Huang Zundao's money was not hidden secretly, he just dug a cellar in the backyard.
In the cellar, there is a large wooden box wrapped in brass skin.
Obviously to prevent theft, several large iron nails were driven through the bottom of the box and driven into the stone slabs on the ground, and the entire box was fixed.
In addition, the lid of the box was locked with six locks...
"Tieniu, smash it open!" Zhao Han ordered.
Zhang Tieniu did not dare to use the blade of the axe, so he just used the back of the ax to smash it. His arms were so weak from the smashing that he finally broke four locks, which made Zhao Han look forward to the treasure in the box even more.
"boom!"
The last lock was smashed, and Zhang Tieniu opened the lid of the box.
Zhao Han's expression was very exciting. He was stunned for a few seconds, and then suddenly cursed: "You idiot, you don't have much money hidden, and the box is quite bluffing."
Carrying a large scale and weighing it, there are only more than 2,700 taels.
One thousand taels of them were the bait thrown by Zhao Han!
No wonder Huang Zundao was so anxious that he didn't even care about spring plowing, so he forced the tenants to work quickly. The money Zhao Han casually threw out was already more than half of the Huang family's savings over generations.
A rich man living in a remote countryside really cannot have too much hope.
Although Huang Zundao opened an inn and several shops in the town, the customer flow was not large and he could not make much money in a year.
How much oil and water can we generate by exploiting farmers and tenants?
What's more, Huang Zundao also has a son who has moved to the county town. Because he can't afford the money for prostitution, he asked his wife to go home and get money to redeem him. This is another expense!
Mr. Huang's real property is land and his ancestral home!
This Huang family's ancestral home alone could not be built without a thousand taels of silver.
Alas, it's better than nothing. Datong Society's cash flow finally increased to more than 3,000 taels.
In the next few days, we will register the population and measure the land of the town.
Whether it's making rules or killing people to establish authority, the land must be divided up first.
Only after allocating the land can Zhao Han truly establish his authority!
…
During the land measurement period, news of the peasant riots in Huangjia Town quickly spread downstream of the Heshui River and upstream to the mountains.
Maotian Village and Yinkeng Village downstream are still just villages, not even towns.
In the Ming Dynasty, towns and villages did not belong to administrative units, there were no town mayors and village chiefs, and there was no subordinate relationship between the two.
The Lijia chiefs of the two villages were all frightened. While guarding against the peasant uprising, they sent people to report to the county officials.
Is reporting to the official useful?
The nearest guard station is Yongxin County, that is, Yongxin Guards Qianhu Station, which has no control over the affairs of Luling County.
It is governed by Luling County, with Guoji'an Fucheng attached.
"Your Majesty, the mob in Huangjia Town is causing chaos, and they are bewitched by Zhao Yan, a scholar from Jishui. Please make the decision for the people, arrest the wanted scholar Zhao Yan at sea, and send troops to suppress the troublemakers!"
There were two people standing in the hall, one was Huang Yu, the elder of the Huang clan in Luling, and the other was Huang Shunli, the youngest son of Huang Zundao.
The Huang family in Huangjia Town is just a branch of the Huang family in Luling!
Sun Yanghuai, the county magistrate, stroked his beard and said: "This county knows it, so we will inform the governor now. You can go back and wait slowly."
What power does the magistrate of Guofu City have?
You think everyone is Wang Yangming.
When Wang Yangming left Longchangyi, his first position was as the magistrate of Luling County. His term was only seven months, and all the big and small forces in the county were managed submissively.
As the magistrate of Luling County, Sun Yanghuai could only manage one street in the county government after taking office for two years.
Originally there were many father-in-laws and mothers-in-law, but suddenly a eunuch dropped in...
The next day, Xu Fusheng, the prefect of Ji'an, received a report from the magistrate of Luling.
Xu Fusheng was Xu Xiake's clan brother, and Xu Fusheng's son-in-law Wu Jimei was Xu Xiake's nephew.
But this guy was stupid and did nothing. Xu Xiake later traveled to Ji'an and preferred to stay in a stranger's house rather than bother this relative. Moreover, he also complained in "Xu Xiake's Travels" that Xu Fusheng was not responsible at all and should have personally
He was presiding over the year-end exams for the students, but suddenly the pigeons were released on the day of the exam. The entire scholar in Ji'an Prefecture was very disappointed.
"Just a small town?"
At this moment, Xu Fusheng received the news of the civil unrest, smiled and ignored it.
In Magistrate Xu’s view, if something goes wrong in a small town, does it deserve to be called civil riot?
