Chapter 236 The Yang family oppressed Meng Yulou and Wu Eryi to help Pretty Beauty
Chapter 236 The Yang family bullies Meng Yulou, Wu Eryi helps the pretty girl
In the end, Li Yunze failed to get money and food from Shi Wenbin, the magistrate of Yuncheng County.
This was the trend throughout the Song Dynasty at this time, and scholar-bureaucrats were habitually suppressing warriors.
Don't tell me that Shi Wenbin really didn't have money or food, even if he did, he wouldn't give it to him.
Of course, Li Yunze was not so easy to get rid of. Although he did not ask for money or food, he got a guarantee from Shi Wenbin that the bandits would have unimpeded access in the county, and a promise that all the money captured by the bandits would be returned to the Forbidden Army.
For Shi Wenbin, it would be best if the Forbidden Army could take the initiative to maintain law and order.
For Li Yunze, this gave him a reason to use Liangshan Po to support the bandits.
As for Yan Poxi being here, it's just an extra bonus.
Li Yunze stayed in Yuncheng County for two days. First, he helped bury Yan Gong, and invited all the monks and Taoists in the county to perform rituals. The leaders of the village and the county came to attend the grand funeral.
He also searched for a house in the county and bought a house, which he donated to Yan Po for her to live in. He also left some money for her to live on.
After arranging all this, he took Yan Poxi back to Qinghe County.
Back in the house, the girls were naturally dissatisfied that Li Yunze had brought back another competitor for the golden cudgel.
It's just that no one is a fool, at least on the surface they all appear very enthusiastic, and Pan Jinlian, who has little experience, can't hold back her expression.
Li Yunze didn't care at all about this.
It's nothing more than closing the door at night and pushing the stick down, and he will immediately obey whatever is said, and he will never dare to spit it out if he swallows it.
Because he has an iron kidney, Li Yunze can still cope with it.
He has already established a military camp outside Qinghe County, and the local magistrate said that as long as he doesn't ask for money, he can talk about anything else.
More than a thousand men and horses have gathered in the military camp, and they have been practicing continuously all day long.
If it were any other Forbidden Army, they would probably never show up in the barracks at all except for people coming from above to perform, let alone drills or anything like that.
The reason why Li Yunze can have high-intensity training here is that, on the one hand, the recruits are all selected from good families, and there are no corrupt colleagues around, and they have not been affected by a series of bad habits of the Forbidden Army.
On the other hand, it was because Li Yunze had enough money and food.
The soldiers of the Central Plains dynasty have never been worse than the nomads. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, one Han could even serve as the five barbarians.
They are all made through hard work. If they really let go and are not afraid of death, the nomads will not be able to defeat them.
The fundamental reason for repeated defeats and even annihilation was not only the incompetence of the emperor, ministers and generals, but also the inability to feed enough soldiers.
Soldiers have to eat, clothe themselves, and support their families.
Without adequate food and salary to support them, and the sergeants are not idiots, how could they fight with all their lives on the battlefield?
Li Yunze can do this, so the people he recruits can naturally accept high-intensity training.
On this day, Li Yunze left the military camp and returned to the county town.
When we arrived outside the south gate, we met a funeral procession.
He beat his horse and stepped aside, and the entourage around him said, "This is Mr. Yang Zongxiyang, the owner of the dyeing workshop outside the south gate. It's a pity that he contracted an illness and died at a young age. It's a pity that he left behind a large family fortune."
Li Yunze naturally didn't care about this. After all, the deceased was the most important person, so he immediately let others pass by the roadside first.
Unexpectedly, there was a sudden commotion among the funeral procession over there. There were quarrels and insults at first, and then even violence.
Seeing a group of young and old bullying a woman, Li Yunze immediately hit his horse and shouted angrily, "Stop! You guys are bullying a little lady, but do you still have the face?"
There was a young man in the crowd who was ignorant and angry, and immediately retorted, "Where did the brat come from to make such a noise here!"
Li Yunze narrowed his eyes, grabbed the spear on the winning hook and drew it directly.
The young man was thrown to the ground, rolling on the ground and wailing.
Everyone was furious and immediately stepped forward to pull Li Yunze off his horse.
The followers caught up and drew their swords one after another and yelled, "The General of the Forbidden Army is here, are you going to rebel?"
Facing the cold blade, all the people who rushed over stopped in their tracks.
There were whispers among the crowd, "It's that Takejiro" and so on.
After a while, an old man stepped forward and saluted, "General Wu, this is a family matter of our Yang family. I hope General will not interfere."
Li Yunze smiled, "Your Yang family's housework is to beat women in the street? Any good man will not stand by and watch."
Over there, a pretty lady dressed in white mourning clothes and as elegant as snow looked over, her eyes full of gratitude.
"Tell me." Li Yunze raised his gun and yelled, "What is going on? If you can't tell me, then go to the lobby of the county magistrate."
There was a commotion among the crowd, and finally the old man spoke: "General, my nephew has passed away, and the family property should be regarded as the family property. But that bitch."
‘Woo~~~’
Li Yunze swept the spear in his hand and hit the old man's mouth with a sharp whistling sound, knocking out all the few teeth he had.
He angrily yelled, "If you dare to speak dirty words again, I will send you to meet your nephew!"
The old man covered his mouth and cried and howled, while the other Yang family members around him were angry and dared not speak.
There was no other way. After a while of commotion, someone else could only speak out, "All the property in the family should belong to the family! That woman didn't give it to her, so we asked her for it. What's wrong?"
