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Chapter 95: The rebels reasoned, and the rebels were grateful [Fourth update, please subscribe! 】

The Zhou family mansion.

The head of the family, Zhou Baoliang, was losing his temper with the three housekeepers.

"When will these Tianmu mountain bandits leave? Are they going to take over the county? Yesterday they collected food, and today they will collect food again. Sooner or later, my family's food will be exhausted by them!"

The chief steward advised: "Don't worry, sir, these bandits won't stay long. Our Queshan County is only eighty miles away from Fucheng. In a few days, Fucheng will definitely send troops to suppress them."

"Then Wang Yingtai is not from Fucheng. He has been defeated. Who else can Fucheng send?"

"There is also Shen Youyi," the chief steward said. "This Shen Youyi is originally a rebel. He defeated the officers and soldiers back then and lost their temper. He must be better at fighting rebels than Wang Yingtai."

After hearing this, Zhou Baoliang's anger subsided a little.

He waved his hand and said: "Okay, you all go down, be careful to restrain the servants, don't go outside and cause trouble for our family."

After saying that, he went to the backyard to find some concubines to beat the horses.

Unexpectedly, he turned around and heard shouts from outside the main courtyard.

"Not good! Not good!"

A male servant ran into the courtyard and said breathlessly: "Master, there are many thieves coming outside and the house is surrounded!"

"what?!"

Zhou Baoliang was shocked and angry after hearing this.

"What are the thieves doing surrounding my house? Didn't I give out money and food this morning? Are they still being unreasonable?!"

The second housekeeper whispered: "I heard that the Li family produced more than our family during the two food levies. Maybe the bandit leader is dissatisfied?"

"Li Gongzhang is such a fool!"

After cursing, Zhou Baoliang forced himself to lead the three housekeepers out.

If it was yesterday, he would never have dared to show his face when he knew that the rebels surrounded the house.

Either find a way to escape or hide in the cellar.

But the performance of the rebels yesterday made him subconsciously think that the rebels did not want to offend a wealthy country gentleman like him.

Only then did he have the courage to face the rebels.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the compound, he was captured by a dozen pro-insurgents who rushed in first.

When the knife was put to his neck and he saw groups of rebels rushing to various parts of the house, Zhou Baoliang finally became afraid.

Liu Sheng walked in, and he saw that the man was the leader of the rebel army.

He hurriedly shouted: "What did my family do wrong to make the general go to war like this? If you think the money and food are not enough, I am willing to give you another thousand shi of food!"

Liu Sheng came over and said, "Are you the head of the Zhou family?"

"Yes, yes, I am."

"I heard that your family is the most wealthy in the county? Has more than 2 acres of fertile land outside the city?"

"Ouch!" Zhou Baoliang immediately cried out, "How can my family be considered the most wealthy? It's not even in the top five.

As for the more than 2 acres of farmland, that's even more nonsense. If you don't believe the general, you can go to the county's cabinet to check the fish scale register. My family only has more than 8000 acres of farmland. "

When Liu Sheng heard this, he knew that the Zhou family not only committed evil, but also had many hidden fields.

He smiled and said: "According to what you said, the county officials lied to me? Do you want to ask them to confront me?"

Zhou Baoliang suddenly fell silent.

The exact amount of land owned by the Zhou family could be hidden from the county magistrate, but they could not be hidden from the local gangsters in Liufang's team who had been officials for generations.

Knowing that his family's food supply was difficult to maintain, Zhou Baoliang began to hate these people when he thought that he had given those officials many benefits, but now they were betrayed.

He said: "General, you let those clerks come to collect grain from big households like us, but you don't know that most of those clerks are also landlords, especially those few officials. Which family doesn't have thousands of acres of farmland?"

Liu Sheng was not surprised by this incident.

Since ancient times, officials have always been local weaklings, and some can even take over the role of county magistrates and assistant officials.

Relying on the power in their hands, most of them eat with their mouths full of oil.

There are very few people who can emerge from the mud without being stained.

But he pretended to be surprised and said: "Is what the Zhou family leader said true?"

Zhou Baoliang nodded repeatedly, "What I say is truer than pearls. I would never dare to deceive the general!"

"Then ask the head of the Zhou family to go to the county government office and write down all the property that needs to be confessed, whether he has done any evil, and what kind of evil he has done. If it is detailed enough, maybe he can be punished and meritorious service." "Hey!" Zhou Baoliang agreed happily first. , then realized something was wrong, and shouted again: "General, I don't want to go to the county government! How much food the general wants, as long as my family has it, I can donate it to the rebels!"

