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Chapter 23 Self-support

I heard that Li Zhiwan was going to mobilize such a great force.

The leader of the Xuanjia Jingqin of the Li family dissuaded him: "Miss, for such a price, it would be too much for offending the magistrate of County Yin and asking the county magistrate to act. We have done our best."

Jianxue blushed on the side and retorted the leader: "How can this be? These are six lives."

Li Zhiwan raised the whip in her hand and signaled that Jian Xue didn't have to speak.

Li Zhiwan suddenly remembered the joking marriage with Li Chongjiu in the mountain village. Later, after hearing that Qiqian Village was captured, she thought Li Chongjiu would blame him for this matter.

I have always been in my work and I only want to be ashamed of my conscience, but I don’t want to explain everything to anyone. At that time, I thought that if Li Chongjiu had to misunderstand, I would just misunderstand myself.

But I didn't expect that Li Chongjiu was not only relieved, but also saved Jian Xue's life.

Thinking of the confidence in the other party's conversations, the tolerance for others, the heartfeltness towards herself, and this trust made Li Zhiwan feel a close friend, and she felt a little warm.

As for Yin Kaishan, she could have seen the eagerness of the other party in her eyes, and she could not hide it from her at all.

But this person was holding on to the air. Yin Kaishan asked him to ask him, but Li Zhiwan refused. It was really unhappy for the other party to compete with Li Chongjiu like this.

"If a person does not let me down, how can I let him down?" Li Zhiwan said decisively.

When Li Zhiwan heard this, Jian Xue and the leader spoke together.

However, in the tone of the two, one was full of joy and the other was full of disappointment.

Li Zhi said politely: "That bandit named Li is not blamed for me this time, and I still believe it very much. How could I not even be able to do his mere request?"

The leader of the Xuanjia Jingqin beside him said, "Miss, I only know that the price of this matter is too high. Not to mention the money, Yin Kaishan is a young hero, and the eldest son has been bothering with him. For a bandit and a Wang Tong student, he offended him, and I am afraid it will not be worth it. I think the master and the eldest son will oppose this matter."

Of course Li Zhiwan knew the background of Yin Kaishan.

Yin Kaishan was born into a family. His grandfather Yin Bulai was the Minister of the Chen Dynasty and the Guanglu Dafu. After the fall of the Chen Dynasty, his father Yin Seng first took office in his dynasty and became the secretary.

Yin Kaishan became famous at a young age and was known for his knowledge and talent. After Shi Xie, he became a county magistrate. This is also an advantage that only children from aristocratic families have. Otherwise, if a poor family, after becoming an official, he will be at most a minor official with no grade. The starting point will be different from the beginning, not to mention the difficulty of promotion in the future.

Therefore, Yin Kaishan has an absolute future. If everyone sees it, even if there are ten Li Chongjiu and Su Su, it is not as important as half Yin Kaishan.

Li Zhiwan understood that her eyes were condensed and said, "This matter is based on the word "reason". I have a problem. My father and elder brother will explain everything. You just need to do it."

Winter is about to begin soon.

In the seventh year of Daye, as the emperor wanted to conquer Liaodong, the entire war machine of the Sui Dynasty began to mobilize.

People at that time thought that Liaodong was just a place on one side, so they could send a general to suppress it. However, Emperor Yang of Sui decided to assemble a large army and lead the army in person. The husband was on the road and there was no one who died.

The officials took this opportunity to do something, and the people suffered the most.

The world is boiling for a moment.

People's lives are even more difficult, and many people with ulterior motives are quietly watching all this.

The same life of the bandits in the Seven Thousand Villages who were entrusted to Erxianzhuang is not easy.

Among the three large courtyards assigned by Shan Xiongxin to the seven thousand village bandits.

The bitter north wind rustled the dead leaves in the courtyard.

Outside a room in the courtyard, there were three large jars. The jars were filled with steaming hot porridge. When facing the porridge shop, the men, women, young and old in Qiqian Village lined up long straight lines, waiting for meals.

Everyone looked eagerly. In the queue, a woman held a boy with a long snot in her arms, holding a boy with a long snot in her arms. Many elderly people behind her were still wearing single clothes, trembling in the cold wind.

Although everyone was looking forward to this hot meal, it was orderly and no one robbed it.

Wang Mahan's wife scooped a spoonful of brown rice porridge. The porridge was thick and the soup was light and watery inside, so there were not many rice grains.

Seeing this, Wang Mahan's family couldn't help but sigh. But the brown rice was rough and still had most of the husks. It tasted rough and hard, and it was quite difficult to swallow. It would cause chest pain after eating it. The only benefit was that it was hungry.

Although this kind of rice was not very rich in Qiqian Village in the past, it had never eaten it before. But now everyone is hungry and doesn't care about anything. After scooping the porridge, many people did not hurry to enter the house. They squatted aside and drank it with a bowl. After drinking, they licked the edge of the bowl before they finished.

This is not a resentment. Shan Xiong believed it was mean, but the truth was that. This year, because the emperor conquered Liaodong, his husband's servants were all transferred, and farming was delayed, and the fields were much deserted. Next year, there must be a lack of harvest. In addition, not long ago, the flood in Henan flooded more than 30 counties and had no harvest.

