Chapter 221 The Unsung Hero
Lin Zijian was furious. People were bullying him and getting under his skin. He was also the overlord of the party and wanted to save face. He wanted to turn his back on them and disown them.
But Lin Zijian is not an impulsive person. He loves to watch the Three Kingdoms and likes to make decisions before taking action.
He loves his Longchi, and he hopes that Longchi will be a paradise. Under his leadership, the people of his Longchi will have food to eat and clothing to wear. For Longchi, he will risk his life for anyone.
Today, these government officials destroyed his ideals one by one.
But he can't move now. He has too few people today. If there is a conflict, he will only suffer.
Don't expect these villagers. They are simple, kind, hard-working, and good at growing crops. When it comes to fighting, these people will tremble with fear. Look at the guards as well-behaved as kittens.
He is considering countermeasures.
When it was Peng Shigen's turn, he went up to the weigher and gave him some more money, nodding and bowing to please him.
"Peng Shigen, the total amount of grain is 593 kilograms. After deducting 30 kilograms of water, the total is 563 kilograms. Should I pay for the remaining part or give it to the grain? Hurry up."
Peng Shigen's head was buzzing, and in the blink of an eye, a hundred kilograms of millet were gone. He felt his heart aching, and he had no strength to squeeze out a few words. I'll pay."
You are still short of more than 300 kilograms of millet, a total of 8 yuan plus the cost of writing, the total is 12 yuan.
"What did you say, twelve yuan." Peng Shigen felt that he did not hear clearly.
"Yes, you are deaf."
Peng Shigen has not had a good meal at the end of the year. He is too diligent. When he is not busy, he goes to Ebian to carry some mountain products to Qinglong market to sell. Bandits are rampant in Guandou Mountain this year. Instead of going to Ebian, he goes to cut bamboo and make weaving.
You can earn this amount of money with some dumplings and the like.
The family of five only saved ten silver dollars a year. Originally, they paid for the public food and had four or five yuan left to make clothes for the elderly and flowers, and sell some sugar, salt and other moon cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival. No.
Thinking about it, I still owe them money.
I had been suppressing it for too long. One sentence came out of my mouth: "You are so evil-hearted, there are people like you who bully others."
His wife and Huahua were scared and hurried to pull him, but it was already too late.
"Another troublemaker comes and I give him a beating. Twenty or thirty government officials picked up water and fire sticks and started to hit these people."
Before Lin Zijian could think of a way, another attack started. Lin Zijian and his men hurried over to stop him and received several blows on his body.
"Uncle Lin, are you deliberately going against the government today?" Someone threatened Lin Zijian.
They knew that the county magistrate had long wanted to deal with Lin Zijian. Only when Lin Zijian collapsed would the land in Longchi be redistributed.
More than 30,000 acres of land, that's a lot of wealth.
Suddenly there was a cry, "Huahua, Huahua, what's wrong with you? Doctor, doctor, help."
Huahua just saw that Peng Shigen was about to be beaten, so she jumped on Peng Shigen and took some sticks for Peng Shigen.
Huahua's blood flowed down her ears, and blood came out of her mouth. She kept saying in a rapid voice: "Mom...Mom...Mom..." The voice became weaker and weaker, and finally disappeared.
Peng Shigen had been an honest man all his life, but he encountered the most tragic thing. He screamed and wanted to throw himself at the government servant, but was hugged tightly by Lin Zijian's men. Lin's wife fainted and passed away. His two sons were also hugged and dragged away.
Lin Zijian picked up Huahua, his clothes dyed red with blood, and he said to everyone: If someone died today, we can't pay the food anymore. Come back with me and pay the food next time."
Without even looking at the yamen servant, he turned around and waved everyone away.
The yamen officials were a little panicked. Something happened today and someone died. If there is civil unrest, they will be thrown out as scapegoats.
Who is Lin Zijian? Even though he is usually nice to people, many people ignore his ruthlessness whenever he talks and laughs.
A person who dares to fight to the death with the big helmsman of Qinglongchang, a person who dares to make the big bandit's iron cover dare not peek into Longchi, how can he be easy to compare with others? Isn't he ruthless enough?
What's going on if he asks people to go back now and doesn't pay food? Does he want to go against the government?
There is nothing these helmsmen dare not do
Thinking of this, the officer's heart trembled.
He quickly stepped forward and stopped Lin Zijian: "Master Lin Duo, I don't want this to happen. Let's do this. You don't have to run back and forth. I have the final say on whether the food is dry or wet, and I will collect it all for you. Come on, open the scale and collect it."
Chapter completed!