Wang Li was standing in front of the window, looking at Liu Laozhu's back on the street, feeling a little worried. He was worried that Liu Laozhu would be implicated in causing trouble when he returned to the village and killed people. On his side...
well.
This trip to the county town will be tied up from now on.
He didn't have to take the words of the idiot magistrate seriously, but he must remember his cousin-in-law's advice.
Wang Laoba opened the door and came in: "Brother, why did you let that old guy go? First, let him kneel for three days and two nights to relieve his anger."
Wang Lizheng frowned and said: "Be smarter when doing things in the future. This is a county town, not a village. If you are arguing with a woman in the street, do you know what nonsense she will talk about? When you go out from now on, put away your village behavior. "
"Then the county seat is not ours to decide..."
"shut up.
Laoba, don’t blame your brother for not reminding you that today is no longer the same as before. From now on, after drinking, you should stop talking nonsense with your friends and you should be more careful in your words and deeds when you come to the county.
You know who has relatives in other cities in Fucheng, or even in the capital.
I don’t even have to think about it, if I was really that powerful, how could Songjiang in the county town fall into the hands of others. "
Wang Laoba wilted and said:
“But in Erdaohe Village, we shouldn’t be afraid.
You clean up those muddy legs, it's not like playing, let them die so that they don't know until the day they die.
Brother, I'm really angry. You're not at home and I don't know. That's so evil. If you think about it, you'd beat me away.
I think if Erdaohe Village is not suppressed this time and a few families are destroyed, it will be really easy to lose control. "
Wang Lizheng raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Liu Laozhu's side first.
"After you return to the village, you should also find out the situation of the families that Erdaohe took the lead in stirring up trouble."
"I can explain it right now. The leader is a woman named Hao Xianghua, and she has a granddaughter named Xu Tianxin..."
Wang Laoba feels that he will never forget Xu Tianxin in his life.
These burns on his body were all caused by Xu Tianxin. No matter how hard he rolled, he would get it right every time he threw it.
"I heard that she is thirteen. Although she is a bit ugly, I have to give her a bud before..."
"It seems that what I just said to you was taken as fart!"
This time Wang Lao Ba was really a little scared.
Because his brother has been imitating that gentleman's behavior in recent years, and he doesn't know if he has imitated him, but it's true that he hasn't cursed in a long time.
I finally understood that my cousin had concerns and would not clean up Erdaohe Village like he imagined before he came.
"I understand, brother, I will do whatever you tell me to do."
Wang Li was looking out the window, thinking: "It can't be just a mother-in-law."
In Wang Lizheng's view, it was nothing more than a cover-up. How could a woman command a village of strong laborers?
He would rather believe that it was a trap set up by Liu Laozhu before leaving, than that a woman could cause such a stir.
"Choose more families, especially those with more strength and labor. What do they care about, what are they doing, and where are the children at home?"
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At the same time, what Wang Lizheng didn't know was that Liu Laozhu left the main street angrily, looked back to make sure Wang Lizheng couldn't see his back, and then slowed down.
Liu Laozhu's expression was in a daze. He felt that he needed to be alone for a while.
Is our village setting fire to Wangjiagou?
You even lowered your fishing net. You had the guts to fight for the river with your opponent, and you even won. Is that what you said? More than a hundred people were injured.
Is this something their village can do? Wangjiagou has 400 more people than their village.
More than four hundred.
But the strange thing is that even if it is fake, just imagining it can relieve my anger.
Wait, how could it be false? Wang Lizheng said this himself. Look at that bastard being bandaged like that...
Liu Laozhu blinked hard before he came back to his senses and cursed himself in his heart:
Wow, you're still trying to relieve your anger, but you're looking for trouble for him!
Why can't we just build the dam honestly? He has only been away for a few days.
Do you know that this river cannot be touched?
Because at present, as far as he knew the situation, and this information was learned by chance, he did not dare to tell Wang Lizheng that he knew. Wang Lizheng had secretly paid the fishermen's tax to all the families in Erdaohe Village.
