Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 238 The Qing Dynasty showed its ferocious face

Hu Zhihuang pouted:

"Brothers, eat meat and drink freely. Don't leave. Brothers on guard, move forward 2 miles."

"Whoo."

Half an hour later, the sound of a gong came from the dense forest.

Everyone immediately put down their bowls and chopsticks, wiped their mouths and started to line up.

20 of them were armed with swords and shields, and the rest were armed with spears. The swords and spears were not the common junk in the Green Camp, but excellent weapons forged from fine iron, funded by the Dong family.

At the entrance of the valley, a dark crowd came quickly, and a man at the head raised his hands and said:
"All members of the Chuxian Machete Gang are here. Which branch in the world are you from? Tell us your name."

Hu Zhihuang laughed angrily and asked the soldiers around him:
"Think of a font size quickly."

A soldier stepped forward and shouted loudly:

The first row sits low, leaving enough visibility for the second row.

"It's not enough to say anything. Is it a mule or a horse? Are you dragging it out for a ride?"

Of course Hu Zhihuang's soldiers will not let go.

The leader of the Machete Gang was very angry and raised his knife impatiently:

"Withdraw, withdraw first."

……

The scene was very bloody. It was a grand scene that had been rare in the world for a hundred years, but it was common for the Qiu Ba people.

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Hu Zhihuang didn't want to think about who the "grandson" in this sentence was scolding, and quickly asked:
"How many people are there? How many guns are there? How are you sure they are soldiers?"

The man from Chu County across the street became angry immediately, feeling that this guy from Jiangning didn't have martial ethics. Can you carry such a heavy font size?

"Jiangbei Zhatian Gang, I'm just asking you if you are afraid?"

"Sir, those Sun Tzu gang are cheating! They actually found the Green Camp soldiers."

One brother said angrily:

The Chuxian machete gang rushed towards the spear formation in a chaotic manner.

Those people didn't chase, they just stayed where they were and loaded their ammunition. They were soldiers under the general command of Shouchun Town. They came at the invitation of local snakes in Chu County with huge sums of money, carrying firearms and coming in civilian clothes.

The scene was very chaotic.

Seeing such a turtle shell formation, everyone in the Machete Gang who had already rushed within 10 feet immediately braked and stopped, while those in the back were still pushing forward.

As he spoke, a bright spearhead came over.

After he finished shouting, he felt that his old face was a little red and hot, and he couldn't shout out such a middle-class font.

The men who carved dragons and painted phoenixes worked hard to show their most ferocious temperament. After all, in this hot summer day in July, it’s hot for those without tattoos, but it’s even hotter for those with tattoos.

Hu Zhihuang shouted:
"Brothers from the Zhatian Gang, rush over and stab them to death."

Before he finished speaking, a group of people rushed out of Taniguchi.

Hu Zhihuang retreated to the back and shouted in a low voice:
"Lances formed a formation, people were next to each other. Two wings of swords and shields protected them."

Hu Zhihuang's laughter was suddenly interrupted by the sound of gunfire.

"There are more than twenty people, a dozen matchlocks, and the rest use bows and arrows. They are all riding horses together, and you will know it just by looking at their cowardice."

The loose group of hundreds of people suddenly shrank and moved closer. Shoulders to shoulders, there was no gap, and the spears were all leveled.

He shouted in a dirty voice: "Kill the people of Jiangning to death."

Smoke emitted from the muzzle of the gun, and two brothers immediately fell to the ground screaming and screaming after being shot.

"Just slip away. The Zhaotian Gang travels around the world and specializes in pinching."

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The people in the front row were bleeding and screaming. The people in the back row no longer cared about gang rules and loyalty, so they turned around and ran away.

With a whistle, the dark crowd rushed over.

It's not necessarily the case if he was hit by a knife. He might be covered in blood, but it would be a minor injury.

With a whistle, he stabbed after him. He chased them for half a mile in one breath and easily killed more than 60 people.

The pursuing spear formation retreated back as if they had hit the waves on the rocks.

"Brothers from the Machete Gang, fuck them."

First there were two bangs, then a dozen bangs in a row. He secretly screamed in his heart that he was being plotted against.

