Infrastructure masters in the red building

Taoyuanzhai took stock of all the losses afterwards, the main one was the "Jinhua Textile Factory", even the factory buildings and machinery were all burned down, and even the nearby sugar workshop was affected;

The second is the two wooden rails, which were set on fire by bandits and used as guide rails to guide the direction at night, and they were sacrificed very unjustly.But because the bandits could burn the "rail", they couldn't get out.The high-grade highway from Taoyuan to Wuyuan is still unimpeded, whether it is people or horse-drawn carriages, it can pass smoothly, except that the cargo capacity is not as good as the track, nothing else is hindered.

Finally, there are the three biogas digesters and the public toilets connected to them.As a result, the biogas lamps used for nighttime lighting in Taoyuanzhai are also temporarily unusable. They must wait for the line to be relaid and connected to other biogas digesters before they can be put into use again.

In terms of personnel, there were not a few people injured in Taoyuan Village this time, and the improvised "Miao Jia" did reduce the severity of the injuries to a certain extent.

Afterwards, Jia Fang went to Zhang Youshi to check the condition of the wounded, and found that some of the weapons were indeed weakened after encountering the militant armor. They said that they had slipped away from important organs. It was originally a fatal injury, but now it may be just an ordinary injury. What was originally a normal injury is now a minor injury.

Zhang Youshi led several medical students to treat the wounded.

They strictly followed the "rules" specified in advance. The wounds were washed with boiled and cooled water, and the doctors washed their hands and utensils with spirits before healing the wounded.

All large eversion wounds were sutured with cotton thread, and the thread ends were removed after the healing was good.Zhang Youshi's own craft is not very good, but all the students under him are masters.The main contribution of Zhang Youshi is to find an ingredient similar to "Mabosan" from herbal medicine, which can temporarily relieve pain.

Therefore, although there are many wounded, there are very few seriously injured.Most of the seriously injured were attacked at close range and thus injured their internal organs. According to Zhang Youshi's words: the problem is not serious, and should be cured after careful care.

In the first battle of Taoyuan Village, he achieved zero sacrifice—although Jia Fang was still dissatisfied with it.

And Wuyuan County was also attacked by bandits, almost at the same time as Taoyuan Village.

Although there is no Jia Fang in Wuyuan County, Zheng Boyi, Nan Yongqian and others are not vegetarians.County magistrate Yuan Hua is now the most popular among grassroots civil servants, and it is indispensable to personally sit in the town and command the city defense.With the solid city wall of Wuyuan County, it is enough to protect the people in the city.

But what is more terrifying than the fierce bandits from outside is the fluctuation of people's hearts in Wuyuan County.

Liu Minghua stood in front of the Liu Family Ancestral Hall, anxiously waiting for the news from outside.

He was so angry at Jia Fang's practice of "requisitioning hidden land without compensation" and "restricting treachery" that he was in a daze for many days. When he woke up, the Liu family had just experienced a marriage with the Zhao family. Disputes are exactly the state of chicken feathers all over the place.

Only then did Liu Minghua realize that he had missed so many "good shows".

When it was rumored outside that there was banditry, he asked Liu Shihan and Liu Shilin to find out that the banditry this time was by no means a bitter drama about "Tonghuan Sanliu" avenging his brother, it was all aimed at Jia Fang and Wu Yuan A ruthless move by the county.

The Liu family was originally part of this plan, and the Zhao family also clearly stated that when Wuyuan City was destroyed, the Zhao family would protect the "children and relatives". However, with the escape of the fake Liu Xiaomei, the marriage plan of the Liu and Zhao families went bankrupt.And the Liu family's family failed to find a daughter of the right age to marry Zhao Wuqi again - it was absolutely too late for rebirth, and they wanted to find a girl outside to pretend to be a replacement, but the Zhao family had already become suspicious.

The Liu-Zhao alliance, which had been well calculated, has completely broken down so far.

But the Zhao family's letter had already been sent out, and Tonghuan Sanliu soon started to riot, approaching Wu Yuan.

Liu Minghua is still nominally a clerk of the county government, but Yuan Hua, the county magistrate, has ordered him to "rest" at home instead of going to the county government; Liu Lixing, a descendant of the Liu family's Yuan branch, disappeared from the Liu family ancestral hall last time, and his family will never be seen again. Appeared in Wuyuan County.

As a result, the Liu family basically had no news from the county—except for inquiries from the street, everything was basically based on guesswork.

"Here's the news," Liu Shilin strode into the ancestral hall, followed by the patriarch Liu Shihan, and several other elders of the Liu family. "

"Bandits are coming towards us, at least 1000 people." Liu Shihan announced in a deep voice, and the elders of the Liu family panicked and complained: "Bandits... our Yong'an Prefecture has always been peaceful, why? Bandits suddenly appeared?"

"That's right, since last time when the copper ring gave heads three or four times, there have been no more bandits... This time, I am afraid that the disaster caused by the Wuliang County Venerable Yuan Hua, he will have retribution."

Liu Shilin slowly closed his eyes, and Liu Minghua knew that this clan uncle who had always been called a "brain tank" was not very satisfied with the group of clan elders who didn't know what to do.

