Chapter 549 Basic Practice Don’t Six
"explain!"
Inside, Peng Weiwei's eyeballs were red, and the man's body tightened, and he screamed.
But no matter what, he couldn't pry his mouth open.
Outside, Jia Pingan scolded: "Smash every inch of his bones with a hammer!"
Boom!
"Aww!"
The screams spread further outside, Mo Qian grimaced, "The lower official is also very angry, wishing he could kill that thief with his own hands. But the most important thing at this moment is to go to Kucha as soon as possible."
Xu Jingzong said calmly: "Xiao Jia is impulsive. If he doesn't find those people and kill them, he won't be able to sleep at night."
Inside, the screams suddenly became sharp and prolonged.
"ah…"
Mo Qian shuddered, "Good method."
In the room, the thief gasped violently, and then howled miserably again.
"Put on the soldering iron!"
Jia Pingan made the move himself.
The charcoal pot was burning, and the soldering iron printed on the army horse gradually burned red inside.
Jia Pingan picked up the soldering iron and pressed it down without hesitation.
"No...no...ah!"
Below, Peng Weiwei smashed his toe with a hammer.
The screams were endless, like hell.
"explain!"
"ah!"
The thief gasped, "Yes... yes... bah!"
Jia Pingan wiped the spittle off his face, "Keep doing it. Also, don't kill him yet. Hang it outside and let those people identify it. There is a reward... 50,000 yuan. Anyone who can find out who he is with will be rewarded 50,000 yuan." Thousands of dollars."
"I'm afraid those people won't agree." Xu Jingzong felt inappropriate after learning of his idea, "This is Shazhou, those people may not say it."
"I know that those outsiders are worried that they will have no place to stand if they speak out, but human nature seeks profit. If this is the case, why can't everyone get involved?"
"What do you mean?" Xu Jingzong felt that Jia Ping'an was going crazy.
Jia Ping'an smiled and said: "From today onwards, the business of the foreigners has been stopped, all of them have been stopped. When did you catch that person, and when will you start again?"
"There will be trouble." Xu Jingzong was a little worried, "Those foreigners will make trouble, and those Tang merchants will also be dissatisfied. If they stop for a few days in a row, something will happen if it doesn't work. At that time..."
Xu Jingzong felt that he would become a blame man.
"The thief would rather die than tell, Mr. Xu, this shows that there is something important behind the scenes, and the other party is targeting us. How can we go to Kucha with peace of mind if we don't find out?"
You are running around with your mouth full...Xu Jingzong frowned with his hands behind his back, "Xiao Jia! This matter..."
Jia Pingan sighed: "Grand Xu, we lost a brother."
Xu Jingzong was silent, and then said: "Okay."
He went to look for Mo Qian.
"What?" Mo Qian's gloomy face was filled with surprise, "Shazhou is the place where merchants from foreign domains must pass through when they come to the Tang Dynasty. Many merchants trade here... Once it stops, Xu Shangshu, do you know what the impact will be? For at most two months, Chang'an will be furious when he gets the news, and the household department will clamor to tear down the officials..."
Why did the Silk Road fascinate Tibet?
Because there are too many interests here.
Countless merchants drove carts or camel teams from distant places, and they came to the east continuously along one road.
This road is called the Silk Road.
And Shazhou is an important node on this commercial road. Once the business operations of foreign domain merchants are stopped, it will soon spread out.
"Will those merchants hold back? Then they sold the goods on the spot. But there are not so many Chang'an merchants in Shazhou to buy their goods, and the goods that were originally intended to be sold in Shazhou can only go to Chang'an. There is not enough money this way...they will go crazy , will tell everyone that Datang prohibits trade.
Later, more businessmen will turn to Shazhou instead of leaving. And all this is what the Turks and Tibetans are most happy to see. Of course, the same is true of Kucha and other places. "
Mo Qian sighed: "Xu Shangshu, trade is the life of Shazhou! Now you let the officials stop their lives..."
Xu Jingzong stared at him, "Something happened...it's the old man."
This treacherous official Xu is so responsible?
Mo Qian couldn't help being surprised.
He is far away in Shazhou, but he heard that Xu Jingzong was a famous treacherous minister in the Tang Dynasty, he was good at flattery and flattery, and he was also greedy for life and afraid of death.
But Xu Jingzong is so responsible, how can he be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?
Those rumors are probably wrong, right?
Mo Qian probed: "Xu Shangshu, why are you like this?"
Adventure must have a motive, right?
The old man can't help it either! The old man wanted to beat Xiao Jia to death, but he couldn't do it.
