Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 61
Old Man Xing's request just hit Song Qingshu's weakness, resettled the beggars, built a village, invested all five or six hundred taels of silver on hand, and begged Qu Botao to weave them into his family's carriage shop?It happened just in time for Qu Botao to go to Guangdong and Guangxi to seek new business. The rest of the powerful shopkeepers were all in Qi County, and the local shopkeepers couldn't make decisions. This made Song Qingshu really in a dilemma.

"Is it really not possible? The old man will think of a way again?" Seeing Song Qingshu's brows tightened for a long time, the tortured old man couldn't stand it any longer, and asked helplessly. Hearing this, Song Qingshu shook his head hastily.

"Master, just leave this matter to me. I have a bite to eat, and I won't bring any brothers to starve. You can rest assured."

Anyway, the old man Xing was the one who took in Song Qingshu in the first place, this is called the kindness of knowing you!No matter what, Song Qingshu didn't want to see him make things difficult, so he had to make things difficult for himself, forced a smile on his face, and Song Qingshu still took care of the matter.

Now I still believe in his ability. After hearing that he finally agreed, the old criminal finally felt relieved and nodded in relief.

"That's good, that's good!"

"Okay, everyone, don't be dazed, go to the table, eat together, eat!" In order to ease the atmosphere, Song Qingshu calmed down the old criminal, and stretched out his hands again, calling out to the disciples of the Xing family class who were in a mess Served on the table, but yelled twice in a row, these stupid bastards, you look at me, I look at you, but none of them came up, and finally looked at their big brother Liu Dazhuzi and the master with all searching eyes Punish the old man.

In Chinese tradition, eating is considered a big event, and must be led by the elders or the leader Zhang Luo. In the Escort, Liu Dazhuzi is the leader. Besides, Song Qingshu is a fool in their impression, not to mention that he is a latecomer. What prestige can he have? Everyone eat?With his eyes focused on himself, Liu Dazhuzi still habitually asked the old criminal.

"Master, the brothers are also tired, can you..."

However, before the question was finished, Old Man Xing was already furious, knocking on his pipe and yelling angrily on the table: "From now on, Qingshu will be your shopkeeper, your boss! If you still recognize me as a master, he will He is also the leader of our Xing family class! From now on, you will listen to whatever he says! He has already spoken, why are you still staring blankly?"

If he listened to the old man who punished him, Liu Dazhuzi, a senior brother, would still feel that he could hold back his face, but would he listen to Song Qingshu, a fool?Liu Dazhuzi really couldn't stand this change in identity, so he couldn't help but groan.

"Master, Da Zhuzi is not hungry anymore, you eat first, and I will clean up the pile of firewood."

As he said, he turned his head and was about to walk into the yard. He froze for a moment, and Zhang Er also followed, but the other seniors from the Xing family class didn't move for a while, hesitating for a while, anxious The old stick was the first to bow to the dazed Song Qingshu in a dull manner, then sat on the dining table, picked up a bowl of sweet potato and corn porridge, and began to pour it into his stomach. The brothers also bowed to Song Qingshu in twos and threes, and sat down at the table.

They have already split up and broke up. If there is no other way, they have been hungry for a day or two, and they are too embarrassed to come back to find the master Xing Laowan. The master has decided to listen to Song Qingshu. Let's take one step at a time. These days, if you can eat enough and call a fool your father, the people who come to line up can go from the east to the west of the city.

Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, he would become the boss of the Xing family class. Song Qingshu was stunned, he had never been a leader, and when he came back to his senses, he could only wave his hands with a silly smile: "Everyone, eat and drink well! "

Some were dissatisfied that Song Qingshu didn't have the prestige of being a leader at all, so the old criminal simply coughed again, and asked the stunned guy again: "There is one more thing, fool, the old man has been wanting to ask you for a long time gone."

"Master, tell me!"

Song Qingshu hurriedly turned around, but what the old man Xing said made him open his mouth in astonishment.

"You and this girl Hong'er have already signed the marriage certificate, and she is not young anymore. When do you plan to formally marry her?"

Liu Dazhu, who was carrying the firewood, was dazed and almost lay down on the ground. The girl Caiwei lowered her head sourly. Even if Hongniang Xing was a man, she blushed and stomped heavily on this matter.

"father!"

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This meal was delicious enough. It is estimated that Old Man Xing felt that he caused Song Qingshu such a big trouble. Although it is worthless to give him the leadership of the Xing family class, it is considered compensation and he is in charge of the Xing family. It's time for class, Song Qingshu probably won't be perfunctory, at least he can't let his worthless apprentices starve to death, as for the last mention of marriage, it also shows the intention of decentralization.

Son-in-law, son-in-law!After marrying his only daughter, Hongniang Xing, the Xing family class was also a dowry, which was received by Song Qingshu.

But the boss is not so easy to be, to be the boss, you have to spend money!The famous Caesar in the West just wanted to be the boss of Rome, he was crazy, he tried his best to throw money to the Romans, and finally made himself heavily in debt. He took the legion to conquer Gaul, half of it was an ideal, and half of it was forced by debts. of.

In addition, Alexander the Great also owed a lot of debts in order to recruit his younger brother. Part of his footsteps in conquering the East was also forced out.

This trip to Song Qingshu was considered even more expensive. There were more than a dozen younger brothers who had quarreled with him and had no economic output, and they were also burdened with marriage debts. After autumn and autumn harvest, he will pick an auspicious day, and now he has to save money for his wife.

