Chapter 83: Who to Save?
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After being beaten by Shang Wanzhen and going home, her nose was blue and her face was swollen, and she swore that she would never dare to spend the night outside casually in the future, dare not look at the beautiful girl, dare not talk to the beautiful girl, and dare not touch the little hand of the beautiful girl, Shang Wanzhen finally spared a fat life of the fat man with great mercy, and let the fat man Lu rush to Donghe Township to urge the people to work in the spring to benefit the Qing Dynasty and the Eight Banners.
Riding a fast horse sent by Xiao Mazi to Donghe Township, where the old county seat of Qujing was located in the past, the time was already the afternoon of February 16, and most of the Donghe countryside where the fields were relatively concentrated had been ploughed and sown, and only less than one-third of the land was still ploughed and sown, and Zhu Fangdan also took seven or eight officials to hang around on that land, talking to a group of poor people who were naked and naked. Lu Fatzi hit the horse over, and the people hurriedly knelt down to salute, and Lu Fatzi dismounted and said with a smile: "Fellow villagers, this is not a public court, you don't need so many courtesies, get up, go and go busy with your business, spring plowing season, but every inch of time is gold." ”
"Thank you, Master." The people all thanked themselves. Over there, Zhu Fangdan asked Fat Lu suspiciously: "Boss, what's wrong with your ears?" Why is it so popular? Still a little swollen? ”
"I didn't ...... Nothing, I accidentally bumped it when I went out just now. Fat Lu's fat face turned red, and he quickly covered his ears that were almost broken by Shang Wanyan, changed the topic and asked, "How is it?" Has the land been planted? And our hibiscus, are the people willing to plant it? ”
"Back to the east, the spring ploughing situation is not bad, except for two lazy people who refuse to plant the land left by their parents, the rest of the land is planted with grain and vegetables." Zhu Fangdan replied honestly: "As for those two lazy men, I also asked the land guard to bring them, scolded them, and whipped them a few times, forcing them to farm." In addition to the landlords and gentry who promised to help us plant A Hibiscus in the City God Temple have fulfilled their promises, ordinary people dare not plant, for fear that they will not be able to sell it for money, and they are even more afraid of affecting the grain harvest. ”
"There's no way around it, but it doesn't matter, as long as the first batch of people make a fortune, our headache is how to control them from planting less." Fat Lu sighed, and knew that once he set this precedent, he would inevitably have a headache in the future about how to crack down on the people and plant Hibiscus - but Fat Lu knew better that even if he didn't open this precedent, the bewitching Hibiscus flowers would bloom all over the land sooner or later.
The long pain is better than the short pain, for Lu Fatzi himself, instead of letting history develop according to the original trajectory and letting the hibiscus flower wreak havoc on this land for hundreds of years, it is better to advance this time and wait for himself to have enough strength to come over and suppress it strongly. After all, even if you don't do it, more than a hundred years later, someone will come here with strong ships and cannons, forcing the people here to do so.
