poor family prodigal

Hu Mengying's heart trembled: "When did you come?"

Hu Sande said with a smile on his face: "A little earlier than that little beggar!"

Hu Mengying's beautiful eyes sank: "Second uncle, you have drunk too much, there are no little beggars here!"

When the second uncle used force to seize the family property, Leng Yun almost beat the second uncle to death.

It is a grave sin to deceive one's master with a slave, so in order to keep Leng Yun alive, he let him leave.

Hu Sande sneered: "It's useless for you to pretend, I heard everything you two talked about just now!"

Hu Mengying frowned slightly!

Hu Sande said proudly: "You said I am going to the Yamen to sue the officials now, but you instigated the little beggar to kill three husbands. What will happen to you?"

"It's not like you never complained before!"

Hu Mengying was silent for a while and gritted her teeth: "I did not instruct Brother Leng Yun to harm anyone!"

That year, three husbands died suddenly, and their husbands took the money and kept silent!

As a result, the second uncle spent money to go to the Yamen and asked Wu Zuo to go for an autopsy and wanted to send her to prison.

Unfortunately, after the autopsy, the bodies were all accidentally killed, not poisoned!

Over the years, she had also suspected that Leng Yun had used tricks, but she was not sure!

It wasn't until Leng Yun admitted that she knew the truth.

"It was useless back then, but it's different now. The eldest boss is Zhao Weimin!"

Hu Sande sneered: "I heard that he has a very good relationship with Wang Yuan. If you tell me that I am going to dig out this old case, will he tell Wang Yuan?"

Hu Mengying's pretty face changed.

Although those things were not ordered by her, they were caused by her, and she cannot escape responsibility.

Although she didn't plan to go to Dawangzhuang, she didn't want the young master to know and think she was a poisonous woman!

Hu Sande sneered: "You asked Hu Tian to go to Dawangzhuang to deliver a message, but the boy only brought back a few nice words. You were so moved that tears burst down your face. You have fallen in love with that boy!"

Hu Mengying's pretty face was filled with embarrassment: "What do you want?"

"Marry her if you like him. With your beauty, he won't refuse!"

Hu Sande angrily ordered: "Then steal his crystal candy and secret recipe for making soap to me."

The Zhou family only sold crystal candies twice and made tens of thousands of taels of silver.

There is also the secret recipe for soap. Although I don’t earn much a year, I still earn a few thousand taels of silver.

As long as he gets these two secret recipes, the Hu family will surely grow and develop in his hands.

Hu Mengying's pretty face was cold and stern: "You are wishful thinking!"

"Don't rush to refuse!"

Hu Sande smiled coldly: "That little beggar just said that he was in He County. He also said that he had a lot of property and asked you for three thousand tons of grain. Didn't you think of what he was doing?"

Hu Mengying frowned and said nothing.

It's not that she couldn't think of it, but she didn't want to think about it deeply, and she didn't dare to think about it in detail.

"I heard that there is a rebellion in He County. The little beggar said that he has a foundation in He County!"

Hu Sande hummed: "He doesn't do business and he doesn't study. What do you think his foundation is?"

Hu Mengying's delicate body trembled, and the fear in her heart could not be contained!

"The rebels came to you to buy food, and you agreed without hesitation. What kind of crime is this!"

Hu Sande said coldly: "You said I was going to sue the officials. What will happen to you and what will happen to A Bao? I don't need to say more."

Hu Mengying said with a painful look on her face: "You really don't care about family affection at all!"

Having an affair with a rebel is tantamount to the crime of rebellion and is a heinous crime!

If Brother Leng Yun is really a traitor, if the second uncle goes to the government to report, he and his younger brother will be beheaded!

"I want to cherish my family ties. If something happens in the future, I will be implicated too!"

Hu Sande looked pitiful and pitiful: "Of course, if you are sensible, you can steal the crystal candy and the secret recipe of soap. My second uncle is not a heartless person!"

thump!

