Chapter 139: The Land Struggle (I)

Before dawn the next day, Li Yanqing and Li Zhen went on the road, Li Zhen rode a donkey when he came, the speed was too slow, Li Yanqing lent Li Zhen the charcoal horse bought by his father as a foot force, and the two rode all the way to Lushan Town. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

At noon, Li Yanqing and Li Zhen arrived in Lushan Town, because the New Year is approaching, Lushan Town is also quite lively, both sides of the street are full of all kinds of stalls selling New Year's goods, chickens and ducks, fresh fish, hares, roe deer, bacon and all kinds of dried and fresh fruits, as well as selling cloth and satin, selling silver and copper jewelry, selling all kinds of door symbol couplets and so on.

There are children running on the official road from time to time, Li Yanqing and Li Zhen have to turn over and dismount, lead the horse slowly, there are still five miles away from Xiaohonglin, what happened over there, Lushan Town generally does not know, although Lushan Town is very calm, but Li Zhen is very anxious in his heart, he is afraid that there will be another fight last night.

"Brother Qing'er!"

Someone next to him suddenly shouted, Li Yanqing turned around, but saw that Aunt Gu was setting up a stall selling chickens and ducks on the side of the road, Li Yanqing hurriedly stepped forward and smiled: "Aunt San's business is okay?" ā€

"It's okay!"

Aunt Gu smiled and said, "Your father said that you were going to the capital, why haven't you left yet?" ā€

"It's going to be the end of next month!"

Gu Sanjiao's eldest son, Gu Tiezhu, has been taken to the capital by Li Daqi to make a living, so Gu Sanjiao's family is also very enthusiastic about Li Yanqing, she saw Li Zhen, for fear that Li Yanqing would be involved in right and wrong, so she pulled Li Yanqing aside and whispered: "You are still young, don't participate in the fight, this is an adult's business, they will solve it themselves, if you are not careful, you will die!" ā€

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Third aunt, don't worry! I'm not here to fight. ā€

"Brother Qing is a scholar, sensible, with you, the Li family will not suffer any more."

At this time, Li Yanqing saw that Li Zhen was talking to a clansman, so he said goodbye to Aunt Gu, and led the horse to Li Zhen, Li Zhen said to him: "Yesterday, the county lieutenant Luo came, it was Zhang Junbao who sent someone to the county to report the case, the county lieutenant proposed a plan for the two sides to divide the land into two, the Zhang family is seventy, the Li family is three, we resolutely disagree, the county lieutenant Luo let us negotiate to solve it ourselves, and he left a few officials and left." ā€

Li Yanqing sneered, "I'm afraid it's not to report the case, it's to find a backstage to warn us!" ā€

Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, he didn't even figure this out, if this is the case, things will be troublesome, the Zhang family has the support of the government, how can they be opponents?

He looked at Li Yanqing a little anxiously, and Li Yanqing said unusually calmly: "Third uncle, don't worry, gather all the clansmen of Li Wencun and Qianshan Village, and we will all discuss countermeasures together, and we must clench our fists tightly in order to be unanimous with the outside world." ā€

Li Yanqing's calm tone revealed a strong confidence, Li Zhen was already six gods, and hurriedly nodded: "I'll go and inform!" ā€

As soon as he turned around to leave, Li Yanqing stopped him again, "Don't inform Li Daguang for the time being." ā€

Li Zhen was taken aback, "Is there a problem with Daguang?" ā€

"It's not that he has a problem, his position has always been unstable, it's better to be careful."

Li Zhen knew that Li Yanqing was right, Li Daguang had been co-opted by Li Wengui, and every time everyone accused Li Wengui during the discussion, he had to do everything possible to exonerate Li Wengui, with this person here, no matter what they did, Li Wengui would know.

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Half an hour later, dozens of clansmen gathered at Li Yanqing's house, there were a total of 21 Li clansmen in Li Wen Village, and 7 households in Qianshan Village, adding up to 28 households.

In the past few days, everyone was stunned by Zhang Junbao's head-on blow, except for Li Dayin, who was very resentful because of the death of his son, everyone else was in a heavy mood and lacked confidence, the courtyard was full of people, no one spoke, and the atmosphere seemed a little dull and depressing.

However, 1,000 acres of Shangtian were lost in vain, and no one was reconciled, so when Li Yanqing came forward to fight for everyone's rights and interests, everyone had a glimmer of hope in their hearts, and they all rushed to Li Yanqing's house.

Li Yanqing stood on the wooden platform and said to everyone: "Uncles and brothers, please listen to what Yanqing has to say!" ā€

Everyone looked up at Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing said unhurriedly: "This land incident did not happen suddenly, in fact, Li Wengui has been planning for a long time, the Li family's family property has two major pieces, one is the industry, including inns, taverns, shops and fleets, this piece has always been controlled by Li Wengui, nominally the family property, but for so many years, what benefits have everyone enjoyed?" ā€

Li Yanqing's words mobilized everyone's emotions, and Li Dayin said hatefully: "Yanqing is right, according to the clan rules, the children in the clan go to school and study, the lonely and widowed elderly support, as well as clan gatherings, festivals, etc., should be allocated money from the clan property, but the money of the clan property is only used to worship the ancestors, and there is no subsidy for the clan, those industries are nominally shared by the clan, but in fact they have become the private property of Li Wengui and several Lushanfang clans!" ā€

Li Dayin was originally a supporter of Li Wengui, but after his son was beaten to death by Zhang Junbao, he hated Li Wengui in his heart, if Li Wengui hadn't sold the land to Zhang Junbao in private, how could his son have died?

