Han ride

Chapter 189
"That's very good." Li Xin nodded, looked around, and said: "As for you people, some deserve to die, and some don't deserve to die. It's just that you are different from others. Did you take the initiative to attack me? Therefore, the death penalty is fine, but all the family property is not needed. The fields are still yours, but the land that was exploited from the common people must be returned to others, and now the north is dry and there is a lack of food. This time I want to Passing through Shandong, when the time comes, your food will also be regarded as disaster relief, and this is also doing things for the court, I don’t know what you think?"

How could these gentry be unwilling to hear this, and they all nodded with mournful faces. Even Zhou Daodeng smashed his teeth and looked at his stomach, silently watching Li Xin order his subordinates, almost emptying the Zhou family's granary, but there was nothing he could do about it. .

"My lord, I'm afraid the big boats are not enough." By noon the next day, in addition to the food distributed to the people, there were actually more than a million stones. Li Xin ordered everyone to load the big boats and prepare to go to the sea toward Shandong. go.It's a pity that Zhang Wu came to tell him that the big boat was not enough when it was half loaded.

"Why are there not enough big boats?" Li Xin frowned, glanced at the crowd, his eyes lit up, and pointed to the gentry and said: "These rich people don't have a boat, and they will conscript their boats and let them Follow us to the north and help the imperial court to relieve the disaster." Zhang Wu was very happy to hear that, thinking that the most important thing for a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River is a large ship.

These gentry listened to it as if they were dead mothers. They pulled their faces and watched the big ships leaving their docks, but there was nothing they could do.They knew that Li Xin's borrowing of boats was Liu Bei's borrowing of Jingzhou.Now the loss of one's own family can be described as going bankrupt.But at this moment, the life of the other party is in the hands of the other party, so what chance do you have to resist?Even if it is the nearest garrison, it will take time for those who are able to come here. Those who are not capable are because their chief officer is still in the hands of the opponent, and more importantly, even Ge Lao Zhou Daodeng's life is in the hands of the opponent. How dare to deploy troops!He could only watch helplessly as his family's property was carried onto the big ship by those untouchables.

"Mr. Ge, this matter can't be left as it is. We must go to the Son of Heaven and deal with this person severely." After busying all these things until the afternoon of the next day, Li Xin finally sailed northward by boat, They disappeared on the Wusongkou pier, while Zhou Daodeng and others were thrown on the pier with angry expressions on their faces.Looking at it like that, I wish I could tear Li Xin into pieces.

"If you don't take this revenge, you won't be a human being." Zhou Daodeng was trembling all over, his gray beard was tangled up there, he had lost face in the past two days, not only his concubine was robbed, but even his own property was robbed. If you don't keep it, of course the most important thing is your own face.The majestic Ge Lao was actually bullied by a prostitute. This was simply the most humiliating and embarrassing moment in Zhou Daodeng's life.

"Yes, write to the Son of Heaven. Please the Son of Heaven send troops to destroy the bandit Li Xin." Someone in the crowd quarreled and said loudly: "We jointly wrote to the Son of Heaven to gather the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River. Li Xin ravaged the south of the Yangtze River and slaughtered countless gentry. People should be hacked into pieces, how can they be allowed to go unpunished.”

"Yes, jointly sign the letter." Zhou Daodeng clenched his fist with his withered right hand.Although once this matter spread, Zhou Daodeng's reputation would be ruined, but his hatred for Li Xin made him care less about it.He must kill Li Xin in order to avenge today's revenge.

"Mr. Ge, I seem to have seen Zhang Cai, one of Lou Dong's two pictures, on the boat just now." A gentry said quietly.

"Hmph, I said that Li Xin is just a sinner in the north. How could he travel across the south of the Yangtze River and know the details of us. It turned out that Zhang Cai was in it." Zhou Daodeng said coldly: "This person is also a criminal. It is a shame for a scholar to become a thief for the sake of money. It is really a waste to read the books of sages and sages, and he is still an official appointed by the court. Put the reason for this on Zhang Cai.

"Yes, yes." Many gentry also nodded.This time I suffered a big loss, although I was lucky enough to save my life, but when I think of my homeland being made into such a mess by these pirates, and those untouchables have taken away my fields and food.Countless thoughts suddenly flashed in my mind, and I must retake the land and food in the future.

"The old man still needs to write in Shandong." Zhou Daodeng's eyes flickered with madness, and he clenched his fists and said, "Aren't they going to pass through Shandong? It just so happened that we asked the imperial court to set up an ambush in Shandong, and we must kill Li in Shandong." letter."

"Yes, yes, and that Zhang Cai." Everyone spoke out one after another, their words were full of vicious words, and they wished to scold Zhang Cai to death in their own words.

