Griffin Commander in the Late Ming Dynasty

"Ah... how long do we have to wait for this?"

"Tomorrow and tomorrow, we have to wait until that traitor reacts. I'm afraid he will flee. It will be difficult to wipe him out by then!"

"What about us raising funds ourselves? According to the current situation, we don't need too much. We can complete the requirements with a month of initial fundraising."

"Yes, we can, but Mr. Bi, who is in charge of coordinating the grain and grass, has suddenly disappeared these past two days. We want to raise funds, but without an exact number, there is nothing we can do."

The Nanjing garrison frowned and remained silent for a long time as he looked at the newspaper in his hand.

"No...I can't wait any longer"

He secretly made up his mind: "Mobilize troops immediately and attack Yangzhou. This God-given opportunity must not be missed. We will find a way to deal with the food and grass. Now we must first take back Yangzhou and Zhenjiang! Jiang Han is a thief who poses a great threat. We will not wait until he is strong enough to make him stronger!"

"Yes! Your lord!"

Two updates today. I'm in better shape. Maybe three updates. It depends on the situation.

Volume 234: Chapter Chapter : Qingpi's Method

"Hey, I can earn so much money just by shouting. I feel good now."

Holding a hundred dollars in his arms, Gou San was in a good mood. He was an ordinary gangster on the streets of Zhenjiang. A so-called gangster was a scoundrel with tattoos on his body, open arms or bare chest, acting like a gangster on the streets.

The profession of rogue can be said to have a long history. It has had its predecessor since the Spring and Autumn Period, but the name at that time was more pleasant, called ranger.

During the Song Dynasty, with the development of culture and society, tattooing technology gradually emerged. This added fuel to the fire of the vast number of rogues. If someone did not have a domineering tattoo, he would have no face when he went out on the road. By the Ming Dynasty, tattooing technology had become quite mature, and it was possible to tattoo nine dragons on a person.

Gou San has recently started a new job, which is actually not a technical job. It just allows these young men to cause trouble in the streets and provoke the Yangzhou leader who has just conquered Zhenjiang.

The leaders of Yangzhou and the game between merchants and clans have nothing to do with Gou San. The only thing he cares about is the two cents of silver he can earn by shouting all day.

Two taels of silver was a pretty good income for a guy who just hung out on the streets all day and did nothing. There was no need for him to hesitate.

As for the possible consequences after causing trouble, that's just a joke. They are gangsters who earn this money. As long as you can't kill me, I will blame you. Anyway, I will get some money from you.

"Wife, wife, come on, bring me two jugs of wine...wife?"

Returning home contentedly, Gou San pushed the door open and loudly called his wife out. However, after he shouted for a long time, no one responded. He felt a little dissatisfied. This unlucky woman, why didn't she stay at home to work in such a hot day? Could it be that she ran out?

He pushed open the door with a feeling of dissatisfaction, and the scene in front of him was so shocking that his eyes almost burst.

"Hey, Gou San, you're finally back. You're so silly. Why are you back so late? No matter how busy you are outside, you can't neglect your family, right? Xiaobao?"

In the room, Liuzi was teasing the child in his arms, looking at Gou San who had just returned, and making dissatisfied sounds. There were two big men sitting in front of the dining table at home, and his wife was sitting on the edge of the bed next to her, not daring to move.

"What are you standing there for? Come on, come and sit down. Stop talking, Gou San. Your sister-in-law's cooking skills are really good. She has made me want to find a wife."

Liuzi put the child in his arms and hurriedly called Gou San. Gou San looked at the two sturdy men next to him with unfriendly faces, and knew that even if he suddenly attacked, he would only be beaten. He had no choice but to move forward and sit down obediently.

"Sixth brother...when did you come? Why didn't you inform me in advance so that I could ask my wife to prepare some delicious food? Look at what has happened. What are you still doing here, bitch? Go get my sixth brother some wine!"

While talking in a friendly manner, Gou San winked at his wife, indicating that she should take the child and leave quickly.

"Hey, no hurry, no hurry. I'm here just to say a few words. There's no need to go through so much trouble."

Liuzi waved his hand, and the heart of Gou San’s wife, who seemed to have seen a glimmer of hope, was beaten back into hell.

"Look at this, brother Liu, if you have anything to say, just ask someone below to tell them, why do you come here in person..."

"Actually, there's nothing else to do. What I just said was the truth. I, Liu Zi, have been wandering around for so many years, and I want to settle down and live a good life. So, I found myself a job with the Lord of Yangzhou. It's nothing else, just to look after the streets and take care of the law and order on the streets."

"This job is very important. It affects whether a man can live a good life and get married after he dies. So, I take it very seriously. But I recently heard that someone paid money to let these street thugs cause trouble in the city. They are trying to make things difficult for me. I can't just ignore this matter. Don't you think so, Gou San?"

Liuzi put his arm around Gou San’s shoulder and patted him gently.

"Who... who said it wasn't true? You actually did this kind of trick on Brother Liu's street. I, the first one to disapprove! Don't worry, no matter how those people on the street make trouble, you will never see a single shadow of me, Gou San!"

