Since usury is illegal, it is illegal for fellow villagers to steal lotus flowers. "Forcibly rob a civilian woman, abuse of lynching, and killing innocent people is enough to convict him. Buffalo, your report is very useful. I will help you apply for a place in the Jinyiwei quota. In the future, you will work in the Jinyiwei 100 Household Institute of Chaozhou Prefecture." Zhang Baihu said.

Then two Jinyiwei brought the tray, which was filled with black brocade robe, red cloak, wingless black gauze hat and embroidered spring knife. Zhang Baihu pointed to the tray and said, "Brother Tie Niu, you will be a member of our Jinyiwei in the future. You have been stationed in the Jinyiwei Hundred House of Chaozhou Prefecture for a long time. You can put it on."

The buffalo was overjoyed and quickly knelt down and thanked him. Then he stood up and two Jinyiwei guards helped him change into his clothes.

"Brother Buffalo, you look much better when you wear this outfit." A young man said enviously.

A pretty girl walked up and looked at the buffalo who had become the Jinyiwei. She suddenly found that the buffalo turned her head. The two of them just looked at each other. The girl blushed and turned around and left.

"Haha! Our buffalo is promising! He is also an official!"

"Brother Buffalo, no, we have to call him Master Qingtian in the future!"

The villagers were so envious that they saliva after seeing the handsome Jinyiwei costume.

Seeing that Shui Buffalo reported the crimes of fellow villagers, he became the Jinyiwei, so the villagers came up to report. However, Zhang Baihu only agreed to give the first person to report the identity of the Jinyiwei. The rest of the people reported it, so of course it was impossible to absorb everyone into the Jinyiwei.

The villagers reported the numerous crimes of fellow villagers, such as forcing debts to kill people, forced rent in the year of disaster, raising family members, beating tenants who could not afford to pay rent, colluded with the government to embezzle farmers' land, and all kinds of bad things done by the fellow villagers' sons were reported by the people.

Zhang Baihu said: "Very good. This old guy looks hypocritical, but in fact he is an old beast! Based on the crimes you reported, we will sentence him to death!"

The fellow villager was sentenced to death by the Jinyiwei and beheaded on the spot. His son and younger brother were all executed on the spot. All the property was confiscated and confiscated, and all the gold, silver and treasures were confiscated by the Jinyiwei. The grain, cloth, salt, tea, livestock, poultry and other items were all distributed to the farmers. After the fellow villager's house was confiscated and confiscated, they were also distributed to the farmers. The land became imperial fields and rented to farmers for cultivation.

The Huai Army swept around Chaozhou, a large number of local tyrants and evil gentry were defeated, and the farmers were farmed in royal fields. The military households were also destroyed, and the military households that had long become tenants were all distributed to land, while the thousands and hundreds of military officers who had actually become landlords were confiscated and the land was distributed to the military households.

The military households assigned to the land were also cultivated by imperial fields. Like farmers, the rent was 40% and they did not reduce the exemption just because they were military households. In fact, these military households have now become ordinary farmers. In short, Li Guodong did not expect these border troops to fight. Of course, the same is true for military households and farmers. They can participate in recruiting soldiers. After joining the army, not only can they get military pay, but their family's land can also be reduced to 20%.

The Huai Army swept across the surrounding area and was divided into fifty small troops to attack Zhuangzhai and military households. Wherever they went, they were unstoppable. No matter how strong Zhuangzhai was, it could not withstand artillery attacks. As for the military offices of those border troops, they all surrendered directly, and their will to resist was not as good as that of the gentry.

The Huai Army swept across Chaozhou, and whether it was the landlords and gentry's villages or military households, they were all captured.

A team of 2,000 people led by Li Guodong himself advanced all the way to the beach.

"It's almost time to the beach. The fishing villages by the beach are different from those with traditional farming." The guide recruiting from the local area told Li Guodong.

"What's the difference?" Li Guodong asked.

