Dabing and Cui Jiu dressed up as businessmen. As soon as they walked into Meizhen, they saw pedestrians on the street rushing in one direction like a tide. It seemed like something big happened there. [Read full text]
The soldier then grabbed one person and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"
"You don't know yet? The fifth young master of the Huang family is going to burn all the land deeds and account books. He is no longer planning to live a happy life. I have to go over quickly to see the excitement." After the man was done, he hurried forward again.
The soldier turned around and exchanged glances with Cui Jiu, and said, "Let's go and take a look."
At that moment, the two of them were mixed in the crowd, and followed the crowd to the archway at the west end of Meizhen.
Meizhen produced a Jinshi in the former Qing Dynasty, who later became a senior official in the ministry. This archway was built by the former Qing court for that Jinshi, but the family of that Jinshi had already declined.
When Dabing and Cui Jiu arrived, they happened to see a young man in black student uniform directing several guards to pour out baskets of land deeds, land deeds and account books. The piles turned into a mountain.
Seeing the mountain-like pile of land deeds and land deeds, Ding Bing's eyes immediately turned red. This reminded him of the prince in his hometown. The Wang family's land deeds, land deeds and deeds of sale were also carried in baskets.
Upon seeing this, Cui Jiu immediately patted the soldier gently on the shoulder.
"I'm fine." Dabing woke up immediately and said, "It seems that the Huang family is not a good person. The ability to accumulate such a big business was probably obtained through plunder."
Cui Jiu smiled, but did not express any opinion.
Bully landlords are not uncommon in this era, but not all landlords are bullies.
At this time, the young student shouted loudly: "Folks, be quiet, please be quiet!"
The noise from the surrounding villagers subsided a little, and the young student said again: "Folks, I know that these fields and these lands were taken from you by my father who has spent all his efforts and tricks over the years. Having come here, I know that these field deeds and land deeds are full of your blood and tears."
After hearing this, the surroundings suddenly became silent.
After a pause, the young student's voice became louder: "Now, I have burned all these land deeds, land deeds and account books. From now on, the fields and houses that were sold to my family by various families will be returned free of charge. For you, as well as the rice, grain, and rent you borrowed from my family, all will be written off in one lump sum and there will be no need to pay it back!"
After hearing this, the surrounding villagers immediately applauded and clapped vigorously.
The applause and cheers from the villagers greatly encouraged the young student. He immediately turned around and said to the guards behind him: "Burn, burn all these bloody and dirty things for me." !”
The leader of the nursing home holding the torch hesitated and said: "Fifth Young Master, do you really want to burn it?"
The head of the nursing home couldn't help but hesitate. These land deeds, land deeds and account books were all a lot of money.
"Burn, burn it all, not a single thing left!" the young student said loudly, waving his hands vigorously.
The head of the nursing home swallowed his saliva and could only hold a torch to burn the piles of land deeds, land deeds and account books. There was no way, because before leaving, the master had specifically told him that this year's rent income and expenditure would have to be determined by the Fifth Young Master. Yes, even the old housekeeper can't stop the fifth young master from his nonsense, let alone the nursing staff.
Just when the torch in the hand of the head of the nursing home was about to set fire to the pile of land deeds, land deeds and account books, a heartbreaking scream suddenly came from the street opposite the archway: "Stop it, stop it..."
Young students, a group of nursing staff and onlookers turned around when they heard the sound.
Cui Jiu and Dabing also looked back and saw two old men hurrying down the street. Both old men were wearing black homespun coats and the same black cloth shoes on their feet. The only difference was that the head of the old man behind was There is an emerald gem set on the melon cap, which looks obviously extraordinary.
"Master Huang?!"
"Butler Huang?!"
The surrounding villagers screamed in shock.
All the guards immediately stood there, not knowing who to listen to.
When the young student saw this, he immediately grabbed the torch from the hand of the nursing home leader and threw it on the pile of account books, which immediately started to smoke and burn.
By the time Butler Huang and Mr. Huang rushed to the archway out of breath, half of the pile of ledgers had been burned.
When the old butler Huang Delu saw this, he rolled his body onto the pile of account books without hesitation. As he rolled, he yelled at the top of his voice to the nursing staff standing next to him to put out the fire. The group of nursing staff woke up from a dream and hurriedly rushed Come here and help the old housekeeper put out the fire and save the account book.
Looking at nearly half of the account books that had been burned, Huang Shixun was so angry that he beat his chest and cried loudly.
"You've done evil, you've done evil, you've done evil." Huang Shixun smashed his chest with his fist until it swelled, and cried bitterly, "What evil did I do in my previous life? How could I have given birth to such a rebellious son like you?" …”
The young Huang Shou's confidence was full of hunting pride to save the world and the people, and said: "Dad, you didn't commit any sins in your previous life, but you have indeed committed a lot of sins in this life. I am helping you wash away your grievances and build your virtues. "
"Are you helping me accumulate virtue?" Huang Shixun looked directly at Huang Shouxin, his tone changed.
