The second time I went to the palace to meet the saint, I didn't waste much words.
The loan matter was successfully negotiated.
One million silver dollars, interest-free, with no time limit for return and no need to write an IOU, plus Xujiazhuang's taxes, grain, and silver this year, can be sent to the capital at the end of September and sent to Emperor Zhu Youjian's inner palace.
Zhu Youjian did not treat Li Jinniu unfairly, who helped facilitate the loan. He was promoted to the rank of Deputy Qianhu of Imperial Guards, given a hundred taels of silver, a set of unicorn uniforms, and a waist badge (which could be used as a certificate for entering the palace), and told him to keep up his efforts and keep an eye on him.
Every move in Xujiazhuang.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Li Jinniu knelt down and knelt down, very excited!
It's done. He has gained His Majesty's trust and importance. This time he made the right bet.
As for Xu Yuan of Xujiazhuang, he also received the honorary award of "the best righteous merchant in Jiangnan". He was granted the title of county uncle and was given a set of Feiyu uniforms. He hoped to call on businessmen all over the world to learn from Xu righteous merchants and actively donate food to the court.
Borrow silver.
"Qi thanked Your Majesty on behalf of my village owner!"
Qichunnian bowed his hand and appeared much calmer. Although he was handling a large project worth millions of silver dollars, he looked calm and smiled lightly. This demeanor alone made Zhu Youjian love talents.
But it seems impossible to hear that he keeps talking about "the owner of my village" and wants to win him over to serve the country.
…
Leave the palace.
Return to the hotel where you stayed.
Qichunnian immediately asked someone to take out a small radio station and ask the dispatcher to send a telegram to Xujiazhuang. The content was very brief: The loan was successfully negotiated and cooperation with the emperor had been established.
soon.
Xujiazhuang, nearly a thousand kilometers away, received the telegram and immediately called back: Got it.
Xujiazhuang, a secret conference room.
"The emperor has agreed to lend us money. From today on, we in Xujiazhuang are the emperor's creditors and are protected by the imperial power. Regardless of whether the emperor admits it or not, he already has the obligation to favor us, because he spent what we gave him.
Money." Xu Yuan, who was sitting on the chair, said.
"Master, we are protected by the imperial power, does that mean that if those government officials and tax collectors come to trouble us again tomorrow, we can officially fight back without worrying about any consequences?" Wu Dabao asked excitedly.
"Of course, we must not only fight back, but also fight back fiercely, decisively, and brutally, so that they will not dare to be greedy again! In addition, we must also verify the effectiveness of the imperial power's protection. We spend so much money, and of course we must see the results immediately.
We also need to let the emperor know that our money is not easy to spend." Xu Yuan nodded.
"It's been prepared for a long time, owner of the village. The brothers are holding their breath in their hearts. We will all attack tomorrow and kill those government officials and tax collectors!"
Zhao Yang stood up suddenly, his eyes full of red light and said.
Driven by the conspiracy of Xin County Magistrate, hundreds of government officials and tax collectors have organized themselves in the past few days, and hundreds of local gangsters have been called in to come to Xujiazhuang to demand the payment of taxes.
In the name of Xu Jiazhuang, he asked Xu Jiazhuang to spend 500,000 shi of grain and 1 million taels of silver, issued various threats and shouts, and even threatened to bulldoze Xu Jiazhuang. His attitude was very arrogant.
They tried to rush into Xujiazhuang, trying to beat, smash, rob, and burn them, and tried to make a big fortune with red eyes. However, they were blocked by the village guards and could not break through. This group of angry government officials and tax collectors went into chaos.
Scratch randomly and attack crazily.
After three consecutive days, 13 villagers were slightly injured and 1 villager was seriously injured.
However, Xu Yuan ordered that he could only defend but not fight back. He also ordered someone to hold a camera to take video evidence, so that he could not speak out and wait until the opportunity came before he could fight back.
This made the team members who were protecting the village very angry, but it was their bounden duty to obey orders. No matter how unbearable it was, they had to endure it and not harm the overall situation.
Now the time has finally arrived to start the counterattack. How can this not make Zhao Yang excited?
"Wait a moment."
Xu Yuan said to him: "To deal with those rotten fish and shrimps, there is no need to use muskets and grenades. Tomorrow you will lead the team members who protect the village, put on full protective gear, each person will take a thick wooden stick, and use melee combat to deal with them.
By the way, let’s train the bravery of the team members who protect the village.”
Xu Yuan knew that these weapons, such as muskets and sugar grenades, were too far ahead of their time. If the village guards were accustomed to using these weapons to deal with opponents, sooner or later they would become dependent on advanced weapons and lose some of their blood and courage. This was not a good thing, so it might as well
Practice with those government officials and tax collectors, and use melee combat to improve their bloodiness and courage.
"Okay! No problem, the brothers just have nowhere to release their strength. Tomorrow we will use wooden sticks to deal with them and break all their hands and feet!"
Zhao Yang squeezed his fist and made a clicking sound, with a cruel smile on his face.
…
The next morning.
Outside Xujiazhuang.