Therefore, in order to stock up on grain in the next year, many rice merchants have been hoarding grain in Guanzhong area, even brown rice has increased from three cents per dou to eight cents, and it is still rising on the ground. Therefore, it is quite difficult to drink brown rice porridge in three meals.

At this time, Uncle Li Er walked to Wang Mahanhun's house with two bowls. When Wang Mahanhun's house saw it, he couldn't help but ask: "Where is Mrs. Wang?"

Uncle Li shook his head and said, "I'm sick. I caught a cold yesterday, so I made porridge here and I have to send it to her."

Wang Mahan's family couldn't help but sigh when they heard this. They immediately snatched the spoon in their hands into the bottom of the tank and made two bowls of porridge for Uncle Li Er.

Uncle Li was very grateful when he saw this, holding two bowls of porridge, he staggered towards the house.

In the room next to him, Li Chongjiu, Li Hu, Su Su, Wang Mahan and Sun Erniang all shook their heads when they saw it.

There was a piece of Hu cake on the short table in front of everyone (Note 1). The Hu cake was very large, with seven or eight people serving. A few people sat around and ate. Even the leaders of the Qiqian Village were the same food, but it was better than eating brown rice porridge.

Wang Mahan broke off a large piece of Hu cake from the short table, chewed it in his mouth a few times, then picked up the white soup of brown rice porridge beside him and took it hard, muttering loudly: "Damn it, yesterday's corn porridge was not enough, and today's brown rice porridge is even more choking. I can't live like this again."

Li Hu swallowed the pancakes and water, wiped the mouth, and said, "Yes, we can't continue like this anymore. We can't wait for the help of the owner of the single manor. We have to find a way to find a livelihood again."

"The boss, right, when will the end of the house beneath someone?" Sun Erniang slapped Su Su's knee beside her, and Su Su grinned in pain, "But how do we find a job?"

Li Huyan said: "This land is different from Shi Ai. If you re-enter the old business, it may attract the local green forest. If you alarm the government and implicate the top owner, it will cause trouble to him. We will become a dog that is stray again."

Sun Erniang nodded and looked at Su Suyan and said, "I have a lot of tricks on weekdays, why don't I say anything today? Take a count."

Su Su smiled bitterly and said, "Master, I have a way, why don't we ask the owner of the Dan Manor."

"Good idea." Everyone nodded when Su Su said this.

Li Hu waved his hand and said, "You don't need to say this. I've asked a question a long time ago. The owner of the house said that we won't help for the time being."

"Why is this?"

Li Hu shook his head and said, "We are new to us and have little trust. The owner of Shanzhuang has some work. How can we let us do it? If the farm of Shanzhuang has its own tenants, we will not be able to do it."

Li Hu said this very clearly. Shan Xiongxin has been in Luzhou for many years and has been involved in both black and white businesses. However, he will not trust underground businesses for the time being, so he will leave it to Li Hu and others to manage it. On the surface, there are also people who handle it, and it is not even the turn of Li Hu and others.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel troubled. At this time, Li Chongjiu spoke and said, "I have an idea, Dad, why not let me go to the owner of Dan to try it."

"What's the idea? How confident are you?" Li Hu couldn't help asking.

Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "You can try it out and you are 70% sure, but if it fails, there will be no loss. Dad asked me to go to the owner of the single manor before talking about it."

Li Hu hesitated for a moment. Since the drink that day, Shan Xiongxin seemed to have a special appreciation for Li Chongjiu. He invited Li Chongjiu to sit down several times and also gave some advice on Li Chongjiu's martial arts, which benefited Li Chongjiu a lot.

Li Hu thought that he would not succeed, so he asked Li Chongjiu to try it out and ask Shan Xiongxin for a job. Anyway, according to Li Chongjiu's words, there would be no loss if he failed.

Li Hu nodded, Li Chongjiu said goodbye and went straight to Shan Xiongxin.

After Li Chongjiu left for most of the day, everyone gathered in Li Hu's house. After waiting for a long time, his neck was sore, and there was no sign of Li Chongjiu. When it was almost dark, everyone had eaten, but Li Chongjiu still did not come back.

At this time, Li Hu and Su Su were worried. Li Hu was about to go to Shan Xiongxin to find Li Chongjiu in person.

Li Chongjiu just came back at this time.

As soon as he entered the room, Li Chongjiu said to Li Hu: "The owner of the house keeps food and chats while eating, so it delays the time."

"That's good." Li Hu couldn't help but look happy when he saw that Li Chongjiu had nothing to do.

"How is the discussion?" Sun Erniang asked anxiously.

"It's done." Li Chongjiu took a sip of water from the clay pot and said with a smile.

Everyone in the room looked happy. Su Su asked, "Xiao Jiu, what is your job?"

"Yes! Xiaojiu, don't hide it, tell you Aunt Sun!" Sun Erniang stared at Li Chongjiu and asked.

Li Hu and Wang Mahan also looked concerned, wanting to hear the answer from Li Chongjiu.

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "It's very simple, it's just an escort business!"

Note 1: Hu cake is the vegetarian naan that people in Xinjiang love to eat today. It was the staple food for the people at that time.

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