Chapter 106: The World Is Hard

"What a horse thief, you can't catch it if you don't tie your hands to the master!" Hearing Master Fei's shout, the old iron head in the kitchen turned pale, picked up a meat chopping knife from the board, and ordered the girl beside him: "Ning'er, you will leave through the back door later, go far away, and never come back!" ”

When the little girl heard this, she immediately burst into tears, hugged the old iron head and sobbed: "My daughter is with this dog thief, I just want my father to live a long life!" ”

"Ning'er, you are still young, you don't understand that this person is sinister, this is no longer our business......" This old iron head ushered in the Yellow River for decades, although he is not a martial arts person, but he has rich experience in the rivers and lakes, and after listening to the shouts of Master Fei, he knew in his heart that this guy was going to kill people and sell goods.

Since ancient times, wealth has touched people's hearts, and if Master Fei's gang killed this young man, they would probably not let him and his own girl go. The old iron head didn't have time to explain too much to his daughter, so he went outside after the knife.

After just such a while, I could hear the constant sound outside, the wailing sounded, and when the old iron head came out with a big knife to cut meat, he only saw the rolling gourds all over the ground and the old man Fei who kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

It turned out to be a tiger in sheep's clothing, and the old iron head was taken aback, and the machete in his hand fell to the ground, almost smashing his own foot.

Wan Yankang heard the voice, looked at the appearance of the old iron head, and probably guessed a little bit of this person's thoughts, he had a good impression of this shop, and greeted: "Shopkeeper, it's freezing this day, it's boring to drink alone, you and you two will also drink two bowls with me!" ”

"The young man invites him, how dare the old man disobey." This old iron head has also seen many high-rollers in the rivers and lakes, and after seeing Yan Kang's appearance, he also relaxed slightly, sat down at the table and shouted to the inner room: "Ning'er, burn a big carp and give the young man wine!" ”

Listening to the shouts of the old iron head, Wanyan Kangqi said: "Where do you get the fish to eat at this time?" ”

The old iron head laughed: "The young man doesn't know, the old man relies on water to draft, and he has some means." ”

"I'd like to hear more about it." Wan Yankang took the initiative to add a bowl of wine to the old iron head.

After seeing Yan Kang, the benefactor, the old iron head got up and poured the wine, and was about to take the wine jar himself, but he didn't know that Yan Kang was fast, and he had already poured it in an instant. Lao Tietou held the wine bowl and thanked him repeatedly, took a sip of wine, smashed his mouth, and then began to speak: "If others ask, the old man will not say, the young man is my great benefactor, how can the old man hide this little way." ”

"This big river freezes in winter, and if you want to catch fish, you can only think of breaking the ice. This method is well known, and the difficulty lies in the ice chiseling. The river froze fiercely, half a foot deep, just by relying on the old man, father and daughter, how can they chisel and move. At the beginning of the freezing of the river, the old man put down the bamboo basket in several hidden places......"

The old iron head was quite restrained at first, and he always had to think twice when answering, and after two bowls of wine, his eyes were a little confused, and he was no longer so restrained when he spoke.

"Old Iron Head, your winter fishing skills are family heirloom?"

After hearing Yan Kang's question, Lao Tietou was stunned for a moment, and sighed: "So that the young man can know that the old Han ancestor originally had a few acres ......of thin fields, which could be cultivated and read heirlooms."

Speaking of this, the old iron head suddenly retracted, and Wan Yankang hurriedly asked, "What happened later?" ”

The old iron head said with a wry smile: "Later, most of the fields in the family were occupied by the nobles, and this day is not as good as day by day." ”

"The land was forcibly occupied, and the government didn't care?" Wan Yankang's tone became stiff.

The old iron head shook his head: "The nobles can look down on the land of the old Han family, where is it considered to be forcibly occupied, but Grandpa Shizong has decreed it." ”

Wan Yankang was speechless for a moment, he understood what the old iron head was talking about.

When the Jin State destroyed Liao, in order to encourage the tribal warriors to fight bravely, the warriors of the Xu tribe could run the horse and stake the land. Later, this measure was abolished for a time, but in the reign of King Sejong, in order to stabilize his rule and suppress the rebellion of the Khitans, Wan Yan Yong specially moved 100,000 Jurchen households from Shangjing to the south, settled in Hebei, Henan, Shandong and other places, and opened up the authority to stake the land.

