I don’t know if I don’t count them, and I’ll be shocked when I count them.

Despite all the preparations made and the right time, place and people, nine people died and sixteen were seriously injured, and these sixteen were probably not able to survive for a few days. There were even more minor injuries, including Zhang Dadan and

Almost everyone, including Yu Youfu, suffered injuries, and only the big head was unscathed.

However, the harvest was also great. Not only were 16 ships of smuggled salt seized, but nine smuggled salt dealers were captured. A total of 22 were hacked to death or beaten to death with sticks during the fighting. More than 30 boatmen and sailors were also captured. However,

It remains to be determined whether they were coolies or not. In addition, Pan Er and his men also found a lot of silver from the captured private salt dealers, boatmen and sailors, and the dead private salt dealers, estimated to be more than 800 taels of silver.

The only regret is that everyone saw that the bandit leader was hit by a shotgun, but the river port is so big and the river is so deep. The automatic shotgun that the bandit leader used when shouting was fished out, but the body of the bandit leader was not found.

He wasn't hit, so he probably ran away.

Han Xiufeng didn't want to stay in this gloomy mass grave anymore, nor did he want to see those who had just died, so he asked the village's Baozheng and Chief Jia to find three boats, load the bodies on the boats and send them to Hai'an overnight. He and Zhang

Boldly led a large group of troops to escort the seized salt ships and captured smugglers to Hai'an overnight.

The journey was neither far nor near, and we were sailing at night, so we couldn't get up quickly. It was already dawn when the fleet arrived at the gap in front of the City God's Temple.

"Mr. Han, what should I do with the salt?" Zhang boldly asked with a smile.

"Just put it on the boat. There is no place to store so much salt on the shore." Han Xiufeng climbed ashore and turned around and said, "Datou, take a few people to guard here. Uncle Yu, take all these prisoners ashore."

"yes!"

"Mr. Han, leaving it on the boat is not an option."

Before Han Xiufeng could speak, Xu Lequn smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, put it down. It won't be long before the salt will turn into nothing but silver tomorrow morning at the latest."

"That's good," Zhang Dangdang thought about it but still couldn't let it go, so he also ordered: "Lao Wu, don't go back, you are here to guard."

"OK!"

"Uncle Yu, bring the prisoner up!"

Following Han Xiufeng's order, the gangsters, boatmen and sailors captured at night were brought ashore one after another, followed by the severely injured gangsters, then the dead gangsters, and finally the dead gangsters. The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day for New Year greetings.

, the people in the town got up early and saw this formation as soon as they opened the door, and it spread quickly.

As soon as Chen Youdao heard the letter, he ran to the yamen gate and heard the neighbors talking about it while pointing to the blood stains on the ground.

"Mr. Han received the news from somewhere that a group of smugglers were passing by us transporting salt. It was too late to dispatch troops to Taizhou, so he asked the rogue generals he had captured years ago to atone for their sins and help the Zaoli archers to search for them.

You all know the smugglers, they are all desperadoes, this battle was so bloody that the sky and the earth were filled with darkness, blood flowed like rivers, and hundreds of them died!"

"Lao Yang, has my Jing Jun gone?" Chen Youdao hurriedly squeezed in and asked.

"Dean Chen, the third child in your family...the third child in your family..."

"Tell me quickly, what happened to my Jingjun?"

"I saw him just now. He was carried back. Dean Chen, don't worry, he was only injured. It seemed like his eyes were injured."

Just as he was talking, Chu Chenggui walked out of the Yamen with a notice and pasted it on the wall on the left with glue.

A literate old man looked up at the notice, shook his head and read: "Han Shi, acting maritime security inspector, today there are canal bandits Li Zhaoshou and others who are killing people and stealing goods, trafficking in illicit salt, and harassing the local area. They are committing extremely heinous crimes and must be annihilated as a sign of their crimes."

Punishment. The criminals Chen Jingjun, Ma Guozhong and others who were imprisoned years ago are willing to change their past mistakes, atone for their crimes, and help their fellow officers to investigate and arrest this gang of thieves..."

A woman couldn't understand this and asked eagerly: "Second Master, stop being so literal-minded. What does the notice say?"

"A group of thieves came from the canal to our place to traffic in smuggled salt. Those people arrested by the Yamen years ago were willing to atone for their crimes. They went to investigate with Mr. Han and Zhang Da Da. Eleven of them died in the battle. Mr. Han said that they'd work together.

"Suppress the thieves and be more courageous." Not only will the past crimes be forgotten, but each family will also be given three taels of silver to deal with the aftermath."

"Eleven dead!"

"Knife and gun have no eyesight, but it is better to die like this than to die on the road of exile."

…

Chen Youdao ignored other people's comments and carefully read the notice twice. He was relieved when he found that his son's name was not on the list of those killed in action. Chu Chenggui suddenly said: "Dean Chen, you came just in time. Your third son is slightly injured."

, quickly collect five taels of silver and take him home to recuperate."

Chen Youdao didn't care about the five taels of silver, but asked eagerly: "Captain Chu, where is my Jing Jun injured? Is it serious?"

"The injury is here. He was stabbed. Whether he can survive it depends on his luck."

"ah!"

"Hurry up, don't waste time, the yamen has hired a bruises doctor, but even a bruises doctor can't take care of so many injuries."

"Okay, okay, please lead the way."

The cell was full of people, but they were all captured at night.

The yard was filled with corpses, including gangsters who died in battle, private gangsters who were hacked to death with knives and sticks by officers and gangsters, and shipwrights and sailors who were unlucky.

