Four bandits were tied into rice dumplings.
The bandit leader was knocked unconscious by Zhao Sanniu with a hoe, and the remaining three people were bitten on the thighs with blood dripping from them. They were almost crying without tears.
Locusts passed by during the day, and some of the crops on their mountaintops were eaten up. When they were going down the mountain, they heard that many villages were lucky enough to save some food. They wanted to visit the site to see which village had the most food, and wait for the harvest in a few days. After grabbing food, I finally found Dahe Village, memorized the route, and when I was about to return home, I encountered four wild wolves on the road.
The green eyes of the four wild wolves glowed. Their legs were weak at that time. Fortunately, they had long knives and decided to fight to the death.
But the wild wolves are too cunning. One wolf sneaked up from behind and knocked down two of them. Then they suddenly became a mess. Four people were bitten by four wolves. They could have picked up the long knife to resist, but suddenly they were attacked. They picked up a group of villagers, tied them up without explanation, and blocked their mouths with rags.
"No one is allowed to make any announcement about this matter." Li Zheng said with a serious face, "There can be as many as one or two hundred bandits on a mountain. If the news about these four people who came to visit and were kidnapped by Dahe Village was spread, it would definitely There will be bandits coming to take revenge, but we are all ordinary people and we cannot afford to offend these people."
The people present nodded immediately and remained silent.
It was a long night and many people didn't sleep well.
Li Zheng didn't even sleep all night. When Yinshi arrived, that is, at three or four o'clock in the middle of the night, when the whole village was still sleeping, he woke up Zhao Da and asked his two sons to escort the four bandits to the cattle. In the car, each bandit covered a wooden basin and piled dry firewood on them. It looked like an ordinary farmer going to the town to sell dry firewood.
When the ox cart arrived at Pingan Town, it was still dark and the city gate had not yet opened.
After waiting for more than half an hour, the city gate opened, and Zhao Da drove the bullock cart into the city. The streets were empty and silent, except for the sound of the wheels turning.
There was a locust plague yesterday. Although the locusts did not stop in the county or town, they flew across the sky in large swarms, which was enough to frighten people.
Magistrate Shen inspected every village and even helped to exterminate locusts in the nearest village. He was a bit fat and had lost four or five pounds due to fatigue in the past few days. Because he was so tired, Magistrate Shen didn't get up until dawn. .
Master Yuan hurriedly walked in and reported: "Your Excellency, County Magistrate, Zhao Lizheng from Dahe Village is here."
Magistrate Shen suddenly woke up. He quickly put on his black gauze hat and said, "Invite people in quickly."
If it weren't for Zhao Lizheng's plan, their Ping'an Town would really be finished this time. Not only was it not finished, but it also showed its face to the prefect because of this incident, and his political achievements were also marked brightly.
"The grassroots people have seen the county magistrate!" Zhao Lizheng knelt down and saluted, "The grassroots people came this time to give something to the county magistrate."
Magistrate Shen looked at the bullock cart that was driving in. The cart was piled high with dry firewood.
He smiled warmly and said: "Come here, bring anything else. The county government has no shortage of these. Stop kneeling and get up."
Zhao Lizheng walked to the bullock cart, took down the dry firewood, and then took down four large wooden basins, revealing four people tied up like rice dumplings.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Except for the bandit leader who was knocked unconscious, the three bandits whined for help.
They were locked up in the duck shed by this damn Li Zheng all night. They were tied up and unable to move, and those little ducks actually pooped on them.
The wounds on their legs were not treated, and scabs formed as they bled, and they suspected that they would become lame.
Magistrate Shen recognized these people as bandits at a glance and immediately went to court for interrogation.
Originally, it was because the crops were not harvested that they turned into bandits. They were all trying to survive. Who wants to live with their heads tied to their belts?
Before County Magistrate Shen tortured them to extract a confession, the three men reported their positions on the top of the mountain, and also gave the secret code to enter the mountain. How many young men, women and children were there in the mountain, and how many unscrupulous things they had done in the past year... …All these details were revealed.
Magistrate Shen immediately summoned people.
Because of the two matters of opening canals to exterminate locusts, County Magistrate Shen selflessly informed the neighboring counties that he was borrowing people this time. The county magistrate next door was also unambiguous and borrowed 20 yamen servants each, for a total of 80 yamen servants. March forward with great force.
There are only forty or fifty strong men in the bandits on this mountain. Magistrate Shen also gathered eighty people for stability. Eighty people with armors and spears have no pressure at all to deal with a ragtag group of people. , without hurting a single soldier, a bandit den was captured.
Magistrate Shen smiled from ear to ear: "Zhao Lizheng, you are really my lucky star."
By opening canals, exterminating locusts, and suppressing bandits, his political performance has been stabilized, and he has hope for promotion next year.
Dahe Village.
The sun is strong in the afternoon.
When Mrs. Wen brought the harvested lantern seeds, Cheng Wanwan said: "Dawang Niang, help me tell the big guys that I will collect the lantern seeds for the last time, and I won't collect them this year."
Wen Shi nodded: "Okay, I'll let everyone know in a minute. I'd like to ask, if my sister-in-law doesn't make a living in the ice cream business, what are her plans for the future?"
Cheng Wanwan smiled and said: "After the autumn harvest is over and autumn officially begins, I will see what food can be made in the autumn. I will make it and take it to the town to try it out."
She has reached cooperation with the shopkeepers of restaurants and teahouses in nearby towns. Now that she has a sales channel, it will be easier to sell food in the future.
However, we still need to study the details of what to sell.
"Sister-in-law, let me say something shameless." Wen said with some embarrassment, "If sister-in-law has any use for me, just ask, I also want to learn some business skills from sister-in-law."
It turns out that she has no ambition and just lives with her mother-in-law. However, in the past two days, Dawang has been reading and writing with her, and she is very energetic. If Cheng Zhao no longer teaches in Dahe Village, she still wants to send her son to the town to study. For a few years, of course, it was not for the sake of fame, but for the hope that my son would read more and learn to read. Reading can make people smart.
But studying requires money, so she couldn't ask her mother-in-law to use the money from the public school for her son to study, otherwise the third wife would have objections.
After such a period of time together, Cheng Wanwan also had a little understanding of what kind of person Wen was. Wen didn't talk much and was an honest person who did practical things. She wouldn't mind helping such a person.
Cheng Wanwan said: "It depends on what Dawang Niang is good at, whether it's eating, embroidering, or even weaving straw mats. As long as she does it better than others, she can make money from it."
Wen's eyes lit up: "I'm not very good at embroidery, but Xia Hua is okay. I'll ask her to send the embroidered handkerchief to my sister-in-law tomorrow."
While the two were talking, Loach from next door ran over quickly and shouted: "Aunt Zhao, it's bad, there are a lot of people coming from the Cheng family, and the patrols don't allow them to come in. They have to force their way in..."
Cheng Zhao walked out of the back room.
He stood in front of Cheng Wanwan with a serious look on his face: "Second aunt, I will handle this matter."
He looked into the distance and saw the head of the Cheng family, who was also his sixth uncle. Next to the head of the family was his grandpa and grandma, as well as many other people from the Cheng family. The Cheng family was rushing in front, and the patrol team from Dahe Village was divided into two lines. Follow...
