Loan Wusheng

Chapter 77: The Black Mountain Bandits are so brutal that they even kill local celebrities!

"Zheng...Zheng Dutou."

Master Yan was trembling with fear and sweating profusely.

But no matter what he said, it would not affect Zheng Jun's judgment of him.

The county soldiers had already rushed over and disarmed the servants and guards who were guarding the gate.

After all, they were facing soldiers as fierce as wolves and tigers, not the common people who were bullied by them on a daily basis. Naturally, they had lost their former prestige, just like a hyena without its teeth and claws.

The two blood-refining guards hesitated for a while, but ultimately did not resist. Instead, they stood aside and allowed themselves to be dealt with.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

Zheng Dutou, who had killed the county magistrate with a knife and was gathering his energy to fight against the outer Gang, was here. Even if they wanted to resist, they didn't have the courage to do so.

The short man who was previously held up by the two blood-refining guards was also free again. He stood aside, staring at the panicked young master of the Yan family with bloodshot eyes, wishing he could cut him into pieces.

"Dutou."

At this time, the cavalry captain Yang Jun, wearing a helmet and leather armor, walked into the Yan family compound with some trepidation. He immediately saluted Zheng Jun and said, "You're looking for me?"

Zheng Jun raised his eyelids, looked at Yang Jun, and said casually: "This Young Master Yan said that their master is very close to you. Is that true?"

Yang Jun glanced at Master Yan, and after thinking about it carefully, he really had no impression of this family.

But with Zheng Jun in front, he naturally racked his brains to think about the problem.

Seeing that Yang Jun seemed to be unable to remember the relationship between them, Master Yan became anxious and immediately shouted: "Captain Yang, after you came to our Heishan County to take up your post, my father and several other families joined together to treat you to a meal!"

Hearing Master Yan say this, Yang Jun suddenly remembered that this was indeed the case, and immediately reported: "Captain, a year ago when I retired from the army and came here to serve as the cavalry captain, there was indeed a group of people who claimed to be local celebrities who came to entertain me."

"We just had a meal together once. I have absolutely nothing to do with the Yan family!"

After hearing what Yang Jun said, Zheng Jun nodded, looked at Master Yan, and said in a cold voice: "It seems that I, Zheng Jun, still don't catch your eyes. When Deputy Captain Yang took office, you 'village sages' all invited him to dinner, but now that I've become the Captain, no one has invited me to dinner?"

Master Yan was stunned. Just when he was about to say "I'll be there soon", he suddenly saw Zheng Jun saying, "Kill them. The rest of you, confiscate the Yan family!"

"you!"

Master Yan was horrified when he heard this, and was about to say something when the soldier next to him drew his knife and started attacking. With a wave of his knife, the head fell to the ground!

Blood splattered three feet away, and the bright red blood was so conspicuous in the Yan family compound. Master Yan's eyes were full of disbelief, as if he would never think until his death that Zheng Jun would actually kill him.

"Dutou!"

Yang Jun was stunned when he saw this scene, and whispered: "This... he was killed right away? He is a local celebrity in Nansha Town. If we kill him, how will Nansha Town collect taxes next year? Master Yan will not cooperate to avenge the murder of his son!"

"Then why not just kill Master Yan as well?"

"Without them, we won't be able to collect taxes? In my opinion, without them, we will collect more taxes!"

Zheng Jun sneered and said casually: "The court collects taxes, but it is also the people's taxes! The Yan family exploited the people and did not do any production. They used various means to seize the people's land. Such gentry and landlords are worthy of being called local sages? Kill them all and say it was done by the Black Mountain Bandits."

There's nothing we can do, we're too late and the Black Mountain bandits acted too quickly!

The entire family of the local celebrity Yan was killed, and I, Zheng Jun, the head of the Zheng family, am also very sad.

Alas, those damn Black Mountain bandits! As soon as I have dealt with the Yan family’s affairs, I will immediately attack Black Mountain and capture the leader of the Black Mountain bandits alive.

Zheng Jun looked sad.

