As Zhao Ping thought, Xu Tianhua took Qi Liang to see the county governor Peng Yue.
After hearing Qi Liang's statement, Peng Yue was so angry that he cursed his mother.
I wish I could behead Huang Fengnian right now.
But he thought further than Xu Tianhua.
If the bandits dared to increase the security fee in such a big way without the permission of the county magistrate, he would not believe it at all.
Once Huang Fengnian is disturbed at this time, the bandits will definitely know the news in advance and flee in all directions.
It will be difficult to bring them together to exterminate them.
But it also takes time to recruit soldiers, and to collect food and grass, which takes ten and a half months anyway.
"That's too long."
Xu Tianhua was impatient: "Wait ten days and a half, the bandits have already collected the resettlement fee."
"The people have no food in their hands, how can they survive?"
"Isn't this forcing them to rebel?"
"Peng Yue, this banditry occurred within your jurisdiction. I don't care what method you use. Now, immediately, you must raise 200 officers and soldiers for me."
"I'll take them to suppress the bandits."
"Otherwise, I will give your Majesty a copy when I return to Beijing."
"Condemn you for inaction."
Peng Yue was also very angry.
After all, he is also a dignified fourth-rank official. In Donghai County, he is a feudal official.
Now he was threatened by a seventh-grade county magistrate, and the key point was that he couldn't refute it.
Who makes people be the famous people around the emperor?
Peng Yue could only swallow his anger and said angrily: "We don't have two hundred officers and soldiers, but I have fifty guards in the county governor's mansion. I can borrow them from you for the time being."
"Where's the food and grass?"
Xu Tianhua chased, "I haven't taken up my post yet, so I can only provide it for you."
"In addition, we also provided food and grass for the soldiers in Yun'an County."
"How many soldiers are there in total?"
Xu Tianhua turned around and asked Qi Liang.
"Five hundred."
Qi Liang said.
"Asshole!"
Peng Yue glared and scolded: "The troops in your hands have been drained by the county government. It would be good to have a hundred people left."
"In this way, I will raise food and grass overnight, enough to feed two hundred of you for half a month."
"Tomorrow morning you will take people to Yun'an County to suppress the bandits."
"I'll rest at the Sheriff's Mansion tonight."
After saying this, Peng Yue went to work.
The officers and soldiers are easy to recruit and are the guards of the county governor's mansion. When he gives the order, those people will follow Xu Tianhua to suppress the bandits.
But it’s hard to raise food and grass.
The food in the county town is controlled by the county magistrate, who is an old-fashioned old man.
We have just allocated food rations for 1,500 people to the county officials in Yun'an County, and now we have to transfer them again, which may be a bit difficult.
But no matter how difficult it was, Peng Yue could only bite the bullet and do it at this time.
If he doesn't help Xu Tianhua suppress the bandits, let alone move his place, he may not be able to keep his black gauze hat.
Of course, Peng Yue also has his own considerations.
If the suppression of the bandits is successful, he will have achieved another great achievement.
Coupled with Yun'an County's contribution to conquering the plague, there might be hope of entering Kyoto and becoming a capital official.
There had been banditry in the past, but Peng Yue knew that those bandits were basically related to the local magistrates, and it was not easy for him to suppress the bandits with troops.
But now there is a variable like Zhao Ping in Yun'an County.
Not only did he conquer the plague, he also founded many factories and wrote good articles.
Future achievements are absolutely limitless.
Coupled with the support of Xu Tianhua, a famous figure around the emperor, he might really be able to solve the problem of the Donghai County officials and bandit family.
…
In the Tian family, Tian Zhen finally waited for his father Tian Fuhai.
However, he was helped back by housekeeper Zhou An.
He was drunk again.
"Dad, why do you drink so much again?"
Tian Zhen said with a look of disgust.
"What's wrong with drinking?"
Tian Fuhai scolded: "If you don't drink, how can you get business?"
"I'm telling you, Tian Zhen, dad drinks so much alcohol even though he is hurting his health, all for the sake of saving your family fortune. You have to think about dad's goodness."
"Go, get a basin of water for Dad's feet and come here to wash Dad's feet."
"Why wash your feet?"
Tian Zhen said angrily: "Do you know that our family is about to die?"
Hearing this, Tian Fuhai was half awake, grabbed Tian Zhen's collar, and asked coldly: "What's almost over?"
"Speak clearly."
"Dad, Xiaorou and Mr. Zhao are a good match, but you let my cousin take her away and marry her to the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, which offended Mr. Zhao."
"Not only does he no longer provide us with acacia wine, he also refuses to let us produce masks, saying that they are his patent or something."
"Once you give birth privately, you have to pay a certain fee."
"Dad, our family has taken over the old cloth business and needs hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to expand the textile workshop. Only acacia wine can help us earn enough money in a short time."
