Chapter 231 Danger Is an Opportunity

Before entering the house, He Lingchuan heard a clanking sound.

Now He's house is full of people, busy unloading furniture, tearing down courtyard walls, and moving materials.

This is Mrs. Ying's renovation plan. Due to the limited budget, she has to do and check every link personally. He Yue originally suggested starting work again in late spring, that is, two months later. This would save a lot of money, but his mother's aesthetics decisively rejected it.

It's so ugly, I can't stand it even for a day!

The house is not as big as the old house in Blackwater City. It is built on the west side, so you can definitely hear it from the east side, and there is no peace at all. He Chunhua and He Yue were all at the government office during the day, and He Lingchuan couldn't practice at home, so he had to go out to eat, drink and have fun. Even Yanlang Lu Xin, who has sensitive hearing, once suggested: "How about we go to the inn and get a room?"

Fortunately, he had a day of wandering today, and the sun was almost setting. He went back to the yard to take a bath before coming out, and the construction stopped.

Workers and employers alike have to go home to eat.

The He father and son also went home. They also took a bath and changed clothes, and the family reunited at the dinner table.

He Lingchuan glanced at the table and was surprised: "Hey, are you making a side stove today?"

"What side stove?" Mrs. Ying said with a smile, "This is called antique soup. The locals in Dunyu love to eat this."

There is a thin-skinned iron pot on the table, with two grids on the inside and outside, and the soup is bubbling in Gulu. There are many raw foods on the table, meats are either pickled or cut, as well as a few pickles and vegetables.

Vegetables are hard to come by this season, even Chinese cabbage.

For He Lingchuan, isn't this just hot pot?

He sat down, rinsed the meat a few times, and dipped it in some seasoning. It tastes spicy and surprisingly delicious.

He Yue kept staring at him, and was obviously a little disappointed when he saw that he even rinsed several pieces of meat without stopping, and asked: "Brother, how does it taste?"

"It's very good." He Lingchuan ate the meat, his voice blurred, "If you don't eat it, it will be gone."

"Isn't it spicy?" The inner and outer circles of soup looked the same, but in fact a lot of peppers were added to the inner circle. He almost spit out the soup just after taking a bite.

Numb and spicy!

He Lingchuan had already seen the floating Sichuan peppercorns and chili peppers.

What's this? It's just a super...simplified version of the red pot. The difference is that it doesn't have that iconic layer of red oil.

In the past, when he had no money to spend at the end of the month, he could just grab a whole bottle of yellow lantern sauce and eat it directly.

He could hardly taste spicy food when he came to this world, and he was still not used to it in the first half year.

Yes, I’m not used to it even now.

After this familiar spicy taste, he almost screamed to the sky.

But he still had to be reserved on the surface: "It's not bad, don't you think the taste is quite enjoyable?"

"Yes." Although the tongue stung, it was surprisingly refreshing. Except for He Lingchuan, the other three people in the He family often make the white soup from the outer circle and occasionally the spicy soup from the inner circle, otherwise they will not be able to bear it. "It's a pity that I don't dare to use it more."

He Lingchuan threw down his chopsticks and walked around outside. When he came back, he put a big bowl on the table:

"Here, if you think it's spicy, put it in your mouth."

When the three of them took a look, it turned out to be a big bowl of snow powder!

Mrs. Ying was a little worried: "Where did you dig it from?" If this boy dared to say that he dug it from the ground, she would beat him until she didn't even recognize him.

"On the trees in my yard." He Lingchuan was not stupid, "My yard hasn't started construction yet, so the dust can't get there. It's very clean."

The three of them felt relieved and took some spoonfuls of snow powder to eat. Sure enough, it instantly weakened the burning sensation in their mouths.

He Chunhua then asked: "Is there any movement in the Li family today?"

"Yes." He Lingchuan cooked the meat and told Li Shuang about the bribery.

"I've been to Dunyu's Xiangpu Ji." Mrs. Ying has the best say in this regard. "The things sold are not bad. The clerk said that there are many talents before and after the customs, such as Nianguan, Shangyuan, Shangsi, Hanyi, and usually maintain a balance of flow. ”

He Lingchuan angrily said: "You want to bribe people with this little money, who are you looking down on?"

"Li Shuang hopes that the government will delay detaining his father for a few days." He Chunhua took a sip of glutinous rice wine and said, "Buy a little more time so that the Li family can report the news to the capital. When Li Shangshu puts pressure on him, maybe Li Rong won't have to Locked up."

"He has a wishful thinking, but he treats others as fools." He Yue said with a smile, "You can never accept this kind of money." Otherwise, the Li family would report to the minister together to expose the new manager of Xiazhou for accepting bribes.

He Lingchuan took a sip of snow powder and felt his mouth was full of refreshment: "Li Rong is already in the squad, do you want to get Li Zhi in too? It's easy to find fault with him, and you can also take away the 150,000 taels of silver as a security deposit." ”

As soon as he arrived in Dunyu, even his second generation ancestor felt the pain of lack of money.

"There's no rush." ​​Godly He Chunhua said, "Let him hang and worry day and night, so that the Li family can cooperate well. The frontline needs money and food, and we need people. It all falls on the four families. They are the leaders of the snakes. , If you don’t come forward and make concessions, other big and small families below will not sincerely contribute.”