After sighing again, Fat Lu rolled his eyes, and came up with an idea of lack of morality, beckoned Zhu Fangdan and several officials to the front, and whispered to them: "Have you seen it, most of the people here are so poor that they don't even have a piece of clothing, you go and tell the people here that as long as they plant a piece of hibiscus alone, they will have clothes for the winter in half a year." If they refuse to plant even a penny of land, even if they plant half a cent of land or a line of land, they will definitely laugh so much that they can't even close their mouths in the future. ”
"The owner, the planting is so scattered, it's not easy to cut the juice when the time comes." Zhu Fangdan said embarrassedly: "When the time comes, if you want to collect all these scattered hibiscus, and guide so many people to cut the juice and boil the juice, it is not an easy task, and it is definitely not enough to rely on the manpower of our Qujing County Ya." ”
"Stupid, who's going to take their hibiscus juice?" Fat Lu smiled and said: "I want their seeds, think about it, after half a year, you will see the results, how heavy are these seeds, and how much silver can be exchanged?" ”
"Wonderful! The proprietor is really clever, and when the time comes, we will collect the seeds, and we will still be able to sell them for a large price. Zhu Fangdan slapped his thigh, and hurriedly turned to the officials next to him and urged: "What are you still doing?" Quickly bring a small bag of seeds to persuade the people to plant, and wait for half a year to make a fortune. ”
The officials were also a little skeptical, and they couldn't understand why the new county lord and master liked to plant this thing, and they insisted on planting these things to make a fortune, but for the sake of Lu Fatzi's double salary, these officials still honestly picked up a small bag of seeds each, and scattered around to persuade the people to experiment with surname planting. Zhu Fangdan suggested to Lu Fatzi again: "Owner, the student thinks that if you want to make money from this thing, then the Western side must also pay attention to it." The students heard that now the foreign middle school also likes to use Hibiscus to treat diseases, and the price of Hibiscus is also very high. ”
"Of course, if you don't say I'll do the same." Fat Lu nodded and said, "I have already sent someone to Dali to deliver a letter to my uncle, asking him to sell my family's ancestral house over there, and then move to Qujing as well." When my uncle arrived, I asked him to set up a trading house to contact and resell A Furong, and then asked the prince of Pingnan to help him open a branch in Guangzhou to sell to foreigners. ”
"That's a good idea." Zhu Fangdan said with a smile: "However, the owner, you have abducted the little Gege of the Pingnan Wangfu to Qujing, so you are not afraid that the prince of Pingnan will settle accounts with you?" ”
"What am I afraid of?" Lu Fatzi said disdainfully: "Shang Zhixin is a person who does great things, so he doesn't care if I kidnap his sister, besides, in front of the silver so high in the mountain, don't say Shang Zhixin, even Shang Kexi's old thing has to be tempted and take the initiative to recognize me as a son-in-law." ”
"Haha, I hope so." Zhu Fangdan smiled and was about to chat with Fat Lu again. But a group of Qing cavalry suddenly came over there, and they rushed over and shouted, "Who is Lu Yifeng?" Who is Lu Yifeng of Qujing Zhi County? Come out and answer! While running, the cavalry rushed straight into the field, trampling many of the green wheat seedlings, and hundreds of people screamed in distress, but the cavalry ignored them.
"The owner is not the army of the prince of Pingxi, it seems to be the green battalion soldiers directly under the jurisdiction of the province." Zhu Fangdan warned: "Look at this kind of person who is not good, you have to be careful." ”
"I'm afraid of him, I'm not even afraid of Wang Fuchen of Pingxi Palace, and I'm still afraid of Liu Wenjin and Xie Chun of his green camp?" Lu Fat Man snorted arrogantly, came out of the crowd, and replied loudly: "I am Lu Yifeng, what's the matter?" Watch your horses, don't trample the wheat seedlings! ”
"What if you step on it?" The leader of the general hummed, ignoring the angry eyes of the people around him, stepped on the wheat seedlings and rode his horse unscrupulously in front of Lu Fatzi, flicked the horsewhip and said in a big way: "Come with us, our military gate wants to see you." ”
"Liu Wenjin has returned from Xundian?" Fat Lu asked even more arrogantly.
"Bold, dare to call the name of the military gate?" The boss shouted angrily.
"What if I called? I am not under his rule, what can he do to me? Fat Lu snorted and said, "I'll remember for you first, and it just so happens that I'm going to meet him Liu Wenjin and lead the way." ”
"Young Master, be careful." Xiao Erlang saw that this group of green battalion soldiers was not good, so he hurriedly reminded him.