"Order!"

After hearing Zheng Jun's instructions, the soldiers around him naturally didn't care about it, and immediately sharpened their swords, looking very excited.

The soldiers who were resting in the rear were also fully mobilized.

Looking at the look of his soldiers, Zheng Jun suddenly thought of something and immediately ordered: "Anyone who insults a female relative will be executed!"

Although they are all my personal soldiers, they have a very good relationship with me during training.

But after all, times have changed. If we don’t say anything, some wanton massacres, rapes and looting may occur.

What Zheng Jun needed was an army that would obey his orders completely, rather than an army of arrogant and domineering vassal soldiers like those in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

After hearing Zheng Jun's instructions, the chief of the personal guards Xu Zhilei felt so relieved. After receiving the order, he began to rush towards the direction of the Yan family treasury with a ferocious look.

Deputy team leader Du Ding, who was standing by, could not hide his happiness, and thought to himself: "It would be great if the boss could take us to Lianshui Township someday."

Du Ding also came from a poor family. His parents rented land from Mr. Lu in Lianshui Township. They had to pay a lot of rent every year. In addition, they had to pay taxes to the court. In the end, only two or three percent of the annual harvest could fall into their hands.

If there is a major disaster or drought, all the work for the whole year may be in vain or even result in losses.

They could only hope that Mr. Lu would be kind enough to give them some money from the loan sharking so that they could get through these difficult times.

And their ancestral land was given to Master Lu because they could not pay the usury.

Although he later practiced martial arts and refined his blood, and Master Lu returned his family's land to his parents and compensated them with an additional fifty taels of silver, the childhood experience was still deeply engraved in Du Ding's mind. It was just that the power of these gentry and landlords was too huge for them, as individual warriors, to cope with.

Now that he had seen how efficiently and effectively Zheng Dutou had raided the property, Du Ding naturally couldn't hide his pleasure.

However, Du Ding also felt a little worried that Zheng Jun would be punished.

After all, although these masters usually run rampant in the countryside and bully the people, they all have connections. The imperial power does not extend to the countryside, and their words in these towns are more effective than imperial edicts.

Can we say that it was done by the Black Mountain bandits?
However, Sun Rong, the leader of the third group who came with his troops, was eager to try and immediately asked in a low voice: "Captain, what should we do with these guards and servants?"

They have long wanted to rob these big households.

In the past, the captains were either cowardly or timid.

I dare not go against these gentry at all.

It’s far less enjoyable than coming with Zheng Dutou!
"Guardian?"

Hearing this, Zheng Jun looked around and saw dozens of servants and guards around him. He calmly looked at the short man who was sitting on the ground and crying bitterly, and said to him, "What's your name?"

"My name is Yan Ying, nice to meet the captain."

After hearing Zheng Jun's question, the short man immediately announced his name, and with red eyes, he kowtowed three times to Zheng Jun: "Captain, you have avenged me. This is a great favor, and I will never forget it!"

"Just live a peaceful life."

Seeing this, Zheng Jun couldn't help but sigh and stepped forward to help Yan Ying up: "Do you know these guards and servants? What are they like on weekdays? Are they kind to others?"

"The servants are arrogant and the guards are domineering!"

Yan Ying was filled with indignation and said to Zheng Jun, "Captain, our Nansha Town has suffered greatly from this! This Yan family is so hateful and despicable!"

"My last name is also Yan. In terms of ancestry, I am a cousin of this beast, and I am considered the nephew of that old thief Yan. Even so, that old thief Yan did not even let go of our family members. We with the last name Yan have also suffered greatly from him!"

"Tell me in detail how you suffered so much from it." Zheng Jun nodded and continued to ask.

So Yan Ying began to explain in detail.

Yan Ying suffered greatly from this "relative" of hers.

The other people with the surname Yan in Nansha Town also have a deep hatred for the master of the Yan family.

After all, these branches of the Yan family once owned land, but later they encountered disasters, so Master Yan used some tricks, saying that the "land skin" could be used to pay off the debts, and the "land bones" could be kept, and they could redeem the land when they had money in the future.

