Everyone in Beijing is busy, and the young Qi couple in the southwest are not idle. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Asha, a secret agent of the Annan Palace, was unwilling to seize Usa after the plan to seize Usa failed, and in order to buy time for his master to change the plan, before leaving Usa, he personally led people to burn down the official warehouse and blow up the road, intending to turn Usa into an isolated and isolated city.

When Qi Jinzhi and his wife heard the news at first glance, they first blamed themselves, and then speculated who was behind the scenes, and after all the investigations were clear, they passed the news to Jingli and Shuixi Daying on the one hand, and on the other hand, they tried to open the blocked road as soon as possible.

Boom~Boom~~

In the continuous mountains, a loud sound is like scorching thunder, constantly echoing in the mountains.

With a loud bang, the ground shook slightly, and rocks, clods of soil, and broken branches and trunks fell one after another.

Yang Asha used gunpowder to blow up Usa's road to the outside world, and Qi Jinzhi concocted the same method, and also used explosives to blow up the boulders and other debris piled up on the road into debris.

Most of the debris was blown away and rolled down into the mountains or valleys on either side, with a small amount of debris still scattered on the trail.

Qi Jinzhi personally sat in the town and commanded the officers of the county government to supervise the "recruited" strong men to clean the roads.

The shovels were flying, and the 'strong men' were wearing coarse cloth and wide clothes and trousers, with circles of black cloth wrapped around their heads, and they were not very skillful and busy.

It was nearly noon, the bright sun hung high, unreservedly exuding a scorching heat, and the people who were working in the open air were red, bursting with skin, sweating, and dry mouth.

Not to mention that these people were originally pampered people, and when they grew up so big, how could they have suffered such a sin?

After only a day or two, some people have already suffered from heat stroke, dehydration and fainting. As soon as his eyes were closed, his body fell back, and he didn't care about anything.

Originally, they thought that the Han family's parents and officials were all people with a high reputation, and they all 'fainted' to death, even if it was for his own official reputation, Qi Jinzhi had to pretend to carry them down for treatment - it is not a good reputation to be unsympathetic to the people and treat the people harshly.

In this way, they will be able to have a short rest, and if they are lucky, they may be able to avoid this ordeal.

However, the 'strong men' forgot that they were not ordinary people now, but rebellious accomplices who had made meritorious deeds, and if it weren't for the impassability of the Usa's road, they would have been escorted to Wumeng Mansion or Shuixi for questioning.

Another point, Qi Jinzhi is not an ordinary county master, he has studied books and taken the imperial examination, but what he is best at is slashing people.

Official reputation or something, Qi Jinzhi really doesn't care. Even if he was involved, Jingzhong also had backers to cover him.

You must know that at present, the impeachment of him in Beijing can be full of imperial cases, and the sage still stays in the middle of the matter, and only orders someone to go to the southwest to verify in person, but there is no intention of holding Qi Jinzhi accountable, which shows how tough Qi's backer is.

“…… Qi Jinzhi, a ruthless dog official, treats us so harshly. ”

The grizzled Xu Si swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, his throat was still burning badly, and he had been working under the scorching sun for two days in a row, his skin had already been tanned and red, and there was an abnormal layer of oil.

The palms of the hands that were originally very well maintained are now covered with large and small blisters, some of which have burst, red and swollen, and look more and more pitiful.

"If you want me to say, what is this surname Xu? The most hateful one is the one who, hmph, instructed us to fight in the front, but he hid behind. Now that something has happened, we have been pushed out as substitutes for the dead, but he continues to be his master. ”

A man beside Xu Si scolded in a low voice, his description was also very embarrassing, after a morning of rough work, his two arms were already sore.

Forcefully inserting the shovel into the rubble, his hands were clubbed, snorting and panting, wrapping the left hand on the right hand, which had an extra little finger than the others.

He is Usa's servant, the family heirloom, although he is the same as the catcher, but he is a person who eats technical food, because he was born with six fingers, he is called Ji Liuzhi.

Ji Liuzhi, like Xu Si and others, is Ma Zhongtai's confidant, whether it is the blatant disobedience to the Jun order of Xinzhi County that day, or the jumping up and down before and after the Torch Festival, they all have a share.

However, there is a difference between a henchman and a henchman.

Xu Si is a rough man, with the most simple and direct view of good and evil, Ma Zhongtai treats him well, he will repay it wholeheartedly, even if he loses his life for it.

Ji Liuzhi and the others are different, especially Ji Liuzhi, who deals with dead people all day long, and his temperament is inevitably a little distorted, plus after reading some books, his horizons are also broader than ordinary officials.

When the Ma family was powerful, he didn't mind clinging to Ma Zhongtai and helping him do something by the way.

