I saw Zhang Shuting listening to the open-mouthed and numb-faced old hook, but he was speechless for a long time. But in the end, I saw him wave his hand at the big guy Lao Sun and said:

"Untie them and let them go."

When Lao Sun heard this, he was extremely angry and said:

"Why, owner? You can't just let them go! ”

Then he said:

"They're obviously just coming to the owner!"

As he spoke, he walked out again:

"I'm going to go to the North Burning Pot to find that guy surnamed Gou, and ask him what he is thinking about the South Burning Pot and the East Family?!"

Zhang Shuting waved at him again decisively and said:

"Even if the guy surnamed Gou said it, he didn't violate the king's law. Can you help him? “

And he said, "I hope this is the end of the matter, and that there will be no more troubles." ”

When Lao Sun saw Zhang Shuting say this, he shook his head helplessly and began to ask his men to loosen the bandits. The guy was untying the bandits, and Lao Sun felt angry again, so he raised his foot and kicked at these bandits, each bandit with two feet. When he kicked the bandit leader on the open-mouthed and numb-faced old hook, he said:

"From now on, we must remember that we are not allowed to beat our host's idea. Otherwise, needless to say, our host will not spare you again, and if you encounter this iron rod in the hands of my grandson again, you will definitely want your brains to bloom! ”

After kicking, seeing that the bandits were still stunned, he said:

"Don't get out of here!"

"Get out!"

When the gang of bandits saw it, it was as if they had picked up a life again, and the guy who threw it on the ground didn't dare to pick it up, got up, and ran away.

At this time, Zhang Shuting's wife Zhang Haoshi, who was knocked unconscious by a bandit on the back, also woke up, and when she woke up, everyone found that Zhang Hao's legs no longer obeyed. When the big guy Lao Sun saw it, he was all angry and said:

"What did I say about the owner, it really shouldn't be so cheap for these bandits!"

Zhang Shuting was speechless again.

But Zhang Shuting was speechless at this time, and it was different from the speechless when he just heard the open-mouthed and numb-faced old hook say. I just heard the open-mouthed and numb-faced old Gou say that this time I came to rob the Zhang family of the South Burning Pot, and I came completely after listening to the words of the young man surnamed Gou in the same village who worked in the North Burning Pot. When the bandits say this, others may not believe it. But Zhang Shuting believed it as soon as he heard it. Not only did he believe it when he heard it, but in fact, even the big guy Lao Sun also believed it when he heard it.

Think about it, a group of bandits who don't know each other and came from the mountains to rob, when they are caught, don't say anything else, just point out a guy surnamed Gou in the North Burning Pot, which is true in itself. Of course, the key is not here, the key is that since he invited Qi Zhankui to become the shopkeeper of the South Burning Pot Restaurant, Zhang Shuting and the big guy Lao Sun have the same mirror in their hearts, and they have completely offended Zhang Lianqi, the owner of the North Burning Pot.

What kind of person is Zhang Lianqi, the owner of the North Burning Pot, and Zhang Lianqi is also nicknamed "Counting the Sky", and he is a person who must repay his baht. Think about it, how he could swallow this breath. Zhang Shuting also expected that it would be a matter of time before Zhang Lianqi retaliated against Nan Burning Pot.

The last time he was drinking in the county office hall, Zhang Shuting knew that Zhang Lianqi was going to trouble him. But if it weren't for the fact that Zhang Lianqi's "proposal" should not be made at that time, it would damage the reputation of Nan Yao Pot, and he would not drink it like Zhang Lianqi. But the situation at this time is different from drinking in the competition, so Zhang Shuting wants this matter to pass quickly. Zhang Shuting was silent, and the reason was here.

So, a catastrophe passed quietly, and the family was busy asking Lang Zhong to treat Zhang Hao's injuries without mentioning it.

To make a long story short, after the New Year, it will be the spring of the second year of the Republic of China. In the spring of the second year of the Republic of China, it was particularly unusual for Ansu, a small county in North China. To say that it is unusual does not mean how warm or cold this spring is, but with the arrival of this spring, a great famine has quietly arrived.

Of course, this great famine did not begin this spring. It should be said that since the autumn of the previous year, there have been signs of a great famine.

