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"Sister, hasn't the magistrate returned to the yamen yet?"

"I went back to the Yamen last night, only slept for two hours, and went out again early in the morning."

"If the magistrate comes back again, please let me know."

"Don't worry, young master, I will remember."

After watching the maid leave, Zhao Han helped the little girl to sit up and drink the medicine when the medicine soup on the table was no longer hot.

It has been a day and two nights to live in the county government office, and the younger sister's condition fluctuates from time to time. Sometimes the body temperature barely drops, and sometimes the fever is particularly severe, and I don't know when I will be able to recover.

However, the medicine was almost gone, and Zhao Han was short of money.

But Fei Yinghuan and Wang Yongshi seem to have completely forgotten about Zhao Han. This is also normal, who would care about two children fleeing famine?

By the afternoon, Wang Zhixian hadn't returned to the county government office yet, so Zhao Han finally couldn't wait any longer.

He found the maid and said, "Sister, I'm going out for a while, please help take care of my little sister."

The maid takes care of Wang Zhi County's daily life full-time, and she has nothing to do when the master is not at home. Zhao Han had a very sweet mouth and offered to bribe him with a hairpin, the maid readily agreed to help.

Going out with a spear, Zhao Han picked up Fei Yinghuan's tiger skin and asked the county government for a while, but no one could tell where the county magistrate was.

There was no other way, Zhao Han had no choice but to leave the county government office and ask all the way to find a pawnshop.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!!!"

Suddenly, there were bursts of bells from the direction of the bell tower, and the county officials ran to the gates of the city one after another.

When Zhao Han was wondering, he saw Wang Yongshi, Fei Yinghuan, Wei Jianxiong and others rushing over from a distance, accompanied by several low-level military officers.

"County Honor..."

Zhao Han was about to go up to talk to him, but he was pushed away by the officials, and everyone headed towards the north gate.

Something big happened!

...

Wang Yongshi ransacked the house of the biggest tycoon in the city by means of thunderbolt.

He also teamed up with the county magistrate Lu who had little real power, threatened and suppressed Li, who was sitting on the ground, and spent a day controlling the three shifts and six rooms of the county government. Immediately afterwards, a meeting of big households in the city was called to force the grain merchants to stabilize the price of rice, and the gentry were semi-forced to donate money and grain.

Such a variety of methods can be described as very clever, and they will be able to open warehouses to relieve the hungry tomorrow.

At this moment, a deputy inspector appeared with injuries and brought news of the victims' uprising.

The Inspection Department of Yangliuqing Town is equivalent to the Yangliuqing Town Police Station. Although the post office (post station) of the town was moved to Tianjin, the inspection department was retained, and was surrounded and attacked by a team of peasants who stepped through the sky.

Since the Jiupin inspection was dismembered on the spot, the deputy inspector escaped by chance, jumped into the river in a panic, and made a big circle to the county to report the news.

Ascending to the north tower, Wang Yongshi looked as far as the eye could see, but did not see the shadow of the peasant army.

Deputy Inspector Zhang Fen said: "Master, at this moment, the rioters are probably looting Duliu Town."

Duliu Town, located between Jinghai County and Yangliuqing Town, is also a big town that emerged due to water transportation.

From a military point of view, Duliu Town is more important than Yangliuqing Town. The South Canal, Ziya River, and Daqing River are integrated here, which is the origin of the town name "Duliu".

"Da da da da!"

Yiqi suddenly came from the north, but it was Song Chunming, the director of the inspection department of Duliu Town, who rode to the county seat alone to report.

Why is he the only one?

Because there was only one horse, the director ran away on the horse!

Running to the bottom of the city, Song Chunming yelled: "I am Song Chunming, the inspector of Duliu Town. I have an urgent military report. Let me enter the city quickly!"

Wang Yongshi ordered: "Hang him up."

Song Chunming didn't even want his mount, he came to the tower with willow baskets, and said in a panic: "The county lord, the hungry people are rebelling, and Duliu Town is gone!"

Wang Yongshi asked calmly, "How many rioters are there?"

"Thousands and tens of thousands." Song Chunming said.

Fei Yinghuan frowned and interjected, "Is it a few thousand or tens of thousands?"

Song Chunming said: "It can range from a few thousand to as many as tens of thousands."

Wang Yongshi suppressed his anger and asked, "Where are your people?"

Song Chunming said: "It's all gone. Either be killed or become a thief."

Zhang Fen, the deputy inspector of Yangliuqing Town, said in a strange way: "I ran here for more than 20 miles, and Song inspector came here on horseback ten miles away?"

Song Chunming was furious, and asked, "Then why didn't you go to Duliu Town to report the news first, at least let me be prepared, so I won't be caught off guard by the thieves!"

Zhang Fen also said angrily: "You have the nerve to say that when I went to the Inspection Department of Duliu Town, there was no one there, and the office of the Inspection Department was empty. Where did you and your subordinates go?"

"I... I took people to the countryside to arrest robbers." Song Chunming said hesitantly.

Zhang Fen said sarcastically, "Find robbers? I'm afraid they brought people into the village under the guise of arresting robbers!"

"You spitting blood!" Song Chunming's neck swelled red.

A deputy director of the township inspection department and a director of the township inspection department quarreled in front of the county magistrate.

"Shut up!"

Wang Yongshi couldn't stand it anymore, stopped the quarrel between the two, and said to Fei Yinghuan, "Brother Dazhao, the rebels plundered Duliu Town today, and they may come to the county seat tomorrow. Help me defend the city. I will lend you ten taels of silver for travel expenses."

