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Huang Zundao's money was not hidden secretly, he just dug a cellar in the backyard.

In the cellar, there is a large wooden box, the body of which is wrapped with brass skin.

Apparently to prevent theft, a few large iron nails penetrated the bottom of the box and drove hard into the stone slab on the ground, and the entire box was fixed.

In addition, the lid of the box is locked with six locks...

"Tie Niu, smash it open!" Zhao Han ordered.

Zhang Tieniu didn't dare to use the blade of the axe, he just used the back of the axe to smash it. His arm was so weak that he finally broke four locks, which made Zhao Han look forward to the treasure in the box even more.

"boom!"

The last lock was smashed, and Zhang Tieniu lifted the lid of the box.

Zhao Han's expression was very exciting, he was stunned for a few seconds, and suddenly scolded: "This shit, I haven't hidden much money, and the box is quite bluffing."

Carrying a large scale and weighing it, there are only more than 2,700 taels.

Among them, one thousand taels was the bait thrown by Zhao Han!

No wonder Huang Zundao was so anxious that he didn't even care about spring plowing, so he forced the tenants to work quickly. The money that Zhao Han casually threw out was more than half of the Huang family's savings for several generations.

A local rich man in a remote countryside really can't expect too much.

Although Huang Zundao opened an inn and a few shops in the town, the traffic was not large, and he could not make much money in a year.

By exploiting farmers and tenants, how much oil and water can be blown up?

What's more, Huang Zundao also has a son who has moved to live in the county. Because he can't pay the money for whoring, he asked his wife to go home and get the money to redeem him. That's another expense!

Master Huang's real property is the land, the ancestral house!

Only the Huang family's ancestral house does not have a thousand taels of silver, so it is impossible to build it.

Alas, it's better than nothing, Datongshe's cash flow has finally increased to more than 3,000 taels.

In the next few days, the population will be registered and the land of the whole town will be measured.

Whether it is to make rules, or to kill people to build power, you have to divide the land.

Only after allocating the land can Zhao Han truly establish his authority!

...

During the land survey, the news of the peasant riots in Huangjia Town quickly spread to the lower reaches of Heshui—the upper reaches were the mountains.

Maotian Village and Yinkeng Village in the lower reaches are just villages, not even towns.

In the Ming Dynasty, towns and villages were not administrative units, there were no town and village chiefs, and there was no subordinate relationship between the two.

The Lijia chiefs of the two villages were all shocked. While guarding against the peasants' uprising, they sent people to the county to report to the officials.

Reporting to officials is useful?

The nearest guard is in Yongxin County, that is, the Yongxin Shouyu Qianhu Office, and it can't control the affairs of Luling County.

Luling County is governed by Guoji'an Fucheng.

"The county lord, the mob in Huangjia Town is causing chaos and bewitching Zhao Yan, a scholar of auspicious waters. Please make decisions for the people, arrest the wanted scholar Zhao Yan at sea, and send troops to suppress those rioters!"

There were two people standing under the hall, one was Huang Yu, the patriarch of the Huang family in Luling, and the other was Huang Shunli, the youngest son of Huang Zundao.

The Huang family in Huangjia Town is just a branch of the Huang family in Luling!

Sun Yanghuai, the county magistrate, stroked his beard and said, "This county already knows about it, so let's go and report it to the magistrate. Go back and wait slowly."

What kind of power can a county magistrate attached to Guofu City have?

You treat everyone as Wang Yangming.

After Wang Yangming left Longchang Station, his first position was the county magistrate of Luling. The term of office is only seven months, and the forces of all sizes in the county have been ruled into obedience.

Also as the county magistrate of Luling, Sun Yanghuai took office for two years and could only manage one street of the county government.

Originally, there were many fathers-in-law and mother-in-law, but suddenly another eunuch was airborne...

The next day, Xu Fusheng, the magistrate of Ji'an, received a report from the magistrate of Luling.

Xu Fusheng is Xu Xiake's family brother, and Xu Fusheng's son-in-law Wu Jimei is Xu Xiake's nephew.

But this guy is stupid and doesn't do anything. Xu Xiake later traveled to Ji'an, preferring to live in a stranger's house rather than trouble this relative. Moreover, he complained in "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes", saying that Xu Fusheng was not responsible at all. He was supposed to preside over the end-of-year exams for the students himself, but he suddenly released pigeons on the day of the exams. The scholars in Ji'an Prefecture were very disappointed.

"Just a small town?"

At this moment, when Xu Fusheng received the news of civil unrest, he smiled and threw it aside.

From Xu Zhifu's point of view, if an accident occurs in a small town, does it deserve to be called civil unrest?

