The carriage moved slowly on the road.
The atmosphere inside the car was very solemn.
Everything in the world is for profit, and every day is for profit.
The three people seemed to have a close relationship, but that was because they came together because of the grain. Faced with the pressure from the government and the Kong family, they naturally came together.
Now that the three of them are free from external pressure, they each have their own little plans.
The man surnamed Zhang glanced at the other party and said, "Since the government has joined forces with the Kong family to force us to pay money, do you think they will let us go if we don't take out the money?"
"How dare they detain us in the Yamen!" the rich man said with disdain.
He didn't believe that the people in the yamen were so bold as to detain him.
The man surnamed Zhang said: "Seizure is nothing. If it were me, I would just confiscate our homes and get much more than these two or three thousand taels of silver."
"They dare to think that there is no one in my Wang family." The rich man had a fierce look on his face when he heard the man named Zhang's words.
The man surnamed Zhang said with contempt on his face: "Now that Ziyang City is closed, if your Wang family dies at this time, who will avenge you? Even the backstage of your Wang family will not offend a place for some dead people." Prefect."
The rich man's face darkened.
The words didn't sound right, but he knew what the other person said was true.
As long as the Wang family is here, the Wang family's backstage will support the Wang family, but if the Wang family is gone, the Wang family's backstage will naturally choose other families. As for the Wang family's life and death, they don't care.
The backstage of the Wang family and the Wang family are inherently aligned with interests. One side protects the Wang family, while the Wang family provides benefits to the other party.
Once the Wang family is destroyed, it will no longer be able to provide benefits to the other party, and naturally there will be no possibility for the other party to help the Wang family.
For so many years, the Wang family has wanted to cultivate an official of their own. Unfortunately, after so many years, it has never been possible and they can only rely on outsiders.
"The situation of your Li family is similar to that of the Wang family!" The man surnamed Zhang looked at the fat middle-aged man again.
The fat middle-aged man opened his mouth and finally let out a sigh.
Their family is indeed in almost the same situation as the Wang family, they both rely on outsiders.
The man surnamed Zhang continued: "Why do you think the government puts our three families on the main table? Isn't it because we don't have a solid backing and are easier to bully."
As the words fell, the carriage became quiet.
Looking back now, it is true that although the three of them are well-known figures in Ziyang City, their background background is inferior to those of those who have family members who are officials.
"You mean the prefect did this on purpose?" The fat middle-aged man looked at the man named Zhang.
The man surnamed Zhang nodded slightly and said immediately: "This is why I want you to agree to the prefect's request, let alone give 2,500 taels to the Yamen, even if it is 3,000 taels like Kong, I will I would agree, after all, if the money is gone, you can still make it again, but if your life is gone, then you really have nothing."
"That's too much!" The rich man slapped his palm heavily on the wall of the carriage.
Seeing that the two people had understood, the man named Zhang said: "Okay, let's go back and prepare the money to send it to the Yamen as soon as possible. Times like this are very unfavorable for us, so we must not offend the Yamen during this period. If necessary, we will Follow this prefect as much as possible."
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The two people traveling in the same car nodded solemnly. At this time, they both realized that their family was in crisis.
"If I had known this would be the case, I might as well have taken refuge in the tiger thief." The rich man said bitterly.
The fat middle-aged man sitting next to him glanced at him and said, "Don't be angry. If the tiger thieves come, the family's land will be divided. You are willing to give it to those mud-legged people!"
"I'm just saying casually, I can't really surrender to a thief." The rich man laughed.
If it weren't for Tiger Character Banner's land distribution everywhere he went, he would really have wanted to join Tiger Character Flag. Unfortunately, he was in the grain business and didn't have enough land at home.
It was all accumulated over the years, and he couldn't bear to take advantage of those mud-legged people who could only farm the land for his Wang family.
The money from one family after another was taken back to the yamen, and the money from the three grain merchants even took the initiative to send their servants to the yamen.
"I have arranged for people to prepare the money from Duke Yan Sheng. I don't know whether Mr. Kong will take it away by himself or I will send someone to send it to the house in the city." The prefect of Yanzhou said to Kong Yinjing.
Kong Yinjing thought for a while and said, "I won't bother the government. When I go back later, I will take you away directly in a carriage."
"That's fine, but it's difficult to transport this batch of silver out from the front door. It's best to have the carriage wait at the side door, and the money can be loaded onto the carriage directly from the side door." The prefect of Yanzhou said.
Kong Yinjing bowed and said, "Everything depends on the arrangement of the government."
Just when money was being distributed in Ziyang City, a vanguard cavalry team from the Tiger Flag appeared in a village three outside Ziyang City.
"Dismount and rest in this village tonight." The cavalry captain leading the team told them.
"Yes." A cavalryman ran to deliver the order.
There was no one left in the village. Almost as soon as the news of the Tiger Character Banner's invasion of Ziyang City came out, all the people in the village who could walk left, and those who couldn't fled to the nearby mountains and forests to hide.
The cavalry camp was set up at the entrance of the village.
There are empty houses all around, and there is no shortage of places to sleep. Moreover, when you are marching outside, you don't have so many worries. There will be many people sleeping in one house.
A cavalry team of more than a hundred people could not occupy more than a few houses.
Except for those on sentry duty, most of the cavalry were tending to their horses, and a small number were preparing dinner.
"Captain, let me do it. You can rest!" A cavalryman took the initiative to take care of the cavalry captain's horse.
The cavalry captain who was combing the horse's hair with a brush said with a smile: "I have to take care of my horse by myself. Only when we go to the battlefield can we become one and cooperate with each other. You kid, you must remember that the horse is the second life of our cavalry. Only by taking care of it yourself and treating it as a family member will it be able to connect with you and cooperate with you when you go to the battlefield. It may even save your life at a critical moment."
"Hehe, I listen to the captain." The cavalryman smiled honestly, picked up the brush and brushed the hair of his horse vigorously.
Packing up the war horses is a hard task, but for the cavalry, the war horses are their own lives, and no one will find it hard to live their own lives.
After tidying up the war horses, they put on the fodder mixed with beans, and then went back to prepare for the meal.
The cavalry captain sat in front of an iron pot where porridge was cooked. He took out his rice bowl, took out a spoonful of hot porridge from the pot with a wooden spoon, poured it into a bowl, lifted the bowl and blew on it. .
"Eat quickly, and rest early in the evening." The cavalry captain greeted, then picked up a piece of dry biscuit, broke it into pieces and soaked it in the porridge.
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