Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty One Organizations Have Combat Power
But it was said that Gongguan Street gradually became noisy. Within a few days, about thirty or forty wealthy families moved in temporarily. People with big cars and small boats moved all the most important belongings here, and the family members could bring
Those who could not be brought were kept in their original homes, or were temporarily sent to rural villages.
Almost all the houses on the street, either for rent or for sale, were robbed, and even a dilapidated shack by the ditch was rented.
Although for the rich, the quality of life has dropped sharply compared to living in their own mansions. But this is an extraordinary period, and compared with the threat of family ruin, this inconvenience is still tolerable.
With so many wealthy families gathered together, it was inevitable that some problems would arise. However, the imperial envoy had a noble status and was impatient to deal with trivial matters. So everyone publicly recommended Tang Guangde, Yuanwai Tang, as the temporary general manager, responsible for coordinating all affairs on the street.
After being taught face-to-face by Emperor Fang, the Tang officials were confident on the outside, but they also had their own rules and regulations to fully organize the servants of various wealthy families.
First, more than a dozen sentry points were set up in the direction of each street entrance, divided into three levels: far, middle and near. Once suspected minions of the eunuchs of the brigade were discovered, bamboo whistles were used as signals to quickly deliver the news in order to warn the streets.
Secondly, three patrol teams were formed to take turns on duty, responsible for patrolling the streets. When encountering an incident, first maintain order.
Third, we gathered all the big businessmen and jointly established a local convention, with a total of twenty articles, mainly focusing on unity, mutual love, and mutual assistance.
After some tidying up, Gongguan Street gradually became more orderly and peaceful.
Two flowers bloom, one on each branch. It is said that the eunuch Wang Jing amassed treasures in Suzhou. It was not an unorganized and undisciplined random search. The command and dispatch were also very particular.
He brought more than thirty people from the capital and recruited more than a hundred local rogues, with his godson Wang Chen as the general leader. The rest were set up like the official army, with five people in a group, and the person brought from the capital was the leader of the group.
There are thirty groups in total, and every fifth group is a small team.
In addition, forty local people were recruited to search for information about rich families and calligraphy and painting curios everywhere, so as to be targeted and know ourselves and our enemies!
Whenever valuable information is obtained, it is assigned to each team, and each team uses its initiative to blackmail the target in new ways.
With organization comes fighting power. After such arrangement, Wang Gonggong's team was extremely efficient and collected an astonishing amount of treasure in half a month. According to Wang Gonggong's rough estimate, the total value converted into silver is at least one hundred thousand taels.
But the prince is not satisfied yet, and even wants to speed up the progress. Because he has an idea. He plans to set off back to Beijing before the canal is frozen at the end of the year. In this case, he can reach the capital before the New Year.
It was the festive New Year, and he could take the opportunity to present his search results to the emperor as a holiday gift. This kind of good fortune would surely impress the emperor! Seeing the whole ship full of gold, silver, treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, the emperor also
Long Yan will be delighted, and Wang Jing will be able to achieve great success!
Therefore, although the results have been brilliant recently, the prince and his father-in-law are no longer hypocritical towards their subordinates, scolding and scolding them at every turn. As a result, all the minions dare not relax at all, and they intensify their efforts.
However, it was said that among the prince's minions, there was a team leader named Kong Er, who was originally from the capital. This time he followed the prince south and was considered a relatively trusted person.
When he arrived in Suzhou, Kong Er worked very hard and gained a lot of money. His private pocket was several times richer than before. He also grabbed a pretty little maid to warm the banquet, and his life was as happy as a god.
But in the past two days, something strange caught Kong Er's attention. Among the seven or eight large households he was responsible for recently, the owners of two large households disappeared overnight, leaving only the door locked. Even if
After breaking down the door, there was only an empty yard and a pile of worthless household items.
After inquiring through his informants, he found that both of the two big families had moved to Gongguan Street inside Changmen to hide. This made Kong Er very surprised. It would be understandable if these two families fled to unknown places in the countryside, but
What does it mean to run to Changmen Gongguan Street?
The boss Wang Gonggong and Wang Qianhu were very tight on the extortion business. The task was very heavy, and Kong Er did not dare to relax. So he immediately sent one of his men named Tian Xiang to go to Gongguan Street with three or five local villains.
Recover money.
After receiving the order, Tian Xiang went happily. Half an hour later, Tian Xiang appeared on Gongguan Street with several of his men.
At this time, I heard a local man say "Hey" and said in surprise: "Brother, I have passed by this place all year round. In the past, there were not many people, but I didn't expect it to become so lively today!"
Tian Xiang was not interested in the changes on the street. He glanced back and forth, looking for his target. As luck would have it, he didn't take a few steps before he found one of his targets - Mr. Qin, who originally lived in Xiatang, standing outside.
Under a willow tree ahead.
Tian Xiang stepped forward quickly, grabbed Yuan Qin, and shouted viciously: "You old thief! I came to visit you kindly, but no one was there. How did you get here?"
Qin Yuanwai took courage and said disdainfully: "Who are you, a cat or a dog? I am wherever I like. Do I need to report it to you?"
