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Chapter 620 Rectifying Jinmen City

Jinmen is located in the Great Plains. It is the throat of the capital connecting Liaodong, and it is also the throat of the canal. It can be seen that it was named by Zhu Di himself in the past.

Just like Songjiang's geographical advantage in the south of the Yangtze River, Jinmen is converging from the five major tributaries of the Haihe River and intersecting with the canal. south.Goods from the south can also be sold to various parts of the north using this as a distribution center.

Such an excellent place, after hundreds of years of development, should have been a place with numerous commercial ports, developed industries, and densely populated areas.

But the officials in Jinmen are short-sighted, and they only want to get promoted and get rich and marry beautiful concubines, but they don’t want to make a difference. Therefore, Jinmen is governed in a mess, messy and out of place, countless moths eat here Flesh drinks blood. .

According to Chen Zhao's rectification during this period, Jinmen Mansion has now become a place for pirates and gangs in Zhili, Shanxi, and Liaodong to write off their accounts. They go ashore in the name of merchants and sell all kinds of goods robbed at sea. The tyrants in the green forests of Zhili, the heroes on the canal, all went there to make contact, and all the gambling houses flocked there. Many yamen in Yanfa Road did nothing at all. .

Pirates are doing business here, but the real tycoons of the sea are unwilling to come. Those sea kings who really made their fortune through ocean trade have thousands of ships under their command, and thousands of men who can go out to fight. Compared with these pirates I don't know how much stronger it is.

For them, the real main income is maritime business and collecting sea passage fees, just like Zheng Zhilong in the late Ming Dynasty.

Killing and extorting goods is just a deterrent, just a sideline.

The kings of the sea are all people with a big structure. Robbing a boat on the sea is just a brain-dead behavior of fishing in a dry marsh, which is of no benefit.

What do Aquamans need?
What they need is a port that can purchase a large amount of goods, a port that can purchase their goods, a large amount of cash purchase, enough credit, and the ability to maintain long-term contacts. Such people must be rich and powerful in each government. official relationship.

But now the Jinmen mansion is in such a mess, none of these wealthy merchants wants to come here, they feel ashamed and lose their status, and there are desperadoes everywhere, a few small boats are killing people and stealing goods at sea, and they sell some Scattered stolen goods, selling stolen goods and other things are petty profits. It is meaningless to make such a small amount of money, and it will cause yourself a whole lot of trouble.

After all, Jinmen is close to the capital, and no one knows which gods will be offended, and thus become the target of severe blows.

Therefore, the big businessmen in the sea are not willing to come, and the rich businessmen in Shanxi and Zhili are also unwilling to come. Dagu County, Jinmen Prefecture is even more like a den of thieves.

Where is the scene of the Tianzi Ferry and the guards of the capital?

It's a joke.

Therefore, when Emperor Xiaode heard the scene of Jinmen described by Chen Zhao, and saw that although Chen Zhao had the merit of escorting him, he was only thinking about governing Jinmen. Thousands of thousands, so he was immediately given such great power to promote the development of Jinmen with all his strength.

Regarding this point, both civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty have nothing to say.

After all, Chen Zhao has the reputation of being a good and wealthy boy. He doesn't want to be a powerful man in the capital, and he doesn't want to be happy in the rich lair in the south of the Yangtze River, but he wants to clean up the dust in Jinmen and give everyone a chance to make a fortune. Who would not support it?
On the Laba Festival in December, the clerical staff, servants, white men and young men of the yamen at all levels in Jinmen Prefecture, as well as patrol inspectors and subordinates, in other words, all the yamen officials in Jinmen City were invited by Chen Zhao Arrive at the Duke Cheng's mansion for a banquet.

Needless to say, the prefect of Jinmen, Bingbeidao, and generals, all of them have the most status in Jinmen officials. There is only something to bow your head and bow your head in front of you.

Now Chen Zhao is a hero who rescued him, and he is also the first imperial prince since Emperor Xiaode came to power.

There is no reason why such a big person should not go. There is a saying that the county magistrate is not as good as the current one. Chen Zhao is now in charge of Jinmen, and he is in charge of them, so he dare not not go.

Even Hu Wanjun, who had been severely punished by Chen Zhao, did not dare not to go.

The Chengguo Duke's Mansion was originally Chen Zhao's Earl's Mansion, which was purchased from a large salt merchant in Jinmen City. It occupies a vast area outside Jinmen City and is close to the Haihe River. It is rare for wealthy families to build mansions. It's close to the seaport along the river, but seeing that Cheng Guogong's mansion is also next to a port with those big ships moored in the port, everyone can understand why.

There were more than five hundred people who came to the banquet. Considering the size of Chen Zhao's mansion, this is not a big deal. The banquet was also arranged, and it was still in the courtyard.

Welcoming the guests was the guard commander around Chen Zhao, the former housekeeper of the Chen family and today's Jinmen guerrilla general Sun Xiaodong. Sun Xiaodong was in front of the door with more than a dozen personal guards.

In terms of rank, the military officers in Jinmen are naturally higher than theirs, but the seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister's gate and the guerrilla generals in front of the Duke's mansion are naturally high in power.

People like Jinmen Zhifu and Bingbeidao did not dare to lose their etiquette when they did bad things, and those officials, officers, and police officers naturally did not dare to make mistakes, and they all looked respectful.

