Pig Killer

Chapter 283

The salt merchants, grain merchants, and mineral owners were all dressed in gorgeous clothes. They glanced at Shen Hui'e and the others. As expected, they were peasants, wearing coarse linen clothes and sheepskin coats. They were not presentable, despite how loudly they shouted in front of them.

Tsk...a look of disdain.

Shen Hui'e looked at Huang Zhongchang with a smile and asked, "What are you having for lunch?"

"You decide!" Huang Zhongchang was stunned when he heard this and then followed her words.

"How about a pig-killing banquet? Let's reward our comrades." Shen Hui'e looked at him with a smile.

"Okay!" Huang Zhongchang laughed, "I'm dying for braised pork."

The three of them listened, with undisguised contempt and rudeness on their faces!

What's the point of taking over Hezhong Prefecture? The smell of poverty cannot be concealed.

Huang Zhongchang gritted his teeth, not pretending at all at this point, "Tell me! Have you thought it through? Have you decided to confess and get leniency?"

"Penglai, record it." Huang Zhongchang pointed his index finger at his brother-in-law and said.

"Hey!" Shen Penglai waved, "Please prepare your writing."

Wang Xiaomai immediately went to find pen and ink.

"Hey, hey! We have nothing to confess. We are innocent. You can't wrongly accuse us."

"Then what are you doing here?" Huang Zhongchang said to the three of them with amusement.

"Do you know who we are?"

Huang Zhongchang covered his face with his hands and laughed secretly, and whispered, "Don't they recognize the current situation? Are they still so confident?"

"That's how confident and fearless you are." Shen Hui'e sneered, "Don't you know how to write the word death?" She smiled at the three of them and said, "I forgot to tell you that your good neighbor, the general stationed in Hezhong Prefecture, is dead."

"What?" The three looked at her in horror.

Shen Hui'e flicked her little finger and said nonchalantly, "What do you want to talk about? Think it over and say it nicely." She looked at the three of them with a sharp gaze.

The three of them looked at each other, calmed down and said, "We also agree with the principle that a man who knows the current situation is a hero."

"My family has the mining rights for iron ore. You need armor when you start an army! Thousands of spears, bows, shields, and sharp arrows all require iron ore. With it in hand, you won't be afraid of the consumption of weapons."

Huang Zhongchang was delighted when he heard this and looked at his wife.

Shen Hui'e blinked at him, "I know where the iron mine you mentioned is." She slowly said the name of the place with her red lips slightly parted, "The specific location is Wugang County!"

"You...you...how did you know?"

"The county governor's office still has a map!" Shen Hui'e looked at him innocently with pure eyes and said, "It's clearly marked."

"Cough cough..."

"Impossible, how can you understand the map?"

"I'm sorry, I just understand!" Shen Hui'e said casually, "I don't know there are people better than you!"

"If you want to say this, I'm sorry, I know." Shen Hui'e looked at him with curved eyebrows and said, "You have to say something valuable." Looking at his gloomy face, she said, "Now it's my turn to ask you, a serious mining accident occurred during the iron ore mining, causing heavy casualties. What crime should you be charged with!"

He looked at her in disbelief and said, "Just die! Why should I be held responsible? Common people are nothing."

"More than a hundred deaths are nothing in your eyes." Shen Hui'e looked at him with a slightly gloomy expression.

"Hiss..." Shen Penglai took a breath when he heard it, "Second...you...how did you know that?"

"It's registered at the county magistrate's office!" Shen Hui'e looked up at her third brother sitting opposite her and said, "No compensation was given to the family afterwards."

"You dare to ask for compensation? I'm still angry. It's bad luck."

"Are you still human? The pillar of the family is gone, shouldn't you compensate him with some money?" Shen Penglai stood up angrily, wishing he could beat this guy up.

"Tsk...you guys are really kind-hearted."

"Sit down, sit down." Shen Hui'e waved her hand downwards and turned her gaze to the miners, saying, "We will just deal with them according to the law."

"Isn't it just a fine? I have plenty of money."

"This is not the only accident in your mine!" Shen Hui'e looked at him coldly and said, "You are guilty of crimes, taking human lives lightly, stealing from the employer, and abusing miners. You are the one who is responsible for everything!"

"Who do you think you are? Why do you punish me?"

"To redress the grievances of the people, it's enough to have victims." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her bottomless eyes and said, "Think about those common people you beat out, the victims who were beaten in the court, who turned black into white and called a zebra a zebra. They are not dead yet! They are looking forward to God's mercy day and night!" Looking at his pale face, she said, "Why are you afraid?"

"Do you two have anything to say?" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her ink-black eyes.

"Your troops need food and fodder!"

"Hehe..." Huang Zhongchang was amused by his stupidity.

"why are you laughing?"

