Two days later.
In the early morning, the roosters in the pier had just begun to crow, and the sky was still gray and not bright, so Liu Dayu packed up with his two confidants, Dunjun, and the three of them were ready to go out to Wangjiazhuang.
After a while, Wang Yue and his men lowered the suspension bridge on the gate of Dapandun. Liu Dayu and his three people left Dapandun in the cold morning wind and rushed towards Wangjiazhuang in the north.
After daybreak, Chen Xun learned the news and hurriedly came to find Liu Yan.
At this time, Liu Yan was boxing in front of the house. He saw Liu Yan taking off his shirt in the cold wind. A set of boxing techniques was vigorous and powerful. When he hit the key points, Liu Yan's muscles all over his body were like rocks. Tangled up, as terrifying as a tiger.
The boxing technique played by Liu Yan is the Piguaquan commonly practiced in the Ming army. It was first popular among Qi Jiguang's army. At that time, Qi Jiguang mentioned in the boxing classic "Ji Xiaoxinshu": Piguaquan is used in actual combat. The most sharp!
A moment later, Liu Yan finished a set of punches, and his body was already dripping with sweat. In this cold morning, a burst of white mist began to evaporate from Liu Yan's body. At this time, Liu Yan still didn't stop, took his spear again, and took a stance.
This is the Yang family's marksmanship, which first started in the Song Dynasty. Later, Qi Jiguang also highly praised this method of marksmanship. He once praised the Yang family's marksmanship for being invincible in the world, and widely practiced it among the Qi family's army. Later, it spread to all the towns in Jiubian. And all parts of Northern Xinjiang of Ming Dynasty.
Taking the gun, blocking the gun, and tilting the gun, in a series of actions, the gun came out like a dragon, and the gun flowers flashed in the air.
Chen Xun arrived at this time and happened to see this scene. He was immediately dumbfounded: "Chief A actually has such martial arts skills. Why was he bullied like this before?"
"receive!"
Liu Yan saw Chen Xun, then stopped and strode over: "What's the matter?"
Only then did Chen Xun come to his senses and said hurriedly: "Chief A, Liu Dayu took two people to Wangjiazhuang before dawn today!"
Liu Yan frowned slightly, and Chen Xun on the side said: "Then will Liu Dayu go to see Mr. Xu?"
"possible."
Liu Yan then remembered something else: According to the regulations of Shandong Dusi, rations will be issued by each guard at the end of each month, and each fire road pier or fort must send its own personnel to the superior 100 households to receive it. It's just that many health centers in the Ming Dynasty are in arrears with their rations. Lingshan Guard has not distributed rations since the end of last year.
Liu Yan thought for a moment and then asked: "What was the situation when the rations were distributed before..."
Halfway through, Liu Yan added another sentence: "I can't remember clearly."
Chen Xun was slightly stunned. He didn't know why Liu Yan got involved in rations again, so he said, "Chief A has forgotten that every time Liu Dayu takes people to collect rations, and then comes back and distributes them with Wang Yue. But In this regard, they have done a more practical job. Everyone is distributed according to their level. There is no bias, but they are treated equally. However, the rations distributed each time are insufficient, but this is not surprising. The imperial court has no money. , it’s always been like this.”
Liu Yan laughed after hearing this and said, "It's okay. When Liu Dayu comes back, remember to come and tell me."
"clear."
After Chen Xun went out, Liu Yan began to think about the situation in front of him: "Ration? After the water trouble, will he start thinking about rations again? It seems that I have to plan in advance."
At the same time, Liu Dayu had arrived at Wangjiazhuang and waited for a long time at Xu's house before Mr. Xu walked out with the support of two maids.
Mr. Xu is over seventy years old. Although he looks a little old, he is in good spirits. There is a shrewd look in his brows from time to time, and there is some power in his demeanor.
It's just that Mr. Xu is old after all, and his wrinkled old face is dotted with brown spots, which makes him look a little scary.
The maids on both sides are only sixteen or seventeen years old. Not only do they have fair skin and beautiful faces, they are also very good at serving others. At this time, the maid on the left was feeding Mr. Xu water with a delicate tea cup, while the other maid was standing nearby, wiping the water stains around Mr. Xu's mouth bit by bit with a handkerchief. This scene made Liu Dayu's eyes widen, and he felt a little unworthy for the two maids.
Today, Mrs. Xu was wearing a rich coat and a fox fur cloak. After drinking tea, he was sitting on Huanghuali's chair and looked towards Liu Dayu.
"Why, it's not the day to distribute rations yet, what are you doing here today?"
"My nephew is here to ask my uncle to make the decision!"
Then, with a mournful face, Liu Dayu recounted the conflict with Liu Yan a few days ago, which made Mr. Xu click his tongue in surprise.
"It's really strange. A weakling who can't be kicked has become so arrogant. Did he suddenly become enlightened?"
Liu Dayu said: "Uncle, last year I said that I wanted to move the big market and put in a useless flag officer. But uncle, you are not in a hurry. Now it's better, a famous fool He turned into a tiger and actually wanted to eat people!"
