27 A letter, iron and coal

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"The big boss, the subordinates also thought of the more than 20 brothers who died tragically in our White Tiger Village at that time, and they were filled with grief and anger for a while, so they made this foolish decision, and asked the big boss to punish him."

After Wei Hong returned to the cottage, he truthfully wanted Li Zixiao to report that he had beheaded more than 90 officers and soldiers, which caused a great reaction in the cottage.

However, most of the brothers didn't think that Wei Hong had done something wrong, and even many people secretly applauded, but Li Zibu couldn't help but say nothing, after all, this kind of atmosphere of killing prisoners could not be promoted.

If Li Zixiao does not punish Wei Hong this time, his subordinates will probably follow suit in the future, this is not Li Zixiao's original intention, and it is not conducive to his concept of building an army in the future.

"Okay, you, Wei Hong, you dare to openly disobey my orders, what did I say to you when I was leaving, didn't I ask you to take these officers and soldiers back to the cottage? Who told you to kill them. ”

Li Zixiao and Wei Hong acted really well together in this play, and at this time, Li Zixiao, who was on the first seat of the cottage lobby, looked angry, and asked loudly to Wei Hong, who was kneeling below.

"If your subordinates know their mistakes, please punish them." Wei Hong knelt below, completely at the disposal of Jun.

"The big boss, the captain of the guard was also thoughtless for a while, so he did such a wrong thing, and I hope that the big boss will be taken lightly."

"Yes, big boss, those damned officers and soldiers killed our brothers, didn't they cut off their heads and hang them on wooden poles, I see that Brother Wei did the right thing, those bullshit officers and soldiers should be killed."

"Big boss, the captain of the guard is the first old subordinate to follow you, there is no merit and hard work, you just let him go this time."

"That's right, the big boss, at this time, it is an eventful time for our cottage, and Brother Wei Hong is the leader of the first team of the cottage, it is the time to employ people, and I hope that the big boss can temporarily suspend the punishment of Brother Wei."

In the cottage, including Old Master Wei, Zhou Dazhu, Liu Chong, Dong Zhuang, and other henchmen, they all interceded for Wei Hong, not to mention that the reasons they found were very sufficient.

"Hey, Wei Hong, what you did today is really inappropriate, but it's also to blame me, the big boss, for not clearly stipulating in the cottage regulations that you can't kill prisoners without authorization.

But if you do something wrong, you will be punished, but if you are a first-time offender, and because of your desire to avenge your brother, this time I will not punish you too severely, and you will be punished with ten lashes, and at the same time clean up the cottage for a week.

The brothers of Wangshanzhai will also take this as a warning in the future and do not commit it again. In addition, Mr. Wenrun, please add an article to the various regulations of the cottage, that prisoners shall not be killed without authorization, and violators will be severely punished.

At the beginning of our cottage grass, the discipline regulations are not very perfect, and we will gradually improve the rules of the cottage in the future. In the future, I can't do whatever I want. ”

Li Zixiao raised the whip heavily but hit it gently, which really made everyone around him be blindsided for a while, and they were really afraid that Li Zixiao would punish Wei Hong heavily.

"Xie Da is in charge, and Wei Hong is willing to be punished."

Do you think Li Zixiao is stupid, originally killing these officers and soldiers was what he meant, Wei Hong just did what a good subordinate should do, and carried the black pot for his own boss.

Besides, even if Wei Hong really ordered Wei Hong to kill this group of officers and soldiers this time, Li Zixiao would not punish him heavily.

Joke, there are only a few generals under him now, and Wei Hong is the first old subordinate he followed back then, one of his right-hand men.

Cutting off one's arm, this kind of stupid thing is estimated to only be done in the Ming Dynasty now, and Emperor Chongzhen will do it.

So, Li Zixiao found a few appropriate reasons, and even took the responsibility on himself this time, you can't ask that even he, the big boss, be punished together.

So in the end, Wei Hong was punished a little, and it was enough to mean it.

However, in order to prevent someone from following Wei Hong's example in the future, Li Zixiao asked Qian Guangyuan to write the rule that he must not 'kill prisoners without authorization' into the cottage regulations.

Li Zixiao is indeed not wrong, at this time, their cottage has not been established for a long time, and the days when he is really in control of the cottage are even shorter.

Although he formulated a series of copycat regulations at the beginning, they were not perfect, and many things were not clearly written and perfected, which needs to be slowly added later!

Li Zixiao and his subordinates are not all stupid, after they saw Li Zixiao's punishment of Wei Hong, they immediately understood that the emotional boss did not plan to punish Wei Hong at all, and they were worried in vain.

"Okay, Wei Hong's matter is over like this, pull Wei Hong out and execute ten lashes." Li Zixiao finally waved his hand and said to the quartz next to him.

Now that the cottage is in charge of the punishment, Li Zixiao handed over the captain of his personal guard, Quartz, to take care of it.

