Chapter 195: Demolition of the Dam
"Arrest it!" Li Baiqing urged again, with a vicious glint in his eyes. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoHe is the lord of a county, and he is the person with the highest status in this Changning County, how can he be at the mercy of his subordinates? Xu Jiang and Zhao Cheng have already touched his scales, of course he wants to kill him quickly.
A group of officers and soldiers drew their long knives one after another and held Zhao Cheng and Hou Sanduo together, while the rest of the officials held their heads one by one and hid to the side, not daring to move.
Although the guard has become bloated and decayed because of the peace that has been in place for a long time, there is still no problem for dozens of people to arrest two people.
"Hou San, are you afraid?" Zhao Cheng looked at the bright knives around him, a smile split at the corner of his mouth, and shouted back to Hou San.
"Afraid, if I'm afraid, I'll squat like those soft eggs. I just can't rest assured that the mother-in-law at home, if I die, she won't steal a man for me. Hou San laughed, and had the heart to joke. As soon as he said this, the faces of the servants turned red.
"Hehe, your mother-in-law, even if you give it to others, you don't want it, you can rest assured. After Zhao Cheng heard this, he teased loudly.
"Death is on the verge of death, and there is still a mind to mess around here. Li Baiqing looked at Zhao Cheng's appearance, and couldn't help but snort coldly in his heart, failing to make his opponent kowtow and beg for mercy made him feel a little unhappy.
"What about Xu Jiang? Go to a few people and arrest Xu Jiang together. After scolding a few times, he turned back to Qiu He and asked. Before they came here, they had people arrest Xu Jiang.
Qiu He was also wondering, Xu Jiang was just a scholar, he didn't know how to use force, so he should have been caught a long time ago. Could it be that the other party has already gotten the news and has slipped away?
"Report to the county lord, Xu Jiang has been caught!" As they frowned and wondered what was wrong, suddenly, they heard a surprise voice coming from a distance.
Everyone looked up, but it was Wang Laoquan from the county. This Wang Laoquan is also quite sad to say. When he was young, he was the inspector of the inspection department, and his official position was from the ninth grade, although it was not high, but it was not bad. But later, the county couldn't afford to supply the inspection department, so it basically became an empty yamen, and there were few people under him, and it became a real cold bench. Later, Zhao Cheng re-established the inspection department, although he was still in the position of inspection, but he no longer had real power, and it was particularly embarrassing to be stuck there, and even many soldiers did not know him as an inspector.
"Today, I saw that this person wanted to enter the Inspection Division, and his face was anxious, so I personally captured him and handed it over to the county lord. Wang Laoquan walked up to Li Baiqing and said with a flattering face.
"Okay, you have done a great job today, and I will remember you. Li Baiqing looked at Xu Jiang, who was captured by several people behind Wang Laoquan's body, and was very happy in his heart, and patted Wang Laoquan's shoulder vigorously. He also knew that this old thing must not be telling the truth, and he must have dared to arrest Xu Jiang because he knew that he would make a big move from other channels before. However, he is not afraid, as long as Xu Jiang and Zhao Cheng are removed, the rest of them will not be able to turn the sky upside down.
"Xie Xianzun. "Li Lao's overall joy is even worse, a fortune teller told him that he will be transferred after the age of fifty, isn't this coming?
"Xu Jiang, have you been arrested too?" Zhao Cheng looked at Xu Jiang was also arrested, and smiled a little bitterly in his heart, but he pretended not to care about it on his face.
"Hmph, Zhao Cheng, look at the soldiers you trained, they were turned against someone, I just joined your inspection department, and I was arrested. Xu Jiangjian Zhao Cheng looked heartless, and said angrily,
"Don't wronged me, these soldiers are not mine, they are old men in the original inspection department, how can my people listen to this old thing. Zhao Cheng shouted loudly, in order not to raise tigers, he specially beware of Wang Laoquan, most of his subordinates don't know Wang Laoquan, how can he be rebelled?
"Anyway, if we die, we will be killed by you. Xu Jiang didn't want to listen to Zhao Cheng's explanation, and looked ahead with empty eyes.
"How can we die so easily...... There is a god three feet above his head!" Zhao Cheng looked at the empty sky, and muttered a sentence in his mouth, maybe comforting himself, maybe comforting Xu Jiang.
"Yes, there are gods. "The last bit of hope for the two of them is the mysterious and powerful Lord Chenghuang, as long as the Lord Chenghuang wants to protect them, they will not die.
But where is the god? No matter how much they call, there is no response?
"Demolish it! Tear down this embankment for me! It's just fooling around!" After Xu Jiang and the others were caught, Li Baiqing's heart breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he had to order the levee to be demolished quickly.
Although the construction of a barrage dam is a good thing for the benefit of one party. But this thing is just a false name, in case of an accident, he can't keep this black yarn.
Moreover, a few days ago, Xu Jiang and the others made a large sum of silver, plus the money of the Shen family, which added up to nearly 200,000 taels, and even if they used some of it, it would be about 100,000 taels. Such a large amount of money, if he relied on the salary alone, he would not be able to get so much in his life.
And once the construction of the levee is stopped, the money will all go into his pocket. There are people above him, and if he spends money to operate it, he will be able to choose this good position.
"Yes, tear down the levee, we're waiting for business." The group of merchants who came with them also shouted, some of them were local people from Changning, and some were merchants stranded here, if the place was not stable, the land route would be easy to be robbed by bandits, and only the boat could be safer.
And now, because of this embankment, a large whirlpool has appeared at the junction of the Luotang River and the Gongjiang River, blocking their merchant ships outside, but they are about to catch fire.
The coolies hurriedly carried their shovels and twine ropes and walked to the embankment. The river workers who built the dam were embarrassed one by one, and they collected the money to build the dam, not to demolish it.
"You can't dismantle it, you can't dismantle it, if the Dragon Lord knows, the Dragon Lord will be angry. Most of the river workers didn't know what to do, but a dozen or so jumped out and shouted.
They were all people who had truly seen the power of the gods a month ago. The river flowing everywhere, the waves of water holding up their bodies, made them believe that there must be gods in this world. How can they go against the idea of building a dam, but the Dragon Prince's wishes? These people don't know what to do, if the Dragon Lord initiates a big flood, the entire Changning County will be destroyed in one fell swoop.