Chapter 98
Liu Bu is actually a soft-hearted person. When he knew that many people would be cold this winter, his heart began to soften. He was trying every means to get more food and more cotton, hoping that in this winter, he could save more people and let more people live.
But there was no way, there was no money. He knew that if he wanted to mobilize more money, his father must nod. He was also trying his father's bottom line. Their family had so much cotton stored. He transferred all the cotton into their quilts and coats, and asked the women to make quilts and coats with all their strength. His father didn't say anything, but he started to speak out if he wanted to use a lot of money and grain.
Liu Fuqi said the same thing, Young Master, you are not in charge of the family. You don’t know that the food, food, oil and salt are expensive. When you become the master of the family, you will know that money is not easy to make.
Liu Bu asked, "When will I be the master of my family?"
Liu Fuqi said, "It's simple, get married! After getting married, you will be the master of your family. Many times, the master is embarrassed to say to you."
This also means that he must marry someone his father recognized. This person is definitely not Chen Yuanyuan, and Liu Bu only wants to marry Chen Yuanyuan.
The Liu family often transports grain here every year. There are two types of grains they transport, one is through the canal and then land to Jimo, and the other is sea transportation. The Liu family prospered because of the canal, but the difference between them is that they have overseas relations. They can transport grain to them by sea and by sea using the Zheng family's fleet. It is only because of this momentum that Butler Liu said that it is not a problem to raise 100,000 people.
When Liu Bu was worried about money, Zhou Wentong, the county magistrate of Jimo County, was also worried about money.
On the one hand, he was worried that the gentry in the city would kill him directly, but on the other hand, he was afraid that the court would kill the nine clans with an order.
When he was in power, many relatives came to surrender to him, and he arranged errands one by one. However, after this looting, he discovered something. Many people said that the magistrate colluded with the thieves of Jufeng to blackmail the gentry. Once the court knew about it, it would order the nine clans of his clans to be destroyed.
Since he learned that the magistrate might be charged with the crime of extermination of the Nine Clans, these people began to panic and flee one after another. Originally, he had many relatives and friends, but now he had no relatives and friends. Many people have drawn a clear relationship with him in case they appeared on the list of the Nine Clans.
Zhou Wentong is now living a day, and he knows that he is bound to be finished. He is either killed by the gentry or killed by the court. The looting of Jimo County has only now occurred. I don’t know who deliberately promoted it. Some ministers in the court reported it when the emperor went to court. The emperor was very furious and ordered the Laizhou Prefecture to investigate thoroughly, and at the same time ordered Chen Yingyuan to send troops to suppress the bandits.
He knew all these things, but what he was strange about was that it depends on when the other party would deal with him.
Laizhou Prefecture has governed the Guxian Ye County, Pingdu Prefecture and Jiaozhou, Pingdu Prefecture has governed Changyi County and Weixian County, Jiaozhou is a Zhili Prefecture, and Gaomi County and Jimo County. The fact that Jimo County is now looted is finally considered to be a breakdown, causing a sensation in the entire Laizhou Prefecture.
However, Laizhou Prefecture is the most tragic area in the Wuqiao mutiny, and the local area has suffered great blows and injuries. Let's put it this way, Jimo County was also attacked, but Jimo County was the place that suffered the least damage during the mutiny.
Since this incident happened, Zhou Wentong was called by the Jiaozhou magistrate to ask him to explain what he had told him. He knew that at this time, he could not hide it, so he had to tell everything. He originally wanted the magistrate to make the decision for him, but who knew that the magistrate also knew that this was a mess, so he sent him back to Jimo County. After hearing the marquis' handling, he had to come back.
The magistrate wanted to do it, but he didn't even encounter it.
When Zhou Wentong returned to Jimo County, he heard a particularly bad news, that is, his second concubine, Liu, was snatched away by Wang Wensheng and Wang Fatty.
Zhou Wentong was very angry, and he said angrily: "Didn't you tell the second wife not to go out to buy things? Why would she dare to go out?"
Zhou Wentong knew that since his accident, people in the entire county town had no chance, but there was still a little bit of majesty in the county government. As long as they hid in the county government government, they could still ensure safety, he couldn't believe that someone dared to rush to the county government government to steal people.
Sure enough, the other party didn't dare to do it either. Li Xiaoqiang said, "Originally, the second wife has always followed the master's instructions and has not gone out, but she has no choice but to go out. As a result, she was snatched by Fatty Wang's people as soon as she went out."
