Chapter 407: Conflict between the two villages
Yanxia's daily life is all taken care of by Mu Li and Xiaohong, while Chu Lingyi is wholeheartedly helping the villagers of Shuile Village to restore agriculture.
Xiaohong's two thatched houses have also been rebuilt, and now Mu Li and Xiaohong live together, and Chu Lingyi and Liuyun still live in the village chief's house.
The two of them were busy all day and didn't have time to see each other at all. In the evening, when Chu Lingyi was free, he would want to Mu Li, and he couldn't help but walk to the door of Xiaohong's house, but he didn't dare to go in.
Seeing that Mu Li was taking care of Yanxia, he couldn't bear to disturb him. He understood that Mu Li was just for the sake of the child in Yanxia's belly, and he didn't want Yanxia to experience the pain of losing a child.
The development of Shuile Village is getting better and better, causing other neighboring villages to become jealous. The villagers of Lingshui Village are angry, why can Shuile Village grow rice, but their village cannot.
So the villagers of Lingshui Village decided to give all the rice in Shuile Village to Huo Huo at night.
Liuyun happened to be patrolling the field, and when he saw a group of people coming, he rushed to the seedlings in the rice field without saying a word.
"Who are you? How dare you do this? ”
The villagers of Lingshui Village never thought that they would run into a flowing cloud and run away.
These seedlings are the fruits of the labor of the villagers of Shuile Village, and they are counting on the seedlings to grow up quickly and harvest well.
Liuyun didn't have time to chase after them, so he went to find Chu Lingyi. "Where's the prince? Where did the prince go? ”
"What? Is Wang Yeming with you? ”
The village chief obviously saw Chu Lingyi go out, but he didn't know where he went, and thought that he was going to the field with Liuyun to check the situation.
Liuyun informed the village chief of what had just happened, and the village chief was startled and hurriedly took people to the field to save the seedlings.
Seeing the seedlings falling, the village chief's heart was dripping blood. This is the fruit of the villagers' labor in the past few days, and it is easy to sprout.
"Oh my God, are you going to kill my Shuile Village?"
When Fuda was there, the villagers of Shuile Village did not dare to go to the field to cultivate, because all the things they planted would be taken away by Fuda. Shuile Village has not eaten white rice for several years and relies on wild vegetables for a living. Now it's easy to grow rice, but it's been given to you.
Chu Lingyi heard about it and hurried over. Seeing the seedlings falling down, Chu Lingyi was also anxious.
"Quick, go and see if it's broken, and pull out all the broken ones." The only way to do this is to reduce the loss as much as possible, and those that are broken may not be able to be used anymore.
The behavior of the villagers of Lingshui Village is indeed hateful, they are all neighboring villages, and no one can tolerate such a thing. But at this time, I went to Lingshui Village to ask about the crime, and I am afraid that no one will admit it.
"Lord Wang, tell me why our village provoked them."
It's not because of the jealousy of Lingshui Village, it seems that it is not enough to just support Shuile Village, and it is necessary to make the nearby villages rich together, but this matter cannot be done in a moment. In the final analysis, there is still a lack of a reliable court official.
As a prince, Chu Lingyi couldn't stay here all his life and run around for the livelihood of the villagers, he had to go back to his prince's mansion.
As for the matter of appointing officials in the imperial court, Chu Lingyi had to go back to the emperor to do it, and the emperor would choose a trusted person among the ministers to come here to serve the people.
Chu Lingyi vaguely remembered that a few months ago, someone mentioned the situation in Shuile Village and other villages, saying that they needed a reliable person to govern here, but then they didn't do it again for some reason.
Fuda has been here for many years, which shows that there was a lack of jurisdiction here many years ago. What is the reason why the imperial court has been negligent in management.
Under the overnight rescue, the loss of seedlings was not large, but the problem between Lingshui Village and Shuile Village had to be solved. In order to prevent such a thing from happening again, the village chief specially sent people to wait at the edge of the field.
On the second day, Chu Lingyi brought the village chief to Lingshui Village, and the villagers of Lingshui Village thought that Chu Lingyi was looking for fault, so they aimed at Chu Lingyi with iron rakes one by one.
"I can tell you, the villagers of Lingshui Village are not so easy to bully."
"Don't worry, I'm not here to find fault."
Chu Lingyi came to talk to them sincerely, firstly, to resolve the contradictions between the two villages, and secondly, to help their village.
The villagers of Lingshui Village didn't trust it, and Chu Lingyi's words felt that he was in the same group as the people of Shuile Village, and it was impossible for him to have such a good heart.
"Go, go, you are not welcome in our village."
Before Chu Lingyi could finish speaking, he asked the villagers of Lingshui Village to drive out. The unity of Lingshui Village really surprised Chu Lingyi, but this wrong approach would only make the contradiction between the two villages even greater.
Chu Lingyi took advantage of the fact that the villagers of Lingshui Village were not paying attention, so he went to their fields to survey the soil quality. Chu Lingyi found that the soil quality of Lingshui Village was not good, and it was not suitable for growing rice, on the contrary, it was more suitable for growing fruits.
It's just that the villagers of Lingshui Village didn't listen to Chu Lingyi's words at all, and if Chu Lingyi went to them so abruptly, he was afraid that he wouldn't even be able to enter the village.
"So, you can find a way to get their person in charge out, and we'll talk." Chu Lingyi was not familiar with the situation in Lingshui Village, so he could only rely on the village chief.
With the help of the village chief, the person in charge of Lingshui Village was finally brought out.
"What are you looking for me? If you want to blame our village, it's absolutely impossible. ”
Today, Chu Lingyi didn't come to look for trouble, but wanted to talk to him sincerely. Chu Lingyi's offer was very tempting, he was willing to fund the purchase of fruit trees for the villagers of the poor water village, but there was one requirement, that is, to help the villagers of Shuile Village solve the problem of rice first.
There are few men in Shuile Village, and there are not many people who can farm, so the efficiency is not high. Chu Lingyi wanted to take this opportunity to borrow someone from Lingshui Village.
"Joke, do you want the people of our village to help their village?" Without saying a word, the man got up and left.
"Do you really want your village to be so poor forever?"
Naturally, I don't want to, but I want to help Shuile Village first, and I feel uncomfortable in my heart.
That person also made a condition to Chu Lingyi, that is, the rice they produced, one-third of which would be owned by Lingshui Village.
Sure enough, he was a shrewd man, and it seemed that he had already understood the soil quality of their village, and knew that it was not possible to grow rice.
Chu Lingyi didn't care, but this matter had to be approved by the village chief, and it was all the fruits of the villagers' labor.
In the end, it was discussed, and it was calculated according to the number of men in Lingshui Village, so that no one would lose.
And Chu Lingyi also followed his agreement, after the matter was completed. He will fund the purchase of fruit trees for the villagers of Lingshui Village.
With the help of the villagers of Lingshui Village, a large area of wasteland in Shuile Village has been developed, and there is more land to grow rice, and the harvest will be higher in the future.
Seeing this harmonious scene, Chu Lingyi was very pleased. It's just that Chu Lingyi has been here long enough, and he has to take Mu Li back.
"No, I'm not going back."
Mu Li planned to wait for Yanxia's child to be born before leaving, Mu Li was not worried that Yanxia would be here next. If she is left to someone else to take care of her, she will know that the child in her womb is the seed of Fuda. But if you take her back to the prince's mansion, the road is far away, and I am afraid that something will happen on the way.