"Why should I save my life? I'm just a businessman from other places."
Zhao Han quickly shook his head and refused.
The tenants looked at each other. Another person knelt down, and then a large number of them knelt down.
"Mr. Zhao, help me!"
"Mr. Zhao, be kind and let us live."
"If Mr. Zhao leaves Huangjia Town, Mr. Huang will stop forcing us to work!"
"Mr. Zhao..."
At this moment, Mr. Zhao is almost furious!
After more than 20 days of planning, resentment brewed for another eight days. What these oppressed tenants were thinking about was not to resist, but to ask Zhao Han to withdraw his capital and leave Huangjia Town.
In their opinion, Mr. Huang is cruel and cruel, while Mr. Zhao is kind-hearted.
Therefore, Mr. Zhao is more talkative, so losing a thousand taels is nothing.
Mr. Huang is not easy to talk to, so we can only endure it.
A kind of disguised bullying of the weak and fear of the strong.
Zhao Han now doesn't want to kill Huang Zundao, but wants to kill the tenant in front of him. He is so angry that he won't fight!
"Is your skin itchy?"
Fortunately, there was a lovely foreman to help. The guy whipped out his whip and scolded: "Mr. Zhao is kind-hearted and personally brought you tea. You just want to make Mr. Zhao lose money. You have no conscience at all and you are not allowed to be ungrateful.
It’s time for tea, go to work!”
The overseers cracked their whips one after another, causing the tenants to hide and hide.
They were beaten, but they knelt and refused to leave. They also wanted to beg Zhao Han to withdraw his capital and leave, pinning all their hopes of survival on Zhao Han's kindness.
Zhao Han was still sowing discord and quickly pulled the foreman: "Brother, if you have something to say, don't hurt him."
The foreman stopped and said, "Mr. Zhao, please don't interfere. These bastards are asking for a beating. Just give them another beating."
The supervisors immediately struck harder. The tenants did not dare to resist, but they did not obey and went to work. They just knelt there. Some even suffered whippings and endured the pain. They crawled forward, hugged Zhao Han's legs, and begged Zhao Han.
The master quickly left Huangjia Town.
Looking at the tenants who were beaten all over the floor but had no courage to resist, Zhao Han's mentality was about to explode.
What the hell?
Zhao Han seemed to be unable to bear to see the tenants suffer, and lamented: "Forget it, forget it, I will lose a thousand taels of silver. Whoever calls Mr. Huang here, I will settle the account with him."
"Mr. Zhao, you can't leave." The foreman quickly tried to dissuade him. He also wanted to continue to deduct food expenses for the project.
Zhao Han shouted angrily: "Go quickly!"
The foreman could only send one supervisor, and with just a stick of incense, he invited Huang Zundao to the riverbank.
"If you rebel, if you rebel, get out of here and go to work!"
Huang Zundao scolded the tenants, and then said with a smile: "Senior Zhao, don't listen to these people's nonsense. I guarantee that the warehouse will be built soon."
Zhao Han was worried: "I have offended so many tenants, even if I build the warehouse, what if any of them have evil intentions and come to burn my goods at night? Forget it, I will accept the loss of one thousand taels, and then
Go to the next town to re-select a location."
"No, no," Huang Zundao was afraid that Zhao Han would give up halfway. "With the junior students watching, these people don't dare to mess around. Senior, just don't worry."
Zhao Han pointed at the tenants: "What kind of beatings have been made to them? How can I rest assured!"
"I guarantee that no one will dare to burn the warehouse." Huang Zundao said quickly.
"How can you guarantee it?" Zhao Han said angrily, "How about we make a contract. If one day my goods are burned, you will pay full compensation."
"This..." Huang Zundao was suddenly speechless.
Zhao Han sneered and said, "You can't even do it accurately, so what can you promise me?"
Huang Zundao could not explain to Zhao Han, so he could only vent his anger on the tenant and asked: "Who was the leader in making trouble just now?"
"Sir, it was Huang Laoshi who took the lead!" the foreman pointed to the tenant who was the first to kneel down and ask for help.
Huang Zundao said with a ferocious smile on his face: "Okay, Huang Laoshi, you are really dishonest. You dare to take the lead in destroying my good deeds! Your family's land is gone. Let others plow it this year."
These words were like a bolt from the blue. Huang Laoshi sat down on the spot and looked at Huang Zundao stupidly.
Huang Zundao looked at the other tenants and threatened: "Whoever dares to talk nonsense again will stop plowing the fields in the future!"
The tenants were all frightened. They stood up one after another, took their tools and turned to work.
The conflict Zhao Han deliberately provoked was suppressed by Huang Zundao in a few words.
land!
land!
land!
Huang Zundao holds the land in his hands, which is equivalent to holding the lifeblood of the tenants.
Take what you want and don't dare to resist.
No wonder, throughout the dynasties, the slogans of farmers' uprisings have been "equalize the land" and "not pay for the grain". Land and grain are the key to success.
Everyone is equal?
It's too unreal.
Land for everyone?
Fuck you!
Mr. Huang taught Zhao Han a lesson on the spot.
