More and more people gathered at the city gate, and by the time of the unitary time, tens of thousands of people had gathered near the four gates of Shaoxing City.

It's a terrible number, and it's like a pile of dry wood piled up at the gates of a city, and if a spark falls, it turns into a sky-high flame, burning everyone to ashes.

An old man in a half-worn cloth shirt squinted and stood under a locust tree, looking at the bustling crowd at the city gate, his face was cold and he didn't know what he was trying to write, and next to him, more than a dozen strong men in ordinary clothes were guarding him intentionally or unintentionally.

This old man was none other than Chen Fuyang, the head of the Chen family, looking at the chaotic crowd in front of him and the officers and soldiers who were sweating profusely to block the people at the city gate, Chen Fuyang's originally cold face showed a trace of smugness.

Under the pressure of death, the movement of their three sea and more than a dozen salt merchants has become faster than ever, and in these years, both those who go to sea and those who sell illicit salt have their own armed forces. Such as the salt merchants' salt ding, the sailors' yards at sea, that are the thugs of the captivity of various merchants, not only that, many people also secretly raised a lot of dead soldiers, these dead people eat and drink well on weekdays, and live a life of drunken dreams and death, but in the end it is not without a price, once the employer has a need to give an order, they have to die without hesitation, this is the sorrow of the dead.

This time in order to get out, each family almost sent out all the dead soldiers in their hands, these dead soldiers have only one task, that is, to kill people and set fire in Shaoxing City, and use all means to make the real Shaoxing City chaotic, only in this way can it cause panic in the whole city, once people panic naturally have to flee from the dangerous environment, this is human nature, as long as a large number of people want to leave Shaoxing City, then their opportunity will come.

Speaking of which, this strategy is not very clever, and it can even be said to be very simple, but it is precisely the simple strategy that hits the death hole of Yang Feng and Tian Ergeng.

Don't look at the city gate now, but Chen Fuyang and the others are sure that Yang Feng will definitely not dare to press the city gate hard, otherwise once the people mutiny, he will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

Seeing that the people at the gate of the city were getting more and more excited, Chen Fuyang sneered in his heart and thought secretly: "Let's make trouble...... Let's make trouble, the more fierce these untouchables are, it would be best to kill dozens or hundreds of people, so that once the court investigates it, Yang Feng will definitely be unlucky. ”

"Master, it's almost time." A middle-aged man walked quickly to Chen Fuyang's side and said softly: "The people from the Zhang family and the Chi family came to ask, do you want our people to add fire to them?" ”

"No hurry...... Don't ......be in a hurry" Chen Fuyang shook his head: "Today's fire is just right, it can put pressure on the government, but it is not too hot, if our people are mixed in, it will be counterproductive." By now, Yang Feng must have guessed that we made this matter, if it caused a large-scale trampling or conflict, then Yang Feng would fight to defeat and not open the city gate, and we would be in danger. Do you understand what the old man means? ”

"Yes...... The villain understands! The middle-aged man showed admiration in his eyes and left respectfully.

North City Gate Tower

It was still the city gate official surnamed Zhao, but at this moment, there were dozens of Jiangning officers and soldiers in armor next to him.

Looking at the people under the city wall like a tide, the forehead of the city gate official continued to ooze sweat, he pointed to the people under the city wall and said in a pleading tone to a general manager standing beside him: "Master Jun, look at it, now there are more and more people gathered under the city, if we don't open the city gate, something big will happen." ”

This Bai is always a young officer in his twenties, he looked at the people under the city, and said lightly: "The order given to us from above is to close the city gates, not to let anyone out of the city, and never let anyone out until we receive a new order!" ”

The city gate official was also anxious, and raised his voice regardless of fear: "But don't you look at it, now at least tens of thousands of people have gathered below, if there is a commotion, it will be dead!" Once there are too many people who die, let alone the two of us, even your Hou Ye can't take this responsibility! ”

The young Bai Zong was silent, and the city gate official was right. Regardless of any dynasty, what the government is most afraid of is a large-scale mass I body I incident, once this kind of riot occurs, no matter what the final outcome is, in order to appease the people, the court will definitely come out with a few scapegoats, or be dismissed or questioned or put in prison or even beheaded, this practice is still the same even after hundreds of years of so-called democratic society!

Although Mr. Bai received that no one was allowed to leave the city, the thought of causing large-scale casualties among the people if there was a riot at the city gate, the young Baihu began to break out in a cold sweat on his back.

"Master Jun, let us out of the city, we don't want to die here!"

"Let us out of the city, we're going out of the city!"

"If you don't open the city gate again, Lao Tzu will smash the city gate!"