"Isn't it?" Huang Shouxin pointed around and said loudly, "Open your eyes and see what harm you have done to the folks in Meizhen? Our family doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, but the folks are all here. Hungry, do you know what I saw when I went to the West Village to collect rent today? Uncle Seventh’s family couldn’t even open the pot!”
After a pause, Huang Shouxin continued: "In less than thirty years, more than half of the paddy fields and mountains in Meizhen are in our family's name. Of the two thousand households in Meizhen, more than half are our tenants. "
"I bought all this with real money!" Huang Shixun was furious, "Has any of it been obtained through clever tricks?"
After it was over, Huang Shixun turned to the surrounding villagers and asked loudly: "Fellow villagers, every time when land, shops and houses are sold, has Huang ever made a purchase or sale by force? When was this not a fair transaction?"
"A fair deal?" Huang Shouxin retorted, "Every time you rent, you have to fight out, big fight in, big fight in, big fight in, that's all. When you lend out, you even let the fourth brother kick you. You wipe the bucket flat, lest there be an extra grain of rice, but when you return it, you ask others to pile the big bucket into a sharp point, lest there be less grain, do you call this fairness? "
Huang Shixun said angrily: "These are the rules passed down by the elders. They have been done this way for hundreds of years."
"That's why we have to break these damn rules, that's why we have to get rid of this rotten system!" Huang Shouxin got up and raised his arms and shouted, "Only by breaking these old rules and getting rid of this rotten system can there be no exploitation and no Only by oppression can our country have hope and our nation have a future... "
"Pah!" Huang Shixun couldn't bear it anymore and finally slapped Huang Shouxin in the face.
"Get out!" Huang Shixun was furious and shouted sternly, "If you have hope, our Huang family will have no hope. If you have a future, our old Huang family will have no future. Get out, get out, just When I, Huang Shixun, have never had a son like you, I don’t have a son like you, get out of here, get out of here, get out of here!"
Huang Shouxin looked at his father blankly, a little confused.
Huang Shixun has always treasured this little boy since he was a child. He has always held it in the palm of his hand for fear of falling, and held it in his mouth for fear of melting. Huang Shixun has always been very disgusted with new learning, but Huang Shouxin is clamoring to go to the provincial capital to study. Even though Huang Shixun was new to learning, he still followed it. When Huang Shouxin grew up, Huang Shixun never laid a finger on him.
Get up, today is the first time Huang Shixun beats Huang Shouxin.
"Get out of here, get out of here!" But this time, Huang Shixun was really angry.
Huang Shixun could tolerate Huang Shouxin's nonsense, but this time, he felt that his son was no longer fooling around, but was killing him and digging into the foundation of the old Huang family, so he couldn't tolerate it anymore. If he had to let him stay at home If he had to choose between Ye and his beloved Yaoer, he would choose family and family business without hesitation.
The older generation has a deep-rooted obsession with their family and family business.
Huang Shouxin finally recovered from the huge shock. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Huang Shixun three times, then got up and left without looking back. The old butler Huang Delu came over with a disgraced face and wanted to persuade Huang Shouxin. Shouxin didn't even pay attention to Huang Delu. Within a moment, Huang Shouxin disappeared from the street.
Huang Shixun looked away from the street and landed on the half-stack of account books that had been burned to ashes.
His facial muscles twitched twice, and Huang Shixun said fiercely: "Re-create the burned account books. They belong to our old Huang family's fields, shops and houses. No one can take them away!"
"Dad, it's not good. Dad, it's not good!"
Before Huang Shixun finished speaking, another figure hurried in from outside the town.
The man who came here has some similarities with Huang Shixun and Huang Shouxin, but he is much younger than Huang Shixun, but much more mature than Huang Shouxin. This man is Huang Shixun's fourth son, Huang Shouzhi, in front of the Meizhen Security Team. team leader.
"Dad, it's not good." Huang Shouzhi ran to Huang Shixun and reported breathlessly, "Nan Batian came down the mountain with more than a hundred people and came to the town!"
"What, Nan Batian is here?"
"My dear, the old Huang family is in trouble now."
"Last time Nan Batian came to town, how much grain did he borrow from Lao Huang's family?"
"It seems that I borrowed a thousand dendrobium rice, a hundred pigs and ten cows?"
"Anything borrowed or not is clearly robbery. Nan Batian is a bandit."
The surrounding villagers were whispering, but there was no trace of fear in their words.
The soldier said to Cui Jiu: "The people here don't seem to be afraid of bandits?"
Cui Jiutou asked a villager next to him: "Fellow, the bandits are coming, why don't you hide?"
"What are you hiding from?" The villager said nonchalantly, "Nan Batian specializes in robbing big businesses, and he never robs us miserable common people. Sometimes when the times are bad, Qingniu Village will open warehouses to release grain. Help us."
"What, there are still such bandits in the world?" the soldier said in surprise, "This is quite new."
"Fresh?" the villager said happily, "There are even fresher ones."