Lijia Village.

Because the sun was so hot, many of the villagers were sick with fever.

But fortunately, the people of Lijia Village were the first to use plows and carts, and they exerted relatively little effort in the fields, so even if they had a fever, the symptoms were relatively mild.

Zhang Ahua also has a fever, and her brain has been dizzy recently, and she walks very vainly.

But Li Quan went to the Yamen, and she could only force herself to fetch water.

The water was a little muddy, which made Zhang Ahua more and more uneasy.

She had heard that the wells in the villages near the 'sandy land' in the north of Jiangxian County were drying up one after another, and now it seemed that the wells in Lijia Village were running out.

Raising her eyes to look at the scorching sun in the sky, Zhang Ahua went home worried, and the villagers she met along the way looked solemn, everyone looked at each other, and they all understood the panic and sadness in each other's eyes.

Because—

Seven or eight years ago, there was also a major drought in Jiang County, and many people died on that occasion.

Zhang Ahua returned home, put the bucket down, and let it settle slowly.

Seeing that there was no feed in the pigsty, she hurriedly went to add some more, and muttered: "I only fed it in the morning, and now it is gone, and I can't eat anything that doesn't grow meat." ”

Because she was sick and couldn't concentrate, she didn't notice that the pig that had been cut by the county lord seemed to be slightly larger than the other two.

Lijia Village is still good.

Jiangxian is located in the northwest, and the northwest is full of deserts.

In the northern part of the county, in the villages closest to the desert, wells have dried up completely, and many people have suffered from severe fever.

This village is the poorest in the entire Jiang County.

At least the people of Lijia Village can still live in a straw hut, and when they are usually empty, they repair the house with wooden stakes, rattan, and straw, like the village chief Li Fu's house, and the roof is also pasted with tiles.

But in this village called 'Shimen Village', the villagers even live in straw huts that are in tatters, and the grass on the roof has long been rotten and moldy.

It is not protected from rain in summer and wind and snow in winter.

The village was full of scrawny and numb people.

Of course, they heard that the county magistrate invented the plough, and even invented a columbladder to save twenty catties of grain per acre.

But they can't afford to buy these tools!

Fever, water shortage, and drought have made the people of Shimen Village completely desperate.

However, on this day, Zheng Wenfeng, the county Cheng who had not appeared in Jiang County for a long time, came to Shimen Village.

He asked the village chief to gather the villagers over and said in a loud voice: "Fellow villagers, this official can't watch everyone starve to death and die of thirst like this. Everyone should go to the county government and let the county government distribute water sources, medicinal herbs, and silver to help everyone tide over the difficulties! ”

That's right!

The old men of the county government live so nourishingly, and they usually dress up very much, and now at this critical juncture, shouldn't they be responsible for the people?

The men, women and children of Shimen Village were all emotionally provoked.

Hatred welled up in their eyes.

"Let the county government send money!"

"We're all going to die, don't they really care at all?"

"Send water, send medicinal herbs, we have to live!"

And Zheng Wenfeng's generous remarks immediately caused a sensation after they spread through Shimen Village.

Of course, it has also won the support of the people.

Who doesn't want the yamen to send him some money, it doesn't matter if he really can't live, or if he fishes in troubled waters, everyone is so miserable, shouldn't the dog official sitting in the yamen be responsible!

Moreover, although Zheng Wenfeng is a dog official, he is old and knowledgeable.

The county magistrate has indeed developed good things, so that everyone can save effort and food. But he is young, too young to hold down the field, when it comes to this kind of drought and disaster, how to stabilize the people's hearts, how to ensure that everyone can survive?

Some people have even proposed that Zheng Ye should return to the county government and preside over the overall situation.

A well-planned riot/riot spread among the people of Jiang County.

If it is not handled properly, it will be like the one seven or eight years ago, many people will die, and finally the county order will be executed by the imperial court......

The scheming county order back then was planted on this, how could a hairy boy Chen Gengnian hide from it?

The corners of Zheng Wenfeng's mouth hooked up a cold smile.

-

After sitting in the yamen all morning, Chen Gengnian went home in silence.

