But Huang Xunkun is very difficult to deal with. He is not an ignorant kid. He has fought in wars and killed people. He is also a scholar and his family is from a wealthy family. There are civilized, military and wealthy people. He won't eat if you win him over, and he won't be afraid if you threaten him. In the past, the two sides have always adopted the attitude of not violating the river's waters, and that's all.
This time, Chen Minggang wanted to use the power of the Australians to subdue the big players to squeeze out more benefits, and Huang Henkun wanted to embarrass the Australians through his opposition to "land management". The two met like this, and started to move forward. Upgrade step by step.
Even Wu De, who had personally caused this turmoil, did not expect that a plan that was originally intended to make Chen Minggang "full of evil" would arouse reactions from all aspects of the county, eventually creating a situation that he did not expect.
Chen Minggang immediately called for a sedan chair and went to Dongmen City to visit Wu De. However, he was in vain. The guard at the door politely said that Chief Wu was "away from home" and if he had anything to do, leave a message. If it was a minor matter, the Chief's secretary would handle it. Chen Minggang knew that the so-called "chief's secretary" was a maid, and she definitely couldn't make the decision on such a big matter. He could not directly use the strength of the Australians. Chen Minggang rolled his eyes and asked someone to write a letter and report that Huang Hankun had "contacted grain farmers with the intention of resisting the conquest." Then he ordered people to go back. On the way, he calculated the relationship between the Huang family and the Australians, and the consequences of killing Huang Hankun.
Killing Huang Shoutong's son is by no means a trivial matter. In Lingao, the only people in Lingao who can do this without incident are Australians. Once Old Man Huang goes crazy, his group is no match at all. Chen Minggang's wishful thinking was to let the Australians come forward and punish this little brat severely, and in the end, the Huang family would be wiped out like the Gou family. But now it seems that Australians do not intend to be the villain - at least not right now.
"In this case, let's just let this kid have a good time. I can't help but don't show up!" Chen Minggang returned to the place and had already made up his mind. Immediately, he ordered someone to call a few of his cronies and gave them such instructions. Of course, Zhou Qi was also called.
When Zhou Qiyi arrived, Chen Minggang's face sank, and he first shouted "Kneel down!" and then slapped him several times. Beat Zhou Qi into confusion. He believed that he had done nothing wrong recently - even the surveillance near Qiuhong's house had been done by others recently.
"Hmph, you think you've done a good job!" Chen Minggang reprimanded with a stern face, "I'm not even close to death yet, so why are you so anxious to show off our friendship?"
Zhou Qi was horrified when he heard that his master had peeked into his secret, but he did not dare to admit it. He just argued that he had done as he was told and did not dare to violate his master's care.
"Forget about one or two households. Each of the grain households you handle reports according to the lowest threshold. You think the master is a fool!" Chen Minggang roared, and slapped him a few more times, which made Zhou Qi look at him. Mao Jinxing said, "Go and squeeze me hard now!"
"Master, everything has been settled, let's talk about it again-" Zhou Qi covered his face and whispered.
"It's you who negotiated with them, not me." Chen Minggang sneered, "Want to be nice and please? Wait until I'm dead! Go tell the big bosses: Mr. Australia is not satisfied, at least add 10% more. Get out!"
Zhou Qi escaped in embarrassment. Chen Minggang called in all the food clerks who were watching the excitement outside the house.
"Okay, now we have to let the boy named Huang make a fuss about this matter." As he said this, he said to his opponent, a man with a savage face and a butcher look, "Old Zhang, you take a few people to Liu Dalin's house. Those relatives and friends’ houses - they all have their own fields, so let me make a good fuss, understand!"
"Got it!" Lao Zhang excitedly geared up.
"There are also a group of scholars from the county school who are also helping each family with cooking." Chen Minggang said, "Let Xiao Huang move everyone."
Someone below asked uneasily: "It's really a big deal. Do the Australians want us to look good? Liu Dalin and the others are very important to the Australians..."
"Don't worry." Chen Minggang reassured them, "The Australians treat big households so that they don't make trouble and pay food obediently. If they make trouble and refuse to pay food, will they still look good?"
"Yeah, everyone nodded together.
"We are helping the Australians work. Without us, would the county be able to harvest food?" Chen Minggang encouraged his men.
Naturally, when things get serious, the Australians must give an explanation to the big business owners, and ask Chen Minggang and his gang to find a scapegoat and punish them to calm the public's resentment. This scapegoat is not difficult to find. Anyway, if you can save him a lot of money, the Australians may not want him to die.
Once things get serious, Huang Hankun will naturally not have a good life - evil will be punished and threats will not be punished. This is how every dynasty and generation has dealt with people making trouble. Since then, the Huang family has been a thorn in the eyes of the Australians. Even if they are not dealt with immediately, the day when the Huang family will be finished in the county is just around the corner.