"This old man is looking for death!" Tian Xiang's men shouted and threatened.
The movement here attracted the attention of the people around. Now nine out of ten people on this street are here to avoid trouble. Seeing this scene, I can't help but feel the same hatred and hatred.
Dozens of people including the master and servants gathered together and unknowingly surrounded Tian Xiang and others. When Tian Xiang finished scolding Yuan Qin, he found that he had been surrounded by a group of people with evil looks.
Even though Tian Xiang and others were so fierce, they were a little timid in the face of dozens of people. They couldn't help shouting: "We are here on the orders of the imperial eunuch, who dares to stop me!"
Then amidst roars of laughter, several eunuchs pushed their way through the crowd and left quickly in a panic.
Returning to his residence, Tian Xiang reported what he saw today to the squad leader Kong Er. When Kong Er heard the news, he also felt that there was something wrong in it, so he quickly reported it to Wang Chen, the godson of Eunuch Wang Jing.
When Wang Chen heard this, he was very surprised and asked: "Those who love money and cherish life, do they have the courage to gather together to fight against the imperial eunuchs? Or do they consciously gather near the mansion and have people support them?"
This Wang Chen followed his godfather south and was domineering all the way. He was a man who was accustomed to being arrogant. Now that he was in charge of his affairs, there was no way he could tolerate any signs of resistance. The next day, Wang Chen gathered dozens of people and personally led the team to Gongguan Street.
Find out.
Wang Chen and his men walked along the street in a mighty manner, and the passers-by looked at them side by side. They were very eye-catching. Before they reached the place, they heard the sound of a sharp bamboo whistle from somewhere, and several more long and short echoes.
But here on Gongguan Street, when they heard the sound of the alarm, someone shouted, "There may be a large number of eunuchs and minions coming!"
Suddenly, one or two hundred people poured out from various doorways and rushed towards the mansion gate as planned. As expected, Commissioner Fang lived up to expectations. At this time, the mansion doorway was wide open, completely open to everyone.
Suddenly someone in the crowd rushed to the front, turned around, and said loudly: "Listen to me, everyone, there are only dozens of eunuchs coming to attack. If we deal with it alone, we will not be able to win.
But now that dozens of families are here, why should we be afraid of them when we work together? They are only a few dozen people, and most of them are locals. We are two or three times as many as them, but we are running away in a panic. It is a joke to the public.
If you go out, why do you still have the face to be in Suzhou Mansion!"
Someone else shouted: "Now we have the Imperial Envoy's Mansion as our rear, but it's better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself. We can't rely on the Imperial Envoy Master! Now the nobles can go to the Imperial Envoy's residence for a while, but why don't we, the servants, join forces and fight hard?"
, in the name of loyalty? If things don’t work out, it’s not too late to turn around!”
Every household has been forced into this situation by the eunuchs' minions. It's impossible not to hold back your breath. Now that I heard a few words of encouragement, after thinking about it, I think it makes sense.
Now that we have a large number of people gathered here, it is rare to have cohesion. More importantly, we have the support of the Imperial Envoy's Mansion. Why can't we fight with the eunuch's minions? Beat him to pieces, and at least he can get a bad breath!
So a hundred or dozens of people turned around, sharing the same hatred of the enemy and united to face the eunuchs and their minions. They happened to meet a group of royal ministers from thousands of households in the middle of the street.
When Wang Chen saw the large number of people on the opposite side, he was very surprised and shouted sternly: "I have been ordered to do something. Who dares to stop me? You guys are looking for death!"
Someone in the crowd here shouted: "Kill the eunuchs and minions, and let the gentlemen make the decision. What do we have to fear!" Immediately, the crowd rushed towards Wang Chen and his party.
Most of Wang Chen's subordinates are scoundrels in the market, the most cunning ones. They usually bully the weak and fear the strong. Now that they see the overwhelming numbers of people on the other side, they soften a little. But on the other side, there is a sense of a last-ditch fight, and the momentum is extremely threatening!
After a few rounds of fighting, the eunuchs' minions were defeated and fled in all directions. Some of the slower ones were surrounded and beaten, and it looked like they would not survive.
The leader of the team, the royal guard Qianhu Wangchen, also received several severe blows, kicks, and sticks, and his hat was lost. Fortunately, several close followers tried their best to protect him and rushed out of the circle. They looked at the way to escape outside the city gate in a panic.
Seeing the tyrannical eunuch's claws and claws bursting like bubbles, being chased around in such a state of embarrassment, some of the people who took action couldn't help but shout. Within a few moments, the entire Gongguan Street was filled with cheers one after another.
The imperial envoy Fang Yingwu lay on the wall and watched this explosive drama from beginning to end. He sighed repeatedly in his heart. Sure enough, if there is an organization, there is fighting power. He secretly instructed Tang Guangde to make preliminary arrangements for this group of people, but his efforts were not in vain.
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How could these people dare to take action against the eunuchs' minions before? Today, it is not only the large number of people who are emboldened, but also organizational factors.
A group of scattered rabble, as long as they can be reorganized and organized a little, have some spiritual support, and understand why they are fighting, they can explode into exponential combat effectiveness.
