Chapter 68: The Jiao family is destroyed, a tiger father and a dog son

February.

Yu Fan's manifesto spread throughout the entire Kuaiji County, and even the neighboring Wu County heard of it.

The Jiao family was conspiring for treason and was an accomplice in the Shanyue rebellion.

For a time, the nobles were indignant and the people were terrified.

Afterwards, Jin Mao issued a notice to appease the people: "The Southern Commander of Kuaiji County is responsible for this. This time, only the Jiao family will be destroyed. Unrelated personnel should retreat to avoid accidental injuries."

Soon, the local gentry isolated the Jiao family, and the people within a ten-mile radius avoided them like the plague.

Unexpectedly, before Jinmao arrived in Shangyu, the Jiao family had an internal conflict, and the two sides even fought each other to the point of fighting.

Jiao Shi and Jiao Jia declared that Jiao Jiao was the real culprit and that they wanted to rid the people of the evil and hoped to gain the forgiveness of the commander Jin Mao.

Jiao Jiao sneered: "You two idiots, do you think that if you do this, Jin Mao will let you go?"

The same is true.

The second day of February.

Jin Mao led a thousand troops to Shangyu. The soldiers had not rested for a few days, but their morale was high.

The veterans all knew that Jin Mao hated Jiao Jiao to the core. As the saying goes, if you hate a guy, you hate him too, so naturally they also hated Jiao Jiao.

The new recruits were very excited because this was their first real combat experience.

No one expected that Jin Mao would not have to fight at all when he arrived at Jiao's house.

Jiao Tong died in the battle. In order to avenge his son, Jiao Jiao fought to the death and killed Jiao Shi and Jiao Jia, but he was left with only one breath.

There were only a few diehard Jiao family members left, and the rest were either fleeing or looting, causing chaos.

"Yang Lin, Huang Xing!"

"exist!"

Jin Mao decisively ordered: "Kill the entire Jiao family!"

"Here!"

"Bai Shi!" Jin Mao called over his trusted general and asked, "Who is Jiao Jiao?"

It's ridiculous that the two mortal enemies had never met each other and didn't know each other.

Bai Shi pointed at the old man who was surrounded by the Jiao family's diehards. He was covered in blood and breathing more in than out.

Jin Mao slashed down with his right hand: "Except Jiao Jiao, no one will be left alive!"

Bai Shi immediately picked up his sword and shield, and was about to charge when he was stopped by Jin Mao.

"Hey! Why are you so honest?"

"Why don't you use the bows and crossbows when you have them? Why do you insist on hand-to-hand combat

Jin Mao picked up the trumpet and yelled, "Crossbowmen! Shoot!"

All the remaining equipment seized by Gong Lei from the former Southern Commander was used by Jin Mao to arm his men.

Now that he is the Southern Commander, there is naturally no risk in using his power, and the combat effectiveness of his subordinates is no longer the same as before.

After a hail of arrows, there was no one left alive on the field.

No! Jiao Jiao, who was protected by his loyal followers, was still lingering on.

"What a loyal and righteous man!"

Although he doesn't get along with Jiao Jiao, it doesn't stop Jin Mao from admiring the soldiers who are loyal to their master.

"Give them a proper burial!"

Jin Mao rode forward, Bai Shi guarded the horse like a loyal dog, and Jin Mao nodded with satisfaction: "I have one too!"

When he came in front of Jiao Jiao, Jin Mao said condescendingly: "It's the first time we meet. My name is Jin Mao, and I am temporarily serving as the Southern Commander of Kuaiji County."

"Pooh!" Jiao Jiao spat out a mouthful of blood and phlegm, which was blocked by Bai Shi with his iron shield.

"You seem very unconvinced?"

Jiao Jiao used up his last bit of strength and said, "The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit!"

Seeing Jiao Jiao's unwilling eyes, Jin Mao said with emotion: "The first time we met was the last time."

Without the joy of revenge in his heart, Jin Mao was very melancholy until Bai Shi confirmed that the person was dead.

Jin Maocai dismounted, drew the sword from his waist, and stabbed three holes in Jiao Jiao's body.

"First Sword, revenge for my uncle!"

"The second sword is for myself!"

"The third sword is for those innocent souls who died!"

Jin Mao jumped on his horse and gave the order: "Except for these loyal men, who will be buried with honor, the rest of them will be killed! No matter they are dead or alive, cut their throats!"

There were actually a few people who pretended to be dead and were arrested.

Jin Mao immediately ordered: "From now on, no matter how big or small the battle is, we must finish off the enemy after the battle!"

