After the middle-aged man in the scene finished singing, he clasped his hands and said to everyone: "Not for food or money, but for making good friends in the world." "Huang Ji Juan" says, "Guide the way to the public and clear away the confusion." Pass the incense and the wishes. Collect five plates of four noble yuan, and save all kinds of people and reach the other shore together'!"
"Please protect me from my mother Wusheng!"
"May Maitreya Buddha bless me!"
A group of male and female refugees obsessed with evil spirits and heretics took out the few coins they had on their bodies and still arrived at the venue. Another old man, carrying a bowl of sorghum rice, walked tremblingly to the venue and said respectfully: "Ask the immortal master for mercy and save my child!"
The middle-aged man at the head asked kindly: "Where is the child?"
I saw a woman walking over holding a five or six-year-old child. If you are interested, you can take a closer look. You will see that the child has a high fever and looks very depressed. His little face is pale and he can only breathe in. He is about to die.
"Oh~ there's no hope!"
When the woman heard this, she burst into tears, hugged her child and knelt down in front of the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man took a paper bag from his arms and said to the old man: "I can't have this bowl of sorghum rice. If I take it, I will be punished by God. Take the medicine and give it to the child, and he will be healed on the spot."
After hearing this, the woman hurriedly stood up and took the paper bag. When she opened it, she saw some brown powder, but her nose smelled a medicinal fragrance that was not like musk. The woman didn't care much, and hurriedly gave the medicine to the child under the eyes of the onlookers. A kind person on the side brought a bowl of water, and the woman hurriedly took it and fed the child to drink a few sips.
It was miraculous. After burning the incense, the child's pale face gradually gained some color, and his breathing began to become smoother. Not long after, the woman touched the child's forehead and exclaimed in surprise: "The fever is gone!"
Everyone present immediately burst into an uproar! They all kowtowed and knelt down, and kept saying: "Please ask the immortal master to give me medicine!..."
Among the crowd of onlookers, the dozen or so rough-looking men winked at each other, turned around and left, walking towards the courtyard of the farm. Arriving under a big willow tree outside Zhuangzi Gate, these people drove away a few refugees under the tree and occupied the territory themselves.
"Bah! Damn it! What the hell! A bunch of bastards who defrauded others of their money!" A short, stocky, black-faced man turned to look at the crowd behind him and cursed angrily.
"Forget it, don't worry about what they are doing. We from Luoma Lake and the Shuoyuan Cult have nothing to do with it. Go, you two bald man! Hand over the post!"
A thin, bald man among the crowd hurriedly took an envelope from the man who spoke, and said, "Will they give me two cabinets and five hundred shi of grain?"
The man called Ergui is a middle-aged fat man. He is also bald. He has no hair on the top of his head, but the hair around his ears is quite thick and forms a thin ring at the back of his head. With his braided hair and his beard and rosacea, he looked like he would keep strangers away from him. He wore a short cotton-padded coat on his upper body, a pair of black cotton trousers with crotch crotch on his lower body, and a belt wrapped around his plump belly.
There was a hint of a sinister smile on the second cabinet's face, and he said viciously: "Our brother from Luoma Lake came to borrow food, how dare he refuse to borrow it?! Damn it! In the famine years, there is a shortage of food everywhere, but I think there is no shortage here. ! Sending the post is to give them face, our brother comes back now, I’m sorry he doesn’t dare!”
In the warehouse behind the compound, Zhao Xin, who heard that there was not much food in stock, went in and took a look around alone. Lu Shoushan and Ding Guofeng were waiting outside the door with more than twenty of their subordinates. Not long after, Zhao Xin opened the door of the warehouse. Behind him were stacks of grain bags.
Xu Dayong, Wang Changsheng and others stared in disbelief. When the warehouse door was opened just now, there was only one layer of food left inside. According to the population of Zhuangzi, this amount of food was enough for two days. As a result, Zhao Xin didn't even have time to burn a stick of incense, but it was full... full!
Xu Dayong rushed into the warehouse, picked up a bag and opened it to see that it was full of snow-white flour. He picked up a handful and put it in his mouth. The strong smell of flour...
Except for Ding Guofeng, who knew everything, everyone else present was dumbfounded.
Ding Guofeng followed Zhao Xin and asked quietly: "What are you doing with your pretense?"
Zhao Xin said as he walked: "There are too many idle people, the government and the White Lotus Sect are all here. If I don't do this, someone might have other ideas. Now there are people from the White Lotus Sect in Zhuangzi, Don’t you think this is strange?”
Ding Guofeng said in surprise: "You doubt Xu Dayong..."
Zhao Xin shook his head slightly and said through his teeth: "He doesn't dare, but it's hard to tell about the ones under his hands. It doesn't hurt to be careful. This time we will bring back all the men Xu Da used. Last time It was so rushed that the recruit training was not even completed. We have to implement a rotation system."
