It is said that after Zhou Bofu had a lot of health care at public expense that day, when he returned home, he naturally suffered a storm, not only did the pure gold cross drift away as usual (and soon after, it became a plug-in on his wife's head and a pendant on her body), but also as he expected, knelt down on the abacus, and enjoyed a leather whip candle or something. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but, no matter what, the woman didn't dare to give him a letter of resignation. Therefore, life can go on. Even in some ways, it's a little better than before. Because Zhou Bofu took the line of doing business with the Zheng family. The Zhou family is a big landowner, the family has a large mulberry field and cotton field, and recently opened a weaving mill, after pulling the line with the Zheng family, almost as much silk and cotton cloth can be sold.

This business is big, and it is natural to socialize. The local socials were fine, and the woman could barely keep an eye on them, but sometimes, when she needed to go somewhere in Songjiang to negotiate a deal, Zhou Bofu was suddenly free. Although there are still some small troubles after going back - it's really not a thing to be surrounded by traitors, Zhou Bofu has changed countless followers for various reasons, and then whether it is a thief or a thick eyebrow, without exception, they are all traitors! But now Zhou Bofu doesn't care anymore, anyway, the woman won't really take a break from herself, it's a big deal to kneel and calculate, and then leather whip candles, in fact, it has a different flavor.

A few days ago, Zhou Bofu just went to Songjiang, negotiated another deal, and made almost a thousand taels of silver. As soon as he was proud, Zhou Bofu went to the big health care again, and then, when he went home, he first handed over the profits, then kneeling the abacus, and then the leather whip candle. As a result, the leather whip candle was played so well that it hung a piece on his face, and he didn't dare to go out for several days.

On this day, Zhou Bofu was resting at home, but someone came to report that a person named Zheng Cai came to visit.

"Who is this Zheng Cai?" Mrs. Zhou asked softly.

"Mrs. Hui," Zhou Bofu's face was full of flattering smiles, and even the blue spots on his face trembled with the smile, "This Zheng Cai is the younger brother of Zheng Zhilong of the Zheng family in Fujian, and he is the big shopkeeper in charge of the Zheng family's business. This time......"

"Am I going to take you out to mess around again this time?" Mrs. Zhou's tone was still very calm.

"Madam, you can't wronged me......" As soon as he was in a hurry, Zhou Bofu became a little shorter.

"What are you looking for?" Mrs. Zhou asked kindly.

"Madame Hui, I ...... I'm looking for an abacus......" Zhou Bofu told the truth.

"Get up, manly man, what do you look like?" Mrs. Zhou dragged out her voice and said, "How bad is it for people to see it?" It makes people think I'm a Hedong lion. ”

"Who hasn't seen it...... Besides, what kind of Hedong lion is......" Zhou Bofu muttered quietly as he climbed up from the ground.

"What did you say?" Mrs. Zhou's voice was a little higher, and her two good-looking eyebrows also jumped slightly. Zhou Bofu trembled, and almost fell short again.

"Madame Hui, I ...... I mean, I'm going to kick this guy out right away! "Zhou Bofu is still quite anxious. As he spoke, he went outside.

"Come back!" Gently two words, immediately made Zhou Bofu stop.

"What do you command, Madame?" Zhou Bofu stood aside with his hands down, like a well-behaved and obedient little guy.

"People must have come with trade, so how can there be any reason to drive the silver outside?" Mrs. Zhou said, "Outside the male lead, inside the female lead, you still have to do this reception." But be honest yourself, or I'll peel you off carefully! ”

Zhou Bofu shuddered, and said with a smile on his face: "Madam, if that's the case, the husband will go out first." ”

"Wait." Mrs. Zhou walked up to Zhou Bofu, reached out and touched the blue part of Zhou Bofu's face, and said gently: "Does it still hurt?" ”

"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt." Zhou Bofu said with a smile.

"People want to ask what's going on, what do you say?" Mrs. Zhou continued to gently caress Zhou Bofu's face, and leaned closer, as if to take a closer look at whether the scar had healed, and Rulan's breath gently blew on Zhou Bofu's face, making Zhou Bofu's heart itch. Zhou Bofu's courage suddenly came up, and he stretched out his hand to take his wife into his arms.

"In broad daylight, you're looking for death!" Mrs. Zhou slapped Zhou Bofu's hand away and said, "Aren't you busy with business?" ”

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"Mr. Zhou, I can't hide it, I came this time to ask for something." Zheng Caidao.

"Mr. Zheng, please speak, with the friendship between you and me, if I can help, I will naturally help." Zhou Bofu said with a smile.

"Mr. Zhou, I heard that there have been a lot of displaced people on the ground in Jiangnan recently......