In the evening, we counted the Jiao family warehouse and found only two or three sesame seeds.
After taking inventory of the battlefield, there were only ten sets of broken iron armor, twenty sets of worn-out half armor, and less than a hundred long and short weapons.

So poor.

Jinmao only hopes that the Jiao family in Yuyao can have something.

Unfortunately, God did not wish.

Amid the rumbling sound of horse hooves, a team of one hundred cavalrymen came and stopped not far away.

Jin Mao recognized them as Zhu's private soldiers.

Sure enough, the leading knight took off his helmet. Who else could it be but Zhu Fu?

"Greetings, Captain." Zhu Fu clasped his fists as a salute without dismounting.

“How dare you!” Before Jin Mao could say anything, Yu Fan was the first to jump out: “How dare you be so rude?!”

"What are you talking about?" Jin Mao raised his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "This is my eldest brother. How can an elder brother bow to a younger brother?"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Fu denied it flatly: "My last name is Zhu and your last name is Jin, how can we be related by blood?"

Jin Mao's face froze. Is this a shameless act?

Be patient a little longer.

He asked, "Sir, what do you want from me, Captain?"

"Ha!" Zhu Fu said disdainfully, "Let's make a deal."

Zhu Fu clapped his hands, and the people below pressed over a group of crying and wailing people, "These are the remnants of the Jiao family. I worked hard to capture them..."

Jin Mao interrupted: "What do you want?"

Zhu Fu nodded with satisfaction and said, "I heard that you borrowed 5,000 dan of grain from the governor of Tang County, and nine out of three months went out and thirteen returned."

"Last year, you owed me a thousand hu of vegetable oil. I'll calculate it based on 90% of the amount... That's too much trouble. Let's round it up. How about you give me 2,000 hu of vegetable oil this year?"

“Haha!” Jin Mao laughed angrily: “Hahaha!”

"What are you laughing at?" Zhu Fu said angrily, "Your position is only temporarily held by my grandfather. Whether it is taken back or not is entirely up to the Zhu family!"

Jin Mao asked playfully, "Does Qiantang Hou know that you are so stupid?"

"I'm sorry, this is a bit insulting to Qiantang Hou. I still respect him very much."

Zhu Fu gritted his teeth and said, "Jin Mao, little boy!"

"I shouldn't have shaken hands with you in the first place!"

Jin Mao covered his face and shook his head, feeling that no matter how he explained to someone who felt so good about himself, it was useless.

"How about this, you can write a letter to Qiantang Hou." Jin Mao suggested: "If he says he wants to remove me from my position, I will offer double the amount, 4,000 hu, how about that?"

"Don't think I don't dare!" Zhu Fu was completely furious: "Just wait and see how you end up."

After saying that, Zhu Fu angrily took his people away.

Jin Mao mourned for Zhu Jun in silence: "A tiger father and a dog son."

Think about how much pressure Zhu Jun put on him back then.

Now it’s just like kids playing house.

"That's good." Jin Mao thought, "Once I have recovered, I won't have any psychological burden to seize the salt and iron rights of the Zhu family."

This is a big piece of fat meat, more important than anything else in the fight for hegemony among the princes.

As for these Jiao family members, Jin Mao was no longer interested in them and ordered his men to kill them all.

In addition to the Zhu family in Shangyu County, there was a famous person named Wu Fan in the Wu family who was also an old friend of Yu Fan.

Jin Mao brought Yu Fan to visit, and the Wu family did not dare to neglect them and gave them a high-level reception.

Afterwards, Yu Fan discussed some academic issues with Wu Fan, but Jin Mao could not understand a word they said.

I only know one thing, that when it comes to divination, Yu Fan is no match for Wu Fan.

Moreover, Wu Fan was quite accomplished in mathematics, and Jinmao wanted to invite Wu Fan to work for him.

When Wu Fan learned that Jin Mao wanted him to be a math teacher, he shook his head decisively and said, "Family knowledge is not passed down to others."

Jin Mao was really shocked. He carefully drew a circle on the ground and asked, "Do you know the circumference of this circle?"

This is a circle with a diameter of one and a half meters.

Wu Fan calculated and said, "18 feet, 7 inches and 5 minutes."

"No!" Jin Mao said, "The circumference is more than 19 feet 6 inches and 2 points!"

"Impossible!" Wu Fan lost his composure for the first time.

Even Yu Fan looked incredulous.

Jin Mao smiled confidently and said, "If you don't believe me, you can use a tape measure to measure it."

　Here we calculate one foot in the Eastern Han Dynasty = 24cm
　　One yin = ten zhang, one zhang = ten feet, one foot = ten inches, one inch = ten ten centimeters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)