"Shoucheng, look at you sweating profusely, wouldn't it be that you finally made a ruthless move and made Xiao Hei into a hot pot for Uncle Jiang to eat?"

"I'd like to, but since the last time he didn't kill that vicious dog with a stick, he now runs away when he sees me." Jiang Shoucheng wiped his sweat, and after returning the sentence, he said, "My father, please go to the gate of Xicheng to have a look." ”

Wang Shihua nodded, and asked as he walked, "Tell me carefully, what's the matter?" ”

Yesterday, Wang Shihua announced the ban on smoking in the whole clan with the situation of the decree, indicating that it was going to be serious, and the people cheered, but some opium ghosts did not want to quit smoking, and did not dare to fight, so they could only run away. They smoked opium, ruined their families, and some of them were separated from their wives, how can their families not hate them, but they can't do anything about them on weekdays, this time with Wang Shihua's support, plus the serious consequences of not quitting smoking, how can they escape.

Therefore, early in the morning, nearly 100 people gathered at the west gate, among them, there were more than 30 opium ghosts.

"Didn't I let all the opium ghosts in every village and village quit smoking by the local security chief? How did it get to me? ”

Jiang Shoucheng smiled bitterly: "The head of the family, they think that only by handing over the opium ghost to you and taking care of it yourself can the opium ghost completely quit smoking." It's a sign of trust and expectation from you. ”

This is a manifestation of personal prestige, and it is indeed gratifying, but the problem is that there are probably about 3,000 opium ghosts in the whole clan, and they must all be sent, but it is a big trouble, where to find such a big place to quit smoking?

"Ergouzi, send fast horses to all villages and villages to give orders, and don't send opium ghosts over again...... I must make it clear to everyone that going to the security chiefs to quit smoking is the same as the treatment and effect of coming to Lao Sicheng. After speaking, he remembered something again and asked Jiang Shoucheng: "That's right!" I discussed with Uncle Jiang yesterday, in order to prevent some security chiefs from favoritism or poor implementation, I sent five supervisors to each village, and all of them were dispatched? ”

"According to what you said, four spearmen and a doctor have just been dispatched."

Wang Shihua nodded, mounted his horse and headed towards the west gate.

At this time, the gate of Xicheng was very lively: more than 30 opium ghosts were tied up into zongzi, most of them kneeling, and a few were either addicted to smoking, begging, scolding, rolling on the ground, or had already survived a smoking addiction and were lying on the ground, and his family members were helping him wipe his tears and snot. And beside them are the common people who are indifferent to the opium addicts.

Seeing Wang Shihua arriving on horseback, all the people quickly shut up and bowed their heads.

Wang Shihua glanced at the opium ghosts coldly, and smiled at the people: "I know the intention of all the villagers, let me ask first, are you all from the same village?" ”

"If you go home, I'm from Pimple Village."

"I'm from Forward Village."

"I'm from Sanhu Village."

Wang Shihua was stunned for a moment, and then thought that it would not be because the security chiefs of these villages were not effective in implementing the implementation that they asked them to send people here. I was furious, but my face did not change in the slightest, and he said with a smile: "First of all, thank you for your trust in me, and secondly, I also want to ask, do you want to send people to me because you don't trust your own security chief?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, obviously had something to say, but they didn't answer, and in the end, it was an old man who came out.

"When I went home, it was not that we didn't trust the chief, but that we had asked the chief to come forward to get the opium ghost at home to quit smoking, but every time we quit, we recidived. This time, I heard from the chief of security that you have issued a decree that you must completely ban the use of opium by my royal family. The old man thought, you are the reincarnation of the eight great gods, if you hand over people to you, under the protection of your divine light, they will definitely be able to quit opium completely, so I will tie people up and send them to you. After speaking, the old man knelt on the ground and said, "The old man sent people here without authorization, causing you trouble, please punish you." ”

As soon as the old man took the lead, everyone opened the chatterbox.

Wang Shihua was just about to help him, but before he could comfort the other party, a woman beside the old man knelt in front of Wang Shihua, kowtowing and crying: "The head of the family, it's not that the old woman wants to cause you trouble, but that the family has been ruined by this unscrupulous person." If he can't quit again, the whole family will have no way to live. I beg you to do justice to your old woman. ”

"The head of the family, my man used to be a good man, but since he was injured in the war with you more than a year ago, I saw that his wound was really painful, so I gave him a few puffs of cigarettes, but I never expected that his injury was cured, but he became addicted to smoking...... If he continues to smoke like this, he will become a waste. For the sake of the former warrior, please save him, save our family! ”

Next, everyone knelt down and cried about the scourge of opium.

Wang Shihua didn't expect that on the surface, he seemed to be getting stronger and stronger, but secretly he was corrupted by opium to this extent.

"All up, please!"

But the people were still crying, begging the head of the house to nod.

"Get it all up!"

Seeing that Wang Shihua's face was angry, the people were startled, and then they got up one after another.

"I don't blame you, if you want to blame me, as the head of the family, I didn't notice your suffering in time, and I didn't pay attention to the reminders of others, and I, the head of the family, was incompetent. Here, I apologize to all of you. As he spoke, Wang Shihua clasped his fists and bowed to everyone.