Zhao Han possesses the art of slaying dragons, but lacks practical experience. He often takes things for granted and overestimates the consciousness of the masses.
In other words, he is relatively familiar with the situation in Qianshan County, but Huangjia Town is a hundred times more closed than Qianshan County, and the bottom line for people's tolerance... has no bottom line.
If it were Qianshan County, they were treated so badly and the tenants were driven to death on a large scale. There was no need for Zhao Han to continue to instigate the tenants themselves.
The gentry in Qianshan County only dared to bully one family alone, not a large group.
Zhao Han understood that sentence more deeply: adapt measures to the times and local conditions!
"Wait a minute!" Zhao Han suddenly shouted.
The tenants cannot be allowed to go back to work, otherwise the accumulated anger will be extinguished.
Huang Zunde smiled and said: "Senior, don't you think this matter will be solved?"
Zhao Han said angrily: "It's settled. You are a big local business. If you force the tenants like this, they will naturally not dare to resist. They will put all their resentment on me!"
"They don't dare." Huang Zunde felt that Zhao Han was too timid.
"I must speak clearly today," Zhao Han asked loudly, "I gave you one thousand taels of silver, why don't you give these workers money?"
The tenants stopped immediately and turned to look at Huang Zunde one by one.
"My tenants have done their best to work for food, so what kind of wages do they need?" Huang Zunde felt that Zhao Han was not only timid, but also had a brain problem.
Zhao Han was furious: "As agreed, each person will be paid 50 cents per day. If you insist on reducing it to 30 cents, I can't object. Why don't you give me a penny now?"
"Don't talk nonsense. When did you discuss wages?" Huang Zundao finally became alert, but he still didn't know what Zhao Han wanted to do.
Zhao Han turned around and said to the tenants: "Everyone is judging, should I be paid for my work?"
The tenants' hearts turned toward Zhao Han, but due to Huang Zunde's power, no one dared to say a word.
Zhao Han asked the foreman and supervisor again: "You also get paid. The foreman gets 100 cash per day, and the supervisor gets 50 cash per day. Do you think you should get paid?"
The foreman and several supervisors immediately looked at each other and realized that their wages had also been stolen.
"fart!"
Huang Zunde was so anxious that he jumped up and pointed at Zhao Han and cursed: "You surnamed Zhao, you are sincerely making trouble, get out of Huangjia Town!"
Zhao Han was furious: "You took everyone's wages, and you still want to take a thousand taels of silver from me? Aren't you bullying others?"
One thousand taels of silver, everyone began to sympathize with Mr. Zhao, that Mr. Huang is really bad!
Although Huang Zunde didn't know what Zhao Han wanted to do, there must be a big problem. Anyway, he picked up a thousand taels of silver for nothing, and he didn't suffer any loss. Huang Zunde sneered and said: "I'm too lazy to tell you anymore, and I haven't confiscated your silver. If you don't leave, , I will beat you out, I have the final say in Huangjia Town!"
"You bastard," Zhao Han became even more angry, "I asked that we start work after spring plowing, but you insist on doing it now, which makes the tenants panic. Now that my business can't be done, you won't even pay me back! "
Huang Zunde couldn't explain it, and he didn't bother to explain it. He simply acquiesced in destroying the spring plowing and ordered his slaves to say: "Hit me and drive away the person named Zhao!"
The tenants were immediately in an uproar. It turned out that the incident was true. They were in a hurry to start construction during the spring plowing period. It was indeed Mr. Huang who was causing trouble.
They can tolerate the deduction of wages, but they can hardly bear the delay in spring plowing.
All for the sake of saving food!
Seeing that the slaves were about to take action but the tenants were still watching, Zhao Han felt very chilled.
Zhao Han shouted: "If you have eggs, just stand up and I will ask for your wages!"
"Let's see who dares!" Huang Zundao glanced at everyone.
The tenants took two steps forward, but Huang Zunde yelled at them and immediately stepped back.
Zhao Han looked at the farmer whose sharecropping was taken away from him again: "Huang Laoshi, you have no more land to farm, and your whole family will starve to death. Can you still bear it?"
"I...I, I..."
Huang Laoshi's eyes were red, he picked up the pole and rushed forward: "I'll fight for you!"
Huang Zundao quickly backed away and shouted: "Beat him to death!"
"Qiang!"
There is a knife on Chen Maosheng's waist, which is exactly the one held by Dian Shi of Qianshan County.
Zhao Han drew his sword and immediately chopped down a domestic slave, then rushed over and chopped at Huang Zundao.
Huang Zundao was completely confused. Wasn't Huang Laoshi angered? Why did Zhao Han also attack someone?
Moreover, it was just a dispute over property, and a scholar actually killed someone with his own hands. It was not enough to kill one person, but he was asked to kill Mr. Huang?
"ah!"
Huang Zundao just turned around, and before he could escape, he was slashed on the back with a knife. The guy screamed and fell to the ground, reluctantly shouting in pain: "Save me, save me!"
The domestic slaves ignored Huang Laoshi and rushed towards Zhao Han, waving sticks and beating him randomly.
