People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 458 Land is the lifeblood!!

This might be what those dozen families really thought. Since they could not retaliate by breaking the law, they wanted to avenge the dozen families who were almost robbed and wiped out at the village entrance.

Then I have to use this compensation money to let the villagers know that I have returned as the king.

This really can’t be blamed on the dozen or so families at the entrance of the village.

To be honest, this situation is everywhere in rural areas. The dozen or so households at the entrance of the village sometimes have to endure attacks from ancient robbers and bandits.

It is even possible that the entire family will be wiped out.

This kind of thing was common in ancient times, so the people didn't think they were going too far.

Instead, I felt that I was just doing an ordinary thing.

You have bad luck at the entrance of the village, so who can you blame? This was not arranged by us.

It's because you were willing to take advantage of that little bit of convenience that you went there.

However, I didn't expect that something like this would happen. You can only blame yourself for not making the right choice at the beginning.

And someone directly said, "Although you now have the convenience of being compensated. But I have to say something.

A few years ago, the government wanted to repair the river and transform the river at the entrance of our village. They hoped to occupy some of your fields and land. They just removed a little bit of the walls of your houses, but you were not happy.

This caused our village to lose this opportunity. Originally, there was a river running through the village.

It would be much more convenient for everyone to use water for domestic and irrigation, but because of the obstruction of a dozen families like you, the river channel was diverted to other villages.

They produce more grain than we do, and their people live more conveniently than we do. What do you think about this?
It was all because of you, a dozen families, that the village suffered so much loss. Now you are asked to take out this little compensation and distribute it to all the villagers. I think this is a kind of compensation and it is the law of nature.

We didn't retaliate against you then, but now you are blaming us for that old debt from more than a decade ago. Isn't that too unfair?"

The person who was speaking was a scholar in the village. Although everyone called him a scholar, he was actually not even a student.

But we have to say that this person has some sophistry skills, as he brought up the incident in which more than a dozen families obstructed the river channel renovation.

After hearing this, the dozen or so villagers felt a little guilty, but they did not change their position at all. Instead, they said: "When the river was built, not only was there no compensation, but they even occupied our fields, our land, and our courtyard walls. No one is happy about that.

Besides, don’t you live near ditches or rivers?

Such a big river passed by our door. Not to mention there were children of several years old in the house, if we stepped out, we would fall into the river and drown.

Besides, it’s so humid. If there are elderly people in the family, who can stand it?
It's you who are unwilling to negotiate with us. We said at the beginning that if you want to occupy our house, we are willing to donate it.

But the village must allocate a new piece of land to us, and you are not happy about us rebuilding the house.

That's why the situation got so bad. The root of the problem is that no one is willing to give up a little land for us to build houses, which is why we are also unwilling to give up land to build rivers, which is why you don't even have water for irrigation.

What a pity, you have no water for irrigation, but we can still irrigate with the original stream, this is called retribution."

Although there were no scholars or intellectuals among those dozen families, what they said was enough to make people angry to death, especially when it came to the river reconstruction. They also had their own reasons.

After all, it was not that they disagreed with the river channel renovation at the beginning, but if the river channel renovation occupied their own houses, they hoped that some people in the village could give up part of the village land to them to build houses, which could be regarded as compensation for them.

But the villagers disagreed. They felt that occupying your house and land was justified and had nothing to do with them. It was the government's behavior.

They originally thought that the government would use strong measures to uproot the fields and houses of these dozen families.

But no one expected that the prefect of Ningbo Prefecture, who was a good prefect in Wenzhou Prefecture and had seen too many common people die, would immediately give up the idea of ​​changing the route to this village after knowing that the dozen or so families had a tough attitude.

Instead, they moved to another village so that the dozen or so families would not have their houses demolished.

Maybe this was a miscalculation on the part of the common people, but they did not expect that more than a dozen families had already held a grudge against the village because of this incident.

Especially the incident more than ten years ago when bandits broke into the village and killed their families. How could they agree to this when the two hatreds were added together?

This time, the compensation for the houses occupied by the official road was given to the villagers. They even hoped that the compensation given by the government would allow them to live a good life and show off in front of their enemies.

Old Li was so angry that his head was about to go dizzy.

They all came from the same surname, but because they wanted to build a road and get compensation, all the conflicts broke out.

When there were no interests, even if there were conflicts, everyone would see each other sooner or later, and they could get along with each other by supporting and tolerating each other.

However, now that they have so much wealth, those dozen families have brought out all the hatred they once had.

Let the compensation for repairing the official road this time become something they can show off in the future.

All the villagers are now extremely envious and can only watch.

It is even possible that if a satisfactory solution cannot be found, the project of building the official road may fail.

This time, the repair of the official road is obviously different from the others. It will definitely not be as easy to change as the last time the river channel was repaired.

Because the official road is more important than the river, transportation by water is more convenient than land transportation. But after all, the river that passes through the village entrance is not the main river.

On the contrary, the official road passing through the entrance of the village is the only way for merchants of all sizes, so it will definitely be valued.

Especially now that Ningbo Prefecture is vigorously developing its economy, everyone can see that this official road connects famous cities in Zhejiang such as Shaoxing and Hangzhou, so it is impossible to change.

