Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 1026 Qing City
The so-called nest owner is a person who hides and sells stolen goods for the pirates. The pirates are at sea all year round. They have no time to operate on the shore, but the goods they obtain at sea need to be sold, and they need to obtain supplies on land, and even rest on land. , which requires a dedicated person to respond.

In fact, there is nothing surprising. The big salt lords buy and sell private salt. If they want to distribute it in the countryside, they have to rely on the local tyrants in the countryside. Just the name of the Lord.

Of course, the landlords who make a living by farming and textiles may not have the courage to do such a thing. Those who are capable landlords have some daring people in their hands, and local tyrants who are rampant in the local area.

Originally, there were no homeowners in Songjiang Mansion, or the biggest homeowner was the Xu family, and any legal or illegal activities could not be done without going through the Xu family.

After the Xu family was destroyed, Songjiang Mansion, which was originally impermeable, became leaky everywhere, and various forces emerged one after another. However, Sanjiang Commercial Bank and Nanjing Jinyiwei also stepped in, and it was difficult to make it bigger.

The big ones can’t afford to sit, and the small ones still have space. This Cao family is the best one. There are three brothers from the Cao family. They were originally the heads of a Zhuangzi in the Xu family. This Zhuangzi is close to the sea, and occasionally The pirates have something to do with it.

When the Xu family collapsed, the Cao family brothers searched out all the property in the village, and recruited dozens of Huyuan Xiangyong, who had nowhere to go after the Xu family was ruined, and contacted the old pirates in the past. So he started the act of the nest owner.

It's rare that they are familiar with the land, and they also know all the officials in the government office and county office, so they are handy in doing business for this kind of landlord.

After starting the business and colluding with the pirates, this power will expand accordingly. The ruffians and rascals from all over the Songjiang Mansion will come to seek refuge. This started the name and established a solid foundation.

Now the three brothers of the Cao family are much more useful than the county magistrate in speaking a word in the county seat. With a shout, about two hundred men can do it, and dozens of them are murdered.

Those who cheat, gamble and whore, and do all kinds of illegal activities in the city, who want to come here to make money, have to go to Cao's house to register and pay some money to stay.

After Wang Tong came to Songjiang Mansion, the Cao family knew who was big and who was young, and immediately settled down. However, the business they should do did not stop. According to the thinking of the Cao family, he, the Duke of Liao, came to Jiangnan to enjoy his blessings. , is here to supervise the opening of Songjiang port, big people do things for big people, and small people do business for small people, no one delays, it is difficult for a big person like the Duke of the State to care about dice shops and local prostitution dens Care about petty profits from pirates
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When the gate was knocked open, the Cao family didn't even have any precautions. The people in the yard panicked. The big families in the compound try not to touch them.

The high-walled compound is more lucrative, but the guards of the high-walled compound have siblings and weapons, and I don’t know what forces or important figures are involved behind it. , so whenever there is turmoil in the city, the big families are relatively safe, and the Cao family thinks the same way, but they also make their own village warriors prepare for training and use things to block the door.

But they didn't expect that Sha Dongning's method of breaking the door was the method used to break the village in the field. He used bundled rough wood to nail it on a cart to make a siege vertebra.

More than a dozen people worked together to push the siege pillar into the door. The door of Cao's house was blocked with wood in a hurry, and there was no way to stop it.

After bumping into it a few times, I heard screams from inside, and the "click" sound of broken wood, and the door was directly knocked open.

Xiongshi Botu, this is what Wang Tong has always taught the people below, even in small battles like suppressing thieves, you must show the cautious attitude of fighting with a large army.

This cautious attitude played a big role in the battle of breaking the door. When the door was hit, several shields had already been erected.

Sure enough, as soon as the door was knocked open, there were a few clanging sounds, and several arrows had already hit the shield. Wang Tong's personal guards cursed angrily, and rushed in directly using the shield as a cover.

The yard is not small, but it is not too big for the battlefield. After shooting an arrow, I saw a person rushing in with a shield. I was already panicked. As soon as the second arrow hit the bow, the opponent had already rushed to the front , being in a hurry is no longer accurate.

Those who are trained in the village yongtuan and the local rogues, there is no such thing as courage. Seeing Wang Tong's personal soldiers rushing in fiercely, they were already panicked.

Among these people, the archers were supposed to be able to stand behind and shoot arrows without fighting. When they saw the opponent rushing forward with spears and swords, a few of them dropped their bows and arrows and ran away.

