The people who couldn't survive in Bailu Village, Zhou Qiang let them go up the mountain to farm.

The food Zhou Qiang gave them was enough for their family to survive.

This is an act of righteousness.

Zhou Qiang's benevolence spread in the village. In contrast, Lu Zilin is in contrast. Lu Zilin's reputation has become invisible.

Bai Jiaxuan also summoned the villagers to the ancestral hall to discuss a solution.

"The government collects poll tax, and the big guys are not having a good time.

Some of them couldn't go on, but it was Zhou Qiang who helped them go up the mountain to farm and gave them a way to live.

In the future, there will be more people who can't get by.

Everybody talks about what to do. ”

"Jiaonong uprising! Patriarch, lead us into trouble! Immediately, many people instigated Bai Jiaxuan to make trouble.

Before, Bai Jiaxuan took the lead in making trouble.

This time, everyone also put their hopes on Bai Jiaxuan.

"If you want to hand over the peasant uprising, you have to ask Lu Zilin Lu Township Covenant first, he is now a member of the government, can he agree to our uprising?" Bai Jiaxuan kicked the ball to Lu Zilin, who was pretending to be deaf and dumb.

"Lu Zilin is the dogleg of the government, what is the use of asking him?" The villagers hated Lu Zilin.

"Be careful of Lu Zilin's ventilation, Lu Zilin reported to Tian Fuxian last time."

"Get Lu Zilin out!"

"Bai Xing'er, Sang Laoba, a few of them have also been driven out, they are all raccoon dogs!"

"Fart!" Lu Zilin finally couldn't help it, "If you want to make trouble, I won't stop you."

But I sue you.

This poll tax is not the same as the three truckloads of grain that were overcharged last time.

The poll tax is collected throughout the province.

Don't say that our Bailuyuan, even the people of the entire Zishui County, it is useless to hand over the farming together.

Those who dared to make trouble were all arrested and shot.

If you don't believe you, try it! ”

Lu Zilin's words calmed down the villagers.

No one dares to say that Jiao Nong is in trouble, and they are all afraid of death.

Bai Jiaxuan smoked a dry tobacco pouch and didn't speak.

Bai Jiaxuan didn't want to make trouble either.

After making trouble once and being in prison once, Bai Jiaxuan was a little scared.

Bai Jiaxuan was a little afraid of death.

Bai Jiaxuan was afraid that after he died, no one would care about the fairy grass, the baby, and the old lady.

Zhou Qiang didn't speak.

He also did not support troublemaking.

Under the general trend, let Bai Jiaxuan take the lead in making trouble, and Bai Jiaxuan will definitely die.

I am afraid that the villagers who followed the troublemakers would also be killed.

After he died, he had to continue to pay taxes, and no one could escape.

Unless you hide in the mountains and forests.

"So be it." Lu Zilin continued, "I know that it is not easy for everyone, and my Lu family will give ten buckets of grain to the neighbors in need."

Lu Zilin didn't finish his words.

Zhou Qiang interrupted.

"Ten buckets?" Zhou Qiang's voice was very high, "The Lu family will have ten buckets?"

Lu Lao picks, you are really at home!

You've been pulling food to your home a lot these days, aren't you?

I saw a cart full of grain, and you sneaked it home in the middle of the night.

Halfway through, he also gave Widow Li a bag of grain.

This food is pulled from security, isn't it?

What's going on with this grain? ”

As soon as Zhou Qiang's words fell, someone continued: "It's not just a car, I've seen it twice."

Every time, I sent food to Widow Li's family.

In the middle of the night, I went in for a cup of tea.

I don't know what this tea is for.

Luxiang tell us about it, what did you do when you entered Widow Li's house in the middle of the night? ”

"What else can you do? It's nothing more than that little!

Cripple master, how many truckloads of grain did Lu Zilin pull home? ”

"It's the cripple master, you must have seen it, right?"

"Let's talk about it, cripple master."

