Chapter 39

The master said, "adults are not students who don't want to do it. This is to fry the students' 100 kilograms of meat and boil oil to sell. They can't get 150000 liang of silver and 50000 stone food."

When these people went to the countryside to collect taxes, when they saw other people's bitter entreaties, they were superior when others begged him, so Liu Ning also looked like them and directly regarded them as not seeing them. When the other party complained, he said loudly: "This is your business. If you can't raise it, take your head and count it by weight."

When Liu Ning said this, Zhou Wentong and shiye both frowned. They are usually dominant figures who bully the people and do everything. But now they fall into the hands of robbers and are forced to ask for money. They have suffered a great crime.

Zhou Wentong said, "this hero, there's no way to raise so much food in a short time. Can you give him a day or two?"

Liu Ning said, "don't say that there is no problem for two days a day, that is, ten or eight days, but you have thought it over. Would you like us to stay in the county? If we stay here for a long time, the imperial court will know that you have lost Jimo County. I ask you. How should you answer when the imperial court asks for guilt and accountability?"

Zhou Wentong only thought of this section now and knew that he was afraid that the robbers' requirements could not be met. Of course, he was killed with a knife, but if the court knew that he had lost the county seat, the robbers robbed the county government, and it was estimated that his head had to move, it was really a dilemma.

Zhou Wentong said, "fellow heroes, Jimo is not Zhou Wentong's alone, it's everyone's, it's the county seat of all Jimo people. Since all heroes want to come here to fight autumn Valley, I'll ask you to discuss together."

Liu Ning said, "do you want others to get together and fight us?"

Zhou Wentong said, "I dare not."

Liu Ning said, "I'm not afraid even if I'm called Laozi. I dare to resist and kill three thousand heroes of Jufeng mountain here. I don't care who you are, and I can tell you that the heroes of Jufeng mountain have always been robbing the rich to help the poor and acting on behalf of heaven. You dare to frame these things on the people. Laozi is the first to cut you down."

Liu Ning's intimidation made Zhou Wentong's face even paler. In fact, his idea just now was to gather the people of the whole county to fight with them. At that time, he could also exchange the reputation of burning jade and stone and the death of the enemy.

But Liu Ning saw through his trick at a glance. He dared to do so. Liu Ning cut him down at the first time.

Zhou Wentong said, "I can't get so much money and food from the power of the lower officials. Can I summon some gentry and rich families in the city to discuss how to make a pledge?"

Liu Ning said, "yes, you can invite all the powerful people in the city to come here for discussion. I don't care how you get the 150000 Liang silver and 50000 stone grain. As long as you can get it, I don't care."

Zhou Wentong said with a sad face, "OK! Please wait a minute."

The servants of the Liu family took over Jimo county. They were only 600 people and were short of manpower. It was a little difficult to control all the places. They controlled several strategic points and blocked the soldiers in the barracks. For a moment, they had the upper hand, but their shortage of manpower was also a problem. If the people in the whole city got up to make trouble, they couldn't resist it. They were trying to rob them Money does not come to kill people. If they kill innocent people on a large scale, it is not their original intention.

Therefore, Liu Zhongyong has been secretly presiding over his affairs. After he took control of the county, he asked Liu Ning to be responsible for blackmailing Zhou Wentong. He sent cavalry to shout in the street: "the hero of Jufeng mountain has always robbed the rich and helped the poor, walked on behalf of heaven and committed no crime to the people. This time, he came to Jimo only to beat the autumn Valley to the officials and landlords. It has nothing to do with the people. Please don't make trouble."

His cry was both a warning and a placard to the people, stabilizing the situation for the time being.

The people heard that the county was occupied, and the four city gates were blocked by robbers. The robbers also occupied the county government and arrested the county magistrate. Of course, they dare not make trouble now. If anyone dares to take the lead, let the robbers cut down and complain to anyone, there is no place to complain! Therefore, the people dare not go out in a busy county. It is cold and quiet. Except for the riders patrolling the Liu house Soldiers and infantry, there was no one in the street.

Liu Zhongyong told the people to hide at home and ignore and ask about this bad thing. This is the best choice. If the people make trouble, they really can't suppress it and have to run away.

Now they only explain that they rob the rich to help the poor, only want to rob the landlords, only want to rob the officials, but not the people. This has been recognized by most people. Isn't this the practice of Shuibo Liangshan heroes?

