Ten pounds of salt is nothing in the Han District, but for the Yao District, which has been blocked for a long time and can only eat high-priced salt, it is a huge fortune.
"I will give you salt coupons for another thousand kilograms of salt. You can take it back and distribute it to the family members of Ding Zhuang who died in the village. You can also distribute some to the family members of other Ding Zhuang who are still serving in our county as appropriate."
Pan Tianshun and other Yao people must share part of this thousand pounds of salt. However, the Yao people are still relatively commune-oriented, and the leader cannot be hereditary, nor can he cover the sky with one hand. That's why Pinda gave him the salt ticket.
Issue.
Pan Tianshun went away happily. Pinda spent three days "chasing stolen goods" in Dawangwei and gained a lot. Sun Dabiao originally refused to die, but he was really good. No matter how tortured he was, he never relented, but the government officials
In front of him, he cut off three of his grandson's fingers and took off his trousers and made a knife gesture on his lifeline. Only then did Sun Dabiao completely collapse. In order to prevent him from hiding anything, Master Sun of the Sun family finally lost six of his fingers.
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Pinda tortured the stolen goods in Dalangwei for three days and tortured more than ten people to death. Soldiers and civilians dug up all over Dalangwei and recovered a lot of gold and silver. Sun Dabiao and his leader buried the gold and silver property in Dalangwei.
It was almost completely dug up by Luo.
Although they did not "torture" the minions, after watching the three-day "drama", when the naturalized cadres asked them to "voluntarily hand over the stolen goods", they all rushed to give away the gold and silver they had accumulated.
Hand over. Although the amount is only three to five taels of silver, the income from gathering sand into a tower is quite rich. There are also people who cannot hand over the silver and plead that the silver has been used to build a house or marry a wife. As long as he is allowed to go home, the house and wife will be sold.
"Pay the stolen goods".
Pinda stayed in Dalangwei for six or seven days, finishing all the affairs. He left Luo Yiming and half a squadron of the National Army to garrison. He led his team to escort the prisoners and property back to the county town.
With money and food in hand, it was much easier to get things done. Panda immediately ordered the recruitment of strong men on the spot in the county. Together with the strong men of the Yao people brought by Pan Tianshun, two new squadrons were formed. Although there were no rifles,
You can only use cold weapons, but there is no problem in guarding the county and patrolling the roads.
The female county magistrate sent by the Australians personally went into battle, and the news of the surprise attack on Dalangwei and the great victory spread throughout the county in the past few days. Sun Dabiao has been entrenched in Dalangwei for generations, and all county magistrates have been unable to deal with him. Unexpectedly, this female county magistrate
They attacked him as soon as the order came, and not only wiped out Dalangwei in one night, but also captured hundreds of bandits alive. Even Sun Dabiao himself couldn't escape. This made the local powerful people who were originally suspicious of the Australians became suspicious.
I have to re-examine my attitude towards Australians.
Many people have come to Dawangwei and the county town these days. The streets in the two places are bustling with people. They are full of "farmers" and "vendors" who neither buy nor sell anything. They are all listening silently to what others say.
, squeezed in the crowd to read the notice, and some of them even looked at the heads that were starting to turn black.
When Zhang Tianbo's head was hung at the gate of the county town, it caused a small sensation. Not only the people in the county town rushed to watch, but also the people in the neighboring villages who had suffered harm from him came one after another. For a while, they cried in front of the head.
The people who laughed so hard that they smashed the head box with stones and tiles created a chaos, and the guarding National Army soldiers had to disperse the crowd.
However, this was nothing compared to the "living display" that followed: Pinda ordered dozens of wooden cages to be erected in front of the county government office, and Sun Dabiao, his family members, and the captured bandits at all levels were put on display in the cages.
. This caused a sensation in the whole county. For a time, the county was crowded with spectators. Not only the people in the county came to watch, but also people came to the most remote places in the county. The front of the county government office was like a bustling city. All the time
A large number of onlookers gathered in front of the cage to scold and smash things. For a time, all the garbage on the streets of the county town disappeared, and the front of the county government office was left in a mess. Later, some people threw feces and made it smelly.
He was so angry that he ordered a ban on throwing garbage into the cage. However, this was enough to make the people in the cage dying. Every day, dead or dying prisoners were pulled out of the cage and their heads were displayed to the public.
The front of the county government office was crowded with people complaining. Pinda asked to accept all the petition papers and posted them all on the screen wall in front of the county government office. Many of the petition papers on the wall were written in blood, mixed with the white paper and ink letters, as if they were sprayed with blood.
The blood stains are generally shocking.
Fenda is not in a hurry for the final reckoning - she already has a plan in her mind on how to do so. She wants the people's emotions to fully ferment and form a state of eagerness to explode before she can light the fuse and completely
Shaking the foundations of the powerful families in the county. So after coming back these days, she allowed the common people to take prisoners, but she maintained a certain degree of control - at least the main bandit leaders could not be killed, and they could only come at the finale.
