I couldn't hear what the people in the other village were saying, but I saw Liu Laozhu suddenly stumble to the ground after listening.

"Huh?" Mrs. Xu hurriedly supported the fourth uncle and asked the man who originally supported the fourth uncle to carry Liu Laozhu.

……

The Liu family.

Guan Erbald came with a medicine box on his back, and was diagnosed as a panic.

Liu Laozhu was lying on the kang with a wet handkerchief on his head, and a pot of black herbs was boiling on the stove in the middle of the house.

Pepper was crying and complaining to everyone:

"You are pickled fish for fish, and you are for fish sellers, and you can get a good deal.

Looking at my family again, I knew that because of that fish, the eldest brother had been the shopkeeper in the restaurant for almost 30 years, so I didn't dare to use it!

The owner said that he should ask my child and his father, so do you need to ask?

The little brother-in-law was also beaten so that he couldn't get up for two months, and the old man of my family also fell ill in the county seat.

The child's father didn't sleep all night last night, so he sat in the yard in his clothes, wiped his tears and said sorry to his parents and brothers.

If this father-in-law has three longs and two shorts, how can we live, won't this become our trouble and be angry? I don't dare to think that if my sister-in-law and younger siblings knew that it was because of my family, they would not have tore me apart. ”

Pepper rubbed his snot on the cloth of the medicine bowl, and continued to cry:

"If you want me to say, I'm not doing it here, I've been scolded a lot over the years, and who has seen my man busy with you like an errand every year.

Whoever of you is willing to do it, see who takes over, and whether he can survive the scourge of his family. I wish you the same sin, so that you can know how difficult it is for my children and their fathers, and you have been through these things for thousands of times.

And I tell you, the boy and his father are fine, if something happens, I will go and blow all the boats, so that you can make a fart, I see the fish now, and my heart is blocked, let's not get by. ”

Liu Laozhu woke up to the sound of pepper's crying, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to stop it.

"You have the ability to rush outsiders, you don't know what's going on here, what are you yelling at with everyone!"

Mrs. Xu also didn't expect that on weekdays, Pepper is the softest-hearted and most simple person in the Liu family, but she can't speak well in this kung fu.

What's the use of saying things that don't work? It is clear in their hearts that they have a bunch of words that can be sent back, such as the sentence Who begged to be right? At the beginning, your man grabbed Lao Lizheng like a filial son and grandson, and the old generation in the village didn't remember it.

There is also the thing of being embarrassed, then your man doesn't let out a fart, can everyone know what's going on. We haven't forced him to explain the ownership of Baijiang in the past few days, and it is not easy for him to fish in such a daze.

Including the fact that it is not rare to be concerned with you at the moment, it is also because Liu Laozhu is sick and does not feel the taste.

Fortunately, Liu Laozhu is still rational.

Liu Laozhu sat up strongly, first looked at a few people in the house, all of them were more important people in the village, and then said to his old wife: "I have something to say to the fourth uncle, you go and pour tea." ”

"Still pouring tea?"

"Go, I can't help you!" Liu Laozhu picked up the broom and pimple when he spoke, and wanted to beat someone.

I don't know what's going on, the more he feels very guilty in his heart, the more he wants to maintain this last bit of face.

The fourth uncle snatched the broom and persuaded: "What is this for, she is also in a hurry, we all understand." ”

"Fourth uncle, this is habitual, I haven't touched her since I got married, and it's not good for her, don't take it to heart. I'll have to clean her up when you're gone. ”

After Liu Laozhu sobered up, he understood in his heart that from this moment on, he must have a real heart with the people in the village.

Because he can't go back to Wang Lizheng's side, it's useless to kneel down and admit his mistake now.

After reconciliation, it will not be the same as before, and it will be in vain.

Besides, he has already tossed his whole family, and he is about to deal with his two sons and daughters, and he doesn't want to admit his mistake.

The second reason is because of the news that the eldest son of the Ralei's family just brought.

What the kid said really scared him.

said that Leiri was being taken away by four mysterious people, what he looked like, what he was doing, he couldn't find out whether he was alive or dead, and he didn't know anything.

