Jiaxing Mansion is in dire straits, and Songjiang Mansion is not much better.

Since the news of Yu Dayou's transfer spread, Huating County has fallen into an atmosphere of panic, and when the news of Yu Dayou's ambush and defeat came, this atmosphere quickly spread to the entire Songjiang Prefecture.

A large number of people from rural villages have flocked to Huating, Shanghai and other towns, and it should be safer to have a city wall.

Unfortunately, not necessarily.

On April 16, the Japanese invaders landed in Jinshan, defeated the defenders of Jinshan in a battle, burned them clean, and then broke through the two towns of Chuansha and Nansha, and attacked Shanghai County after collecting fishermen and ruffians.

On April 23, Shanghai County fell, the magistrate, the county magistrate, and the warden were all killed, and half of the county was burned down.

Although there has not yet been a large number of Japanese robbers attacking Huating, the city is also frightened three times a day, and the ruffians and gangsters take the opportunity to make chaos so that the people are panicked.

"Fortunately, Shanghai County is in front." Lu smiled bitterly and said, "Now that I think about it, I should really listen to Brother Yuan's move to Hangzhou." ”

Tan seemed to be a little older, his eyes were blank, and he muttered after half a sound: "Yuan'er is in Jiaxing, Yuan'er is in Jiaxing......"

Most of the Jiaxing Mansion was wailing at the feet of the widows, and the news had already come, and the Lu family couldn't hide it if they wanted to.

The Lu family couldn't help crying, who would have guessed that Brother Yuan would go to Jiaxing, and the would-be would-be would-be troubled......

"Brother Yuan'er is blessed with a lot of money, there should be nothing wrong." Lu sighed: "Uncle also went to Jiaxing this time......"

"Madam, there are officials outside, saying that they want to donate two ......taels of silver to the officers and soldiers defending the city," Li Si gritted his teeth and reported.

"Didn't you already give the money?" The little sister raised her eyebrows and said, "I just took forty taels of silver the day before yesterday!" ”

"Last time it was a county office, this time it was a government office, and it cost eighty taels of silver." Li Si licked his lips, "But the little one has inquired, and a household should be five taels of silver." ”

"Then ......" Tan was at a loss and couldn't make up his mind.

"Give it to them." Lu snorted, "I'll talk about it when the Japanese retreat." ”

Under normal circumstances, neither the county government nor the government government would do anything to the Qian family, which is the most prestigious and profound in Songjiang, but unfortunately this time it was not them, but the Qian family.

The clansmen have long been dissatisfied with Qian Yuan's monopoly of the foreign sugar business, and they are dissatisfied with the fact that they can't get a piece of the pie, and now Qian Yuan doesn't know life and death in Jiaxing Mansion, and there is a government and county government at the front, so they naturally have to do something to take advantage of.

Two hundred and twenty taels of silver were handed over, but the hearts of those who exchanged them were not enough to swallow elephants.

Originally, there were only more than ten or twenty households, but now almost half of the Qian clan people have thrown the donated silver to the Qian Yuan family, and the Tan family is soft-eared, and a few concubines from the next room came to the door to persuade them to get more than 100 taels of silver.

A few days later, the Lu family heard the news and took the Tan family over, not only was the warehouse at home empty, but even the furniture and ornaments were a lot less.

Touching the warm inkstone in his hand, Qian Yu said disdainfully: "Where is that guy qualified to use such an inkstone!" ”

"yes, we're still late this time." Mother Fan Shi regretted: "That set of mahogany furniture is said to have been given by the Taicang Wang family, but unfortunately I didn't grab it." ”

Qian Zhong, his father, who didn't care about anything but eating, drinking and having fun in his life, pouted, "It's not necessarily a bad thing to be slow, in case Brother Yuan didn't die in Jiaxing Mansion...... Tsk, it's going to be lively. ”

"Most of Jiaxing Mansion has fallen, and it is said that the whole city of Jiashan County was slaughtered, can he come back?" Qian Yu said: "Besides, we didn't come to the door to ask for silver." ”

"That's it, it's just that the Yu'er inkstone was lost, and I borrowed an inkstone to polish ink and write."

Qian Zhong scoffed at this, you really didn't ask for the silver, it was because you went late, and the Tan family had already been picked up, but the donation silver that our family should have given was not from the Qian Yuan family.

Borrowing an inkstone, to put it nicely, is there an IOU?

The wife and children are nothing more than saying that the people who are forced to go to the door are all clansmen, there are many people, and there are those big heads in front......

Qian Zhong stretched his waist, although he couldn't see his wife and children being so hypocritical, but he had never done anything serious in his life, and he didn't have a position to speak.

……

Chongde County.