The so-called field skin and field bones is a term related to fields.

The person who holds the ownership of a field is generally called the field bone; the tenant’s right to use the field is generally called the field skin.

Master Yan used this method to make them sell the "rental rights" to him at a low price, and then rented the land that originally belonged to them to them, thereby making a profit.

When the imperial court paid taxes, it paid according to the amount of land.

In other words, most of the harvest from this land belongs to Master Yan, but Master Yan does not need to pay taxes. The taxes need to be paid by the tenant farmers.

As a result, although Mr. Yan had nearly a thousand acres of fertile land, in fact, Mr. Yan only needed to pay the land tax of his own thirty or forty acres, and the rest was borne by the tenants.

If the tenants can’t pay, that’s fine.

Mr. Yan is kind-hearted and will pay the debt on his behalf. But next year, the interest will be compounded.

After hearing Yan Ying's words, Zheng Jun was silent.

Or you landlords are good at stealing money.

You are taking advantage of loopholes in the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty and evading taxes!

Is this a problem of insufficient land tax?

Paying so little tax every day, what if the imperial court is unable to pay the soldiers in the future?
What will my men and I eat from now on?
"Very good, Yan Ying. I will now promote you to be the head of Nansha Town. The 15 acres of land of the Yan family will be yours. The remaining good land can be divided equally among the tenants."

Zheng Jun spoke casually, and then continued: "In the future, the Black Mountain Guards will be responsible for collecting taxes. If the Black Mountain Guards don't come, you won't give it. If they try to rob it, give it to them, and then come to the military camp to find me!"

Money and food are the most important things.

As long as you get the money and food, you can raise your own private army.

In the past, out of the 10,000 taels of tax, you took it and I took it, but in the end the court could only take 5,000 taels. The high-ranking officials in the court then thought that there was only 5,000 taels of tax.

In that case, Zheng Jun will just pass it on and take a few thousand taels and leave.

Anyway, the court only wants five thousand taels.

"Yes, Dutou!"

After hearing Zheng Jun's words, Yan Ying trembled all over, and could hardly believe her ears.

Can I be the head of a police station?
"Eat more and gain more strength. It would be best if you could learn some martial arts. Even if you can't beat them, it's good to strengthen your body." Zheng Jun patted Yan Ying's shoulder. "If you are interested, you can go to Tongzhouhui and say that you are the chief of Nansha Town appointed by me. They will teach you."

"Yes, benefactor!"

Yan Ying wanted to kneel down to Zheng Jun.

I have really met a great benefactor!
Such a benefactor should rule the world and help poor people like me to rise up!
Yan Ying thought in her heart.

"so……"

Yang Jun was about to speak, but after thinking for a while, he asked in a low voice: "Captain, what should we do with these guards and servants? There is one more thing. Nanshan Town has a head of security."

Upon hearing this, the two Blood Refining Guards shouted, "Captain Zheng! Please be magnanimous and spare us! You just said you were going to the mountains to fight the bandits. We used to hang out in the mountains! We are willing to lead the way for you!"

"Since they are not good things, just kill them all."

Zheng Jun ignored the two blood-refining guards and just looked up at Yang Jun before saying, "The former head of the security guard should stop being the head of the security guard. Let him be the deputy head of the security guard and cooperate with Yan Ying."

Yang Jun seems to be a little short of insight. Can't he see what I'm going to do?

Zheng Jun thought in his heart.

After hearing Zheng Jun's words, the two blood-refining warriors who were held by the county soldiers broke free from the restraints of the two county soldiers and ran towards the courtyard wall!

I have finally become a blood-refining warrior and have a bright future ahead of me. I can't throw my life away here!
Isn't it just bullying some untouchables?

As a captain, have you never bullied the people?
Pretend to be your mother!
At worst, I can go to Montenegro!

The two were filled with extreme resentment.

"Want to run?"

Seeing this, Zheng Jun snorted coldly, picked up the Beirong sword in his hand, and slashed in the direction where the two people were running.