There is no marriage law these days. When the husband dies, the wife can only get the dowry.
If you have a son, you can naturally take the family property.
But if there are no sons and there are many relatives in the husband's family, there will be trouble.
The main reason is that Wang Anshi created family property during his political reform, which provided the most important support for clan members to seize family property.
Li Yunze looked at the Yang family whose eyes were full of money, and then looked at the filial woman, "Do you have a son?"
The woman wiped her tears and shook her head.
"Since there is no son, then this dyeing shop should be regarded as family property." As soon as these words came out, the woman turned pale, but the Yang family members cheered.
"But the dowry and all the belongings in the house should belong to the widow." Li Yunze pointed a gun at the Yang family, "Can you admit it?"
Of course the Yang family is not willing, they all want it.
But facing Li Yunze's cold gun tip, after gathering together and talking, they still chose to admit it.
After all, the Yang family's biggest industry, which can be called a cash cow, is the dyeing workshop.
"Then it's settled." Li Yunze called his followers, "Go to the county government office and ask for a copywriter to establish the written evidence."
People from the Yamen came over and signed a document on the spot. After both parties signed and stamped it, the separation of the Yang family was finally concluded.
Li Yunze followed and waited until the Yang family had hastily finished the burial arrangements. After everyone dispersed, he dismounted and walked to the woman.
He asked, "May I ask for your lady's name?"
The woman saluted and responded, "Little girl Meng Yulou."
Looking at the Yang family members who were laughing away, Li Yunze took a step forward and said in a low voice, "Young lady, do you want to take back the dyeing shop?"
Meng Yulou raised his head in surprise, "Can I get it back?"
She was simply surprised. After all, the documents were sealed, so how could she get them back?
Li Yunze was full of confidence, "I just asked you if you want it."
Of course Meng Yulou wanted it, the dyeing shop was very profitable.
"If the general can help get back the family property, the little girl will tie a grass ring around her head to repay the great kindness." After saying that, Meng Yulou saluted again.
"There's no need to tie a grass ring." Looking at the tall and pretty beauty in front of him, Li Yunze showed a Wei Wu smile, "We'll talk about repayment after the matter is completed."
Hearing the meaning of Li Yunze's words and looking at his handsome face, Meng Yulou blushed, quietly lowered his head, and said softly, "Yes."
Li Yunze kept his promise. A few days later, a fire suddenly broke out in Yang's Dyeing Workshop outside the south gate of Qinghe County in the middle of the night. The fire was so powerful that it engulfed the entire dyeing workshop in a short time.
There are no insurance companies these days, so if the dyeing shop was burned down, it was just bad luck.
The Yang family was furious. After the report was made, the yamen servants came over to take a look. The police chief stated that he would go all out to catch the culprit.
As for whether it can actually be caught, there is no need to say more.
However, the Yang family's misfortune was not over yet. Li Yunze soon used the name of the Forbidden Army to demand the orders he had placed previously.
Li Yunze wanted to make new clothes for the Forbidden Army sergeants, so he had ordered a large amount of cloth from the Yang Family Dyeing Shop.
Now it's time to deliver the goods, but the Yang family can't get the cloth. Of course, they have to lose money.
The Forbidden Army sergeants simply arrested the Yang family and forced them to pay money.
When the matter went to the Yamen, the magistrate had nothing to say. The imperial army paid a deposit and placed the order, but when the time came and the cloth was not received, of course he was going to cause trouble, which is reasonable wherever he goes.
After some mediation, the Yang family used the abandoned dyeing workshop and each family pooled together a sum of money to finally settle the account.
After receiving the land and compensation, Li Yunze immediately recruited craftsmen and quickly rebuilt the dyeing workshop.
Then he handed over the rebuilt dyeing workshop to Meng Yulou.
Even if the Yang family are all idiots, they should be able to tell that something is wrong by this time.
It's a pity that they have no choice. Wu Erlang has a huge power in Qinghe County and is a general of the Forbidden Army. The Yang family wants to take revenge but is incompetent and furious.
With the reconstruction of the dyeing workshop, the orders of the Imperial Army were once again handed over to their family.
As the only dyehouse in the county, people still came to do business. Not to mention, life became easier in an instant, and it was even more prosperous than before.
The Yang family who got angry were blinded by jealousy. On a dark and stormy night, a group of Yang family members quietly sneaked into the dyeing workshop with many fire-starting tools and tried to set fire to it.
However, as soon as they lit the fire, a large number of dye shop workers and Forbidden Army sergeants, as well as government officials from Qinghe County, poured out from all around.
Without any surprise, everyone was caught on the spot.
The county government merged the previous arson case with this case on the spot and directly blamed these people.
The unlucky ones couldn't bear the punishment of three trees and bit out all the elders in the clan behind them. Then the government officials attacked everywhere and arrested everyone with great efforts.
Those who deserve to be punished will be punished, those who deserve to be punished will be punished, and those who deserve to be unlucky will be unlucky.
Except for a distant relative of the Yang family who was unexpectedly pardoned and quietly took a large sum of money and disappeared without a trace with his family, the rest of the Yang family was in serious trouble.
It was only then that everyone in the Yang family suddenly realized that it was the distant family member of the Yang family who had escaped, who had been instigating everyone to burn down the dyeing workshop in revenge.
This is a scam.
After the matter was settled, Meng Yulou married into the Wu family with a large amount of dowry and became Li Yunze's concubine.
Here in Qinghe County, there is naturally another topic to talk about after dinner.