Chapter 52
Ma Laoer brought more than 100 servants, all of whom were good at it, but Gao Laozhuang had more than 70 people, and his appearance was not bad, which made Ma Laoer dare not act rashly.
"Young Master, Ma Lao Er is calling someone!" Seeing the servants leaving the village and running towards Majiabao, Master Tang hurriedly reminded him.
Gao Huan wrinkled his head and seemed to be a peaceful solution, but Gao Huan was just a few people and didn't want to fight with the Ma family now.
Not to mention, the Ma family has more than 500 subordinates, the third and fourth in the county, and more than 100 people. The eldest is still an officer in Luoyang. Gao Huan is now in action. Can he win? Even if he wins, the villagers of Chibei and Gao Laozhuang will suffer heavy losses, affecting his subsequent plans.
Unexpectedly, just after he got rid of Li Jiyu, he met such a stumbling block in the Ma family again.
This Ma family is not a good person. Moreover, they manage land for King Fu. In order to obtain more profits, they forcibly planted cotton on a large scale after occupying the land, which is also one of the important reasons for the famine.
Decades ago, Henan Governor Zhong Huamin submitted a memorial: "I saw the wool soil of Zhongzhou, half sandalwood and kapok."
Many vassal and gentry landlords in Shandong and Henan planted a large number of cotton, but were actually carrying out a bloody land enclosure movement to provide raw materials for the handicraft industry in Jiangnan.
This is like the British land enclosure movement. A large area of land in Henan was taken to grow cotton by vassal kings and gentry. The crop planting in Henan decreased. It was fine in normal times, but once it encountered a disaster year, it would cause a great famine.
The vassal states and gentry landlords could not starve to death anyway, and could still buy grain from Huguang at a low price and sell it at a high price. The people could not go to the colonies to make a living like the West, so they could only rebel with Li Zicheng.
Now, in order to save more people, Henan needs more food. The vassal states and gentry landlords are all enemies of Gao Huan and the people.
However, there were land in Tangzhuang and Liuzhuang, Gao Huan didn't have to conflict with them so quickly, but he didn't expect the Ma family to fall in love with the land of the two villages.
Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "Ma Laoer went to call reinforcements. If we can't suppress them today and force them to give in, we won't have to mess up in Dengfeng!"
Everyone behind him had been so angry that they had long been so angry that the Ma family was too domineering. They not only occupied Liuzhuang, but also surrounded the people from Gao Laozhuang. If they couldn't tell the truth, they would be scoundrels. They were so angry that they felt so painful.
"Young Master, please give the order, we will fight with him!" Wang Jingde said indignantly.
"Yes! The eldest master will give the order!"
Defeat Li Ji and get money, which makes Chi Bei double the courage.
Master Tang was also excited inside, but he was afraid of the Ma family from the bottom of his heart and knew the power of the Ma family. "Young master, the Ma family has four or five hundred patriarchs, so he can't be impulsive!"
Although he really wanted to take revenge on Gao Huan, he had to take revenge.
Gao Huan's courage to fight with the Ma family has already seen a glimmer of hope, and he doesn't want this glimmer of hope to be shattered.
Chi Bei was excited and was very angry after winning, so he didn't take Master Tang's words to heart. Liu Qi said anxiously: "Master, let's do it! Liu Hui is still trapped inside. When the reinforcements from the Ma family arrive, it will be difficult to fight!"
Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "Don't be excited, Master Tang said it makes sense!"
After hearing this, Wang Jingde gritted his teeth and said, "It's hard to give them the land deed and give them up?"
After deciding to restore Liuzhuang, Gao Huan revealed to Chibei that he wanted to share part of the land in Liuzhuang to Chibei.
Everyone listened to this in their hearts, so they all angrily stopped talking.
Master Tang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Gao Huan did not fight head-on, but he felt a little disappointed. There was no way, the scholar was like this, indecisive and worried about gains and losses.
"Of course I can't give him the land deed!" Gao Huan sneered, "Didn't Ma Laoer go to Majiabao to call reinforcements? Master Tang, Liu Qi, I'll give you two a task!"
I heard that it is not called a land deed, but it is not compromised, and I am very energetic. Liu Qi hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Young Master, please give me the order!"
Gao Huan said in a deep voice: "You go back to the village, change your clothes, prepare more rockets and fire cups, and take advantage of the servants of Majiabao to come to Liuzhuang to reinforce Ma Laoer. Majiabao is empty and pretends to be a bandit. Wait until the evening, burn the Ma family hand in me."
Master Tang raised his eyebrows and suddenly realized, "Young master is wise! Majiabao is fired together, Ma Lao Er will definitely go back to put out the fire, and Liuzhuang will be ours!"
Gao Huan nodded: "Let go and do it, but there is one thing, be careful and don't expose your identity!"
Master Tang said excitedly: "Don't worry, Master, I have some experience in mixing with the local gang."
