Chapter 33 - Chapter 34 Take out all the money you owe

The people of Lianzhou were filled with joy when they sat in the cabin. It felt great to survive. The people on the boat were also happy for them. They saved the people with their own hands and were satisfied.

An old man who had just been caught from the water spit out half of his stomach. After he could speak, he kowtowed to the person who had tied a rope to catch him, and then asked, "Are you from the state capital? Look at the clothes you are wearing."

"We are from Luzhou Prefecture. We know that we will cause heavy floods, so we come here in advance and cannot control it. Anyone who rushes to the sea can save you as much as you can."

The rescuer helped the old man up. Someone next to him brought the steaming soup to the table in the cabin. In fact, it was the simplest egg-sleeved soup, with some egg flowers and a few vegetable leaves, some ginger foam and oil, and the others were gone.

But even such soup seemed extremely precious at this time, mainly because it was hot. The old man took a sip, chewing ginger mozi in his mouth, and asked the person who rescued him: "How is your state? Send the ship to save us, and your state is not afraid of death?"

"I don't know what's going on now. We didn't get water when we came out, but don't worry. There are eight such big ships there. Our governor has made preparations in advance. I think there will be no few people dead. Daddy, don't you know you're going to get water?"

The person who saved the man explained a few words there, but in fact he was worried, but after the order came down, he had to leave and wait here.

The old man nodded, shook his head again, and said, "That's better, your governor. If you can think about it in advance, it won't work here. No one cares. I know I'm going to get water, and I know that the Dragon King of the Sea is also angry, but what can I do, an old man? I can't run away at all if I want to.

How far can I get in a few days? Moreover, it was raining heavily outside, so I could only make a raft in advance and move some things up. When the flood came, I called several people from my neighbor's house to get on the raft together. As a result, I was beaten down after a storm. The people on the raft didn't know what was going on.

I usually fish in the sea, and the fishing boats were used by other neighbors. In fact, the boats were not as good as rafts at this time. I had known that I would tie myself up with a rope. At that time, I was afraid that the raft would overturn, so I just sat on it. You must look for it here, and there are still living people."

The old man said, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his hands, lowered his head and drank the soup. The person who saved the people was also very uncomfortable, and he was also helpless. He knew that his water quality was not good. If he could compare with the dozens of guards in the governor's house, he might be able to save more people.

Seeing that the old man had the soup, he stood up and said to the old man: "My father-in-law stayed here first, I will continue to go out and see if anyone has no strength to climb up. Don't worry, as long as I can do it, I will do my best."

"Go, you can send people to this cabin at that time. Even if there is no breath, I will send them to me for a look. Maybe it will be very helpful." The old man's face full of vicissitudes could barely squeeze out a smile.

Su Maozhou also repeated the same situation. Many people were rushed over and then rescued them. Although there were not many ten ships, many people left their lives.

When the heavy rain came to midnight, even greater mountain torrents rushed down. This time it was not just water, but also some soil and a large number of uprooted trees, swirling in the water towards the position composed of wooden rafts.

When Zhang Zhong, who was already prepared, saw that the water was getting big, he immediately asked the people in front to retreat, retreated to the middle of the position, emptying the woods in front to wait for the trees to hit. The big ship also ran to the front wings with the depth of the water. If the wooden raft in front could not bear it, it would need to use the hull to block it.

Liu Shaoqing and the other four were not sure what was going on. They let the servants eat fruits, noodles and rice there. It was difficult to swallow this kind of thing in their mouths, but the servants didn't dare to say anything. They were hungry even if they didn't eat it, so they could only endure a little bit of it.

When the first big tree that flowed down hit the small wooden raft, Liu Shaoqing and others finally understood why the six people had that kind of smile in the evening, and it was not safe in front of them.

Three wooden rafts were damaged by wood before, but after a short period of repair, five more broken. This small piece of position was also knocked back by trees and hit the large position behind. After a sway, Liu Shaoqing shouted to the lower ***, "Don't eat it first, repair the wooden rafts quickly, hurry up."

Fan Jianxi also shouted, "Shake quickly, and then go to the back of the big wooden raft. It won't work in front of you, hurry up and do it."

The servant took a few strokes, shook his head helplessly, and said to Fan Jianxi: "I can't move anymore, I'm stuck. Our wooden rafts are inserted into their wooden rafts, unless I'm holding them out first."

"Then let's hold on quickly, what are you waiting for?" Jiang Huanshi shouted anxiously.

