I don't want to be a saint

Chapter 174 Kill their prestige!
Early in the morning, the sun was just right.

It's Father Sun's continuous shift again.

This spirit of immortality can definitely kill many modern old social animals.

Zhuzi drove the mule cart out of the south gate, and Guo Yi set up a large bamboo paper umbrella on the mule cart to cover the annoying sunlight above his head, and lay comfortably under the umbrella.

He crossed his hands behind his head, held a piece of foxtail in his mouth, crossed his legs leisurely, narrowed his eyes slightly, trying to catch the feeling of returning to the cage.

This can be regarded as stealing half a day's leisure, and finally taking a rest, it is naturally how comfortable it is.

This is to rush to Nanping Town.

Along with them, there were more than a dozen other mule carts, pulling some necessary living supplies, as well as several new Luoyang shovels for drilling wells, and water presses.

In addition, there were more than a dozen subordinate officials in black soap suits who were dispatched by Guo Yi and could be regarded as supervisors.

The leader of the team was Jiang Yan, a walker from the Chu Palace.Equivalent to Guanshi Zhu, he is responsible for the diplomatic and foreign affairs of Chu Palace.

The saline-alkali land surrounded by Nanping Town is his credit.

At this moment, he was sitting on the mule cart in front, facing backwards, talking to Guo Yi from time to time, introducing the situation of the salt field in Nanping Town.

This large area of ​​saline-alkali land is on the edge of a rolling hill. After the heavy rain, it becomes a large swamp of mud; in the dry season, it becomes a desolate and dusty dune.It belongs to the east side of Nanping Town, with no village in front and no shop behind.

Very desolate.

The mule caravan wobbled out of the south gate and walked straight to the river.It is necessary to follow the Dongjing River for the next part of the journey, and only leave when the river turns.

The mule cart goes all the way to the south, and on the right hand side is the mighty Dongjing River. A group of bobbin carts stand like a forest, which is very magnificent.

On the left is the endless golden rice fields. With the breeze blowing, the golden wheat waves rush to the distance one after another.

As we go south, there are already farmers harvesting rice in the rice fields.

"Second Young Master, look!" Zhu Zi yelled suddenly, while shouting, he also excitedly slapped the shaft of the car, signaling for him to get up and watch.

I saw that those farmers were all resisting the loo, sweeping back and forth non-stop, and the rice fell in pieces and were collected into the loo's net bag.

After that, piles of piles are piled up, which is very fast and convenient.

What's so beautiful?
In the previous life, the young and old were caught in the field by their father, and they were already tired and crooked!
He didn't care much, but the subordinates who were traveling with him all looked straight at him, discussing with great interest.

"This is a good thing! It's much faster than a scythe!"

"That's not true! Working alone is at least as good as five people with sickles!"

Even Jiang Yan couldn't help sighing: "Our Jinghu North Road is going to have a bumper harvest!"

If it weren't for the fact that there are several large lakes that have dried up in front of them, no one would have thought that Jinghu North Road was suffering from severe drought just looking at the scene in front of them.

Kuizhou Road and Jinghu South Road, those places far from the big rivers, are already dry and have no crops.

But on Jinghu North Road, only a few areas were affected by the drought.Most of the other areas are safe and sound.

Guo Yi was squinting comfortably when he suddenly woke up with a loud noise.

"Uncle Jiang, Uncle Jiang! A group of people are fighting each other in front!" The one who shouted was the young man driving the mule cart at the front.

Everyone stopped talking immediately and turned around curiously.

Right in front of a large dry lake, there were about 40 to [-] people, each holding sticks, and were beating hard. There were a few lying on the ground beside them, howling, and the screams came from afar.

The mule carts stopped one by one, and everyone was curiously looking at the shafts of the carts.

And Jiang Yan also watched it for a while, then turned around and told Guo Yi: "Because of the severe drought, many ponds and lakes have almost dried up. Several yamen in the city took the opportunity to fill the lakes and build fields. idea.

At first, things went well.They filled several lakes and sold them to merchants at a high price.

But later, our prince suddenly ordered them to return the fields to the lake within a time limit.But those merchants did buy it with real money, so they naturally disagreed.

And those yamen had already received the money, so they refused to spit it out again.

Thus, the strife began.This is not the first time a gang fight like this has happened. "

Guo Yi was speechless upon hearing this.He was the one who brought up the issue of returning the farmland to the lake, but he didn't expect that it had been more than a month and it hadn't been resolved yet.

Filling the lake to create fields is not as simple as imagined, just fill the lake.

The reason why there is a lake is because the terrain there is low-lying, and whenever there is heavy rain, it must be the center! .

Under the erosion over time, the lake gradually formed.

However, you seem to have filled the lake, but it is still a low-lying confluence point in comparison to the surrounding areas.

All it takes is a heavy rain, and everything will be wiped out for you.

After Jiang Yan finished speaking, seeing him in a daze, he asked: What does Erlang think about this?It is also very difficult for the prince to do this. When a few subordinates talk about it, His Highness can only close the door and disappear. "

"As you said just now, these merchants bought these lands for filling the lake?"

"Exactly!"

"Then don't worry about it, God has his own arrangements!" All it takes is a heavy rain, and all the hard work will be in vain.

Jiang Yan couldn't help being taken aback, a little puzzled and at a loss, not understanding what he meant.

"There's no need to force it. If they are willing to fill it in, they can fill it in! Let His Highness post a notice stating the dangers of filling the lake to build fields, and state that all consequences will be at your own risk! After the incident occurs, report it to the imperial court, abolish some disobedient ones, and take the opportunity Place our manpower!"

Such a sinister idea!

Although the king of Chu is the pacifier of Jinghu North Road and also knows Jiangling Mansion, those aristocratic families are not willing to do so.

They thrived here in their times, and they will continue to multiply in the future. They don't want a vassal king like the King of Chu to be a vassal here.

The original peace envoys on Jinghu North Road and the magistrate of Jiangling were all appointed for three or six years, and they left when they expired and replaced them with new ones.

But once the king of Chu comes, it will be a lifetime, or a matter of lifetimes.

They don't want to have such a prince domineering over their heads.Even if he cannot be driven away, his rights and influence must be limited to the greatest extent.

Moreover, they are not inherently afraid of a vassal.One is that the family has a big business, and the other is that there are high-ranking officials in the court.

This is the source of the contradiction.

Guo Yi's idea is also very simple. If God wants to destroy it, he must first make it crazy!

If they want to fill the lake, let them fill it.

When the heavy rain came and destroyed those farmlands, they immediately reported to the court and took the opportunity to abolish a batch.

It's also good to kill their prestige.

(End of this chapter)