Liu Pei was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Interesting! I thought he was here to provoke you. Go on!"

Liu Jiang said: "The head of the family doesn't know something. This family itself is a well-off family. It is said that the grandfather's generation was a Beijing official. However, both father and son died of illness, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took their grandson back to their hometown.

It's just that there are no men in their family, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law inevitably spoiled the child a little. When he grew up, he developed a lawless temper. It was just that he didn't study, and he kept hanging out with people like bluffing and idle people all day long.

He still thinks he is a righteous hero and spends his money like water! Although his family is well off and his family can afford it, no matter how much money he has, he can't stop such spending. Even the family's repeated restraints can't restrain him. He is a prodigal.

It’s happened over the past few years.”

Liu Pei asked: "Why were you arrested that day? Is it possible that you can't stand his prodigality?"

Liu Jiang laughed and said: "How can that be impossible? The owner of the house is joking! It's because we arrested two gangsters who were fighting on the street and he hid them at home. When we arrested them, we caught him by the way. This time he was arrested by us.

They worked hard at the construction site every day and received a lesson from time to time. So the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law thought it would be good to let him suffer a little bit, maybe they could teach the child well. So they didn't even plan to go to the Yamen to complain.

Just go home and wait for the news."

Liu Pei asked with interest: "What's next?"

Liu Jiang said: "Later, the boy suffered a lot and performed well, so he was put back. Within two days after returning home, his old housekeeper beat gongs and drums to deliver the plaque. At that time, I

I didn’t even know what was going on! They even asked the brothers to be on guard and prepare to start a fight. Unexpectedly, an old housekeeper and a drum group came! The old housekeeper told me that their young master was no longer as messy as before after returning home. People

I have become darker and thinner, but my temper has calmed down. I also learned from the housekeeper how to run the house and manage the store and tenant. Now I don’t go out to fool around when I have nothing to do. I read books when I have time, and I talk very seriously every day.

He also said that his mistress said that if he continues to study like this for another one or two years, her mistress is going to let him take the Tongsheng examination!"

Liu Pei laughed loudly after hearing this

Laughing, he said: "The prodigal son returns with gold, which is quite interesting! But I think there should be many people like Huang Jintang, right?"

Liu Jiang nodded and said: "That's right! The head of the family, a small number of people have suffered a lot, and have decided not to hang around on the streets anymore, and are willing to go back to farming and work. Many people see the high income in our salt fields and want to work there.

, I promised them all.”

Liu Pei nodded and said: "That's good. It can be considered a contribution to the local area. Also, have the protection fees collected by these gangs stopped in the past?"

Liu Jiang shook his head and said: "It hasn't stopped. However, there are not enough manpower during this period, so the collection is intermittent, which is equivalent to confiscation."

Liu Pei said seriously: "Don't stop this matter. But you have to do a thorough investigation during this period. Go down to the vendors and go up to the restaurants. You need to find out how much their operating income is. This will make it easier to collect their taxes in the future.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to take care of so many people under your command."

Liu Jiang nodded in agreement, discussed a few more details, and today's discussion was over. Liu Pei went back and continued to practice the fire gun.

While Liu Pei was leading people to practice, Yang Jingfa was on his way to Fushan Village with eleven servants and a group of soldiers from the guard station. Looking from a distance, this group of people was very strange. The twelve people in front of them were wearing fresh clothes.

Angry horses are riding proudly on their horses. It can be seen that their faces are rosy and their clothes are neat. It seems that they live a prosperous life and have no worries about food and drink.

But the dozens of soldiers at the back were different. They were old and worn fat coats, some with patches. Some were so dirty that the original color could hardly be seen. All of them looked pale and felt weak when they walked.

The tip of the spear has lost its metallic luster, and it has not been polished for an unknown period of time. A group of people walked listlessly on the road, and the queue was not neatly arranged. If it were not for walking, these dozens of people would have been squeezed into one.

Pile up.

The team led by Yang Jingfa had approached the villages outside Fushan Village. This village was already within the radiation range of Liu Pei's strength. When passing through the village, Yang Jingfa suddenly felt that something was wrong with this village! Then he squinted.

My eyes began to look around carefully. The strange thing is that this feeling is not the feeling of danger coming.

.but a feeling that he is not familiar with. It feels like this village has become a little strange.

Yang Jingfa quickly scanned all the surrounding affairs and villagers, and carefully weighed in his mind where his feelings came from. He always visited this village once a year, so he was very familiar with it. In his eyes, every aspect of the village

Every tree and grass was familiar, but it felt different to him! He recognized most of the people in the village, but he still felt that they were different! Until he walked a long way out of the village, he

Only then did I realize how different this village was!

The overall feeling of this village for him was that it was alive. Regardless of the houses, trees, villagers or livestock, he felt a sense of vitality! Instead of the lifeless feeling he had seen before.

The second feeling is cleanliness. Although this village was not full of excrement and filth in the past, it was definitely not clean. But now the roads in this village have been cleaned up. The walls and roofs of every house have been cleaned.

It was also cleaned up and there were no weeds. And although the villagers here were dressed in the same shabby clothes as before, they were washed very clean. Their hair was neatly combed, no longer hastily tied in a bun or messy as before.

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The last difference is that there are a lot of chickens and ducks croaking in the village! Much more than other villages we passed on the road!

In fact, Yang Jingfa's feeling is correct at all. Ever since Liu Pei started the team here, the first thing he requires is discipline, and the second thing he requires is hygiene.

You must know that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were many plague outbreaks. Li Zicheng was able to conquer Beijing so quickly because of the plague outbreak, so Liu Pei had very strict health requirements! And those who were in charge of Liu Pei's

Ding's boys are accustomed to the clean and tidy life in the army. When they go home for vacation, they will naturally bring this habit back home. One person may not be able to affect the entire village, but there are more than a dozen villages around Fushan Village.
Chapter completed!