"It's okay, you have that thing with you, right?" Fat Lu asked. Seeing Xiao Erlang nodding, Fat Lu ordered: "Get ready, I'm afraid I'm going to use it today." ”
After that, Fat Lu asked Xiao Erlang to bring the war horse, climbed up clumsily, and shouted at the group of green battalion soldiers: "Lead the way, warn you again, don't step on the seedlings, otherwise, the official will definitely ask your boss to repay this justice, and when the time comes, your boss will blame it, but don't blame the official for not interceding for you." ”
"Good boy, Qujing Zhixian who dares to speak to us like this, you are still the first! Crazy enough! The general laughed angrily, knocked the fat man Lu with the handle of the horsewhip, and said with a cruel smile: "When you go back to the barracks, I see if you are still crazy!" Brothers, step on Lao Tzu and see how this kid dares! ”
"Shen Xin, take someone back to the city to prepare torture tools!" Lu Fatzi did not show weakness, and shouted: "If anyone dares to deliberately step on the seedlings again, I will escort him back and punish the forty boards in public!" ”
Lu Fatzi sneered again and again, and if he didn't stop it, he didn't have the strength to stop it for the time being, but he just led Xiao Erlang to let this group of murderous green battalion soldiers surround him, and rushed all the way to the green camp camp at the Sanchakou Pass south of Qujing. Zhu Fangdan, Shen Xin and the others were very nervous, Zhu Fangdan hurriedly grabbed Shen Xin and ordered: "Quick, go to the school to find General Wu Guogui or General Wang Jing to report the news, I heard Erlang say that they got along well with the owner yesterday, and begged them to save the owner quickly." ”
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All the way to the three-way pass green battalion military camp, the leader rushed in to report the news, and the rest of the cavalry scattered around, praising Lu Fatzi's boldness to his companions, as a result, Lu Fatzi was quickly surrounded by a large number of bare-chested green battalion soldiers, one by one murderous, scolding, swearing, as if to swallow Lu Fatman alive, scared Xiao Erlang is trembling, dodging and dodging, only Lu Fatzi was silent, ignoring these ruffian Green Battalion soldiers.
After another moment, the previous general came out and smiled at the fat man Lu with a hideous expression: "Lord Lu, please, our military gate will meet you in the Chinese army camp and let you go in and kowtow." ”
Lu Fatzi smiled, gestured to Xiao Erlang, and led Xiao Erlang into the barracks, three hundred sergeants stood solemnly on both sides of the road in the barracks, forming two human walls to clamp the road, Lu Fatzi and Xiao Erlang just entered the human wall, only to hear the sound of clanging, three hundred sergeants pulled out their swords together and raised them obliquely, forming a knife Yong. Frightened, Xiao Erlang sat on the ground and almost peed his crotch directly, while Lu Fatzi smiled slightly, not only did he not have the slightest panic, but he also stretched out his hand to a green battalion soldier next to him, and said with a smile: "Little brother, borrow a knife and take a look." ”
The green battalion soldier was stunned, and finally handed the knife to Lu Fatzi, who took it and looked at the sharpness of the knife, flicked the blade to check the steel, shook his head and said: "Pig iron knife, or the worst kind of pig iron, it seems that your quartermaster of the Qujing Green Battalion is not a good thing, the military salary given by the emperor is in his own pocket." ”
After that, Fat Lu stuffed the knife back to the soldier, laughed and walked into the camp with his back hand, ignoring the hundreds of sabers above his head, which made the soldiers of the green battalion on both sides secretly admire, "This fat man, his courage is really not small." ”
led Xiao Erlang swaggered into the big tent of the Chinese army, and the big tent was also full of generals, and Liu Wenjin, the chief soldier of the green battalion with a thick and hard beard, held his chest with his hands, half lying on the handsome chair and looked at Lu Fatzi coldly, and next to him sat Lu Fatzi's sworn rival in Qujing, Li Shuzu, wearing civilian clothes, with a smile and a cruel smile on his face, and he was also staring at Lu Fatzi. Xiao Erlang was startled again, and hurriedly whispered to Fat Lu: "Young master, the situation is not good, eighty percent of the surnamed Li has been given bad medicine in advance, you have to be careful, if you really can't do it, take it soft first, and slowly settle accounts with them." ”
"What are you afraid of him doing?" Fat Lu sneered, stepped forward and bowed his hand to Liu Wenjin, "Lu Yifeng, the magistrate of Qujing County, has seen Liu Junmen." After that, Lu Fatzi bowed slightly, hugged the surrounding generals in a square way, and said with a smile: "Hello generals, in Xia Lu Yifeng, the new Qujing Zhixian, in the future, everyone will be officials in the same place, please take care of me." In the end, Fat Lu put down his hand, but he didn't salute Li Shuzu, so angry that Li Shuzu's eyes breathed fire, and he had a little urge to tear Fat Lu apart.
