Chapter 698: Trampling on Food
When he looked up, he saw countless black-pressed figures in the distance rushing towards him.
But this was not what shocked him the most, and what made his face change greatly was that most of these people actually rushed to the ground by stepping on rice fields and wheat fields.
"What's going on!"
His face turned blue in an instant.
"Oh my God, this is food, how many people can live on this acre of land, what are these people doing?"
The faces of the people behind him also sank when they saw this scene.
Among them, the slightly chubby person is a housekeeper in Wangjiadi, and this piece of Zhuangzi is in charge of him, and when something suddenly goes wrong, he can't help but panic and anger in his heart.
"Quick, get these people out of the field! This grain grows so well, and if they step on it like this, I'm afraid most of them will die!" He hurriedly yelled at the little guy behind him!
The little guys hurriedly rushed to catch people.
Zhou Xin couldn't bear to see these grains being wasted, so he hurriedly rushed forward to drive people out in person.
And his subordinates were afraid that Zhou Xin would have a problem, so they hurriedly followed.
The housekeeper was afraid that something would happen to both of them, so he could only quickly run over and persuade the two to stay away, after all, this group of people didn't look normal!
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At this time, Shen Youqiu and Feng Yi stood on the top of the mountain a little farther away, watching thousands of tenants run out of the ravine and scatter all over the fields.
And at the top of the hill where they had lived, a huge and strong tiger stood there, its golden fur shining in the sun, like a well-sewn garment, staring at the people below the mountain, slowly coming down.
And everyone in the farm was panicked and frightened when they saw this scene, even if it was far away, they kept trying to find a way to get away.
But the overseer was guarding behind, and they did not dare to run too far, so they could only stand in the middle of the ground at a loss, full of panic and fear.
"It's almost all here."
Shen Youqiu muttered, looked at the young man who rushed everyone to the field in a panic, and asked, "Is this Zhou Xin reliable?"
Feng nodded a little, "Although this person has a low official position, he is only responsible for recording the season, the quantity of grain, and studying the law of changes in grain crops in the agricultural department, and has no actual power, but his father Zhou Zhiyuan is a squire of the household department, and he is in charge of the agricultural field economy, and he is in charge of the economy, and his power is naturally great, the point is that this father and son can be regarded as loyal ministers of a tendon, they are a clear stream, and they value reputation, and they often seek practical benefits for the people, which is almost in stark contrast to those corrupt officials in the court."
"In addition, Zhou Xin's identity is there, even if he finds something, the Wang family doesn't dare to attack him casually."
"That's fine."
At this time, the housekeeper looked at the farmers rushing out of the mountains, and his face was hard to see.
Where Zhou Xin couldn't see, he blushed and gestured vigorously to a few overseers, asking them to quickly disperse and drive people away.
The overseer was in a hurry, took the whip and began to whip people.
"Go back, you've trampled on all the food! Can you afford to pay it?"
"Don't even get stuck here!"
The peasants were beaten and fled, but few dared to run back, many of them had seen the tigers descending from the mountain, their huge bodies could withstand several of them, and their long, sharp fangs could pierce their bodies, so after being driven away, they had to move around.
"Hey, what are you doing? How can you beat someone with a whip?!"
Seeing that these farmers were beaten with whips, Zhou Xin's face changed, and he hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, and reprimanded them loudly with a blue face while stopping.
"Stop, how can you hit people indiscriminately? What should I do if I continue to fight and someone is broken? The crops have also been trampled on, what, will you pay for it?"
The overseers were stunned for a while, and they were a little overwhelmed for a while, and the housekeeper was so angry that his head was smoking, but he had no choice but to stare at a few overseers with vicious eyes behind his back, and then hurriedly came up to appease.
"Lord Zhou, don't be angry, these are the tenants on the Zhuangzi, now this grain is at a critical moment, being stepped on by these people, isn't it all wasted, how many people will be hungry at that time, do you say yes, these people are also very angry for a while, and they will do it."
"That doesn't beat people to death, just drive them to the side."
Zhou Xin said a word, and then remembered to ask what was going on.
"What's wrong with you, why are you all scared like this, what's going on?" He looked at a few farmers and asked suspiciously.
But those people didn't dare to speak casually, but fell on the butler with frightened eyes, and then quickly lowered their heads, looking frightened.
Seeing their expressions, Zhou Xin turned his head and looked at the housekeeper suspiciously.
The housekeeper secretly cursed the fool in his heart, and then coughed lightly twice, looking righteous.
"Why are you so scared? When the adults asked, they quickly said, what the hell is going on, one by one, they are all trampling on the fields like crazy, do you know how many people can be fed with these ears that you trample on!"
"There's a tiger, there's a tiger!"
In the crowd, a scrawny teenager finally couldn't help but scream, and there was still a trace of panic in his voice.
"Tiger?"
The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, subconsciously thinking that they were talking nonsense.
But soon, everyone else explained.
"Yes, there are tigers, such big tigers!"
"The two half-human-tall wolf dogs on the Zhuangzi were bitten to death by that bite, and their necks were broken!"
"The tiger is too big, too big, too scary!"
Even a few overseers couldn't help but swallow in fear when they remembered the scene.
"Really, steward, there really is a tiger, such a big tiger, I have never seen it in my life."
Zhou Xin was shocked.
"There are tigers in your place?"
The housekeeper was also very confused, "I've been here for decades, and I've never heard of a tiger in the mountains and forests here!"
At this moment, a low tiger roar came again, and the earth shook and shook everyone's timid soul.
The butler's face turned pale.
"Tigers, there really are tigers, oh my God, how can there be tigers!"
At this moment, a man in the crowd suddenly knelt down towards the butler, looking miserable and frightened.
"Steward Zhang, please be merciful, don't drive us back, you also saw it, this tiger is going around that place, if we go back and stay, we will definitely be eaten!" We can do more work, and we can skip dinner today!"