Originally, this is a good time for a good bamboo pole to knock on the bar, but there is a but. Donating is a chore in Hangzhou, and it may also be a dead errand in the future.

Now, this errand was gloriously put on the table by the county, and there was no way, after thinking of the idea of taking the opportunity to make a pension money, he immediately took a group of ruffians and hooligans, promised countless benefits, and rushed into the richest man in the east of the city like a wolf.

"Three stewards, now that the Japanese are attacking the city, the county is signing, please donate some money and food to supply the warriors defending the city." The words are polite, but the tone is infinitely cold.

"Ha, good, good." The third housekeeper of Cui Chengxiu snorted at that time, and glanced at the ant-like county man with slanted eyes, "The Japanese are coming, it is the duty of your county officials to defend the land, we are just good businessmen, and we usually do not lack filial piety, but at this time, the war started, but what do we have to do?" As he spoke, he just had a face that didn't do anything to me.

"Huh." The county Cheng also ha, then stood up, and walked away without talking nonsense with him.

This move stunned this rich and rival third housekeeper at that time, what is the situation? Shouldn't it be crying and begging me to do something? I have prepared a hundred taels of silver and ten stones of grain to send them, but now it is good, I have saved it.

The county man took two steps, and suddenly turned back viciously and said: "By the way, I just got the news, because there is no Ding Zhuang to defend the city, the county is going to give up the county seat and go to Nanjing for help, hoping that the three shopkeepers will pack up this huge courtyard and move it away, or the suspicion of a capital enemy may go to the political envoy." ”

When the third housekeeper heard this, he sweated down and gave up Qiantang? Is that worth it? Once the widows enter the city, the jade will be burned, and the tens of millions of family assets that they have lived for the adults will be wiped out immediately, not to mention the suspicion of the enemy, that is, if you lose your family assets, Lord Cui will have to peel off his own skin.

So, he hurriedly stood up and put on a smiling face and said, "Adults go slowly." ”

There was a sneer in the county's heart, and he slowly turned around and said, "What do you have to say from the housekeeper?" ”

"Everyone has the responsibility to resist the Japanese invaders, as the so-called people who have money to contribute money and some people to pay for them, they are not talented, and they take care of the family assets for Lord Cui, but they also have to contribute some labor troops, and they are very happy to come to this righteous act." After Dayi finished speaking, the three shopkeepers asked generously: "I don't know how much adults need?" ”

The county man smiled and thanked him first: "It's still the housekeeper Gao Yi, Lord Cui has such a subordinate who knows people." This time, the county respects the plan to defend for a long time, so the money and food required are innumerable, and it is necessary to settle down and sign Ding, and give more pensions, so please give this number to Mr. He slapped him in the face.

The three shopkeepers couldn't help laughing when they saw it: "It's just five hundred taels, even if you go bankrupt." ”

"It's not five hundred taels." Xian Cheng sneered.

Thinking about the three shopkeepers, five thousand taels is not a lot, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Five thousand taels, I can still be the master." ”

"Wrong." The county leader coldly interrupted his promise: "It's 50,000 taels." ”

Fifty thousand? The eyes of the three shopkeepers were dark, this is not a small amount, although it is not in the eyes of Lord Cui, but without 50,000 taels, the adults must blame themselves for not doing things well, this is not good. Immediately refused.

"Since Mr. can't, the five thousand taels can't be borrowed, so you should be ready to move." As he spoke, he turned around and strode away.

The three shopkeepers were dumbfounded, seeing that this kid was really going to give up the county, then the tens of millions of family assets he guarded were really gone. So, he shouted to the county again, stomped his feet with a miserable face, and said, "It's up to you." ”

"Thank you, sir, Gao Yi." The county gentleman bowed his hand slightly, and then waved his hand to the helper behind him and said, "Hurry up and move the silver with Mr."

Hearing this, those tattered splashes rushed to the backyard of the mansion with a shout.

Seeing the boxes of silver being carried out, the third shopkeeper gritted his teeth and said: "I came out of the silver, but if you are greedy for life and afraid of death and lose the money, I will report to my master and kill your whole family." ”

The county man just sneered, and said in his heart: "When I get the money, you will kill my whole family?" Dream on. ”

Out of this house, the county Cheng took people straight to the next house, and rushed in directly without reporting. As soon as he entered the hall, he threw a stack of letters in front of the proprietor, and said fiercely: "I need you to pay 50,000 yuan in silver, otherwise, I will report the crime of colluding with Houjin and selling pig iron to General Feng Ru, you can look at it." ”

When he arrived at the third house, he didn't say much, and when he heard that there was no money in that house, he shouted to the people behind him: "Brothers, go into the inner house and search for me, if you find any money, you will move it away, anyway, this gentleman has no silver at home, and some are either thieves or other people's belongings." So, those splashes and broken skins rolled up their arms and sleeves and shouted—

With such efficiency, in less than half a day, this county gentleman paid 500,000 yuan to the county government to donate 500,000 yuan to the merchants and gentry, and as for how much he hid, anyway, the war had just ended, and the county magistrate evaporated from the world, which was something that God knew.

