Griffin Commander in the Late Ming Dynasty

"The government has new clues about the imperial court's serial murder case, and now they are going to search the people staying in your inn. If you cooperate, it's fine. But if you don't, hmm, you will be accused of harboring a murderer. Can you bear it?"

The threats were veiled in ridicule, leaving the shopkeeper with a bitter look on his face, but there was nothing he could do. They were running an inn to receive traveling merchants, and their main goal was to provide convenience and comfort. If the guests couldn't even sleep well, he would definitely not stay at their place next time.

But did the shopkeeper have room to refuse? No, if he offended the customers, he would lose his money, and if he offended the government, he would lose his life.

"Don't worry, we are not unreasonable people. We are just investigating the case and won't make things too difficult for you."

After a bland remark of consolation, the detectives began their work. They went up to the second floor of the inn and knocked on the doors of every room one by one, but their method was somewhat Fauvist.

"Who is it? I'm going to die if I don't sleep in the middle of the night!"

It was unthinkable that such a rough way of knocking on the door would not wake people up. The customers opened the door with anger on their faces, only to see the constable with an expressionless face at the door. Their rage was instantly suppressed.

"Sir, you, what are you doing...?"

"The government is investigating a case. Where have you been in Jinan City in the past two days?"

"Sir, what you said is true. As a cloth dealer, where else can I go? Isn't it always in the cloth shop?"

"What about tonight?"

"At night, of course, I'll go back to the inn and sleep..."

Such conversations took place in front of the doors of many different rooms. The detectives had no intention of getting any results. Their purpose was to check whether those who had recently entered the city were sleeping peacefully tonight.

Because not long ago, another homicide case was discovered in the north of the city. The modus operandi was exactly the same, and it was committed by the same person.

The detectives had already realized that this man was very skilled and it would be extremely difficult to catch him directly. Based on the captain's idea, they changed their thinking and used the method of elimination.

Among the people who came into the city in recent days, except for a small number who went to visit friends, most of them often had no fixed residence and could only live in places such as inns. After the murder occurred, a quick check of these places could greatly narrow the scope of the investigation.

It's a stupid method, but it's effective.

Soon, all the rooms in the front were searched by the police, and one of them came to a door at the back.

Bang, bang, bang! As rough as ever, his big hands made rapid noises on the door, but no one answered from inside.

Knock, knock, knock! I knocked on the door again, but still no response.

"Who lives here?"

After failing to open the door twice, the captain of the police discovered something was wrong.

"Reply, report to the Lord, I don't know, I only know that it is a woman."

"woman?"

The suspicion in the captain's heart was somewhat alleviated, but it had not dissipated. While the two were talking, the constable knocked on the door again and added, "The government is investigating the case. Open the door quickly!"

The detective wanted to take a fourth shot, but the chief interrupted him: "Stop taking pictures, just break the door open!"

There was no response after knocking on the door three times in the middle of the night. There was an 80% chance that the person inside was not in the room. Even if he was not the murderer, he had violated the curfew. If we didn't arrest him and interrogate him, we would definitely find out something!

The constable listened to the order, nodded in agreement, took two steps back, took a deep breath and raised his legs. Just as he was about to kick out, the door was suddenly opened and a petite figure looked at them with an unfriendly face.

"What?"

The figure has disheveled hair, slightly messy clothes, a flat chest, and a scar between the eyes. Who else could it be but 45?

"The government is investigating a case. Why didn't you answer the door when it knocked just now?"

"I am a woman, so it will take me more time to pack my clothes. But why are you guys staying up late at night to investigate a case?"

The captain stared at 45, as if he wanted to see something on her face. 45 stared back at him fearlessly. The two of them stared into each other's eyes for a long time, and the captain finally compromised.

He looks so confident and doesn't seem to feel guilty at all. There is no movement or rise and fall in his chest. I'm afraid he has a clear conscience. After questioning him, I'll check with the next one.

Behind the door, out of sight of the detectives, 45 had already pulled the safety of his gun, and his shoes were covered in dew and had traces of blood.