Since the heroes come to rob officials and landlords, they don't have to stand up for them, so they hide at home and don't go to the street.

People can hide, but officials and landlords can't hide. Led by Constable Li Xiaoqiang, they visited the gentry and landlords in the city one by one, invited them to the county government and asked them to pledge.

No one had such a large sum of money. Zhou Wentong couldn't take it out anyway. He had to invite the rich families and gentry in the city to discuss how to meet Liu Ning's requirements.

The gentry and rich families are very angry. Why don't we count in the good deeds of the damn county magistrate? Now with these bad things, they are the first to invite us all to raise money. They dare not say it, but they hate the county magistrate in their heart.

Zhou Wentong once again explained the whole story of the incident. To put it bluntly, the heroes of Jufeng mountain have captured the county and come here to raise food and grass. If these people are willing to hand over a large amount of money, they will withdraw their troops. If they are not willing to pay, they will search for it by themselves. Finally, he came to the conclusion that paying money obediently is the best way, If we resist, we will only suffer greater losses.

Then Zhou Wentong saw that everyone was silent and knew that it was impossible for these people to take out the money. He only called the roll one by one and limited everyone to donate a sum of money. If not, the robbers had to go to the house to collect it.

Zhou Wentong was cruel. These talents reluctantly discussed and donated a large amount of money, but only 80000 were finally pledged, only half of the 150000 they asked for, and 20000 stones of grain were pledged, and then there was no more.

No matter what Zhou Wentong said, these people didn't nod. Several people also said directly and strongly: "if you want money, just one life, and so much money, don't forget it."

Now everyone is in trouble. Zhou Wentong has lost the protection of his official position, and everyone is not afraid. He is accusing people. It is because you can't protect the place that the robbers come to the door. Now we have to spend money to eliminate the disaster.

Zhou Wentong had to explain: "this is not what I ushered in. It's the people of Jufeng mountain who came here to make fortune. Now I ask you to donate money to protect your life safety and eliminate disasters.

But no matter what Zhou Wentong said, others refused to donate again. Anyway, what they meant was that Zhou Wentong was an official. He had to donate himself and subscribe for a large share.

In fact, Zhou Wentong absolutely doesn't want to be this villain. Now all the people present are local rich businessmen and gentry. He offended these people like this. He can't stay here in the future, but now there's no way. The robbers put a knife on his neck. If they don't obey their arrangements and orders, they will cut off his head and kill him He only cares about the future. Now he just wants to live through today.

Then Zhou Wentong had no choice but to make a forced apportionment. He said, "if you don't want to pledge a sum of money, you have no choice but to let the people of Qingfeng mountain take it by themselves. At that time, these are rude people. They are manipulated by rude heroes at home. If there are any accidental injuries and damages, it's none of my business."

Zhou Wentong has been in charge of the local government for one year, and his control ability is still quite strong. After coming here, he has formed a league with the local officials and gentry, and has also made a lot of money. He has accumulated a lot of contacts. If his term of office expires every three years, he can still have a relationship with the local government. It is possible to change his position in each place or even appreciate. But now he has such a mess , many people have offended, and many rich and powerful people have been offended miserably. It can be said that all the previous hard work has disappeared.

Zhou Wentong's forced apportionment is useless. These people refuse to admit it. Anyway, everyone has no money, no money, no life.

Liu Ning saw that these people were still quibbling and asking for money at this moment. He pulled out his sharp knife again and chopped it at a fat man. The fat man hurriedly ran away and said, "hero, spare your life! Hero, spare your life!"

Liu Ning asked someone to hold the fat man down, waved a knife in front of him, and said, "did you say that just now? Do you want money? Do you want life? Let me take a knife to cut off your head, directly offset the silver and take the weight."

The fat man peed directly and begged bitterly, "hero, spare your life, hero, I really have no money."

Liu Ning said, "I don't want money now. I just want to die. Be honest. Stretch your neck and let me cut off your head."

The fat man really had no choice but to admit it and said, "hero, spare your life! I'm willing to donate! I'm willing to donate!"

Liu Ning patted him on the head with a knife face and said, "bitch! If you don't fight, you won't take the money out. Now I want you to pay 6000 Liang. What do you say?"

The fat man argued, "it's three thousand. How can it become six thousand Liang, three thousand Liang more."

Liu Ning said, "this is because you don't know the phase. You want me to do it yourself. Isn't it worth 3000 Liang with my identity as the king of the giant peak?"