"Sanlang, is what you said true?" He Baozheng waited for the crowd to disperse and followed Liang Chuan to Liang Chuan's home. Yi Niang arranged a wing for Zhao Xiaopin to recuperate from his injuries, and squeezed in with Zhaodi and Li Chuyi.
Zhao Xiaopin originally thought that he would not be able to survive this disaster, but he did not expect that there would be a turn of events and the danger would be averted. At the county government office, he listened carefully and could not see it with his eyes, but the stove could really be done openly.
"I said many things, which one are you referring to?" Liang Chuan walked around the house. The house was still peaceful and without any disturbances. Then he sat down calmly and talked in detail with He Baozheng.
"There will be a major flood within three months!" This is something to be careless about. It's all about relying on the weather. In the face of natural disasters, everyone will be ruined.
Liang Chuan said: "By the way, what you said is of course true. I wanted to discuss this matter with you when I was working on it. You will gather the labor force in the village tomorrow and strive to have each household contribute one A laborer. If there are men in the family, just bring in a man. If there are no men, just bring in a female laborer. If there are both men and women in the family, but they don’t want to come, please remember it for me. What benefits will be provided in the village next time? , don’t count on it.”
"What are you planning to do?"
"Flood control, this is not just a family, it is a village. It is a major matter that involves the destruction of villages and species. Every household must send people to contribute. If anyone wants to sit back and enjoy the benefits, there is no way to take advantage of it without contributing."
He Baozheng still doesn't understand why Saburo is so sure that the rain will definitely fall. Now the sun above his head is baking people to death every day. It's the eye of the sky that can rain even two drops. Will it keep raining? Besides, our river is wide and the fields are vast. No matter how much water there is, it can absorb it cleanly. There have been no floods in many years.
"Sanlang, where did you know this? Was it the instructions given to you by the gods...?" He Baozheng asked tentatively.
Liang Chuan rolled his eyes at him, "Gods are nothing. If there are gods, I will become a god. Are you fooling around with me?"
He Baozheng thought that this was true, but it was too evil. If it didn't rain, Liang Chuan's reputation would be damaged. If it rained, Liang Chuan's reputation would be damaged. .
He Baozheng went to each house overnight to knock on the door, and told what Liang Chuan had told him. He also specifically emphasized that every household must provide a labor force, and if something is to be done, it must be done beautifully. He, the guarantor, was fighting for the future of the village. He had always been on Liang Chuan's side, and this time was no exception.
The next day, He Baozheng played the gong under the camphor tree. People gathered from all over the tree. The scene in the village never changed. Women were weaving bamboo under the tree. Men were squatting or standing, leaning on the tree and stones. , everyone was talking and laughing, talking about how many words the children at home had learned today, how the crops in the fields were growing, how much bamboo weaving had been done, and how much money they had made. They occasionally discussed Liang Chuan's deeds in Xinghua yesterday. The matter that Liang Chuan was the reincarnation of a mountain god started to stir among them again. How could he know about the affairs between gods if he was not a god?
They knew that Liang Chuan didn't like to talk about him like this, so they only dared to talk quietly in private. What's wrong with Liang Chuan being a god? Are you still afraid of having a hard time following the gods? If the lives of gods are still going well, can the lives of ordinary people still go on?
Liang Chuan heard the sound of the gong, which was the signal to gather, and walked over quickly. Seeing that everyone was here, he was always the last one to arrive. When the villagers saw Liang Chuan arriving, they quickly stopped talking. They wanted to know what San Lang was thinking.
Liang Chuan glanced around the crowd. After the voices in the crowd were completely quiet, he said loudly: "I told the eldest ladies of Xinghua Zhengjia Rice Store and Fengshan Zhengji Rice Store yesterday that they should go in recently. A batch of rice so that we can deal with future floods."
At this point, Liang Chuan paused for a moment, "I won't say more about the flood, it depends on whether you listen or not. This matter is complicated to talk about. I told the magistrate in the county office, and even his elders listened. If you only know a little bit about it, I’m afraid you won’t understand it even more.”
Everyone wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. They were more inclined to believe in Liang Chuan's mythological background. As for what Liang Chuan said, it was just rhetoric.
"Sanlang, do you want us to go to the rice store to buy rice?" He Jinyin is also a senior village elder, and a few words are still meaningful in this situation.
"That's right. When a disaster strikes, no matter how much gold or silver you have, you can't buy food, and you have to have profiteers raise the price. Now the price of food has dropped to the bottom. Even if there is no flood, everyone in the family will not suffer a loss if they buy this rice. ." When Liang Chuan said this, he obviously felt that something was wrong with everyone's eyes, and some people began to whisper to each other and discuss something in a low voice.
