After lunch, Li Zexuan was sitting in the front hall, happily drinking the iced mountain fruit wine that Han Yuxi took from the ancient well, while chatting with Han Li in the room.
There is no way, the recent weather is really abnormal. It has just arrived in May, and the weather has started to get hot. Especially the sun at noon is particularly scorching. Even if Li Zexuan has internal strength and is immune to cold and heat, he is not willing to be exposed to the scorching sun. He just We can wait until the sun is a little softer before going to Plum Village, which is less than two miles away from Hanjiazhuang anyway.
Lan'er, a crazy girl, wasn't afraid of the sun. She went to the village with Tiedan to play with Da Niu and Er Niu. Li Zexuan is not very worried. Now everyone in Zhuangzi basically knows that Lan'er is his sister. There should be no blind people bullying Lan'er.
Li Zexuan didn't know that while he was enjoying the cool air in the Han family's courtyard, there were many farmers in Meicun, exposed to the scorching sun.
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At the entrance of Meicun Village, many farmers gathered. Everyone was sitting under the big tree, chatting with each other and looking into the distance, as if waiting for something.
"Mei Dazui, are you kid telling the truth? Why hasn't the lord come here yet?"
A dark-skinned old man, shirtless and fanning himself with a straw hat, asked carelessly.
Mei Jun nodded quickly and said affirmatively: "Fourth Master, how dare I lie about this? I went to Hanjiazhuang in the morning, and my brother-in-law told me personally that the Duke came to Hanjiazhuang. Think about it, our village is so close to Hanjiazhuang, and It is the lord's fiefdom, and the lord will definitely come and take a look."
"Mei Laosi, why are you so anxious? It's such a hot day, why don't you allow Sir Alex to rest for a while?"
An old man was lying on a bamboo mat beside him, happily enjoying his grandson fanning him with a cool breeze. When he heard what Mei Laosi said, he couldn't help but choked.
"Hey, Brother Liu, I'm impatient. Yesterday I heard that the Duke's fiefdom is in our Zhuangzi. I was so excited that I couldn't sleep well all night! Haha, the good days of our Zhuangzi are coming too. !”
When Mei Laosi heard the scolding from the old man on the ground, he quickly explained.
"Tsk, look at your potential!"
The old man on the ground is Liu Erye, Liu Wanshan, whom Mei Jun met in Dongshi a few days ago. This man is a highly respected figure in Mei Village, and his brother is Liu Qingfeng, the principal of Mei Village.
Liu Qingfeng is just a scholar with a weak character. In the past, when he saw Liu Shiren and his son bullying the banker, he dared not speak out. But Liu Erye is not like his brother. He is a master who is not afraid of anything. When he sees Liu Shiren and his son bullying the banker, , Mr. Liu directly picked up his crutch and hit their father and son on the forehead. In his opinion, he has seven sons, all of them are tall and strong. If they really fight, they will not suffer. To take a step back, he is like this. At such an advanced age, could Liu Shiren and his son still beat themselves to death
You know, in ancient society, people had great respect for the elderly. If Liu Shiren really dared to kill Mr. Liu, it would be a very serious and vicious case, and no one could save the lives of their father and son.
Therefore, Mr. Liu's reputation in Meicun is even higher than that of his brother Liu Qingfeng. It is no exaggeration to say that he can respond to everything at critical moments.
Yesterday, Zhao Laoer of Meicun knighted Li Zexuan and brought the news back to the village that the fiefdom was in Meicun. The whole village was boiling. You must know that the situation in Hanjiazhuang before was not much different from that of their Meicun. Later, after the Li family took over Hanjiazhuang, the number of people in the village was reduced. With the rent, Hanjiazhuang can already provide for food and clothing, and the overall situation is slightly better than that of Meicun.
Recently, Li Zexuan took over the power of the Li family and personally managed Hanjiazhuang. He not only increased the income of farmers by purchasing wild fruits, but also further reduced the rent by asking farmers to help raise chickens, and the eggs laid by the chickens also belong to the farmers. It is said that many people after the reduction, The annual rent is only 10%.
This is great. Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, there is probably no other such favorable conditions. As a neighboring village to Hanjiazhuang, the farmers in Mei Village are extremely envious and secretly regret that they were not born in Hanjiazhuang.
Now, Meicun has become Li Zexuan's fiefdom, and the whole village will probably enjoy the same treatment as Hanjiazhuang. After the news came back to Zhuangzi yesterday, Liu Wanshan was the first to jump out. Regardless of Liu Qingfeng's obstruction, he shouted loudly in Zhuangzi: "Liu Shiren, get out of Meicun!"
Liu Shiren's land is about to be taken away by the court, so he, Mr. Liu, is still afraid of a bird, so he rolls up his sleeves and just does it. If he doesn't let out his bad breath, he, Mr. Liu, will not be happy even if he dies.
Mr. Liu's prestige in Meicun was already very high. When he shouted, the villagers who had been bullied by Liu Shiren on weekdays could not bear it. In an instant, hundreds of villagers rushed to follow and rushed towards Liu Shiren's mansion.
"Liu Shiren, get out of Plum Village!"
"Get out of Plum Village!"
"Get out of Plum Village!"
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Outside the door of Liu Shiren's mansion, hundreds of villagers shouted in unison, and the shouts shook the sky, which frightened Liu Shiren and his son. The father and son quickly asked their servants to guard the door desperately, but they hid in the house and waited tremblingly. The dealers shouted that they were tired and dispersed on their own.
Outside the house, Mr. Liu saw that Liu Shiren was acting like a tortoise. They couldn't pry open the turtle shell, so they took the lead in throwing stones at Liu Shiren's house. The villagers followed suit and picked up the handy things around them and threw them at Liu Shiren's house. , the strange thing is that someone actually wrapped cow dung in leaves and threw it in.
As night fell, the farmers couldn't stay here all the time, so they dispersed one after another and agreed to come back tomorrow. Liu Shiren and his son hurriedly packed up their belongings at night, including the land acquisition compensation given to them by the government. After packing the gold and silver into boxes, the father and son took several nursing homes with them. They did not even care about the devastated mansion and fled overnight.
When Mr. Liu brought people to Liu's house this morning, he was naturally in vain. Mr. Liu spat at the door of Liu's house with contempt and walked away!
Near noon, news came that Li Zexuan might come to Meicun. Except for those who had work today, all the villagers were excited to come to the entrance of the village to greet the new owner of Meicun. Naturally, Mr. Liu also came with him. That day he followed behind Mei Jun and also bought a Quyuan plow. He tried it out after returning home and found that it worked extremely well. Therefore, he was both looking forward to and curious about the new owner of Plum Village.
At this time, although the sun is blazing and the heat is unbearable, no one is willing to leave. Many people are looking forward to the good days under the trees. It seems that the family members will no longer go hungry and can sew their own dolls during the New Year. A new suit of clothes.
There are also some farmers who are telling their children how kind the new Lord is. Maybe they will have eggs every month from now on, and they can also have a meal of meat during the New Year. Those naughty children, listen, listen, My saliva flowed for a long time without realizing it.
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