But when Fan Yongdou finished speaking, he saw Yang Zhen staring at him silently. He was not sure whether Yang Zhen was moved or what Yang Zhen was thinking, but he knew that Yang Zhen must be weighing the pros and cons.

This is a dangerous moment, where life and death can depend on a thought.

After Fan Yongdou realized this, he immediately kowtowed and said: "Sir, the Fan family has been operating in Zhangjiakou for generations, and they have accumulated their savings for many years. Now the gold and silver treasures have been packed in boxes and loaded on trucks, and they are parked in the east-west courtyard. I originally wanted to send them back.

My hometown, from now on, I will take care of myself until my old age. Today, Sir, when I come here, I will give it to you with both hands. The Fan family's property is still in my hometown, please Sir, let me go, I will still be rich in rewards in the future!"

When Fan Yongdou said this, his children and grandchildren quit working and started shouting like a frying pan.

"father!"

"grandfather!"

"Shut up!"

Fan Yongdou knelt in front of Yang Zhen and was extremely respectful, but when he turned around to scold his children and grandchildren, his voice was harsh.

His children and grandchildren have not experienced the difficulties of starting a business and have insufficient life experience. They do not know that the Fan family is facing the disaster of annihilation, and they all feel dissatisfied.

Only Fan Yongdou kowtowed vigorously on the ground paved with bluestones and repeatedly said: "Please Sir, please let me go, I will still be rewarded in the future!"

He wanted to use huge profits to impress Yang Zhen's greed, so as to give his family a chance to survive.

As for the generous reward in the future, haha, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years. As long as he escapes the disaster in front of him, he calls Yang Zhen's uncle and nephew all dead.

Mao Wenlong was so arrogant back then, wasn't he killed by Yuan Chonghuan's imperial edict?

Once we escape this disaster today, it will not be difficult to apply this precedent to Yang Zhen.

Fan Yongdou lay on the ground, begging for mercy in a low voice, but in his heart he was thinking of revenge.

"It's a pity, it's a pity. Mr. Yang didn't want to kill three generations of your descendants, and he didn't want to destroy your whole family, but you recognized me, but I can't do anything! If you want to blame, blame yourselves!"

Yang Zhen was silent for a long time, but what came out of his mouth were these words.

The Fan family members who were kneeling on the ground looked at each other, thinking they heard wrongly and couldn't believe it.

Including Fan Yongdou, they also raised their heads suddenly and looked at Yang Zhen in horror.

"Master Yang, Master Yang, our Fan family has no enmity or enmity with you. If you want money, you can take it. Why is this? Why is this!"

Fan Yongdou did not expect that Yang Zhen actually wanted to destroy his whole family. He panicked and yelled.

However, Yang Zhen didn't want to listen to him anymore, and he didn't want to waste time at Fan's house anymore. He shouted at the soldiers standing with guns:

"What are you waiting for?! Kill them, kill them all!"

After saying this, Yang Zhen didn't know the violent energy gushing out from there. He took off the short-barreled handgun hanging from his waist, pulled up the tap rail, pointed it directly at Fan Yongdou, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang——"

After a gunshot, Fan Yongdou fell to the ground. A hole was punched in the top of his head. Blood gushed out, covering his head and face. He twitched a few times and could no longer move.

The Fan family members who were brought to the upper room immediately screamed, but it was too late.

When Yang Zhen fired, Zhang Chen and his soldiers immediately took action.

They were originally pointing their guns at the heads or backs of these people. At this time, some shot directly, and some stabbed them with bayonets. In just a moment, all the Fan family members in the house were eliminated.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Yang Zhen's violent anger quickly dissipated. He shook his head and turned around and walked out of the room.

At this time, there were many fires in the Fan Family Courtyard, as well as in the entire fortress outside the Fan Family Courtyard. The eight Shanyou Chamber of Commerce members who were listed on the list were exterminated almost at the same time.

disaster.

Fortunately, Yang Zhen did not allow the "horse thieves" who entered the city to set fire to and kill people casually, so this disaster did not affect other ordinary people except the Eight Families.

After Yang Zhen dealt with Fan Yongdou's family, he didn't stay at Fan's house for long. He took a team of attendants, got on his horse, and went straight to the east gate.

At this time, Yang Jie had already led his men to kill the Tian family among the eight families, and he left the rest to other men under his command. Unable to stand the bloody scenes, he took the lead in arriving at the gate of Yongzhen where he was preparing to see Yang Zhen off.

When Yang Zhen came here, Yang Jie came out to greet him. Seeing that Yang Zhen looked gloomy, he asked with a smile: "The Fan family is known as the richest man. What will your brother get from going here?"

When Yang Zhen saw Yang Jie coming, he did not answer his question, but smiled, stepped forward and patted his shoulder, turned and walked to the city wall, held on to the battlements, and looked east.

The night was dark, the cold wind was howling, the mountains were rolling in the distance, and there was not a single star in the sky.

"It's snowing!"

Seeing that Yang Zhen was silent and holding a torch, Yang Jie came to his side and suddenly found tiny snowflakes floating in the air.

When Yang Zhen heard this, he raised his hand, and the snowflakes fell and melted, giving him a cool feeling.

"Brother, do you have any instructions regarding the aftermath here?"

"In the eleventh month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen's reign, bandits outside the Great Wall invaded the borders due to hunger and cold. They entered the Zhangjiakou Fort of the Xuan Mansion. Eight families including the Fan family of the Shanyou Chamber of Commerce were captured and killed by the thieves, and their property was burned and looted to no avail."

Yang Zhen heard Yang Jie's question, thought about it for a moment, and answered him like this, and then said: "Let's put it this way. As for yourself, you are a deputy garrison general, so you must bear some responsibilities, but after all, you are

The heir of Marshal Xuanzhen is my younger brother, Yang Zhen. The imperial court will not really do anything to you, just accept it."