When the battle in the Cao family compound was only face-to-face hand-to-hand combat with knives, guns, swords and halberds, everything became simpler. How could the rabble of the Cao family compare with the elites of all battles like Wang Tong's personal guard.

There was a lot of noise in the county town, and the common people were in fear, but when they heard the fighting outside, but it didn't affect their own homes, the fear in their hearts gradually turned into surprise.

On this day, the nest owners who colluded with pirates in the city, the gangsters who ran amok in the city, and the bastards who gathered to gamble and prostitute, were all wiped out.

This is the case inside the city, and it is also the same outside the city. The team composed of artillery and sailors on the gunboat, led by the local eyeliner, wiped out all the illegal activities outside the city. In addition, two temples were also destroyed. It's over.

Dozens of people were beheaded in the city, hundreds of people were arrested, and nearly two hundred people were also arrested in the Liao Kingdom's mansion. The prison of the county government could not hold so many prisoners, so they had to use the two temples that were wiped out. Arise, and keep the prisoner there.

When it was getting dark, someone announced along the street, saying that the people can go out. At this time, the people were afraid, but most of them were curious. There are those who are neighbors with treacherous people. Listen to the neighbors. They screamed and begged for mercy, and they didn't have the intention to help, but many secretly felt happy.

After going out, the neighbors inquired with each other, and they all knew that those who committed misconduct in the county had been arrested, and some villains were killed on the spot because of resistance, and they all felt quite happy.

Not only the common people feel happy, but even the gentry in the city feel good about it. There are those who do anything wrong, and some who are responsible for their families. The government not only ignores these people's nonsense inside and outside the city, but also cooperates with them. Although the small households suffer, the wealthy households and gentry suffer even more and suffer even more.

Since the collapse of the Xu family, Songjiang Mansion has no relatives of officials who are too decent. The most official level that can be greeted is the prefect's side. But these things benefit everyone in Songjiang Mansion, and no one will Take care of it seriously, and the result is that it has been delayed until now.

It is difficult to leave the homeland, and the gentry mainly rely on the local farms and clothing for a living. If they leave the local area, they will not be able to maintain their family business, and they cannot leave.

They didn't have much hope for Wang Tong's arrival. The Duke of Liao is a warrior and a god of killing. Just don't do more damage to everyone when he comes. They still count on him to appease the region.

Unexpectedly, the Duke of Liao really did it, using the method of thunder, that is, within a day, he wiped out all the ghosts and monsters inside and outside the city.

That’s not to mention, it’s really pleasing to the hearts of the people who are doing business in the city and outside the city. These people don’t know how to maintain the place, but they colluded with traitors and thieves to harm the common people. If the thieves below are caught, if these public servants are not arrested, sooner or later they will breed disasters.

After this incident, the 20-year peace inside and outside the county is not a big problem. However, although Liao Guogong is vigorous and resolute, he is an outsider after all, and some people are wrong.

For example, the two temples outside the city should have been arrested by mistake. The monks in those two temples never committed crimes. Let it go, otherwise, this disrespect to gods and Buddhas will also be harmful to the local government.

That night, the county magistrate, the county magistrate, and the two inspectors were released. Looking at the ashen faces of these officials, everyone can probably guess what happened.

Almost [-]% of those who do business are not guilty. This innocence means that there are many small mistakes, but they are not guilty of being arrested and interrogated.

That night the county government was brightly lit, and the magistrate tried the case overnight. Needless to say, those in the city who were involved in lawsuits involving human life, collusion between officials and bandits, and embezzlement of people's property, etc., were all convicted and sent to prison. There is a little bit of ambiguity, all the papers for the judgment have to be prepared that night, and the confession, drawing, and so on must also be prepared, and they will be sent to the Liao State Duke's mansion tomorrow.

Everyone knows that the official position can't be kept, but they must follow Liao Guogong's wishes, otherwise, even their lives may not be guaranteed, everyone knows this very well.

The next day, Wang Tong's letter was quickly sent to Songjiang Prefecture, and he briefly explained to the prefect of Songjiang what happened in Shanghai County. The letter said very clearly, if you don't do it to clean up Songjiang, then I will.

After seeing this, coupled with all kinds of news from there, the prefect of Songjiang was frightened from top to bottom, and all counties of Songjiang prefecture were also awe-inspiring, and began to purge and arrest people from top to bottom.

After September of the 16th year of Wanli, Songjiang Dazhi, there is no way to pick up lost things.
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