The third part of the Bloody War of Resistance, Chapter 9, the second section, the battle after the war

The hundred-year-old Qi family was seized overnight, Qixian County was panicked, and northern Henan was shaken. When the master of the Qi family was taken to prison, the news spread throughout Qi County in the shortest possible time. After a moment of daze, all the grain merchants in Qi County gathered at Xia's house, the second largest grain merchant in Qi County.

In the living room, the atmosphere was dull and smoky, and Master Xia was fifty-two years old this year, with a three-point smile on his face, lifeless, with his head down, and a dull cigarette pouch.

"Master Xia, what do you say," a slender blue cloth robe asked a little anxiously: "At the beginning, everyone said okay, close the door together, but now that the Qi family has fallen, what should we do?" Do you open the door, or do you close it next? ”

"Even if the door is opened, how will the price be set?" The other rat asked.

The grain merchants of Qixian County acted in unison this time, and the leader was the Qi family, and now that the Qi family has fallen, it is naturally the Xia family that ranks second. Master Xia was still silent, just smoking vigorously.

"Brother Xia, where to go, you can say something"

Still didn't answer, another person jumped out and shouted indignantly: "We won't open the door, I'll see if the surname Zhuang will arrest us all in prison"

Everyone looked at him with idiotic eyes, even a hundred-year-old clan like the Qi family was swept away without hesitation, would he Zhuang Jihua care about catching a few more?

After a long time, Master Xia picked up the cigarette pouch, raised his head and said slowly: "It's not early, let's do it ourselves." ”

"Brother Xia, you have to have an idea, what should you do?" The rat asked unrelentingly.

"There is an old saying, the arm can't twist the thigh, even a family like the Qi family, if you say it's sealed, you really don't know what to do." Old Man Xia's tone was heavy.

After everyone dispersed, Master Xia walked back and forth in the living room twice, and suddenly shouted, "Butler, let's go out." ”

The housekeeper hurriedly came over: "Master, where are we going?" ”

"Isn't Commander Zhuang in the county government, let's go visit Commander Zhuang." Master Xia calmed down, and since he received that the Qi family was sealed, he was thinking about why Zhuang Jihua did this, and how to protect himself and the Xia family in this turmoil.

After thinking about it for a few hours, he finally found a way, although he didn't know what the effect would be, when he was sure that this was the only way to save the Xia family.

"Now? Isn't it too late, sir. The butler reminded worriedly.

"It's never too late," Master Xia walked to the living room, turned around and shouted loudly: "Change clothes, hurry up, change clothes, change that old cotton robe." ”

Mrs. Xia came over with a cotton robe, and said as she walked: "Master, what are you in a hurry, wear this dress to see the commander, okay?" ”

"Wearing this, you may be able to save a few catties of food for my Xia family." Master Xia smiled bitterly.

Mrs. Xia's hand stopped, and she asked very puzzledly, "Master, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Others are killing chickens and monkeys, this Commander Zhuang is worthy of being an iron-fisted person, he used to kill monkeys and chickens, just now they were saying this and that, but they don't know, the surname Zhuang has already sharpened his knife, if he doesn't follow, he doesn't mind cleaning up all of us."

"What do you mean, sir?" Mrs. Xia was still puzzled.

"This time, if we want to pass the test, we will have to bleed, and I plan to donate 50,000 catties of food to the disaster relief." Master Xia's tone was like a bitter root.

"Is there no other way?" Mrs. Xia hesitated for a moment and asked.

Master Xia shook his head, the biggest gap between the Xia family and the Qi family is that at the government level, several children of the Qi family have gone to the top of the government, and the Xia family is at most at the Qixian level.

"It may not be enough, it is better to add 20,000 oceans. At the beginning, I advised you not to earn this black money, but if you don't listen, this time the chicken will fly and the egg will be beaten. These words have shown that Mrs. Xia is not the kind of woman who only knows her husband and children.

"Didn't the Qi family take the lead at the beginning, if I didn't participate, I'm afraid it would have been closed." Master Xia said bitterly, the Qi family opened his mouth, and the Xia family couldn't and didn't dare to refuse.

Master Xia has not been to the county government once, and he has come a few times after the recovery, but the county government tonight is obviously different from the past. This difference can not be seen on the outside, there are only two more sentry posts outside the government gate than usual, but after entering the county government, you will find that the entire county government has been on high alert, and the surrounding houses are covered with secret sentry, there are sentry posts at each door, and two teams of swimming sentry posts are moving around the courtyard.

Zhuang Jihua looked at the trembling old man in front of him with some disgust, just before this old man entered the door, he was discussing with Xiao Zhenying whether to wipe out all the grain merchants in Qi County and replace them with state-owned grain stores. Xiao Zhenying resolutely opposed it, Xiao Zhenying believed that the most important thing at present was to get rid of the Qi family, and the purpose of rectification was not to vent anger, and most of the grain merchants in Qixian County did not only operate grain stations, but also had other industries, and the complete elimination of the grain business association would cause great difficulties to the post-war reconstruction of Qixian County.

Xiao Zhenying's words made Zhuang Jihua hesitate, and at this time, Master Xia asked to see him. The Xia family was originally one of the targets of this attack, but Xiao Zhenying's suggestion just now made Zhuang Jihua change his mind and promised to meet the second largest grain merchant in Qi County.

