Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2250 Big Change in Situation

Ten catties of salt is nothing in the Han area, but it is a fortune for the Yao area, which has been blocked for a long time and can only eat high-priced salt.

"I'll give you another one thousand catties of salt, and you take it back and distribute it to the family members of Ding Zhuang who died in battle in the village. You can also distribute some to the family members of Ding Zhuang who are still serving in our county as appropriate."

For this thousand catties of salt, Pan Tianshun and the other Yaomu must share some of it.However, the communal elements of the Yao people are still relatively strong, and the leaders cannot be hereditary, nor can they cover the sky with one hand.That's why Pi Da handed over the salt ticket to him for distribution.

Pan Tianshun went happily.Piao Da spent three days "chasing stolen goods" in Dalangxu, and gained a lot.Sun Dabiao originally refused to recruit, and he was really good, no matter how tortured he was to extract a confession, he never let go, but when the yamen guard chopped off his grandson's three fingers in front of him, took off his pants, and swiped a knife on his life , Sun Dabiao completely collapsed.In order to prevent him from concealing something, Young Master Sun of the Sun family lost six fingers in the end.

Pi Da tortured stolen goods in Dalangxu for three days, and tortured more than ten people to death. Soldiers and civilians dug Dalangxu all over, and recovered a lot of gold and silver.The gold and silver treasures buried by Sun Dabiao and his leaders in Dalangwei were almost exhausted by Luo.

Although there was no "torture" of the young people, but after watching the "big drama" for three days, when the cadres of the naturalized people asked them to "voluntarily hand over the stolen goods", they all scrambled to pour out the accumulated gold and silver hand over.Although it is not more than three or five taels of silver, the income of gathering sand and forming a tower is quite good.There are also people who can't get the money, begging that the money has been used to build a house or marry a wife, and as long as he is allowed to go home, he will sell the house and wife to "pay the stolen goods".

Pi Da stayed in Dalangxu for six or seven days, and finished handling all the affairs.Leave Luo Yiming and half of the National Army squadron to garrison.He led the team to escort the prisoners and goods back to the county seat.

With money and food in hand, it is much easier to get things done.Pi Da immediately ordered to recruit Ding Zhuang on the spot in the county, and together with the Yao people brought by Pan Tianshun, they formed two new squadrons. question.

The female county magistrate sent by the Australians went into battle in person, and the news of the surprise attack on Dalangxu had spread throughout the county in the past few days.Sun Dabiao has occupied Dayangxu for generations, and the county magistrates of all dynasties have nothing to do with him.Unexpectedly, the female county magistrate would take him under the knife as soon as she arrived, not counting the flattening of Dalangxu overnight, and capturing hundreds of bandits alive, even Sun Dabiao himself was not able to escape.This makes the local rich and powerful who had doubts about Australians have to re-examine their attitudes towards Australians.

Many people have come to Dalangxu and the county town these days. The streets and markets in the two places are bustling with "farmers" and "traders" who don't buy or sell anything, and are silently listening to what others say , Squeezed into the crowd to read the notice, and some of them saw the heads that had begun to turn black.

When Zhang Tianbo's head was hung at the gate of the county town, it caused a little commotion. Not only the people in the county town rushed to watch, but also people from neighboring villages came here one after another as long as they had been harmed by him.For a while, the front of the head was crying and laughing, and the head box was smashed with stones and tiles—a mess, and the guarding National Army soldiers had to disperse the crowd.

However, this is nothing compared to the following "display of living people": Pi Da ordered dozens of wooden cages to be erected in front of the county yamen, and Sun Dabiao, his family members, and all levels of bandit capitals who had been captured were locked in the cages for display. .This caused a sensation in the entire county. For a while, there was a crowd of spectators in the county. Not only the people in the county came to watch, but even the people in the most remote places in the county came to watch.The front of the county government office is like a busy city.A large number of onlookers gathered at all times, those who came to scold and smash things in front of the cage-for a while, all the garbage on the streets of the county town disappeared, and the front of the county government office was messed up.It was later ordered that throwing garbage into the cages was banned because of the smell of feces being thrown into the sky.However, this torment was enough to make the people in the cage dying. Every day, dead or dying prisoners were pulled out of the cage and showed their heads to the public.

The front of the county government office was crowded with people complaining.Pi Da told him to accept all the pleading papers and post them all on the screen wall in front of the county government office.Many of the papers covering the wall are blood books, mixed with white paper and ink books, which is shocking like sprayed blood.

Pi Da was not in a hurry to make the final settlement—she already had a plan in mind how to do it.She had to let the emotions of the people fully ferment and form a state of eagerness to explode before she could ignite this fuse, thus completely shaking the foundations of all powerful households in the county.So these days after she came back, she allowed the people to trample on the captives, but she kept a certain degree—at least the main bandit leaders could not be killed, and they could only be on the finale.