The two of them walked to a secluded place and stopped. Zhao Xin motioned to Lu Shoushan and the others to stay away. Ding Guofeng then asked in a low voice: "Who are you going to let take over here?"
"Let Pan Xiucheng and Shoushan join forces."
"Do you plan to keep this Zhuangzi forever?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. Let's look at this negotiation with the Qing court."
Ding Guofeng asked hesitantly: "You mean blessing..."
Zhao Xin nodded, interrupted him and said: "If the negotiation goes well, we will occupy Flower and Bird Island and pick up the refugees from there. If the negotiation fails, I will transfer a battalion over. I will build this into a fortress!"
Ding Guofeng said hurriedly: "Then I will take care of this, and no one can rob it."
Zhao Xindao: "If you can avoid fighting, try not to fight. In fact, I still want to deal with the island country in advance. The shogunate will definitely take action."
Ding Guofeng said "fuck you" and said, "Come on, I'll go get the kid. This is fun."
"Master, someone outside the door sent a letter, saying it was for the boss. Please take a look." Lu Shoushan walked over with an envelope in his hand and a strange look on his face.
Zhao Xin took it casually and saw that the envelope had been torn open. Apparently Lu Shoushan had already read it. He opened it and saw handwriting like a spider crawling in front of him:
"My surname is Xu, our brothers are from Luoma Lake. There are more than 200 people in the village, and there is not enough food at the moment! I heard that your village is the richest in Funing. You, Mr. Xu, are kind-hearted. Since you can feed hungry people, , then help us, and you will definitely be rewarded in the future. I, Lao Zhang, want to borrow some food from you! We, white knives in and red knives out, don’t have much to offer as gifts. Two hundred kilograms of fish and shrimp, let’s go back to others I'll send it to you. I want five hundred stones of food. If the sun goes down for your ancestors, you will have to vomit it out for me! Come and pick it up in three days! Write it to him without missing a word!"
Zhao Xin was almost happy after reading this, thinking that these Luoma Lake people were really "going to the latrines with lanterns"! He asked Lu Shoushan: "How many people are here?"
Chen Jishan on the side said: "Thirteen of them, except for the messenger who is at the concierge, everyone else is waiting under the big willow tree outside the door."
Ding Guofeng came over to read the letter and sneered: "Hey, you are still acting like a thirteen-year-old Taibao! How dare you ask for food from us. Come on, take a look!"
Several people entered the courtyard through the back door, passed through the west courtyard to the south, and went around to the screen wall of the main courtyard. In the concierge, an action team member was looking at the man who delivered the message. When Zhao Xin walked in and took a look, he saw that these were all crooked melons and jujubes, and he looked like a shabby person.
"Are you from Luoma Lake?"
The thin and bald man was stunned and speechless when he saw the tall and powerful Zhao Xin. After a long while, he asked tremblingly: "Who are you?"
Chen Jishan behind Zhao Xin said: "Aren't you looking for the manager? This is our boss."
The thin bald man looked at Zhao Xin carefully and saw that he was wearing a black double-breasted cloak. The material looked like silk but not silk, or satin but not satin. He wore a plush leather hat on his head and a pair of shiny black shoes on his feet. The low-waisted leather boots made you gasp. He has seen a few rich people, but he has never seen one dressed in such a strange way. However, thinking that there were twelve of his companions outside the door, the thin and bald man became more courageous.
"That's right! Have you heard of Mr. Zhang Sanye of Luoma Lake? I'm here to borrow some food from you, my boss."
Zhao Xin looked at the bandit in front of him curiously, and suddenly asked: "How long have you been in Luoma Lake?"
"What? Are you planning to do some cross-examination? I'm telling you, this is the business I've been doing since I was born!"
"Jishan."
"Master, please give your orders."
"I heard Dayong say that you have studied martial arts? From Chenjiagou?"
"I've been studying for two years. I don't have any skills. I just work hard."
After hearing what Zhao Xin said, the thin and bald man sneered: "What? Find someone who has practiced boxing and kicking to scare me? Master..."
"Shut up!" Zhao Xin shouted, so frightened that the thin and bald man did not dare to say any more. He continued to say to Chen Jishan: "Today I will test you. Beat people badly, but don't beat them to death. Will you retaliate against me?"
"Master taught me."
"Okay." Zhao Xin pointed at the thin and bald man and said, "Hit him!"
In the stunned eyes of the thin bald man, Chen Jishan slapped him with a big slap...
Under the willow tree outside the yard, the second cabinet and his men waited for a long time but did not see the thin and bald man come out. A subordinate asked the second cabinet: "Second cabinet, will something happen to the thin man?"
"Spit!" Ergui spat viciously, wiped his mouth and said, "It's just them, I can go back and lead someone to defeat this Zhuangzi!"
While several people were talking, they heard the door creak open, and an honest-looking man walked through the door. This man walked up to the crowd, bowed and said: "How many of you are llamas, Mahu is good, are you a good man?"
