According to the records of the imperial court, Zhigu Village was a military stronghold, and it was of a very high status. Therefore, there really was a stronghold where troops were stationed in the local area.
Where the three branches of the river converge, on the other side of the Xin'an Sea, there are two earthen mounds that are about a meter above the river beach, one in front of the other and roughly in the shape of a convex shape. The military village occupies the front end of the earthen mounds.
The back end is about ten acres of flat land, crowded with houses. It is not a government-built river warehouse. The government-built river warehouses are all in low-lying rotten land underneath, which will be flooded by sea water during spring tides. They can occupy dry highlands.
are private warehouses used by various shops and merchants.
Because Zhigu Village is not within the jurisdiction of Zhongdu City Lingsi, various shops and warehouses were built without any planning at all. The various buildings were squeezed and stacked, leaving only narrow roads running through them.
What's interesting is that the Zhongdu City Commander cannot intervene and cannot collect commercial taxes. However, the Palace Market Buying Bureau and the Zhongdu Buying Department have special stations here. They are quite large and do business very well.
Happy.
When Qiu Huiluo entered the store area with more than a hundred soldiers in a grand manner, the Deputy Envoy of the ninth rank of the Municipal Buying Bureau and the Buying Department immediately took refuge in the military stronghold from the ninth rank governor. The local garrison
Dutong Jiagu Alihe personally accompanied them and led them to look at the wall of the village.
As soon as they climbed onto the wall of the village, they saw the hundreds of people leaving as quickly as they had arrived.
The Superintendent of the Shopping Department obviously relaxed. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "Although they are all soldiers, they look a bit fierce... but after all, there are only a hundred people, so they can't cause a big trouble!"
The deputy envoy of the Municipal Buying Bureau also laughed: "Just leave! Just leave!"
These two institutions, one belonging to the Inner Palace and the other to the Daxing Mansion, handle mountains and seas of money every day. Even the small officials are fat and oily. It is not impossible for people with a big background to do it.
Although Jiagu Alihe is the capital, how can he dare to offend these two people? Ying smiled and said: "After all, our place is a place where dragons and tigers are hiding. Here, there are gatherings and plans of the nobles of the capital.
Hey, there are warriors who can fight, who dares to mess around!"
The Superintendent of the Shopping Department glanced at Jiagu Alihe: "That's not necessarily the case. Nowadays, these Meng'an Mooke on Zhongdu Road, in addition to the Huoluhu Bilan Meng'an of the Pusan family, there are also people who are good at fighting, and the Zong Wang
The Hu Tu Ai brothers Man Meng An and Hu Lu Tu Ai Ge Man Meng An and the others under our control have all been eliminated a long time ago. I’m afraid it’s hard for the soldiers under your command, Commander Jia Gu, to fight in battle, right?”
Jiagu Alihe had no choice but to look up to the sky and say haha.
"Anyway, didn't that group of people leave? Come on, you two, a banquet has been prepared in the village. It's rare for you two to come here, so don't dislike it."
"Okay, okay, let's go then?"
"Please, please."
With so many noble people extending their hands to Zhigu Village, everyone would be uneasy if Jiagu Alihe, the capital commander, was heavily armed. Jiagu Alihe wanted to stay in this position for a few more years, so naturally he would not violate any taboos.
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Anyway, the Jurchen soldiers under his command are all on paper, but in fact, most of them are just make-up and slaves, and they can't even show off their military prowess.
In the past few years, men in Meng'an Mooke have become increasingly reluctant to join the army.
The men under the command of the army in the south and those who work in the fields are actually no different from the landlords of Han Dynasty. If they are forced to go to war, they all feel as if their mothers have died. They are on the battlefield, but their hearts are empty.
They were separated long ago.
Most of the Meng'an Mou Ke households on Zhongdu Road are related to officials of all sizes in the imperial court, so they are very courageous. Since Taihe conquered the Song Dynasty, these Men'an Mou Ke households have been replaced by expulsions and slaves.
Ji, my family never stepped foot into the military camp.
Most of those who were expelled were poor people who had lost their land and fled over the years, lacked food and clothing, and were then pawned by relatives or sold on their own. Their daily lives were worse than those of pigs and dogs.
When these people arrived in the military camp, they could not assume military duties. Jiagu Alihe could only use them to carry earth and move bricks. In the past two years, many of the warehouses and houses in Zhigu Village were led by Jiagu Alihe.
Mr. Xianxin is not so much an officer as he is a businessman who makes money by sitting on the land.
The ones specifically responsible for local security are actually two inspection patrols that have been merged with Jiagu Ali and have no overall authority.
Liang Zuo, the inspector of Wuqing County, and Li Jiezhao, the inspector of Liukou Town, are both local powerful men. Each of them has gathered hundreds of vicious men under their command, and they have established relationships with the Water Transport Department and have established relationships with the Xiong people along the river.
Soldiers and Caoding are connected with each other, forming an intricate force.
Outsiders don't know it, but Jiagu Alihe knows it. How can these two families not kill thirty or fifty people every year?
For example, this time, that boy Li Yun rashly came to Zhigu Village to test the situation, and then he was unlucky... Jiagu Alihe heard that it was Li who bit the hand that led people to move.