Liu Sheng ignored Zhou Baoliang and waved his hand to the soldiers to take him away.

As the largest household in the county, the Zhou family had nearly a hundred nursing homes in their mansion, plus more than 100 male servants. When the rebels rushed in, not even a single wave was uncovered.

It was really the behavior of the rebels after they entered the city yesterday that made the Zhou family paralyzed and careless.

If they were asked to prepare in advance... there's a high probability that they wouldn't be able to make any waves.

After dozens of members of the Zhou family and two to three hundred servants were all arrested, Liu Sheng went into the two courtyards where the Zhou family stored money and grain for a brief look, and then rushed to the Zheng family with dozens of soldiers.

An Jun and Hu Dongliu will be responsible for the follow-up work on the Zhou family's side.

When An Jun brings several county government clerks (a type of clerk who specializes in arithmetic) to tally up the Zhou family's money and food, he will be escorted to the county government by Hu Dongliu for centralized custody.

Liu Sheng came to the Zheng family and found that the Zheng family had summoned hundreds of nurses and male servants to resist.

Unfortunately, under the attack of the standing army, it was defeated before it could hold out for even 5 minutes.

Later, dozens of members of the Zheng family and more than 200 servants were also arrested and taken to the county government...
The rebels made a lot of noise in taking people from the Zhou and Zheng families. After all, hundreds of people were dispatched.

Although other large households could not find out specific information because they could not go out, they could guess what happened from the movement outside.

Suddenly, my heart was raised, for fear that the rebels would turn against them, directly rob the wealthy households, and even go on a killing spree.

Li family.

Li Gongzhang watched a servant with a good eye climb down from the roof of the attic and asked quickly: "Did you see what happened?"

The servant's face turned pale and he said, "I saw it! Everyone in the Zhou family, whether male, female, old or young, master or servant, was captured by the thieves!"

Li Gongzhang's face turned pale after hearing this. He patted the pillar next to him and said, "It must be Zhou Baoliang who is reluctant to part with money and food this week, which made the thief turn against him."

The old housekeeper on the side said worriedly: "Master, will the leader of the thieves be angry with other big households?"

"I can't tell." Li Gongzhang frowned, his face full of worry.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door.

The servant guarding the gate came to report in a panic, "The master is in trouble, the thieves are here!"

"How many times have I said this? We need to call them rebels!" Li Gongzhang said sternly, "How many people are here?"

"Five."

"Why are you panicking about five people? The second housekeeper will welcome them to the main courtyard."

Soon, five Liu Sheng's soldiers came to the main courtyard, and the leader of the corps handed over several pieces of paper filled with words.

“The leader said that during the two grain levies, the Li family paid the most money and grain, setting an example among the large households in the county.

So let us bring this gift as a token of our gratitude.

In addition, as soon as the hour comes tomorrow morning (9 o'clock sharp), our rebel army will interrogate the Zhou and Zheng families at the county government office. We also ask the head of the Li family to go and watch. "

After the captain finished speaking, he turned around and left with a few soldiers.

Li Gongzhang looked at the pieces of paper in his hand, and his expression suddenly became ugly.

Because it was clearly the crime of his two nephews on this paper.

One nephew took a civilian girl as a concubine, and the other nephew secretly sent someone to beat his classmate until he was crippled!
Although Li Gongzhang didn't know about these two things, he didn't know much about the two nephews, and coupled with the conclusive confessions on paper, most of the things were true!
After being shocked and angry, Li Gongzhang immediately thought of what happened today when the rebels raided the Zhou and Zheng families, and the "public trial" that the corps leader had just mentioned.

Try to figure out the purpose of the rebel leader giving him these pieces of paper.

He felt that he was definitely not specifically thanking the Li family as the rebel commander said.

Most likely to knock on their house.

It was telling him that if he didn't hand over enough money and food, the rebels would not only raid the Li family just like they did to the Zhou and Zheng families today, but they would also discredit the Li family!

Thinking of this, Li Gongzhang immediately shouted: "Butler! Quick, organize people to transport another one thousand shi of grain, no, two thousand...three thousand, transport three thousand shi of grain to the county government!"

Just say... I, the Li family, are also willing to contribute to helping the hungry people. Please accept these three thousand stones of food from the rebels! "

The old housekeeper was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then he couldn't help but persuade: "Master, our family only has more than 5000 dan left to store food. How can we donate [-] dan?"

"Just do what I say!" Li Gongzhang said without any doubt, "If you don't do this, I'm afraid my family won't be able to save even one stone of food!"

The old housekeeper didn't dare to persuade him any more. He sighed and asked someone to transport food.

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