C60

Chapter 60 - Granary

There were four to five villas full of land that belonged to him. At the peak of the mountain, there were more than two thousand tenants farming land for him. Not only that, Huang Juren even owned entire street's storefronts on Tanggu Street, and outside the city, there were even warehouses that were owned by the young and the old.

In Tanggu, an open port city filled with foreign merchants, there were many more wealthy than the High Scholar Huang. However, the foreign merchants who rode the ship and the local merchants all belonged to the God of Fortune. Although there was a lot of money, none of them were willing to mess with Huang Juren.

Forget about everything else, just this defecation incident alone was taboo to all Chinese merchants. Everyone went out to seek for money, so there was no need to provoke these shameless local gangsters.

It was precisely because of this mentality that the High Scholar Huang had gotten ahead of himself in the Tanggu. Whether it was the black and white, or the government and business, he walked very smoothly and normally did some business. Everyone would take care of him for the sake of the local tyrant, and gradually, he didn't know where North was.

The frog at the bottom of the well would never know how big the outside world was. Otherwise, he would not have let the people in the capital charge up so easily. How dare he set a fire in front of Xiao Letian? He did not know that this second monster dared to burn the grave of Yongzheng Lord.

When the flames in the granary at the head of the village rose into the air, it was just past two in the morning. At this time, everyone was sleeping soundly, even the dogs in High Scholar Huang's big house had their tongues hanging out, not a trace of life left in them.

All of a sudden, all the watchdogs in the village seemed to have seen a ghost. They all jumped up and barked at the same time. The entire manor was thrown into chaos.

"What's going on? A thief had come … This was the villa of the Yellow Lord, who would dare be rash here? and so on... Listen to this sound... "Crap, it's on fire …"

What whistled in the night sky was not a natural wind, but a whirlwind that was engulfed in flames. The granary at the entrance of the village contained a total of 50,000 stones worth of grain, including rice, wheat, sorghum, and corn … They were all new grain from the year before, and this amount of grain was at least fifty to sixty thousand taels of silver.

High Scholar Huang was awoken by the sound of dogs barking and a gong. This guy was sleeping soundly, half the sky in the south was red, yet he was still snoring.

"What's going on? Where was the water... This group of lowly commoners, yet they play with fire in the middle of the night? "Wait, wait …" At this time, High Scholar Huang suddenly had a bad premonition. When he put on his clothes and pushed open the window, he realized that the direction where the flames shot to the sky was towards his grain depot.

"Aiya, f * ck …" Did something happen to my granary? "Housekeeper …" High Scholar Huang, who did not even wear shoes in this chaos, led a group of servants to stumble and run in the direction of the firelight.

Just as they walked out of the village, a huge bonfire that looked like Old Lord Taishang's Eight Trigrams Cauldron appeared in front of everyone, causing them to be unable to get close to it due to the strong heat wave. Before he could say anything, an old woman who was fatter than a pig suddenly jumped out from behind him and sat on the ground, wailing.

"I can't live anymore. My food, my money …" The one crying was the official wife of the High Scholar Huang, the infamous evil woman of the Tanggu City.

High Scholar Huang's heart was about to break as he gritted his teeth and said, "What's going on? "Just how did you do that …" Just as he was speaking, someone ran around the fire in front of him, causing him to sweat profusely.

"Yellow Lord, come quickly to the locust forest. All of Xiao Pi Sun's subordinates are tied up in the forest. Their hands and feet were all broken …" The hair on High Scholar Huang's back stood up, he suddenly thought of an unbelievable possibility. When he rounded the fire and found the seven hoodlums tied up, he understood that he had provoked a real dragon.

"Alright, I'm not a fierce dragon, but a river. Are you trying to step on my head? The Tanggu Merchant Shop is more than three hundred years old, but not a single person has ever dared to step on my head … " Just as he was shouting, the servant beside him tugged his sleeve and pointed towards the depths of the forest. "Yellow Lord, look at what happened at that time …"

When he looked closely, he nearly peed his pants in fright. He saw that there were at least seventy to eighty shadows in the locust forest. Each of them had a black veil covering their faces and the shiny steel blade in their hands reflected the light. These people stared at Huang Juren with their cold eyes, releasing a burst of killing intent.

Yellow Lord was so frightened that he retreated three steps, and hid behind the servants to catch his breath. Right now, the two groups were in a stalemate. Although there were a lot of people around him, they were all ordinary manor guests and servants. The two hundred plus people were actually suppressed by the momentum of dozens of people.

Time passed second by second, both sides did not say a word, neither side moved, until the villagers started to prepare the buckets of water with their food, Xiao Letian's men in the forest finally made their move. With a few popping sounds, the wooden bucket shot out from the hands of the villager who was leading the way to save the fire.

