Xiao Lotian is indeed putting on a show, he is buying people's hearts, there is no doubt about it. But Xiao Letian believes that at the end of a dynasty that is not even too lazy to put on a show, his every move will not be in vain. People's hearts are always fleshy, and as long as you work hard enough, the people can always be moved.

In fact, when Xiao Letian left, he had already seen kindness in the eyes of countless villagers, although it was hidden deeply, he could feel it.

Unfortunately, this is a good villager educated by Confucianism after all, and Huang Liu's threat is very terrifying, and no family dares to risk being abandoned by the imperial examination system, because that is the dream of all Chinese.

Xiao Lotian left, Huang Xiucai also left, and the people gathered at the entrance of the village shook their heads and sighed when they looked at the hill-like firewood and grass piles, and went back to their respective homes. When some children who kept talking secretly smoked a few dry firewood and hugged them home, they were scolded by adults in unison.

"You shit, don't you want to go to school anymore, didn't Xiucai say that you won't let these firewoods be moved? Hurry up and throw them back...... Countless parents guarded against these firewood and grass like a flood prevention beast, for fear that Huang Xiucai's eyeliner would find out.

The sky gradually darkened, and after Xiao Letian did two more shows in the other two Zhuangzi, the northwest wind was getting stronger and stronger. When the group was about to go home, small snowflakes were already falling in the sky.

"It seems that what Lao Tzu said is not wrong, there is really going to be heavy snow tonight, I hope these villagers are not too stubborn, or they will suffer tonight......" Xiao Letian rubbed his hands and rubbed his numb ears.

"Sir, why bother talking nonsense with them, these stupid people who are not ventilated, their minds are full of water, even if they are frozen, they deserve it......," said the people in the guard group unwillingly.

The bald guards around Xiao Lotian had all fought with him in the Ryukyus, and they had also received a lot of new education in the more than two months since the war was rebuilt. Especially these people have seen the sea and the world outside the country, and their horizons are already very broad in the current Qing Dynasty.

These guards are very sneering at the superstitious legends in the mouths of the people of Tanggu, this group of uninformed soil buns, their mouths are full of nonsense, if it weren't for Xiao Letian's bullet suppression, these guards might have to have a conflict with this group of fools.

Xiao Letian slapped the guard in the head: "! Do you think you're good? Who made your legs tremble with fright when you first got on the big boat? Don't you shout the blessing of the Dragon King when the typhoon blows? You have seen the world again, and you start laughing at people who are not as good as you, look at your little bit of ......?"

The guards laughed, and the beaten boy was flushed. Xiao Letian looked at everyone and said, "If you want the people to accept new things, it is a thing that you can't be anxious about, you can't beat, scold, or be anxious, and you can't let them change their minds from the heart, and you always want to use forced means to solve the problem. ”

"Today's snow, I'm looking forward to a bigger snowfall, the bigger the snow, the higher the success rate of my plan, and see...... Let's go, let's go back to dinner, everyone has a pound of good wine tonight, let's go around the fireplace to enjoy the snow!"

Xiao Lotian went home for dinner, and the three Zhuangzi who walked the water were still shrouded in desolation. There are no more than 10 families in the village who can make dinner, and people take care of each other and help each other, and finally make up for a half-warm dinner. But when the northwesterly winds became stronger, people realized how difficult winter was to endure.

The north wind was blowing, snow flakes were digging through the cracks in the doors, and people were huddled under the blankets and huddled together to ward off the cold. At this moment, people miss the usual hot kang head, which is to stuff a handful of straw in the hearth, as long as a fire can warm the whole house.

But today, the people of the three villages guarded the hill-like firewood stacks, but no one dared to use them, they were all frightened, and Huang Xiucai's threat made everyone dare not disobey. Faced with the cold night, all the villagers chose to be patient.

In Huangjiazhuang, not far away, Huang Liu was holding warm rice wine, watching the wind and snow outside the window accompanied by his concubine, while his housekeeper was waiting for orders at the wine table.

"According to the young master's order, I sent someone to check again this evening, and indeed no one dared to secretly use those firewoods, and I also saw it just now, none of these Zhuangzi smoked, and they probably didn't have a hot kang tonight...... Do you want to open the net and let these people burn a fire, or how difficult it will be in this snowstorm......"

The housekeeper seems to have a good heart, and he actually knows how to persuade him. However, when Huang Liu heard this, he became angry: "What are you talking about? I will open the net and dream on the one hand! I will open the net to burn the fire today, and tomorrow I will have to sell the land? You must remember clearly, this is the life-and-death battle of our Confucianism......

"In the face of Western learning, we have to not give an inch, starvation is a small matter, and a loss of festival is a big matter. Let me tell you that if the special industrial zone in Tanggu is completed, it will have to be doubled in size in less than two years, and then our homes will have to be encircled, and without the root of land, what will we eat? What will we wear? Confused......

