Chapter Twenty-Five: Like a Fish in the Throat
It was Jiang Guoxian who spoke. As the lieutenant governor of Wangwu Township, the county sent people to urge grain, and he had to help urge grain. First of all, this is an order from the county order, if you don't rush it, the county order will ask him for guilt. Secondly, and most importantly, if the grain of any village is not paid, he will have to make up for it in the end. He is not rich, how can he have spare grain to subsidize, so he can only use all means to force all villages to pay all the grain, lest he finally make up for it and be the head of this injustice.
A few days ago, the elder who was stationed in the county sent someone back to inform him that this year's imperial grace was vast, and the imperial grain would be levied at half. He was also very happy to hear the news. In the whole Wangwu Township, he received the most grain, and he collected half of it, which could save a lot of grain. But when the official who collected the grain arrived and told him that it should be levied in full, he was stunned for a moment, licked his lips and asked carefully, "Isn't it levied by half?" Deng Ban raised his eyebrows and said, "I say as much as I want!" After a pause, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Do as I say, your benefits are indispensable." ”
Jiang Guoxian didn't speak, as long as he didn't suffer, he could say anything, not to mention that he could get some more light. He was ready to make a fortune in silence, and fully cooperated with Deng Bantou's errand of collecting imperial grain. In fact, he also knew in his heart that if the imperial grain was collected in full this time, many peasant households would not be able to survive, and it would be even more difficult to collect the imperial grain next year. Whatever, after this year, he doesn't plan to be a long-term leader anymore, who wants to be whom. He has made enough money for so many years, and this year he will make a lot of money, which is enough for him to enjoy his old age in peace.
However, there is one more thing, such as a fish in the throat, which must be done quickly in the past few years. If it is done, future generations will soar and become prosperous forever. If you mess up, I'm afraid that future generations will have a hard time.
He once asked Mr. Feng Shui to go all over the corners of Wangwu Township, and found that Xiapan Village, Li Daning's land, the best feng shui of the mountain and the water, if the ancestral tomb can be moved there, from now on, the family will be healthy and rising. For this reason, he once asked Li Daning in private, but Li Daning refused to obey. Say anything, if you have land, you will have food, and if you don't have land, you will have no food, in a word, don't sell.
Now is an opportunity, and it can be seen from Li Daning's expression that he is willing to do anything for Li Feibai, and it is no longer a problem to sell land.
So, Jiang Guoxian grabbed Deng Bantou and gently pinched the back of Deng Bantou's hand, hinting that it was beneficial. Then he walked up to Li Daning's side and said, "Daning, who would have thought that the eldest nephew would do such a foolish thing?" This time he was caught back, the pain of skin and flesh was inevitable, and he had no money to do it, but I was afraid that it would kill him! ”
Li Daning cried with a sad face and said, "Please also ask the chief to make peace." ”
Jiang Guoxian said: "Money can make ghosts grind, but no money can ......" After speaking, he shook his head and sighed.
Li Daning said: "You also know my situation, I don't have any money at all!" ”
Jiang Guoxian said: "You have land!" As soon as you sell the land, you will have money! ”
Li Daning said: "But the matter is urgent, who will buy land for a while?" ”
Jiang Guoxian said: "Daning, you are the head of the first and I am the chief, we have also worked together for decades, don't say that I don't help you." Sell me the land. Don't be afraid that you won't have a place to eat after selling your land, anyway, my land needs someone to cultivate it, and it will be handed over to you to cultivate it when the time comes. It's so good, and I have food to eat, and I don't have to worry about paying the emperor's food in the future. ”
Li Daning gritted his teeth and said, "That's the only way!" I don't know how much money it will cost? How much land do I sell? ”
Jiang Guoxian said: "I think, at least fifty taels." When you sell your 50 acres of land, it's just enough money to pay for it? ”
Li Daning's expression was stunned, and he said, "What did you say?" One or two acres of land? ”
Jiang Guoxian said: "The price of one or two acres is not low. ”
Li Daning said: "I heard that the price of land in the city is ten taels per mu. ”
Jiang Guoxian said: "What is the place of the people? What kind of place are you? It is fertile land and close to the county seat. Can you compare this land with others? ”
Li Daning said: "No matter how barren the land is, it can be sold for three or five taels!" ”