"Lu Yifeng, you are not small." Liu Wenjin finally spoke, playing with a jade axe that he didn't know who gave it, and said in a bit of a jade axe: "Listen to my subordinates, you just threatened to beat them with a wrench, forget it, when you saw this military gate, you didn't even kneel, what kind of medicine did you take to strengthen your courage, let me hear it, let me taste it?" ”
"Liu Junmen, you don't understand what you say." Lu Fatzi said unhurriedly: "My Qing Dynasty court clearly stipulates that the local government is to control the military with literature, although the official is the seventh grade, but it is a civil official, although you are the second grade, but you are a military general, so the official does not need to kneel to you, Liu Junmen You should know this." - Now, Liu Junmen wants your official to kneel down to you, do you say, Liu Junmen, you have changed this rule of using literature to control military force for the imperial court? ”
"Bang!" Liu Wenjin was furious, slashed an axe on Shuai's case, and said angrily: "Good boy, it's really crazy enough, you talk to Ben Shuai like this, if Ben Shuai wants to change this rule today, do you still want to go to the court to sue me for a strong man?" ”
"If Liu Junmen must change this rule, of course the lower official will go to his boss Wen and ask the imperial court if the military gate is allowed to do this." Lu Fatzi said unhurriedly: "But before that, the lower officials have to tell the military gate, and some of the subordinates of the military gate deliberately rode on horses and seedlings to oppress the good people, please ask the military gate to hand over these people to the lower officials, and let the lower officials punish them according to the law and the law." ”
"Fat Lu, you are so bold, even the people of our green camp want to fight!" An old Qiu Ba roared, "Lao Tzu wants to see if you have the courage to beat Lao Tzu's brothers today!" ”
"This general, why doesn't this official dare?" Lu Fatzi said slowly: "Lord Taili of Qujing Mansion is here, you go and ask him yourself, your people are riding horses and seedlings in the land ruled by the government and oppressing the people, do the officials have the qualifications to scold them?" After that, Lu Fatzi turned to Li Shuzu again and said: "Li Futai, you also know the situation, if you join forces with the Green Battalion to shield the criminals and connive at the Green Battalion soldiers to trample on the people, the lower officials will go to the court and impeach you." ”
Li Shuzu's face became more and more pale, and he turned to Liu Wenjin and said, "Liu Junmen, have you seen it, how crazy is this surnamed Lu?" ”
"Of course I do." Liu Wenjin's expression was also hideous, and he turned to Lu Fatzi and said: "The surname is Lu, I know your origin, the western election official of Pingxi Palace, and Pingnan Palace, also have a little origin, but this general is the chief soldier of the Qujing Green Battalion, and he is not under the control of Pingxi Wangfu, let alone Pingnan Wangfu!" Ben Shuai will give you a chance today, honestly release Li Futai's brother-in-law, and kowtow to him and Li Futai to make amends, otherwise...... Hum! ”
"How else?" Lu Fatzi asked rhetorically: "Liu Junmen, do you still want to kill this official?" The generals of the Green Battalion are not allowed to interfere in civil affairs, which is also clearly stipulated by the imperial court - Liu Junmen, just by virtue of this article, this official will be charged with arson and interfering in civil affairs! ”
"Damn it, shame on your face!" Liu Wenjin was at a loss for words, and yelled angrily: "Come on, drag this fat man Lu out to Lao Tzu, and then beat fifty military sticks first, what happened to Lao Tzu!" Fuck, a seven-grade sesame official, I'm not afraid to kill Lao Tzu! ”
"Cover!" Seeing that Lu Fat Man was not pleasing to the eye, the Green Camp General happily agreed, and rushed up to arrest Lu Fat Man together. Over there, Li Shuzu smiled in his heart, "The surname is Lu, farewell, these Qiu Ba in the green camp, you don't need fifty sticks to fight people, ten sticks will send you to the West Heaven!" ”
"Liu Junmen, I'm afraid you can't afford it!" Fat Lu laughed out loud and shouted, "Erlang, please yellow coat!" ”
