The general frowned, 2,000 quintals of grain? This is a full third less than the 3,000 quintals of grain he set, and the deadline for his own grain delivery is about to come. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The village chief looked at the general in front of him in horror, he knew that his proposal was a bit excessive. But he was forced to make such a decision.

If you really let everyone take out so much food in one go, I am afraid that after this year, he, the village head, will take a village of old and young to the town to beg.

"Tell me 3,000 quintals of grain, 2,000 quintals, aren't you kidding me?" the general's tone was very bad.

The village chief broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, and said tremblingly: "There is really a difficulty, we will definitely make up for the general's food in the coming year." ”

The soldier beside the general directly put the knife on the village chief's neck, "Didn't you understand what our general said or what?"

The knife shone brightly in the sun's rays, and the blade was thin and sharp. The village chief is really afraid that this little brother with a knife will accidentally hurt himself.

"This little general, if you have something to say, you put away the knife first. ”

The soldier glanced at the general, who nodded imperceptibly.

"Good luck for you. With that, he retracted the knife into its scabbard.

The village chief wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve and said, "Villain, you must want to help the general gather enough food for these three thousand loads of grain." The village chief couldn't help but wail in his heart, it seemed that if he wanted to scrape together enough for the three thousand loads of grain, he really had to sell the land in the village to Song Li as Qiao Dalang said.

The village chief said something flattering to the general, and then withdrew from the general's tent.

A few villagers waiting outside immediately surrounded them.

"What is it?" said the general, who would like to take a little less grain?" asked the villager, babbling.

The village chief sighed, "Let's go back and talk about it." ”

When the villagers saw the village chief like this, they knew that there was no hope for this matter.

After following the village chief back to Qiao's house, all the villagers present began to ask the village chief whether the village chief and general had agreed to let them pay 1,000 quintals less grain.

The general did not agree. The village chief said dejectedly.

"Does this general really want to push us to a dead end, three thousand loads of food, if we really give it to us next year, we will all starve to death. ”

The village chief is also anxious, but no matter how anxious he is, what can he do?

"Everyone, for the sake of today, we can only wait for Dalang and us to come back and discuss what should be done about this matter. The village chief said.

In the midst of everyone's eagerness, Qiao Dalang, Zhang Lao Er and others finally came back.

"You're back. The village chief greeted him.

Qiao Dalang also knew that the village chief must be anxious about what he was asking about in the county seat.

"Let's talk inside. "It's not just the village chief, it's about the survival of the whole village, of course, it's not allowed to be sloppy.

Zhang Lao Er saw that the village chief only cared about Qiao Dalang and couldn't see him at all, so he became angry in his heart. I couldn't help but sneer, "Some people's shelves are big, but I don't know how to do it." ”

The village chief felt a little strange when he heard this, this second child went out with Qiao Dalang and came back together. Why do you still say such things? What does that mean?

"Second brother, if you have anything to say, just say it. Qiao Dalang was most unaccustomed to Zhang Laoer's weird appearance, and he wore small shoes for himself in front of several other people along the way.

Zhang Lao Er saw that everyone looked at him differently, and knew that this time he went out and let Qiao Dalang show his face. That's why these people are so convinced of Qiao Dalang in their hearts, but if these people know that Qiao Dalang didn't do what they explained, then they don't know what kind of face these people are.

In order to show his importance to Qiao Dalang, the village chief also personally brought tea to Qiao Dalang.

"Da Lang has worked hard along the way, so let's drink a bowl of tea first. ”

Qiao Dalang was flattered, "Thank you village chief." ”

"Da Lang, tell us carefully, what does the magistrate of this county think about our matter?"

Qiao Dalang took a sip of tea, "I'm afraid this thing is not easy to do." ”

Qiao Dalang said that it was not easy to do, and the village chief's face had already sunk. "I also know that this is not easy to do, but there are more than 700 people in our village, and these 3,000 loads of grain are trying to force us to death!"

"Village Chief, you have believed the wrong person this time. This is the county magistrate who doesn't care about this, it's clear that he Qiao Dalang is not willing to really help us. Zhang Lao Er said.

The village chief glanced at Zhang Lao Er when he heard this, although Zhang Lao Er was unreliable, but he should not deceive himself in such a thing. Could it be that Qiao Dalang deliberately didn't want to help the village?

"Da Lang, what does the second child mean by this?"

Qiao Dalang didn't expect that at this time, Zhang Lao Er would come to bite him back.

"The village chief asked me to go to the county seat to find the magistrate, and I also went, and I also saw the county magistrate's face. But what kind of person is our magistrate, I don't think I need to tell you. Yes, the magistrate said that the imperial court did not come down to collect grain. ”

As soon as everyone heard that the imperial court had not issued a proclamation to levy grain, they began to talk about it.

"So these people are against the will of the imperial court, since this is the case, then why don't you let the magistrate send a messenger to arrest this group of people?"

Qiao Dalang sneered, "Let the county magistrate send a messenger to arrest people?" What you said is really easy, but I dare to ask if these people came on the orders of other nobles, do you think our county magistrate will be willing to offend these people for us?"

These people are not easy to get along with at first glance, but these ignorant villagers even want to let the magistrate send a messenger to arrest these people.

The villagers who were originally in a commotion immediately quieted down, and Qiao Dalang was telling the truth. The mercenary villain of the county magistrate would never be willing to offend those who were soldiers for the sake of them.

Otherwise, how could these soldiers have such great audacity? How dare they act in such a blatant manner?

"And what do you do?" asked the village chief.

He actually knew in his heart that the result of letting Qiao Dalang go to the county seat to inquire about the news would not change much at all, but he didn't give up, and he always thought that maybe there might be a chance or not, but now it turns out that they actually have nothing to do.

"I originally proposed that if the village chief was willing to consider it, I could immediately go back to the lady of the proprietor to discuss. Qiao Dalang said.