Xu Jingzong said gloomyly: "Xiao Jia said... we lost a brother."
Mo Qian's body was shocked, "This is one of the lower officials!"
He came out of the guard room and shouted: "Come on!"
Several officials came over, and Mo Qian ordered: "Go to the market and tell the city magistrate, until those culprits are caught, no foreign merchants are allowed to buy or sell."
Burned!
The entire market exploded in an instant.
Those foreign businessmen went to ask the city order angrily.
"This is an order from above."
The mayor's face was ashen, "Go outside the market to look at the thief. If you recognize it... you will be rewarded with 50,000 yuan. No one will recognize you, and foreign merchants are not allowed to buy or sell. Who dares to attack the officials..."
The mayor pressed the handle of the knife, "Come and see if the old man's horizontal knife is sharp!"
"Why? This matter has nothing to do with us!"
"God knows who those thieves are hiding inside."
"There are at least hundreds of foreigners in this market, how can I find them?"
"I don't care!" The city magistrate said coldly, "Go and see."
There is a wooden cage outside the market, and the thief is locked in the cage. In order to prevent him from bowing his head, his hair was tied to the top of the wooden cage to ensure that he could only lift his face.
Bao Dong took a few hundred riders on both sides.
"I recognize this person's accomplice, 50,000 yuan!"
A big cart next to it is full of copper coins.
"It's not silk, it's all copper coins. Of course, you can also want cloth." Bao Dong said loudly: "Even if you want goods of the same value...as long as Shazhou has them, Marquis Wuyang promises to get them for you." Come. And Wuyanghou swears to keep the secret for you, you are his accomplice, as long as you open your mouth, Wuyanghou swears to send you out of Shazhou, and then forget you."
This is a valuable commitment.
Jia Pingan was sitting on the side of the cage.
Conley whispered in the crowd: "How dare he do this, is he crazy?"
"Conley, will someone..."
Conley bowed his head, "No... who dares to tell us? As long as one of us survives, we can kill him later, no, kill his whole family. But... we are going to leave Shazhou later."
Later, many foreigners brought their goods and prepared to leave.
"Go back!"
Lei Hong led people to block the city gate, "Until those people are found, all foreigners are not allowed to leave!"
angry.
Someone shouted: "This is discrimination!"
"It's discrimination, why?"
Jia Pingan said coldly.
He walked out of the city gate, glanced at those people, "Who objects?"
Conley whispered: "Encourage them to try."
A businessman rushed out suddenly, "My goods are very popular in Chang'an, and I have met the respected Prime Minister Chu...I..."
Chu Suiliang? Lao Chu is going to be unlucky soon, and will become a sacrifice for sister-in-law. With a scabbard, Jia Pingan whipped him all over the ground looking for teeth, and then shouted: "This is a role model!"
The businessman knelt down and howled, but everyone was silent.
In this era, anyone who dares to travel thousands of miles to a foreign country to do business is prepared to never go back before going out.
But in the face of Jia Pingan's methods, they are still frightened.
Then there was silence, and each dispersed.
No movement on the first day.
The next day there was still no movement.
Xu Jingzong lost his composure, "Xiao Jia, those businessmen are gathering."
"Don't worry, Mr. Xu."
Jia Pingan got up and said: "They will go crazy, and then feel that they are powerless to resist..."
This is not an era when businessmen of later generations can dominate a country. Businessmen in this era are rejected by the mainstream society. Jia Pingan doesn't think they have the courage to do anything.
"But... officials from Shazhou have already gone to the shuffle."
The old man is carrying the pot behind his back! Xu Jingzong was in a state of desperation, "This matter can no longer be closed."
Jia Ping'an was very firm.
"Marquis of Wuyang."
Mo Qian is here.
His face became more and more gloomy, "Those foreign businessmen gathered together, and some even said they couldn't do it, so they went out together."
Businessmen in this era have another characteristic, that is, they are full of bandits.
Start from thousands of miles or even tens of thousands of miles away to do business, you can't live anywhere without gang spirit.
"Bao Dong!"
Jia Pingan said with a cold face, "Take the brothers and get the man who bewitched and killed him."
…
"We didn't violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty, but we were trapped in Shazhou. I don't know who the thief is. If we don't recognize him for a month, are we going to stay here for a month?"
A tall and skinny food merchant said: "Why is this? Shazhou costs a lot, and I will lose a lot of money in a month. Who will compensate us for this money?"
