Shopkeeper Zhou from Moyang County made a living by selling silk, and his family of three generations had accumulated a lot of wealth.
Now that a natural disaster has struck, even though they have lost their land, they still have more food and money than they can eat.
It is for this reason that, in this chaotic world, they have seen merchants who used to be servile and obedient to the county magistrate turn themselves into local landlords.
Inside Zhou's residence, Manager Zhou was lying on the imperial chair at home, drinking hot tea and smoking a pipe, looking very content.
The housekeeper of the mansion walked in with his head bowed and said, "Master, the people from Chang County are almost all captured."
Shopkeeper Zhou sat up lazily and pounded his legs. "Great, great. When everyone is here, I'll use the old Taoist's method to collect blood and make pills!"
"Okay, sir." The butler bowed quickly in response.
The shopkeeper Zhou was already in his sixties. He had two incompetent sons at home, so he always dreamed of becoming immortal.
Recently, disasters have been raging everywhere in the Dayong Dynasty, and he met several Taoists who were fleeing from famine.
In order to earn a living, the Taoists exaggerated the art of refining elixirs to achieve immortality.
Shopkeeper Zhou kept this in mind, and happened to meet County Magistrate Chang who came to him to borrow money for disaster relief.
After some thought, I came up with the idea of offering sacrifices to heaven.
He sat up and drank the premium Tieguanyin in his hand in one gulp.
There is a water shortage everywhere nowadays, and there are very few people like him who can leisurely enjoy tea.
The beautiful maid beside him bent over and fed him cakes.
Not long after, a waiter standing outside the door whispered, "Master, there are disaster victims outside the door again today."
Shopkeeper Zhou raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are there any children or women?"
Xiao Dian replied: "It was two old people with a woman."
Shopkeeper Zhou put down the cup in his hand and said, "The old man is old and there is no point in keeping him. We should find a way to drive him away. The woman can stay. If she is pretty, we can keep her in the backyard. If she is ugly, we can take her to the back kitchen to fill the meat storage."
The victims fleeing the famine were starving and ate human flesh in order to survive, while Shopkeeper Zhou ate human flesh for the fresh taste.
In the past, when the imperial court existed, murder required payment of death.
Nowadays, no one can control him, so he becomes unbridled.
Although the children listened and sighed, they had no choice but to do as they were told in order to survive.
Shopkeeper Zhou was thinking about the delicious food that was served today, and he lay on the chair with his eyes narrowed into a line while smiling.
In an inn a few miles away from their house, Chu Chenyin and Fu Yanting rode their horses to the vicinity of Zhou's house under the pretext of going out to look for water.
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