"Cover!" Xiao Erlang was already so nervous that his palms were sweating, and he quickly reached into the package behind his back with a promise, pulled out the yellow jacket that he had been carrying with him for the past few days, and flashed to the generals of the green camp, shouting: "The emperor has given the yellow coat here, and those who dare to offend will conspire against each other and destroy the nine clans!" ”
I have to admit that Mites Qing is indeed very good at cultivating slave thoughts, and because of this, seeing Xiao Erlang showing off the bright yellow coat, the green camp generals who were still fierce and vicious towards Lu Fatzi just now were all stunned, and subconsciously stopped. Over there, Liu Wenjin and Li Shuzu also jumped up and shouted in unison: "Yellow coat?!" Your yellow coat?! ”
"Didn't you hear? Given by the emperor. Lu Fatzi asked sarcastically, put on a yellow coat in a big way, and said with a cruel smile at Liu Wenjin and Li Shuzu: "Liu Junmen, Li Futai, put on a yellow coat, no matter what level of official, it is the third level of the official, and you have to kneel and salute, what's the matter, you have forgotten this rule?" Or do you not have to pay attention to the things given by the emperor? ”
Li Shuzu and Liu Wenjin were dumbfounded, looked at each other, and only came back to their senses after a while, hurriedly left their seats together, walked to Lu Fatzi and knelt down and kowtowed together, and the generals of the green camp over there also knelt down in a large area. Fat Lu smiled slightly, pouted to Xiao Erlang, led Xiao Erlang to swagger forward, sat on the handsome position before Liu Wenjin, and then said lazily: "Get up, don't be polite." ”
Liu Wenjin, Li Shuzu and others hurriedly stood up, and looked at the fat man Lu who was sitting in the handsome position and wearing a yellow coat. Lu Fatzi asked: "Liu Wenjin, if the news I inquire about is correct, you seem to be a slave with a yellow flag, right?" ”
"Back to Lord Lu, the last general is indeed inlaid with a yellow flag." Liu Wenjin replied reluctantly.
"Then who are you General Mulima of Jingxi?" Fat Lu asked again.
"It's the master of the last general's own family." Liu Wenjin replied honestly.
"Good." Fat Lu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then you can send a letter to the master of your family, General Mulima, and ask him what kind of friendship I have with him." By the way, I told him about today's events, and told him that for the sake of being an official in one place, this official will ask you for a favor, and you will be beaten with thirty military sticks, and you don't need to be put into an iron cage to starve to death, and you don't need to bury yourself in a snowdrift and suffocate to death. ”
"Lord Lu, what is the relationship between you and the master of the last general's family?" Liu Wenjin's teeth are a little fighting, Mites Qing is a slave country, how Mu Lima wants to clean up his minion, even Xiao Mazi has no right to interfere.
"Erlang, show that thing to Liu Junmen." Fat Lu commanded lazily. Xiao Erlang agreed, took off the saber on his waist, took out the blade and handed it to Liu Wenjin, and said: "Liu Junmen, look at it, this is General Mulima's own saber, General Mulima knew that my young master was going to come to Qujing to take office, and when he saw off my young master, he gave this knife to my young master, and asked my young master to take this knife to discipline you for him when necessary." By the way, if Liu Junmen thinks that General Mulima's things are not enough, my young master still has something that the lord of the Yellow Flag Banner has rewarded, do you want me to send someone back to get it, please Liu Junmen, you can identify the real from the fake? ”
"No, no." Liu Wenjin was so frightened that he quickly knelt down on his knees again, slapped himself again and again, and screamed: "Lord Lu spares his life, the last general should die, and the last general will arrest all those bastards who are riding on horses and seedlings, and punish them heavily, punish them heavily!" ”
"How you march the law is your business, but before that, you must hand them over to the officer, who will bring them to the scene and execute the sentence according to the law, and give justice to the people of Qujing." Fat Lu said coldly.