Only one family who had just died, happened to be burning paper money in the forest by the roadside, and in a trance saw that the four of them were all riding horses, as if they were riding old thunder away.

The eldest son of the old Lei family also said that before this, that is, he and Lei Li were still on the way home from the county seat, a villager who lived on the side of the mountain told him that he seemed to hear a big movement on the mountain in the middle of the night, like the sound of fighting.

At that time, this little boy was helping his father take care of things, and his eyes were full of only remembering that his father had told him not to go to the mountain, especially in the deep mountains.

I also think that this villager is quite old, and it is likely that he has heard the stubble. The sound of fighting, how many people have to fight? Could it be that outsiders think that there are many animals in their mountain in late autumn, and they don't take it too seriously when they come from the prey.

I only went from house to house again, don't go to the mountains recently, even if you see people from other villages coming to hunt wild beasts in the mountains, don't be blushing, and don't forget the dead people a few years ago.

In short, just two useful news, and then Lao Lei hasn't come back yet, and it's not clear who took him away.

This time, the eldest son of the old Lei family also wanted to ask him for help, saying that he didn't know Wang Lizheng, who had the ability, and wanted him to introduce him, so as to help find his father. The official has not yet found Wang Li.

But he stopped him with an excuse and told him to go home first and wait.

Until this moment, Liu Laozhu didn't know what he was thinking at that time, just like the heavenly spirit covered a spirit, and suddenly remembered listening to Lao Lei talk about the new Zhenbei general in the county seat.

In those two pieces of news, the four of them were riding horses, and horses were not something that ordinary people could afford to do.

So he guessed whether there would be such a possibility, the mountain of Leijiawo is some black den of Wang Lizheng's group, and use the black nest to make money to honor the noble relatives and the county master, otherwise the eight calves of Wang will calculate what the mountain of Leijiawo will do.

Following this line of thought, is it possible that the upcoming general has found out that there are evil forces in their town, this county, and even the prefecture, and they have also found out the mountain of Lei's nest, so they took Lao Lei away for secret questioning.

As for why he did this, the new official took office with three fires. Before the plan arrives, first eradicate a corner and corner, and remind this piece of heaven to change its surname to "Zhenbei" with action, and find the right place to catch up with the filial piety and silver money.

I don't know, Liu Laozhu only feels that his mind is full of chaos.

But one thing is very clear, he and Wang Lizheng are not in the same group, Lao Lei is a mountain, he is a river, but don't come to the mysterious person to take him away.

He and the villagers of Erdaohe do not seek to live on the same day, but they seek to die on the same day.

So whether it was his selfishness, he didn't want to bow to Wang Lizheng, or out of many considerations. Liu Laozhu looked at the fourth uncle, the seventh uncle, and the eldest brother of the Wan family, Mrs. Xu and Wang Yusheng, including Guan Erbald, also glanced at each other, and this time they planned to tell the truth:

"The fishermen's tax of each household in our village has been paid by Wangjiagou.

I was out drinking with friends once, and I didn't know until I stumbled upon it.

It was the person who sent me the bill that day, he drank a lot and invited merit to the Wang family, pestering Wang Lao and his third brother, I thought about the past to say hello, but I heard talking in the restaurant compartment.

I just learned that the fishermen's tax in our village has been paid by the other side over the years.

But I really can't figure out what the picture is on the other side. ”

The fourth uncle, the seventh uncle, Wan Yuyi, and Wang Yusheng looked at each other with all four faces: "...... What is this road number? Help us pay the money? ”

No wonder they wondered why Liu Laozhu didn't collect taxes when the fishing salt was retrieved.

Only Mrs. Xu, only she didn't look at anyone, only lowered her head and raised her eyebrows slightly to drink tea, and she understood what was going on.

After all, there is a young general in her family who makes salt privately, and he always makes money, just like that Pixiu.

Her granddaughter said that the 150 catties of fishing salt she took home were full of red yarn, but if she counted all the scourges used for testing, she could filter out 670 percent of the fine salt.