Gou San quickly understood the purpose of Liu Zi coming to his house. He quickly distanced himself from him and patted his chest and swore.

"Then thank you very much. I will consider it as a favor to you, Sixth Brother. Okay, now that we have finished talking, I will not disturb your family for dinner. Your sister-in-law is very virtuous, so you have to hide her well."

"Sure, sure..."

Liuzi left. He was not worried about whether the other party would keep his promise. Snakes have their own ways, and rats have their own ways. They, the gangsters, also have their own set of rules. Street gangsters are committed to keeping their promises. You are a street gangster, and you have nothing to show off. If you don't keep your promises, how can anyone ask you to do something? Loyalty and promises are the foundation of the gangsters. If you agree to something, you either don't agree to it, or you have to do it at the risk of your life.

Watching the few people walk out of the house, Gou Sancai collapsed on the chair as if he had lost all his strength. His wife beside him finally came forward crying and said, "What on earth is going on? Why did so many people suddenly come to our house..."

"Stop crying! It's no big deal!"

No matter how scared you were just now, you must hold on to your masculinity and not let it fall.

"Let's stay at home for the next two days and not go anywhere. I just got two coins. You can go and exchange them for some food."

Gou San made up his mind. Whoever wants to go to the parade can go. He won't go anyway. What if he stood up the merchants? Are you kidding? Just looking at Liu Zi's attitude just now, these merchants should think about themselves first!

The situation in Yangzhou is basically stable now. Because of the supermarket opened by Jiang Han before, the whole Yangzhou was not greatly affected by the strike. At the beginning, it caused many residents to panic and rush to buy, but after seeing the stable supply of the supermarket, the panic of the people subsided. The problem is Zhenjiang.

Zhenjiang had just been taken over and was in the stage of re-establishing social order. Many economic and management measures had not yet been implemented. The economy still relied heavily on these merchants. Such a strike would have a significant impact on Zhenjiang.

Many people went to the streets in panic to buy food, but found that the shops had already been closed. They had no choice but to try every possible way to find those high-priced grains that were being sold secretly. These grain merchants have made a lot of money in the past few days.

As for whether people will starve to death or whether social unrest will occur? This is exactly the effect we want, sister!

While counting the money, the grain merchants closed the door comfortably, planning in their hearts that they would be able to sell him one stone and fifteen taels of silver tomorrow.

Some officials in Zhenjiang turned a blind eye to this and allowed these businessmen to act freely, claiming to be sick and staying at home.

"Have you checked it out? Is this the one?"

At night, several figures gathered at the wall of a house.

"It must be right. This is Qin Wenshan, who went on strike and resold grain privately. This is his family."

"Very good, check the weapons"

Several people took out their guns, pulled the bolts, checked them, and after confirming that the safety was on, they nodded to each other.

"Leave no one behind. When you're done, put the seal and the official document on the door. Do you understand?"

"learn"

"Very good, start to act!"

Several dark shadows sneaked into the tall mansion like flowing water.

"Who is it!" Bang!

The dull sound of shotgun blasts rang out inside the Qin Mansion, adding a different flavor to the night in Zhenjiang.

The next day, people in the streets of Zhenjiang began to talk about what happened last night: "Did you hear it? The noise last night was like a thunder explosion, so annoying."

"Of course I heard it. I was nearby! I heard it clearly. It came from the Qin family's mansion."

"Isn't the Qin family the one that secretly sells grain? What happened to their family?"

"You don't know yet?"

"what do you know?"

Outside the Qin residence, there was a crowd of people at this moment: "Merchant Qin maliciously disrupted the market order. After receiving the government notice, he still did not repent and secretly raised prices, sold grain at high prices, and made money from the national disaster. The amount of crime is extremely huge and the nature is extremely bad. He is sentenced to death and his three clans will be exterminated immediately. His property will be confiscated to serve as a warning to others."

"Good! Great kill! Kill all these damn profiteers!"

After hearing the content of the announcement, the people present applauded and bursts of cheers broke out at the scene.

"This should have been done a long time ago. I told you that these profiteers killed every wish."

"That's it"

"But what about our food?"

"Yes, yes, what are we going to do with our food?"

After the people felt relieved, they thought about the merchants on strike. Where could they go to buy supplies?

"Dear fellow villagers, don't worry. Currently, Zhenjiang's first supermarket is in the process of opening. It is expected to be officially open to the public in the next two days. At that time, everyone can buy food, vegetables, meat and other supplies at a reasonable price without having to pay a premium."

"What? There is such a good thing? Is it true?"

"Of course it's true. I've been to Yangzhou before. The supermarket there does have some stuff. It has everything. Look, I bought this dress there."

Brother Youdong spoke out in the crowd, allowing everyone to see the new clothes he was wearing.

"Brother, have you been there? Tell me in detail. Can you really buy food at a fair price?"

"Is this supermarket reliable? Will it close after opening for a while..."

The people came forward and started asking questions.

