On the west bank of Huangpu stands the young county seat of Shanghai.

This low and simple brick and stone city was built in the 32nd year of Jiajing, more than ten years later than the county seat of Kunshan.

Because Shanghai County is located on the edge and no one cares about it, there is no support from a bachelor like Gu Dingchen in the court.

In order to avoid being plundered by the Japanese invaders, they could only rely on the gentry and people in the county to have money and strength.

They demolished all the brick houses and used them to build walls, and in less than two months, they built a magnificent city with a circumference of nine miles, a height of two feet and four feet, and a moat depth of one foot and seven feet and a width of six feet.

This somewhat ugly but strong city protected the people of the county from more than a dozen raids by the Japanese in the years that followed......

Although the anti-Japanese war has been won, the people of Shanghai still maintain a high degree of vigilance because of its remote coastal location. Especially I heard that a while ago, Chongming County, which is separated by a river, has just exterminated a group of Japanese robbers.

This made the people of Shanghai very angry, so they saw that the magnificent military fleet entered Shanghai from Huangpu and came towards the county seat. The gunmen patrolling the city hurriedly sounded the alarm!

In the alarm bell of 'bell bell', the people living in the villages of the market towns outside the county town did not care about packing up their furniture, and hurriedly picked up the old man and the child, and rushed towards the county seat.

The moment after the bell rings, all the drawbridges on the trenches will be raised, and the people who have not fled into the county town will have to fend for themselves......

The city was also in chaos, and the gunmen hurriedly left their work and ran to the armory next to the city walls.

There, they will receive armor and weapons, be sent by the county officials, and go up to the city to defend against the Japanese invaders.

The newly appointed magistrate Zhang Cheng did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly called the county Cheng, Dian Shi and others to rush out of the county office.

There was no time to prepare the horses, Zhang Zhixian took the Zuo Er people to run all the way and went to the small south gate that sounded the alarm bell.

When he ascended the gate tower out of breath, he saw that the fleet had sailed less than two miles outside the city.

He hurriedly looked at it, and couldn't help but be furious.

"Bastard, are you blind? Can't you see the flags of Ying Tian Governor and Su Song's soldiers?! ”

The people have no choice but to bow their heads and be trained. Who made them illiterate, and never saw such a big battle?

Li Ronghao and Li Xiancheng, who finally took a breath, said with a dry mouth:

"It's strange, Zhongcheng and Bing Xian have joined forces, what are you doing here in our corner?"

"I'm afraid I'm not here to go to the Imperial Palace." Yu Dianshi guessed.

"......" Zhang Zhixian is a new science and technology scholar who is ready to use at the bottom of the list, and he will not speak easily at this time, so as not to say too many mistakes and affect his prestige.

Amid the discussions, the warships stopped at the inner bund, and a group of officers and soldiers wearing Ming military uniforms landed ashore to form a team.

The hard-working Tian Tongju ran to the edge of the trench and shouted loudly across the suspension bridge, asking the Shanghai magistrate to hurry out to greet him.

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The drawbridge was slowly lowered, and Zhang Cheng led all the miscellaneous officials to the left side of the city gate to welcome Lord Zhongcheng.

Lin Run rode into Shanghai City with an expressionless face, followed by Zheng Yuanshao and other civil and military personnel.

Not to mention Zhang Zhixian and others, even Zheng Yuanshao couldn't understand what Lin Zhongcheng's intention was to suddenly kill in Shanghai?

But Lin Zhongcheng had a gloomy face all the way, and he didn't dare to ask, so he could only follow silently.

"Where is Zhang Zhixian?" Lin Run suddenly asked in a deep voice.

"The lower official is here, the lower official is here." Hearing this, Zhang Yi hurriedly got up from the ground and trotted to the horse in the forest.

"This court has come to Shanghai to investigate and handle a case of forbidding for widows." Lin Run finally revealed the mystery and said: "How many Wanyuan are there in the county?" ”

"Back in Zhongcheng, Shanghai is a small place, there is only one." Zhang Zhixian replied busily.

"Feng Qianhu!" Lin Run let out a low sigh.

