Huang Juren was the big landowner in Tanggu who actually had a thousand hectares sign on the ground. He owned four or five Zhuangzi's land. At its peak, more than two thousand tenants farmed for him. Not only that, Ren even owns a whole street of shops in Tanggu Street, and there are warehouses for many people outside the city.
In Tanggu, an open port city full of foreign merchants, there are many people richer than Huang Juren, but these foreign merchants on sea ships, as well as local merchants from all over the Qing Dynasty, are all passing by the God of Wealth. Although he has a lot of money, he is not willing to mess with local snakes like Huang Juren.
If nothing else, just take this incident of throwing excrement. It is very taboo for both Chinese and foreign businessmen. Everyone comes to seek money when they go out. There is really no need to provoke this group of local snakes who have no lower limit.
It is precisely because of this mentality that Huang Juren has prospered in Tanggu. Regardless of whether he is a black and white man or a businessman, he has a very smooth career. Generally, if he has some business, everyone will take care of him for the sake of local snakes. , gradually he no longer knew where Bei was. Please come to more and faster chapters.
The frog in the well never knows how big the outside world is, otherwise he wouldn't be so stupid as to let the people in the capital fool him and rush up, and what's more, it's a poisonous plan with no way out. Dare to set fire in front of Xiao Letian? He didn't know that this Japanese devil even dared to burn the grave of Lord Yongzheng.
When the flames in the granary at the head of the village jumped into the air, it was just after midnight and about two o'clock in foreigners' time. At this time, it was completely silent and everyone was sleeping soundly. Even the dogs in Huang Juren's big house were sleeping so hard that they vomited. The tongue was gone, and it was quiet and lifeless at all.
Suddenly, the whole village's watchdogs seemed to have seen a ghost at the same time. They jumped up and barked at the same time, and the whole village was in chaos.
"What's going on? There's a thief coming... This is Mr. Huang's village, who dares to cause trouble? Wait... what's the sound? It's broken, it's on fire..."
The whistling sound in the night sky is not the natural wind, but the whirlwind stirred up by the flames. The granary at the head of the village stores a full 50,000 kilograms of grain. Rice, wheat, sorghum, corn... are all new grains years ago. , this small amount of food costs at least 50,000 to 60,000 taels of silver.
Huang Juren was awakened by the barking of dogs and the sound of gongs all over the village. This guy was sleeping so soundly that half of the sky in the south was burning red, and he was still snoring.
"What's going on? What's wrong... These untouchables are still playing with fire at night, and they have nowhere to waste their money? Wait..." At this time, Huang Juren suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. After putting on his clothes and opening the window, he discovered that the direction of the fire was his family's granary.
"Oh my god... Could it be that my granary has leaked? Housekeeper..." In the panic, Huang Juren, who didn't even wear shoes, led a group of servants and stumbled towards the direction of the fire.
As soon as they walked out of the village, a huge fire like Taishang Laojun's Bagua furnace appeared in front of everyone, and the heat wave pushed people away from it. Before he could speak, an old woman who was fatter than a pig suddenly jumped out from behind, sitting on the ground and crying loudly.
"I can't live anymore, my food, my money..." The one crying was Huang Juren's first wife, a famous evil woman in Tanggu City. Please come to more and faster chapters.
Huang Juren's heart was almost broken now. He gritted his teeth and said, "What's going on? How did it happen..." As he was talking, someone suddenly ran around the fire scene in front of him, and the steaming heat wave made him sweat. .
"Master Huang, come to the locust tree forest quickly. All of Pigeon Sun's men are tied up in the woods, and their hands and feet are all broken..." The hair on Huang Juren's back stood up, and he suddenly thought of an incredible possibility. When he walked around the fire scene and found the seven gangsters tied up, he understood that what he had provoked was a real raptor.
"Okay, it's not that the dragon can't cross the river, is it going to step on my head? There are more than three hundred Tanggu trading companies, but no one dares to ride on my head..." Just as he was shouting wildly, the people around him The servant tugged on his sleeve and pointed deep into the woods, "Master Huang, what did you see at that time..."
When he took a closer look, he was almost scared to the point of peeing. He saw seventy or eighty black figures in the locust tree forest. Their faces were covered by black gauze, and the sharp steel knife in their hands reflected the light of the fire. These people stared at Ren with cold eyes, and a murderous aura rushed towards them.
Mr. Huang took three steps back in fright, until he hid behind the servants and finally regained his composure. Now the two groups were in a stalemate with each other. Despite the large number of people around him, they were all ordinary bankers and servants. The two hundred people were actually overwhelmed by the momentum of dozens of people.
Time passed minute by minute, and no one on either side spoke or took action. It was only when the villagers were worried about the food and began to prepare barrels to splash water that Xiao Letian's men in the woods finally took action. Just a few bowstring sounds were heard, and the barrel in the hands of the villager who took the lead in putting out the fire was shot through.