Hundreds of people, including government officials, tax collectors and local gangsters, surrounded the entrance of Xujiazhuang and began to shout:
"Xujiazhuang, please hand over the money and food quickly!"
"Resisting tax is a capital crime. You still dare to resist and won't let me in. Are you trying to rebel?"
"Stop resisting, hand over the food, money, and women. Maybe you can still live. If you continue to resist, everything will be turned into powder, and all men, women, and children will be executed!"
"That's right, if you don't pay the tax in full, you will all be killed when the imperial army arrives!"
"Oh, that little lady is pretty good. How about being my black-faced little wife?"
"Except for the beautiful lady, there is gold and silver everywhere in Xujiazhuang. As long as we can rush in, we will make a fortune!"
"Xujiazhuang will definitely die. If we charge again today, Xujiazhuang will rebel if he doesn't!"
greedy.
fanaticism.
The bloodthirsty atmosphere enveloped these hundreds of people again, making them full of motivation. Looking at Xujiazhuang in front of them, everyone was extremely greedy and eager, wishing to rush into the village immediately and wreak havoc madly.
"Brothers, Xujiazhuang has rebelled. The gold and silver treasures in the village are the evidence, and the fire guns and swords are the evidence. There is no need to hold back any more. Today we all tried our best to defeat Xujiazhuang in one go!"
At this time, the tax collector Chen Zushun, who was standing at the front of the crowd, raised his iron ruler and sounded the horn of charge.
Chen Zushun is tall and tall, with a black face and thick beard, a burly build, a loud voice like a gong, and full of evil aura. His eyes exude some kind of inhuman coldness and ferocity, which makes him feel very untouchable.
His nickname is Chen King of Hell. As a long-time tax collector, he is regarded as a tiger and a wolf by the people and is extremely feared. In Xinghua County over the years, dozens of people have been tortured to death by him, and at least hundreds of families have been tortured by him.
Forced to the point of destroying his family and destroying his family, his name as King of Hell has long been known to everyone, and he can even stop children from crying at night.
Because of this kind of deterrence, he became the leader of this team of hundreds of people, and he was full of confidence and guaranteed in front of Magistrate Xin that if he was given at most seven days, he would be able to defeat Xujiazhuang.
.
He just rushed for three consecutive days, and each time he personally went into battle, but he couldn't break through the human wall. He was pushed back every time, and he couldn't fight despite his strength.
He doesn't believe in this evil! As long as people are united and we try again, we will definitely make great achievements today!
"rush!"
"Run it for me!"
"Send all your strength to me!"
Chen Yanwang roared with a broken gong voice and rushed to the front. His face was as ferocious as a ghost. This ferocious face scared away many people.
Tread! Tread! Tread!
The sound of quite neat steps was heard.
Another straight line appeared ahead.
But this time, these opponents, who were wearing gray-green stab-proof clothing and helmets that protected their entire heads, not only still looked like full protection, but also had something different about them.
wooden stick.
Each person held a wooden stick in his hand that was as thick as a bowl and several feet long.
Instead of standing there and defending passively like a few days ago, he walked towards them, no, he rushed towards them!
Those thick and scary wooden sticks made King Chen a little frightened. "If you rebel, Xujiazhuang really rebels. Are they not afraid of killing everyone?"
"ah!"
The first shocking scream came.
A thick wooden stick was smashed down hard and hit a ruffian on the head. His head was blown open immediately, and he let out an earth-shattering cry.
"Ah, my arm!"
This crisp sound caused a government official's arm to break with a click, and he immediately fell to the ground and screamed.
"Puff!"
Another official was hit hard in the chest with a wooden stick, breaking many ribs and puncturing his lungs. He fell down spurting out blood.
Then there were people shouting, "Leg is broken," "Kill someone," "Xujiazhuang is really rebelling!", "Don't kill me!" and other screams.
The moment the two teams almost collided head-on, it became one-sided. The team members who were protecting the village in Xujiazhuang ate plenty of fish and meat every day, including milk and eggs. They also went through hard training ranging from half a year to several years. Early on,
All of them turned into muscular men, and no one was afraid of them in terms of strength. In addition, they attacked with anger and no mercy, and naturally beat the government servants, tax collectors, and ruffians, howling and screaming, and completely collapsed.
"Wait a minute, you can't do this!"
Chen Yanwang raised his hand and shouted quickly, the people in Xujiazhuang are too ungrateful. They didn't hold sticks in the past few days, but today they dare to use weapons. The rebellious intention is obvious. Is Xujiazhuang really not afraid of the court?
However, his shouting was in vain. Instead, a thick wooden stick fell on his raised hand, and with a click, his right hand was broken.
"ah!"
Chen Yanwang screamed miserably, and then another thick wooden stick fell near his left shoulder. He screamed again, and his left shoulder blade shattered. He immediately fell backwards on his back, but another thick wooden stick appeared in his sight.
It quickly enlarged and hit the middle of the forehead. There was a bang and something exploded. King Chen Hell seemed to see the shadows of the people who were driven to death by him, and then fell into endless darkness.