After these 100,000 Jurchen families went south, they did consolidate their rule and suppressed several Khitan rebellions, but in the areas occupied by these Jurchens, ordinary people were seized of countless fields, and countless cultivators were displaced.

The old iron head has a solid family and a hundred acres of fertile land, although he is not rich and expensive, he still has a small life. Later, the land was forcibly seized, and the old iron-headed father quarreled and was beaten well, and died soon after. In desperation, Lao Tietou could only open a small wine shop by the river, relying on a few skills to earn food and feed his wife and daughter.

After Yan Kang pondered for a long time, he said: "Meng'an Mouke stakes the land, but it shouldn't be, and it is a shame that the current saint has canceled this policy." ”

The old iron head took a sip of wine and shook his head dejectedly: "More than ten years ago, when Grandpa Sejong was here, we still lived this life, and now this day is a sad year......

Although this old iron head cooks a few good dishes, and can earn some silver taels by relying on the river ferry, his family is always poor. A few years ago, Lao Tietou's Hun family was seriously ill and had no money for treatment, so Lao Tietou and his daughter were left to rely on each other.

The old iron head was already seven or eight points drunk, and when the conversation box opened, he couldn't stop: "It is said that today's saint is the son of the saint, and the old man also feels that this should be the case, but our taxes are getting heavier and heavier, in the past, we paid taxes twice a year, and now we have to pay seven or eight times this year." When the river bursts, we have to pay taxes, and when we fight in the north, we have to pay taxes, and when this palace is rebuilt, we also have to pay taxes......"

"If it weren't for Ning'er being young, the old man wouldn't want to live this day......" Lao Tietou said that he was sad, and he couldn't help but feel sad and crying.

Wan Yankang was sad to see the old iron head crying, but he couldn't agree with his words, so he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

During his reign of more than 20 years, Emperor Sejong pursued a policy of resting with the people, and his domestic politics were clear and his national strength was increasing day by day. His style was very simple, he did not wear silk dragon robes, he did not build palaces, the treasury was increasingly full, and the people were getting richer and richer.

This country was passed into the hands of Wan Yan Jing, and he was able to draw a scoop with a gourd at the beginning, and maintained political clarity for several years. With the stabilization of the throne, Wan Yankang, a cheap grandfather, began to indulge in drinking and writing poems, and his luxury became more and more extensive. After Yan Jing renovated the palace furnishings, he used 1,200 embroiderers every day, and it took two years to complete, costing more than 10 million yuan of money and food.

Because Wanyan Kyung was becoming more and more relaxed in political affairs, the government was becoming more and more corrupt and decaying, and the bureaucracy was gradually expanding, and by this time, the number of officials in the whole country had increased threefold compared to the time of Sejong, and the pressure on the national treasury increased year by year. Coupled with the unsmooth wars on all sides, frequent floods, droughts and locust plagues, the national strength of the Jin State is declining day by day, and the people are becoming more and more difficult.

In order to make up for the financial deficit, Wan Yanjing began to study the paper money printed and distributed by the Song Kingdom, and the result was naturally worse.

Daikin is in such a situation, Wan Yankang knows it, but he can't say it to outsiders.

He was annoyed in his heart, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the culprit, Master Fei. This guy kowtowed a lot, he was dizzy, but after seeing Yan Kang and Lao Tietou constantly talking, he didn't have time to pay attention to him, so he slowly moved to the door. By the time Yan Kang looked at him, this guy had almost reached the door, and he was about to sneak out of the door.

Wan Yankang chuckled: "I want to run!" He kicked his right foot on the stool next to him.

This old man finally moved to the door, and was thinking about going back and bringing dozens of people with knives and arrows to clean up this little white face, and when the time came, he watched how the kid begged for mercy, and he thought that it was a beautiful thing.

Seeing that he could sneak out, Master Fei heard Yan Kang's soft drink, and the fat guy simply got up and prepared to rush to the door to grab the horse and escape.

A violent wind sounded, and a sharp pain came from Master Fei's right leg, and he fell to the ground with a plop.

