Chapter 41

On the fourth day of the sixth month of the thirteenth year of Yongli, it was nearly noon, and the city of Jiangyin gradually restored some peace, although the city was almost destroyed in the war, but the war did not seem to have much impact on the city, under the appeasement of a notice of peace and the local gentry, people lived as in the past, as if the scene of the group of emotions in the early morning had not happened.

In fact, everyone is waiting, watching.

The people are watching, the gentry are also waiting, where to go, for the people, it seems to have little impact, but for the gentry, it is related to the rise and fall of the clan, which makes Jiangyin in a power vacuum for a while, at this time, no one dares to stand up first to express what to say, but, even so, life always needs to go on, as for a few ruffians who took advantage of the fire to rob after their heads were cut off and hung on the city wall, this Jiangyin City also returned to its previous peace.

After a change of dynasty, people seem to be adapting to this life quickly.

In fact, for most people, the change of dynasty is what they have been longing for for a long time, just like people who took out the box from the box, originally thought that they would only wear the Han family clothes on their bodies after death, and some people were excited to see the Han family clothes again.

But in this seemingly calm city, there is still an undercurrent.

"What a good thing that is!"

In the hall of the house, several local gentry with heads and faces in the city gathered here, all of them with a look of trepidation, and an old man was pacing back and forth.

"What a good thing to do now! What a good one! ”

Pacing, Hong Xinze's old face was full of sadness, although he claimed to be Hong Bancheng, there were three streets in this city were their Hong family's shops, but he was not from Jiangyin, he was just from here, when the Qing army attacked Jiangyin, he was a merchant who supplied grain and grass to the Qing army, that is, after Jiangyin was slaughtered into red land, he bought three streets in the city with three thousand taels of silver, and later bought thousands of acres of "borderless land" outside the city with five thousand taels, that is, from that time, the Hong family became one of the largest households in Jiangyin City.

"But it's not, when we were asked to take the lead in donating silver, the surnamed Lin said, after repelling Zheng Yi in the future, he will ask the court to give our brother a few credits, we took the silver of white flowers at the beginning, and now it's good, this Jiangyin didn't hold it, and when the surnamed Zhu comes to his senses, maybe he will vent his anger with us!"

Li Yuqin echoed on the side,

"Or, in my opinion, let's just hide in the countryside for the time being......

Without waiting for others to finish speaking, Hong Xinze's old eyes glared and said loudly.

"Country? Do you think you are from Jiangyin, how did we get home back then? There is no blood of Jiangyin people on this hand, but don't forget, we also took advantage of the fire to rob the family back then, and now a few of our brothers are hiding in the countryside, and tomorrow there will be bandits who break into the house and cut off our heads......! ”

"That's it, what's more, now that the Ming army is strong, out of Jiangyin, there are hundreds of thousands of Ming troops on the river, let's run like this, maybe we will get into trouble, and when the time comes, what should we do!"

The gentry in this house, most of them are "conforming to the mandate of heaven" lord, what they have in common is that they were all small traders back then, when the Qing army entered the customs, they went with them to conquer the south and the north, while supplying them with grain and grass, while buying the silk, cloth, gold and silver jewelry and other things they looted from the Qing army, and so on the hands of the people who have savings, they took advantage of the change of dynasty, this city is full of red land, bribing the Qing army generals, officials, and then occupying the borderless land inside and outside the city, in fact, at this time, the gentry in Jiangyin City, most of them are this kind of peopleAfter all, the Jiangyin City was slaughtered inside and outside the city, and as for the others, they were either frightened by the tyranny of the Qing army, so as to "comply with the Mandate of Heaven", they may have complied with the Mandate of Heaven, but they still abide by some bottom lines, such as the bottom line of not being a leader, and because of this, in this Jiangyin City, officials often rely on them as guest gentry to take the lead.

Originally, in their opinion, the general trend of the world is like this, and they should take the opportunity to get close to the government and reap some benefits, but now this sudden change has broken everyone's calculations, especially the change has pushed them to the forefront, in case this Ming army is investigated, the thunderous anger is not something they can bear.

"According to me, we shouldn't have listened to the words of the surnamed Lin in the first place, you didn't want to pull this face, now it's okay, we have taken the silver and food, and now the Ming army is here, we are captives, we are going to kill the head, and now it's a good ......"

A complaint, but let everyone feel a burst of five flavors in their hearts, although they say so now, but at the beginning Lin Zhixian just said, afterwards to the imperial court to reward them, they did not hesitate to give silver, food, more than ten years ago with the Qing army all the way to the south, but they have seen the Qing army's military might, and because of this, they will believe that the Ming army will be defeated.

But who would have thought that the Ming army was defeated or not yet known, but their heads must be on the Ming army now

"Brother Ming, let's not talk about this matter for now, the most important thing now is ......"

Glancing in the direction of the government, Hong Xinze said.

"How do you get over this now?"

As soon as Hong Xinze's words fell, the butler of the Li Mansion suddenly broke in.

"Master, something happened, something happened!"

The housekeeper's panicked appearance made Li Yuqin frown, and he opened his mouth to reprimand.

"What a system of panic!"

"Master, then, that General Zhu, here, recruiting troops and horses in our Jiangyin, saying, saying that he wants to, he wants to cut down the Qing!"

"What!"

Li Yuqin's eyes widened, and he could hardly believe his ears.

"This, how is this good!"

"But no, this surname Zhu Fen obviously wants to destroy our Jiangyin in the war!"

Just after everyone learned the news, they panicked for fear that the army would enter the city, but Yan Chongnian, who had been silent on the first chair, picked up the teacup and said.

"What a panic! This ......"

After a little hesitation, I only listened to him.

"That's a good thing! The righteous people repay the service and restore my Ming! Such a good thing, how can you not help one or two! ”

"Brother Yan, Brother Yan, ...... you"

Hong Xinze looked at Yan Chongnian, who looked calm and relaxed, his eyes widened, all of them were incredible, this Yan family has someone in the capital, how can he say that.

He, isn't he afraid that after doing this, the court will investigate it when the time comes?

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