Chapter 90: The Village
After the officers and soldiers left, the women scattered and ran home.
Lan Yi stopped one of the women and asked, "Eldest sister, I wonder if you recognize the ghosts attached to the peasants in the sky, and don't you know if there are any grievances in front of them?"
"I don't know, I don't know. The woman who was stopped by Lan Yi looked panicked, and waved her hand again and again to say that she didn't know.
Xuanyuan Ming and his entourage had no choice but to continue to look forward.
They went out a little further and sat down under a tree to rest. Suddenly, a red date fell from the tree and smashed on the top of Xuanyuan Ming's head.
Xuanyuan Ming looked up and saw two men, one fat and one thin, lying on the tree.
Didn't you say there were no men in this village?
The fat and thin men on the tree saw that Xuanyuan Ming had found that they had jumped down from the tree and wanted to run. The two beasts and two heroes caught the fat and thin two one by one. Ask, "What to run?" ”
The fat one, seeing that there are tall and mighty men in front of him, can't run. So he broke the jar and broke it, sat on the ground with his ass, turned his head and didn't speak.
And the thin one, who is timid and afraid, is now shaking too much. The handful of red dates he was holding in his hand had fallen to the ground in all directions.
"You, you come on, why are you running?" said the thief Li Shan, grabbing the thin man among them.
"I... I... I—" The thin man trembled with fright and was speechless.
"We're lazy, we don't work on the ground, we're here to hide. The fat man sitting on the ground said.
"Lazy?" the Thousand Beast King was so strange. There is still such an answer.
"Yes, I work in the fields from dawn to late at night, and I don't have time to eat three meals a day. The fat man slapped his ass from the ground.
"Second Prince, I told you earlier about the exploitation of the peasants on the farm. Look, I'll just say that these peasants have something to eat, but they don't have time to eat. Li Shan, the king of thieves, said to Xuanyuan Ming.
"It's good that we're lazy, otherwise we'd be possessed by those demons. The fat man said.
"Since you are working in the fields, then I ask you, do you know why those demons possess those peasants. Xuanyuan Ming asked.
"Those ghosts, they are all the deceased relatives of these farmers, parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts, seeing the farmers working so hard in the fields, I feel sorry for them. The fat man said.
"So they feel sorry for the peasants who work too hard, so they attach themselves to the peasants. No wonder those peasants had worked harder before, and after being possessed by ghosts, they had become so lazy one by one. The Beast King said.
"Yes, you think of the two of us, we usually like to be lazy, how comfortable and lazy. If the person in charge is not there, we will be lazy. The fat man said.
"Got it, then the resentment in the ghost's heart is here. The Beast King said.
"Then I'll go and kill Master Liu who is in charge of the farm!" "The thief boss Li Shan drew a knife to kill Master Liu's house, and it was not a day or two that he hated this Master Liu as a thief. I wanted to take this Master Liu to sacrifice the knife for a long time.
"Full. Fukuzawa's government system, these farmers, this farm, there must always be someone to govern it. Let's go and discuss with Master Liu. It will be up to him to improve his management methods and not make these farmers work so hard. ”
"Okay, then we'll go. If that old man Liu doesn't agree to do what we say, then I'll chop him up twice right now. The thief king Li Shan said.
So the group walked to the house of Master Liu, a large township in Zhongjing.
This old man's house is extraordinarily magnificent. There are four acres in circumference.
This group of people flew into Mr. Liu's luxurious mansion and searched for Mr. Liu's whereabouts.
It is said that Master Liu has eight wives and concubines, and a group of children.
"The surname Liu, come out for me, otherwise Lao Tzu will set fire to your house!"
I heard that hundreds of families with knives suddenly rushed out of the house. Surrounded by the family, there was an old man in his fifties in luxurious clothes.
"Who is making a noise here? The old man in the rich clothes shouted.
"Are you Master Liu?" the thief king Li Shan pointed a knife at the man and shouted.
"You don't need to know who I am, because you trespassed on the mansion, and I will arrest you and take you to the government immediately. As he spoke, the man motioned for the family to rush up and surround Xuanyuan Ming and them.
These family members don't need anyone else to do it, and the Thousand Beasts alone beat this family with a knife to the ground.
Then the Thousand Beastmen flew over, grabbed the man in the luxurious clothes, and asked angrily, "Say, are you Master Liu?" ”
"Yes, yes, exactly below. Whatever you need, I can give you gold and silver treasures. Master Liu begged for mercy again and again.
"We don't want you any gold and silver treasures, I only need you to do one thing. Xuanyuan Ming said.
"What's the matter, all the knights. "Master Liu begged for mercy.
"Do you know what the hell is going on in the middle of the farm now?"
"I know, I am also very troubled, in the past, the farmers of Fukuzawa were the most industrious, but now I don't know what's wrong, after they are possessed by ghosts, they have become very lazy. There was no one working in the fields, and the harvest was no longer guaranteed. I've also thought of a lot of ways, and I've tried all kinds of ways to get rid of ghosts, but there's no way—" Mr. Liu said.
"You are the real reason why these ghosts refuse to leave. ”
"What? I don't understand. Master Liu said.
"It's because you've developed a farm management method that oppresses these farmers too much. Farmers are clinging to the ghosts of their dead relatives. The goal of the ghost is to make the farmers not work so hard, and you are the key to solving this problem. ”
"Ask the hero to make it clear, what should I do?" asked Master Liu.
"There has to be a new way of managing farms so that farmers can come back to work on the farm every day when it's too dark, allow them to go home and rest for an hour when the sun is strong at noon, and then let them go back to rest at dinner time after working in the afternoon. Farmers must not be forced to continue working at night!"
"But Fuze needs to ensure the yield of such a large crop, if you don't work overtime, how can you ensure the yield of crops?"
"We have to talk about production methods and provide farmers with more advanced crop tools and equipment. Purchase or breed higher yielding crop varieties. In short, the problem cannot be solved by increasing the number of hours farmers work. The exploitation of peasant labor is outrageous!"
"Yes, yes, everything is up to the heroes. I will smash pots and sell iron, but I will also equip farmers with more advanced agricultural tools, and I will also provide them with higher-yield crop varieties. Master Liu said.
"Just do it, and the end result is that the farmer pays less labor and the farm produces more, which is good for you and the farmer. Businessmen should not only aim for profit, but also take care of the lives of the farmers under their hands, so that the farm can develop in a long-term cycle. Businessmen should not only be mercenary, but also have a view of the overall social situation and contribute to universal happiness!"