Some gentry's face changed drastically, but he thought that what the Admiral said was that he wanted to persuade the money to raise funds again?

Thinking of the fact that there are many people in this festival, many gentry and wealthy families suddenly looked ugly. Although their lives were preserved by the Admiral, they could not resist the Admiral coming to "support the salary" every now and then. The world is in chaos, business is difficult to do, the harvest in the land is small, and the landlords don't have much surplus food.

However, the officials were all attracted by the word "doing business" by the Admiral, and each one was very energetic. If the Admiral wants to do things, the few people under him must do their best to prepare. At that time, the Admiral will eat meat and drink soup with everyone. This is a great thing.

However, the prefect of Nanxiong, Zhou Wenming, had already thought to himself, and secretly moved an invisible abacus. When he came, in order to get a gift to the admiral, the prefect Zhou summoned Nanxiong's gentry to the yamen. He used both soft and hard work, and finally asked the gentry to raise a gift of 30,000 taels of silver for him. With this amount of silver, the gentry was still unhappy. They all seemed to give alms, treating the prefect as a beggar. Your family had two thousand, my family had one thousand, and dozens of families had to get the money together.

But this time if the Admiral personally ordered "to do things", the governor Zhou would be very hard and put the Admiral's elite troops to the Nanxiong area. How dare those gentry and wealthy families not open their eyes? How dare they give him the look of the prefect? ​​Whoever dares to sting at that time will be punished for his crime of robbery, and it depends on whether life is important or money is important!

Of course, there is no credit for the work of the Admiral, and there must be some hard work. At that time, you will have to have some hard money to run errands. In the past two years, Guangdong has suffered a war disaster, and the life of the prefect Zhou was not happy. In order to leave the crater of Nanxiong, the prefect has sent a lot of money to Beijing in the past two years, and the money that has accumulated over ten years is about to be empty.

"I wonder what the Admiral is going to do? If it is money and food, the officials and others will be the Admiral. "With the lesson that Qin Dacheng had taught him before, Zhou Wenming made a statement this time.

"That's it"

Tang Sanshui smiled softly again, but did not look at Zhou Wenming and the confused (excited) officials and gentry. He raised his hand and suddenly shouted: "Come here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the sound of rapid footsteps suddenly coming from the surrounding courtyards. In just a blink of an eye, hundreds of soldiers from the governor rushed into the courtyard and surrounded the officials and gentry with swords and spears. The posture was not clear that the Admiral had prepared a "knife and axe" long ago!

The sudden change scared many people's wine bowls and chopsticks in their hands. The actors on the stage were so scared that they screamed and fled to the backstage. The bright swords and guns around made the officials and gentry dare not say anything. There were sharp-eyed people. Isn't the other confidant and beloved general of the Admiral, Song Qian, the general of Shaozhou?

Song Qian personally led his troops to the main table and controlled the Nanxiong prefect Zhou Wenming and others.

"What does Admiral mean?"

Zhou Wenming's hand was still holding the wine glass, but the voice of his speech was trembling. The officials on the same table were all at a loss, not knowing which performance the Admiral was. However, the governor of Shaozhou Qin Dacheng seemed to know something, and walked behind the Admiral calmly, and then gloatingly looked at Zhou Wenming and the others.

"What do you mean?"

The Admiral changed his face very quickly. He snorted angrily, slapped the table with a heavy palm, pointed at the group of people and cursed: "As the officials of the court, you do not want to serve the court, relieve the suffering of the people, share the worries of the king, only know how to corrupt and abuse the law, collect and extort, and ignore human lives. The local complaints are everywhere, and the people are living in poverty! Some people even secretly communicated with the thief and privately removed money and food from the thief. They say that the thief came to surrender the thief and the officials came to surrender. Humph, but they did not fall, and they were really shameless!

As the admiral of Guangdong, I am in charge of the military and political affairs of a province. I have long ordered people to act illegally in Charles and others. Today I will catch you and others in one go to seek justice for the people and rectify the customs of the court! We must first calm the country against foreign aggression. At present, the thieves of peace are blindly eyeing our Shaozhou. If I don’t take any ruthless measures to eliminate you, I will be sold by you!" After saying that, I shouted again: "I tied up, I will tie you up!"

Song Qian waved his hand, and the personal soldiers of the flag commander immediately stepped forward to control the officials and gentry. The flag commander soldiers were all big and thick, and they didn't leave any sense of duty, which made the officials and gentry very difficult. The military officers who had originally drunk wine and played with boxing also changed like humans, and they looked at the officials and gentry with grin. Several military officers who were not close to the admiral were drunk by the drinkers just now, and they were wandering around in their dreams, but they didn't know that such a big change was happening outside.

With the rope on his body, some officials thought that they were honest and honest, and there was no corruption or abuse of power, so they struggled and shouted: "I am wronged, wronged, the admiral is clear, and the subordinate officials have been officials for several years. I am obeying the teachings of the saints. The management of pastoral areas is like a house pipe, and there has never been any infringement on the interests of the people."

"I am not an official, I have never been corrupt, I have never violated the law, and I have never committed any thieves. Why do I arrest me?!" Some gentry who is not an official also complained about being arrested.

