Verse 27 In difficult times, there is a need for wind and rain

Wang Chaozuo's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously glanced around, and then took a deep breath, he didn't expect that there were really big people behind these two young men, was it Liu Xiantai, or Zhang Futai?

As the leading brother of the weaving craftsmen on the streets near the left side of the Weijia Hutong, Wang Chaozuo really didn't expect the situation to evolve into the current situation, when the Luo sect disciples were involved, he had already realized that something was wrong, and if he didn't get the Wang family to destroy the three clans, he was afraid that it would be easy, the question was whether he could have a way out now?

Wasn't the earliest stirring up by the weavers, the wharf workers, and the potters outside the city? At this time, he had already realized that someone was extremely secretive and cleverly leading himself to a path of no return.

As long as there are big households in it, the government will not take it seriously, at most it will be a few days in prison, find a few people to go to the state prison for a while, and do some work up and down, and it will be fine.

There is nothing under his dynasty, there are people, hundreds of families are relying on this willow weaving to make a living, but this permanent tax supervisor is so hateful, it makes the heavens angry and resentful, there are no merchants to come, no one wants this willow basket and straw bags, these two or three thousand people with children and daughters, either they can only go out to escape the famine and sell themselves as slaves, or they can only starve to death.

Wang Chaozuo is not without experiencing the situation of starving to death, in the seventeenth year of Yuanxi, Shandong was in a great drought, starvation was everywhere, and more than 20,000 homeless people poured into Linqing City on the third day of March, and dozens of people starved to death on March 12 alone, and wild dogs outside the city ate people, and their eyes turned from red to purple.

Then again, which dynasty and generation did not starve to death? Today, the emperor has been in power for 40 years, known as the wind and rain, the country and the people, so isn't there the same as the five catastrophes in the ninth year of Yuanxi, the seventeenth year of Yuanxi, the twenty-ninth year of Yuanxi, the thirty-third year of Yuanxi, and the thirty-eighth year of Yuanxi?

In the ninth year of Yuanxi, more than 100,000 people fled to Shandong in Baoding Prefecture, and half of them could go back later? Either starved to death on the road, or died of illness.

In the recent 38th year of the Yuan Xi Dynasty, Henan was flooded, followed by a plague, many people fled the famine, Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Mansion disaster victims poured into Shandong, Shandong Sansi had to set up a checkpoint at the junction of the two provinces to prohibit the disaster victims from entering, and finally triggered a large-scale popular uprising and even a rebellion.

Later, it was the capital that came to patrol and mobilized the soldiers of the Zhou Battalion, and even almost used the soldiers of the three battalions of the Beijing Division, so that the civil unrest could be suppressed.

It is normal for people to starve to death in Wang Chaozuo's opinion, but if they want to starve to death to their neighbors and even his own family, no one wants to.

Someone has an idea and can help mediate, Wang Chaozuo knows that he has no choice, so he can only be this rafter.

The problem is that he thinks that being a rafter is just going through a little wind and rain, and if it is rotten, it will be rotten, he is ready to accept his fate, he can afford to eat in prison for a few years, and he has already arranged people, but how did he ever think that it would come to this point?

This is not a question of the rafters rotting first, this is to destroy the livelihood of all the artisan households in the entire Weijia Hutong, and how many lives will have to be collected.

He is aware of the danger, but he is powerless to change it, what can he do at this time? He has nothing to do, he doesn't even know what to do, the people under his hands are all rough men, and the people from the Luo sect are staring at him at any time, if it weren't for the two teenagers, one of them has a nephew who pretends to be looking for family affairs, I'm afraid that he will follow him.

Wang Chaozuo took a deep breath, leaned forward slightly, and said in a low voice: "Zuo Erlang, I know that you have some skills, but this kind of thing is not something you can interject in, you tell me who asked you to come, what are your intentions?" ”

"Uncle Wang, I will tell you, but only you know, you have to go with me." Zuo Liangyu had an inexpressible aura surging in his heart, scurrying around in his heart.