Mr. Xu pondered for a while, and then said: "I originally planned to wait until the spring started, ask a connection to go to the Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village, spend money to buy the heads of two bandits, and put them on you. First, I will put your little flag I will be promoted to the chief flag officer, and then I will kick away that weakling Liu Yan who has no one to look after me, and I will naturally appoint you as the head of the Dapandunjia. I have already discussed these matters with Dai Baihu from the Qianhu Office in front of Xiahe Village. It’s nice to say hello, but who knew that Liu Yan’s temperament has changed drastically?”
Hearing this, Liu Dayu became more energetic and said: "What can happen if my temperament changes drastically? Since my uncle has already established a good relationship, what are you waiting for? Let's handle this matter as soon as possible. With my uncle here, I, the commander-in-chief of the flag, can't catch him. of?"
"What do you know! There is no need to rush this matter."
Mr. Xu said: "Since I have promised you the position of chief of the Dapan Dunjia, I will definitely not break my promise. But now the superiors have sent rations, and they have also distributed the arrears from the previous few months. You give me Be careful, take that Wang Yue with you first, and get this matter done, we are helping Dai Baihu do things, you have to understand what is important and what is important!"
Liu Dayu said reluctantly: "It's okay to do two things at the same time..."
"Do it together?"
Old Mrs. Xu seemed to have remembered something and said: "We still have to withhold 30% of the rations distributed this time. This is the way it is done everywhere. We only need 30%. In addition to the 20% paid as tribute to Dai Baihu, we only have 10%." It is put into our own pockets, which is already considered benevolent. But did you know that the rations at Huangshan Dun in Xujiazhuang are only 40% less than the actual pay? Huangshan Dun is also a big pier, with more than 20 troops stationed there. , now it’s already causing trouble.”
When Liu Dayu saw Mr. Xu mentioning this matter, he quickly understood something and said, "What do you mean, uncle, killing someone with a borrowed knife?"
"As long as you understand!"
Mr. Xu looked at Liu Dayu, and then said: "I heard that Wang Wenzhen, the team leader of Wangjiazhuang, is preparing to mobilize people to quell the chaos. I will look for him later and ask him to count the number of people in Dapandun. Come in, I don’t need to say more about the rest, right?”
"Yes, yes, I understand."
After saying that, Mrs. Xu waved his hand and started to chase people away. The maids on both sides rushed up to help him. Amidst Mr. Xu's hoarse teasing laughter, the three of them walked towards the bedroom behind the screen, leaving Liu Dayu stunned.
"This, this is a clear day, can the old man's body and bones hold up!"
When Liu Dayu and the others returned to Dapandun, Wang Yue, who had been waiting for a long time, came up and asked, "How is it? What did Mrs. Xu say?"
"Let's be honest and get down to business first!"
Wang Yue's eyes widened and he said, "Business? Does Mr. Xu only have money in his eyes?"
"Not only money, but women too!"
Liu Dayu recalled the two maids aged 17 or 18 and the old face of Mr. Xu, and he suddenly felt goosebumps all over his body.
After saying that, Liu Dayu whispered about the matter of quelling the chaos. Wang Yue suddenly became happy. The two whispered for a long time and then walked towards the observation deck in the pier. They wanted to discuss it on top, but they were met by someone. Liu Yan stopped him, and Chen Xun followed Liu Yan.
"Where did you go today?"
Liu Dayu's face was tense, and he was about to get angry, but remembering Mrs. Xu's advice, he changed his mind and said, "I've been to Wangjiazhuang. I'll ask when the rations will be distributed."
Wang Yue on the side said with a smile: "Don't worry, Commander A, I won't cause trouble. Isn't this just a way of helping Commander A to share his worries?"
Liu Yan looked at the two of them with a playful expression on his face, and after a moment he said: "Okay, since you want to help me share my worries, then after the rations are distributed, you two will take people to Wangjiazhuang Get the food. I will ask Chen Xun to give you the form with the calculated amount in a moment. Don’t lose it.”
After saying that, Liu Yan turned around and returned to the room. Chen Xun handed a form to Wang Yue and went about his own business.
Wang Yue looked at the form in his hand in disbelief, and then asked: "What the hell is Liu Yan doing? I thought he was going to use your absence from duty to leave the food collection to Chen Xun." .”
Liu Dayu was also surprised and said, "I thought so too, but he actually left it to the two of us. Why?"
With that said, Liu Dayu and Wang Yue looked at the form and saw that it contained the amount of rations that everyone in the pier should be given, including not only the amount of rations for this month, but also the amount of arrears in previous months.
"hehe."
Wang Yue smiled, shook the form in his hand, and said, "I thought Liu Yan suddenly realized that he had some clever tricks to deal with us. He was waiting for us here."
Liu Dayu also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Liu Yan thinks that because the amount of rations he got back is not enough, he can easily manipulate us? Childish! At that time, I only have to say: The above has given out so much, what can he do? Could it be that Liu Yan Can we still go to Wangjiazhuang and Qianhu Office in Xiahe Village to check the accounts?"
As the two of them spoke, they felt completely relieved and got together to drink wine that night, just waiting for the news from Mrs. Xu.