In Yangzhou, three miles outside the city, a group of people were walking along the road. They had goose-feather swords on their waists and wore slim official uniforms. No one dared to look them in the eye. The common people who saw them on the road avoided them as if they had seen the god of plague. There was a considerable distance of vacuum around them.

"This captain is really good at torturing us. It's so cold, but he gave us such a task."

Someone complained in the team.

"You're not happy about this? This is a good job. The New Year is coming soon. This trip will definitely bring us a lot of rewards. Isn't this good?"

The colleague next to him responded with a joke.

"Haha, that's right. After this, the owner of the farm will have to pay a lot of money to compensate our brothers for their travel expenses!"

Several people strode forward, and their destination was the Jiang family farm in the distance!

Volume 131: Chapter Chapter : Conflict

Today, Jiang Family Farm is still crowded and bustling because the large-scale recruitment has not yet ended.

While the recruitment office was bustling with activity, the other departments also had no intention of sitting still. Thanks to a good fight with the landlords before, Jiang Han now had abundant supplies and a lot of money. The construction team was expanding outward every day, cutting down trees for building materials, and using the old wood from the old houses for charcoal.

At the same time, there were also many refugees who were originally hunters. The leaders organized these people into teams according to Jiang Han’s ideas and sent them to hunt in the mountains. Now, the mountains are much safer after being swept by the humanoids.

Leaving aside large prey like wild boars and deer, the prey that farmers care most about is actually the most common prey in the mountains - rabbit.

Rabbits are good creatures, they reproduce quickly and are easy to raise. They grow fat by eating a handful of hay every day. It is winter now, and these rabbits are all covered with thick fur. This fur can be harvested repeatedly. After collecting a batch, it can be used to weave clothes, which can greatly solve the problem of heating. After all, there is no stove when working outside.

The captured rabbits were raised in the farm, together with the chickens, ducks, piglets and various livestock bought by Jiang Han, and the farm was thriving.

The boiler room burns a large amount of coal every day for heating and hot water. As a typical flower grower, drinking more hot water is engraved in Jiang Han's DNA. The boiler room and the foundry are two big coal consumers. If it weren't for the rich family background of Lord Wen, they would not be able to support such a huge consumption. Despite this, it is enough to make Jiang Han anxious.

We have to hurry up and buy a few coal mines, otherwise who can withstand such construction?

The personnel work in the village is progressing smoothly. Several leaders are very capable. To be honest, I don’t even know their names. I just remembered their last names and will ask them later.

What made Jiang Han laugh and cry was that the grievance meeting he had held at home as an experiment was actually moved to the manor. During this recruitment, the results were quite good. Dozens of people fainted from crying on the first day. The women who were receiving treatment in the rear were stunned. What happened? Why were they so sad? When he asked, the two sides exchanged such a conversation, which was really bad. The experience here was also the same. When he heard people crying like this, he borrowed others to save himself, and he also cried. The whole manor was crying all night, as if it was haunted, and the wolves on the surrounding mountains came over and cried together.

Jiang Han didn't know whether this would be effective, but he was willing to let these people try it, just as a way to lay the ideological foundation in advance. It must be said that after the first grievance meeting, the farmers' enthusiasm for work was amazing, and they worked very hard. Since it was effective, let them do it, saving Jiang Han from having to come forward to do ideological mobilization. After all, in his heart, personal worship was still unacceptable.

Jiang Han is quite satisfied with the current situation, but the dark cloud of war looming overhead still makes people unhappy...

At this moment, there was a noise outside his yard, and several farmers ran in, panting: "Boss...Boss, hurry up, there are a group of Jinyiwei outside, saying they want to see you..."

Jinyiwei?

Why are they coming to me at this critical moment? Could it be that they don’t have money to buy New Year’s goods during the Chinese New Year, so they come to us to beg for food from the stinky city?

Jiang Han still has some impression of the Jinyiwei. Generally speaking, there are none of them who are good people.

This was originally the emperor's ceremonial guard, but later gradually became the first violent agency under the emperor's power to monitor all officials and carry out espionage activities. They did things like confiscation of property and arresting people on the street. The Jinyiwei also followed the principle of "I'll kill you if you don't obey me" and beat and killed ordinary people on the street. Don't pay for food? If they don't ask you for money for food, you should think about whether there is something wrong with you!

