Chapter 229: Riots

Since ancient times, the name of the village has always been imaginative, the mountain is in the name of the mountain, the water is in the name of the water, and the famous ones often simply play the banner of the celebrity as the name, but more are Zhaojiazhuang, Lijiatun, Wang's village and so on. Most of these villages with surnames point out the most powerful clan, after all, in these Zhuangzi, the village officials assigned by the imperial court are not as good as the roar of the patriarch, and the elders in the village who are highly respected are also more effective than the government.

Since the early spring, when the government has cultivated land and farmland, borrowed cattle and borrowed seeds, and practiced all kinds of good governance, the number of people working hard in the fields has suddenly increased. However, manpower could not resist the will of God, and as soon as the signs of this drought appeared, the countryside was inevitably panicked. Those who once opened a ditch are better, and those who have not opened a ditch can only beat their chests and feet. As a result, the competition between villages and between clans, led by the patriarch Li Lao, has become more and more serious.

Xiaohezhuang and Gaoshantun in Shouguang County are a ditch that leads directly to the giant ocean water between the two villages, and the two respected elders raised their arms, and as a result, the past events of Chen Guzi and rotten sesame seeds in previous years were all turned over, and there were three armed fights in a row in just seven days. Although no one has been killed, many people have already been beaten to the point that their heads are bleeding and they can't move.

When Zhang Yue brought people here early in the morning, he saw at a glance that many fields that should have been green were in chaos. Since it hadn't rained for several days, there were even dark red traces on the land, as if to indicate the fighting that had taken place here. Zhang Yue ordered someone to go to Lizheng, and stood by the ditch with a blue face.

It wasn't a wide canal, and I don't know how many years it had been, and it was a bit silted. It didn't matter when there was plenty of rain in the past, such as today's drought, this original lifeline suddenly became a fuse.

"My lord, the Lijia are already here."

In this year, the Lijia were divided equally according to the servitude in turns. If it is a strong figure who can pass through the government, it is not only rich in oil and water, but also has great authority in the countryside. However, Xiaohezhuang and Gaoshan Tundi are only the turn of this position, and they are all juniors in their respective villages, and when they collected summer taxes and autumn grains last year, they begged grandpa to tell grandma that they almost didn't wear out their mouths and knees, and now this kind of thing is even more wrong.

A few days ago, the Dianshi from Shouguang County came to visit, and when he saw the scene of the fight between the two villages, he immediately slipped away. Now that they learned that they had shocked the officials of the prefect's yamen, several people were full of incredulity.

"How many years has this canal been built?"

Zhang Lizheng of Gaoshantun hurriedly smiled and bowed down and replied, "Lord Hui." This water diversion ditch leads directly to the giant ocean water, which is convenient for the village to get water for irrigation, and was built by our village 20 years ago. ”

A Lijia in Xiaohezhuang next to him immediately blushed and retorted thickly: "Nonsense, this is obviously cultivated in our village, what does it have to do with you!" At the beginning, it was just a pity that the green seedlings in your village were about to die, which made you share a star and a half, who knew that you were so shameless! ”

"Who is shameless! If this canal is really built by your village, then let the thunder in the sky chop all the people in our village to death! ”

"Stop arguing! The official doesn't care which village built the canal. The official only saw that this canal was in disrepair! Since there is a dispute over the lack of water now, why didn't you know to report to the official mansion to take people to rest and recuperate! ”

Seeing that the two sides were arguing, he actually rolled up his sleeves and was about to start in front of him, Zhang Yue started a fire at the moment, and both sides were silent for a while. That's when it happened. Lian Sheng's eyes behind him were sharp, and from a distance, he saw two groups of people with hoes rushing here, and hurriedly stepped forward to remind them.

Those Li Zheng Baojia looked at it, and the color of the front changed greatly. Hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "My lord, the elders of the two villages have brought people together to judge, and you should stay away, so as not to collide with them when the time comes." The little one has to go over and stare at it, otherwise it will have to die! ”

As soon as he finished saying this, he ran away with a few people, and the rest of the Lijia in the other village also left the same words and hurriedly returned to the team of the village. Not long after, the two groups of people confronted each other dozens of steps away from Zhang Yue. At first, he raised his voice and scolded loudly, and finally he demonstratively brandished hoes and other farm tools, and it was another vicious fight.

"Go up and have a look!"

Hu Qisi listened to everything he was told, and naturally he didn't say anything, but Lian Sheng Lianhu was originally from a broken Zhuang family, and the reason why the two brothers followed their uncle to join the Zhang family as slaves was because of similar scenes that caused several lives, and many people in the village were arrested and imprisoned. The land was also sold and confiscated. Now I saw this scene again. Horrific memories of childhood immediately came flooding back.

