Chapter 45: The Old Village Chief's Thoughts!
Li Yuanjing and Zhang Kun came to the small room where Mao Fugui's family lived, Mao Fugui had already gotten a lot better and could speak, so he hurriedly recounted the news he knew to Li Yuanjing in detail.
Originally.
Yicheng County has been making a lot of trouble in the past few years.
Although the government suppressed it several times, no one could tell what was going on inside, and instead of suppressing it, the chaos of the Smelling Fragrance Sect was intensified.
Just a few days ago.
Big change!
The Wenxiang Sect launched a rebellion overnight and directly killed in Yicheng County.
Mao Fugui's family originally lived in Yicheng County, and it just so happened that that day, he had a job at the house of a squire outside, and Mao Xiaocao and their three sisters and brothers, although they were young, were already good helpers of Mao Fugui.
This made the family of four not trapped in the city, but chose to flee as soon as they got the news.
But.
Mao Fugui's family traveled all the way east along the Mangmang Yishan Mountain Range, and they didn't take the official road, so they didn't know what happened to Yicheng County.
Li Yuanjing's brows furrowed tightly when he heard this, and he was silent in thought.
It's no wonder that a craftsman like Mao Fugui would choose to flee with his whole family, it turned out that a big change had happened in Yicheng County.
Although there have always been traces of the Smelling Fragrance Sect here in Fengcheng County, compared to Yicheng County, Fengcheng County is obviously much better.
So Li Yuanjing has never taken this matter seriously.
But now......
The Wenxiang Sect actually made trouble in Yicheng County......
The essential.
It's been three or four days, and there is no news from Tieniu Town, which is handed over to Yicheng County......
How could this make Li Yuanjing not think about it?
Good for a while.
Li Yuanjing gradually calmed down, rubbed his temples vigorously, and considered the problem more objectively and calmly.
Yicheng County and Tieniu Town are separated by a full mile wide of boiling Yishui, and they are surrounded by primeval forests, so there are not many people on both sides, and there is no official road to connect them, so it is not surprising that the news lags behind.
And Yicheng County is much larger than Fengcheng County.
And it is the fief of the youngest son of the king of Qi in Qizhou.
Even if the youngest son of King Qi did not become a vassal in Yicheng County, how could King Qi not care about this kind of thing?
Even though the prince of Daqian has no military power, the general soldier of Qizhou is the companion of the king of Qi.
Thinking.
Li Yuanjing suddenly reacted!
Fear.
It's not that no one wants to get the news out of Yicheng County, but ...... Someone doesn't want anyone to spread the news!
Even though the disaster of the Wenxiang Sect in Yicheng County may have been pacified by the King of Qi at this time, this is obviously an extremely bad start!
And.
King Qi may not be able to kill all the remnants of the Smelling Fragrance Sect, and it is the people around him who will suffer......
"Uncle Mao, I heard that you are an old craftsman from Liaodong, and you are the best at making firecrackers?"
Li Yuanjing had calmed down a lot at this time, and looked at Mao Fugui with a smile and said.
Mao Fugui hurriedly saluted Li Yuanjing respectfully, and said respectfully:
"Back to the words of the son, the villain's family has been a blacksmith for generations, not only can make firecrackers and ordinary ironware, but the villain is also quite good at it. If the prince is in need, the villain will only look forward to the son, just ask the prince to give the little family a bite to eat......"
Mao Fugui had obviously gotten the news of Li Yuanjing from Zhang Kun, and seeing that Li Yuanjing had the intention of restraining him, he hurriedly knelt down to show his loyalty.
The three Mao Xiaocao sisters and brothers also knelt down in a hurry and looked at Li Yuanjing desperately pleading.
Li Yuanjing didn't expect the Mao family to be so sensible, so he couldn't help but glance at Zhang Kun with appreciation.
Zhang Kun suddenly smiled and scratched the back of his head.
In this matter, he obviously has selfish intentions.
Li Yuanjing smiled and said:
"Uncle Mao is polite, you are my eldest brother Zhang's old man, and I should take you in. Still. ”
Li Yuanjing's words suddenly changed, and his face became serious:
"Uncle Mao, you are a person who has seen battles, and naturally understands that the state has national laws and family rules. You want to stay with me in Quanzi Village. OK. ”
"But."
"You pretend to be a member of your family, and you need to sell yourself as a slave with me! Otherwise, that's not to say. Uncle Mao is still looking for his own future! ”
Zhang Kun didn't expect Li Yuanjing to say this, he was a little embarrassed for a while, and he didn't know what to do.
