It's going to be afternoon. Would you like to invite Second Young Master Huang to dinner? ”

"No," Liu Dalin thought for a while, and the discussion would be in the evening if he had dinner. He thinks that he is above board, and there is a strange way to talk about things at night, "Let him come tomorrow morning." ”

Early the next morning, when it was dawn, Huang Yukun came to visit - this young man had long been carried away by the idea of doing a career.

Last time, the two didn't talk about anything specific, but this time Liu Dalin suddenly looked for him, and the wind of "Zhangtian" also blew on his head.

If Liu Dalin is willing to come forward to write a post, the matter will be more than half! In fact, with Huang Yukun's knowledge, he also knows that even if the province sends officials and troops, it will not be easy to drive away the Australians, but his hostility to the thieves makes him unwilling to face the reality.

“…… I'm also helpless. Liu Dalin smiled bitterly, "My own land, even if I want to start all the classes, I will admit it - anyway, there are not a few acres." However, if relatives and friends sent it to their names, they immediately came to me and begged me, and I had to give an explanation. ”

"Uncle, this time Zhangtian's matter, according to the little nephew, it is Xiang Zhuang dancing the sword. It is false to clean up the hidden fields, but it is true to deal with the gentry in the county. Huang Yukun said.

Liu Dalin listened very attentively. Asked: "I have also heard this from my family." However, clearing the acres of land was originally the official task of the government, and the Australians borrowed the sign of the county government on this ground, which could not refute him. What is the way of the brother? ”

"The little nephew thinks that the root of all this lies in the thief." Huang Yukun said in a low voice, "Chen Minggang, these clowns who jump off the beam, are just using this to gather, but this move of the thief contains a great evil intention, and if you continue to deal with them, I am afraid that you will hurt yourself first." ”

"What do you mean, brother?" Liu Dalin was taken aback, he didn't know what this young man was planning, looking at his extremely decisive face, it was obviously a big deal. I can't help but be cautious.

"Connect the gentry, grain households and scholars in the county, write a letter together, and send people to the provincial capital." Huang Yukun said, "This matter still needs the help of my uncle." ”

Officials in the Ming and Qing dynasties attached great importance to their names and friendships, but whenever the local gentry wanted to do things, they had to have the support of officials whether they were in the court or in the local area. And Lingao has been a jinshi like Liu Dalin since ancient times, so the township friendship can't be counted on. However, in the same year as Liu Dalin's Zhongju and Dengke, there were many people who served as officials, which can be regarded as a line. In Huang Yukun's mind, if Liu Dalin was willing to write a few letters of "eight lines", and the gentry raised five or six thousand taels of silver to go to the provincial capital for activities, there was still hope for things.

"Write a post?" Liu Dalin listened to his advice. Somewhat unexpected. He hurriedly raised his eyes and looked at the door, the servant in charge of the study was the son of his family, and he was very good.

"Exactly, uncle!" Huang Yukun said, "It is not a trivial matter for the people to write books......

Liu Dalin doesn't think so. If you want to talk about gathering from big households, thieves and thieves plundered their troops, not to mention the gentry and big families, even the common people even swallowed their bones, so why bother to do anything. Although he doesn't like Australians, after all, he is a person who has read a lot of books and understands the truth: Australians are in Lingao, not only worthy of "no crime in autumn", but even called "the teacher of benevolence and righteousness".

He shook his head and said, "It's not me who pushes and drags." The name of Lingao here is not obvious, not to mention Chaoli, even this province, and I can't find a few officials from Lingao, and some of them are only teachings, teachings, and the largest is not a state and county official, how useful is this sticker......"

"As for my year," Liu Dalin sighed. "After Dengke, he was infected and returned to his hometown, and he was not awarded a real official for a day, and the friendship of the same year was also limited, alas!"

"I just asked my uncle to write a few more letters and eight lines, and naturally sent capable people into the province for activities, which cost a few more money."

Liu Dalin said: "How about the province receiving the gift - sending officials and soldiers to suppress it?" ”

"This nature, is it just to let them do whatever they want?"

"Hmm." Liu Dalin was silent, his heart was very conflicted. Emotionally speaking, he hopes that Lingao will return to the way he was before the arrival of the Australians, and that he can continue to live his peaceful study life: reading books and writing poems every day, and instructing his children to read. In the summer, I go to the grange outside the city to escape the heat, and sometimes I am in the mood to go to the famous places in the county with my friends and drink a few glasses of thin wine. If there is something in the county, come out again to help discuss the matter and do your part.

But after this group of Australians came, they did a lot of good things for the benefit of the local community. Liu Dalin lives here, and he is the most clear about the changes in Lingao: in the past year, whether it is the county's farmers and businessmen, all of them have benefited from the Australians, and the originally lifeless and remote small county in the south seems to be a little prosperous. Especially recently, they rebuilt the county school, funded Jasmine Xuan Academy, and also funded the poor scholars in the county, all of which were things that Liu Dalin wanted to do in the past but failed to do, which made his favorability of the crossing group greatly increased. Although he respects them and stays away from them, he has taken off their "thief" hat in his heart.

