Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 13

When Zhu Guochang heard this, his face was full of confusion and he asked.

"Why did my son say this?"

"You know, the Yang family is the dominant force in Jintian Town and the leader of the local Tujia people. From my father's point of view, it is better for our Ming army not to provoke anyone!"

When Zhu Jingan heard this, he just shook his head.

"Father's words are wrong."

"It is precisely because the Yang family is the top tyrant in Jintian Town that I, the Ming Dynasty, cannot let him go."

"There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. I think my father knows it."

"If I, Daming, cannot straighten the Yang family, then we will not be able to gain a foothold in Jintian Town and Bauhinia Mountain, let alone development."

After saying this, Zhu Jingan added.

"Also, if we, the Ming Dynasty, want to develop and grow after entering the mountains, we first need strong soldiers, and second, we need money and food."

"Both of these can be obtained from private mines in Bauhinia Mountain."

"Those miners will be the best soldiers."

"And after I occupy the mine, the output of the mine can provide the Ming Dynasty with the money needed to fight against the Qing Dynasty."

"Coupled with the buildings in the mine, our army can be used as a camp, which saves our army the trouble of building another camp."

"Since laying down the mine can serve multiple purposes, why should we go out of our way to avoid it?"

When Zhu Guochang heard this, he fell into deep thought, but still hesitated.

"But if our Ming Dynasty knocks down the mine, won't we force the Yang family to oppose our Ming Dynasty, and force the Yang family to oppose our Ming Dynasty?"

Hearing this, Zhu Jingan chuckled.

"But even if we don't do this, the Yang family's position will not be on Daming's side."

"When the Qing government sends troops into the mountains in the future, the Yang family, as a big family in Jintian Town, will definitely be the first to step forward."

"I was very active in providing food and military supplies for the Qing army, ensuring the Qing army's logistics, and even took the initiative to send people to lead the way, cooperate with the Qing government to raise militia, and lead the Qing troops into the mountains to encircle and suppress our Ming Dynasty."

"Both parties are destined not to get together, so why should we care too much about the Yang family's attitude?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Guochang took a deep breath and spoke.

"Well, very good, what my son said makes sense."

"In that case, let's discuss how to capture the Yang family's private mine ahead."

……

At the same time, outside Jintian Town, Hejia Village.

Hejia Village, as its name suggests, almost all the households in the village have the surname He.

The village chief's surname is naturally He.

He Shou is the village chief, and the patriarch of the He family, so he has a high status in the village.

After repeatedly failing in the imperial examinations, he simply gave up the imperial examinations and began to open elementary schools in the village to teach reading and literacy to the children of the clan.

There are many people in the clan who have received his favor.

Then, He Shou's prestige in the village became even greater.

Whenever there is some trivial issue in the village, people like to ask him to comment on it.

In the He family ancestral hall, He Shou was sitting on a grand master's chair. Looking at the people arguing in front of him, he couldn't help but frown.

"Clan leader, you can judge who is at fault for this."

"Yes, patriarch, you have to seek justice for me."

"Patriarch, it was clearly the He Qiang family who was at fault first. Our family cannot suffer this injustice for nothing."

"..."

The two families in front of him started making noises, and in the end they even started pointing fingers at each other, as if they might take action at any time.

Hearing this, He Shou paused the crutch in his hand on the ground and said.

"Quiet, quiet!" "Don't make any noise, and don't look at where this place is. If you disturb your ancestors, can you afford it?"

As soon as these words came out, the two families who were still arguing suddenly became quiet.

The respect people of this era had for their ancestors was unimaginable to future generations.

Ancestors are greater than the sky, greater than the king's law is not just talk.

When He Shou mentioned his ancestors, no matter how much anger they had in their hearts, they would be able to dissipate it.

Then, the two families began to talk about their dispute.

It was originally because of water issues.

He Liang's family built a canal last winter to water their several acres of land.

And this canal happened to pass by He Qiang's family's field.

Therefore, a dispute broke out between the two sides.

He Liang's family said that He Qiang's family did not contribute much when repairing canals, but they were more active than anyone else when using water.

After this year's autumn harvest, He Liang's family asked He Qiang to pay a share of the canal usage fees.

He Qiang's family said that the water channel ran from their land. He hadn't asked He Liang for money for the land yet. What's wrong with asking for water from you?

Then, the two sides started fighting, and finally they got in front of the clan leader, He Shou, and wanted to ask him to help with the evaluation.

He Shou stroked his beard, thought for a while and then spoke.

"Let's do this. Since the dispute between your two families is due to this canal, then I, the clan leader, will make the decision to fill this canal back in so that no one can use it."

"Now, you guys are satisfied, no one should take advantage of anyone. There's nothing to argue about, right?"

As soon as He Shou said this, the expressions on everyone's faces changed.

Especially the He Liang and He Qiang families.

The reason for their conflict was to compete for the right to use the canal. Now the clan leader wants to fill in the canal. Who among them can accept this?
Especially for He Liang, if the canal was filled in by the clan leader, wouldn't all his work of digging the canal in the cold wind last winter be in vain?

When the two families heard this, they shook their heads.

"Clan leader, it can't be done!"

"It can't be filled in. The canal will still be needed for watering the ground next year."

"Chief, if you fill up the ditch now, wouldn't all my work of digging the ditch be in vain?"

"..."

Hearing this, He Shou's expression on his face became obviously angry, and he scolded.

"If you refuse to fill the canal, you will have to fight in front of your ancestors if you don't fill the canal. Then tell yourselves what you want to do?"

Both families were obviously frightened by He Shou's aura, and coupled with the solemn and sacred atmosphere of the ancestral hall, it was even more oppressive.

They stood in the ancestral hall, lowering their heads and not daring to speak.

After the atmosphere was deadlocked for a moment, He Shou finally spoke.

"Then He Qiang, how about you give He Liang the wages for repairing the canal. The canal will be considered your family's?"

When the two families heard this, they shook their heads.

Obviously, He Liang still wanted to use the canal, and He Qiang didn't want to pay.

He Shou continued.

"Then He Liang, how about you give He Qiang the land money and from now on, only you can use this canal?"

The two families shook their heads together.

Obviously, both families now want to use the water canal, but neither of them wants to pay for it.

Seeing this, He Shou snorted coldly.

"Since you are not willing to do this or that, and you are not willing to fill up the canal, then it will be up to the leader of this clan to make the decision. He Qiang will contribute the land and He Liang will contribute. The canal you built together will be used together from now on. That’s it.”

"No more disputes are allowed over this."

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