Blood from Daming

Chapter 126
Xue Yun and the magistrate waited in the courtyard of Zhang Wangcai for more than half an hour. The Ming army soldiers and yamen servants who went in had roughly cleaned up, and everyone flocked Xue Yun and the magistrate into the courtyard. Xue Yun and the magistrate saw that the courtyard was full of ruins. Everything that could be burned was burned, except for the charred corpses piled up in the corner, and the large pile of gold and silver placed in the middle of the yard, half of which were melted and formed into gold and silver pieces of different sizes.

The magistrate looked at the gold and silver, and Xue Yun said, "It's very inconvenient to put this garbage here. How about our two families take half of it and throw it away, magistrate?"

The county magistrate saw that there were 10,000+ taels of gold and silver piled up in the yard. Now that the members of the Xue family want to share the wealth with him, it is nothing more than to gag his mouth and admit Zhang Wangcai’s crimes of teaching bandits, for the sake of money I just let him say what Xue Jiaai said, so the magistrate expressed his agreement to Xue Yun.

Xue Yun and the county magistrate came to the outside of the bunker, and Zuo Ming came to report to Xue Yun: "The young master got information from those traitors who actively attacked our Ming army officers and soldiers, and captured more than 100 fish who did not live in the bunker. People, all detained in the village’s Dabazi.”

Xue Yun and the county magistrate went to the village's Dabazi together: "Are there any criminals in Zuo Ming who resisted particularly fiercely?"

Zuo Ming: "Half of them resisted to varying degrees, especially the family members who resisted very fiercely. Most of the officers and soldiers were injured."

Xue Yun: "Master Zhang's Village is a den of bandits for many years. Almost everyone is a thief and everyone is a robber. These relatives have also become their accomplices."

County magistrate: "General Xue, the folk customs in Shandong have always been strong, and Mahu has been linked to thieves from time to time. This time, I will definitely punish the crime strictly."

Xue Yun and the county magistrate quickly handled the case of Zhang Wangcai and the White Lotus Sect in Zhangjia Village. All the evidence and evidence were collected. Xue Yun just asked the magistrate for more than 30 fugitives who participated in the killing of soldiers in the Beijing camp in the Cangzhou battle, and agreed. In the case of the White Lotus Sect, to the county magistrate, the magistrate would of course pat his chest with joy and make the case of the bandits of the White Lotus Sect in Zhangjia Village an iron case.

It was already the fourth day of the first lunar month in the fifth year of Tianqi when Xue Yun returned to Cangzhou. Shopkeeper Chen’s ten grain ships were still docked beside the canal. Not long after Xue Yun entered Xue Er’s barracks, shopkeeper Chen came to visit Xue Yun in the barracks. The tent hadn't been set up yet, and shopkeeper Chen came in a hurry, so the two went to Xue Er's tent to talk. Shopkeeper Chen sent Xue Yun a lot of various gifts from Jiangnan.

Only Xue Yun, Xue Er, and Shopkeeper Chen were sitting in the tent. Xue Yun said, "Shopkeeper Chen and these thieves are all targeting my Xue family's territory in Zhili. I hope this military incident will cause you trouble. It will affect our business relationship."

Shopkeeper Chen has seen the strength of the Xue family, and the regret of being surrounded by thieves has already flown to the sky. Now he thinks about grasping the big tree of Xue Yun to make the business bigger and more profitable.

Shopkeeper Chen: "Of course there are risks in doing business. At that time, General Xue Er gave his life to save me, and I was very grateful. Later, General Xue rushed thousands of miles to rescue me. It’s not worth mentioning.”

Xue Yun: "Shopkeeper Chen can understand us in this way, and we are also very pleased. How is the deal between the second uncle and shopkeeper Chen?"

Xue Er: "Ten shipments of food have been negotiated. Xue Zhuang's Beihuo shopkeeper Chen wants to ask for more. We have to wait until Chu Qi to find someone to move the goods to Xue Zhuang."

Xue Yun: "I don't bring many goods back to Beijing this time, but you, Xue and Chen have a good relationship, and the price will be given to you at the most favorable price."

Shopkeeper Chen: "Thank you, General Xue, but I heard that the general has a lot of groceries, can you sell some to my Chen family?"

Xue Yun heard shopkeeper Chen's idea of ​​taking those thieves' trophies, Xue Yun thought for a while and said to shopkeeper Chen: "Okay, shopkeeper Chen, you can go and see it alone, and you can tell my second uncle what you think, and you can set the price yourself." That's it, it's just that these things are somewhat taboo, as long as you don't worry about trouble."

Shopkeeper Chen was overjoyed: "General Xue, don't worry, my Chen family has some connections in these matters, and there will be no trouble. As for the price, I dare not owe the general, it must be higher than the discounts for others to buy sundries."

Xue Yun: "Shopkeeper Chen is really a cheerful person, I like it."

Xue Er accompanied shopkeeper Chen to the tent where the supplies were piled up in the military camp to see the goods. Xue Yun just lay down and rested for a while, probably because he was too tired and fell asleep not long after, and it was already dinner time when he was shaken awake by Wang Erwa , Wang Erwa told Xue Yun that the shopkeeper Chen had been waiting for him.

