Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"Otherwise, I will raid your black-hearted grain store today!"

He is not Zheng Zhilong, nor is he Xiong Wencan. He prefers to do things the way of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Eastern Depot!

Simple and crude!

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper's body immediately softened and he knelt down.

"Sir, you can't do that. Sir, you absolutely can't do that!"

"I'm just the shopkeeper. The price is set by the boss. How can I make the decision on my own?"

"If the officer wants to plead for the people, he should go to our boss. Why bother making things difficult for me here?"

Li Chaoqin grabbed him from the ground and sprayed his face with saliva.

"Okay, then take me to meet your boss now!"

"If he refuses, I will let you see what the East Factory's methods are!"

The shopkeeper begged for mercy again.

"Sir, calm down! Sir, calm down!"

"To be honest, my boss went out to visit a friend two days ago and hasn't come back yet. I don't know where he went!"

Li Chaoqin laughed in anger, and the moment he let go of the shopkeeper's collar, his right hand moved upwards a little and directly pinched his throat.

"How dare you tease me?!"

"Somebody come!"

"Seal up this grain store for me, and go to the back to see if there is a warehouse!"

"Send another group of people to surround the Zhou family!"

"I want to see if there is anything that the East Factory can't do in this small Zhangzhou Prefecture!"

"Yes!"

The Dongchang thugs he brought with him were immediately divided into two groups.

They filed into the grain store and sealed all the accounts on the counter and the warehouse in the backyard.

The other group, led by a local Jinyiwei flag bearer, headed towards the Zhou family mansion.

The common people who came to buy grain had never seen such a scene before. They immediately left the grain store and stood outside trembling with fear as they watched the East Factory show its power.

Li Chaoqin also came out with the shopkeeper. A guard cleverly brought a chair and stuffed it under his butt.

After sitting down, Li Chaoqin stepped on the shopkeeper with an arrogant look.

Soon, some of the gangsters ran out.

"Your Excellency, there are less than 100 dan of grain in the backyard storehouse!"

Li Chaoqin immediately slapped the shopkeeper hard on the head.

"Where is the Zhou family's food hidden?"

"Tell the truth and I'll let you live. Otherwise, I'll cut off your flesh today and feed the people!"

The shopkeeper stopped begging for mercy. He turned around and looked at Li Chaoqin without showing any weakness. There was even a hint of ridicule in his eyes.

"Sir, if I don't say anything, I will just die!"

"But if I tell you, my whole family will die!"

"So, do you think I would tell you?"

"Also, I would like to kindly remind you that the water in southern Fujian is very deep!"

"No matter how good you are at swimming, you might drown here. By then, there won't even be anyone to collect your body!"

Li Chaoqin never expected that this shopkeeper was actually such a tough guy, which made him interested.

Hard-spoken?

Ah!

Is there any secret in this world that the East Depot cannot reveal?

He put away his anger and looked at the shopkeeper with amusement.

"Have you forgotten your identity?"

"What identity?" the shopkeeper asked subconsciously.

Li Chaoqin chuckled and said, "I'll tell you a secret. Besides being a captain of the Imperial Guard, I'm also the chief criminal officer of the Eastern Depot!"

The shopkeeper's body trembled violently, and he just remembered that the man in front of him, except for saying that he was a captain of the Jinyiwei when he entered the store, he had been claiming to be from the East Factory since then!

His face quickly turned as pale as paper.

The name of Dongchang can stop children from crying at night!

"grown ups........"

"puff!"

Before he could utter a word, Li Chaoqin pulled out a half-foot long steel nail from his waist and stabbed it directly into the shopkeeper's shoulder in front of the onlookers.

Blood immediately gushed out from the wound, the shopkeeper let out a howl, and beads of sweat the size of beans covered his forehead in an instant.

"stop!"

Just then, a loud shout came from one end of the street.

Li Chaoqin looked over and saw a middle-aged man in a scarlet official robe with a cloud and goose patch embroidered on his chest, pushing his way through the crowd and walking towards him.

Chapter 95: Shi Bangyao? Why is it him? !

"Sir, help me!"

When the shopkeeper saw the person coming, he immediately tried to break free from Li Chaoqin's control and asked for help.

Upon hearing this man's identity, Li Chaoqin raised his eyebrows, and when he approached, he asked first.

"Are you Shi Bangyao, the prefect of Zhangzhou?"

