Chapter 19: Disaster victims build villages
Is it so brilliant?
Chen Xiaoqi was shocked and angry, but in order to complete the errand, he had to persuade the villagers in a low voice: "Dear fellow villagers, these victims are all good and innocent people, and there are a lot of wastelands in your villages. When they arrive, If you come to the village, I can help you open up wasteland and cultivate land."
"When the grain tax is collected, your village will be ranked among the top in the county in terms of grain tax paid, and the name of the village chief will be reported to the government office. Go, this will be beneficial to you It is a good thing for a child to get ahead, so hurry up, stop blocking the road, and take the victims back to the village!"
The old man in the coffin sat up and spat in his direction: "Ah, don't do it here! Nonsense , Our good village, our good land, why should we give it to these disaster victims? Young people, listen up, even if the wasteland in our four villages is reserved for graveyards, we will not let these disaster victims take them away."
Chen Xiaoqi laughed angrily: "Do those wastelands belong to your village? Did you spend money to buy the whole village's land? That is the land of the imperial court. Now the imperial court wants to use it to resettle the victims. You should get out of the way quickly, otherwise don't blame me for doing business! "
He called to the soldiers at the Division of Military Affairs, preparing to scare the villagers.
When the women in the village saw this, they immediately rolled around and cried: "Come here, help me, the military master has killed a good citizen!"
The officers and soldiers at the Division were stunned: " Shut up, what nonsense are you talking about? When did we kill good people?”
But the women in the village didn’t care at all. They smashed their heads on the ground and cried: “We have killed people and forced them to death. Master Qingtian, please come and make the decision for us!” ”
"We are provoking whomever. Why should outsiders come into the village where we have lived for generations? Don't think we don't know that these victims are not good people at all. They are beasts who trade children to eat each other!"
"Everyone who has eaten a child has been detained in the Taizhou Mansion. Anyone who can come to our place is a good citizen!" Chen Xiaoqi shouted until his throat started to smoke, but the villagers ignored him and continued to cry and fight.
Team leader Zhou and his government servants stood aside, letting the villagers make trouble, feeling secretly happy in their hearts: Ha, do you really think this credit is easy to get? Mr. Chen, just wait and you will suffer!
Dang, Dang, Dang!
Chen Xiaoqi asked the soldiers to knock the gong and shouted: "Shut up, stop arguing. I promise you that the victims will not enter the village tonight, but I remind you that it is the court who wants to resettle the victims. Tomorrow you will If you continue to block the road, you are working against the imperial court!”
After saying that, he led the victims back one mile and said: "Everyone will stay in the wild for one night and then enter the village tomorrow morning."
But...
"Master Jun, The villagers are making such a fuss, can we be allowed into the village tomorrow?”
Chen Xiaoqi was arrested. The villagers' heads hurt from the commotion and they really had no time to deal with the victims, so they shouted: "You have two big yamen, the Chief Envoy Division and the Du Commander Envoy Division, to support you. What are you afraid of? Go to bed quickly and we will talk tomorrow!"< br>
The victims were so angry when they saw him that they did not dare to bother him anymore, so they could only go to rest.
Chen Xiaoqi thought that after the villagers made a fuss all night, they would not have the energy to make trouble again the next day. If he tried to persuade them a little more and threatened to bring out the two major yamen, the villagers would compromise.
But he underestimated the villagers in the four villages. They took turns to make trouble. After this wave of trouble was over, they went back to sleep, and a new wave of people came out of the village and continued to make trouble.
"The untouchables who have fled from famine are not allowed to enter the village. If they dare to enter the village, we will die for you!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, grandma, don’t die."
< br>Old people are making noises, children are crying, and there are hundreds of young men holding hoes blocking the road. Chen Xiaoqi only has ten soldiers under his command, and they are no match for the villagers in a group fight.
After being convinced, Chen Xiaoqi had no choice but to bow to Team Leader Zhou when Grandpa Qin brought Jiang Dalang over to ask to see him.