Huang Liu scolded the housekeeper for a while, and finally nodded and retreated, leaving Huang Xiucai and his concubine in the house. "Come on, little baby, have a leather cup with your grandfather...... Then the room sounded the sound of a woman's laughter and kissing, the fiery red charcoal basin burned in the corner of the wall, and the room was so hot that I couldn't even wear a belly pocket.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, the wind and snow are getting bigger and bigger, Xiao Letian, who has enjoyed fine wine and food, is sitting in the study, and kneeling in front of him is Jiao Si'er, who has come to show his merits.

"Ye Jixiang, please say hello to the master...... This is the title deed that was collected today, and the three Zhuangzi have a total of 300 acres of land, which is off to a good start! Don't worry, within a month, 1,000 acres of land will be guaranteed to be obtained by the master......

Xiao Letian nodded, "Yes, although you kid was a little arrogant before, but he still worked hard, and he will go to Master Long to get the silver of these three hundred acres of land later!"

"Thank you for the master's reward, the slave has kowtowed to you......" Jiao Si'er is a typical mother with milk, and now Xiao Letian is holding a large amount of silver in his hand, so he is even closer than his father. What kind of bullshit internal affairs ministry task, let's wait until the money is earned.

Xiao Letian smiled with him, and then asked, "There are still seven hundred acres of tasks ahead, I don't know if you have any magic methods?"

"Lord, just look at it, we have a full set of family heirlooms in our hands to deal with these untouchables......" Jiao Si'er flatteringly reported to Xiao Letian.

Jiao Si didn't brag, just as he was packing tickets to Xiao Letian, the doglegs from Beijing City had already started the second step of the plan, and several figures in the snowstorm were quietly approaching these cold villages.

"Hurry, hurry...... The snow is so big that if you don't hurry up, the road will have to be closed, and you won't be able to run if you want to...... The two of you are at the east end of the village, and the three of you are at the west end, and the rest of you will come with me, and according to the courtyard that you have identified during the day, and then you will flee separately and turn back to the city to meet ......."

Under the command of the leader, the figures disappeared into the darkness of the village, and almost at the same time the village watchdog barked. Probably because they were cold and hungry, these dogs barked weakly.

The village chief's house, as well as the wealthier families in the village, these cattle sheds with cattle and horses were the target of the attackers, only to see the figures of several people flash on the courtyard wall, and then several black lights swished out, and almost at the same time these cattle sheds exploded.

The flying black light was a snowy and fast axe, and the high-speed rotating axe went straight to the big animal and slashed over, and the heavy iron instantly cut through the flesh, and the blade was embedded in the bones.

This time the pot exploded, and the docile old scalper broke the rope with a moo, and crashed headlong into the wing, and half of the mud wall collapsed. There were also the grinding horses and mules, some of which had their necks cut off by the blades, and some of them had their brains hit, and the village of the dead fleeing was suddenly in chaos.

"Withdraw, withdraw...... Hurry up and retreat......" The sneak attacker who succeeded in the blow did not hesitate, and ran outside the village, and when the villagers got out of the hot bed, these people had already fled with only their backs.

The village has been completely fried, the sound of crying and scolding soared into the sky, looking at the big cattle that were hacked to death, many old people couldn't bear the blow and were stunned in the snow at that time.

"Lack of virtue, lack of great virtue...... This still doesn't let us live, beasts, beasts are not as good as ......"

"Report to the official, you can only report to the official, it must have been done by those strangers in the morning, let's go to the Tongzhi Yamen to report to the official, this group of scoundrels!"

The fiery young people grabbed hoes, forks, sickles, etc., and were about to rush to Tanggu City, but the village chief stopped them.

"What do you want to do? What do you want to do? Do you want to rebel, there is a curfew in the city in the middle of the night, you copy the guys into the city to rebel, and then the official can send troops to suppress it, and you have forgotten all about the big beheading in the summer?"

"Those bastards are just waiting for you to make trouble, and then they can arrest people as a matter of course, and then you will still have to sell your house and land......"

The village chief was right, but the young people could not be persuaded by a sentence or two, they looked at the big animals twitching in the pool of blood, and cried in distress.

"These animals are the lives of our whole villager, the big guy plows the land in the spring by these livestock, killing them is the same as killing my family, what should we do without livestock? How will we live next year......

In the late Qing Dynasty, there were not many doctors who even treated people, let alone veterinarians, and even if there were veterinarians, it was useless, and there was no way to treat such large wounds that could be seen deep into the bones, and the only fate of these animals lying on the ground was to kill and eat meat.

"I can't live this day...... finally someone collapsed, and a woman in the crowd couldn't bear these blows and ran out like crazy, "I want to go back to my mother's house, I can't live this day, how can I live......" As a result, I didn't run two steps, I didn't know what to trip, and the whole person fell on a big horse.

The woman was covered in the snow, and she didn't get up, but just cried there and wiped her tears, and then there was a cry in the crowd.

"The old man and the children and the women all went home, and all the men formed a team to protect the farm...... Tomorrow morning, I will enter the city, and I will go to the Tongzhi Yamen to complain, and I will not believe that there is no king law in the world?" said the village chief fiercely. I734