Jiang Guoxian said: "Daning, you are in a hurry to use the money now, and you still want to sell the land without losing money?" You can think clearly, after this village, there will be no such shop, don't guard a piece of rotten land and harm your son. The old people all said that if he was born and could not enter the yamen, he would not be able to enter hell if he died, and he would have to shed his skin if he did not die this time. I'm doing this for your good, you've figured it out! ”
According to the memories left by the possessed person, Li Feibai knew that Jiang Lichang was a black-hearted and rotten guy, but he was afraid that the memory would be wrong, after all, it was not his own memory. Therefore, he wanted to know what Jiang Guoxian would say, to see if Jiang Guoxian was really as bad as he remembered, and he kept holding back without saying a word, and then said: "Are you doing this for our good, or are you taking advantage of the danger of others and falling into the well?" When you die, you have to peel off your skin, and there are really few people in the world who can do such things. ”
Jiang Guoxian looked annoyed and said, "It's all for your good!" If you don't get into trouble, why should your father sell his land? ”
Li Daning also yelled at Li Feibai: "Shut up for me!" He said to Jiang Guoxian: "Sell!" I'll sell this land! ”
Li Feibai said: "Don't sell it!" Dad, what I said is true, why don't you believe your son? ”
Deng Bantou also heard the meaning from Jiang Guoxian's words, Jiang Guoxian made at least more than 100 taels in this transaction, and then he would score 70 or 80 taels. He wanted to add more fire and sing a duet with Jiang Guoxian, prompting the deal to be closed quickly, and said, "Have you discussed it?" If not, we'll take people! ”
Li Feibai stood forward with his head raised and said, "I'll just stand here, you can get it!" When I get to the county office, I want to see who is unlucky. ”
Li Daning hurriedly went to pull Li Feibai, but Li Feibai blocked him backwards and said, "Dad, don't worry about it, everything has me!" ”
Deng Bantou didn't believe what Li Feibai said before, so what Li Feibai said at this time was bluffing. Why wait until you get to the county government and see who is unlucky? The county government is his territory, and the unlucky one is naturally Li Feibai. He said to the four officials: "What are you doing there, take it for me!" ”
The four officials are all close associates of Deng Bantou, who are usually arrogant and domineering, and they will fight each other when they don't say a word. They had already been impatient with everyone's conversation, and picked up wooden sticks and hit Li Feibai in four directions. Two hit the top of the head, two swept the knees, and they all made a lot of strength. As for whether hitting the top of the head will kill people with a stick, or whether sweeping the knees will cripple people, where do they care? Anyway, in their hearts, they have already decided that Li Feibai is a criminal who has escaped from forced labor, and killing and maiming him is just an unintentional mistake to arrest the criminal.
Li Feibai didn't wait for the four sticks to arrive, rubbed his body forward, carried this official with his shoulder, and hit the official with his elbow. In fact, shoulder-to-shoulder elbow bumps are all tricks, and the real purpose is to cover up the movements hidden under the sleeves. He held an anesthetic needle in each of his hands, pricked each of the four officials in two arms, and injected about a quarter of the anesthetic into each of them.
The effect of the anesthetic did not work for a while, and the four people continued to chase and beat Li Feibai with sticks. Li Feibai jumped from east to west, shuttling back and forth between the four officials, who were afraid of hurting their accomplices, and the sticks in their hands could not be smashed.
Deng Bantou looked at it carefully for a while. Seeing that Li Feibai seemed to be jumping randomly, but he seemed to be very orderly, he hurriedly said: "This is a practitioner, first retreat back, and then surround and fight." ”
The four officials obeyed the order, and took a few steps back with their sticks, and the sticks in their hands were against each other, forming a circle.
The shuttle jump under Li Feibai's feet was indeed not a random jump, but when he was taking care of Qian Zijun, Qian Zijun taught him the gossip dragon step. At that time, the two of them were bored in the room, one was willing to teach and the other was willing to learn, and Li Feibai learned this footwork to a third percent, but he didn't expect it to come in handy today. As for why Qian Zijun has this kind of footwork, he also asked, Qian Zijun said that he met an old Taoist during a hunting trip, and the two talked very happily, the old Taoist. Qian Zijun felt that this kind of footwork might be useful when fighting in the army, so he studied it extremely seriously.