Mao Fugui was entangled for a moment before making a choice, and hurriedly kowtowed to Li Yuanjing and said:
"The prince has a life-saving grace for the young, if he can sell himself as a slave under the son's door, it is also a blessing for the little and the little children. The little one is willing to sell his son as a slave and take nothing for ......"
"If you don't take a penny, why are you still called selling yourself into slavery?"
Li Yuanjing couldn't help laughing:
"Uncle Mao, in this matter, since you can trust me Li Yuanjing, I, Li Yuanjing, naturally can't treat you badly. Let's do what we should do! ”
…
Because Mao's family had agreed, Li Yuanjing even found the old village chief as a witness, and personally wrote the document of selling the four of Mao's rich and noble, and both parties signed and pledged.
And Li Yuanjing paid the impostor's four taels of silver.
Mao Fugui is counted as two taels, and Mao Xiaocao's three sisters and brothers are counted as two taels in total.
No way.
The main one is that Li Yuanjing is also a little tight on hand, and second, this is the current market price.
Because the grass is not long enough, it is even a little unsightly, it is very worthless, and even has to be paid upside down.
And her two younger brothers, both of whom are half-grown children, can eat Lao Tzu to death, and are lowly craftsmen, Li Yuanjing is already a bodhisattva in giving them one or two.
And the reason why Li Yuanjing accepted the Mao family as domestic slaves instead of long-term workers is obviously not untargeted!
Li Yuanjing is still very confident in his vision of seeing people.
This is rich and noble, but he is not an honest man!
If there were no strong rules to restrain him, Li Yuanjing would definitely not dare to use him, and he would rather lack than abuse!
With everything settled, the four members of the impostor family were all overjoyed, and they were grateful to Dade for kowtowing to Li Yuanjing for a while, calling him 'master'.
Li Yuanjing patted Zhang Kun on the shoulder and asked him to introduce the next treatment to the Mao family, so he went out directly with the old village chief and talked carefully about the changes in Yicheng County.
Rao is the old village chief, and Mu Ran was also taken aback when he heard the news.
For a moment, as if he was a few years older, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing:
"The passing year is not good, the passing year is not good."
As he spoke, he hurriedly looked at Li Yuanjing and said:
"Yuanjing, in the past few years, I have always had an idea, but my ability is limited, and I really can't implement it. But now, with you in our village, my old bones have hope. ”
"I don't know Yuanjing, are you willing to help Uncle ...... me?"
"Uncle."
"What is the relationship between us, if you have something to say, just tell us. As long as Yuanjing is within the scope of his ability, he will do his best! ”
Li Yuanjing faintly guessed the old village chief's thoughts in his heart, and said respectfully.
The old village elder was overjoyed and said busily:
"Yuanjing, speaking of this, it costs some money, but it shouldn't cost much. I want to enclose our Quanzi Village with an adobe wall. ”
"In this way, even if something really happens, our Quanzi Village can have a little spare strength, so that it won't be slaughtered like pigs and dogs......"
To a large extent, the idea of the old village chief coincides with Li Yuanjing.
Let's be honest.
Li Yuanjing also really wanted to enclose Quanzi Village with an earthen wall.
After all.
Now that the overall situation is erosive, bandits are rampant, and demons are in charge, this kind of unobstructed small village is really insecure.
If it can really be enclosed with adobe walls, even if it doesn't have much defensive effect, it can still make people feel at ease.
And the key reason why the old village chief wanted to cultivate it before but failed to do it was that the surrounding cultivated land was all from Xue Dashan, and he had the heart and power.
And at this time.
These places are already Li Yuanjing's, as long as Li Yuanjing is attribution, even if Li Yuanjing doesn't pay for it, he will be considered a success.
Li Yuanjing nodded, just about to speak.
Then.
Chen Chunyan ran over quickly and said respectfully:
"Master, Mr. Wang Youdao from Dagou Village is here, and he said that he has something important to see you......"
"Huh?"
Li Yuanjing is a clever one.
At this juncture, what is Wang Youdao doing here?
But Wang Youdao will never be untargeted, and Li Yuanjing does not dare to slack off.
Busy to the old village chief arched his hand and said:
"Uncle, I agree with both hands and feet on this matter, but what to do, let's wait a while and continue to discuss, I'll go see a guest first."
The old village chief couldn't help but be overjoyed when he got Li Yuanjing's affirmative answer, and hurriedly said:
"Yuanjing, it's okay, it's okay, you go and get busy first, my old man will wait for you here."