At the city gate, the mood of the people became more and more anxious, and the sound became higher and higher, and the hundreds of soldiers who formed the human wall under the city gate were like a fragile embankment under the push of the people, and they were crumbling under the impact of the huge waves, even the most stupid people could see that if the officers and soldiers defending the city did not take measures, these people would lose control.

"My lord, think about it, if it continues like this, the brothers below will not be able to withstand it!" The city gate officer pleaded bitterly.

"Someone, give me an order, let the brothers put bayonets on the firecrackers!" Mr. Bai, who had been struggling for a long time, finally gave the order.

"My lord, don't do it!" The city gate official, who thought that Mr. Bai was going to order to open fire on the people, was shocked and shouted loudly, "They are all the people of His Majesty, once you give the order to fire, none of us can afford this responsibility!" ”

"What can I do!" Mr. Bai also shouted out, he was only a young officer who was in his early stages, although he had also fought the Manchu Tartars on the battlefield, and he was considered a veteran, but it was the first time he had encountered a situation like today.

However, just when the two of them were in a dilemma, a war horse galloped from a distance, and a knight with a small red flag on his back shouted loudly while struggling through the crowd: "Master Hou has an order...... Open the gates and let the people out of the city! The Hou Ye has an order, open the city gate and let the people out of the city! ”

The knight's voice was so loud that it even overwhelmed the surrounding noise, so much so that when he shouted all the way, people in a radius of tens of meters around him heard his voice, and the originally noisy city gate suddenly fell silent, and after a while, a burst of cheers suddenly broke out.

"It's time to get out of town...... We can get out of town......"

"Get out of town!"

The young Bai Zong on the tower of the city gate had good eyesight, and from a distance, he could see the small flag behind the knight and the token he held high in the air and glowing in the sun, and he even recognized that the knight was one of Yang Feng's personal guards on weekdays.

The city gate official also wiped the sweat on his forehead, it seems that today's difficulty has been passed, but what he doesn't know is that the Bai Zong standing next to him also sighed secretly in his heart.

I saw this Bai general shouting: "Listen to my orders and open the city gate!" ”

"Open the gates!"

"Squeak"

In a sour sound, the city gate weighing thousands of catties was slowly pushed open,

Just when the city gate was opened, a louder cheer broke out at the city gate, and the people who were blocked at the city gate immediately rushed out of the city, looking at the rolling torrent of people, the city gate officials and Bai Zong were gasping and glad that there was no bigger conflict just now, otherwise if the hundreds of officers and soldiers at the city gate really fought with these desperate people, I am afraid that it will not take a few minutes to be overwhelmed by this torrent......

There is a small back garden in the backyard of the prefect's yamen, and I don't know which prefect built it, but the scenery of this back garden is quite suppressive, at this moment Yang Feng is sitting in the pavilion in the back garden quietly looking at the magnolia flowers that are blooming in the flower garden, the pink magnolia petals are slightly open, gently swaying in the wind, looking beautiful and abnormal.

A rush of footsteps came from behind him, and Song Ye's voice also sounded: "Lord Qiqi, the city gate has been opened, many people have left the city, and now there are many vacancies in the city." Also, Yang Da Niu reported that when they arrived, the mansions of Chen, Chi, Zhang, and the salt merchants were already empty, and everyone except for some insignificant servants was gone."

"Hey......" Yang Feng sneered: "Those people slipped away quite fast, they deserve to be the head snake!" ”

Song Ye asked tentatively: "Master Hou, the villain thinks that even if those people go out of the city, they will definitely not be able to run fast, do you want to order Lord Yang to lead a battalion of cavalry out of the city to pursue, maybe you can catch people." ”

"This is okay, but ......" Yang Feng shook his head: "Ben Hou thinks that those people want to create a riot in the city to cover themselves out of the city, why don't they think of a good escape route, so Ben Hou thinks that even if Yang Da Niu goes out of the city to pursue, I am afraid that he will not be able to catch up with anyone." That's it, you still tell Yang Daniu to let him honestly copy the house, Ben Hou wants to see, what is the difference between the merchants in Shaoxing Mansion and the merchants in Xiamen? ”

In fact, Yang Feng still underestimated the gentry in Jiangnan, because he was in too much hurry, except for some easy-to-carry gold and silver soft and silver tickets, they didn't have time to take away the rest of the valuables, so the shopkeepers and accountants of the Daming Royal Commercial House who were urgently transferred to raid the house were busy for a whole week, which can be regarded as a preliminary result.

"Master Qiqi, this is the account book that I have counted in the past few days, please take a look!" The big shopkeeper of the Daming Royal Commercial Bank in Shaoxing respectfully handed an account book to Yang Feng.

Yang Feng didn't look at the front, but directly turned the account book to the last page, and when he saw the final total number, Rao was already prepared and couldn't help but be startled.