"Of course I can't run away from this despicable villain." Zhou Daodeng said coldly.For today's revenge, not only did he not find the problem from himself, but he put all the responsibility on Li Xin, and even people related to Li Xin were the targets of his venting.

Sure enough, the next day, a flying cavalry set off from Wusong, and what it carried on it was Zhou Daodeng's own handwriting, as well as the joint names of all the gentry in Wusong. People in Jiangnan who have been criticized by Li Xin are invited to jointly sign a letter to participate in Li Xin's performance.Not only will Li Xin be dismissed from office, but more importantly, the imperial court will be asked to send heavy troops to attack Li Xin again.The above exaggerated Li Xin's crimes without limit, and all kinds of unwarranted crimes were placed on Li Xin's head. Anyway, Li Xin was described as a person who committed all kinds of evil, as if if there was Li Xin in the world, the Ming Dynasty would perish.

As for Li Xin, he didn't know this. He stood at the bow and looked at the nearly thousand ships behind him, with a smug expression on his face.This time I came to Jiangnan, not only rescued Dong Xiaowan and saved my reputation, but also I didn't expect to get so much food and grass, this was a surprise.

"Hmph, now you're proud." At this moment, Zhang Cai's cold snort came from behind.

Li Xin looked back and saw that his face was a little pale. Although he was from the south of the Yangtze River and the big ship was sailing close to the coast, he was a frail scholar after all. After getting on the boat, he also felt a little seasick.As for Dong Xiaowan and the women, they are even worse, they are still resting in the cabin!On the other hand, Gu Sanmazi and the others, who lived at sea all the year round, seemed to be alive and well.

"Why did you say that, sir?" Li Xin said with a smile.

"After today, the story of Zhang Cai being a thief will be reported all over the world." Zhang Cai sighed, his reputation spread all over the south of the Yangtze River, and these gentry in Wujiang must know him.When he got on the boat from Wujiang just now, he followed Li Xin out for a walk, and he didn't pay attention to it at first, but when he thought about it now, he realized Li Xin's calculations, and he was extremely annoyed.

"Hey, this, so much grain and grass, if it is transported to the north and sold, it will cost a lot of money!" On the other hand, Gu Sanmazi said triumphantly, he still has the original appearance at this moment, he is covered in silk and satin, It doesn't look like a pirate at all, but a nouveau riche, not only him, but also the pirates around him, all of them are wearing silk and satin, as if they have never seen it before, let Li Xin and others deeply For contempt.

"Sell it? Don't sell it?" Li Xin shook his head, pointed at Gu Sanmazi and said, "Old Gu, haven't you earned enough money these days? Don't play with these food and grass ideas."

"Okay." Although Gu Sanmazi didn't know what Li Xin needed the food and grass for, he grinned behind his back when he thought of what he had gained in the past few days.

"Hmph, he needs to use these grains and grasses to win the hearts of the people." Zhang Cai glanced at Li Xin coldly, and said disdainfully: "Shandong is in chaos, the people are in dire straits, and there must be a lack of food. Those rich and powerful families are fine, but those ordinary people He wants to use these grains to buy people's hearts, otherwise, why would he plunder so much grain." Zhang Cai saw Li Xin's plan at a glance, that is, to use these grains to buy the whole The hearts of the people in Shandong.Regardless of whether the food was enough or not, but it was finally given, and the hearts of the people naturally came to Li Xin.

"Ahem, sir, good advice, sir." Li Xin nodded awkwardly.He is also helpless, his identity determines that he will definitely fight against the court in the future, and according to the development of history, Jiannu will go south to seize the country, which Li Xin cannot allow, so he must fight for the world, but he is He is a traitor to the imperial court, and these literati and bureaucrats will never admit it, so he can only find a way from the ordinary people. Since he can't grasp the hearts of the gentry, he can grasp the hearts of the common people. The popularity of these people is equivalent to mastering countless sources of soldiers.As long as there are elite soldiers in hand, how can they care about these gentry?The so-called scholarly rebellion will fail in ten years.A gentry without the support of the people cannot succeed.

"Hmph." Seeing Li Xin's confession, Zhang Cai couldn't help snorting again, but sighed in his heart. Although Li Xin was suspected of buying people's hearts, he finally took action, but what about the court!Not only Shaanxi and Henan, but now even Shandong is in the midst of corruption, but no grain is sent to the disaster area. If everyone in the world is like Li Xin, trying to buy people's hearts, I really don't know what the world will be like.

"Mr. Zhang, no matter what my purpose is, my behavior and my actions are still countless!" Li Xin sneered and said: "Look at Zhou Daodeng, who had so much money and food at home, but didn't know how to help the victims. A table of meals may require dozens of taels, but hundreds of taels. A table of meals can live countless people. This is the person who was once a scholar of the imperial court. Hehe, it should be what they do, but now It takes me, a rebel, to do it. Isn't that ironic?"

(End of this chapter)