"Sister, has the county magistrate not returned to the office yet?"
"I went back to the office last night and only slept for two hours. I went out again early in the morning."
"If the county minister comes back again, please let me know."
"Don't worry, young master, I remember everything."
After watching the maid leave, Zhao Han helped the little girl sit up and drink the medicine after the medicine soup on the table was no longer hot.
It has been a day and two nights since I was admitted to the county government office, and my sister's condition has been good and bad. Sometimes her body temperature has barely come down, and sometimes her fever is extremely severe. I don't know when I will recover.
However, the medicine was almost gone, and Zhao Han was short of money.
Fei Yinghuan and Wang Yongshi seemed to have completely forgotten about Zhao Han. This is normal. Who would take two fleeing children seriously?
By the afternoon, Magistrate Wang had not returned to the county office, so Zhao Han finally couldn't wait any longer.
He went to the maid and said, "Sister, I'm going out for a trip. Could you please help take care of my little sister?"
The maid was dedicated to taking care of Wang Zhixian's daily life. The master was not at home, so she had nothing to do. Zhao Han had a sweet mouth and offered bribes with a hairpin, so the maid simply agreed to help.
Carrying the spear and going out, Zhao Han picked up Fei Yinghuan's tiger skin and inquired about the situation at the county office. In the end, no one could tell where the county magistrate was.
Zhao Han had no choice but to leave the county government office and ask all the way to find a pawnshop.
“Dong dong dong dong dong dong!!!”
Suddenly, bursts of bells were heard from the direction of the bell tower, and the officials in the county ran to the city gates one after another.
When Zhao Han was wondering, he saw Wang Yongshi, Fei Yinghuan, Wei Jianxiong and others also running over from a distance, followed by several low-level military attachés.
"County Honor..."
Zhao Han planned to come forward to talk, but was pushed away by the official, and everyone headed towards the north gate.
Something big happened!
…
Wang Yongshi used thunderbolt tactics to confiscate the houses of the biggest powerful men in the city.
He also joined forces with the magistrate Lu County, who had little real power, and used coercion and counter-pressure to sit in charge of the land tiger Li Li. He spent a day taking control of the three classes and six rooms of the county government. Then, he convened a meeting with the big households in the city to force the grain merchants to lower the price of rice, semi-forcing the gentry.
They donated money and food.
All these methods can be said to be very clever, and a warehouse can be opened to help the hungry people tomorrow.
At this moment, a deputy inspector appeared injured and brought news of the uprising by the victims.
The Inspection Department of Yangliuqing Town is equivalent to the Yangliuqing Town Police Station. Although the post office (post office) of the town was moved to Tianjin, the police station remained and was surrounded and attacked by the peasant team.
After being dismembered on the spot during the Jiupin inspection, the deputy inspector narrowly escaped death. He jumped into the river in a panic and ran away, then made a long circuit to the county seat to report the news.
Climbing to the north tower, Wang Yongshi looked around and saw no trace of the peasant army.
Deputy Inspector Zhang Fen said: "Your Excellency, at this moment, the mob is probably looting Duliu Town."
Duliu Town, located between Jinghai County and Yangliuqing Town, is also a large town that grew up due to water transportation.
From a military point of view, Duliu Town is more important than Yangliuqing Town. Nanyun River, Ziya River and Daqing River merge into one here. This is the origin of the name "Duliu" town.
"Da da da da!"
Suddenly a horse came from the north. It was Song Chunming, the director of the Duliu Town Police Station, riding alone to the county town to report the news.
Why is he the only one?
Because the police station only had one horse, the director rode away directly!
Rushing to the bottom of the city, Song Chunming shouted: "I am Song Chunming, the patrol inspector of Duliu Town. I have urgent military information to report. Let me enter the city quickly!"
The king's servant ordered: "Hang him up."
Song Chunming didn't even want his mount, and relied on a willow basket to reach the tower. He said in a panic: "Your Majesty, the hungry people have revolted, and Duliu Town is gone!"
Wang Yongshi asked calmly: "How many people are there?"
"Thousands and tens of thousands." Song Chunming said.
Fei Yinghuan frowned and interjected: "Is it a few thousand or tens of thousands?"
Song Chunming said: "It can range from a few thousand to tens of thousands."
Wang Yongshi suppressed his anger and asked, "Where are your people?"
Song Chunming said: "They are all gone. Either they were killed or they became thieves."
Zhang Fen, the deputy inspector of Yangliuqing Town, said angrily: "I have traveled more than twenty miles to come here, and Inspector Song has just arrived now by riding a horse for ten miles?"
Song Chunming was furious and asked: "Then why didn't you go to Duliu Town to report the news first, so that I could be prepared and not be caught off guard by the thieves!"
Zhang Fen also said angrily: "You still have the nerve to say that when I arrived at the Inspection Department of Duliu Town, there was no one there, and the Inspection Department's yamen was empty. Where did you and your subordinates go fooling around?"
"I...I took people to the countryside to hunt for thieves." Song Chunming said hesitantly.
Zhang Fen said sarcastically: "Searching for thefts? I'm afraid they are bringing people into the village to prey on the villagers under the guise of arresting thefts!"
"You are so slanderous!" Song Chunming's neck turned red.
The deputy director of a township police station and the director of a township police station started arguing in front of the county magistrate.
"Shut up!"
Wang Yongshi couldn't stand listening anymore, so he put an end to the quarrel between the two and said to Fei Yinghuan: "Brother Dazhao, the thieves have robbed Duliu Town today and are afraid they will come to the county town tomorrow. Help me defend the city.