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To the north of the county is a large area of wasteland, which has not been cleared by anyone because of the lack of soil and stones, and later became a mass grave for the poor. Therefore, this place has always been deserted, even in broad daylight, and you can't see two people. Most of the ghost legends in the prefecture that are used to scare children are also used as a background. But these days, this wasteland is suddenly crowded with people. The displaced people who fled from the Central Plains crowded the place. And many more are coming here from elsewhere.

In the county office, Zhang Xianling's hair seemed to be several white, and the homeless people outside the city made him very sad. These people gathered there, without food or drink, maybe some kind of chaos will happen that day. Zhang Xianling often has such dreams when he goes to sleep now, in which those homeless people who have no food rush into the city, killing people when they see them, and robbing things when they see them. Fortunately, it was just a dream, and it would be nice to wake up. But Zhang Xianling is very worried, what if one day, this dream becomes true?

On the one hand, he organized a group of middle-aged men in the county to guard the city wall with weapons every day, just in case, and on the other hand, he also asked the local gentry to take out some food to open a porridge stall as his grandfather told his grandmother, so that those homeless people could have a hope of eating, so as not to cause any trouble. But those gentry said that if those sub-homeless people felt that they had something to eat, they would not leave, not only would they not leave, but the homeless people from other places heard that there was food here, and they all ran over, wouldn't it be more troublesome?

This statement is indeed very powerful, and Zhang Xianling asked himself if he was also a homeless person, and he would definitely refuse to leave when he knew that there was something to eat in that place. It's just that if you don't give a point, if there is really a mess, how can it be good?

Just when he was hesitating about this, someone suddenly came to report that Mr. Zhou Bofu had come to visit. Zhang Xianling's heart moved, he knew that Zhou Bofu was a wealthy family in this county, and he was a family of eunuchs for generations, so he couldn't be despised either. So he hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up, please." ”

The official hurriedly went out to invite Zhou Bofu, and Zhang Xianling also personally greeted him at the door of the hall. The two entered the house, sat down separately, and Zhang Xian ordered: "Mr. came here today, I don't know what to teach?" ”

Zhou Bofu smiled slightly, hugged his fists and said: "Old parents, give the word teaching, how dare you be a late student?" It's just that I heard that the homeless people outside the north gate haven't left yet. I heard that there are dozens of corpses dumped outside the north gate every day, and no one buries them. Now the weather is still cold, but it is okay, in a few days there will be spring, as soon as the weather warms up, there is a disease outside the north gate. If we let it go, I'm afraid there will be another pandemic. I wonder what the old parents have planned? ”

Hearing Zhou Bofu's words, Zhang Xianling sighed and said, "Mr. Zhou, you also know that there is no grain in this county. I can't do anything about it. Alas, these outcasts, who are not honestly starving to death in their own homes, but still want to run out to make trouble for all of us, are really damned! ”

"Old parents don't have to worry, there is a way to solve the problem in the late life." Zhou Bofu said.

"What's the solution?" Zhang Xianling stood up suddenly.

"My parents, I had a friend who was a maritime merchant, and once when I was drinking with him, he mentioned to me that he had found a very large island overseas, and he was afraid that tens of thousands of people could live there. The land is fertile, and rice can be grown three times a year. There were no people on the island, and the land was deserted. My friend thought it was a pity, so he asked me to recruit some people to go there and clear the wasteland. I think, although he blew that island like heaven, he said that the land was fertile and could sprout with a chopstick. But old parents, you think, no matter how fertile the land is, it is also a wasteland. Moreover, those who have to leave their homeland and cross the ocean will die if they get sick in their lives. Who wants to go if they are not desperate? But I suddenly thought of the homeless people in the north of our city. These people have already left their hometowns, and no matter how far away they are, it's a big deal, as for death, if they stay outside the north gate, sooner or later they will die, right? Zhou Bofu said.

"If that's the case, it's really a big problem. Those outcasts outside also have a way to live, and your friend can be regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue. But most of the homeless people are emaciated, and most of them don't seem to be able to do much work, so what would your friend do? Zhang Xianling asked.

"Those who are old, weak, sick and disabled, people will definitely not want them. After all, people can't spend money in vain, no. The old god Zhou Bofu said, "But if the young and strong people among the homeless people are taken away, what else do you have to worry about, old parents?" ”

"That's a good thing to say." Zhang Xianling also smiled.

What Zhang Xianling was most worried about was that the gang of displaced people were in turmoil. If the young and strong among the displaced people are taken away, what can the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled people do except starve to death honestly? They just want to make trouble, and the strength of the county is enough to deal with these old, weak, sick and disabled people who can't walk. If they really dare to make a rebellion, they are giving Zhang County a military merit to put down the chaos. With the three classes of officials, Zhang Xianling felt that he could also kill him seven in and seven out among these people.