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Chapter 60 The Liu Family: The County Magistrate's Cold Violence (Please vote!)
"Let him be a parent officer, not let him be a real parent."

The deserted Liujia Congee Shed is not far from the Yuyingtang.

Liu Zilin, who has always been irritable, looked surprisingly calm today, turned his head and said seriously to the two brothers.

Liu Ziwen didn't speak, and silently looked at the deserted porridge shed and Yuyingtang.

The price of rice in Longcheng is already extremely low now. Those who have a little money don’t have to worry about rice to eat. Those who don’t have a lot of money are all in disaster relief camps outside the city. leave.

Now no one will be hung hungry next to the porridge shed, waiting for porridge to drink.

Right now, Longcheng County is recruiting workers everywhere. As long as the refugees have an arm and a leg, they can take part-time jobs and get enough money to eat. No one is waiting to waste time here.

The same is true of the Foundling House.

I heard that there was a new female teacher in the county government, who went to tidy up an official dormitory, and also opened a babysitting department to take in orphans and infants.

Even from the disaster relief camps on the outskirts of the city, many women of childbearing age were recruited to raise their children. The wages were not much less than that of the men on the wharf, and it was easy. Many refugee women rushed to enter...

So here at the Liu family... this time it seems that they have really become good people.

The eldest brother didn't speak, so Liu Zi'an and Liu Zilin could only stand by the side obediently, keeping silent.

Behind the three brothers, there was an old steward of the porridge shed and nursery hall, bowing his waist and bowing his head, waiting in embarrassment.

"Let's close it first."

Liu Zian turned his head and spoke first.

He was staring at a certain swordsmith and a certain sword furnace in the sword shop, but suddenly Liu Ziwen sent someone to call him over.The third brother Liu Zilin should be the same.

Liu Zian looked like a sick child, but now he lowered his eyelids, looking at the two old antiques that lost money, with a dull expression on his face.

At present, the source of income of the towering tree of the Liu family is not at all the porridge shed and the Yuyingtang, but the cash cow of the Gu Yue Jian shop, the former is at best just earning pocket money.

The poor in Longcheng County can't squeeze out much money, and if they want to make money, they can make money from the powerful and rich people of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Liu Zian suggested to his elder brother to shut it down a long time ago, but he also saw it, so the latter naturally didn't listen.

The old steward of the porridge shed heard the second young master's words, and immediately looked bitter, and said at a loss: "Young Patriarch, we are useless, or listen to the second young master..."

"The porridge shed and the nursery hall cannot collapse."

Liu Ziwen said seriously, stating one thing.

He turned around, raised his hand to straighten the trembling old steward's hat, and calmly said:

"Tabo has done a good job these years, and you have been taking good care of my father's porridge shed. You've worked hard. Let's hold on for a while. After this year, Tabo can go to the purchasing bureau of the sword shop and choose a comfortable place to retire. .”

"It's not hard, it's not hard! Thanks to the young Patriarch for remembering the old servant..." Taber burst into tears.

Liu Ziwen waved his hand.

Liu Zian watched coldly.

Liu Zilin looked indifferent, he was only focusing on one thing right now, he was muttering beside his eldest brother and second brother, giving eye drops to a certain awesome parent.

"Brother, the closure of the porridge shed is a small matter, but our Liu family's loss of face is a serious matter! After taking office for so many days, he still hasn't come to our Liu family to visit the pier!"

Liu Ziwen ignored him, and took his second and third younger brothers to get a bowl of hot porridge to drink. He lowered his head and finished it silently, then shook his head and said:

"It's a little runny, and the pot behind will thicken it."

"Yes, Young Patriarch."

When Tai Bo nodded and left, Liu Ziwen scolded, "Drink it!"

Liu Zian, who bowed his head and sipped the porridge, drank the remaining half of the bowl in one gulp.

Liu Zilin, who was still muttering, panicked, raised his head quickly, and poured all the hot porridge from the bowl along his thumb into his stomach pouch in one go. He coughed violently, choking his mouth and nose.

The Young Patriarch of the Liu family asked the two puzzled younger brothers:

"Have you forgotten Father?"

Liu Zi'an was silent, and Liu Zilin's expression turned serious.

The latter gritted his teeth:
"I don't forget, it's these untouchables who killed my father!

"Father kindly opened a porridge shed to help these untouchables during the disaster year. Naturally, the number of porridge sheds was reduced when the food ran out. These untouchables were ungrateful, and instead, under the instigation of people with ulterior motives, they ransacked my father and ransacked the Liu family's house."