Zhao Han didn't bring a spear today, so he was a little awkward with the weapon. He just charged forward, cut off the fingers of the slave holding the stick with one knife, knocked over another slave, and hit the wrist of the third slave with the knife. .
The continuous killings and bloody scenes scared all the other slaves back.
Huang Zundao had already gotten up, but was hit by Huang Laoshi's pole.
Huang Laoshi waved the pole crazily and lost his mind. He just shouted: "I will fight with you, I will fight with you..."
"Heroes around... oh!"
Huang Zundao struggled to get up, but was knocked down again and lay on the ground screaming.
"Save the master quickly!"
Seeing Zhao Han's ferociousness, the slaves did not dare to step forward to fight, so they immediately went to seek Huang Laoshi's bad luck.
"Don't run!"
Zhao Han stabbed the slaves to death with a knife. After killing two of them, the slaves were so frightened that they all ran away. They wanted to run back and report the news to the eldest and second young masters and bring more slaves to help.
As for Mr. Huang, who dares to save him?
The slave who had his finger cut off didn't even dare to bend down to pick it up, so he rolled and crawled several feet away.
"Kill...kill!"
The tenants screamed in surprise and collectively withdrew from Laoyuan, but they dared not leave, hoping to watch Huang Laoshi beat Huang Zundao to death.
Zhao Han pointed at a tenant: "Come here!"
The tenants stepped forward tremblingly.
Zhao Han put the knife into the man's hand, pointed at Huang Zundao and said, "Go and stab him."
"when!"
The tenant was so frightened that he could not hold the knife firmly and dropped it to the ground.
Zhao Han sneered: "If you don't stab him, I will kill you. Hurry up!"
The tenant quickly picked up the knife again, was almost dragged over by Zhao Han, and gave Huang Zundao a symbolic chop.
"No one is allowed to leave, I will kill anyone who leaves!"
Zhao Han pointed to the tenants on the river beach.
These tenants were all so frightened that no one actually ran away, they all just stood there dumbly.
Or, in fact, in their hearts, they really don’t want to leave.
"Come here!" Zhao Han pointed to another tenant.
The man shook his head quickly, not daring to step forward or run away.
Zhao Han was extremely depressed. He also wanted to promote the idea of rebellion and arouse the rebellious mood of the tenants, but in the end he was forced to resort to banditry to submit a petition!
"I come!"
Suddenly a tenant stood up and said to Zhao Han: "Mr. Zhao, I only have an old lady in my family. If you are willing to take me away, I will kill this yellow papi!"
"good!"
Zhao Han was overjoyed: "What's your name?"
This person said: "My surname is Jiang, and my name is Jiang Dashan. It is not a popular surname in the town. If I stay here, I will be bullied."
"Good man, let's go!" Zhao Han handed over the knife.
Jiang Dashan held a sharp knife, pushed away Huang Laoshi, who was still beating him, and slashed Huang Zundao on the neck.
Zhao Han ordered: "Maosheng, go back to the inn immediately and call your husband and Tieniu to do something!"
Chen Maosheng took action immediately. This time he was finally not afraid after seeing the murder.
As for Xiaohong and Xiaocui, they were hiding far away, and the two innkeepers had already escaped.
Xiaocui was more scared, but Xiaohong looked happy, wishing she could rush up and give Huang Zundao a knife.
Zhao Han said to Jiang Dashan again: "Take a few people to row across the river and pick up all the masons on the other side!"
"good!"
Jiang Dashan shouted to the crowd: "Anyone with eggs, follow me."
In the dead silence, two people suddenly stood out.
They took the initiative to run to Huang Zundao, brandished iron drills and poles, hit the corpse twice, and then sailed the boat across the river with Jiang Dashan.
Zhao Han said to the remaining tenants: "Listen carefully, I have killed Mr. Huang, and I am going to kill his two sons. Anyone who follows me can have their land. I am not a robber. I kill people."
I won’t leave. My family has a relationship with the governor. What is a governor? The governor is the biggest official in Jiangxi. I will occupy Huangjia Town and give all the land to you, and the government will not send troops. Anyone who wants to divide the land will
stand out!"
After a moment of hesitation, three more people stood up one after another, all of whom were about to die.
Xiaohong suddenly rushed over, picked up a stone, smashed it twice on Huang Zundao's body, and then shouted to the crowd: "Brother, why don't you stand up? I've already rebelled against you, can you escape?"
Xiaohong's brother Huang Youtian was so frightened that he stepped back.
After taking a few steps back, Huang Youtian stepped forward bravely, raised his shovel and began to whip the corpse.
Zhao Han smiled and said: "These brothers all have fields that can be divided. Mr. Huang's field will be my field from now on. Whoever wants to divide the land should hurry up!"
No one comes out anymore, they still have to wait and see.
Because Huang Zundao's two sons are still there, and many domestic slaves are also there, unless those people are also beaten to death.
Huang Dashan took the masons across the river, but before they could say anything, Huang Shuncheng and Huang Shunzhang came with their slaves to kill them.
On the other side, Zhang Tieniu ran over madly, holding an ax in both hands and shouting: "Here comes Tieniu!"