Chapter 105: Happy Summer Harvest Season
As long as things are going smoothly, Yun Zhao is in a good mood.
But, the world never revolves around one person.
Troublesome things came soon.
A handwritten letter from Yang He, the governor of the three sides, arrived in Lantian County, ordering Yunzhao, the magistrate of Lantian County, to help Zhang Daoli, the prefect of Xi'an, capture the murderer of the Shaohuashan massacre.
And the case is solved within a time limit. If the case cannot be solved, the magistrates of Huaxian, Chang'an and Lantian counties will have to wear shackles and go to his Yan'an camp to plead guilty.
At the same time, Hong Chengchou also sent a letter. In the letter, Qian exhorted Yunzhao to send the food to Fuping County as soon as possible. He also specifically pointed out that most of his troops were from the north and did not like to eat. Rice, wheat, millet, and millet are best used as military rations.
However, he hoped it would be 14,000 dan, not the 12,000 dan agreed upon in advance.
The prefect Zhang Lili has basically gone crazy while sitting in Chang'an. God knows why, if an ordinary caravan is intercepted and killed, it will attract the attention of countless superiors.
Not only Yang He, but also the old masters in the capital sent urgent letters to his desk, urging him to solve the case as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be serious.
The case occurred in Weinan. The magistrate of Weinan had been dismissed from his post, and the whole family was put into a wooden prison car and immediately escorted to the capital.
This made the magistrates of Huaxian, Chang'an, and Lantian counties feel as if they were fried. They didn't know how to deal with it, so they had to reduce the pressure and tell the officials of each county that if the group training could not be carried out in the 20s, The case will be solved within a few days, and there will be no hope of killing him.
As a result, these three counties plus Weinan County were in turmoil for a while, and everyone was in danger.
"Have we left any traces of what we did?"
After a day of schoolwork, Yun Zhao finally had time to ask about this matter.
Yun Xiao smiled and said: "There will be results soon, but it was not discovered by us, but by He Changsan, the head catcher from Weinan County."
"What was discovered? ?"
"He Changsan will soon catch a bandit, and this bandit will claim to be a subordinate of King Hengtian."
"Why must it be King Hengtian?"
"Only King Hengtian currently has cavalry!"
"Oh!"
"Will King Hengtian take the blame?"
"Hengtian The King of Heaven is very cosmopolitan and daring, and he likes to do unexpected things to make the world worship him.
Such things suit his taste best. As long as there are rumors that he did it, he will gain fame. , he will definitely admit it.
Even if he is smart and refuses to admit it, we can still find a way to make him unable to argue! "
"How did this person survive until now and be so good? Thousands of troops?"
"Because of these false reputations, there are always people who are ignorant and desperate and are willing to take refuge in him when they see his fame."
"He Changsan. The one caughtWho is this bandit? ”
“A man who is willing to sell his life for three loads of grain. "
"Can he withstand He Changsan's torture? "
"It doesn't matter, we gave him three loads of rice. For these three loads of rice, he must be able to bear it. After all, this is the survival food for his family of four.
He has already joined the gang, but I don’t know which group he belongs to. I heard that he is a tough-minded man who will not betray his brothers. "
"What's his name? "
"Xiao Zhao, there are people like this everywhere, just use them, there is no need to remember his name. "
"It's better to remember. I always feel that God has eyes. "
"Liu Dapeng! ”
Yun Zhao thought for a moment, but the name had no impression in his mind, so he nodded and accepted Yunxiao’s arrangement.
The Yun family has committed hundreds of thieves in Guanzhong. Although he didn't save any money or food in 2008, he had countless ways to use it.
When Yunxiao started planning the robbery, he had already thought about the escape route very well. Now, it's just that. Just continue to finish things step by step.
Gao Jie has come back a long time ago, and the people he brought have also returned smoothly. After Gao Jie came back, Yunzhao closed the border of Lantian County and prohibited refugees and even merchants from entering Lantian County. .
In May, the wheat in Lantian County has begun to turn yellow, and the largest summer harvest of the year will happen in less than ten days.
The Shaohua Mountain Massacre is happening. Before, it was understandable that Lantian County was facing a formidable enemy during the summer harvest.
Yun Zhao sent letters to the governor of Xi'an and Yang He, the governor of the three sides, telling them that the massacre at Shaohua Mountain was related to Lantian County. It doesn't matter, but the summer harvest in Lantian County is the overall situation. At this moment, he, the magistrate of Lantian County, wants to urge the people to harvest in the summer and collect summer taxes. He dare not leave lightly.
Hearing this, Zhang Lili said. He came to Lantian County overnight to inspect the crops in the fields and tasted the new crops grown by Yun. He was full of praise for the boiled corn.
After spending two days making an estimate of Lantian. After Xia Fu of the county, he returned to Xi'an with satisfaction, wrote a personal letter to Yang He, and pulled Yun Zhao out of the quagmire of Shaohua Mountain.