"Master, please get up! Don't dare to be so gifted to you. The old man who was the first to come forward hurriedly helped Wang Shihua up, turned around and said with relief: "Family master, you have led us to live a good life in the past two years, and no one dares to bully us, everyone has a ...... in their hearts You're always busy with big things, and the little thing about smoking ban doesn't matter. Really, don't look at me like that, it's not a good idea. It's just that without your order before, it was difficult for us to openly tie up the opium ghosts in the house, so that they could smoke more and more solidly. But now with your orders, whoever dares to smoke opium again, we will dare to arrest him...... You can rest assured, with your leadership, we all believe that this smoke will be banned. ”

Others also comforted Wang Shihua, so that Wang Shihua had greater confidence in the smoking ban.

"Well said! It's not too late to make amends! As long as from now on, everyone supervises each other, and if anyone who is found to be secretly hiding opium or secretly smoking big cigarettes, report it immediately, and I believe that soon there will not be an opium ghost in my Wang family. Wang Shihua said: "I have sent supervisors to each village, including doctors, who are all in charge of opium. No matter what you find, as long as it is related to the big smoke, you can report it to them, and they will definitely give you a satisfactory answer...... Please also believe that this ban on smoking, whether it is medicine or the means of banning smoking, whether it is here or in each village, it is the same. Therefore, please bring everyone back and hand them over to their respective security chiefs...... Here, I would like to assure you that if the chief of security dares to engage in favoritism, or shield and connive, I will definitely uphold justice for everyone. ”

Everyone nodded excitedly.

"Since the head of the family has said so, let's not make trouble for the head of the house, and bring people back." With the help of that old man, everyone took action. What is interesting is the tools and methods they used to get these opium ghosts back: the opium ghosts were tied up like rice dumplings, but they left a looper at each end, and they took a thick bamboo pole through it, and each of them carried one end and walked away - this is a typical way of carrying pigs. It is convenient and fast, and it can prevent the opium ghost from making trouble on the road, which also shows the wisdom of everyone's knowledge of the opium ghost.

"Please wait a minute." Wang Shihua said with a smile: "This early in the morning, all the villagers have traveled so far, and finally come to Lao Sicheng to see me, and they must not have eaten breakfast." Please give me a little face, and I'm sure I'll stay for a light meal before I go back. ”

"The head of the house, this is unacceptable!" It was still the old man who came forward and said with a smile: "If you invite us to dinner in normal times, it will give us a big face, how can we continue, but now we can't." ”

As soon as he heard this, Wang Shihua's curiosity came, and he asked with a smile: "Old man, listening to you say this, I really know: why can't I do it now?" ”

"We all know that the head of the family has spent money to buy food, but every month it is almost free to give 30 catties to each household, but he has not made any money, only this kindness, we are grateful, and we should know the severity. Besides, you have now set up a Baojing group, and you want to distribute medicine to everyone for free, which is a huge expense...... We all agreed: this time, we must not let the head of the family break the bank again, we can save a penny, and it is good to let the head of the family raise an extra soldier. Besides, we've all eaten our own dry food before you came. ”

Others nodded one after another, and Wang Shihua, who was watching, sighed in his heart: What a good people, they give them the grace of dripping water, but they always want to repay, think about everything for themselves, and even think about saving for themselves when they eat a meal. With the support of such people, why should I worry about not being able to achieve great things?

"But you have to eat when you go back, and eat at my place, it's out of the way. Besides, this year is a drought and locusts, and your harvest is definitely not much, so it's good to save this stutter, and when you go back, go to the town to buy some snacks for the children at home......"

Before he finished speaking, the old man smiled and said: "Family master, the harvest in our village is indeed two or three percent less than in previous years, but if you look at the entire Jiangyin County, in addition to our Wang family, do others have a harvest...... Elsewhere are desperately increasing taxes, fearing that they will not be able to drive the people to death. Our royal family alone is an exception, not only do you give us so much grain every month, but you also halve the tax again, so that the total is more than the harvest of a good year...... To be a man has to speak of conscience, the head of the family, you are merciful, we all remember your good, which family does not enshrine your name on the tablet, a day three incense to pray for the Bodhisattva to bless you to live a long life, years of good health, who wants to have the face to eat and drink here with you, is it still a person? So, my lord, don't leave us behind, just let us go back, right? ”

"Yes! Master, if you are good to us, we must know what is good or bad. If you want something, just speak. Although the old woman's family is poor and can't help with a lot of help, even if she smashes the pot and sells iron, she must do her best. ”

Wang Shihua smiled with satisfaction: he has done so much, and even the name of Wang Papi has been mixed up, isn't it just to let the people of the whole clan live a good life?

Seeing that the people were afraid that they would be retained again, they left quickly, and the moved Wang Shihua stopped for a long time, and he always felt that he could never see enough of this scene, and he couldn't finish watching it.

"Head of the house, look, the old man from before has run back again."

Wang Shihua's brows furrowed: Don't do something, right?