The threshing floor is a place where the crops are dried, threshed and returned to the barn, and almost every village has a threshing floor that is larger than a football field. ~Top Novel,

At this time, the threshing floor was divided into two very different factions, and the people in the village were all on the east side, led by Chang Siye, and everyone was glaring angrily, staring at the opposite side. On the west side were the fleeing people, who were a little less numerous, but more young and strong, and some of them were armed with swords, guns, and weapons, and the two sides were evenly matched.

Zhang Ke looked at it carefully, and he also had a headache, he knew that this kind of conflict between the people was the most difficult to solve, firstly, the peasants had a narrow vision and liked to admit death, and secondly, the peasants were indeed poor, and the whole family would be hungry if they took a step back, and no one could retreat!

It was useless to be afraid, Zhang Ke strode to the middle of the people on both sides and cleared his throat.

"Listen, all of you, gather thousands of people and fight and fight, and you will be cured of one of your sins! Do you know what chaos is? It's a rebellion, it's a punishment of the nine clans! ”

Zhang Ke's words sounded in the ears of the people, and they were finally afraid, some of them were timid and simply squatted on the ground and cried, and some young people were not convinced.

"If you destroy the nine clans, you will be destroyed, and Lao Tzu will have one left, and his head will have a big scar, so kill it if you have the ability!"

"Stinky boy, shut up, you want to die!"

Trembling out of the ranks of refugees came an old man, forty or fifty years old, and beside him there was a short young man, very thin, clinging to the old man, not leaving an inch.

"The student is a person in the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, called Xiong Ruoguang, meet the adult!"

It's still a lifter!

This is an out-and-out class of scholars, and they already have the qualifications to be officials, even if they are not officials, they can be exempted from taxes and forced labor if they have a meritorious reputation. There will be countless people vying to give the land and put it in their name!

"Bears lift people. If you have a meritorious reputation, why is it so wolf? ”

Xiong Ruoguang smiled bitterly, shook his head and sighed: "The student was originally from Shenyang, the old slave captured Shenyang, and the student took the child ......" Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and continued: "The family escaped from our father and son, the family was all burned down, there was nothing to lose, and they fled all the way to Guangning. There is no fame. But no one admits that if it weren't for the food that the imperial court gave out from time to time, we would have starved to death! ”

Xiong Ruoguang's eyes were red as he spoke, and the young man next to him also hung his head and cried.

Wang Huazhen sighed: "Alas, don't blame the court for Xiong Juren, it's a mess, and many officials can't be placed." In this way, the official will arrange for someone to verify it, if it is really famous. The governor's yamen is just short of manpower, so you can be a scribe! ”

The scribe is not a formal establishment, but he can't stand to follow the governor, as long as he can please the adult. has a chance to ascend to the sky in one step, and Xiong Ruoguang can be regarded as good luck.

The old man took the young man's hand, patted it kindly, and whispered, "Don't cry. We're transferred! The boy nodded slightly, but still didn't say a word.

Zhang Ke said: "Xiong Juren, since you have a meritorious reputation. It is also sensible, to explain the matter in front of you, why do refugees clash with the local people? ”

When Xiong Ruoguang heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted.

"My lord, I don't blame the refugees for this matter, it's all the people of Yushu Village who are stubborn!"

"Nonsense!" Fourth Master Chang hurriedly ran over and said angrily: "Master Qingtian, don't listen to his nonsense!" ”

Xiong Ruoguang snorted and sneered, "Let me ask you, whose fields in Elm Village belong to?" ”

"This, naturally, is ours!"

"Hmph, I really have the face to say that ninety percent of the fields in the village belong to Master Xu, he said that he wants to rent the land to the refugees, but you occupy it and do not retreat, whose fault do you say?"

At the mention of Master Xu, the villagers' faces were solemn, and Chang Siye's lips trembled, obviously a little weak and unwilling.

"Master Xu can't be unreasonable, we have planted land for their family for decades, why should we all be driven away, and the land is given to a group of outsiders, is this fair?"

When he said this, the powder keg was lit, and the refugees were so angry that they yelled.

"Who is an outsider, Lao Tzu's ancestors have been in Liaodong for generations, and they all eat the food of the Ming Dynasty! The imperial court has no interest, and Liao Shen was lost, and we just escaped, why don't we let the land be rented, and let people live! ”

"Shut up!"

Zhang Ke suddenly pulled out his waist knife and said sharply: "Whoever makes any more noise, correct the Fa on the spot!" ”

At this moment, the people on both sides were so frightened that they shrank their necks and did not dare to speak.

"Xiong Juren, can you tell me how Master Xu agreed to rent the land to you?"

Xiong Ruoguang said: "Lord Qiyu, the students and the big guys fled together, everyone wants to find a way to live, I heard that Master Xu is a big family in Guangning, there are many fields, the students represent the big guys, and they went to beg him several times." Half a month ago, Master Xu finally relented, and he agreed to rent all the fields in Yushu Village to us according to the rent of Liucheng Field. Master Xu also said that the people in the village were fierce, and they owed him a lot of money and did not pay it back, so let us do it ourselves and bring the field over. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Ruoguang looked up to the sky and sighed: "When the students were in Shenyang, they only collected 30% of the land rent, but when they arrived in Guangning, it became 60%, and they had to grab the fields. But there is no way, the food given by the court is getting less and less, if there is no land, I don't know how many people will starve to death! ”

After Xiong Ruoguang finished speaking, many refugees shed tears, they don't want much, they just live! It doesn't matter if you give most of your income to the landlord!

