With a rumble of thunder, the floods that had plagued the county for half a month finally subsided.

At the same time, on the bank near the Yangtze River, two figures in charge of lighting the fire chatted:

"Why do I always feel that the direction of this river is wrong? Shouldn't it be entering the river? Why is it turning backwards?"

"Hey, mute, talk to me"

"Oh, by the way, you can't speak."

A limping figure in the darkness muttered wordlessly: "If I had known, I would have come with a deaf person. At least he can talk."

At the same time, the figure in front of him turned around as if he was greatly insulted, waved his arms and gestured:

"You're stupid, even a deaf person can't understand you."

Immediately afterwards, the lame man talked to himself, and as if speaking to the mute, he said in a lost voice:

"Do you think Mrs. Man and Mr. Wang will really let us go?"

As if he didn't believe what he said, the lame man shook his head violently and said:

"Forget it, stay if you can, so as not to be hung on a tree for a month and gnawed by ants."

The two of them walked in the direction of Hejiatun in despair, which was the temporary gathering place for everyone in the valley.

At the same time, in the ancestral hall north of Hejiatun, Wang Fang held a parcel and handed it to Mannia:

"Yours, the clothes I asked someone to buy from Yunfangxuan, show off the paintings as expected, and are worth eight hundred taels."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Mannia's happy smile and turned to Yang Rong and said:

"Yours, the gold-covered Xiangyun jade hairpin from Fucheng Jade Pavilion is worth sixty taels."

When she first saw the hairpin, Yang Rong looked excited, but when she heard the price, she turned pale.

Wang Fang was too lazy to care about her and distributed gifts one by one to everyone present. Only when He Yongding was given the gift, the other party glanced at the silver ingot in Wang Fang's hand, turned around and said:

"Yang Jiu is back. Let's wait until he is dead."

Touching his nose, Wang Fang thought distressedly: "I really can't beat him."

As early as two days ago, when Wang Fang had not yet decided on the direction of the flood discharge, Yang Jiu came back. A total of fifteen people had been trapped in the flood for more than twenty days. When they walked into the city gate, they heard that they were being carried in. of.

In addition to these fifteen people, a total of forty people, including sixty horses, were submerged in the flood.

If the government officials hadn't been present, Yang Jiu would have been beaten to death by the rogue family members without Wang Fang taking action.

Person No. 40 occupies half of the power of the gangsters in the county town, but even if the other party loses half of its power, he is still no match.

"However, I'm afraid he won't live long."

If Yang Jiu had only offended rogues, he would still have hope of survival, but when he offended dozens of big families in the county, no one, not even the county magistrate, dared to intercede for him.

“Right now, the big households in the county are jumping around.”

Because of Yang Jiu's fault, more than half of the gangsters in the entire county were taken away by him, and because of the murder, the government officials were also dragged away by the dead.

And when the county's defense force was at its weakest, someone pried away more than 60,000 taels of silver from the wallets of wealthy households in the county.

A total of 60,000 taels, which is equivalent to the price of 4,000 acres of paddy fields, 80,000 shi of polished rice, and the price of 3,000 cattle and horses.

Naturally, such a huge wealth was not pried away by Wang Fang alone. He just provided an opportunity to make money in the hands of big families. When the common people in the entire county knew that the floods were about to recede, and there were still millions of kilograms of sweet potatoes about to be When it went on the market, food prices in the entire county plummeted, returning to the previous level of three cents per pound.

A total of 60,000 taels were divided up by Wang Fang and the people who had surplus food. In Wang Fang's hands, because of the seven times the price of food, the silver earned was only about 16,000 taels, plus two million The total profit from the sale price of a catty of sweet potatoes is close to more than 18,000 taels.

Such a huge wealth was dispersed into the hands of the people. The big families in the city did not dare to attack the people, and they had no chance to attack the masterminds who had disappeared long ago.

Then the only choice is to attack Yang Jiu.

"Yang Jiu is dead."

I thought for a long time with full of malice in my heart, and while thinking about it, I distributed the property in my hand. After the distribution was completed, the lame man and the mute came in.

Wang Fang waved his hand and motioned for the beggars to come closer and said, "I promised you a year ago that I would let you go after the matter is over."

"Now, here's what's for you."

A short knife, a prisoner's knife.

The prisoner of war knife is also called the triangular spur. This thing is simple to make and is similar to a spear, but it has an extra edge. In terms of power, there is not much difference between the two, but in terms of blood loss, the former It is several times stronger than the latter. Basically, as long as the torso of the body is injured, death is inevitable.

Wang Fang initially thought that the Ming Dynasty did not have steel-making technology and it would be difficult to make military spurs. However, after visiting several blacksmith shops, he discovered that the Ming Dynasty already had steel-making technology, but it was difficult to compete with later generations in terms of output and quality.

