The late Ming Dynasty in the living room

Chapter 130 Brother Gou is back

Night, Zhong family.

Chief Zhong's original plan was to collect all the villagers' grain reserves and wait for them to be desperate for two days, then take the opportunity to propose a method of using fields to offset their arrears.

In this way, not only can they receive the fields at the lowest price (actually just a few buckets of grain), but maybe those villagers will be grateful to him for his superior position when they have a way of living.

As a result, a family of three hanged themselves yesterday, which made him worried for a long time.

It was even worse today, even Pan Niangniang and Fang Shenzi were moved out.

His boss, Zhong, is a rich country man. How dare he mess with these two people... Oh, he is simply crazy! How can he play with this?
Master Zhong put on a sad look on his face again. He hated the gang of unruly people in Hongjia Village who dared to use a chicken feather as a command arrow.

He also felt that his life was really miserable. He also loaned money to acquire land, and Han Laocai from Baiheba Village, Zhao Laocai from Zhaojia Village, and Chang Juren from Tanxi Village all received it very smoothly.

He didn't dare to compete with Chang Juren, but when he thought that he was actually defeated by Han Laocai from the neighboring village, he felt very depressed and a little disheartened.

"Forget it, let's tell the villagers tomorrow that there was an error in the new accountant we hired. Let them pay back the debt according to the original amount. The previous compound interest will not be counted... Tell them , I’ll pay it back after the autumn harvest.”

Second Young Master Zhong was already very depressed, but now that his father was backing off again, he felt even more unhappy.

Second Young Master Zhong replied: "Dad, it's too late for you to pretend to be a good person. Who among these people in the village doesn't hate our Zhong family?"

"At this time, the more we cannot give in!" Second Young Master Zhong said, "Otherwise they will definitely get into trouble. If they dare not pay the grain arrears today, they will dare not pay the rent in the future. What our Zhong family will say in the village in the future, No one will take it seriously anymore.”

Master Zhong stared fiercely and said angrily: "Then what else can you do? If the Fang Dong family in Xincheng is really alarmed, can you handle the blame?"

Second Young Master Zhong shook his head, "The Fang Dong family may not care about the affairs of a group of poor tenants. The key is that Hong Lao Qi."

"Dad, we can do this. We won't show up ourselves..." Second Young Master Zhong approached his father and spoke an idea in a low voice.

After listening to this, Master Zhong was surprised and said: "The bandits are all dishonest!"

Second Young Master Zhong replied: "Then find a group of people who are loyal."

Qifeng Mountain Pass.

Liu Bagou was dressed in shabby clothes, a bamboo hat, and a basket on his back. He was walking in the mountains and forests dressed as a medicine farmer.

He had already returned to the stronghold. There was no one there, only the half-burned stronghold gate and a mess inside the gate were left.

He found a lot of government-made arrow clusters and standard abandoned objects in it. It was obvious that officers and soldiers had come to visit.

Liu Bagou searched carefully and found only a few pools of blood in the back mountain, but not a headless body... so he was not worried. (The officers and soldiers did not take the corpse, only cut off the head)

He also found a code message left for him in a secret place, and knew that everyone in the village had diverted to Deadwood Ridge.

Liu Bagou was not in a hurry to go to Kumuling, but continued to walk into the back mountain. Along the way, he reached out to pick wild flowers on the roadside... Qifeng Mountain is now entering the romantic season of mountain flowers.

After picking a certain number, Liu Bagou began to weave them into a garland. He weaved them as he walked. After the garland was finished, he had already arrived in front of a small earthen bun. He took out a small hoe from the basket and started digging at the bag of earth.

After a while, a dark sealed jar was revealed.

He took the jar out, sat on the ground, and then picked up his clothes and wiped it carefully. His hands were meticulous and careful, completely different from the movements of the knife man in the past.

Then, he picked up the garland nearby and put it on the jar, and pressed his face tightly against it.

"Sister, wait a moment, your brother Gou is back."

"I'm here to take you to move. You can't live here... Don't be impatient. Nothing happened. Look, am I safe and sound?"

Sister, I heard Brother Gou tell you that Brother Gou can really help you get revenge this time. You may not believe it, but now we have a god here, a real god in the sky. She also has a son named Fang, who is now down to earth. Here he is, living just outside the county town. I have already met him..."

The reason why bandits are difficult to exterminate is because they are familiar with the terrain and are cunning.

Moreover, they are well-informed. They have "flower tongues" inside to ask for information. Many of them are villagers from nearby villages. They can always get information in advance where the officers and soldiers are and which hills they want to encircle.

This time, Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, was personally in charge. He led a large army to suppress the border. He often surrounded the village first and then sealed the mountain pass. If relatives wanted to get the news, they would be killed, and if there were generals who wanted to sell the information, they would be killed.

These bandits in Qifeng Mountain are really unlucky.

I don’t know how many cottages were breached, burned down, many people beheaded, and the wealth and food accumulated over decades of hard work were also wiped out.

Even so, it is not easy to completely eliminate them. After all, this is the vast Taihang Mountains, and there are too many hidden mountain roads for them to escape.

Liu Bagou carried a jar and found Kumuling. Halfway up the mountain, he found the secret mark left by his people. He followed the search all the way and found Xinzhai not long after.

"The boss is back, the boss is back!"

Someone suddenly emerged from the bushes on the side of the road and shouted loudly inside.

Well, as Old Man Zhao said, Liu Bagou did not tell the truth, or in other words, partly did not tell the truth.

He did not join the enemy's gang, but worked tirelessly to build a new gang in Qifeng Mountain with the villagers in his village who could not survive.

Different from the image of bandits in TV series who are vicious and jump out to rob people when they encounter them, in fact bandits rarely go out to rob on their own initiative.

Just think about it and you will know that there must be officers and soldiers controlling the caravan crossings and mountain passes. Of course, they are the first to collect money. How can you and a bunch of bandits take their turn?
The rest are all remote trails, with few people to see all year round. Wouldn't you starve to death squatting there every day? Even if you do get caught, there is a high probability that you are a herb gatherer, a woodcutter, or a hunter...

You won't get much money by robbing these people, but it will easily expose your own copycat's position, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Therefore, bandits actually belong to the service industry, and their main business is to do wet work for the big households in the four villages and towns.

(End of this chapter)