That's why they dominate the river and prevent their villagers from fishing.
But there's something wrong, it's not like he's out of his mind. He's secretly helping the 114 outdoor villagers to pay, so he must have some agenda.
When it comes to fish, Liu Laozhu always felt that Wang Lizheng really didn't take fish too seriously. Especially when the water rose this year and there were many fish, he even felt that too many fish became a burden to Wang Lizheng.
Why did he say this? Because his eldest brother and others opened an inn on Fucheng Road, and some people returning to Fucheng would buy some fish to take away. He went to Wang Lizheng to discuss whether he could sell his eldest brother at a low price. Wang Lizheng fully agreed and said that if he wanted fish in the future, he would buy it. Come.
Anyway, I had an intuition that too many fish had become Wang Lizheng’s burden.
But if you are not a fisherman, you have paid the fishermen tax in their village and occupied the quota. How can you still be a fisherman?
Yuyan, I heard that the imperial court deliberately subsidized their lives in these remote cities, where they only had two or three cents a pound. After all, the salt can't be used for cooking directly and it can't be sold privately. Besides, selling it privately is only three cents, so that's no big deal.
This was also the reason why he had been thinking about it for several years and couldn't figure it out. He didn't know what he was trying to do.
He once even suspected that there were tombs or sunken ships with treasures under the river. A few years ago, he almost drowned when he dived under the river, but there was no such thing. Moreover, according to his observation, the location of the net was not fixed at all.
But no matter why, he knew that Wang Lizheng took Na Jiang very seriously, just like the ancestors of the Wang family. Jiang ordered that he should not touch it. There must be a big and shady secret inside, and if he knew about it, he would lose his head.
Liu Laozhu was spinning around in circles, but it wouldn't work. What if Wang Laoba spread nonsense and deceived both him and Wang Lizheng.
Yes, Brother's fishing boat must be back. Let's ask the boatmen about the situation first.
Liu Laozhu raised his eyes and was about to see where he was going when someone not far away waved to him and said, "Brother Liu? Here, here, here."
Li Zheng from the Lei family nest said a little embarrassedly: "I was really just making up the numbers just now. Please explain to your siblings later."
During normal gatherings, Lei Lizheng and Liu Laozhu have the best relationship. Because they are ancestors, even if they have been the chief for several lifetimes, they would like to plunder hundreds of years of family wealth. How can he and Liu Laozhu compare with each other? Liu Li was sitting together.
Liu Laozhu smiled dryly: "I understand, it's all for the sake of the children."
In the year of the conscription, he and Lei Lizheng officially entered Wang Lizheng's circle together. Isn’t there a reason for this?
I heard that Lao Lei was poorer than his family.
And in recent years, I have been the last to pay taxes and grains every year, and I have been scolded by officials every year.
Lao Lei once told him while drunk and crying that the only thing he could do to the villagers was to collect less grain tax, and he would be scolded. Even so, he can't help the villagers, because Wang Li is interested in the mountains of Leijiawo. Lei's home is located at the edge of the town, and there are no other villages around except this one. Since they became interested in it, the villagers of Leijiawo are not allowed to go up the mountain to hunt anymore.
Look at these two brothers in distress, one is watched by others when they go up the river, and the other is watched by others when they go up the mountain. It was only after that drinking session that Liu Laozhu understood why such a poor man as Lei Lizheng fell into Wang Lizheng's eyes.
You must know that not everyone can enter the "king's circle", otherwise there are so many people named Wang in every town in the county who know high-ranking officials in their families. Why would they want to play with you and help clean up the mess from time to time.
In the tea shop.
Leili was approaching Liu Laozhu and said: "I heard that he got angry this time because he was fighting for the river between your village and his village? What do you want me to say, don't scold the villagers when you go back? Life is not easy. What if you are hungry and energetic? Who belongs to whom? Your family is much better than mine, but it doesn’t matter which of the villagers can’t make ends meet. Each family will be divided into two and a half taels, so don’t touch the river."
