Shì Qíng Shǐ Mò - 事情始末
At the beginning, only two or three farmers went to a grain shop to make trouble.
Due to the small number of them, they seemed to be bluffing, so the shopkeeper Feng just asked his staff to drive them away.
However, a few days later, several farmers who had been driven out suddenly rushed to the grain shop to make a fuss, one by one, as if they were not afraid of death, and some farmers even rushed into the shop to grab the grain. Of course, they did not succeed.
Shopkeeper Feng is a smart person. The events a few days ago sounded the alarm for him. When will those people not come to make trouble, but after the death of An Changfu, the head of the An family who is not in business owner will come. Although there are only two or three people, he is still in charge. He hired five able-bodied thugs to watch the shop, just to prevent this moment, and the result really made him guess right.
The peasants who robbed the grain were beaten out of the grain shop by the thugs, and they were beaten to death.
Shocked by the five thugs, the troubled peasants had no choice but to temporarily stop and leave with their injured companions.
However, this was just a prelude. After another two days, the matter finally broke out. Seven or eight farmers might be able to handle it, but a dozen or twenty could not handle it. A group of farmers broke into a grain shop managed by the shopkeeper Feng. Everyone scrambled for food like crazy. Although the food in the grain store warehouse did not suffer, all the food in the store was robbed.
Shopkeeper Feng later found out that the same thing happened to the other three shopkeepers' shops. Knowing that something was wrong, they came to the An Family.
After listening, An Ziran fell silent.
Seeing that the four of them didn't speak, shopkeeper Feng couldn't help shaking their heads secretly, it seemed that he was still too young.
Although Butler Su said that the young master's house was different from before, they still didn't hold out much hope. After all, what a sixteen-year-old child can do, a successful businessman should not only have a broad vision, but courage is also an important factor. The young master is still too young and his experience is limited.
"For no reason, how could farmers make troubles and grab food."
Just when the hall was silent, An Ziran's calm voice suddenly sounded, the four shopkeepers looked over, and when they met his black eyes, for some reason, they didn't dare to look directly.
The oldest shopkeeper Feng reacted and said hurriedly, "Young Master, we also think there is no reason, so I sent someone to investigate, but I couldn't find any clues. It seems that it happened suddenly. We suspect. Could it be that someone is making trouble secretly and causing trouble to the An family?"
The four of them are all good people. They heard that An Changde and his wife left the An family angrily. With their personalities, it is not impossible for them to do such a thing.
Before An Changfu passed away, An Changde was already coveting the An family's property. If An Changfu wasn't a rich person, they might have attacked the An Family long ago. With the temperament of the husband and wife, it is not impossible to do so.
Furthermore, they suspect that An Changde has another important reason. The An Family holds a large amount of grain in Anyuan County. In the whole Anyuan County, almost 80% of the grain shops are settled. If the An Family does not sell food to those farmers, unless Travel thousands of miles to other counties to buy, otherwise they will have to wait to starve to death.
This is also one of the reasons why the people did not dare to resist even though they hated An Changfu very much.
An Ziran pondered for a while, "We must find a way to solve this matter, otherwise more people will follow suit in the future. The four shopkeepers have been working under my father's hands for more than ten years, and you all have more experience than me. I don't know. What can I do?"
The four of them, the shopkeeper Feng, looked at each other immediately, if there was a way, they would not find the An Family.
The atmosphere fell silent as the crowd fell silent, and after a while, another shopkeeper surnamed Liu said, "Young Master, I think we can report to the officials. According to Da Ya's decrees, those who openly loot food, the light ones are exiled to the frontiers, and the serious ones can even be executed. If you want to let them know the seriousness of the matter, you must kill the chickens to warn the monkeys."
"This method is good, but it's not right." An Ziran's fleshy fingers suddenly tapped the table.
Shopkeeper Liu was stunned for a moment, and then asked back, "Dare to ask the young master, what's wrong?"
An Ziran said calmly, "If my uncle was instigating this matter, he must have thought of this a long time ago, in order to make the plan go smoothly, he should have already informed the magistrate Zhang, if he goes rashly, not only will not get the effect he wants, but will be countered by the army, if he wants the magistrate Zhang to cover up, he must make some preparations.
Although the people do not fight against officials, the An Family is the landlord of Anyuan County. In order to prevent the An Family from becoming a third-rate businessman to be looked down upon when An Changfu was alive, he often used money to honor the powerful and powerful people, so he knew him. There are some dignitaries, so if the An family is forced hard, it is difficult for the security family not to invite those people to come forward.
Magistrate Zhang has dealt with An Changfu many times, and he can be considered to know some details of him, so even if he wants to cover up those tenant farmers, it is impossible to be blatant and lawless, and now we can take advantage of this.
Hearing his words, the eyes of the four shopkeepers suddenly showed surprise.
To be able to say these words, the Eldest Uoung Master of the An family can never be a scumbag.