asked the Chief Lu to recruit troops, so that he would not be impatient." Behind Yuan Xingzong, there were also dozens of subordinate officials including Chen Yuyi and Fu Zhiren. Except for some of the swords on their waists, they did not bring any other weapons.

Lu Dejing frowned and took the pigeon letter handed over by Yuan Xingzong, which contained a secret seal from the Prime Minister's Office's special emergency letter. If it was forged, Yuan Xingzong would have committed a death sentence. Liu Yi went through two generals of Andong and Anbei, with great military achievements and became a general and a prime minister. He was one of the ministers he admired most in his life. "Since that's the case," Lu Dejing pondered, "I will take a moment to see how Lord Yuan broke it." He handed the pigeon letter back to Yuan Xingzong, turned around and ordered that, except for the sergeant who were standing guard, all the soldiers in the camp were wearing iron armor and sitting on the ground.

Zhou Tingzhi was anxious when he saw this and came forward and said, "Help as if he was putting out a fire. Lord Yuan, what are you saying? Did you see that Manager Luo and other guards were kidnapped by these troublemakers?" He ran around like a headless fly. He saw Cui Qianqing, who had arrived for a while, jumped over as if he had a savior and shouted, "Mr. Cui, you have to make the decision for us!"

The Chang'an Order Cui Qianqing's face was gloomy and unstable. Unexpectedly, the Prime Minister's Office directly ordered Yuan Xingzong to deal with the matter. According to the convention, the Prime Minister could not interfere directly. Although the incident of the worker and the scattered chaos was not within the scope of the customs, Cui Qianqing felt dull. He took a step back and bowed to Zhou Tingzhi and said, "Don't worry, the Prime Minister's Office has an order. The matter is fully responsible. I believe that Lord Yuan will handle it properly." Cui Qianqing had already prepared a conscript order and mobilized the county regiments of Chang'an Prefecture to train 25,000 troops, implement martial law throughout the prefecture, and control the chaos with thunder. He only asked eleven civilian protection officials of this prefecture to sign. After learning that Yuan Xingzong was dealing with the matter, he immediately hid the official letter of recruitment, leaving a cold-eyed idea to watch.

Although Yuan Xingzong was authorized to deal with the workers' rebellion, the only ones who were expected were the twenty officials from the relief agencies around him. The three yamen runners who came to Chang'an Prefecture and Weinan County to obey orders were not very easy to use. Tan Huikai, the magistrate of Weinan County, looked nervous, like an ant on a hot pan, paced back and forth. Seeing Yuan Xingzong and Cui Qianqing arrived, he quickly came up and asked, "Two sirs, when will you take action to quell the rebellion?"

"Put the rebellion?" Yuan Xingzong's eyes sternly, and he asked in a deep voice, "Why did this matter start? Have you figured out the whole story?"

"This," Tan Huikai's face stagnated and said in a low voice, "The people of Guandong shouted that the Qiu Dong family in the workshop owed more than a hundred due workers and apprentices. When they were making wages, the guards panicked and shot an arrow and killed a person, and then they became uncontrollable. Now the apprentices want the boss Qiu Darui to speak out, and the court also promised to send them to Shishan to receive land, otherwise..." He was a little hesitant. "This group of tricky lazy bones are too arrogant." Someone said hatefully.

Cui Ganqing asked sternly: "Or what?"

"Otherwise they will kill the shopkeeper and foreman of Qiu's workshop and go back to Guandong." Tan Huikai said angrily. Even if this sentence was reposted once, he felt very embarrassed.

"So bold!" Cui Ganqing's face turned pale, "How dare he threaten the court!" He shook his sleeves and turned to Yuan Xingzong and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Yuan, look at what should you do about this matter!"

Zhou Tingzhi next to him also begged: "Sir, you must not let this lawless group of people succeed. Now, just because of the chaos here, the workshops nearby are unstable. If they fulfill their wishes, the traitors around them will follow suit and blackmail the boss. It will inevitably lead to the decline of all industries, the foundation of Guanzhong will shake, and the consequences will be unimaginable."

Yuan Xingzong glanced at him and said coldly: "I have a sense of responsibility," he asked again, "One of the victims is all in the workshop, where is Qiu Darui, the owner of the other workshop?"

"This," Zhou Tingzhi stammered. Tan Hui next to him said, "Master Qiu went back to Guandong to urge the goods." Seeing that Yuan Xingzong's face changed slightly, he explained, "I came to our county to apply for a clearance certificate before leaving."

Yuan Xingzong nodded and said in a deep voice: "The most urgent task is to calm the chaos and not to intensify. Everything will eventually be decided by the law. I am responsible for the important task of the court to coordinate this matter. Since this is the case, I will send someone to come forward to shout in the workshop. If those workers have any grievances to tell them, I can come forward to listen. If there are any other requests, I can also speak to me in person."

Zhuang Kuang from Weinan County trotted forward and shouted at the wall of the workshop with a loud trumpet made of thick paper. Not long after, news came from the front that the workers and disciples wanted to see the imperial officials. However, the relief department ordered Lord Yuan to take two followers outside the wall to listen. The officers and soldiers next to him were not allowed to come forward, otherwise they would shoot arrows and kill people.

Tan Hui hurriedly stopped him and said, "Mr. Yuan, these rioters are said to have killed two foremen, so it is dangerous to go there."

Yuan Xingzong smiled slightly and bowed to the Chang'an order Cui Ganqing beside him, saying, "They are afraid of the government army and know how to plan for themselves. They are not crazy. I will go forward and hear it. What's the point." He ordered Chen Yuyi, who was born in Guandong officials, to accompany him to listen to the Kanto workers' talk. Fu Zhiren stayed there and took charge of the overall situation. If an accident happened, he must hold back and must not cause a tragic incident that shocked the world.

"Those workers and disciples have detained more than a hundred people, including the shopkeeper. I am afraid that there will be fraud. You should not go to the dangerous place easily." Fu Zhiren also persuaded.

Yuan Xingzong smiled slightly and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zizhan has two words to do what he should do, and he must stop what he should do." He paused, looked at Cui Ganqing, Tan Huikai, Lu Dejing and Fu Zhiren and other officials beside him, and slowly said: "Today's affairs affect the luck of the people of the world. The hatred and hope left for future generations are all in your thoughts. This official's departure is a feasible thing to prevent our people from being poisoned." He looked up at Feiyun, which was like blood in the sky, and sighed: "Man is not a beast. No matter what happens, you should remember Mr. Zizhan's words and should stop at something that must be stopped."

Yuan Xingzong and Chen Yuyi both hiked. The wide robe in summer looked particularly thin in the morning breeze, but their bodies were straight. The back, in the darkness, looked particularly tall and dazzling.

At this time, the captain Lu Dejing also received the military order issued by the marching department, only restraining the 500 soldiers to guard the workshop. He stood on the unsheathed sword and watched Yuan Xingzong gradually move farther and farther away. In the sky, thousands of morning lights were projecting from the horizon. The boundless morning glow was surging like the sea, and the blood-red clouds turned into countless phantoms, as if thousands of troops were rushing forward.
Chapter completed!