daybreak

The first rays of morning light ended the conversation between Fang Tianhao and his son, and the two fathers and sons each rubbed their tired eyes and came to the clearing

in the open space.

At this moment, the family members were all waiting for Fang Mu and them in the open space, their spirits were not very good, and it seemed that they had not slept all night, even the original residents of Wang Town were waiting in the open space, and no one left.

The corpses in the clearing had been cleaned up, but people could still smell the strong smell of blood when they stood in the clearing, which was just as uncomfortable to smell.

Fang Mu rubbed his nose and saw that Liang Yingshi was standing at the forefront of the family line, so he immediately beckoned to Liang Yingshi: "Liang Junshi, come over for a moment." ”

Liang Yingshi was yawning, and when he heard Fang Mu calling him, he hurriedly ran over.

"Young Master! What do you have to say? ”

Liang Yingshi saw that there was a person standing next to Fang Mu who looked like Fang Mu, dressed as a squire, and the smart Liang Yingshi suddenly understood, this is Fang Mu's father, the master of the Fang family!

Liang Yingshi hurriedly saluted Fang Tianhao and said, "Master, good morning!" ”

Yesterday, when Fang Mu returned to Fang's house. Because, in a hurry to go to Wang Town to find the trouble of the Wang family, Liang Yingshi didn't have a chance to see Fang Tianhao at all, even if Fang Tianhao came to the Wang family's house last night, but at that time, Liang Yingshi had already vomited in disgust by the bloody scene created by the original residents of Wang Town, and he didn't notice that there was another person next to Fang Mu. Therefore, this is the first time Liang Yingshi has seen Fang Tianhao.

Fang Tianhao saw the middle-aged man in a scribe's outfit in front of him greeting him, and he also nodded politely in response, according to his memory, there should be no such person in the Fang family? Immediately, his gaze fell on Fang Mu's body.

"Mu'er, this is

Fang Mu listened to his father's inquiry, smiled and replied, "Father, this is the staff officer Liang Junshi I found for the nursing home. ”

Fang Mu did not reveal Liang Yingshi's identity as a bandit to Fang Tianhao, but explained to Fang Tianhao vaguely, turned his head to Liang Yingshi, and asked, "Liang Junshi, has Wang Youtong's property been counted?" ”

"Young master, it has been counted, please take a look." Liang Yingshi took out an account book from his body as he spoke.

Fang Mu took the account book, and then flipped through it, Fang Mu didn't stop looking at it, it took a long time to read it, and when he watched, his face kept flashing with an expression of amazement, sometimes accompanied by anger.

Fang Tianhao saw Fang Mu looking at an account book, the expression on his face was so colorful, it hooked his curiosity, and he couldn't help asking, "Mu'er, is there something wrong with this account book?" ”

"It's not right! This Wang family is simply too rich and too good at exploiting people! Fang Mu heard someone ask him, and Fang Mu, who was focusing on the ledger, returned to the Tao almost without thinking.

Fang Mu looked up and saw that it was his father who was asking him, and hurriedly explained: "Father, this Wang Youtong is simply too rich, just the money stored in the secret room has accumulated a million taels of silver, as well as all kinds of antiques and the like, and the cashier's note of the bank is also worth one million taels, and almost all the shops in Wangzhen Town belong to their Wang family, and the cultivated land near Wangzhen is also all owned by the Wang family, with a total of tens of thousands of acres of cultivated land!!!

"Father, these are not the point, the point is that this Wang Youtong is too good at oppressing people! Father, you look inside

Then, Fang Mu turned to a certain page of the ledger and pointed to a place full of words and numbers.

"Father, you see, the land rent collected by this Zhangjia Village in previous years was sixty and a half, which is already very high!"

Fang Mu saw that Fang Tianhao nodded, and continued: "But you can see the content of the new record below. It says that because the rent paid by Zhangjia Village this year is not enough, Wang Youtong will raise the rent of Zhangjia Village next year to ninety and a half, is this considered land rent, this is simply a deliberate murder, and it is a deliberate murder of people in a village, if there is no Fang family to destroy the Wang family, then Zhangjia Village will starve to death at least ninety percent of the villagers next year! ”

Fang Tianhao listened to Fang Mu's words, he was also very shocked, ninety and a half percent of the ground rent, where is this ground rent, it is indeed murder! You must know that Fang Tianhao's rent for tenant farmers is only fifty percent, and Fang Tianhao feels that it is very high, and he wants to lower the rent several times, but he is worried about causing the disgust of the landlords near Baozhuang, so he does not lower the rent.

