Being quarreled by Ma Liang immediately aroused the resonance of many people onlookers, because the people living in Majiazhai, as long as they are not the minions of the Ma family, will be bullied by some of the Ma family, so the capital is all talking.
They shouted: "Kill them, take revenge, take revenge."
The men and women of the Ma family were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their whole bodies trembled. Many of them knelt on the ground and kowtowed like chickens pecking at rice. They kept shouting: "Master Bing, fellow villagers, we are just servants, just servants."
Man, I haven’t done anything bad.”
Although this momentum is good, if it is not controlled, the situation may get out of control. Liu Botao hurriedly stood on the steps of Ma's mansion and shouted: "Fellows, folks, be quiet, be quiet."
,Listen to me, listen to me——"
The soldiers also shouted together, and Ma Liang also helped. Finally, the people stopped shouting and looked at Liu Botao.
Liu Botao then said: "Folks, we are a merchant army, specializing in rooting out the strong and evil, and protecting the country and the people. Bullies like the Ma family will not take it lightly when they see one. But killing them like this is too much."
Cheaper them, and
There are also more than a dozen nearby villages, each of which has been harmed by the Ma family. Therefore, we decided to hold a public trial of the Ma family in a few days. We gathered everyone together to seek revenge for those who had grievances and to redress their grievances for those who had grievances. Folks
Say okay."
After hearing this, the common people immediately burst into cheers. Liu Botao then said: "If your family members have been captured by the Ma family, as long as you can identify the person clearly, you can take them away today, but you must
One by one, don’t make a mess, okay?”
Immediately, the crowd of common people shouted again, and the order was back to normal. The shouting of beating and killing just now was a bit of a boo, but it was the most important thing to bring back the relatives captured by the Ma family.
Yes, the Ma family not only robbed many young women, but also arrested many men who could not afford to pay taxes or repay loan sharks. The common people recognized them one by one, and after registering with the merchant army, they were released home
.
On the other hand, the Ma family's personnel statistics and property inventory are also being carried out simultaneously. The Ma family is a large family. Even without supervising staff, the family has seven to eight hundred people, most of whom are men.
They are all relatives of the Ma family, but because of Ma Liang, who is familiar with the inside story of the Ma family,
People in the Ma family who have status or often appear in public, such as the Ma family's family members, housekeepers, accountants, followers, teachers, village bosses, Qingke, and even the fat chef in the kitchen
Basically everyone knows each other, so it saves a lot of trouble for the merchant army.
The entire statistical work was carried out until the afternoon. A total of 67 people were released, including 23 men and 44 women.
At this time, Luo Yuanbin also took the captured Ma Heqiang and led two battalions of soldiers to station in Majiazhai. When the people of Majiazhai saw the normally arrogant Ma Heqiang with disheveled hair, he was tied up and escorted into Majiazhai.
, another high dynasty was immediately established. Moreover, many people who were still wary of the Ma family were relieved a lot at this time.
Luo Yuanbin also reiterated the principles and slogans of the merchant army to the people. The content was similar to what Liu Botao said. In a few days, a public trial meeting would be held to publicly try the Ma family's evil deeds.
After the two armies merged, the people captured by both sides were combined and imprisoned together. There were 1,200 people captured and 13 people, including 907 men and 375 women. Males Among them, 526 were villagers. In addition to Ma Heqiang, Ma Yong and his son, there were 23 relatives of the Ma family who were closely related to each other.
However, in several rooms in the back hall, more than ten women were found hanging themselves to death. After checking their identities, they were all the wives and concubines of Ma Heqiang, Ma Meng, Ma Yong, Ma Sheng and others, as well as several others. She was a woman from the Ma clan, but after inspection, she had not been violated in any way. According to the confession of Mrs. Ma Heqiang's personal maid, Mrs. Ma was afraid of being raped, so she hanged herself with her three daughters-in-law, and several other women. The reasons for suicide are also similar. Therefore, Luo Yuanbin did not pursue further.
A lot of supplies were obtained from the Ma family. There were more than 83,000 taels of silver in total, more than 1,500 taels of gold, more than 400 pieces of gold, silver, jade, porcelain, utensils and jewelry, more than 200 pieces of silk, and 740 pieces of brocade. There are more than 7,000 shi of rice, more than 3,000 shi of grains, more than 1,000 shi of flour, 137 horses, more than 300 large livestock such as donkeys, mules and cattle, and more than 600 small pigs and sheep. In addition, more than 52,000 taels of silver, more than 2,000 taels of gold, fifty-seven horses, etc. were also seized in Haiyan County. Overall, not only did it not take much effort to break Majiazhai this time, but it also gained a lot. Feng, can be regarded as a successful military operation.
Luo Yuanbin and Liu Botao were also very happy. They detained the captured persons separately, registered and sealed their property and materials separately, and then wrote to Shang Yi to report their victory. They waited for Shang Yi to arrive and hold a public trial.
