Liu Hongrui was taken home by Liu Shantang.

Liu Hongrui scolded Liu Shantang for being unfilial. Liu Shantang waited for him to scold enough, and then stepped forward and said: "Okay, it's good if you scold enough, our Liu family's huge family business can't be destroyed in your hands!" ”

"I just like that girl!" Liu Hongrui was shameless when he spoke.

"You like her, but she has a mother-in-law! There are so many maids in our family, why do you have to find someone else's daughter! Liu Shantang didn't get angry.

Liu Hongrui scolded his son again, knowing that the matter had come to this point, there was nothing he could do.

"In this case, the wages of those charcoal burners will not be increased, and I can't suffer in vain!" Liu Hongrui compromised, but he was still unwilling to raise the wages of charcoal burners.

"This is what the government has promised, how dare I not give them a salary increase, you don't want me to continue to do this group training!"

Hearing Liu Shantang say this, Liu Hongrui muttered, in such a troubled world, it is Liu Shantang who protects this big family, if the group training is gone, there is no villager in his hand, and those charcoal burners make trouble, but there is no way.

Zhang Laoliu and his charcoal burners both raised their wages, and the news quickly spread around Cangqing Mountain.

People began to come and snask about how they had raised their wages.

Zhang Lao Liu couldn't understand, so he had to ask Feng Qingluan to explain it to them.

Feng Qingluan looked at their dark faces and expectant eyes, and put her thoughts together.

"If you want to raise your wages, you must unite and fight them! Don't raise your wages, the bullies will think you are a bully, what did you bring to you by burning so much coal? ”

Feng Qingluan's words shook the charcoal burners greatly.

"You're right, we charcoal burners are a plate of loose sand, we dare not resist when bullied by them, we are tired and tired all year round, not only can we not earn money, but we also can't eat!"

An old charcoal burner burst into tears: "When I am so old, when I am old, people don't use it anymore, so I throw it into the ravine to feed the wolves!" ”

"They bullied you so much, why didn't you run?"

Feng Qingluan asked.

"Where can we run, there are checkpoints everywhere under the mountain, and our charcoal burners have been burning charcoal for many years, and they know at a glance that our appearance can't be changed!"

"In this case, everyone unites, everyone is of one mind, and they can't bully us!" Feng Qingluan said.

"Child, what you said is right, but we have no one to support us, everyone is afraid of wolves and tigers, how to fight with those landlords and old wealth, they collude with the government, and there are village soldiers, if we have a storm, they will also be half dead!" Zhang Lao Liu talked about everyone's concerns.

"Uncle Zhang, we can organize the charcoal burners, set up our organization, and speak for the charcoal burners!" Feng Qingluan said.

"That's a good idea!" Someone said, "But who can organize us?" ”

"Of course there are people!" Someone said, the voice is crisp and pleasant, it is Wei Ziwen's voice.

"Miss Wei, who do you say this person is?" Someone asked.

"This person is Feng Qingluan, let's follow him, he will definitely take us to fight with Liu Hongrui!"

"Girl, what you said is right, Feng Qingluan does have this ability!" Zhang Lao Liu interjected.

"Brother Feng, you just lead us to do it, if we continue like this, we will be exhausted to death!"

"Qingluan, the charcoal burner has been oppressed, and no one shows you a clear way, so you can bear this burden!" Zhang Laoliu said very sincerely.

"Do any of you know how many charcoal burners there are in the entire Cangqing Mountain?" Feng Qingluan asked.

"At least five or six thousand!" Someone replied.

"Okay, what do you have to say!" There was a lot of talking.

Feng Qingluan saw that the time was ripe and said, "Does anyone know about Chu Xia's salvation association?" ”

Many people shook their heads.

"I know!" Someone stood up and said, "Sixty miles north of Cangqing Mountain, there is a Pingyang City, where there is the Chuxia Salvation Association!" When Feng Qingluan looked at it, it was a young man who looked like Wen Zou Zou who was talking, but he burned charcoal all day long, and his face was dark.

"What's your name?" Feng Qingluan didn't ask him about the topic, and asked his name directly.

"My name is Shao Donglai, a local, I used to study, but my family is in the middle of the road, and now I have to burn charcoal!"

Feng Qingluan looked at him and saw that he was thin, where was a man who could burn charcoal.

"Shao Donglai, good name, since you know the Chuxia Salvation Association, we will also set up a Chuxia Salvation Association among the charcoal burners, okay?"

"Of course that's good! I heard that the Chuxia Salvation Association is all angry with the poor, and I must participate in such an organization! ”

"I'm participating, I'm participating!" Someone said one after another.

"Everyone participates, we have an organization, and the big guys have one heart, and they can fight against those unkind rich people!" Feng Qingluan said to Shao Dong: "Shao Dong, since you know how to read, you can register the people who want to join the Chu Xia Salvation Association!" ”

Shao Donglai agreed and found pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Some of the charcoal burners who came basically joined the Chuxia Salvation Association, and when they went back, they naturally told the workers about it.