In this era, it is absolutely impossible for the landlords to collect less than sixty percent of the rent, and Fang Tianhao's fifty percent of the rent is already a good person in the eyes of the tenant farmers, if Fang Tianhao also lowers the land rent again and again, then the tenant farmers who cultivate the land for other landlords will not all run to the Fang family, even if the tenant farmers needed by the Fang family are enough, but other tenant farmers see that the rent collected by the Fang family is so low, and the rent collected by their own landlords is so high, there will definitely be dissatisfaction in their hearts, and they may even make trouble.

At that time, those affected landlords have all fallen on the Fang family, a traitor in the eyes of the landlord class, even though the Fang family is dominant in Baozhuang, but there are so many landlords in China, no matter how powerful the Fang family is, they can't fight the landlords who represent the ruling class, so Fang Tianhao has always maintained the Fang family's land rent at fifty percent, basically unchanged.

"Mu'er, it seems that everyone in the Wang family really died unjustly!" Fang Tianhao said to Fang Mu with some sighs.

Originally, Fang Tianhao couldn't look past Fang Mu's order to break the legs of the entire Wang family. After all, Fang Mu's order included all the people of the Wang family, that is, regardless of men, women, old and young, among the more than 1,000 people in the Wang family who had died without a whole body, there were still many children and old people, but now Fang Tianhao felt that they all deserved to die!

Fang Mu didn't pick up Fang Tianhao's words, but set his eyes on the original residents of Wang Town. Last night, the light was not bright, and Fang Mu couldn't see clearly what this group of hard-working people was like, but now, Fang Mu could see this group of hard-working people clearly.

I saw that this group of miserable people were crowded into the open space with the blood of the Wang family still on their bodies, and there were a few strips of rags covering their shriveled and thin bodies all over their bodies, and a group of people looked like they had just come out of a Nazi concentration camp. In the morning breeze, the bodies of this group of people were trembling.

Fang Mu saw that the family members standing next to them were still covering their faces, Fang Mu immediately took off the black cloth on his face, and instructed the family members: "You all take off the black cloth on your face, early in the morning, it's useless to cover your face!" ”

When the family members heard their young master's order, they hadn't made any moves, and the original residents of Wang Town on the side showed frightened expressions on their faces, thinking that Fang Mu and they were going to kill themselves!

Seeing this, Fang Mu instantly understood what those people thought, because he had done something to destroy the whole family, and he did it with his face covered, and now he was going to show his true face again, could this not make the aboriginal residents of Wang Town guess wildly.

"Don't be afraid, in fact, we are not the bandits you think, don't worry about what we will do to you." Fang Mu Exit comforted the indigenous residents of Wang Town.

Fang Mu's words made those people settle down, there was no longer the dead expression on their faces, they looked at Fang Mu suspiciously, and Duan Laohan was the first to ask, "Who are you in charge?"

Fang Mu saw that it was the old man who begged him for revenge last night, and he smiled and explained: "Old man, in fact, we are from Baozhuang, and we are from the Fang family of Baozhuang, I am the young master of the Fang family, and the person behind is my father Fang Tianhao." After Fang Mu finished speaking, he pointed to Fang Tianhao behind him, and Fang Tianhao nodded at Duan Laohan.

As soon as Old Man Duan heard Fang Mu's explanation, he showed a look of sudden realization, he had wondered why there was a person dressed as a squire in a group of bandits! thought that Wang Youtong had offended other landlords, and other landlords communicated with the bandits to find trouble with the Wang family, but the result that Duan Laohan heard was like this.

The Fang family of Baozhuang, Duan Laohan had heard of it, especially the old man of the Fang family, Fang Tianhao, who was a well-known good man in Le County. Moreover, Mr. Fang is also the landlord who collects the least land rent among the ten miles and eight townships, and when the tenant farmers encounter drought and waterlogging, Mr. Fang will also pay out of his own pocket to solve the life of the tenant farmers!

At that time, when Duan Laohan heard people talk about Old Man Fang, he couldn't help but praise again and again, and he wanted to move his home to Baozhuang very much, but Wang Youtong imprisoned the freedom of the whole town in Wangzhen. Helpless, Duan Laohan had to dispel this thought in his heart.

At this moment, Duan Laohan heard that the group of people holding weapons in front of him were the people of Old Man Fang of Baozhuang, so he let go of the last trace of worry in his heart, turned his head to the crowd behind him and said happily: "Everyone, please don't be afraid, these people who help us avenge are all people from the Fang family of Baozhuang, and Old Man Fang is also here, I believe everyone has heard of Old Man Fang, that is the lowest land rent collected in Quanle County, with the reputation of Old Man Fang, you don't have to worry about your safety being guaranteed!" ”

Those aboriginal residents of Wang Town listened to Duan Laohan's words, and they all showed relaxed expressions, obviously, they had also heard of Fang Tianhao, and also knew that Fang Tianhao was a kind landlord, after knowing that his life safety was guaranteed, he was no longer as frightened as before.

