Those people must have never imagined that Mu Anle invited them here to eat such a delicious meal, in fact, because she wanted to ask for them.

Even though they had thought of it before, what they didn't expect was that she was actually fighting for the idea of her own land!

At this time, Mu Anle's eyes were full of sincerity when he looked at them, but in the eyes of this group of villagers looking at her, there was still the previous gratitude, and the rest was just doubts and fear.

They didn't expect that Mu Anle's scheming was so deep, and at this moment, their good impression of her almost disappeared in an instant.

But even so, Mu Anle is still the county lord after all, and they are still nobodies, so when they heard Mu Anle tell them not to open their mouths first, and listen to her finish all her words, they were just silent and didn't say anything.

From this moment, their hearts had already begun to resist Mu Anle, they had heard Qi Junyi mention this matter before, and they almost chose to refuse without hesitation at that time, but who knew that Mu Anle was going to say the same thing to them now.

They thought that this matter was over, but they didn't expect that Mu Anle would bring up the old matter again, even if they knew that that section of the river was stonely, and it couldn't be opened at all.

But even so, they are not willing to sacrifice the land that their ancestors have cultivated for generations to dig canals, which will not only ruin their livelihoods, but also disrespect their ancestors, and they will not agree to such behavior under any circumstances.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know very well that when I mention all this to you, I am afraid that you will be very resistant in your hearts, and even start to warn me, I did not expect that I Mu Anle would be such a person. It's a threat to bring you here for a good meal, and then to make such unreasonable demands on you. But even so, I still have to tell you what I need to say. ”

"Everyone here should have been involved in the construction of the canal, and you are all villagers here, so you should know very well that that section of the road is all hard stone, and if you dig it by hand, you don't know how long it will take to dig it."

"This drought has not ended, and the waterwheel has only solved the urgent need and allowed everyone to have a usable water source, but if you want to irrigate the farmland, it is still not enough, that section of the road is too difficult to open, and only a detour is the best choice."

"Lord Anle."

Just when Mu Anle spoke sincerely for everyone and said all this, although the villagers were listening carefully, they still felt a little helpless in the end, and shook their heads at Mu Anle.

"What you said is actually clear to us in our hearts, but if the canal is diverted, the land through which it passes is what we depend on for survival, and if you deprive us of our land so easily, then how will we cultivate it in the future, and how will we earn? How should we deliver food to the state? ”

Some people may just be overwhelmed

, he asked these words to Mu Anle, but all this had already been thought of when Mu Anle asked them this question.

So after hearing it, she also explained unhurriedly.

"Everyone, don't worry, listen to me first, I know this may be really important to you, so I can't talk to you again, I never thought about these things before."

Even though he faced as many questions and puzzles as possible, even so, Mu Anle still had an extremely calm smile on his face and slowly explained to them.

Because only the calmest attitude can make them feel friendly and be able to believe in themselves.

"Don't worry, I've inquired about it, not far from this land, there is still an uncultivated piece of land, and the area of that land is obviously much larger than the area of the land that changed the canal, when the time comes, we will leave the soldiers here to help you reclaim, when all the wasteland is reclaimed, we will let those soldiers go back, and we will definitely not let you have nowhere to cultivate."

"And this place has been in drought for so long, presumably it will be difficult to harvest the crops, after going back. I will report this matter to the emperor, and the taxes in this place will be exempted for three years, and you will have a long time to recover, and you will not have to worry at all. ”

Mu Anle tried her best to be sincere with everyone to say all this, she had already thought of all the possible situations last night.

So now, she is just discussing them one by one, and this group of people listened to Mu Anle say this, but they still didn't know what to do for a while.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you can imagine how difficult it is to dig that section of the canal, and you should know better than I am, that I was tired after only a day of joining yesterday, and I have heard that you have stopped here for a long time, and still have not made any progress. So you can think about it, if you continue to stop here, there will be no progress either! ”

"What I promised you today, I will definitely do it, I swear in the name of my Mu Anle, if I can't do it, I will thunder and split the corpse, everything I do is for you, otherwise I wouldn't have come up with the idea of a waterwheel."

Mu Anle almost didn't raise her hand to swear to the heavens, her tone was extremely firm, and there was a resolute light in her eyes when she looked at these villagers, and she seemed to exude a charming aura at this time.

And after Mu Anle's persuasion, these villagers were more or less shaken, and at this moment, Mu Anle threw a tempting condition at them.

"I know that this is wronged by you, but there is really no way to do this, so if you are willing to agree, I will compensate you in my own name. For each family, I will give you ten taels of silver to help your family temporarily, so that you can ...... I wonder if you'll be able to accept it? ”

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Ten taels of silver?! ”

When they heard this number, there was obviously some disbelief on the faces of the villagers, they had never seen such a large number before.

This is almost their income for a whole year, but now Mu Anle said it so easily, which naturally surprised them.

"Oh my God, our family's harvest last year didn't have ten taels of silver, this is ...... Isn't that too much......"

When Mu Anle heard this, he was suddenly a little stunned.

(End of chapter)