"Yes, yes, the last will obey, and the last will have them all arrested." Liu Wenjin kowtowed and agreed, then turned around and yelled: "What are you still doing?" Hurry up and grab all those eight lambs who are stepping on the seedlings, tie them up, and let Lord Lu take them away! ”
The generals in the camp agreed, and first tied up the energetic general before, and Lu Fatzi knocked on Erlang's leg and said: "Liu Junmen, if you don't want Mulima to know about this, it's okay, but you have to tell me, what benefits did Li Futai give you, and you want to help him interfere in local civil affairs?" ”
Liu Wenjin hesitated and didn't answer, and Fat Lu sneered and said, "Don't say it? It doesn't matter, someone will let you say it, but when the time comes, if the lower officials don't intercede for Liu Junmen, don't blame me, Liu Junmen. ”
"I say, I say." Liu Wenjin was helpless, so he had to say honestly: "Lord Lu, Li Futai gave me the jade axe in front of you, listen to Li Futai, this jade axe is the jade axe of Zhao Kuangyin and the jade axe of the river, and it was rewarded to the king of Dali, and then somehow, it fell into the hands of Li Futai. ”
"Li Futai, it's a big deal." Fat Lu picked up the jade axe, said with a cruel smile: "Such a good thing, Li Futai, you don't dedicate it to the emperor, hide it at home, do you want to follow Zhao Kuangyin and change the dynasty once?" ”
"You talk nonsense!" Li Shuzu was completely anxious, and shouted without hesitation: "Who wants to change the dynasty? If I want to do this, what else do I want to do with this jade axe to Liu Junmen? ”
"So, does Lord Li want Liu Junmen to change the dynasty?" Lu Fatzi hit the snake with the stick, turned to Liu Wenjin and said with a smile: "Liu Junmen, the lower officials think that you definitely won't have such an idea, right?" ”
"Of course the last general doesn't, of course the last general doesn't dare to have such a mind." Liu Wenjin kowtowed again and again, turned to Li Shuzu and glared angrily, and said in his heart that the surname is Li, Lao Tzu was almost killed by you!
Of course, it is very difficult to frame Li Shuzu for plotting against usurpation with just one jade axe -- not to mention that with Li Shuzu's greed and stinginess, this jade axe may not really be Zhao Kuangyin's. So Lu Fatzi didn't bother to dwell on this issue, but said to Liu Wenjin: "Liu Junmen, the lower officials won't embarrass you, today's matter, you just report to the court as it is, as for you to send your own official to threaten and coerce, it's a trivial matter, you don't need to report it, and I won't tell General Mulima." You said to the imperial court that Li Futai bribed you with this jade axe and lured you to interfere in civil affairs, but you sternly refused, understand? ”
Lu Fatzi openly instigated Liu Wenjin to impeach his boss, but even if Li Shuzu was so angry that his face turned blue, but he was helpless, Liu Wenjin was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Thank you Lord Lu, thank you Lord Lu, please rest assured, the last general will definitely report it truthfully, this jade axe, the last general will also be sent as evidence, and Lord Lu will be satisfied." ”
"Good." Lu Fatzi nodded with great satisfaction, and was about to continue to sow discord, but there was a sudden commotion outside the tent, and then, a team of soldiers directly subordinate to the Pingxi Wangfu rushed to the tent like wolves, and even kicked and beat the green battalion soldiers in front of the tent. Before he entered the account, Wang Jing shouted: "Brother Lu, don't be afraid, the second brother is here to save you!" surnamed Liu, if you dare to touch my brother's hair, I will ...... you today. ”
Shouting this, the warm-hearted General Wang Jingwang couldn't shout anymore, because he suddenly saw that his good brother Lu Fatzi of Qipinzhi County, who was going to be rescued, not only did not crawl on the ground covered in bruises as he imagined, but also wore a bright yellow coat and knocked on Erlang's leg to sit in the position of the coach. And Liu Wenjin, the chief soldier of Zheng Erpin, who was coming to stop the violence, was honestly kneeling in front of Lu Fatzi, with several red slap marks on his face.
"Who the hell am I here to save?" Wang Jing scratched his head in confusion.
(To be continued)