Scholar and old attack

Seeing Jiang Jingyuan, the trafficker relaxed, and told everything he knew.

It turned out that they were the subordinates of a gambling house in Datong. The Datong Casino was running a gambling shop on the surface, but secretly engaged in some shady activities.

This human trafficking is just one of them, and there are also prostitutes and so on. If someone refuses to obey, they will be raped to death like those girls in the cellar.

And those children are all raised and waiting to be sold, and a child is not worth much, at most it is only three or five taels of silver.

Most of them are sold as slaves, a small number of people like to abuse children, and some are bought by poor families to be child brides-in-law or child husbands.

Although the selling price of children is not high, the advantage is that this business is easy to do. It is not difficult to kidnap a child, and one candied haws and one piece of malt candy can be cheated.

It's easier than kidnapping an adult.

"Bastard." Listening to the trafficker's words, the people next to him couldn't help cursing.

The traffickers acted as if they hadn't heard.

"What happened to those skeletons in the cellar." Jiang Jingyuan continued to ask coldly.

"They are all disobedient. If they die, they will die in vain. Who will help dig a grave." The trafficker said indifferently.

Jiang Jingyuan's eyes widened, that is to say, not only did they not bury the dead, but they also allowed the corpse to rot in front of the group of children, and finally turned into a dry bone.

A gust of wind blew by, and Jiang Jingyuan seemed to hear the cries of children and girls, begging for mercy, and miserable sounds in his ears.

Every day I waited and hoped that someone would come to rescue me, but I was tortured every day.

How desperate it must be, thinking that death is a way out, but after death, you can't even get a handful of loess to bury it.

Jiang Jingyuan really hoped that there were ghosts in this world at this moment, so that these dead people would turn into ghosts and come out to take revenge.

Jiang Jingyuan closed his eyes in pain, waved his hands and said, "Drag it down and slaughter, don't let them die too comfortably."

Since it has no value, it is useless to keep it.

Others have already gritted their teeth, the crowd of beasts are too inferior to pigs and dogs, and death is considered cheap for them.

Hearing Jiang Jingyuan's words, the human trafficker yelled miserably, "You said you wouldn't kill me."

Jiang Jingyuan said coldly, "I only said that I won't kill you, but I didn't say that others won't kill you."

"You shameless villain, you go back on your word..."

The human trafficker cursed in horror, at this moment he was a little scared.

However, Jiang Jingyuan acted as if he hadn't heard his insults, he was honest with a human trafficker, and he kept his promise.

There were shrill screams, and everyone present did not feel sympathy. Even so, they still felt that the punishment was a little lighter.

Even the group of gangsters brought by the Ren family father and son were quite shameless human traffickers. Although they were a little bit of a gangster on weekdays, fortunately they didn't destroy other people's families.

Sometimes it's kind.

They can't do such a conscienceless thing no matter what.

After the traffickers were cleaned up, everyone helped to bring the children out of the cellar. When they saw a few girls who had no clothes, they all took off their coats and gave them to them.

The few bones were also lifted up and buried in a geomantic treasure. I hope they will not suffer such pain again in the next life and be a carefree person.

As for the group of Muna children, everyone could only carefully carry them out one by one. Although they were trembling all over, it was not an option to stay in the dark cellar like this.

The children who saw the sun again had no joy on their faces, and all of them were blinded by the bright light, but they thought that they would be beaten again if they closed their eyes.

Eyes trembling in pain.

Seeing this, Jiang Jingyuan was so sad that he covered a child from the light with his hand, and gently patted his back with the other hand, and said softly, "Hey, don't be afraid, the bad guys are going to hell, you can close your eyes now, no People will hit you again."

Maybe it was Jiang Jingyuan's words that made a difference, or maybe it was Jiang Jingyuan's gentleness that comforted the child, and the child closed his eyes obediently.

Others saw the effect, and followed suit one by one.

----

A human trafficking case was cracked in Wutong County, which shocked Magistrate Zhang.

I thought it would be great if I could get the person back, but I didn't expect to find all the authentication evidence and the lost children.

Jiang Jingyuan found the account book in a Buddha statue, which stated that a certain child was sold to a certain family, which greatly facilitated the search for the sold child.

