Chapter 78: The Beginning
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After listening to Wu Song's 1510 speech, Wu Kai knew what had happened in the past few days since he left.
Because he had explained before leaving, Fahai spread the news that Wufu was going to sell the land after his daily routine - it stands to reason that this was not a big deal, and the same was true of the initial feedback back.
However, Wu Kai did not hear from him for two days, and on the third day, things suddenly took a strange turn, first a bunch of tenant farmers came to the door and begged Wu Song not to sell the land they had rented.
Wu Song felt inexplicable at that time, so he made a few inquiries, only to find out that there was a rumor outside, saying that after this resale, the new owner would collect fifty percent of the tenant rent, otherwise he would sublease the land to his own tenant farmers.
At present, the tenant rent is 37 open [landlord 30], and the tenants can only barely make ends meet, if it rises to 50%, then every household is afraid that someone will starve to death next year, so the tenants will gather in one place and come to the door to petition.
After Wu Song learned about these internal information, he immediately came forward to clarify, and patted his chest to assure the tenants that the conditions for renting the land of the new owner would only be better than now, not worse than now!
Based on this guarantee alone, it can be seen that Wu Song lacks the common sense of the landlord -- imagine that the landlord is willing to buy this kind of rotten land with binding conditions?
What's more, this rumor is so strange, if there is someone behind it, how can he dispel it with a few words?
So after the tenants left, some new rumors were born, but this time they spread in the local tyrant circle of Yanggu City.
It is said that the Wu brothers spent all of Ximenqing's savings lavishly, and now they are almost unable to open the pot, so they have to sell the land for money - this is nothing, and what is said is basically the truth, but then the conversation changed and said that the Wu brothers were ready to bully others and sell the land at ten times the price.
It is also said that in order to win the hearts of the people, the Wu brothers decided to continue to support those mud legs after selling the land - this is indeed what Wu Song said, but it was arranged later: Wu Da was born with mud legs, and started by forcibly seizing the property of the Ximen officials......
As for whether those mud legs have the guts, just look at how they dare to block Wu Dalang's door, you can see it!
In short, these half-truths and half-truths caused a storm in the city, one saying that Chen Yuanwai was destined to be the culprit, and the other saying that Li Yuanwai's porter had bullied Wuhan University -- and finally put everyone in danger.
So yesterday, many local tyrants and gentry in the city secretly connected together and decided to jointly write to Chen Taishou, asking his old man to come forward to uphold justice and return Yanggu to a bright future.
If it weren't for the fact that the wife of a gentry had a difficult birth in the middle of the night, he asked Fahai to go over to 'cast a spell to save people', and revealed a few words in gratitude, I am afraid that until now, Wu Song and others are still in the dark.
After Fahai learned about this, he was naturally anxious, and immediately asked Wu Song for his life, preparing to personally go to the homes of the major gentry to lobby and dissuade them one by one.
He went for most of the day, Wu Song was waiting at home anxiously, but he was cold and unaware that the group of tenants blocked the door again, and this time his mood and attitude were much worse than before - as for the reason why they blocked the door, Wu Kai had already heard it outside the door before, so there was no need for Erlang to say more.
Considering that Fahai has always been biased towards the rich in the city, saying that he will betray the interests of the tenants, even Wu Kai will be suspicious, let alone others.
"Brother."
Wu Song said with a dry mouth, picked up the teapot and poured most of it directly, then glared and asked, "Those rumors, are they really spread by the Liangshan thieves?" β
Looking at the way he gritted his teeth, it seemed that he couldn't wait to kill Liangshan now and cut off the thief who spread rumors.
But this is also normal, Wu Song crisscrossed the rivers and lakes, even when Chai Jinzhuang was in trouble, he never bowed his head, but today he was forced to be so embarrassed by a group of tenants, if he said that he had no fire in his heart, then it was really hell!
"Nonsense!"
