If we use the saying of another era, then this true bandit is the so-called "political bandit", which is completely different from other "economic bandits". Haibei adopts a strategy of pursuing these "political bandits", and must figure out the mastermind behind them, and even directly crosses the border between Yanzhou Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture and chases them all the way.

As for the "economic bandits", the Haibei Army adopted a relatively eased policy. Although it was also a severe crackdown, even the large bandits of hundreds of people did not pay as much attention as those of ordinary "political bandits" with thirty or fifty people. After just one round of attacks, the bandits and local bandits in Caozhou knew what the outcome would be if they provoked Haibei Town. It was a real blood flowing into rivers, corpses and seas of blood.

However, Dongchang Prefecture expressed extreme dissatisfaction with Haibei Town's repeated entry into Dongchang Prefecture during the pursuit, believing that this was not taken seriously by Dongchang Prefecture at all. They even sent a magistrate to take 180 people to the border.

Even though the Haibei Army was caught by this magistrate, they also said in unison that this was purely "mistake" and that it was used as an "expired map". However, the cross-border incidents still occur one after another and did not take Dongchang Prefecture seriously.

In this case, Cao Wenheng, the deputy envoy of Yandong Dao, intervened. His attitude was much more relaxed than that of Dongchang Prefecture. He came to talk to Ding Gong several times in person. On the one hand, he expressed his full respect for the Yanzhou Commissioner's Office and Ding Gong himself, and on the other hand, he also hoped that Haibei Town would stop pursuing the thief. In addition, he also revealed some internal information about the imperial court's training of the new army in Jinan Prefecture.

Ding Gong also knew that Liu Peng's intention was to stop at the right time and he had to focus on purge of Caozhou, so he gave Cao Wenheng and Cao Daochen some vague promises. Cao Daochen also promised Ding Gong that the border between Dongchang Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture would be foolproof in the future. Ding Gong also decided to follow the established policy to pull out the mafia behind the Caozhou thieves.

Now Yao Xiaofang talks to Liu Peng about this: "Now there are people asking for confessions, and it is the thieves of Cao Pu who dared to openly challenge us and even cut off the canal because Miao Sishun in Ningling County, Guide Prefecture ordered them to do it. And the result of interrogating several thieves was said to be instructed by Miao Sishun!"

Liu Peng is unfamiliar with this name: "Miao Sishun?"

"Yes, a native of Ningling, was a famous official in Henan. He was a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli. He is currently the magistrate of Jing County, Shaanxi."

Liu Peng nodded. Although he was not familiar with Ning Ling and this Jinshi Gong of the 47th year of Wanli, Yuan Keli was a native of Guide Mansion, so he also had some understanding of the situation in Guide Mansion.

Although Guide Mansion belongs to Henan Province, Guide Wei is under the Zhongjing Governor's Office in Beijing, forming a de facto enclave. Suiyang Wei was also initially under Nanjing, and Jingtai was initially assigned to Henan Dusi. As a result, "the state belongs to Henan Wei and Zhili, and the military and civilians are controlled by the military and civilians." Military fields, civilian fields, and royal houses and villages are intertwined, which can be said to be a paradise for powerful and powerful gentry.

Yao Xiaofang continued to talk about the origin of Miao Sishun: "Although the Miao magistrate was only accepted in the 47th year of Wanli, the future is optimistic. It is said that it will enter the Ministry of War. What's more important is that the Miao family in Ningling is a famous family in Henan. We sent people to settle Miao Sishun's background, which was really shocked!"

“How to say it?”

"The Miao family was in the prime of their lives. Now with Miao Sishun, the Jinshi, it is no less than the power of Liu Shao in Dengzhou in the past. It is the first-class wealthy family in Henan!"

Liu Peng used a good example to compare it: "How about it with the Zang family in Zhucheng?"

"In terms of official career, the Ningling Miao family is naturally not as good as the Zhucheng Zang family. If we talk about wealth and power, the Zhucheng Zang family and the Ningling Miao family are not the same. Although we want to solve the Ningling Miao family, we don't know how to start."

"How to say it?" Liu Peng didn't expect that the Ningling Miao family was not simple: "Although such a village official is difficult to deal with, you can destroy the family by sending one or two companies. At most, a battalion of people will be sent."

But Yao Xiaofang immediately replied: "There is definitely not enough people in one battalion. Ningling Miao family had already hung the Qianqing card before Miao Sishun passed the Jinshi!"

After hearing Yao Xiaofang say this, Liu Peng truly understood the strength of the Ningling Miao family. Even for a big province like Shandong, there is actually only one standard for who is the top gentry in the province, that is, whether he dares to hang the Qianqing brand.

The Qianqing brand is naturally as the name suggests. It means that a wealthy family does not have a thousand hectares of land. This requirement seems very simple, but a thousand hectares represent a full 100,000 acres of land. Almost ten square kilometers of land belong to a family or even a family. Naturally, it is a famous and powerful family in the province.

After all, the history of Qianqing Home may have a glorious page of hard work and getting rich, but it is never possible to achieve Qianqing Home by hard work alone. There must be infinite blood and tears of tricks and plunder.

Moreover, even though he has made Qianqing Family successful with his own and his family's efforts, facing the extremely vicious people who are eyeing him and wanting to plan his family business, Qianqing Family must be genius in some aspects to survive.