But there is also a big, troublesome gambling house in Datong. If there is no support from big people behind a gambling house, can it continue to operate in Datong?

This is far from something that Zhang County magistrate can get involved in.

Jiang Jingyuan said with a smile, "Why don't the county magistrate give this credit to the magistrate."

County magistrate Zhang didn't always want to curry favor with the magistrate, so he didn't hesitate to attack himself for this reason. With this opportunity, he could jump out of it and let the county magistrate and magistrate take the lead.

County magistrate Zhang's eyes lit up, and he had a decision in his mind.

County magistrate Zhang went to Datong to deliver the case to the magistrate. When Jiang Jingyuan came to the county government, he also wanted to visit his grandfather.

"Grandpa." Jiang Jingyuan came to the chief registry office and called out.

"Jing Yuan is here." Chen Yuhong already knew that his grandson had accomplished a great event, and sighed inwardly.

A tiger father has no dog.

I think Jiang Yuanmao was so intelligent back then, but God is jealous of talents.

"Grandpa works quite well in this yamen." Jiang Jingyuan asked with a smile.

"Of course it's good." Since Chen Yuhong came to the county government office, he has become more energetic every day, and he looks ten years younger.

Whether it's the people in the village or Wutong County, they all try to curry favor with him.

Chen Yuhong is shrewd, and he is quite tactful in dealing with interpersonal relationships, so he won't easily fall into anyone's way.

In addition, he is gentle and fair, and his reputation in the county government is many times better than that of the previous boss who only wanted to give himself money.

"A few days ago, did you receive the congratulatory gift I gave you?"

Chen Yuhong has always been thinking about this grandson who helped him a lot, but it's a pity that he just took office a few days ago, and there are a lot of things waiting for him to deal with in the yamen, so he didn't go to drink a glass of grandson's wedding wine.

But he still asked his family to send a big gift.

Jiang Jingyuan said with a smile, "Of course I received it. Speaking of which, my cousins ​​got married first."

On the day of his wedding, he also saw two cousins, who looked quite talented, but lacked a bit of elegance.

"Their marriage is coming soon, and your help will be indispensable at that time." Chen Yuhong smiled, bent over, and took out two notebooks from the stacks of books on the case table, "This is some books about For the imperial examination questions, you can take them back and have a look."

"Thank you, Grandpa." Jiang Jingyuan took it respectfully, flipped through it, and found that it was much more complete than the questions he sorted out by himself, and there were also scriptures with better answers every year.

Coming out of the county government office, Jiang Jingyuan happened to meet Qin Chujiu who had returned, and he frowned tightly.

"Mr. Jiang, I'm really sorry for being away for so long this time, but the matter you asked me to investigate has already become a little bit of a clue." Qin Chujiu apologized as soon as he saw Jiang Jingyuan coming up.

He also knew that it took a long time to go out to do errands, but this time, things were really tricky.

Jiang Jingyuan loosened his frown, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I found out that Li Sanquan had a concubine and gave birth to a son. If I hadn't accidentally heard someone say something wrong, I might not have found out."

When Qin Chujiu mentioned this matter, he also sighed.

He squatted in Li Sanquan's village for several days before he heard two gossiping women talking, saying that Li Sanquan brought a child home a few years ago, and they really heard that the child saw Li Sanquan's father.

Moreover, the child looked quite similar to Li Sanquan, but when they asked, Li Sanquan denied it.

So they guessed that this Li Sanquan must have another room outside, and his accent sounded like he was from Suzuki County.

Without saying a word, Qin Chujiu went to Suzuki County to investigate. Sure enough, a widow was found having an affair with a doctor. He guessed that the doctor was Li Sanquan.

But he went one step too late, and the widow moved away early, and I heard that she went to the north to seek refuge with relatives.

Then he went all the way to investigate the relatives of the widow to see if there were any relatives in the north, but he found nothing.

"North?" Jiang Jingyuan frowned. Such a distance meant that the clue was broken.

In ancient times, it was not like modern times that one could find people with just an ID card. If you travel far away, you can change your name and household registration with a little money in another county. Where can he go to find people in the vast crowd.