Chen Shen was waiting for him in the hall, and the father and son looked at each other, but neither of them spoke first.

After a long time.

Chen Gengnian took a deep breath and said, "I can't figure it out. ”

Without waiting for Chen Shen to speak, he continued: "Zheng Wenfeng took revenge on me, I know very well in my heart, and I am ready to fight him at any time. But what I didn't expect was that before he made a move, you squires were afraid of it first, and one by one they were afraid of being set on fire, so they surrendered directly. ”

Before the battle, the teammates slipped and knelt, how can they continue to fight?

Chen Shen smiled bitterly: "Zheng Wenfeng, this person, has been in Jiang County for twenty years, how can he be so easily overthrown. ”

Chen Gengnian retorted: "That's why we should unite and bring him down!" ”

He recruited a group of second ancestors into the county government, giving the squires a reason to unite, everyone standing in the same camp, not only can the sons of the second ancestor stand up, but also bring down the biggest enemy.

With such a good opportunity at hand, don't these people know how to grasp it?

"Joint? How to unite, son, you let a group of second ancestors into the yamen, and you really pulled the squires into your camp. But you are a little mistaken, they will not unite with you to fight Zheng Wenfeng just for this reason. ”

Chen Shen sighed: "For the squires, they don't actually expect you to defeat Zheng Wenfeng, or rather, it's best that you can fight with Zheng Wenfeng." Because Zheng Wenfeng has fallen, who dares to guarantee that you will not be the next Zheng Wenfeng? Moreover, this group of second ancestor cubs has at least 100 acres of grain land to inherit at home. Their father wants them to enter the county government to be more beautiful, earn some fame, and go home to inherit the family business and be a squire who is praised by everyone, where is he willing to let his son do the unjust errand of hard work? These boys are just young, and they don't know how thick the sky is. Can they enter the yamen, what skills will they have, and how can they be responsible for the lives of more than 20,000 people in Jiang County? ”

Chen Gengnian understood.

He quickly reviewed it in his mind, and the problem that came up was that it was not his fault due to negligence, but because he was a modern person, and it was his modern thinking logic that was at work.

In his opinion, since there is a corrupt official who is the culprit, then everyone should unite to get rid of this person.

But the squires didn't think so.

In this official-based era of feudal kingship, the imperial power exploited the officials, the officials exploited the squires downward, and the squires downwardly exploited the people at the bottom.

Get rid of Zheng Wenfeng, as well as Xu Wenfeng and Zhao Wenfeng.

No matter who is in power in Jiang County, they will exploit the squires.

And Zheng Wenfeng has ruthlessly exploited oil and water on Pei Zhong and other squires over the years.

Pei Zhong and these people hated him to death, and they wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible, but when the two sides confronted him head-on, they chose to admit it because of fear.

The reason is simple.

The squires have an industry, bear with it, there is still so much land at home, and they can live well. But once you choose to go hard, then there is nothing.

So I endured it again and again, and so many years have passed.

In the end, the more you have, the more you lose, the more courage you lose.

Chen Gengnian didn't understand this before.

On the contrary, Zheng Wenfeng, as an exploiter, saw it very thoroughly, so as soon as he made a move now, it was a vicious method like thunder crushing.

"So, in fact, the squires let their sons enter the county government, just to let them take care of themselves, and then go home to inherit the family business. As for what it is good to learn, to be an errand soldier, and even to fight against Zheng Wenfeng, it is all fake. They didn't believe that their straw bale son could do this, not only did they not believe it, but they were also afraid that their son would toss too hard, which angered Zheng Wenfeng and tossed the family business. ”

Chen Gengnian looked at Chen Shen and said mockingly: "Including you, father, you think the same way, right?" Although I seem to have learned well recently, when I said to fight Zheng Wenfeng, you were also proud and happy from the bottom of your heart, but you actually didn't think I could win in your heart. Because you think I'm too young, think things too simply, and don't understand the sinister nature of society. Besides, with a group of us young people, can we govern Jiang County? What if something goes wrong with governance? For example, if you look at Hu Ming, the problem of sowing seeds and broadcasting, Master Hu will think, what is the blind toss, isn't it comfortable to go home and inherit a hundred acres of grain land and be a squire? It's nothing more than being exploited by Zheng Wenfeng occasionally, although it's not happy, but most of the time, it's not quite moisturizing. ”

Chen Shen was speechless.

