When He Zhiyuan returned home, his grief-stricken mother Chen and Yueji were full of joy and sorrow, Chen hugged He Zhiyuan and cried loudly, and asked how he got out and came back, and whether he was hurt.

He Zhiyuan hurriedly comforted his mother and told him how he got out and was saved.

Chen stopped crying and said, "So the big boss still has a conscience. It's better than that black-hearted Qi Hongfu. ”

He Zhiyuan thought in his heart, hey, in the eyes of the people, the grain chief of the Ming Dynasty was not even as good as a bandit. Is this what historians call "Hongji Zhongxing"? From now on, I have to find a way to make money, to be powerful, and to have soldiers. I want to change the fate of this family, the fate of this village, and the fate of the entire Ming Dynasty step by step!

Thinking of this, He Zhiyuan said to his mother: "Mother, hasn't Qi Hongfu always wanted to buy our family's land?" As long as my father can come back, we will sell it to him, and as long as he is there, there is hope. ”

"Son, were you beaten stupid? How can our family survive without land? Chen asked in surprise when he heard his son say this.

"If we don't sell the land, my father will be locked up in prison all the time, and if he is crippled again, our family will be finished. After selling the land, we can pay the taxes and grain owed by the whole village, and my father will come back. The rest of the silver is used as capital, and we can earn silver by opening a workshop. He Zhiyuan said confidently.

"But your father has always been reluctant to sell. If we sell it, he will die of distress. ”

"My father is in prison, I have to get him out! I'm in charge of this, and I have a way to make money. I promise that it won't take a year, and we can buy as much land as we want. ”

Chen looked at his son in front of him in surprise, feeling that the gentle son in the past had changed, there was a faint hint of domineering, and his eyes had become confident.

She was originally a woman with no opinions, and after her son said this, she agreed with her son's proposition.

The next day, he invited his neighbor Xu Tangyi and his son to Qi Hongfu's house in Qijiahe Village.

Xu Tangyi's family used to be a military household of Anton Wei, and ten years ago because they couldn't live in the guard, they fled all the way to the northwest. When he arrived in Hejia Village, Xu Tangyi was already sick and dying, but fortunately, he was taken in by He Shaoyun to save his life, and finally settled in this village.

Xu Tangyi has only one son, who is the same age as He Zhiyuan, because he was born burly, he is more than six feet tall at the age of fourteen, and he is nicknamed Da Xuzi.

Qi Hongfu saw He Zhiyuan looking for him to sell the land, and he was even more proud, and said arrogantly: "I said that the He family boy, I used to let your father sell the land, and I happily paid the taxes and grain." The rest of the money can tear down your straw hut and build a decent house again, but he just won't listen. How's it going? ”

Qi Hongfu relied on his brother to be the first blessing in the state, and his eldest nephew was the secretary of the Yamen room, and his nephew made him the chief of grain in this area. He took advantage of his situation to run rampant in the countryside, forcibly buying and selling, and in just five or six years, he occupied more than 2,000 mu of land and became a notorious landlord in this grain area.

He Zhiyuan looked at his smug appearance, and he was angry and hateful, relying on the vice president of a state-owned enterprise who was in charge of tens of thousands of jobs in his previous life, he crossed over to Daming, and he had to suffer from the idleness of this local tyrant. He secretly hated and said, Qi Hongfu, you wait, see how I pinch you to death in the future!

He Zhiyuan could only swallow his anger and say: "We have all discussed, and all the fifty acres of land have been sold." We don't want much, but according to what you said last time, fifty acres of land are only sold for five hundred taels of silver, and I brought the title deed. ”

"No, it's four hundred taels."

"What, Chief Qi Liang, you can't talk and don't count, you say five hundred taels!" He Zhiyuan's eyes widened, and he stood up sharply and said.

The two family members standing opposite saw He Zhiyuan stand up, took a step forward, stared at him with both eyes, and immediately became vigilant. Xu Tangyi's father and son looked like they were going to fight, and they didn't show weakness. stared at the two family members and told them with his eyes that if you do it, the two of us will never be polite.

He Zhiyuan saw that they were tense, and thought to himself, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan. Today I am here to sell land and get money, and I can't delay the business because of a little thing.

The current He Zhiyuan is not the little showman who can only suffer losses and let others slaughter. He is a two-life man, familiar with both the "Da Ming Law" and modern legal knowledge. A plan to kill this local tyrant bastard was formed in his brain.

So he sat down again and said angrily, "Count you ruthless! Four hundred taels I confessed. I wonder if Chief Qi has the guts to make a bet with me? ”

"What bet?" Qi Hongfu asked disdainfully while digging his nostrils.

"By the end of the year, I will redeem the fifty acres of land with ten times the amount of silver. Do you dare to bet? ”

"Lotus! What a big breath! Even if you sell all your village's land, it is not worth four thousand taels of silver. How dare I bet. What if you lose? ”

"All the thirty acres of land in my family will be given to you."

