I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 178 It's Just Drinking...

But Li Zicheng rode a black horse, walked slowly, and arrived at the first village after half an hour.

He reined in the horse's head, stood on the hillside and made a rough calculation, and then he patted the horse and walked towards the village.

What he was looking for was the village chief.

The village chief is equal to the village chief.

For a village chief like him to go and reason with the villagers, it would be a shame.

Could it be that he was going to fight those villagers straight, fist to fist, needle eye to wheat awn?If you do that, you won't get anything done at all.

"Oh, isn't this Village Chief Li!"

When he came to the house of the village head of this village, he just got off his horse. Hearing the sound of horseshoes, the village head Wang ran out quickly. Seeing that it was the village head Li next door, he burst out laughing, and when he came over, he hugged Li Zicheng's waist. .

"Old Li, what kind of wind is this today that can blow your old man over?"

"Let's go, come in quickly, let your sister-in-law cook two side dishes for us, warm a pot of good wine, and let's have a good meal!" Village head Wang is also a bold person, and he has seen Li Zicheng's power.

Two months ago, a few lazy men were unwilling to do coolies, and after leaving the fields to waste, they even organized a group of idlers to drink and play money, and Li Zicheng ran into them.

As the saying goes, people don't talk too much.

The Village Chief Li just asked, "Can this disease be cured by itself?"

Relying on their large numbers and power, those group of idlers naturally ignored Li Zicheng's words like an autumn wind, and they didn't take it seriously at all, they continued to drink and play with money.

At that time, Village Chief Wang was also there.

Li Zicheng smiled slightly, grabbed a lazy man who took the lead, and tore off half of his ear.

Then, without even looking at the lazy man who was barking like a slaughtered pig in pain, he casually threw half of that man's ear out and fed it to the dog.

There were about twelve or three idlers and idlers who were drinking and making money. Li Zicheng asked them one by one.

The five people in front answered a little slower, and Li Zicheng tore off half of each ear and fed it to the dogs.

The few remaining people had already peed their pants in fright, how could they dare to resist, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and swore that if they didn't work hard to cultivate the fields to support their family, they would let him meet Village Chief Li every day...

……

Ruthless!
"Village Chief Li, what's the big deal when you come to our Dawang Village today?" After drinking for three rounds, Village Chief Wang tentatively asked: "If you need help with anything, you are welcome.

Between us brothers, who is with whom.

Don't you think so, Brother Li? "

Li Zicheng was unhappy, he just took a bowl and drank it slowly, as if there was something embarrassing.

This expression made Village Chief Wang feel terrified, and he couldn't help asking again: "Brother Li, if you have anything to say, just say it!"

"As long as it's not murder and arson, I, Wang Dahammer, will never say anything, only brother Li will follow the lead!"

"Just say it quickly, I feel a little hairy..."

Li Zicheng drank a bowl of wine slowly, smacked his lips, wiped the wine off his stiff beard with his sleeve, and then said seriously: "I borrowed three hundred acres of dry land from your Dawangzhuang for a month. Return your [-] mu of water land.

Okay? "

"Borrow three hundred acres of dry land and return three hundred acres of water land?"

The village head Wang Dachui was stunned.

Is there such a beautiful thing in the world?

He rubbed his eye sockets hard, coughed a few times, cleared his throat, and asked, "Brother Li, are you serious?"

"No, no, Brother Li, don't get angry, your eyeballs are poisonous, just one glance makes my brother panic.

I mean, only a fool would refuse such a beautiful thing! "

"Change, I'm in charge of this matter!"

He knew in his heart that Li Zicheng was a ruthless person.

Ruthless people are naturally very reasonable, and they always count on what they say.

Moreover, with Li Zicheng as a person, if he doesn't agree to this matter, he probably has to feed his two ears to the dog.

"That's a good relationship, thank you in advance, brother." Li Zicheng poured himself a bowl of wine, drank it, and said with a grin: "Go and tell the villagers that the land on the slow slope along the river, the land on the slow slope of the river, the Lord Long Live will come down!" for the purpose of building railways;
Part of the land will be encroached upon.

I have just roughly estimated that the occupied land is about 270 mu. I am too lazy to measure it. Anyway, I will compensate you Dawangzhuang with [-] mu of water land in one month.

For the rest, don't bother me.

You go, let me have a drink first. "

Li Zicheng waved his hand and told Wang Dahammer to get out and go to work.

He is extremely familiar with this almost quack way of doing things, and he is well versed in the channels and channels involved.

Since the other party is afraid of him, and overall it is definitely profitable, he doesn't bother to put on an attitude of begging for help, otherwise, the other party may still push his nose...

Li Zicheng can be regarded as an old fox who has been struggling at the bottom for many years.

Sure enough, Village Chief Wang Dachui not only did not show dissatisfaction with Li Zicheng's impatience, but went out happily instead.

Before going out, he didn't forget to tell his mother-in-law and aunt to serve Brother Li with wine...

……

Half an hour later, Li Zicheng was full of wine and food, took the "land deed" handed over by the village chief Wang Dachui with both hands, got on his horse, and went to the next village.

In the same way, 120 mu of water land was exchanged for the other party's [-] mu of slope land.

After drinking another seven or eight bowls of wine at the village head's house, Li Zicheng felt a little tipsy.

Originally, he wanted to find a place to sit for a while, but when he thought that Lord Long Live would build a railway for Taohua City, he regained his energy and got on his horse again.

……

When it was almost evening, Li Zicheng didn't know how much he drank, but he kept drinking anyway.

The seven or eight village chiefs in front were all very talkative, and with a few words, they got things done.

Even if some people were chattering, wanting to take advantage of it, in the end, they were knocked to the ground by his slap, and after spit out two molars, they stopped talking.

Who can be the head of the village on the newly reclaimed land, which one is not a good man?

Not to mention, the big guys are not used to that kind of polite way of speaking and doing things.

I don't like it either.

In the eyes of ordinary people, those who speak politely and put on a fight are either down-and-out scholars or corrupt officials, and they are not good things anyway.

The down-and-out scholar is lustful.

Corrupt officials love money.

The people of Ming Dynasty have already said so...

……

As the evening approached, the birds returned to their nests, and the smoke was everywhere.

When Li Zicheng came out from the last village head's house, he was already drunk and unlucky. He staggered and staggered, hugged the neck of the big black horse, and couldn't find the stirrup for a long time.

With the help of the village chief, Li Zicheng struggled to get on the horse's back, turned the horse's head, and headed towards Taohua City.

Gradually, night fell.

On a yellow mud official road, the sound of hooves, and the evening wind blowing past, made Li Zicheng even more drunk.

He lay on the horse's back, vomited and grunted from time to time, and yelled vaguely, "Sister-in-law of Dong's family, go, let's plow some more land"...

Suddenly, the big black horse stopped suddenly.

Li Zicheng almost fell off his horse, he couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, and scolded: "You bastard, stop hoofing and don't tell us, Lao Li, you almost made us fall off the horse..."

He lay on the horse's back, hugged the horse's neck tightly, and slapped his hands, wanting the big black horse to move on.

Unexpectedly, the big black horse, who has always been docile, became disobedient this time.

It snorted, neighed, staggered its hooves, and slowly retreated seven or eight steps.

It seemed that there was some horror in the dim grove ahead.

Make it afraid to move on...

(End of this chapter)