"Nimma, this gift money is really expensive!"

In the early morning of the next day, he left the store again, and wandered hesitantly near the Xi'an Mansion. Looking at the side door where people were coming and going, Song Qingshu muttered depressingly.

Bite the bullet, Song Qingshu walked towards the Yamen of Xi'an Prefecture that he had sworn that he would never come again in this life.

It's not too bad, the fast catcher at the door is considered to know the silly shopkeeper, and the brother who caught the head by himself, even felt that he called the silly third master, and let him in when he opened the door.

Qu Botao can't be counted on, the only one who can be counted on is Zhang Xianzhong, his sworn elder brother, the arresters under him are not in the ranks, Zhang Xianzhong has the final say when it comes to recruiting, let's see if I can ask him for help. The brothers in the Xing Family Squad had a mouthful of food, but Song Qingshu couldn't help but be taken aback when he entered the arresting officer's room.

I haven't seen him for more than a day, and Zhang Xianzhong's life is too miserable. The originally majestic yellow-faced tiger's face is bruised and purple, all of which are injuries!Bai Wenxuan, the second idiot, was also there, and he was so shaved that his mother almost couldn't recognize him. The rest of the police officers were also beaten up and down, with their mouths crooked and their eyes squinting.

The thought of going through the back door was thrown to the back of his head, Song Qingshu asked in astonishment: "Brother! Brother Bai! Who are you?"

As soon as he saw Song Qingshu, Bai Wenxuan turned over immediately as if he had seen a rescuer, and excitedly pulled Song Qingshu's hand and asked, "Where is Brother Scarface? Call him immediately, let's find a place!"

"Don't worry about it. Brother Scarface went out of the city to buy Zhuangzizhi land in Shangluo, and he won't be able to come back in a month or two." Zhang Xianzhong knew it, humming weakly, and Bai Wenxuan said to him. Like a plague chicken, he lay on the ground and moaned again, unwilling to say a word.

"What's going on?" Song Qingshu yelled helplessly, confused.

As soon as he spoke, the corner of his mouth was cut and hurt, Zhang Xianzhong was also weak, and he talked hummingly with his mouth curled up.

"Tricksters are resisting taxes!"

A few yamen servants followed suit, and after listening for a long time, Song Qingshu finally understood what was going on. Speaking of it, the matter was really tricky. The duty of the arrester is not only to maintain law and order, but also to assist the county magistrate , to collect taxes, especially in the Chongzhen Dynasty, the east and the eastern captives were fighting hard, and the west has been suffering from severe drought for many years. Recently, Marshal Yuan of Liaodong also promised the emperor that he would be able to pacify the Liao Dynasty for five years. The holy emperor was so happy that he levied an additional Liao salary. Started to clean up the tax arrears in Shaanxi over the years, Xu Yongyi, the magistrate of Xi'an panicked, sent Zhang Xianzhong and other arresting government servants to press for rent.

At this time, June and July are when the crops are not harvested. The Northwest is already in a difficult situation, and it is strange to be able to collect money and food, but the official doesn't care about it!Yamen servants can only arrest people from village to village, like kidnapping, they either bring money to redeem people, or they take them to squat in prison. The Ming Empire has indeed rotted to the root at this point.

Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong has been unlucky recently. His backer, the Mr. Wu who forcibly married Xing Hongniang as his concubine, but fulfilled Song Qingshu, went to Beijing to be the censor with his uncle Wu Xin. Empty again.

Today, when I went out to collect taxes, I ran into a hard stubble again. It is rare for a richer village. I just went in and yelled twice, but I was beaten out. Even Zhang Xianzhong was beaten. People beat me up.

"Damn it, if it wasn't for that kid being too skinny, how could I have been beaten so badly with my skills?" Angry, Bai Wenxuan became more energetic now, yelling with all his strength, hissing his neck, Zhang Xianzhong grinned again.

"You're about to get over it! One stick will make people dizzy. If I hadn't dragged you back, you would still be lying in the pigsty right now!"

The other yamen servants who heard this couldn't help covering their mouths and secretly laughing, feeling that they had lost too much face, Bai Wenxuan turned his finger back again and yelled at them furiously.

"Laugh, laugh, laugh! How could I let someone beat you so badly if you bastards ran away when things got bad? If you were ordered to kill each and every one of you in our Jinyiwei Heads! Spicy block mothers don't take root!"

"Sigh, it would be nice if old man Scarface left a day or two later. This troublemaker is really evil. I'm afraid only old man Scarface can match his strength!" With a sigh, Zhang Xianzhong stretched out his hand again It was Bai Wenxuan who pulled him up.

"Old Bai, what the hell are you pretending to be dead? After you take a breather, go with me and get back your face! Get up!"

Seeing that he was going to continue to find trouble with that evil star, a large group of policemen suddenly felt sorry for him. This machine was called a stomachache, and that one was called a pain in the buttocks. Several of them slipped away in a blink of an eye, and the rest just lay down and pretended to be dead. , the angry Zhang Xianzhong yelled at him again, scolding him with all kinds of unpleasant things, so loud that the police room almost broke up.

"Brother, if it doesn't work, let's change to another village. Why do we have to keep an eye on the family?" , but more helpless than him, he sighed and said in a sad voice.

"Brother, you don't eat the bowl of rice from the court eagle dog, you don't know, you can't!"

(End of this chapter)