This so-called "knowledgeable brother" was naturally someone Jiang Han had specially hired. This was also considered a basic operation for organizing an event. Otherwise, how could it improve credibility? You know, behind every successful Liu Qian, there is a Dong Qing who cooperates silently!

Volume 235: Chapter Chapter : Awakening, Hunting Time

The news that a family of merchants who were on strike were massacred was quickly spread. Both Jiang Han's people and the merchants who were fighting against the commercial tax were very happy that the news could be spread as soon as possible. However, both sides had different perspectives.

From Jiang Han's perspective, it is natural that such news needs to be spread as quickly as possible so as to have a deterrent effect on the merchants within his jurisdiction. From the merchants' perspective, the other party has actually started killing people, so why not intensify the publicity?

You see, he is anxious!

"Killed someone? Good kill! Good kill!"

Inside the Wuxi residence, a merchant slapped his thigh and beamed with joy at the news brought by his subordinates.

I'm worried that you won't take action! If you don't take action, there may be some speculators who want to follow you to make money. Now you take action! Then you are finished, let's see who will cooperate with you, just wait for death! Hahaha!

"Someone! Spread the news! Spread it vigorously! Let all the people in Jiangnan see it!"

I'm just worried about having no toilet paper to take a shit, and you rush over to bring me some. Oh no.

"Master, this group of rebels are really stupid. Who would be willing to trade with them if they kill people at this time? I think they will be gone in a few days without the Royal Army coming."

The steward at the side came forward to please the master and flatter him.

"Hmph, the rebels nowadays are either peasants or refugees. What can they achieve? They are nothing more than a bunch of reckless men. With a little trick, they can become headless flies. They may still be able to bully others in other places, but when they come to Jiangnan, they have to lie still like a dragon! Go quickly and send someone to spread the news!"

All the Wuxi businessmen who heard the news began to celebrate, as if they were opening champagne!

Jiang Han's actions undoubtedly added fuel to their strike and made their actions more reasonable. Look, the traitor on the other side will start to kill your whole family if you don't agree with him. Do you still dare to do business with him? Are you not afraid of death?

We must strike, we must strike hard!

As for the other party killing fellow merchants, we are very angry but can do nothing. To put it bluntly, if a businessman from Zhenjiang and Yangzhou died, what does it have to do with us?

The one who killed people is that traitor, go find him!

"Fight with us, hehe." He leaned back in the rosewood chair with satisfaction, feeling the gentle massage of the beautiful maid on his body, and closed his eyes comfortably.

The world turned upside down, the blood flowed back and made his face turn red, the sky and the earth darkened, and his wife fell in front of him, with a sharp dagger stuck in her forehead. Her terrified face and slightly open mouth seemed as if she wanted to say something, but nothing came out.

Blood stained the ground, and his terrified face was reflected in the moonlight.

"Pang Qingyun, maliciously disrupting market order, 13 counts of first-degree murder, 35 counts of intentional injury... found guilty, now sentenced to death, to be executed immediately"

In the shadows, a beautiful face was reflected in the moonlight. Normally, such a face would make Pang Qingyun stand up on the spot, but now, listening to that gentle and pleasant voice, speaking the voice of hell, his heart was completely filled with fear.

"Any last words?"

"My dear friends, let's talk it out. It's all misunderstandings, all misunderstandings... Do you want silver? I have a lot of silver, you can take it, don't kill me, don't..."

"Okay, bye"

A cold nod and calm words made Pang Qingyun's body tremble and he was motionless.

He didn't know why he died, nor did he know who was going to kill him. A few hours ago, he was still looking forward to a bright future, but now he had turned into a pool of rotten meat.

"It's 2 a.m. now. We still have about two hours to quickly transfer the available supplies here. Hurry."

After checking the time, 45 calmly gave the order for the operation. After several members of the operation team nodded, they began to organize all the valuables in the family's house and prepare to take them away.

"Don't move. I'll try to reclaim his house."

Listening to Jiang Han's words on the phone, even 45 felt that he was indeed a bit inhumane: "You're not serious, are you? You won't even let go of the house?"

"What do you mean by not letting him go? His whole family is gone, what's the point of having a house? Why not donate it to me and contribute to the construction of our new society? Look, no one has said anything, so why do you have any opinion?"

45's mouth twitched slightly. Yes, he didn't say anything, but he also needed to be able to speak. There was only one reason for his death, that was to go against the dog.

Having said that, the humanoids did not slack off at all in their actions.

Someone died in the city, and it was done by that traitor. Such news quickly spread in Wuxi city. Why was it so certain? Because people posted a notice on the wall saying that this family died and I killed them. Why did I kill them? Because balabalabaola... It was a clear confession, very arrogant and inhumane.

"These people are using the law of traitors to try our people from the Ming Dynasty?"

After hearing the report from his constable, the Wuxi County Magistrate immediately became furious. What do you mean? Wuxi is hundreds of miles away from your Yangzhou. Why are you using your Yangzhou's tattered paper decree to kill my people?