In short, with the unity and hard work of the Jinyiwei, the Jinyiwei organization cannot be said to have a good reputation among the people. It can only be said that they are hated by everyone. In the hearts of the people, they are like the plague gods in the world, and they are avoided as much as possible. If you see them in the middle of the night, you would have to step over a fire basin for bad luck. Being targeted by this group of people is definitely not good.

Jiang Han was not as afraid of the Jinyiwei as the common people are now. After all, the times have changed. No matter how fierce you are, you can beat the gun? You must know that seven steps away, the gun is fast, and within seven steps, the gun is accurate and fast! The trouble is not them, but the imperial power behind them that they represent.

"If it's not necessary, it's better not to conflict with the other party."

With this thought in mind, Jiang Han stood up and prepared to walk out of the house. After taking two steps, he saw several Jinyiwei dragging a farmer like a dog and coming to the outside of his courtyard.

"Oh, it looks like you are the owner of this place."

Seeing Jiang Han standing in the middle of the yard, the leader kicked the farmer in his hand to the ground. The farmer was already hunched over, and he fell face first on the ground, causing a burst of laughter from the two men behind him.

"It must be him. Look at his back. These farmers are not worthy of being accompanied by such a beauty."

The subordinates looked at LTLX behind Jiang Han with a joking look, causing the latter to look gloomy.

"Yes, it's me. You all took the time to come to my place. You wouldn't come here just to play with our farmers, right? Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Smart, I'm Guo Wen, a captain of the Southern Pacification Division. I received an order from above and came here to investigate a case."

He waved his hand and instructed the flag officers around him to take out their small notebooks and start recording. This thing was very important. Almost every Jinyiwei flag officer had such a small notebook to record the case investigation process and reports. Each person had one with an anti-counterfeiting stamp. Once recorded in it, it meant that you were in big trouble.

"Oh? I don't know what case it is that has bothered you to come all the way here. God knows, I am a good citizen. Why don't you go look for it somewhere else?"

"You don't need to know the details of the case. This is for your own good. If you knew, I would have to put you in jail. So, I hope you can cooperate."

"How can I cooperate?"

"It's very simple. Let my people go to your warehouse and take a look. The whole village needs to be monitored. Maybe some people will be taken away. But don't worry, if there is no problem, they will be back in a while."

"Take some people away?"

"Yes, for example, the guy behind you looks suspicious."

Guo Wen looked at LTLX, the lust on his face barely concealed.

"Sir, there may be some misunderstanding. I really don't have what you are looking for. Please go back."

Jiang Han's tone was sincere.

"Oh?"

Guo Wen glanced at Jiang Han in surprise. Seeing that he was not moved at all, he grinned. The small flag beside him immediately understood and began to record "The owner of Jiang's Farm refused the search by the Jinyiwei, obstructed the enforcement of the Southern Pacification Division, and claimed that the Jinyiwei could not find anything in his hands."

Watching the flag officer writing quickly, Jiang Han sighed.

"What's wrong, Master Jiang? Why are you sighing? Do you regret it?"

Guo Wen's face was full of amusement.

"I was just wondering why you guys can't understand what people are saying."

"What did you say!"

Guo Wen's answer came from the crisp clicking sound of a pump-action gun loading, which would make every American robber want to pee in his pants.

Volume 132: Chapter Chapter : Mingzhi

Even though they didn't know what the other person was holding, when the black muzzle of the gun was pointed at them, the threat of death still made them roughly understand the specific type of thing in the person's hand.

"It's a musket, be careful!!"

There was no time to ask the other party why they dared to do this. Almost at the moment when Guo Wen opened his mouth to warn, the roar of guns rang out.

When it comes to shotguns, even people who have no idea about firearms and have only seen them in movies, TV shows and games all have a consensus: this thing has a very short range, but its power is really fucking outrageous.

The actual answer is that the power of this thing is even more outrageous. Although in order to intuitively show its power, various works will make the people who are hit fly directly like being hit by a battering ram, but in reality, that is a huge waste of kinetic energy. The shotgun will only ensure that each steel ball completely penetrates the target's body and makes him stop moving completely.