I will lend you an extra ten taels of silver for travel expenses."
"Ten taels? At least one hundred taels!" Fei Yinghuan bargained.
These two guys were so excited that they were actually in the mood to joke.
At this moment, the county magistrate Lu Hui and the chief secretary Li Xing came over and asked in panic: "But the rebels are coming to kill?"
Wang Yongshi did not give a direct answer, but showed joy on his face: "Master Li, you came at the right time!"
"Why is it the right time?" Li Xing was confused.
Wang Yongshi said with a smile on his face: "This county would like to ask Director Li for a favor."
Li Xing felt something was wrong and subconsciously asked: "What are you doing?"
"I'll lend you my head!"
Before he finished speaking, Wang Yongshi suddenly turned around, reached out and pulled out the sword from Fei Yinghuan's waist.
The sword flashed, blood spattered, and the chief clerk, Li Xing, fell to the ground and twitched, clutching his neck.
This Wang Zhixian is actually very good at swordsmanship!
Everyone was shocked, and the two police station chiefs who were guilty were so frightened that they knelt down on the ground.
The county magistrate Lu Hui was surprised and said: "Why is the county magistrate like this?"
Wang Yongshi said: "This beast has been entrenched in Jinghai for many years and has committed countless evil deeds. Now there are riots and bandits in the county. It is all caused by his officials forcing the people to rebel. Someone came, took this guy's head and went out of the city to appease the victims outside the city.
, Let’s calm down the people’s anger first. The county government, county schools, Confucian temples, academies, and tribute courtyards should all be set aside to accommodate the people and disaster victims outside the city. No one should be left outside the city before dawn tomorrow!”
Outside the city, there were a large number of people living in Guo, as well as countless victims fleeing the famine.
If these people are not allowed to enter the city and wait for the peasant army to attack the city, all these people will probably be trapped, and the number of enemies will increase exponentially by then.
Wang Yongshi then said: "President Lu County, go and summon the big households in the city and ask them to immediately provide food to help the people. We let the people in. If we don't let them eat well, we are afraid that there will be chaos in the city."
Since someone was holding him back, Lu Hui calmed down, cupped his fists and said, "I'm going to go now."
Wang Yongshi continued to issue orders: "Chen Dianshi (county police chief), you are responsible for public security in the city. Inspector Huang, Inspector Song, and Inspector Zhang, the three of you will assist Chen Dianshi in recruiting rural warriors in the city. Before dawn, I will
We want a thousand volunteers!"
"Yes!" The four of them accepted the order.
Wang Yongshi then said: "The county government has three teams and six rooms, each performing its own duties. Prepare military pay, food, and weapons. If you can't find swords, guns, swords, and halberds, use kitchen knives and sticks. Collect gold juice, vegetable oil, bricks, stones, and rolling wood.
This county will use it to defend the city tomorrow!"
After all the instructions were given, suddenly the guards from the North City Gate came to report: "Your Majesty, there is a young master who wants to see you. He is said to be the junior of the County Majesty."
"Where did this junior come from? Send him away!" Wang Yongshi said impatiently.
The guard reminded: "He said he had a plan to defeat the enemy."
Wang Yongshi sneered and thought for a while: "Bring him here for questioning."
The news that the rebels were about to attack the county seat had spread in the streets and alleys. Apparently many officials did not know what secrecy meant.
Even Zhao Han, who was walking on the street, heard about this incident and bravely came forward to offer his advice.
It's just a suggestion, it's not something you do yourself. If it succeeds, won't you make money?
Zhao Han was taken to the city tower. Wang Yongshi felt something familiar and quickly remembered that this was the child he had placed in the county government office.
"After your old friend?" Wang Yongshi asked Fei Yinghuan.
Fei Yinghuan felt that it was interesting and said vaguely: "That's right."
Zhao Han cupped his hands and said, "Greetings to the county magistrate."
Wang Yongshi asked directly: "At such a young age, what strategies can you come up with to defeat the enemy?"
Zhao Han asked back: "How many people are there in the riot?"
Wang Yongshi replied: "Thousands and tens of thousands."
Zhao Han asked again: "How many armors, swords, bows and arrows do these tens of thousands of people have?"
Wang Yongshi said: "The hungry people rebelled and did not rob the armory. What armor and weapons can we have?"
Zhao Han asked again: "Where are the rebels now?"
Wang Yongshi said: "We are plundering Duliu Town ten miles away."
Zhao Hanfu asked: "It will be dark in a while. Will the rebels come to attack the county overnight?"
Wang Yongshi said: "Absolutely not. I will definitely rest in Duliu Town tonight, and tomorrow..." At this point, Wang Yongshi suddenly looked ecstatic and laughed, "Haha, what a good plan, the consequences will be terrifying. Quickly send Chen
Dian Shi called back and immediately recruited five hundred warriors with a lot of money to make more torches and kill pigs to make rice. I will personally lead the army to attack at night! Brother Wei, you immediately ride on horseback and go to Duliu Town to inquire about the military situation."
"It's a small matter, take care of it on me!" Wei Jianxiong said with a smile.
Wang Yongshi turned around and asked Zhao Han: "You have made great contributions, what reward do you want?"
Zhao Han bowed his hands and said, "My little sister is seriously ill and has no money to buy medicine. I hope the county minister will lend a helping hand."
"This is easy to hear, hahahahaha!" Wang Yongshi laughed heartily and felt extremely comfortable.
(I don’t dare to publish on time anymore, for fear of problems. I’m going out soon, so I’ll publish the chapter at eight o’clock in advance.)