The magistrate has no soldiers in his hands, and he has to wait for things to get serious before he has a reason to recruit the country brave and get money from the pockets of the gentry.

There are also thousands of households in Ji'an, but they can't be counted on. The guards are not as effective as the Xiangyong.

The matter of Zhao Han occupying Huangjia Town only stayed in Xu Fusheng's mind for a few seconds. The magistrate walked out of the gate of the government office slowly, and went to listen to music and watch a play in a sedan chair.

If you want the magistrate to recruit soldiers to suppress it, please occupy the entire Xuanhua Township first!

...

The prefect of Ji'an is not in a hurry, but the Ji'an tax supervisor is very anxious.

The news that Jinggang tax eunuch was killed and the money pass was looted had already spread to Ji'an Mansion.

The Ji'an tax eunuch was furious, but there was nothing he could do. He could only send someone to Nanchang and report to the Jiangxi eunuch.

The eunuch guarding Jiangxi can't...

Emperor Chongzhen, while reusing eunuchs, also took back many privileges of eunuchs.

The guarding eunuchs in Jiangxi are not qualified to transfer troops without the support of the governor. Even with the support of the governor, we still need to communicate with the Jiangxi Third Division. It will probably be next year after the process is completed.

Xie Xuelong, the governor of Jiangxi, is busy rebuilding the Tengwang Pavilion, and he doesn't care about other things-especially the eunuchs!

In desperation, the eunuchs could only be sent again to collect taxes in Jinggang Town.

At the same time, Jinggang inspection inspector Fei Yinggong was wanted, and Wang Heng, the tax supervisor of Qianshan, was ordered to join the county magistrate of Qianshan to search for the important criminals in Fei's house.

Before the Qianshan government received the news, the Fei family had already learned the details.

Fei Yuanzhen urgently convened a meeting of clan elders to remove Fei Yinggong from the clan, and then gathered slaves to prepare to fight against the government.

It really pissed off the Fei family, the magistrate don't want to collect taxes this year!

...

But Fei Ruhe brought Fei Chun all the way to Jinggang Town.

He caught a farmer and asked, "Old Cousin, where is the Jinggang Inspection Office?"

The farmer pointed to it casually: "There is no one living there."

"unoccupied?"

Fei Ruhe asked confusedly, "Isn't Inspection Fei here?"

Probably the eunuch was hated by others, the farmer gloated and said, "Fei Xunjian did a great job, and he ran away with the money a long time ago."

"Run away?" Fei Ruhe was a little dumbfounded.

The farmer said: "Fei Xunjian killed the eunuch, robbed the banknote and Guanyin, and I don't know where he went."

The master and servant looked at each other.

Continuing to walk forward, Fei Chun said: "Master, let's rest overnight in the town and go back to Qianshan Mountain tomorrow."

Fei Ruhe shook his head again and again: "It's hard to come out, I just want to do something important, how can I go back if I can't find my fourth uncle?"

"Then where should we go? What should we do?" Fei Chun asked.

"Let me think again." Fei Ruhe scratched his head anxiously.

I'm far away in a foreign land, and I don't know anyone, what the hell can I do?

Staying at the Xun Inn in Jinggang Town, Fei Ruhe thought about it, and suddenly had an idea: "Let's learn from the heroes in "Water Margin", hoe the strong and help the weak, rob the rich and help the poor, and draw swords to help when the road is uneven!"

Fei Chun didn't dare to object, he just muttered: "Master, you are a bandit."

Fei Ruhe was very irritable, and said depressedly: "Oh, don't talk about it, go and fill your stomach first."

The master and servant came to the lobby of the inn, ordered food and drink, and lay on the table in a daze.

"Have you heard? The farmers in Huangjia Town rebelled!"

"Really? Then how do you do business?"

"Do not delay doing business, the rioters only kill the landlords, and do nothing to the merchants."

"That's not certain."

"Hey, I know about this. I was in Huangjia Town two days ago, and I had dinner at the same table as Zhao Xianggong, who took the lead in the uprising."

"Brother, sit down quickly, I'll treat you to today's drink."

"Then it's better to obey than to be respectful."

"Tell me, what happened."

"Then Mr. Zhao is a talented scholar in Jishui. His surname is Zhao. He has a famous saying and his name is Ziyue."

"Zhao Ziyue? It's an interesting name. It sounds like it's from a scholarly family. Why did you bring the peasants into trouble?"

"Hey, it's all forced by the Huang officer in the town. This Mr. Zhao paid a thousand taels of silver..."

Zhao Zi said?

Fei Ruhe and Fei Chun looked at each other, both delighted and horrified.