But one thing is that it is generally recognized that the range of a shotgun is not very high. In fact, this is an adjustment made in the game for the sake of balance. The actual effective range of a real shotgun is 50 meters. If it is a single-headed bullet, it will be farther. Otherwise, isn't it funny to have a gun that can only shoot ten meters?

As we all know, when a bullet hits the human body, it will create a cavity in the human body, and the 12-gauge shotgun ammunition is densely packed with steel balls. The effect of such a large piece of stuff hitting the human body can only be described as very wow, and no living thing can survive it.

As Jinyiwei, the reactions of several small flag officers were no less than those of detectives. As soon as LXTX raised the muzzle of the gun and Guo Wen sounded the alarm, two small flag officers quickly drew their swords and stepped forward. However, when the swords were halfway drawn, they were sprayed with shotgun blasts all over their heads and faces. Before the other small flag officer could take two steps forward, LTLX had already completed the action of pump-loading the gun again.

The advantage of the pump-action type is that its structure is simple and reliable. As long as you are skilled enough, you can even use it at a semi-automatic frequency. As a humanoid, LTLX's proficiency is naturally beyond doubt. In just 1.5 seconds, he fired, reloaded, and fired again. The process was completed. The two small flags were sprayed into mud in an instant. Before Guo Wen could even react, the battle was over.

Click, the bullet shell popped out and fell to the ground, and the black muzzle of the gun pointed at Guo Wen again. At this moment, Guo Wen knew that he was finished.

He couldn't understand why the other party had such unreasonable firearms. Even the muskets in the Ming Dynasty's Shenjiying could only fire single shots. The range of that thing was only fifty steps, and it might not even be able to kill people. Why could the thing in the other party's hand have such tremendous power?

What he didn't understand was why, when facing the Jinyiwei, the other party, as a small farmer, dared to resist? Didn't they know that once they made a move on him and others, they would face the iron-blooded encirclement and suppression of the court? Why did they do that? How dare they do that?

"You, you know what the consequences will be if you kill us? If you put down your weapons now, I might be able to help you plead and leave your body intact. If you kill me, no one in your village will survive!"

Guo Wen, who was dominated by the desire to survive, put forward what he considered to be the most favorable conditions.

Jiang Han nodded, disagreeing, and gestured to LTLX.

"Wait...! I'm still here!"

Guo Wen's face changed drastically. This guy is a fool! How can you reason with a fool? He was about to change his words and conditions, but the fierce gunshots had already opened his mouth.

The world returned to peace, with only the sound of LTLX silently loading ammunition. The farmers were frightened by Jiang Han's sudden action, and the Jinyiwei in front of them were all killed on the spot before they could even make a move. The sound of the gunshot was especially loud, and this drastic change made everyone unable to recover.

Taking out the earplugs from his ears, Jiang Han sighed slightly: "My goodness, even with earplugs, the noise makes my head buzz."

"Boss...this..."

After a long time, Wang Yuan, the farmer who had run into Jiang Han's courtyard to make the announcement, was the first to react to the current situation. That is, the Jinyiwei came in arrogantly, but after saying less than two words, he was killed here by people sent by the boss?

This, isn't this tantamount to treason?

There was also an uproar outside the courtyard. The death of the Jinyiwei in this manor was a big deal. It was almost like tying all the people in the manor to the chariot of treason. The government would almost certainly come to encircle and suppress this place. They were about to face a catastrophe!

"What's going on? Why don't you take that guy to the doctor right away? His shoulder is most likely dislocated. His face is all scratched in this cold winter."

Jiang Han was quite dissatisfied with the slowness of these people, and ordered the farmers to bring the farmer who had been forced in by the Jinyiwei to receive treatment.

Wang Yuan was almost stunned. "Boss, do you want to listen to what you are talking about now? Are we talking about seeing a doctor? We are talking about how you just killed three Jinyiwei!"

"Boss, do you know that it is brocade..."

"Even if he is the king of heaven, he can't do that!"

Jiang Han glared at Wang Yuan and forced him to stop talking.