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Zhou Chenglong, the current head of Zhoujia Village and the head of the Zhou clan, has a high prestige in the village, and several clan elders are headed by him, firmly controlling the affairs of the village. In Zhoujia Village, Zhou Chenglong is the king, and he has the final say in everything. The people in the village also seem to have become accustomed to Zhou Chenglong's arrogance and domineering, and they are already obedient. This made Zhou Chenglong even more arrogant.

The mansion of the patriarch of the Zhou clan, located in the center of the entire village, is a large mansion covering an area of more than ten acres. Compared with the thatched houses of other villagers, the mansion of the patriarch of the Zhou clan is undoubtedly much more luxurious. Although, in the eyes of those who are really rich and powerful, this is nothing more than the nouveau riche style. However, in Zhoujia Village, it is enough to make everyone envious.

Zhou Chenglong is now forty years old, and he is officially in the year of fighting. He is tall and has a long tiger's back and bear's waist, but he is very shrewd, otherwise he would not have firmly held Zhoujiacun in his hands.

At night, the mansion of the patriarch of the Zhou clan was still brightly lit, and the patriarch Zhou Chenglong gathered several clan elders to discuss today's strange things.

"Everyone, I always feel that those outsiders don't want to live in Chenzhou City, but want to stay in our poor country, which is weird!" Zhou Chenglong said with a frown. Obviously, Long Yufei and the others aroused his suspicions.

"Patriarch, what's so strange about this? Maybe they think it's too expensive to stay in the city. They must be serious businessmen, and my mother-in-law bought several pieces of material from them! Don't say it. It's really good, much better than the cloth woven from mud legs. A sect elder said with a smile, his name is Zhou Lin. Ranked fourth among the clan elders in Zhoujia Village.

"Zhou Lin, don't open your mouth if you don't know the situation. Do you know how much money they gave to those poor ghosts? After staying for two days and helping them cook, I gave them five Chinese yuan, which is a full five taels of silver! With so much money, even in Chenzhou City, you can eat and drink well! A white-haired sect boss reprimanded with a face. He was the eldest of the clan elders, named Zhou Han, and he was an old man who was only seventy years old.

Seeing Zhou Han angry. Zhou Lin immediately shut up and didn't dare to say more. In Zhoujia Village, in addition to the patriarch Zhou Chenglong, Zhou Han has the highest status. Words on seniority. Zhou Lin still has to call Zhou Han uncle. Naturally, I didn't dare to talk back anymore.

"Patriarch, this group of people really seems to have a problem, could they be bandits pretending?" Another sect elder asked.

"No, the outfit of that group of people, and how generous they are, how can they be bandits. If it was a bandit, I'm afraid it would have been robbed directly, where would it be so troublesome. Someone retorted.

This time. A young man walked in and came to Zhou Chenglong's ear. whispered a few words to him. Suddenly, Zhou Chenglong's face changed. The other sect elders have been paying attention to Zhou Chenglong, and seeing that his face has changed, everyone realizes that the situation is not good, and they all shut up and stop talking, so as not to cause a disaster because they said the wrong thing.

"Humph! Guys, it seems that we're really looking away, these people are really not small! Zhou Chenglong said coldly.

"What's wrong? Patriarch, are these people really bandits in the mountains? Zhou Han asked with some concern. If it was really bandits, then Zhoujia Village would suffer this time, and those bandits had always killed people without blinking.

"No, they are not bandits, but people from the official family! I just got the news that they are investigating why none of the villagers have signed up for immigration, and the policies in the village. It seems that these people are not good! I knew that the county magistrate surnamed Chen would not give up so well. Zhou Chenglong said with a sneer.

"Patriarch, what should we do then?" As soon as they heard that it was someone from the government, the sect elders were a little panicked. Since ancient times, the people do not fight with the officials, although they can be powerful in Zhoujia Village, but after all, they are just ordinary people. If the government really wants to deal with them, then they will be like fish on the board, and they can only be slaughtered.

"Humph! Since the government dares to investigate us, then we are not easy to mess with. Simply, don't do anything, click off these people, and let them know who has the final say in Zhoujia Village! Zhou Chenglong said with a dark face.

"Ah, patriarch, if you kill an official, it is a great crime of rebellion! If the court blames us, our entire village will not be able to eat and walk around! Zhou Han was shocked, completely shocked by Zhou Chenglong's thoughts. Killing officials and rebelling is a felony! When the Manchus ruled, it was to connect the nine tribes. At that time, there were more than 1,000 people in Zhoujia Village, and no one would be able to escape.