Due to the continuous drought in the mountains last year and a heavy flood in the autumn outside the mountains, many farmers did not have a harvest this year. If there is no harvest, families with stale grain to eat can still eat stale grain to survive the famine; Those who had no stale food to eat had no choice but to take their families out to beg for famine.

In this case, last year, there were only people in the mountains who came to the mountains to ask for it, for example, the young man surnamed Bei Yao Guo Gou was the first to beg for food in Ansu City, and then settled in the North Yao Pot. But in the past few years, it is not only the mountain people. Because of a major flood last autumn, many farmers outside the mountain did not get the harvest. In the spring of the following year, everything that could be eaten was eaten again, and they began to flee in all directions.

However, in 1912, the situation around Ansu was similar to that of Ansu, and it also suffered early morning and heavy floods. Therefore, there is famine everywhere, and there is nothing to ask for everywhere. Later, the hungry people began to flock to Ansu City, not that the residents in Ansu City could have more food for them to eat, but that every day merchants from the north and south passed through Ansu City, and it was much easier to ask them for them than to ask for them from local households.

For a while, the streets of Ansu City, which is not small, were crowded with people begging for help, and the momentum was getting stronger and stronger.

But at this time, several things happened one after another, first the rice and flour processing factory of Lao Liang's family in Liangzhuang outside the city was robbed, and in the fight, Lao Liang, the shopkeeper, was also cut off an arm; Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhanyuan, the shopkeeper of the "Yongfengqi" flour mill in the city, was killed, and the only remaining grain in the flour mill was also looted. Later, the shops along the streets in the city were smashed, and the items in the shops were looted.

For another time, a small Ansu city was in chaos again.

However, at this time, one person was already in a hurry. Of course, this person is none other than Wang Qintang, the governor of a county. However, in the face of the hungry people, Wang Qintang had no better way to think of. When the warehouse was opened to release grain, there was no grain in the county warehouse at all. I applied to the above for disaster relief, but I don't know which year of the ox and horse month I have to wait for.

It was also out of desperation that on the second day after the shops along the street were smashed, Wang Qintang urgently summoned all the rich people in the territory to the county office hall to discuss the establishment of a relief association to implement disaster relief.

Needless to say, this must include Zhang Shuting, the owner of "Runquanyong", Zhang Lianqi, the owner of "Juheyong", Qi Fengchi, the owner of "Jujiuxian", and Zhao Zilong, the owner of "Deyichang", the big owners of the liquor industry in the territory, as well as Shi Jincai, Wang Linsheng, Liu Dianrong, and Shi Jinzhong, as well as Liu Minchang, the owner of the "Yuanfeng" Iron Works, Li Zhenzhi, the owner of the "Zhongxingheng" oil mill, and Liu Ranzi, the shopkeeper of the "Xinyicheng" money bank.

As soon as everyone saw that Governor Wang had summoned all of them rich people, he immediately guessed seven or eight points, needless to say, he must have asked them to donate food and money for disaster relief!

Sure enough, seeing Wang Qintang's solemn face, he didn't speak, his eyes first swept over their faces, and then he said:

"Needless to say, everyone has also seen that last year, the county was hit by a disaster, and the affected people had no food in the spring, and now they are starving, begging everywhere, and the hungry people in the city streets are even more overcrowded, and looting incidents continue to occur...... The county office should open a warehouse to release grain and provide relief to the hungry, so that they can survive this green and yellow season safely. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Qintang glanced at everyone again, and continued:

"But everyone knows that there is no grain in the county warehouse, and there is no grain to put at all. Not only is there no food in the county warehouse, but the county office is also a poor office, and it can't come up with money to buy food for the hungry people, but the county office will never watch these hungry people starve and make trouble......

Speaking of this, Wang Qintang stopped again, looked at everyone again, and saw that everyone was buried in their eyes, not looking at him, and continued:

Therefore, the county office is ready to immediately start opening porridge farms inside and outside the city to start disaster relief. I invite you to come today, so that everyone can help worry about it, form a consensus as soon as possible on the matter of helping the hungry, provide food for those who have food, pay for those who don't, and open the porridge field as soon as possible! ”

Speaking of this, Wang Qintang paused for a moment, and when he saw that everyone was still buried, he said:

"I don't want to set the amount of food or money for everyone, I just hope that everyone who can afford to give more, and those who are not able should do their best to take out more."

And again:

"Now, I'd like to hear how much each of you can take out?"