Chapter 517
Distribution of food
Tang Feng's words and deeds were clearly insulting Ding Bancheng, which made him both shocked and angry. But now his wealth and life were all in the hands of Tang Feng and others, so he naturally did not dare to turn against him. He just looked at Tang Feng with a dark face: "Mr. Tang, I didn't expect that as a life officer of the court, you will still behave like a robber!"
Tang Feng's sarcastic smile did not change and replied, "Compared to you, I'm just a trick. Boss Ding, don't know if you sell the grain or not?" With his question, Zhang Tai and others had already pulled out their waists and stared at the people in front of them. Seeing this attitude, Ding Bancheng smiled bitterly: "Sell! Since the adults do this to save the people from danger, I, the common people, have to help them all, so please collect the silver. I will give all the 300,000 stones of grain!" After making a great determination, he said this.
Just as the atmosphere in the cabin relaxed slightly because of these words, a few fights suddenly came from outside, and one of them shouted: "Who are you? How dare you be arrogant on Mr. Ding's boat!" But those who stayed on other boats watching the food rushed over after hearing the screams of Kabuki just now, and then fought with the people who stayed outside Tang Feng.
After a series of sounds of weapons intersecting, there were a few dull sounds, and then there was only a "thump" sound, but people fell into the river. Ding Bancheng's thoughts that had given up became active again. If those people could really defeat Tang Feng's people, he would not have been threatened by Tang Feng. Seeing his appearance, Tang Feng smiled and said calmly: "It seems that Brother Ding, you really want to go outside to take a look, so let me come out and watch these people. Watch me!" The last sentence was said to Zhang Tai and others. After saying this, he pulled Ding Bancheng out of the cabin.
On the deck of the flower boat, several Tang Feng's guards were holding crossbow machines and staring at the people above the boats below. Those people were facing the crossbows and they didn't dare to move. Outside the boats, there were a few people carrying the sank there, obviously those who had just been knocked off the boat. When they saw their dress, Ding Bancheng knew that his subordinates were suppressed. He sighed in his heart: "In the past, they were all showing off their might, but they were so bad at the critical moment. I still trust them so much. It's really a waste of me!"
Seeing Ding Bancheng coming out, the people on the boat hurriedly shouted, "Master, there are people here..." Then they discovered that there were also a few strangers beside Ding Bancheng. It seemed that even he had fallen into the hands of people, which made them unable to say what they said later. Ding Bancheng was even more angry when he saw him and snorted hatefully.
"Brother Ding can't blame them. If they were all on this flower boat, our people would not be able to catch you no matter how powerful they were. Who told them to be scattered on other boats? Well, I think you should be able to settle down and talk to us about these food matters now, right?" Tang Feng nodded to several guards with satisfaction and said to Ding Bancheng.
"It's over here, what else can I say? I have promised you to give all the 300,000 stones of grain to you, and I just hope that you can keep me a way out." Ding Bancheng sighed and said, no longer having the confidence he had before.
"Okay, Brother Ding is a happy person. Come and take him down to me first to take care of him. After the food is distributed to the people of Jiande County, I will talk to him in depth. You all put down your weapons and lay on the boat and don't move them, otherwise you won't blame the arrows for not having eyes!" Tang Feng stopped teasing the other party and gave an order.
The people in the boat below heard Tang Feng say this, looked at the arrows that were still shining in the moonlight, and wisely chose to follow the orders and fell down one after another. Tang Feng said to the people around him, "Look at them." Then he turned to Liu Jiu who had been waiting outside and said, "Brother Liu, go there and pass the message, just say that I, Tang Feng, are here to release food, and everyone can get enough food to eat."
Liu Jiu couldn't believe that all this was true. In a blink of an eye, the food could be used by himself and others, which made him very excited. Now that he heard Tang Feng's order, he almost jumped up. After agreeing loudly, he rushed out of the boat and wanted to announce the good news to the people in his clan.
Liu Jiu had just gone for a meal, and there was a noise from afar. Countless people supported each other and rushed over. The Liu family clan was the first. Because of Liu Sangen's promise, the others believed Liu Jiu's words. After a while, the victims of the entire county came over.
