When Li Xun, Zhang Xiaobao, and Wang Juan arrived at the area where the wooden houses were being built, many people were already busy.
Zhang Xiaobao said that he wanted Li Xun to guide them, but in fact, Li Xun did not understand anything and could only watch others work. After a while, the Zhuangzi people of the Li Family arrived. Almost all of them came out, men and women, old and young. Those who could work immediately came to help, while those who could not work stood aside and watched.
Because Li Xun had learned from Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Family to treat his own Zhuangzi, the villagers were all glowing and wearing the same clothes. They were no worse than the villagers of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Family.
When they went to the market, many of them had met each other. Now that they were working together, they had something to talk about. The children were more exclusive. When the children of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Family and the children of the Li Family looked at each other, there was always a kind of hostility in their eyes.
With more people, the work speed was faster. The houses were built one by one. The children ran back and forth in the houses that had been built. Sometimes, they poked their heads out from one door, and sometimes, they poked their heads out from another door. From time to time, the children of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Family would have small conflicts with the children of the Li Family.
Li Xun was still a little dissatisfied with the speed of the work. There were still some things that were not ready. Tomorrow at noon, there would be a meal here, and then they would have to wait for the night to come. According to the speed, it seemed a little forced.
Just as he was about to ask his two hundred bodyguards to help, a group of cavalrymen came from the other side of the bridge. Seeing that they were not ordinary, the two hundred bodyguards became nervous. When they got closer and could see clearly, they realized that the people riding on the horses were actually wearing the uniform of yamen runners.
"What are they doing? Why are all the yamen runners here? " Li Xun knew that the Yamen runners in Sanshui County were different from those in other places. They were paid with money and had a large number of people. No matter how far away Sanshui County was, there would be at least one Yamen runner patrolling every two hours so that nothing would happen in the county.
No one dared to do anything bad in Sanshui County, but why were they all here today? Could it be that they were also going to celebrate the New Year together?
When Zhang Xiaobao saw the Yamen runners, he was even more relieved. He said to Li Xun, "Didn't I tell you last night that there would be something fun? You can see it today. There are 600 Yamen runners here, and the rest are still patrolling the county. With firecrackers, it is easy to catch fire, so we have to be careful."
While they were talking, Steward Zhang, who was also waiting here, went up to them. Chen Dong and Song Yang led the way, followed by Registrar Zhao and County Deputy Zhang.
"Steward Zhang, everything is going well." Chen Dong saluted and said on horseback.
"Well, thank you very much. When this is over, the Zhang Family and Wang Family will definitely thank you." Steward Zhang was not worried. With so many Yamen runners, he was not afraid that others would come to make trouble.
Song Yang dismounted from the horse. He did not look very good, and there were frostbites on his face. He said to Steward Zhang, "Steward Zhang, you don't have to be so polite. We know that our family can live well all because of the help of the Zhang Family and Wang Family. This is nothing. Whoever dares to touch the Zhang Family and Wang Family is trying to kill our way of living."
"Come on, bring me the badger oil. Yamen runner Song has frostbitten his face because of the pursuit." Steward Zhang said to the person next to him. The person immediately handed a very small jar to Steward Zhang.
Steward Zhang took it and put it in Song Yang's hand. He said, "Song Yang, don't worry. In the future, as long as the Zhang Family has food to eat, you will not be hungry. Apply this oil."
Song Yang nodded and said nothing, even if he knew that this small jar of badger oil cost more than a dozen strings of coins.
"Xiao Bao, tell me the truth. Did something happen?" Seeing Steward Zhang arrange people to go into the built house to warm up and eat, Li Xun asked Zhang Xiaobao, who was standing next to him.
Zhang Xiaobao did not want to hide it at this time. "It's just a small matter. You know the new Jia County Magistrates, right? He always wants to seize my family's things, including those money-making methods. His purpose of coming here is to make a big profit in Sanshui County.
My father has tried to warn him once and gave him a lot of benefits. There is no money in the yamen's account, so he is afraid that he will take it away.
But when he saw that there is no money, he set his eyes on my family, the dock at Xiaoluoshui, and my house. The county yamen runners protect my house, so he can't do anything. You know this, right? "
"I know. The yamen runners are like the servants raised by your family. If it weren't for your family doing so many things for the people of Sanshui County and offering things to them, my father would think about what to do. Your family is too evil. You can buy a shabby mountain and turn it into a dock, and you can sell seeds by planting.
