Chapter 231 Rebellion
Jiang Anning tilted her head slightly, her eyes falling on Duan Qingshan, who seemed to have endless piety and humility, and her sharpness showed: "How many people have recruited troops behind my back?"
"Just counting these people in the city, there are about, about... seventy-six people."
Duan Qingshan got the chance to speak and hurriedly defended: "I will send these slaves away when I get back, and I will never do anything like this again that will harm my master."
"Only counting those in the city... So, do you still have people outside the city?"
Jiang Anning slightly curved the corners of her mouth, smiling softly.
Duan Qingshan glanced at the person secretly and quickly pressed his head to the ground harder.
"Yes, yes, there are still some. They are all beggars living in a ruined temple outside the city. Absolutely, absolutely no adulterers!"
He hurriedly promised: "When the slaves go back, they will be dismissed together with them!"
"How many people are there in total?"
Jiang Anning looked at him expressionlessly.
Duan Qingshan swallowed: "The city, the seventy-six people in the city..."
His voice weakened and he buried his head, not daring to look at anyone.
Jiang Anning narrowed her eyes: "Where is it outside the city?"
"Outside the city, outside the city... there are beggars outside the city."
Duan Qingshan's voice was like a mosquito, almost inaudible.
Jiang Anning laughed twice.
Good guy, it seems that there is something fishy about the number of people outside the city!
Otherwise, this man wouldn't be talking about him here.
She said the city gate building, he said the hip axis.
Something's going on here!
"Duan Qingshan, I just discovered now that you seem to be respectful and obedient, but in fact you are just being obedient. Eight out of ten sentences are false!"
Jiang Anning suddenly said coldly: "Do you think I am a fool?"
"I can't see your hesitation and secretiveness!!"
Duan Qingshan kowtowed hurriedly and vigorously: "My lord, I really don't, I don't...I didn't mean to deceive you."
"That means there is indeed deception?"
Duan Qingshan choked slightly and had to admit his guilt: "Yes, yes..."
Jiang Anning snorted coldly, walked to the low couch next to him and sat down, waiting for someone to take the initiative to explain.
Duan Qingshan's head lying on the ground turned in the direction of the person's movement.
"I, I'm afraid that if I say anything, you will be angry."
But without saying anything, Jiang Anning seemed to have become even more angry.
Duan Qingshan struggled for a while, not daring to touch anyone's eyebrows, and chose to confess.
"A few days ago, there were more refugees fleeing from other places outside the city."
"The government has registered and settled some people, but there are still some left. It is said that there is no free place for the time being."
"Actually, it's not true that there is no place to relocate. This is just an excuse."
"It's just..."
Duan Qingshan secretly raised his head and carefully looked at the expressions on the people's faces: "These people were originally going to settle in Jiangjiacun."
"Oh?"
Jiang Anning raised her eyebrows in surprise.
She had no idea that this matter was actually related to Jiangjiacun.
However, it seems that there was indeed such a thing in the past life?
Jiang Anning frowned and recalled the past that she didn't want to recall.
At that time, she had just married into the Zhao family and became the bride of the Zhao family.
The Zhao family's ugly face has somewhat restrained itself.
He would still tell her some things.
At that time, there was indeed a group of people fleeing from other places, because their parents were hit by floods, and their houses and fields were all washed away by the flood and turned into ruins.
Rebuilding a home requires time and courage, as well as money, manpower and material resources.
Not to mention, the terrain here is low and is now covered with a large amount of sand, making reconstruction even more difficult.
Moreover, blocking is worse than sparing. This water control has always been a century-old plan.
After the local county magistrate reported the matter to the court, the court discussed with the Ministry of Industry for several days and finally decided to build a weir here and move the people who originally lived here to other counties.
At that time, most of the people who fled chose to run to Jiang'an County.
Moreover, Jiang'an County has always been vast and sparsely populated, and its permanent population is less than two-thirds of that of other surrounding counties.
The imperial court decided to let the people of Yandu County move to Jiang'an County.
Wealthy businessmen are naturally fearless.
With a wave of his hand, he went to the county and bought a house, and also bought a large amount of land nearby.
There is quite a tendency for a comeback.
During this period, housing prices and land prices near Jiang'an County have more than doubled.
But those poor ordinary people are not so relaxed.
The family's savings were meager, but a natural disaster destroyed the family fortune that had been saved for half a lifetime.
Now I have no home, no food, the weather is getting colder, and I don’t even have any clothes to keep out the cold.