Quartz is taciturn by nature and introverted, and he resolutely implements Li Zixiao's orders, and so far his subordinates are suitable to be in charge of punishment.

But this is only an expedient measure, and when Li Zixiao has more and more subordinates in the future, and the scale of the cottage is getting bigger and bigger, he will set up a special department and candidates in charge of punishment.

"In this battle, we paid a very small price, and we eliminated more than 130 officers and soldiers, and ordered all the brothers in the cottage to kill two pigs, and add dinner tonight!"

Li Zixiao's words caused the collective cheers of his subordinates.

"Brother Luo, this time we were able to win so easily, and your credit is not small, this is the one hundred taels of silver I promised to lend you before, and I will give it to you now, and I don't have to pay it back in the future."

"Xie Da is in charge."

Luo Chao accepted Li Zixiao's silver, but he still didn't reveal his intention to join their cottage, but Li Zixiao was not in a hurry, now this is a good start.

Luo Chao even killed the officers and soldiers, and it is estimated that there are not many paths to choose in the future, Li Zixiao believes that sooner or later he will become another general under him.

Subsequently, everyone retreated, and Li Zixiao and Qian Guangyuan were left in the cottage lobby, and at this time Li Zixiao took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Qian Guangyuan.

"Mr. Wenrun, look at this letter."

Qian Guangyuan could hear the solemnity of Li Zixiao's tone at this time, and he was also curious about what was written in this letter, so he took the envelope and took out the letter to look at it, and his face suddenly changed.

"Big boss, this is ......"

"This was found from an officer led by the group of officers and soldiers who were intercepted and killed by us yesterday, don't worry, this letter is only for the two of us."

When Li Zixiao saw Qian Guangyuan's shocked look, he knew that he was worried about the news leaking out, and said.

"That's good, that's good, the fewer people who know about it, the better. However, we are estimated to be in big trouble this time, if Yin Tianxing, the prefect of Kaifeng, knows that this group of officers and soldiers were killed by us, he will definitely guess that this letter has fallen into our hands.

This is equivalent to letting us seize his handle, it is estimated that he will not let us go easily, and then maybe we will really face the encirclement and suppression of the government. ”

Qian Guangyuan showed a worried look on his face and said worriedly.

"What are you afraid of, this day will come sooner or later, since I pulled up this group of brothers, I thought that there would be such a day." Li Zixiao did not panic in the slightest.

"Besides, even if we didn't have this letter, it is estimated that we would have been blacklisted by the government a long time ago, and you think the Cai family would let us go, I guess the Cai family would have colluded with the Shangguan government to prepare to attack us.

It's just that because of this midwinter wax moon, they haven't started yet, since sooner or later they will have to go to war with the government, now that we have this letter in our hands, maybe it will be a pros or cons for us! ”

This letter is a secret private letter written by Yin Tianxing, the current prefect of Kaifeng, to Wu Laiyun, the commander of the Left-behind Division of the Central Capital (Fengyang), which records the content of a series of transactions such as their joint resale of grain and ordnance.

It really opened Li Zixiao's eyes, and the two high-ranking officials of the imperial court actually hoarded grain in private, sold it at a high level, and even sold it to Li Zicheng and other thieves in order to make a high price.

Even the imperial court ordnance was sold, which was simply digging the corner of the Ming Dynasty, selling food, and the high profits from the ordnance all went into the pockets of the two of them, filling their own pockets.

Looking at the content of the letter and the shocking transaction above, Li Zixiao couldn't help clenching his fists, and a raging anger appeared in his chest.

But in the end, they all turned into a sigh, the Ming court has really rotted to the roots, and even this kind of high-ranking officials of the third and fourth grades of the court do not hesitate to betray the court in order to make money.

"I plan to leave this letter, whether it is a blessing or a curse is not certain, maybe this letter will kill us in the future!" In the end, Li Zixiao took back the letter, carefully put it back in the envelope, and put it away.

"Well, the big boss is right, this letter may have an unexpected effect in the future." Qian Guangyuan also agreed.

"This is just the beginning of our revenge, and then it will be the turn of the Cai family, and Zhang Ergouzi should be coming back soon.

When the time comes, when Zhang Ergouzi figures out the Cai family's industries around Yongcheng County, we will visit them one by one, and last time I just grabbed a little thing, which made the Cai family so unbearable.

This time, I want the Cai family to know what is called a sharp pain in the heart, so that they can wake up from sleep in pain, and let them know that they can't afford to pay the price of offending our cottage. ”

A cold look appeared on Li Zixiao's face, and he said in a cold voice.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, Zhang Ergouzi finally returned to the cottage, and at the same time brought Li Zixiao the information he wanted.

"Great boss, the big car full of heads at the city gate this morning was arranged by you, don't you know, the heads of more than 100 officers and soldiers can frighten them.