Zhang Ke turned his head to look at the people of Yushu Village and said, "What did Master Xu say to you, do you owe silver?" ”

Chang Siye and the others lowered their heads silently, and Zhang Ke sneered: "Why don't you speak, and you are willing to give up the field?" ”

"Nope! Master, the land is our lifeblood, we can't take it away! Chang Siye was in a hurry, and kept talking, and told the story again.

It turned out that last year's drought caused all the harvest in Yushu Village to fail, and everyone only paid half of the original 30% of the field rent. Originally, I thought that God would be gracious this year, and there would be a bumper harvest year, so that the rent owed would be repaid, and no one wanted to pay off the debt with Xi'er!

But as soon as May or June came, Master Xu sent someone to inform them that they should pay the arrears of rent within a month, otherwise they would take back the land.

The big guys have been planting for decades, and they don't believe that Master Xu will forcibly take it back, but they waited and waited, and they waited for a group of refugees to come and grab their fields.

Both sides have said the story. looked at Zhang Ke with his eyes, hoping that the Qingtian Lord could give a ruling, who would the land belong to, and the lives of thousands of people were tied to a single thought, and everyone held their breath.

"Hahaha!" Zhang Ke laughed a few times, and suddenly asked, "Whose fault do you think you have gotten to where you are now!" ”

"Of course it's them!" Xiong Ruoguang and Chang Siye stretched out their fingers at the same time and pointed at each other unceremoniously, and the people on both sides began to stare at each other again.

"You don't see that this is a ploy to drive away the tiger. You've all been deceived! ”

As the so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, Zhang Ke instantly grasped the key to both sides and pierced the diorama.

The one who manipulated the battle between the two sides behind his back was that Master Xu!

Countless refugees poured into western Liaoning, where there were many people and little land, and the landlords who owned a large number of fields saw the opportunity to make a fortune. Refugees have nothing and are in dire need of a home, even in harsh conditions...... Only then did it have the sky-high price of sixty field rents!

You must know that in the north, there are very few rents that exceed Fifty Fields.

With cheap labor such as refugees, the original tenants have become a thorn in the side. Master Xu used the method of forcing debts to force them to give up their land. then instigated the refugees to grab the land, and the two sides tore their faces, but Master Xu took advantage of the fisherman and served a good means!

Wang Huazhen also figured out the key. He was so angry that the bag on his head was a few points bigger!

"Bastard! For his own selfishness, he actually instigated the people to fight, did he want the world to be in chaos! Shameless. Shameless. Wang Huazhen said loudly to Chu Haitian: "You immediately transfer two hundred elite soldiers to arrest some bullshit Master Xu, I will personally interrogate him!" ”

"Yes!"

Chu Haitian turned and left. The people on both sides were also dumbfounded, Zhang Ke explained the reason to them, the big guy suddenly realized, and immediately gritted his teeth in anger, the surname Xu is simply not a thing, everyone was tricked by him.

There are dead people on both sides of the weapon fight these days, and this account should all be recorded on Master Xu's head.

"Lord Qingtian, you have to call the shots for me!"

Zhang Ke nodded and said with a smile: "There is something more important than dealing with Master Xu right now, and we want to discuss it together." Tell me, what should be done with the fields? Who exactly is it rented to? ”

Xiong Ruoguang frowned, in fact, as an old landlord, he also vaguely guessed Master Xu's plan. But they had no choice, and if they didn't have a field, they would freeze to death if they didn't starve.

Even if you venture into the level, you will have no way to survive, and you may lose your life halfway.

"My lord, with all due respect to the student, although Master Xu's approach is despicable, but the current situation is like this, he has a field in his hands, we all have to rely on him, naturally, naturally the one with the highest price should get it!"

When Chang Siye heard this, he immediately rolled his eyes and said angrily: "We have been three out of five for so many years, why did we become sixty percent?" Besides, the imperial court is constantly paying taxes for forced labor, do you think that if you pay sixty percent, you can leave forty percent? The officials are so kind! ”

Chang Siye blurted out, thinking that Zhang Ke and Wang Huazhen were both officials, and the attack was too wide, the old man was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue.

Zhang Ke didn't care about his disrespect, but said earnestly: "There are so many fields, give them to you and they will starve to death, give them you to starve to death, if one side is half, it will be impossible for them all to starve to death!" ”

Wang Huazhen also sighed: "The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, and the official will see if he can find the land again." ”

"Shibo, the population has doubled, the people are fighting for land, and the gentry and landlords have taken the opportunity to raise the land rent and knock on the bones and suck the marrow, not only in Yushu Village, but also everywhere."

Zhang Ke said, and suddenly smiled at the people on both sides: "Folks, do you understand, the landlord is going to eat you." ”

The young man beside Xiong Ruoguang stood up and asked crisply, "My lord, do you have a way?" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Ke smiled: "But this method is a bit dangerous, I have a piece of land, everyone dares to go, only one percent of the rent, the land for three years is yours, and I also provide seeds to cultivate cattle and help you build houses......"

Before Zhang Ke could finish speaking, the refugees' eyes were red, and they shouted loudly: "My lord, even if it is a sea of swords and fires, let's go!" (To be continued......)