The county magistrate of Jiang'an County, after many days of counting people, finally placed the people from Yandu County in several villages and towns with relatively few people to settle down.
Speaking of which, the reason why those people who came to compete for the number one embroiderer in Jiang'an County were able to settle down so easily was because of the convenience of this move.
Otherwise, it would really not be that easy for people to change their household registrations in such a large and vigorous manner.
In her previous life, she had indeed heard several villagers talk about this matter.
Originally, there were dozens of families, and according to the government's plan, they were to be resettled in Jiangjia Village.
But the people of Jiangjia Village, led by the resistance of Patriarch Jiang, refused to let anyone in...
Not to mention arranging homesteads and building temporary shacks.
Even the entrance to the village was not accessible.
The villagers had arranged for people to keep an eye on the movement on the official road early in the morning. When they saw people coming from a distance, they formed a human wall with sandbags and mounds of soil to block the road into the village.
It is said that they are worried that the victims coming from flooded areas will bring plague and miscellaneous diseases and harm the elderly, weak, women and children in the village.
"As men, we should fight to protect you old, weak, women and children!"
Jiang Anning still remembered that Zhao Hai said this to her quite proudly.
Then he angrily scolded the victims who came to flee: "If you die outside, why are you escaping?"
"Don't bring trouble to others!"
Jiang Anning couldn't help but ask: "But there are many new people coming to the county. Why haven't they been boycotted by anyone?"
She was a little worried: "Besides, this is an arrangement by the government. Does it really matter if we go against the government like this?"
"How can the people in the city compare with these mud-legged people!"
Zhao Hai was so angry that she was so scared that she didn't dare to say a word.
"If the government had arranged for some rich men to come over, no matter how bad it was, some beautiful young ladies would have been brought in, and everyone would not have been so strongly opposed."
"But look at the people they arranged to come in. They are all crooked melons and cracked jujubes! They are poor and ugly. They have really let them live in our village, and they have not ruined the overall atmosphere of our village!"
Zhao Hai snorted coldly: "What's more, we won't let them in! The government has made arrangements, and we, as ordinary people, will naturally cooperate."
"The clan leader also made it very clear to them that as long as they can pay two taels of silver each as a check-in fee, the door will be opened immediately to welcome them to stay."
"They don't pay themselves."
"It's not like we have to stop them from entering."
“I really want to come here and settle down, just pay the money.”
"It's not like we didn't give them a choice! But these poor, poor people don't want to pay, even if they don't want to pay, they actually want to have sex for nothing, and they talk shamelessly about paying in installments. It's just a joke!"
"You can't come up with such a small amount of money, but you still want to live in Jiangjia Village? Just dream!"
But two taels of silver... is almost a farmer's harvest for a whole year.
Jiang Anning couldn't help but say: "But you can't get two taels of silver in your hand!" She wanted to remind people not to be so absolute in what she said.
Two taels of silver is not small money.
I don't know which nerve of Zhao Hai was stimulated, making him suddenly angry.
He yelled at her: "What do you mean! It's amazing how many stinkers there are, right? I spend your money because I think highly of you!"
"Do you think I am eligible to spend money on anything?"
"Don't be so shameless!"
"I don't have money now, but I won't have money forever! Sooner or later, I will be able to make a lot of money. At that time, if you want to curry favor with me and give me money, I won't even look down on you!"
Jiang Anning admitted that she was indeed a little frightened by the suddenly angry Zhao Hai.
I didn't dare to make a sound for a while.
Zhao Hai cursed a few words and then stopped making noises with the words that made him extremely embarrassed.
"The Yamen didn't ask them for money, that's the Yamen's business."
"We can't wrong the people in our own village just to look generous to those gang of drunkards and rice cookers in the Yamen!"
"Why!"
"Either the government helps with the money, or these stinky poor people go back where they came from! Don't use it to bring harm to others!"
"There is no such thing as freeloading in this world!"
"Oh, they are weak, so they are justified? They are weak, so we have to give them half of the good houses and good land to live in? Why?"
"If they were rich and could buy houses and land in the county like those rich men who escaped from the disaster, we would definitely have nothing to say!"
"The law of the jungle is the law of the jungle. If you want to live, you must abide by this rule!"
Zhao Hai's words made Jiang Anning feel dizzy and unable to explain anything.
But she just felt that such words were really uncomfortable to hear.
But it seems like there’s nothing wrong?
