Chapter 34: Volcanic Eruptions
As soon as the morning dawned, the originally calm and peaceful small mountain village gradually became noisy, and the displaced people got up one by one, looking at this strange environment, but there was no worry in their hearts. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Li Jing's eyes were loose, and he turned up on the bed vigilantly, saying that it was a bed, that is, a temporary wooden board, and the number of people had increased too much, Li Jing sent his little sister to live next door, and he fell asleep in the open air like this, so that others could see it, so he was not moved.
Before Li Jing could wash himself, he saw Feng Xingman in front of him, and saw him anxiously whispering, "Lord! Food is running out. ”
The people had no food and were unstable, Li Jing suddenly came to his senses, pulled him to a place where no one was, and asked in a low voice, "What, don't we still have more than 5,000 taels of silver?" Go buy it. ”
Half of the Kang family was divided, and then a batch of military salaries was issued, and more than 2,000 taels were saved, and the Buddha statue placed in the Huiji Temple was more than 2,000 taels of silver, and he also deliberately explained that he bought more corn, because corn is cheap and can be supported for a while longer, why is there no food?
Feng Xingman's face was bitter, "Lord, send someone to buy it this morning, all the grain shops in the county say that there is no rice to sell, and the brothers have worked hard to buy only two stones of coarse rice, so many people, how can it be enough?!" ”
Two stone grain? What are you kidding, the summer harvest in Qinghe Village is imminent, and some places have already had a summer harvest, and it is the time when the new rice is on the market, why is there no grain to sell? You must know that now there are 481 displaced people in this group, counting more than 500 people in Qinghe Village, a total of 1,000 people.
Men consume rations quickly, plus exercises, a lot of exercise, more than two catties of food per day, at least 1,800 catties of food per day, according to the Ming system of one stone and 60 kilograms, also need fifteen stones, Li Jing originally thought that the five thousand taels of silver to buy more grain and hoard, this will be cut off by people, where can I stay.
Li Jing asked hurriedly, while hastily putting on the single clothes, "Do you figure out what's going on?" ”
When Feng Xingman heard this, he became even more anxious, "Lord, just make it clear, I don't dare to make a claim, the brothers we sent out came back and said that it seems that the merchants in the city have discussed together, and in the future, each person will only be allowed to buy five buckets of grain per month, and if there is more, it will not be sold!" It is also necessary to prove it with the village documents. ”
"It's obviously coming for us!" When Li Jing heard this, he thought carefully for a moment, and sat on the mound with his ass, his face cloudy.
Thinking to myself in my heart, this hand from the county is obviously coming for me, and the prevention is that I am sitting big, not to mention that there is no official body to protect me, it seems that they regard themselves as fat sheep that can be slaughtered.
At present, according to their ideas, they can either disperse the displaced people by themselves and reduce their expenses to barely make ends meet, or they can only give in and use the five thousand taels of silver to buy high-priced grain, so that they can bite into the meat fiercely.
No, it can't be like this, there will definitely be a way, Li Jingteng got up and walked back and forth, Feng Xing looked at him with blank eyes, hoping that he could come up with a solution soon.
Hurry back to the crossing, think hard in your heart, there is! If it is not sold here, can the big families in the county still cover the sky with one hand? I'll go to Linxian to buy it, it's okay, thinking like this, I immediately spoke, "Xingman, do you see if there are other wealthy merchants nearby who can buy grain?" ”
Feng Xingman propped his chin and thought for a while, "Lord, it's not impossible, you can buy it sooner or later with silver, but this road is far away, I'm afraid that if something goes wrong halfway, they will definitely get in the way." ”
The difficulty is not to buy food, but to worry that this is just the first move, if you insist on targeting, I am afraid that the follow-up tricks will follow, Feng Xingman is really worried about his own family, those big clans who eat people, this is smelling, they are all coming up.
"Don't be afraid of him!" Li Jing snorted and sneered, really think he was muddy? Now there is a team of nearly 1,000 people in hand, and I am full of confidence, if I want to fight, who are I afraid of, I am in a hurry, I overturn the table and don't take anyone to play, I really treat myself as a dish? !
Now that there are so many people following, Li Jing changed his previous caution and decisively gave an order, "You first send someone to a nearby county to buy grain and grass, and then send someone to escort it back, I don't believe it, these people still dare to rob it!" ”
After a while, I felt that it was not very safe, "We should pay special attention to the merchants around us, we now have a large population, and we need a lot of food and clothing, so we can save some money by finding a fixed merchant to buy." ”
Feng Xingman felt that this was the best, as long as everyone united, there would be no hardship that could not be overcome, "Yes, lord." ”
Li Jing looked at his back, felt that he couldn't sit still like this, and beckoned a monk next to him, "Go and find a few team leaders, by the way, call that Zheng Renbao too." ”
The team has expanded a lot, there are more people, but there is still a lack of available talents, and Li Jing has no good way for the time being, after all, these days, scholars will not look at themselves, let alone go to service.