The tables, chairs and benches used in the old iron head store are all made of ship wood, although it is not good-looking, in terms of durability, how can ordinary wood be compared, just such a bench has more than ten or twenty catties. After watching Yan Kang kick at will, the bench of more than ten or twenty catties flew straight out and hit Master Fei's right leg, and he vaguely heard a clicking sound, presumably a broken bone.

The old iron head was already seven or eight points drunk, and when he was so surprised, the strength of the wine almost dissipated. He didn't think that the young man in front of him was not simple, and he thought to himself that this person was not a Jiangyang thief who killed people and oversold goods, so we can both ......

Thinking of this, the old iron head couldn't help but sit a little away from Yan Kang.

At this time, the old iron head's daughter was coming over with a pot of hot fish soup, put it on the table, and shouted sweetly: "Young man, please use it!" ”

Wan Yankang replied with a smile: "The girl has worked hard, you can also sit down and eat together!" ”

The old iron head was drumming in his heart, and he was about to drive his daughter back to the kitchen, but his daughter sat down with a smile, picked up the chopsticks and said, "Young man, then Ning'er is welcome!" ”

Wan Yankang saw that the fish soup was milky white and fragrant, and the fragrance of this dog meat was different, so he immediately spooned a big bowl of fish soup with his hands, and gave Lao Tietou and Ning'er a bowl each, and then picked up the bowl and drank it.

The old iron head was in a nervous mood, but at this time, he suddenly put his mind at ease, picked up the fish soup and drank it slowly, those Jiangyang thieves who killed people without blinking, how could they give themselves an inferior person to take the initiative to spoon the soup.

Ning Er looked at Yan Kang's handsome face, and from time to time turned her head to look at Master Fei and a few followers who were lying on the ground, her eyes kept rolling.

After Yan Kang drank a bowl of fish soup, Ning Er immediately stood up and said, "Shaoxia, Ning Er will give you a spoonful of soup." ”

The three people on the table drank soup and ate meat leisurely, and the people lying on the ground kept crying and wailing, forming a strange picture.

Lao Tietou drank two bowls of soup, looked at the appearance of Master Fei and the others, and was always uneasy, and couldn't help but ask timidly: "Young man, although Master Fei is self-inflicted, after all, he is a local gentry......

After hearing this, Yan Kang didn't wait for the old iron head to continue, so he asked Ning Er with a smile: "Ning Er, are these people bad?" ”

Ning'er hated and hated: "They are all bad people, last year, Sister Qing'er in the village was also ruined by this old man Fei and his gang, and then Sister Qing'er threw herself into the river, woo woo woo ......"

Speaking of sadness, Ning'er couldn't help but sob.

Wan Yankang originally wanted to cripple this group of people, but after listening to Ning Er's words at this moment, he felt murderous in his heart, and said with a smile to Ning Er: "Then I'll help you take revenge on Sister Qing'er!" ”

As he spoke, he didn't wait for Ning'er to reply, and immediately stood up.

This old man Fei was broken by Wan Yankang's bones, and he could only lie on the ground and hum, his heart was really unfavorable today, he thought that this person was just a passerby, as long as he didn't make a few more times, he must have passed this catastrophe.

When he heard Yan Kang say this, he couldn't help but be horrified in his heart, and he couldn't care about the pain in his legs, so he rolled and crawled, trying to escape out of the door.

When the attendants heard this, they all struggled to crawl into the house.

Wan Yankang had murderous intentions, where to allow these people to escape, he went up and slapped one person, and all these people were accounted for!

Before Ning'er's tears were finished, she couldn't help but be stunned when she saw these bad guys fall to the ground one after another, completely silent.

The old iron head was even more frightened and trembling, and after a while, he cried and said with a sad face: "Young man, why did you get a killer......

Wan Yankang said: "If I let these people go back today, will you and your two have good fruits to eat?" ”

The old iron man shook his head.

"In that case, what should such a person do in this world?"

"The young man is happy, he can leave, but how is the old man and the little girl good, this old man Fei also has a cousin, who is a big official in this Zhending Mansion." The old iron head said with a sad face.

Wan Yankang laughed: "It's okay, it's okay, since this young man has made a move, there will be no trouble!" ”