However, in the following days, Luo Yuanbin and Liu Botao were not idle. On the one hand, they were searching for the non-staff members of the Ma family in Majia Village, that is, they did not live in the Ma family's mansion, but they were also messing around under the Ma family's hands. On the other hand, they also went to the seventeen villages controlled by the Ma family to publicize the achievements of the merchant army in destroying the Majia village, capturing Ma Heqiang and Ma Yong, and killing Ma Meng, and captured them in these villages. Comrades of the Ma family here.
In these aspects, Ma Liang provided a lot of help to the merchant army. The list of Ma family members was basically provided by Ma Liang, although there was inevitably some selfishness in it, such as someone who had fought and quarreled with Ma Liang in the past. Ma Liang's mouth has become the Ma family's bastard, but most of it is accurate. This also proves once again that a fortress is most easily divided from within.
In fact, in terms of helping the merchant army, Ma Liang and his father Ma Laosi had a major disagreement, because Ma Laosi was an honest man, timid and fearful, and had the same sex as a Chinese farmer. He thought that it would be enough to save his daughter-in-law. , it is better to keep less control over the affairs of Shangjun and the Ma family, and to be kind and kind. Why bring the Ma family to death, and offend many other people, there is no guarantee that the Ma family will not make a comeback, of course Shangjun is here It's okay, but what if the merchant army leaves? Is it difficult to not be afraid of others' revenge? Therefore, Ma Liang's performance was not so positive in these two days.
However, at this time, Luo Yuanbin and others believed that Ma Liang was what Shang Yi said and could be taken care of. Therefore, they all paid close attention to Ma Liang's performance and immediately noticed something was wrong, so they sent Li Dingguo, who had the best relationship with Ma Liang. Do Ma Liang's work.
Ma Liang trusted Li Dingguo very much and explained his father's concerns in detail. After hearing this, Li Dingguo couldn't help but laugh. At the same time, he had to admire Shang Yi, because in a similar situation, Shang Yi had already
It was expected. We need to prevent people from being timid and unwilling to get into trouble. Therefore, we must be careful, patient, timely discovery and timely persuasion in mass work. After all, Shang Yi has the rich experience of his predecessors in mobilizing the masses for revolution.
However, Li Dingguo's persuasion work was also very simple. He only asked Ma Liang three questions, and did not say whether the Merchant Army would stay in Majiazhai for a long time. But is it too late for you, Ma Liang, to stop now? He has helped the Merchant Army in the past.
Are those things over? If the Ma family comes back, will they let your family go?
Although Ma Liang had never read anything, he was not stupid. He was very dissatisfied with his father's words, but he couldn't think of a reason to refute his father, and he was in awe of his father, so he had to
He restrained himself somewhat. Now after listening to Li Dingguo’s words,
He immediately realized that he had no other choice but to follow the Merchant Army wholeheartedly. After he went back and told Ma Laosi what Li Dingguo had said, Ma Laosi also fell silent.
There was no such thing as telling Ma Liang to give up.
After passing the father level, Ma Liang has more purchasing power. In fact, he originally wanted to help the merchant army. On the one hand, the merchant army helped him rescue his wife who was occupied by the Ma family. On the other hand, it was also because in the past two days,
Ma Liang became the spokesperson of the Merchant Army with his classics, and his net worth immediately increased a lot. The people of Majiazhai respected him no matter who they were, which greatly satisfied Ma Liang's vanity. After all, he also
Just a young man in his early twenties.
Under the leadership of Ma Liang, two more people who had deep enemies with the Ma family also joined the camp to help the merchant army. Therefore, in just a few days, many non-staff members of the Ma family were captured. However,
While arresting, it was also discovered that some people had escaped earlier, and they were basically people from the villages near Majiazhai. Of course, these people had been notified by Ma Sheng in advance before escaping.
When the city of Haiyan was destroyed, Ma Heqiang and Ma Sheng and his son ran away separately. As a result, Ma Heqiang was arrested, and Ma Sheng was not recognized because he rarely appeared in Haiyan County. Moreover, he took a lot of gold and silver with him.
So he bribed a family and let him hide for two days, and finally escaped from Haiyan County.
At this time, he did not dare to go back to Majiazhai, but came to a village to inquire about the news. He happened to meet a few people who had slipped through the net here, including his distant cousin Ma Hu, cousin Lu You's family members Ma Jia, Ma Bing, etc.
Only then did they learn that Majiazhai had been conquered by the merchant army. My father and two older brothers were either killed or captured. Now the merchant army is searching every village for non-staff members of the Ma family.
Now it is definitely impossible to go back to Majiazhai, and it is not safe to stay in this village. And everyone thinks that the horse is better than the horse, so they have to wait for him to make up his mind.
After all, Ma Sheng was a man who had studied for several years. He first told everyone that the Shang army was going to wipe out the Ma family and would never show mercy. He dispelled the illusions in other people's minds and asked him to ask for credit from Shang Yi. Then he told everyone.
He also assigned people to go to each village separately to notify the non-staff members of the Ma family to escape immediately and give them instructions.
They decided to meet at a local temple, and Ma Sheng himself went to a secret gold hiding place in the Ma family and took out some gold and silver as expenses for future activities. This was prepared by the Ma family a few years ago.
Afraid of a catastrophe one day, so as to keep a back-up, either to survive the rest of his life, or to make a comeback. Only Ma's father knows.