On this day, many families failed to sleep well, and many people got up in the middle of the night, took their household registration and rushed to the county seat.

The women of the family grabbed their men and explained: "Don't borrow money so quickly, and ask how much the profit is?" It's really no more than 100 yuan a month to borrow again, but you can't be cheated. ”

The man from that family replied: "Daughter-in-law, don't worry, we are going with the village chief, and the village chief said, let others borrow first, and if there are more people borrowed, our village will go up." ”

In addition to the big guys going to the yamen to cry about taxes, there are also Gao Sanxiong and other wicked people in the county who want to spread rumors to disturb the people and buy the farmers' industries at low prices, and then there is the matter of Xinqian Zhuang borrowing silver to pay taxes to the farmers at low profits.

The matter of the new money bank is the most concerned by the big guys, and the farmers are much more honest and know that going to the yamen to make trouble is fruitless, so they all put their hopes on the new money bank, and they have been counting the days and waiting for the new money bank to open.

Now four days have passed, and today is the fifth day, and it is the day of the opening of the new bank.

Bang Bang Bang!

While he was talking, a gong sounded in the village, and the boy from the village chief's family shouted while beating the gong: "Uncle Chang Fu, don't say it, my father asked the big guy to gather at the entrance of the village quickly, and he set off in a quarter of an hour. ”

"What? Are there people from other counties coming in? Why did the money bank opened in our county lend them silver? Chang Fu's daughter-in-law was anxious to hear this, and hurriedly asked the son of the village chief of Changjia Village.

"My dad said, people in other counties don't have money to pay taxes, they are all staring at the new money bank in our county, and they will come to borrow money today, we have to hurry up!"

As for why you should lend money to people in other counties.

"The new money village was opened by Dou Shaodong's family from the capital, and he is doing business in all directions, not only to do business for our people in Tianfu County, but also to open a money village in our Tianfu County, or because he came to buy ham."

"Eh, you'll have to hurry." Chang Fu's daughter-in-law didn't dare to say any more, and pushed her man: "Hurry up, follow the village chief, you can do whatever the village chief does, but you have to borrow silver, this is our family's life-saving money." ”

"Eh, I'll go. It's been too chaotic recently, there will be thieves who will enter the village to steal things and sell them to pay taxes, you take care of your family, don't go out. Chang Fu hurriedly put on dry food and water on his back, tightly held his household registration, and followed the boy from the village chief's family to beat the gong and call people all the way to the entrance of the village.

When the people of Changjia Village left the village and went to the official road, good guys, it was full of torches, and countless torches illuminated the night as bright as day.

Chang Fu looked forward by the light of the torch, and he couldn't see the end in front of him; Looking back, you can't see the tail.

Chang Fu was very scared, and said: "There are so many people, we have to run quickly, I'm afraid we won't be able to borrow money if we go late." ”

As soon as these words came out, many people who heard them began to run, and when people from other villages saw them, they also began to run wildly, and all of a sudden they became chaotic.

Bang bang bang!

Behind him rushed a crowd of people, with sticks in their hands, beating those who were running.

Bang Bang Bang!

The gong sounded, and Hong Dao ran back and forth on the official road with the soldiers of the division, shouting loudly: "Don't run at all!" If anyone dares to run and make a fuss about trampling on someone, no one will want to borrow silver!! ”

It was after shouting more than a dozen voices in a row, and then catching the village chief who was running in the front, and sending soldiers to cut off the road in front of him, before he stabilized the crowd that was chaotic because of running.

"Don't run! Whoever dares to run and make a mess will not want to borrow silver!! "Hong Dao is shouting is about to break.

"Don't run, don't run at all, listen to the military master!" The village chiefs and lieutenant chiefs of these villages also ran out to warn the villagers.

Although the villagers stopped, they were still very worried, and took the opportunity to ask Hong Dao: "Master Jun, I heard that people from other counties will also come to borrow silver, and we will run because we want to go to the county town as soon as possible, so that the money will not be borrowed by people from other counties." ”

He complained again: "Why did the money bank opened in our county lend them money?" ”

With a bang, the soldiers beside Hong Dao struck the gong to deter the villagers, and then Hong Dao said: "The new money village was opened by Dou Shaodong's family and the Ouyang family, and they can lend money to whoever they want." But rest assured, Dou Shaodong's family has already said that they will give priority to lending the silver to the people of Tianfu County. But everyone has to line up honestly, if you dare to rob indiscriminately, not only will you not be able to borrow money to pay taxes, but you will also be arrested and sent to the yamen to go to prison, do you hear clearly? ! ”

"Really, Dou Shaodong's family will give us priority in lending us silver? That's great, don't run, don't run, we must be honest and behave. ”

After the villagers got the permission, they put down their hearts, and lined up village by village to rush to the county seat.

Finally rushed to the road for three hours, and finally came to the county seat at dawn, but the city gate was closed, and Lao Yu took Jiang Xiaoqi and Yang Bantou to stop at the city gate, shouting: "Queue up, untie the device, and check the household registration before you can enter the city!" ”

Lao Yu is the oldest person in the division of soldiers, and he is the only general flag of the division, and there is a vacant position of the general flag, Qin Sanlang has already been selected, and someone will fill another position of the general flag in the near future.

Hong Dao looked in the direction of the city gate, it was a sigh of relief, good guy, he originally thought that there were enough people on the official road, but he didn't expect that there were more people at the city gate, and it was a large area surrounded by a solid one, and he couldn't see where the city gate was.

What Qin Baihu said is indeed right, today will be a day of chaos, and the villagers who come to borrow money are comparable to the victims fleeing the famine, and they must not relax.

"Line up, put down the knives, guns, sticks and other weapons that can hurt people, prepare the household registration, and after the soldiers have checked it, they will let everyone go into the city to borrow money!" Hong Dao shouted and explained to the villagers.

"Why is it so troublesome, when will I be able to borrow money from the bank?" Some villagers complained, but it was necessary to queue up to enter the city, if they were put into the city all at once, the new money bank would have to be squeezed by these people.

"Don't talk nonsense, the first to line up, and those who complain will only wait for half a day longer than others." Hong Dao said.

The big guy listens to it, so he can only line up honestly.

"Songzizhuang Xu Fengzi's family, the father, son and grandson went into the city to borrow money, the household registration is correct, here according to a handprint, put down the firewood knife to go in, and when you go out of the city, you can get the firewood knife." Chen Shu, who was in charge of registration, said to Xu Feng's ancestors and grandchildren, and couldn't help complaining in his heart, why does this farmer love to bring firewood knives so much when he goes out? Do you want to defend yourself or do you want to chop a load of firewood to go home?

"Eh, thank you, sir." Xu Fengzi took over the family's household registration, held it tightly, and took his son and grandson into the city.

The same goes for the rest of the folks.

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Village Chief He also took his son, grandson, and He Tianwa's family, who could not afford to pay taxes, to the county seat to borrow money.

However, they didn't get up in the middle of the night, but got up as usual, and after taking a post given to them by Gu Jin'an, they left the village and joined the people of Lianghe Village who were already waiting at the entrance of the village.