After listening to Yang Zhen's words, Yang Jie nodded and said no more.

For him, the harvest tonight was huge, and it was worth any punishment.

At this time, Yang Zhen suddenly turned his head, looked south, pointed at the fire coming from the mountains in the distance, and said, "Is that Yang Lun? Is Yang Lun here?"

Yang Jie also followed to see, and then said: "It's Yang Lun, Yang Lun is here! I have asked someone to stay at Sanlidian to pick him up, and I will ask him to postpone entering the city, brother, don't worry!"

Yang Zhen grunted, nodded, then looked at Yang Jie and said, "As for Yang Lun, let him be responsible for rescuing, driving away thieves, and restoring the city."

"What about brother?"

"You can take them along with you, and then report that I am on my way to lead my troops out to chase the thief!"

"I understand! Thank you for your advice, brother!"

After Yang Zhen asked about these important matters, he saw that the snow on the top of the city was getting heavier and heavier, so he asked Yang Zhen to go down to the city and take shelter in the city gate tower.

Yang Zhen was indifferent to Yang Jie's words. Instead, he pointed to the mountains in the northeast and said to Yang Jie: "Brother Jie, do you know that there is another gate three hundred miles northeast of here?"

"Dushikou?"

"That's right, Dushikou. There are also wealthy businessmen gathered in Dushikou. Although they are not as full of evil as the Eight Families, they are in the same spirit as the Eight Families. Keeping them is also a disaster, so it is better to get rid of them."

When Yang Zhen saw that Yang Jie knew about Dushikou, he immediately went straight to the point and told him that the wealthy businessmen in Dushikou could not stay.

After the Eight Families here in Zhangjiakou are eliminated, whether they are Northern or Eastern captives, their material needs will not disappear.

So, since there is demand, sooner or later someone will take the risk.

As a result, in less than a year or two, the wealthy merchants of Dushikou will replace the eight major merchants of Zhangjiakou in their trading position.

Yang Zhen had no chance to take action this time, but he couldn't just let those people go.

It is also a very important means to attack the Manchu Tatars who are now living outside the customs in terms of trade, or in other words, economically.

It was very difficult for me to suffer from the lack of money, food and materials in southern Liaoning, and I had to let the Manchu Tatars have a taste of this.

When they had no external sources of gunpowder raw materials, no external sources of iron bars and iron tools, and no external sources of large quantities of food, cloth, and medicinal materials, the situation might have been different.

By that time, their current seemingly prosperous momentum will probably be eclipsed.

When they have no choice but to start exploiting Lee's North Korea, they can then take advantage of North Korea.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen patted the battlements and said: "Brother Jie, you shouldn't stay in Zhangjiakou for a long time. After you bear the responsibility for the destruction of Zhangjiakou Fort by thieves, you will definitely be demoted. When the time comes, you can follow the commander-in-chief.

Please order me to go and garrison Dushikou."

"Brother, what about here?"

"Since Yang Lun has accomplished the feat of rescuing Zhangjiakou and restoring the city, he will be able to win the hearts of the people here. When the time comes, you can let him come out of the town and garrison Zhangjiakou on your behalf."

"Okay, brother, I've written it down."

The two brothers Yang Zhen and Yang Jie talked for a while at the gate of Yongzhen. The wind and snow in the city became even worse. They were about to go down to the city when they met Zhang Chen and Zu Keyong coming hand in hand.

"Captain, everything is done. Those who deserve to be killed have been killed, and those who deserve to be taken have been taken. The gold, silver, wagons, horses and camels have not yet been counted, but the harvest is huge, far beyond the expectations of these humble officials."

"Captain, the brothers have almost assembled now. Should we leave now in the snow, or should we wait until dawn to set off?"

Zhang Chen and Zu Keyong met Yang Zhen, and they took turns giving reports one after another. Their words and expressions showed excitement that could not be concealed.

"It's not too late, I'm afraid things will change later. We can't wait for dawn any longer. Go and tell brothers that we are going to set off now!"

Zhang Chen and Zu Keyong turned around and left after hearing the order.

At this time, Yang Zhen stopped Zhang Chen and said to him: "Ask Yang Dagui to take people out of the city, go to Sanlidian to find Yang Lun, take over the dry food they brought, and go directly to the east gate to meet up! As for Yang Lun's troops,

You can ask them to enter the city through the south gate."

When Zhang Chen heard this, he quickly agreed and went to the city to make arrangements.

"Have you made arrangements with the Inspection Department at the northern entrance of the city in advance?"

After Yang Zhen made arrangements for leaving the city, he turned around and asked Yang Jie.

Yang Jie immediately said: "Don't worry, brother, everything has been arranged. The men from the Inspection Department have asked me to move into the city. Brother, you can go straight out the side door!"

Yang Zhen originally expected that he might have to fight all night in the city, but he didn't expect it. By coincidence, many of the eight families had packed their luggage in advance, and all the gold, silver, soft and valuable things had been packed into boxes and loaded into cars.

In this way, it really saved Yang Zhen's teams a lot of trouble.

What was originally expected to take one night, was completed in half a night, and around midnight, preparations for departure were completed.

Following Yang Zhen's order, Zu Keyong, Zhang Chen's troops, and Yang Dagui handed over the large number of brothers they had recruited in Zhangjiakou in the past six months, more than 1,300 people, each with two horses or even three horses, and escorted two

More than a hundred carts filled with boxes and sacks, and more than 2,000 camels carrying boxes and sacks met outside the gate of Yongzhen, and then headed north in a mighty way.
Chapter completed!