Dozens of young men worked together, and Wangjiazhuang looked like one day a day.

In just three days, with Wang Teng's courtyard as the center, there were fourteen more houses in the village.

It's a pity that the farming time is near, and there is no delay, otherwise, as long as the construction continues, everyone can get a house.

Today, housing plans have to take a back seat and give way to farming.

Spring ploughing, pay attention to deep ploughing, shallow planting.

The soil, which has been frozen for several months, needs to be turned out deeply so that the roots of the crop can easily take root in the soil.

At this time, the importance of water as a necessity is undeniable.

The gourd water goes around the village, which brings great convenience to the people

In a good year, the people along the coast took water to irrigate the fields, and the harvest was good.

In recent years, although natural disasters have continued, and the river has receded again and again, the people have not been left without water.

In these years, it was time-consuming and labor-intensive to dig a well for water, and it often took the strength of the village to dig a well.

Wangjiazhuang relies on water for draft, and there is only one well in the village.

However, the weather was dry, and the well water also fell to the limit.

Farming, taking water for irrigation has become a big problem.

Wangjiazhuang does not have a waterwheel, and it costs at least three hundred taels of silver to build a waterwheel, and Wangjiazhuang did not have the financial resources to do so before.

Without the labor-saving method of taking water, Wang Teng can only use the most primitive way of taking water: carrying water to irrigate the ground.

Even in the 21st century, people in many places are still irrigating their land in this most traditional way.

In order to increase everyone's enthusiasm, Wang Teng distributed the fields in the village to everyone's heads, and at the end of the year, they distributed money and grain according to Shoucheng.

When the news broke, everyone was enthusiastic.

It's just that when everyone was building a dam to get water, Dingjiazhuang downstream sent someone to pass the word.

"Our Dingjiazhuang master Ding said, this water belongs to our Dingjiazhuang, if you Wangjiazhuang people take water, you have to pay to buy water!"

Huang Hu was furious: "This water fell from the sky, how did it become your Dingjiazhuang?" ”

The person who came said in a disdainful tone, and said in his mouth: "It's not our Dingjiazhuang, is it still yours?" Don't pretend to be good here, a month ago, Dongyu had obviously slaughtered Wangjiazhuang, how could there be so many fish that slipped through the net? My lord said, if you keep to yourself, Dingjiazhuang will also give you a way to live, if you don't know whether you live or die, and you go to the county government, you must be the one who suffers! ”

How could Huang Hu have suffered from this nest of gas? He was furious, and he was about to go up and beat him.

Fortunately, Wang Teng persuaded Huang Hu, and he deliberately said: "They are all villagers in the township, why bother to make trouble in the yamen?" As for buying water to water the land, we are really poor and have no money."

"That's fine, Master Ding said, the land on both sides of the Hulu River belongs to Dingjiazhuang, if you rent seeds, you can also pay another tax."

It turns out that the roots are here!

Wang Teng immediately understood it.

Wangjiazhuang has 300 acres of land, half of which is official land and half is Mintun field, that is, the land reclaimed by immigrants.

Today, only Wang Teng and Wang Shan's uncle and nephew are left in Wangjiazhuang, and most of the people's land has become ownerless.

If Dingjiazhuang walks the way in Yamen, maybe it can really turn Wangjiazhuang's field into Dingjiazhuang's field.

As the saying goes, if the people don't raise officials, they won't be held accountable, and now, the bitter master of Wangjiazhuang is gone, who is afraid of settling accounts after the autumn?

As we all know, land annexation was extremely serious at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Teng didn't expect that this incident would happen to him.

The land is the life of the people, Wang Teng has no way to retreat, he changed his face, and said: "Tell your master Ding, our people in Wangjiazhuang are not dead, and it is not his turn to worry about this land."

The person who came was very surprised, it seemed that he didn't expect Wang Teng to say this.

Huang Hu couldn't hold it back, "Get out, if you don't roll again, Lao Tzu will tear you up!" ”

"Where did the barbarians come from......"

Huang Hu's fierce and vicious appearance really scared the people of Dingjiazhuang, and he was so frightened that he ran away in embarrassment.

"Brother Wang, this place ......"

Wang Teng smiled slightly and said, "The land is ours, and no one can take it away."

"But ......"

"No, I'm going to the county here, and I'm sure Master Wei will give us an explanation."

At the mention of Wei Yuan, everyone was relieved, in their hearts, Wei Yuan was a rare good official, since Wang Teng was going to the county seat, everyone had nothing to worry about.

Blacksmith Zhang knew that Wang Teng had something to order, so he waved his hand and said, "It's all gone, what should I do, why should I go."

And they all departed.

Only Huang Hu, Tong Cheng and others stayed. "Brother Wang, I'll go to the county government with you", this is Huang Hu volunteering.

"It's okay, but you can't be left alone at home, Brother Zhang, you will work harder, stay with Liu Tian and Tong, if Dingjiazhuang comes to provoke, be patient for the time being, and settle accounts with them after I come back."

Blacksmith Zhang responded: "Brother Wang, rest assured, with me, I will never let things get bigger."

"That's good, it just so happens that there is not much food in the village, so I'll go buy some food this time."

"There are a lot of rookies these days, do you want to bring more people?"

"The farming time is important", Wang Teng wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he said again: "Okay, money and food are also important, so let's bring five people this time."

Blacksmith Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

Although there are not many people, but they can also scare off ordinary thieves, as long as they can't hit most of the thieves, with Wang Teng's skills, there should be no problem in returning safely.

Ten miles away, Ding Jiazhuang, Ding Ji, who had just returned, was complaining: "Master Ding, Wangjiazhuang doesn't know where the strong men came, they are fierce and vicious, and they are not good people at first glance, I just said a few words, and I was almost beaten."

Master Ding frowned and said, "What did they say?" ”

"They say that the people of Wangjiazhuang are not dead yet"

"Not dead yet? It's just a king's mountain, and it would have been better to know that he would have taken his life that day, than to have a branch out of the festival today."

"Master, didn't my uncle write to me saying that the paperwork was coming down soon? It's just a king mountain, what waves can it turn? ”

Master Ding has a son-in-law who is a clerk in the county, so he has a heart for the fields of Wangjiazhuang, at this time, hearing what Ding Ji said, he got up and paced, and said: "A hundred acres of land, I Dingjiazhuang can't swallow a mouthful, this time, I have to discuss with a few nobles in the city."

"With my uncle's face, I guess my lord can get a big head"

Master Ding had a gloomy face and said, "Send a few people tonight to find out where they came from, and if they can't get rid of them, they will report to the official again."

Ding Ji was anxious to take revenge, and was naturally happy to see it: "Master, see you!" ”

"Don't go yet!"

"The little one is going to find someone"

"Remember, if you want to wake up, if you are good, I will naturally be rewarded when you come back"

"Okay! The lord is waiting for good news! ”