"Oh my god..." The timid villager quickly threw away the barrel and ran back in fright. The surrounding villagers did not dare to act rashly. They held water in their hands but did not dare to pour it into the fire scene.
This is a threat, a very serious danger. Xiao Letian wants to use this kind of domineering behavior to suppress the arrogance of these local snakes. He wants to watch the fire burn all the food.
"Fight the fire! Why don't you dead people put out the fire... Our Huang family has raised you for nothing, you guys lack great virtue..." The fat woman rolled on the ground like a fool, forcing the villagers and bankers to rush to put out the fire, but No one listened to her.
After a while, the fire became three points stronger than before. At this time, Xiao Letian estimated that the fire could not be saved. The fire had become a momentum and could no longer be stopped by manpower. Under his command, the army in the locust forest finally retreated.
It was only then that Huang Juren's soul returned to its place. He looked at the fire scene distressedly and cursed, "What are you looking at? If you don't take action, just take as much as you can..." But at this time, there was nothing he could do. The water in the basin was already dried by the flames when it was poured in mid-air, which shows the power of this fire.
The fire lasted until noon the next day before it was extinguished. There was nothing left in the granary, leaving only a large area of black smoke and ashes on the ground. At this time, Pigeon Sun was also frightened. Next to him were several of his subordinates whose hands and feet had been broken, and they were reporting the situation to him half-dead.
"We are so miserable... You two gentlemen, we are so miserable. We were surrounded by them before we could take action. These people were so vicious. They used sticks, whips and even scalded us with red-hot charcoal... …”
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Pigtail Sun waved his hand and asked people to carry them down. At this time, besides the fierceness in his eyes, the only thing left was fear. Please come to more and faster chapters. Six of his men were burned to death, and seven had their hands and feet broken. This was a declaration of war. If there was no counterattack, there would be no job for Xiao Zhusun on the ground in Tanggu, and all the brothers would leave him.
But do you really want revenge? The ruthlessness with which he attacks the enemy, and the fact that he also has a crossbow, already shows that this is no ordinary gangster. He must be at the level of a bandit at least. If he starts to fight, even if he wins, he will die regardless of age. People!
"Master Huang, what can you do? This is totally disrespectful to us. A few outsiders actually started fighting without declaring war! The people on the road are not so unscrupulous..." The braided grandson's pigtails stood up. He said it with righteous indignation, as if he had declared war on Xiao Letian.
Huang Juren had been shaking all morning. His heartache, his wife's scolding, and the fear of those men in black made Huang Juren, who was always known for his calmness, lose his composure.
"Revenge? Of course I have to take revenge, but today this matter is no longer something you and I can settle. I'm going to visit Zhou Xietai and Ma Tongzhi. Even if there is a lot of bloodshed today, I will send troops to suppress these bandits..."
Huang Juren slammed the table fiercely, "Go and gather all the dead and injured family members for me. When their foreign business opens tomorrow, you will have a big funeral for me. I will be disgusted to death... and , you go to each village and notify me, agitate the people, and tell me that the Japs who want to build an industrial zone are here, and let everyone besiege him..."
Pigtailed Sun's eyes lit up when he heard this. He recalled the civil uprising that was instigated more than two months ago. At that time, six or seven hundred people surrounded the imperial envoy's residence, let alone inspecting it. Even if they were eating or drinking, There were people in Lhasa outside cursing on the street.
"Okay, no problem, but...will the reduced and reduced food be based on the same ratio as last time?" Xiaobi Sun asked carefully.
"No, let's be more generous this time. As long as those who contribute, each family's rent will be reduced by three dou after the autumn..." Huang Juren's heart bleeds when he said these words. During the last civil uprising, he promised to reduce the rent of each family by one dou. I'm sorry, I've lost another three buckets this time. I guess I won't have a good time this year.
However, in order to eliminate Xiao Letian and complete the mission of the big shots in the capital, he also worked hard, because the big shots in the capital were the biggest backers behind him. In the Qing Dynasty, if there was no backstage, the more property you had, the sooner bad luck would come.
When Mr. Huang walked out of the house with his entourage, there was the sound of banging things behind him: "You bastard who lacks great virtue, I will risk my life with you... Why did you take away 20,000 taels of silver? Burn it?" It’s not enough to get so much food. You have to use your family’s money to give away to others. I won’t live anymore..."
"You prodigal old woman, I am doing big things, how can I get revenge without spending money? I spent twenty thousand taels today, but I can earn you a hundred thousand back tomorrow. You are really short-sighted..."
Huang Juren had a very good idea. With 20,000 silver each, Master Tongzhi and Master Xietai would get half of it. The two top civil and military officials in Tanggu would definitely take action. Xiao Letian would be waiting for death by then.
"You want to compete with me? Just wait. I'll make you close the door on the day you open. I'll let you go to court, and I'll skin you even if you die..."