Zhou Wentong was so angry that she felt a green grassland on her head. He said angrily: "Didn't you tell Yan to buy rice? Why do you still want Liu to go?"
Li Xiaoqiang had no choice but to explain: "Madam, she said she was the dignified county magistrate's wife, how could she go out to buy things? This is because she lost her identity, so she had to go there."
Zhou Wentong was almost madly angry. It was already this time, and she was still posing as an air and talking about her identity. In anger, he rushed into the back yamen and pressed his original wife Yan to the ground and beat him hard.
Yan was also a shrew. She started fighting with Zhou Wentong directly. She cursed: "You useless turtle bastard, if you can't protect your woman, I'll blame me. What's the use of blame me?"
Zhou Wentong was so angry that he said, "If you obey me and go out to buy rice by yourself, you wouldn't have happened like this. Now that this kind of thing happened, I'm still making me hang out in the county town, I've become a joke in the world."
Yan scolded fiercely: "You are a joke among the world. Don't you know what evil you have done? You are useless and can't protect your own woman. Today I will put this in here. I will take the initiative to leave you. From today on, I am me, you are you, the road is facing the sky, and we will go one side, so let's not get involved."
As expected, the couple were all in the same forest, and they flew away from each other when they were in disaster. Since Yan became the magistrate's wife, she has been in glory for a while and awesome for a while. However, with Zhou Wentong's loss of power, she has also lived a hard life herself. These hard life was not what she thought of. She could not live a day. The most terrible thing is that people in the county are now rumored that Zhou Wentong may be killed. If she decides this, she will be killed and she will be included in one of the nine clans. If she can divorce in time, it is also a good idea.
So Yan's family was merciless and divorced Zhou Wentong directly. She also arrogantly called the clerk to serve as a security guard. She wrote a divorce letter to Zhou Wentong on the spot and spat a mouthful of water at Zhou Wentong to show that she would never have any connections again.
This situation made Zhou Wentong cry, knowing that something might happen to him, everyone was anxious to draw a clear line with him and draw a clear relationship so as to avoid being implicated.
Even Li Xiaoqiang was embarrassed, and he said, "Sir, he is really a fat man, and he is a dog dependent on his power. He is not his opponent. He dares not compete with him for the second wife."
Zhou Wentong said, "Well! Liu went to the Wang family, probably when I asked for the execution, I would be exempted from being implicated."
After this happened, Zhou Wentong felt that he had no face, so he had no intention of collecting taxes. Anyway, he was a dead pig now and was not afraid of boiling water. He no longer searched for money, no longer collected taxes for the court, and no longer collected taxes and paid back money to the gentry.
But he stopped collecting taxes, and others were not happy. Fatty Wang was not happy. He was very angry and very annoyed. He just robbed Liu from here, but can Liu be worth 6,000 taels? It is definitely not worth it. He also understood that once the court order came down, Zhou Wentong would probably be killed on the spot. If Zhou Wentong was cut off on the spot, he would not be able to pay off the debt. His money could not be asked to go to the thief of Jufeng? So Fatty Wang was angry and rushed into the county government and cursed Zhou Wentong. He said, "If you dare not pay the debt, I will beat you to death on the spot."
Zhou Wentong knew that he had lost power now. It was the phoenix with hair that had been peeled off, so he was not as afraid of anyone now. He said, "Then you kill me, so you can save the court from such a knife."
Zhou Wentong knew that he had become an inauspicious person now, and everyone was afraid that he would be involved in it.
Fatty Wang said, "I don't care what you say or do, but you have to return the money to me immediately. As long as you return the money to me, I can only get back my money."
Zhou Wentong said, "I'm just like this now. I don't have money or life. If you have the ability, you can get it. If you have the ability, you will ask your official brother to chop me twice and kill me twice."
After Zhou Wentong was so useless, Fatty Wang had no choice. That is, the other party was not afraid of death. Will he go to plunder money for him again? After thinking about it, he had no choice but to say, "If you help me get another sum of money, I can return Liu to you."
Zhou Wentong said, "I am like this now, why do you want Liu to do?"
Fatty Wang sighed and said, "Liu is also a person who talks about love and talks. She was detained by me. All day long, she cried and wanted to go home to see her crying bitter gourd. I don't want it either. If you can get some money for me, I can put her back for you. Even if you are cut off your head, there will be someone to help you clean up your funeral."
Zhou Wentong was a little moved when he heard this, but he still said that: "Where can I get money now? I am now a rat crossing the street and everyone shouted to beat me. Who cares about me?"
Chapter completed!