late Qing Dynasty arrest

Wang Renren did not welcome Li Guolou to the village office, but took him directly to his home.He knew very well in his heart that he could not be ranked according to the status in the officialdom, and he had to bow his body and salute when he spoke, so that the people in Qilitun would suffer a lot.Going to his house to talk is to get close to Li Guolou as a friend.

Along the way, point out the scenery of Qilitun. The architectural facilities are complete, including chastity archway, earth temple, bathhouse, theater building, mill, large granary, and village office.The common people live in tile-roofed and brick houses, and thatched houses account for one-third. There are also many people dressed in rags on the road.On the whole, it looks much better than the village of Balizhuang, and it belongs to a large village with money and scale.

Listening to the name of the village, you can know that "Qilitun" is smaller than Balizhuang. However, through the efforts of Qilitun villagers from generation to generation, Qilitun has become a big village.

Li Guolou just listened and said nothing all the way, and waved his whip back to the village chief Jiangzheng and Baozheng Wang Zangqiang who came forward to pay homage, and said, "Military affairs are in the body, I am sorry that I can't get off the horse and return the salute." To those present People, the official authority is awe-inspiring and inviolable.

In the flower hall of Wang Ren's mansion, the maid poured tea and handed water, and the host and guest sat down in turn. The two sides met again, introduced each other, and spoke some official words in a polite manner.

Wang Renren put on the posture of the master, and said with a smile: "Jiang Cunzheng, don't be restrained. Captain Li is my good friend. I also roughly talked to Captain Li about our difficulties here. Why don't you accompany me first? Let me say a few more good words to you, it is better to settle this enemy than to end it."

Jiang Zheng was five big and three thick, and looked very strong, like a thug. Less than 40 years old, about 1.7 meters tall, wide face, high forehead, big nose, a pair of single eyelids are a bit swollen, and his face is red.

"Hey!" Jiang Zheng was like an obedient puppy, without looking at Li Guolou, he knelt in front of Li Guolou as soon as he lifted his official robes, he looked like a hero, and said loudly: "Jiang Zheng doesn't know the rules and offends Li Guolou. After leaving Officer Li, I still look at Haihan." After finishing speaking, Jiang Zheng said, "Boom, boom, boom!" He kowtowed first to make amends, without any regard for official etiquette.

Li Guolou saw the death at a glance. Jiang Zheng was clearly a servant of Wang Churen's family. This Qilitun was decided by Wang Churen. Apologize. Heroes in Jianghu pay attention to vengeance, revenge and complaints. You have killed a subordinate, so you can seek revenge from me."

Jiang Zheng glanced at Wang Chuanren, seeing Wang Churen blinking desperately, waving his hands non-stop, and hurriedly said: "I don't dare to, the dead Xuan Xiaojue doesn't know the rules, and shooting at the officer is a treasonous crime." Serious crime, please forgive me, Chief Li, to spare Xuan Xiaojue's family from the crime."

"Oh, let's talk about this later. Jiangcun is sitting and talking, and I've heard your name for a long time, and it's like thunder." Li Guolou squinted at Jiang Zheng, wishing he could fight Jiang Zheng and solve it directly with his fists. So much effort.

"Don't dare, I only have the strength to show it off." Jiang Zheng was a little complacent. He is a well-known hero, who would dare to break ground on the head of Tai Sui.

Wu Jinshui jumped out, stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Brother Jiang has heard about your name for a long time, I'm calling you Wu Jinshui, everyone in the world is called the boss of Iron Palm, and he only has some stupid strength. I hope I can teach you some tricks."

This is to attack the arrogance of the Qilitun villagers. Since they can't use knives and guns, they will use the rules of the world to rule the field and judge the superiority by martial arts.

The eighteen brothers and sisters of the Beihai Martial Arts Hall have now become legendary heroes in the mouths of storytellers, and their reputation has been widely spread in the north. How could this Jiang Zheng not know, when he heard that the hero in front of him was Wu Jinshui, the "Boss of the Iron Palm", he didn't dare to compete for a while with his three guts.

"Ah, I have heard the name of Master Wu, the boss of Iron Palm, for a long time. It is better to meet him than to be famous. He is indeed a good man. I must offer three glasses of wine to Master Wu later. I still want to worship you as my teacher." Jiang Zhengyi bowed, Just resolve the crisis, sit in Muramasa's seat, whichever god comes, and which drama will be sung.How could he capsize in the gutter.