But now...... Ma Zhongtai obviously couldn't do Qi Jinzhi, and pushed them out of the top tank, if Ji Liuzhi could still have his heart to Ma Zhongtai and follow him all the way to the dark, then there was really a ghost.

"Six-fingered, what do you mean? Do you regret it? ”

With a bang, Xu Si inserted the shovel into the loess road, and looked at Ji Liuzhi with an unkind gaze, "Have you forgotten that the county is good to us on weekdays?" ”

What an ungrateful thing, he has eaten so many benefits from the Ma family, and now he can't stand it if he suffers a little bit?!

Xu looked a little fierce on all sides, and when he was angry, it became more and more terrifying.

Ji Liuzhi is not afraid, he tinkers with the dead all day long, and when he was a child, he followed his father to play in Yizhuang, and his courage was not ordinary.

With a cold eye, Ji Liu pointed out: "He is indeed good to us, but we have done a lot of things for him." Between us, it is just a transaction, using each other, and there is nothing to talk about kindness or unkindness. ”

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the officials who were patrolling back and forth, and Ji Liuzhi said more and more ugly, "But now, we have helped him bear the guilt, and it is he who owes us a lot of favors." I've suffered so much in vain, and I can't complain about two sentences? ”

"Of course not!"

Xu Si is the most loyal to the Ma family, and he admires Ma Zhongtai even more, and he can't allow others to say bad things about him.

Especially since this 'other' was still his former companion, which made him even more angry, his blood was surging, and he couldn't care about being tired, so he slammed his fist at Ji Liuzhi's face.

Ji Liuzhi had been guarding against him for a long time, how could he let him easily succeed, turned to one side, and dodged lightly.

Xu Si was furious, threw the shovel aside, grabbed two fists and was about to chase Ji Liuzhi.

Ji Liuzhi refused to stand and be beaten, and pretended to be panicked and dodged around.

Seeing this, the people around stopped one after another, looking at the two people chasing a dozen with different expressions.

The official in charge of this section of the road was Zhanmeng, who heard the movement and hurriedly squeezed into the crowd, shouting: "What are you doing?" Give me the hard work, who dares to make trouble, don't eat lunch! ”

Squeezed closer, Zhanmeng happened to see Xu Si twisting Ji Liuzhi's arm, and hurriedly shouted: "Xu Si, what are you going to do?" Don't let me go yet! ”

As he spoke, he drew a whip and shook it hard, making a crisp sound in the air.

Xu Si's eyes were red, and his mouth was still scolding, "You ungrateful villain, how dare you be disrespectful to adults?" ”

Ji Liuzhi showed a painful look on his face, glanced at Zhanmeng's figure, and deliberately replied: "Disrespectful? Hmph, I used to only think that he didn't like Han people, for the sake of the same clan, so I helped him everywhere. As a result, there are no Han or Miao people in his eyes, only himself. For the sake of his own glory and wealth, let's say that these loyal subordinates of you and me are his wife, the famous Anayi in Miao Village, who was betrayed by him? ! Such a villain is also worthy of my respect? ”

Xu Si is not good at words, and when Ji Liuzhi said this, he didn't know how to refute it.

But he didn't allow anyone to mock Ma Zhongtai like this, so he was in a hurry, so he simply turned his anger into force, and raised his arm to punch him.

Boom!

Ji Liuzhi's nose was squared, and his face was covered with blood.

Ji Liuzhi was so painful that tears came out, and he scolded Xu Si in his heart, knowing that Xu Si was a fool and reckless, but he didn't expect him to be so stingy, and he didn't care about their friendship for many years.

Seeing that the warning was ineffective, Zhan Meng simply waved his whip and whipped it Xu Si's arm.

With a snap, a blood mark was drawn out of Xu Si's bare upper arm.

Xu Si let out a cry of pain, subconsciously let go of the hand holding Ji Liuzhi's fingers, turned around suddenly, and looked at Zhanmeng viciously.

Zhanmeng raised his whip again and shouted, "Why, you still dare to do something with me?" Xu Si, you are not a majestic head catcher now, but a prisoner who is pretending to be hard labor for his crimes, you don't say that you work hard, but you still dare to fight and make trouble, you are so bold. Someone came, tied up Xu Si, and punished him for not eating or drinking for a day. ”

Those who don't eat or drink are exposed to the scorching sun for a day, and even a man who is beaten with iron can't stand it.

Zhanmeng is a county official, but he still retains the fierceness and roughness of ethnic minorities in his bones.

As soon as he gave the order, several errand servants rushed up, tied Xu Si into a zongzi, and then threw it on the ground that was so hot that he could fry eggs, and continued to urge the 'strong men' to work.

