Time passes little by little. Although the sun was setting in the west at this time, the heat wave was still coming, making people feel extremely hot, and sweat was pouring from the forehead and back.
Li Dagou was lying on the ground and was still wailing. Although his family was anxious, they did not dare to take Li Dagou home for treatment when they saw the flashing sword light and the Black Panther walking back and forth.
Fortunately, there were two people covering his wounds, and his blood was no longer flowing like water. It is estimated that pressing it a little longer can stop the bleeding for a while, but not applying medicine is not the solution after all.
The people who were slumped on the ground also helped the old man who was covering his face to get up, and stayed away from the black panther. There was no one around Black Panther at this time, and the small grain drying field made room for him.
Looking at the big dog Li on the ground, Zhang Rui seemed to be able to see what Gou Mao looked like when he died, and he could also feel the resentment and hatred in Zhang Liu's memory.
"The bandits in Zhilian Mountain... maybe there is the murderer of Gou Mao here." Zhang Rui thought to himself.
At this time, he looked back at Li Si, and saw that Li Si was holding Agou's hand tightly, then lowered his head, gritted his teeth and closed his mouth. The fourth aunt was also hugging the little sister tightly, covering her head to prevent her from letting go. She looks like this.
After a cup of tea, the man who had been asked to inform the housekeeper of the Li Mansion was followed by a middle-aged man with a smooth face, a beard at the corner of his mouth, and a neatly dressed man with a melon skin hat.
According to Zhang Liu's memory, this should be Li Hun, the steward of the Li Mansion. Zhang Rui's first impression of Li Huan was that he was cunning and cunning, and he looked exactly like the bad guy on TV.
Li Hun was followed by two people who looked like servants and thugs, highlighting his identity. Seeing Li Hun arriving, some servants belonging to the Li Mansion were a little commotion.
"Steward Li, I'm really sorry to excuse you. I should have visited you in person, but I'm afraid that my newbie brothers won't be able to control these idiots, so I can only ask you to come over and discuss something." Black Panther walked over and said to Steward Li naturally.
"Easy to say, easy to say. Mr. Lei is too polite. I don't know why Mr. Lei called Li over." Li Hun raised his hand and saluted.
"There's nothing special. It's not that the weather is bad. The brothers in the brothers' village want to eat and drink. So I came down and asked these mud-legged people for some food and drink. After the brothers have eaten and drank enough, I can protect them from being bullied by outsiders, right? ." Black Panther paused and swallowed. continued
"It turned out that these mud-legged people were completely ungrateful. They even cried to my brother that the weather was bad and there was no food. My brother is not unkind, so I was wondering if I could let them borrow the money from your Li family first, and then wait until they have more food. I’ll return the money and food to your Li Mansion.”
After listening to Black Panther's words, Li Hun couldn't help but admire him in his heart. He thought that I, Li Hun, was a shameless person, but this Black Panther could talk about robbery in such a high-sounding way. I had never heard of it before.
00 Sure enough, there are people outside the world, and it seems that there is still a lot for me to learn on the shameless road.
"What Mr. Lei said is very embarrassing for me! You must know that the money and food belong to Mr. Li, and I can't make the decision in many cases. Moreover, now is the time when the economy is in recession, and the price of rice outside is only two or two and a half yuan per stone. By the time they harvest, the price of grain has returned to eight cents per stone. It’s not worth it for me to go out nine times a day and come back thirteen times!” Li Hun said, stroking his beard on his right hand.
"It's simple. Butler Li only needs to exchange silver taels for them. You can calculate it based on the current silver taels of two taels and five cents per stone. Two stones per household is five taels of silver. When the time comes, you can calculate back according to the rules of nine outings and thirteen returns. Grain is enough, so you won’t suffer any loss." After hearing what Li Hun said, Black Panther said with an indifferent expression.
"It's not impossible to say this. I'm afraid that after I give you the money, they won't acknowledge it as soon as you leave." Li Hun continued.
"They dare. If anyone dares not to make me feel better, I will kill him immediately." As he spoke, Black Panther looked around at the people around him. Everyone who saw him lowered their heads and did not dare to look into his eyes.
