Chapter 1473 Local Snake
Zhou Silang's face was grim. He didn't bother looking for a chair, so he just sat down on the steps and said, "It's a family named Luo, quite influential in Chenggu County. We've never stayed there before, but I was traveling with your sister-in-law and nephews, so we were moving a little slower. Plus, we needed to restock our supplies, so we stayed an extra day. As a result, we were targeted."
"They heard from somewhere that our tea was to be sold directly to the Hu people, so they wanted to force us to buy it." Zhou Silang gave him a sack of tea, and even if it was a whole cart, he would have endured it with gritted teeth. But how could they take all his tea away?
So Zhou Silang was unwilling to do so.
The Luo family was the local tyrant, so they immediately had people block their way. They didn't rob them, but just didn't let them leave. If they wanted to leave, they had to sell the tea to them at a low price.
Even if Zhou Silang went to the county government office, it was of no use. The county magistrate simply sent him away with one sentence: "We will not get involved in private commercial affairs."
Zhou Silang pretended to be a grandson for two days with his head bowed and scraped, but found that it was of no use at all, so he decided to rush out with the car and things.
As a result, he was beaten during the scuffle, and the mule cart Fang and the others were riding in was overturned, and the three children were almost crushed. Seeing that they were carrying children, the Luo family wanted to tease them and directly picked up the children...
Zhou Silang had heard about this from traveling merchants before, and knew that the Luo family didn't dare to do anything to the children, so they just threatened them to force them to do it.
But Fang didn't know. When she saw the child in their hands, and because both sides had been pushing and fighting before, she was immediately scared.
So he pulled out a kitchen knife and rushed forward to chop the man.
She injured two people, snatched the child away with Lu, and then was kicked away...
This time, because of the bloodshed in the fight, the group was taken directly to the county government office.
Even a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake, let alone the fact that they are not strong dragons.
Seeing that not only all the tea in the caravan was confiscated, but all of them were also thrown into jail, Zhou Silang gritted his teeth and moved out Manbao.
He stuffed all the cash he had on him to the county clerk before he was able to meet the Chenggu County Magistrate in private.
He wiped his face and said to Manbao, "I've told the county magistrate of Chenggu County that you can now treat the nobles in the palace. Not only can you see the queen and the prince, but you can also see the emperor from time to time..."
The magistrate of Chenggu County did not know who Zhou Silang was at first and thought he was just an ordinary merchant passing by. However, he brought a lot of treasures with him, and the Zhou family wanted to find a marriage for Zhou Liulang, so they asked him to bring the family registration book with him.
After all, these things are needed in the marriage book.
The magistrate of Chenggu County released them after seeing the registration book.
Zhou Silang said with a frustrated look on his face: "Then he made peace. Our family sold a truckload of tea to the Luo family at a low price, and the Luo family let us go. We won't care about your sister-in-law's slashing and injuring people, and we won't pursue the fact that they kicked your sister-in-law..."
Because Chenggu County was the territory of the Luo family, Zhou Silang and his companions did not dare to stay there for long, and took Fang to the next county to see a doctor.
No one knew if it was because of internal injuries, fatigue or shock from running around, but Fang suddenly fell ill.
Her illness kept recurring and showed no sign of improvement. They had to rest for every day they walked. Later, seeing that her condition was really bad, Zhou Silang gritted his teeth and decided to go to Beijing to find Manbao as soon as possible. So they rushed to the capital.
Manbao said, "Fourth sister-in-law suffered some internal injuries, but they are not serious. She was frightened and attracted by external evil spirits. Fortunately, she has a good foundation and has survived until now."
Otherwise, something really bad will happen.
Manbao simply showed it to everyone. Zhou Silang was very thin and looked tired. It was obvious that he had suffered heavy losses on this trip.
In the evening, Manbao gave Fang another set of acupuncture and bled her, and Fang's complexion looked slightly better.
The three children were also frightened and were not in good condition. Manbao gave them injections and waited until they fell asleep before saying, "They need to take some medicine, too."
The good thing about having a doctor at home, especially a doctor with good medical skills, is that even Zhou Silang drank a bowl of medicine, then wiped his face and cheered up.
Although he sold one cart of tea, he still brought three carts.
Perhaps because he had experienced something, he knew that even if he didn't encounter thieves on the road, he would encounter local tyrants like the Luo family, so Zhou Silang was not as eager to buy a bargain as before.
After taking a bowl of medicine, he said to Zhou Wulang, "Go find Ah Liudun and ask them to come and look at the tea leaves tomorrow. Where's the tea leaves from the capital that I asked you to bring?"
"They're all in the warehouse. Don't worry, they're well preserved. I'll come back to check on them every three days."
Before, the tea was piled up in the room they lived in, but after moving here, there is a special warehouse, which is more sealed and dry, and is even better than in Changqing Lane.
Zhou Silang got up and took a look. When he walked from the side yard to the main hall, he realized how huge the house was.
He couldn't help but stop and asked, "How big is this house?"
Zhou Wulang pointed ahead and said, "Those courtyards over there are also ours. This is the center line. The ones going down are also ours. The corridor we just came from and the four courtyards going down from the corridor are also ours. There's also a big garden at the back..."
Zhou Silang was a little dazed, "Such a big house is all ours?"
Zhou Wulang nodded. He had been living here for three days and was a little dazed. He said, "The prince gave it to me. I heard it used to be his villa."
Zhou Silang then stepped back to look at the corridor he had just walked through.
It is very wide and a carriage can pass through it directly. There are some flower pots and potted plants on both sides of the road. It looks lively and you can't see the end of it at a glance.
It’s such a long road, and his houses are on both sides?
Zhou Silang swallowed his saliva and sighed, "There are so many rich people in the capital."
Zhou Wulang also felt the same way. Seeing his fourth brother staring at the flower pots in the corridor, he said, "These were all moved here by Manbao and the others in the past two days. When we first came in, this place was empty and there was nothing. It was quite scary to look at."
"Manbao also felt that it was not good to have a bare corridor, so he brought people to move all the flowers that he had bought from Changqing Lane and put them here."
She even moved the peony tree, which she had just pruned off its branches not long ago, here. Even if it doesn't bloom, the green color alone is nice to look at.
If Old Lady Liu hadn't stopped him, Manbao would have wanted to dig some turf from the garden and lay it under the wall.
It is said that if you walk at night with flowers and plants around you, you won’t be afraid.
Zhou Silang walked to the warehouse with a confused look on his face. Standing in front of the door, he saw that only a corner of the warehouse was filled with tea leaves. Suddenly, he came to his senses.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it! One day I'm going to fill this warehouse with everything. If I go past Chenggu County, I'm going to make the Luo family walk all over me!"
(End of this chapter)
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