"If we let the government do that, we're going to move all those mud-legged people away. When the time comes, what will we do? Who will cultivate our fields, shall we go ourselves? I see, the government is trying to shake our foundation, and we must not sit idly by! Zhou Chenglong said. The reason why they are able to do so is that they can control the people in the village. If these common people are relocated, then they will lose their ruling base. Zhou Chenglong absolutely does not want to see this happen.

"If all those mud legs are removed, then our fields will be left uncultivated. At that time, I am afraid that it will only be sold to the government. However, the price given by the government is too low, and their trick is too vicious. Some of the sect elders began to complain.

One of the new policies implemented by Xinhua was to buy up the landlords' land and distribute it to the landless and landless peasants, and the landlords could use the funds from the sale of the land to set up factories or invest in other industries to promote the development of industry and commerce. However, for most landlords, they are not familiar with and resistant to starting factories. In the minds of those people, the farmers and merchants, and the merchants were undoubtedly the lowliest, how could they give up the land and become merchants. As a result, very few of those landlords are willing to sell their land to the government.

"That's right, since the people in the government won't let us have a good time, then we'll fight with them!" The other sect elders also said that this was already concerned about their vital interests, and they had to express their position.

"But, Patriarch, what are we going to do if it's exposed?" Zhou Han was still a little cautious.

"Don't worry, we're not going to make a move. Since those guys are so generous, they must have a lot of silver on them. In those days, there were quite a few bandits in the mountains. Those bandits went down the mountain, attacked the village, and slaughtered the people of the government, and it was none of our business! Zhou Chenglong smiled sinisterly.

"That's right, that's right, the patriarch's method of killing people with a knife is really clever! By those bandits, even if the matter is exposed, it is none of our business! Zhou Han immediately complimented.

"What do you think?" Zhou Chenglong looked at the other sect elders.

"It's all up to the patriarch!" The other sect elders also said. In this matter, their interests and Zhou Chenglong's interests are the same.

"In that case, then I'll send someone to contact the bandits in the mountains. Without further ado, let's do it tonight lest anything happen. Zhou Chenglong said.

Subsequently, Zhou Chenglong sent people to the mountains more than 30 miles away to contact the bandits on the mountains. On the top of the old owl more than 30 miles away from Zhoujia Village, there was a bandit of hundreds of people, led by a pipe band of the former Manchu Qing Dynasty. Because of his ferocity, the nearby bandits did not dare to provoke him, and his men and horses also grew to hundreds of people, becoming the largest bandit force in the south of Chenzhou City.

Zhou Chenglong and this gang of bandits have always been in contact, and from time to time they provide some information to the bandits, as well as the living materials that the bandits need in the mountains. After Zhou Chenglong sent someone to contact this group of bandits, he directly told them that there was a caravan from Zhoujia Village, which was very rich, and wanted to join forces with them to do a vote. However, Zhou Chenglong demanded that when the bandits attacked, they should not endanger the people of Zhoujia Village.

The bandit boss of the old lord agreed without thinking about it, and immediately gathered all the people and horses and rushed to Zhoujia Village overnight. As the Imperial Army began to gradually wipe out the bandits south of the Yangtze River, the life of these bandits became more and more difficult. Many bandits were exterminated, and those who resisted were shot directly, and those who surrendered would not end well, and were thrown directly on the construction site. This is absolutely unacceptable for these bandits who are used to being at large. Therefore, the big boss of the old boss also thought about it, and after making a lot of money, he began to arrange a retreat.

The bandits went straight from the mountains to Zhoujia Village, a mountain road of more than 30 miles, and it took less than two hours for these bandits to arrive. At this time, it was the middle of the night, Zhoujia Village was quiet at the moment, the villagers had already fallen asleep, except for the living room of the patriarch's mansion, the lights were still on, and the rest of the places were already pitch black.

"The big bosses, the merchants live in those houses. I will not go with you. Zhou Chenglong's henchman, who was in charge of leading the way, said to the bandits.

"Hmmm! Brothers, copy the guys, do a good job of this vote, and we will be able to drink in big bowls, eat meat in large pieces, and be merry for a long time! The big boss of the old owl said to the bandits.

The bandits' eyes suddenly lit up, their life during this time was very hard, if they could succeed, then a good day would come.

Then, under the cover of night, the bandits began to touch the place where Long Yufei and they lived, and in the hands of these bandits, they were holding weapons such as steel knives or iron forks. (To be continued......)