Xia Yan was obviously not interested in the Oiran Competition, and after posting the reprimand, he immediately took people to the government office to ask for the yellow book of household registration and the fish scale atlas of Yangzhou Mansion. The officials in charge repeated their old tricks and shirked the obstruction under various excuses, but they were pointed at by the guns of the 500 battalion soldiers, and they all obediently cooperated. There is no doubt that sometimes violence is the simplest, most straightforward and effective way to solve problems.

After Xia Yan got the yellow book and the fish scale atlas, he immediately started the land clearance work non-stop, and it was carried out according to the bribery list, whoever paid more bribes would be checked first. First easy and then difficult, this is the policy set by Xu Jin and Xia Yan after discussion, and when these hard-boned landlords have set up a model, the remaining small fish and shrimp will be easy to do.

On March 11, Xia Yan vigorously carried out the work of land clearance, and the big landlords of Yangzhou Mansion did not dare to resist openly, but they resorted to all kinds of small means to resist stubbornly, and as a result, Xia Yan arrested a few typical families, directly killed several Diao slaves, and killed two local officials who cooperated with the fraud, so everyone was honest.

There are nearly 200 miles of waterway from Dongtai County back to Yangzhou City, and Xu Jin set out from Dongtai County on 11 March and did not return to Yangzhou until the morning of 12 March.

Although Xu Jin did not inform the officials of Yangzhou City in advance, when the Qinchalou ship flying the Xuanhuang Tuanlong Banner appeared outside Yangzhou City, the officials in the city immediately received the news. The prefect Jiang Ping and the salt transport envoy Shi Haoran led a group of local officials to rush out of the city.

"Congratulations to Lord Qincha for his victorious return and triumphant!" Jiang Ping and Shi Haoran took the lead and respectfully saluted Xu Jin who got off the boat.

Looking at the calm and gentle Xu Qincha in front of him, the mood of the officials and gentry was complicated and indescribable, whether they were happy or not, they could only squeeze out a flattering smile and salute at this moment, and congratulate Xu Jin.

Xu Jin saw that there were several military attachés dressed among the officials who came to greet him, so he smiled and asked, "Who are these generals?" ”

The military general at the head hurriedly stepped forward respectfully and saluted: "Yangzhou Wei commander Gu Kangming to see Lord Qincha. ”

"Yangzhou Wei commands the same knowledge Mu rank to see Lord Qincha!"

"Yangzhou Wei commands Li Bo, see Lord Qincha!"

Xu Jin's heart moved, and he smiled: "It seems that the Chinese martial arts in Yangzhou City are gathering today, so it's not lively." ”

Shi Haoran didn't dare to take Xu Jin lightly now, and explained with a smile: "Lord Xu, the Jiangnan Oiran Contest is about to start, and Commander Gu also wants to join in the fun. ”

Xu Jin smiled and said: "I see, it saves the official a lot of effort, and someone will take down Gu Kangming, Mu Zhi, and Li Bo." ”

As soon as Xu Jin finished speaking, the Jinyi guard beside him immediately pounced forward like a wolf, and pulled out his waist knife to capture Gu Kangming, the commander of Yangzhou Wei, and the others.

The faces of the officials present changed dramatically in an instant, and the prefect Jiang Ping and Shi Haoran were also shocked and retreated.

Gu Kangming's dozen personal soldiers subconsciously held the handle of the knife, but before the waist knife could be drawn, it was pointed at by the soldiers of the 500th battalion with flintlock pistols.

Bang......

With the sound of a gunshot, a soldier who wanted to continue to pull the knife was shot on the spot and fell to the ground, clutching his bloody thigh and screaming heartbreakingly. Zhao Datou held the flintlock pistol that was still smoking, and shouted majestically: "Be fucking honest, whoever moves will die!" ”

Gu Kangming's pro-soldiers were suddenly too frightened to move, except for the unlucky guy who was shot, screaming miserably, and there was silence in all directions.

After two seconds of silence, Gu Kangming, Mu Zhi, and Li Bo came back to their senses and looked at Xu Jin in shock and anger. Governor Jiang Zhan Zhan asked in shock: "Lord Xu, is this ...... Why is that? ”

The warm smile on Xu Jin's face had disappeared at this time, and he changed to a grim expression, and said lightly: "This official exterminated a group of pirates on Dongsha Island and seized a large number of smuggled goods, among which there was a batch of firearms, which were verified to be from Yangzhou Wei. ”

As soon as these words came out, the officials and gentry everywhere were shocked, smuggling firearms, this is a capital crime of stealing a house and killing a head.

Gu Kangming's faces were as white as paper, and he shouted loudly: "My lord, we have been wronged, and I ask my lord to learn from it." ”

Xu Jin said lightly: "Are you wronged, this official will find out, and if you come, you will first put them in the government prison and lock them up." Xie Baishi, Qi Qianhu, this official ordered you to lead two hundred people to rush to Yangzhou Wei to take over the camp, more than 1,000 households are all taken down pending trial, before the matter is investigated, no one is allowed to leave the camp, whoever dares to resist, will be killed. ”

Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong immediately ordered two hundred soldiers and hurried to Yangzhou Wei to take over the camp with the Qin messenger token, while Gu Kangming, Mu Zhi, and Li Bo, the three Yangzhou Wei commanders, were escorted away and imprisoned by Jinyi Wei.

The commander of the dignified and first guard (Zheng Sanpin) was disarmed and detained in three times, and the officials and gentry present were all silent, especially those who were not clean, and they were even more frightened.

Prefect Jiang calmed down and said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, Commander Gu even dared to sell firearms, he was simply mad and bold. ”

All the officials and gentry spoke out one after another to express their indignation.

Xu Jin said indifferently: "Lord Jiang, this matter has not yet been decided, and it is unknown whether it is Gu Command stealing and selling firearms." ”

Jiang Ping hurriedly said: "What Lord Xu said is extremely true, and the lower official has lost his words. ”

Next, a group of officials accompanied Xu Jin into Yangzhou City nervously, however, today does not seem to be an auspicious day for the zodiac. Just as Xu Jin and the others were walking on the street, a group of panicked people suddenly ran out of a tavern on the side of the street, and these people screamed as they ran: "Kill people, kill people!" ”

As soon as the crowd ran out, a blood-stained guy rushed out of the tavern, who was full of alcohol and ran off the street.

"Hold him!" Governor Jiang shouted with a calm face, and several officials who were maintaining order on the side of the street immediately caught up.

The bloodied guy was obviously drunk, and he ran staggeringly, and was soon surrounded by several officials, but this guy was quite fierce, and even snatched the knife of an officer, and cut down two officials with two knives, one of whom was also cut off half of his head, and the blood and brains were spilled on the ground, and the scene was terrible.

"Murder!" The people were so frightened that they rushed to the wolves, crying and screaming.

The drunken man was probably stimulated by the blood, and he was so fierce that he laughed wildly and slaughtered at the dense crowd, and in an instant, several people were cut down in a pool of blood, and those officials were so frightened that no one dared to step forward.

Xu Jin's face was extremely ugly, and he shouted: "Zhao Datou, quickly capture this person." ”