Besides: there is a blood feud between the Huang family and the Australians. Chen Minggang feels that most Australians will not take this calmly.
Zhou Qi came out of the teahouse in embarrassment, covering his red and swollen face. People along the way couldn't help but be stunned. Some people were pointing and pointing, and he was immediately disgraced. But he didn't dare to do anything, so he had to go back to his lower body and hit him. I scrubbed it thoroughly with a basin of cold water and felt that my lips were numb.
"You're so cruel! Damn you!" Zhou Qi cursed angrily. My heart is filled with resentment. At this moment, he wanted to go to Gou Buri immediately and say that he was willing to be the "housekeeper" and wait for the Australians' orders.
But after all, they have been masters and apprentices for twenty years. It's not that Zhou Qi has any feelings for Chen Minggang, it's just that he has been frightened out of his courage after being under the master's power for a long time. Now he is really a little scared to make up his mind to betray the master immediately. After thinking about it for a long time, I still couldn't make up my mind.
Outside, the city was full of storms. Following Chen Minggang's instructions, the grain collectors once again went out to claim that "Australians are not satisfied" and asked the grain households to pay more for more land and rice. The grain households who had already negotiated the terms Caught in great panic and anger, the number of people who came to Zhang Youfu's home to complain suddenly increased. Even Zhang Youfu was shocked: How could the situation suddenly become violent? He quickly comforted everyone and immediately went to report to Chu Yu.
Liu Dalin's family was in turmoil. Relatives and friends came to cry one after another and complained about the arrogance and unreasonableness of the grain clerks - when had they ever been treated like this by ordinary people? The vulgar and despicable servants went straight into the middle hall and talked with their feet raised. If someone says something wrong, he immediately slaps the table and yells.
"We can't survive this life. You have to think of a way for us." Relatives and friends came to plead one after another.
"When has a family like ours ever been so humiliated?" cried an uncle of Liu Dalin from afar. In fact, he was just a small rich man in the countryside. Ever since Liu Dalin's father became an official, he had started to "tremble". A person of some status in the county was so humiliated by a few grain cadres that he immediately came to this nephew to ask for reinforcements.
Liu Dalin had no choice but to persuade him, and hurriedly found Huang Xunkun, asking him to settle the matter as soon as possible so that he could go and see the Australians.
Huang Xunkun's work has also gone much smoother. Some grain farmers who originally felt that there was no need to cause trouble now also actively asked to participate in the joint petition - it is too bullying to go back on one's word!
Chen Minggang knew from his subordinates that Huang Hankun and others were jumping up and down very enthusiastically, and he secretly laughed in his heart: Just wait for the Australians to take care of them.
Naturally, the actions of both parties fell into the eyes of the leadership group. The development of the matter to this point was a bit unexpected for everyone. It also allowed them to see the intricate relationships and human emotions in Lingao County.
However, generally speaking, the development of events is still in the direction they expected. It was just the news that Chen Minggang was messing around in the countryside that made some people in the leadership group lose their temper.
"We have finally established a good relationship with big business owners and intellectuals. Will it be damaged in our eyes if Chen Minggang messes with us like this? Should we give them a proper warning and ask them to stop?"
"No need." Wu De looked at the reports sent from all sides, "There will be great peace only after great chaos. The more violent Chen Minggang made, the better. The more violent the chaos, the more justified it would be to punish the subordinates; secondly, the big bosses would also be punished. They will consume a lot of energy, so that next time when we get married, they won’t have the energy to bother with it anymore.”
"What if someone gets killed?"
"Do you pay for your life by killing someone?" Wu De said calmly, "No matter who kills whom, it doesn't matter whether the person who dies is a subordinate, a wealthy person or a scholar."
"You are inciting the masses to fight against the masses. High, really high!"
"We are going to carry out social reform. If we don't toss this group of powerful people in this county, how can we continue to implement it?" Wu De said, "After an incident, people will naturally be determined. As long as it is conducive to stability and unity, we will do anything. There won’t be much resistance.”
"I didn't expect that there was a plan in our plan. Ade, you are hiding something private."
"It's nothing!" Wu De denied flatly, "The plan is the original plan. It's a coincidence to get to this point, and it's also the result of people's hearts." He said, "We used Chen Minggang's calculations, and Chen Minggang knew it very well. . He is not taking advantage of us. He just miscalculated on two points. First, we have advanced technology and management level and do not need the old system that he regards as a treasure. Second, he does not understand our ambitions. It's about reforming the social system, not simply gathering together. I really can't blame him, because he can't have such insight." He breathed a sigh of relief, "This is probably the advantage that the differences in the times have given us.!~!