Liu Shihan immediately reassured him, saying that there is a city wall in Wuyuan County, hiding in the city should be no problem, and then hurriedly sent out these elders who had never been involved in important affairs of the Liu family.Those left in the Liu family's ancestral hall are the real core that controls the entire family.

Liu Minghua asked Liu Shihan, "Did the bandits come to such a small place as Wuyuan specifically for—" He gestured three fingers together, representing Jia Fang, because Jia released three.

Liu Shihan nodded: "If Wuyuan City is destroyed, the county lord will die." In ancient times, a county was destroyed by bandits and thieves, and even the county lords did not end well.If he can't commit suicide and die in the city, the county official will be punished by the court in the future, his official career will definitely be over, and his head may not be safe.

Liu Shihan also made a "three" and continued: "And this one is absolutely impossible to stay in the south."

"The Zhao family's plan is only good for the Liu family..."

Liu Minghua frowned, "Nephew is just thinking, if the time comes when the city is destroyed, everything will be destroyed, my Liu family is also quite dangerous, why not..."

He wanted to say with all his heart: In fact, the Liu family still has two ways to go. Anyway, the relationship between the children and the Zhao family has already been torn apart. There is still room for maneuver.At least his own future is still very likely to be preserved.

But if the day comes when the city is destroyed, the county magistrate will no longer be able to continue, but the Liu family will also encounter a catastrophe.In the future, the city will be taken back by the imperial court. It is still unclear what the situation will be.

Unexpectedly, Liu Shilin said coldly: "You can't go out of the Zhao family!"

Liu Minghua's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he knew that his head was on both ends, and the clan elders had spotted it.

"The Zhao family cannot be confessed!" Liu Shihan also said, "We must take this opportunity to overthrow Yuan Hua and drive away Jia Fang, otherwise our Yong'an Prefecture will never have peace. Our Liu family... has no hope of turning over again. "

It seems that the two elders of the Liu family have made up their minds to protect the Zhao family.

Before Liu Minghua opened his mouth to say anything, Liu Shilin squinted his eyes and said to Liu Minghua, "Nephew Minghua, take advantage of this time to find a way to spread some news in the city."

"It's just that the bandits in Yong'an Prefecture are also because of Zhang Tian's incident this time."

Liu Minghua turned pale with shock: "This..."

Although there is a lot of resentment against Zhang Tian in various places this time, the resentment mainly comes from those big grain households who have land in their hands and have enjoyed the benefits of exemption from corvee and tax for many years, but this time they were found out Tian and guiji, who suffered losses as a result.

If it is said that the banditry in Yong'an Prefecture is because of the Zhangtian incident, isn't it saying that these big grain farmers have always colluded with bandits?

Liu Shilin didn't care at all, and snorted coldly: "Nephew Minghua, I always thought you were smart, but I didn't expect that you couldn't even see this little thing clearly."

"The people are the most utilitarian, and the people are the most ruthless—when the bandits come to besiege the city, you just need to tell them that the lives of the whole city can be saved by sacrificing the county lord, and they will definitely carry Yuan Hua to the city. Throw it to bandits on the city wall, and then weep and kneel to thank the 'sacrifice' made for them by the county lord." Liu Shilin's voice was cold, and Liu Minghua always felt that he did not speak like a living person, and this feeling is especially strong today.

"Go and tell those big households that if you can take this opportunity to drive Yuan Hua away, from now on, every autumn tax will be collected according to the results of the previous Zhangtian." Liu Shilin said coldly.

That is to say, grain taxes were also collected based on the results of the "newly edited" fish-scale book by the Liu family.

Liu Minghua thought for a while before he realized that if Yuan Hua died in office and Jia Fang was forced to leave, the next magistrate would have no choice but to continue to use their Liu family and the "fish scale book" compiled by the Liu family.

"But, but the county government has..."

Liu Minghua didn't understand that the results of Zhangtian, which was presided over by the Liu family, had been changed according to several principles proposed by Jia Fang, and new land deeds had been issued to each household.All these title deeds are kept on file in the county.

Liu Shilin raised the corners of his mouth sinisterly, and said: "The day the bandits attacked the city and the city was destroyed, a big fire was set off in the county government, and the fish scale book and all the land deeds compiled by the county lord and the Jiedu envoy worked so hard. There is only one archive of the land ownership in Wuyuan County—it’s in my Liu family!"

Liu Minghua never expected it.The method proposed by this uncle turned out to be "burning the library".

This is really changing with the same—when the Wuyuan county government was burned, the fish scale book was burned, and only the Liu family kept the one in hand.

It's still the same trick now, but it's even more ruthless, burning all fish scale books and title deed stubs, and announcing to the outside world that all the newly drawn land boundaries are invalid. The Liu family is still the same Liu family that ruled the wind and rain in Wuyuan County.

Liu Minghua opened his mouth and stayed for a while before saying: "Uncle, that kid Lixing disappeared a while ago and took him away..."