"It's too late." As soon as the servant finished speaking these four words, the wooden raft shook again, and two more trees hit the wooden raft. Three people came down from one tree. The three people jumped onto the wooden raft, looked around, and thanked Jiang Huanshi and others.

Then he ran to the more wooden rafts. There were many lights on there. Seeing the three people running away, Cao Herui spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and cursed: "They must know that this is the case, but they didn't tell us. They retreated to the back, gave the front out and knocked me out, and brought me some clean water. Is there any medicine? My tongue bit it."

The three who jumped from the tree ran to Zhang Zhong's side. Seeing that many people were here, they laughed happily, hid in the shed, and asked, "Who is a good official? Let's kowtow to the good official first. It's so amazing. There is actually a piece of land here. The three of us brothers thought we would ride the tree and go straight to the sea."

"The great official has no time to wait for you to kowtow. Drink the soup first, otherwise it will be troublesome if you get sick." A local citizen came over and brought the wooden bowl in his hand to three people. There was only one bowl, one big bowl, which could hold five small bowls of normal life.

The three of them were indeed hungry, tired, afraid and cold. They lowered their heads and took a sip. When their stomachs became warm, one of them pointed to the way he came and asked, "Isn't the great official there? We three came from there just now."

"That's where the bad officials are. I thought I wouldn't be overturned by the waves when I ran in front of me, but it ended up hitting a tree? It should be that they have food and money, but they just don't want to take it out. See if they can't come again? The thing that comes over will not belong to them."

This people hated Liu Shaoqing and the other four, and even their family members and servants. In the past, the families and servants of these four people often went out to buy things without paying money, and hit people while walking. Now, I am so happy to see them suffering there.

The three of them were stunned for a moment, and the one who was just talking said regretfully: "If I had known, I wouldn't thank them, I would have bumped into this place. Brothers, drink quickly, don't just wait for the rescue. The three of us still have the strength to help the good officials do some work later."

The two younger brothers nodded at the same time and started drinking regardless of the scalding. At first glance, the three of them looked very optimistic. They were washed by the flood and rode over on trees, and could run or jump.

They were stable, and Liu Shaoqing couldn't hold on anymore. The servants practiced as fast as possible, but the upstream kept counting down one by one, making the place ahead unable to stay at all. Occasionally, people would come down from the trees, some would ride and some would hug them.

Everyone who came up was very happy. They borrowed the lights and looked at the ground connected by wooden rafts in front of them, and ran towards the crowded side.

Cao Herui sat on the wooden raft, looking at another black shadow rushing towards him in front of him, no longer having the intention to hide. After a sway, he said to the three people next to him: "Why don't we go there too. If this continues, our lives will be gone. What money will be needed? They will give it to them if they want it."

The other three people had no intention of caring about money. They had long wanted to go over, but were afraid of losing face. Someone suggested it, so that's easy to say. Liu Shaoqing gritted his teeth and said, "Then go over and discuss with Zhang Zhong, give it to him, give it to him, he is sucking blood."

All four of them agreed, and took their family members, servants, and the supplies and money to the large wooden raft formation. When they heard the constant collision behind them, they felt scared.

When the four of them found Zhang Zhong, Zhang Zhong had just slept for half an hour, his eyes were red and swollen, and his face was haggard. This was better for the food he usually ate, otherwise he would have been exhausted.

"Sir, we thought about it and did it as you said. Sir, everything is here, you can take it all." Liu Shaoqing said this to Zhang Zhong very unwillingly.

Zhang Zhong stared at him, "Who asked you to come up? You have your own rafts, but you still squeeze them up? All the people included, one was one, and the other came up to pay fifty cents of money. Your things and money were just for you to make things."

"Ah? One person has ten coins for money? My family has more than 60 people, more than 3,000 coins. Sir, we have no money." Liu Shaoqing didn't expect Zhang Zhong to be so cruel and said aggrievedly there.

"If you don't have money, just write a document. You owe it first, and then pay it back slowly. Will you write it?" Zhang Zhong asked with a calm face.

"Write, sir, then write it." Cao Herui said as if he accepted his fate. Owning money is better than being chased down, and living is important.

The other three people didn't want to resist anymore, so they followed Zhang Zhong to a shed where someone had already ground ink, and the pen and paper were ready, so they were waiting for them to write.

The four of them wrote this IOU with blood in their hearts and their hands trembling.

After finishing writing, Cao Herui asked Zhang Zhong: "Sir, all the things are delivered, can we have a meal?"

"What food is it? It's not time to eat yet, wait, call you." Zhang Zhong threw down his words and began to walk among the crowd again.
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