The guide replied: "Dude, the land on the seaside fishing village is sparse and barren. Every household of the fishermen only has a few vegetable fields. They do not produce food themselves, and they make a living by fishing in exchange for food. But those fishermen at the seaside fishing boats are not their own, they are all from each other. Those people do not live in the fishing village, but live in small towns. Fishermen rent boats from them to fish and fish, and the fishing income has to be paid for rent, and sell aquatic products in exchange for food. They also have to go through the hands of those people. The fishermen cannot sell the fishing income themselves, so they naturally cannot exchange the food. They can only sell the fishing income to them at a low price and then buy the food from them at a high price."

Li Guodong nodded: "Isn't this similar to the rich stove among salt households? Ordinary salt households are poor, but those rich stoves are rich and even comparable to those salt merchants in Yangzhou."

"That's true," said the guide, "the fishermen are also very poor. Most of the income from going out to sea to fish at risk of their lives was occupied by the leader, and they could only exchange for a little food to barely support their family."

"Why do you need to change the food?" Han Dashan asked in confusion. "If the fish caught by the fishermen are not sold to those heads, they will not be able to finish the rent if they keep it."

Li Guodong laughed: "Dashan, if you only eat mutton every day and not food, how many days can you withstand it?"

"It's okay for Han to not eat food for five or ten days, but if he doesn't eat food for several months, he may not be able to withstand even the real Mongolians." Han Dashan scratched the back of his head and said.

Li Guodong smiled and said, "The same is true for fishers. They eat fish every day, and they feel nauseous when they see fish. If they don't eat food for a long time, people can't stand it. What's more, if they go out to sea once, if they encounter wind and waves, they will lose their lives. But those leaders, they should call them fishermen! They sit at home and enjoy their fruits. The money they earn is all the blood and sweat of the fishermen, and even their lives!"

The guide said again: "The fishermen in the fishing villages by the sea are still good people. However, the fishermen on the islands outside Guangdong are half-people and half-bandits. They fish for a living on their daily lives, but sometimes they act as pirates and rob passing ships."

"Didn't the navy wipe out them?" Wang Quan asked.

"What are you trying to suppress? The navy can't beat them."

Wang Quan asked again: "Can the Zheng family navy not beat them?"

"Of course they are not rivals of the Zheng family's navy, but the Zheng family's army can't care about so many things? It would be great if they can manage their own coastal areas in Fujian. There are many islands in Guangdong, who knows where those pirates are hiding?" The guide replied.

The pirates in Chinese history were not cleared until the establishment of the Red Dynasty. There were countless coastal islands, especially in the south, with countless pirates, except those who were recruited, they were at large. In fact, many of the Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty were Chinese pirates.

It was much easier for the Huai Army to liberate fishermen than to attack land. Those small seaside towns were mostly under the protection of local seaside military offices, which were under the jurisdiction of Haimen Office.

Haimen Station and Chaoyang County Vacation Station (now Shantou) are ranked side by side, and are jointly responsible for coastal defense.

The Huai Army began to attack Chaoyang, and the guards stationed in Chaoyang had no fighting spirit. The Huai Army just set up a few cannons and had not started bombarding the city. It only made a letter of persuasion to surrender. The gate of Chaoyang County opened. The county magistrate, county magistrate, Baihu, Dianshi and others went out of the city to surrender.

The county magistrate surrendered voluntarily, and Li Guodong couldn't hand him over to the Jinyiwei, so he had to let him return to Nanjing to report and wait for the future arrangements.

"Dude, this time Xiaguan goes to Nanjing, I am afraid that he will only be able to retire in Nanjing for the rest of his life. The family of Xiaguan is counting on the ignition of the fire to support his family. If he returns to Beijing, his salary is not enough to manage the upper class, and the family of Xiaguan may be hungry." The county magistrate begged.

The salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty was extremely low. If the Chaoyang County Magistrate was sent back to the Ministry of Revenue to wait for arrangements, he would probably never have the opportunity to go out to serve as an official again. He could only arrange a idle position in the capital. In that case, the salary would not be enough to spend at all.
Chapter completed!