"It's the Tiger Flag again." Butler Fan said with an ugly face, "Every time everything happens is related to the Tiger Flag. Master, I will take people to Zhuangzi outside the city, pick out a few troublemakers, and directly Kill them to see who dares not to hand over the food."
He couldn't afford to offend the Tiger Flag, but he was not afraid of the tenants in Zhuangzi.
Fan Yongdou nodded slightly and said: "That's fine, I'll leave this matter to you. Remember to bring more people there, and the food must be collected one by one."
"Young man understands." Butler Fan bowed towards Fan Yongdou and hugged his fist.
Fan Yongdou picked up the tureen and put it to his mouth and took a sip.
A few tenants were causing trouble, but it wasn't a big deal to him. He could just send some more thugs to solve it.
"Okay, stand up and follow me!" Butler Fan said to Li Xin who was kneeling on the ground.
Li Xin got up from the ground, bowed and followed Butler Fan, and left the study.
When they came outside, Butler Fan called a servant in the courtyard and ordered: "Go to Xikuoyuan, call Feng Tou and his people, and tell them that I will take them to Zhuangzi outside the city to handle business. "
Li Xin, who was standing aside, suddenly said: "There are many tenants making trouble in Zhuangzi this time, and they all have tools for working. Otherwise, the head of the village will not send villains to the city for help. It is better for the big housekeeper to bring more." When people go there, they can protect the safety of the chief steward and scare the tenants who are making trouble."
"Are there many tenants making trouble?" Butler Fan frowned.
Li Xin nodded like a chicken pecking rice and said: "Almost all the tenants in Zhuangzi have a share. There are too few people going, and the villain is afraid that he will not be able to suppress them."
"Well, according to what you said, there really shouldn't be too few people brought to Zhuangzi." Butler Fan stroked the beard on his chin, and then said to the servants on the side, "Go to Xikuoyuan and call the people inside and ask them to All go and wait for me outside the mansion."
"Yes." The servant agreed, turned and left.
The people living in the Xikua Courtyard were all the thugs that Fan Yongdou kept at home. They usually used them to look after the home and take care of the home, while also doing some shady things.
Not all of these thugs were from good backgrounds, and many of them were wanted by the court. Only because they had the protection of the Fan family, and because few of the wanted thugs were locals, they remained safe.
Not long after, there were thirty or forty sturdy men outside the Fan family's house, holding weapons in their hands and looking fierce.
As the chief steward of the Fan family, Butler Fan has a higher status than many of the descendants of the Fan family, and is considered a big shot in the Fan family.
As soon as he came out of the mansion, a man waiting outside the door immediately greeted him. The man said: "Butler, everyone is here. When should we set off?"
Butler Fan stood on the stone steps in front of the mansion and glanced around at the thugs who were raised by the Fan family in the West Cross Courtyard. Finally, he looked at the man who was talking to him and said: "There are tenants in the village outside the city making trouble. This time I have to ask Mr. Feng to follow me out of the city and deal with the tenants who are causing trouble."
"No problem, brothers, my bones are itching now, so it's time to move around." The man named Feng Tou patted his chest.
"Then let's hit the road!" Butler Fan raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation.
Feng Tou took a step back, looked over, raised his hand, and said: "Butler, please mount your horse."
There was already a servant waiting outside the door of Fan's house with a horse. Butler Fan walked over, stepped on the horse-mounting stone and got on the horse's back, holding tightly to the saddle with both hands.
The Fan family has been dealing with the Mongols for several generations, and there is no shortage of horses for transportation.
After Butler Fan got on the horse, Feng Tou also walked up to a Mongolian horse, stepped on the stirrup, turned over and sat on the horse. 1800 Literature
"Butler, I'll hold the horse for you." Li Xin walked to the head of the horse under Butler Fan and took the reins from the servant of the Fan family.
"Let's go." Butler Fan raised his hand and made a forward gesture.
Li Xin led the horse forward. On the other side, Feng Tou rode a horse and walked side by side with Butler Fan, and the Fan family's thugs followed behind on foot.
Although the Fan family was suppressed in Taiyuan, Xuanfu and other places, and their business could not continue, the Fan family was still the leading wealthy family in Zhangjiakou.
Butler Fan led the Fan family's thugs to the city gate. The people in front of the city gate stepped aside one after another, not daring to fight for the way with the Fan family, and let the Fan family go through first.
The soldiers guarding the city gate knew Butler Fan and knew that these were members of the Fan family. They did not dare to make things difficult for them like ordinary people. Instead, in order to curry favor with the Fan family, many soldiers personally helped drive away the people who failed to escape in time, allowing the Fan family to The people left the city successfully.
Zhuangzi, where Li Xin took Butler Fan, was more than ten miles outside the city.
After leaving the city, we rushed all the way to Zhuangzi outside the city.
Li Xin, who was leading the horse, said as he walked: "Butler, why don't you also advise me to get a waterwheel for our village? I heard that with the waterwheel, the harvest per acre is better than when the weather is good." I need to collect a few more buckets.”
"You, a servant, mind your own business. You can discuss this kind of thing casually." Butler Fan scolded him with an ugly expression.
He knows very well what the situation of the Fan family is now. In the past, not to mention one waterwheel, even ten waterwheels would not be a problem. But now the Fan family needs money everywhere, and it is impossible to give it to Zhuangzi outside the city. Get a water tanker.
Butler Fan brought dozens of people, who were also the largest group of pedestrians on the road. When other pedestrians saw him, they all gave way.
Halfway through the road, Li Xin, who was leading the horse, suddenly squeezed his brows together and walked with his legs pinched together, making his body seem to be half shorter.
Butler Fan on horseback noticed it and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"I suddenly feel uncomfortable in my stomach. It may be due to the bad food I had in the morning." Li Xin said with a wrinkled face.
"You're such a lazy ass, can you hold on a little longer? We'll take care of it when we get to Zhuangzi." Butler Fan cursed with dissatisfaction, not wanting to have the entire team stop just for him.
Li Xin loosened the reins at this moment, arched his body, covered his stomach with one hand and said: "No, no, I can't bear it anymore. The big housekeeper might as well go on his way first, and then go after the villain is finished." Chasing the butler.”
Butler Fan covered his nose with his hands and said with a look of disgust: "Go quickly, hurry up and catch up after finishing the matter."
"I thank the steward." Li Xin gave a perfunctory salute, then covered his stomach with one hand and blocked his butt with the other, and ran towards the wild field by the roadside.
His strange actions caused laughter from many Fan family thugs around him.
Butler Fan took his hand away from his nose and shouted behind him: "Come here and help me lead the horse."
"You go over and lead the housekeeper's horse." Feng Tou pointed to the people following him.
The person who was pointed out stepped forward and held the horse for Butler Fan instead of Li Xin.
"Let's continue on our way. He'll catch up after he's done with it later." Butler Fan ordered the person leading the horse.
The group continued moving forward.
Not long after they left, Li Xin pushed aside the weeds in front of him and looked in the direction where Butler Fan and others were going. After making sure that he would not be noticed, he stood up with his pants up.
