Chapter 1161 1161: Building the Wall High (Part 1) [Asking for monthly votes]
Cui Mi looked at Shen Tang, who was undisguisedly angry in front of him, and his smile remained the same: "My mother has been living in the wilderness for a long time, so it is reasonable for her not to know the national conditions of Qi State. Not every country in troubled times is like Northwest Kang State, do you understand? ?”
When he mentioned the word Kang Guo, Cui Mi clearly saw that his future began to shake violently again, and bloody scenes switched back and forth. This meant that his life and death at the moment had changed, and the person who caused the change was In front of you.
Cui Mi said: "Surviving is the most important thing."
Whether it is the common people at the bottom or the nobles at the top.
In troubled times, it is not unusual for the status of both parties to be overturned overnight.
Wang Ting's approach may seem cold and ruthless, but it is already the best solution at the moment. This is the lesson and experience gained from the subversion of each country. Cui Mi made a heavy speech that was inappropriate for his age.
"Facing a continent that is about to be overthrown, everyone wants to board the ship and escape. As for whether the fight will scar the ship or even sink it, who cares? No one cares about the fate of the ship or where it sails. , I only care about whether I can get on the ship, whether I am the captain at the helm, and whether I can grasp this straw!" Cui Mi's metaphor made Shen Tang secretly jump in his heart, wondering if he knew something, or was it just a metaphor, " Sister Shen, you have to board the ship first to have a chance to repair it. It’s a pity——”
"It's a pity that to repair the ship, you need to dismantle it to make up for it." Shen Tang intercepted his words and added, "The people who were dismantled were not happy."
Of course he is not happy.
If their positions were demolished, the sea water would pour in, and the waves would sweep them away, and they would eventually be buried in the sea without any body parts.
Those who repair ships can only settle for the lesser of two evils. This tax collection method is a good thing for prosperous areas with large populations and fields, and the burden will be light. The royal court can collect tax every year. Pay sufficient taxes to ensure the operation of the royal court.
But it is a disaster for areas with many mountains, water, and few fields.
Under the rule, the common people could only choose to endure, or leave their homes and go to rich places to make a living. In this way, the royal court sacrificed the most vulnerable people in the country. These people belong to the bottom of the bottom. They are old and weak and have no strength. They can only huddle in the They lingered in the most barren place. Their deaths could not shake the stability of the royal court, and their voices were not heard.
Shen Tang went straight in without any courtesy.
"Your father and the Cui family are not happy either, right?"
Cui Mi shook his head and said: "Sister Shen doesn't have to be so prejudiced against my father. As a husband and a mother's man, my father may not be so satisfactory, but as the patriarch whom the clan relies on, he has tried his best. On this basis, he has maintained several It’s a person’s conscience. If he didn’t have a conscience, how do you think this place owed three years of taxes? Of course someone paid it.”
Mei Jinghe and others saw the shortcomings and wanted to save it.
But he didn’t dare or had the ability to take a heavy dose of medicine.
Mei Jinghe and others were not sure whether this heavy dose of medicine could bring the dead back to life. Even if the medicine cured the disease, the blood would still seal the throat!
No one can afford to bet.
The lesions can only be removed bit by bit.
Cui Mi hinted that Shen Tang could take office in another place: "It's okay that this debt has been left unchecked, but Sister Shen wants to take over... In the future, my father will be able to explain the accounts to the elders of the clan..."
Shen Tang pointed at himself.
"Do you see the word 'taken advantage of' on my face?"
Just repay Xun Zhen's loan. After all, Xun Zhen's money was also spent on Kang Guo. Shen Tang can see the money back, but what about the three years of bad debts he owed Cui to advance as soon as he took office? Is Cui Zhi the same? Do you think she is easy to bully and is a fat sheep?
Cui Mi said: "Of course there is no such thing."
He could only say clearly: "Sister Shen, why don't you change places?"
Shen Tang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where to change?"
Cui Mi said: "Anywhere is better than here."
Shen Tang crossed his arms over his chest and laughed angrily.
The next moment, Shen Tang's face quickly enlarged in front of Cui Mi, and the distance was less than two punches away. This was a very ambiguous distance, but Cui Mi had no other thoughts. Because there was a cold hand gently touching her. He strangled him by the neck.
The key fell into the hands of others. Goosebumps all over Cui Mi's body exploded. His scalp was sore and numb. Shen Tang's smiling joke came to his ears: "I have a question. Has Cui Erlang been kidnapped and blackmailed? The kidnapper asked. How much do you have to pay for your father's redemption?"
Cui Mi's racing heart gradually calmed down.
He said honestly: "Sister Shen, you also said that I am the Erlang of the Cui family. I am guarded by servants every time I go in and out, and I am protected without leakage. I am afraid that a gangster who has the ability to kidnap me and extort ransom from my father, with all due respect, is He hasn’t been born yet.”
Shen Tang said: "It's far away in the horizon but so close in front of you!"
No one dared to do it before, but now some people dare to do it?
Cui Mi: "..."
Not long after, a letter appeared in Cui Zhi's study.