According to 60 percent, if the quality of salt is also reduced, then she can earn nine taels of silver, and the cost is less than half a tael.

Spend half a tael of silver and earn eight and a half taels, how many times has this been doubled?

How many households are there in their village, how much Wang Lizheng has to earn in a year, and how many years this river has been occupied, not according to fifteen years, but according to ten years, just in the name of their Erdaohe Village, Wang Lizheng will make a lot of money.

Then there is Wangjiagou.

Only then did I understand this time, no wonder the people of Wangjiagou never pickled fish, but kept salvaging fresh fish, as if they still felt that they had taken a big advantage and sold it to Wang Lizheng.

And she didn't count the "small money" she made with fish in the past ten years.

Besides, Mrs. Xu is very suspicious now, it's just that the name of the fishermen in her village has been occupied, and I heard that there is a waterway from the town to the county seat, but there is no boat to pull the foot.

Have the villages along that path been spared? The answer can be known by the positive circle of the king who is socializing.

There is also Wang Lizheng's family's boat also collecting fish in other towns, which is a well-known thing, does that mean that it has also been "contracted"?

"Your Brother Lei, where is their village?" Mrs. Xu asked.

When she heard that it was a border village, Mrs. Xu even suspected that maybe 200,000 taels of silver was not enough for Wang Li to earn, and if he sold it to foreigners at a high price, there would be a serious shortage of salt and iron.

The gall is too fat.

Her granddaughter has been making salt for the past two days, why do the family members in the live broadcast room have such a serious temperament and quarrel with others, some people make fun of the nine clans, and some keep reminding them not to think it's fun, salt was something that could overturn the fortunes of the country in ancient times. It doesn't feel like it in modern times, but it was really important in ancient times.

If you want to fight and not die, sell salt in private to give the enemy strength, and people still produce war horses, so how can it be good? No matter how many people can succeed in the uprising, it is not the first to control the salt.

Therefore, in the eyes of the big officials and generals who really did their best for the imperial court, they may not care about hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but they will definitely hate and dare to make smuggling salt and disrupt the dynasty.

After thinking about this, Mrs. Xu was startled when she raised her eyes again, and several old men were all looking at her.

The fourth uncle motioned to Mrs. Xu: "Niece, say whatever you think." ”

Only then did Liu Laozhu notice that the fourth uncle was not called Mrs. Xu's niece and daughter-in-law, but niece.

And Mrs. Xu's next sentence made Liu Laozhu have no intention of paying attention to anything else, and he finally had to admit that the woman in front of him was very level.

Mrs. Xu didn't remind her that it was making private salt, don't nag over there, she is sensitive, and her family is also making it.

only looked at Liu Laozhu and said:

"You're right, you're going to be a new official, let's see what it's like after you come.

Is your Brother Ray missing? It doesn't have to be that he was killed by the other side, has he offended the other side recently? If not, wait a few more days, maybe those cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods on the other side will be in chaos themselves. If they mess up, we'll know who took your Ray brother away.

At this time, you put the boy surnamed Lei on the opposite side, in case you ruin the big thing of the new official, and also pit your big brother, obviously the relationship with the other side is average, and then let the new official misunderstand that there is really collusion, then it is called a complete can't come back. ”

"How did you know that you were coming to the big official? And what about my brother Lei? He didn't say anything, he was thinking about it in his heart.

Liu Laozhu is a little hairy.

The four uncles were also stunned.

Mrs. Xu was too lazy to explain to Liu Laozhu, but she had to give face to the fourth uncle and the seventh uncle.

"The granddaughter came back to school, and said that he dragged him to Zhao Dashan to ask if the new general had come."

When I heard that it was coming, it was as if I had been injected with a breath of fresh blood, and I watched my brother being beaten with wide eyes, as if I was counting the number of floggings in my heart to remember this hatred.