The prefect had no soldiers, so he had to wait until things got serious before he could recruit local warriors and get money from the pockets of the gentry.
There are also thousands of households in Ji'an, but they can't be counted on, and the guardsmen are not as effective as the local warriors.
Zhao Han's occupation of Huangjia Town only stayed in Xu Fusheng's mind for a few seconds. The prefect slowly walked out of the gate of the government office, sat in a sedan chair, listened to music and watched the opera.
If you want the prefect to recruit troops to suppress it, please first occupy the entire Xuanhua Township!
…
The prefect of Ji'an is not in a hurry, but the tax supervisor of Ji'an is very anxious.
The news that the tax eunuch in Jinggang was killed and the banknotes were looted had already reached Ji'an Prefecture.
The Ji'an tax eunuch was furious, but he had no choice but to send people to Nanchang to report to the Jiangxi garrison eunuch.
The eunuchs guarding Jiangxi could not do anything...
Emperor Chongzhen, while reusing eunuchs, also took back many of their privileges.
Jiangxi garrison eunuchs are not qualified to mobilize troops without the support of the governor. Even if they have the support of the governor, they still have to communicate with the Third Division of Jiangxi. It will probably be next year until the process is completed.
Xie Xuelong, the governor of Jiangxi, is busy rebuilding Prince Teng's Pavilion. He doesn't care about anything else, especially the eunuchs!
In desperation, he had no choice but to send eunuchs again to Jinggang Town to collect taxes.
At the same time, Jinggang inspection officer Fei Ying Gong was wanted, and Wang Heng, the tax superintendent of Qianshan, was ordered to join forces with the magistrate of Qianshan to go to Fei's house to search for the key criminal.
Before the Qianshan government received the news, the Fei family had already learned the details.
Fei Yuanzhen urgently convened a meeting of clan elders, removed Fei Yinggon from the clan, and then gathered his slaves to prepare to fight against the government.
The Fei family is really pissed off. The county magistrate will not even think about collecting taxes this year!
…
But it was said that Fei Ruhe took Fei Chun all the way to Jinggang Town.
He caught a farmer and asked: "My dear, where is the Jinggang inspection office?"
The farmer pointed casually: "No one lives over there anymore."
"unoccupied?"
Fei Ruhe said confusedly: "Isn't Inspector Fei here?"
It was probably because the eunuchs were hated by people, so the peasants gloated: "Inspector Fei has done great things, and he has run away with the money a long time ago."
"Run away?" Fei Ruhe was a little dumbfounded.
The farmer said: "Inspector Fei killed the eunuch, robbed the banknotes, and ran away to who knows where."
The master and servant looked at each other.
Continuing to walk forward, Fei Chun said: "Master, let's rest in the town for the night and return to Qianshan tomorrow."
Fei Ruhe shook his head repeatedly: "I finally came out because I wanted to do big things. How can I go back without finding my fourth uncle?"
"Then where should we go? What should we do?" Fei Chun asked.
"Let me think about it again." Fei Ruhe scratched his head anxiously.
You're in a foreign land, you don't know anyone, what the hell can you do?
Staying at an inn in Jinggang Town, Fei Ruhe thought about it and suddenly had an idea: "Let's learn from the heroes in "Water Margin", hoe the strong and help the weak, rob the rich and help the poor, and draw swords to help when there is injustice on the road!"
Fei Chun didn't dare to object and just muttered: "Master, you are just trying to be a bandit."
Fei Ruhe was irritated and said depressedly: "Hey, stop talking and go fill your stomach first."
The master and servant came to the inn lobby, ordered wine and food, and lay on the table in a daze.
"Have you heard? The farmers in Huangjia Town rebelled!"
"Really? How can we do business then?"
"Don't delay doing business, the mob will only kill the landlords, and will not offend the merchants who come and go."
"That's impossible to say."
"Hey, I know about this. I was in Huangjia Town two days ago and had dinner with Mr. Zhao, who was the leader of the rebellion."
"Brother, come here quickly. I'll buy you today's wine."
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."
"Tell me quickly what happened."
"Then Mr. Zhao is a scholar of Jishui. His surname is Zhao. He is famously known as Zi."
"Zhao Zi said? This is an interesting name. It sounds like he comes from a scholarly family. Why did he lead the peasants to revolt?"
"Hey, they are all forced by the yellow officials in the town. This Mr. Zhao paid a thousand taels of silver..."
Zhao Zi said?
Fei Ruhe and Fei Chun looked at each other, feeling both happy and horrified.