The battle is raging in the city and under the city, and in the courtyard of the city, Yu Dayou, who is in a slightly better spirit, finished drinking the decoction and half sat at the head of the bed, "What is the first wave?" ”

"Today's fourth wave." Li Liangqin, who smelled of blood all over his body, strode into the house, "Don't worry, the young tiger of the Lu family has some ability, and it is very stable." ”

"That's good." Yu Dayou breathed a sigh of relief, rolled his eyes and asked, "What about Songjiang Xiucai?" ”

Li Liangqin washed his face and said with a smile: "It's really worthy of being a young hero who has been praised by the Duke of Zhenchuan, everything in the city is arranged in an orderly manner, and the Duke of Jingchuan doesn't say it, but he also praises it behind his back......"

Halfway through speaking, Li Liangqin looked at Tang Shunzhi who walked to the door, and smiled awkwardly, "Jingchuan Gong." ”

"Feeling better today?" Tang Shunzhi's black face flushed a little, "The Qian family is indeed extraordinary, and he has a talent for applying it to the world." ”

Yu Dayou couldn't help but laugh, when Tang Shunzhi came to visit a few days ago, he stabbed Qian Yuan a few words from time to time in small talk, and on two occasions Qian Yuan just laughed and did not refute after knowing Tang Shunzhi's identity.

Although he lost too much blood from the arrow and fell into a coma, he recuperated for almost ten days, although Yu Dayou had not yet recovered, he was able to get up, and he stayed in the house for several days and his bones were itchy.

As soon as he went out, Yu Dayou couldn't help but slow down, and his face showed surprise.

Seven or eight men with strips of red cloth wrapped around their right arms pushed past them on flatbed carts loaded with timber of various sizes.

More than a dozen young men with green cloth strips wrapped around their right arms appeared around the corner, and the cart was obviously a rice bucket.

Although the road is not wide, and the number of people coming and going is not small, the walking is orderly and fast, and there is a sense of smoothness that cannot be explained.

"That's the one who specializes in transporting all kinds of equipment and food to defend the city." Tang Shunzhi explained in a low voice: "In addition to the soldiers guarding the city and the village bravery, Qian Yuan divided the remaining young men into seven or eight teams, and each team was only responsible for one thing. ”

"The wood is for forks." Li Liangqin added: "The Japanese made ladders, but they were very rudimentary, the base was unstable, and there were few thieves who could use bows and arrows. ”

Yu Dayou nodded, it has always been the best way to deal with the cloud ladder with fire, but the Japanese are not good at attacking the city, so they have little experience in this area.

With a bang, a house not far away was demolished by more than a dozen people, and a cheerful shouting was faintly heard.

"The Qian family is good at using wealth to control people." Tang Shunzhi couldn't help pouting, this was what he was most unaccustomed to, "For every house demolished, the head of the household will be subsidized with a certain amount of silver taels." ”

Yu Dayou shook his head with a smile, "The Xiang family broke the fortune this time, ......"

"Not necessarily." Li Liangqin has been in the army for a long time and knows the inside story well, so he shook his head and said: "Except for the reward for soldiers and village warriors, the cost is actually not a lot. ”

Tang Shunzhi nodded, but did not speak, this was the turning point of his impression of Qian Yuan, it is a tradition in officialdom to pluck the feathers of geese, but Qian Yuan did not greed a penny from it.

And because Qian Yuan is proficient in financial accounts, the county officials dare not be greedy, which is the main reason for the less spending.

Slowly pacing forward for a while, looking at the non-stop flow of people shuttling back and forth, Yu Dayou couldn't help but say, "The morale is good." ”

"I just started to give out a batch of silver bounties." Li Liangqin said with a smile: "Later, although he didn't issue silver, Qian Yuan was quite careful in his diet, and every batch of soldiers who were rotated down could immediately eat hot soup and hot dishes, water when thirsty, steamed buns when hungry, and doctors when injured......

"The doctor in the city?"

"No, it's the nursing home brought by Qian Yuan, who is proficient in hemostasis and healing."

Yu Dayou sighed: "The leopard in the tube can be seen." ”

At this time, the group was walking to the gate of the county office, and when they looked inside, the corners of Yu Dayou's mouth twitched.

Qian Yuan looked at the official document in his hand, the pen in his hand kept stopping, but he was still saying with a hippie smile: "I don't know if my sister's family has a sister?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I have to have a temper with my sister, and I happen to be about the same age as my younger brother......"

"Of course, of course, it is ...... who has not yet married"

On the side, Wang, who had just come down from the city to take a turn, laughed wildly, and the laughter like silver bells attracted everyone's attention.

Tang Shunzhi closed his eyes and nodded, "You can see the leopard in the tube!" ”