"Aiya, my …" The cowardly villagers quickly threw away the buckets and ran backwards in fright. The surrounding villagers also didn't dare to act rashly, and they just held onto their water and didn't dare to splash it into the fire.

This was a threat, a very serious danger. It was precisely this kind of overbearing action that Xiao Letian was going to use to suppress the overbearing attitude of these local serpents.

"Put out the fire!" Why didn't you guys put out the fire … "Our Huang family has raised you all for nothing. You bunch of wicked people …" The fat woman rolled on the ground as if she was throwing a tantrum, forcing the villagers and the villager to go save the fire, but no one listened to her.

After a while, the fire became stronger, and Xiao Letian thought that this fire could no longer be saved, the fire had become a force to be reckoned with, it was something that no one could stop. Under his command, the troops in the locust forest finally retreated.

It was only now that the High Scholar Huang's soul returned to his body. He looked at the fire and cursed angrily with a pained heart, "What are you fooling around for? "If you still do not make a move, you can snatch as much as you can …" But at this time, there was nothing he could do. Pots of water had already been boiled dry by the flames in the air. It was evident just how powerful this fire was.

The fire continued until noon of the second day, and there was nothing left in the granary. There was only a large amount of black smoke coming out of the ashes on the ground. At this time, Xiao Pi Sun was also scared silly. Beside him were his subordinates who had their hands and feet broken, reporting the situation to him while half-dead.

"We're in trouble …" "Master two, we're too miserable. We didn't even get to attack before we were surrounded by them. These people are truly vicious. Bats, whips, they even burned us with burning charcoal …"

"Wuwuwu …" Anyone who had a life in their hands would be burned to death in the granary … Even we were broken... Oh my god! "You must avenge us …"

Xiao Pi Sun waved his hand and had his men carry them away. At this time, the only other thing in his eyes was viciousness and fear. Six of his subordinates were burned to death, seven of them had their hands and feet broken, this was a declaration of war, if he did not retaliate, then there would be no more Xiao Pi Sun on the ground, all his brothers would leave him.

But did he really have to take revenge? With the enemy's ruthlessness and the crossbows, it was clear that this was no ordinary hoodlum. He had to be a bandit at the very least. If this went on, even if he won, he would still die!

"Yellow Lord, what can you do? This is totally not giving us any face, a few foreigners actually did not declare war! "There's no way a gangster could be so careless …" Xiao Pi Sun's braids were raised, he was filled with righteous indignation, just like how he used to declare war on Xiao Letian.

High Scholar Huang was so angry that his whole body was trembling for the whole morning. His heart ached because of his wife's scolding and his fear of the men in black.

"Revenge?" "Of course we have to take revenge. But today's matter is not something that we can handle. I'll pay a visit to the stage and Ma Tonghui, and we'll consider it a huge bloodbath today. I'll send troops to kill these bandits …"

High Scholar Huang slammed the table fiercely, "Go and gather up all your dead and injured families. When tomorrow comes the day that their foreign trade opens, all of you should go to waste. I'll make him sick to death … "Also, go and inform every village to rouse the citizens up, tell them to bring the second villains of Industrial Zones here, and have everyone surround and attack them …"

Xiao Pi Sun's eyes immediately lit up when he heard this. He thought of the event that happened more than two months ago, the event where he was incited. At that time, there were six hundred or seven hundred people surrounding the servants' residences, unable to get out even a drop of water.

"Sure, no problem, but …" Are the deductions still based on the ratio from last time? " Xiao Pi Sun asked carefully.

"No, this time let's be magnanimous. As long as we put in effort, after the fall, every family will have their rent reduced by three bucks …" High Scholar Huang's heart was bleeding when he said this. Last time, he promised to reduce the rent of each family by one round.

However, in order to eliminate Xiao Letian, he had to finish the mission given to him by the big shot in the capital. He had to go all out, because the big shot in the capital was the biggest backing he had. In the Great Qing Dynasty, if you do not have a backer, the more unlucky you are, the earlier you will be able to get here.

When Yellow Lord led his followers out of the house, behind him, there was the sound of something being smashed loudly. "You wicked bastard, this old lady is risking his life for you … Why did you take twenty thousand taels of silver? "Burning so much food is still not enough, and you still have to take the money from your family to send someone away, I'm not going to live …"

"You useless ladies, I am the one who has done great things, how can I take revenge if I don't spend money? "Today, I will spend twenty thousand silver taels. Tomorrow, I will be able to earn you a hundred thousand gold taels. Truly a short-sighted person …"

The High Scholar Huang had thought it through well, twenty thousand silver was equal to half of the money given to Master Zhi Ming and the big boss of the stage, the two big shots of the Tanggu would definitely take action, at that time, Xiao Letian would just wait for death.

"You want to compete with me? "Just you wait, I'll close the door on the day you open your shop. This lord will let you be in court, even if you don't die, I'll skin you alive …"