Now the entire Yongcheng county is in a mess, the people are panicking, there are rumors that our pole is going to attack the county, after entering the city, we will slaughter the city, not a single one will be left.

Obviously, someone deliberately provoked this matter, deepening the hatred of the people in the county against us, and it was the people of the Cai family who made all this, and the strength of our strength has become stronger, and the Cai family is the most uneasy. ”

As soon as Zhang Ergouzi returned to the cottage, he was excited, and couldn't wait to ask everyone, everyone didn't have to think about it to guess how much wind and waves this car head would set off in Yongcheng County!

"Okay, Ergouzi, have you checked everything I asked you to check?" Li Zixiao asked at Zhang Ergouzi.

"Yes, big boss, I launched a few secret chess games buried in the county government before, and let me get a map of the distribution of mines around Yongcheng County, which is marked with the owner."

Zhang Ergouzi took out a piece of paper from his arms, handed it to Qian Guangyuan, and handed it to Li Zixiao, Li Zixiao opened it and looked at it, and his face turned into a chrysanthemum.

"Okay, with this mine distribution map, Lao Tzu finally knows where to go to find coal and iron to use, I was stupid to plan to purchase iron and coal, it's really stupid, isn't this a ready-made waiting for us to get it!"

Li Zixiao has been thinking about buying iron and coal everywhere recently, because there are several new blacksmith shops in the cottage, which are responsible for building their own weapons, which requires a lot of iron and coal.

At the same time, Li Zixiao recently planned to tinker with the bird's gun, and this thing is also scrap iron, so as soon as Li Zixiao came back from Linjiabao, he was thinking about how to get a lot of iron and coal.

Now, with this mine distribution map in hand, Li Zixiao has a source of iron and coal for his needs, and he mainly plans to target the Cai family's mines this time.

However, when he took this mine distribution map, good guy, most of the iron mines and coal mines in Yongcheng County belong to the Cai and Liu families, and it is no wonder that such a lucrative industry is of course occupied by these two families.

Moreover, Yongcheng County is already rich in coal mines, not to mention more than a dozen coal mines, and many of them are not far from Mangdang Mountain, where their cottage is located.

As for the iron mines, there are also several places, all of which are in the hands of Cai and Liu, and now Li Zixiao is eyeing these coal and iron mines.

"Now I order, starting tomorrow, Zhou Dazhu, Wei Hong, and Liu Chong will each lead the team, and according to the location of the mine recorded on this mine distribution map, I will patronize all the coal and iron yards of the Cai family.

I don't care how to pull all the coal and iron in their mines back to the cottage, I just look at the results. In the end, Li Zixiao decided to be the shopkeeper and let his generals act independently.

"Great, big boss, leave this task to me, you just wait for our good news, the Cai family's mine will not leave them anywhere."

Sure enough, as soon as Li Zixiao's order came out, Zhou Dazhu, Wei Hong and others stood up excitedly, they liked this kind of order to move freely the most.

"Big boss, are we only going to patronize the Cai family's mine? What about the Liu family? ”

"The primary target is the Cai family, if you encounter the Liu family's mine, if it is appropriate, you can also pick up the grass and beat the rabbit and bring it with you.

Anyway, the contradictions between us and these landlords and gentry are impossible to resolve, even if we don't attack them now, in their hearts, we are still their enemies. ”

"Okay!" With Li Zixiao's order, Zhou Dazhu, Wei Hong and Liu Chong, one by one, all began to gear up and be eager to try.

At this time, Luo Chao, who was quietly watching this scene, suddenly longed for such an opportunity to lead troops independently in his heart, he was born in a family of military generals, he was born to fight, and his blood flowed with belligerent blood.

It's a pity that he can't, these people in front of him are bandits, he has been loyal to the Ming Dynasty for generations, how can he be reduced to being with bandits now!

However, as soon as Luo Chao's own idea came out, he laughed again, laughing at himself in his heart, pitying himself that the Luo family had been loyal to the Ming court for generations.

But now he was framed, wanted by the imperial court, kicked out of the house by his father, and his mother was even more worried about him, and the old illness relapsed, making him ashamed of being a son.

Ever since the moment he was kicked out of his home, he had already been disappointed in his heart with the current court.

A villain who is occupied by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the Manchu Dynasty is vying for power and profit, and does not care about the life and death of the people, does this corrupt court that makes money by itself still have the qualifications to make him loyal?

He is not his father, he only knows that he is loyal to the current decaying Ming Dynasty, after all, loyalty to the Ming Dynasty is his family's training, and his father has fought for decades to be loyal to the imperial court.

Luo Chaoke doesn't have much sense of belonging to the current imperial court, which is why Li Zixiao went out to intercept and kill that group of officers and soldiers before, he easily dared to follow, and personally killed a Ming officer and an officer.