Fei Chun murmured to himself: "Brother Han has indeed rebelled."
"Do you know he plans to rebel?" Fei Ruhe asked.
Fei Chun nodded and said: "Not only Brother Han wants to rebel, but Master Pang also wants to rebel. The two of them have been secretly planning last year."
"Poof!"
Fei Ruhe slammed the table. The sound was so loud that all the diners in the store turned to look at him.
"Ahem!"
Fei Ruhe coughed twice and said quickly: "That member Huang went too far to bully others."
The diners immediately agreed: "He just went too far and deceived Zhao Xiucai out of a thousand taels of silver."
After those people diverted their attention, Fei Ruhe complained in a low voice: "Sir and Zhao Han are doing such big things quietly without even telling me!"
Fei Chun asked: "Master, do you dare to rebel?"
"Yes...why don't you dare?" Fei Ruhe's tone weakened, and he was really a little scared.
Fei Chun advised: "Master, let's go home."
"I won't reply!"
Fei Ruhe gritted his teeth and said: "Let's change our names, follow him and try to rebel, and have a good time!"
Fei Chun looked bitter: "Master, why bother? You are not short of money."
Fei Ruhe said tangledly: "I just want to do big things. If I take the martial arts examination and become an official, I won't be able to do big things. Even if I can lead troops to fight, I still have to look at the face of the civil servants and be a grandson to the eunuchs. These are the fourth words.
Uncle said that, he will definitely not lie to me."
Fei Chun had no choice but to shut up.
Suddenly, someone outside the inn shouted: "The eunuch is here again!"
Everyone ran out of the inn, only to see a notice posted at the door. The main message was: The tax eunuch has rebuilt Jinggang Chaoguan and is now recruiting tax collectors and a number of tax pawns. Those who are interested will report to the inspection department's Yamen tomorrow.
Fei Ruhe's eyes suddenly lit up.
He took Fei Chun to inquire about the news. The eunuch only brought four people to his post, one of whom was guarding the ship by the river, and the other three lived with the eunuch in the inspection department.
These tax eunuchs did not have a staff under their command, so they had to recruit them temporarily. Even the four followers they brought were gangsters recruited from Luling County.
Fei Ruhe went to the river and bought a small boat from a fisherman at double the price.
He said to Fei Chun: "You stay on the boat and light the lantern at night. When I come, we will sail!"
"What is the young master going to do?" Fei Chun asked.
Fei Ruhe said with a smile: "Learn from my fourth uncle, kill eunuchs, and do great things!"
Fei Chun was shocked: "You are crazy!"
"The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan." Fei Ruhe said with a smile.
In fact, Fei Ruhe didn't know what his ambition was. He just hoped to do big things in a big way.
Let Fei Chun stay on the fishing boat, and Fei Ruhe went to inspect the Yamen with a sword and a bow.
"Puff puff puff puff!"
Fei Ruhe banged on the door frantically.
A eunuch's follower opened the door and said angrily: "The tax inspector just arrived today. I'm very tired from the journey. I want to join the team and come back tomorrow."
"I want to join the gang today!" Fei Chun kicked the man over.
Other followers came around one after another. Fei Chun did not draw his sword, but only used the scabbard to knock them down.
The eunuch came looking for the voice, happened to see this scene, and exclaimed: "What a strong man!"
Fei Ruhe clasped his fists and said: "Jiujiang Zhang Yaonian, meet the tax supervisor. I committed a murder in Jiujiang, and I am involved in a murder case. Do you dare to accept it, the tax supervisor?"
The eunuch was overjoyed and said: "Why don't you dare to take them away? It won't be a problem to kill ten or eight. From now on, stay with us and work hard!"
The eunuch felt that he had recruited a strong general and was not afraid of being slaughtered like his predecessor, so he immediately asked his followers to buy food and wine to entertain him.
If you say you are buying food and wine, it will definitely be free of charge.
Fei Ruhe ate and drank so much that he burst into tears of gratitude and volunteered to keep vigil for the eunuch.
That night, Fei Ruhe entered the room and chopped the eunuch with a knife.
This guy carried his head and ran straight to the river, jumped on the fishing boat and said: "Set the boat quickly, Huangjia Town is upstream!"
It was sheer unlucky for the newly appointed eunuch to meet a fool like Fei Ruhe. He didn't even try to steal a tael of silver, he just wanted to do big things for the heck of it, and his head was taken away for no reason.
The eunuch was hacked to death in his sleep. He probably woke up in the underworld. When he met the King of Hell, he didn't know how to explain the cause of his death.