Chapter 182: On Meritorious Deeds
Cao Huang took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, it was already two o'clock in the morning, and he happily thought that everything should be over.
When it dawns, everyone will know that there is only one Cao family in Donghua Town!
This night, Cao Huang was so excited that he couldn't sleep.
As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Cao Huang couldn't wait to let people go to the street to beat gongs and drums, announcing that Donghua Town was controlled by the Cao family, and the real estate of Sun and Liu was taken over by the Cao family.
Different people behave differently when they hear the news.
Some people have a sense of pride in being ahead of the curve, and they say, "Look! I said a long time ago that the Sun and Liu families can't make the climate, and this Donghua Town has to rely on Master Cao to hold it. ”
Some people were surprised at first, and then thought about it and felt that this matter was reasonable, the conflict between the three families broke out sooner or later, and there were no two tigers in one mountain, not to mention that there were three tigers in the town.
And some young people who are not deeply involved in the world look incredulous, in their opinion, the Cao Sun and Liu San families have already released their previous suspicions, how can there be infighting again!
In short, thousands of people have different faces.
Many people were curious about the fate of the Sun and Liu families, so they went to their doorstep, but only the ruins and broken tiles remained, and the original site of the yard was still wet, and wisps of black smoke were emitting, presumably not long after the fire was extinguished.
And there was a neat row of corpses in front of their house, and the corpses were covered with white cloths, but someone took the opportunity to see the appearance of the corpse, the whole body was black, and it should be charred!
The Sun and Liu families are completely gone!
Many people felt pity and regret in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it too obviously, after all, the current Donghua Town is in charge of the Cao family.
"Huh! Scatter it! Don't gather here! "The people in charge of the aftermath of the Cao family saw so many people watching, so they dispersed them.
In addition to the fall of the Sun and Liu families, there was also a small incident on one of the most prosperous streets in Donghua Town.
Three strange beggars appeared on the street.
They all looked very old, unkempt, and two idiots, with scruffy beards and saliva.
The other looked even worse, his hands and feet were severed at the wrists, his two eye sockets were empty, and even his tongue and teeth were gone!
These scars are still oozing blood, and they should be new wounds.
What's even more strange is that there will be people from the Cao family around them, sometimes those Cao family members will punch and kick them, and as soon as they move their hands, the two stupid old beggars will scream in horror, and the physically disabled beggar seems to be dead, let others beat them, and never make any reaction.
Or maybe he wanted to wail too, but he couldn't make a sound!
People who have good things want to find out, but they are taken aback, and it is unimaginable.
It turned out that those two stupid old beggars turned out to be Sun Biao and Liu Hou!
And although the disabled beggar has no eyes, he looks like Lin Jiu of Yizhuang no matter how he looks at it.
As soon as the news spread, it can be said that it caused a thousand waves, and many people went to watch the three of them.
Among these people are their enemies, and benefactors are more irrelevant people.
But they are willing to see Sun Biao, Liu Hou and Lin Jiu's unlucky appearance, the more miserable the three of them are, the more comfortable the others are, after all, these three people can be regarded as famous figures in Donghua Town, and now their miserable appearance makes many people inexplicably breed an indescribable sense of pride!
"Tut-tut! You look at how beautiful the three of them were before, and if you look at the current situation, it's really not as good as me to fight people. One of the laborers said to the other, and both nodded contentedly, as if life had rekindled hope.
Cao Huang sat in the sedan chair and watched the people outside the sedan chair wantonly watching and commenting on Sun Liu and Lin Jiu, and suddenly felt that his eyelids were a little heavy, so he knocked on the sedan chair, and the person who carried the sedan chair understood, and went straight to Cao's house.
At this time, whether it is Caofu or Donghua Town, there is chaos everywhere, because Donghua Town has changed, although this matter will not affect most people for the time being, but many people still suddenly feel that they don't know what to do.
There are even some inexplicable people who are cranky, I used to feed Sun Biao's nephew's dog with my own white-flour steamed buns, but now that the Sun family is gone, they all listen to the Cao family, if the Cao family knows about this matter, will they trouble me!
There are so many of them, they are so cranky, panicking all day long, for fear that the Cao family will suddenly come to the door and settle accounts with them!
Many timid people knelt in front of Cao's house and begged for forgiveness, and the housekeeper of the Cao family who guarded the door knelt down in a row at first glance, thinking that something big had happened.
If you ask carefully, it turns out that they are all trivial things, and some of them are not even trivial, just because they greeted the people of the Sun and Liu families on the street, and they were afraid that others would misunderstand them as the people of the Sun and Liu families, so they came to ask for guilt.
As soon as he heard these news, the housekeeper of Cao Mansion felt funny at first, knowing that there were more and more people coming later, and there were still many things in the house! How can you fool around with them here.
Therefore, the housekeeper of Caofu directly asked someone to blow away these people who didn't know what to do, so that they could get their ears clean.