I just always feel that among the correct principles, there are some hidden truths mixed with private goods.
Jiang Anning was confused. In line with the "wifely ways" that Zhang had taught her, she did not continue to discuss the issue with anyone at that time.
I don't want to waste my energy thinking about issues that I didn't think deeply about back then.
However, she felt that Zhao Hai's words may or may not be reasonable, but what is uncomfortable is that he treats himself, others, the rich and the poor... in two ways. different standards.
She just didn't expect that time had changed, Zhao Hai had died, the Zhao family had gradually withered away, and she had gotten rid of the tragic fate of her previous life, but this thing still happened.
Could it be that this is the [destined fate] mentioned on the barrage and it will not change?
So what happened to her?
Has the fate of this life avoided the tragic ending of the previous life?
She was in a daze for a while, and didn't wake up until she heard a slight sob.
There is no point in dwelling on the past.
It’s better to take care of the life in front of you.
"Why are you crying?"
Jiang Anning looked at Duan Qingshan who was lying on the ground crying, and was even more confused.
She didn't hit him, let alone scold him... Why did she still act?
Jiang Anning glared at the person and said angrily: "Have I wronged you?"
She was almost poisoned and killed, but she never shed tears.
Why did he, the "culprit", cry first?
"I feel guilty..." Duan Qingshan regretted making his own decision. Without telling Jiang Anning about the matter, he made his own decision and took in and rescued the victims who had been marginalized by Jiangjia Village.
In particular, Jiang Anning is also from Jiangjia Village.
What if...she is also the one who refuses to accept these disaster victims to move into Jiangjia Village and occupy the land in Jiangjia Village, then isn't he, isn't he going against others?
Thinking about it, you know that no one would be willing to keep a disobedient slave around.
Duan Qingshan felt even more sad when he thought that he might be driven away by Jiang Anning.
There was even a bit more anger in my heart.
Want to destroy heaven and earth.
Jiang Anning, who was still angry, suddenly saw several lines of red and bold characters floating across the barrage.
[Duan Qingshan’s blackening progress is 9%]
[Duan Qingshan’s blackening progress is 19%]
[Duan Qingshan’s blackening progress is 29%]
[Duan Qingshan’s blackening progress is 39%]
[Duan Qingshan’s blackening progress is 49%]
……
Dad’s balls were broken to pieces! !
No, this man, is he sick? ?
Darkened again? ? ! !
Damn it! !
Jiang Anning's heart was extremely broken, and she felt numb when she saw the progress of the blackening that was still soaring.
Can you give her some blackening progress? !
She also wants to go dark! !
"You..." Don't go dark now!
The words Jiang Anning almost blurted out were swallowed back by her.
Shen took a breath: "Don't feel guilty first."
"Pause."
"Please tell me carefully first, have you checked the origins of all the people you took in?"
"Don't let someone fish in troubled waters again, taking on someone's identity and getting in there, trying to stir up trouble."
Duan Qingshan wiped his eyes and quickly replied: "Everything has been investigated clearly."
"I have Mr. Song from the yamen to help me. I have checked them one by one according to the yamen's placement list. There will definitely be no mistakes."
Jiang Anning raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Huh?"
"Master Song?"
"Which Mr. Song?"
"Why would the people in the yamen help you verify this kind of thing?"
Jiang Anning gradually frowned: "Did you hide something else from me?"
Duan Qingshan lowered his head and said without confidence: "No more..."
But listening to these words, it is too much to say that there is no three hundred taels of silver in this place.
Even Duan Qingshan himself felt that it was too fake and was too ashamed to look up at anyone.
Jiang Anning sneered: "I think it's false that you feel guilty, but it's true that you're trying to deceive me!"
"No slave!"
Duan Qingshan hurriedly defended: "I really don't have one!"
He scratched his head for a long time, and then said frankly: "This matter was entrusted to the slave by the late queen to do it..."
As he spoke, a blush appeared on his sinister dark face.
Jiang Anning:? ? ?
……hiss!
She took a breath, doubting herself, as if she had discovered something amazing!
Duan Qingshan and Wan Niang?
"You and Wan Niang, you two..." What's going on?
Why does it look so ambiguous?
Duan Qingshan was lost for a moment: "A slave is to help others, run errands and do chores."
Jiang Anning didn't believe it.
I'm just helping, so why are you blushing? What are you missing?
However, this is not the most important thing.
She frowned slightly: "Why do you want to take in and recruit these victims?"