C60 Granary
Huang Juren, that was Landlord, the one with the Thousand Medallion on the ground of Tanggu. There were at least four to five villas that were completely owned by him, and at their peak, there were more than two thousand tenants farming for him. Not only that, Huang Juren had the entire street's storefront, and there were even quite a few warehouses on Tanggu.
In Tanggu, an open city filled with foreign merchants, there were many more wealthy than High Scholar Huang. However, these foreign merchants who rode on the ships, as well as the local Trader, all belonged to the God of Fortune. Although they had a lot of money, they did not want to mess with local tyrants like Huang Juren.
Regardless of whether it was Trader or Hua Yang, they were all taboo to ask for money when they went out. There was no need to provoke these shameless thugs.
It was precisely because of this mentality that High Scholar Huang became popular in the Tanggu. Whether it was the black and white, or the two levels of government, he walked very smoothly and normally did some business. Everyone would take care of him for the sake of the local tyrant, and gradually, he didn't know where North was.
The frog at the bottom of the well would never know how big the outside world was. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so foolish as to let the Capital City's people rush upwards without warning. How dare he set fire to Xiao Letian? He did not know that two evil spirits even dared to burn Yongzhen's grave.
When the flames of the granary at the head of the village rose into the air, it was just past 2: 00 PM for the foreigners. At this time, everyone was sleeping soundly, even the dogs in High Scholar Huang's mansion had their tongues hanging out, not a single trace of life left.
Suddenly, as if the entire Villages had seen a ghost, all of the watchdogs jumped up and started barking at the same time. The entire manor was in chaos.
"What's going on? A thief had come … This was Yellow Lord's manor, who would dare be rash here? and so on... Listen to this sound... "Crap, it's on fire …"
The night sky was not filled with the sound of the natural wind, but with whirlwinds wrapped in flames. The granary at the entrance of the village had stored a total of fifty thousand stones of grain s, rice, wheat, sorghum, corn … Just this little amount of grain would at least cost fifty to sixty thousand silver silver.
High Scholar Huang was woken up by the sound of dogs and gong. This guy was sleeping soundly. Even though half the sky in the south was red, he was still snoring.
"What's going on? Where was the water... This group of lowly commoners, yet they play with fire in the middle of the night? "Wait, wait …" At this moment, High Scholar Huang suddenly had a bad premonition. When he put on the Clothes and pushed open the window, he realized that the direction of the fire was coming from his family's granary.
"Aiya, f * ck …" Could it be that my granary is in the water? "Housekeeper …" High Scholar Huang, who didn't even wear a pair of shoes in the midst of his panic, led a group of Wu steelers and stumbled towards the direction of the fire.
Just as they walked out of the village, a huge bonfire that looked like Old Lord Taishang's Eight Trigrams Cauldron appeared in front of everyone, causing them to be unable to get close to it due to the strong heat wave. Before he could say anything, an old woman who was fatter than a pig suddenly jumped out from behind him and sat on the ground, wailing.
"I can't live anymore, my grain, my money …" The one crying was High Scholar Huang's legal wife, the famous evil woman in Tanggu.
High Scholar Huang's heart was about to break. He gritted his teeth and said, "What's going on?" "Just how did you do that …" Just as he was speaking, someone ran around the fire in front of him, causing him to sweat profusely.
"Yellow Lord, come quickly to the locust forest. Xiao Biansun's Liu Tie is tied up in the woods. His hands and feet are all broken …" High Scholar Huang's hair stood on end as he suddenly thought of an incredible possibility. When he went around the fire and found the seven hoodlums that were tied up, he understood that he had provoked a genuine Draconis.
"Alright, it's not the Draconis. But Jiang, are you going to step on my head? The Tanggu Merchant Shop is more than three hundred years old, but not a single person has ever dared to step on my head … " While he was shouting, domestic servant, who was beside him tugged on his sleeve and pointed towards the depths of the forest. "Yellow Lord, look at what happened then …"
When he looked closely, he nearly peed his pants in fright. He saw that there were at least seventy to eighty shadows in the locust forest. Each of them had a black veil covering their faces and the shiny steel blade in their hands reflected the light. These people were staring at Huang Juren with cold eyes and a wave of murderous intent assaulted their senses.
Yellow Lord was so scared that he retreated three steps back and hid behind domestic servant Qun. Right now, the two groups were in a stalemate. Although there were a lot of people around him, they were just ordinary people like Master and domestic servant. The two hundred plus people were actually suppressed by the momentum of dozens of people.
Time passed minute by minute, second by second, neither side spoke, no one moved until Liu Tie's group began to prepare the bucket of water. In the forest, Xiao Letian's underhand finally made his move. With a few popping sounds, the wooden bucket in the hand of Villagers, who was leading the way to save the fire, was shot through.
