The daughter of the mansion is slapped in the face every day

Chapter 43 Zhou Family

Looking at the empty walls, Jiang Siqi flicked his sleeves and wanted to leave, but Liu Kexing still didn't let go, so he pushed Liu Kexing back hard.

Liu Kexing sat on the ground all of a sudden. With no one to support his fat body, he couldn't get up.

Jiang Siqi flicked his sleeves, but Old Master Liu didn't let go, so he pushed him back hard. Old Master Liu sat on the ground and couldn't get up.

"I'm not as ruthless as Master Liu. Here, this bag of flour is what I left for you." Jiang Siqi put down the bag of flour on his shoulder and kicked it in front of Master Liu as if giving alms.

Liu Kexing looked at the bag of flour and felt bitter but couldn't express it.

"Bah, you are so shameless! You really think you are a human being!"

Jiang Siqi turned around, took on a ferocious look, and walked away with a group of people.

Looking at the cartloads of grain being transported in, Zhao Zheyong's face was full of smiles. He patted Jiang Siqi on the shoulder, and his expression completely changed, as if he relied heavily on Jiang Siqi.

He kept exclaiming in admiration, "Oh, you are amazing! I knew I had the right person. I knew you could help me solve this big problem!"

Jiang Siqi's vanity was infinitely satisfied, and he also said politely, "It's all because of your good leadership. This food is enough for at least four or five days."

Zhao Zheyong squeezed Jiang Siqi's shoulders and nodded, his eyes sparkling. "With you here, I don't have to worry about food. You are really my right-hand man."

He seemed to be intending to entrust Jiang Siqi with an important task.

There was a mixture of surprise and joy in Jiang Siqi's eyes, and he was extremely happy in his heart.

The houses of the wealthy families were all located in one place. When the nearby merchants heard about what had happened to the Liu family, they all felt insecure for a moment, and the elders of the clan gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

They felt that Zhao Zheyong was just killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, and that he dealt with the Liu family as a warning to them.

Ask them to offer the food voluntarily. Otherwise, the experience of the Liu family will be a lesson for us.

As a result, every household donated generously and sent cartloads of food.

For a time, Zhao Zheyong's granary was filled to the brim.

Zhao Zheyong smiled from ear to ear, "Thank you for your generosity, it really solved my urgent need!"

The people who came to deliver the food were polite on the surface, but in their hearts they cursed Zhao Zheyong as a despicable and shameless villain who had seized their food and gold and silver.

At night, while everyone was asleep, a group of people in night clothes used incense to knock out the guards guarding the granary, sneaked into the granary, and took away the grain bag by bag.

Because they were moving the grain from the innermost part of the granary, the guards did not notice that the grain had been stolen the next day.

The porridge in the porridge stall became thick again.

The victims were very satisfied and ate three or five times a meal to make up for their hunger in the past few days.

Their attitude towards Zhao Zheyong and the officers and soldiers also became friendly.

But by the tenth day after the merchants had eaten the grain, the imperial court still hadn't delivered any grain.

The granary is already somewhat empty.

Zhao Zheyong couldn't help but worry about falling into the same situation of lack of medical care and food as in the previous days, so he wrote another letter back to the court asking for food.

The reply was still: The court is collecting food, you should deal with it on your own first.

Zhao Zheyong's gaze fell on Jiang Siqi again.

With the results from last time, Zhao Zheyong felt that it would not be difficult to ask for food from these merchants, and he had higher expectations for Jiang Siqi, "Siqi, the food you asked for last time was still a little too little, can you ask for more?"

Although Zhao Zheyong was speaking to Jiang Siqi in a negotiating tone, Jiang Siqi knew that Zhao Zheyong was dissatisfied that the food he had looted last time was not enough.

Considering that the last time the granary was full it only took about ten days to be eaten up, Jiang Siqi also felt that the food he found was a little too little.

So I secretly made up my mind to get some more.

Jiang Siqi then took a team of soldiers and continued to plunder food from merchants.

The Liu family has already left Daizhou.

As for other merchants, those who had to leave also left because of the Liu family's affairs.

The few remaining merchants had emptied their savings when they paid grain last time, leaving only one or two months' worth of food for their families.

They really couldn't hand in any extra food.

After searching several businesses and failing to find any food, Jiang Siqi began to become anxious.

He looked at the merchants' warehouses and saw that there was indeed no food left, and was worried about where to get the food from.

Because they couldn't find food, the officers and soldiers gradually became irritable and were out of Jiang Siqi's control.

Relying on Jiang Siqi's support, they began to rob merchants of their jewelry, and everyone stuffed their pockets full.

After the Zhou Mansion was plundered, Zhou Sibai, a girl from the Zhou family, held her maid's hand, glared at Deng Zhuo, and said bad things, "You lowly things, you are relying on the prestige of the county magistrate to bully others. Call the county magistrate here, I want to see if he dares to say in front of me that there is a thief in my house."

Deng Zhuo looked at Zhou Sibai who was not polite at all, and suddenly remembered what happened before. At that time, he was just searching Zhou Sibai's carriage according to routine, but was severely humiliated by Zhou Sibai and was called a "running dog".

He made up his mind and dragged her into the house.

Zhou Sibai's maid screamed and looked at the ferocious Deng Zhuo. She seemed to have anticipated what was going to happen and did not dare to stand in front of her girl.

Even through the doors and windows, the girl from the Zhou family's struggle and painful pleas for mercy could still be heard by the other officers and soldiers.

The other officers and soldiers became excited and looked at the other young ladies in the yard. Their eyes and actions gradually became bolder.

For a moment, the Zhou Mansion became chaotic, with all kinds of unbearable noises continuing.

After being bullied, the girl from the Zhou family became a little unclear in her mind.

Mrs. Zhou wiped her tears and begged Mr. Zhou to save her daughter.

The master of the Zhou family made up his mind, left his mentally retarded daughter at home, and ran away with his wife and the money.

Even with such bandit behavior, the food was still not gathered.

Jiang Siqi was really anxious. Looking at the empty carriage, he didn't know how to explain to Zhao Zheyong.

Xiao Wu carried a box of jewelry and placed it on the car, smiling flatteringly, "Master Jiang, this is our gift to you. Please accept it."

Jiang Siqi wanted the gold, silver and jewelry, but he knew that the issue of food and fodder was more urgent.

"What's the use of silver? Food and grass are important now." Jiang Siqi held his forehead and frowned, "Without food and grass, neither you nor I can explain to His Royal Highness the Third Prince."