Li Zhen also got up and said: "Yanqing is right, Songhefang just can't get used to this, so he wants to stand on his own, and the old patriarch allocated more than 800 acres of land in Songhe Village to them, and Li Wengui has quarreled with the old patriarch many times for this matter!" ā€

The clansmen in the courtyard immediately discussed, for so many years, they really didn't enjoy any benefits from the clan property, and they didn't even know how much property the family had? But at the moment, what they are most concerned about is not how many industries there are in the county, but about the fertile land.

When everyone heard that the old patriarch had allocated more than 800 acres of land in Songhe Village to Songhe Fang, everyone immediately became excited, Songhe House was less than 20 households, and on average, each family could get more than 40 acres of fertile land, which was a lot of property.

"Everyone, please be quiet!"

Li Yayanqing shouted three times in a row, and everyone gradually quieted down, Li Yanqing continued: "A very important reason for Li Wengui to be the patriarch is to seek the family's land, I went to the county last night to inquire, the ten hectares of fertile land in Xiaohonglin have not been transferred to Zhang Junbao, because the fertile land is still in the name of the old patriarch, Li Wengui has no right to transfer, seeing that the New Year's family sacrifice is coming, Li Wengui is afraid that Li Wencun and Qianshan Village will follow the example of Songhe Village to stand on their own and lose the land of Xiaohonglin, so he privately reached a sale agreement with Zhang Junbao, Sold our land. ā€

"Kill Li Wengui, the dog thief!"

I don't know who roared angrily, everyone followed and yelled with righteous indignation, and everyone aimed the spearhead of hatred at Li Wengui, which is also Li Yanqing's purpose, he wants to take this opportunity to clean up Li Wengui, first of all, he must get the unanimous support of the people of Li Wencun and Qianshan Village.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and several clansmen sitting at the door stood up one after another, and took a few steps back in horror, only to see more than a dozen people walking in from the outside, and the person in front was a middle-aged man, tall and fat, wearing a thick leather jacket, and his face was full of oil, it was Zhang Junbao, and the dozen or so people behind him were all descendants of the Zhang family.

The clansmen in the courtyard stood up one after another, Li Dayin's eyes suddenly turned red, and he yelled, "Give back my son's life!" ā€

He picked up the small stool and was about to pounce on it, but the person next to him hurriedly grabbed him, at this time, Li Yanqing walked up and said coldly: "May I ask Zhang Yuanwai to come uninvited, what are you doing?" ā€

Zhang Junbao laughed dryly and said: "I heard that Li Jieyuan is back, and the Li family finally has a person who understands the general situation, so I will talk about it." ā€

Li Yanqing waved his hand to stop the angry scolding of the clansmen behind him, and said to Zhang Junbao: "What does Zhang Yuanwai want to talk about?" ā€

"Well, this one!" Zhang Junbao looked at the Li clan people who were full of courtyards, "I'm afraid this is not the place to speak." ā€

Li Yanqing said lightly: "For the sake of Zhang Yuanwai's safety, it's best to say it here, I think it's best for everyone to say anything openly, whether you accept it or not, but at least there will be no misunderstanding, right!" ā€

"Huh! Li Xie Yuan is really good at talking, since that's the case, I'll say it directly. ā€

Zhang Junbao took out a contract from his arms, raised Yang Yang and said to Li Yanqing: "This is the sales contract I signed with your patriarch, I have bought the ten hectares of fertile land on the side of Xiaohonglin at the price of five per mu, in black and white, both parties have signed and pledged, you can go to Li Wengui if you have any dissatisfaction, but it has nothing to do with me Zhang Junbao, let alone prevent me from measuring the land and building houses, I don't want the misfortune of the night before yesterday to happen again, but if you dare to stop it again, I really can't guarantee your personal safety." ā€

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yanqing snatched the contract from his hand, and the speed was extremely fast, Zhang Junbao was caught off guard, and was suddenly shocked, shouting: "Give it back to me!" ā€

Li Yanqing ignored him, flipped through the contract, and turned back to the clansmen: "This contract is a land sale contract signed by Li Wengui and Zhang Junbao two months ago, but I want to tell you, first, the land is not Li Wengui's personal property, and he has no right to sell it; Second, the title deed has not been registered in the government, and the land of Xiaohonglin still belongs to us, and this contract is just a few pieces of waste paper, which has no meaning! ā€

He tore the contract to shreds with a few brushes, threw it to Zhang Junbao, and angrily reprimanded him: "Get out of here, you are not welcome here!" ā€

Zhang Junbao was almost mad, he stomped his foot hard, "Toast and don't eat and drink, you just wait and see!" ā€

Zhang Junbao rushed away angrily, but Li Yanqing was surrounded by the clansmen in the middle, everyone was very excited, and they expressed their willingness to fully support Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing's tough attitude won the unanimous support of the clansmen, and also won back the confidence of the clansmen.