Liu Qi clasped his fists and said, "Master, I promise to order Majiabao."
"You guys have nothing to do! Remember to be careful!" Gao Huan told him again, then waved his hand and said, "Go!"
At that moment, Liu Qi and Master Tang led more than a dozen brothers and turned around and left.
"Second Master! Gao Laozhuang is also going to call someone!" The servants noticed Gao Laozhuang's movement and reminded Ma Erzhi.
Mr. Ma sneered and said, "Don't take it seriously." Gao Youcai was in Dengfeng's territory and could only barely be considered a small landlord, and he was not worthy of carrying shoes for the Ma family."
"Hmph, let him call!" Ma Laoer said coldly: "Look at who has more people."
The two sides were just standing at the entrance of the village. At dusk, reinforcements from Gao Laozhuang arrived first. Li Wu led more than 200 village heads. Gao Youcai heard that there was a conflict with the Ma family, so he also led the guards and hurried over.
Gao Huan raised his eyebrows, "Dad, why are you here?"
Gao Youcai had a gloomy face, "I'm not here, I don't know how much trouble you are going to cause!"
Ma Laoer looked at nearly 300 people, each with him, and was a little surprised.
At this time, Gao Youcai came out of the crowd and clasped his fists and said, "Ma Ermai, take a step back and the sky will be wide open. Give me a face. Our two families take a step back. Let's just let this happen today."
Ma Lao Er was afraid of being tough. Seeing that there were 300 people coming to Gao Laozhuang, he was a little weak, but when he heard Gao Youcai's words, he immediately became arrogant again, "Mom, Gao Youcai, you bring these people here to scare me, Ma Lao Er, my Ma family will be afraid of you, a waste without fame! If you don't hand over the land deed today, I will compensate my Ma family for the losses. I want you to be nice, and no one is allowed to leave!"
Gao Huan was furious when he heard this. Gao Youcai was his father after all. Ma Laoer scolded Gao Youcai in front of him, how could he tolerate it?
"Ma Laoer, you are looking for death, I must kill you!" Gao Huan brought his gun and stepped forward. The people from Gao Laozhuang behind him were suddenly clamoring to push forward.
Ma Laoer is now short of people, and his heart is terrified. He takes two steps back, and his servants also retreat to the village.
Gao Youcai's face was extremely ugly. After all, he was a Jinshi. He was scolded by a junior at the age of a tyrant. He was extremely cowardly, but he still grabbed Gao Huan, "Huan'er, don't be impulsive!"
Gao Huan said indignantly: "Dad! The Ma family is a local domineering person. If you want to suppress them, you have to be more cruel and fierce than them! Showing weakness to them, Ma Lao Er will only be arrogant and not take us seriously!"
Gao Huan and Chi Bei were excited and acted like a fight, "Ma Laoer, if you don't let anyone go today, don't return Liuzhuang, don't leave Zhuangzi!"
When Ma Laoer saw Gao Laozhuang, three or four hundred people were pressing up, he felt panicked, but at this moment, there was a noise behind him, and reinforcements from Majiabao also arrived. At one time, there were more than 300 people, and most of them were wearing armor and were far better than those of the villagers of Gao Laozhuang.
Seeing this, Ma Laoer immediately became confident and sneered: "Mom, boy, you'll be crazy about me. Whoever retreats first today will be raised by a bitch!"
The two sides shouted and cursed at the entrance of the village. Ma Lao Er brought the seat and sat at the entrance of the village, pointing at Gao Huan and Gao Youcai, "Ma Er Ma is here today. You two grandchildren, you will not kowtow to apologize today. Ma Er Ma killed you!"
Just as they were making harsh words, the Gao Laozhuang people opposite were pointing to the north, and there was a noise, followed by an uproar from the Ma family’s servants.
Mr. Ma frowned and turned his head to see, and his face was filled with horror.
"Second Master, something is wrong, Majiabao is on fire!" The head of the servant said in panic: "It's not that there are local gangs attacking Zhuangzi!"
The muscles on Ma Erye's face twitched. Logically, no one dared to touch the Ma family in Dengfeng's territory, but recently the whole of Henan was not peaceful. News came from the boss that the thieves had entered Henan Prefecture, and the bandits around Luoyang were storming, for fear that the river crossing from other counties would flow into Dengfeng.
Mr. Ma's face was gloomy and sunny. He was worried that his father and money and food in the village were all here now. If something happened, he would regret it.
"Damn it! Withdraw!" Ma Erye stomped his feet, "Follow me to save Zhuangzi!"
The second master ordered that nearly four hundred servants retreated into the village, packed his things and headed north.
"Young Master! Liu Qi is successful! Ma Lao Er retreated!" Wang Jingde said excitedly.
Gao Huan's face darkened. Suddenly, he saw the fire in the village, and immediately said furiously: "No! Ma Laoer is burning the warehouse, hurry up and go in to save people!"
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