Han ride

Chapter 186 Extravagant Zhou Mansion
Upstairs in Wujiang City, a few soldiers were walking up and down the city wall. Although it was Wujiang and hadn't been in a war for many years, it still looked like it had to be done.It's just that today everyone didn't take this matter to heart. The old man took concubines, and the whole city was mobilized. The direction of the Zhou Mansion was brightly lit, and people could see it clearly from the city wall. There were bursts of laughter, It made these people even less interested in patrolling.

"Hey! Someone is coming." A soldier suddenly looked at the dark place outside the city.

"It seems to be a war horse. Where are the cavalry?" Another soldier also sensed something was wrong, with a look of wariness on his face.

"You are too timid, what is this place, this is Wujiang, where are there any thieves." A soldier next to him joked.

"It looks like someone from the Zhou Mansion." A soldier could vaguely see that the clothes seemed to be those of the guards of the Zhou Mansion in the light of the fire, and patted his head fiercely and said, "In the evening, Zhou Xiongzhou's guards from the Zhou Mansion went to Qingyi The manor is gone, it won't be this time to come back!"

"It's possible, just ask first." The soldier next to him made a trumpet with his hands and asked loudly: "Who is under the city? The city gate has been closed, please enter the city tomorrow."

"Fart, the master is taking concubines, don't we have to wait until tomorrow to get in?" There were bursts of cursing from downstairs, and a thick voice came, saying: "We are here on business at the master's order, and we are late. Can you bear the matter of the master? Open the city gate for me." At this moment, a black shadow was thrown towards the tower.

"It's the Token of the Zhou Mansion." There was only a soft sound, but a token landed on the tower, these soldiers saw it clearly, seeing that it was the Token of the Zhou Mansion, they immediately hesitated.

"Open or not." A group of people suddenly hesitated. If you open the city gate, you may violate the law of the court, but if you don't open the city gate, you will offend the people of the Zhou family. The bully, it is said that Zhou Xiong in the Zhou mansion is a ruthless character, and some people will suffer after being offended.

Under the city, Gu Sanmazi showed a hint of anxiety on his face, and said to Li Xin: "General, will they open the city gate?" In the past, the Fran cannons were used to blow up the city gate in battles, and it has never been like today. No wonder Gu Sanmazi was a little worried.

"Don't worry, it may not work in other places, but in Wujiang, Zhou Daodeng's words are like an imperial decree, and it will definitely work." Li Xin casually said to the left and right: "Shout loudly, make loud noise." Several people with Wujiang accent.

"If you don't open the city gate, are you courting death?"

"Open the city gate for Lao Tzu."

In an instant, a few ferocious voices came, which were extremely revealing in the night sky, adding a bit of ferocity.

"Let's go! Let's go!" Finally a soldier waved his hand and said, "Who else obeys the current court laws! Here the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and Mr. Zhou Ge is the emperor. Bad luck. Let's drive!" Everyone nodded after hearing this.

After half a sound, the city gate was slowly opened with the sound of toothache.A dozen or so soldiers could still be seen standing there, obviously waiting for everyone.

"Are there any soldiers on the top of the city?" Someone asked softly in the darkness.

"No more." Gu Sanmazi's eyes were dark and bright, and his pupils were extremely bright under the firelight. He looked up at the tower, then shook his head and said.

"Very good." Li Xin nodded and said, "In this way, this Wujiang City belongs to us." Li Xin's mouth showed a hint of ferocity.

"Then rush up now?" Gu Sanmazi rubbed his hands excitedly.

"Gu Sanmazi, remember that you are not ordinary bandits, you will not attack until we control the Zhou Mansion." Li Xin said coldly: "The most important thing is that it doesn't matter if you burn, kill, or rob, but you are not allowed To attack the poor people, and to attack those gentry with a good reputation, you must know which is good and which is bad in Wujiang City. If I find someone stretching out their hands indiscriminately tomorrow, don’t blame me for not being sympathetic.” He took out a piece of paper from his arms and stuffed it in Gu Sanmazi's arms.

"General, this is?" Gu Sanmazi looked at the names above.

"You can move these people and rob them of food, grass and property. The rest of the gentry can't move at all." Li Xin said coldly: "I still want to come to this place. If you move other people, next time you come At that time, no one welcomed me. The property you robbed is usually kept for me, and I want to distribute it to the poor people in Wujiang, you know?"

"This?" Gu Sanmazi suddenly thought of something, patted his chest and said: "General, don't worry, I, Gu Sanmazi, also came from a bitter background, but the general wants to distribute these grains to the poor people, so I will just obey. All these years That's how I, Gu Sanmazi, came."

"Okay. I also took a fancy to you, so I let you do this." Li Xin nodded, and said: "If you control them, let the large troops come. I will go to the Zhou Mansion to meet Zhou Daodeng. "

"Yes." Gu Sanmazi was completely convinced to Li Xin this time, looking at him, he opened the city gate with just a few words, and he didn't take any precautions.