The weapons are very mixed, including machetes, long swords, harpoons, sledgehammers, and some wielding double swords and nine-section whips.

Everyone took the wounded and ran towards the mountains quickly.

Once a person is stabbed by a spear, he will be seriously injured at least.

The two parties slowly moved to a nearby valley, which had been cleared of weeds and stones in advance. It is more than enough to accommodate 200 people for fighting.

The General Military Headquarters of Shouchun Town is in Shouzhou, hundreds of miles away from here.

As the saying goes: Civilians are in charge of one thing, military officers are in charge of another.

No matter how long the commander-in-chief's hands are, it is impossible to station troops on Chu County's territory hundreds of miles away, unless he wants to rebel.

In this way, he can only receive dividends and cannot interfere with the operation of the copper mine.

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Hu Zhihuang suddenly realized that the other party and his father-in-law's ideas were in conflict, and they both immediately invited the Green Camp soldiers as foreign aid.

Moreover, the opponent was obviously more ruthless and directly attacked the shotgun soldiers, which showed no martial ethics at all.

"Sir, what should I do?"

"How are the casualties, brothers?"

"More than a dozen died."

Seeing that everyone was very sad and angry, Hu Zhihuang suddenly had an idea and almost forgot his identity. During these days, he really thought of himself as the deputy general of the Green Camp.

I am one of the thief chiefs!
Once the mind is opened, people suddenly become enlightened.

"Brothers, this tone is unbearable. Do you dare to kill them?"

"My lord, wherever you point, my brothers will hit."

"Yes, all our bidders know that you really care about your brothers and treat them as human beings."

A group of people were filled with righteous indignation and firmly supported any decision of the Lieutenant General.

"The matchlock gun is nothing. Let's rush forward and fight them hard, and get close to them. Go and get the wheelbarrow from the mine."

The entrance to the mining area,
More than 20 soldiers from Shouchun Town armed with matchlocks also discovered this trip and caused big trouble.

In fact, before shooting, they could tell that the other party was not only a colleague, but also an elite, otherwise the spear array would not be so tight.

"Mr. Qian, are we in trouble?"

"The commander-in-chief has ordered to drive away the people in the copper mines. We soldiers who eat food will just follow the order and don't care about the rest."

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Shouchun Town sent a person to suggest that Hu Zhihuang withdraw his troops and give up the copper mine. The conflict ended here. Before he could say anything, he was chopped down by Deputy General Hu.

The official Dong next to him was spattered with blood again, and exclaimed that he had lost another half a year of merit.

Now, he began to regret this marriage.

But the wolf entered the house and showed its fangs. It was too late to regret it!
"The wheelbarrow carries the earth at the front, and the shield protects the brothers. In one go, kill all the bastards on the opposite side."

Everyone nodded silently, lowered their heads and fought out.

When everyone in Shouchun town saw this scene, they were in great confusion. He could only grit his teeth and shoot. Although he made some gains, the gun chamber was empty.

The ending can be imagined, with heads of people being killed.

Hu Zhihuang said with a cold face:
"Check the corpse and do some damage. Take away the waistband and firearms. Throw the corpse into the copper smelting furnace and destroy the corpse to eliminate traces."

"Today's Huo Bing behavior is tantamount to rebellion, and no one can speak out. Do you hear me clearly?"

"Don't worry, sir, I'll know the severity later."

Dong Daguan looked at the pile of blood-stained waist badges with a painful expression and sighed:
"My dear son-in-law, you have caused trouble to me and the county magistrate."

"Old Taishan is very afraid, and he seeks wealth in danger. From now on, this mine belongs to our family."

After that, Hu Zhihuang hummed a little tune and inspected his copper mine.

Copper is a valuable strategic material that can be used to make money and cannons. Even hundreds of years later, it will still be an essential raw material for industry and irreplaceable.

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The county magistrate of Jiangpu heard this and stayed up all night.

With two dark circles under his eyes, he and Hu Zhihuang carefully inquired about the process, and the two reached a gentleman's agreement in the secret room. This thunder must not explode, otherwise everyone will be destroyed!
They mobilized troops without orders, fought across government offices to seize private mines, and killed friendly troops. The nature was so bad! Once word spreads, the court will take action immediately.

