Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 85
Li Jing nodded with a smile. It seems that Ma Wu has indeed learned a lot during this time. He understands that it is not enough to have a good relationship with his superiors. He must also have a good relationship with his subordinates. to be important.

From this point of view, Ma Wu's thinking has begun to mature.

"Uncle Shen, give Liu Ming 2000 taels of silver and ask him to bring it to Liu Hong for management." Li Jing said.

Turning around, Li Jing said to Liu Ming: "I won't keep you after eating the food and wine. You will stay by Liu Hong's side in the future. If you have any news, send these two brothers to me. I will give you the monthly salary and rewards." Deliver it to you on time."

"Brother obeys, thank you, big brother!" Liu Ming and his two followers clasped their fists together and said.

Waving his hand, Li Jing said with a smile: "You are tired all the way, and you have to go back to Weihui Mansion, eat and drink more."

Liu Ming and the others were already very hungry. Now that they knew that they had to carry 2000 taels of silver back, they didn't care too much, so they threw off their arms and started eating and drinking.

Li Jing smiled slightly, ignored them, tapped his fingers on the table, closed his eyes and began to think.

After an unknown amount of time, the room suddenly fell silent. Li Jing slowly opened his eyes, only to see that Shen Zheng and the others had put down their cups and chopsticks and were looking at him quietly.

Seeing Li Jing opened his eyes, Shen Zheng said, "Nephew, I'll take Liu Ming to get the silver."

Li Jingjing nodded and said to Liu Ming, "Go ahead, be careful all the way."

Liu Ming clasped his fists together, followed Shen Zheng out with two followers.

After Liu Ming went out, Li Jing looked at Gao Qi and smiled, "Brother Gao, it's almost the Chinese New Year, let the brothers go out and exercise their hands and feet, and ask those rich and unkind landlords and old fortunes to get some money for the New Year. The goal should be in Hui County. .”

Gao Qi smiled and said, "Let all the brothers be dispatched?"

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "If you ask this, you have an idea. Tell me about your idea. We have different thoughts."

Gao Qi smiled and said: "That's what I think. Send a few brothers down the mountain and don't do it in our name. After those guys have suffered, we will come forward again. If they want to get our protection, they have to obediently pay us and send us money." grain."

"Your grandma, Gao Qi, why didn't I realize that you still have so many goofs?" Sun Meng cursed after hearing this.

Li Jing shook his head with a smile and said: "Old Sun, this is not some fancy tricks, it's to make us famous. You have to learn a little bit in the future."

"Oh!" Sun Meng scratched his head and responded.

Li Jing ignored him, turned to look at Gao Qi and said, "You arrange Liu Erleng, Zhou Huhu, Wang Ermao, and Zhang Chu to bring twenty brothers down the mountain each, and let them each play a banner. Let’s start with those landlords who are rich and unkind.”

"Hehe, these brats must be overjoyed knowing that Big Brother asked them to do this." Gao Qi laughed.

"Brother, why don't my old grandson bring a few people down the mountain?" Sun Meng said suddenly.

Li Jing stared: "Why are you joining in the fun? Go home and coax your wife."

"What's there to coax my yellow-faced woman, let me take someone down the mountain, this job is much more interesting than coaxing my wife." Sun Meng said shyly.

Li Jingwen suddenly burst out laughing.

Shaking his head lightly, Li Jing said: "Old Sun, you have a status of a thousand households in Lin County. Once you are recognized, it will affect major events. You cannot participate in this matter."

When Sun Meng heard this, he immediately looked dejected, looked at the wine bowl in front of him, picked it up and gulped it down.

"Old Sun, if you don't want to coax your wife, I'll arrange a job for you. We're going to implement the military system soon. Please inform everyone of the news and explain the system we have formulated in detail." Li Jing laughed.

Hearing that Li Jing asked him to do this, Sun Meng shook his head like a rattle: "No, my old grandson can't do this job, Gao Qi or fifth brother must come."

"You can't do that job, you don't want to do this job, what do you want to do?" Li Jing stared.

"I'll go home and coax my wife." Sun Meng scratched his head and thought for a long time before saying.

"Hahaha!" Everyone burst out laughing upon hearing this.

The 28th day of the twelfth lunar month in the sixth year of the Apocalypse.

It's three o'clock.

South Village of Hui County, Yang's House.

Yang Baifu was rattling his abacus against a pile of accounts.

These accounts are the money Yang Baifu has lent these days and the land contract mortgaged.

Every few days before the first few days of each year, Yang Baifu would lend money and collect the money after the year. Generally speaking, it is difficult for the borrower to repay the loan in such a short period of time, so Yang Baifu took the opportunity to take the borrower’s money. Get the land.

The common people are also very aware of Yang Baifu's tricks, but they have no choice but to borrow them when they should.

You can have a good meal without food, but if you are sick, you have to be cured, and there are some miscellaneous taxes and so on. When you have no money, you can only go to Yang Baifu.

