After Wangjia Village left Fengxia Village, they did not return to Wangjia Village. They first went to the market in the city and then went to the teahouse to drink a pot of tea. Then they cautiously walked out of the back door of the teahouse and walked to the north of the city.
It was already dark and cold. Everyone kept their heads down and walked on the road. No one would notice him. Thinking about this, Wang Lizheng turned around and looked a few more times before he felt relieved and walked towards a courtyard of the Zou family.
Knocking on the door, an old family member came to welcome Wang Lizheng into the house.
"Sit down for a moment," the old man said, "our master will be here soon."
Ever since the Liu family's incident, everyone in Taozhou City has been much more careful. They rarely get together, and even if they have something to discuss, they will find a remote place to avoid people as much as possible to avoid being targeted by Zhao Jingyun.
None of them expected that Zhao Jingyun would be so powerful. Sun Ji fell into his hands first, and then the Liu family.
The Liu family just killed a woman and a poor scholar in the village. Now Uncle Liu is in prison, the Liu family's shops have been closed down, and all the shady things the Liu family has done in Taozhou over the years have been discovered.
After he came out, Mr. Liu was "invited" to the Yamen several times. It seems that one day he will be convicted.
The whole Liu family is finished. Fortunately, they are strict with their mouths and did not bite anyone else. Otherwise, Taozhou would be bustling.
Just as Wang Li was thinking of this, he heard footsteps and Zou Guangda walked into the house.
Wang Lizheng had a smile on his face and stood up to greet him, only to find that there was a man in his fifties accompanying Zou Guangda. The man was very handsome and Wang Lizheng had never seen him before.
Seeing Wang Lizheng's smile frozen on his face, Zou Guang said: "Don't be afraid, this is one of our own. Taozhou is making a lot of noise, so I will always find some helpers to see if I can save the lives of the Liu family."
Wang Li trusted Zou Guangda very much. The Zou family was different from them. The Zou family did not seem to have many houses and fields in Taozhou, but they all knew that the children of the Zou family were working with dignitaries outside. Zou Guangda also had another
My grandson was awarded the title of Scholar when he was only fifteen years old.
In such a large Taozhou city, the Zou family rarely walked around outside and did not attract attention. Wang Lizheng still ran errands for Sun Ji's subordinates in private, and that was how he got to know Zou Guangda.
After a long time, he realized that he couldn't afford even the purple clay pots in Zou Guangda's hands.
The difference was so huge that Wang Lizheng did not dare to say anything, so he followed Zou Guangda's wishes and saluted the middle-aged man.
The three of them sat down, and Zou Guangda said: "You sent a message about Fengxia Village before, did you go to see it today?"
Wang Lizheng responded: "I went. It's really like what Gao Lizheng said. I also asked about the immigrants from Fengxia Village working on the stockade. It was because of Zhang Yuan's case that they got to know the people in the stockade."
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"There are sixteen families in total, and at least twenty or thirty people are in the village right now."
The middle-aged man didn't say anything, so Zou Guangda asked: "What kind of work are they doing on the village?"
Wang Lizheng said: "Gao Lizheng went to inquire about it. He said that he was cleaning manure from the cattle and sheep pens in the village, and the female family members seemed to be helping to mend some furs."
It doesn't sound like anything special.
On normal days, they might not care about these sixteen households, but because of Zhang Yuan's case and Gao Lizheng's remarks that these sixteen households also sold charcoal and were in contact with the village, they spent some time to investigate.
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Zou Guangda nodded: "Did those 16 households do anything about Zhang Yuan's case?"
Wang Lizheng shook his head: "Gao Lizheng didn't hear about it. It seems that because there is a girl in the 16th household who has contacts with the female relatives in the village and is liked by the people in the village, the village gave them a lot of things."
"But it is also said that there is a carpenter in the sixteen households, who made many things for the village."
Wang Lizheng secretly scolded Gao Li for being a fool. He had known this for so long. How could he tell Zou Guangda? Gao Li was still thinking about dealing with those immigrants...
There is no help from others, just think about it.
"However," Wang Lizheng said, "these immigrants who came to Taozhou, as many as sixteen households in Fengxia Village can do a lot of work. Like those in our village, they still don't have enough to eat. How can they think of anything else? I bought food a while ago
Also, the people in Fengxia Village brought the grain back early. No wonder Gao Li was jealous, those sixteen households were really extraordinary. They built a kiln, burned a lot of charcoal, and sold it in the city."
"Their charcoal is sold at a very low price. The surrounding immigrants went to the city early in the morning to wait for them. The business of selling charcoal in the city was disrupted."
