After the Fairy Disappeared

  Chapter 234 Danger is Opportunity

   Before entering the house, He Lingchuan heard the sound of clanging.

  Now He's house is full of people, unloading furniture, tearing down courtyard walls, and moving materials, they are very busy.

   This is Mrs. Ying's renovation plan. Due to the limited budget, she has to personally do and check every link. He Yue originally suggested to start work again in late spring, that is, after two months, so as to save a lot of money, but was firmly rejected by his mother's aesthetics.

  It's so ugly, I can't stand it for a day!

  The house is not as big as the old house in Heishui City. It is built on the west side, and it must be heard from the east side. It is not quiet at all. He Chunhua and He Yue were all in the government office during the day, and He Lingchuan couldn't practice at home, so he had to go out to eat, drink and have fun. Even Lu Xin, a rock wolf with a keen hearing, once suggested: "Why don't we go to the inn and get a room?"

   Fortunately, he wandered all day today, the sun was about to set, and he went back to the yard to take a shower before coming out, and the construction stopped.

  Workers, like employers, have to go home to eat.

  The He family father and son also went home, also bathed and changed clothes, and the family reunited at the dinner table.

  He Lingchuan glanced at the table, surprised: "Hey, are you making a side stove today?"

   "What kind of side stove?" Mrs. Ying smiled, "This is called antique soup, and local people in Dunyu like to eat this."

  There is a thin-skinned iron pot on the table, with two grid circles inside and outside, and the soup is bubbling in Gulu. There are a lot of raw food on the table, the meat is pickled or cut, there are also a few pickles, and a few vegetables.

  Vegetables are not easy to come by this season, even Chinese cabbage.

  For He Lingchuan, isn't this just playing hot pot?

  He sat down, took the meat to boil a few times, and dipped it in some seasonings. The entrance is fresh and spicy, unexpectedly delicious.

  He Yue kept staring at him, seeing that he didn't stop cooking several slices of meat, obviously a little disappointed: "Brother, how does it taste?"

   "Very good." He Lingchuan ate the meat, his voice was muffled, "If you don't eat it, it will be gone."

   "Not spicy?" The soup in the inner and outer circles looked the same, but in fact, a lot of pepper seeds were added in the inner circle, and he almost spit it out just after he tasted it.

   It's spicy and spicy!

  He Lingchuan had seen the floating peppercorns and hot peppers a long time ago.

  What's the matter, isn't it a super...simplified version of the red pot, the difference is that there is no layer of iconic red oil.

  In the past, when there was no money to spend at the end of the month, he could eat directly with a whole bottle of yellow lantern sauce.

  When he came to this world, he could hardly taste the spicy taste, and he was still not used to it in the first half year.

  Yes, I am not used to it until now.

   This familiar spicy taste, he almost screamed up to the sky.

  But he still had to be reserved on the surface: "It's okay, don't you think this taste is quite enjoyable?"

   "Yes." Although the tongue was tingling, it was surprisingly refreshing. Except for He Lingchuan, the other three members of the He family always ate the white soup in the outer circle, and occasionally the spicy soup in the inner circle, otherwise they couldn't stand it. "It's a pity I dare not use it too much."

  He Lingchuan threw down the chopsticks and went outside for a walk. When he came back, he held a big bowl and put it on the table:

   "Here, put it in your mouth if you feel spicy."

   When the three of them saw it, it turned out to be a big bowl of snow powder!

  Madam Ying was a little worried: "Where did you dig it?" If this kid dared to say that he dug it from the ground, she would beat him until she didn't even recognize him.

   "On the tree in my yard." He Lingchuan was not stupid, "My yard hasn't started construction yet, so the dust can't go there, it's very clean."

  The three of them felt relieved, and took some snow powder from a spoon to eat, and it sure could instantly reduce the hotness in their mouths.

  He Chunhua then asked: "Is there any movement in the Li family today?"

   "Yes." He Lingchuan told about Li Shuang's bribery while cooking the meat.

"I've been to Cattails in Dunyu." Mrs. Ying has the most say in this regard, "The things they sell are not bad, and the buddy said that there are many talents before and after the customs. What's the New Year, Shangyuan, Shangsi, Hanyi, usually maintain a balance of flow .”

  He Lingchuan was angry: "With this little money, you want to bribe someone, who do you look down on?"

"Li Shuang hopes that the government will take his father into custody a few days later." He Chunhua took a sip of the glutinous rice wine, "Buy a little more time so that the Li family can report the news to the capital. When Li Shangshu puts down the pressure, maybe Li Rong won't have to." closed."

   "He has a wishful thinking, but treats others as fools." He Yue said with a smile, "This kind of money is absolutely unacceptable." Otherwise, the Li family will also report to the Minister, exposing the new Xiazhou chief executive to accept bribes.

He Lingchuan took a mouthful of snow powder and felt refreshed: "Li Rong's class is settled, do you want to get Li Zhi in too? It's easy to find him wrong, and you can also take away the deposit of 150,000 taels of silver .”

  As soon as he arrived at Dunyu, even he, the second generation ancestor, felt the pain of lack of money.

"Not in a hurry." He Chunhua is so godly, "Let him hang around and worry day and night, so that the Li family can cooperate well. The front line needs money and food, we need people, and this has to fall on the four big families. They are the snake heads. If you don't come forward and don't make concessions, the other big and small families below will not contribute sincerely."