"This." The lame man looked at Bai Jiaxuan, and saw Bai Jiaxuan nodding slightly, "This, I saw Luxiang pulling three carts of grain home, full of Dengdeng, such a strong cow, almost unable to pull it." ”

"Three carts of grain? So much! ”

"This is Lu Zilin's embezzlement of our food!"

"Lu Zilin, this dog's day, can't die well!"

"Hand it over, and give us all three truckloads of grain!"

"Widow Li's three bags of grain must also be taken out!"

Widow Li was more spicy, and she hurriedly shouted: "Don't talk nonsense!

Lu Zilin didn't give me food, nor did he go to my house! ”

"Widow Li, dare you do it?

Who in our village doesn't know about the bad things you have with Lu Zilin? ”

"Lu Zilin and his daughter-in-law don't know!" Someone immediately replied.

"Lu Zilin and the two babies don't know either!"

"Lu Zilin's father must know!"

These are the words that no one dared to say before.

Now, the reputation of the Lu family is stinky, and everyone can't wait to reveal all the bad things about Lu Zilin.

"Alright, stop talking nonsense." Lu Taiheng finally couldn't help but speak, "My Lu family will give a cart of grain, hand it over to the clan, and let the patriarch distribute it." ”

Hearing that Lu Taiheng was willing to take out a cart of grain, everyone didn't say anything.

A cart of grain is not a minority, and the Lu family is bleeding.

Lu Zilin was a little reluctant, but he didn't speak. Anyway, the wool is out of the sheep, and now take out a cart of grain, and turn around to embezzle two more carts, so as not to suffer.

Bai Jiaxuan followed and said, "My family also has a cart of grain. ”

The Bai family's family background is much less than that of the Lu family.

Bai Jiaxuan was married seven times before and almost emptied his family's savings.

After getting married, he didn't grow poppies to make money, and his family didn't have much money.

Bai Jiaxuan took out a cart of grain, which was out with gritted teeth.

"My family doesn't farm, let's pay some money." Mr. Leng said. No matter what the age is, there is no shortage of money for those who become doctors.

"What then?" Zhou Qiang spoke, "Patriarch, this kind of help is not a long-term solution.

Lu Zilin's poll tax is not a year or two.

This shall be collected every year thereafter.

We have to think of a way to increase everyone's income. ”

"That's right, you can't just rely on help, you have to think of a way." Several older people agreed with Zhou Qiang's statement.

Zhou Qiang continued: "Patriarch, isn't there still a shortage of people on my mountain?

So be it.

If I don't have enough food at home, I go to the mountains to help me farm.

Don't dare to say anything else, it is still possible to keep them from starving in the future. ”

Zhou Qiang's voice just fell.

Someone immediately asked: "Xiaoqiang, can I go?" ”

"Yes."

"What about me?"

"You can too."

"I want to go too."

In a short period of time, more than a dozen people wanted to go.

More people, ready to move.

They all want to do more so that their families don't go hungry.

"Everyone, be quiet." Bai Jiaxuan shouted, "In this way, if you want to help Xiaoqiang farm, everyone else will disperse." ”

The old and weak dispersed.

Qing Zhuang stayed.

They all want to work here in Zhou Qiang.

"Come, everyone come to Mr. Leng to register." Bai Jiaxuan and Mr. Leng stayed and didn't leave.

Lu Zilin and Lu Taiheng are gone.

They don't go, they're always being pointed at.

Lu Taiheng's cart of grain is nothing more than to restore the infamous reputation of the Lu family.

Zhou Qiang here, for the people of Bailu Village, found a way to live.

Within a few days, the news spread to other villages.

I heard that Zhou Qiang is recruiting people here.

People from other villages also came.

It's not just the people of Bailu Village who can't survive.

Lu Zilin and Tian Fuxian are responsible for many villages in Bailucang.

The poll tax has made the people in these villages unable to survive and want to find a way to live.

On this day, Zhou Qiang's house.

Zhou Qiang was drinking a little wine, humming comfortably, "I saw that Zhang Feizhang Yide, standing on the Dangyang Bridge, shouting."