Shi Bangyao swung his sleeves, put his left hand behind his back, stroked his beard with his right hand, and nodded.

"Yes, it is me!"

"I wonder if you are...?"

Li Chaoqin kicked the shopkeeper away, stood up and bowed.

"The Chief of the Eastern Depot, Li Chaoqin, has come here on official business under the order of the Emperor!"

After revealing his identity, he pointed at the sign of Zhou’s Grain Store.

"I just happened to come across this unscrupulous merchant and punished him. So, Lord Shi, do you want to stand up for them?"

Shi Bangyao shook his head: "Captain Li has misunderstood. I just heard that something happened here, so I came to take a look."

"But I still want to remind you that it's best to think carefully before doing anything."

"Otherwise, if there's trouble, it's not something you can afford."

After saying these two sentences, he turned around and left without even looking at the shopkeeper.

Looking at his back, Li Chaoqin spat on the ground with disdain.

"Pooh!"

"What kind of person is this? A mere prefect is qualified to give me orders?"

He did not take Shi Bangyao's words to heart. In his opinion, even if the Zhou Grain Store really had a background, at most it had connections in the court.

But when it comes to relying on backers, have you ever been afraid?

My adoptive father is Wei Zhongxian!

What's more, even if this situation were reported to the emperor, he would support it.

Afraid of chicken feathers?

So, after Shi Bangyao walked away, he gave the order directly.

"Come here, take away all the shopkeepers and employees of Zhou's grain store!"

Half an hour later, Jinyiwei arrived at Zhangzhou station.

The owner of Zhou's Grain Store and his employees were all hung up.

A few guards, holding whips dipped in green salt, whipped the man a few times and then stopped to question him.

It’s still the same question as before, where is the Zhou family’s granary?

After beating two guys to death, there was still no answer.

Li Chaoqin, who was furious, led his men to attack the Zhou family mansion.

The Zhou family mansion is located outside Zhangzhou city. It is a large courtyard covering an area of ​​more than 100 acres.

The mine supervisors and tax supervisors had already come and surrounded the mansion. When Li Chaoqin came, they broke into the house directly.

"Everyone, why is this?"

As soon as the door was pushed open, an old man who looked like a butler, along with a group of servants, were already waiting inside.

Li Chaoqin held the Embroidered Spring Knife in his hand, stared at the old man and shouted.

"Where is the head of the Zhou family?"

"East Factory, Jinyiwei, work together to investigate the case, call him out immediately!"

"Otherwise, after today, there will no longer be a Zhou family in Zhangzhou Prefecture!"

The butler bowed and asked in a dignified manner.

"May I ask, sir, what has my Zhou family done wrong? Do you have any official documents to prove it?!"

"What crime have you committed? Come to my prison and you will understand!"

Li Chaoqin was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and immediately gave the order.

"Come on, take them all down!"

"Anyone who dares to resist will be charged with treason!"

After saying that, he took a step back and stood in the middle of the gate of Zhou’s house, like a door god.

After receiving the order, the Jinyiwei and Dongchang troops immediately rushed into the Zhou family mansion from both sides of him.

When the butler saw this, instead of panicking, a hint of sarcasm flashed across his face.

"No official document? That means it's a thief pretending to be you!"

"They are all here, kill them!"

"Leave no one behind!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the servants of the Zhou family took out knives, guns, sticks and clubs from behind and attacked Li Chaoqin!

Li Chaoqin was stunned!

In this small Zhangzhou Prefecture, there are people who dare to resist the Jinyiwei and the Eastern Depot?

"It's a rebellion! It's a rebellion! It's really a rebellion!"

"Follow me and kill all these traitors!"

He was furious and pointed at the Zhou family and cursed.

But soon he felt that something was not right!

There are too many servants in this Zhou family!

He was surrounded by only a few dozen Jinyiwei centurions from Zhangzhou and more than a hundred Dongchang guards who he brought with him from Beijing.

Including the mine supervisors and tax supervisors transferred from various places previously, as well as Mu Yongyuan, a captain of the Fujian Jinyiwei, and his cronies, there were less than three hundred people in total!

But after the two sides started fighting, in the Zhou family mansion, as if by magic, a large group of people appeared from nowhere.

Together with the previous slaves and servants, they temporarily overwhelmed Li Chaoqin's side.