The solemnity in his eyes was something he had never seen before, at least he had never done this to himself, but Uncle Wang was also the head of hundreds of artisan households, and he was also a figure in the outer city, and he had never looked at himself squarely, but after today, Uncle Wang no longer dared to underestimate himself.

"Oh?" Wang Chaozuo was shocked, could there really be any big names behind Zuo Jiaerlang? "Erlang, if you don't tell me who it is, how can I go with you? Where is that man? ”

"Uncle Wang, if you believe me, come with me, it's just you, Shiro has also seen it, you should believe that Shiro won't harm you, right?" Sensing the other party's intentions, Zuo Liangyu was also slightly relieved in his heart.

If this Wang Chaozuo insisted on saying who ordered him, he was still a little hesitant, in case he revealed the identity of Brother Feng, but was betrayed by Wang Chaozuo, then he would die and could not be redeemed.

Seeing that his nephew nodded vigorously, but didn't say a word, Wang Chaozuo was also a little curious, what kind of person was so capable of subduing his nephew and Zuo Jia Erlang, the two prodigal sons in the outer city of Linqing?

The question is that if you go alone, what about this side of things? And how should the people from the Luo sect deal with it?

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Chaozuo looked the two young men up and down, and finally made up his mind, "Erlang, at most I can spare half an hour in the name of going home, where is that person?" ”

"Half an hour is enough, half a quarter will be there." Zuo Liangyu hesitated for a moment, "It's just that Wang Bo must not tell others about this matter." ”

"You kid, do you still need to teach you Uncle Wang about such things?" Wang Chaozuo sneered.

Explain the things in hand to Wei Xiangtong, who is also an old man in Weijia Hutong, only said that his family was a little anxious and came back in half an hour, and said to Luo Jiao that it was not good for the daughter-in-law of the family to go home to see, this is also the truth, everyone around knows that although Luo Jiao is also a little reluctant, but he still didn't say anything, only said that he wanted to come back as soon as possible.

Wang Chaozuo is not afraid of Zuo Liangyu playing tricks with himself, if he really wants to be unfavorable to himself, Wang Pei'an will not be so calm, Wang Chaozuo can still see this little bit, he thinks that there should really be some big man behind him, but he is hiding in the shadows, so he will instigate these two guys to come to him.

I just don't know where this hidden character comes from.

This Linqing Prefecture is the most important state and county under Dongchang Prefecture, following the Ming system, Linqing Prefecture belongs to Sanzhou, belongs to Dongchang Prefecture, but the status is higher than other counties, plus Linqing Bingbeidao, Linqing Wei and Linqing Banknote Pass are set up here, coupled with Linqing's special geographical location, the status of Linqing Prefecture has risen sharply.

In a sense, the governor of Linqing Prefecture is no worse than the provincial Zhili Prefecture, and the DPRK and China have also suggested that Linqing Prefecture should be upgraded to Zhili Prefecture, but it has not been possible.

If you talk about power, there is no doubt that Liu Xiantai should be the most powerful, but Liu Xiantai has already led the army south to Yanzhou, it can't be him; The second is Zhangfutai, but Zhangfutai has always been cowardly, and Wang Chaozuo is afraid that the other party does not have the courage.

In fact, there is a big person in the inner city of Linqing, that is, the permanent tax supervisor, a person who can reach the sky, it can be said that all the reasons are because of him, but these people don't disdain to deal with the people below at all, that is, the command of Xiantai, Futai and Xuetai and Weisuo makes it difficult for several adults to make friends.

This guy only knows silver in his eyes, if it weren't for this guy doing anything wrong here and making people angry, how could it cause today's turmoil?

In less than half a moment, Wang Chaozuo had already followed Zuo Liangyu and Wang Pei'an to the south altar outside Bixia Palace.

"Right here?" Wang Chaozuo was a little puzzled, this place is not far from Weijia Hutong, it stands to reason that if it is a person from the inner city, he should not choose this kind of place as the meeting place, but the area of Liulijing that is farther away may be more secretive.

Zuo Liangyu looked around, but he didn't see Feng Ziying, and he was a little anxious, he agreed to be here, and he didn't overtime, how could he not see anyone? Could it be that something is going on at this moment?