In order to seal their silence, the green camp soldiers who participated in the armed fight each received another 30 taels as a reward. He also sent the pensions of brothers who died in the war back to Jiangbei's home.

Hu Zhihuang's prestige reached its peak during the bidding process for the Chinese Army, thus objectively boosting combat effectiveness.

He has never relaxed his training. No one is allowed to approach the military camp, and no one is allowed to come and go at will.

The superficial view is that the army is run strictly.

In fact, he was afraid that if he were exposed one day, he would have to coerce this army and rush out to save his own life.

If he could bring an army of 2000 people back to Jiangnan in an organized form, Li Yu would also think highly of him.

Although he didn't read much, he gradually understood a truth: Only when you have soldiers can you speak loudly.

So, Lao Hu, who had ulterior motives, ordered to recruit troops quietly.

Men were selected from able-bodied refugees and even coolies to join the camp.

I don’t dare to have too many, only a dozen at a time. For fear of attracting the attention of interested people, especially Li Shiyao.

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In fact, Li Shiyao had forgotten about him a long time ago.

Jiangning City is in danger.

To the west and north, the Li Jiajun blocked the Yangtze River, controlled Jiangxinzhou, and temporarily reinforced the existing simple docks.

To the east, the Purple Mountain Fortress was controlled.

To the south is the Yuhuatai camp of Li Jiajun.

Although the battle line was not airtight, small groups of scout cavalry could still penetrate. But it is absolutely impossible for a large group of people to break through without being discovered.

Jiangning city defense is gradually being eroded.

After the whole city was completely destroyed, there was a surplus of troops, and the remaining Qing troops defended the main city in the west.

This time, the government finally spent real money to recruit young men to defend the city.

Day end! Full of sincerity.

Many people in Jiangning, who were nearly bankrupt due to the rising prices of firewood, rice, oil and salt, took the initiative to defend the city in order to prevent their families from starving to death.

Li Shiyao originally wanted to raid the chamber of commerce in his hometown headed by Lao Gao, but he gave up this plan after people from the Tianchengyuan bank came to visit.

The fat pig actually grew fangs!

Tiancheng Yuan Bank took the initiative to donate 1 taels of silver, as well as a personal letter from a certain important shareholder.

During his tenure as governor of Liangjiang, he was already in a state of turmoil and full of loopholes. If you offend that old guy from the Military Aircraft Department again, I'm afraid he will be given eye drops every day.

Never overestimate your own weight in the eyes of the emperor.

The old guy who stepped from the imperial examination room to the military aircraft department and stayed there for 20 years never used a knife to kill. The old guy knows how to trick his opponent to death without showing any signs of it, even if you are a feudal lord.

After all, thousands of years of culture have studied how to "play with people."

It may not sound very nice, but to put it more elegantly, it can also be called "napping".

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In short, the members of the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce are very tough.

All the money was deposited into Tiancheng Yuan, and the wives and children were sent out of the city in batches, first to stay in Yangzhou, Jiangbei.

The silver bullet clears the way and is invincible.

Regardless of whether they are bannermen, green camp, Qingzhuang, or bandit soldiers outside the city, they all fall into this trap. Even the most stubborn military attaché of the Eight Banners will consider his options.

What to do if the city is destroyed?
He died and his family needed money.

Living and clearing the way to avoid crime also requires money.

Even if you are running for your life and throwing away gold and silver when being hunted, you may still be able to get a life in exchange.

In short, as long as the doomsday does not come, money will be useful.

Even if the end of the world comes, the ticket to Noah's Ark will still cost money.

The president, who was over 6 years old, told all the businessmen gathered in his mansion excitedly:
"I have already opened up the way to the thieves and navy outside the city. Our rice and our people will be kept open and can flow unimpeded."

The crowd rejoiced,
The recent shortage of medicinal materials in the city has become a serious problem. Many officials and civilians fell ill, and the hot weather aggravated the spread of the situation.

"Coptis, Panax notoginseng, and honeysuckle are all in short supply. They are sold out as soon as they are put on the counter. Everyone, the prices can be unified. We can't have internal strife."