"It turns out that they are from the Fang family! I heard that Master Fang of the Fang family is a great and kind person, and now we are safe. In the crowd, an indigenous resident of Wang Town said to the person next to him.

"Yes! Oh, yes! I've also heard that Old Man Fang collects the least land rent in Lexian County, and he also likes to help the poor, so he will definitely not sit idly by and watch us who are working hard. The other immediately replied.

This group of indigenous residents of Wang Town immediately talked to each other

Fang Mu found that he only revealed his Lao Tzu's name, so he quickly appeased this group of hard-working people, and couldn't help but sigh that his Lao Tzu really had a charismatic personality, even the people in the town next door knew it.

"Compared with my father, I am still far from falling short in some aspects!"

Fang Mu sighed, turned his head and saw Fang Tianhao looking at him with a smug expression, as if to say, "No matter how good you are, you kid can't compare to your old man." Do you see it! Not only Baozhuang, but even the town next door has fans of you and me, envy it! ”

Fang Mu glanced at Fang Tianhao, turned his head to look at the crowd of black oppression, and shouted at the crowd in his loudest voice: "Now the Wang family no longer exists. From now on, you will no longer be slaves and tenant farmers of the Wang family, you will all work for yourself, congratulations on regaining your freedom!!!

After listening to Fang Mu's words, these indigenous residents of Wang Town were stunned for a few seconds, and the scene suddenly calmed down. Immediately afterward, a burst of cheers rang out in the clearing.

In the past, these people were tortured by the Wang family, free confinement, torture, lack of food, no warm clothes, once the work is not endless, whether it is spring, summer, autumn and winter, the Wang family has let them do endless work, the spring and autumn seasons are a little better, the most terrible is the scorching sun in the middle of summer and the monsoon in the winter, most of them, most of them are not tired to death, they can't stand to work in bad weather and die. And if you are usually slow to work, you will immediately be whipped by the Wang family.

At this moment, Fang Mu said that they have regained their freedom, and they will all work for themselves in the future, and the grain harvested from farming will also belong to them, how can this not make them excited, how can they not let their hearts be excited, all the people shed tears of excitement, and all the people said vaguely: "Liberated, finally liberated!" ”

An old woman with a face as withered as Duan Laohan, with a cloudy old tear on her face, cried: "My good grandson! We're finally free, Grandma misses you so much! ”

Obviously, this is another old man who was poisoned by the Wang family

Fang Mu looked at the excited crowd below, and waited for these hard-working people to vent their inner excitement before he continued to speak: "Before, the land occupied by the Wang family will also be returned to you, our Fang family will not ask for a penny, and our Fang family will also take out 100,000 taels from the seized Wang family's property to compensate you, and the Fang family will also leave an armed force of fifty people in Wang Town, so that Wang Zhen will not be poisoned by a family like the Wang family again, and we will also recruit fifty people from among you to form an armed force to defend Wang Zhen, The weapons are provided by our family. ”

Fang Mu's next words really made these people very excited, and the other family was very grateful, because they really couldn't imagine that the Fang family not only rescued them, but also returned the land to them, and also gave them money, and also left the people of the Fang family in Wang Town to protect them, even the father may not be so good to his son, and he gave the land and money, and sent people to protect his own safety.

Immediately, these people knelt down towards Fang Mu and Fang Tianhao, and each of them said with gratitude in their mouths: "Thank you, young master, thank you, master."

At this moment, in the eyes of these people, Fang Mu is tantamount to their reborn parents, you must know that farmers have a natural plot for the land, and now, Fang Mu returned the land belonging to the Wang family to them without even blinking an eye, which is a great kindness to them!!!

Fang Mu looked at the crowd kneeling down below, and was suddenly a little speechless, he just took the things that originally belonged to these people, and then was illegally plundered by Wang Youtong, and then returned them to them, do you need to thank yourself so much? Even if he gave some money, the money in Wang Youtong's secret room was no less than two million taels of silver, and this still didn't count those antiques, just gave 100,000 taels, and Fang Mu was not heartbroken at all.

Even if Fang Mu left fifty families in Wang Town, Fang Mu's original intention was to better determine that Wang Zhen was his territory, and more precisely, Fang Mu was for Wang Town's coal resources. If there are no coal mine resources in Wang Town, Fang Mu will directly empty Wang Youtong's money, and he will leave immediately, where will there be fifty Fang family members left here.

However, Fang Mu saw that he was so noble in the eyes of these people, and it was not easy to say what he thought in his heart, so he had to cough and beckon Duan Laohan over.

"Old man, we won't waste time anymore, while everyone is all together now, let's divide the land first."

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