"You can't go back!"

"No repentance! So what if I win? ”

"In addition to the fifty acres of land you redeemed, I will give you another fifty acres!"

"Okay, that's a deal."

"Bring pen and ink, make a note!"

At this time, Xu Tangyi, who was sitting next to him, was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Don't take it seriously, Chief Qi Liang, this is a child's angry words." ”

He Zhiyuan said in his heart, Uncle Xu, don't help you, and before Qi Hongfu could answer, he said, "Chief Qi Liang, I'm really not angry. ”

Then he said to Xu Tangyi: "Uncle Xu, you don't have to worry about this. I know what I'm doing. ”

Qi Hongfu looked at Xu Tangyi and said triumphantly: "Look, it's not like I forced him to be willing to do so. ”

Xu Tangyi was speechless for a while.

He Zhiyuan thought to himself, you bastard, let's see how I will trap you in the future!

After signing the contract, Qi Hongfu took out two hundred and fifty taels of silver tickets and the documents for He Jiacun to complete the tax payment and handed it to He Zhiyuan. Then he said, "Your village now owes a hundred stone of grain in taxes, which is equivalent to one hundred and fifty taels of silver. I will pay you two hundred and fifty taels of silver, and I will pay you the taxes and grain for your village, and we will pay them in two. As for how you count each family, that's your business, and I don't care. "In fact, the market price of the best grain is only one or two or three dollars and a stone, and this greedy Qi Hongfu sees the needles and does not let go of any cheap.

But He Zhiyuan didn't know what the current price of grain was, and Qi Hongfu would admit it when he said so.

Qi Hongfu saw that he was so foolish, so he had to inch in, kicked his nose in the face, and said: "There is another thing I want to make clear, since this land has been sold to me, the harvest of wheat in this field will naturally belong to me." However, the government's fish scale book and yellow book have not been changed, so this summer's tax will naturally have to be paid by your family. ”

He Zhiyuan was completely enraged when he heard this, he didn't bully people like this! He stood up suddenly, pointed at Qi Hongfu with his finger and shouted, "Qi Hongfu, you don't have to move an inch, step by step." Don't overdo it! Otherwise you have a good look. ”

The family on the opposite side was used to running rampant in the township, and bullied He Zhiyuan when he was young, and said contemptuously with his hands on his arms: "Boy! Not convinced, right? ”

It's completely a fight to beat people.

He Zhiyuan had long seen him unpleasantly, he had practiced with Xu Tangyi for a few years before, and he had also practiced sanda in his previous life. didn't take this fox fake tiger in his eyes at all, looked at this family with a more contemptuous look and said, "Obey you? Dream on! ”

Without saying a word, an arrow stepped up, picked up his right fist and hit He Zhiyuan's front door. He Zhiyuan turned his head to dodge, took advantage of the momentum to move forward, hugged the right arm of the family with both hands, and fell over the shoulder, and the family fell to the ground with a scream.

Qi Hongfu was stunned, he didn't expect He Zhiyuan to fight back, and he was so clean! Seeing that his own people were suffering, he shouted to his family: "What are you doing in a daze? Let's go together! ”

When they heard the noise, six or seven of them gathered around them and surrounded them in the middle. Xu Tangyi used to be in the army at night, and he was good at martial arts, so he was afraid of these fists and embroidered legs, just these few people were not enough for him to fight alone.

Sure enough, the three of them shot together, crackling with punches and kicks, and after a while, these family members were all knocked to the ground, with blue noses and swollen faces, and wailing again and again.

When Qi Hongfu saw this scene, he was stupefied. He didn't expect that this old and young man would be easy to mess with. Especially He Zhiyuan, I heard that he is still a scholar, why is he so strong?

At this time, He Zhiyuan's eyes showed a fierce light, and he forced Qi Hongfu step by step, so frightened that Qi Hongfu retreated again and again, and said in his mouth: "I was wrong just now, I will pay the summer tax." Don't do it, everyone is a reader, so it's easy to talk and discuss. ”

Now that I remember that I am a scholar, why did I go earlier!

"What else?" He Zhiyuan squeezed out three words from between his teeth.

"The wheat from the field is yours, so that you can do it." The muscles on Qi Hongfu's fat face trembled, and the five short bodies had no way to retreat, and he shrank in the corner and said pitifully, completely without the arrogance just now.

He Zhiyuan grabbed him by the collar and warned: "Qi Hongfu, don't think that you are a scholar if you get a grain chief." I really didn't think of you as a reader, you're a bully! Now that our village's taxes and grain have been paid, if you dare to go to our village to mess around again, don't blame me for beating your fat face into a pig's head! ”

Before leaving, He Zhiyuan said jokingly to Qi Hongfu, who was shrinking in the corner: "Don't forget our gambling contract, maybe I will redeem it in advance!" ”

After speaking, the three of them walked away, completely ignoring Qi Hongfu who was lying there and wailing on the ground.