The next day.

The streets of Ishikawa Prefecture are deserted.

The catchers in the county government are all on guard.

The Zhao family and the Zhang family have had a grudge for a long time, and a few days ago, the son of the Zhang family encountered a killer, which completely detonated the grievances of the two families.

Last night, overnight, the two families fought several times on the street, leaving the street covered in blood.

In this case, who would dare to go out?

......

And Stone Village is not calm at the moment.

There are dozens of tall horses at the entrance of the village, and each one is a sturdy Wang family.

These family members are equipped with war knives around their waists, and they exude a fierce aura all over their bodies, which is not at all the same as the dog-legged people brought by Wang Gongzi at the beginning.

"Village chief, the second lady of my family has arrived, and she hasn't come out to greet her. ”

With a loud roar full of energy, the village chief walked out with a cower.

Seeing this formation, even if he had lived for so many years, he couldn't help but feel fear in his heart.

In previous years, the land rent was collected, that is, Steward Wang brought a few ordinary family members over.

What are you going to do this year?

"Old body...... Greetings to Second Miss!" the village chief bent down and made a gesture of arching his hands, and his attitude was very humble.

At this time, all the villagers in the village also walked out of their homes, and when they saw so many people, they were all too frightened to speak.

The village chief bent over for more than a minute, and when he was so tired that he trembled, a white horse slowly came out of the herd.

On the white horse, Wang Suqin was wearing red soft armor, with a cold expression and indifferent eyes.

"Steward Wang had an accident, and Miss Ben came to collect the rent in person this year, I hope you don't embarrass me.

In the past, Steward Wang treated you leniently, and that was because there was peace in Ishikawa County.

Now that there is turmoil in Ishikawa County, our Wang family's life is not easy, so this year's land rent will be increased by 50%. ”

As soon as Wang Suqin's words fell, there was an uproar among the villagers.

Steward Wang is generous or not, and put it aside first.

The key is that this year was flooded, and there was no harvest, and in order to make up enough land rent, they went bankrupt and owed a lot of debts.

Now they have to add another 50 percent, doesn't this force them to a dead end?

The village chief was also angry when he heard this, and took out a contract from his arms tremblingly: "Second Miss, we farm for the Wang family, so how much land rent to pay is all agreed in advance, how can you add it arbitrarily?"

Before the village chief's words were finished, there was a sonorous sword roar, and the contract became two halves.

Wang Suqin put away the sword and returned it to the sheath, and said coldly: "I said, now that Shichuan County is in chaos and the rules have changed, I don't want to go through a second time if I say something similar." ”

Hearing this, the villagers looked at each other and turned pale.

Let them pay 50% more, and they have to pay it too, and they can't conjure it out of thin air.

It seemed that this situation had been expected for a long time, and a family member next to Wang Suqin spoke at this time.

"Our Wang family doesn't want to force you to a dead end, you can do it if you don't want to pay the land rent, sign this deed of sale, and become a slave of my Wang family from now on, and this matter will be over. ”

When the village chief heard this, he coughed violently.

The people of Stone Village were tenants, but the tenants were also freemen, not slaves.

But if they sign the deed of sale, they will completely become a slave of the Wang family, and it will be up to the Wang family to decide whether they will live or die in the future, how can they be willing?

"Let's go plant the Zhao family, the Zhang family's grange!"

"We have always been free people in Stone Village, so why should we be slaves?"

"Yes, I don't want my child to be a slave before he is born!"

A young and vigorous villager shouted.

Hearing this, the family sneered, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"The Zhang family, the Zhao family is at war now, do they have time to take care of your mud-legged affairs?

Let me tell you, this Ishikawa County is in chaos now, if there is any accident on your way to other families, no one will care!"

The warning meaning of his words was very obvious, and the villagers who had just spoken all fell silent when they heard this, and their eyes were desperate.

The village chief was already in tears at this time, and knelt down with a puff, and prayed to Wang Suqin: "Second Miss, please be merciful, some babies in the village have not grown up yet, and the old body can't let them become other people's slaves since they were young!"

Wang Suqin's eyes were full of disgust when she heard this.

A group of untouchables are always picking and choosing here, and being slaves of the royal family disgraces their status?

The family on the side was good at observing words and feelings, and when he saw that the second lady was unhappy, he hurriedly shouted: "It's good to give you a bite to eat, I don't want to be a slave?"

After roaring, he patted the village chief's cheek with his scabbard, and his face was full of provocation.

At this moment, Chen Shen suddenly stopped in front of the village chief, unsheathed the knife, and looked up at the family.

"Is it that if you pay 50% more land rent, you don't need to sign this deed of sale?"

"Of course, pay the land rent, sign the deed of sale, and you must choose one today. ”

The man slung the knife over his shoulder and spoke in a contemptuous tone.

In his opinion, it is difficult for this group of untouchables to pay according to the number of previous years, let alone pay 50% more.

They're going to force these mud-legged people into slavery today.

You must know that the Zhang family and the Zhao family are fighting, and the strength of the two families will be damaged at that time, and their Wang family can take the opportunity to rise.

You might be able to get a lot of new granges.

What is the most cost-effective way to grow a new grange? Of course, let these untouchables contribute more.

As long as these untouchables become slaves, then their royal family can exploit them to death, as long as they don't die of exhaustion.

As for some of the old, weak, sick and disabled, they should also go to the ground.

It is better to die in the ground than to die at home, and that is the greatest value.

Hearing this, Chen Shen glanced at this family member deeply, and then suddenly laughed and said loudly: "There are a total of fifty households in my stone village, and each family should pay 1,200 wen, which is 60,000 wen in total.

Now you have increased by 50 percent, which is 90,000 Wen.

The extra 30,000 wen, that is, 30 taels of silver, I will give it for you. ”

After saying this, Chen Shen took out thirty taels of broken silver from his arms and put them on the stone tablet at the entrance of the village.

As the saying goes, the money you pick up is not money, so Chen Shen is not distressed about it at all.

In addition, he has been taken care of a lot in Stone Village for so many years, and it is also appropriate to give such a small amount of money to the villagers.

The most important thing is that he knows that even if he pays money, he can't avoid a battle today, and the Wang family's situation is impossible to get thirty taels and leave.

He wants to take advantage of this opportunity to establish absolute prestige in Stone Village, and in the future, when he goes to cultivate immortals, his parents can also be taken care of by a group of loyal people.

......

Looking at the white silver, both the family members and the villagers present were dumbfounded.

Thirty taels of silver doesn't sound like much, but it is a huge amount of money for the villagers of Stone Village, and it may not be possible to make up it after selling it to a few families.

But Chen Shen took it out without blinking his eyelids, which made them almost suspect that they were dreaming!

"Xiao Shen, you will be the village chief from tomorrow!"

The village chief trembled with excitement, and directly gave up the position of the village chief to Chen Shen.

Chen Shen was a little speechless, did he look like that kind of person who was in the position of rare village chief?

When the leader saw this scene, his face was hard to see.

Do their royal families care about these thirty taels? What they really want is to make all the villagers of Stone Village into slaves, so that they can be exploited for generations to come.

That value is not comparable to thirty taels at all.

Thinking of this, Jia Ding glanced at Wang Suqin.

Wang Suqin didn't speak, just looked coldly at Chen Shen standing in front of the stone tablet, and the long sword in his hand was slowly unsheathed.