On the one hand, she cleaned up the streets in the county, relieved the people, and repaired the city walls; on the other hand, she restored the system of national army patrolling along the roads in the county.After this battle, the law and order in the county immediately improved significantly: originally there were bandit activities outside the county seat, and bandit activities were rampant throughout the county, but now all the areas adjacent to the county seat have disappeared.

The cadres in the county were encouraged by this victory, and their morale, which was originally low, rose sharply. You Ciren insisted on working every day regardless of his health.Even Peng Shouan's spirit is much better than before -- although he is still ashamed to see others.

On this day, Peng Shouan was called to the office by Pi Da.

"Mr. Peng, now is the time for you to appear."

"Yes, the students are willing to help."

"These are my autographed letters, you prepare some small gifts, and visit each family." Pi Da handed him several letters, "These big families are the ones you told me last time, they are well-known and have some strength. You should lobby them and ask them to set an example for the county."

The so-called example is naturally to stand for the county government-but this is not enough, the county still needs them to pay for food and people.

"You go and talk to them, one is to ask them to pay a reasonable burden, and the other is to ask each of them to send a number of strong men to the county to listen to them - I won't mention the specific number, you let them report it themselves, but you can't It's lower than this amount." Pida said.

"The students know." Peng Shouan now knew what the county magistrate meant by "a generous gift".He was both happy and ashamed, "Students must do their best! Sigh, it's all scholars talking about the country..."

"You don't have to blame yourself when you are old. There are no scholars like you who are practical and willing to work." Pi Da said, "As for some old things in the past, don't mention them again—it's all for business. .”

Pi Da sent Peng Shouan away and was working when suddenly Zhou Da notified: "There is a family member of a bandit at the gate of the county government office asking to see the county magistrate."

"No see." Pida said.

"It's an old woman." Zhou Da seemed to feel compassion, "She has been kneeling for a whole day, and she insists on seeing you."

"I'm not free. If she refused to leave, I would arrest her and lock her up overnight before releasing her."

"She said she was willing to give up all the property in the family plus her own life to beg for her son's life."

"Oh, who is her son?" Pi Da put down his pen and asked.

"Jiang Xiaotian."

"It's him." Pi Da remembered that this person was also captured in this battle.Because of his unattractive appearance, rough hands and feet, full of calluses, and looking like an ordinary farmer, he thought he was just an ordinary gangster. It wasn't until someone among the gangsters found out that he was the famous "independent" in the county for the purpose of "making meritorious service and atonement". Foot Thief" Jiang Xiaotian.

Jiang Xiaotian was also very straightforward, and after being identified, he confessed.Even the place where he hides gold and silver is clearly stated: it is hidden in Li Shuangkuai's Zhuangzi--a few days ago, Shan Dilian just took back this floating wealth: a small water tank filled with gold and silver. Silver, many of which are women's jewelry.

Now Jiang Xiaotian's mother came to intercede, which means that he still has property to hide.That's a good question to ask.

"Send her in."

"She still has a few relatives who want to come in together." Zhou Da pleaded, "The old lady is old and inconvenient."

"Even the three of them." Pi Da glanced at Zhou Da, wondering if he had accepted a bribe from the other party?

After a while, two and a half old men came in with the help of an old woman with all white hair, and knelt down in front of the hall to pay respects.

"You are Jiang Xiaotian's mother?"

"It's the folk woman." The old woman said tremblingly, "These two are the elders of the Jiang family..."

It turned out that of the two old men, one was Jiang Xiaotian's uncle, and the other was an elder of the village where his family lived.

"I heard that you knelt in front of the yamen for a day and asked to see him. What's the matter?" Pi Da asked.

Zhou Da looked at it secretly and wondered, he followed Pi Da to the county, this female official has never received big gifts from others, and she has no habit of asking people to kneel down to ask questions--everyone in Australia is like this.Why didn't you even say "get up and talk" today?
"Jiang Xiaotian has fallen to where he is today, because he was confused and deserved it!" The old woman said sadly, "It's just that he is the only son of a common woman...the four brothers of the Jiang family have this only seedling. He doesn't follow the right path." It is because of the incompetence of the women to discipline them. Please see that the women are young widows, and the Jiang family has four houses and one son. For the sake of Jiang Xiaotian's life. His sin, The woman is willing to replace her with her body..." He kowtowed repeatedly.

The uncle of the Jiang family next to him also kowtowed and said, "The little one is also willing to replace it with his body!" As they spoke, the two sides presented a stack of papers, "This is all the land and real estate of the Jiang family, and I would like to offer it to atone for one or two sins..."

The old man also chimed in and said, "My lord! Although this Jiang Xiaotian is a gangster, he is a pure and filial son. Not only did he take care of his widowed mother for many years, he also took care of his three uncles to the end. He is filial to his relatives. As an outsider, I also feel that he is filial and sincere, and asking the master to write a supernatural life, spare his life, and make the Jiang family have a descendant, which is also a merit."

"So, Jiang Xiaotian probably treats the village well." Pi Da asked.

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