Mrs. Ying also asked: "How is the front line? Didn't the Xunzhou army break through Baiche Gang and move south? Will they attack Dunyu?"

"It's not that fast for the time being. Dunyu is closer to the southern boundary of Xiazhou than to the north. The Xunzhou cavalry has to cross the Hundred Car Post to reach Dunyu, and they have to run fast for a day and a night. This is on the premise that there is no obstruction or interception." He Yue He continued, "This is also the reason why the four families are still holding tight to their own pockets and refusing to cooperate."

Mrs. Ying said angrily: "When you are about to die, you still worry about the little money in your hand!"

"If Nian Zanli's army can push them as far as Dunyu, they will withdraw south early. The disaster of war will not befall them. At most, they will lose some property."

He Yue sighed: "No matter when, the poor are the most unlucky."

"The Zhan family wanted to leave, and now that I'm in office, they can't hold back anymore and want to see if I can hold on." He Chunhua said slowly, "These gentry are calculating carefully, thinking that the treasury will pay for the war on the front line, and it has nothing to do with them, so they won't open their wallets until the last minute. This is the case in Qiansong County, and it's also the case in Xiazhou. The legacy of the unity of the army and the people in 'Bai Che Gang' has long disappeared."

Otherwise, he wouldn't have to spend so much effort to control the Li family.

Mrs. Ying looked around and saw that the servants were standing far away, so she whispered: "It's not appropriate to say this, but I'm glad that Old Master Li left at this time."

"If Old Man Li were here, these four families would be as hard to chew as a tortoise shell." He Yue smiled, "Now, we can defeat them one by one."

Li Rong was about to go to the detention room.

A place like a detention room, tsk tsk, although it is only a place to detain suspects, it is worse than the environment of a regular prison. It is dirty and filthy. Someone was bitten by a flea in it and had shivering all over his body and died directly. Even if the Li family had arranged for the yamen runners, could the second master Li, who was used to a luxurious life, stand such a place?

Li Zhi was only released on bail. When the case was opened in two months, he would have to go to jail with his brothers. In order to strive for leniency, he would also cooperate with General Manager He. After all, he couldn't put all his bets on Li Shangshu. Who knew what kind of temper General Manager He had? What if he was unyielding?

Let's talk about Li Shuang. After all, he was not of high rank. After his two elders were in jail, if he wanted to get involved in the power of the Li family, he might have to rely on the power of the government. Besides, before Li Zhi was tried, he would definitely arrange his successor, and this person must not be a descendant of Li Rong.

The huge Li family will be very lively in the next two or three months.

What He Chunhua feared was that they would unite as one and face the outside world together. It would be best if it was like today.

Old man Li Zhao, was he still thinking about how to fight him before he died?

Oh, so naive.

How could he give old man Li a chance to fight him?

"The enemy in the north is the enemy of the entire Xiazhou." He Chunhua pondered, "We can make a fuss about this point."

The army of Xunzhou has entered the territory of Xiazhou. This is not only a geographical event, but also a major breakthrough in the psychological defense of the people of Xiazhou.

Including the four major families, everyone has a sense of crisis.

Crisis crisis, danger is an opportunity if it is used well.

He Yue's face also became serious: "What do you think, father?"

He Chunhua said firmly: "I have just taken office, and I must win the first battle!"

Whether he was rectifying the internal affairs and military affairs in Xiazhou, or cleaning up a few prominent families, no matter how vigorous he was, he was just doing things in his own territory.

Commonly known as being a bully in the nest.

At most, it would make the gentry and prominent families fearful and unwilling to obey.

Only by defeating a powerful foreign enemy can he, the newly promoted general manager, truly gain a firm foothold in Xiazhou and establish prestige.

Only then can the follow-up plan be fully implemented.

This battle and this victory are too important and must be carefully planned.

"The quality of Xiazhou's army is sparse, while Nian Zanli's army is the Northern Yu Yao Army, which has been tempered for many years." He Chunhua shook his head, "The chances of winning in a head-on battle are too small."

The battle must be fought bit by bit, and the meal must be eaten bite by bite, and he is not discouraged.

If the Xiazhou soldiers were so easy to lead, it would not be his turn to take this lucrative position, right?

He Yue couldn't help but say, "The recruitment order has been issued, but the effect is not good."

"No one wants to join the army to fight, this is not surprising. Military service is not something you can do if you want to." He Chunhua raised his eyebrows slightly, "What I care about is that the population on the account is very different from the actual number of residents. This is very prominent in Ru County. I went to the county to check at that time. The number of households registered was only about 1,500, but I asked the local elders. Ru County has at least 13,000 people; let's talk about Guazhou. During the Fire Jumping Festival last summer, the natural river square in Gua Township that can accommodate 3,000 people was full. You should know that there are only 230 registered households in Gua Township."

"There are so many things to do, and we have to do them one by one." He Chunhua wiped his nose red from eating too much spicy food, "Take your time, I hope God will give me more time."

He Lingchuan couldn't help but say, "Dad, what can I do?"

He was idle all day and had nothing to do.

"Good boy, you have grown up." He Chunhua patted his shoulder and said with relief, "Don't worry, you will have a chance soon."