Although the buildings in Zhigu Village were so densely packed, the fire only burned down Li Yun's shop. Li Jiaizhi could be considered a brilliant man.
As for who ordered and instructed Li Jiezhao, Jiagu Alihe didn't care at all. Many things seemed to be a competition among subordinates, but in fact, if we dig deeper, they all involve the big shots in Zhongdu City. This is in Zhigu Village
The water is very deep, why do we care so much?
No matter what kind of trouble they make, I will just ignore it.
With this thought in his mind, Jiagu Alihe and the two guests exchanged glasses and ate and drank to their heart's content. In a blink of an eye, it was already dusk, and the three of them were somewhat drunk.
While he was drinking happily, a subordinate hurriedly came in: "Du Tong, then Li Yun is here and is asking for a meeting outside."
Jiagu Alihe frowned: "Ahem, this guy is so ignorant..."
When he was about to say the word "missing", the subordinate came closer and said: "Du Tong, you go to the wall of the village and have a look first! After you have seen it, we can discuss whether to see or not to see..."
The three people at the table suddenly had a bad feeling.
"What are you looking at! Is there anything good to see?" Jiagu Ali closed his mouth and yelled, but he left the table and hurried out.
Two petty officials from the Municipal Purchasing Bureau and the Department of Purchasing hurriedly followed.
After leaving the main hall, we walked not far along the corridor to the village wall. Jiagu Alihe quickly walked up the steps on the inside of the wall, but saw several soldiers on duty with guns on top of the wall with dull faces, blocking the steps.
Like a clay sculpture made of wood, it doesn't move.
This look was too ugly. Jiagu Alihe impatiently pushed away the person blocking the way and raised his voice: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
When he stepped onto the wall of the village, he was stunned.
Just in front of the burned-down shop, the more than a hundred soldiers from before came back again.
Along with them, there were two simple carts filled with corpses.
Blood was seeping out from the gaps in the corpse and flowing along the dirt road. The soldiers lined up calmly and well-trained, in pairs, lifted the corpse and threw it to the black charcoal-like ruins.
Before.
The bodies were all very miserable. Some were missing legs, some were missing arms, and some had their stomachs cut open. When they were moved, their internal organs would fall out, which looked extremely gruesome.
Jiagu Alihe rubbed his eyes and felt that some of the corpses among them should be acquaintances. There were warriors who were famous for being bitten by Li, and there were also powerful people around him. Those people were also famous ruthless people in the Liukou area.
The characters are all dead now.
At the turn of summer and autumn, the temperature was very high, and the military camp was not far from the ruins of the fire. So the smell of corpses slowly drifted over, making Jiagu Alihe's stomach churn with the meat and wine he had just eaten.
The corpses were piled up, and a rough estimate was that there were forty or fifty. The one at the top was a strong man wearing a round-collared robe.
The robe was orange and very gorgeous. It was obviously not silk from Hebei, but silk from Sichuan and Sichuan in the Southern Dynasties that had been sold to Zhongdu. It was said that the material used to make the robe was worth a full silver collar.
Jiagu Alihe recognized it, it was the one Li Jiezha often wore.
However, for the time being, we only see the robe, and it is not yet certain whether Li bit him or not.
After all, the corpse is headless.
Just when Jiagu Alihe thought this, he saw the leaders of the soldiers scolding twice, and someone dug into the cart twice and pulled out his head by his long braid.
This was a hairstyle commonly used by the Jurchens in the early years. The hair on the front of the head and on the temples was shaved clean, while thick braids were left on the back of the head.
Nowadays, the Jurchens themselves have gradually changed their hair style to the Han style, but Li Jiezhao is a diligent person and has always been very considerate in this aspect.
Well, he's dead, that's right.
The inspector is a junior official from the eighth rank. These days, death is all that matters.
But how long did it take this group of people? Was it an hour? In one hour, these hundreds of soldiers fought back and forth between Zhigu Village and Liukou Town, and easily captured Liukou Inspector Li.
killed?
Judging from the postures and expressions of the soldiers, it seems that they didn't take it as a big deal at all?
At this moment, there are soldiers armed with weapons on guard in the direction of shops and warehouses. There are no less than a thousand people appearing one after another. Those are what Jiagu Alihe said, the nobles of the capital.
The subordinates' cooperation is fierce, and they are defeated.
But those soldiers were not afraid at all. Obviously they were all veterans who had been through life and death. They had too much experience and were very courageous, so they did not pay attention to the vigilance of the people around them at all, and they did not even bother to look around!
Could it be...
Jiagu Alihe suddenly remembered that when Li Yun came to Zhigu Village earlier, he claimed that he had some background, and that he was also followed by a certain nobleman from Zhongdu City.
Could it be...
Thinking of the increasingly weird atmosphere in the capital these days, and the increasingly exaggerated rumors, Jiagu Alihe felt his body suddenly cold, and his vest, which had just been soaked with sweat, was so cold that he shivered.
Is something going to change in Zhongdu City? Is it going to be affected in Zhigu Village too?
"Ahem... Hurry, please come in quickly, why don't you let your distinguished guests wait outside!" He shouted loudly and hurriedly walked under the wall of the village.