Pang An, a long-term worker, walked over, "Boss, we have recruited a lot of people recently, I feel that there are enough people to farm in the mountains, so there is no need to recruit any more." ”

"Enough?" Zhou Qiang handed over the matter of farming on the mountain to Pang An for management.

Pang An also did his best.

A lot of things are well arranged.

"Yes, there are enough people." Pang An is not a treacherous person, and he didn't think of more tricks.

"Quite a few people are looking for work, right?" Zhou Qiang asked.

"Yes, there have been people from afar recently, all of whom are poll tax troubles, and they can't survive."

"In that case, let's keep hiring."

"What? The owner, where else do you want to recruit? When I recruited people, I didn't have any work to do. ”

"Yes, continue to recruit people, I will go to the county seat, and then charter a mountain, so that everyone has a job to do and can survive."

"Owner, the artichoke and artichoke we grow on the top of the mountain, I'm afraid we won't be able to make much money in a year." Pang An reminded. He felt that Zhou Qiang was afraid that he would lose money if he farmed in the mountains.

"I know. However, artichoke and artichoke are easy to live, even if they can't make money, they can't lose much, so they should be regarded as a way for the big guys to live. ”

"Boss, you are really benevolent."

Time passed year after year.

The poll tax has been collected.

The number of people who can't survive is increasing year by year.

The number of people dying of starvation is also increasing.

Lu Zilin relied on rakes and corruption, and the food at home was piled up.

A lot of grain was about to become moldy, so we had to sell it.

Just sell it to whom?

In the past few years, Lu Zilin's grain has been sold to Zhou Qiang!

It's not sold at a high price.

Rather, it is lower than the market price.

What's going on?

Lu Zilin's family has a lot of food, so he needs to sell it.

However, when everyone was short of food, Lu Zilin didn't dare to transport grain to the county seat to sell.

Lu Zilin was afraid that he would be robbed on the road.

In Bailu Village, the only big consumer of food is Zhou Qiang.

Lu Zilin had to secretly discuss with Zhou Qiang and sell the grain to Zhou Qiang.

Zhou Qiang knew Lu Zilin's situation, grabbed Lu Zilin, and took the opportunity to lower the price.

Twenty percent lower than the market price, he bought Lu Zilin's grain.

Zhou Qiang's house.

Lu Zilin came again to sell grain.

"Boss Zhou, I'll sell you three more truckloads of grain, the price is still the same as before." A few years have passed, Lu Zilin has become a little rich, and he has been in the township for about a few years, and he is very rich.

It's just that the name of being rich and unkind can't be removed.

Not only that, there are also many nicknames such as dog legs, deer skins, etc., all of which are given to Lu Zilin by ordinary people.

The Lu family, including Lu Zhaopeng and Lu Zhaohai, there are not many people to see.

However, Lu Zilin still has fox friends and dog friends around him, and there are still people like Widow Li, who are close to the Lu family and want to take advantage.

"Luxiang, the price is going to change, the road to the county seat has not been smooth recently, and my cost is higher." Zhou Qiang said unhurriedly, and took the opportunity to lower the price.

"How much?" Lu Zilin asked with fire suppression.

"Let's drop it by another percent." The price Zhou Qiang said is not outrageous.

Lu Zilin thought about it, "Okay, then drop it again." We still have the old rules, and we can't tell me about selling grain. ”

"That can't be, Luxiang, let's cooperate for a few years, when did I say it?" Zhou Qiang is very honest.

"In the evening, you let people come," Lu Zilin said the specific arrangement.

Lu Zilin's family has a lot of moldy food and needs to be sold.

But many more people are living in dire straits.

A lot of people don't survive.

In just a few years, the number of people who ask for food has increased a lot.

In such a situation, Zhou Qiang rented more mountains one after another.

You can't make much money farming in the mountains. (If you can make money, you can't make it stronger.) ）

Fortunately, Zhou Qiang has a way to sell artichoke and artichoke, and he can make money without losing money.