"Now that Mr. Zhao no longer provides us with acacia wine, what should our family do?"
"Dad, why don't you write a letter now and ask my cousin to send my sister back and betroth her to Mr. Zhao?"
"fart!"
Tian Fuhai threw Tian Zhen away.
"Zhao Ping is just a commoner. Can he threaten your father and me?"
"You don't have to worry about Xiaorou's affairs. With your cousin here, she won't be wronged."
"Just study your mask with peace of mind. If Zhao Ping says we won't do it, we won't do it. At worst, we won't do the same thing."
"You make the middle layer of cloth thicker, and don't tie the two sides with hemp rope. Replace it with beef tendon, and raise the cost. We will sell it exclusively to the rich and powerful in the capital, so you don't have to worry about making money."
"Go to work quickly, your father and I need to rest."
Tian Zhen wanted to explain the stakes to his father, but seeing that his father was too drunk to speak fluently, he had no choice but to leave, planning to discuss the matter another day.
Tian Fuhai looked at his retreating back, completely sober from the wine.
But he didn't take Tian Zhen's words to heart.
Even quite disdainful.
Don’t you sell acacia wine to yourself?
Does Zhao Ping have the final say?
Those people have decided to take action against him. I believe that it won't be long before Zhao Ping's family will be ruined.
When the time comes, all I want is lovesickness wine, what can Zhao Ping do to me?
Zhao Ping didn't know all this. He poured the Mongolian sweat medicine into the wine and started to invite everyone to eat and drink.
Because the bandits will be suppressed tomorrow, Zhao Ping asked everyone to drink.
It's a great achievement, I wish you success.
Then you can't drink from a small wine cup. Instead, drink from a bowl. Each person got half a bowl.
Even Zhao Xiaoxiao was clamoring to drink.
It's a pity that she is too young. If she drinks liquor now, it will be more irritating to the brain, so she was sternly rejected by Zhao Ping.
The little girl pouted angrily.
Her pink cheeks were bulging, like an inflated rubber ball.
It made everyone burst into laughter.
The depressing atmosphere has also been relieved.
When they were almost done eating, Zhao Pingcai held up the bowl and invited everyone to drink.
But after a few mouthfuls, everyone suddenly felt dizzy and wanted to sleep.
Wenhui has a good understanding of Zhao Pingzhen in the field of wine making.
The first person raised doubts, "Ms. sir, what's going on?"
"I feel like today's wine is as strong as usual, but why do I feel dizzy after just a few sips?"
"Did you change the formula again?"
"No."
Zhao Ping said: "Maybe you have been too busy these two days and you are a little sleepy."
"oh."
Wen Hui nodded in disbelief.
Others were puzzled.
Wenhui was busy harvesting grain, so it was normal for her to feel sleepy.
But we don’t?
Like Yunman and the others, just maintaining order is easier than their usual training. Shouldn't they be sleepy?
But why do I still feel dizzy?
Poof!
But before they could figure it out, someone fell down.
Then everyone fell down one after another as if they were infected.
"My mother and aunt and others..."
Zhao Xiaoxiao didn't even finish his words when he realized something.
He grabbed the stool next to him and threw it at Zhao Ping, while shouting: "Zhao Ping, you are nothing. You poisoned my mother and my aunt. I will fight you."
Zhao Ping was completely unprepared for this and was hit hard.
Fortunately, the little girl is not very strong and has no fractures, but she is still in great pain.
Zhao Ping grinned and said bitterly: "Xiaoxiao, where are you thinking? They are just drunk, I did not poison them."
"Do you dare to swear to God?"
Zhao Xiaoxiao held the stool and stared at Zhao Ping and asked.
"I……"
Although Zhao Ping was not superstitious, he swore before leaving for the expedition that it was definitely not a good sign if it was his own fault, so Zhao Ping did not dare to say anything.
"snort!"
Zhao Xiaoxiao snorted coldly, "I thought you had gotten better, but I didn't expect you to still be the same thing that can't be held up by mud. It's so disappointing to Xiaoxiao."
"Since my mother has been poisoned by you, Xiaoxiao is no longer alive."
"Mom, Xiaoxiao is here to accompany you."
As he said that, Zhao Xiaoxiao hit his head with a stool.
"Xiaoxiao, don't."
Zhao Ping hurriedly grabbed the stool from her hand and explained eagerly, "I did poison her, but I just took the sweat medicine. It will be fine after a sleep."
"I plan to suppress the bandits, but your mother must follow me."
"It's too dangerous there. I can't let her be in danger, so I took this step."
"I do not believe."
Zhao Xiaoxiao couldn't believe what Zhao Ping said, "Unless you wake them up now, otherwise, I will commit suicide."
"I……"
Zhao Ping wanted to cry but had no tears.
I didn't expect that one day I would be taken advantage of by a child.