Not to mention Liu Laozhu's reluctance to give money to each family, "Do you think they are dumb? People in our village say eight things against me, and they will definitely ask why, for what reason. I don't know. Alas, You can’t say that I have anything to do with it. What are our brothers trying to do for Wang Lizheng’s grandson all these years? In order to protect our children, we can’t expose the truth. In fact, we two brothers know in our hearts that even if we do good things, we will be targeted. As long as people want that Jiang Na Mountain."
Lei Lizheng also sighed. He thought that Wang Li was trying to establish a monopoly on selling meat, so that fish and prey would all have the surname Wang.
But who dares to say anything? It's the county magistrate, and I heard that there are relatives of high officials in the city. Who can stop it? This world is in chaos.
Lei Lizheng suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I heard someone in the inn say that we are going to have a general here, and he will bring an old man to guard it. We are building the general's mansion, and we are afraid that there will be no left for that general. Good impression, I heard that the county government wants to suppress bandits on all hills."
"Can it be true?"
"The people at that table are well dressed. I think they talk and order with style. They also pay attention to money when drinking tea. We don't understand. They must have some skills."
Lei Lizheng paused again and said: "Do you feel that Wang Li is taking care of you this time, but the thunder is loud and the rain is small. Don't expect us to shame you first. Do you remember that our villagers also took advantage of my absence? If he insists on hunting in the mountains and causing trouble, how does he deal with it?"
The leading men died inexplicably, and they didn't find out until Leili Zheng came back.
After that, Lei Lizheng would rather be scolded by the whole village than let everyone go up the mountain again.
Liu Laozhu: "..."
Yes, if Wang Lizheng said it, he would hurt more than a hundred people in Wangjia Village, so why would he still look at his performance? You can only kill the chicken to scare the monkey and show him first.
Humph, he knew that person best. The two villages were next to each other. He was extremely cruel and ruthless to the people in his own village. How else could he be so scared? How could he not be a man?
Lei Lizheng said quickly: "So brother, you mix these two things together. If the higher-ups really send a big official like that, he will definitely know the truth. Then we, the county magistrate, will all do it." The personnel suppression of bandits has performed well. No matter how many people the man named Wang knows, he is just an upright person and still has to stay. And he doesn't dare to make a big move at this time. It's you who fight for it for your villagers. opportunity. It only takes one thing to pass. You and Xini will not embarrass your fellow villagers too much, and you will make them justified on the surface. Think about it from this aspect. Don't be like our village... "
Lei Lizheng will never forget those people who were killed by the disaster.
But when Liu Laozhu finally rushed back to Erdaohe Village after a long journey, he really wanted to say, Lao Lei, we can't make peace with each other.
Once upon a time, he envied the Wang family stone monument in Wangjiagou.
At present, although there is no stone monument in Erdaohe, they have an Erdaohe village flag flying.
For some reason, Liu Laozhu felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
But he still stamped his feet and asked, has the dam been repaired? You will cause trouble for me!
Um? The repair is completed.
"It won't work even after the repairs are completed. How dare you start a fight with Wangjiagou? Who took the lead!"
One hundred and fourteen households looked at him, first ten and a hundred, and then they all shouted at him: "There is no distinction between north and south on the river, and there is no distinction between people, old and young. Everyone has the responsibility to defend the village and resist the war!"
What Xu Tianxin said unintentionally was first remembered by the children in the village, and then spread among the adults.
Liu Laozhu: "..."
This is to answer him that no one takes the lead and everyone decides.
Liu Jingdong stood up with red eyes and said:
"Dad, you support me in studying. I am indeed not as good at studying as Wang Lizheng's son. But I will always remember what my husband taught me. A man must have character. From now on, our Erdaohe Village will not be lower than Wangjiagou, let alone Dad was called a dog!"
