The news Song Liyun received at home was sent by a man named Yang Kaiquan.
Standing at the gate, looking at the familiar middle-aged man in front of her, Song Liyun narrowed her eyes slightly and pursed her lips: "What's the matter with Mr. Zhang?"
The man's eyes dropped straight down and he did not dare to look at Song Liyun: "It's someone from the county government. Mr. Zhang can't handle it. He wants to invite the girl over."
"Okay." Song Liyun nodded, "I'll enter the town right now!"
Han Ming was making paper pulp in the shed. He quickly took off his apron and wanted to go with Song Liyun.
"Uncle Han, I'm just going into town to see what's going on. You can stay at home!" Song Liyun stretched out a finger and shook it, then pointed to the courtyard.
After Han Ming settled down in the Song family, he never made any independent claims. If Song Liyun said to stay, he would stay.
Seeing that Han Ming did not follow him into the town, Yang Kaiquan said anxiously: "Miss Song, those county government officials are very powerful and they want to arrest people. Brother Han is very skilled. With him here..."
Song Liyun looked at him coldly: "The government is doing things, and the people only need to obey. What skills do you need!"
Since it was the government, Mr. Zhang had no reason to ask Han Ming to fight. Wouldn't this be a rebellion?
Yang Kaiquan was speechless for a moment, and when he saw Song Liyun going out directly, he had no choice but to do so.
I could only look inside Baolin Residence for a few times, but I didn't see anyone, so I quickly followed him.
Han Ming didn't understand what Song Liyun meant by wagging his finger and pointing to the yard.
Song Zhenping was grazing the horses outside. Xiao An was the only one at home now, and he and Hei Jin were pulling vegetables to feed the rabbits in the backyard.
Lady Yun never goes out, and her daily whereabouts include the side courtyard and the kitchen. Even Han Ming rarely sees her.
Although he didn't understand what Song Liyun meant, Han Ming also knew that he wanted to guard the door of his house.
He looked at Carpenter Mu who was carving wood flowers at the gate, and couldn't stop himself. He picked up the ax and chopped firewood while chatting with the carpenter.
Song Liyun and Yang Kaiquan walked to the town.
This man was the one who was beaten by Hu Qing when he expressed doubts about his acorn technology.
Although they only met him once, Song Liyun was still deeply impressed by him.
On the way into the town, Yang Kaiquan was very impatient.
But every time Song Liyun glanced at him, he quickly showed his honesty until he followed Song Liyun into the Broken Gold Club.
At this time, tensions were rising in the Broken Gold Club. The short, fat tax collector hid behind the four government officials and shouted: "You unscrupulous people, when I go back to the county government office, I will arrest you and send you to jail."
Opposite him, Mr. Zhang opened his clothes, patted his thin chest with one hand and said: "Come on, come on, kill me if you want. My old man did not die by the swords of the Di clan or the swords of the rogue bandits."
, I will die by the sword of you, a corrupt official."
Hu Qing and several others stood nearby, their faces extremely anxious.
As soon as Song Liyun entered the courtyard and saw them here, he couldn't help but frowned: "What are you guys doing? The big stove in the workshop is still cooking, how can you stop work at will? Go and do whatever you have to do!"
Hu Qing was stunned when he saw her coming in: "Why is Miss Song here?"
Song Liyun: "...!"
It turned out to be a lie.
She had no time to explain, so she only said: "Even if the sky falls, everyone must perform their duties. If you don't have anything to do here, why don't you go out! Hu Qing, find Xue Zhuang!"
"Brother Zhuang and the others were called over for questioning! They seem to be from Qili County." Hu Qing replied quickly.
Song Liyun's face suddenly sank, and he said sternly to Hu Qing: "Notify the guard station immediately, find Xue Zhuang, and go immediately!"
Qili County... the bandits have come in!
Hu Qing was stunned again. When he saw Song Liyun's expression was extremely bad, he immediately realized: something happened.
He was about to run to find someone when he suddenly thought of something he had just configured.
So Hu Qing did not go out, but directly took out an oil can from the hidden place above the door of the Broken Gold Club, then pulled off the fire stick from his belt and blew it in the wind, lit the lead of the oil can, and inserted the oil can into the wall.
I saw the fuse of the oil tube sizzling and burning. After letting it sit for a few breaths, a ball of light shot into the sky with a long white smoke, and then exploded with a "bang", flashing a dazzling light.
This was the communication method given to Ruijin Town by the health department after the food factory was built, just in case another bandit entered the town and was unable to report the news.
Song Liyun placed the signal tube in the guild hall where there were the most people. Unexpectedly, he used it only ten days after he got it.
Broken Gold Town was boiling, and the frightened dogs were barking with their tails between their legs.
Everyone in and outside the town looked up at the sky, wondering: "Who sets off fireworks in broad daylight?"
Some people also recognized the meaning of this firework.
The first person to spot the signal flare was the guard sentry. Within a few dozen seconds, several horses rushed out from the barracks gate and headed straight for Broken Gold Town.
In the club, Sun Wuming stared blankly at the fireworks rising into the sky, forgetting to argue with Old Man Zhang.
He has never seen a signal flare in the military, and is still a little confused: he has long heard that the military has a kind of signaling missile. Is it this? It is used for signaling... signaling?
Sun Wuming was excited, as if he had thought of something, and his face instantly turned pale. He pushed away the government servants who were protecting him and rushed out, shouting: "The Dilu people are coming! The Dilu people are coming!"
Mr. Zhang was only a little surprised when Hu Qing took out the signal tube. At this time, he had already reacted. He quickly grabbed the tax collector and said, "Mr. Sun, this is not the Dilu people coming. I just want to inform the guard station about something."
He could have a big quarrel with the tax collector, but he couldn't let the tax collector run back to Qili County and say that there were Dilu people in Suijin Town again.
What Ruijin Town needs now is to get out of the shadow of five years ago and communicate with the surrounding villages and towns. If people say that there are Dilu people here again, others will be afraid of interacting with them again.
Sun Wuming couldn't hear it, and when he saw that he was being held back, he jumped up and down anxiously. He didn't want to be taken to the grassland to be a slave herding horses.
"Let go, let go, you old fool. Oh, can I not collect your tax money?"
"Let go!"
The four government officials were a little panicked at first, but it could be seen that the people from Suijin Town in the courtyard were calm and calm, and even comforted Sun Wuming: "Guan Sun, it seems that no Dilu people are here, they just want to resist the tax."
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When he heard that there were no Dilu people and then heard about the tax resistance, the tax collector Sun immediately returned to his normal state as a tax collector: "No, not a penny of the tax will be reduced."
Yang Kaiquan also followed Song Liyun into the guild hall. When he saw Hu Qing putting on the signal tube and leading people to run out, he immediately panicked and wanted to leave.
"Stop! Why are you running?" Song Liyun took out a long knife and put it on his neck.
What kind of accident is this?
Mr. Zhang and Sun Wuming looked at each other, and Sun Wuming shivered behind the Yamen servant: "What are you going to do?"
Yang Kaiquan had a knife held on his neck, his legs were trembling, and he still refused to admit: "I didn't run away. Which of your eyes saw me running away!"
Mr. Zhang looked at this scene suspiciously, as if he had just seen Song Liyun: "Why is Miss Song here?"