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Liu Jiping smiled bitterly and said: "Big brother, I don't want to hand over the field, but what can I do if I don't hand over the field, how dare I not bow down when I am under the low eaves, who can still control the overseas Chinese now? Even if the court knows, I am afraid that I can only turn a blind eye and pretend not to know, otherwise what can I do with the overseas Chinese?"

Liu Jisheng said: "Dad, second brother, Wan Yufu from Beigoukou Village came to me last night and said that we can't just be caught with our hands tied up, so that overseas Chinese think that we are easy to bully, otherwise we are now expropriating fields, and we are not sure what to levy in the future?" Wan Yufu said that he had persuaded more than a dozen families to agree to join forces, and he also contacted a few green forest heroes to fight hard with overseas Chinese, so that overseas Chinese knew that we were powerful, and they would not remember our land. ”

Liu Zongze listened to it, and frowned slightly, this Wan Yufu is a squire in Gaomi County, and his family has more than 2,000 acres of land, which is not far from his home, but he has no friendship with himself. It turns out that compared with the Liu family, a family that is about to become an official eunuch family, the Wan family is basically a local tyrant, although the head of their family is on an errand in Gaomi County, but he is just an ordinary official, not a formal official position, it seems that he has a son who is in the army in Jinan.

And Liu Zongze has no friendship with Wan Jia, and it is not that he looks down on his family's background, but because Wan Jia's reputation in this area is very bad, he is very domineering in the township on weekdays, and he is extremely harsh on the exploitation of tenants, and he is also quite vicious to other villagers, almost every year he has to kill a few people, he can basically be regarded as a bully landlord, and it is reported that their family has dealings with several local robbers and bandits. Therefore, Liu Zongze was too lazy to interact with their family. However, Wan Jia has some deliberate friendships with the Liu family, after all, an official family like the Liu family is the right way.

Liu Zongze had not yet spoken, and Liu Jiping said: "Big brother, don't you know who the Wan family is? What kind of green forest heroes, aren't they just a gang of robbers? Isn't it asking for trouble to get in touch with them?" Besides, the overseas Chinese are not an ordinary force, and even the foreigners are not their opponents, not to mention a gang of robbers, how many bandits and robbers have the overseas Chinese exterminated in this area, and the Black Wind Tiger is not fierce in this area, and the government has not been able to catch him for more than ten years, and the result is that the overseas Chinese have not been wiped out, and it is not self-defeating to rely on them to deal with the overseas Chinese?"

Liu Jisheng was still quite unconvinced, and said: "According to what you say, the fields are handed over to overseas Chinese, can our family drink the northwest wind?"

Liu Jiping said: "You can't say that, our family has never relied on land rent to live, the annual land rent is only a few dollars, the trading, workshop management is the right way, and now they are doing business, opening factories, using large machines to make a lot of money, relying on land rent unless it is to squeeze those tenants to death, otherwise it really can't make much money, if overseas Chinese can really help our workshop get a big machine, it's not bad, and it can also reduce taxes, so calculated, it's not a loss." ”

Liu Jisheng said: "Our family really doesn't live on land rent, but don't forget, land is our foundation, buying and selling, then there is a time when there is light to make money and not to lose, in case the year is not good, but also rely on these acres of land to support." ”

At this time, Liu Zongze said: "You don't have to say anything, Jisheng, you go back early tomorrow morning, don't deal with Wanjia, don't tell anyone else, and clear the land deeds at home, and be ready to wait for me to come back." ”

Liu Jisheng said: "Dad, you really plan to hand over all the property." ”

Liu Zongze waved his hand and said, "No need to say more, just do as I tell you." ”

When Liu Jisheng heard this, he didn't dare to say more, so he had to agree. Liu Zongze turned to Liu Jiping again and said: "You go to Qingdao again, and ask the overseas Chinese to send someone who can be in charge of the family to come to the house, and I want to talk to them face to face." ”

When Liu Jiping heard this, he immediately said: "Yes, I will leave in the afternoon, and it is best to discuss these things with overseas Chinese before their team comes to our village." ”

Liu Zongze nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

In the afternoon, Liu Jiping hurriedly left Jiaozhou and rushed to Qingdao. And when Liu Zongze was thinking about how to bargain with overseas Chinese, he reported that there was a guest visiting.

Liu Zongze was also a little surprised, who came to visit him at this time, and asked someone to invite them into the house to take a look, it turned out to be several squires who went to visit Zhou Wenhuai together last time. These people did not have a residence in Jiaozhou City like Liu Zongze, so after coming out of the county office, they all went out of the city and went home to wait for the results of the negotiations between Zhou Zhixian and overseas Chinese. Nazhi is not yet at home to sit safely. I received a notice from the traverser that a team would be dispatched to the villages. This time, the squires suddenly became nervous again, so they rushed to Jiaozhou non-stop, of course, it was inconvenient for them to go directly to Zhou Zhixian, so they first came to Liu Zongze and asked if the negotiations between Zhixian and overseas Chinese had any results.

