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Volume 4 Leviathan Chapter 81 Riot Part 1

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    "Why don't you remove all the door panels? How long will this drag on!" A voice suddenly burst out from the crowd, and then more people responded: "Yes, quickly remove the door panels!" "Did you hear that?  "Get off the door!" "Get off quickly!" The guys in the store looked at the shopkeeper with panic. They had never encountered this situation before.  A young waiter timidly replied: "How about the shopkeeper, let's put down two more door panels! Otherwise it will be difficult for so many people to rush in!" "No!" The well-informed shopkeeper shook his head: "  As soon as the door is opened and people rush in, something bad will happen! You have never seen the behavior of the previous Emperor Zhezong during the Great Famine. Just like this, if those people from outside rush in, the store will be damaged, how can we do it?  It's hard for everyone to live! " "What the shopkeeper said is that those guys outside are hungry and anxious, and they can't tell where they are when they rush in," a waiter agreed.  "Then what should we do?" "You all listen to my orders, Dazhu and Erzhu, you two are strong, so get ready for me. When you hear me shout 'close the door' later, you will put up the door panel.  The rest of the people waited for them to close the door, then put up the pillars against the door, and then moved some furniture to hold it up." At this point, the shopkeeper asked in a low voice: "As long as these poor guys can't break in,  Everyone is rewarded with twenty kilograms of rice and a drop of cash! Do you understand?¡± ¡°I understand!¡± The shopkeeper¡¯s reward worked, and the guys¡¯ voices suddenly became louder.  The shopkeeper winked at the shopkeeper, walked out, bowed to everyone, and said with a smile: "Dear elders, elders! It's not that the shop doesn't want to open for business, it's just that there are too many people in front of the door.  I'm afraid that if the door is fully opened and everyone rushes in, it will be bad!" "Then how can you be willing to lower the door panel completely?" asked the man at the front.  "Let's do it like this. Everyone, take a few steps back and get out of the way. How about asking the shop to bring out some rice and just do business outside?" "Okay!" The man responded and turned around and shouted: "  "Everyone, take a few steps back and make some room!" "Step back a few steps!" The crowd began to retreat slowly, and the shopkeeper cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Thank you all, I'll have the rice delivered right away!"  "After that, the shopkeeper turned around and walked in.  Before everyone understood what was going on, they heard a clang and the two door panels were closed, followed by a sound of hard objects hitting each other.  The shopkeeper behind the store door was giving instructions loudly: "Quickly, move the counter over here, block the door, and the table, block the door! These poor devils still want to fight with me, they are not very good at it!"  " "Damn it, I was tricked by that stupid shopkeeper! " Someone in the crowd finally woke up and realized that they had fallen into the other party's trap.  The angry people rushed forward, and the thick door panel shook violently under the impact of countless fists and shoulders. The shopkeeper in the rice store shouted in horror: "Everyone, resist it, you must resist it, as long as this time  If you survive, everyone will be rewarded with double the reward!¡± The guys in the rice shop tried their best to hold the door panel, and the roars and bangs coming from outside the door were frightening. They knew very well that if the door was knocked open, everyone in the rice shop would  No one will end well.  ¡°Hurry up and ask the government to send patrol police and soldiers!¡± a guy shouted loudly.  The shopkeeper stamped his foot: "Why did you forget this!" He shouted to the guys: "Whoever has a way, who can sneak out and invite people from the government!" "Shopkeeper, you are confused,  Our store is surrounded by people outside! ""What can we do? What can we do?" The shopkeeper was running around in circles, but a waiter next to him suddenly got the idea and shouted: "We can go to the attic.  If you set a fire, the government will definitely come if there is smoke! Anyway, the walls of our rice store are made of bricks, so it is not easy to set it on fire!" The shopkeeper couldn't care less for a while and shouted: "Yes, yes.  ! Go to the attic and light a fire!¡± The shopkeeper¡¯s call for help aroused the violence in the besieging crowd. The angry people began to attack various shops around them, rob the goods inside, and set fire to them.  The scope of the riot soon spread to the entire street, and the land in Zhabei District, which had long been soaked with poverty and injustice, burned violently like a bundle of dried pine wood.  The door of that rice store has been knocked open by the crowd, and the guys in the rice store were beaten to death.  Excited people rushed into the shops and took away everything they could. A bag was broken on the roadside and snow-white rice was scattered everywhere. However, the people who not long ago regarded food as extremely precious showed no mercy.  trampled from above.  "How come?"How?  "Yu Zhiheng looked at the crowd around him with some confusion. He walked to the rice bag, carefully picked up the white rice on the ground, and wanted to put it back into the bag. "Lao Yu, don't waste your energy, there are good things hidden inside.  !  Go ahead and take it, look, I got this!  "His companion excitedly revealed a cylinder wrapped in red paper from his arms, and the luster of silver dollars was revealed from the torn hole. "A whole hundred Ying Yang!  I will never be able to save so much money in my lifetime. I will go back to the countryside to get a wife tomorrow!  This man was already grinning from ear to ear: "Lao Yu, you can go in too, maybe you can make a profit and get a hundred eagles, so you don't have to sleep alone at night!"  " "This, this -" Yu Zhiheng was stunned. The companion pushed him hard and said with a smile: "Go quickly. The accounting room was just smashed open. If you go to play, it will be gone!"  "After saying that, he ran towards his home. Yu Zhiheng walked into the door of the rice store with some trembling. Bags of rice were stacked against the wall, but no one paid attention. Crazy people were smashing every box and drawer.  Looking for valuables, there were several corpses lying on the floor. He didn't know whether they were rice store clerks or people who were crushed to the ground and trampled to death. Yu Zhiheng took two steps forward and suddenly saw a very solid iron jujube.  He knew that inside the wooden door was the counting room and cash box of Midian. The door was open. Yu Zhiheng hesitated for a moment and walked in. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a body lying on the ground with his eyes wide open.  A line of blood that has solidified into black extends from his right temple to his chin. It is the rice store manager just now. Behind him is the iron cash box. Apparently he was beaten to death while trying to protect the rice store cash box.  Behind the deceased, four or five men were frantically searching every corner of the cash box to see if there was any property left behind by the previous group of robbers. Someone heard Yu Zhiheng's footsteps and looked back.  He glanced at them and continued their work. Yu Zhiheng walked to the deceased, sighed, knelt down on one knee and closed his eyes for the deceased. Hu Keqin and Shen Hongmao were sitting in the pavilion in the back garden of Shanghai.  I was chatting with Zhang Zhi, the chief envoy of Shanghai, over tea. Suddenly, a subordinate came running along the path. After entering the pavilion, he bowed and said: "Sir, something happened over there in Zhabei!  " Zhang Zhicheng frowned. He was in the middle of a chat with Hu and Shen. He didn't want to be bumped into by this ignorant subordinate. He snorted coldly: "If something happens in Zhabei, it will be handled by Mr. Liu, the prefect.  , go down!  " Shen Hongmao on the side felt something was wrong. He smiled and said: "Master Zhang, business matters are important. Let's talk about this case next time!  " Seeing this, Zhang Zhicheng knew that the conversation could no longer go on, so he had to stand up with a smile and said: "The people below don't know anything, I'll go take a look before talking!  Mr. Hu and Mr. Shen, please help yourself!  " Zhang Zhicheng and the subordinate went down to the pavilion. His face turned cold and he asked: "You have been doing this for many years, so why are you so ignorant? I am narrating a story with the adults from Hanking today, and you dare to disturb me and say,  What happened!  " The official was already covered in cold sweat after being reprimanded by Zhang Zhicheng. He quickly bowed and apologized: "I am ignorant, and I hope you will forgive me. It's just that there was a riot in Zhabei today. Thousands of workers rushed to the street and saw  They rushed into the shops on the roadside, robbed them, and set fire to them. A whole street was already on fire!  "    "What?  This time it was Zhang Zhicheng's turn to sweat on his forehead: "Thousands of dollars of work?"  There are so many?  Have patrol police been sent to suppress it?  " "After Master Liu learned about it, he immediately sent hundreds of patrol officers to suppress it, but the number of thugs was too great and they could not resist it.  The villain is asked to come here to ask for instructions from the adults to mobilize the elite soldiers of the standard camp!  " "Okay, I will order the Biao camp to dispatch immediately!  "Zhang Zhicheng ordered repeatedly. Originally, Shanghai was just a capital city in Southern Zhili Province. However, due to the rapid economic development in modern times, its economic strength was far better than that of Jinling Prefecture, the capital of Southern Zhili Province. Therefore, the imperial court was here alone.  A Chief Envoy Department was established to strengthen management. This Chief Envoy actually had overlapping powers with the original Shanghai Governor Liu. Although they were higher in rank, they had no direct subordinate relationship, and the relationship between them was quite subtle.  The only thing that surpasses Magistrate Liu is that he also has a standard battalion as a mobile force, so at this time, Magistrate Liu of Shanghai will send someone to ask for emergency help. Zhang Zhicheng was just about to start, when he suddenly remembered Hu and Shen who were still drinking tea in the pavilion.  Although these two people have no special mission on this trip, Hu Keqin is one of the cabinet ministers, and Shen Hongmao is also the minister of the Ministry of Industry from the third rank, and they are both influential figures in the court. Now the matter is so troubled.  You can't hide it, so why don't you tell them the truth now and go out together to quell the chaos? Even if the court does blame it in the future, there will be a tall man who can bear it. Thinking of this, Zhang Zhicheng shouted: "Wait a minute.  Yes, I¡¯ll come as soon as I go!  "After that, he turned around and walked quickly towards the pavilion.
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