After a while, he was a little annoyed and said, "I didn't say that, you said it yourself." ”

This is what it means to admit in disguise.

Chen Gengnian was laughed at angrily.

He nodded, turned and left the house.

Seeing this, Shao Furui, who was hiding in the back room, hurriedly ran out: "Geng Nian, where are you going." ”

Chen Geng said without looking back: "Go to the yamen." ”

Shao Furui glared at Chen Shen angrily when she heard this, but she was stunned when she saw the gloom on Chen Shen's face.

Chen Shen sat in the hall and said with slightly red eyes: "When Pei Zhong and I were young, we used to think about bringing down Zheng Wenfeng. At that time, I also quarreled with my father, just like Geng Nian is arguing with me now. Later, I inherited the family business, and I was tortured by Zheng Wenfeng year after year, and my fighting spirit was broken. Dad should also feel guilty about this matter, so before he died, he heard Geng Nian say that he wanted to help his family defeat Zheng Wenfeng, so he paid to help Geng Nian to the position of the county commander. But what's funny is that back then, my father thought that I was too naïve to fight with Zheng Wenfeng, and now, I think that my father is too naïve to let Geng Nian be the county magistrate. ”

Shao Furui listened quietly, and finally could only sigh.

Because she can't judge it, and she can't even tell who is right and who is wrong.

-

After Chen Gengnian returned to the county office, he calmed down and began to sort out his thoughts.

His biggest enemy now is definitely Zheng Wenfeng.

But fighting with Zheng Wenfeng is not the ultimate goal.

The ultimate goal is to solve the crisis of fever, drought and water shortage in Jiang County.

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world.

If he can solve these crises, he will naturally be able to gain the support of the people and kill Zheng Wenfeng.

And if you want to solve the fever, you have to get the reward given by the system - Huoxiang Zhengqi soup recipe.

Zhao Qiang and Niu Tianming have already escorted Xing Tieniu to Liangzhou, and they should wait for three days - wait!

Chen Gengnian lowered his eyes.

Zheng Wenfeng has been covering the sky in Jiang County for 20 years, since he has now chosen to do it, will he really watch Xing Tieniu being assigned?

The obvious answer is no.

But there is only one Li Quan in the county government now, and Chen Gengnian, the county order, is equivalent to being cut off from his ears, eyes, hands and feet, unable to see anything, unable to hear anything, and unable to solve any problems.

This is Zheng Wenfeng's usual method.

Because when he first crossed over, Chen Gengnian faced this situation.

However, there are still some things that are different.

Zheng Wenfeng didn't know about the efforts he had made during this time, and the squires didn't know about it, but his second ancestor brothers knew.

At home, Chen Shen said unceremoniously that Chen Gengnian and the second ancestors were too young to know how thick the sky was.

But being young is not a disadvantage, but an advantage.

Anyone who replaces this group of second ancestors with 'calm and serious', Chen Gengnian will definitely be defeated. Because they will be afraid, they will think too much, they will be afraid of Zheng Wenfeng, and they will never want to come to the county government again.

It's okay, it's good that the brothers are young.

Although the second ancestors are young and not very capable, they must all understand a truth.

A very simple truth.

When you fight, if you want not to be beaten, the best way is to knock the other person down. Otherwise, you'll just lie down and wait for the enemy to come with a punch that you don't know when.

One punch, another punch.

This truth was also understood by Chen Shen, Pei Zhong and others in the past.

But as they grew older, they were holding more and more things in their hands, and they chose to protect what they were holding and were no longer willing to punch, so they could only accept the beating in silence.

Although Chen Gengnian's brothers have nothing, they all have a pair of fists.

A pair of fists that are not afraid and unconvinced.

What bullshit Emperor Zheng Wenfeng, if you dare to scream, I will dare to beat you!