Hu Mengying knelt on the ground: "Second uncle, please, for my father's sake, don't let me steal his secret recipe. I'll help you earn whatever you want."

"How much money can you make? I want those two secret recipes!"

Hu Sande sneered and said with a cold face: "If you can't get those two secret recipes within three days, I will sue the officials. By then, you and that fool Abao will wait to die!"

"Second uncle, you!"

Looking at that heartless back, Hu Mengying's heart felt like a knife piercing her heart, and her beautiful eyes struggled in pain.

Time and time again, this second uncle did not care about family ties and drove the two siblings to death.

Why are you forcing him so ruthlessly!

……

On the roof not far away, Leng Yun was lying on the ridge, watching everything coldly.

When night fell, he left quietly and came to a private house.

"Master, you are back!"

Five people gathered around, four young men with rough faces and sharp eyes, and an old man wearing a long robe, with a stooped back and long white beard and hair.

Leng Yun's eyes darkened: "Call General!"

Five years ago, he was forced to leave the Hu family and went to Hexian County to become a bandit!

Relying on his martial arts skills, he became famous as a green-faced wolf, and finally killed his eldest brother and took over!

Not long ago, the Huang people invaded, and officials from the wealthy families in Jiushan County fled south. He got news that the Chengpo Huang people were going south.

They contacted other bandits and took advantage of the county magistrate's increase in taxes and public dissatisfaction to boil, and they all entered the city to rebel.

He killed the county magistrate, robbed the powerful people in the city, and proclaimed himself the general of Zhenbei.

As a result, within a few days, news of the Huangren's defeat came, and the Longnan general led his troops to attack again.

The brothers had no fighting spirit, so he had to lead his troops and retreat into the mountains.

The five people clasped their fists and said, "General, forgive me!"

Leng Yun nodded, walked straight into the house, lay on the bed, put his hands behind his head, looked at the dark roof, his eyes were cold and stern.

This time the team has expanded to [-] people, and the food stored in the mountains is almost not enough!

I had to come to Fu County to find a lady to buy food for the winter!

In the past, he always thought that the young lady also cared about him in her heart, but she didn't express her position.

Which one discovered today that the young lady has someone in her heart, and she likes that person named Wang Yuan!

For a moment, his heart felt as if a knife had cut him, as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and murderous intent rolled around him.

There was an indescribable anger and pain, like a huge betrayal!

So when he saw Hu Sande threatening Hu Mengying, he stood aside and even wanted to add fuel to the flames.

The four young men looked at each other, no one dared to disturb him!

The hunchbacked old man stepped forward and said, "General, have you collected the food?"

Leng Yun hummed: "I've raised three thousand tons!"

He knew the lady well, and even if he knew his identity, he would pretend not to know and continue to provide food.

Having saved her three times, she will definitely repay this kindness, no matter how big the risk she takes.

"Great!"

The hunchbacked old man clenched his fists and said excitedly: "With these three thousand loads of food, the morale of the army can be stabilized. We will not survive this winter!"

Leng Yun suddenly said: "Master Zhao, what do you think about us taking over Fu County?"

Take Fu County and let the young lady see his ability to lead thousands of troops. He is thousands of times better than that pretty boy who can read!

"General, you must not do it! It is easy to capture Fu County, but we can't hold it. When the time comes, Jiushan County will send troops. Their troops are not like the Xiang soldiers from Longnan County. They are the elites who defeated the deserters. We are Invincible!"

The hunchbacked Master Zhao waved his hands repeatedly: "The most terrifying thing is that Jiushan County and Longnan County are attacking together. Even if we can retreat to the mountains, we won't be able to bring much food. If the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, we will be at the end of the road!"

"I'm just talking!"

The brothers are afraid of those soldiers in Longnan County, let alone the elite who defeated the Huangren. Leng Yun changed the subject and said: "Go help me inquire about a man named 'Wang Yuan' tomorrow and see what he does!"