Looking at the three people gathered over, Li Jing didn't even have anyone to discuss for a while, so he had to pat his head, "You have been here for a long time, do you have any good forces?" Needless to say, the landlord is strong. ”
As he spoke, he looked at Zhao Mosheng with hopeful eyes, and was waiting for him to speak, when he suddenly saw Zheng Renbao next to him with a tangled face, as if he had something to say, he couldn't help but be surprised, Zheng Renbao fled here, did he know any outsiders?
Zheng Renbao met Li Jing's eyes, and saw the two staring at him on the left and right, sighed in his heart, sighed and simply opened his mouth, "Don't hide it from the lord, I originally contacted the strongman here, and wanted to take people to the cottage, but thanks to the lord's acceptance, the grass did not fall." ”
"Huh? And what's going on? Come on. When Li Jing heard this, he felt that this was nothing, the cunning rabbit still had three nests, not to mention the people who were cornered? Thinking like this, his eyes softened a little.
Zheng Renbao was encouraged, and seeing that Li Jing didn't care, he continued to speak, "I used to follow the caravan as a dart master, and I also have some friendship with the strongmen who come and go. ”
Speaking of this, Zheng Renbao blushed a little, after all, it was not a good thing, but seeing that Li Jing was fascinated by what he heard, he had to continue, "I led people all the way to live here, just to defect to Gu Pu, a strongman on this Tianya Mountain, and I didn't want to get a letter halfway, knowing that the lord was here to help the homeless, so I came to defect." ”
Li Jing looked at his panicked appearance and waved his hand, "Don't worry, I'm not a person who can't tolerate sand in my eyes, now that we are all a family, why talk about these things." ”
After thinking about it for a while, he said, "You have contacted him, I don't know what his strength is, can you still contact him now?" "I secretly thought, this group of strongmen, if they get in touch, they will be used one day.
Zheng Renbao will be a little confused, thinking that he asked the Taiyuan garrison to rush to Wutai County in the northeast, and missed the date of meeting with Gu Pu, this will be embarrassing to meet, how can he still let people contact?
just served Li Jing, and had no choice but to call a man who was close to him on weekdays to come over and whisper an explanation.
Of course, Li Jing will not pretend to be mysterious.
"You must know that we are now suffering from the hostility of the Quartet, and it is inevitable that we will have to find a way back, so as not to sit back and wait for death when the time comes."
"This?" Zheng Renbao didn't understand the details, so he finally settled down, and he didn't want to live a life of exile anymore, so he hesitated, "Lord, am I being a drag?" ”
"No, you don't have to pay attention, it's these landlords who don't see good money, so they want us to be their slaves in a low voice." Li Jing waved his hand, acting as if he didn't care, but a trace of sorrow at the corner of his mouth betrayed him.
How can you not worry, seeing that a good situation is about to be created here, once the conflict starts, it is inevitable that life will be ruined, and the future will be bleak.
This is now such a large group of brothers eating with him, Li Jing will never back down half a step, it's a big deal that the fish die and the net is broken, just go to Liukou.
Thinking like this, Li Jing finally calmed down a little, "Don't mention this, now we have a lot of people, although we are united, but the military regulations have not been determined, and the establishment has not been changed. ”
The family has family rules, the state has national laws, and this army has no rules and is a plate of loose sand, Li Jing thought hard for a few days, and had a plan in his heart, but the previous few times he used the thinking of the future generations to set the current reality, after all, it is better to deviate a few points, it is better to work together.
When several people heard this, they were overjoyed, this is a good thing, it is enough to prove that Li Jing values them, and when he was thinking about the organizational language and wanted to speak, he suddenly heard an exclamation that interrupted everyone.
"What's the matter?" Li Jing stood up, there are so many worries right now, it can't be another emergency, right?
There is a way that is good and not spiritual, bad spiritual, the news he got made his heart burn with anger, and this time he couldn't bear it no matter what, "Tan Wu, gather brothers, come with me!" ”
Speaking of this, it is said that it is big and big, and it is said that it is small and small, that is, Li Fugui of the same village went to the landlord's house surnamed Wang at the entrance of the village early this morning to return the silver, and I don't know what happened, the ten taels of silver given by Li Jing were not hot, so the Wang family took it.
Li Fugui, who was thinking of repaying the debt and leaving some money to pick up his mother-in-law, quit now, and reasoned with the Wang family on the spot, who knew that the Wang family took out the loan documents at that time, which clearly stated that the loan period was one year, and the overdue period was doubled.