"President Gao, don't worry, we are all understanding people."

Lao Gao nodded happily and continued:
"I guess the day to leave Jiangning City is not far away."

Everyone felt sorry, shook their heads and sighed.

They sincerely hope that Jiangning City will continue like this forever, with thieves besieging the city and officers and soldiers guarding the city.

There are hundreds of thousands of residents in the city, and tens of thousands of wealthy families. If they are all squeezed out, how big a mountain of gold will it be? I'm afraid it could be comparable to Purple Mountain.

"Everyone, ahem, I have an idea." Liu Qian suddenly spoke.

"Say." Lao Gao rushed to agree.

"We are too kind to the gentry. We should treat them the same as the common people. No, we should be more harsh."

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Everyone looked at him in shock.

"what do you mean?"

"You don't have to be polite to them. Most of the gentry's houses have rice stored, but not medicine. I have never earned their rice money, and now I seize this opportunity to give them a lot of money for soup and medicine."

Seeing everyone gasp, Liu Qian continued:
"What's wrong with the gentry? Once Jiangning City is broken, the thieves may not kill the common people, but they will certainly not let them go. The thieves chiefs are cheap with their free money."

"Then, if they jointly submit a post to protest, will the Governor's Office do anything?"

"will not."

The person who spoke was the shopkeeper of Tiancheng Yuan Branch. He took out a letter and showed it to everyone.

"Military aircraft are in danger, sir?"

"Hush, be silent."

After reading the letter, everyone immediately straightened their backs. Behind them stood a minister of the Military Aircraft Department, and he was a fellow from Jiangsu.

Prices must rise, they must rise, and they will rise tonight!
Lao Gao analyzed:
"How many wealthy households are there in Jiangning? There must be at least 5,000 households."

"More than that, there are also gentry in the city who have fled from various places to avoid the war. These are outsiders. Let's take action on them first, right?"

……

Liu Qianpo looked down upon these people and continued to say:
"With the national crisis facing us, let's not differentiate between locals and foreigners. Treat everyone equally!"

Lao Gao nodded and approved:

"It's good to make money, it's not shabby. Just like this silver ingot, are there local accents and foreign accents?"

"Oh, by the way, the governor's office sent someone the day before yesterday to remind me not to go too far. I made a statement on the spot. Each household can buy 1 catty of affordable rice every day. If you make less money, the national crisis will be the first thing."

"The president is a truly kind man."

Liu Qian, who was so ruthless, felt that the scene in front of him was too absurd.

The so-called affordable supply of rice every day contains 2 taels of sand.

However, the selling price of 40 Wen per catty is quite "affordable" compared to the regular price rice of 120 Wen per catty~
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"President, all 13 shopkeepers of herbal medicine shops in the city have reached an agreement."

"well."

Lao Gao couldn't help but lower his voice and said:
"We have compromised on the price of rice, and we will make up for it in terms of medicinal materials."

"Don't worry, President. It's impossible not to get the medicine through us. All the medicinal materials channels in Jiangning City are in our hands. Even the medicinal materials needed by the military are supplied by us at an affordable price."

"These Qiu Ba are really a waste of good things." Lao Gao shook his head in disgust, "Seize this opportunity and don't let us be constrained by narrow regional concepts and hierarchical concepts. Work hard, work hard, work hard, and earn a fortune. Silver Mountain.”

A few days later,
The Jiangning Wartime Chamber of Commerce, with a total of more than 500 core members and associated members, has promoted raw medicinal materials to a frightening level. The prices of common summer medicinal materials for relieving heat, treating diarrhea, removing wind evil, and medicine for treating sores have skyrocketed.

People in Jiangning don’t have enough to eat, how can they afford it? Life is cheap, life and death depend on God.

But the gentry have no choice. Life is precious and must be bought!

The herbal medicine shop sells them in a bundle, no matter what you buy, you only get two kilograms of ginseng and deer antler, which can help the weak gentry to replenish his righteousness.

If you like it, buy it or not. If you don’t, you will be put down.

I was stunned to sell coptis for the price of gold, and I made a lot of money right away.

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(End of this chapter)