When there is no water, the windmill is always closed, separating the gears that provide power from the wooden wheels that turn the power, so that no matter how fast the windmills and water wheels outside spin, they don't let the machines inside move.

"My lord, please see, the water is turbulent right now, and there is nothing to fight in the workshop, so let the wheels outside rotate along the way, and it can be blocked, but now the water is too urgent, and it is better to be blocked."

When Wang Lanling inspected the river, he took the initiative to introduce the situation here.

The buildings in this neighborhood were built by several departments together, and the wisdom of many people was gathered.

The artisan workshop where the iron and gold objects are located mainly provides parts for metal and technical repairs.

Wang Lanling nodded and said: "The Heishui River is not a crazy sea, the main problem at the moment is the flooding of the water, the water flow comes and goes quickly, during the day, don't let the people in the city use it for the time being, so as not to gather the crowd, first hit the rice and grain silk oil in the granary." ”

If there are so many people in the city, if they are idle, it is easy to have problems, and the problem of public security is also an issue that must be paid attention to when controlling water.

Tie Jinqi agreed, although Wang Lanling was not his direct boss, but now there are many people who can manage Lord Xiao Wang, and there are also many people who are willing to listen to Lord Xiao Wang.

Now there are three channels in the Heishui River, one is to continue running to Lingtong County, one is to swim directly down the fertile land on the east bank, and the other is to be distributed into the river channel of Heishui County.

The east bank received the most water, followed by Heishui County, and finally to Lingtong County.

With the sharing of the amount of water, the water on the Lingtong County side will be faster than the inflow of water, and the flood water will soon reced, while the east bank will flood as much water as it comes.

The county side is the water that goes down, and if the water can run through, there is no problem, otherwise it will still be flooded.

The terrain of Yunshui County is higher than that of Heishui County, and Heishui County is a slightly flat area here, and the water on the flat land must not be able to outrun the high ground, and it is only a matter of time before it is flooded.

"Your Excellency!"

Wang Lanling has a headache when he hears someone shouting him, and when a salutation is troublesome, even if it is calling her husband, it will give people a headache.

"What's the matter?" Wang Lanling looked at the people who came over to salute, anyway, there was something.

The person who came quickly said: "My lord, there is an old man who grows melons by the river outside the city who refuses to back down, we reason with him, and he also beats people!" ”

Wang Lanling frowned, "You didn't fight back?" ”

It's impossible, this is not a society governed by the rule of law, and these grandsons who are pulled into tiger skins are not timid people, and it is impossible not to fight back.

The subordinate said: "I fell down before I could fight back, I didn't bring any guys with me, and then the old man's neighbors and family arrived, and now I don't know what to do." ”

Wang Lanling walked out helplessly, "Let's go over and take a look, and bring a gun when enforcing the law in the future." ”

The relationship between the law enforcers and the people is one and the same, and the people here are not so friendly, and it is not realistic to expect persuasion and education, to expect those people to understand the petty officials who oppress them.

These people steal and take things, or bring harm to others, and they themselves take it for granted, what's wrong with taking a little bit of your stuff? If you dare to continue to croak, I'll hit you!!

You can't expect people who have nothing, or who can't survive, to talk about ethics and morality, people are suffering injustice all day long, living in the dark all day long, looking at the light, starving and watching others eat, and being psychologically normal is the hell.

If Wang Lanling himself hadn't seen meat for a year when he was hungry, he would have done things like stealing chickens and dogs.

The things in everyone's compound are not daring, because there are evil servants who are stronger than evil dogs.

In this era, there are not many people who are afraid of dogs, but many people who are afraid of people.

Wang Lanling came to the melon field outside Heishui County, at this time there were more than 100 people on both sides of the confrontation, and it was always easy to get together in a fight in the countryside, and the poorer the place, the more so.

When Wang Lanling walked over from afar, he didn't know who shouted, "My lord is here!" The two sides of the confrontation were immediately separated.

The momentum on the melon farmer's side suddenly withered, while the momentum of the Xiangyong team immediately increased a lot.

Here in Heishui County, Wang Lanling's reputation has long been greater than that of the county order and others.

Whether it was in service or not, when he saw Wang Lanling, he lost three points.

Wang Lanling walked unhurriedly to the outside of the melon field, which has not yet been flooded, but there is also a lot of rain accumulated in the ditch on the edge of the sky, and it is a matter of time before it is flooded.

After walking to the side of the melon field, Wang Lanling looked at the watermelons pressed into the ground one by one, and said softly: "Who belongs to this melon field?" ”

Soon an old man with a hat on his back said in a fearful voice: "It's the little old man'er, Lord Wang'......"

The old man wanted to say hello to Wang Lanling, but he didn't know how to say hello to the official.

