mesbooks Chapter 425 Agree to Provide Food
Chapter 425 Agree to Provide Food
He didn't care, but he was afraid that Zhu Lei would give away the second young lady, and then he would not be able to get out of prison.
Thinking of this, Liu Quan glared at Zhu Lei fiercely, a guy who was more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything. Before coming here, he had placed all his hopes on Zhu Lei.
As a result, the food was not obtained and Li Mengyue was not driven out of the village. That was fine. If it failed once, we could try again.
But what should they do if they are blocked by people? He saw clearly that there were definitely four thousand people.
What Liu Quan saw was indeed correct. Including Xinghua Village, the seven villages together had only more than 4,000 people. Now that they all came here at once, there would be that many people.
If this happened four months ago, when Li Mengyue had not yet come to Xinghua Village, if Zhu Lei brought people to Xinghua Village to steal food, no one would help.
Because they all knew about Zhulin Village, they didn't even have time to hide, let alone go forward.
But now it’s different. Li Mengyue gave them hope and let them see that they can live a better life in the future. They can give their children a better life.
This was undoubtedly a blessing from heaven. The imperial court had never cared about them. Every year during the autumn harvest season, it only collected taxes. Moreover, before County Magistrate Yang, every county magistrate had found ways to exploit them, making their already difficult lives even worse.
At the foot of the cliff, you encounter a lot of despair, and suddenly someone hands you a rope of hope. Needless to say, you will try your best to grab it.
If anyone dares to reach out and destroy their hopes, they will definitely defend to the death.
This is the situation of the people in the seven villages now. If Zhu Lei just wanted to steal food, they might be afraid of the military force of Zhulin Village and dare not fight back.
But it’s different if Zhu Lei sets his sights on Li Mengyue. They will definitely fight to the death.
"Everyone, don't let anyone from Zhulin Village escape."
The people of Zhulin Village, who had been so arrogant just now, did not show any fear when they saw the thousands of villagers surrounding them.
Not until they all fell did the people of Zhulin Village recover from their original belligerence.
At the entrance of Xinghua Village, a strong smell of blood filled the air, slowly forming an indescribable pungent odor.
However, as their strength gradually depleted and they were dissuaded by those around them, both sides began to realize that such a fight would only cause more pain to each other and plunge the village into a deeper crisis.
However, when they saw Zhu Lei walking up to a man with his head bowed, they had a bad feeling.
The seven village chiefs looked at each other, wondering who the man was who could make Zhu Lei bow his head, but no one knew.
Liu Quan was in a state of trouble with Zhu Lei at the moment, but even if he was unwilling, he had to bite the bullet and step forward, otherwise they might not be able to get out.
After all, no matter how fierce the people led by Zhu Lei were, it was impossible for them to escape easily when surrounded by thousands of people.
He has been appreciated by the second young lady, and even greater wealth and glory are waiting for him in the future, so he cannot fail here without getting his job done.
But it is impossible to make him humble himself.
Ever since he followed the second young lady, he swore that he would never again be servile in front of people of lower status than himself.
Thinking of this, Liu Quan was very confident. He signaled Zhu Lei to stand aside with his eyes, and he walked forward.
The seven village chiefs did not know Liu Quan's identity, but they could see Zhu Lei's attitude clearly.
They all had a bad premonition in their hearts, and as expected, the first sentence Liu Quan said made them dare not act rashly.
"How dare you, a bunch of peasants, disobey the orders of the Second Miss of the Xiangfu? Aren't you afraid of being implicated along with your entire clan?"
Although Village Chief Li and others were the heads of the village and had been to the farthest places, they still followed Li Mengyue to eliminate locusts and traveled all over the county town of Qingshan Prefecture.
After that, he never went to other places. He had a say in his village. The highest official he had ever met was the county magistrate. They had only heard of positions like prime minister in operas.
They never thought that one day they would meet someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion. They didn't know who the second young lady was, but she was the Prime Minister's second daughter anyway.
Just hearing the identity of the second young lady of the prime minister's mansion made them retreat a little. Even though they were shouting and not letting anyone leave, they still didn't dare to do so because there was someone of such a high status.
Liu Quan was very proud to see that what he said had worked, and he thought it would be more effective to use the title of Second Miss.
However, he is acting under the name of the Second Young Miss, and I don't know if this will bring trouble to the Second Young Miss.
But this thought just flashed through his mind for a moment and then he put it out of his mind. It definitely wouldn't happen. Who is the second young lady? She is the apple of the prime minister's eye and a lady of status and position in the capital.
The peasants in Xinghua Village and the other six villages knew that the second young lady was already a great success.
"Okay, I don't want to waste any more time. What Village Chief Zhu said before is what I want to say. We have to order the grain. It's two cents a pound. You have to sell it whether you want to or not. It's not up to you. Of course, you can refuse, but you have to think about whether you can withstand the wrath of the second lady of the Xiangfu. But I have one more thing to remind you. My second lady is the future Princess of Chen. You know who the Prince of Chen is, right? He is the war god of the Great Zhou Dynasty who commands tens of thousands of soldiers and has won countless battles. If you offend Princess of Chen, what will happen to you? It's all up to my second lady to decide."
Liu Quan had said so much before, and the seven village chiefs had no intention of compromising. However, when Liu Quan mentioned King Chen, they became a little scared.
Even though they lived too far away from the capital, they had heard of the name of the Great Zhou's God of War, King Chen, who was a feared existence that made the enemy tremble with fear.
It was because of Prince Chen's guarding that the western frontier was able to resist the Xiliang army and drive the enemy back to their homeland, thus protecting the Great Zhou from enemy invasion and preventing countless people from suffering from the disasters of war.
They knew that without King Chen, they could not live such a peaceful life.
But now the future princess of Prince Chen wants their food, and they can no longer say no.
The seven village chiefs looked at each other and knew what the other party meant. Without saying a word, they ordered the villagers to retreat.
"If you want food, follow me."
Village Chief Li said something to Liu Quan, and then walked towards the village with the support of his son.
"Hey, there's food for six other villages."
Liu Quan saw Village Chief Li walking forward and immediately spoke loudly.
Village Chief Li did not respond to this, but Village Chief Ma of Lianhua Village responded: "We know, since it is the food that King Chen wants, we will not refuse to give it."
Seeing that Village Chief Li and the others had compromised, Zhu Lei couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.
"It would have been better if this had been done earlier. I think some people are just too cheap. They are unwilling to buy food with silver even after being discussed with nice words."