Grandpa Qin asked: "Chen Xiaoqi, there are three intersections here, but the villagers only blocked two of them. Which village does the remaining intersection lead to? But is it a ghost village that the county people talk about?"< br>
Every time he visited a new place along the way, Jiang Dalang would take the Xu brothers out to inquire about it, and learned that there was a famous ghost village in Taifeng Town, Baofu County.
Chen Xiaoqi looked at them and nodded: "The empty intersection does lead to the ghost village."
Jiang Dalang immediately asked: "Chen Xiaoqi, can we go to the ghost village to settle down?" The unruly people are so noisy that even if they finally successfully enter the village and settle down, their lives will be uneasy.
He wanted Su Su to live a good and stable life, so it was better to go to an uninhabited village.
Chen Xiaoqi was shocked: "You want to settle in a ghost village? That place is not only unlucky, but also evil. The village was massacred by bandits decades ago, and the whole village died. In the past few years, there were still villagers there. Several unknown corpses were found in the mountain behind the village. We have heard from the old man since we were young that the ghost village is the entrance to the ghost gate and cannot be entered. "
Jiang Dalang: "But the villagers are making so much noise, it's better to go to a ghost village and settle down to save worry."
Chen Xiaoqi felt that Jiang Dalang was too young to make the decision, so he looked at Grandpa Qin: "Old man , what are your plans, really want to go to the ghost village?”
Grandpa Qin turned to look at Qin Xiaomi and saw the little girl nodding her head desperately and said, "Well, Chen Xiaoqi, our Qin Jiang and Xu Qiao families are willing to settle in the ghost village."
"Chen Xiaoqi, come here, we have good news for you. Tell you!" Team leader Zhou suddenly called Chen Xiaoqi.
After hearing this, Chen Xiaoqi hurried over.
Team leader Zhou smiled and said: "Chen Xiaoqi, the villagers of the fourth village have said that they can let the victims settle down in the village, but they must sign a ten-year contract."
What the hell?
Chen Xiaoqi was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly realized what he was doing and said angrily: "Team Leader Zhou is so scheming that he wants to turn a good citizen into a slave!"
No wonder villagers from four villages came together to block the road. , it turns out that someone was secretly instigating it.
Top Zhou’s face darkened: “Chen Xiaoqi, don’t say anything nonsense. The villagers are worried that the victims may have killed people on their way out of the famine, so they have to use physical bonds to suppress them. Otherwise, if the victims are allowed to enter the village, the village will be destroyed. What should we do if people are harmed by disaster victims?”
He also advised Chen Xiaoqi: “The people who signed the contract are the victims. We are just doing errands. No matter what method we use, we can get rid of the errands.” Everything will be done.”
But Chen Xiaoqi came here with General Gong Qi and saw how difficult it was for the victims. He refused angrily: “It’s about resettling the victims. , I will solve it without bothering Team Leader Zhou. It’s just a matter of blocking the road between Team Leader Zhou and the villagers in the fourth village. I will report it to the county captain and won’t hide it for you.”
Haha, Team Leader Zhou smiled, looking at Chen Xiaoqi with a cold look: "Chen Xiaoqi is young, I, as an uncle, will give you a few words of advice. Many things in this world are not as simple as you see, but are complicated behind the scenes. And you are just a small flag leader, so you should do your job, don’t try to be a big hero, understand?”
Chen Xiaoqi ignored Team Leader Zhou and came over to confront the victims. Said: "Let's go, I will take you to a deserted village to settle down. Although the village has been abandoned for many years, it is a big land and there are mountains behind the village. You can go into the mountains to find food and cut down trees to sell. There are no rogue villagers to cause trouble for you. You can live a comfortable life!"
"There is such a good place, let's go!" The victims were overjoyed, and hurriedly packed their things, took their families, and went to the deserted village with Chen Xiaoqi.
Half an hour later, we finally arrived at the deserted village.
It was really deserted. All we could see were dry wells, old trees and collapsed houses. It seemed that even the wind blowing was much colder than outside the village.
The victims shuddered and asked Chen Xiaoqi: "Master, is this the village? Can people live in it? There won't be wild beasts entering the village at night to harm people, right?"
Also, is it haunted?
It always seems unreasonable that this village is not haunted.
(End of this chapter)