Unfortunately, the Admiral didn't care whether they were wronged or not, and only ordered the tiger and wolf men to tie them up.

Zhou Wenming was also held down by two big and thick personal soldiers. Seeing that the rope was about to tie him up, the prefect Zhou was also wise in a hurry and shouted suddenly: "I am willing to use silver to atone for my sins!"

This shout made the admiral whose face was always ashen, and then a smile appeared on his face. Just as he was about to speak, Qin Dacheng, Shaozhou Prefecture behind him, rushed forward with an angry look on his face, and his right arm suddenly raised his hand and slapped heavily on the table. His palm slapped the table, and a loud "bang" sound, and the wine glasses, bowls and chopsticks rose into the air.

"Dog official, how dare you bribe the Admiral in public? Who do you think of the Admiral? If the Admiral receives your stolen silver, what is the difference between you and other dog officials!"

This anger made Zhou Wenming feel ashamed. Everyone knows that the emperor personally gave the Admiral the "Pillar of the Qing Dynasty". Since the Admiral was in charge of Shaozhou, the bandits did not dare to take a step north. The Admiral was even more honest and loved the people as his son. Although he often ordered the local government to pay the funds and encouraged the money, all the silver and money he earned was used for the food and money expenses of the officers and soldiers. The Admiral himself did not take any money, and even paid out his own pocket to subsidize the families of poor soldiers so that they had no worries when killing the enemy. He had received his own gifts before, but the Admiral ordered the gifts he received to the military camp in front of everyone, thinking that the soldiers would use them to reward them for killing the enemy. Let me ask, how could the Admiral, who was so loyal and righteous, be moved by his own dirty silver!

Qin Dacheng's firm words fell into the ears of the officials and gentry tied up, and they were all moved and made everyone's heart beat. If they could not use silver to atone for their sins, wouldn't they really go to prison today? If they really need to investigate, none of the officials present have a pure wealth, and none of these gentry have been clean. Doing business with Taiping Kou in the past two years is a fashionable thing in Shaozhou. If you don't make any money, can you be stupid? But who would know that the Admiral, who has always turned a blind eye to this matter, will suddenly change his face to cure them!

However, just as everyone was surprised and suspicious, something that everyone had never expected had happened. The Admiral quietly jumped over Qin Dacheng. Then he looked at the Nanxiong Mansion with a shame, sighed, his expression changed, and hesitated in his heart. After a long time, the Admiral gave a long sigh, and then said to Zhou Wenming harmoniously: "I wonder how much money Nanxiong Mansion is willing to atone for his sins?"

The admiral's words were like the sound of nature, drifting into the ears of the prefect Zhou in the wind, drifting into the ears of the officials and gentry, making everyone feel like the spring breeze again.

"Grandmaster"

Master Zhou was so excited that he choked up and couldn't speak for a while.

Seeing this, the Admiral shook his head slightly, stepped forward and personally supported the prefect Zhou, whispered and comforted him. This situation made the officials and gentry open their mouths wide, unable to believe it, and also made Qin Dacheng feel embarrassed, feeling that he might have paid attention to the Admiral’s wrong meaning.

"Tell me, how much money is Nanxiong Mansion preparing to pay for atonement?"

The admiral's kind voice came again in his ears. The prefect Zhou stopped choking and said carefully: "The officials knew that they were not good at being the official, but they had not saved much in recent years. The officials were willing to atone for their sins with 3,000 taels of silver-patterned silver. They just asked the admiral to spare the officials this time. After the officials returned, they would unpack their seals and resign, and they would return to their hometown to farm and never get involved in the officialdom again."

After saying that, the Admiral's hand seemed to be stiff when he held his hand. He raised his eyes to see, but the angry face of the Admiral was caught.

"I am the official of Nanxiong Mansion to beg for the meal, but I can't do it!"

The Admiral was very angry, very angry. The offer from Nanxiong Mansion made him feel very shameful. He wanted to buy him the pillars of the Qing Dynasty for only 3,000 taels of silver. The left governor was the crown prince's young tutor and the general of military affairs in Guangdong Province! This was simply an insult, an insult to others' personal character! It was intolerable, and the Nanxiong Mansion looked down on others too much!

The more I thought about it, the more angry he became. The Admiral just wanted to kick the eyes away from Nanxiong Mansion, but there were hundreds of eyes in the courtyard staring at him. Then he looked at the earnest gazes of the officials and gentry. He took back the swear words from his lips, and the anger on his face disappeared, but turned around and looked very embarrassed.

"This is what Nanxiong Mansion does, which makes me feel very embarrassed."

The Admiral gently slapped his beard and stood in front of everyone in the breeze, looking very tall and mighty.

Master Zhou heard the implicit meaning of the Admiral. He realized that he might be a little stingy, so he asked carefully: "In the opinion of the Admiral, how much is this silver suitable?"

The Admiral did not directly answer the question of Master Zhou. The Admiral has always looked down on those Aduo and does not bother with him.

"What do you think Shaozhou Prefecture thinks?" (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!