Liu Zian also said coldly:
"There is also the new county magistrate after Mr. Di left, jealous of my father's good name, jealous of our family property, the victims who starved to death, falsely accused my father of poisoning in his porridge, tortured him into a trick, the world is cold, no one speaks for my father. "

Liu Ziwen stared at the two younger brothers: "Before my father died of injustice, do you know what you said to me?"

Both Liu Zian and Liu Zilin shook their heads.

"Tell me to continue to open the porridge shed."

The atmosphere was silent.

Liu Ziwen smiled suddenly, pointed to the porridge shed and the nursery hall in front of him and said:

"Sheng Mi En, Dou Mi Qiu, okay, then our Liu family will change the way. Look, don't the people in the whole county now say that our Liu family is a good person? Is there anyone who dares to scold?"

He nodded again:

"So as long as I'm here, Father's porridge shed must remain open."

Liu Zian nodded coldly: "Our Longcheng County does not allow such tricky people anymore."

Liu Zilin's eyes were fierce, and he said bitterly: "We don't allow any officials who can stand up, either beheaded, or kneel down like a dog!"

Liu Ziwen patted the shoulders of the two younger brothers vigorously.

Not long after, the three left the porridge shed and returned to the carriage.

on the way back.

Liu Ziwen glanced at the bustling street at the end of the Dragon Boat Festival, put down the car curtain, turned his head to his second younger brother, who was deep in the city, and said:
"Look at the sword shop. You were right last time. It's not suitable to cause too much trouble right now. The calmer the situation in Longcheng County, the better. The matter of the sword shop is the most important thing!"

Liu Zilin was dissatisfied, "Should we just watch that Ouyang man be so arrogant?"

Liu Ziwen glanced at his third brother, his face was as usual:
"Of course he won't let him eat the meat so smoothly. Since it's a flock of sheep from outside, and Longcheng County isn't the only wolf, let's eat it together, or even eat him in turn..."

The Young Patriarch of the Liu family chuckled, "We'll buy the bottom when the food price drops below five cents a bucket in these two days."

Liu Zian smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, brother, I've been watching, I've been ready for a long time."

"But these have to be done quietly. When the food price drops to worthless, the second brother will bring the sincerity of our Liu family and go to Shopkeeper Ma and Shopkeeper Li. How can it be easier to make friends than giving charcoal in the snow?"

Liu Zilin blushed more and more as he listened. If it wasn't for the small space and bumps in the carriage, he would have stood up and walked around excitedly rubbing his hands:

"Big Brother and Second Brother did a good job cutting Hu, I like cutting Hu the most, hahaha that dog officer surnamed Ouyang will have a pretty face when the time comes!"

Liu Ziwen turned his head and asked: "Last time I asked you to think carefully about how to bring back the broken leg. What do you think?"

Liu Zilin nodded vigorously, his face excited: "Think it over! I have been preparing for a long time to catch the leg! Didn't the elder brother say that killing people is nothing, and killing the heart is the top operation!"

Liu Ziwen said indifferently: "Okay, after you go back, let's talk about it and ask your second brother to check it for you. Sometimes you can't see blood with a soft knife, so you need a hard knife."

After giving these orders, the Young Patriarch of the Liu Clan couldn't help sighing again:
"What's the trouble, it's been so long, it's rainy season, without our craftsmen from the Liu family, would the Digong gate still be repaired?

"You have to get blood on your head to look up and see the road. You only came to Dragon City for one thing? It's really one thing... Come here for a meal and admit your mistake."

The three Liu brothers looked at each other and laughed together.

Soon, the carriage slowly stopped in front of the tall stone lion at the entrance of the Liu family mansion.

The three brothers Liu Ziwen, Liu Zian, and Liu Zilin got out of the car and were about to enter the door, each going about its business.

Suddenly, a lame boy who had been waiting at the door for a long time came up to him with a serious face, and immediately said:
"Grandpa, Second Master, Third Master, it's not good. The county magistrate suddenly gathered in the lobby of the county government in the afternoon. He not only invited the sixteen foreign grain merchants who were still in Longcheng, but also invited twelve other country gentry and landowners, but only ... didn't invite us!"

The three Liu brothers were all taken aback.

Liu Ziwen's usually calm face suddenly changed, and a bad premonition rose in his heart.

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　twelve o'clock
　　
　
(End of this chapter)