Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 59 leave a way out

What Song Qingshu did was really crazy.

He actually wants to keep his promise and collect all these six No.70 beggars into a melody. This is not as simple as ten or so cats. Mo's Qiao'er was full of disbelief with trembling hands, and Scarface was so angry that he almost went crazy, he just started yelling.

"Are you crazy, or do you have two coins for you to burn? Just such a broken shop, how many people can you use? This is No. 70 people! The government doesn't care about you, a big fool, going crazy? You Is it affordable? What use are they? They're useless!"

Pointing at the lion-headed beggar with bared yellow teeth, he spit on Song Qingshu's face with his scarred face and yelled furiously, "How can raising a dog still bite people? Raising these scumbags is a waste of money." Food! No. 70 people! You will be eaten up in less than a month, how will I end up with you then?"

Frowning and wiping the saliva off his face, Song Qingshu reluctantly put down his pen, simply stretched his arms around the furious Scarface's neck, and whispered to him in a low voice.

"Didn't we still share 520 taels of silver?"

"What did you think of the money?"

Scarface was even more angry and his mouth was crooked. He shook off Song Qingshu's hand, pointed at his nose and shouted: "I tell you you stupid fool! I also got a share of the money I worked hard for. You have to give these trash Flowers, no way!"

His ears were buzzing, and Song Qingshu's anger finally turned up, and he grabbed Scarface's stubborn donkey's shoulder and yelled at him again: "Why are you screaming so loudly? You're so fucking stupid!" Loud voice? Why can't you just listen to me?"

Now Song Qingshu is really possessed by Huo Huajian, spittle sprayed over like raindrops, Scarface opened his mouth and took a mouthful of saliva just as he was about to refute, the guy who was sprayed finally lost his temper, and hid far away to wipe his face , yelling angrily: "If you fart, let it go!"

Let your sister go?Staring at him helplessly again, Song Qingshu turned around and pointed to a large group of beggars who were still staring at him, pointing to his head like a revelation and asked, "You never thought that these people are useful?"

"Eating and drinking for free by cheating and abducting."

He simply sprayed back, squinted at Qiao'er, and Scarface added angrily: "Still stealing things."

The female thief lowered her head sadly.Hearing this, Song Qingshu was completely defeated, and he spread his hands weakly and explained: "These people are peasants fleeing from famine! They have nowhere to go now, if you take them in, they will be grateful! They will work hard! Just right We have money, but we can’t afford it when we’re idle. Why don’t we take them in as free labor and buy a farm near Xi’an. Once we can’t live in the city anymore, we’ll still have a job if we go out. Is there a way out?"

Scarface was taken aback when he heard this, but immediately, his attitude turned 180 degrees, and he nodded approvingly.

The land complex of the Chinese people is too strong, even if they make money in business, they will go back to their hometown to buy houses and land. It can be seen from the big houses of Shanxi merchants connected to the fields. Qu Botao has contiguous land in Qi County. Real estate, Song Qingshu's desire to buy a Zhuangzi is definitely the most traditional move in China!He subconsciously thought that Song Qingshu was right about the traditional words of rejection that even Scarface could not think of!

After hesitating for a long time, Scarface still couldn't swallow the breath, and muttered unconvinced: "I heard that the other side of Shangluo is next to the Wei River, and the drought is not too severe. It's okay to buy land and build a village there. But now It’s more than June, and there are not many days until autumn. Now you can buy wasteland and you can’t grow anything. Now you are collecting tenants, and you have to raise these wastes for more than half a year. If you want to buy ready-made crop land, drive the original tenants away It’s still a trouble, it’s such a headache for you to do this!”

"Just buy wasteland!"

Hearing this, Song Qingshu was confident, patted his chest and smiled: "I've already thought about what to plant, and I definitely won't wait for a year in vain, but I don't understand the twists and turns of the land transaction, and I still have to rely on you." I can only ask you to find money for this matter!"

"You!"

The anger was completely dissipated, and he shook his head depressedly at Song Qingshu, Scarface turned his head and left, he walked away in a chic way, Song Qingshu hurriedly yelled from behind: "Old Xia, what are you going to do?"

"Go to Zhang Huanghu! This master-servant contract is uncertain, but it is not good to understand, so as not to bully the master in the future, and you may be able to raise some money by looking for him. It is a bit small to build a Zhuangzi with more than 500 taels!"

It can be regarded as having figured out this stubborn donkey. Looking at the swaying figure with a scarred face, Song Qingshu was sincerely relieved. It was really not easy to smooth out this trouble.

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Song Qingshu didn't set up a farm on a whim. He came from a later generation with a well-developed industry and commerce. He didn't have any land complex, but he came from a later generation. He had read some historical materials left by literati at that time, especially "Ming Ji Beilue" and Gu Cheng. Mr. "History of Peasant Wars in the Late Ming Dynasty", which recorded Li Zicheng's three sieges of Kaifeng, left a deep impression on him.

The siege lasted for more than 100 days, and finally reached the point where there was no food in the city. The government expropriated from house to house, and the people had to starve to death. In the "Diary of Shou Bian", there are records that several households were killed because they failed to hand over the stored grain. , the more so, a morsel of food can save a life at critical times.Although there didn't seem to be any major wars in Xi'an Prefecture before Li Zicheng broke Sun Chuanting in the 16th year of Chongzhen, it is better to be prepared. If you have a farm, you can also get more food. Once a war comes, the whole family will not starve to death. The three caves of the cunning rabbit also build a shelter on the mountain. If there is a catastrophe, go up the mountain and hide for seven or eight years before coming down.