It is okay to transform the river, just connect the small streams in other villages, but if you want to change the official road, it will have to be winding. There is no reason to build a straight road, not a curved one.

So this pipeline will definitely be built, but it depends on how wide it is and how much land it will occupy. However, no matter how it is built, it seems that the only places it will pass through are those dozen households, and it is for this reason that they cannot accept it. I guess everyone is thinking, why?
Why do we have to pass through their place? We went there before because the location was not good. Many people even said that the feng shui of that place was not very good. The main reason was that a lot of strange things had to be absorbed by those dozen households. This way, we could ensure that it would be safer for those of us living in the back.

Now you tell us that it’s fine that the road has to pass through their houses, but you also have to pay them compensation. How is this logic? Is there such a thing in the world?

This is the greatest pain in a person's life. We originally thought that a certain place was very bad, so we let the most annoying people live there, but we didn't expect that they would get such a good opportunity. Who would have thought that the imperial government would build roads like this and give compensation. This has never happened before. How could such a thing happen?

In other words, how can they get so many benefits when we haven't gotten any benefits at all? This kind of thing requires us to get the benefits before they can get them.

In this kind of situation, we must get the benefits first before we can let them get them. This is the biggest rule in our village.

A martial artist on the side began to talk: "Let's just say that this kind of thing can't be solved so easily. Although the Saint has good intentions, there are so many people in the world, but who can benefit and who can't? In fact, it is already a very difficult thing to balance."

"In the final analysis, our Saint Lady and the Duke are thinking too simply and too young."

"How dare you speak of the Duke like that? Do you want to die?"

"I'm not saying that our Duke's current approach is bad, but I think this matter is a bit too hasty. The people are not yet at the point where they can stop being jealous when they see money."

"What you said is true. Let alone the common people, we can't do it either."

"That's right. In order to show our determination to compensate people for the first time, we will definitely double the compensation. By then, a large number of nouveau riche will be created."

"To be honest, I envy these nouveau riche if they still have fields, land and houses."

Many people were silent when it came to this. In fact, when they were standing here and it was none of their business, they thought these people were ridiculous. However, if they were in their situation, they would definitely be more ridiculous than them.

This is human nature, and there is no way to change it.

The thought of this made everyone feel helpless and relaxed.

Because no one present had the chance to compete for their own interests like they did. They simply didn't have that opportunity. There were no fields and lands in their hometown for them to fight over.

"What's there to be sad about? Don't we have the opportunity to serve the court now? I heard that those who have made contributions can have the opportunity to become landowners like these people."

When these words were spoken, many people present opened their eyes wide.

No matter what the situation was in ancient times, the people just wanted a piece of land.

Because in their eyes, having a piece of land can support themselves, their family, and allow them to live a stable life here. This is a very simple idea.

Perhaps many people would think that this idea is too superficial and should be elevated to the level of defending the country.

But unfortunately, people in ancient times did not have this idea.

Many times, people will not get involved unless the country is facing destruction and extinction.

Even if we take a step back and say that the war really involves the participation of ordinary people, then this dynasty would basically be doomed.

The people are very simple. They just enjoy their one and a half mu of land and do nothing else but farm quietly.

They are a group of people who are easily satisfied. If even this bottom line is breached, the country will probably be doomed.

The blind man said, "Why are you all so sentimental? The Saint said that if we can complete this mission, the government might even buy us some land somewhere."

Hearing the blind man say this, everyone in Jianghu was dumbfounded, "Is this true? Don't make such a joke. We can't stand it."

"It means that we can't joke around now."

"Yes, sir, you also know the situation we are in now. To be honest, all we need now is a piece of land to live a stable life."

"According to the reforms of the Duke, as long as we farm well, we can live a good life."

Although the people in the martial arts world seem to be very free in the martial arts world, they also hope to return to the pastoral life. So now they only think that if they can have a piece of land one day, they will fight for it even if it costs their lives.

The blind man also knew what these people were thinking. Even a blind man like him had this idea. If possible, he would like to have a piece of land to spend his old age. In this way, even dying in the countryside would be a good choice.

What is the most important thing for them now?
It's not about status or fame in the underworld, but about having a real place to settle down.

This is the most traditional idea and also the most desired thing nowadays.

If this can be achieved, it would be acceptable even if it costs them their lives.

The blind man nodded: "This is not a joke. This is a promise the Saint made to me before I left."

When the people in the martial arts world heard this, they were immediately filled with endless expectations.

Really?

Will we really be able to regain our land one day?
If such a day really comes, what difference does it make if we suffer a little and become a little tired now?
Someone from the underworld immediately asked, "But where can we find so much land now? We have a lot of people from the underworld."

Yup!

This is a problem.

The blind man laughed: "You really forgot that the Duke has dealt with so many big families in Jiangnan, and now all their lands have become the property of the court. Does the court really have to hold so much land and let it rot in its hands? It must let the people cultivate and grow food.

But how to divide the land is a big problem. In addition to the occupied land being returned to the local people, a lot of land was bought by them, and this part of the land is used to reward people. "

A light flashed before the eyes of the people in the martial arts world...

(End of this chapter)