Chapter Seventy-Eight: Conspiracy
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Without these papers, Yunyin Village would not have been able to know the details of Chenxu Town, and would not have been able to loot all the belongings and people to Aoki Mountain.
Lu Jianping's move made all the efforts of Yunyin Village in the past month go to waste.
Lu Jianping tore down the curtains, packed all the gold, silver, swords, jade slips and other items, and then left the conference hall quietly along the roof.
Lu Jianping transported the items outside the town, hid them somewhere no one knew, and then returned to the inn again.
Lu Jianping, who had been busy for a long time, quickly drank a few cups of tea, and then listened attentively to the conversations of others again.
"The lord of the village is benevolent and righteous, not only distributed the fertile land in Chenxu Town to us for planting, but also exempted all taxes. However, an evil monk killed the lord of the village and took away the book that recorded this information. Now, the owner of the village is ready to redistribute the fields for the sake of fairness. This news is really bad!"
A strong man of five big and three thick stubby slapped the table with resentment while sighing.
Listening to this strong man's words, Lu Jianping couldn't help but be stunned.
Lu Jianping originally thought that the owner of the village would conceal the news of the death of his subordinates, but he didn't expect that the owner of the village would use the death of his subordinates to carry out a conspiracy.
The paper that Lu Jianping took away recorded the detailed information of Chenxu Town, and without these papers, the plan to loot Chenxu Town would have become a dream bubble.
If it were an ordinary person, he would have plundered it immediately, and then returned to Aoki Mountain as fast as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night. However, the owner of the village did not do so.
The owner of the village took advantage of the death of his subordinates to provoke the anger of the people, making the attackers enemies of the people.
Under the guise of redistributing land, the details of Chenxu Town were investigated again.
The owner of the village killed two birds with one stone, which is definitely clever.
"It will take at least a month to redistribute the land, and the time for spring planting will definitely be missed. I'm still counting on farming to feed my family, so it's better to change it now!"
A dark, thin old farmer sighed with a sad face.
For ordinary people, spring planting is a major event related to life and death.
If spring planting is delayed, there will be no harvest in the fall, and there will not be enough grain to survive the long time in the coming year.
If not handled properly, it can lead to a massive famine.
Floods, locust plagues, droughts and other disasters will only reduce food production, but they will also cause people to be displaced. The redistribution of land will delay everyone's spring planting, resulting in a lack of grain harvest this year, and the situation will be even more serious.
Listening to the old man's words, the atmosphere of the inn became even more depressing.
"Today, there are only two ways to solve this problem. First, all of us let go of our selfishness and plant all our fields with food. Second, find out the bastard who is against the owner of the village, capture him alive, and then use all kinds of torture to force him to question the whereabouts of the book. ”
An old man with a white beard suddenly put forward his opinion.
The old man's proposal sounded reasonable, but after only a few seconds, it was abandoned by everyone.
The fields are about to be redistributed, and if there is one person who is not willing to grow food, then others will surely follow suit.
It is very likely that the fields that are planted with grain will be distributed to other people, and if other people's fields are not planted with grain, then those who grow grain will suffer a great loss.
Human nature is selfish, and it is obviously wiser not to sow seeds. If the redistributed land is not sown, then there will be no loss if it is not sown, and if the redistributed land has already been sown with grain, then there will be no profit if it is not sown.
The old man's first method sounds beautiful, but it is impossible to succeed.
As for the second approach, it is even more ineffective.
The strength of Yunyin Village, the people of Chenxu Town have long known, and even the enemy of Yunyin Village can not be helped, how can ordinary people deal with it?
The old man gave two unrealistic solutions, which at first gave the others a glimmer of hope, but after a while, they made everyone fall back into despair.
"The owner of the village is very intelligent, and naturally knows that the redistribution of land will put us ordinary people in an existential crisis. The benevolent and righteous owner of the village has already thought of a proper way to let us get through this crisis!"
Just when people were falling into despair, the strong man who spoke first suddenly clenched his fists and arched in the direction where Zhenbofu was located.
When Lu Jianping saw this strong man's actions, he suddenly had a trace of suspicion.
This strong man is five big and three thick, and his muscles are very strong, which is completely different from ordinary people, and similar to the bandits who rob homes and houses all year round.
Lu Jianping felt that this strong man was a thief in Yunyin Village, and his purpose was to blend in with the crowd to spread the news.
Just as Lu Jianping was observing this strong man with a scrutinizing gaze, a young man arched his hand at the strong man, and then couldn't wait to ask:
"This eldest brother, I don't know how the owner of the village and his old man are going to help us tide over the difficulties? This matter is related to the lives of thousands of people in Chenxu Town, and I ask this eldest brother to inform us. As a token of appreciation, I invite you to drink two taels!"
As the young man spoke, he took out a few copper coins from his bosom and handed them to Xiao Er on the side.
After Xiao Er took the copper coin, he quickly ran to the counter, picked up a small porcelain bottle containing two taels of wine, and then ran towards the strong man.
The strong man grabbed the small porcelain vase, took a sip, and then smiled at the others.
"This wine is good!"
Just when everyone thought that the strong man was about to tell the truth, the strong man suddenly opened his mouth to praise the wine.
Everyone present showed a look of indignation, obviously, people were dissatisfied with the strong man's appetite.
People need to get the information they want from the strong man's mouth, so they don't dare to open their mouths to offend the strong man.
After a moment of silence, an old man escaped from his arms with several copper plates.
"I'll treat you to a plate of peanuts!"
When the others saw the old man's actions, they took out copper coins from their bosoms.
A moment later, on the table in front of the strong man, three or four plates of dried fruits, two or three pickles, and a dozen small porcelain bottles containing wine were placed.
After this period of brewing, more and more people gathered in the inn and surrounded this strong man.
Seeing that the inn was crowded with people, the strong man finally stood up and said:
"The owner of the village decided to quadruple the scope of Chenxu Town, demolish the original city wall, and then build a new city wall. The owner of the village plans to recruit everyone to work, young and strong men and women, twenty wages a day, and ten wages a day for the old and weak children. The owner of the village is doing this to help everyone tide over the difficulties, so he will not force everyone. Those who help with the work not only have enough food, but they are also not whipped by the overseers. This is the benevolent and holy act of the owner of the village, and please don't cheat and play tricks when you work!"