Chapter 33 - Chapter 34 Take out all the money you owe

The people of Lianzhou sat in the cabin of the boat and were very happy, it felt good to be alive, and the people on the boat were also happy for them, and they rescued people with their own hands.

An old man who had just been fished out of the water, vomited half of his stomach and was able to speak, so he first kowtowed to the person who had tied a rope to him and fished him up, and then asked, "Are you from the state capital?" Look at the clothes you are wearing. ”

"We are from Luzhou Mansion, we know that there is going to be a big flood, so we come here in advance and wait, we can't manage it inside, but anyone who rushes to the sea can be saved, as much as we can."

The old man who rescued the man was helped up, and someone next to him brought a steaming soup and put it on the table in the cabin, which was actually the simplest egg soup with a few egg leaves, some ginger foam and oil slicks, and nothing else.

But this kind of soup is also extremely precious at such times, mainly because it is hot, the old man blew and drank it, chewed ginger foam in his mouth, and asked the person who rescued him, "How is your state?" Send the ship to save us, and your state will not be afraid of the dead? ”

"I don't know what's going on now, we didn't send water when we came out, but don't worry, there are eight such big ships there, and we have made preparations in advance, I don't think a few people will die, old man, don't you know that there is going to be water?"

The rescuer explained two sentences there, in fact, he was also worried, but when the order came, he had to leave and wait here.

The old man nodded, shook his head again, and said: "That's still your thorn history, you can think in advance, it won't work here, no one cares, I know that I'm going to send water, and I also know that the Sea Dragon King is also angry, but what can I do as an old man?" If you want to run, you can't run at all.

How far can you run in a few days? What's more, it was still raining heavily, so I had to make a raft in advance, move some things up, and when the flood came, I called several people from the neighbor's house to the raft together, but a storm came down, and I was beaten down, and the people on the raft didn't know what happened.

Usually I was fishing in this sea, and the fishing boat was used by other neighbors, but in fact, the boat at this time was not as good as the raft, and I knew that I had tied myself with a rope, and I was afraid that the raft would capsize, so I only sat on it, and you must look for it here, and there are still living people. ”

The old man said, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his hand, and lowered his head to drink the soup, the one who saved people was also very uncomfortable, and at the same time he was also very helpless, he knew that his water nature was not good, if he could compare to the dozens of guards in the assassin's house, he might be able to save more people.

Seeing that the old man had drunk the soup, he stood up and said to the old man: "Stay first, I will continue to go out to see if anyone has the strength to climb up, don't worry, as long as I can do it, I will do my best." ”

"Go, you can send people to this cabin then, even if they are out of breath, send them to me to see, maybe they can be saved." The old man's face full of vicissitudes barely squeezed out a smile.

Su Maozhou's side also repeated what seemed to be the same situation, many people were washed over, and then people were rescued, don't look at these ten boats, there are not many, but many people have left their lives.

When the rain fell in the middle of the night, a bigger torrent came down, this time not only the water, but also some dirt and a large number of uprooted trees, whirling in the water towards the formation of wooden rafts.

Zhang Zhong, who had already been prepared, saw that the water was big, and immediately asked the people in front to retreat, retreat to the middle of the position, empty the wooden rafts in front and wait for the trees to collide, and the big boat also ran to the front two wings by the depth of the water, in case the wooden rafts in front could not bear it, they needed to use the hull to block it.

Liu Shaoqing, the four of them still don't know what's going on, they eat fruit there, raw noodles and raw rice and let the next person eat, this kind of thing is difficult to swallow when it eats in the mouth, but the next person doesn't dare to say anything, if they don't eat it, they are still hungry, so they can only endure eating a little bit.

When the first big tree that went down with the river hit this small piece of wooden raft, Liu Shaoqing and the others finally understood why the six people had that kind of smile in the evening, and it was not safe in front of it.

Three wooden rows were damaged by wood before, and at this time, it didn't take long to repair them, and five more were broken, and this small piece of position was also knocked back by the trees to the big position behind, and after a while, Liu Shaoqing shouted to the next ***: "Don't eat it yet, hurry up and repair the wooden rows, quickly." ”

Fan Cambodia also shouted, "Row quickly, row to the back of the big wooden array, not in front of you, hurry up." ”

The subordinate stroked a few times, shook his head helplessly, and said to Fan Cambodia: "I can't move the row, I'm stuck, our wooden row is inserted into their wooden row, unless it is stretched out first." ”

"Then hurry up, what are you waiting for?" Jiang Wanshi shouted anxiously.

