Rise From the Humble

Liu Mu searched the bodies of the two civilians and confirmed that they did not carry weapons. At Zhu Pingan's signal, Liu Mu went to stand guard, leaving the two civilians with Zhu Pingan.

After the two ordinary people got the opportunity to be alone with Zhu Pingan, they couldn't wait to inform Zhu Pingan of the emergency situation.

"Master Governor, I am the chief of the seventh armor of our Dongshan Village. There is a young man in our village, that is, the fourth son. His nephew deceived his master and killed his ancestors and joined the Japanese pirates. Last night he sent us a message. , it was said that it was Xu Hai, the king of Japanese pirates, who was very angry until Zhejiang implemented the ten-household protection law. Someone from the town is planning to kill us, not even our dogs or chickens!"

A thin common man said with an anxious look.

"Sir, our Dongshan Village is also a model village. My nephew said that our village is one of the targets of the Japanese pirates. If I hadn't taken good care of this nephew in the past, my nephew couldn't bear to see our family die in revenge of the Japanese pirates. Come secretly and tell me that I should take my family and children out of the village and hide. My family members and my seven aunts and eight aunts are all in the village. How can I live alone as a family? So I told our elder brother about this. Our commander told the village chief about this, and the village chief asked us to report it to the governor immediately. "

Another commoner said immediately.

"The Japanese pirates are trying to destroy the ten-household protection law." After listening to the complaints of two common people, Zhu Pingan immediately understood that Xu Hai was trying to scare the monkeys and threaten the people in Zhejiang in an attempt to destroy the ten-household protection law.

"Please, Lord Governor, you must save our village. The Japanese pirates will come tomorrow."

Two common people knelt down and prayed hurriedly.

"Please get up quickly. It is my duty to protect the people within the territory. I will protect your village."

Zhu Pingan quickly helped them up and assured them.

"Thank you, Mr. Governor. Thank you, Mr. Governor." After hearing Zhu Ping'an's assurance, the two ordinary people thanked him repeatedly.

"Do you know which villages and towns the Japanese pirates will attack again?" Zhu Ping'an asked slowly after calming the two of them.

"Shangpo Village, our neighboring village, is also their target. As for the other villages and towns, we don't know. My nephew didn't say anything. He only said that they would kill the villages and towns that modeled the implementation of the ten-household protection law and kill them like rivers of blood, chickens and dogs. Don’t stay.”

The two people scratched their heads. They only knew that there was another Shangshan Village, but they didn't know about the others.

Villages and towns that model compliance with the ten-household house number protection law

This clue is enough, and Zhu Ping'an, a village and town who has modelly abided by the ten-household house number protection law, couldn't know it better.

"Two fellows, thank you for coming to report this important news. I won't give you any honorary commendation to avoid revenge from the Japanese pirates. Brother Mu, please take the two fellows to the private house to collect the reward of twenty taels of silver. Each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. "

Zhu Pingan waved to Liu Mu in the distance and asked him to take two ordinary people to a private house to receive the silver reward.

"No, no need, Lord Governor. We are not here to receive rewards, as long as we keep our village."

The two ordinary people waved their hands repeatedly.

"Only when rewards and punishments are clear can we make orders and prohibitions. If merit is not rewarded and delinquency is not punished, then wouldn't I be a coward?"

Zhu Pingan insisted with a smile.

"Thank you, Mr. Governor, thank you, Mr. Governor." The two ordinary people did not expect that there would be a silver reward, and they thanked them happily.

"Two fellow villagers, you can rest assured and go home after receiving the reward. I will make arrangements right away to ensure that your village is safe. At the same time, I will give the Japanese pirates a surprise so that they will never come back!" Zhu Ping'an said to the two common people. said.

Liu Mu came over and took two ordinary people to the house to collect the silver reward. Zhu Pingan went back to the study to study the map.

Xu Hai tried to destroy the armor-protecting method of ten households, which means that the armor-protecting method of ten households hit them seven inches.

The ten-household protection method is an important part of Zhu Pingan's strategy to eliminate Japanese pirates. Zhu Pingan will never allow Xu Hai to destroy the ten-household protection method. If Xu Hai is allowed to bloodyly kill model villages and towns, causing white terror, then other villages and towns will have to avoid being invaded by Japanese pirates. After the massacre, no one dared to abide by the law of protecting the ten houses.

Dongshan Village is located in Jiashan County, Jiaxing Prefecture. Jiashan County is adjacent to Songjiang Prefecture. It is not surprising that the Japanese pirates chose this place to attack.

Although the two ordinary people did not know which other villages and towns the Japanese pirates wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, the clues they provided that the Japanese pirates wanted to target villages and towns that modeled compliance with the ten-household protection law were enough for Zhu Pingan to deduce.

The ten-household-number protection method was one of the two things that Zhu Pingan devoted the most energy to during this period.

Another thing is the training of new recruits of the Zhejiang Army.

Since the northern part of Zhejiang suffered the most severe harassment and plunder from Japanese pirates during this period, Zhu Pingan paid the most attention to the implementation of the ten-household protection law in northern Zhejiang. He also issued the most documents to the local governments in northern Zhejiang and dispatched the most manpower for inspections.

Due to the real threat of Japanese pirates and Zhu Ping'an's attention, the implementation of the ten-household protection law in northern Zhejiang is the best in Zhejiang.

Among the areas with the best implementation in northern Zhejiang, the most prominent ones are Jiashan County, Pinghu County and Haiyan County.

The best county is Jiashan County.

The Dongshan Village and Shangpo Village where these two people come from are model villages in Jiashan County that abide by the ten-household protection law. In addition to these two villages, Hechi Village and Xitang Ancient Town are also outstanding.

The number of reports from these villages and towns topped that of Jiashan County, and nearly 100 suspects of collusion with the Japanese were arrested based on the reports.

In addition to Jiashan County, Zhaojia Village and Wangjiazhai in Pinghu County are also model villages that modelly abide by the Ten-Household Baojia Law.

Qingfeng Town in Haiyan County is also a model town that modelly abides by the Ten-Household Baojia Law. The people of this town reported that two local gentry were colluding with the Japanese. Zhu Ping'an ordered Liu Dadao to lead 100 Zhejiang troops to Haiyan County to assist the Haiyan County Magistrate in the investigation. After investigation, it was confirmed that the two gentry were colluding with the Japanese. The two gentry raised more than 100 Japanese pirates in the name of a caravan. These Japanese pirates traveled back and forth in the name of running business, and often disappeared for a while. When someone asked, they said they went to purchase goods, and after a while they came back with a dazzling array of goods.

In fact, what they called purchasing goods was that they received the call of the Japanese pirates outside, joined them, and followed the Japanese pirates outside to burn, kill, and loot. The things they looted were what they called imported goods.

There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. These pirates were also causing trouble in the town. Some boasted about how many people they killed, some were so proud that they let slip, and some were drunk and said they let slip.

In addition, their goods were not fixed and were always mixed, and some of the goods had blood stains on them.

So many people knew the truth.

After the implementation of the ten-household baojia system, people in the same group and local people reported it.

After verifying the facts, Liu Dadao led a hundred Zhejiang soldiers to raid the homes of two gentry at night and caught more than a hundred drunken pirates. They seized tens of thousands of taels of silver from the two gentry's homes, as well as fifty bows, more than two hundred Japanese swords, axes, scimitars, long swords and other weapons, and more than thirty sets of armor.

They were caught red-handed! (End of this chapter)