Seeing the crowd of people, Tang Feng was also a little scared. He didn't expect their movements to be so fast. People rushed to squeeze into the boat. Seeing this, Tang Feng hurriedly said: "Don't be confused. There is enough food here, so that everyone can fill their stomachs. Now please line up and go to that place to wait. After that, the officials will take down all the food on the boat and share it with everyone!"
The people from the Liu family also shouted for Lord Tang. Although these people were eager to get the food, they still had awe of the government. Since they could get the food now, they naturally did not dare to cause trouble. They honestly lined up several lines in the direction that Tang Feng pointed. At this time, Tang Feng's guards there had already ordered the Ding family members who had just been captured to transport the food to the shore, and then carried it there to prepare to distribute the food.
The people in front actually got the food, and the people behind felt relaxed. They saw how much food there was on the river. They just got the food a little later, which was much better than before. Everyone was asking who the master was. After a while, they knew that it was Lord Tang Feng, who had heard of him, who had already heard of it, and this made them feel very grateful to Tang Feng.
Tang Feng felt completely relieved when he saw the people here so rules. Then he thought of something again and ordered a few people to watch here. He took Zhang Tai and the other person off the boat to see Ding Bancheng.
Ding Bancheng was locked in a dark cabin. He listened to the excited voices of the people outside, and felt that his heart was bleeding. He spent nearly 100,000 taels of silver, and the grain he bought from various places was distributed. This was a way to think about going up again. In order to obtain land so that his silk industry could expand again, Ding Bancheng did not hesitate to cooperate with the officials to destroy the embankment, and finally offended the governor Zhang. He had made up his mind that once the land was obtained and the mulberry seedlings were planted, he would become the most powerful silk merchant in Zhejiang and even the country. At that time, he would not be afraid of Zhang Siyuan. But now? Everything is impossible now, and even his life is in the hands of others. Until this moment, he regretted a little, regretting why he took this risk.
"In order to buy these grains, I spent all the cash that can be used, but now... I'm afraid my business will plummet..." Just as Ding Bancheng was remembering his money, the cabin door suddenly opened. Tang Feng took Zhang Tai in, holding a lamp in his hand. Seeing the smile on Tang Feng's face, Ding Bancheng's heart tightened and asked tremblingly: "I... have given you all the food. What do you still want to... think about?"
"It's nothing. I heard that you had already done a few business a few days ago, so I came to ask you for the land deeds given to you by those families." Tang Feng smiled faintly: "Since you have become a good person, you will never hold on to those land deeds."
"You..." Tang Feng didn't even let go of this, which made Ding Bancheng even more shocked. In desperation, he had to take out a few land deeds he had with him and handed them over.
Tang Feng accepted the land deed and did not leave now. Instead, he looked at the businessman in front of him. It was not until Ding Bancheng felt a little nervous when he saw him that he said, "Why are you so vicious? Just to make your business bigger?"
"I... I am just a businessman and don't know any kindness and righteousness. I only know that everything has its own price. I have food in my hands, and if they want food to save their lives, they have to pay the corresponding price." Ding Bancheng knew that it was useless to say anything nice at this time, so he simply told the truth.
Tang Feng nodded slightly, but then shook his head and said, "You are just avoiding the important things. Are you doing just that little? You have committed more than just a little bit of crimes to the people of Jiande."
"You... what do you mean?" Ding Bancheng Se shrank, and a hint of panic flashed in his eyes. His expression and movement did not escape Tang Feng's eyes. He knew that he had made the right statement, so he continued to say lukewarmly: "You know what you did. Jiande was in just half a month, and you can raise 300,000 stones of grain in just half a month. You are just an ordinary silk merchant, not a rice merchant. How could so much food come from? I heard that you have already started raising these grains. How did you know that you can use them? Did you know that there would be such a disaster?"
"I..." Ding Bancheng was speechless for a moment. The things he was most worried about were revealed, and he was not prepared at all, which made him very nervous.
Chapter completed!