Now Huang Yukun wants him to start writing a series of postings, Liu Dalin is really unwilling to make this determination. He wasn't afraid of what would happen if things went bad. But if the province really has to send officials and troops to suppress it. This has not happened for many years, and the rare prosperity situation will immediately turn into ashes.

Liu Dalin did not have a Zhongjin Shi before he studied in the upper reaches of the mainland for a long time. Of course, I know what kind of goods the officers and soldiers are, not to mention whether they can defeat the Australians, no matter what the victory or defeat is, it is inevitable that Lingao will be poisoned by them.

"Brother Shi!" Liu Dalin said in a deep voice, "Be cautious in this matter!" You and your father have been suppressing bandits in this county for many years, and you always know that it is easy for the officials and soldiers to invite God and send God. It's really here, this county has always been short of public and private, what do you want to serve this Banqiuba? In recent years, there have been many incidents of mutiny in the army! ”

Huang Yukun was speechless. Liu Dalin is right. Not to mention whether Kao has to be able to invite the officials and soldiers with a sticker, even if the officials and soldiers really come, I'm afraid that the thieves haven't been beaten away yet, and the county will be looted by this group of Qiu Ba first. When the Tinan Village and the Ma Yali people rioted, the officials and soldiers who came to suppress it were his father Huang Shoutong, but he saw it with his own eyes and talked to him many times. If it weren't for the fact that Huangjiazhai was already heavily fortified, I am afraid that it would have to be robbed. For this reason, Huang Shoutong has repeatedly warned his sons that when fighting with the officers and soldiers, they must always be on guard against the officers and soldiers, not only to prevent them from suddenly escaping, but also to prevent them from robbing friendly troops: from heads, property to food.

Thinking of this, more than half of his hopes for the "Heavenly Soldiers" were extinguished. If the officials and the army really come to suppress it, don't say it, it will be enough for the big households to be in pain for a few years, and most of them will think that they will be troubled by then.

Huang Yukun was immediately deflated, but he was unwilling to accept such a failure. He added: "The thief is in Lingao." Now it's just a temporary minions. When they are full-fledged, it is hard to say what they will do, and when the time comes, I will sink to the land of no return! It's better to plan ahead. ”

"This is naturally a concern." Liu Dalin said, "The so-called injustice will kill oneself." If an Australian really dares to commit the great crime of rebellion, the gentry and scholars in this county will not tolerate him! ”

It's the same as not saying it. Huang Yukun was speechless.

"It's better to ask someone to negotiate with them." Liu Dalin said, "We have to find a suitable person to spread the word and convey the meaning of the grain households in the county." Australians are not unreasonable......"

Huang Yukun's eyes lit up: "If that's the case, why don't you connect the grain households in the county to write a message to the thief?" ”

"Send a message to the Australians." Liu Dalin was thoughtful.

"Yes, just for this year's grain requisition." Huang Yukun said that he would ask Master Wang or Zhang Youfu to center the joint, and the two sides would talk about a suitable solution -- the point is: don't Chen Minggang chauffeur.

"That's doable," Mr. Liu said. "But it's ......"

He didn't continue to say what he said, this matter, naturally, you can't just let a little person like Zhang San and Li Si come out, to make Australians pay attention, the person who comes forward must have a certain weight.

The most important person in the minds of Australians in this county is obviously not Wu Mingjin, but Liu Dalin himself.

Liu Dalin struggled for a long time in his heart, he was unwilling to come out and do this kind of thing, not to mention that the other party was an Australian from an unknown source.

zuihou, he still nodded: "It's okay, it's better for me to take care of this matter." ”

"Uncle, your body-" Huang Yukun said very sincerely, "or let my father come forward." ”

"No," Liu Dalin made up his mind, if he didn't come forward in this matter, I'm afraid that no one in Lingao would be able to come forward. Looking at Australians, there is also a little bit of "Xianghua" meaning, and if you know it yourself, you may be able to get some effect. Finally, he also gave an explanation to the gentry and grain households in the county, so as to avoid the pain of being blackmailed by Chen Minggang and his gang.

Huang Yukun was overjoyed in his heart, Liu Dalin was willing to come forward, and the grain households who were originally hesitant and swayed, holding that more things are better than less things, were willing to participate in this petition. It can also make the thieves play a good calculation, and it is enough for them to feel uncomfortable.

Huang Yukun is not very sure whether the Australians will give in, but he is sure that this matter will give the crossing group a headache. If you are an ordinary pirate bandit, you will naturally not eat your Liu Jinshi and Huang Jinshi, but Australians will show their "love for the people" all day long, and they will never break their faces. In order to deal with Liu Dalin, he probably had to make some gestures.

"You don't 'protect the land and the people' all day long, this will cause the grain households to riot, see how you 'secure the people'!"

Huang Yukun was secretly proud, although he couldn't go to the provincial capital to complain, but it was also a great achievement to take this opportunity to connect the big families.