Fei Chun muttered to himself, "Brother Han really rebelled."

"You know that he plans to rebel?" Fei Ruhe asked.

Fei Chun nodded and said, "Not only Brother Han is going to rebel, but Mrs. Pang is also going to rebel. The two of them were planning secretly last year."

"Hey!"

Fei Ruhe slammed on the table, and because the sound was so loud, all the diners turned their heads to look at him.

"Ahem!"

Fei Ruhe coughed twice, and said hastily, "That member Huang is too deceitful."

The diners immediately echoed: "It's just too much deceit, and actually cheated Zhao Xiucai of one thousand taels of silver."

After those people diverted their attention, Fei Ruhe complained in a low voice: "Sir and Zhao Han, you did such a big thing quietly and didn't even tell me!"

Fei Chun asked, "Young Master, dare to rebel?"

"Yes... why don't you dare?" Fei Ruhe's tone became weaker, he was really a little scared.

Fei Chun persuaded: "Master, let's go home."

"I won't return!"

Fei Ruhe gritted his teeth and said, "Let's change our names and surnames, try to rebel with him, and do it quickly!"

Fei Chun had a bitter look on his face: "Master, why bother, you are not short of money."

Fei Ruhe struggled and said, "I just want to do big things. To be honest, I won't be able to do big things if I take the military examination as an official. Even if I can lead troops to fight, I still have to look at the faces of civil officials and be the grandson of eunuchs. This is four words." Uncle said, he will definitely not lie to me."

Fei Chun was powerless to persuade, so he had to shut up.

Suddenly, someone shouted outside the inn: "The eunuch is here again!"

Everyone ran out of the inn one after another, but they saw a notice posted at the door, to the effect that: the tax supervisor eunuch rebuilds the Jinggang Chaoguan, and now recruits some tax collectors and tax soldiers. Those who are interested will report to the inspection office tomorrow.

Fei Ruhe's eyes lit up immediately.

He took Fei Chun to inquire about the news, the eunuch only brought four people to the post, one of them was guarding the boat by the river, and the other three lived with the eunuch in the inspection department.

These tax-supervising eunuchs had no establishment under their command and could only be temporarily recruited by themselves. Even the four servants they brought with them were gangsters recruited in Luling County.

Fei Ruhe went to the river and spent double the price to buy a small boat from the fishermen.

He said to Fei Chun: "Stay on the boat, light the lantern at night, and set off when I come!"

"What is the young master going to do?" Fei Chun asked.

Fei Ruhe smiled and said, "Like Fourth Uncle, kill eunuchs, and do great things!"

Fei Chun said in surprise, "You're crazy!"

"The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan." Fei Ruhe sneered.

In fact, Fei Ruhe didn't know what his ambition was, he only hoped to do great things vigorously.

Let Fei Chun stay on the fishing boat, while Fei Ruhe went to inspect the yamen with a sword and a bow on his back.

"Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!"

Fei Ruhe knocked on the door frantically.

A eunuch's servant opened the door and said angrily, "Master Tax Inspector just arrived today. I am very tired all the way. I want to join the group and come back tomorrow."

"I'm going to join the gang today!" Fei Ruhe kicked the man over.

Other attendants surrounded them one after another, Fei Ruhe didn't draw his saber, just used the scabbard to knock them down.

The eunuch came looking for the sound, happened to see this scene, and exclaimed, "What a strong man!"

Fei Ruhe clasped his fists and said, "Jiujiang Zhang Yaonian, meet the tax supervisor. I killed someone in Jiujiang, and there is a murder case. Will the tax supervisor dare to accept it?"

The eunuch was overjoyed and said, "Why don't you dare accept it? It's not a problem to kill ten or eight. From now on, follow our family and work hard!"

The eunuch felt that he had recruited a strong general, and he was not afraid of being slaughtered like his predecessor, so he immediately asked his servant to buy food and drinks and come back to entertain him.

It is said that it is to buy wine and food, and it is definitely free of money.

Fei Ruhe ate and drank a lot, became even more grateful, and volunteered to keep vigil for the eunuch.

That night, Fei Ruhe walked into the room and chopped the eunuch down with a knife.

The guy went straight to the river with his head in his hands, jumped onto the fishing boat and said, "Go boat, Huangjia Town is upstream!"

The newly appointed eunuch is purely unlucky to meet a fool like Fei Ruhe. He didn't grab even a tael of silver, just doing big things for the hell, and his head was taken away in a daze.

The eunuch was hacked to death in his sleep, and he probably woke up in hell, and he didn't know what to say about his death when he saw the King of Hades.