When everyone heard that this man was stammering, they thought he was afraid. One person stood up and said, "So what?"
"Our boss, please come in and talk. The banquet has been set up in the flower hall."
The second cabinet grinned widely and said, "Look, your boss is smart, so let's go in and have a drink!" After that, a group of water bandits walked into the courtyard nonchalantly, laughing and joking.
In the distance, the crowd of refugees gradually dispersed, and several members of the Yuan Cult in the venue also packed up their things and walked towards the compound.
When Lu Shoushan bought this yard and later renovated it, he and Xu Dayong didn't have many rules. Therefore, no maids or servants were found. Li Erkui's wife Zhang helped to manage the meal for more than a dozen people, and Chen Jishan's sister Chen Erya helped. Li Erkui himself took care of the twenty-something men in the village with his two sons. Horse.
Zhao Xin and the others had no servants to serve them in Beihai Town, so they didn't feel anything wrong after coming here. The five north rooms in the third entrance of the main courtyard are the residences of Zhao Xin, Ding Guofeng, Doctor Hong and ten medical staff; Lu Shoushan and other action team members live in the three rooms in the west wing, so that Zhao Xin can give orders at any time if he has anything; Dayong and Wang Changsheng lived in two rooms in the east wing, north and south.
A dozen water bandits followed Li Erkui around the screen wall and sat down in the flower hall. On the Eight Immortals table, more than a dozen plates of cold meat were ready. Several bottles of extremely eye-catching clear glass wine bottles were placed in the middle of the table.
In the west courtyard, Xu Dayong asked Lu Shoushan curiously: "Brother Lu, we are ready to deal with these people, why do you still invite them to drink and eat meat?"
Lu Shoushan said with a smile: "Every stingy family, these people are going to be sent to Ezo to dig coal. Let them eat and drink enough to go on the road."
In the flower hall, all the water bandits sat down and reached out to grab the meat dishes from the plates. These are canned meats that Zhao Xin brought. Although they were not heated, the group of people smelled the aroma of meat as soon as they entered the door.
"Damn you! People are starving to death every day outside, and they all eat human flesh, but you guys are so big on fish and meat! Rich people are different!" The second counter has seen some scenes before, and he took a big mouthful of braised pork with his chopsticks. There was oil flowing from the corners of his mouth, and he was mumbling curses.
"Where's the wine?! If you have meat but no wine, you're asking me to tear down your house!"
"Yes, yes." Li Erkui nodded and said, reaching for a wine bottle and unscrewing the cap.
"Glass bottle!" The second cabinet was thief, so he grabbed it, took two sips, and shouted, "Good wine!"
In the concierge at the entrance of the courtyard, Zhao Xin saw Chen Jishan coming in and asked with a smile: "Are they all drunk?"
"I'm drunk. I'm doing some punching during the drinking ceremony."
"Well, move..." Before Zhao Xin could say the word "hand", the courtyard door rang again. He had to signal Chen Jishan to see who it was.
As soon as the courtyard door opened, Chen Jishan was stunned for a moment, and then he frowned. He had seen these people outside Zhuangzi yesterday. They were all members of the Yuan Sect.
Zhao Xin, who was in the room, only heard someone outside say: "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord! This benefactor, a poor Taoist named Sun, passed by your land and specifically asked to see the owner of this village."
Chen Jishan said: "I'm sorry! My master didn't..." Before he could finish his words, he heard the concierge's curtain ringing softly, and when he looked back, Zhao Xin came out.
The man who claimed to be surnamed Sun was startled by Zhao Xin's figure, but seeing the man's unusual clothes, he knew he was definitely not a servant. So he put his foot against the courtyard door, bowed his head and said, "This noble man, we have come here specially to ask to see the owner of our village."
"Oh? Is there something wrong? I can convey it to you."
"I passed by this place the day before yesterday and saw that there seemed to be dark clouds over your house. I counted with my fingers and realized that there was going to be a big disaster!"
"What trouble?"
"Well, I need Pindao to take his apprentice into the mansion to check. Maybe he can find out the whole story and then help the owner of your mansion solve the problem."
OK! Very good at acting!
Zhao Xin looked at the few people at the door with a playful look, thinking that it would be better to rush alone, but it would be better if a group came. So he said calmly: "Then come in. There are only a dozen guests drinking in the flower hall. Do you mind if the Taoist priest goes to sit there?"
"I don't mind, I don't mind." The guy named Sun had a calm expression on his face, but his greedy eyes betrayed him.
After these five or six people entered the courtyard, the last person who came in was a pretty woman carrying a little girl.
"Why are there still women and children?"
The Taoist surnamed Sun clasped his hands and said, "This is a mother and daughter who were entertained by a performer on the poor road. Seeing that they were born in poor circumstances, I took them in as registered disciples."
Zhao Xin chuckled and thought to himself, you, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, are quite good at playing!