The Beirong sword broke through the air with a "whooshing" sound, creating a large amount of sword light.

Zheng Jun didn't bother to say anything more to these two guys who bullied ordinary people.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the sword light poured down like waves.

The air current swept and the knife wind was icy cold.

The extremely fierce murderous intent instantly swept behind a security guard who was running slowly, but only a loud bang was heard, and the whole person was hit by the knife light, and blood spurted out like a water bag.

The other one was so scared that his hands and feet went limp, but he knew he couldn't escape, so he immediately glared at her: "Fuck you, I'm going to fight you!"

The blood-refining guard shouted, stepped forward, his face flushed, and thrust his arms out like javelins, attacking Zheng Jun wildly.

Zheng Jun did not dodge or evade, but just looked at the attacking blood-refining guard calmly.

The blood-refining guard was overjoyed and threw a punch, but he felt as if he had hit a solid wall. Not only was the opponent unharmed, but his own palms began to ache.

"Sigh~"

The blood-refining guard couldn't help but gasp, and before he could react, he saw Zheng Jun had already made a move.

A punch was thrown out, and there seemed to be the sound of tigers and leopards roaring in the air.

"boom!"

A low muffled sound.

But the blood-refining guard fell to the ground with a thud, his body turned into a pool of blood mud, leaving only his head.

[Hit. Iron Sand Demon Subduing Skill repayment progress +10, current repayment progress: 2418/2500. ]

Looking at the small ink characters appearing in front of him, Zheng Jun wiped the blood off his fist and calmly ordered: "Cut off the heads of these guards and put them together with those Black Mountain bandits."

He would not kill a good person and claim credit for it, but he could kill a bad person and claim credit for it.

"Yes!"

Hearing Zheng Jun's voice, the county soldiers were very excited.

Soon, everyone started to search the house, and boxes of silver were carried out from the Yan family treasury.

After a round of counting, a specific number was soon obtained.

Three thousand three hundred and seventy-two taels.

In addition, there were a large number of land deeds and a box of blood-enhancing pills, about 200 pills.

There were also 237 shi of grain.

"Come, each of you take ten taels of silver and a blood-benefiting pill!"

Looking at the silver, Zheng Jun was filled with emotion and could not help but say, "This is extra income and is not included in the reward for military merit and beheading."

After hearing Zheng Jun's words, everyone cheered.

It's not realistic to keep it all for yourself.

Just give some money to everyone.

There was no way to hide the fact that he had robbed the Yan family, so Zheng Jun didn't want to hide it.

What can other gentry do if they know about this?
He was in collusion with the chief clerk and the county lieutenant. The Heishan County had the final say, and everyone took the silver together. They would say it was the Heishan bandits who did it. Could it be that these gentry dared to go against the military and political leaders of the entire county?
As for reporting to the higher authorities...

If they really have the ability, why would they stay in this mountain valley? The really prominent and well-connected big families in Heishan County have moved away long ago.

After all, there are big monsters and bandits in this place, and no big family is willing to stay here.

"The Black Mountain Bandits are so brutal that they even kill local celebrities!"

After he finished speaking, Zheng Jun paused and put on an indignant look: "This group of Heishan bandits are not even afraid of the county soldiers. They are no longer ordinary bandits. We must strike hard and wipe them out completely, and restore peace to Heishan County!"

"Captain Yang, take the cavalry squad and the third group and stay here to guard the food. The rest of you, follow me up the mountain. We must avenge the Yan family today and defeat those damn Black Mountain bandits!"

　I have a colonoscopy and a gastroscopy tomorrow. I’ve been drinking that salty and unpalatable laxative tonight, so I’ll leave it at that for now.

　　There should be no problem. I will resume the daily 10,000 tomorrow√
　　If there is any problem, the daily quota will be restored tomorrow.

　　I could have written it today, but I kept running to the bathroom, which made me feel a little annoyed, so I was lazy and wrote 5,000 words less QAQ
　　
　
(End of this chapter)