"Well, Brother Jiu has been working hard these days, and when I'm free some other day, I'll be the host to invite Brother Jiu to talk." Jiang Jingyuan still thanked Qin Chujiu.

"That's a good relationship, then I'll go back to the Yamen and return to my command."

Qin Chujiu hadn't been to the yamen for more than two months. He said that he was resting due to physical reasons, but he was actually doing business for Jiang Jingyuan. When he came back, he had to reply to the county magistrate first.

"The county magistrate has gone to Datong, and I'm afraid he won't be able to come back for a while. You can just go back to your class office." Jiang Jingyuan said kindly.

After Jiang Jingyuan came out of the county government office, he went directly to the Salesian's House in Wutong County, which was an ancient orphanage. All the rescued children were arranged here first.

Xu Shuizhou and a group of girls from the Salesian House tried their best to comfort these tortured children, but the effect was minimal.

"What did the girls say?"

Jiang Jingyuan sighed, and turned his attention to the rescued girl.

"They are stronger than this group of children. They can talk, but they are determined not to go back. If they say they go back, they will embarrass their parents and make them unable to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives."

Xu Shuizhou sighed as he spoke, he understands the worries of these girls too well, people's words are scary.

The girls rescued from human traffickers have long lost their innocence. If they return home, how will their parents treat them, and how will the villagers treat them.

People may not say anything in person, but behind the scenes, a day or two is okay, and who can stand it after a long time, especially when people they know say it.

Jiang Jingyuan also sighed, this group of poor girls, obviously did nothing wrong, but they have to bear the pain, and it will last a lifetime.

Jiang Jingyuan pondered for a moment and said, "If you don't come back, don't go back. Find something for them to do in Wutong County, it's better than being immersed in pain every day."

However, Jiang Jingyuan had no idea what to ask these girls to do, but spent 100 taels of silver to buy a quiet house for them.

Jiang Jingyuan, who had finally made a lot of money relying on Tan Jingyuan's words, couldn't help scratching his head when he saw the huge deficit in the account book.

Fortunately, these girls are not ignorant, they go to the cloth shop to pick up handkerchiefs and sachets to embroider, and they can barely make ends meet, so Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou don't have to worry about it at all.

While Jiang Jingyuan and Tan Jingyuan were busy with the new Huahua book, a major event happened in Datong.

Datong's general judge actually colluded with businessmen, secretly abducting and selling children and forcing mothers to make a fortune.

It is known that more than [-] children were abducted, and more than [-] women and brothers from good families were persecuted. In addition, the bodies of many women, brothers and children were found in Datong gambling houses and Datong brothels.

This news completely shocked the entire Ming Dynasty. Not only was it being discussed everywhere in Datong, but even the court and the emperor were furious about it.

The emperor was furious, laying down millions of dead bodies, and demanded that all state capitals thoroughly investigate the officials under his hands. If such things happen again, they will be severely punished.

And this general judge of Datong didn't even mention the execution of the nine clans, he was even cut into pieces by five horses.

Of course, the people of Datong are also highly concerned about this matter, and it is far from possible that the matter will end here.

As for the rescued children, they still need to be sent back to their original families.

Some family members who lost their children cried with joy when they heard the news, and went to Datong and other county governments to claim their children.

Of course, some women and brothers' parents came to pick up their children, but unfortunately there were only a few of them, and more women and brothers were left behind, and their parents or family members didn't even have an attitude.

Although everyone sympathized with these women and brothers, when they thought that they had lost their innocence, they all kept silent. Even the local hooligans on the street just shook their heads when they heard about it.

Even if a girl from such a "kiln" is cheated, no one is willing to marry back home. To be a concubine has to be weighed three points. Affect the children who are waiting to be married at home.

Although it is cruel, this is the tragedy of this era. No one can change the traditional thinking in these people's minds for thousands of years.

Including this group of women and brothers themselves are unwilling to go back, for fear of hurting their families.

Jiang Jingyuan approached County Magistrate Zhang and asked about it. The follow-up processing of these people's questions, the conclusions they came to were extremely ironic.

If no one comes to claim them back, they have to be sent back to the brothel. Although one brothel in Datong collapsed, there are still many brothels that continue to operate. There is no problem in accepting more than 200 people.