Cao Huang only laughed when he heard these things later, and he didn't care about these people in general.
Donghua Town had no opponent, Cao Huang was really happy at first, but slowly he felt empty in his heart, and there was an indescribable feeling.
However, celebration banquets and meritorious deeds are still indispensable.
This celebration banquet is placed in the courtyard of the Cao family, which is different from usual, there is no wine at tonight's celebration banquet, only a small amount of vegetables, fruits and vegetables.
But no one complained, but they all looked at the stage with wide eyes.
Cao Huang was holding a piece of paper in his hand, and on this piece of paper was the result of rewarding each person's merits.
Cao Huang had already felt the blazing gaze from the audience.
Many people want to have a piece of their own property, especially if the family was very poor before, because Cao Huang promised them that as long as they destroyed the Sun and Liu families, they would give them a good reward.
That's why these people are working very hard.
"Cao Baoshan, Cao Wenhan, Cao Dayong... A few of you are responsible for collecting the rent on East Street! "Dongjie is the most prosperous place in Donghua Town, and collecting rent there is simply giving them money, and many people show envious eyes.
And the few people who were called by name also held their heads high and were full of pride.
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The list was read for half an hour before it was over, but no one was annoyed, and everyone wanted to hear their names.
However, no matter how it is distributed, there will always be people who are not satisfied, but most people are still very satisfied with what they have gotten.
Once you have everything you want, it doesn't matter if you eat anything or not, as soon as the list is finished, this celebration banquet is over, and many people can't wait to go around their own territory.
However, Cao Baoshan followed Cao Huang into the study.
"Grandpa, wouldn't this divide the Cao family's things again?" Cao Baoshan said with a frown.
"Huh! You're young! Remember that when wealth is scattered, people gather, and when wealth gathers, people are scattered! Cao Huang looked at Cao Baoshan and said, "Although the Sun and Liu families have been completely wiped out by us, there are many industries in Donghua Town, and so many people have died at once, someone has to fill the vacancy, and give these industries to themselves, only in this way will they cherish and do it well, so as not to waste the family business." ”
Cao Huang said again: "And although these industries are all divided, the Cao family compound still has to collect 30% of the profits, so it doesn't suffer!" ”
Cao Baoshan nodded ignorantly.
Cao Huang saw him like that, so he waved his hand and let him out.
Cao Baoshan was about to push the door, but Cao Huang called him back.
"You asked Lin Jiu and the three of them to be transported to Yizhuang." Cao Huang said expressionlessly.
"Huh? Is it going to click them? Cao Baoshan made a gesture of wiping his neck with his hands.
Cao Huang shook his head and said, "Be kind to them!" ”
"Ahh So why make them like this? Especially Lin Jiu, it's all gone! Cao Baoshan was puzzled.
"Lin Jiu knows how to use Qimen techniques, he must break his muscles and bones and turn him into a cripple, only in this way can he not be threatened by him, otherwise do you dare to leave a person who can kill you with a casual finger to hang around you?
Now that they don't pose any threat to us, there's no need to torture them anymore. Cao Huang sighed, not knowing if he was feeling sorry for others or if he was a little sleepy.
The next day, many people rode out from the four gates of Donghua Town, it turned out that these people were released by Cao Huang, the purpose was to inform the nearby counties and towns that the robbers in Donghua Town had been eliminated, and everyone could come to Donghua Town to do business, and it was very safe.
The news spread quickly, Donghua Town itself is located at the junction of the three provinces, ushered in a lot of foot guests, as long as there is no external force to make trouble, it is inevitable that this place will be prosperous.
After hearing the news, many businessmen sent people to Donghua Town to find out, and found that the robbers were all gone, just like the rumors they heard!
They came here in droves to do business, and the townspeople of Donghua Town felt as if Donghua Town had come to life overnight.
All of them were full of energy, and they were grateful to Master Cao Huang and Master Cao, and at the same time, they couldn't help but angrily scold the Sun and Liu families for misleading the future of Donghua Town.
For a while, the entire Donghua Town even reached a pathological point, although many townspeople also had the surname Sun and Liu, but they had nothing to do with Sun Biao and Liu Hou, but they were ashamed of their surnames.
Regardless of whether he is related to Cao Huang or not, as long as he is surnamed Cao, he is struggling.
Slowly, these people banded together and began to bully the townsfolk outside the Cao clan.
The others were hindered by Cao Huang's exploits to Donghua Town, although they had bitterness in their hearts, but they all accepted it and did not dare to say anything.
In this way, it seems that in Donghua Town, as long as the surname is Cao, they have become first-class people, and everyone else is not worth mentioning.
Completely reduced to a vassal of the Cao family.
Under the superficial prosperity of Donghua Town, there are huge internal troubles.
However, before the outbreak of internal trouble, Donghua Town seemed to have encountered another unsolvable problem.