Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Fraudulent City (Asking for Flowers)
Zhang Feng, the head of the bored team, looked at the hour, there was still half an hour before the time to open the fort gate, and it was time to change the guard, so you could go to the canteen to drink a bowl of hot gruel, eat a mixed noodle steamed bun, and if you have a small family, you can go home with a knife and gun, pour it on the hot kang, and fall asleep beautifully. Tomorrow? Let's talk about it.
When I was bored, I was going to carry a big knife and go to each wall section for a routine inspection, and then I could hand over the shift, and I was about to turn around, when suddenly a villager next to me had sharp eyes, pointed to the dilapidated garrison mountain across the road and shouted: "Look, head, there is movement in the garrison mountain, I'm afraid that I have raised supplies, grain and grass to ransom people." ”
Is it? That relationship is good, quickly redeem people out, if there is no more day and a half, the villagers in the water prison will all die, Zhang Feng also felt relieved when he heard it.
Hurry up to look outside, but really see that the garrison mountain across the road from Zhangjiabao began to be full of people early, the old and weak have disturbed out of the yard, pushing or pulling the wooden carts with high sacks gathered into a long line, led by two tall men in front, is coming to Zhangjiabao, a Ge Yi scribe in front, a tall man in official clothes, isn't it the day Lu Shi and the post post Zhao Dahai?
"Little San, you hurry up and report this matter to Mr. Zhang's foreign mansion, I'm here waiting for the master to make a decision." Hurriedly instructed the diligent junior around him to go back and report the news, and he shouted here to cheer up the villagers on duty, and don't let those hillbillies underestimate our spirit.
The three of them agreed, and ran down the fortress wall like the wind to report to Zhang's mansion.
In Zhangjiabao, facing the gate of the fort is the old house of the Zhang family, the courtyard is magnificent and vast, the houses are hand in hand, the garden pavilions are scattered, the maids and servants who have been plundered and sold are gathered and shuttled, to a heavenly and earthly situation.
Next to it is the housekeeper and other high-class Zhang family members, and farther away is the dilapidated Zhang family's distant house, and now those distant houses have been reduced to the tenant long-term workers of the patriarch, in fact, they are not much better than the people stationed in the mountain outside.
San'er ran to the Zhang family's mansion, but he didn't have the right to go in, so he could only report the matter to the gatekeeper in a low voice outside the gate.
The porter dropped a sentence: "Wait." Then Shi Shiran entered the deep courtyard.
It's not that the porter is willing to run errands this time without the filial piety of San'er, but the news that the old man and the little young master are anxious, and a delay is a good fight, and the little young master is not serious, and there is not a person who is crippled or killed in a year, at this time, he can't touch this mold.
The little young master took those people in the water prison for a night, at this time was sleeping incense, smelled the report, jumped up excitedly, did not wash, put on clothes, shoes and socks and ran to the main hall to find grandpa, see grandpa is slowly drinking tea and listening to the housekeeper's report, at that time, he stepped forward, and hurriedly pulled up grandpa and left.
Old man Zhang smiled helplessly, so he had to follow along.
In fact, there is no need to go to those mud-legged people in person to give them a face, a housekeeper can solve it, the conditions are there, but I can't resist my grandson, so I have to go and see it in person.
The big butler stopped him and reminded in a low voice: "Master, be careful of those things that the dog jumped over the wall and rushed to the fortress, so it's better to prepare first." ”
The grandson of the Zhang family was stopped by the housekeeper, the housekeeper was actually definitely a flattering suggestion, the rest of the people outside were already old and weak women and children, where was there still a little ability and possibility to make trouble?
Zhang Laozi paused slightly, and then received the housekeeper's kindness, after all, some things still have to be done by the housekeeper to run inside and out, and face still has to be given, and he smiled at the moment: "They are all old and weak women and children, what big waves can be turned?" Be careful, well, I know your loyalty, and go to the account office and receive fifty taels of silver. ”
"Thank you, sir, but-" The housekeeper still had to admonish, and the old man Zhang waved his hand and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, but the old and weak women and children are not afraid, but the fake monk is brave after all, but he has to guard against it, so gather some relatives and children to prepare." ”
"The great lord is wise." The butler immediately complimented.
"Actually, it's also a lot of heart, I listened to the report, and that Zhao Dahai was mixed in, after all, he is also an official, no one wants to peel off the skin of that body, as long as people take care of it, what are they afraid of?" This is indeed the insight of the words of the old man.
"Grandpa, if you hadn't been thinking about it for the long term at that time, I would have taken down that Lu Shi a long time ago, and I would have moved the windmill to our house a long time ago, where else would I need such a Zhou Zhang?"
"Good grandson, is it too late? We have watered our land, but will it cost us a penny? At that time, the situation was a situation of burning jade, and now it has not achieved the original purpose? Old man Zhang laughed and proudly educated his good grandson.
