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  Chapter 81 079 [Dark Thieves] (addition for the penguin boss)

  The passenger ship goes down the Qianshan River to Hekou Town.

   It hasn’t snowed in the past few days, but the snow on both sides of the strait has not melted, and there is a vast expanse of whiteness between the sky and the earth.

  Fei Lin kept turning around and looking back, for fear that some government soldiers would come after him.

   "Don't be afraid, Uncle Lin," Zhao Han said with a smile, "The officials are busy putting out the fire, so how can they find manpower to chase me?"

  This matter was completely beyond Fei Lin's imagination, and when he looked at Zhao Han again, he was already full of fear.

  After thinking for a moment, Fei Lin sighed and said, "Brother Han, why is this so? At worst, wait another two or three years, and a new county magistrate will take office, and we'll go through the household registration process again."

  Zhao Han shook his head and said: "Three years ago, I would have endured it. Now that I am fifteen years old, how can I endure such suffocation?"

  Fifteen years old... When I was fifteen years old, I was still fooling around with the young master.

   Fei Lin complained in his heart, and asked, "Are you going back to E Lake?"

   "I won't go back," Zhao Han looked at the sky, "The world is so big, I have my own place to go."

  Zhao Han can hide back to Fei's house, many Jiangyang thieves are harbored by wealthy families, and the government dare not come to search for them.

   But why go back?

   It's a pity that Zhao Han met many people in Qianshan, laid the foundation for three or four years, and hadn't had time to develop further, so he had to choose to give up all of them at this moment.

   One day, he will be killed.

Zhao Han entered the cabin and took out a pen and paper, wrote several letters in succession, and handed them to Fei Lin, saying, "Uncle Lin, please forward these letters to my wife, miss, master, and my sister. Brother Chun, please help me pass the message, Let him study hard and study art."

   "I see." Fei Lin put away the letters, not knowing what to say.

   Zhao Han in front of him is too strange!

  A house slave, a scholar, transformed himself into a heroic figure, murdered and set fire to the county government and escaped unscathed.

  This only happens in romance novels.

  Zhao Han asked in a low voice: "These boatmen, can you trust them?"

  Fei Lin nodded and said: "Young Madam paid for it, it has nothing to do with the old man."

  Zhao Han said again: "Uncle Lin, when you arrive at Hekou Town, you can go back in another boat. These boatmen, take me all the way, and I will give them money."

   "It's not a problem," Fei Lin reminded, "You have to do it quickly, the **** has set up a cash gate in Henglin, so you don't want to be recognized by the sea arresting clerk."

   "Haha," Zhao Han laughed suddenly, "How can the county magistrate get along with the eunuch. By the time the government posts the sea arrest documents everywhere, I will have left Qianshan Mountain long ago."

   In less than half a day, the passenger ship arrived at the mouth of the river.

  Fei Lan was about to go ashore with his pack on his back. As soon as he stepped out of the cabin, his face turned pale with fright, and he exclaimed, "Where did this head come from?"

  Zhao Han quickly went out of the cabin to check, and saw a wooden pole erected on the pier at the mouth of the river, with the heads of Sun Xianzong and Sun Zhenzong hanging from the head of the pole.

   I guess it's unlucky. No ship is willing to dock at this pier.

Fei Lin immediately got off the boat to inquire, and ran back after a while and said: "Wang Heng, the tax supervisor, has already occupied Hekou Town, and his residence is located in the Zhejiang Guild Hall. The iron feet will join the eunuchs, Fei Huan has become the head of the family, and Li Dazhu has become the second head of the house. The Sun brothers were killed and Liwei was killed, and Zhang Tieniu's whereabouts are still unknown."

   "This **** is very skilled." Zhao Han couldn't help admiring him.

  Wang Heng, the tax supervisor, sits at the mouth of the river by himself, and sets up checkpoints in Henglin Town to control the west waterway, in Ehu Town to control the east waterway, in Shitang Town to control the south waterway, and in Shanglu Town to control the southeast waterway.

  The commercial route of the entire Qianshan County has been completely controlled by this dead eunuch!

  One year ago, when Wang Heng came to Qianshan to take office, he had only a few followers around him.

  Continue to hustle and bustle, and mess around for another two or three years, making Qianshan angry and resentful, Zhao Han will be able to come back and look for opportunities to make trouble.

  Fei Lin hired another boat to go to Ehu Town. Zhao Han gave several boatmen a tael of silver and told them to wait on the boat. When they were hungry, they asked Dingshenglou to deliver food.