These Jinyiwei soldiers selected as Chen Zhao's guards are all elite fighters, brave people who have seen blood, and they are placed outside the door, and these people are afraid of them.

Sun Xiaodong didn't have any smiles on his face, but he was polite. When the brigade passed by, he said disdainfully to the people around him:

"Those magistrates and county magistrates are just that, they have some official looks at least. Those people who work for the public, how do they look like they are so arrogant? Are they catching thieves or thieves?"

The few people behind were all laughing, and someone jokingly said:
"Our father-in-law used to rectify Jinyiwei's own people, but now we want to rectify the officialdom, all ghosts and snakes will be wiped out, let them have bad luck!"

While talking, a guard ran out from the yard, approached and whispered to Sun Xiaodong:

"Captain Sun, everyone is here. Everyone on the list has arrived. I have checked twice."

From the other side, a man with a turban on his head rode over, got off his horse and said:
"Captain Sun, except for those looking at the port, everyone else who can come has come."

"Then I will trouble you to watch over here."

"What trouble do you say? Team Sun's work today is hard work."

Sun Xiaodong smiled, waved his hands meaninglessly and said:

"The door here is closed tightly, don't leave one, I will go."

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Cheng Guogong had a big banquet today, and even the guards at the gates of Jinmen were invited. It has to be said that it was a bit out of place.

But Lord Renguo is in the limelight and likes to play this kind of tune, so what can you say?
Can only curse indiscriminately.

"This is really unreasonable. If someone comes from the sea or canal, they can't even close the city gate. These people are not afraid of losing their heads just for a bite to eat."

"What's on the sea and the river? You're just worrying about nothing!"

"You're worrying. Don't you know when those pirates and thieves are making trouble? Aren't they all from that way?"

"The thief has been in the city for a long time, is he still using it?"

Discussions are discussions, and in fact there is nothing that can be done, just scolding a few words, and when they are aggrieved, someone sees a group of people approaching in the distance.

Ouch!

In such a bright and sunny day, there are really thieves here!

Those who saw this group of people were frightened and dumbfounded. Some screamed in panic, and some ran for their lives.

Seeing that the situation was about to collapse, several big men shouted loudly: "Don't be afraid, young and old in Jinmen City, we are Jinyiwei, we are Jinyiwei!"

Chen Zhao's rectification of Jinyiwei in the past few months has achieved very good results, just like the original rectification in the capital. Therefore, Jinyiwei's reputation has skyrocketed in the past two months.

Sure enough, this group of people were all wearing flying fish suits, which gradually calmed everyone down.

After all, no matter how rich the pirates and thieves are, they can't just live in a flying fish suit.

The four city gates, except for the north gate which is not open as usual, the other three city gates all had this experience, each with more than a hundred people rushing over, and someone came here to respond and calm everyone's emotions.

Everyone settled down, but they were a little puzzled. This Jinmen mansion is now the territory of Cheng Guogong, so what is the purpose of bringing troops into the city?

Although there were not many people who came, but only a few hundred people, it seemed that they acted in a well-organized way. Some people blocked the city gate, and the rest entered the city in line. Finally, someone thought of the most terrifying possibility. Cheng Guogong Want to gather people to rebel and bloodbath Jinmen City?

Wouldn't that be a big plunder of the city? This is a disaster.

Immediately, ghosts and wolves were howling in the city, and the big families hurriedly closed their doors, gathering the men to stand against the door to be on guard, and some local scoundrels thought this was an opportunity, instead they gathered in the street to make a fortune.

But immediately someone beat a gong and rode a horse to shout along the street, shouting loudly in Jinmen's local dialect and Mandarin:

"Jinyiwei wants to clean up the streets, all young and old go home and close their doors, Jinyiwei wants to clean up the streets, and all wanderers will be killed!"

At this time, there were no ordinary people on the street, and the ruffians were all dumbfounded.

The plot is wrong!
But no matter how dumbfounded they were, it was already too late.

At this time, dozens of cavalry came from all directions, they were just gangsters who wanted to take advantage of the fire, how could they resist Chen Zhao's elite guards?

The cavalry rushed forward and slashed them with their swords. The bamboo poles and axes in the hands of the ruffians were of no use at all.
It was split in two immediately, and blood spurted wildly. The companions who escaped by chance were suddenly frightened and dumbfounded.

Jinmen is located near the capital city, and there has been no military disaster for more than 100 years. Many people were paralyzed on the street in fright, collapsed and incontinent.

Sun Xiaodong wore light armor and rode on a horse with a long knife in his hand. Behind him were Battelle from the Tartars and Jia Huan.

"General, all the streets have been cleared!" Jia Huan, who was in his teens, bowed his hands in a solemn expression.

Now Jia Huan is the captain of the Jinyi Guards School. He is steady, down-to-earth and conscientious in his work. Therefore, even though he is the brother-in-law of Cheng Guogong, no one thinks that he is gold-plated.

Sun Xiaodong nodded on the horse. In front of the horse, there were a few people dressed as employees from the three major trading companies, all of whom Chen Zhaoan had been in Jinmen for a long time. Sun Xiaodong leaned forward and asked:
"Have you heard all about it?"

"Please rest assured, sir, the locations of the stolen goods and the residences of the thieves in the city have been identified..."

(End of this chapter)