The rise of the poor

Chapter 2075 It’s finally about to begin

Zhu Ping'an spent a lot of effort to make a table, which statistically classified the information summarized by the baojia system from various places, and marked the number of baojia system summary information in each county, town and village on a huge map for easy viewing.

This huge map was also drawn by Zhu Ping'an himself. It took him several days to draw it, and it was accurate to every village.

After the first map was drawn, Zhu Ping'an asked the clerk to copy several copies for backup. The map hanging in the study now is the copy.

Zhu Ping'an has concealed the specific information reported by the baojia system in various places, and arranged them one by one to the corresponding prefecture and county governments. They will verify and deal with the cases according to the circumstances, and will never tolerate evil.

In order to prevent the local government from being perfunctory, Zhu Ping'an ordered them to respond to the verification and handling of the situation one by one.

After marking the map, Zhu Ping'an moved a chair and sat in front of the map and began to study it carefully.

After studying the map for a long time, Zhu Ping'an stood up, took out a charcoal pencil from his sleeve, stretched out his hand and lightly outlined thirty-three locations on the map, and marked six of them in detail.

The thirty-three locations marked by Zhu Ping'an are all suspicious places, and there were no reports for these thirty-three places.

There are dozens of baojia groups in each place, but there is no information reported. Other places have dozens or even hundreds of baojia groups, but these thirty-three places did not report any information, not a single one. There must be something abnormal. They did not report even a single piece of information. Either the ten-household baojia system was not implemented effectively, or there are some unexplainable problems in these places.

The ten-household baojia system has been implemented for such a long time that more and more people from all over the country have reported it in order to protect themselves.

It's so abnormal that there is not even one of these places.

The reason why Zhu Ping'an highlighted six places is that in addition to the above-mentioned zero reports, these six places have also been reported by the nearby local baojia. The reported information is more or less, such as suspicious people entering, rumors of people secretly communicating with Japanese pirates, or people getting rich suddenly for no reason, etc.

Among these six places, two are located in northern Zhejiang and four are located on the southern coastal area of ​​Zhejiang.

There are two locations in northern Zhejiang. One is Douniupu, which is not far from Wangjiangjing, about twenty miles northwest of Wangjiangjing; the other is Fuchun Bay, which is located more than eighty miles northeast of Jiaxing City.

The four in southern Zhejiang are Dahai Bay in Zhenhai, Baofeng Village in Beicang, Nanwang Village and Beichong Village in Fenghua.

Both Douniu Pu and Fuchun Bay are located near the upcoming Battle of Wangjiangjing, especially Douniu Pu is too close to Wangjiangjing.

In such a critical position, any doubt must be taken seriously.

The four places in southern Zhejiang are very close to Zhoushan Ligang and are all within the sphere of influence of Wang Zhi's Japanese pirates.

Zhu Ping'an even suspected that these six places were collectively colluding with the Japanese.

We need to investigate but we must not alert the enemy.

Zhu Ping'an had people secretly monitor these villages 24 hours a day to see if there were any discoveries.

After three days of surveillance, all the surveillance personnel reported that there was nothing unusual in these villages.

These villages all have normal life schedules and are not isolated from other villages. They interact normally with other villages.

Some people are visiting neighbors, relatives, strolling through the streets, herding sheep and cattle, working in the fields, and doing work. It's all normal.

Zhu Ping'an summarized the surveillance information, put it on the table, and read it over and over again. It was indeed normal.

But, this is not normal.

Perhaps the time was too short, or perhaps it was not in-depth enough. Zhu Ping'an asked people to continue watching while thinking about how to investigate further.

In order to further investigate the situation in these villages, Zhu Ping'an specially found a soldier who used to be a peddler from the Zhejiang army, and ordered him to go back to his old business, traveling through the streets and alleys from northern Zhejiang to southern Zhejiang, passing by these villages.

The role of a peddler is not something that everyone can play. In ancient times, a peddler not only held a drum and sold needles, thread and daily necessities, but also had to perform many other duties such as delivering letters, writing for others, fortune-telling, and acting as a doctor. He also had to be multi-talented.

You need to be good at speaking and be able to sing and shout, and even have different songs to sing for different things you sell.

It would be even better if you can do juggling.

At Douniupu, when the sun was high in the sky, a peddler came over, carrying two loads on his shoulders, which were filled with toys such as bamboo helicopters and wooden swords that would attract children.

The peddler was shaking a double-sided drum while shouting a song, "Colorful ribbons, flowery red threads, Boshan colored glass hairpins. Also, peach blossom powder, rouge pieces, soft emerald flower crowns. Red and green shuttle cloth, Hangzhou velvet buns, agate earrings. Also, wooden combs, ink brushes, white copper tops, shoe awls, fashionable high-soled plum petals, Bingzhou willow leaf scissors."

When the peddler entered Pukou, he was so eloquent that he could sell his wares to anyone he met.

"Sisters, aunts, and elder aunts, you don't have to go to the market today. Rouge, hairpins, and shoe awls are all available for you."

"Brother, uncle, master, come this way, look here, this medicine powder of mine is really amazing. If you take it during the day, your whole body will feel strong, and if you take it at night, your whole body will feel energized."

"Don't worry, little one. I have food and fun here."

The peddler was eloquent. As soon as he put down his carrying pole, he immediately became the center of attention in the village. Many people came to watch, even if they didn't buy anything, they just wanted to enjoy the fun. A few impatient children pulled the adults hard, pointed at the things on the carrying pole, and cried and made a fuss about buying them, which caused the impatient adults to beat them up.

It suddenly became more lively.

While the peddler was selling things, he was observing everyone and every place without leaving a trace.

"Auntie, I'm thirsty. Can you come into my house and ask for a bowl of water?"

When he had almost sold all his goods, the peddler used the excuse of being thirsty to go to an old lady's house and ask for a bowl of water. After drinking the water, the peddler gave the old lady a needle to express his gratitude and took the opportunity to chat with her about family matters.

While the peddler was traveling the streets, a messenger arrived at the Zhejiang Governor's Office with an order from Governor Zhang Jing to meet Zhu Ping'an.

"The Governor has ordered that in order to ensure the military supplies of the wolf soldiers, spearmen and other foreign troops, Zhejiang should transfer 10,000 dan of grain from the granary and 500 dan of salt from the salt warehouse to Jiaxing for delivery. They must be escorted to arrive within ten days without any delay. Those who violate the order will be punished by military law."

The messenger knelt on one knee, raised his hands, handed a lacquered letter to Zhu Ping'an, and stated the order concisely.

Zhu Ping'an read it carefully and found the content consistent with what the messenger said. He requested that food, fodder and salt be transferred to Jiaxing City for delivery.

Governor Zhang has already collected a lot of food and fodder, why does he need to transfer food and fodder from all over the country to Jiaxing so urgently?

Zhu Ping'an was stunned for a few seconds, then he raised his eyes and understood that Governor Zhang was finally going to take action.

Wang Jiangjing is about to begin.

"Please reply to the Governor General that Zhejiang must escort 10,000 dan of grain and 500 dan of salt to Jiaxing within ten days."

Zhu Ping'an bowed to the messenger.

"Yes. I have work to do, so I'll take my leave now." After receiving the reply, the messenger clasped his fists and left. (End of this chapter)