"If we don't have enough wealth, it won't be enough to pay for all the military supplies to fight against the government troops!"

"Yes! That is to say, if we don't get our support, your uprising will soon end on its own."

"You should know that the three of us control the salt, minerals and rice in the Shanxi area. Even the imperial court is wary of us."

"Without our support, you won't be able to start an uprising, and even the food and fodder you need to gather your troops won't be enough."

Huang Zhongchang covered his face with his hands and laughed, "Hehe...hahaha..."

"why are you laughing?"

Huang Zhongchang laughed so hard that tears came down. "Nothing?" He wiped his tears with his index finger and said, "You don't seem to understand the situation. The imperial granary has fallen into our hands."

"You and the county magistrate are reselling grain, which is a tax levied by the imperial court. The price of grain has risen higher than the sky, and the people in the whole city have eaten high-priced grain." Huang Zhongchang said to him with his icy eyes.

"The transaction is voluntary. I didn't ask them to buy it."

"Besides, is it appropriate for you to use the court's laws to restrain me now?"

"You are really sharp-tongued." Shen Hui'e looked at them with a cold gaze, as sharp as a sword, and said, "Raising prices and taking advantage of the situation are not allowed in any dynasty."

“I hope you can say this shameless attitude to the people of this city,” Huang Zhongchang said while looking at him with his fist clenched.

"What do you want to do?"

"Now you are scared." Huang Zhongchang looked at him nervously and said with a smile, "Nothing? It's a public trial in front of the people! Let's see whether your words are stronger or the fists of the people are stronger."

"You can't do this?"

"What are you afraid of? Isn't it a voluntary transaction?" Huang Zhongchang said with a smile, looking at him and the last person, "As for you, the salt merchant?" He turned his head slightly and looked at his wife and said, "You know where the salt mine is!"

"I know. It's clearly drawn on the map." Shen Hui'e said gently with a smile on her face, "It's in Hedong County, located in the golden triangle of Jin, Guanzhong, and the Yellow River. The land of the Three Jins, with mountains and rivers inside and outside, and a pool of Hedong salt."

"You..." They looked at her in disbelief.

"Why don't you believe I can understand the map? You think we are illiterate peasants." Shen Hui'e couldn't help but complain, "The drawing is too crude. It took me a long time to figure out the location."

"It's just rough!" Shen Penglai said with deep approval, "It can't be compared with the floor plan of Hezhong Prefecture drawn by General Shen."

"Are you a general?"

"Why not?" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright eyes and said, "Would you like to try how sharp my knife is and how hard your neck is?"

"What's wrong with being a woman? The competent one gets the job!" Huang Zhongchang said proudly with his chin slightly raised, "If we just want to talk about this, there's no need." He continued word by word, "If you tell the truth, you can still keep your body intact. Otherwise, we can't stop the anger of the people."

"Shameless! You are extremely shameless. You have taken advantage of those stupid common people."

"Hey! You can't say that! You oppress the common people and violate the law so audaciously, but it's not us who instigated you!" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her ink-black eyes and said seriously.

Huang Zhongchang said righteously, "We are acting on behalf of heaven and eliminating harm for the people!"

"You despicable villains, you will not die a good death. Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go."

"Plop..." He knelt down and begged, "Please spare us, please spare us, please don't abandon us to the common people."

Huang Zhongchang looked at them in astonishment and said, "I still like the arrogant look on your face just now. You look really ugly now."

"Take it away!" Shen Hui'e waved at Wang Xiaomai.

Wang Xiaomai cleverly placed the pen and ink on the square table, called his comrades, and took them away, who were in great sorrow.

"Haha..." Shen Penglai laughed unkindly, "I thought they were fearless!"

"How can they not be afraid? They have done so many unscrupulous things." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes and said, "They are not afraid of officials, because officials and businessmen collude and officials protect each other. They are just afraid that the common people will unite and kill them."

"Let's go! Let's go kill the pig." Shen Hui'e stood up and looked at them and said.

"Hey!" Huang Zhongchang stood up and said with a smile, "Brother-in-law, we are leaving. Remember to come back for lunch."

"I can't leave here. I can't abandon my post without permission." Shen Penglai stood up and said.

"Then I'll send it to you." Huang Zhongchang looked at him gently and said.

"Thank you, second brother-in-law." Shen Penglai said with a smile.

"Why should we be polite to each other?" Huang Zhongchang looked at his wife and said, "Let's go!"

"Let's go." Shen Hui'e waved at him and left.

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Huang Zhongchang walked on the solid loess road and said, "Those minerals are real."

"Of course it's true. Just look at their expressions and you'll know how true it is." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at him with her dark eyes flashing with dazzling light.

"It's all ours now." Huang Zhongchang said excitedly, pointing at himself.

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e looked at him with a smile.

"Oh! Oh!" Huang Zhongchang danced with joy.