He looked at the angry crowd, with a sly look in his eyes, "We should gather together with knives, it is impossible for Datang to kill us, it will destroy their reputation. Those businessmen will stay away from the East, and they will lose countless Money...they..."
"Boom!"
The door of the room was kicked open, and a group of hundreds of horsemen appeared outside the door.
Lei Hong looked at everyone, "Who is bewitching to kill?"
The food merchant quickly bowed his head.
The law does not blame the public, no one says I am safe.
He suddenly found himself feeling hot all over.
He swears he feels the warmth, and looks up.
Everyone is looking at him.
The so-called righteousness lies in the fact that there are tens of thousands of people.
And what businessmen are best at is to follow the wind and make the rudder, and to keep friends from dying.
The two hundred riders dragged the big food merchant out like dead dogs.
Lei Hong pulled away his beard, "Whoever knows the gangster's accomplice, just go and report, 50,000 yuan is unambiguous. In addition, if anyone feels that he can delay without telling, then he can delay."
His Lei Gong face was extremely stern at the moment, "The Marquis of Wuyang has ordered that from today onwards, merchants from foreign domains will continue to trade as usual."
Quarantine!
No one knows how to do this, but those businessmen blew up.
"They're crazy!"
Conley and others discussed secretly in a room.
"They separated those people, and those people should be angry, but I heard someone cursing us just now, and then those people are doing the same."
A Turkic man asked anxiously: "Which one of us has Darcy stayed with?"
Five people raised their hands.
"Can it be seen?"
Silently.
"I firmly believe that Darcy will not tell us, but..." Conley got up, "This matter is not appropriate, let's prepare."
…
In the official residence, Xu Jingzong and Jia Ping'an came.
Officials from Shazhou gathered, the lobby was full of people, and there were even people standing outside.
"Here they come."
Everyone made way, Xu Jingzong and Jia Pingan walked in.
Mo Qianqian, after standing up and saluting, said solemnly: "There are many merchants from the Tang Dynasty in Shazhou. They either went to the Western Regions, or bought the goods of those merchants in Shazhou, and brought them back to Chang'an for sale. Now the foreign merchants have stopped. Those goods were also piled up in the mansion shop, unable to be sold... The merchants of the Tang Dynasty also started to make noise, Xu Shangshu, Marquis of Wuyang, their patience is over."
—Didian is the warehouse.
An official said: "Once the trade in Shazhou stagnates, not only Shazhou will be finished, but also the trade from the Western Regions to Chang'an will be affected. The household department will go crazy, and the DPRK and China will be furious..."
Is the situation already like this?
Xu Jingzong didn't know what to do, but he still said calmly: "This matter... Let's see."
Mo Qian smiled wryly, "Don't look again, Xu Shangshu, those businessmen... Datang said that officials and dignitaries are not allowed to get involved in business, but the biggest business is theirs. Many of those businessmen are the families of the dignitaries in Chang'an City. They came earlier Here, there is a threat in the language."
Xu Jingzong glanced at Jia Pingan.
Xiao Jia, the old man has been responsible for you until now, is it enough?
Enough is enough, let's accept it as soon as we see it.
Jia Pingan got up.
"Everyone, there was an incident in Chang'an. A group of thieves robbed a caravan, and they were discovered immediately, and the army attacked and besieged..."
We are very busy!
How can I have the time to listen to your stories?
An official glanced at Mo Qian, and Mo Qian could only smile wryly.
"Xiao Jia..."
Old Xu recalled his previous experience of being blamed, and felt that it was somewhat similar to this time.
Don't cheat me!
Jia Ping'an continued: "The thieves kidnapped the caravan and threatened that if the army dared to attack, they would kill all the merchants."
Everyone is busy, so stop talking nonsense, okay? Everyone was a little anxious.
"So the army surrounded the perimeter, but they didn't dare to make a move."
"Time passed by. At the beginning, those merchants were afraid and fearful, wishing to cut those thieves into pieces. But in the afternoon, some merchants gave the thieves hidden dry food, and someone gave them water..."
"Impossible." An official felt that this was too absurd, "How could a businessman help a thief?"
Jia Pingan nodded, "It helped. In the end, the two sides had a stalemate, and the businessmen inside began to think of ways to help the thieves, and even helped them cook..."
Xu Jingzong rolled his eyes, thinking that Xiao Jia was fooling people again.
"Later, when the food ran out and the water ran out, the thieves surrendered on their own initiative."
"What's this?"
The officials all felt that their IQ was humiliated, no, they were pushed to the ground and rubbed desperately!
Are we demented?
