4257 Chaos North Xincang
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, where was the place where the governments in Beijing stored grain? It was located in the area from Dongzhimen to Chaoyangmen, next to the city wall, and there were official warehouses from north to south!
Beixin warehouse, sea transport warehouse, Nanxin warehouse, Xingping warehouse, Fuxin warehouse, old Taicang... This official warehouse occupies a valuable position in the inner city and is a very important place for material storage.
Ancient cities are very different from modern cities. In the 21st century, Beijing City is completely the center of economy, culture and politics. It is a world-class metropolis. Here you cannot feel the smell of war!
But ancient cities were different. From the day the city was built, the purpose of military defense was the first priority. Many wars broke out in Beijing in the Ming and Qing dynasties, which is a point that no ruler cannot ignore!
When a city is surrounded, food, supplies are the most important, so in ancient cities, there were many official warehouses that had to be set up even if every inch of land was worth a fortune!
In Xiao Letian's previous life, who would have been willing to set up a large warehouse within the Second Ring Road to store grain? It has long been developed into real estate!
However, in ancient times, these official warehouses were symbols of national security, and no one could make any decisions. Even princes and nobles wanted to build a house and dared not make up the land!
The emperor wants to build a garden and expand the palace. If you go outside the city, you are not allowed to make the idea of scattering warehouses, because this is the last strategic material storage in the inner city of the capital. Once a war to siege the capital, the materials here will save lives!
Before this riot, the CIA statistics table recorded that these six warehouses stored 2 million tons of various types of grain, 25 million tons of silver transported, 12,000 cowhide, 20 tons of cotton yarn, 40,000 pieces of linen of various colors... and there were also countless various imperial supplies!
In the eyes of the Chinese and other important officials who have seen the world, these materials are just the storage capacity of a medium warehouse in the Northern Special Administrative Region, but for people in the *** country, this is a mountain of gold and silver!
The riot started tonight, and of course some people would take advantage of the situation to rob the people. At the beginning, the people robbed the people, but soon the internal personnel of Beixincang could not stand it anymore. They became interested in starting to collectively steal the supplies in the official warehouse!
Of course these people know where the most valuable things are hidden. Those who are brave enough to steal the silver from the official warehouse, while those who are brave enough to carry a thousand pendant copper coins!
Many of these copper coins were cast during the Qianlong period. The copper is the most and the most weight is the most. If it is placed on the market, it is a very good hard currency!
Silver and copper coins are the primary targets of these rats, so they don’t look down on the rice, wheat, soybeans, and even the linen is too lazy to take a look!
This is not good for ancient currency. The metal is too heavy. It’s just fifty kilograms on your back. These hamsters started running home with the money from the official warehouse!
But the official warehouse was exposed, and the people robbed on the street were gone. When they saw these hamsters holding their backs, they rushed up without saying a word and robbed them!
Bai Daozi went in and the red Daozi came out. After stabbing two of them to death, all the other custodians knelt down, "My fellow villagers! Why are you attacking me!"
"There are some good things in Beixincang, and they can't even be moved. Why are you killing us?"
Yes! These thugs woke up immediately and became bored. The official warehouse was right in front of me, why did I snatch the food of these mice? Hulala groups of thugs headed straight to Beixincang!
At this time, the door of the warehouse had already opened, and the officials inside were trying desperately to move out, and the thugs rushed over like flies!
Move it! Gun! Silver and copper coins disappear at the same speed as flood discharge. Soon, tens of thousands of ordinary people gathered near the warehouse!
At the beginning, they were still thugs, but later they were all ordinary people, and even Manchu aunts and young wives joined in!
Everything was good, cotton yarn and linen were resistant to the house, and the trolleys were transporting truck after truck of grain. The black crowd was like workers ants carrying grain. In less than an hour, Beixincang was emptied!
Without Beixin Warehouse and the sea transport warehouse to the south, the black crowd smashed the gate and flocked in!
The chaos in this shipping warehouse was getting big. At first, everyone was just scrambling to grab the official warehouse and was in order. However, the shipping warehouse received a large number of soybeans outside the customs some time ago!
In the entire warehouse, the other half of soybeans are usually the rice with skin, all of which are worthless!
People moved a few bags and suddenly realized, "Fuck! Nothing worthless is troublesome enough! What are the broken soybeans moving..."
After scolding this group of people, they turned their attention to their robbery colleagues!
In an instant, a civil war broke out in the shipping warehouse, and people began to loot other people's spoils. The silver and copper coins snatched from the Beixin warehouse, as well as linen, cotton yarn and other supplies, were instantly replaced by the owner!
"You dare not give me? Get out of here..." He kicked the old man to the ground with one kick!
"Let go... your grandma's... let go..." Anger arose from the heart and evilly aroused the courage, and pulled out the bone-calling knife and slashed it!
This person was bloody. As long as bad things started to be done, the bottom line of moral constraints on weekdays collapsed immediately. At this time, not only the supplies in the warehouse, but also the gold earrings, silver bracelets, jade rings and other things on the big girl and his wife also became the targets of the thugs!
Until the end, someone even had a sudden idea and carried the beautiful little wife and ran into the corner of the warehouse!
The evil of human nature is undoubtedly reflected in chaos!
"Fuck... your ancestor! You dare to mess with my wife..." The door bolt with a thick arm hit me, and the back of the head of the thug who was violently tearing his clothes was smashed!
The blood flowed more and more, and the terrifying atmosphere began to spread. People saw that no one was good, and everyone was guarding against each other and tried every means to rob the other!
Sometimes accidental collisions will trigger a bloody battle!
The gangsters in the capital can be regarded as having the opportunity to do evil. Their gang committed crimes, burned, killed, looted, and raped women. This Beixincang suddenly became a hell on earth!
At this time, the main police force of King Yu was still restoring public order on Xizhimen Street. He could not get through for a short time. The emperor's troops had been released, leaving only a limited 1,800 people to defend Beiyuan, and could not send anyone out at all!
As for the closest to Beixincang, the Xizhimen and Chaoyangmen defenders, their deadly mission tonight is to defend the city. Without the emperor's will, you cannot retreat half a step!
Standing on the high city wall, they could only curse helplessly as they watched the chaos and tyranny in the area of Beixincang!
"Fuck! Where is the founder? Where is the Shuntian Mansion? Where is the infantry commander's yamen? Where is the garrison in the imperial city? Fuck... are they all for free?"
"Ouch...Ouch... Jing'er Hutong is on fire! Wooh... That's my home, my mother is still at home! My home is in Jing'er Hutong..."
"Wuwuwu... Emperor! Please send someone to save people!"
In Beixincang, more than ten alleys around the shipping warehouse were killed, and fire and smoke rolled up. God knows how many families were in trouble!
Who are you asking for? Who else can you ask for at this time? There are no more than 800 people in the city to be sent, and even the emperor has guarded him, so where can anyone be separated?
Xiao Sixi behind Zaichun suddenly exclaimed, "Your Majesty! Look, there seems to be a fire in the Dongzhimen... There are thugs in the inner city causing trouble. Are you robbing Beixincang?"
Zai Chun turned his head and looked at it coldly and said, "Don't worry about it! As long as the city gate is not lost, I will let them snatch the supplies from several warehouses!"
"The order will be restored tomorrow, and I will kill them all one by one!"
Chapter completed!