The military spur in his hand was customized by him after being modeled after later generations. Unfortunately, due to the quality of the steel, the current military spur is not sharp enough and has no toughness. It will easily break with just a slight collision.

However, in terms of lethality, military thorns were much stronger than ordinary swords. After Wang Fang thought about it again and again, he finally ordered it and planned to see if he could improve it.

Now, after dispersing the things to everyone, Wang Fang continued: "The long knife is for you to defend yourself, and the prisoner of war knife is for you to kill.

I heard that when Yang Jiu entered the mountain and we were preparing to break the embankment, someone was lying in the muddy beach of the valley, and he forcibly pulled two ruffians off their horses. If the flood hadn't just arrived, this person would have died. "

As he spoke, the lame man subconsciously took half a step back, and Wang Fang continued: "When Yang Jiu and others were about to leave the mountain, there were two people who guarded the mountain pass and planned to assassinate them with strong crossbows. However, because of the rain, the crossbow strings were soaked. It didn’t work out in the end.”

While speaking, Mannia glanced at the two beggars, as if questioning the purpose of borrowing the crossbow.

At the same time, Wang Fang continued regardless: "I know you want revenge, and I also know that your hands and feet were interrupted by those gangsters, but I want to remind you that if you are not sure, it is best not to take action. Since we are going to take action, let the other party die without a doubt."

As he spoke, he pointed to the military thorn beside him and said: "For example, if you hit someone with a knife, you might not die after a few cuts, but if you stab him with this, he will die."

"We have few people and cannot withstand the consumption. Don't take action when you are not sure. Don't take action when you can't kill with one strike. But when you can take action, think of a way to kill the opponent in one blow."

After finishing speaking, he threw out several thousand taels of silver notes and said, "Divide it yourself. After you finish dividing it, leave as soon as it gets dark."

Waving his hands impatiently, he got up and walked home. Yang Rong followed behind and said nervously: "What's wrong with you? Do you feel bad about spending too much money? How about I return the hairpin to you?"

"Yes, I feel bad."

People are not emotionless animals. They have been together for nearly a year, living together, working together, doing various risky actions to leverage the price of food, and deliberately killing people to lure the tiger away from the mountain in order to avoid the eyes and ears of interested people.

After a whole month, I finally calmed down, and for a while I felt so relieved, but it also meant that I was about to leave.

Wang Fang has no intention of giving up on his promise, nor does he intend to restrain these suffering beggars to follow him for the rest of their lives. He has already given them weapons for self-defense and the cost of leaving. I think they should have left by the time they get up tomorrow.

He was lying on the bed and sleeping soundly with a large gold ingot in his arms. In the early morning of the next day, while Wang Fang was dreaming, he was pulled up by Yang Rong.

I walked to the small pond in a daze, and vaguely heard someone scolding me: "You made at least 20,000 taels, but you only gave me a few dozen taels. If you want to drive me away, you should at least pay another one hundred taels." two."

He threw the gold ingot in a daze, and the thin figure in front of him excitedly bit out a row of teeth and said, "Not bad, it's real gold."

After saying that, the little girl ran away like crazy. Wang Fang was still wondering if Mannia had gone into the mountains and why there was still someone claiming to be my mother.

While he was talking, another figure came up and said: "Haha, everyone who sees it has a share. I don't want real gold, just give me silver."

He took out his money bag and was reluctant to throw it away when he went to sleep, took out a banknote and handed it over and said: "There is no gold, there is no silver, only paper."

The visitor didn't care and limped away.

She encountered twelve robbers in a row. Just when Yang Rong thought that Wang Fang was really confused and sneaked up to try her old tricks to defraud money, she was driven away by Wang Fang fiercely:

"Little girl's movie, why do you need so much money?"

After saying that, he burst into laughter as if he had encountered something happy.

"What a fool. He was happy to be robbed."

Yang Rong muttered with an annoyed look on her face.

But Wang Fang interrupted: "You know nothing, that's their life money."

At the same time, the flood receded, and in the direction of the mountain in the northwest corner of Hejiatun, two figures mingled together and talked:

"Blind man, we really won't leave. You don't want to go home and see us."

"Whether you want to go or go home, do you think people like us will have a home?"

The cripple touched his chin and thought for a long time, then patted his thigh and said, "That's true. Grandpa's legs can't do anything. Even if my mother wants to raise me, she will be driven away by my brothers."

"By the way, who else is in your family?"

"I can't remember clearly. He was only five years old when he was abducted. I only know that he is from Gusu. He has a father and a mother. The other names are probably Cao."

"Blind Cao, Blind Cao, this name is not bad" See more Prestige public account: hhxs665

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