"Pay 300,000 stone of grain and 500,000 taels of silver, hehe, this new Xin County Order, the appetite is really not small."

Xujiazhuang, a hidden meeting room.

After listening to the conversation on the tape recorder on the table.

Xu Yuan sneered, he could only describe the clever plan of the Xin County Commander a few hours ago.

It's just that the Xin County Commander wouldn't have thought that their conspiracy conversation would be recorded throughout the whole process, and then sent to Xujiazhuang by professional intelligence officers on electric bicycles as quickly as possible - Xu Yuan attaches great importance to intelligence work, not to mention that he has money, purchasing a few sets of small recording equipment from modern society, and buying a few informants in the Xinghua County Yali, it doesn't cost a few dollars, but it can bring huge benefits, and it is impossible for him not to do such a thing.

"This new prefectural order is looking for death! He also wants to deliberately force us to rebel, his heart is punishable, and he deceives people too much! ”

"It's better to strike first, send a few people to kill this dog official, and he will make a trick to harm us."

"That's right, the sooner this dog officer dies, the better! Otherwise, he will think of the law to deal with us, and he can't prevent it, and it's endless! ”

"Such corrupt officials and corrupt officials really underestimate our Xujiazhuang, and also underestimate our owner, originally we are harmless to humans and animals, just want to develop well, but they just can't see us well, they just want to force us to a dead end, rather than this, it is better to destroy this Xinxian order, let him taste our power!"

The crowd in the conference room was excited, shouting and killing, and everyone felt very angry, and they all wanted to kill the Xin County Commander.

"It's useless to kill Xin County."

Butler Zhao Jinde shook his head and said: "Now that the Ming Dynasty is an official, nine times out of ten, kill this Xin County Order, next time there will be the old county order, the old county order, in order to make money, they will also target our Xujiazhuang, and they will also calculate and frame us, if you deal with these corrupt officials by killing, not only can not solve the problem, but will cause the court to be vigilant, killing officials is a major crime of rebellion, once the court determines that we did it, the army will soon come to encircle and suppress, we will not fight back, there is no way to develop steadily." ”

"It's useless to kill officials, do you just wait for them to frame and kill us?"

"Yes, this kind of insatiable dog officials, if they don't kill, they are afraid, and they will never stop."

"Owner!"

Zhao Yang, the captain of the village protection team, said: "Now our manor has more than 1,500 elite village guards, all of whom are equipped with new weapons, and their combat effectiveness is invincible, and as long as there are enough new weapons, the number of the village guards will be expanded to 15,000, and even if the rebellion is revealed, the court will not be able to help us, and there is no need to look at the face of any dog official, and the tax of half a cent of silver will not have to be paid to the court." ”

Shi Yong, another captain in charge of security work, said: "Captain Zhao is right, as long as our strength is strong enough, we don't have to be afraid of the county order and the imperial court, we don't need to look at anyone's eyes at all, whoever dares to target us, we will give him a little color to see, let him regret coming to this world!" ”

Wu Dabao, the manager of the pig farm, said: "Steward Zhao, you are becoming more and more timid, a small county order scared you, who is our owner?" If it weren't for the owner of the village saying that he couldn't mess with too many mortal karma, our owner would also be able to sit on this throne, how could he become timid because of the threat of a small county order? ”

"Yes, there is the owner of the village, let alone a rebellion, even if the sky falls, we don't have to be afraid!" Someone chimed in.

"Enough!"

Xu Yuan, who sat at the top, waved his hand and said: "Violence is easy to solve the problem, and it can also solve the Xin County Order quickly, but once the incident happens, what will our business do?" Is there any money to be made? How can we fight with soldiers every day, but how can we develop safely and steadily? We can't shout to fight and kill when we encounter something, only by fighting steadily and steadily, dormant development, can one day burst out of greater strength, Xujiazhuang is currently insufficient, there is no five years and ten years to develop, can not use swords. ”

"The most fundamental reason why Naxin County Ling wants to engage in my Xujiazhuang is that I don't have a hard backstage and no big backer in the officialdom, so I think I'm a soft persimmon, but this problem is easy to solve, as long as you find a big backer who is hard enough and no one can afford to provoke, no one will trouble us in the future, and I don't dare to move that crooked mind."

Xu Yuan said his thoughts.

"Who is such a backer?" Steward Li Jin asked.