Suddenly made Li Fugui dumbfounded, when he borrowed the debt, he was anxious, and forced the master to borrow it, the people in the clan couldn't persuade him, and there was no help, so he pressed his handprint in a daze, where did he think so much, now that the days have passed for a year and two months, this is up, but it is not eight taels of silver that can be solved.
According to the agreement, eight taels of silver were returned in a year, but now it has been delayed for two months, and it has doubled to thirty-two taels, not to mention, the Wang family sneered and pretended to be a good person, and also exempted Li Fugui from the debt of only ten days this month, and bluntly said that it is enough to return thirty-two taels with interest.
Hearing this, where could the villagers who Li Fugui and others go with them endure it, and they argued on the spot, but the Wang family seemed to be prepared, and with an order, dozens of nursing homes pounced up, and it was a scuffle.
Li Jing asked a few times in detail, knowing that it was not good, the Wang family was next door, looking at his own movements in the past two days, even if he was practicing on the scale of a thousand people, he still dared to tease himself, I am afraid that he was not fully prepared?
"Tell everyone, be careful! I'm afraid it's not that simple! Li Jing commanded so, and called someone to call Feng Xingman, beckoning everyone to take them along.
In the morning, the Chunxian clan discussed cutting off their own grain routes, but in an hour, the oppression of the Wang family happened, which was inevitably too much of a coincidence, and it was clearly aimed at themselves.
When Tan Wu heard this, he suddenly became anxious, "Lord, this is too much deception, fight with them!" ”
Thinking that his family finally had a head, he would follow Li Jing sooner or later, and he didn't want to encounter so many disgusting things, so that he really couldn't accept it, and he didn't let people live in this world.
"Yes, my lord, it's a big deal that we go up the mountain and down to the grass, and we have to let these people taste our power." Zheng Renbao remembered what happened to his family, and couldn't help but shout.
It's done, Li Jing roared in his heart, since you don't give me a way to live, don't go, the first time I retreated five times, really I was muddy?!
Thinking like this, he assigned a few specific tasks, packed up his blades, and led people to the Wang's house at the head of the village.
Those villagers who did not join the army in the Li family in Qinghe Village also dared to gather in front of the Wang family to vent their dissatisfaction loudly at this moment. Let go! ”
At this moment, several people who went with Li Fugui were all called to be detained in the house, I don't know what the situation was, everyone was excited, noisy and shouting, the gate of the Wang family was locked, and the movement inside could not be heard.
Some villagers saw Li Jing bringing people over, and hurriedly greeted him, as if they had found the backbone of the heart, and confided the grievances in their hearts one by one, "Brother Jing is here, Brother Jing quickly save the rich and noble, I'm afraid this will kill the heavenly Wang family." ”
"Don't panic, everyone!" Li Jing looked at the deep-walled compound of the Wang family, and sneered in his heart, he did his own sin, he couldn't live! Think you'll be fine if you don't open the door? No matter how deep the ambush is in you, today will make it difficult for you to go around.
Li Jing, who had made up his mind, no longer hesitated, "Come on!" Bring me all the firewood in the village, folks, if you have lamp oil at home, take it out, today, let them see how powerful our Li family is. "Humph! Don't come out? I've lit a fire to see who can't carry it first!
When the people behind him heard this, they answered, and went to pack up the firewood, and listened to Li Jing again, "If the Wang family doesn't give an explanation today, don't let anyone go, where are Tan Wu, Zhao Mosheng, and Feng Xingman?!" ”
"In!" A few people couldn't bear it for a long time, and when they saw Li Jing's call, they hurriedly answered,
Li Jing sneered and opened his mouth murderously, "Each of the three of you leads a team of soldiers, surrounds the surroundings, comes out one, kills one!" ”
Several people looked at each other for a while, and met in a deep voice, "Yes!" ”
Seeing that the three of them went down with the local young soldiers, Li Jing greeted Zheng Renbao, who was staying in place, and said with some guilt, "It's none of your business today,"
"Why did the lord say this, I have long entrusted my life to the lord, not to mention that today's lord is benevolent and righteous, for the sake of his subordinates, he can do this, I am not grateful where I wait, just wait for the lord to give an order, I will die and want to repay!"
Zheng Renbao listened to the details of others, and was grateful to Li Jing in his heart that it was too late for him to be benevolent, where did he dare to disobey, where could he find such a lord? Thinking like this, he only heard a voice behind him, "Please give the order of the lord!" I'll never give up! ”
Li Jing's eyes widened, quite grateful, and stretched out his hand, "Surround me and prepare for the fire team." ”
He shouted at the last of the people inside, "Listen to the people inside, and immediately hand them over, and I count to three, and if I don't open the gate, I will set them on fire." ”
"One!"
"Two!"
"Three!"
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