"General Zhuang, the old man is here to ask for sin." Master Xia was very honest, and when he saw Zhuang Jihua's words, Zhuang Jihua's anger was half gone.

"I agreed to see you because you are one of the big landowners in this county, but this time you didn't force the tenants to pay the rent, otherwise I wouldn't have seen you." Zhuang Jihua's tone was like a knife, and Master Xia shivered in his heart, secretly calling it a fluke.

After hearing that the Qi family asked the tenants to pay the rent, Master Xia immediately knew what the Qi family was going to do, in order to deal with the upcoming food war, he also had the idea of collecting rent, but Mrs. Xia resolutely objected, so that he did not act for the time being, but he did not expect to save his life and save the Xia family.

"It's already too much to stop selling grain," Master Xia glanced at Zhuang Jihua carefully: "In such a famine year, the government still provides relief in every possible way under such difficulties, which is the luck of the people, if I even want to take such food, it is really a crime that deserves death." ”

"Then why did you stop selling grain?" Zhuang Jihua's expression was still cold.

"Alas, it's a long story," Master Xia showed a contrite look, and sighed: "The Qi family is the first in Qi County, he came to the door, the old man didn't have the courage to refuse, although he was opposed, but the power of the Qi family was too strong, just say a word, my Xia family will be ruined." ”

Zhuang Jihua didn't say a word, his eyes looked at him coldly, with a hint of murderous aura, beads of sweat flowed down his back, Master Xia had a feeling of suffocation, it seemed that the heavens and the earth had become frozen at this moment, and his feet almost fell to the ground as soon as he was soft.

"Zhuang..., General Zhuang, the old man is here, one is to admit his guilt; In addition, it is atonement, and the old man decided to donate all the 50,000 catties of grain stored in the granary for disaster relief, and another 20,000 oceans for military supplies to exempt the tenants of the Xia family from land rent for two years. ”

Master Xia's heart hurt like cutting meat, but the heavy murderous aura from the opposite side overwhelmed him. After a long time, the cold voice came again.

"Your granary only has 50,000 catties of grain?"

"No, no, the Xia family's grain depot has 80,000 catties of grain, and the other 30,000 catties are used for business, and the old man assured the general that he would never dare to ask for an extra penny if he sold it at the price of last spring." Old Man Xia's sweat fell down his cheeks, and he didn't have time to take out his handkerchief and wipe it with his sleeve.

"Businessmen do business, is to make money, this is natural, I have no opinion, but businessmen must not forget their social responsibility, business is to make money, to make money is to feed back to the society, with money, you can live a better life, but with money, you should assume more social responsibility. Harvard University is the most famous university in the United States, and it has a famous school motto, admission is for the growth of knowledge, and graduation is to better serve the country and the people. This society is made up of each of us, and if each of us fulfills our social responsibilities, our society will quickly become better and stronger. ”

Master Xia breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but then brought it up again, he didn't know if he had already passed the test, he still carefully observed Zhuang Jihua's face, Xiao Zhenying also said lightly at this time: "In ancient times, there were high strings selling cattle to save the country, and businessmen didn't all love money, Mr. Xia, you learn from Mr. Zhang Jingjiang, learn from Mr. Yu Qiaqing, and see how they do it." ”

"The fact that you can come today and make this move shows that your conscience is still there," Zhuang Jihua added: "A senior once said that how big a person's pattern is, how big his career is, for politicians, and the same for businessmen, Mr. Xia, some money can be earned, and some money would rather be broken than earned."

With Mr. Xia's three words, the pressure of the mountain disappeared, and Master Xia finally breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that a person like Zhuang Jihua would not change easily once he made a decision.

"Yes, yes, the old man must remember this lesson and never make such money again."

"Okay, Mr. Xia, you just said that you want to exempt tenants from land rent for two years." Zhuang Jihua said again.

"Yes, when the old man returns, he will announce to all the tenants, and make a pledge." Master Xia hurriedly assured.

"I believe in you," Zhuang Jihua smiled faintly: "I mean, such a good thing can't just be done by you alone, everyone should be mobilized to do it." ”

"Me." Master Xia was a little dumbfounded, of course he understood what Zhuang Jihua meant, but...

"What, having a hard time?" Zhuang Jihua asked casually.

Old Man Xia quickly weighed the gains and losses in hesitation, and soon he raised his head and replied: "Old Man is worried that Old Man does not have enough prestige, although Qi County is not big, in addition to the Qi family, there are several families that Old Man does not dare to touch. ”

"Hehe," Xiao Zhenying laughed, he patted Master Xia's shoulder: "You can rest assured that the county government, the party department, and the National Salvation Association will support you in the back, in addition, the provincial government will issue a solicitation order, requiring the landlords of the province to exempt tenants from land rent for two years if they are more than 100 acres, and exempt from land rent for one year if they are less than 100 acres. ”

"Oh, that's good, that's good, it's incumbent on old decay, it's incumbent on you."

Mr. Xia walked out of the county government sweating profusely, and before he went far, he came across a rickshaw running towards the county government, and in the dim light, he recognized that it was the chartered car with rat whiskers. I secretly said in my heart: This kid is also a smart person.

Recently, there have been power outages, and I wonder if the electricity bill is going to increase again.

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