"As for the guy surnamed Lei, if you look at that kid's appearance, it's nothing more than those few things, and this side is still intimidating, I guess."

can first ask Liu Laozhu to explain that he is not familiar with Wang Lizheng, at least Lei Li is at home and does not want to mention it to his daughter-in-law and children, which shows that he has an opinion on Wang Lizheng in his heart. Then contact the border villages and private salt, Liu Laozhu has not talked about it for so many years, why would he tell the truth to everyone today, don't think that this old guy will be inexplicable and put his heart in his heart with everyone.

Look at the frightened one, he fell directly on the kang, and immediately stood on the side of the villagers. From the moment he scolded Pepper, it can be seen that he wants to befriend the people in the village very much, and dislikes Pepper for his bad business.

Although Mrs. Xu didn't take off all of Liu Laozhu's face, and only skipped two sentences, several people here also understood.

Maybe Liu Laozhu is really different this time, and he wants to stand up for the villagers. But it must also be doped that the new official is coming, and when he is about to "change the day", who knows what it will be like. He was afraid that the new official would clean up the other side in case he wanted to take the opportunity to draw a slight line.

Even when he finally told the truth today, he was stimulated by his brother surnamed Lei.

Liu Laozhu's face was a little red, I don't know if he was sick or ashamed, his eyes were red and explained: "I used to be afraid of being plagued like this now, it doesn't matter how I am, I have a home." That's why I don't take the lead in grabbing the river. As for everyone, let's be honest, let's admit that we don't have the same heart. ”

The four uncles were silent for a while.

What the fourth uncle was thinking, Mrs. Xu didn't know.

Mrs. Xu only knew that she was complaining in her heart: There must be other benefits to take on the opposite side of your beard before, don't pick yourself so clearly. Your benefits, whether it is related to me or not, otherwise you would be afraid that I will see Zhao Dashan.

So these few men's tears can't move her. She just didn't have time to go to the town to meet Zhao Dashan to chat a few words, otherwise she could guess the answer by simply asking what Zhao Dashan was busy with.

But she never wanted to tear her face, because what she wanted was never to explore the past, and she didn't want to force anyone to jump off the wall.

What she has is very clear, just look at what happened after she took over.

She has to have a very strong voice in the village, only by controlling this, not you Liu Laozhu alone, not who has the most people in the village, can she do anything in the future.

She, the mother who crossed over, would never allow Liu Laozhu to use the military service quota to choke the necks of her cheap sons.

So when Liu Laozhu was embarrassed, he blushed, as if begging not to talk about this matter, so as not to have no prestige in the village. As if she had given in and wanted to ignore the affairs of the village for the time being, and let everyone continue to live a "positive addiction", Mrs. Xu looked at the fourth uncle, and it was time to talk about it.

The fourth uncle received his eyes and said to Liu Laozhu:

"In the past, you don't have anything to think about at night, you look at how worn the people in the village are, and how hard the days are compared to the other side. Pillar, we didn't blame you, but, alas......

For now, let's talk about the future, I think the village should set up a team, just like the class room of the yamen in the city, and the major affairs in the village are decided by this team member.

You can't let my niece be the convener in a foolish way, she manages it well, but she doesn't give people a penny's salary, but offends people for the big and small things in the village.

Set up a team so that everything is decided by the team members. Like paying taxes and grain in the future, everyone will raise their hands to vote on who is qualified and who is not qualified. ”

The eldest brother of the old Wan family then said: "Including military service, I think this team should also have some money, and then we can use the money to look for people outside, so we won't move the village boys, and if it doesn't work, we will draw lots to decide." ”

Wang Yusheng: "If the team has more money, it will come out of the money from the fishing together, so that in the future, whoever is drawn by lottery will be able to give some compensation." We also do everything on a household-by-household basis, and each household votes by a show of hands. For example, when you go out in the simplest way, everyone doesn't agree with who goes into the city to do business, and agrees to raise your hand, then let her go, and think about what things are going on. Of course, Uncle Lizheng, you will always be Lizheng, and you have to poke everyone and get fishing salt. ”

Guan Erbald: "I interjected, I think it's okay." When the family raises their hands, Mrs. Xu can often go out to help him sell sets and fish scale jelly.