"Steward Li, just write an IOU to them. When the time comes and you have the IOU in hand, let's see who dares not to repay you the money and food. I'll see who dares not to sign, and I'll chop his mother in half with a knife."
"Since Mr. Lei has said so, it would be unwise for Mr. Li to shirk it any more. However, Mr. Li has one more request here, and please ask Mr. Lei to save his face."
"It's easy to say. If Butler Li has anything to say, just say it!"
"It's like this. There are ten households here that are servants of my Li family. Please ask Mr. Lei to spare them some food. Otherwise, Mr. Li will have to scold Mr. Li when he goes back to the mansion."
"Sure, for the sake of your brother Li, each of these ten households will pay one stone." Hearing Black Panther's words, the ten households suddenly felt a little moved. They felt that Butler Li was usually not very good, but this time he was so generous. Well done. I am very glad that I am a servant of the Li family, which makes them feel as if they have found the backbone of their leadership. But other people dare to be angry but dare not speak.
"Then Li thanked Mr. Lei for this." Li Hun bowed to Black Panther, then called the thug next to him and whispered a few words in his ear. The thugs bowed to Li Hun and then retreated to Li's house.
"Please wait a moment, Mr. Lei. Mr. Li has sent someone to get the silver coins and prepare a banquet for you all."
After hearing Li Hun's words, Black Panther couldn't help but feel elated after achieving his goal. I thought to myself that this Li Hun is pretty good. He is a person from the mansion. He is good at talking and doing things. When I make enough money, I will build a mansion and have a butler like this come out and enjoy it.
"Steward Li is so polite, I...oh, no, we are here. Thank you so much, Steward Li."
Seeing the two people muttering, Zhang Rui did some calculations in his mind: They calculated that one stone and two liang per household now cost five liang. According to what they said - after nine departures and thirteen returns, you will have to pay back nearly eighty taels of silver. The crops in the fields will be harvested in more than half a month. The weather is dry this year, and the grain production will definitely be reduced significantly. The price of grain should be higher than the normal price.
However, according to the IOU, the millet will still be sold to him at eight cents per dan, which means that he will have to pay back ten dan of millet. It is estimated that he will also say that you can sell millet elsewhere to repay the silver. It seems to be the path you choose. However, country people rarely even see copper coins, and the only thing that can be sold is the silver coins. As for the millet produced in the fields, you might be able to pick up some wild products in the mountains. Otherwise, you would have to go to the county to sell your sons, daughters, and wives.
Moreover, the only people who can come here to collect grain from a non-grain-producing area are the Li family and the Huang family. The Huang family is not very interested in the business here and only collects farm rent from servant households. They rarely come to collect grain in large quantities, so most of the time the Li family is collecting grain. In other words, the villagers just gave them millet.
Five taels of silver can be exchanged for ten shi of millet in just over half a month. No matter how much you consume, you still have eight shi of rice grain. In two or three months, when the villagers run out of rice grain, they can resell it for at least two taels and five yen. Even more, in terms of two taels and five taels, it is still 20 taels, which is a good profit of fifteen taels.
Moreover, rice bran can also be mixed into rice and sold. No matter how evil they are, they can still make twenty taels. With such a huge profit, no one would believe that the Li family did not join in the robbery plan this time. They were the ones who really ruthlessly robbed the villagers.
The cleverness of their plan lies in their ability to distract the attention of the villagers and deliberately reduce the grain supply for some servants of the Li House. This reflects the capabilities of the Li House and reduces the possibility of unity in the whole village.
Let conflicts arise between the villagers and the bandits. The Li family is just doing good and good deeds appropriately, and will come out to rescue you bunch of mud-legged people at the right time to prevent you from being killed by the bandits.
Gradually, the villagers worked hard every day for free, and all they got out was the food to survive. This plan is really one set after another, so dark-hearted, no wonder their Li Mansion has grown so quickly.
Sure enough, things went as Zhang Rui expected. The thug ran back in less than a cup of tea, bringing with him some silver, a package of written IOUs, and tools for signing and signing.