In the office of the county government university, Li Quan was in a worried daze.

At this time, I saw the county magistrate suddenly walk in, take off the gong hanging on the wall, turn around and walk out.

Li Quan hurriedly asked, "County Master, what are you going to do here?" ”

Chen Gengnian turned around and said with a smile: "Don't panic, you wait here, I'll go back." ”

It's also strange, just such a simple sentence, Li Quan is really not so panicked.

He was infected by Chen Gengnian's confident smile, and inexplicably felt that the county master must have a way to solve the dilemma!

-

Hu family.

Hu Ming was locked up at home and couldn't get out, but he also vaguely heard that the people in Wujia Village had blackmailed his family a large sum of money on the grounds of sowing bad farmland.

His father not only lost money, but also had a good voice and a smile.

Because it is obvious that the people from Wujia Village are doing things for Zheng Wenfeng.

This is the surname Zheng, revenge on his family.

Hu Zhifeng's smiling face is to give Zheng Wenfeng a soft face.

Hu Ming felt panicked in his heart, and lay on the bed sulking.

He felt that his father was too cowardly.

It's like they are in the county office, Geng Nian is so awesome, Xing Tieniu said that he would clean it up, and directly threatened that Zheng Wenfeng was a fart.

That's right, the county government.

I heard from my father that the rest of the brothers were forcibly locked up at home, and the county government is now empty, and I don't know what happened to Brother Gengnian.

Hu Ming was a little worried, but he didn't know what to do.

It was at this time.

Bang ~ Bang Chang!

Outside, without warning, a gong sounded.

Every second ancestor who has participated in the morning meeting of the county government and once stuck in the big office will not forget this voice.

Hu Ming sat up from the bed with a bang.

-

Pei family.

"It's been a day, and you still refuse to eat?"

Pei Zhong sneered: "Okay, hunger strike, I want to see if you have the backbone to starve yourself to death...... Who is striking the gong outside on this big night? ”

Bang ~ Bang Chang!

After the sound sounded, there seemed to be movement in Pei Baolai's room, and then I heard him say inside: "Dad, I know it's wrong, I'm dying of hunger, you open the door for me." ”

Is this softening?

Pei Zhong was a little surprised, but he still walked up, opened the door, and reprimanded: "If you dare to -"

Didn't wait for him to finish.

Pei Baolai slammed the door open, pulled his legs and rushed out.

Pei Zhong was knocked on and said angrily: "Bastard! What are you crazy about! ”

"Am I crazy? I didn't go crazy, I told you Pei Zhong, you scolded me every day for being a fart, but in fact, you are a fart! You're nothing! Do you hear that? That's not a chatter, it's a call to brothers, a clarion call before the war starts! That's Chen Gengnian telling me, if it's a brother, come back to fight! ”

Pei Baolai turned around, pointed at his father and provoked: "You just have to endure it like this, a turtle with a shrunken head, and endure it at home!" After I go out, I'll kill Zheng Wenfeng's old thing with my brothers to show you! ”

Pei Zhong was trembling by these words: "Rebel! Rebel! You see, I'm not going to kill you today! ”

But Pei Baolai is not stupid, after the provocation is over, he immediately runs over the wall.

Not only Hu Ming and Pei Baolai.

That night, after the sound of the squire, there were some small accidents in the homes of many squires, and then they watched the rebels of the second ancestor climb over the wall and leave home.

The road at night is dark.

Pei Baolai walked forward in the dark, and unexpectedly met Hu Ming on the road, as well as Sun Cheng, and many other second ancestor brothers.

Everyone panted and looked at each other, laughing and laughing together.

I don't know what to laugh at, it's funny anyway.

Pei Baolai laughed and gasped and said, "I knew that the brothers must have come." Let's go, go to the county office. Chen Gengnian, our brothers all understand, if he is not sure, he will not call us over. Since he shouted, it means that he can definitely kill the surname Zheng! ”

On the dark road, a group of brothers rushed to the county office with a smile.

Looking at Jiang County, which was shrouded in panic such as fever, drought, and water shortage at this time, I am afraid that only their group can laugh.

Because they're young.