"The backer that no one can afford to provoke, is it Lord Zhou who is about to become the first assistant in the capital?" Wu Dabao said.

"No matter how powerful Shoufu is to be greater than the emperor? The biggest backer is, of course, the emperor in the capital. ”

Zhao Yang gave a roll of his eyes, feeling that Wu Dabao's IQ was in a hurry.

"It makes sense, as long as we can win Emperor Chongzhen, no matter what kind of cats and dogs we have in the future, they will not dare to hit our attention, and we can develop with peace of mind!"

Xu Yuan immediately arranged for it, and sent several capable personnel to ride electric bicycles to Yangzhou City, two hundred miles away, overnight to complete an important task.

……

August 22nd.

With a lot of people and a prosperous economy, Yangzhou is recognized as a wealthy city in this era.

In the west of the city, in Guangling Hutong, there is a rather dilapidated mansion, although the area is not small, the location is also very good, but the courtyard wall is moldy and mottled, the roof tiles are broken, the main gate is broken a few holes, the brass lock handle is lost, even the two stone lions standing at the door are also listless, and they are no longer mighty.

This mansion exudes a decaying temperament from the outside to the inside.

"Li Jinniu, my mother has been unlucky for eight lifetimes when she marries you!"

"The court won't use you anymore, why don't you sell this house and go back to the countryside to buy a hundred and ten acres of land, but stay here to live a miserable life?"

"The family can't open the pot now, and your monthly salary has been owed by the court for more than two years, and you haven't asked for a single tael of silver, what kind of brocade guard are you doing?"

"No! If this house is not sold today, the old lady will leave with you! I Liu Yueniang has been married to you for more than ten years, I have been a cow and a horse for you, I have children and daughters, I have not enjoyed a few days of happiness, and I have suffered for a lifetime. ”

At this moment, in the front yard, the voice of a woman in a frenzy can be heard by noisy neighbors.

Li Jinniu, a middle-aged man in his early forties, with a bitter gourd face, short beard, and a somewhat similar appearance to Lu Jianxing in "Embroidered Spring Knife", wore a flying fish suit with a lot of patches, while listening to his wife's accusations and complaints, and heard the two sons and one daughter next to him, constantly crying "Daddy, I'm hungry", "Daddy, I want to eat" and "Daddy, I'm so hungry" because of hunger.

Li Jinniu's bitter gourd face suddenly became even more bitter.

It's just that his wife asked to sell the mansion, and he never dared to agree.

This mansion is a great contribution made by the ancestors, rewarded by the emperor, and then handed down, and has a history of more than 100 years.

has also been passed down, as well as his position of Jinyi Wei Baihu, which has been passed down to him for eight generations.

If you sell this mansion, exchange it for silver and go to the countryside to buy land.

Not only does it mean that the achievements of the ancestors have been lost, but I am afraid that they will also lose the hereditary qualifications of the hundred households of Jinyi Wei, and there is no way to pass it on to the ninth generation.

This kind of thing that insults the face of the ancestors and is sorry for the ancestors' legacy, he will never dare to do it, he doesn't want to be a sinner of the Li family.

But the sons and daughters are starving.

The wife wants to be reconciled and separated.

If he persists like this, his family will be finished first, and it is more urgent to save the face of the ancestors than to solve the real dilemma, in fact, he already has the answer.

But......

He wailed in his heart.

Since he succeeded to the throne, I don't know why, he actually laid off the Jinyi Guard, and his job was directly gone, even if it was restored later, but his monthly salary, the officials of the state capital, could be delayed, hidden, or simply said no, in the past three years, he has only received a few months of salary and silver, as for those ordinary Jinyi Guards, what will life become, it is already conceivable.

On the contrary, he trusts the civil officials and ignores the living conditions of the local Jinyi guards, as if he completely ignores them, and does not need the local people's information provided by them, but just throws them off as a burden.

"Your Majesty, we are loyal to Jinyiwei for generations, those civil officials have cut off our salaries, and if they deceive you again in the future, no one will tell Your Majesty your true situation."

Li Jinniu wailed in his heart, but there was no good way.

Never mind.

My Li family has been dutiful to the imperial power for more than 100 years, and my duty has already been fulfilled, so let's sell this mansion, I can't starve my children to death, right?

"Moon Lady ......"

He was about to say yes to his wife.

"Is Li Baihu here?"

A voice came from the door, and several strange men stood outside the courtyard gate, as if they had come specifically for him.