Some charcoal burners joined the Chuxia Salvation Association one after another, and Shao Donglai made a register of them one by one.

In just a few days, thousands of people joined the Chuxia Salvation Association.

Feng Qingluan spoke generously to them.

"What we need most is for the rich people to raise their wages!" After listening to Feng Qingluan's words, someone proposed.

"It's not difficult to increase wages, all our charcoal burners will stop working from today, and wait until they raise their wages!" Feng Qingluan proposed loudly.

"That's a good idea, if we don't raise wages, we won't do it."

Feng Qingluan saw that the crowd was angry, and said: "The big guy unites all the charcoal burners, doesn't give us a wage increase, and doesn't give them a job. ”

The crowd responded, and all the charcoal burners in Cangqingshan stopped working.

The news spread quickly. Liu Shantang hurriedly summoned all the rich people around Cangqing Mountain to discuss countermeasures.

"If the charcoal burners don't go to work, I'm afraid that the charcoal that is about to be burned will be wasted!" Someone said worriedly.

"These poor devils are going to rebel!" Liu Shantang said angrily.

"Liu Tuanlian, you take the township soldiers, catch a few charcoal burners, kill chickens and monkeys, and see if they still can't go to work!" An old man had an idea.

"Uncle Feng, things are not that simple, I think these charcoal burners are premeditated, they didn't do this before!" Liu Shantang said.

"I have a way, I don't know if you listen to me or not?" Feng Laocai said.

"Uncle Feng has any high opinions, but he might as well say it!"

Liu Shantang said politely.

"Didn't they talk to us about the conditions, we will talk to them about the conditions, and let them send a few people to talk to us!"

"What kind of good idea is this, is it for us to promise them?"

Liu Shantang was a little puzzled.

"Of course not, with your temper Liu Tuanlian, can you let these poor ghosts get good! When these people come, cut off their heads and show them to the troublemakers! ”

Liu Tuanlian laughed.

"Jiang is still old and spicy, since this is the case, just listen to Uncle Feng, kill a few of them, and scare and scare them!"

They discussed the stoppage, and sent a letter to the stopped charcoal burners, asking them to find a few representatives to go to the Liu family ancestral hall to put forward conditions.

Feng Qingluan gathered some of the backbones of the Chu Xia Salvation Association together to discuss how to make conditions with them and who to send.

Shao Dong volunteered, saying that he would lead people to negotiate with the bullies.

"I'd better go!" Feng Qingluan didn't know what kind of medicine these landlords were selling.

"No one can go?" Uncle Zhang glared at him and said: "You young people understand, this time to negotiate with these bullies and old money, you don't need to go, I will lead a few old guys to go, if they promise to give us a wage increase, we will go to work, otherwise, we will continue to sleep!" ”

"Uncle Zhang, you're old, let's go!" Feng Qingluan was a little worried, and hurriedly said.

"I'm not old, none of you are allowed to go this time, whoever I let go, whoever goes, everyone listens to me!"

His tone was unquestionable, and Feng Qingluan no longer insisted.

Zhang Lao Liu picked ten old people who were about the same age as him and went to negotiate with Liu Shantang.

Feng Qingluan led them to the ancestral hall of Liu Shantang's house. Zhang Lao Liu whispered to him: "Take care of Wei Ziwen!" Then he shouted to everyone to go back, and after he saw Feng Qingluan and the others turn around and walk out of sight, he entered the Liu family ancestral hall.

They pushed open the door of the ancestral hall and walked in.

"Close the door! We're not going out either! Zhang Lao Liu said to the others.

Someone closes the door.

"You're smart enough to know you can't go back!" As soon as the words fell, Liu Shantang led dozens of villagers out of the ancestral hall.

Zhang Lao Liu saw the villager holding a bright knife in his hand and knew that everything was expected by him.

"Liu Shantang, what are you going to do, you still can't do it!" He snapped a scold.

"You're right, but it's a pity that you old things arrived, just to kill you, kill chickens and monkeys!"

Liu Shantang said goodbye and ordered his subordinates to do it.

The unarmed old men were cut to the ground by them wherever their opponents were.

"Chop off their heads, and ask the poor devils if they can raise their wages!" Liu Shantang commanded again.

The villagers cut off the heads of the old people, and Liu Shantang ordered their heads to be hung on the wall of the ancestral hall.

Feng Qingluan heard the news, and immediately understood the reason why Zhang Laoliu didn't let them go to the negotiation, Zhang Bo must have known that Liu Shantang was ruthless and killed countless people, so he went with the heart of death.

"Feng Qingluan, you want to avenge my father!" Wei Ziwen cried.

"Revenge!" Feng Qingluan clenched his fists, he knew that Liu Shantang would never give up.

He hurriedly met with Shao Donglai.

"Liu Shantang has torn his face, he killed Zhang Bo and others, since they started to kill people, they will never let us charcoal burners go."

Feng Qingluan said.

"Since we have come to this point, Brother Feng, we have to fight against Liu Shantang, otherwise, we will only be slaughtered by him."