Jia Pingan didn't finish, "After the businessmen were rescued, they took the initiative to intercede for the thieves, and even paid for food and sent them to prison... This is called the victim's feeling of dependence on the thieves under extreme circumstances, and then Worship them."
This is Stockholm Syndrome.
An official stood up, "Xu Shangshu, envoy, the next official has something to do..."
I don't want to waste my time here, listening to an extremely ridiculous story!
Footsteps came from outside.
"A merchant is coming."
Mo Qian said with a cold face, "The reception from the Tang Dynasty, the reception from the foreign vassal... drive them out."
"Do not fight!"
Someone screamed outside, "I'm here to send a message."
What?
Mo Qian immediately shouted: "Let him come."
A businessman from the Western Regions with a bruised nose and a swollen face was brought in. After saluting, he said, "I remember seeing that thief... that time was in a wine shop. He mixed with a group of people drinking and playing with women."
"Do you know that group of people?"
Jia Pingan asked calmly.
The businessman nodded, "One of them is called Conley."
Shua!
In an instant, everyone turned their heads to look at Jia Pingan.
Jia Pingan stood up, "Bao Dong!"
"exist!"
Ban Dong's shouts outside were extremely joyful.
In the past few days, Jia Pingan has been criticized, and Baiqi has also been under pressure.
"Take the brothers, let's go!"
Jia Ping'an set off.
Behind him, Xu Jingzong stroked his beard, "I knew Xiao Jia wouldn't mess around, sure enough, hahahaha!"
An official murmured: "What kind of businessman would share joys and sorrows with thieves..."
He asked the merchant, "Why are you here?"
What is the motivation?
Don't say you want fifty thousand dollars!
Compared with fifty thousand dollars, life is naturally more important. Looking back, Kang Li and his gang were not wiped out, or they would kill the businessman who reported the news.
The businessman touched the bruise on his face, grinned and said, "I think Marquis Wuyang is doing it for our own good. If Marquis Wuyang didn't exist, how would we do business? Those criminals are hiding among us..."
But... But if you keep your mouth shut, those people will never attack you!
Are you demented?
An official couldn't help asking: "But Conley and the others won't do anything to you?"
Even Xu Jingzong felt that the motives of this businessman were wrong.
But the businessman frowned and looked at him, "He won't do it today, but who can guarantee that he won't do it tomorrow?"
Yeah!
What you said makes sense, but I am speechless.
"My lord, another merchant is here."
Several businessmen were brought in, and they couldn't wait to say: "It's Kang Li. The thief is Kang Li's man. We have all seen it with our own eyes."
Mo Qian covered his forehead, "Xu Shangshu, I am a little dizzy... I can't figure it out. They would rather die than say it before, why are they scrambling now... Why is this? Could it be what Wuyanghou said... The victim will treat the thief What worship?"
The old man has lived in vain for decades?
Tianniang, there are still such incredible things.
Xu Jingzong is also very confused, but his acting skills have reached the peak, he stroked his beard and said indifferently: "Maybe...maybe...maybe. By the way, it's not surprising that Xiao Jia has learned a lot."
Basic exercises, don't be six.
"Damn it!"
An official slapped his forehead, "The lower official has never heard of such a thing."
"Someone is coming again."
Businessmen came one after another.
"It's Conley's people!"
The officials present have become numb.
"Mr. Xu's advice!"
Mo Qian could only praise Xu Jingzong in the end.
"It's just a peek."
Xiao Jia, you are indeed my lucky star!
A Baiqi came in, "Xu Shangshu, Mo Shijun, the Marquis of Wuyang sent me to report that Kangli and others are fleeing in the city..."
"I found it?"
Baiqi nodded, "Marquis Wuyang has been keeping an eye on some businessmen since the day before yesterday. Today someone found Kang Li and others carrying weapons, and immediately reported... At this moment, Marquis Wuyang has led people to catch up."
here you go!
Xu Jingzong said with a red face: "Send people to surround immediately."
"Hang them!"
"No, no, no! The best way is to hang them outside the city gate, in the cold night, and freeze them to death."
A group of officials who gritted their teeth set off.
"Hurry up, bring weapons, and let's go!"
The army in the city was also boiling.
A general stood in front of the array and roared: "Marquis Wuyang is willing to take risks for that brother, and today he finally found the trace of the thief. Brothers...kill our robe, what should we do?"
"Never die!"
The army rushed out of the camp, full of murderous intent.
The common people also spontaneously went out with various weapons.
"Kill those thieves!"
This is the frontier fortress!
…
Good night!
(end of this chapter)