Xue Yun got up and saw that there was no one in the tent. Wang Erwa said that she was waiting in Xue Yun's tent. Xue Yun complained why Wang Erwa didn't wake him up earlier. for a while."

Xue Yun arrived at his tent in a few steps, shopkeeper Chen rushed forward to greet him, Xue Yun sat on his seat, and then realized that his belly was growling, looking at Xue Er, shopkeeper Chen said: "Have you eaten yet? "

Xue Er and shopkeeper Chen shook their heads. Xue Yun saw that they were still waiting for him to eat, so he ordered his subordinates to bring dinner. After a while, four dishes and a pot of wine were placed in front of each person, and each small table was placed A small stove hot pot, Xue Yun sees four dishes are: mutton slices, horse meat strips, horse meat balls, cabbage gang, after seeing the dishes, Xue Yun looks embarrassed, thinking that you, Xue Er, have nothing to eat by yourself, but entertaining guests Just very shabby.

Shopkeeper Chen saw that Xue Yun was embarrassed and quickly said, "General Xue, eating on the stove in your barracks is a good thing, and you will do the same when you go back. If you eat in winter, you won't be afraid that the dishes will be cold."

Xue Yun: "The shopkeeper Chen's barracks are shabby, you just eat some."

Shopkeeper Chen: "General Xue is doing very well. I just want to practice life in the barracks."

Xue Yun and the three chatted while eating, Xue Yun asked shopkeeper Chen: "Are you satisfied with shopkeeper Chen's groceries?"

Shopkeeper Chen: "I'm very satisfied with those goods, I just want to discuss with the general if I can let go of some goods."

Xue Yun raised his head and looked at Xue Er. Xue Er said, "The shopkeeper Chen is looking at northern goods that are suitable for sale in the south, and he wants to give up about [-] silver."

Xue Yun: "That's what shopkeeper Chen has decided. I'll give you the goods, and you can use grain and southern goods to pay the bill."

Shopkeeper Chen: "General Xue, thank you very much. The underworld usually buys and sells these goods at a price of [-]%, and I will pay [-]% to buy these goods."

Xue Yun: "Shopkeeper Chen, you are at a disadvantage, aren't you?"

Shopkeeper Chen: "The general won't suffer a loss. The profit is still much cheaper than normal northern goods. It just needs to take some risks, but I hope the general can leave this kind of goods to me for sale in the future."

Xue Yun: "Shopkeeper Chen is completely fine."

Xue Yun had a happy conversation with shopkeeper Chen, and shopkeeper Chen asked Xue Yun to send a servant to deliver daily necessities to his niece, and Xue Yun readily agreed.

After the shopkeeper Chen left, Xue Yun and Xue Er counted the results of the battle against the thieves: in the battle on the canal and river beach, more than 500 people were killed, and more than 600 people were killed by Lu Yaojin, a total of more than 4000 people , in addition to weapons and armor, the main thing is to get 32 horses.Xue Er's Department lost [-] people, and the Datong Army lost [-] people. Xue Zhuangzhuang Ding finally participated in the battle with only wounded soldiers.

Xue Yun subsequently carried out bloodbaths at Ma Dashan in Majiaji in Dongchang, Zhang Wangcai in Zhangjiacun in Dezhou, and Lin Musen in Linjiashibao in Cangzhou. A total of more than 2000 people including family members, relatives, and subordinates of the enemy were killed, and gold and silver were seized in the three places. Nearly 30 taels of silver, a batch of jewelry, mules, horses, cattle and sheep, silk cloth, mountain fur and other sundries.Eleven people were killed by Xue Er's troops, and seven people were killed by the Datong Army.

Xue Yun and Xue Er's team was arranged according to two horses per person, and a hundred thousand silver was reserved for military expenses and a batch of supplies. He also told Xue Er what he had said to Xue Wu. Xue Er agreed with it very much, and immediately proposed to leave Xue Aoren's Xuejiazhai moved to Hejian Mansion to establish a stable base there, so as not to be rejected by Xue Aoren's subordinates.

Xue Yun: "The grain road from Cangzhou to Xuezhuang is the lifeline of our Xue family's economy. It is not appropriate for the second uncle to stay away from Cangzhou. We are just planning for a rainy day."

Xue Er: "Young Master, if you want to achieve great things, you can't occupy a place by yourself. Now our army's camp is backed by Xuejiazhai, east of Cangzhou, and south of Shandong. Only the Hejian Mansion in the west is relatively relaxed and can be contacted. The poles in Henan come out of Luoyang and Kaifeng, which is a battleground for military strategists."

Xue Yun: "Second Uncle, you split up with Fifth Brother. Some of them enter Hejian Mansion or even the border of Henan. It is best to change their appearance and appear as thieves, bandits, and poles. The identities of Second Uncle and Fifth Brother are too sensitive. The leaders can be Liu Dazhuang and Zuo Ming. The key to finding a group of people is that the loyalty of the people in the past must be high, and the two of you often have to go over and keep an eye on those people, lest in the future, the cat will take the steamer and do the dog's work in vain."

(End of this chapter)