Because in Nancun, only Yang Baifu's family is rich.

The common people know that this is a bottomless pit, but they have to jump into it anyway.

As a result, their land became Yang Baifu's acre by acre, and in the end even a piece of land was lost.

Through this approach, Yang Baifu has acquired a large amount of land over the years.

It is said that half of the land in Nancun now belongs to the Yang family.

After a while, Yang Baifu finally finished the calculation, looked at the accountant beside him, Yang Baifu nodded and said: "There should be no one to borrow money anymore, tell the servants to close the door."

The accountant nodded, turned and left the room.

To seal the door is to paste couplets on both sides of the gate.

During the Chinese New Year, once the couplets are pasted on the gate, it means that there will be no more borrowings.Relatives, friends, and neighbors will consciously go back when they see the couplets, and they will no longer borrow things from others.

But this year seems to be a surprise.

Not long after people posted the couplets, they suddenly heard the sound of knocking on the door.

Yang Baifu was putting away the accounts and contracts when he heard the door banging, frowned, and ordered his servants to say, "Go out and see what's going on."

After a while, the servant came back in a hurry: "My lord, something is wrong. There are more than 20 heroes outside who claim to be heroes and want to borrow money from our family for the New Year."

"A hero in Haohan Ridge? Is there such a place?" Yang Baifu frowned and thought for a long time, but he didn't know where Haohan Ridge was.

Suddenly Yang Baifu was shocked, isn't a hero a bandit, and borrowing money for the New Year is not a robbery?That's not bad.

Yang Baifu hastily summoned his servants to fight against the bandits outside.

Strange to say, the heroes outside were not in a hurry to make a move, they just waited quietly for Yang Baifu to organize his servants.

After a long time, Yang Baifu ordered someone to open the door, and was about to call for his servants to do something, when suddenly he felt dry mouth.

I saw more than [-] heroes waiting outside the gate.

Looking at his subordinates holding hoes and sticks, and looking at the strong bows and crossbows on the opposite side, complete with knives and guns, Yang Baifu's anger just now was vented.

Fortunately, Yang Baifu responded in a timely manner, and hurriedly shouted: "Heroes and heroes, stop, we have something to discuss."

"Damn it, it's only now that you know how to discuss with me and make me wait a long time. Brothers, how long have you been waiting?" said the leading hero.

A hero next to him hurriedly said: "Brother, it's almost half an hour."

"For half an hour, his grandma's has delayed many important things for me. The one surnamed Yang will give me 200 taels of silver to wait for, and each brother will have [-] taels of silver." The hero in the lead said.

"Brother, we have a total of 23 brothers, each with ten taels, the total is 230 taels." Said the hero next to him.

The leading hero slapped his head and shouted, "Yes, it's 230 taels of silver. I can't figure out these tricks with my brain."

Hearing that the person opened his mouth and asked for 230 taels of waiting fee, Yang Baifu almost didn't faint.

Gathering his mind, Yang Baifu hastily cupped his hands and said: "Heroes and heroes, the small family really can't afford so much money, so heroes, let the villains go."

The leading hero stared and shouted: "Don't play sloppy with me, I have already asked about it, this town is the richest in your family, and there are thousands of acres of land, grandma, you don't give it to me, right? Guys, fuck it, let's get it ourselves."

Yang Baifu saw that the gangsters started to attack, he knew that if these people were allowed to come in, his family would be turned upside down, even if he didn't get much silver taels, this year might not be over, so he hurriedly shouted: "Don't, everyone Be a good man and act slowly, I will pay the 230 taels of silver."

"230 taels is just my waiting fee. You haven't paid me for my hard work. Tell me, how much money are you going to give me?" the leading hero continued.

"Good man, I really don't have much money in my small family, so you should keep your hands high." Yang Baifu pleaded.

"If you don't have cash, then there are other valuable things, and it can be converted into silver. You can scrape together 500 taels of silver for me." The leader of the hero said.

Seeing the murderous looks on the faces of these bandits, who would strike at the slightest disagreement, Yang Baifu had no choice but to say: "Everyone wait a moment, the young ones will go and get them."

After a while, Yang Baifu came out trembling with a money bag, handed it to the bandit leader and said: "The good guy will pass the time."

The leading hero opened the purse and glanced at it, then shook his hand: "Okay, that's it, I wish Master Yang a fortune in the new year, and the brothers are back."

When the group of vicious spirits finally left, Yang Baifu sat down on the ground, panting heavily.

But before Yang Baifu came to his senses, he suddenly heard a servant shout: "Master, those bandits are back again."

"Ah?" Yang Baifu rolled his eyes when he heard this, and immediately passed out.

After a while, Yang Baifu felt someone patting his cheek, and Yang Baifu was furious: "Who dares to be rude to me."

"Master Yang has a bad temper, who offended Master Yang?" One person said with a smile.

Yang Baifu suddenly came to his senses, seeing that he did not recognize the person in front of him, he asked anxiously, "Who are you?"

(End of this chapter)