   "Brother Han, will our boat stop here? Do you want to move it?" The boatman asked, pointing to the head on the pole.

  Zhao Han smiled and said, "It's okay, it's quite spacious here."

   After finishing speaking, Zhao Han went to Hanzhu Mountain with his spear in hand. Before leaving, he was going to have an interview with Pang Chunlai.

   The Chinese New Year is only a few days away, but unfortunately, there is no new year flavor this year.

  Qianshan gentry and foreign merchants were all searched and exploited by the eunuchs, so the losses were passed on to the workers and peasants.

  The iron feet will completely degenerate into a gang of thugs, the coolies on the docks will be squeezed, their wages will drop by an average of 30%, and there will be no social organizations to speak for them.

  The tenants are worrying about next year, and the landlords have asked to pay rent in advance, at least part of it in advance.

  This is not the most terrible thing, the tenants are afraid of being taken away!

  The land skin system in the late Ming Dynasty was not fully formed, and the landlord could break the contract and seize the tenant at any time.

  Every family is sad, every family sheds tears.

  Zhao Han came to Hanzhu Private School. As the year was approaching, the schoolchildren were going home one after another, and Pang Chunlai was reading alone.

   "Sir, I'm here." Zhao Han pushed the door open and entered.

   "Sit down." Pang Chunlai put down his book.

  Zhao Han rested the spear in his hand, sat down with a smile and said, "Master He Can, you didn't give me the account card after collecting the money, and even colluded with the history to arrest me and put me in prison."

  Pang Chunlai asked in surprise: "Why did such a big thing happen all of a sudden?"

Zhao Han didn't regard himself as an outsider, he took the teacher's tea and drank it, moistened his throat and said, "I can't get angry, I killed the master, I killed Dian Shi, I killed a few yamen servants, and I simply set fire to the county yamen. Burned."

  Pang Chunlai thought he had heard it wrong, and leaned his head to look at Zhao Han carefully, then he was dumbfounded and speechless.

   After a long time, Pang Chunlai regained his composure and asked, "Are you leaving Lead Mountain?"

   "Yes." Zhao Han nodded.

   "Where are you going?" Pang Chunlai asked again.

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "Ruijin is a good place, I'm going to learn how they rebelled."

  Reading the Tang newspaper can only know the important affairs of the court.

  Squat in a restaurant, but you can inquire about the news of the world.

   These days, Zhao Han made friends with various religions and learned a lot about Ruijin.

   At first, a peasant uprising broke out in southern Fujian, Fujian officers and soldiers went to suppress it, and farmers in western Fujian took the opportunity to revolt.

  After the civil unrest in southern Fujian subsided, the officers and soldiers marched to western Fujian again. The peasant army in western Fujian was no match for them, so they were forced to flee into the mountains in southern Jiangxi, where they set off a peasant movement.

  In the past few years, western Fujian and southern Jiangxi have become one.

  The officers and soldiers were completely powerless to suppress, and they couldn't beat them if they came too few. If there are too many, the rebel army will flee into the mountains, where can they be wiped out.

   Ruijin is more interesting. The peasant army here calls itself "Tian Bing".

   There are three leaders of the field soldiers. Their approach is not radical, and they did not directly attack the local tyrants to divide the fields. Instead, they forced the landlord to hand over 30% of the land and distributed it to the peasants who participated in the uprising, and asked the landlord to give the tenants permanent tenancy rights, and they were not allowed to seize and change the tenancy for generations.

  These field soldiers rushed into Ruijin County, forcing the county magistrate to stamp the land transfer documents.

  Tens of thousands of copies were stamped at one time. The poor magistrates, masters, and civil servants worked in shifts day and night. They could dream of holding a seal in their hands in their dreams, and couldn't help but smash their chopsticks on the table when eating.

   Immediately, the three leaders withdrew from the county seat, each occupying one side, and supporting each other.

  The government of Ruijin dare not go out of the city to collect taxes.

  Ruijin landlords dare not force farmers to pay rent.

  As a result, Ruijin County formed a strange and harmonious situation.

  The Southern Jiangxi General and the Ruijin County Magistrate jointly reported that the civil unrest had been quelled, and they were actually rewarded by the court. Even if the stipulated quota was not collected, it can be inferred that the peasant army destroyed too much, and the county magistrate took advantage of the chaos for nothing.

