"You mean, now two villages are fighting for water?" Mo Qian asked. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Then look at Wang Yan, this is what you said about people living in harmony between the two counties?

Wang Yan is also blushing, and he always knows how to talk about a scene as an official, but now it is embarrassing that this cowhide is immediately blown out.

In fact, Mo Qian was not surprised by such a phenomenon, and even had some understanding.

Because grabbing water is not uncommon in the countryside.

Water is needed to grow rice, and it is also needed for people's livelihood and the feeding of chickens, ducks and livestock.

Jobs like farming, which depend on the sky for food, are not to mention without water.

Without a harvest means starving and possibly even dying. In this case, it is better to fight to grab water.

Historically, the peasant has probably actually been the hardest and most vulnerable occupation.

Even in times of peace and prosperity, virtuous monarchs, peasants may not be able to eat enough.

Not only is it caused by the so-called feudal **** in ancient times, but even now, which is known as a civilized society, there are still many such situations.;

If you work hard all year round, if you encounter a famine year, it goes without saying that the food will drop sharply, and you must be worried, because you may face a situation of starvation.

In that case, what if there is a good year?

It is not easy to say this, because too much grain harvest will inevitably lead to a drop in grain prices, and income will not even be able to recover costs, so it is the farmers themselves who will be hurt in the end. This is the case with the so-called lowly grain and peasants.

"Haven't you discussed a solution with the people in Xiashui Village?" Wang Yan asked.

The man said respectfully: "Lord Hui, we have discussed with them long before the arrival of the drought season, but there is only so much water, no matter how it is divided, it is not enough, and both sides are not satisfied, so it has not been settled." In the past few days, it has become more and more dry, and the water in the fields is almost dry, and seeing that the crops are about to die of thirst, they have come here to grab water. ”

While the man was talking here, the two sides of the confrontation on the other side began to become agitated, thinking that the result of the discussion was not satisfactory.

Mo Qian saw that there were suddenly four or five more people on the other side, also dressed in black and red clothes, holding a long knife with a sheath in his hand, and a hat on his head, looking like a servant.

As soon as this group of officials appeared, the villagers of Sheung Shui Village retreated frequently.

Originally, the other party came to grab water from him, and the young and middle-aged people in the village were there, so he was not afraid of them at all.

But I didn't expect these officials to suddenly appear, although there are not many people, but now the situation is different.

These officials represent the government of Anyuan County, but they are not something that ordinary people can afford to provoke, so they frequently retreat.

But the county officials on the opposite side would not show mercy to their subordinates because they retreated, and the knives in their hands were slammed into the bodies of the villagers.

Several of the villagers were knocked to the ground, with hoes and shovels in their hands, each of which could injure the other person by throwing them at the opposite side.

But the hand holding the hoe tightened and tightened, and the sweat of sticky hands continued to ooze from the palms of the hands.

It's the government on the other side, how can you ...... What can I do?

After enough fighting, the official on the opposite side saw that the villagers of Sheung Shui Village had softened.

One of the leading officials sneered, put the knife in his hand on the neck of an old man in Sheung Shui Village, and said, "Village Chief Tang, now you are willing to let them get water, right?" If you don't know each other again, you're welcome, you know, our knives were sheathed together. ”

"No, if you take the water away, our village won't survive."

The old man who was called the head of Tang Village looked at the knife around his neck, and was a little scared in his heart, but he still gritted his teeth and shook his head.

If they were allowed to take the water away, how would the people of their own village survive?

And so many men, women, and children.

"Dead old man, don't you think about it? Maybe we don't dare to kill people, but it's okay to cripple so many people. ”

The man said with an arrogant expression.

After all, this is the task assigned by Ma Xiancheng, and Xiashui Village is Ma Xiancheng's hometown.

And Ma Xiancheng has been mixed in the county government of Anyuan County for most of his life, and finally has his own strength and becomes a county official.

Although the reputation is not very good, I heard that there was a conflict between Xiashui Village and Shangshui Village in my hometown because of water, so I sent someone to help Xiashui Village without saying a word.