"Young master, you can't go up. Those mud legs are ruthless and don't talk about anything! ”

"Young master, let them fight, if something happens, Shouguang County should always bear it, and when the time comes, if someone is arrested and beaten and imprisoned, these Diao people will all stop!"

"Fart!" Zhang Yue, who has always been gentle and gentle and rarely gets angry, spit out swear words at this time, and scolded at this pair of brothers who were struggling to stop him, "Seeing that it is about to be the time to be busy with farming, those strong men are all beaten and imprisoned, who will harvest wheat and who will repair water conservancy?" After the incident, everyone died, and things made a big fuss, so what's the use of hitting the board and going to jail! Ignorant guys, get out of here! ”

Putting aside Lian Sheng and Lianhu, Zhang Yue took Hu Qi and the others to stride towards the arguing crowd over there. Although he is getting closer and closer, there are many people over there who are shouting Shandong local dialect, and he is quite difficult to listen to, but even so, he can see that the situation on both sides is about to erupt, at this time, as long as a hoe falls, it is possible to kill a few people at that time!

"Stop it all!"

The elders of both villages were gray-haired men in their early sixties, but it was they who were most excited about the redness at this time. Hearing this, the two people who seemed to be breathing fire in their eyes turned their heads at the same time and looked at this group of uninvited guests. At this time, the few Li Zheng Baojia just now were shocked, and hurriedly squeezed up and muttered a few words to the two elders.

Knowing that it was someone from the government, one of the elders reluctantly squeezed out a smile: "My lord, this is a housework of our two villages, don't worry about it." This canal is either surnamed Zhang or surnamed Li, there must be a result today! Our Xiaohezhuang has bullied them to the head, if they don't ask for justice, people will think that our village is a bad seed in the future! ”

"Well said! Our two villages have to have a result, if this canal doesn't belong, everyone will starve to death! Today, everyone is fighting for this life, so that our children and grandchildren can have a way to live! ”

If this were to be changed to the usual, as long as there was an official word, the people would immediately flinch and retreat, but today's situation is to fight for tomorrow's survival, so the elder of the two villages spoke, and the others didn't care about who the young man who stepped forward to stop him was from the government, and they all clenched the hoe and farm tools in their hands fiercely.

If there is no water for irrigation, the wheat will dry up in the ground after a winter and spring, and everyone will starve to death!

"You have the strength to work hard here, don't you have the strength to repair the water conservancy! Even if this canal has a master this year, it won't take two or three years to look at this dilapidated appearance, and what will happen after two or three years, let alone children and grandchildren! ”

Zhang Yue saw that the raised hands of the two leaders gradually let go, and he suddenly raised his voice again: "Since this canal was enough for the two villages to use, it can be seen that it was enough to water the land of the two villages at the beginning, but look at what it has become now?" No one has dredged, no one has renovated, no one cares, and now the two villages have to live and die, and they don't put their strength where they should be used! ”

"What nonsense are you talking about, you don't need to worry about our affairs!"

As soon as Zhang Yue's words fell, a sickle suddenly flew out of the crowd and flew down towards him. At the last moment, he felt that he was suddenly grabbed and jumped to the side, and when he turned his head to look on the ground, he saw that the bright scythe was deeply pierced in the place where he had just stood, and the handle of the knife was still trembling slightly. At that moment, not to mention that the entourage behind him was silent, the people of the two villages who were fighting were silent.

Who threw this scythe!

Looking at the sharpened blade, the frightened Zhang Yue immediately thought that if Peng Shisanyi hadn't left, he would never have left the four people that his father had sent him every day, and he might not have been able to react just now! In a hurry, he had just seen someone throw a scythe, and nothing else.

Hu Qi just subconsciously coerced Zhang Yue to dodge, he was still afraid at this moment, and as soon as he raised his hand and ordered the other three to come up to protect Zhang Yue, he shouted in a deep voice: "You dare to attack the court officials in broad daylight, you are so bold!" This is Lord Xiao Zhang, the same acquaintance of Qingzhou Mansion! ”

The elders of the two villages, who were still red-faced and thick-necked, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment at this time, and then their faces were as earthy as earth. It doesn't matter if this hurts the peasants in the neighboring village, if this official breaks a little skin, it is a crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan! The two elders, who had always been rivals, glanced at each other, swallowed a mouthful of saliva at the same time, and were about to open their mouths to explain, but there was a shout from the crowd.

"Folks, surround them, don't let them run! The people of the government are never reasonable, if they are allowed to go back and bring troops to retaliate, then our two villages will not be able to keep it! This God doesn't give us a way to live, and the government doesn't give us a way to live, fight with them, let's build a clean Buddha country by ourselves! ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Zhang Yue's color changed, but even the two elders also changed their faces miserably. The peasants, who had just been frightened by the silence, all reacted at this moment, some were afraid, some were angry, some were in commotion, and some were horrified...... After a few people who picked the lead shouted, gradually someone was ready to move.