Chapter 800: The Storm Rises
There is a small village called Lychee Mountain in the east of the city, which is named after the small hill on the edge of the village that is covered with wild lychee trees. It is the colorful season of falling flowers, and the lychee trees on that hill are full of pale yellow flowers, and many colorful butterflies are flying among them.
"Murder! The official messenger has killed someone! ”
As a woman's shrill voice came from the edge of the village, villagers who were working in the fields rushed towards the scene of the incident, armed with sticks or hoes and other farm tools.
When the villagers arrived at the threshing floor, they saw that villager Huang San had fallen to the ground, and his wife and children were holding Huang San in pain, which made some women cry.
Living in this era, their lives are always so worthless, and the officials of the government are a little blacker than the hearts of the thieves, and a living life has come to an end.
"Let's go!"
The leader was a fat-headed and big-eared yacha, who seemed to see that the situation was wrong, especially the fierce light that burst out of the eyes of the villagers. The fat body suddenly became alert, and immediately jumped on the horse, and hurriedly flapped the horse and fled from here.
More than a dozen yacha watched the leader pat the horse and leave, so they chased after him in a hurry, and they also did not dare to continue to stay here, for fear of being eaten alive by the villagers who came here.
Qin Zhongzheng not only shot at big salt lords like Huang Dafu, but also shot at these small salt lords, and as for this blow, it became very large and wide.
In essence, Huang Dafu's big salt barons are not all his own business, but he has created a safe salt road and sales network, and a large group of small salt barons are attached to him, mainly engaged in simple transportation work.
Like some men who couldn't live in the village, they made an appointment to join Huang Dafu together, from the beginning to help Huang Dafu pick salt to Jiangxi or Huguang, after accumulating a certain amount of financial resources, they would come out to work alone, and become a small salt lord who only paid "protection fees" to Huang Dafu.
The little salt lord in Lychee Mountain Village is Huang Daring, and Huang San is only a glorious porter under Huang Daring. It was this simple manual work that picked salt from Guangzhou to Huizhou and earned a meager income.
But they didn't expect that these officials couldn't find Huang Daring, and they actually did something to the porter Huang San, causing such a small burden man to die in this big turmoil.
"This can't be left like this!"
"Yes, we must seek justice for Huang San!"
"Let's go, let's go to the city together, and we must get an explanation!"
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Facing Huang San, who died innocently, the villagers' emotions seemed very angry, and even reached a plan to enter the city together.
After all, it is a villager who lives near Guangzhou City, and it seems that he has more rules and regulations in doing things, and he also knows that there are many yamen here in Guangzhou City, which is a place where he can talk about some reason.
The villagers of Lizhishan Village carried the body of Huang San covered with a white cloth through the west gate, and went directly to the Yamen of the Guangdong Salt Section, and then beat gongs and drums to denounce it.
"Murder pays for life, it is justified!"
"Qin Zhongzheng is getting out of here, you have to give us an explanation!"
"To do such a careless act of human life, this is the principle of heaven, quickly hand over the murderer!"
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The Guangdong Salt Division's action to raise the yamen's crackdown on salt barons is not a matter that can please the public. Now the Guangdong Salt Sect has actually killed a porter, and it also has the intention of shielding the murderer, even though it has received widespread support from the people of Guangzhou.
Although the porters were actually involved in the sale of illicit salt, in the eyes of the toiling masses, they were nothing more than poor people who worked hard to make a living, and the government had no reason to beat them to death.
Under the instigation of the villagers, thousands of people surrounded the yamen of the Guangdong Salt Section, surrounded the gate, and the voices of condemnation were wave after wave.
"Who told you to kill the bearer?"
Qin Zhongzheng undoubtedly felt a tremendous pressure, and angrily questioned the gang of officials who had been sent to Lizhishan Village to run errands.
The fat-headed, big-eared yacha stiffened his head and muttered quietly, "That pariah, I'm so annoying, I...... I didn't weigh much, but he coughed up blood and died! ”
"Beat people to vomit blood, and you still say that your hands are not heavy? If it weren't for your sister's sake, I would have taken your dog's life today, get out of here! Qin Zhongzheng looked at this henchman, and kicked him in anger.
Originally, everything was in his hands, and he had already caught almost all the big salt lords in Guangdong, and he only needed to catch Huang Dafu again to be able to give an account to Yan Ge Lao.
But he didn't expect that his subordinates would poke out such a big basket. This is naturally a trivial matter to kill a burdenman, but if this boiling public opinion cannot be quickly subsided, even the black gauze hat on his head will be lost.
The fat-headed and big-eared yacha seemed to want to defend himself, but seeing Qin Zhongzheng's angry appearance, he walked away in a huff.
Yan Rudou was sitting in the living room drinking tea, but at this time, he opened his mouth to comfort: "Brother Qin, you don't have to worry too much!" The new governor of Liangguang will be in office soon, no matter how big things happen, everything will naturally help you to suppress it!"
"I hope so!" Qin Zhongzheng didn't dare to be too optimistic, and sighed softly.
Up to now, he can really only hope for the new Governor of Liangguang, and only hopes that the new Governor of Liangguang has enough charm to help him suppress this turmoil that he accidentally stirred.
At this moment, he suddenly found that it was an extremely unwise move not to win Lin Haoran's support.
Now the only people he can drive are the yamen of the Guangdong Salt Sect, who not only seems to be overstretched, but also has no ability to disperse the Diao people who are gathered at the door.
If he had been able to win Lin Haoran's support at the beginning, then I am afraid that he would not be so timid now, and let the Diao people outside him insult him.
But at this moment, a yacha hurriedly ran over, and said with a face full of joy: "Lord Qiyu, Huang Dafu has been found in the humble position, and he appeared in the United Restaurant!" ”
When Qin Zhongzheng and Yan Rudou heard this, their eyes immediately flashed with a bright light.
If Huang Dafu, a super big fish, is caught, then this big operation will undoubtedly be successfully completed, and then they can return to the imperial court and carry out the second big plan at the same time.
"Let's go, let's go to the United Restaurant!" Qin Zhongzheng seemed very anxious, and immediately ordered to go down.
Yan Rudou's brows frowned slightly, and he faintly felt that things were a little strange. But on second thought, this matter represented the will of Yan Gelao, and the new governor of Liangguang would soon arrive, and no one in the whole of Guangdong would dare to obstruct this operation.
The most important thing is that the official documents of the imperial court have been sent down to the two major yamen, the Buzheng Department and the Guangzhou Prefecture Yamen, and they have all the more reason to cooperate with these purge of the salt lords.