"Let's go." Li Xin didn't care about Gu Sanmazi's thoughts, he saw his legs clamping the horse, and rushed into the city gate, ignoring the soldiers on one side. The poor soldiers hadn't reacted yet. , I quickly felt a chill on my neck, and then I saw the cold light shining.A few muffled groans, several headless corpses fell to the ground, followed by nearly a thousand sea bandits rushed in and took control of the city gate.

"Zhou Daodeng, I would like to see what kind of role the prime minister in the late Ming Dynasty was." Li Xin rode his horse and killed Zhou Daodeng's mansion.Although Li Xin had never been to Wujiang, Zhou Daodeng's mansion was easy to find. It was brightly lit and bustling.

"Go, send someone to block the back." Li Xin signaled to Zhang Wu, Zhang Wu nodded, and led a dozen soldiers to fumble towards the back door of the Zhou Mansion.

"Which family do you belong to? Why did you come here now?" Zhou Mansion occupies a very large area. The road in front of a pair of big lions is almost as wide as a square. Li Xin's dozens of war horses are standing there. It looks extremely generous.Although the gatekeeper of the Zhou Mansion was also a person with some discernment, he was always arrogant. His old man had once been the chief assistant of the cabinet, and he himself had become a seventh-rank official. He is from a big family, but no matter how noble he is, he is not as noble as his own master!
"Xuanfu Muzi believes in offering 5000 taels of silver." Li Xin jumped off his horse, took out a silver note from his pocket, and handed it to the other party.The servant's eyes lit up when he heard that. 5000 taels is not an ordinary number. In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, this 5000 taels was not something that ordinary people could afford.

"It's a Shanxi ticket number." The servant was not a simple person, and when he opened the silver ticket and saw that it was a Shanxi ticket number, the smile on his face suddenly widened a bit.

"Can we go in?" Li Xin glanced around and said disdainfully.

"This?" The servant secretly took a look behind Li Xin, and saw that there were dozens of people behind him, and his face suddenly showed embarrassment.If Li Xin brought one or two people in, it would be fine, but now he brought so many people in, he was a little embarrassed.

"You guys stay here for the time being! Brother Gu, let's go in together!" Li Xin chuckled, with a sneer on his face, even if he went in by himself, it doesn't matter, could the officials inside be me opponent?Li Xin shook his head, then led Gu Sanmazi inside.

"Mr. Mu presented a congratulatory gift of 5000 taels of silver." Seeing that Li Xin was just two people entering, the servant immediately beamed with joy, and sang Li Xin's name loudly.

"General, it's really big!" The two of them entered Zhou's mansion, and what they faced was a screen wall, which was extremely huge. On the screen wall was written the life of the owner Zhou Daodeng, showing Zhou Daodeng's identity.This screen wall is dozens of steps away from the gate.

"That's natural. After all, he is a person who has served as the chief assistant." Li Xin said lightly, and the two of them walked around the screen wall, and their eyes lit up in an instant. There were dozens of tables in the courtyard, hundreds of people from Wu Jiang Officials and gentry came here one after another, even if these people knew that Zhou Daodeng was taking this opportunity to make money, so what?Isn't it just a name anyway?There will be opportunities to fish out in the future.

"The wine and meat of Zhumen stinks, the bones are frozen to death on the road!" Li Xin came from outside the pass to the south of the Yangtze River. He did not know how many things he saw along the way. Yes, but when you go to the south of the Yangtze River, or in other words, the closer you get to the south, the more prosperous it will be.

Smelling the scent of wine from the banquet, Li Xin shook his head even more.At this time, the earth has entered the Little Ice Age, and the temperature changes have reduced the grain production of the Ming Dynasty. The famine made the Ming Dynasty worse, and the grain has already constituted a threat to the court.The peasant uprisings one after another have repeatedly conquered and suppressed, but there is no way to do it. Isn't it because of the food in the final analysis?However, under such a shortage of grain, Jiangnan still uses grain to make wine, which has to be said to be a great irony.

"Let's go, let's find a place to sit." Li Xin chose a seat and sat down. He glanced at the dishes on the table and shook his head even more. Braised lion head, Yangtze River carp, Nanshan bear's paw, stir-fried beauty Tongue and so on, as long as you can find it on the market, you can find it here. Made of sparrow's tongue, such a plate probably requires hundreds of sparrows. Now, with so many tables in the courtyard, how many sparrows need to be killed?As for bear paws and the like, they are even more extraordinary.Li Xin calculated carefully, such a table might cost hundreds of taels of silver, and it would take ordinary people decades to earn back this table of food, but here, it is just a dish on the table. .

(End of this chapter)