While cleaning up the streets in the county, providing relief to the people, and renovating the city walls, she restored the system of the National Army patrolling along the roads in the county. After this battle, the security in the county immediately improved significantly: there were originally banditry activities outside the county, and the whole country
Banditry activities are rampant in the county, and now they have disappeared in areas adjacent to the county seat.
The cadres in the county were inspired by this victory, and their originally low morale rebounded significantly. You Ciren continued to work every day regardless of his body's recovery. Even Peng Shou'an's spirit was much better than before - although he was still in trouble.
Ashamed to see people.
On this day, Peng Shouan was called to the office by Panda.
"Mr. Peng, it's time for you to appear."
"Yes, students are willing to help."
"These are my handwritten letters. Please prepare some small gifts and visit each family." Pinda gave him a few letters. "These are the big families you told me about last time. They have good reputations and some strength."
The local sages. You go lobby them and ask them to set an example for the county."
The so-called setting an example is naturally to stand up for the county government - but this is not enough, the county also needs them to provide money, food and people.
"You go and talk to them. Firstly, they ask them to pay a reasonable burden. Secondly, they ask each family to send a number of strong men to the county to serve them. I won't mention the specific number. You ask them to pay for it themselves, but you can't
It’s lower than this number,” said Pinda.
"The students know." Peng Shou'an now knew what the "giant gift" the county magistrate said was. He was happy and ashamed at the same time, "The students must try their best! Alas, it's all the empty talk of scholars that harms the country..."
"Don't blame yourself anymore. There are very few scholars like you who can be pragmatic and willing to work." Pinda said, "As for some old things in the past, don't mention them again - they are all for business."
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Pinda sent Peng Shou'an off and was working when suddenly Zhou Da announced: "There are bandits' family members at the gate of the county government office asking to see the county magistrate."
"No," said Pinda.
"She is an old woman," Zhou Da seemed to feel sympathy, "She has been kneeling for a whole day and insists on seeing you."
"I don't have time. If she refuses to leave, I'll arrest her and lock her up overnight before releasing her."
"She said she was willing to give up all her family's property plus her own life to beg for her son's life."
"Oh, who is her son?" Pinda put down her pen and asked.
"Jiang Xiaotian."
"It's him." Pinda thought about it. This man was also captured in this battle. Because he didn't look amazing, had thick hands and feet, and was covered with calluses. He looked like an ordinary farmer, so he thought he was just an ordinary person.
Well, it wasn't until one of the gangsters wanted to "make atonement" that he was revealed to be Jiang Xiaotian, the famous "one-legged robber" in the county.
Jiang Xiaotian was also very happy. After being identified, he admitted the crime. He even made it clear where he hid the gold and silver: it was hidden in Li Shuangkuai's village - a few days ago, the Shandi Company had just hid the gold and silver.
I brought back a small fortune: a small water jar filled with gold and silver, many of which were women's jewelry.
Now that Jiang Xiaotian's mother has come to plead for mercy, it means that he still has hidden property. It would be worthwhile to inquire further.
"Send her in."
"She has several relatives who want to come in together." Zhou Da pleaded, "The old lady is old and inconvenient."
"Three of her people." Pinda glanced at Zhou Da, wondering if he had accepted a bribe from him?
After a while, I saw two half-old men supporting an old woman with all white hair come in and kneel down in front of the hall to pay respects.
"Are you Jiang Xiaotian's mother?"
"She is a civilian woman." The old woman said tremblingly, "These two are the elders of the Jiang family..."
It turned out that these two old men, one was Jiang Xiaotian's uncle, and the other was the elder of the village where his family lived.
"I heard that you knelt in front of the Yamen for a whole day and asked to see you. What happened?" Pinda asked.
Zhou Da looked at it and secretly wondered. He followed Fanda to the county. This female official never received any courtesy from others, nor did she have the habit of asking people to kneel down to ask questions - all Australians are like this. Why didn't she even say "get up and speak" today?
Already?
"Jiang Xiaotian is in the situation he is today because of his own confusion, and he deserves it!" the old woman said sadly, "It's just that he is the only son of a peasant woman... It is only the four brothers in the Jiang family who have such a successful career. He does not follow the right path.
The reason for the robberies and the murders of laymen on the road is due to the poor discipline of civilian women. Please consider that the young civilian women are widowed and the Jiang family has four children in one, spare Jiang Xiaotian's life. His sins,
The women of the common people are willing to sacrifice their lives for me..." He kowtowed repeatedly as he spoke.
Next to him, the uncle of the Jiang family also kowtowed and said, "Young man, I am also willing to sacrifice my life for you!" After that, both parties presented a stack of paper, "This is all the land and property of the Jiang family. I am willing to donate it to atone for my sins..."
The old man also spoke to help: "Sir! Although Jiang Xiaotian is a gangster, he is a pure and filial son. Not only did he support his widowed mother for many years, he also supported his three uncles until their death. Although he is a filial piety to his parents, even though we are
Outsiders also feel that he has a sincere heart of filial piety, and it is also a meritorious deed that he asks the master to write Chaosheng to spare his life so that the Jiang family can have an heir."
"So, Jiang Xiaotian is probably good to the village." Pinda asked.
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