Chapter 134: Tooth for Tooth

Yuanyang County.

After nearly a day's march, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei arrived here.

Yuanyang County Magistrate Ge Dong came to greet them immediately after hearing the news.

Seeing Zhao Xu, Ge Dong immediately knelt down, "I am guilty, please punish me, Your Highness."

"Get up first and tell me how much rice was burned." Zhao Xu said.

"Your Highness, three thousand acres of rice fields were burned." Ge Dong's voice was very low, fearing that Zhao Xu would be furious.

"Three thousand acres, the harvest of five hundred families is gone." Zhao Xu felt distressed.

For him, these rice fields were nothing, but for the people who suffered losses, all his income was destroyed.

"Your Highness, please make a decision for us."

At this time, a group of people in the distance came over here, about a thousand people.

Some of them were carrying stretchers with some injured people lying on them.

"Your Highness, these are the people from several villages in the south." Ge Dong said.

Zhao Xu nodded and greeted them.

When they came to Zhao Xu, the people knelt down and cried.

Chang Wei was furious when he saw this and cursed: "We didn't suffer from the Northern Di people this time, but we suffered from our own people. This breath of anger cannot be swallowed. Your Highness, as long as you say a word, I will lead people to kill Fan Yang and capture Yuan Li alive."

"What will happen after catching him? Wouldn't the ministers scold your Highness for rebellion? General Chang, don't be impatient." Liu Fu advised, and then he suddenly raised his voice, "This Yuan Li is really a piece of shit, worse than a beast."

Zhao Xu listened to what the two said. He helped the kneeling old man in front of him and said: "Everyone, please stand up. This time I came to solve this matter. Don't worry, the government will compensate you for the grain that was burned this time."

"Thank you, Your Highness." The eyes of the people were full of gratitude.

The autumn harvest is coming soon, and every household is looking forward to the harvest and living a good life.

Unexpectedly, they were not robbed by the Beidi people, but their hard-earned gains were destroyed by the people of Dasong.

Zhao Xu looked at the wounded again.

The injured people shed tears of grievance at this moment.

Ge Dong said: "Those people were discovered as soon as they entered the fields, and those who tried to stop them were injured."

"This hatred, the king will definitely avenge you." A rage burned in his heart.

This matter is a small matter, but it is not a small matter.

Imagine that these people put all their hopes on themselves and sent their children to the battlefield to support themselves.

And at home, their fields were all destroyed.

If I do nothing, these people will not be disappointed.

When this matter spreads throughout Yan County, he will not be the King of Yan.

It is for this reason that he will come to Yuanyang County in person to appease the people.

"Your Highness, you tell us what to do, we will definitely listen to your Highness, and we are not afraid of real swords and guns." The young and strong in the crowd are full of blood, and each one is like an angry rooster.

They were not afraid of the soldiers of the Yuan family, but they were afraid that no one would lead them.

Now that the King of Yan was here, they were more courageous and secretly determined to make these despicable villains pay the price.

"First of all, the rural soldiers must not be abolished, they must be trained diligently and patrol frequently." Zhao Xu said.

In order to deal with the Northern Di, the rural soldiers in the north of Yan County were relatively well organized.

The south was more relaxed. Now that the Yuan family was playing dirty, he had to organize the people and deal with the soldiers of the Yuan family like he dealt with the Northern Di.

Ge Dong nodded, "I will immediately ask the officials in the county government to go to the countryside and supervise this matter."

Zhao Xu nodded and said to the people, "As for the matter of revenge, leave it to this king. This time, I brought so many soldiers and horses not just to scare people. You just wait for orders."

The people laughed when they heard this.

Some people shouted: "Your Highness, you must teach the Yuan family a lesson. This Yuan Li is worse than a beast. I don't know how many people he killed to claim credit."

"That's right. Someone in our village was slandered as a bandit by Yuan's soldiers when he went out before."

"..."

The people talked one after another, and became more and more excited.

Liu Fu sighed: "If the Zhang family is unpopular in Yan County, the Yuan family is unpopular in the entire Yan County."

Zhao Xu naturally knew this.

He decided to break up with the Yuan family not just for the assassination.

One of the reasons was to let the people of the seven counties see that he and the Yuan family were incompatible.

In this way, the people who hated the Yuan family would gather around him.

And as he expected, after winning the battle against Beidi this time and drawing a clear line with the Yuan family, people from other counties continued to enter Yan County during this period.

Of course, this was also due to his land policy and tax policy.

"Everyone, go back for now. In these few days, I will give you an explanation." The people became angry again, and Zhao Xu comforted them.

With the King of Yan's assurance, the people felt relieved.

They saluted Zhao Xu in a disorderly manner, and gradually left with the injured.

After the people left, Chang Wei said, "Your Highness, what should we do?"

"Of course, we will fight back." Zhao Xu said, "But we will not burn the rice, but harvest it."

Hearing this, Ge Dong pointed to the south and said, "Your Highness, the fields separated from Yuanyang County belong to the Yuan family."

Chang Wei immediately realized that he had almost forgotten.

Like the former Yan County, most of the land in Fanyang County is under the name of the wealthy families.

The Yuan family is the only one in Fanyang, and their land is all over Fanyang.

Since his Yuan family dared to destroy the fields of Yan County, they would make the Yuan family suffer.

"Ge County Magistrate, go collect sickles and organize young men to act in the dark of night." Zhao Xu said. This time he brought 5,000 soldiers and horses, plus the young men from Yuanyang, which was enough.

"Yes, Your Highness." Ge Dong smiled wickedly.

...

The next night.

Fanyang City.

Yuan Li looked at the wine jars piled up like a mountain in front of him, with a smug smile on his face.

These wine jars were exquisitely made, and the plates were engraved with the word "Yan", which were the goods snatched from the merchants of Yan County.

Since returning from Yancheng that day, he had made up his mind to deal with Zhao Xu.

Yan County was poor, so he did not pay much attention to it after the King of Yan recovered from his illness, because he believed that in such a place, a prince would not be able to do anything.

But he did not expect that the King of Yan could earn a huge amount of silver through trade.

Now he wants to cut off the lifeline of Yan County, so that the King of Yan will no longer be able to accumulate wealth.

"I really want to know the expression of the King of Yan. It must be very interesting now." Yuan Li laughed loudly, and Guo Tu, his adviser beside him, was slightly proud.

This vicious plan was thought up by him. He asked the soldiers of the Yuan family to dress up as robbers and rob merchants going to Yan County.

In the past, no one could restrain the Yuan family in Yanzhou. Yuan Li was used to a tyrannical life, so he only used force to deal with the King of Yan.

He wanted to come to him because he suffered a loss at the hands of the King of Yan, and his simple plan made the King of Yan suffer enough.

In addition, he also ordered the soldiers to sneak into the neighboring Nanjing of Yuanyang County and burn the rice of the people of Yan County.

"This is called the meat-cutting plan, cutting meat a little bit. Since the King of Yan has become a force, and it is impossible to lead troops to destroy him openly, he will be slowly worn out." Guo Tu smiled sinisterly.

"Well, not bad." Yuan Li felt much better.

After learning that the King of Yan killed his son-in-law Zhang Kang in public, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Now the two families have completely torn their faces.

In this case, no matter whether it is covert or overt, as long as it can be used to deal with the King of Yan, he will use it.

Just as he was feeling proud, a servant hurried in.

"Sir, it's bad, all our rice in Yuanyang was harvested overnight."

"What!"

Yuan Li and Guo Tu changed their expressions at the same time.