  The gentry and landlords in Ruijin saw that the peasant army did not kill people indiscriminately. Although it hurts to lose 30% of the land, they can only recognize it with their noses.

   I really dare not ask officers and soldiers to suppress it anymore. The banditry is like a comb, and the soldiers are like a grate.

  In the eyes of the landlords in Ruijin, the officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court to quell the chaos are more terrifying than those peasant troops!

  When Zhao Han heard these rumors in the restaurant, he just couldn't help but want to laugh. Many things in the late Ming Dynasty were simply ruinous.

   What the **** is it that the landlord and the peasant army guard against the imperial officers and soldiers together?

Pang Chunlai said: "Ruijin not only has three major field soldiers leaders, but also has reached a tacit understanding with the government, generals, and landlords. I am afraid that no one is willing to make trouble again. Even if you go to Ruijin, you can't get any bargains. Could it be that the tiger's body is shocked, three All the chiefs will serve you?"

Zhao Han explained: "The students just went to Ruijin to see the situation and get to know the three chiefs by the way. The real target is in Ji'an and Taihe counties. The fourth young master of the Fei family is now inspecting Jinggang, so he can take refuge in him first. If If you start an incident here, you can hide in the mountains (Jinggangshan area) if you retreat, and you can go south to take Ganzhou if you advance, and join the peasant army in southern Jiangxi and western Fujian."

  Pang Chunlai stood up suddenly: "I'll go with you!"

   "It's freezing cold, sir, it's not suitable for a long journey." Zhao Han quickly persuaded.

  Pang Chunlai said with a smile: "Compared with Liaodong, Jiangxi's winter is nothing. Don't look at me as an old teacher, but my gray hair is just an illusion. I am not yet fifty years old."

  Zhao Han knew that the teacher was very stubborn, so he didn't try to persuade him much, but asked, "Mister, have you thought it through?"

   "What else are you thinking about?" Pang Chunlai breathed out, "I have been in Hanzhu Mountain Lair for several years, and I have long wanted to change places. This place really makes me panic! When will I leave?"

   "Tonight." Zhao Han said.

  Pang Chunlai immediately sat down to write letters, one to the mountain chief Fei Yuanlu, one to his friend Zheng Zhongkui, and one to his student Xu Ying.

  Handing the three letters to a familiar tutor, Pang Chunlai took the money and left immediately, and also took out an iron sword and hung it on his waist.

  Zhao Han supported the teacher and walked straight to Hekou Town in the bitter cold wind through the unmelted snow.

  It was evening when they arrived, and the master and apprentice were not in a hurry, they went to Dingsheng Building to have a meal first.

While eating and drinking, Zhao Han called Fei Ze: "Brother Jiandan, I'm going on a long trip. When Ruhe comes, you can give him the manuscripts in my room, and he will decide whether to print "Ehu Xunkan" again." Make up your mind, after the price increase, the fourth phase should be able to make money."

   "Where is brother going?" Fizer asked.

  Zhao Han smiled and said nonsense: "As entrusted by the young lady, I went to her natal family in Jiujiang to do business."

   Fei Ze congratulated: "My brother is getting more and more respected by my wife."

   Chat for a while and fill your stomach.

  Zhao Han supported Pang Chunlai, went to the pier to board the boat in the dark, but saw a black shadow climbing the wooden pole.

   Pretending not to see it, continue walking towards the river.

  The two masters and apprentices quickly entered the cabin, and a boatman went ashore immediately and untied the rope tied to the shore.

  Black Shadow failed several times, and finally climbed to the top of the pole, drew the ax to cut off the rope, and took the heads of the Sun brothers.

   Just as the boatman finished untying the rope, Hei Ying rushed forward with his head in his hands, threatening in a low voice with an ax in his hand: "Take me to Henglin by boat, or I will kill you!"

   It is no coincidence that there is only one boat parked near the wooden pole where the head is hung.

   "Okay... good man, spare your life!" The boatman was so frightened that his whole body went limp.

   "Hurry up, hurry up!" Black Shadow urged again and again, and the boatmen dared not refuse to follow, and walked to the boat one after the other.

   This guy rushed into the cabin recklessly, holding an ax and growling: "Be honest, the Sa family is just taking a boat, don't force me... Eh, the little man is here too?"

  Zhao Han smiled and said: "Brother Tieniu, it's freezing outside, sit down and warm yourself by the fire."

  (end of this chapter)