In order to survive, Song Qingshu was really scratching his head and trying to break his mind!

But there is another point that Song Qingshu was wrong. He always regarded Scarface as a professional human trafficker, but later he realized that the most professional human trafficker these days must be the Ming government!

Zhang Xianzhong is definitely loyal enough, when he heard that Scarface was looking for him, he turned down the evening drink, and even brought the master here along the way, a few taels of silver as a filial piety, the Shaoxing master immediately changed into a smiling face, very fast Helped Song Qingshu complete these beggar household registrations, became Song Qingshu's servant, and recommended several Renyazi and human traffickers for Song Qingshu with an extremely professional attitude. Hearing this, he felt ashamed, and Song Qingshu broke out in cold sweat.

An hour later, after completing the identity and household registration, Song Qingshu became the patriarch of the feudal family before he knew it. There were 68 servants under his name, which was more than enough, but it was still a problem to feed them.

As Scarface had expected, Zhang Xianzhong was really interested when he heard that Song Qingshu was going to buy a village in the countryside, and he even made the decision for Bai Wenxuan. acres of land.

Unexpectedly, a group of beggars who had just become personal slaves were not happy when they heard that Song Qingshu wanted them to farm, and they gathered together to discuss a lot, clamoring to stay in the city, in Song Qingshu's small shop Work, especially the lion head, was surprisingly loud, dirty saliva even flew onto Song Qingshu's face.

A group of people were in a mess, yelling and everything, but at this time the deeds of prostitution were all signed, so there was nothing left for them!

Zhang Xianzhong lashed out with a whip, and the group of beggars who were whipped immediately cried out for their fathers and mothers, Scarface sneered at the murderous look with a knife in his hand, and the people who watched it were even more frightened. In the end, Song Qingshu took out money and bought After a decent meal, such a policy of carrots and sticks can be regarded as sending off this group of honest farmers and tenants. A group of people lead the food around the basket, squatting on the ground and chewing, and only the lion's head waits for a few minutes. The head of a beggar was still unwilling, while chewing the meat buns sold by Song Qingshu, while cursing and grinning.

Looking at them, there was a strong murderous intent in Scarface's eyes.

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The next day, the small shop simply closed for another day. After sitting there for more than two months, I still didn’t feel like I was sitting on the hot pier. The butt was smashed open. Song Qingshu looked at him as if he saw his daughter and other men entering the hotel. Scarface packed all the money into the bag, and tremblingly followed out the door under the latter's schadenfreude and contempt.

Tang Ruowang, a foreign monk, was fooled into going to the countryside together. The old guy is all about preaching in the East. As soon as Song Qingshu revealed that he wanted to build a small church in the manor, Father Tang immediately turned his eyes away. Guang, volunteered to follow along to work, and more than half of the sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn sticks behind the church in his city were pulled out.

These are Song Qingshu's hopes.

In the west market, I bought more than ten tans of grain as rations. At the gate of the city, a group of government servants guarded the beggars who had just been recruited to join Song Qingshu and others. Two capable hands followed, and even got a simple knife and two military-style strong bows for them.

It was the first time to say goodbye to this world. Seeing Scarface fiddling with the bow to find the handle, Song Qingshu also felt a little bit reluctant, and couldn't help bowing heavily.

"Some, I'll leave it to you, Lao Xia!"

"It's not like I won't come back, what are you doing like a woman?" Scarface's farewell words were still so chic, with his back arched, he patted Song Qingshu's shoulder heavily and said: "Your **** *Hehe, don’t suffer any disadvantages when I’m not here. It doesn’t matter if you suffer, just don’t let our lady suffer along with you. Just bear with it, and I’ll take care of it for you when I come back. Okay, that’s it. !"

The roots of his teeth were itching with anger, seeing Scarface with the simple knife on his back, driving the group of tenants out of the city gate like prisoners, Song Qingshu waved his hand again depressed.

"Walk well all the way, don't fall to your death! When you meet wild flowers, hide away, don't get sick!"

After walking a long way and looking back, Scarface gave him another contemptuous look.

This is also a big deal to buy a house, but the fund-raising building can’t see the existing house. In the morning, I bid farewell to Scarface. In the afternoon, Song Qingshu seemed a little distraught. He squatted at the counter and lost his energy. There is also Caiwei, who has lived with Scarface for several years. It's the first time they've been apart for such a long time, and only Qiaoer and Xiaobao have caused such a big trouble.

In the evening, another wave of guests was sent away. Song Qingshu and Caiwei simply fell apart and leaned together, while Xiaobao stood eagerly at the door, continuing to take care of the guests, but before the sun set, he was fainting. The drowsy Song Qingshu suddenly heard Xiaobao's voice sharpen.

"Hurry up, beggars are not welcome here!"

Another beggar came?Now Song Qingshu is allergic to the word begging, so he jumped up in a jerk, and went to the door of the store. The next moment, he shouted in shock.

"Carrot! Why are you here?"

(End of this chapter)