"Ten taels? At least one hundred taels!" Fei Yinghuan bargained.

These two guys are so impatient, they are still in the mood to joke.

At this moment, Lu Hui, the county magistrate, and Li Xing, the chief secretary, rushed over and asked in panic, "But the rioters are here?"

Wang Yongshi did not give a direct answer, but showed joy on his face: "Master Li, you came at the right time!"

"Why is it the right time?" Li Xing was at a loss.

Wang Yongshi smiled all over his face and said, "This county would like to ask Master Li for a favor."

Li Xing felt something was wrong, and subconsciously asked, "What's the matter?"

"Borrow your head and use it!"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Yongshi turned around suddenly, reached out and pulled out the sword from Fei Yinghuan's waist.

The sword light flashed, blood splattered, and the chief secretary Li Xing fell to the ground and twitched, clutching his neck.

This Wang magistrate is surprisingly good at swordsmanship!

Everyone was shocked, and the two chief inspectors, who were guilty of crimes, knelt down on the ground in fright.

Lu Hui, the magistrate of the county, said in surprise, "Why is the magistrate so?"

Wang Yongshi said: "This bastard has been entrenched in Jinghai for many years, and he has committed countless crimes. Now there are thieves in the county, all of which are caused by his officials forcing the people to rebel. Come, take this guy's head, and go out of the city to appease the victims outside the city." Let’s calm down the anger of the people first. The county government, county schools, Confucian temples, academies, and tribute courtyards are all set aside to resettle the people and disaster victims outside the city, and no one can stay outside the city before dawn tomorrow!”

Outside the city, there are a large number of people living in the country, and there are countless victims who fled from the famine.

If these people are not allowed to enter the city, when the peasant army kills the city, all these people will probably be coerced, and the number of enemies will double by then.

Wang Yongshi also said: "Lu Xiancheng, go and gather the big households in the city and ask them to give food to the people immediately. If we let people in, if we don't let them eat enough, I'm afraid there will be chaos in the city."

Now that someone was resisting, Lu Hui also calmed down, cupped his fists and said, "I'll go now, sir."

Wang Yongshi continued to issue orders: "Chen Dianshi, you are in charge of public security in the city. Huang Xunjian, Song Xunjian, and Zhang Xunjian, you three will assist Chen Dianshi in recruiting brave men in the city. I want a thousand volunteers before dawn! "

"Yes!" The four took orders.

Wang Yongshi continued: "The three shifts and six offices of the county government each perform their duties. Prepare the military pay, food, grass, and weapons. If you can't find a knife, gun, sword, or halberd, use a kitchen knife and stick. Collect gold juice, vegetable oil, bricks, and rolling logs. This county will use it to defend the city tomorrow!"

After finishing all the orders, the guards of the North City Gate suddenly came to report: "Xianzun, there is a young man asking to see him, he said he is the junior of the county lord."

"Where is the junior from this county? Let him go!" Wang Yongshi said impatiently.

The gate guard reminded: "He said that he has a plan to destroy the enemy."

Wang Yongshi sneered and thought for a while: "Bring me here for questioning."

The news that the rioters are about to attack the county seat has spread in the streets and alleys. Obviously, many officials don't know what it means to keep secrets.

Even Zhao Han, who was walking on the street, heard about it, so he bravely came forward to offer advice.

It's just a suggestion, and it's not doing it yourself. If it succeeds, wouldn't it be a profit?

Zhao Han was brought up to the tower, Wang Yongshi felt a little familiar, and soon remembered that this was the child he placed in the county government.

"After your old friend?" Wang Yongshi asked Fei Yinghuan.

Fei Yinghuan felt a little interesting, and said ambiguously, "It's sort of."

Zhao Han cupped his hands and said, "I pay my respects to the county lord."

Wang Yongshi asked directly: "You are young, what strategy can you have to defeat the enemy?"

Zhao Han asked back: "May I ask how many rioters there are?"

Wang Yongshi replied: "Thousands and tens of thousands."

Zhao Han asked again: "May I ask how many armors, swords, bows and arrows do these thousands of rioters have?"

Wang Yongshi said: "The hungry people rebelled, and they didn't grab the armory. What kind of armor and weapons can they have?"

Zhao Han asked again: "Where are the rioters now?"

Wang Yongshi said, "We are looting Duliu Town, ten miles away."

Zhao Hanfu asked: "It will be dark in a while, may the rioters come to attack the county overnight?"

Wang Yongshi said: "Of course not. I will definitely rest in Duliu Town tonight, and tomorrow..." At this point, Wang Yongshi suddenly looked ecstatic, and laughed, "Haha, it's a good plan, and it turns out to be terrible. Get Chen Dian Shi called back, and immediately recruited five hundred strong men with a lot of money to make more torches, kill pigs and make food, and I will personally lead the army to attack at night! Brother Wei, you immediately ride a horse and go to Duliu Town to inquire about the military situation."

"It's a trivial matter, leave it to me!" Wei Jianxiong said with a smile.

Wang Yongshi turned around and asked Zhao Han, "You have made meritorious contributions, what reward do you want?"

Zhao Han clasped his hands and said, "My little sister is seriously ill and has no money to buy medicine. I hope the county magistrate will help me."

"This matter is easy to hear, hahahaha!" Wang Yongshi laughed heartily, and his mood became extremely comfortable.

(I don’t dare to post on time anymore, for fear of problems. I’m going out soon, and the chapter at 8 o’clock will be released in advance.)