Speaking of this, Liu Shilin suddenly slapped the table hard, making his palm turn red.Once the scars of the most scheming elder of the Liu family were uncovered, he would jump up with furry like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and said angrily, "Don't mention that brat's name in front of me again!"

Liu Lixing actually betrayed his family——Liu Shilin didn't remember at all that he had forced Liu Xiaomei to marry him, or locked Liu Lixing in this Liu family ancestral hall.

Liu Shilin only remembered that this grandson once made him lose face in front of the Zhao family, and took away the direct evidence that the Liu family had manipulated taxes-the fish scales that should have been left in the Wuyuan county government and burned along with the fire. book.

If that booklet were to be found in the world, it would be enough to cure Liu Shilin, Liu Minghua and others of their serious crimes.It is not impossible to implicate the family.

And the Liu family was so stupid that they locked Liu Lixing together with the book of fish scales and let him be rescued just like that.

At this moment, Liu Shilin gritted his teeth and said: "The bandits not only want to attack Wu Yuan, but also attack Taoyuan."

"Does that kid think that everything will be fine if he escapes to Taoyuan Village? When the bandits set a fire and burn the entire Taoyuan to ashes, and when he is buried in the sea of ​​flames, he will still remember this, remember Start the Liu family ancestral hall! The Liu family gave him a life, but he didn't want it himself, so good—"

Liu Minghua was stunned by his uncle's hostility, and at the same time thought: Liu Shilin even knew about the bandit's plan to attack Taoyuan Village—how far did the clan elders and Zhao's discuss before?

Even the patriarch Liu Shihan couldn't stand it anymore, and advised in a low voice: "Stop talking. Be careful that walls have ears."

After Liu Shilin vented, his grievances dissipated a bit. Thinking about it, it was because of his own negligence that Liu Lixing ran away and broke up with the Zhao family. There is nothing to publicize about such things.But Liu Shilin still laughed when he heard his elder brother say that "walls have ears".

"Brother is too careful."

"Be careful" means careful in the dialect, Liu Shilin said with a smile: "This is our Liu family's territory, as long as everyone in the Liu family is well managed, there is no such thing as 'walls have ears'."

For a while, the three of them stopped discussing, and Liu Minghua contacted the rich and powerful families in the county, asking them to "cooperate" with all their strength.

Liu Shilin and Liu Shihan each arranged for people to go to Wuyuan County to spread rumors and try to muddy the water.

After the three of them had all left, a man in black came down from the beam in the Liu family's ancestral hall. At this moment, he thought proudly: Today's harvest is quite good—the elders of the Liu family don't know what they said at all, and they were all taken by themselves. He listened without saying a word.

The man in black looked at the ancestral hall of the Liu family, and was a little puzzled as to why the Liu family had suffered losses in the ancestral hall once and it was not enough, so they insisted on continuing to suffer losses one after another.

Earlier, he sneaked into the Liu family's ancestral hall, and originally wanted to prepare for the installation of the wiretapping equipment specially prepared by Dicui Pavilion for the Liu family.

Who knows where it is suitable to install listening tubes and where to get a listening urn... The elders of the Liu family came in.

The man in black has nowhere to hide. Fortunately, his life as a hunter in Yujiang made him as light as a swallow. Climbing a beam is like climbing a tree, light and fast without making a sound.Therefore, the elders of the Liu family let him hear about this desperate arrangement.

The only emotion in this person's heart: It seems that the strength of the Liu family has come to an end, so what troubles are there to take care of, listen to the urn?

Since then, there have been many rumors in Wuyuan County that many large grain households from the county's countryside went to the county town to take refuge. After hearing Liu Minghua's persuasion, they all stood beside Liu's family without hesitation, naively looking forward to the event. Once it's over, everything will start again, and everything will be as usual.

As for ordinary people, not many people are willing to believe the rumors that "bandits rose because of this county"-because there are too many rumors about this banditry, about the "Bronze Ring Three Six" Rumor has it that there are many versions.The people in the county just talked about whether he has superhuman powers or not, and the discussions were in full swing.

As for the county honorable Yuan Hua, everyone in the county saw him patrolling the city defenses in the county with a large group of county officials and the quartermaster who came from the Pingnan Camp.

Both the county government office and the Jiedushi government office vacated empty houses to accommodate people who had taken refuge in the city from outside the county seat.The so-called "people are doing, people are watching", people's hearts are full of flesh, seeing the county lords busy with the safety of the county, how many people feel grateful in their hearts.

If it really came to the time when the county lord had to be sacrificed in exchange for the stability of the whole county, it is estimated that many people would weigh the truth of this statement - if there was no Master Yuan, this Wuyuan County would probably lose even faster.

In the Confucian Temple, those who stayed in the "Dicui Pavilion" in Wuyuan County were quickly summarizing the main points of the action against the Liu family:

"The other party is spreading rumors in the city. We don't need to stop them, nor do we need to spread rumors to the contrary. People are curious, we just need to spread some unbelievable news to divert attention - the logic behind the Liu family biography It’s too complicated, and not many people will think about it carefully with patience.”

"In addition, I received a message from Taoyuan Village, the Liu family, it's time to slowly close the net."