"Aiya, my …" The timid Villagers quickly threw away the wooden barrel and ran backwards in fright. Villagers also didn't dare to act rashly, and he just held the water in his hand and didn't dare to splash it onto the fire.
This was a threat, a very serious danger. Xiao Letian wanted to use this kind of overbearing action to suppress the arrogance of these local tyrants. He wanted to watch helplessly as all the grain were burnt to ashes.
"Put out the fire!" Why didn't you guys put out the fire … Our Huang Family has raised you all for nothing, you wicked people … " The fat woman rolled on the ground like she was throwing a tantrum. She forced Villagers and Master to go save the fire, but no one listened to her.
After a while, the fire became even stronger. At this time, Xiao Letian guessed that the fire could no longer be saved. The fire had already become powerful and was not something that could be stopped by manpower. Under his command, the Army in the locust forest finally retreated.
It was only then that High Scholar Huang's soul returned to his body. He looked at the fire and cursed in pain, "What are you looking at? "If you still do not make a move, you can snatch as much as you can …" But at this time, there was nothing he could do. Pots of water had already been boiled dry by the flames in the air. It was evident just how powerful this fire was.
This huge fire continued until the afternoon of the second day before it was extinguished, but there was nothing left inside the granary, all that was left was a large amount of black smoke's ashes. At this time, Xiao Biansun was also scared silly. Beside him was underhand, whose arms and legs were all broken.
"We're in trouble …" "Master two, we're too miserable. We didn't even get to attack before we were surrounded by them. These people are truly vicious. Bats, whips, they even burned us with burning charcoal …"
"Wuwuwu …" Anyone who had a life in their hands would be burned alive in the granary … Even we were broken... Oh my god! "You must avenge us …"
Xiao Biansun waved his hand and got his men to carry them away. At this moment, the only other thing in his eyes was fear. Six underhand were burned to death, seven of them had their hands and feet broken, this was the declaration of war. If they did not retaliate, then Xiao Biansun would no longer be on the ground of Tanggu, all of their brothers would leave him.
But did he really have to take revenge? Just from Enemy's ruthlessness and the crossbow, it was clear that this was no ordinary hoodlum. He had to be at least bandit's level. If this went on, he would die even if he won!
"Yellow Lord, what can you do? This is totally not giving us any face, a few foreigners actually did not declare war! "There's no way a gangster could be so careless …" Xiao Biansun's braid was all raised, and he spoke with righteous indignation, just like how he used to declare war on Xiao Letian.
High Scholar Huang trembled from head to toe for the whole morning. His heartache, the money, his wife's scolding, and his fear of Black Man made High Scholar Huang, who was known for his calm demeanor lose his composure.
"Revenge?" "Of course we have to take revenge. However, the matter today is not something we can settle with you. I'll pay a visit to the stage and Ma Tonghui. We'll consider it a big bloodletting today. Laozi sent troops to kill bandit …"
High Scholar Huang ferociously patted the Table: "Go, gather up all these families that have died or been injured for me. When their Oceanic opens tomorrow, all of you should go on a rampage. Also, go and inform every village that people is coming, tell them that two evil spirits is going to bring the Industrial Zones over, and that everyone is going to surround and attack him … "
Xiao Biansun's eyes lit up as soon as he heard that. He thought of the civil revolution that started two months ago, when six or seven hundred old people surrounded the manservant's residence, there was not even a drop of water that could pass through. Let alone going over there to observe, even if they were eating or drinking, there would still be people cursing outside.
"Sure, no problem, but …" Are the deductions still based on the ratio from last time? " Xiao Biansun asked carefully.
"No, this time let's be magnanimous. As long as we put in effort, after the fall, every family will have their rent reduced by three bucks …" High Scholar Huang's heart was bleeding when he said this. Last time, he promised to reduce the rent of each family by one round. This time, he lost three more. I don't think this year is going to be good.
However, in order to eliminate Xiao Letian and complete Capital City's mission, he had to go all out. This was because Capital City's Wu Junzi was the biggest backer behind him. In the Daqing, if you do not have a backer, the more unlucky you are, the earlier you will be able to get here.
As Yellow Lord led his entourage out of the house, behind him came the sound of banging. Why did you take twenty thousand taels of silver? It's not enough to burn so many grain, and you still have to take money from your family to give to others?
"You prodigal Old Mother, this grandpa has done something big, how can I take revenge without spending money? "Today, I will spend twenty thousand silver taels. Tomorrow, I will be able to earn you a hundred thousand gold taels. Truly a short-sighted person …"
High Scholar Huang thought very well. With twenty thousand silver, he would also know that adults and adults were in half of the group. The two great officials of the Tanggu would definitely take action, at that time, Xiao Letian would just wait for death.
"You want to compete with me? "Just you wait, I'll close the door on the day you open your shop. This lord will let you be in court, even if you don't die, I'll skin you alive …"