Li Guolou glanced and pursed his lips, telling Wu Jinshui to back down, he wouldn't be fooled, and originally wanted to teach the bully Jiang Zheng a lesson, but this would be a mess.He wanted to retreat, but regretted bringing two villagers from Balizhuang, and he couldn't excuse Qilitun on the surface.Next, when it comes to land and water sources, it will be difficult to talk.

The living room was filled with the sound of people drinking tea and sipping water. The two sides, who had their own ghosts, smiled on the surface. After pondering for a while, Li Guolou put down his teacup and said, "Jiang Cunzheng, you are a local official. The contradiction between Balizhuang is so big that it has reached the point of shooting at each other, and so many people have died. As a magistrate, you did not report it, which caused the rebellion of the White Lotus Cult. How big is this crime? Let the Qing Do you know how much the empire suffered?"

With a big hat, Li Guolou killed people without leaving any traces.After this fall, the account is settled, and the village of Qilitun, Zhengjiang, is going to be punished to death.

Jiang Zheng wanted to refute, but he hadn't sorted out his thoughts yet.Wang Renren heard the crux of the problem, which was related to the involvement of the rebels. Isn't it to ransack the family and exterminate the family?He was so anxious that he stood up, bowed, and said: "Mr. Li, please take care of my face and help our Qilitun villagers. Don't bring up the matter of the rebels. If you have something to say, Let me live with this old face."

Li Guolou said, "Your Majesty Wang, are you in charge of this matter?"

"It's up to you, I swear by the black gauze hat on my head!" The king has official hats and robes, that is, officials and gentry who hand over food and donations.

Landlords in this kind of place all have official hats, and it was popular in the Qing Empire to buy officials and get an honorary title.If there is no official hat, it will be very disadvantageous.On the scene, everyone is seated according to their level. If there is no level, where should they sit?

"Okay!" Li Guolou slapped the table, and said loudly: "Zhou Jian, Dongqing, you all come to reason, let me hear which side is right, and I will make a judgment on the spot!" Throwing off the official robe, raising Erlang's legs in a chic way, holding up the teacup to drink tea, the slobbering is easy to fight.He also has the word "official" in his mouth, as well as his skills.

Now the scene was lively, the book office under Jiang Zheng of the village came prepared, opened the account books and vouchers, and had a verbal argument with Zhou Jian and Dongqing with the evidence.As soon as you said something to me, there was a quarrel in the living room.One said, "Shameless!" The other said, "It's not afraid to go all over the world with reason."

People from the two villages talked for more than an hour, but neither side finished talking about the old almanac. People who couldn't hold back their urine came in and out, busy.

Li Guolou realized the reason, and Bali Village was in a loss. The accounts of the fields in their village had been burned by the Bailian Cultists long ago.Just by talking about it, the five hundred acres of land will be lost.But if a river is in the hands of Balizhuang, the big deal is that the fish will die and the net will be broken, and Qilitun will not get any benefits.

Wang served as the housekeeper and prepared a sumptuous banquet. The aroma of the dishes wafted from the Western Flower Hall next to it.The butler bowed and said, "Master, the food and drink are ready, please take your seats."

Wang Renren said: "Captain Li, let's talk about it after dinner. The history of our two villages is long, and we can't finish talking about it tomorrow."

Li Guolou stood up and said, "Zhou Jian, Dongqing, don't talk anymore, drink and eat, and listen to the judge's judgment later, take a step back. Jiang Cunzheng demolished the two towers as soon as possible. Is this plausible?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Captain Li is right, take a step back, and I will send someone to dismantle it right now." Jiang Jiang, the villager jogging, ran out of the living room.

There are three tables of banquets in the West Flower Hall, and everyone sits separately. The country people's good wine and food are big fish and meat, and everyone can drink to their heart's content.Li Guolou maintained his official authority, seldom moved his chopsticks, and drank three glasses of wine to save face for the foot king.

Li Guolou kept persuading the old man Zhou Jian to drink more drinks, first confused the elder, saw that everyone was almost drunk, put them in the wine glasses, and said: "I saw people from the two villages sitting together. It’s so good to drink, don’t fight any more in the future. I don’t think it’s possible to argue about five hundred acres of land. It’s going to be Qilitun in the future. But Mr. Wang, you have to say that you can’t snatch it. It’s always wrong for people to pay ransom to get what they want. Give me half the price, 30 taels per mu of land, a total of 5000 taels of silver, Mr. Wang, what do you think?”