At this time, Weinan County arrested him. Leader He Changsan accidentally captured a man who had suffered a gold trauma while suppressing bandits in Qingxiang. He felt like he had found a treasure. After interrogating him overnight, he finally revealed the truth about the Shaohua Mountain tragedy
In the past, everyone thought that the big boss of Shaohua Mountain, "Sai Bodang", had committed the crime. Only after catching this strong man did they realize that "Sai Bodang" had been wrongly accused.
Early. Before the Xiongfeng Escort escorted the grain truck through Shaohua Mountain, "Saibodang" had been killed by "Hengtian King"
Hengtian Wang's original purpose was to intimidate Saibodang into joining the gang and donating money and grain. , Sai Bodang refused, King Hengtian killed Sai Bodang. It was at this time that Xiongfeng Escort sent a message of worshiping the mountain...…
Now, King Hengtian has disappeared.
After the matter was clarified, the magistrates of Hua County and Chang'an County finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the matter had nothing to do with them, they each mobilized their own forces to urge the closure of the case.
Yun Zhao ignored this matter. Now, the summer harvest in Lantian County is coming. This is what the hungry Guanzhong people are most concerned about.
This summer’s harvest is sacred in the eyes of people in Lantian County, and everyone smiles with joy as they look at the plump ears of wheat.
When Yun Zhao was wearing thick Nuo opera clothes and weird Nuo opera masks, everyone knelt down and worshiped wherever he went. This was not kneeling down to Yun Zhao, but kneeling down to the gods. .
Yun Zhao, who always treated this kind of ritual as a game in the past, had no intention of teasing him this time.
Including him, there are sixteen Nuo opera dancers. These are either officials or respected people from all over the country.
The person standing on the ground and starting to dance looked ridiculous and weird. At this time, even the children were kneeling on the ground with solemn faces, not daring to speak.
Set fires were not allowed in the wheat fields, so the yellow mounting paper was carried up to the ninth heaven by the dry and hot wind.
After Yun Zhao finished dancing, he took off his thick Nuo dance clothes and personally cut the first bunch of wheat on the selected plot of land.
The remaining fifteen dancers also cut a bunch of wheat, and finally tied the sixteen bunches of wheat with red silk and sent them to the Xi'an prefecture's Yamen by fast horse.
Then, there was a strange scream from the elder, and countless men, women, boys, and girls rushed into the wheat fields to begin the summer harvest of the third year of Chongzhen.
From last winter to this summer’s harvest, the people of Lantian County have never had a moment of leisure.
Until now, all the hard work has paid off.
The small county magistrate has issued a reward. The family with the highest yield per mu will receive a reward of ten taels of silver. The second place on the list will receive eight taels of silver, the third best will receive five taels of silver, and a total of thirteen people will be awarded on the farming list!
Naturally, Yun Niang was very dissatisfied with this matter, because Yun's Field was not qualified to participate in the selection.
Yun’s crops are still green and lush, and even the flowers of potatoes have not bloomed yet.
New grain is about to be put into storage, and the old grain can naturally be given to Hong Chengchou.
This time, the number of people sent by Hong Chengchou to transport food was particularly large. Just looking at the firearms and equipment on those people would make all the bandits stop thinking about robbery.
Twelve thousand six hundred dans of grain, this is the greatest kindness Yun Zhao has ever shown to Hong Chengchou.
A general who was obviously Hong Chengchou's confidant invited Yun Zhao to go to a hiding place to talk. When he went to the hiding place, he didn't say a word and just looked at Yun Zhao with big eyes.
So, Yun Zhao cupped his hands towards this confidant general and said: "Officer, the matter of Shaohua Mountain has nothing to do with me, and I don't have the strength to swallow up the Xiongfeng Escort Bureau in one go. You should understand one thing."
The confidant general nodded and said: "Zhu, I just have doubts. After all, this is too similar to what you played in Crescent Mountain."
Yun Zhao said again : "Officer, you know how much grain you can buy with the money you gave me. I didn't add a grain of sand into these 12,600 tons of grain, and there wasn't a grain of moldy grain in it. They were all last year." The good food cannot even be called old food. Your subordinates have seen this with their own eyes."
The confidant general quickly handed over his hands and said: "The general can prove this, it is all good food, Yun County. Ling Renyi."
Yun Zhao said with a smile: "I originally wanted to peel off a layer of skin, but then I thought about the hard work of the soldiers, so I filled the gap for you. Aren't you satisfied?"
p>The general chuckled and said: "Pig! Bring me back two hundred kilograms of rice. I'm a southerner. I have to eat noodles all day long. Don't you think I'm a pitiable official?"
Yun Zhao smiled and said: "This is natural, this is a gift between friends, not a transaction!"