Wentang

Chapter 351 Hope
The golden rooster heralds the dawn and the night recedes, and Yanci County, which has been quiet all night, seems to come alive and become lively.

People on the road, looking for work, selling, eating... This is not surprising at all, it is almost like this in any town.

What is strange is the expressions and states of these people - even the poorest people have smiles from the heart on their faces, and their eyes are full of yearning for life.

And this vitality comes from one person.

"Second Wu, come out to look for work again? Have you eaten yet? Here's some pancakes. If you don't have any money, you owe it first, and it's never too late to pay." A peddler selling breakfast yelled loudly.

"Several scumbags lied to me again. Eat a fart of biscuits, and when the labor and management find a job to do it, you can eat without spending a penny. You should keep your biscuits for yourself." Mr. Wu Two eyes stared and cursed.

"Haha..." The people around who were eating or traveling all laughed.

"Wu Er Er, don't be ignorant of good and evil. If you begged me half a year ago, I wouldn't give you credit. Now the labor and management have kindly made you owe it. You... really don't know good people." Er Gouzi was not angry at all, While serving cakes for others, he would curse at the same time.

We are all from the countryside for decades, and a few words of ridicule to each other is a way to get closer.Of course, this way of getting closer depends on the person, and a bad one may become an enemy.

"If you were willing to give it to me half a year ago, I would offer you up as an ancestor, and labor and capital are not rare now." Wu Laoer swallowed while looking at the hot cooking cake, but his mouth was not polite at all.

"Half a year ago? You thought beautifully. At that time, your whole family was not worth a penny. Would I dare to give it to you? What would you pay for it, your wife?" Er Gouzi spoke even more viciously.

"Bah, your mother-in-law is the most interesting, and the bed of labor and management has collapsed..." Wu Er Er also cursed back unceremoniously.

The people around were originally listening with gusto, but when they saw that the two were making a nasty joke, they all turned their heads to the side, but one ear was straighter than the other.

However, everyone agrees with part of what the two said.

"Yeah, half a year ago, who would have believed that us miserable people could live such a good life." A diner said.

"It was half a year ago, and I didn't dare to think like this two months ago." Another diner answered.

"Only Wu Laoer has [-] acres of land that can't grow crops, and there is nothing else. Who would dare to give him food on credit half a year ago? Now even the most stingy Er Gouzi has offered to give him cakes on credit. Why? If you have the strength, you can do the work and make money."

"Yeah, you can eat as long as you have work. I didn't even dare to think about such a good life before."

"Qing Shuihou is our great benefactor in Yanci County."

"Two months ago, I was unloading goods at the pier. I worked so hard all day that I couldn't earn a penny. I only gave a few corn buns. My family lived on a few corn buns. Now the same job, not only five I’m a big boy and I’m still in charge of food, I can feed my family for three days a day, and I’m still full.”

"You're fine, but I'm miserable. Because my body is relatively weak, I can't find work at all. I can only dig wild vegetables and go to the beach to catch small fish and shrimps to support the whole family.

Now when I go to dig the salt fields, Guan Fan has two big sons a day; my mother-in-law is also drying kelp by the sea for military men, and she also has one big son a day.The two of us can support a family of seven with our three eldest children a day. "

"You are digging salt fields? What a job. I heard that if you do well in the future, you may be left as a salt farmer. That is a golden job."

"Hey, there is indeed this opportunity. To tell you the truth, our supervisor praised me for my brains yesterday and said he would recommend me to be a salt farmer."

"Really? Congratulations, Lao Liu heard that your family is 21 years old and married yet? My third girl is eight years old this year..."

At another table not far from here, five strong men in linen clothes and heads wrapped in sackcloth were eating and listening to the conversations of the people around them.

"A group of foolish people are grateful for their food. It's too easy to be an official." One of them couldn't help mocking.

The oldest one frowned and said, "Shut up, what did I tell you when I came out, and keep your mouth shut."

"Brother, don't be angry, Fifth Brother didn't do it on purpose, these people are indeed too stupid." Another person hurriedly smoothed things over.

"Second brother, don't spoil him." The eldest brother said seriously: "If that dog officer was willing to give us a bite to eat, why would we come out to do the business of beheading? I don't care what kind of person surnamed Yue is. , but he killed the dog officer to avenge us, we must remember this kindness."

"Speaking bad things about him behind his back will make people laugh if it gets out."

The 'fifth younger brother' said in shame: "Brother taught me a lesson, I know I was wrong, and I will never do it again."

Only then did Big Brother's expression soften, and he said, "This time we're coming back to check on the situation in our hometown, so don't cause trouble."

The 'Second Brother' quickly changed the subject when he saw that this incident had passed: "We definitely can't make trouble in our hometown, but Dizhou is not peaceful recently. I don't know how many people from all over the world are planning to come here."

The eldest brother said contemptuously: "A group of jumping clowns. Ordinary officials are nothing more than ordinary officials. Qing Shuihou is an important official in the court with elite soldiers in his hands. If they don't know how to play, they are just a few more dead souls."

The 'Second Brother' said in disbelief: "There are many big salt merchants here, and they are all wealthy people with a background and powerful influence. Qingshuihou dare to do something?"

The 'big brother' sneered and said, "The background is as high as the sky? Hehe, the son-in-law of the queen's brother-in-law, the eldest princess, has a great background? The power is strong, there are two 10,000+ Turkic people strong? Is there Luo Yiqiang?"

The 'fifth brother' couldn't help but said: "But I heard that Baiqisi didn't follow this time?"

"The Baiqi Division didn't come, but a special governor of Dizhou was set up, with an army of 6000 horses under his jurisdiction. A small Dizhou has 6000 troops. What do you think is the reason?" said the 'big brother'.

"6000 people?" The other four were all dumbfounded.

……

"6000 people? Are you sure?" Peng Li shook his hand, half of the tea in the cup was spilled.

"Yes, [-] elite government soldiers were dispatched from all over the country. It is said that the troop transport boats lined up more than ten miles long." Fang Lei said worriedly.

"Hiss... what does the imperial court want to do with 6000 people in the small Dizhou?" Peng Li asked in a thoughtful way.

"What do you think?" Fang Lei gave him a questioning look.

"In this way, isn't our plan..." Peng Li said.

"Oh, my shopkeeper Peng, I don't care about planning or not at this time, just follow behind and drink soup." Fang Lei said:

"We came here to buy salt with real gold. What can Qingshuihou do to us? At most, he won't sell us salt. The real thing to worry about is those big salt merchants..."

As soon as I said this, there was a sudden noise downstairs.Fang Lei stopped talking, looked at each other with Peng Li, and went to the window to look out together.

I saw a group of yamen servants downstairs opening the way ahead, followed by a large group of officials.

"That's Yu Kexun, the governor of Yanci, and Tian Xuechen, the magistrate of Yanci County, and Gan Yuanfeng, the chief secretary... all the officials from the Governor's Mansion and Yanci County Yamen are dispatched. What are they going to do?" Fang Lei blurted out.

After speaking, he suddenly turned his head to look at Peng Li, only to find that Peng Li was also looking at him in surprise.

"Clear water is here."

(End of this chapter)