"Mr. Lei's family has been waiting for a long time. Here is the silver tael that Mr. Lei's family should receive. Calculated at five taels per household, there are thirty-two households here, ten of which are from my Li family. I would like to thank Mr. Lei's family for the favor. , there are one hundred and sixty taels of silver here, of which twenty-five taels were invited by my family, Mr. Lei, to have a drink with Mr. Lei. I also asked Mr. Lei to take a look at it." Butler Li took the bag of silver taels raised by the thug and handed it to him. Said to Black Panther
Black Panther took the bag of silver ingots from Butler Li and weighed it in his hands. I opened it and looked at the silver ingots, which were ten in total, each weighing twenty taels. Said in a good mood
"It's easy to say. They say Butler Li is polite. Brother, I'll be here to help you watch these idiots sign and sign. See who dares to take advantage of your Li family. I'll help you chop him up."
"I would like to thank Mr. Lei in advance. I believe no one will dare to bully me, Li Mansion. However, the banquet will take a while. Please wait for me, Mr. Li, here for a while. Then we can come back without getting drunk. "
"Hahaha, that's easy to say. I also want to get drunk with Butler Li."
Butler Li and others signed and signed on the Eight Immortals table where Black Panther was standing before. Zhang Rui has thought about it, let's get through this first. If it doesn't work then I'll run away. It depends on how you find me. At this time, the bored Black Panther chatted with the two bandits not far away.
"Who the hell is Li Si?" Black Panther suddenly shouted
Li Hun, who was taking someone to sign and stamp, looked up when he heard the sound and continued his work without paying any attention. Other villagers who knew Li Si looked at Li Si subconsciously, wondering what happened.
Following the eyes of the villagers, Black Panther quickly found Li Si's family. I saw Black Panther walking over and giving Li Si a slap and a kick without any warning.
At that time, Li Si was holding Agou, and he didn't react until both of them fell to the ground. Agou was so frightened that he wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry. His eyes were red and he didn't know what was going on.
Although Zhang Rui was a little defensive when he saw Black Panther coming, he didn't expect it to be like this. At this time, Aunt Li, who was holding the little sister, quickly went to help Agou and Li Si who fell to the ground. The little sister was so frightened by the sudden incident that she cried.
"Shut up, I will stab you if you cry again." Black Panther said to the younger sister with a fierce look.
I don't know if the Black Panther killed too many people, but the little sister stopped crying, but her tears kept flowing.
Seeing such a scene, Zhang Rui immediately stopped in front of Li Si. Logically speaking, when faced with a powerful and murderous bandit, usually a mud-legged person in this era would not be able to help but kneel down and beg for mercy. However, Zhang Rui, who has traveled through time, has never been like this in his life. Most of them didn't have the habit of kneeling before others, so they just stood there.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I don't know why Li Si offended you, Your Majesty. We are here to apologize to you."
Black Panther didn't say anything but just slapped him in the face. Maybe he just received the money and was in a good mood so he didn't use the knife. Although Zhang Rui looked like he could dodge the slap, he didn't do it. He was stunned by the slap, and the force of the slap threw him three steps away.
"Damn it, you kid, do you want to die? If you dare to block your grandfather's way, I will stab you next time." After saying that, he ignored Zhang Rui and said to Li Si and Aunt Li on the ground: "Li Si, damn I heard that you went to the county to sue me last year???"
Li Si hasn't reacted yet, sue? In an instant he understood: they were bandits from the direct mountain, the murderers of his son. Although he had decided to accept his fate, he still felt a faint pain in his heart when he heard Black Panther's words.
"I don't dare, Your Majesty, I have already accepted my fate." Li Si pushed Aunt Li and Agou aside and knelt in front of Hepanzi and said. Zhang Rui looked very heartbroken.
"It's okay if you don't dare. To tell you the truth, I killed that bitch of yours. It was the first time I robbed something. He dared to hesitate. He really didn't know whether to live or die. Afterwards, I saw that the thing wasn't that good. Just lose it." Hearing Li Si accept his fate, Black Panther said with some pride.
After hearing what Black Panther said, Li Si couldn't hide his anger. He raised his head and glared at Black Panther who was showing off his power.
