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The wooden door at the entrance of the courtyard was knocked open by a young man's hand.
Not long after, I heard footsteps coming from the yard.
The young man took two steps back and stepped to the outside of the door, waiting for the person inside to open the door.
"Who is it?"
Following a question, the wooden door of the courtyard was opened, and a woman walked out and stood in front of the courtyard door.
"I've met Mrs. Liu." The young man outside the door took the lead in saluting.
Mrs. Liu, who was standing at the door, looked at the young man outside and asked hesitantly: "Are you..."
"My surname is Yang. I am an old acquaintance of Mr. Liu, so I came here to visit you." Yang Yuan said with a smile.
"That's it!" Mrs. Liu glanced at the wine jar in Yang Yuan's hand and said immediately, "My master just came back from the Yamen and is having dinner at the moment."
Yang Yuan raised the wine jar in his hand and said with a smile: "Then I came at the right time and brought the sorghum wine from the Tiger Character Flag."
"Please come in quickly." Mrs. Liu turned to one side, leaving room for people from outside to come in.
Yang Yuan walked in carrying the wine jar.
Mrs. Liu closed the courtyard door again and then took Yang Yuan into the main room.
"Who is here?" As soon as they arrived at the outer room, Mr. Liu's voice came from the inner room.
Mrs. Liu answered: "It's a friend of yours named Yang who came to see you with a drink."
After the words fell, the curtain between the inner room and the outer room was opened. Yang Yuan walked in from the outer room and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, I brought you your favorite sorghum brew."
As he spoke, he walked to the table in the back room and placed the wine jar in his hand on the table.
"It's you..." Mr. Liu frowned.
Mrs. Liu, who followed into the house, didn't notice Mr. Liu's expression. She just thought that the two people really knew each other, so she said: "Mr. Yang, sit down while I go get you some bowls and chopsticks."
After saying that, she turned around and exited the back room.
Mr. Liu said nervously: "Why did you come to my home? Didn't you say you would give me some time to think about it?"
"Mr. Liu, you have been given two days to think about it." Yang Yuan said, "The new governor has arrived in the capital and will come to Datong soon. It won't be long before Xu Tong receives the news. There is not much time left. Mr. Liu."
At this moment, Mrs. Liu came in from outside carrying bowls and chopsticks, and said with a smile: "I only have some simple food at home. I hope Mr. Yang won't dislike it."
"Thank you, Mrs. Sister-in-law." Yang Yuan cupped his hands and said, "These are already very good."
Mrs. Liu put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hands and said, "Okay, you drink, and I'll prepare two more dishes for you."
"Sister-in-law, there is no need to be busy, these on the table are enough." Yang Yuan said.
"It's okay, it won't take long, you can drink." With that said, Mrs. Liu turned and walked towards the outhouse.
At this time, Mr. Liu said: "Mr. Yang and I have something to discuss. Go and keep an eye on the yard and don't let anyone in. If anyone from the government office comes to my house and asks about me, just tell them that I have never come back."
Hearing this, Mrs. Liu was stunned for a moment, took a serious look at Yang Yuan, and then said: "Okay, you guys talk, I'll go to the yard."
"Thank you, Madam Sister-in-law." Yang Yuan stood up and bowed to Madam Liu.
Mrs. Liu smiled and then left the back room and went to the yard.
Yang Yuan opened the mud seal on the wine jar and poured a bowl of wine into each of the two empty bowls on the table.
He pushed one of the bowls filled with wine towards Mr. Liu and said, "Actually, Madam-in-law, you don't need to go out. You can stay in the house and listen together. It's not a big deal."
"Anything involving your Tiger Flag is no small matter." Mr. Liu said with an ugly face.
Yang Yuan put down the wine jar, sat back on his seat, and said with a smile: "We at Tiger Character Banner do business in our own right, and my boss is also a businessman in his own right. It has always been Xu Tong who has deliberately made things difficult for us."
"If you are true to your duty, why would you come to my house uninvited today?" Mr. Liu said with a calm face.
Yang Yuan smiled and said: "Mr. Liu, don't get me wrong. I have no other intentions. As long as Mr. Liu tells me everything Xu Tong knows about the Tiger Flag, I will leave immediately and never disturb Mr. Liu again."
Mr. Liu stared at the wine bowl in front of him without saying anything.
Yang Yuan was not in a hurry, picked up the chopsticks on the table, picked up a piece of food from the plate, put it into his mouth and started eating. At the same time, he did not forget to pick up the wine bowl and take a sip.
Hiss... It seemed that the wine was spicy. He took a breath, put down the wine bowl in his hand, and hurriedly picked up another chopstick to drown out the alcohol.
"Your boss Liu is not a businessman who does his job. A serious businessman would not make cannons privately." Mr. Liu suddenly said.
Yang Yuan put down his chopsticks and said calmly: "That's a firecracker factory. Didn't Xu Tong send someone to check it? Mr. Liu should also know about it."
"Hmph!" Mr. Liu snorted coldly and said, "What about the refugees? Don't tell me that the refugees who keep coming to Lingqiu have nothing to do with your boss?"
"I don't know about this." Yang Yuan spread his hands and said, "My legs are on other people's bodies. No one can stop me from going where I want to go. Our tiger character flag can't stop the refugees from going to Lingqiu. What's more, my boss is kind-hearted and doesn't want to see others suffer. Even if he cuts down on food and clothing, he still wants to provide warm food to the people who are escaping from the disaster."
Mr. Liu said coldly: "Your boss Liu is just a white businessman, not a local official. He has taken in so many refugees for no reason. Do you want to gather a crowd to rebel?"
"The label of rebellion is too big. We cannot afford to wear the tiger flag." Yang Yuan shook his head.
Mr. Liu said: "But none of the things you did violated the taboos of the court. If Liu Heng was doing business as expected, how could the governor target you?"
After speaking, he glared at Yang Yuan fiercely.
Yang Yuan raised the corner of his mouth and said sarcastically: "In the past year, all the shops and businesses that have been closed down by the governor's Yamen for no reason are doing business as they should. In the end, none of them escaped Xu Tong's murderous hands."
"This..." Mr. Liu choked.
I know clearly in my heart that since Xu Tong took office as the governor of Datong, those Datong businesses with no background have been randomly inspected by the governor's yamen for various reasons, forcing some businessmen with no background to invest their property in big businesses with strength and background. Under the name of the company, some businessmen simply moved their families away from Datong.
In Datong, it has long been known to everyone that Xu Tong is ugly and ugly, which makes it impossible for him to deny it.
Yang Yuan saw Mr. Liu without saying a word, and continued: "The government does not care about these fleeing Liaodong people. These people can only starve to death and freeze to death on the streets. My boss takes them in to relieve the government's worries."
"You are sophistry." Mr. Liu shouted excitedly.
Tiger Character Banner kept taking in the fleeing Liaodong people. Although he didn't know what Liu Heng wanted to do, he could feel that this was definitely not a good thing for the government.
Yang Yuan sneered and said: "The government doesn't care. My boss wants to take control but refuses to let him go. Could it be that the government wants to force these fleeing Liaodong people to die?"
Mr. Liu felt that his chest was blocked by a ball of air, and he couldn't find the words to fight back.
He knew very well that the money and food for relief to the people in Liaodong had long been misappropriated, and now the money had fallen into the hands of Xu Tong and the officials below.