Of course, there is no result here in Liu Zongze, in fact, this is also in everyone's expectations, if there is a result, Zhou Zhixian will naturally notify everyone, and their main purpose is to let Liu Zongze take the lead to visit Zhou Zhixian again. Because of Liu Zongze's high status, with him taking the lead, Zhou Zhixian did not dare to put on the shelf of the county master.

Although Liu Zongze had already expected the result of the negotiations between Zhou Zhixian and overseas Chinese, he did not shirk everyone's request, because he was the leader last time, and naturally he couldn't avoid it this time. In addition, the matter of Liu Zongze's interview with overseas Chinese cannot be made public at present, so what if the talks are not negotiated? Maybe these squires will still be able to use it. Therefore, Liu Zongze didn't say anything, but only agreed with everyone that he would go to the county office early the next morning and visit Zhouzhi County.

Sure enough, early the next morning, after everyone saw Zhou Wenhuai, they saw Zhou Wenhuai's face was embarrassed, so everyone guessed the ** score in their hearts.

Zhou Wenhuai said: "Fathers and elders, I think you have also received the news, and this official will not hide it from you, this negotiation with the overseas Chinese may not have reached your expectations, and the overseas Chinese demand that you must deal with the land issue in accordance with their [Outline of the Land Reform System], and will not accept any other way, and also ask the official to pass on the message to you, I hope you will hand over the land according to the truth, do not have other illusions, I hope you will do it yourself." ”

After listening to Zhou Wenhuai's words, everyone suddenly discussed, and the disappointment was also beneficial to Yan Biao, and Zhou Wenhuai said: "This time this official is really humiliating and disappointing you." ”

The mood of the others was depressed, only Liu Zongze had already been mentally prepared, but he was in a normal state of mind, and said: "Tangzun has done his best, the will of heaven is like this, how can we be strong!"

At this time, Ma Benchu couldn't help but say: "Tangzun, is there really no other way to do it?"

Zhou Wenhuai spread his hands, sighed, and said: "Fathers and elders, it's not that the official can't save him when he sees death, he really can't help it, you should think of other ways." ”

Ma Benchu wanted to say more, Liu Zongze had already stood up and said, "I have been bothering the hall for a long time, since this is the case, we will leave." ”

Zhou Wenhuai also hurriedly got up and said: "The boss is too polite, as a county parent, this official can't solve the problems for your fathers, I'm really ashamed, if you still need the help of the official, you can still speak, the official will do his best." ”

Although the others were unwilling, Liu Zongze had already gotten up to say goodbye, and they could only get up one after another, bid farewell to Zhou Wenhuai, and left the county office.

After leaving the gate, Ma Benchu grabbed Liu Zongze and said, "Boss, what should we do next?"

Liu Zongze smiled bitterly and said, "Now that I'm in chaos, I don't know what to do next!"

Ma Benchu said: "So where are you going to go now?"

Liu Zongze said: "Naturally, I will go back to the village, and I can only resign myself to fate in the future." ”

At this time, another person said: "The old man is still the head of my Jiaozhou squire, if I wait for the Jiaozhou squire to be in danger, I am about to come forward and preside over the situation, how can the old man leave." ”

The person who spoke was called Chen Chi, only 34 years old this year, very young in a cadre of squires, a junior, only took over the family business last year, and the family had more than 2,000 acres of land, and in the Jiaozhou area, he was also a large landowner. And when Liu Zongze heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart, and said: "The virtuous nephew can't help but think too highly of me, I'm just a retired official now, with no power or power, even if the family has a little money, it may not be as good as you." You see how old I am, and I may be able to deal with the disaster of floods and droughts, and the trouble of soldiers and bandits, but now that I am an overseas Chinese, I am not related to them, and I do not have the material of Zhang Yi and Su Qin. ”

Chen Chi hurriedly said: "Boss, that's not what I mean, it's just that this move by overseas Chinese is related to the vital interests of all of us, I just want to ask the boss not to be busy going home, but to find a place, everyone can sit down and discuss, maybe we can discuss a result." ”

Ma Benchu is also helpless now, as long as there is any little hope as a lifesaver, so after listening to Chen Chi's words, he also hurriedly said: "Boss, boss, Chen Chi is also reasonable, let's find a place and discuss, it's okay for me to make a Dong today, please have lunch, everyone discuss while eating, and please give the boss a face, don't postpone it." ”

Everyone else didn't have any good ideas at this time, but they always felt that everyone got together to have a psychological basis, and Liu Zongze was quite prestigious in this area after all, so it seemed that he had to rely on him a little, so they all opened their mouths to keep Liu Zongze.

In fact, Liu Zongze knew very well in his heart that no matter what he discussed, there would be no good results, but if everyone kept him like this, he didn't have to leave, anyway, he would watch them discuss, don't say anything, and see what result he could discuss, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then discuss and discuss." ”