The eldest son, Cui Xiong, was holding a letter in his hand. He was clearly anxious. His hurried steps made the hem of his clothes rub against each other, but he still restrained himself from running. A gust of wind seemed to blow outside the study door: "Father, father, something bad is going to happen." ——”
"Er Miu disappeared, and his son was kidnapped——"
Cui Zhi looked at him, and Cui Xiong fell silent instantly.
"Father already knows."
Shen Zhongli took the official certificate and took office. Cui Mi followed him with gestures and was now under the nose of Shen. Fortunately, Cui Mi, a bastard, knew how to make sure he was safe and write a letter home to himself. . Cui Zhi took the "kidnapper's letter" from Cui Xiong, scanned it at a glance, and understood in his heart: "Don't worry about Ermi."
Cui Xiong was not so ambitious.
"But the two moose were tied up..."
Although the man whose surname was Zhongli and changed his name to Shen Zhongli when he fled, escorted his mother all the way to Qi State safely, his origins were doubtful after all. It was really worrying to let the second brother hang out with this man. There are still many leftovers in that place. Question, Cui Xiong was really worried that Shen Zhongli would think that her father was playing tricks on her, and then become angry and implicate poor Ermi. Thinking of this, he sighed.
Cui Zhidao: "Ermi is smarter than you."
To survive in troubled times, strength is important, but brains are also important.
Big Bear's temperament is much more upright than Ermi's.
"No matter how smart you are, you can't stop stealing sticks, right?"
Cui Zhi sighed: "Then what are your plans?"
Cui Xiong took the initiative to ask for help: "Let my son take some people over and snatch Ermi back! Only in this way can we sit back and relax."
Cui Zhi asked back: "Were you kidnapped too?"
We can't both sons be captured by Shen, right?
Cui Xiong said: "It shouldn't happen."
He could see clearly that if this matter was said to be a kidnapping, it was more likely that Ermi was deliberately staying there and was unwilling to stay here and be forced to marry. Cui Xiong didn't really rob someone when he brought them there, he was just looking for an opportunity. He persuaded his younger brother to come back. No matter what Cui Xiong said, Cui Zhi did not relent. He just ordered people to pack and mail all Cui Mi's daily necessities and servants.
If Shen Zhongli detains his son, just detain him.
Just remember to pay off the bad debts that Cui paid in advance for three years.
Cui Xiong: "..."
Cui Zhi couldn't make sense here, so he had no choice but to go find his mother.
In the past few days, my mother seemed to have returned to her usual routine as Mistress Cui. She just no longer had to deal with the trivial chores, arrange food and clothing for the house, deal with various families, and care about those who came to complain about poverty. Side branch woman.
Trim flowers and plants, dance with guns and sticks.
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Come as you like.
As soon as Cui Xiong arrived, he heard the whirring sound of a spear dancing. Before he could say hello, he saw the skill of the spear dancer in the courtyard spreading from the body of the spear to the tip of the spear. It took off from the ground and stabbed straight at him.
The speed of this spear is not too fast.
Cui Xiong happened to be able to hold it easily: "Mother?"
"Daxiong, practice your skills with my mother."
In his memory, Cui Xiong rarely heard his mother's voice with such vitality. Just by listening to it, he could feel the vitality and enthusiasm contained in each word. He obeyed his mother's orders and accompanied Cui Hui in gestures until there was a crack. The gun barrel broke, and the force was so great that they were all knocked back several steps, and waves of numbness came from the tiger's mouth.
"Why did it break?"
Cui Hui regretfully picked up the broken gun on the ground.
Cui Xiong then bent down to pick it up. While picking it up, he told the news that Cui Mi went to find Shen Zhongli and was kidnapped by the other party. He thought his mother would be anxious, but unexpectedly, her mother just made the same arrangement as his father. Let others take care of them. Send him the moose's belongings.
Cui Xiong said: "Mother isn't worried about Ermi?"
Of course Cui Hui is not worried anymore.
Cui Mi is safer staying with Shen Jun, as long as he doesn't seek death.
"But my son is worried that Ermi will suffer hardship. He has never run so far since he was a child. He is so far away from home and can't take care of him."
"If you're worried, just give him a few more people."
Cui Xiong was puzzled: "Serpy?"
Since everyone is packed, why not just bring them back?
Cui Huidao: "It's okay to stuff money."
She was careless and sent Jun Shen to a remote place without knowing the situation. Now he is restricted everywhere. If she could use Ermi's name to give Jun Shen more money and people... Oh no, I'd better give him more money.
Right. With money, Mr. Shen can use the money to recruit more people, but if he hires people... with Cui Zhishan's character, his confidants will definitely be placed there.
This will not be fatal but will also cause trouble.
Cui Xiong: "..."
Cui Hui asked: "How much money do you have?"
Cui Xiong: "..."
As the eldest son of the Cui family with a stable status and an engaged heir, he began to have privileges only available to adult men. For example, he no longer received pocket money, and had his own private treasury, which he could freely control and manage. Cui Hui obviously knew
This matter.
She defrauded her eldest son of all his money.
Cui Zhi heard about this and did not stop him.
He said quietly: "Leave her alone."