In the case of feeding many people, there is still a lot of surplus, and Zhou Qiang is already very self-sufficient.

Artichoke, Zhou Qiang did not sell it directly, but made it into French fries and sold it.

French fries are still sold at a high price.

Not for the poor.

Zhou Qiang earns money from rich people.

Foreigners also like to eat French fries and sell them to foreigners at a higher price.

Artichoke is as simple as a pickle and is sold.

Zhou emphasized that the taste of the pairing is a must, and the sales of artichokes are also good.

However, the price of artichokes is low, which is mainly sold to the poor.

With French fries and pickles, Zhou Qiang fed many people and made a lot of money.

Zhou Qiang's ability has spread over the past few years.

Who doesn't know that there is a wealthy Zhou family in Bailu Plain, Zhou Qiang, and Boss Zhou.

Zhou Qiang is not only benevolent and righteous, but also more capable.

Zhou Zhai.

The footprint is huge.

The walls alone are long and high.

In the wall, there is a small peach orchard, and a cactus.

That's right, Zhou Qiang planted cacti.

Under the influence of Zhou Qiang, there are many villagers who follow the trend and grow cacti.

Why did Zhou Qiang grow cacti?

Cacti are drought tolerant.

Cacti are edible.

This is the food of a year of great drought.

Quadrangle with two in and two out.

The courtyard in front, the room is not big or small, mainly for eating, the place to entertain guests, and there is a partial room for the next person to live.

Zhou Qiang hired several servants, two men and two women, all of whom were elderly, old men and mothers-in-law, who specialized in managing the house.

The courtyard at the back is relatively large.

The structure can refer to the layout of the courtyard in the movie "The Red Lantern Hangs High".

Zhou Qiang's old house is taken care of by the long-term workers at home.

Zhou Qiang basically didn't care about grinding tofu, making wine, etc.

Only when it comes to formulas, Zhou Qiang does it himself and doesn't let anyone do it.

Today's Zhou House, the front yard is very lively.

Seven or eight matchmakers came.

They all came to Zhou Qiang to say goodbye when they heard the news.

A few years passed.

Zhou Qiang is eighteen or nineteen years old.

Zhou Qiang's name has already spread in Bailuyuan.

The richest family in Bailu Plain, the Zhou family.

This is widely recognized.

Zhou Qiang not only fed many people, but also made a lot of money.

Zhou Qiang is not only rich, but also human.

Zhou Qiang had a gun-wielding escort.

In these days, doing business requires the protection of force.

Zhou Qiang's escort team has fifty or sixty people, all of whom have fired dozens or hundreds of bullets, and their marksmanship is okay.

Zhou Qiang let out the wind and wanted to find his daughter-in-law.

Immediately, a lot of matchmakers came.

In the past year or two, there have also been people who have come to say goodbye, but Zhou Qiang did not say it under the pretext that he was not very old.

"Well, I'll ask for it." Zhou Qiang took a sip of tea and moistened his throat, "She must be a woman from a scholarly family, she must be virtuous and virtuous, knowledgeable and reasonable, and of course she must be as beautiful as a flower, and she is only twenty-eight years old." ”

"Boss Zhou, why is it a scholarly family?"

"There should be people in the family, or show talents." Zhou Qiang's requirements are a bit high.

Under normal circumstances, the family is a person or a talent, and the mix is not too bad.

Such a family generally will not marry into Bailuyuan, and their daughters will only marry into the county seat and the family of an official.

Of course, Zhou Qiang's request was for Tian Xiao'e.

Tian Xiao'e's father, for the sake of money, can sell Tian Xiao'e.

"Well, it's not easy to find." Sure enough, the matchmaker was a little embarrassed.

"You go and inquire, it's okay inside and outside the customs, and it's not in a hurry, but it must be a woman from a scholarly family, the bride price is easy to say, and the happy money for you is also indispensable.

Those who come today take an ocean each. ”

"Boss Xie Zhou's reward!" The matchmaker was pleased.

(End of chapter)