Since the Ningling Miao family has already had a thousand-acre plaque in Miao Sishun, it naturally means that the family is extremely powerful. You should know that this is the Guide Mansion, which is in conflict with military and civilians, has always had examples of destroying people.

Even if many clans clearly own a thousand hectares of land, they dare not hang out a thousand hectares of cards and trees to attract the wind. If the Ningling Miao family dares to openly hang out a thousand hectares of cards, it naturally means they have extraordinary confidence, not to mention that they now have their own Jinshi Gong.

Liu Peng immediately asked, "Then how much capital does Ningling Miao have now?"

Yao Xiaofang immediately said: "Thousands of Jian slaves, hundreds of troops, bandits outside, and assassins inside!"

The Miao clan in Ningling not only has thousands of hectares of land, but also has thousands of Jian slaves in their homes. These slaves are completely obeyed the Miao clan. As long as the Ning clan has a command, thousands of Jian slaves will be armed as soon as possible.

In addition, the Miao family in Ningling also has hundreds of regular force. These hundreds of elite troops were all soldiers cultivated by the Miao family through all their efforts. They were equipped with war horses, armor, swords, guns, and firearms. Even the prefectures and county magistrates were helpless against them.

However, the reason why Yao Xiaofang felt that the Ningling Miao family was difficult to deal with was that the Ningling Miao family also had the style of Xinling Jun. Not only did they take both black and white, but they also had many chess pieces on the Green Forest Road. As a result, the Miao family could use countless assassin killers in the Jianghu Haoke and Assassin.

Moreover, the Ningling Miao family is also a well-known owner of stolen goods in Shandong and Henan provinces. When everyone committed big cases, they sold stolen goods through the Miao family. At least dozens of bandits had ulterior motives with the Ningling Miao family. Some bandits were simply directed by the children of the Ningling Miao family and their disciples.

It is precisely with such a powerful force that the Ningling Miao clan dared to instigate the desperate people from Caopu and the two prefectures to fight against Haibei Town. Now, Yao Xiaofang has tried his best to dig out the mastermind behind the scenes, but he doesn't know how to deal with the Ningling Miao clan next.

The strength of the Ningling Miao clan cannot be solved by one or two companies. Even if the Haibei Army dispatches a whole battalion, if the Ningling Miao clan has enough reaction time, it can use endless sea of ​​people to drag down the infantry battalion.

What's worse is that Ningling County is not in Shandong Province, but in Guide Prefecture, Henan. In this way, the Haibei Army not only has to go abroad to fight, but also has to cross several prefectures and counties to have the opportunity to solve the Ningling Miao family.

Moreover, fighting outside the province not only has extremely high political risks, but also very risky in military affairs. After all, local snakes like the Ningling Miao family are not easy to mess with. It is precisely because of this that Yao Xiao said: "To deal with the Ningling Miao family, you may have to use an infantry regiment. If there are less than one infantry regiment, it is very risky."

But Liu Peng thought of another thing: "It seems that Yuan Fuyuan is from Suizhou?"

When he heard Liu Peng talk about his former governor Yuan Keli of Denglai, Yao Xiaofang immediately said: "That's right, Yuan Fuyuan is from Suizhou, Guide Prefecture, and is not far from Ningling."

But Yao Xiaofang immediately had a question: "Mr. Liu meant that Yuan Fuyuan would come forward to clean up the Miao family in Ningling? I think Yuan Fuyuan might not be able to handle this matter. Although Yuan's family is a famous family, it was originally only a hundred hereditary households. It was not until Yuan Fuyuan passed the imperial examination and became famous."

The sentence Yao Xiaofang didn't say is that the reason why the Yuan Keli family is inferior to the Ningling Miao family is not only because their family is born in only one hundred hereditary families, but also because their family is more disciplined in doing things, knowing what is the benefit of what should be taken and what should not be taken. Everything is done with due diligence, not only does it not take the imperial court seriously, but even dares to openly challenge the authority of Haibei Town.

But Liu Peng laughed: "It's not that Yuan Fuyuan helped us do this, but that Yuan Fuyuan asked me to find out who was making things difficult for me, Liu Peng! I believe that with the energy of the Yuan family in Suizhou, this little thing is fine!"

Yao Xiaofang had already heard Liu Peng's unspoken voice: "Mr. Liu means that this magistrate Miao is not the real murderer?"

Liu Peng sneered: "I, Liu Peng, are still young and not old yet. I believe that the little Magistrate Miao is actually the mastermind behind the scenes. This matter must be investigated to the end!"

Yao Xiaofang was already a little embarrassed. It turned out that he had found that the Ningling Miao family was a great contribution, but Liu Peng wanted to investigate the matter to see who was the real mastermind behind the scenes: "I understand what Mr. Liu means, and I must investigate it to the end when I go back!"

When Liu Peng saw Yao Xiaofang was a little nervous, he immediately said, "Xiaofang, don't be too nervous. We are a family. Sister Yao recommended you to me because she hopes you can achieve success and bring glory to Yao's family!"

Yao Xiaofang then breathed a sigh of relief, and he immediately replied: "Mr. Liu said so much. I must not let Sister Yao down."
Chapter completed!