Although Liu Bantou usually does not take advantage of the benefits of the provincials, he thinks that the influence of the provincials in Ba County is getting bigger and bigger, grabbing food with the locals, and forcing the local porters to live fast, he is still a little unhappy in his heart, and he mutters after thinking about it: "This thing is very hammered!" ”

Wang Jingcheng felt the same way, and asked in a low voice: "Four babies, do you want to save that melon baby?" ”

"Uncle Wang, when you think about it, the big head usually helps your family carry things." Han Xiufeng answered the question, but the meaning was very clear.

"Although the baby's brain is not very good, she is quite upright, otherwise she wouldn't shout anything, and she will do things alone."

"So I think about the villagers, if I can help, I can help."

"It's not light or heavy, it's such a big disaster, now it's not that we can help if we want to, whether he can save his life, just look at what the old man says, see how the big master decides."

At stake in the life of the boss, Han Xiufeng was really a little nervous, and asked eagerly: "Uncle Wang, do you think the eldest master will give Master Gu this face?" ”

"Human life is at stake, no matter how big Master Gu's face is, how big can he be?" Liu Bantou pointed in the direction of the government and the provincial office, and hurriedly said: "In my opinion, this matter depends on the meaning of the tea gang, if the tea gang does not forgive, even if the lord wants to give face to Master Gu, he has to do business, otherwise the tea gang will definitely sue the government office, and they will go to the Taoist platform to sue if they don't win." ”

"Uncle Liu, are you saying that the big head is dead?"

"If you don't die, you have to shed your skin," Liu Bantou touched the corner of his nose and said: "Actually, it was all his own doing, and he didn't have to deal with it, if you want to say that the dead will not die one day." But he was good, he didn't hold back, and he took it all over. If you don't talk nonsense, God knows who killed that short-lived ghost in the Tea Gang. ”

"Think about it, hundreds of people have done it, as long as you don't talk nonsense, what can the master do, the law is not responsible!"

Wang Jingcheng said coldly: "Actually...... Actually, it doesn't matter. ”

Han Xiufeng subconsciously asked, "Uncle Wang, what do you mean by this?" ”

"He has a bad brain, everyone knows that he is a melon baby, can you believe what the melon baby says?" Wang Jingcheng touched his chin, and suddenly smiled: "It's much easier to do this reason, four babies, you hurry up and find the neighbors who are familiar with Nawa, and ask them to help testify that Nawa is not good at beating her brain." ”

"The authorities are fans, they are really the authorities fans, why didn't I think of such a simple thing!"

"Don't talk nonsense, if you have the heart to protect the baby, go quickly."

Pan Er, who had never dared to squeak, felt that Han Xiufeng couldn't leave at this juncture, so he said coldly: "Fourth brother, why don't I go." ”

"Okay, you can go, the eighth master is at the yamen, go and explain it to the eighth master."

"You know, you won't be wrong."

Seeing Pan Er running towards the yamen, Liu Bantou couldn't help but smile and said, "This kid is quite clever!" ”

Han Xiufeng glanced back and said with a wry smile: "Uncle Liu, he is not a long-term follower like Zhang Biao, his father runs a pawnshop!" The young shopkeeper of the same xingdang, do you think he can be clever? ”

Liu Bantou reacted: "Your uncle is the silver borrowed by his family?" ”

"Well, I borrowed it from his family. Therefore, he is my long-term companion in front of outsiders, and he is my creditor when there are no outsiders. ”

"A hammer! This debt is too tight! ”

"You just know."

"This is the county seat, not a horse gang, and it is not his turn to be arrogant. Four babies, if it wasn't for Uncle to help you vent your anger? ”

"Forget it, it's only right to repay debts, who asked my uncle to borrow his family's silver." Han Xiufeng sighed lightly, and then changed his words: "The top priority is how to save the life of the big head, if it really doesn't work, I'll go talk to the Sichuan Gang again and see how much money they can muster." ”

"To whom?" Wang Jingcheng asked lightly.

"I have to give it, the eldest man has to do some things, and the tea gang has to ask the guest head of the Huguang Hall to intercede."

"A bunch of poor bastards can scrape together a few dollars, don't bother with that. I saw you talking and laughing with Zhang Biao just now, if you have that kung fu, it is better to go and set up a dragon gate formation with Zhang Biao for a while, intentionally or unintentionally mentioning the big thing. ”

Han Xiufeng understood it as if he had been empowered, and couldn't help laughing: "As long as he knows that the big head is a melon baby, and it is not good to hit the small brain, it is equivalent to the big master knowing." ”

"That's what it means," Wang Jingcheng thought about it and said, "It's not appropriate for the four babies to go, Liu Bantou, or you go and tell Zhang Biao." ”

"Okay." Liu Bantou has always been the only king to look forward to the horse, and walked in the direction of the capture hall without looking back.