Wang Lanling nodded, "Old man, how can all the watermelons grown in this place be watermelons, are they all yours?" ”

The old man quickly said: "Xiao Lao'er's surname is Li, others call me Li watermelon, this field is the field of the Yan family, Xiao Lao'er and the villagers are from Lijiazhuang, they grow melons and sell melons here, and the watermelons in this city are all planted by Xiao Lao'er." ”

It turned out to be a melon ba, no wonder he dared to hit someone.

Wang Lanling advocates market circulation, hoping that a super will drive how strong, and he doesn't like this kind of thing that a melon grower has done all the melon field business.

However, these are small things at the moment, and the local economy has the characteristics of the local economy, and the current development trend cannot be viewed from the perspective of future generations.

"Are these melons ripe?" Wang Lanling walked to the edge of the sky and looked down at a green-skinned watermelon weighing more than ten catties.

Li watermelon quickly said: "It's all ripe!" Adult, do you want to eat watermelon? I'll pick a few cooked ones for you! ”

Wang Lanling said calmly: "No need, you have also seen the river water in the distance, and the canal attracted by watering the melon field will also let the water come over, and now the water will gradually rise, and you can't keep the melon field." ”

Wang Lanling looked at Li Watermelon, "These people were sent by me to evacuate the nearby villagers, the river is no longer safe, and it is for your good to let you leave, why do you want to beat people?" ”

Li Watermelon quickly knelt on the ground, although he did it, he didn't dare to use force, he was afraid of offending people.

The man next to Li Watermelon quickly shouted, "My lord! We know we were wrong! It's just that we pay rent in advance for farming, and this year's melons are all bad, and we can't sell them for money, so the family will have to drink ditch water and eat vegetable leaves. ”

Wang Lanling said: "Didn't I let people say it? You will be exempted from this year's field tax, and the same will be true next year, and the watermelons in this field will not all be flooded, and you will always be able to get some money back. ”

Li Watermelon raised his head and said bitterly: "My lord doesn't know, the field tax is the field tax, but the rent money we give to Lord Yan is not less at all, even if you don't plant this field and rent someone else's field, it will also cost money, less is not worth it, and you can't afford to pay the rent after more." ”

Wang Lanling was able to exempt the imperial court from land tax, but the landless cultivators who did not need to pay taxes in the first place would still be exploited by the landowners.

Why are landlords an exploiting class?

The landlords and kulaks rented their land to landless or landless peasants in order to collect rent.

In order to intensify the exploitation of the peasants and to extract more wealth, the landlords and kulaks also increased the amount of land rent.

High land rents account for most of the peasants' incomes, and apart from the land rent, the peasants have very little left, and those who have achieved nothing from a year's hard work and even lose several yuan per mu abound.

In this case, the peasants had to beg for usury to "drink to quench their thirst".

Usury is another vampire that eats away at the peasantry, and the borrowing of peasants under feudal exploitation, especially poor peasants, is very common.

The land tax is a land tax levied by the county government authorities on the owners of the fields according to the number of acres of the land and the merits of the land.

However, the landlords passed on the land to the peasants through various surcharges, taxes, and assessments, and all the land endowments, seeds, fertilizers, and houses were borne by the tenant farmers.

It's not about exploitation, it's all something you want to do, it's like renting a house to live and doing business, it's just need, how can it be said to be exploitation?

Isn't the landlord's family working hard?

People can't rent your land for nothing, who let your family not have so much land?

If you spend a little money, you can farm the land, and you can continue to make money, which is a reasonable thing everywhere.

Therefore, tax exemption and policy support are simply a palliative rather than a cure, and these benefits will only be absorbed by large households, who are born with the motivation and greed to intercept and steal sinking nutrients.

The Wang family deserves to die.

Breaking up the landlords and big families, including Wangjiabao, is the only way out for Heishui County to become rich and strong.

There may be many good people among them, and many of them are definitely willing to serve Wang Lanling, but this cannot change the class position that these people are standing opposite Wang Lanling and most people.

"I'll take care of this."

Wang Lanling said lightly.

He'll settle things and people.

Li Watermelon quickly thanked him: "Thank you, Lord Wang!" Lord Wang is bright and bright, and he is the sun and moon of Heishui County! ”

Wang Lanling ignored this compliment, looked at the large melon field, and said: "I bought the watermelon in your melon field, return to the bridge, and write him a receipt." ”

"Yes!" Hu Guiqiao quickly agreed.

Wang Lanling looked at Tong Yue again, "Tong Yue, you go and gather the people in the city to transport stones around the river, and those who move stones and stones can pick a watermelon here, move the big one and take the big one, and move the small one to take the small." ”

"Yes!" Tong Yue agreed, and quickly went to the city to call someone.

Li Xigua kowtowed again and thanked him, "Thank you, Lord Wang!" Hello Lord Wang, good people have good rewards, Buddha golden body! ”

"I don't believe in Buddhism." Wang Lanling looked at the land and mountains and rivers in the distance, "Imperial court officials should not have faith, what's the use of praying to God and worshiping Buddha?" The road is not on its own. ”