The places where grain collection are collected are not just Lu'an City, but also a hundred miles away. All the cities occupied by the Yuan Dynasty are like this.

This naturally caused dissatisfaction among the gentry class, and undercurrents kept surging.

In the south of Lu'an City, in the Liu family courtyard, a father and son, a father and son, were plotting in the room.

"Dad, people from the Yuan Dynasty, let us hand over 10,000 grains, and our attitude is very tough."

A man in his thirties spoke, his tone full of anger.

"It's too much. Did Emperor Yuan's previous promises fart!"

Another man spoke, with a look of anger on his face.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, count how much food there is at home!"

The old man spoke, his tone was very calm, but those who knew him knew that the old man was very angry.

The old man was a local gentry from Lu'an, named Liu Song. Two middle-aged men were his two sons, the eldest son Liu Jianshen and the younger son Liu Jianji.

"Dad, do you really want to give them food?"

Liu Jianshen was very unwilling to accept it. After all, these gentry were all people who loved money as much as their lives, so how could they bear to give up a lot of food?

"If people are the slaughter and I am the fish. If I don't give it to you, the disaster of extermination may be in front of you."

As a person becomes a spirit, Liu Song can see the situation better than his son, so when he is angry, he must hand over the food to ensure safety.

"They dare!"

Liu Jianshen was a little disbelief. After all, the local gentry was in harmony. If the Yuan Dynasty held up the butcher's knife high, it would definitely cause a violent rebound.

"What's there to be afraid of?"

Liu Song responded expressionlessly, then said, "Listen to me, prepare the food and hand it over!"

"father……"

Liu Jianshen wanted to say something, but was interrupted by his father's eyes and he immediately shut up.

"Dad, but we don't have so much food in our family?"

At this time, Liu Jianji spoke. He managed the Liu family's mundane affairs and knew the specific situation.

"How could it be not?"

Liu Song was a little surprised because the Liu family was the largest gentry in Lu'an. The family had fertile land and could produce more than 100,000 grains per year.

There are also 60,000 to 70,000 yuan for food and food and distribution to tenants, so although there is a lot of 10,000 yuan for food, the Liu family is not unable to take it out.

"It happened to be the war and the food prices rose, so two months ago, my son sold a lot of food."

As soon as this said, Liu Song raised his eyebrows, but didn't say much.

After all, Liu Jianji's approach was not wrong at all, because after the autumn grain came down this year, a large amount of grain would be put into storage, so the old grain would naturally be eliminated.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Go to someone else's house to borrow, you must prepare enough 10,000 yuan of grain."

"Dad, you are too careful. I don't believe it. I really can't take out the food. People in the Yuan Dynasty dare to kill people!"

Liu Jianshen spoke again, with a sense of dissatisfaction in his tone.

"If the Yuan Dynasty people really kill people, what should you do? Do you have to bet on your family and take your life?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Liu Jianshen couldn't speak.

At this moment, a servant shouted outside: "Master, Master Zhang is here!"

"Please."

Liu Song responded, and then said to his two sons: "This old fox is here, it must be for the purpose of collecting grain. You must be careful and don't say the wrong thing."

The two brothers were stunned, as if they didn't understand it very much.

"Dad, why?"

Liu Jianshen asked, but Liu Song did not answer and simply said, "Listen to me."

Liu Jianshen shut up, but there was a little doubt in his eyes.

However, Liu Jianji's expression moved, and he seemed to have thought of something.

"Brother Liu, two virtuous nephews!"

A moment later, an old man in his fifties walked in and greeted the father and son with a smile.

"Brother Zhang."

"Uncle Zhang."

"Uncle Zhang."

The father and son responded one after another, with a very polite tone.

"Brother Liu, what do you think about the issue of collecting grain!"

After a few polite words, the person who came straight to the topic and even revealed a bit of sadness.

"well!"

He sighed and continued to speak: "We have defected to the Yuan Dynasty. Now that the emperor issued an order, we can only do it!"

"But they asked me for eight thousand grains."

The person who came was very angry and looked very angry, then he changed his tone: "When the Yuan Dynasty entered the city, Emperor Yuan personally summoned us to ensure that we would not be punished, so that we would be willing to obey the people.

It's really angering to say that he's going back on his word now."

After saying that, he slapped the table with hatred, and the expression on his face was a bit ferocious.

"How is that brother Zhang ready?"

Liu Song asked with a smile, but there was a little sharpness in his eyes.

The visitor did not answer directly, but looked outside the room and showed a look of wanting to speak but stopping.

Seeing this, Liu Song looked at his younger son. Liu Jianji immediately got up, went out to drive away the servants, and closed the door.

"Brother Liu, you are the leader of our gentry. You can't ignore this matter!"

"What does Brother Zhang want to do?"

"The grain collection incident made all the gentry dissatisfied. I thought that Brother Liu could raise his arms and take everyone to meet Emperor Yuan together, and let him take it back to his life."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Song's face turned cold and he said, "Why didn't Brother Zhang do this by himself?"

"Isn't my brother not as prestige as Brother Liu?"

"Your Zhang family is no less than our Liu family!"

This meaningful tone made the visitor shrink and he cursed, "Old fox."

The visitor Zhang Mingde is the head of the Zhang family in Lu'an and a local gentry. His status is second only to the Liu family and is considered the second largest wealthy family.

So this time, the Zhang family was allocated an amount of 8,000 yuan, which gave Zhang Mingde other ideas.

After all, these eight thousand-day foods are not small, they are of great value and no one is willing to give them.

However, if you don’t give it, the consequences will be too serious. Zhang Mingde then came to the Liu family compound and wanted to persuade Liu Song to stand up.

In this way, Liu Song naturally carried it on his shoulders, and he could hide behind and enjoy the benefits.

Unexpectedly, Liu Song was also an old fox, even more cunning than Zhang Ningde. He could see the other party's small abacus at a glance, so he naturally would not agree.

"Brother Liu was joking, how could the Zhang family compete with the Liu family?

Besides, my prestige is not as good as Brother Liu, and you still need to come forward to this matter."

After a pause, he added: "As long as Brother Liu comes forward, the local gentry will respond. I guess Emperor Yuan will give him some face..."

In order to achieve his goal, Zhang Mingde was very thick-skinned and kept complimenting Liu Song.

But when he said nothing, Liu Song refused to nod, and the atmosphere was a bit subtle.

After a while, when Zhang Mingde saw that Liu Song was not in trouble, he felt helpless: "Brother Liu, do you really care about this?"

"I am old and just want to live a stable life!"

These words simply showed their attitude, which made Zhang Mingde frown.

"Then Brother Liu is ready to pay the food."

"good!"

"You are not afraid of the defeat of the Yuan Dynasty. The court punishes you for your crime of reaping the enemy."

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room became colder, and Liu Song narrowed his eyes even more.

"Our Liu family is dedicated to Dayuan, so Brother Zhang doesn't have to bother!"

"snort!"

Seeing that the threat was useless and the purpose was not achieved, Zhang Mingde snorted coldly, then turned and left.

As soon as Zhang Mingde left, Liu Jianshen immediately spoke: "Dad, Zhang Mingde's words make sense. The situation is unclear now. If the Yuan Dynasty is defeated..."
To be continued...