But his close aides were puzzled.
He knew how his parents felt about his mistress, but he knew even more clearly that the family came first and the mistress was second. Everything about the mistress' return this time was weird, but the parents turned a blind eye to it. It was really weird. The parents never thought about it.
Will the mistress harm Cui?
Over the years, the mistress has reconciled with her parents, and she has also interacted with Qi Yuanliang, the head of the northwest branch. Is it possible that the latter did not intervene here?
Also, that Shen Zhongli.
Especially she, it was clear that she was Qi Yuanliang's eyes and ears.
Even if the mistress says that Qi Yuanliang has given this person to her and is now hers, it does not mean that Shen Zhongli will stop contacting Qi Yuanliang. Keeping this person is like raising a tiger...
Whether it is at the family level or the personal feelings of the head of the family.
Cui Zhi raised his hand to suppress the words of his confidants.
"No need to say more."
"Parents, what is most important to you?"
This staff member is not only Cui Zhi's confidant, he is also an old man of the Cui family, half of Cui Zhi's master, and a witness who deeply remembers how Cui left his hometown, fled all the way here, and found it difficult to take root. Cui Zhi trusts and respects him, and he has some deep feelings for him.
All I could say to him was: "It is a family, of course. As long as I am still the head of the Cui clan, nothing can surpass it."
"Seriously, you have no selfish motives?"
"If he had selfish motives, he should have had it back then."
The confidant sighed deeply: "As long as parents remember it."
Cui Zhi looked at each other, but the conversation between father and son before the youngest son left appeared in his mind. Cui Mi, this child, does not look like he was raised by a wealthy family. He has no sense of family honor and disgrace, and is indifferent to life and death. His temperament is very similar to that of a Buddhist cultivator.
Mother-in-law of many years.
This child is most disdainful of the continuation of the family.
The shackles that bound Cui Zhi seemed to him a joke.
Cui Zhi asked him why he was like this.
Cui Mi said: [Because it is meaningless to know the predetermined ending in advance. In this ending, Cui will die, his father will die, his mother will die, his grandmother will die, my eldest brother and I will both die, and there will be no end of life. How about half a life?
This is the kind of ending that Yingying has, and no one will be able to get excited about it.】
He asked: [Can’t father see it? 】
His father did not have the same ability to see the future as he did, but as the head of the branch of the Society of Gods in the Southwest Continent, his father could see too many truths that other living beings could not see. Seeing these truths, he should know that the world is moving forward.
Towards the abyss.
【This is a broken ship about to sink.】
The person at the helm doesn't care where the ship is going or when it will sink. He only cares about whether he is the captain. The crew members don't know about the wind and waves outside or the holes in the ship. They only care about the immediate benefits and enjoyment. Standing on the deck, he
, what will you do?
Even if you don't look that far, you should know that troubled times are like a meat grinder, and Ms. Cui is just a leaf of duckweed in front of it!
Cui Zhi looked at his son indifferently.
【At least it won't sink now.】
Cui Mi said: [Almost.]
【Did you see it sink?】
[I also saw the picture of it sinking.] It was just for a moment, but it did not sink. [The ants only strive for immediate gains and losses, but they don’t know that the disaster is about to come. If the ship sinks, Cui may die, but if the ship sinks,
If it goes away, the Cui family will definitely be destroyed.]
Cui Zhi was noncommittal about this statement.
I didn’t say I believed it, nor did I say I didn’t believe it.
However, the security at the house was somewhat lax that day. Cui Mi packed a small baggage and escaped over the wall. No one looked for him for several days.
When news came again, he had become a "hostage".
Cui Zhi looked at the news and whispered to himself, hesitating.
"Ship repair guy?"
Shen Tang used Cui Mi as a "hostage" to extort a large sum of money.
When she saw that what was delivered was money instead of swords, guns and sticks, Shen Tang was shocked: "Tsk, tsk, Cui Zhishan has such a good temper."
Cui Mi held the pen in his mouth and couldn't help but sneeze while looking at a pile of dusty letters. He raised his hand to flap at the tip of his nose: "Sister Shen, don't think too much about the existence of the head of the family. This kind of person has no intention."
.I have a good temper now, but I can fall out of favor quickly."
"For example?"
"For example, if the bad debts of three years are not settled, he will fall out."
"If we can't make peace, I'll sell you off on the basis of your weight."
"I told you, he has no intentions. His son can't be sold at a high price here. If you deceive your mother, you can still give her a shock."
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I will take the exam for Section 3 tomorrow and wait for my good news.
Woohoo, I'm a little nervous. The route to the Yueqing examination center is so complicated.
PS: Cui Zhi didn’t fall out with Tang Mei because he knew that she was closely connected with Qi Shan, or the northwest branch. Three years of bad debts was just an inspection. If Tang Mei can settle it, Cui might not be unable to cooperate with the branch behind Qi Shan.
(The inner club of the Gods Society has disappeared for too long, and the branches have scattered, and Cui Zhi also noticed that something was wrong). It cannot be tied, so it can be seen that the strength is only like this, so it is better to continue to bet on Qi State.