As long as he can continue to buy the fruits here, he will not interfere in what is done.
Hulu Village and Lin Village are notoriously poor villages in the vicinity. If the county did not help, I don’t know how many people would starve to death every year.
Now that their fruits have been favored by others and they have a good opportunity to escape poverty, how could the county magistrate not be happy
If there really are some people who don't know how to live or die and come to cause trouble for Su Yu and the others, don't blame him for being rude, the county magistrate thought grimly.
Hu Lin was listening on the side, feeling a little bad. He didn't want Hulu Village to merge with Lin Village. The people of Lin Village had a completely bad morale under the leadership of Lin Zhi. There were many cunning and deceitful people. What if they merged into their village and led the people astray
But the county magistrate had already ordered the merger of the two villages, so it was useless for him to object.
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When Wang Jinhe saw Hu Lin's behavior, he knew that he was unwilling to merge with Lin Village. Come to think of it, a village like this would be a hot potato in anyone's hands, and probably no one would want to take it.
The county magistrate naturally saw Hu Lin's reluctance, and said helplessly: "I know you are not happy to take over Lin Village, but who can take over this village now? In the surrounding villages, there are no reliable people except the village chief of Xiejia Village and you. Xiejia Village is too far away from Lin Village and cannot manage Lin Village in time. Your two villages are relatively close. If you think it is too troublesome to be alone, you can ask the village chief of Xiejia Village to help you together."
Hu Lin frowned and said, "It's not that I don't agree, County Magistrate, but the villagers in Lin Village have become too violent because of Lin Zhi. Some of them are lazy and don't do their jobs properly. If you ask us to merge with them, what if the people in our village are affected?"
This is something he absolutely doesn't want to see.
Wang Jinhe nodded in agreement. He could understand Hu Lin's helplessness and dissatisfaction.
"I know you are worried about this. How about this? I will gather the people from Lin Village and have a good talk with them. If they want to follow you to grow gardens and make money, then they can listen to your arrangements. If they don't want to, then don't worry about it. In the future, others will make money to build brick and tile houses, and they will have nothing, so they should not blame others. Is this okay?" The county magistrate looked at him and asked to discuss.
Hu Lin felt a little melancholy. The county magistrate had said so. What else could he say? Besides nodding his head in agreement, could he refuse
Hu Lin reluctantly nodded and agreed to the county magistrate's request: "Well... okay."
"Go and call all the people from Lin Village here." The county magistrate said to the yamen runners around him.
"Yes, sir."
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"County magistrate, you really know how to cause trouble for others." Wang Jinhe tried to hold back but couldn't help but started to complain.
The county magistrate coughed lightly and said, "How can I cause trouble for others? I have no other choice, right?"
"You also know that these two villages have been a major concern for me and the prefect every year. This year, with your Hulu Village, it can finally become a rich village. But in Lin Village, because the village chief is not capable of taking the lead, all the gardens are in that state. If Hu Lin is not allowed to help, what will happen to the people of Lin Village?" If he could find a suitable candidate, he would not have to let Hu Lin take charge of the affairs of Lin Village.
Wang Jinhe didn't say anything, but she could understand the county magistrate's helplessness. After all, these two villages were indeed very poor, as she had heard from Xie Kui before.
"Forget it, I'll talk to them properly later. If they are willing to listen, they can listen. If they don't want to listen, forget it." Hu Lin also figured it out. Those who want to make money will listen, and those who don't want to listen probably don't want to make money.
"You're right to think so."
When picking fruits in the afternoon, people from Lin Village came over. When they saw the county magistrate, they all knelt on the ground and said, "Greetings, sir."
"Everyone, get up. I called you here today to tell you something. Your Lin Village's village chief, Lin Zhi, brought tung oil and tried to burn down the orchard of Hulu Village last night. He has now been arrested and is in jail. Your village does not have a village chief now. I have decided to merge your village with Hulu Village. In the future, your village chief will be Hu Lin. Do you have any objections?" The county magistrate looked at them and asked.
Everyone shook their heads quickly: "We have no objection."
"Very good. In that case, let me tell you first. You all know the gap between your village and Hulu Village. Lin Zhi has not played a good leading role for you over the years, which has caused the people in your village to become a little lazy. Hu Lin originally did not want to take over Lin Village, but it was after I persuaded him that he agreed to be your village chief and merge Lin Village into Hulu Village." The county magistrate said some official words, which made Wang Jinhe laugh and cry. This county magistrate was really interesting.
Turning to look at Su Yu, the latter smiled at her. The county magistrate's words were good. After all, only in this way would the people of Lin Village know that they were not willing to take over, but had to take over after the county magistrate's repeated persuasion.
“Let me be clear here first. Hu Lin will treat you the same way he treats the villagers of Hulu Village. If you don’t do well, he will scold you. You can listen if you want to. If you don’t want to, then don’t be jealous when you see other people growing good fruit and selling it for a lot of money next year. It is because Hu Lin is urging the villagers to grow fruit well that Hulu Village will be completely lifted out of poverty this year. If you want to make as much money as they do next year, then listen to Village Chief Hu Lin. If you have any questions, you can ask the people in Hulu Village. They have much more experience than you.” The county magistrate said in a serious tone.
The people of Lin Village quickly said, "Don't worry, sir. We will listen carefully to Village Chief Hu Lin."
After they went back, they regretted not growing the fruit properly. If they had grown it properly, even if the fruits were not as good as those in Hulu Village and the price was not as high, they could always sell the fruits. It would not be like now, where they could only watch others sell for money.
If Village Chief Hu Lin is also their village chief, as long as they listen to him and tell him how to plant, they will be able to reap such a harvest next year, right
They originally thought that the bailiff had called them here for something, but they didn't expect it to be a good thing.
Hu Lin looked at them like this and sighed heavily: "Your fruit trees are all damaged. I will go with you to check them out later. We should take care of the trees first."
"Okay, thank you, village chief." The people in Lin Village felt a little embarrassed. They had caused so much trouble to others before, and now they had to rely on them to have a better life.
"We are all from the same village now, there is no need to talk about this." Hu Lin waved his hand and said.
Since he agreed to merge Lin Village into Hulu Village, he would be responsible for them.
"Thank you, village chief." The people of Lin Village were somewhat moved. They were actually worried that Hu Lin had a prejudice against them.