"Grandpa Hugh wants to say more, let's see how they look deflated." The grandson was already impatient with his grandfather's preaching, and hurriedly pulled his grandfather's sleeve and urged.
"Okay, let's go." For this grandson, the old man did everything outside, and at the moment he went up to the fort wall with the support of several Xiangyong relatives.
Outside the sunny castle, a group of dead mud-legged men who had been subdued by themselves were there dejectedly pushing large and small vehicles waiting for their inspection.
That heavenly man Lu Shi was dressed in a kudzu suit and stood in front of Zhao Dahai who made him disgusting.
After all, Zhao Dahai is an official body, and he is a wealthy family, but he can't afford to fight with the official body, so he still has to give some face to him, and he hugged his fists on the fortress wall at the moment and said: "But I don't know that the adults have arrived, and the grass people have lost their welcome, so please atone for your sins." ”
In the eyes of that grandson, these petty officials who are not in the prime of life are not as senior as the officials who come and go in their father's house, where do they need to give them a face.
Zhao Dahai and Lu Shi waited outside the castle gate for a long time, and they were anxious to see the grandson of the Zhang family at the head of the city, Zhao Dahai strode forward, smiled and arched his hand and said: "Zhang Laoshi is invited, but the lower official is asking for personal favors, Zhang Laoshi, who you invited to your home as a guest, is my best brother, and at the same time I am constantly colluding back and forth in this Zhangjiazhuang, which is not a blind date, but also entrusted me to come to your old castle to lose a favor, this is not, according to the national legal situation, overnight urged these small people to prepare food and grass things, according to the agreement, I wonder if Zhang Laoli can be accommodating? ”
Honorific title Li Zheng, this is the official face, he Zhao Dahai is also an official, that is the discussion that everyone has been over, Li Zheng is not an official or an official, but after all, it is filed in the official government, this is a promotion.
Old Man Zhang laughed and said: "But it was Lord Zhao who came, everything is not a problem, but this official law and regulations, I was also forced to do so, so I offended the villagers, but I wanted Lord Zhao to work hard, but I didn't know my difficulties, and I was also sent by the upper and lower branches, there was no way, so I had to forgive the villagers, and the imperial grain and taxes could not be gathered, and you and I were not easy to bear." ”
"Zhang Lizheng is embarrassed, I don't call everyone to get together the tax money and food, hurry up to Lizheng, but the villagers are difficult, but it will not be complete for a while, so the central government told me to discuss, first put together these, and the rest of the please Li Zheng in the county to intercede and be tolerant one or two?"
This is what should be in the question, after all, everyone has been scraped a blank field, and this day and night can no longer make up the prescribed money and food, if you really want to make it up, then there is a falsehood.
Mr. Zhang also understands in his heart that this is human nature, find an official who is willing to come out and fight with him, but he just wants to open up the net, save people first, and then say, really let those mud legs get together? Isn't that a silver coin falling from the sky? Actually, I wasn't referring to this, but to the windmill pattern, pretending to be embarrassed at the moment.
Zhao Dahai also saw it, and said with a smile: "I know that Li is in a dilemma, and now I have told this Mr. Lu Shi to take out his family's heirloom windmill drawings as collateral for the villagers, and the rest is gathered together, how about redeeming his family's ancestral drawings?" ”
After that, he turned around and said with a cold face to Lu Shi, who was following behind him without speaking: "That's how I decided, what do you think?" If you don't agree, I don't care about it. ”
Lu Shi seemed to be very painful and thought for a long time before taking out a stack of papers in his arms, and reluctantly handed it to Zhao Dahai and said: "Since the adult said it, the kid complied with it, but this is my ancestral skill, and I hope to-"
Zhao Dahai didn't wait for Lu Shi to be wordy, grabbed it, looked at it carefully, and then said with a smile: "This is indeed a windmill drawing, that is a mortgage, don't worry, I am an official, and the size is a person from the imperial court, but I can't rely on you?" ”
After that, Yang Yang put the drawings in his hand and said to the old man on the wall: "They are all people on the official face, I will be a witness, this drawing is for you, and the money and food gathered by the villagers outside, how about handing over the person with one hand and delivering the goods with the other?" The rest asked Zhang Li to ask the villagers for a favor in the county. ”
Mr. Zhao was overjoyed when he saw it, and the money strings he thought about day and night were about to arrive, why wasn't he overjoyed? But although he was happy in his heart, he pretended to be embarrassed on the surface, and then stomped his feet and said: "That's it, they are all villagers in the township, and they are also my Zhangjiayuan branch, and the county will punish me and take care of the villagers, so let's bring things in." ”
The villagers on the fort saw the old boss speak, and hurriedly ran down the wall to open the fort gate.
With a squeaky sound, the black-gray fortress door slowly opened in front of everyone, like the mouth of a giant beast.
——— the plot of the passion has arrived, and the foreshadowing is complete, if you think the kid's book is okay, please collect it, thank you