Wu Kai glared at him hatefully, and scolded: "When is it, are you still struggling with this?" Now it has to be, it has to be, it has to be, in short, it's right to be sure that this matter is the trick of the Liangshan thieves! β
I have to say that this Liangshan thief is simply a professional black pot, no matter what dirty or bad things, it makes sense to throw it on their heads!
At this time, a monk came in to report that the two spies had admitted that they had been bought, so they had tricked the tenants into making trouble, but they could not tell who had bought themβthey only knew that the man was masked, of medium stature, and with a local accent.
Wu Kai stood up when he heard this, pacing back and forth in the living room for a few steps, originally he wanted to take something out of the mouths of these spies so that he could solve this matter in one fell swoop - in the face of rumors, the most important thing is to cut through the chaos quickly and stabilize people's hearts!
"Jiro."
He thought for a while, turned his head and asked Wu Song, "Since you got the news in the middle of the night last night, did you find any clues afterwards?" β
"This ......"
Wu Song scratched his head in embarrassment, and said: "At the beginning, I wanted to go door to door to find the birdman who chewed his tongue behind his back, but he was stopped by Fahai, saying that the big families in the city have their own heels, and they can't all be offended, so I ......"
"So you didn't do anything?!"
After leaving home twice, Wu Kai completely lost hope in Wu Song's management skills - although he was a fierce general, he was by no means suitable to sit on one side.
But the problem is that now in addition to letting Wu Song stay, he can't find a more suitable candidate!
"Sir."
At this moment, Pang Chunmei's voice suddenly came from outside the door, Wu Kai looked back, and saw her walk in with a surprised face, first said a thousand blessings, and said urgently: "The slave has something to report to the master." β
Since being 'moisturized', this chick's appearance and temperament have flipped upwards, and she has surpassed Wu Yueniang, and is steadily moving towards Li Bei'er - she is worthy of being one of the three heroines of Jinhua Meili.
Of course, now is not the time to appreciate this, Wu Kai frowned slightly and said: "If it's a matter of the back house, don't bother me first!" β
Pang Chunmei subconsciously glanced at Wu Song, and then lowered her head and said, "Master, do you remember Sun Gang?" β
Sun Gang?
Isn't it the rogue leader who was easily solved when Wu Kai was on a whim?
What did Pang Chunmei mean when she mentioned him at this time?
"The master asked the slave to dispose of Sun Gang by himself, and the slave and maid punished him for doing some hard work in the workshop, and last night I heard that there were rumors and troubles, and the slave and maid thought that since he had some reputation on the street, he couldn't find out anything, so he ......"
"Tell me what's going on!"
Wu Kai glared at Wu Song fiercely as he spoke, this guy is still an eight-foot man, and he is not as assertive as a little girl!
Pang Chunmei didn't say the result directly, but first said a little blessing to Wu Song, and explained: "The slave didn't mean to hide it from the second master, but she was afraid that she wouldn't find out anything and make the second master laugh." β
Although Wu Song was a little worse off the situation, he still had a mind, so he waved his hand nonchalantly and urged: "I know, I know, tell me what you have found!" β
Pang Chunmei took out a piece of paper from her sleeve and said in a coquettish voice: "The slave maid found out that the above few families have been very active recently, among which Chen Zhizhong, the housekeeper outside Chen Yuan, has also been out of the city many times, so the slave and maid suspect that those tenants outside the door are making trouble, maybe it has something to do with him!" β
Tut~
That's the IQ gap!
Wu Erlang was still questioning whether it was the trick of the Liangshan thieves, but Pang Chunmei had already guessed that there was a connection between the tenants' troubles and the conspiracy of the gentry in the city!
Maybe......
Wu Kai moved his gaze from the list to Pang Chunmei's face, thinking that if he trained her to be a deputy, he would be more reliable than Wu Song.
But now is not the time to think about it, he put away the list, and resolutely ordered: "Erlang, you find a few people, go door to door to inform the gentry in the city, and let them come within an hour-if anyone refuses to come, tell them, I will go in person in the middle of the night!" β