Seeing that Xu Si was punished, the onlookers who were still standing and watching suddenly dispersed, and they picked up the shovels, baskets or carts in their hands, and became extremely busy.

Zhan Meng walked up to Ji Liuzhi, glanced at him fixedly, his eyes flashed, and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

Ji Liuzhi tore off a sleeve hard, wiped his face, and then stuffed two more cloth balls into his nostrils, and said angrily: "Xu Si is a reckless man, I can't stay with him anymore." I、I want to see the county honor, and I have something important to come back to. ”

Ji Liuzhi and Zhanmeng have worked together for more than ten years, and they also know each other a little, knowing that Zhanmeng is a smart person, he didn't go around the bend.

Zhanmeng was not surprised at all by Ji Liuzhi's words, and only said: "You wait a minute, I'll go back to the county." ”

Ji Liuzhi nodded and watched Zhan Meng leave.

After a while, Zhanmeng trotted back, "Let's go, the county just has free time." ”

Ji Liuzhi wiped his face, straightened his clothes, and followed Zhanmeng to a temporary grass hut.

In the grass shed, Qi Jinzhi was sitting and eating tea, and there was a pile of books spread out on the square table in front of him.

Ji Liuzhi glanced at it without a trace, and when he saw the pile of familiar booklets, his eyes flickered, and he immediately lowered his head and saluted respectfully: "Little Ji Liuzhi greets the county lord." ”

Qi Jinzhi hummed, didn't raise his head, and said casually: "No courtesy." What do you want to do? ”

Ji Liuzhi didn't sell it, and simply said neatly: "It's July, and the autumn harvest is coming to an end." I don't know what the constitution of the county can be? ”

At the end of the autumn harvest, according to the regulations, the county government should also start collecting the field tax.

However, the situation in Wusa was complicated, and the county government that really represented the imperial court could not collect taxes, and the farmers were accustomed to handing over the taxes to the six major families represented by the Ma family.

Now that the Ma family has been beaten down by Qi Jinzhi, the other five major families also have a tendency to cling, but the small people in the countryside don't know, if Qi Jinzhi sends officials to the countryside to collect taxes, he will definitely not be able to collect a grain of rice, unless violence is used.

But Ji Liuzhi believed that Qi Jinzhi would use force to suppress the Ma family, but he would never do anything to ordinary people.

In addition, the people in the southwest are fierce, and all ethnic groups live together, and if Qi Jinzhi really uses force to forcibly collect taxes, it will definitely provoke a popular uprising.

This popular rebellion is not an act, not a trick, but a real official coercion of the people, and the consequences are by no means something that Qi Jin can bear alone.

Of course, Qi Jinzhi can also let the five major families such as Qu, Luo, and Zhan come forward, but he is Wusa's parent official, and he levied the field tax for the first time, but he still has to pretend to be someone else's name, and for him, where is the face of the county master? !

In the past few days, Qi Jinzhi has been anxious about this matter, and after listening to Ji Liuzhi's words, he couldn't help but raise his head, "Oh? When you ask, you must have an idea in mind? ”

As the so-called smart people don't say dark words, Ji Liuzhi is straightforward, and Qi Jinzhi doesn't make a detour.

Ji Liuzhi's eyes lit up, "The little one's idea was really seen by the county honor." That's right, the little one is a bit of a small idea, but I don't know if it will work. ”

Qi Jinyi raised his chin and motioned for him to continue.

Pinching his palm hard, Ji Liuzhi didn't take the opportunity to pinch it, but said his method unusually cooperatively.

Qi Jinzhi listened, bent his fingers and lightly clasped the table, and asked for a while: "How sure are you about this?" ”

Ji Liuzhi's heart was beating faster, and his black and red face was glowing with excitement, "I can't guarantee it, but seven or eight points is no problem." ”

He said it mildly, but he was actually 100% sure.

Qi Jinzhi heard the conviction in his words, and looked straight into Ji Liuzhi's eyes.

Ji Liuzhi didn't dodge or dodge, he calmly greeted him, there was selfishness and small calculations in his eyes, and he showed it so unabashedly.

Qi Jinzhi's eyebrows moved slightly, and the corners of his lips curled slightly, "Your name is Ji Liuzhi?" The predecessor of the county government? The family has been on an errand in the yamen for generations? ”

As he spoke, Ji Liu nodded his head, his palms were damp, and he was a little worried, Qi Jinzhi would mention his past attachment to Ma Zhongtai.

I didn't want to, Qi Jinzhi's words changed sharply, and he said, "Okay, since you are an old man from the county government and you are familiar with the affairs of land taxation, this county will appoint you to be responsible for the collection of field tax this year......

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