You can make money by just taking out something casually. How can there be few people who are jealous? Why? That Jia County Magistrates failed in one plan. Is he coming up with another one? Is he going to make a move on your family? "
When Li Xun heard Zhang Xiaobao say that someone was plotting against his family, Weiwei blushed. At first, he also thought so. Later, after more contact, he found that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Family were not very ambitious. They were good people. They made Sanshui County, which was not very good before, prosperous.
When others came to find trouble, they would first take a step back. When they really couldn't, they would fight back. Of course, this fight was a little strong. They were not weak, but when they moved, they beat away the invaders again and again. It was because of this that his father told him not to mess with this Zhuangzi.
He had asked him to think of ways to rope in the person who was guiding him from behind the scenes. Unfortunately, Li Cheng had been sent out to play games with the person who might be a master all day long. After these days, his brain was better and he was smarter, but he only learned a few things in mathematics and some ordinary things.
This was not right. He should have learned the ability to strategize and win a battle outside of a thousand forces. He should have learned the ability to take every conceivable possibility into account.
Because of this, he did not listen to him, especially the two children, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. They were so smart. It must be that the master did not use his full strength when dealing with Li Cheng. He specially taught the skills to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.
It was because of this that his father allowed Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Family to do these things to Zhuangzi. He only hoped that he could have more contact with the people of Zhangjia Zhuangzi and learn something useful from the master.
Who was the easiest person for him to interact with? Of course, it was Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. No matter what happened in the wilderness, it did make him more determined and he learned a lot of things. In his father's opinion, this was the master teaching him through Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.
It was also because of this that he was able to return to Tuqiao Village during the New Year.
While Li Xun was thinking about this, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were also talking with their lips.
"A tall tree attracts the wind, Xiao Bao." Wang Juan sighed.
"A small tree will not attract the wind, but there will always be people stepping on it. Unless you are not in this society. As long as you are still in this society, you will have to interact with people. It is impossible to avoid conflict. Are ordinary people really so peaceful?"
Zhang Xiaobao thought about it more thoroughly. If he developed, he would be plotted against by others, but if he didn't develop, he would still have to swallow his anger. Swallowing his anger was for ordinary people, but being plotted against was on a different level. He would rather use a lot of energy to deal with those people than to swallow his anger with ordinary people. At least he didn't have to worry about ordinary people now.
Wang Juan also understood this principle. Not to mention here, even in the past, there were some people who did not have any problems killing people, especially ordinary people. In the eyes of some people, life could be measured by money.
"That's right. Then we should get along well with this imperial nephew and his father. We can give them some money. That Li Longji won't object, right?"
"No, absolutely not. What he is looking at is how many troops these brothers and their families have and what officials they are in contact with. As for money, he can't wait for his brothers to be greedy. As long as they don't get too involved in politics, nothing will happen."
Zhang Xiaobao had a good grasp of this aspect. Normal people would think so.
While the two of them were talking, Li Xun finished thinking and said to Zhang Xiaobao, "Tell me, what is Jia Shan going to do this time? I will help you. Last time, I was scolded by my father because of him. Why don't we drown him?"
"He wants people from other provinces and counties to come and arrest us. Our fief is four thousand mu. My family and the Wang family are divided into four thousand mu. However, the mountain is six thousand mu. We did not occupy the remaining two thousand mu. Jia County Magistrates secretly rewrote the document we sent to him and changed the size of the land.
He asked his son to carry it with him. When they arrived at the border between Sanshui County and Huayuan County, he went there himself and sent away all the bailiffs following him. Fortunately, the carriage we made for him had a secret compartment under it. There were two people hiding inside. Later, Song Yang found a horse and returned. Under the guidance of those two people, we followed them. Only then did we know that the Jia County Magistrates was in contact with people from the Han family and the Yuan family in Zhuangzi.
This time, there might be many people coming, so he deliberately wrote a fake letter. Before he left, he asked the bailiffs to gather at Little Luoshui. No matter who it is, the bailiffs will be transferred away. There is no one in my family except for the villagers.
Last night, Bailiff Song rushed over to inform us and then went back. Now, six hundred bailiffs are here. My father is afraid that they will rush over and arrest us and the Wang family. "
Zhang Xiaobao told Li Xun the whole story. At first, Li Xun did not think much of it and thought that the Jia County Magistrates was using a small trick. However, when Zhang Xiaobao said that the Jia County Magistrates colluded with people from other provinces and counties and wanted to arrest people in their own province, Li Xun's face immediately changed.
"How dare he! He is not trying to arrest you. He is clearly bullying me and my father. Good, good. No wonder you asked me how many people I should bring. Don't worry, I won't bring anyone. What can he do? Does he want to rebel? Xiao Bao, I will help your family. Let him make money and see if he can save his life. "
Li Xun said angrily with a sullen face.
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