"In!" The tall officer of the Thousand Households immediately came out of the crowd.

"Immediately seal the Wanyuan with Zhang Zhi County, do not allow anyone to enter or leave, count all the accounts, and transport them to the governor's office."

"Huh?" Zhang Yu felt a little top when he heard this, Wanyuan was the god of wealth in the county, and there was a big backer behind the Yanyun Yamen.

The governor seized the family and left, how will he behave in the future?

"This and this, this ......" Zhang Cheng stammered and couldn't speak, and hurriedly looked at Li Ronghao, the old county man beside him.

Li Xiancheng's eyes are big and bright, and there is a mole on his right cheekbone, which is very conspicuous.

Seeing this, he hurriedly said: "Zhongcheng Rongyu, Wanyuan Manager Two Huai and Two Zhejiang Salt Classes, although Shanghai is a semicolon, but it also involves the whole body, do you want to notify the deputy envoy of salt transportation stationed in this county first?" ”

"No need, this court will talk to Zou Yanxian." Lin Run didn't want to make extraneous branches.

Besides, he and Zou Yinglong, the imperial historian of the salt patrol, are old comrades-in-arms, and a little expediency will not make it too stiff.

However, looking at the nervous appearance of these two goods in the county, I am afraid that they will not be able to straighten their waists in front of Wanyuan.

"Don't worry, this court won't let you offend anyone." After speaking, he glanced at a team of flag officers following behind him and said, "You guys also go to two people." ”

"Order!" Feng Qianhu and the two flag officers hurriedly received the order.

Seeing that the governor moved out the banner of the king's order, Zhang Zhixian and Li Xiancheng did not dare to shirk it.

Hurriedly led the officers and soldiers to the Wanyuan on Yaqian Street.

Lin Run took Zheng Yuanshao and others to his governor in the northeast of the county.

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On the street in front of Yaqian, the merchants who had a false alarm had just settled down and restarted business, when they heard a dense clatter sound at the street entrance.

Merchants and citizens looked over one after another, only to see the heavily armed officers and soldiers of the brigade, carrying bright spears, coming with great momentum.

The rustling sound was the sound of the soldiers' weapons rubbing against their armor.

The people could see that it was not the soldiers of the county. I can't help but look at each other, and I don't know what happened?

I saw that the eldest lord and the second lord were also among them, and they came to Yaqian Street with the army, and their faces were second only to the Wanyuan of the county government.

I only heard the officer leading the team shouting: "Alert! ”

"Yes!" The two hundred households each took a team of soldiers to block the two ends of the Wanyuan, and did not allow idle people to approach.

Feng Qianhu held the handle of the knife in his hand and strode towards the gate.

Just like all money banks in the world, there is also a team of guards guarding the gate at the gate of Shanghai Wanyuan.

Those guards didn't take Feng Qianhu, a fifth-rank general, in their eyes at all, and blocked the door with their blades and said:

"What is this military master's business?!"

"I know it's a business trip, but I don't get out of the way!" Feng Qianhu's soldiers behind him shouted with a black face.

"I'm sorry Master Jun, our Wanyuan is a trade of the Yanyun Yamen, and without the decree of the Yanxian, the government can't go in and mess around."

The shopkeeper heard the sound and bowed his hand towards Feng Qianhu. "Forgive me."

As he spoke, he stuffed a meeting ticket into Feng Qianhu's hand without a trace.

Feng Qianhu dared to accept his money, immediately pushed it back to the shopkeeper, and shouted: "Obey the orders of Zhongcheng and seize the Shanghai Wanyuan, who dares to disobey the order and engage in military law!" ”

The two flag officers behind him lit up the royal flag that was killing people, and the shopkeeper lost his arrogance when he boarded.

This is a really murderous thing, and you can't scratch it if you cut off your head on the spot.

"Get out of the way!" Feng Qianhu pushed the shopkeeper away, waved his hand violently and said: "Go in, everyone will be detained, all the accounts will be boxed, and transported back to the governor's office!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers rushed into the Wanyuan.

ps. Today, I was worried about the fate of a popular character, but fortunately, I finally figured it out.