Jiang Jingyuan smiled wryly. If he had known this would be the end, what was the point of saving these people?

Rescue them from the wolf's den and put them back into the tiger's den, whether you are saving people or harming them again.

Jiang Jingyuan fell into deep thought.

County magistrate Zhang didn't notice that something was wrong with Jiang Jingyuan, but seemed very happy. This time, he gave the magistrate a great contribution. With a wave of his hand, the magistrate gave him an excellent grade in this year's evaluation, and successfully entered the The magistrate's eyes.

All of this is Jiang Jingyuan's contribution, County Magistrate Zhang will definitely not forget him as a hero.

"Jing Yuan, you have done me such a big favor this time, I don't know what reward you want, as long as it is within the conditions, I can satisfy you."

reward?

Jiang Jingyuan really didn't think about asking for any rewards. He just followed the trend to help County Magistrate Zhang.

"Please also ask the county magistrate to reward me with those 200 rescued people." Jiang Jingyuan thought for a while, he really didn't want to be an executioner and push these people into the abyss.

The cruelest thing is to give people hope and give people despair.

"Are you sure you want these people?" County magistrate Zhang looked at Jiang Jingyuan like a monster. He didn't care if Jiang Jingyuan said he wanted money or fame, but Jiang Jingyuan actually wanted these. County Magistrate Zhang can't accept useless people.

"Well, I have my arrangements." Jiang Jingyuan affirmed.

"Ok."

County magistrate Zhang saw Jiang Jingyuan's affirmative expression, and he had nothing to say. Anyway, the magistrate was also worried about this matter. Jiang Jingyuan went out to beg for these people, and inadvertently solved another worry for the magistrate.

Jiang Jingyuan replied that his family did not hide it from Xu Shuizhou, and told Xu Shuizhou about this matter.

Xu Shuizhou carefully changed the dressing on Jiang Jingyuan's arm wound and listened carefully.

Jiang Jingyuan watched his expression all the time, afraid that Xu Shuizhou would not agree with him at this time. After all, there were more than 200 people, not two people, nor more than 20 people.

In the end, I didn't see any expression on Xu Shuizhou's face, only the distress and concern when he carefully changed Jiang Jingyuan's dressing.

"Ah Zhou, will you blame me for making my own decisions?" Jiang Jingyuan felt a little guilty.

After all, when he has a family, his family is not his family. Before doing anything, he should discuss it with his family.

This time he cut first and then played.

Xu Shuizhou changed Jiang Jingyuan's medicine, smiled easily, and showed two sweet smiles, "No, I will support A Yuan in whatever he does."

As early as when he married Jiang Jingyuan, Xu Shuizhou had already found a good position for himself. He only needed to be Jiang Jingyuan's good helper, and tried not to hold back Jiang Jingyuan.

Therefore, he would unconditionally support any decision made by Jiang Jingyuan, because he believed that his A Yuan was not a reckless person, since he chose to do so, he must have his reasons.

Seeing Xu Shuizhou support him like this, Jiang Jingyuan's brows and eyes became gentle, and he would marry a good wife if he married a wife. He would not change a princess like this.

"Azhou, my plan is this. Now the specialty of our Wutong County is Qingshui fish. When I first came back, I heard many people say that other provinces also want to buy this Qingjiang fish, but the transportation of fish is too weak."

"So A Yuan wants to catch this fish?" Xu Shuizhou frowned. He is not stupid, but it is too difficult to transport the fish.

This requires a lot of ice, and the clean water fish is difficult to catch, the cost is too high, and the market is not very good.

Jiang Jingyuan shook his head, "I mean to make dried fish. Clear water fish is a must in our Datong. Big fish are rare, but fry are plentiful. Why not catch fish fry and make dried fish?"

Jiang Jingyuan likes to eat small dried fish, which are small and crunchy. They can be stored for a long time after frying or marinating, and they are not big in size, which can greatly save transportation.

Jiang Jingyuan's thinking began to diverge, and maybe he could also develop fish farming. Datong is a land of fish and rice. Developing rice fields to raise fish can not only generate income for the people of Datong, but also save the fishermen from working too hard.

