The late Ming Dynasty in the living room

Chapter 149 Gods are force majeure factors

"The foundation should customize some rescue standards. We can go back and discuss other standards. There is only one minimum standard - everyone can fill their stomachs, and the family can have three meals a day, grass roots and bark, etc. You can no longer eat what you plant.”

Just now in the wheat field in the village, Mr. Fang said this smoothly when explaining what the "Rural Poor People's Protection Foundation" was.

At that time, he also took a bark bran wheat cake from a villager, took a bite and decisively returned it to the villager.

Empress Zhang knew at that time that the one thousand taels of silver she took out was simply a joke, and this strange-sounding "foundation" was actually something extraordinary.

"Let everyone be able to fill their stomachs." This sentence was said in the Ming Dynasty. How crazy it was to say it, because there are so many people in the world who don't have enough to eat. Hongjiacun, Zhaojiacun... Laishui County, Dingxing County, Heyang County... Baoding Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture... and even the entire northern Ming Dynasty, at least 90% of them are hungry people.

How much money (and grain) would it take to feed these people? It was difficult for Empress Zhang to imagine such a sum, but after Sun Chuanting, who owned 2000 million taels of silver, heard about it, he would definitely feel that he was short of money.

Therefore, the foundation proposed by Mr. Fang will have a huge amount of money.

In fact, this money is also an extremely huge force... If Emperor Chongzhen were here, he would definitely tremble with excitement and shout loudly (in his heart): "I want to be the president! I want to be the president!" But Empress Zhang was not as clueless as him. She knew that the power of the Zhu family royal family had now declined to the extreme. Neither she nor the emperor could control such a power.

An ant cannot hold an elephant.

She has no way to stop those greedy coveters. The more wealth there is, the more coveting eyes will be on her. Those civil servants, gentry, and warlords have already hollowed out this country, and they can hollow out this foundation again.

Therefore, although Queen Zhang was very willing to do such a thing, she did not dare to become the president of the association.

There is only one "person" in the world who can establish, protect, and control this foundation. Only this "person" can serve as the president. Well, it is the person next to her who is pretending to be stupid!
Fang Yu didn't know that Queen Zhang already had a problem with him.

After all, there are so many foundations in the name of charity in later generations. He just borrowed the charter to put forward a preliminary idea. As for what kind of power this foundation will have and what huge waves it will set off in the Ming Dynasty, he was confused for a while. Haven’t thought about it in detail yet.

Seeing that Queen Zhang was obviously very interested but refused to agree to be the president, Fang Yu thought about it and gradually understood the connection, so he tentatively asked: "Then I will be the president, you can help me." How about I be the vice president?”

Empress Zhang was not a coy person to begin with. Her face was slightly sullen, and then she nodded: "I have my wish, and I don't dare to ask for help."

To the west of Laishui County, forty miles away from Qifeng Mountain Pass, a group of desperate people were on their way. It's not entirely correct to say that they are devastated. In fact, they still have a sense of survival in their hearts - these people are the bandits who escaped from Hongjiacun last night.

There were more than a hundred bandit brothers who were very happy when they left. Now there are only two gangmen who have returned, and there are only forty-three including a few leaders. Alas, the loss of personnel is also miserable, they are simply broken.

Mr. Bamen had lost his fan a long time ago. He rolled up his trouser legs and walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow (not daring to rest, he was so tired). From time to time, he would look up, for fear that the gods would not let them go. , something is pressed down from the sky.

He sent two people back to the mountain in light clothes early in the morning to tell Tu Dangjia what happened last night, and to ask Tu Dangjia and the others to leave the Deadwood Ridge as soon as possible! Now that things are getting serious, some of the brothers who were left behind must have leaked the news. It is certain that a large number of officers and soldiers will besiege Kumuling next.

I regret that I was obsessed with ghosts and insisted on going to Hongjia Village. Now I have lost a lot of money. I wish I had listened to Liu Qianjin’s dissuasion!

Mr. Bamen sighed heavily, then looked at Liu Qianjin who was traveling with him, and said apologetically: "Master Liu, I'm sorry. It was me who hurt you this time, causing you to lose so many brothers (the youngest member of Liu Qianjin's family) , I also lost a dozen brothers), and my family has been exposed. Now I can’t save my family. When I go back, I will definitely apologize to the head of the family. No one has any complaints and will always give an explanation to Mr. Liu."

Liu Qianjin also looked depressed. He waved his hands tiredly and said, "Mr. Lai, don't say this. It's not like we fell into a trap because of our carelessness, but because the gods showed their magical powers. There's nothing we can do about it! What can we mortals do?" No matter what.”

Mr. Bamen showed a grateful expression.

He bowed his hand to Liu Qianjin, and then sighed, alas, isn't it, the gods took action, this is a force majeure factor.

Throughout the ages, there have been many people who were punished after losing battles. The history books (Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms) say that they deserved it. But there seems to be no such example in the history books of mortals who were defeated by gods and were punished?
Thinking like this is a comfort, but it is of no use. Tu Qiu Zi is not a kind-hearted boss. He took so many people out this time, but failed to get food. There are still so few people back. Tu Qiu Zi will kill him. The probability is at least 70%.

It is said that Tuqiuuzi has been claiming to be the leader of the alliance in Qifengkou these years. He has always been domineering and domineering in his work. He has offended nearly seven or eight copycats. In the past, his family was a big business and no one dared to retaliate. Now he has been exterminated three times by officers and soldiers, and he has been lost. Half of the people and horses originally wanted to take this half of the people and Liu Qianjin's people and horses away from the entrance of the tower. Who would have thought that this time they would lose more than forty people.

The remaining few people go to Tayakou, a hairy place? Are you afraid that the bandits over there will lack human meat filling when making steamed buns?

It is definitely impossible to go to Tayakou now, but staying here at Qifengkou is full of dangers. Not to mention the officers and soldiers coming to suppress it, even the offended villagers will not let go of the opportunity to retaliate. The so-called peaceful coexistence and the so-called morality of the rivers and lakes are the establishment of Since both sides have the ability to stab each other, now that Tu Qiuuzi's strength has declined so much, it's no wonder that others are inviting you to hell.

The more Mr. Bamen thought about it, the more panicked he became. He pinched his fingers unconsciously, thinking that the chance of Tu Master killing him would be increased by two more, which was 90%.

(End of this chapter)