Signing Ding is also a fat poor, this is an opportunity for all the officials to make a fortune, so one by one, the fierce and vicious servants rushed into the neighborhoods, and the entire county fell into greater chaos again.

The big cow carried the old lady on his back, with the only little belongings wrapped around his waist, and ran to the north city with the escape, but when he ran to the north city, the city gate had long been closed, and a group of soaps and a group of soaps with a gang of idleness blocked the city gate, holding water and fire sticks to the people who were in a hurry to get out of the city, and for a while there was a scream and cry in the black and oppressive crowd.

At this time, a Xu official stood on a table with his throat pulled, facing the fleeing crowd in front of him, unfolding the proclamation of Qiantang County, and read loudly: "Fellow villagers, the county has an order, and the Japanese invaders have poisoned their homeland, and we are the people of the Ming Dynasty, and we should have the responsibility of guarding the land and protecting the family. After that, he jumped off the table and yelled at the eager Xu Gang behind him: "Come on, catch me." ”

Immediately, there was a flurry of chickens and dogs.

The big cow is bright, how can he give up his homeland easily? Besides, those rich gentry still have country houses, and he, a small citizen, is just cumin, and he has a mother-in-law, and the rest is a rotten life, and there is no next meal. This signing is good, after all, you can mix three meals to eat and wear, and you can secretly save some more, and I can't let the old lady eat a few full meals, as for the dead and injured? So who can say? Die early and die late, and you don't treat yourself badly if you are full.

At that time, I discussed with the old lady, although the old lady was worried, but when she came to the government, she was a small person, how dare she disobey? Second, as the son said, it is just a rotten life, even if he runs out of the city, he may die in the hands of the Japanese Invaders, or more likely to die in the hands of the Liukou officials and soldiers, then fight hard, really beat the Japanese Invaders, and get some money and food rewards, and the mother and the two may also survive this green and yellow failure.

"I'll sign up." After settling the old lady at the foot of the city, the big bull was the first to stand up and shout loudly to the official.

What I want is an example like you, the officer was overjoyed at the time, and hammered the bull-like man with his fist, not shaking him, but shaking his fist numb, "Good man, it's you." Then, he turned to the helper behind him and said: "Send the rice grain to settle down first, let the big guy see, in this troubled time, although it is to protect the family, the county has not deducted." Join the army to sign Ding, first send rice and grain, that half a stone. "It's just that in this moment, it has changed from a stone of food to half a stone, and the rest, everyone is happy.

The settling-in fee for half-stone grain is a little less, but for the big cattle with four walls, this is already a lot of wealth. "It's done." took off his pants, tied his two trouser legs, squeezed into the crowd, poured the sixty pounds of grain mixed with sand, and rushed to the old lady in the corner: "Mother, take the food home, I will sign Ding to go to the city, in case of death in battle, you can also get some money and food to compensate, at that time, the old lady can also live for a while and a half with this." As for later. As he spoke, his eyes were red and he couldn't whimper.

"Da Niu, you just go, if you go to the city to die, maybe even if you escape from the city, you may die in the hands of the Japanese Kou, and life and death will be in the sky." After speaking, the old lady stood up with difficulty, and staggered home with the half of the stone grain that her son had exchanged for her life, but she also made up her mind in her heart that once her son died in battle, she would set fire to the old house and go to see his father with her son.

Seeing the old lady go away, Da Niu knelt down again and kowtowed to the old lady who was far away, then stood up, tightened his trouser belt and turned around to sign Ding, "Give me a machete, give me a roll of pancakes, and I'll go to the city to watch." ”

The official who was temporarily appointed to be the leader of this team watched the performance of Da Niu with satisfaction, and gave him a machete at that time, and then picked up a large pancake in the basket next to him, rolled a green onion and stuffed it into his hand, and shouted loudly: "This is a real man, good look, and when the Japanese are repelled, I will invite you to drink." ”

"Thank you, sir." Biting the green onions, saying thank you, Da Niu and many such men went directly to the city. Baidu takes a look at the latest chapter of "Lonely Ministers and Jiezhong Literature in the Late Ming Dynasty" to read for free for the first time.