In fact, he is not really so enthusiastic about the good deeds in the village, but as the saying goes, if he does not return to his hometown, he is like a night walk in brocade, and he finally became a county official, and he can be regarded as getting ahead, and finally has the opportunity to show off in front of the villagers, which is a good opportunity to make a name for himself in the four miles and eight townships.

"Slow, don't hurt the village chief, let's let you get water, according to what you said, according to the population of the two villages, you have more people in the village than in our village, twelve hours a day, you have seven hours to get water, and the other five hours are cut off by us to take water."

The youth of Sheung Shui Village had no choice but to give in.

Although the number of registered people in their village is one percent less than that of Xiashui Village, because they are downstream, the terrain is relatively open and flat, and the contact with the outside world is more frequent.

Originally, even if all this water was given to them, it would be enough for irrigation, but now the water is even more difficult.

Unexpectedly, the official waved his hand, "What you said was discussed just now, but now the situation is different." You shall give two percent more to the village of Xiashui, eight hours to the village of Xiashui, and four hours to you. ”

Like Ma Xiancheng, Ma Xiancheng wants to please the people in the village in order to gain fame, and this official wants to curry favor with Ma Xiancheng and gain a chance for his future.

Presumably with such a result, Ma Xiancheng will be satisfied.

The servant secretly thought to himself that he was one step closer to promotion.

"What? This is absolutely not going to work, what is the difference between you doing this and taking our lives? It's already the limit for us to give you an extra 10%, you don't want to make an inch. ”

The people of Shangshui Village said angrily.

"Hmph, if you don't agree, then we will come here to grab water twice in three days, I want to see if you Ningyuan County beggar county commander dares to offend our Anyuan County for you." The servant scoffed.

The people in the lower water village can't stand it anymore, which is really too much.

They are also farmers, and they know the importance of water to the croppers, and they also know the pain of not having water.

So an old man from Xiashui Village stepped forward and quietly tugged at the sleeve of the servant's shirt: "Zheng Zhutou, according to what we originally agreed, it is the dry season, everyone's fields are short of water, and even people have to save what they drink, and their lives are not easy." ”

The official known as Zheng Zhutou said indifferently: "Village Chief Zhou, you don't have to worry, they will not be convinced if they don't use some means, and it is already my mercy to leave them some water, they don't dare to do anything." ”

After speaking, he glanced at the people of Shangshui Village defiantly.

Village Chief Zhou wanted to say something, but Zheng Zhutou waved his hand and signaled him not to say any more, he could only look at it with a bitter face, this time, the enmity between the two villages could no longer be resolved.

"You ......" The men in Sheung Shui Village are all young people with strong blood, how can they stand this stimulation.

A young man in his twenties lifted the shovel in his hand and threw it at Zheng Zhutou.

But after all, Zheng Zhutou is a perennial martial arts practitioner, and he dodged it with a dodge.

looked at the young man and said angrily: "You dare to attack the government, you want to rebel?" ”

The young man was stunned, at a loss for a moment, rebelled?

I'm attacking the government.

The action of wanting to hit Zheng Zhutou again also stalled.

Zheng Zhutou saw that he stopped, and immediately slammed the knife in his hand into the young man's head with the sheath.

More than ten pounds of things, this blow, if it is really hammered, even if it does not die, it will be seriously injured.

This Zheng Zhutou really intends to be ruthless at all.

"Changsheng, get out of the way!" The person next to him looked at the young man and shouted anxiously.

The onlookers were wide-eyed, they didn't expect this person to be so vicious.

Changsheng raised his head suddenly, and the knife in his pupil became bigger and bigger, and he was at a loss for what to do.

One of the women watching in the distance suddenly fainted and fell to the ground, and that person was Changsheng's mother, and almost everyone felt that this time Changsheng was over.

"Ah!!h Changsheng closed his eyes in despair.

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But after waiting for a long time, I didn't wait for the expected pain.

Changsheng opened his eyes and saw that the knife was only a finger's distance from his forehead.

The central part of the scabbard is held tightly in the hand of a man.