He Baozheng struck the gong to silence the sound.
Liang Chuan smiled bitterly and said, "Are you worried that you are colluding with the Zheng family to trick you into buying rice?"
Fengying laughed loudly and said: "How much is rice worth now? Sanlang, you are too worried. How can we think of you like this? If you want to make money from us, you can make money from just these bamboo weaving sisters." That’s a lot of money.”
Everyone laughed along with Fengying. If Liang Chuan was greedy for money, he would have earned a lot of money himself. Why should he share it with the people in the village? As for his school, he can collect a lot of money every year just from the money collected. He has a lot of money and is not greedy for money.
"I told you here, what is the price of rice today? Please note it down. If the price of rice drops in three months, everyone will bring the rice to my house and I will charge it according to today's price! I will charge you as much as you can!" Liang Chuan photographed Chest beat.
Everyone did some calculations, Yi is good, will Liang Chuan do loss-making business? No. In this way, you don’t have to worry about losing money when you keep rice at home. If it is true what Liang Chuan said, when there is a flood, rice will really be more expensive than gold!
Liang Chuan said again: "What happened just now is just the first thing. You will definitely not suffer if you pay attention to it. But now this matter is related to the life and death of our He Lu. Please pay attention to it!"
Life or death? When did He Lu get involved in such a serious matter? The villagers all put away their smiles and listened to Liang Chuan continue with serious expressions.
"From today on, as long as there are still houses and land in our village, every household will have to provide a labor force. The age range is from fifteen to fifty years old, but no need for elderly people over fifty years old. , because you have worked hard for your home and He Lu all your life, and now there is no need for you to step forward. From tomorrow on, young people, follow my arrangements and gather under this tree on time every day. We will start to build flood control works. !”
Flood prevention, is it really necessary? There were many voices of doubt in the crowd. Liang Chuan scanned it again, "If you don't want to do it, stand up today. I won't force you, but I, Liang Chuan, will remember you because you are a selfish person. If you have any welfare in the village in the future, I can keep it straight. There will be absolutely no For the sake of those who stand up today, if your children are studying in school, please ask them to drop out of school, because if you are such parents, your children will be selfish in the future and will not be of any benefit to the people in your homeland! "
Everyone knows that Liang Chuan runs the school not for personal gain, but simply for the future of the village. However, if he did not cooperate with Liang Chuan's arrangements today, even if he offended them, everyone was worried for a while. There is not much work in the fields now, so it is not impossible to help Liang Chuan do something. Besides, what Liang Chuan does is not for his own farm, but for the village, so it does not count as taking advantage of himself. After Liang Chuan finished speaking, no one stood up for a long time, no one.
Although Liang Chuan said that using children to blackmail them was a little unreasonable, what he said was the truth. People cannot be selfish to this extent. This project is too huge and indeed beyond his own capabilities. Moreover, it is something that benefits the whole village. If it were for him personally, he would never do this.
He Baozheng took the lead and said, "Let's just do what you said, Sanlang. There must be some people in the village who don't want to do this together. I won't force you, Old Baozheng, but I also made a note of it. After this incident, whenever there is any group work in the village, We will no longer have any share in our welfare affairs. If you are public-minded, the villagers will stand behind you!"
"Very good, you believe me, three months later, you will be happy with your decision today!"
This flood control meeting, which was extremely puzzling in the severe drought weather, is a bit bizarre to say the least. Most of the villagers in the village took their family money and went straight to Xinghua to buy rice after Liangchuan announced its dissolution. The rice in Fengshan is not bad, but the rice in Zhengji, Xinghua, is so piled that it can’t even fit at the door. The price of rice is several copper coins cheaper than before. Farmers don't dare to take advantage. If a pound of vegetables or a pound of meat is cheaper by one or two cents, they feel they are making a profit.
Liang Chuan was not stupid either. He asked Zhaodi to go to Xinghua with money to buy rice. The rice he bought was piled up in the He family ancestral hall. It was so full that it filled a big house. If he could eat this rice by himself, he didn’t know how many years it would take him to eat it. Finished eating. When everyone saw that Liang Chuan had also gone to buy rice, they no longer had any worries. They all had to suffer together, so they all went to Xinghua, Fengshan, to buy rice. Several other villages were stunned. Is this He Lu man? The sun has blinded us. The price of rice is still falling day by day. Why are we grabbing rice?
When asked, they said they didn't know either. Anyway, it was Liang Chuanlang and the others who bought it. Liang Chuanlang himself bought a lot, so there shouldn't be anything wrong.