In addition, the silkworm industry in Datong is also very developed. In Jiangyu Village, many villagers are raising silkworms. The excrement of these silkworms is the best food for fish.

Maybe it can also help the people in other counties in Datong, and the pig industry can also develop.

Pigs were really unpopular in the Ming Dynasty, not because of the fishy smell of pigs. This problem was solved a long time ago, but because the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was also surnamed Zhu.

Zhu Tongzhu.

No matter what, it is a bit contemptuous of the royal family, but it has gotten better in recent years. After all, cattle and sheep are too expensive, and the common people also need meat.

It's just that there are not many people raising them.

If someone releases the word and buys a large amount of pork, I believe there are still many poor people who are willing to raise pigs.

Datong is far away from the capital, and the awe of the royal family is not so strong. As long as there is demand, there will be a market.

With pigs, he can get out of the soap making business and earn money for his family in a disguised form.

Holding a brush, Jiang Jingyuan told Xu Shuizhou his thoughts, and at the same time listed all the things that need to be done, so as not to forget.

"Is this what A Yuan was thinking just now?" Xu Shuizhou looked at the paper in his hand, only to be amazed, it only took a while.

"Well, this matter has to be handled by Ah Zhou." Jiang Jingyuan also had his own concerns. It's not right for him to be a scholar and hang out with a group of girls and brothers all day long.

It is most appropriate to leave it to Xu Shuizhou to do it.

"Thanks a lot."

Jiang Jingyuan thought for a while, and couldn't help but smiled wryly, he was about to worry about it again, marrying him hasn't given him any blessings yet.

"Unfortunately, if these operations are done properly, you may be able to earn a lot of money." Xu Shuizhou shook his head indifferently, probably because he was born in a merchant and had a natural affinity for money.

Now that I see so many ways to make money, how can I miss it.

"The idea of ​​raising pigs and buying fish fry can be implemented immediately, but it is not appropriate to raise fish in the paddy field, so it happens that our family has [-] acres of paddy fields. We will try to raise it ourselves first. After it is done, the village will naturally follow suit. .”

Xu Shuizhou's mind was also dissatisfied, and he quickly thought of a solution.

"Okay, just follow your method." Jiang Jingyuan didn't have any objections.

Xu Shuizhou had something to do, so he was full of energy. He ran all over the pig raising houses in Wutong County, ordered all the pigs, and waited for the person Jiang Jingyuan wanted to arrive, and the soap could start working.

Before that, I went to buy a workshop, otherwise the small house that Jiang Jingyuan bought would not be able to accommodate so many people.

The money was borrowed from Ren's family. Anyway, Ren's dyeing workshop has a three-point profit, and they can just draw from it if they make a profit in the future.

Ren Quanxin didn't want to, but when Xu Shuizhou's pretty face smiled, he remembered that Xu Shuizhou had the same smile when he stabbed someone that day, and obediently paid for it.

After finishing these tasks, Xu Shuizhou started to buy Qingshui fish again. Every day by the Qingshui River, whoever caught live fish would be bought by him immediately.

Then throw it into your own rice field.

His behavior made the whole village uncomfortable.

Think Xu Shuizhou is prodigal!

No matter how you say it, a clear water fish can be sold for thirty or forty yuan, and the bigger ones can be sold for fifty or sixty yuan.

Throwing dozens of them every day is not a prodigal.

For a while, the whole village was discussing this matter, and many people came to Chen Xiuxiu to "complain".

"Aunt Xiu, you can take care of your family's water boat. You waste it with money every day. Even if you have gold and silver in your family, you can't help it."

"That's not true. It's not worth half a tael to throw it in the field for a day. It's been three days in a row. If it weren't for the fact that this child is a well-behaved child, I wouldn't care to say it."

These are all relatives who have recently repaired their relationship with Chen Xiuxiu. After all, Jiang Jingyuan is in good health and is a scholar.

Breaking the bones and connecting the tendons, they are all from the same clan, so it is impossible to forget them.

Of course, there are also people who are not optimistic. Waiting to see Chen Xiuxiu go crazy. Chen Xiuxiu and Xu Shuizhou were at odds before. If they knew that Xu Shuizhou was such a prodigal, what would happen.