"It's too late." As soon as the next person finished saying these four words, the wooden row shook again, and two more trees hit the wooden row, and three people came down from one tree, and three people jumped on the wooden row, looked around, and thanked Jiang Wanshi and others.

Then he ran to the more wooden rows, there were many lights on there, watching the three people run away, Cao Herui spit a mouthful of bloody spit, and scolded: "They must know what is going on, but they don't tell us, all the people retreat to the back, let the front out, bring me some water, is there any medicine?" I bit my tongue out. ”

The three who jumped down from the tree ran all the way to Zhang Zhong's side, and when they saw that many people were here, they laughed happily, hid in the shed, and asked, "Which one is a good official?" Let's kowtow to the good officials first, it's so powerful, there is a piece of land here, and the three of us brothers thought they would ride a tree and go straight to the sea. ”

"How can a good official have time to wait for you to kowtow, drink the soup first, otherwise you will be in trouble if you get sick." A local man came over and brought the wooden bowl he was holding in his hand to the three people, only one bowl, a large bowl, which could hold the usual five small bowls.

The three of them were indeed hungry, tired, afraid and cold, so they lowered their heads and took a sip first, and when their stomachs were warm, one of them pointed to the way they came and asked, "The great official can't be there, right?" That's where the three of us came just now. ”

"That's where the bad officials are, thinking that they won't be swept over by the waves before running, but they hit a tree, right? Well, they have food and money, but they just don't want to take it out and see if they bump into it again? The thing that came over was not theirs. ”

This people hate Liu Shaoqing and the four of them, and they also hate their families and subordinates, in the past, the family members and subordinates of these four people often went out to buy things and didn't give money, and they hit people and beat people when they walked, and now they are so happy to see them suffering over there.

The three of them were stunned for a moment, and the one who spoke just now said regretfully: "I didn't thank them if I knew it, but I could have bumped into this side, brothers, drink quickly, we can't just wait to be rescued, the three of us still have the strength, and we will go to help the good officials do some work in a while." ”

The two younger brothers nodded at the same time, and drank regardless of the heat, and the three of them looked very optimistic, washed by the flood, riding over a tree, and being able to run and jump.

They are stable, Liu Shaoqing's side is a little unbearable, the people are repairing as fast as possible, but the upstream keeps rushing down the big numbers, one after another, so that there are no people in the place in front of them, and occasionally someone will come down from the tree, some are riding, some are hugging.

Everyone who came up was very happy, and by the light, they looked at the ground in front of them, which was connected by wooden rafts, and ran towards the crowded side.

Cao Herui sat on the wooden row, looking at the black shadow in front of him who seemed to be rushing over, he had no heart to dodge, and after a while, he said to the three people next to him: "Why don't we go over too, if we continue like this, our lives will be gone, and if we want any money, they will give it to them if they want." ”

The other three people didn't have the heart to care about any money, they had already thought about it, but they were afraid of losing face, someone proposed, then it was easy to say, Liu Shaoqing gritted his teeth, "Then go over, discuss it with Zhang Zhong, give it to him, give it to him, he is sucking blood." ”

The four of them agreed, and took their families and subordinates, as well as those supplies and money, up to the large wooden array, and heard the incessant crashing sound behind them, and they were afraid for a while.

When the four of them found Zhang Zhong, Zhang Zhong had just slept for half an hour, his eyes were red and swollen, and his face was haggard.

"My lord, we thought about it, it's better to do what you said, my lord, everything is here, you can take it all." Liu Shaoqing said these words to Zhang Zhong very unwillingly.

Zhang Zhong glared at him, "Who asked you to come up?" You have your own wooden rafts, and you still come up and squeeze them? All the people are counted, one is one, and the other who comes up pays fifty yuan, and your things and money are only for you to make things. ”

"Huh? Ten dollars per person? More than 60 people in my family is more than 3,000? My lord, we have no money. Liu Shaoqing didn't expect Zhang Zhong to be so ruthless, and said aggrievedly there.

"If you don't have money, write a note, owe it first, and pay it back slowly, can you write it or not?" Zhang Zhong asked with a calm face.

"Write, if you want to write, then write." Cao Herui said resignedly beside him, owing money is better than being thrown down, and it is important to live.

The other three didn't want to resist either, and followed Zhang Zhong to a shed, where someone had already finished the ink, and the pen and paper were ready, just waiting for them to write.

The four of them had blood in their hearts and trembling hands as they wrote this IOU.

After writing, Cao Herui asked Zhang Zhong, "My lord, everything has been delivered, can we eat?" ”

"What to eat? It's not time to eat yet, so I'll call you when it's time. Zhang Zhong threw down his words and began to walk around the crowd again.