Otherwise, he would not have made this trip for Gao Lizheng.
Wang Lizheng had nothing else to say.
Zou Guangda nodded and told Wang Lizheng: "Pay attention to Fengxia Village. Gao Lizheng is useless. You are different... I can rest assured that you are keeping an eye on me."
When the conversation was over, Wang Lizheng was extremely happy, bowed to Zou Guangda, and then left.
When he heard the door to the courtyard was closed again, Zou Guangda stood up and walked to the middle-aged man. He poured hot tea for him with his own hands: "I didn't dare to reveal too much in front of Wang Yuan just now. I was neglecting you."
Feng Antai didn't even raise his eyelids and said calmly: "You don't need to pay attention to this in front of others. Just finish the errand and let me have an explanation when I get back."
Zou Guangda responded.
Feng Antai first went to see Sun Ji, and then came to Taozhou. He knew almost everything about Taozhou, but there were some places that he still felt were a little strange.
Zhao Jingyun arrested Sun Ji and the Liu family without any warning. Not to mention Sun Ji, the manpower they left in the government office did not get any information before anything happened to the Liu family.
In the words of an eyeliner: Everything happened too fast, Zhao Jingyun wished God could help him.
If there is God's help, Feng Antai didn't believe this. He felt that someone was secretly helping Zhao Jingyun. Who this person was, he still didn't know.
Could it be a village? Sun Ji meant that the village was related to the princess. He guessed that Zhao Jingyun might have surrendered to the princess, but he had no evidence and couldn't catch any clues. It was impossible to report it to his master like this.
Besides, even if you report it, it will be useless. What the master wants is the result.
Regarding Sun Ji's case, the imperial censor has already focused on the Feng family. The Taifu took the opportunity to send his own men to Taozhou. The master cannot just give up Taozhou to him. Now the two sides are at a stalemate, and he needs to make some trouble.
The Feng family has favorable news, so that Taozhou can be saved for the master.
"The matter in Taozhou is more difficult to deal with than I thought," Feng Antai said after a moment, "The master is already very angry. He didn't take Zhao Jingyun seriously at first, but he didn't expect him to do this in Taozhou.
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Zou Guangda had a look of fear on his face and hurriedly confessed: "It's all because of our failure in doing things."
Feng Antai waved his hand: "Master has already thought about it. The stockade has been in Taozhou for so many years, and it is time to solve it. Then someone will take care of the pasture. If you help me do it well, not only can I get rid of the problem, but also
You can also get rewards.”
Zou Guangda was overjoyed when he heard this. The land occupied by the stockade was suitable for raising cattle and sheep. If the stockade was gone, who would the land be distributed to? Even a little bit would be enough for wealth.
Zou Guangdao: "I will definitely try my best."
Feng Antai nodded. Since he was going to cause trouble, he had to think about who to attack.
Relocating people was the most important thing for the imperial court, so it was natural that they would go to great lengths to relocate people.
"Including Fengxia Village, there are now three villages to choose from," Zou Guangdao said, "Please tell me about the relocated residents of those three villages."
Zou Guangda responded: "I'm going to check now."
Choose whichever village can make things big. That's what Feng Antai planned, but now he prefers Fengxia Village. Fengxia Village has a relationship with the village, so it might be possible to kill two birds with one stone.
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Fengxia Village.
Zhao Xueli and others came back from the village. Everyone made a lot of money today. However, when the donkey cart arrived at the entrance of the village, the men's voices unconsciously became quieter.
They are afraid of being laughed at by the elders in the village.
Aunt Yang and the others finished all the work in half a day, and they made a lot of money and fur. Thinking about this, the men were so excited that they had to work more.
"Smell it, does it smell like milk?" Luo Zhenniang looked at Ge.
Ge Shi smiled and nodded: "I smelled it when I was far away. It's so greedy."
The milk smelled sweet and fragrant. Although they knew it was from the village and they couldn't eat it, they felt very satisfied and asked who could have this fragrance?
It's true that they can't eat it, and others can't even smell it.
The donkey cart entered the village, and everyone went home contentedly. But soon everyone walked out and found that their dolls were gone.
Grandma Xu smiled and said, "They are all squatting at the door of Zhao's kitchen!"
What are you doing squatting at Zhao's house? You don't need to think about it. After hearing this, everyone hurried to Zhao's house. As soon as they walked to the door, they heard the sound of "sucking" and "sucking" drinking water coming from the yard.
Widow Xie, who was walking in front, felt her heart sink. Could these dolls cause a big trouble and drink the milk from the village?