The injured scoundrels were all placed in the lobby and public rooms on both sides of the lobby. The bruise doctor hired on the way back was busy bandaging them. Several archers were bandaging them. They heard howls of pain in the distance. As soon as they entered the door, they saw

There was blood all over the ground.

Pan Er was sitting aside and saw Chen Youdao running in with Chu Chenggui. He immediately took out a piece of silver and said expressionlessly: "Dean Chen, this is the reward for your son Chen Jingjun. I will ask someone to help you carry him back. You

Take good care of him after you bring him back, and he will be fine."

Chen Youdao took the money by mistake, ran to Chen Jingjun, looked at the foot-long wound on Chen Jingjun's chest, and said with a sad face: "Why is the injury so serious? Who the hell cut it!"

Pan Er held his nose and said: "The thief who chopped your son is dead. We have avenged this revenge for your son. Take him back quickly."

What kind of revenge is Chen Youdao thinking? How could he have been injured like this if he hadn't gone with you? But thinking that Chen Jingjun would definitely not survive if he stayed here, he might still have a chance to take him home and ask for a skilled doctor. He couldn't help complaining anymore and hurriedly followed

The archers carried his son out of the hall using the door panel.

………

The second hall was also very lively. Zhang DaDa and his three flood soldiers were helping Han Xiufeng interrogate the prisoners captured at night. Xu Lequn sat aside and helped record the crimes.

This gang of private gangs has quite a lot of background. The bandit leader who probably ran away was named Li Zhaoshou. He was once exiled for robbing homes and houses. Later, he ran back from the east and robbed homes and houses on the canal. He committed all kinds of evil and was transported.

The yamen in several places along the river offered rewards for wanted arrests. Almost all those who died and those captured at night had criminal records and were all important criminals wanted by the government. These were all merits. Although Zhang Dadan didn't sleep all night, he became more and more energetic with the interrogation.

Han Xiufeng listened to the interrogation for a while, then walked into the lobby and comforted the injured rogue with a few words. After watching Pan Er pay out the rewards to them, he returned to the signing room on the left side of the second hall, picked up a pen and wrote four letters in a row.

Just as he was about to send archers to the post to call Wang Ruhai, Zhang Shiheng walked in with his clothes in hand. As soon as he entered, he closed the door behind him and whispered in his ear: "Mr. Han, the Zhongjiazhuang group has also been taken. Master Zhang, please let me know."

I will come back to report to you first, please hold on to Xu first."

"Zhongjiazhuang is not far from Qilidian!"

"Just west of Qilidian and south of Hujiaji, Li Xiucai recognized their boat from Yunyan River as soon as it turned into the small river at the junction of Zhongjiazhuang and Xiaohuanzhuang. Because he was worried about not having enough manpower, he wanted to Ningxiang

Mr. Yang and Mr. Zhang from the Inspection Department sent people to keep an eye on him quietly, and they didn't lead a large team of troops to investigate until noon."

Han Xiufeng peeked through the crack in the door, looked back, and asked: "How many people did Young Master Zhang summon? Were there any casualties during the search?"

"More than a hundred government officials and more than two hundred young men were summoned. This gang of private gangsters is really difficult to deal with. There are only eighty people, but Master Zhang actually killed more than forty government officials and young men, and injured one.

There were more than a hundred of them. They fought until the end and found that they could not escape or fight. The remaining few actually fell over.

I picked up two boatloads of salt. Fortunately, the water is not deep. After a lot of effort, I finally managed to fish out dozens of bags." Zhang Shiheng paused and then said: "Master Zhang Er asked me to bring you a message, saying that the casualties were too great.

You can only give us one boatload of salt, and we will send someone to deliver the salt after it is completed over there."

There is no easy way to deal with private gangsters, let alone their hasty response.

Han Xiufeng sighed secretly and murmured: "Just one ship, it's better than no ship at all."

"Then I'll go out first?"

"Wait a minute." Han Xiufeng handed the just-written letter to Zhang Shiheng and explained: "Although there are a lot of things here, you can't help much. Why don't you just help me deliver these four letters to Wang Ruhai and let him

They hurriedly gave it to Anfeng, Fu'an, Jiaoxie and Tuan tea and salt department yamen."

"Send it to the salt farm?" Zhang Shiheng was confused.

"We have seized more than one million kilograms of salt here, captured dozens of smugglers, and killed and injured dozens of people! Where did the salt come from? If we can't buy salt in the salt field, will the smugglers come? They have to give me an explanation.

!”

"But it was all leaked from Fu'an Field."

"We know that it was leaked from Fu'an Field. They don't know. If they don't give us an explanation, then their officials will stop planning to do it."

Zhang Shiheng reacted suddenly and couldn't help but laugh: "If they don't give an explanation, then they will be inseparable. One dereliction of duty will cause them to lose their official position!"

"As long as you know, go and hurry up." Han Xiufeng thought about it and warned: "By the way, if anyone inquires after we go out, tell them that our inspection department's Yamen can seize so much illegal salt and capture so many illegal gangsters. Fu'an Field

Mr. Xu Lequn is responsible for the first crime. He was the one who found out the information about the private lord, and he also led us to investigate."

"Why do you say that?"

"That's right, tell the truth." Han Xiufeng touched his nose and added: "After giving the letter to Wang Ruhai, help me go over to invite Dean Gu, Wang Jiansheng and other squires to come and have a celebratory drink.
Chapter completed!