novelaction Chapter 578 Unprofessional Robbers
Chapter 578 Unprofessional Robbers
Seeing Aunt Zhang like this, Lu Qingqing remembered that after Li Chengye drove away last time, Aunt Zhang was angry and didn't go looking for him.
I had thought that I would go to Sun's house for a housewarming party in three days, and maybe see my son with my husband.
Unexpectedly, on the day of the housewarming party, when the couple met, they found that their son was not at either side.
Without taking time to drink, the two hurried out to look for someone.
Unfortunately, there was no letter after searching for several days.
Li Fusheng even found the head of the Sun family and begged him to help use his connections to find someone, but to no avail.
Aunt Zhang was angry and regretful, but she had no choice but to return to Baoshan Town and continue to work on the house.
Several days passed in a flash, but there was still no news from Li Chengye.
Seeing Aunt Zhang like this, Lu Qingqing had no other choice but to comfort Aunt Zhang with a few words before saying goodbye and leaving.
In the evening, Lu Qingqing followed Qin Lang to water the fields again.
These days, seeing that the water level of the reservoir had dropped sharply, she took the initiative to take over the job of fetching water from the reservoir.
Every time, water is quietly released into the reservoir during the night.
Of course, don't put too much water every day, just maintain the previous amount of water.
Although it will decrease with use and evaporation.
But it’s not like before, when the water level dropped by about half a finger a day.
This made many people in the village very excited.
They also deliberately went upstream along the almost dried-up river to take a look.
After seeing it, I felt a little sorry that the water output upstream was not much greater.
Although the villagers didn't understand what was going on, they felt a lot more at ease.
These days, they have to break open the tops of the leaves on the corn cobs every day to see how the kernels are growing.
It will take about ten days to harvest.
At the current rate, the water in the reservoir is enough for them to use until they finish harvesting the crops.
Early the next morning, after Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang finished their work in the fields and fed the silkworms, they drove to Yining County.
The main purpose of this trip today is to sell silk and help some women in the village buy some silk.
In addition, Lu Qingqing also wanted to see the situation in the county.
Along the way, the two sat on the shaft of the cart and chatted.
Recently, Master Yan taught the two of them a new set of boxing techniques, which includes many techniques that require coordination with breathing.
Compared with the previous boxing methods, it is indeed a bit difficult.
Unfortunately, Lu Qingqing has been very busy these days and can only practice with Master Yan for an hour before and after lunch every day.
Compared to Qin Lang's two hours of martial arts training a day, he has indeed fallen behind a lot.
After Qin Lang discovered that her progress was slow, he would tell her some techniques whenever he had time.
At this moment, the two were chatting when they saw a pile of large and small stones blocking the road after turning the corner ahead.
This scene is really familiar!
Someone is robbing me on the road!
The two of them had no idea how many times they had experienced this on their way to escape famine.
However, I never encountered him again after I came to King Huai's fiefdom.
Qin Lang had saved money to make dolls before and had imagined many scenes of counter-robbery, so he was actually a little excited at this moment.
As soon as the two stopped the car, they saw a group of refugees who were so thin that their bones were visible jumping out from both sides of the road.
The leading man held a hatchet in his hand, pointed it at Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang, and said sternly:
“I planted this tree, I opened this road!
Leave the money and the carriage, and I will let you go!"
Lu Qingqing looked at the refugees in front of her who were obviously more "respectable" than those desperate people fleeing the famine, raised her eyebrows and said:
"If I don't give it to you, what will you do?"
The leading man seemed to have not expected that these two people were not afraid of them at all.
He looked back at his companions hesitantly and saw that most of them were confused and could not offer any advice.
After thinking for a while, he raised the knife in his hand and said fiercely:
"If you dare not give it to me, you have to ask the knife in my hand if it agrees!"
Lu Qingqing looked at the refugees opposite her and saw that there were actually a few elderly people and children among them. She began to have some understanding of this group of refugees.
She stopped talking nonsense and took out the compound bow from her back. She quickly raised the bowstring and pointed at the leading refugee and said:
"Then let's see, which is faster, your sword or my arrow?"
Next to him, Qin Lang had already raised his arrow and aimed at the group of looting refugees.
The bow and arrow he used was the same one Lu Qingqing had used before.
Now that we have compound bows, they have been eliminated.
The refugees didn't expect that Lu Qingqing and the other person actually had bows and arrows.
For a moment, the entire group of looting refugees panicked!
Before they fled in all directions, Lu Qingqing shot an arrow at the leading man's foot and shouted loudly:
"Don't move, anyone who moves will die!"
This loud shout, combined with the power of the arrows, successfully frightened the refugees.
Seeing this, Lu Qingqing said loudly:
"Throw your weapons aside, put your heads in your hands and squat down. I will ensure that you survive!"
They were still a little hesitant, but when they heard that they could survive, they all squatted down with their heads in their hands.
Seeing this, Lu Qingqing continued to raise the arrow and gave Qin Lang a look.
Qin Lang put down his bow and arrow, took out the Tang sword from his waist, raised the sword and walked forward, kicking the weapons next to the refugees away.
Seeing that the threat was gone, Lu Qingqing stepped forward and asked:
"Who are you?"
The leading man was squatting on the ground. He looked around and saw no one answered. Then he said with a bitter face:
“We are from Pingzhuang, Wanyang County in the west. There was a disaster in the village and all the crops died from drought.
But the county government increased taxes, leaving us with no way to make a living, so we had to escape.
Girl, this is our first time being robbed, and no one was hurt.
Please, spare our lives, we kowtow to you!"
As he spoke, he kowtowed to the ground.
When the others saw that Zhao Laochou, who was leading the robbery, started to kowtow, they also followed suit.
For a moment, the scene was filled with the sound of people kowtow.
Seeing this, Lu Qingqing hurriedly stopped him and said:
"Okay, stop knocking!
From what you said, you are just ordinary citizens, so why don’t you register to enter the city?
Yining County accepts all refugees, and as long as they register and settle down, they can be allocated land.
Moreover, King Huai has promulgated new tax standards this year.
If the land has no harvest, it will be inspected and accepted by Prince Huai's Mansion, the county government and the local headman. Once it is confirmed that the land has no harvest, it will be tax-exempt!
As for fields that have suffered disasters and reduced production, they can also be reported. After inspection, some taxes will be reduced or exempted!"
When the group of refugees heard this, they no longer shrank their heads like before, but looked up at Lu Qingqing in surprise.
A refugee in the crowd said excitedly:
"Girl, are you serious?
The officials here not only didn't drive us away, but also gave us land. Is it possible to have such a good thing?"
Seeing that they looked completely clueless, Lu Qingqing frowned and said:
"This policy was promulgated a few days ago, and the officials at the city gates have to read it several times every day.
How could you not know this if you haven't passed by the city gate?"