He wanted to see how that pretty boy was better than him and could win the favor of the young lady!

"Wang Yuan?"

Master Zhao and the four young men looked at each other in shock!

At this critical juncture, what does the boss want to do with the person named 'Wang Yuan'?

……

The next day, a long convoy transporting salt drove into Dawangzhuang!

The majestic two tigers were astride the war horses, followed by the black-armored veterans with their families, and the veterans transporting salt!

"Erhu came back and bought it!"

"Our salt is back!"

"Hey, why is this salt whiter than before? It's not mixed with any sand!"

Surrounding the convoy, many villagers opened salt bags and couldn't help shouting when they saw it.

"I don't know either, the salt boiled by Fei Cang is like this now!"

Erhu, who has been baptized by the battlefield, is now much taller and more powerful, with bright eyes: "My father said that it was Brother Yuan who changed Feicang's method of boiling salt, and now the salt boiled has less impurities! Brother Yuan is here, you guys Ask him!”

Not far away, Wang Yuan led someone over, and the villagers immediately surrounded him.

"good!"

Opening the salt bag and seeing the white salt, Wang Yuan took a taste and nodded.

This is when he asked Fei Cangzheng to build a three-stage filter tank using sand, charcoal, and cotton wool.

The brine taken from the salt well must be filtered out of impurities before boiling the salt!

Although this increases the workload, the salt produced has less impurities.

Fei Cangzhenghu is also happy. Now he collects eight cents per catty of salt, twice as much as before.

"Brother Yuan, what method did you use? Why did the salt become so white!"

"How much does a pound of such good salt cost?"

"In the past, salt that turned yellow and had sand in it would sell for fifty cents per catty. This salt sells for at least sixty cents per catty!"

"It's low, at least seventy cents a pound!"

"Eighty cents a pound, this salt is so good!"

Villagers rushed to express their opinions.

"Let's do the math later. Anyway, the price of salt won't be higher than before!"

Wang Yuan smiled!

Remove impurities from salt, mainly because the impurities are harmful, for the sake of people's health!

I don’t plan to make much money on salt, just a little profit!

Salt is subject to regional restrictions on salt banknotes and salt introduction, and ordinary people are a large consumer group!

Even if we pick up all the people in the three counties, they won’t make much money from eating salt in a year!

If you want to make money, you should make money with rich people!

Many villagers gave a thumbs up: Brother Yuan is benevolent and righteous, the salt is even better and he doesn’t sell it for more money!

More than a dozen black-armored veterans from Yu Tieshan stepped forward and said, "Sir, we are here!"

Behind more than a dozen people, there was a group of old people, women, and children, all with sallow complexions and thin skin. Many of them were wearing shabby clothes and shoes, and they looked timid and confused!

They were shocked to see the blue brick houses everywhere in Dawangzhuang, as well as the new cotton-padded clothes worn by many villagers!

These are the families of the black-armored veterans. Even though the black-armored veterans got a lot of money back, they are still reluctant to give up food and clothing!

"It's good that you're here. From now on, treat this place as your home and don't let anyone see you outside!"

Wang Yuan looked at everyone with a smile: "The tile-roofed house has not been completely built yet, so let's live together and squeeze together. Soon, each family will have one yard!"

The family members of the black-armored veterans nodded dully, a little unbelievable!

Wang Yuan turned around and said: "Qinghe, inform the cafeteria that the uncles and brothers are here. Extra meals today! Go to the sewing team and measure the heights of the uncles and brothers. No one is making clothes and shoes! Finally, count the number of them. Let’s see how the new house is divided into two parts!”

As soon as they were given extra meals, made new clothes, and then divided into brick houses to live in, many of the family members of the black-armored veterans cried, and some even knelt down!

Wang Yuan pulled the person up and asked Zhao Qinghe to take him away to make arrangements!

Wait until the staff is arranged!

Erhu stepped forward and said with some anxiety: "Brother Yuan, I have something important to discuss with you!"