   Mrs. Ying also asked: "How is the front line? Didn't the Xunzhou army break through Baichegang and go south? Will they attack Dunyu?"

"Not so fast for the time being, Dunyu is closer to the southern border of Xiazhou than to the north. Xunzhou cavalry passed Baichegang to Dunyu, and they had to run fast for a day and a night. This is under the premise of being unimpeded." He Yue Answering the question, "This is also the reason why the Four Great Masters are still holding tight to their wallets and are unwilling to cooperate."

   Mrs. Ying said angrily: "When you are about to die, you still miss the little money in your hand!"

   "If the army of the year's praise can be pushed to Dunyu, they will withdraw southward in advance. The disaster of war will not befall them, and at most they will lose some property."

  He Yue sighed: "No matter what time it is, the poorest are the poor."

"The Zhan family wanted to leave, but now that I'm here, they hold back and want to see if I can hold on." He Chunhua said slowly, "These wealthy gentry are very careful, and they want to pay the treasury for the war. It's none of their business, they refuse to give up until the last moment. It's the same in Qiansong County, and it's the same in Xiazhou, the legacy of the soldiers and civilians of 'Baichegang' has long since disappeared."

   Otherwise, he wouldn't have to spend so much effort to deal with the Li family.

   Mrs. Ying looked around and saw that the servants were standing in the distance, so she said softly: "It's not appropriate to say that, but I'm quite glad that Mrs. Li is gone at this time."

   "If old man Li is here, these four people will be as hard to chew as turtle shells." He Yue said with a smile, "Now, we can break them one by one."

  Li Rong is about to go to class.

A place like a prison room, tsk tsk, although it is only a place to detain suspects, it is worse than the environment of a regular prison. Needless to say, it is dirty and filthy. Some people are bitten by fleas in it, and they sway all over their bodies, and they immediately fall ill and die. . Even if the Li family has been in charge of government servants, can the Second Master Li, who is used to rich clothes and fine food, be able to bear that kind of place?

   Li Zhi was only released on bail pending trial. Two months later, when the case started to go to trial, he also had to go to jail with his brother. In order to strive for leniency, he will also cooperate well with Manager He. After all, he can't bet all his treasures on Li Shangshu. Who knows what kind of temper Manager He has, what if he doesn't get in?

  Let's talk about Li Shuang again. After all, he is not old enough. After both elders are in prison, if he wants to get a hand in the power of the Li family, he may have to rely on the power of the officials. Besides, before Li Zhi's trial, he will definitely arrange for his own successor, and this person must not be Li Rong's descendant.

  The huge Li family will be very lively in the next two to three months.

  What He Chunhua is afraid of is that they will unite as one and work together to the outside world. Like today, it is the best.

  Old man Li Zhaona, before he passed away, he still thought about how to fight with him?

   Oh, naive.

  How could he give old man Li a chance to fight with him?

   "The enemy of the north is the enemy of the entire Xiazhou." He Chunhua pondered, "On this point, it can be a fuss."

  Xunzhou's army has entered the border of Xiazhou. This is not only a geographical event, but also a major breakthrough in the psychological defense of Xiazhou people.

  Including the Four Great Masters, everyone has a sense of crisis.

  Crisis In a crisis, a danger well exploited is an opportunity.

  He Yue's face also became serious: "What do you think, father?"

  He Chunhua was categorical: "I just took office, the first battle must be won!"

  Whether he was rectifying internal affairs, military affairs, or cleaning up a few prominent families in Xiazhou, no matter how vigorous he was, he was only doing things on his own land.

   Commonly known as Wo Li Heng.

   At most, it is to make the noble gentry fearful and disobedient.

   Only by winning against a strong foreign enemy can he, the newly promoted general manager, truly gain a firm foothold and build up his prestige in Xiazhou.

  The follow-up plan can be carried out in an all-round way.

   This battle, this victory is too important to plan carefully.

   "Xiazhou's army is poor in quality, but the army of Nian Zanli is the Beiyu Demon Army, which has been forging for many years." He Chunhua shook his head, "Fighting head-on, the chances of winning are too small."

  Battles have to be fought bit by bit, and meals have to be eaten bite by bite. He is not discouraged.

  If Xiazhou Bing was so easy to lead, it wouldn't be his turn to fill this fat vacancy, right?

  He Yue couldn't help but said: "The recruitment order has also been issued, but the effect is not good."

"No one wants to join the army and fight. It's not surprising. Military service is not something you can't do if you don't want to." He Chunhua raised his eyebrows slightly, "What I care about is that the population on the account is very different from the actual number of residents. This point is very prominent in Ru County. I went to the county to check and the number of registered households was only about 1,500. However, I asked the local elders that there were at least 13,000 people in Ru County; let’s talk about Guazhou. Last summer, during the Fire Jumping Festival last summer, all the natural river squares in Guaxiang, which can accommodate 3,000 people, were all full. You must know that the number of registered households in Guaxiang is only 230."

   "There are so many things, I have to do the same thing." After eating too much spicy food, his nose turned red, and He Chunhua wiped it with a towel, "Take your time, I hope God will give me more time."

  He Lingchuan couldn't help but said, "Father, what can I do?"

  He has nothing to do every day.

   "Good boy, you are sensible now." He Chunhua patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, there will be a chance soon."

  (end of this chapter)