It is a lie that Wang does not feel distressed when he takes office, and 5000 taels of silver is like gouging out his heart.But seeing Li Guolou looking at him, he knew that if he didn't agree, this captain who dared to shoot and kill civilians would do anything, fabricate a charge of gangsterism, and dare to kill him all over the house.What's more, the problem of water source always depends on the face of Balizhuang.

Wang Chengren pretended to be magnanimous, raised his glass high, and said: "Okay, Captain Li and I are life and death friends, and I will give away this extraneous thing."

Li Guolou didn't give Wang a chance to breathe. Execution of official affairs is a big problem, so he said: "My official, I have to take it back now. Mr. Wang, please take out the money. Hahahaha!"

Wang Renren was forced into a corner by Li Guolou, and helplessly asked the housekeeper to prepare money.

"Okay, since Mr. Wang is so forthright, I won't mention the river issue in the future, and everyone should be good neighbors. Come on! Let's toast to celebrate." Li Guolou didn't want to mention how beautiful he was, a few words, and the public account would be more 1 taels of silver, 5000 taels of silver are divided and pulled down. If the windfall is not distributed to his subordinates, he will be blackmailed. Who would believe that he deposited all the silver in the public account?

Zhou Jian, Dongqing, you look at me, I look at you, dare not say too much, anyway, it is Zhou's land, and they are bored with the benefits.

When the silver box was brought up, Li Guolou felt much better, and said, "Mr. Wang, I see that there are too many people in your village, so I have to go out, otherwise there will be big troubles in the future. I am not trying to scare you. If someone does it, it will be your turn next."

"Really?" Wang Renren was half-drunk, still in disbelief. He has guns, high walls, watchtowers, and guards. Who would dare to rebel?

Li Guolou persuasively said: "Mr. Wang, the White Lotus Sect was wiped out by me, but other sects are still preaching everywhere. The common people also want to live a good life, and they will always find new sustenance. The power of belief is infinite. Mr. Zhou That's how you are finished. When your guards also believe in religion, you are a fish on the board. One day the leader speaks ill of you, and you are finished. So you can't let people nest together, let the villagers go outside, now Shandong The land is so cheap, and the poor are welcome to reclaim the land, you should organize a group of villagers to go there, so that it would be better for the accomplished sons to build another family business.”

"Hey, I thought about letting my youngest son go to Shandong to buy some land, but the people there are not familiar with the place, so don't be played to death by the magistrate. When the land is bought back, I will give me saline-alkali land. I can't grow anything. How can I It's not a loss."

Of course, Wang Renren knew about the people's invasion of Shandong, where most of the poor people reclaimed unclaimed land by themselves, and the government also encouraged this practice.But if rich people resell the land, Shandong governor Ding Baozhen is a ruthless character who makes decisions for the people, and stealing chickens will not make a fortune.

Li Guolou nodded and said: "What Wang Daguan said is also true, but it's all about human effort. The people above are different from the people below. Since you have already got more people now, why not bring a group of people to try. Shandong Province Officials, most of them are military officers under my third uncle who have been converted into local officials. If you carry the banner of my family, people will always buy your face. Who said we are friends."

Wang Renren smiled brightly, and he was happy from the bottom of his heart. A poor man can live a good life in Shandong, and his family has a big business, so he can make a lot of money.He said anxiously: "Brother Li Xian, then please write a book for me to think about it, what would be better?"

Li Guolou said solemnly: "Mr. Wang, let me make it clear to you, root a group of people, don't just think about reselling the land, otherwise something will happen, I will turn my face and deny people."

Wang Renren patted his chest to assure, and said: "Brother Li Xian, don't worry, it's a success. At least 600 people have been immigrated. Why do I need so many people here? You are just in time. I see children born in the village now. Don't worry about it." Come on! Cheers, have a good chat in the afternoon, and leave after dinner."

Li Guolou promised to leave at night, but sent someone to take away the 5000 taels of silver.People can't go with the silver box. If someone sees money and wants to kill him, it won't be a loss. Even if the people in Qilitun want to kill him now, it will not be beneficial.Li Guolou spent the whole afternoon in his study making plans for Wang's appointment, and a map of Shandong's land reclamation was actually completed by him.

Li Guolou couldn't help sighing, he is so talented, an upright official can't change an era, Shandong governor Ding Baozhen has a grudge against him.This time he pushed several problems to Ding Baozhen, but he wanted to see how Ding Baozhen could deal with gangsters, corrupt officials, gentry and landlords?