"I've done everything I need to do, I'll take care of the master now." Wang Jingcheng took out the dry tobacco stick from the room, and while filling the pipe with tobacco, he muttered: "Master Gu, I know, I will definitely manage what I can manage, and I don't care about what I shouldn't ask if I shouldn't ask." It stands to reason that he will not be involved in this kind of life lawsuit, but as soon as the Sichuan Gang invited him, Siwazi, don't you think it's a little strange? ”

Han Xiufeng muttered: "It's a little strange to think about it, and he only asked for fifty taels from the Sichuan Gang." ”

"Fifty taels is not a small amount for us, but fifty taels is a hammer for his family!"

"Really, his family has money, and when he returned to his hometown, he packed hundreds of boxes of luggage, and I heard that half of the boxes were filled with silver!"

"Even if the Sichuan Gang asks for fifty taels, this is the drunkard's intention not to drink."

"Uncle Wang, did you think of something?"

"If you guess correctly, Master Gu wants to use the Sichuan Gang Tea Gang to vent his evil anger for the local gentry."

The more Han Xiufeng listened, the more confused he became, and said with a bitter face: "I still don't understand." ”

The more Wang Jingcheng thought about it, the more reasonable it became, and he couldn't help laughing: "There are many gentry in the city, but which master can treat people as kindly as Master Gu?" It's really expensive and cheap, always smiling, and the first thing that even the poor people of the Sichuan Gang think of when they encounter something is to beg him. And he is kind and charitable, and he has only returned to his hometown for a few years, and the porridge factory has been opened five or six times. ”

“……”

Looking at Han Xiufeng's confused appearance, Wang Jing continued: "Let's put it this way, among the gentry in the whole Ba County and even the whole Chongqing Prefecture, Master Gu is not the highest, but his name is the loudest, what is going on in the place, no matter whether our county master or Futai, even the first thing that comes to mind is him." ”

"The head of the gentry!"

"Yes, Master Gu is now the head of the gentry, and he naturally wants to help the local gentry speak. However, a few days ago, when Futai went out on patrol, he praised the gang of the eight provinces in front of so many local gentry, saying that the investigation of a port in Chongqing was actually opened by the merchants of the eight provinces. ”

Han Xiufeng reacted and muttered, "Why would Futai say this, where is this for the local gentry?" ””

"Whether it's Futai, or the eldest man who has just taken office in our county government, not only has he said a lot of praise for the Eight Provinces Gang, but he has also done a lot of things."

"What's the matter?"

"You really don't know, don't you know?"

Han Xiufeng raised his head and said, "I really don't know, I was doing a funeral for my uncle a few days ago, and when I came back, I was busy going to the capital to make a confession." Uncle Wang, what did the eldest master do? ”

Wang Jingcheng remembered that he was not busy with one or two things these days, and simply introduced: "Aren't there more and more merchants from other provinces who come to us, and there are not only Beijing money on the market, but also money minted by various provinces, and even fake money minted privately." The same is true of silver, all kinds of private silver and low-tide silver of insufficient fineness are overflowing, so that merchants can not do business. ”

"Isn't this a day or two, and isn't it a rich bank?"

"There is a rich bank, and there is more than one, but the guests of the eight provincial halls said that the money village was unfair, so they persuaded the lord to set up a 'public assessment bureau', and also planned to set up branches in Hanzhen and Wanyi. It is said that the public appraisal is fair, in order to reduce the uselessness of low silver and cut off private casting, which is of great benefit to businessmen. According to the proposed charter, the main members of the survey and adjustment bureau are the guest governors of the eight provinces. ”

Han Xiufeng couldn't believe that this was true, and exclaimed, "This ...... This is also too domineering, as soon as this public assessment bureau is established, no matter who wants to use the silver in the future, won't it all have to be sent to them for evaluation, and I don't know what they will estimate! ”

"But the people insisted on doing this, and they also invited the local gentry such as Master Gu during the public discussion, and the local gentry disagreed, but the eldest man spoke, what if he didn't agree." Wang Jingcheng paused, and then said: "There is another thing that you don't know either, Master Gu and other local gentry plan to rebuild the county chronicles and government chronicles, but it costs money to repair the magistrates, so go to the guest governors of the eight provinces, and as a result, do you know what the guest governors of the eight provinces say?" ”

"What do they say?"

"They said that this is a local matter, they are all guests, and if they don't pay for it, they won't be able to cultivate their ambitions. In short, whether they set up a charity hall or donated money to buy land to buy Yitian Yizhuang, it was all for themselves, and they never thought about the place. What do you think the local gentry would think, as the head of the local gentry, can Master Gu swallow this breath? ”